The Delta independent., 1912-06-07


their big doings this year en- June
is and 10.
First Class Dressmaking. Mrs.
l.. o. Strawbecker, 935 Meeker
street. Orders gotten out on time.
A. ]. worse arrived in Delta iron
and departed Ior the East yesterday.
Clay Davis returned the first of
the week from business tip to the
Lake City district. He reports much
snow high up in the mountains.
The Independent does not give its
news in headlines. Read the paper
and you will find much more than
if you simply skim over the head
lines.
Brick work on the w. A. Hillman
residence on south Grand avenue
has been completed and carpenters
nave begun their part of the con-
tract.
The June race meet at Montrose
will be held on Thursday and F, iday
4 of next week, June / 3 and IA. A
| fine speed program will be offered
and a good attendance is expected.
Young homegrown potatoes will
be in market in two or three weeks,
as the early varietis ar now nicly
set on the growing plants.
Miss Edna McCu.ly was a west
bound passenger for San Diego, Cal
7 70, 10. nf Mt
week, for a summer visit with her
sister, Mrs. Beryl Gutridge.
Harry L. Shaffer, the collecting
agent ald bill poster, now has Of
fices in the basement of the Lincoln
| building and he and his family re-
side on Mee.er street.
Ray Stanford is enlarging the
basement space in his home on
Grand avenue. the concrete work
ers beginning On the job the first
of the present week.
New automobiles are being adedd
/ to the already long list owned in
/ Delta county each week. T. w.
Odem, prominent orchardist of Ced-
aredge. We understand purchased
one last week
]. b. killian and daughter. Katie,
were passengers for Denver Monday
morning, where they were to meet
Miss Jane May Killian, who attend
ed the Converse college in South
Carolina last year.
/ Miss Hattie Hornsby departed
Monday evening for Los Angeles and
other California points, where she
will visit with relatives and friends
greater part of the present sum
uper season.
Licences to wed were issued thi'
week to Gustaf Gideon Johnson,
and Miss Olive Marion Ault, both
of Paonia; w. II. Pierce and Miss
Helena Whitlock, both of Hotchkiss
Mrs. Bennett, who was once res
ideat of Delta, when her husband
was manager of the Ramsay store. ar
rived in the city Tuesday from La
mar. Colorado, for a few weeks vis-
it with relatives and friends.
w. A. Davis and family were pas
sengars for Hotchkiss last Sunday
evening, where MIR Davis was to
assist in taking an inventory OF the
Butler store in that town which was
recently sold
Attorney R. H Walker was here
from Grand Junction last Friday and
Saturday locking after the interests
O. clients represented by him dur
ing his residence in this city. He
returned home Saturday evening.
NJ. II. Carlson, one of the well
Known stock men of this county.
was an outgoing passenger Tuesday
morning for Telluride, where he will
rusticate goodly portion of the
present season.
j, r. Hanson, f. W. Simon and
ID. w. Thomas. all prominent resi-
dents of Hotchkiss, were business
visitor in the city Wednesday. re-
turning to their homes in the even
ing.
son was born to MIR. and Mrs. f.
j. Carmichael Tuesday morning of
this week. Parents and child report
ed doing nicely, particularly Ed.
The little boy has three sisters for
company.
Miss Ada Horton was n passen-
ger for her old home in jackson
county. Ohio, Tuesday morning. She
was accompanied as far as Montrose
on the long journey. by her sister.
Mrs. Ewing.
Mrs. Fred Hickman returned to
her home In Grand J,,,,tiop Sun