The Delta independent., 1912-12-06

Do not fail to see our attractive dis
play and learn our prices. Roy L.
Smith, The Jeweler.
We will serve turkey dinner, with
all the fixings. every Sunday until
January 1. Try it. Perkins hotel
H. H. Smith the Austin Journal
man, was in the city on business last
Saturday evening, returning home on
Sunday evening.
The Independent understands that it
is mistake about Sheriff Elect Cash
Sampson being married. He will need
an under sheriff, though, just the
same.
Felix Moreland. the cid man who
in Delta a few weeks ago. was caught
up in Montrose the latter part of last
week
J. F. Hutchinson. the Salida stock
man was here on business last Satur-
day, having just returned from a visit
at his COW camp in the North Fork
country
Miss Winifred Castle returned to
her studies at the State Normal school
at Gunnison last Tuesday morning af-
ter spending Thanksgiving week with
her parents in this city
The watch guessing contest closed
Monday and the winner was Mrs. y.
Wagner of Iona. Minnesota. The
watch stopped at 6:54 % and the near
est guess was 6:5O:59
A. w. Carr arrived home last Mon
day morning from short visit in the
vicinity of Shiprock. New Mexico,
where he made selections of some fine
Navajo blankets and rugs.
Miss Nora Kellog accompanied her
father TO Montrose last Tuesday morn
ing and viii remain there for some
weeks TO work on the books Of the
Montrose Milling Company.
w. A Davis and family have moved
in from their ranc.r on California mesa
Tnd are occupying the residence of
Carl Eifert. 62S Howard street. which
they have leased for the winter.
Mrs Eifert and children are now in
the east and they will soon be joined
by Mr. Eifert and the family will make
an extended visit with the parents
and relatives of both near Kansas City.
Mrs Sadie NJ. Likens. of Denver
Department President of the Colorado
and Wyoming w. r c.. was in Delta
on Wednesday of last week as the
guest OF Mrs H. p Phelps, presiden,
of the local corps
Attorneys NJ. r. Welch and Millard
Fairlamb were in Montrose on Monday
at the opening session OF distric, court
for that county. Both had. cases pend.
ing and they We're there to arrange
the dates for hearing
Jim Bowen. Harry Hauser and Frank
Lester went down the Gunnison from
Delta on the Grand Junction road on
Thanksgiving day to hunt rabbits. We
have before rs pnoto of the boys and
their catch. ll5 rabbits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Nolan. uncle
and aunt of T w. Griffith. arrived last
week from Gale. Iowa. and will spend
the winter here for the benefit OF Mr..
Nolan's health, he having been afflict-
ed with asthma in Iowa.
Mrs. John r. Charlesworth and chill
dren were outgoing passengers TO
Grand Junction last Saturday even
ing for few days' visit with Mrs.
Charlesworth's eldest son. and family.
who are residents of that city.
There was brisk furry of snow
Wednesday forenoon and change to
colder that night 1t will soon be the
customary time for us to have our
'lIee or four weeks of winter, which
period generally ends about the tenth
of December
The beet harvest has been complet-
ed. At least all the beets are out of
the fields and have been delivered at
the different loading stations, where
many thousands of tons are yet piled
up awaiting shipment TO the factory
at Grand Junction.
The big scales In fltnt of the Penley
feed store on Main street have been
removed to point In front of the city
hall, this change becoming necessary
to comply with an old ordinance re-
quiring all such public scales TO have
side street locations.
John Farrell was an outgoing passen-
ger for Salido lnst Saturday morn in y