The Delta independent., 1912-07-26
While improvement in Delt;

While improveme mt in Delta
county farms and Delta county
towns have been steady, gradual and
substantial during the past five
years, the time is close when the
pace will be more rapid.
The Mulkey Section Mattress Co,
located in the Lincoln building, is
sept busy. They clean and make
over mattresses in the new way. See
them. Also lock over their ad
vertisement in this paper.
u. j. Kramer and his son, Harry,
the former jeweler of Salida and the
latter Of Fort Morgan were visitors
in Delta last Sunday, coming down
from Hotchkiss after a visit with
the Salida mans brother
Prof. P. NJ. Condit, of the Delta
schccls, who has had charge of a
department of the summer institute
at the state normal school at Gree
ley fer several weeks past, arrived
home Wednesday evening.
Married, at the hcme of Roy Bow
en- on Main steet Monday evening,
July 10. James Doyle of Cedaredge.
and Rose E. Vincent of Shelburn,
Vermont, Rev. o. McCully of the
Christian church of-ieiating.
Miss Lucy Spicer, who is in chaI ge
State Normal school at Gunnison,
accompanied by her father and
mother of Cedar Falls, Iowa, were
visitors in the city this week.
Pete Slatten CT Paonia, returned
home from Salida Sunday. He left
Mrs. Slatten doing nicely, she hav-
ing sustained the shock of an op-
GRAFTON for appendicitis and was
II ought TO be out of danger.
Geo. w. Bruce returned from Mis-
souri, points Monday. He reports
crops fine all through Missouri and
Kansas, and states that Missouri
alone estimates its corn yield this
season at $50, 900 bushels
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Kitch are now
residing in Delta where Mr.. Kitch
has rented a shop and is busily en-
gagged in manufacturing box mach
ines upon which he recently secured
Il -Cedaredge Champion.
The Hotchkiss threshing machine
is already at work on wheat. The
crops of R. c. Alcorn and R. NJ. Da-
vids were the first to be threshed
near Delta. BY the time the wheat
is threshed cats will be ready for
the thresher.
W. E. Obert, T. E. Lamb. C. A.
Merrill and Reece Brothers, Went
to Montrose Wednesday to enter
complaint to the reclamation ser
vice, of not getting the supply of
water promised through the Lout-
zenheizer ditch.
Mrs. B. Basse departed Sunday
morning for Salida and Denver for
few weeks visit with relatives
and friends. She was accompanied
by Miss Tully, a sister, who was a
visitor here and just returning to
her home in Denver.
Sam Cockreham tiled his hand
at milling a day or two this week
being in charge of the Crabill mill
Monday and Tuesday, after Joe de
and awaiting the arrival of Adm
from an eastern trip.
II. d. Smith and wife arrived in
the city a few days ago from Den
yer and will remain during the fruit
season. Mr. Smith is a fruit buy
er and he and Mrs. Smith are well
Known in Delta, they having pass
ed other fruit seasons here.
James r. Mckinney. Sr., principal
stockholder in the Western Sugar
and Land company which owns the
Grand Junction sugar factory, and
f. G.. Holmes, manager of the fac
tory. were here last Friday and Sat
urday looking over the beed fields.
Miss Genevieve Hartig who had the
misfortune to break two of the bones
of her wrist list week while crank
ing her automobile is slowly but
surely recovering. Such condition
however, for one so active as Miss
Hartig. is decidedly uncomfortable.
Mrs. Seltzer. arrived in Delta a
few days since from Independence,
Iowa, for visit with her brother,
John Bernirger, who resides on the
Fogg ranch on Tongue creek. Mrs.
Seltzer and her brother have not
seen each other for twenty seven
years.
w. b. Lowry of Denver. was