The Delta independent., 1911-04-21

berg recently sold his stock ranch
for a very neat sum.
l. B. Raichart of North Delta.
sold the Curtis place of one acre
on Monday of this week for 1925.
He bought the place a week before
for $500. Pretty good interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Sewell were
in town yesterday from their ranch
on Dallas Divide. They left for
Delta this morning for a ten day S
visit with friends-Ridgway Sun.
B. w. Robbins. general agent of
the Rio Grande railroad in Western
Colorado. is here making a careful
survey of the fruit orchards and will
make a report on fruit conditions.
The local forestry men. under
the supervision of II. S. Bushnell.
are planting 1900 yellow pine
seedlings near the Transfer Well.
twenty-five miles east of Roubideaua
canon.
c. j. Lippert reports the sale OF
the Geo. ". Scandrett 80 acres on
Payne's siding to Mr.. Reynolds of
Denver. the consideration being
$4,000. Mr.. Reynolds will improve
with an orchard.
Fred Kidney of Alma, Colorado,
was in Delta for a short stay the
first of the week on business. Mr.
Kidney was in Delta ten years ago
ard lie said he wouldn't have rec
ognized the place.
Marriage licenses were issued
at the county clerks office this week
to Mr.. Z. p. Butler and Miss Argye-
lena Yant. both of Delta; and Henry
X. Hutchins and Miss Ethel l.. KEEP
| Ter. both of Delta.
j. F.. Shue, of the Delta Electric
Light company when asked if his
crop was injured by frost. said he
didn't have anything but currents"
and thought they were alright un-
less another freeze comes.
Delta is getting a good share of
public gatherings this season, which
| is at it should be. There are few
more attractive spots than Delta
and the hospitality of our people is
always a memorable feature.
Mrs. Battice. who has been in
| Delta for several weeks visiting at
the McCash home on Garnet mesa,
left for her home in Denver We'd
nesday. Mrs. Battice is a trained
nurse from the oaks Home.
p. G. Lawrence, who has been
confined to his home for the past
two weeks with a badly liberated and
inflamed jaw, the result of having
stubborn molar extracted. is grad
ually getting over the effects.
The Paonia Elks ran a special
train from that town to Montrose
| tuesday. Several Paoniaites were
! initiated into the ranks of the or
der and a banquet and ball were
given by the Montrose lodge in the
evening.
Prof r. S. Herrick and Thomas
Edwards went down to help the
Grand Valley people smudge Friday
night. Prof. Herrick went again
Monday night. They say the people
of that district have smudging down
to a fine science
S. b. Snow last week purchased
the w. G. Hillman residence on
south Main street for a considera-
ton of $1,000. This is one of the
finest dwellings in Delta county. -.
Hiliman will continue to occupy the
house until October.
Starr Nelson and Guy Meyer have
planted 10000 pounds of potatoes
on their ranch down the river. Joe
Budd. on the wigram ranch has
planted $4,000 pounds and these are
but two of the many large potato
planters around Delta.
/ City Clerk Camilla Sanders is
greatly Pleased at receipt OF some
very fne scenic pictures from AIT.
Wadleigh. of the ID. d r. G. rail-
road. Mrs. Sanders had made a
special request for the PICTURES to
decorate the walls of the new city
hall.
arrived here Tuesday for Messrs
I'D. Hanson, ID. w. Thomas and W.
b. Powell, all of Hotchkiss. The
cars were unloaded here and driven
home by the owners. This is the
first lot of that make of cars seen
in Delta, but they look to be good
Cnes.
w. j. Darnell was in from Cory
Tuesday with big branch of pear
blooms, nearly all of which were
alive. Mr.. Darnell said: II don't
believe there is an apple on our
mesa hurt by frost, and We are
going to have lots of peaches" More
favorable reports of the pears come
in from different orchards.
w. II. Mathers was called to
California Tuesday. He will re
turn with their children the care
of whom, we understand. was prov
Ing too much for Mrs. Mathers in