The Delta independent., 1912-11-01
Potato sacks at Gibson Lumber Co.


passenger for tbe state metropolis yes
terday morning.
E. A. Ault came in from Marble |
yesterday morning and will be here
until after election
|. The A. NJ T. club will give ha
Mrs NJ w. Weeks on California mesa ,
tonight.
The A. NJ. z. club was pleasantly
entertained by Mrs. Ralph Kinney at
her home in North Delta Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. A. l.. Roberts and daughter
of Paonia, were in the city Saturday,
being on their way to Montrose for
visit with friends.
Mr.. J. E. Sterling is here from Colo
good farm lands for low rate loans
Mr.. Sterling is connected with the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.
w. ). Hlnaman, former well
known merchant of Cedaredge. came
in from Portland, Oregon, last Tues
day morning. Mr.. Hinaman had been
on the Western Coast all summer
The address of w. T. Pittinger has
got mixed up on our mailing list III
this should meet the eye of Mr.. Pit
niger or anyone who knows his cor
rect address. we would be thankful if
they Will let us know
Dressmaking from the plainest sew
ing to the latest French models wei
solicit your patronage Located on
corner of Seventh and Grand, No 3O4
Phone Delta 2091. Louise Stubber-
field. Jennie Ritchey
Miss Cora Sanders was a passenger
for Denver last Sunday morning. She
went to that city to meet her mother
who was on her way home from an
extended eastern visit. and both arriv-
ed in Delta yesterday evening.
Mrs. Edwards Verhofstadt of Calf
ornia mesa was called to Denver last
Monday morning on account OF the
death Of her mother in that city the
day preceding. The aged lady had
been an invalid for some months.
Some seventy-five or eighty fruit
packers and pickers came down from
the different North Fork districts last
Saturday. having concluded their work
and went out to Grand Valley and
other Colorado points that evening.
The senior class of Delta high school
gave a successful private dance in
Odd Fellows hall last Friday evening
for benefit of the school piano fund
and have added thereby TO that fund
some $25 or $50. All participants re-
port an enjoyable evening
4. 5. Exter. dispatcher for the Rio
Grande at Gunnison returned to his
home Wednesday morning after a few
days business visit here and at Hotch- !
kiss where he owns a fine farm Mrs 4
ENter he says. has Just returned from
Salt Lake City where she was being
treated for throat trouble.
Messrs. Karn and Trechter have
completed the harvesting of apples |
from four or five orchards on Calf |
ornia mesa and the entire product is |
stored in the old Gayety theater room
on Main street near The Independent
office. These crops We're purchased
at stated sum as they looked on
the trees
Sam Farmer. of the Escalante com |
pany. boarded the morning train for
Denver last Saturday after seeing the I
orman Construction company unload
their ten cars of ditch building equip.
ment at Roubideau and get started on
the twenty-five miles of contract work
to be instituted at once and pushed to
an early completion
Hugh Gallagher. conductor of the
Grand Junction -Montrose passenger
run. took a layoff the latter part OF
last week and was here on Friday
and Saturday looking after his fruit
farms near town. He returned to his
home in the Mesa county metropolis
Saturday evening and had sack OF
fine tubers grown on his place with
him
John Ronemus and his gang of men
at work a greater part of the past
summer on concrete work for the city
of Montrose on the big reservoir at
Cero Summit. came down last Sunday
having completed the contract of Wal
Ter & Ronemus. The boys report
some winter weather on the Summit
just now and need for plenty of heavy
blankets at night.
Great as the crops have been in
Delta county. the end of all harvests