The Delta independent., 1911-05-26

had gone with her sister, SaQle
short time before. Miss Sadie re-
mained in Denver and will study
in one of the hospitals to become
Grained nurse.
From all reports Grand Valley
mas suffered greater loss from frost
ef.ec.s than the country up tnl-
way. Pears are sid to be looking
good and certain varieties of appi>
will yield well, and there will be
!, scattering crop of peaches.
H. J. Baird has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the Decoration
Gay address at Paonia next Tues
uay. Mr.. Baird also mad an invi-
tation to deliver an address at Du-
range, but accepted the one nearer
nome.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Logan and
children OF billings, Montana, are
mere making a short visit at the
Logan home. Mr.. Logan is mana
ser of several large plants of the
Great Western Sugar company, OF
tnat locality.
A branch of peaches was on dis
play in Cooks window yesterday,
from the Widney ranch near Cedar
edge; The number OF peaches on
the branch and the size and condi-
uon of them all. surely speaks well
lor the prospects of that district.
Bob Anderson of What Cher,
iowa, stopped off in Delta a couple
oI days the latter part of last week
or a visit with Frank Fisher, OF
! IA IN
ing been old acquaintance. Mr..
anderson was enroute home from
trip West.
Miss Josie Estes, who for a long
| time has been employed as compos
i'or at the Tribune onice, LETT sun
DAY to accept position in one o.
the offices at her home town, Buena
Vista. Miss Estes had many friends
here who regretted her departure.
]. L. Avise was in from his
Tongue Creek ranch Tuesday and
made the Independent office a
pleasant call. Mr.. Avise says the
frost last week thinned his Jona-
thans and Winesaps but that he
will still have lots of apples.
Mrs. Chidester and daughter.
! Lucille. departed for their home in
! Holdrige. Nebraska. yesterday after
spending some time here at the bed
side of their mother and grand
mother. Mrs. Ora Watson. who has
been critically i'll for a number of
weeks
Reports of petty thieving are
still less frequent than they should
1.a DON -all llN-
dentally. something will happen to
= the guilty parties that will create
sensation and mar the enjoyment of
their spoils,
DR.. Bull had his Maxwell auto
stolen in Grand junction last Sat
urday night. This new kind of
''hoss-thief' bids fair to be worse
than the old sort, as he can find
machine standing ready for him
TO mount. almost anywhere.
The members of the Delta Ma
teresting lecture on Masonry Mon
Gay night by Robert d. Graham. OF
Denver. A large attendance was
out and a banquet was served at
the close of the meeting.
large increase in the acreage
OF oantaloupes planted in Delta
| county this spring is noted, and
the fact is important because of
the extra fine quality grown here
, and the snug sum of coin its mar
keting will bring during the early
fall months.
Among the Breakers" the play
I NxtN hx.
Association. although poorly at
tended. was one of the best plays
that has been given at the opera
house for some time. Horace
Plumb has been especially prais-
ed for his clever black-face work.
Charlie kesslinger. who came to
Delta from FIT. Collins some time
ago, had his head hurt Wednesday
morning by brick falling on him
from the corner of the new tele-
phone building. The brick were
loosened by a wire that was be
ing strung across the street for the
Elk day decorations. The injury
was not serious and Charlie is
about the streets with 4 baniagcd
head.
Miss Winnifred Castle arrived
home from Boulder Wednesday,
where she won third in the State
Oratorical Contest. This is n splen-
did victory for Miss Castle, CON
sidering the array of talent she was
pitted against and the further fact
that her paper was prepared in
about two hours time. To have
won the honor of being n candidate
was no small distinction; to have
brought to Delta one of the princi-