The Delta independent., 1912-11-22

H. w. Pratt autoed to Cedaredge
last Saturday.
]. B. Killian was an eastbound pas
senger for the state metropolis yester-
day morning.
Have a good word for your home
and your neighbors. If you do you
will be the happier for it.
A number of Delta people made the
trip to Montrose and return in auto
mobiles, last Sunday.
An innovation at Geo. w. Bruce's
big farm sale December 4th, will be
free cider and cigars. AZ
rose yesterday and put in few hours
shaking hands with his many friends
The Perkins hotel Will have its
usual bountiful dinner thanksgiving
day. and those desiring dinner will
confer a favor by telephoning the
hotel so reservations can be made. 4(
Mrs. Matte c. Hall and her daugh
ter, Miss Rose, departed for Trinidad
last Tuesday and expect to spend the
winter with Walter Hall who has re-
sided il the southern Colorado city
for two or more years
A grand MASK bail is to be given
by the Austin baseball team i'll kehl's
hall at that place on Thursday evening
November 2s-Thanksgiving night
and all are anticipating a royal gooc
time.
A. w. Carr departed for Shiprock
New Mexico yesterday evening to hob
mob with the Navajo Indians a few
days and incidentally select a few O
their best rugs and blankets which
he will ship to Delta.
John Poole carries both hands care
fully bandaged these days as the re
suit of blood poisioring following Sc
we're burns from a rope when he was
handling a horse in the field few
days ago.
f J. Hatcher was an outgoing pas
senger to Victor yesterday morning
Mr.. Hatcher and his brother have
valuable mining interests in that dis
trict and also a store at Victor which
requires much of their time and at
tention.
Six young men of Grand Junction
made motorcycle runs from that cit!
to Delta last Sunday morning in ex
cellent time and returned home in tbs
evening. They reported the Delt;
county part of the highway in gooe
shape.
William Ash went over TO Olath,
on Tuesday morning to aid his brothel
George Ash. in the construction of ;
brick school which is to cost abou
$4,000. The new school house is t.
be of brick and as modern as sucl
public buildings can be made
Delta answered roll call at the IVES
tern Slope Boys Conference held il
Grand Junction last Saturday to th'
number of %. About 200 Western
Slope boys were present at this Y. NJ
C. A. conference. A public reception
was given the delegates at the Y. NJ
C. A. building.
Mrs. Maggie E. Hice. 26 years o
age and wife of Claude Hice OF Pao
MIA. who underwent an operation a
the Delta hospital last week for abdo
minal abscess. died at 3 o'clock las
Thursday night and the body was ia
ken to Pacnia for burial Friday even
ing. Mis-. Hice was in a very critica
condition before coming to Delta an
the local surgeons had but little hop
for her.
Attorney Stivers. the recently de
feated candidate for district attorney
was welded few days ago to
daughter of Judge John c. Bell o
Montrose. The happy young coupl
passed through Delta to California o
their honeymoon trip Wednesday e,
ening and were the recipients of hear
ty congratulations from acquaintance
who happened to meet them at III
depot here that evening.
One of the Delta county farmer
who resides near town made a tri
to county coal mines last Monday an
he states that he counted twenty-fiv
heavily loaded wagons on the roa
and that there wasn't one of the coui
ty mines able to Keep up with tn
present demand for coal. He say