The Delta independent., 1910-05-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

cause of the many visitors and so
much going on.
Mrs Matte Burns, City Clerk of
Clathe, was in town Saturday to at
tend the Western Slope high school
Oratorical contest.
1t is a good thing for people to
get together. If it is for a day of
fun it is good; if for business or to
Interchange ideas, it is also good.
The ladies of the Catholic church
gave the supper Tuesday evening
at Odd Fellows hall and a dance
at the opera house. Both were well
attended and enjoyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mathers, Mr..
and Mrs. T. B. Geer. NJ. E Meyer
and family, Guy Meyer, Frank San
ders and family, formed an auto
party to Ouray Sunday.
The Independent got down to the
bottom of its paper stock last week
and found some lighter stock 1t
appears again this week, and will
continue to do so, on its usual high
grade of paper.
The Western Slope is having more
perfect dyas this spring than usual.
and more. no doubt. than many less
favored section. But then it must
be remembered that the Western
Slope is a perfect country
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Obert returned
last Thursday from their California
trip and report a fine time. Judge
King. w. f. obert and others of the
party will probably return within
the next week or ten days.
Aphis are more plentiful this
spring than ever before, and are
attacking plant life savagely. Es-
pecially are they reported to be
thick on the peach trees and are
hard to overcome by spraying.
Another carload of +. NJ. F. auto
mobiles are expected to arrive here
the latter part of this week or the
first of next. One for F l.. Ray. one
or each Mr.. Remington and Mr..
Elliot. OF the firm OF Remington-El-
i;ott.
Crop prospects are much farther
In advance then at this period last
season Many OF the field crops are
not only up. but are being regularly
cultivated. and are showing green
aud strong from the public high
ways
Born-To Mr. and Mrs. George
Young. at the Barker ranch near
town Sunday, l0is pound boy.
This is two harvest hands for George
and. after all. his may be the best
way of solving the labor demand
problem.
ffnnEfd dar lNl Of ha A la
on the up course of the Tongue
creek highway occurred the first of
the week by an overflow of the Ken
nicott ditch. The damage was re-
paired by the, road force of Mark
$. Phoenix.
The water to be supplied by the
Gunnison tunnel will no doubt be
very acceptable to the Uncompahgre
valley lands this summer BY the
time set for it to be turned in. July
LIST. there is every indication that
IL will be needed.
Mrs. Hetty F. Rist died at the
home of her son. s. b. Rist of
Austin. "Wednesday at the age of
o. The burial was in Eckert ceme-
trey yesterday afternoon. a more
Austin correspondence.
Events have rather been crowd
ing each other in Delta for the last
two weeks. Social life has been
active. while public entertainments
have been doubling upon each other.
However Delta is growing and all
this is to be expected.
Mrs. Smith. mother of Roy l..
Smith. also his sister. Miss Lois,
are here from Grand Junction for
a visit. Mrs. Smith will remain for
the summer. Miss Lois will go to
Minnesota in about two weeks to
visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bancroft. aged 6S
years. died at her home. Third and
Columbia sts.. Delta, at 4:45 Tues
day morning. from cancer of the
liver. Her remains were shipped to
Riceville, Pennsylvania for burial.
Mrs. Bancroft leaves two daughters,
Mrs English. Delta. and Mrs. Harry
Obert of Coalby. Kansas.
Mrs. G. T. White and son Harry.
left last Friday for their old home
at Malvern. Iowa. to visit her par
ents and to see brother who Is
very Ill. They will be gone about
month and will visit wholesale
houses in Omaha on their return.
to purchase carload of furniture
for the Howe Furniture Co. of Delta.
and Virgil Atchinson OF Cedaredge.
Excavation is now under way
for the foundation of the big Fair
lamb business block, next to the
building now occupied by the. Delta
Trading Company. The building will
he so foot front by 1875 feet deep,
two stories high, and will as soon