The Delta independent., 1911-11-17

w. Wolcott and family of Boul-
der, are shipping a carload of house
mold and other goods from their for
mer home to Delta and will soon
take possession of the old Butts
farm north of Cedaredge which was
recently purchased. Mr.. Butts is
i one of the old-time mining men of
boulder county, and being tired of
mountain homes and mountain work
he now seeks the orchards and
comfortable farm home.
The union Thanksgiving service of
the various churches of Delta will
be held at the NJ. E. church at 1O:-
80 o'clock in the morning of Nov
ember goth. The service will be
Participated in by the different pas
tors of the city. The sermon will
be preached by Rev A. Jacobs. An
offering will be taken at the close
OF the service to be used by the
Board OF Charities
]. ]. Travis and wife departed
last Sunday morning for Denver,
where they will take in the big ap-
proceed to St. Joseph, Missouri, for
an extended visit with relatives and
friends. Mrs. G. w. Bruce and Mas
ter George accompanied them on an
eastern trip and they too are to Wis
1t for a time with relatives and
friends.
F. A. Mckinney, the directory
man, accompanied by his wife, was
In town from Montrose last Friday,
visiting a few hours with friends.
AIR. Mckinney has just completed
directory for La Junta and is get
ting ready for new issue for
Montrose county. He will begin on
the second issue for Delta county
Immediately on completion of the
Montrose book.
The beet harvest has been rush.
ed as much as possible this week and
another week of workable weather
will see about all the beets out of
the ground, though that period will
hardly complete the hauling. The
parts of fields with beets still in
the ground are dwindling down to
la few acres or parts of acres each,
and the growers are anxious for
mild weather to continue a little
1 longer.
Doc" Wade is nursing a badly
lacerated finger on his right hand
this week, the wound resulting from
the bite of a horse. Mr.. Wade want
ed to eaten the horse in the pasture
I inSr he
placed his hand on the animal, two
or three other horses came prancing
up and one of the number was just
about to nip the captured horse.
Doc. threw up his hand to ward
off the bites of the playful ami
NAL and was caught between the
large teeth.
E NJ. Jarman, one of the old-time
and we'll known residents of this
city. departed for Danville, Illinois,
! last Saturday morning. where he VIII
/ visit a few weeks with his sister.
Mr.. Jarman has been in ill health
/ for some months past and is In
hopes of a lower altitude proving
beneficial If the Illinois climate
and change do not bring about the
desired results he will go to one of
the extreme southern states andre
main until spring. His many Delta
I friends are hoping that his condi-
ton will soon be improved and that
his visit will be a pleasant one.
George Young and ]. F. Sanders
have been up in the Tabaguache
AaE
and their friends have begun to
wonder if they did all the hunting
or If the bears may not have taken
a successful turn. Guess, however,
that they can hold their own with
the bruin and they will likely come
home loaded with robes and bear
steaks. Later-As We go to press
the hunters return. They report
plenty of signs but no bear captured
Local sugar beet growers can per-
haps more fully realize the vaiue
and Importance of their product
when they learn that America can
not supply the home demand Tor
sugar, and that every effort is be-
ing made to increase the acreage
of beets by sugar manufacturing
companies. The Havemeyer COM
pany are about to gain 1ooo-acre
tract of land over in Pueblo ana
Huerfano counties and every foot
of the ground will be given 20 beets,
1t will be the largest sugar beet field
in the world.
A week or so ago the lndepend-
ent referred to the organization OF
n Western Slope base ball league
Tor next year. which was to in
clude the towns of Delta, Hotch-