The Delta independent., 1912-03-15

| JACK Gale and his son, Ed gar, de-
parted Sunday morning for Montreal,
canada, and after short stay in
that city they will go to Brockton
for an extended visit, during which
time Mr.. Gale is to make a settle
ment of the estate of his father,
who died there last January. They
may be absent from Delta two or
three months.
The rumor beacme current this
week that Captain Leslie Conklin
and his company of National Guards
had been ordered to proceed to the
scene of warfare in Mexico, but this
rumor was entirely unfounded The
boys have been instructed to take
daily runs about the country, how
ever, in order that their muscles
may be properly developed and en-
during powers thereby assured.
! Messrs. Grimm and Graham, own
ers OF the Dreamland theatre in
Delta, who a few months ago pur-
Chased the Gayety theatre equip
ment from Vance Bros, and have
Kept the latter place closed since
That time, have just sold the entire
outfit to Homer Wright and C. H.
| Price of Montrose. These. men are
in the near future and the equip
ment purchased here was shipped
last Friday.
| Monte Gallup and Charlie San
ders arrived home from Kansas City
last Friday evening, fully equipped
for anything in the automobile lfne.
Tie boys have just completed a
thorough course of training in one
nf the best technical auto schools
N the MiddleWest and have COM
pietely solved the mechanism, the
many intricate parts and the value
Of each to perfect operation of any
machine made.
Ralph Gallup was recently APP
pointed chief of police of Grand Val
/ ley. and departed for that point last
Saturday evening. There is said to
be a lot of ditch work in hand in
that section just now which requires
large forces OF men and with the
opportunity for such forces to get
''oiled up at three open saloons,
there is necessity for police officers
at all hours of the day and night.
Leslie R. Long arrived in Delta
with car of household goods. farm
implements. etc, from Illinois last
Saturday morning to take posses
sion and begin operations on a fine
forty-acre tract of fruit land on Cal
ifornia mesa recently purch" sed by
him. Mr.. Longs family came in the
following day and they will soon be
comfortably quartered in their new.
home.
IS T. Schneck, former manager
for the Union Trading Company with
headquarters in Pueblo. seems to
have been a promoter in more lines
than one He was a member of
mine promotion company and made
cash purchase of certain proper
ties in the states, for whice he told
his partners who had put up much
of the cash. that he had paid $500.
They later discovered that he had
paid but ST. 500, and thereupon began
suit to recover the $4,000.
The freight train running between
this city and .omerset plunged into
slide or bad piece of track be-
tween Paonia and Hotchkiss We'd
nesday morning and caused a wreck
age which prevented the morning
passenger train from getting through
that day. The passengers, mail and
express were transferred to the ca
boose of the freight train and pull
ed into Delta, arriving here about
noon. Necessary repairs have since
been made to the tracks and all the
branch trains are again in motion.
Last week the independent re-
ported the contemplated removal
OF the Grand Mesa Abstract com
pany to the rear rooms of the Colo
RADIO State bank in the postoffice
building, and of the Electric Light
company taking the Main street of
fees vacated by the abstract COM
pany. These plans have been re-
versed for some reason or other.
and these two companies will remain
where they are. at least for the
present.
IL We had fine orchard We sure
| ~ would dislike very much to have
Tom. Dick and Harry come in and