The Delta independent., 1911-10-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

The girls basket ball team of
the high school is planning to Sc
cure game with the Delta team,
a week from Saturday when the
Tigers play foot ball. Plans are now
under way for the annual excur-
sion to Delta on that date.-Grand
Junction Sentinel.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. Helmer, of Ore
gon, who Wore guests of Mrs. V. Z.
Gillette two or three days, depart
ed for their home last Monday even
ing. They had made an extended
visit with relatives and friends in
/ Wisconsin and had just enough
time lett On their tickets to make a
, brief stop in this city.
Apples and sugar beets are now
being. shipped by train loads and
the money from these sources Will
anon 'pegin to bulge the vaults OF
Delta county banks. The late po-
tato harvest is also at hand and
the third cutting of alfalfa is being
finished. The wheat and oats crops
largely remain to be threshed.
/ Leslie Conklin was one of the
passengers to Colorado's metropolis
last Saturday evening and from that
point he will go on to Kansas City,
where. as rumor has it, he is to
wed the girl of his choice, who is
also well known in Delta, and bring
her back here, where they are to
reside permanently.
H. F. Lake, editor and owner of
the Gunnison News-Champion, was
here two or three days the fore part
of this week looking after his ranch
property two and half miles from
town. He has fine quarter-sec-
ton, part of which he will plant to
orchard and the rest will be given to
hay and farm products.
Mrs. A Cartwright returned the
first of this week from the vana-
dunn fields southwest of Delta, at
which place she has been having
sCme prospecting done for grub
stake interest. She seems well
pleased with what she saw-good
looking claims and ore stacked up
in quantity, awaiting the advent OF
a mill.
Prof. c. E. Dana of this city, was
one of those persons to avail him
self of the low rate to the Pacific
coast and he will possibly visit all
the principal cities of the West and
Northwest during his two or three
weeks stay. He departed Sunday
evening for Seattle, Washington,
where he expected to make his first
stop.
T T. Hebson of Grand Junction,
is the new manager of the Union
Trading companys store at Delta,
taking the place of Byram Luce. who
resigned upon purchasing the Mil
| Ter Mercantile company's stock at
Paonia. Mr.. Hebson is experienced
| in mercantile business and will be
found a pleasant and efficient man
ager.
F. A. Franklin and Bert Martin,
two of the most popular travelling
salesman coming to Delta, were DO
| ing business with our merchants
Yesterday. The first named gentle
man owns a fine young orchard in
ahis county, of which he is justly
proud and he expects to improve
the property to that point where
still greater pride can be taken.
| Marion Ray and wife came in
last Friday from Salida and We're
guests of Mrs. Rays parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. S. Maupin, for several
days Mr. Ray is a stock man, and
while running some of his cattle
few weeks ago was thrown from
the horse he was riding and sus-
tanned severe fractures of the right
leg. He was taken at once to
Salida hospital where necessary at
tention was given the injuries and
is just now able to leave that IN
stitution and get about with the
aid of crutches.