The Delta independent., 1912-01-19

Conductor NJ. A. Robley. with his
family, departed yesterday morning
Tor Galveston, Texas, and other
southern points, where they will
put in two or three months rusticat-
ing. Mr.. RoDley has taken a 90-day
lay-off, and during his absence Har-
ry BruntCn, of the Creole branch.
Will punch tickets on the North
Fork run.
w. c. Weaver, trustee of the I'm
ion Trading company stores and his
secretary were in the CITY from fu-
ebIo tuesday, looking over the Delta
store in The interest of the credit
ors. Mr.. Weaver states that the
stock here is the cleanest and best
OF the entire system and considers
the outlook Tor stockholders very fav-
orable.
GiraId Edwards Stewart, a bright
little elesen-pound boy, came into
Ine home oil Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.
stewart OF Cedaredge, last Saturday
morning and is already the priced
member OF the family circle. He is
| there to remain ana will be given
every care and attention. Mother
and child are reported as doing very
nicely.
Archictect o. R. Felmlee is draw
ing up pans ana syecI1ications for
d nlne-TOom modern residence for
MIR. A Newly OF Huttig, Arkansas.
The house will be built on Mr.. New
by farm recently purchased on
lower California mesa, about five
miles south OF the city, and will
be one OF the most commodious
farm dwellings on the Western Slope.
Mrs. A. R. King, accompanied by
Miss Ula and the two little boys
departed for Denver Saturday morn
ing, where they are to reside at
least until the expiration of Judge
King term as mmeber of the new
court OF appeals. A number of
friends of the family were at the
depot that day TO bid them good
bye and wish them well in their
new home.
Sheriff Williams was notified by
wire on Wednesday, of the death
OF his mother. Mrs. Georgia Will
liams. at her home in Arcadia, Kan
sas. and he went out on the even
ing train for that point to be in at
tendance upon the funeral and bur
ial The direct cause Of death was
pneumonia. The aged woman was
well known to many Delta people.
she having visited here for several
months last summer.
The county commissioners have
instructed Architect Felmlee to
draw plans and specifications for a
county poor house with twelve rooms
including a boiler room. The house
will be built of Delta brick, and
viii be made plain and substantial,
and will be built with view OF ad-
ding on in front 1t will be heated
! with a modern hot water plant and
VIII be provided with full plumbing
and a complete sewerage system.
Frank G. Myers, of the Western
slope Realty company, has accepted
position as travelling representa-
tive for the J. |. Case Implement Co
He assumed his new duties on the
18th of this month. Mr.. Myers was
with the Case company number
of years prior to locating in Delta.
His headquarters will be in this
city.
The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyter-
ian church were delightfully."- enter
tanned in social session at the home
of Mrs. c. p. Bragg last Tuesday
afternoon. Mesdames Hobson and
Dowd furnished music and Miss lone
Penley reading. Although the
weather was very Indictment about
: thirty-five members were present
The hostess was assisted by Mes
danes Dickerson. Wright, Burgess
. Angel and others.
l Carl Jensen, representing the
American Bible society, will have a
stand at Turner & Huntley's store
, on Saturday, to supply ever! body
with bibles. Bibles at Ia cents and
up. Testaments 5 cents and up.
For those too poor to buy will be
supplied free. Twenty different
languages on hand-Danish, Englisl
= Swedish. Welsh, German, Finnish
Dutch, French. Spanish, Italian, Bo-
e hemian, japanese. Russian, fiddish
etc. One hundred languages can De
supplied on order.
A mountain lion is reported TO
lave visited the Winton coal mine
Tuesday night, carrying away forty
or fifty pounds of fresh meat. There
was about three inches of new snow
and the animals tracks could be
plainly seen. In crossing a creek
nearby on leaving, it made jump
which the men at the mine estimat-