The Delta independent., 1912-08-30

w. ohdiTolup HOW DoLuoCI dliC
candidate for U. s. senator. is to
speak at the court house this after
noon.
Prof. Dana and family left Mon
day for Ottawa, Illinois. the girlhood
home of Mrs. Dana. E>rof Dana will
return home in about three weeks.
Mrs. Dana and the children will Wis
it for time longer.
Forty or fifty young people of the
city enjoyed a weiner rcast on the
island which once comprised La Veta
park Monday evening. and con-
cluded the evening with a dance
at Odd Fellows hall
w. A. Shepherd of Delta, who
is the Republican nominee fer ccun-
ty clerk there, and who is going to
be elected. came up Friday for the
purpose. he said, of getting square
meal.-Montrcse Press.
Hon. Thos. ]. O'Donnell, Democrat
&c candidate for United States SEN
ator, arrived in the city from Grand
Junction yesterday morning and ad-
dressed fair sized audience at the
opera house last night.
Senator E. NJ. Ammons, accompa-
MED by Hen. ]. J. Tobin of Mont
rose, was here looking into political
conditions the latter part of last
week. They proceeded to Grand
Junction Sunday evening.
Mrs. Rogers of Leadville, inter
ested in property at Cedaredge, ar
rived from the Cloud city Monday
and will spend the balance of the
month lcokirg after her Delta
county properly interests.
j. W Kincade of Guysville, Ohio
has been in Delta county for week
looking after property interests and
visiting his daughter, Miss Pearl
Kincade, who is one of the steno-
graphic force at the court house.
Miss Ethel Beatty. who left last
week for a visit with friends at
Bend. Oregon, has written her father
Marshall Beatty of Delta, that she
had a pleasant visit with her broth
er at ogden. Utah. while enroute.
John Farrell was an east-bound
passenger for Salida OF. Wednesday
morning. after spending most of the
present season on his ranch near
Delta. He reports a fine crop of
potatoes and grain on his place this
year
The Shakespeare Study club will
meet with Mrs. l.. A. Hick on We'd
nesday. September 4. at 2:3O p. m.
Lesson-Romeo and Juliet. acts one
Response-quotatio from Thomas
Moore.
Our serial story was crowded out
this week by the lists of nomina-
tions, which are required by law to
be published. The story. which is of
absorbing interest. will be continued
next week and thereafter until COM
pleted.
Geo. Young and family, accompa-
MED by his mother and sister. Mrs.
Rob't. Young and Minnie Taylor and
Clarence Wagner, left Sunday morn
ing for Georges ranch on the south
range. They expected to spend a
week in camp.
About the most effective canvass
the Colorado candidates could make
would be to spend the ten days priol
to the primary picking peaches en- the
Western Slope. Gathering peaches
would perhaps be as pleasant as
sathering votes.
Ex-Governor Orman spent the lat
ter part of last week and first of
this in Delta. looking over the Sam
Farmer irrigation project, in which,
we understand, he is interested. He
took scme samples of fruit home to
Pueblo with him.
The autos conveying the overland
party 40 Denver two weeks ago, be-
gan their return this week. Will H.
Mathers being the first to get in
Tuesday night. Those to arrive latel
are Senator stephan, w. r. Johnson
and w. G. Hilman.
F.. Day. his son. Harold, of the
|. NJ. Conklin store, Almond Bour-
don and Chas. White returned last
Saturday from week's outing al
the Grand mesa lakes. They landed
half hundred fine trout and re-
port n good time in general.
The residence property on Main
street just south OF the Lincoln
l,..ldi.,.r AIcG r,.ay Ia n.