The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-02-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

eu IA Victory lot CutleT, says tue
Montrose Enterprise.
c. c. Wells. who has visited with
his son Bert, the Main street gro
ceryman fer some weeks past. de-
parted for his home in Iowa last
Saturday morning
II. S. Bushnell and Jerry Ram
skill of the local forestry office. re-
turned from a meeting of the forest
supervisors in Denver, Monday even
ing.
Byrum Luce, the former well
known abstract man of this city
and now engaged in the mercantile
business at Paonia. was visitor in
the city last Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
A force of men is at work push
ing the revision and finishing of
he second floor of the new brick
building on Main street, just north
of the Hillman building. for occu-
pancy by the local Y NJ. c. A.
Orders taken for suits made by
NJ Born & Co. Chicago's artistic
tailors Call and see the new spring
and summer samples. Prices the
/ lowest Jas. Merchant, 255 Main
street.
/. c. Hall, manager of the Grand
Mesa Lumber company, and family,
arrived home Wednesday evening
/ from a pleasant visit of several
weeks duration with relatives and
friends in the East.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ r. Perkins, of
the Perkins hotel. returned home
last Friday evening, the latter from
a visit of few weeks Ia Nebraska.
and being joined in Denver by her
husband.
w. w. Dingman, well known at
torney of Cedaredge. was in the
city on legal busin, IS Tuesday. MI
Dingman concluded while here to
become a regular reader of the In
dependent and it will visit him each
week in the future.
Another successful raid on bum
ny was made this week by Roy Bow
en-, Harry Hauser. RalIh and Dick
Cunningham and jim Bowen. They
bagged one hundred and three in
about two hours and came in with
swelled chests over the record.
The young ladies of the Christian
church gave valentine social and
supper in the Main street room for
merly occupied by the Ramsay Dry
Goods company on Wednesday even
ing which was well attended and of
much interest to all present.
]. w. Deem. chief engineer for
the Rio Grande company in this
section of the state with headquar-
tiers in Salida. made an official visit
in the North Fork section Tuesday,
returning to his home Wednesday
morning.
One of the several evidences of
the nearness to springtime and the
decline of winter, is the present
attention of residents to their lawns,
flower gardens and clearing away
the accumulated rubbish from gar
den tracts.
w. l.. Miller and wife of Eckert.
departed the first of the week for
California. where MIR. Miller hopes
to find the climate beneficial to
falling health. They will remain in
the coast state for an indefinite
length of time.
Mrs. l.. o. Strawhecker and three
children arrived in the city from
Angus Nebrakas. last Friday even
ing to join their husband and father
who has been here for some months
past in search OF health. They are
living on south Meeker street
II. z. Smith of the Delta Nation
al bank, departed for the state
metropolis Sunday evening to be in
attendance upon the big Republican
Lincoln day banquet which was Civ
en- Monday by Senator Guggenheim
at FL Jebel temple.
Romeo" is a late arrival from
Los Angeles. He is toy poodle
live months old and weighs just two
rounds. Romeo is owned by Mrs. +.
ID. Herrick. who estimates that his
weight when fully grown, Will not
exceed three Pounds.
T.. S. Corbin, of the Surface Creek
Realty company, was an outgoing
passenger for Denver Sunday morn
ing, where he had important bust
ness demanding his attention. In
cidentally. he expected to attend
I,.,s
night.