The Delta independent., 1911-03-03

A4H III iioitd iooho
for rent on March 22nd and 23rd,
the dates of the Western Slope De-
velopmert Congress, are requested
to send their names and list of
rooms to Judge C. H. Stewart.
The Rio Grande announces that
they Will run an extra passenger
train from Denver to Salt Lake from
March 10th to April 10th, to ac-
ommodate the tourist travel This
train will be run as a second sec
tioR of No. 5.
The other night little Johnny
proceeded his sister a few minutes
in getting to bed, then called to
her while she was saying her prayer:
Come along Ethel. I'm sure you
don want to keep the Lord up all
night just to listen to you"
o. L. Mace of Sheridan, Iowa, ar
rived Monday morning with car
of stock and household goods. His
family proceeded him a few days.
Mr.. Mace has rented the T. B. Chen
oworth ranch, four miles east of
Delta on the Gunnison river, on
which he will locate.
c. E. Smith, taylor at Remington
Elliotts left Tuesday morning for
saltwater, Oklahoma, on receipt
Of telegram announcing the serious
illness Of his father, who recently
underwent a surgical operation. The
length of his stay will depend upon
his father condition.
Mrs. A. Y. Holiday and son Mark.
left Sunday afternoon for Denver
where she will visit for short time
and then return to her home in
mother. Mrs. A. NJ. Anderson and
little Laurence. who will visit the
above mentioned places.
Miss Bertha Smith arrived Sat
urday from Ortiz. Colorado, to at
tend her sister, Mrs. Frank White,
who is suffering from rheumatism.
Miss Smith recently gave up her
school and will engage in mission
ary work under the Colorado Baptist
Convention.
I. II. Speers, general passenger
agent OF the CoIoI ado Midland, says
InIs year 5 frmt crop will be the
greatest in the history of the West
ern slope He states that nothing
can prevent it. even ii late frOsLs
comes, the farmers will be prepared
% smudge.
We haze to be hard on the
younger generation, but it appears
20 US Jnat stop should be put to
the manner in which property is
being dlshgured in Delta by D. D.
D's., X. n. ks, and all sorts of
other emblems that We cannot ex-
plain. Newly painted fences and
fronts of buildings and, in fact,
every where you look are these chalk
marks made by high school stud
ents.
George p. Weldon, conducting
the local fruit investigations for the
Colorado Agricultural College. is
interestedly studying the life-history
of the parasite whose depredations
upon codling moth eggs to a great
extent solved the moth problem for
local fruit growers last year. Mr..
Weldon is anxious to show any
grower interested some of the spec
linens of this parasite which he has
mounted in his office in the Center
Block--Sentinel.
1t is said that it may take
special act of congress or a visit
of the land board engineers to
tell where the homesteads of the
settlers in the Big Park section are.
The careless habit of cowboys teth-
ering their ponies to the location
stakes and using them for fire wood
has brought about this result. The
Big Park section has recently been
nearly all taken up and now the new
locators are wondering where their
homestead lines are.
The boys of the Grand Junction
schools are to be turned loose to
assist the orchardists in smudging.
IL there is late frost and their
assistance is needed. We would like
TO see the same move made here.
Two or three hundred boys would
he no small item in fighting the
frost If il comes, and this years
crop must be saved from cold for
that is all that can prevent a bump
er,
\ crowd of Grand Junction high
school girls gave party the latter
part of last week and dressed in
.uale attire. They were Interrupted
during the evening by a crowd of
Young fellows who had heard some
thing of the affair. The young
ladies tried to hide in closets but it
was only when their screams brought
in men from the neighborhood that
the unwelcome visitors could be
forced to leave.
Heavy SHOWS have fallen all over
the state this week. Seven inches
ara said IN have fallen i'm Denver