The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-07-28


Chosen Valley ranch in the Black
visit to Ouray and Cimarron on
Monday.
j. A. Rovaart, proprietor OF
Cherry Avenue Orchards, has some
nice large Montmorency cherries
for sale j. A. Rovaart, Paonia,
Colorado.
Iowa Day at Paonia next Thurs
day, August 8. Also a 'Oall game
at Paonia between the business
men of that city and Delta. Elk
cursion train.
! AS will be noted by reading our
| Grand Mesa letter, much of the
social doings have been transferred
from Delta to the lakes resort the
past week.
F.. r. Stearns, of Stearns Bros.
| job men at the Independent office,
spent last week in Montrose, put
ting up special machine work for
new directory.
Charley Adams, who was i'll Tor
several weeks with typhoid fever,
as out this week, and while he looks
little thin, says he never felt so
well in his life.
What would a country like this
produce if all was cultivated as in
.ensely as it could be? Even now
its people raise more than they
can take care of
If your name isn't on the indie
pendent list, get it there. II it is
on the list. keep it there. The
paper will prove to be worth more
than its cost to you.
The shipment of such large
amount of early fruit from points
along the North Fork branch, have
caused the train to be late nearly
every day this week.
Judge A. E. Amsbary and Miss
Pearl Kincade went up to Paonia
Monday to take evidence in a case
that comes up in the September
term of the district court.
Sheriff l. H. Williams and family
left Saturday for Wichita, Kansas,
for a visit and from there they
will go to Missouri. where they ex-
pect to spend several weeks.
Boys scufning on the street at
the postoffice corner broke one OF
the large glass windows in front Of
the room occupied by the Delta Dec
Grating company. Wednesday.
There is a lot of business ahead
for the D. q r. G. in this section
and its car and carrying capacity
viii be severely taxed to handle
the fruit and produce shipments
this fall.
We feel safe in saying that by
Fair time in September We will be
| able to show such an array of fruits
and farm products as were never
before seen in Colorado, if in any
other state.
Mrs. Ed S. Stone gave a dinner
party at her Garnet mesa home
/ "Wednesday evening, at which
twelve young ladies and gentlemen
were delightfully."- entertained. The
evening. after dinner was spent at
five hundred.
People outing on Grand mesa
J have been having a pretty damp
time of IL the past week with the
heavy rains every day. Still they
J are sending down some fish. Those
/ We saw looked like they had been
drowned.
The Misses Grace Conklin and
Norma Wolbert will entertain a
number of their friends on Tues
day night. August LIST. at dane
ing party at the Moose Hall. A
very pleasant evening is anticipat-
ed.
Miss Carrie B. Peters of Clarks-
burg, West Va. is the guest of her
sister Mrs. w. Guy Merritt. Miss
Peters has just returned from San
Francisco, where she attended the
International Sunday School conven-
ton.
George o. Reshaw, of California
mesa. shipped a carload of potatoes
to Pueblo markets Saturday. They
were the finest lot of potatoes we
have seen in many n day. Califor
mia mesa is surely great spud
country.