The Delta independent., 1911-07-14
The few cases of typhoid fever
in town are reported getting along
rs nicely as could be expected.

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Mr.. and Mrs. James Zaninnetti
and family spent Sunday in Cedar
edge, visiting the Smethurst family.
Ellis G. Slack is in Hotchkiss
making preparations for a trip to
Lawrence, Kansas, where he goes
to sell Delta county lands.
l. N. Pepper and a party OF
friends passed through Delta on
Sunday enroute from Montrose to
Cedaredge to spend the day.
Clarence Smith, accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. Julia Smith, went
over to Denver Wednesday for
short visit with friends.
Miss Pearl Ford is hear from
Denver making a pleasant visit at
the home of her cousin, Mrs. S. ].
kyffin.
Dewey Wilson who has been
confined to the house some six
weeks with typhoid fever is able
to be out again.
]. A. Rovaart, proprietor of
Cherry Avenue Orchards, has some
nice large Montmorency cherries
for sale. J. A. Rovaart, Paonia,
Colorado.
few fishing parties are out
and others are planning to go. Good
Gunnison fishing is counted upon as
soon as the high water goes down
and the river clears up.
Rev j. j. Lace, district super
intendent of the Methodist church,
vas in Delta Tuesday from Grand
Junction.
Apricots. cherries. early peaches
direct from the orchard. J. A. Ro-
vaart Paonia. Colorado.
Clyde H. Smith, of the Inter
n'ountain Fruit Journal, was in
Delta the latter part of last week
in the interests of his paper.
Miss Maude Drolsbaugh is back
at her usual place in the postoffice
again, after an absence of several
weeks due to illness.
Fred King returned home from
Denver Monday. after spending sew
eral weeks there preparing for the
I bar examination.
L. Y Kohlman left Friday after
noon for British Columbia, where
lie goes to look up timber land. He
expected to be gone several weeks.
/ Mrs. Lizzie Wagner returned last
Saturday from California, where she
spent several weeks in company
with Judge Story and family of
Ouray.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. H. Price and Miss
Lola, of California mesa, have left
1 Tor visit with friends in the East
stopping enroute to visit with old
| friends at Montrose for few days.
The Independent last week failed
to announce the arrival of nine
and a half pound baby girl. at the
home of MIR. and Mrs. G. n. Eli
thorpe, on July 4th.
Fred ID. Warren at the Opera
| House July IS. Tickets good for
the lecture and 40 weeks subscrip-
ton to the Appeal to Reason, for
sale at Cooks Drug Store.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Ewing leave
today for Hotchkiss. where they
will make their home in the future.
Mr.. Ewing will run a feed store
there for A. b. Crabill of Delta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Bragg
and family of Olathe, visited in
Delta few days last week at the
home of Captain and Mrs. c. P.
Bragg. They returned home Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Pearson left
for their home in Pitkin, Colorado,
Wednesday morning, after pleas
ant visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. c. Getty.
C. A. Barnes, formerly with the
Delta Trading Co, of Delta, but
now located at Nankato. Minnesota,
writes to have the Independent sent
to him there.
John Murphy exclaimed between
heats Tuesday, while catching for
the Nuts: No man living can
catch for an hour and half each
inning"
Dan Mcintyre. the Crawford
stockman, shipped in several cars
of cattle the first of the week for
the range. They passed through
Delta Sunday.
The East is still sweltering in
heat. the large cities adding hun
dreds to their lists of prostrations
daily. Here we have just good crop
growing weather.
Although the crop season which
requires irrigation is more than hall
some, our rivers remain at almost
high water mark. Especially is
this true of the Gunnison.
Paul Wilson was down from
Hotchkiss Tuesday attending to bus
mess matters and to meet Mrs. Will
son, who returned from Pueblo on