The Delta independent., 1910-02-11

pany. See A. l. Palmer, agent at 351
Main street
H. S. Bushnell and Carl Brown, of
the local forestry office, went to Lake
City on business yesterday.
C. S. Dorsey, who recently sold his
residence on Grand Avenue, has started
to build at Eighth and Palmer.
Misses Clara Clark and Veta Adams
went to Colona yesterday to attend the
wedding of Miss Gladys Adams.
Frank Stearns, of the Grand Junction
Herald and Delta Democrat, was up
from the Grand Valley village yester-
day.
The land boom is on ev, rywhere, and
it is but natural that Delta county-the
banner county of the United States
should be getting its share.
The remains of A. C. Bickford, the
engineer killed on the Rio Grande Sou
thern in the wreck near R;dgway last
week, were buried at Montrose on Fri
day.
Postmaster John Bunker and James
McClanitaan, both of Paonia. passed
through yesterday on their way to
Denver to attend the Lincoln Day ban
quet.
Men and teams are at work excavat- |
ing for the foundation of the $40, 900
rooming house at Palmer and Eaton
Avenue, which is to be built by Mrs.
Crockett.
Mr.. and Mrs. X, Mckenzie of Mime /
apolis. Minnesota, visited Mrs. Nc |
Kenzie's sister, Mrs. C. E. Smith, on
their way home from trip through the
Northwest.
Roy A. Downs, of Cedaredge, Mayor
B. p Smith and H. j. Baird went to
Denver Wednesday to take in the
Lincoln Day banquet given by the
Republican Club.
The Mothers Club will be entertained
by Mrs. Dr. Smith on Friday afternoon,
February Is, at O'Clock. A special
invitation is extended to all ladies in
terested in the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Baker, of Guthrie
Center, Iowa, are here visiting A. b.
Wire, who is Mrs. Bakers brother.
Mrs. B. F. Wire of Palisade, is also
here visiting her son.
Dirt wil soon be flying for prominent
business block excavations, brick and
mortar will be on the ground, and the
ring of the mason's trowel will be
-,
E. F. Hubbard, Jay Gillette, Harry
Hayward and John Murphy went to
Montrosc yesterday to go into the Elks.
Tney were accompanied by P. Z.
Coombe. Will Chiles and others.
Former Governor Thomas, of Colo
RADIO, has just issued a check for
50, l44, 1926. 81 for a Mexico mine. If
lots of people we know should go to
Mexico and issue check that size,
they'd get arrested.
After more or less delay, the new
by the INDEPENDENT has been de-
clared ready for shipment from the
factory in New York and is expected
TO arrive soon after March /.
Since the first furry of cold and storm
which lasted through December and up
to the middle of January. the Western
Slope has had no real winter. Mainly
mild, pleasant, drying days with crisp
nights. pleasant for sleep or for out
door sauntering.
The INDEPENDENT notes with consid-
cradle satisfaction that the names of
many purchasers of Delta county land
are subscribers on its list, who have
been receiving the paper regularly at
their homes in other parts. Letters
reach this office almost every week
asking that the address of the paper
be changed to Delta or to some other |
Delta county postoffice.
There are many reasons why citizens
of Delta county should swell with pride |
because they are its citizens. 1t is in
all respects great county, marvellous
in its resources and products, blessed
with richness of soil, water in abun-
dance, fine health conditions, good
schools, intelligent, prosperous, moral
people. All these conditions appeal to
the homeseeker, who is coming in num-
bers.
1t is high time that the newspaper
publishers should get weary of being
made pin-heads of by press agents. AS
Mr. Smooth, the press agent has
CREASED pig in the wart-hog class
apologies to Shorty McCabe) but that
is no good reason why men supposedly