The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-05

Mrs. Mary B. Mathers returned
Monday morning from a winters So
journ on the Pacific coast. She re-
ports a pleasant visit in the land of
oranges and flowers, but is glad to
get home again.
/ There is perhars no business go
ing which pays bigger divends on
advertising, or which it is SO nee
essary to advertise, as shows, yet
in Delta, most of the shows that
come here merely bill the town,
and the few that do advertise put
in a dinky ad that attracts little at
tention. A few dollars spent with
the newspapers would make the ad-
vent of the better class of shows a
success instead of a failure.
/ Sam Sheffield is here from his
present home in Utah on a visit
with oldtime friends. Mr.. Sheffield
was a resident of Delta a quarter of
a century ago, when he owned what
is now known as the Jim McHugh
ranch near Cedaredge. He has not
I
years and was greatly surprised at
the growth of Delta and the i'm
proved condition of the orchards
and farms of the district.
| +. V. Pomercy, who owns a tract
OF fruit land on California mesa,
and is also interested in northern
Colorado real estate, arrived in
the city this week from a few
weeks visit in NTnn. Colorado. in
the Greeley district, and will re
his property. He reports considerable
snow and cold weather in the
northern part of the state during
| his visit there.
The board of county commission
arS departed yesterday evening for
i:otchkiss to inspect the new county
bridge just completed at that point.
! They will also investigate condi-
tions at the site of the new bridge
at Paonia before returning. Work
on the new bridge at this point is
/ about to be instituted, but there
may be some delay in the matter
because OF a possibility of high
water resulting from spring thawing
of Snow in the mountains.
Prof P. NJ. Condit, superintendent
OF the Delta city schools and Miss
Bel McMichael, county superintend-
accompanied a delegation of teach
I ers from the North Fork district
tc the Western Slope convention in
Montrose yesterday morning. The
sessions were not to begin ultil this
morning but many preferred to get
there in advance. Delta schools are
closed today and most of the teach
ers will go to Montrose on the
morning train.
W. l.. Logan and family. who
have resided on California mesa fol
some time, departed last Saturda,
evening for California, where the,
are to take up a permanent resi-
dence They will go direct to San
Francisco and from that point Mr.
Logan Will make an inspection Of
the state and determine upon a 10
cality in which he desires to live
and which offers the most fav'
orable opportunities in business
way.
Leo. Chase of Hotchkiss. is here
training for his bout with Middle
Weight Champion c. f. Garrett Of
The Slope The boys are evenly
matched and the contest is expect
I'd to be a long, hard one. They
wrestle at Hotchkiss the oath day
Of April, oa the l. o. o. F. conven-
ion day. Chase says he intends
making his home here because he
likes the town and the people that
are in it He intneds staging sever
al wrestling matches here in the
near Montrose Empire.
Considerable tree planting and
general home irIpl ewing is peins
done la the residence sections. AL
50 much new orchard is being plant
ed over the county. OF the latter
il is noticed that greater care is be
ing exercised both in the selectio.
of good commercial varieties, ano
methods of planting. This is com
mendable, as it is better to hav,
one acre of thrifty high7grades THAI
five acres of poorly grown infeiors
The same method applies to oui
stock growing. There never was ;
time when one thoroughbred WASH
worth whole group of ordinar.
south downs
Dan Wagner returned the frs
of the week from the Cedars where
he has been looking over the city's