The Delta independent., 1911-02-24

Small gasolene lighting plant for
sale. Bohland House, PAS Main.
c. Stone is in town this week
from Paonia, attending court.
Special prices on semi-porcelain
plates. Stockhams.
Mrs. A. Taylor left yesterday
morning for a visit with friends in
Montrose.
Representative C. C. Hawkins
passed through here Wednesday en-
route to his home in Paonia from
| Denver
l.. Hartig and family expect to
move out to their ranch on Califor-
MIA mesa next Monday, after spend
ing the winter in town.
Mrs. NJ. R. welch and children
are expected to arrive home from
California about March 10th
Mr.. kridler, of Sloughton, Mimi,
a nephew of Frank White of the
Tribune office. arrived here We'd
nesday for visit.
Miss Bertha Murray of the Gay
ETY. theatre, left yesterday morning
for a visit with relatives in Pueblo.
She expected to return soon.
After pleasant visit of about ten
days with Mr.. and Mrs. George Law
of this city, Mrs. Phinney departed
for her home in Ouray Wednesday,
large number of Mrs. Gilbert's
friends, about sixteen couples. gave
her a surprise party Wednesday
night in honor of her birthday. Re
freshments were served and vari-
Gus games INDUCED in. The surprise
was a genuine one
! One OF the most pleasant of the
social dances given this season was
the one giv'n last Friday night at
the Roubideaux hall. The music
was furnished by Mrs. Irma Spring
er and Mrs. Matte Hall. These
dances are given every two weeks.
The fact that eastern cities are
already reaching out for Western
Slope cantaloupe contracts proves
the popularity of our products. A
New York firm recently took over
all the Clifton con -racts, agreeing
to pay an advance on the canta-
loupes of - cents a crate at time
of delivery.
Prepare to smudge Coal is no
higher than it has been and oil for
that purpose has been materially re-
duced. II you haven't got smudge
pots. get them. The time and eX-
pense you will be out during April
and May means but little compared
with what a full crop on your trees
will mean this fall.
1t has been noted that the last
day OF 1910 was the last day of the
month, last day of the week and
day OF 1910 was the last day of the
last quarter moon, the new moon
coming in on the first. This is re-
markable. A writer says such
a thing will not occur again until
26l4-Olathe Criterion.
Gertrude Kinder garten will open
Monday morning, February 27th, in
the stockham Building under the
supervision of Mrs. Don E. Lewis
and Miss Eva Belle Ringo, graduate
of the Chicago Kindergarten In
stitute. Terms soc per week. Chill
dren to 6 years of age. Non-sec-
terian.
rhe Grand Junction banks are
making arrangements to make loans
to orchardists. those who are not
able, for the purpose of eQuipping
themselves with smudging apparatus
provided they will smudge consist
emily and continuously. 1t is claim
ed that the trees are in such eN-
cellent condition now that even
spring frosts cannot prevent the
Western Slope from having the
greatest crop in its history, If smudg-
ing is properly carried on.
1t is said that there are 500
people of the Amish sect at Morton,
illinois, who want to come to Colo
RADIO and engage in raising sugar
beets and general farming. They
want to secure 5000 acres of irri-
gated land for which they claim to
have the money to pay, at $50 per
acre. Naturally this is a hard prop
osition to secure, as there are
lunches of 500 people everywhere
who would like to buy good irri-
gated land at a price less than is
generally paid for the water. There
might be possibility of the govern
ment supplying these people some
where in the Uncompahgre project.
Grand Junction is pluming itself
over news that the Laramie n
Hahn's Peak road is to be built to
that city. If il takes as long 10
build that road through as ii has
to get it fairly started into North
Park, the present generation Will
hardly live to see It. Six years ago
the Laramie < Hahn's Peak had
about 20 miles of road built from
nram mie Presumably IL has added