The Delta independent., 1912-10-18
Miss Maude Drolsbaugh who recent.

Miss Maude Drolsbaugh who recent.
| ly underwent a delicate surgical opeI a.
tion in one of the Denver hospitals, is
reported as rapidly recovering.
j. F. Newland and wife came down
from their home at Crawford last
Wednesday for few days visit with
their son Charles, and family, who are
here from California.
Mrs. w. NJ House and baby arrived
in the city from Salida last Wednes-
day evening and are guests at the
home OF Mrs, Houses parent, Mr. and
Mrs. c. l.. Smith, on South Main street
Will Densmore, assistant postmaster
at Salida, who owns a fine acre fruit
tract on Garnet mesa, departed for
his home the latter part of last week
after few days business and pleas
ure visit in the city
w. r. Kennedy and two sons who
started overland for California about
three weeks ago, found conditions so
favorable at Price, Utah, that they
concluded to end their journey at that
point and locate permanently
crete engineer of Colorado Springs
has just taken a lease on the Kuhn
ley coal mine near Delta and will op-
gate the property this fall and win
ter
lie Misses Franey Barron and
Louisa Price were here from Califor-
Lila mesa last Tuesday the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Williams on North
Main street. Miss Barron is visitor
in Colorado from Springfield. Illinois.
]. Frank Reed came down from his
home near Cedaredge last Wednesday
and had to tell his many Delta friends
all about his usccessful deer hunt this
fall when he captured the biggest
buck brought home by any of the
county hunters.
c. ]. Eaton, travelling representative
of the Mountain States Telegraph and
Telephone company and j. H. Hughes.
travelling passenger agent for the Bur
lIngton railroad were here on We'd
nesday, the former going through to
Grand Junction with the expectation
OF returning soon.
W. o. Beckman. produced a fine
crop of peaches this year, but finding
To he
dull he set about to convert it into
dried fruit where he can get a good
price for it. He ordered the proper
machinery for the evaporator and has
now had it working for over week.
He reports that ii is doing the bust
ness in fine shape and he is saving
everyone of his peaches that would
have otherwise gone TO waste. The
evaporator is the thing for the fruit
men here and if the new company had
had its plant working sooner, the
growers would have saved thousands
CT dollars. Mr.. Beckman's evapora-
tor is sufficient only for his own use,
-Montrose Press.
Albert and Charles Springer and
their families and aged mother arriv-
ed in the city the latter part of last
week from near Medford, Oregon.
where they have lived for nearly five
years. They made the trip overland
in covered wagons and were fully six
weeks on the road. The Springers
" ere pioneer residents Of this county
Laving resided or a fine farm owned
b, them near Cedaredge for nearly
twenty-five years. They finally de-
cided to sell their Delta county prop
erty and go further west where many
bright things were promised, but af-
ter five years scramble for some
thing better than is afforded here
they gave up the task and have re-
turned to this county thoroughly con-
vinced that it's hard to beat. They
are now here to locate permanently.