The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-11-03

WINE the game was in progress
between Delta and Grand Junction
last Saturday afternoon, but for
tuhately it was found and returned
tc him the following day. The young
man was justly worried over his ill
luck, before the watch returned to
nm, for it had been given by the
senator to his mother some twenty
years ago.
Young lady of a nearby town
Went into dry goods store the
other day and blushingly asked the
mead clerk if he had any of those
elastic bands, capable of being elon-
gated and adjusted at pleasure, and
rsed by the feminine portion of man
klhd Tor putting around the lower
extremities of their locomotive mem
rers to keep the proper position and
the required altitude habiliments of
their tibias. The clerk is now on
a sheep ranch.-Ex.
Isn't it queer how a student in a
football game will rush up and suck
a sponge after all the rest of the
team and opposing team have had it
In their mouths and many of them
had their hands in the water, and
take him on the school grounds
and you could not force him to drink
from an "unsanitary drinking cup"
at all. This a good example of the
consistency of the modern fads.
A rock and sand slide on the
Grand Observation-Disclosures branch at
Unaweep, caused the morning pas
senger train yesterday, several hours
delay. The slide had occurred some
time during the night Wednesday
and is said to have completely bur
led several rods of track. A large
| force of trackmen was put to work
| early yesterday morning but the
clearance could not be made in time
to avoid the delay of the train as
above mentioned.
NJ. c. .3ressler arrived in the
city from Ashland, Oregon, on Wed
nesCay and is looking over several
OF tie fine orchards in this section
with a view OF purchasing. Mr..
Bress.er came here several months
ago from that extensively advertised
fruit state and was so we'll pleased
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here that he decided TO return and
maxi some investments.
Prot p. NJ. Condit informs the
Independent that there were less
evidences OF Halloween pranks of
the boys about town this year than
ever before. He had simply had
one of those heart to- heart talks
with the school boys in advance, as
to the inconvenience and damage
resulting from Halloween handling
of property and they chose to keep
hands off the school property.
Sheriff Galloway went to Salt
Lake City Saturday to bring back
Frank w. Shields, who is wanted
at Olathe on the charge of embez-
Element which is alleged to have
taken place while he was man
ager of the Olathe Hardware COM
pany The Montrose county Off
GERS have been endeavoring to get
Shields for some time but up till
several days ago have been unable
TO get reQuisition papers from the
governor of Utah. AS soon as the
papers were issued. Shields was ar
rested and placed in Jail at Salt
Lake-Montrose Enterprise.
Judge Shackelford of this district
and R. NJ. Logan, the states prose
cutor, are positively unable to get
around for all the court business
now in hand. Three terms are now
ia progress in the district, one at
Cuunison, where Judge Mccall of
Golden and District Attorney Lo-
gam preside. another at Montrose
with Judge Shackelford on the bench
and Attorney Charlesworth of Del
IA looking after the states welfare
AID an adjourned session of the
mesa county court was begun last
Monday with Judge Shumate of
Glcnwood Springs in charge.
Prof. c. Z. Dana, who has owned
and conducted the conservatory of
music in this city for five years
past. has sold the equipment to the
Misses Bertha Clark and Bertha
Mundry, and departed on Wednes-
day evening for Yakima, Washing
ton, where he is to engage in SINH
lar lines. Mr.. Dana S family is to
Join him in the Northwestern city
few months later. During their
five years residence here Prof.and
Mrs. Dana have made many warm
friends, all of whom will wish them
Well in their new home. The new
owners of the conservatory are pop
ular young ladies of the city ana
are both thorough musicians ana /
advanced instructors, having assist
ed Prof. Dana for some time inn Is
work, and that they Will succeed IN
this well established bushes, goes