The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
HoTcHkiSS
(Nor;h Fork Times)
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! team III tHe nay Ilelu yesterday ana
was knocked down and run over, cut
ting and bruising him quite severely
R. l.. Michael of the Hotchkiss
Fruit Exchange Co.. left this morning
for Grand Junction where he will
stay several days looking after the
interests of the company.
DR.. Myers left this morning for the
Gunnison near lola, where he will at
tend Mrs. Bill Richards who is suf-
fering from a broken limb. The doc.
before returning.
We received a card from L. T. Dale
of Breckenridge, Missouri, this week.
telling us of the family reunion held
at his home last week where all of
his children were present except one.
Mr. Dale is some better than he was.
R. T. Bass of Kansas City, Missouri
who has been visiting his son c. NJ.
Bass of near Crawford. was a passen
ger for home Tuesday morning Mr.
Bass is in the livestock commission
business in the big city at the mouth
of the Kaw.
Leland Lewis and Gavin Mallett
left Tuesday for the fishing grounds
on the Smith Fork and on arriving
found that they had forgotten their
they had it sent to them and we trust
the boys will make a fine catch.
We note by the Denver Times that
Miss Pansy Perry. sister of Editor
Perry of the Herald, is to be married
soon to a Mr.. Arthur Pratt Many
here remember Miss Perry when she
visited here several years ago.
Harry Johnson returned from his
fishing trip on the Gunnison last
week and had a splendid time and
lots of fish. Harry was awful nice
about it too, for the editor had trout
for breakfast the next morning after
Harry came home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brockman, who
moved to Bakersfield, California, last
spring, send word to ,hcir friends here
that they are doing fine and dandy
and that her health IS good The,
expect to sell out in Bakersfield and
) move nearer the coast.
\ We want to see Hotchkiss and
! vicinity make the most of the crowd
at the Paonia Fourth of July celebra-
ton. We can beat Paonia at every
thing else we go at. and why not show
r them which is the most patriotic. 1t
= will be worth driving there to see Their
program.
e Sherman and Frank Bonnet two oi
h the best players of the Somerset bal
team, have gone to Hiawatha. Utah
r where they have positions. Theil
e leaving is great loss to the ball team
t of the mining camp.
Paona is going to do her best tc
d have one of the best Fourth of Jul,
t celebrations pulled off in the valley
!. They assure everybody a good time
Watch them and see if they dom
n make good.
s NJ. w. Gunkle and j. McRobie oi
e the Illinois State University at Urbana
!. are the new battery for the Montrost
ball team who arrived last week We
}. hope 10 see the Hotchkiss team ms
t with the Suckers as soon as possible
+ Otis Kellogg of Texas arrived here
d last week and will spend the summer
with his cousins, Walter and Ceci
h Kellogg, east of town. Young kellogg
r is a cracking good ball player ant
/. will have position with the Hotch
q kiss team.
v The people of Hotchkiss are under
il going lot of grief this week over the
financial condition of the park Ar
O effort is being made. and looks as
# though ii will be successful. to raise
l. sufficient funds to pay off the obliga
y ton against the grounds. Many have
not subscribed; many will not as
I there are always some who can no
| afford to. and then there is the evel
present tightwad and knocker, who
is foreninst everything that is for th'
| public's benefit Small amounts viii
| be cheerfuly received and all shoult
| make one last effort to keep this fine
| property for Hotchkiss No doubt thu
administration Of the grounds has no
| suited everyone. but those that how
the loudest are generally the one!
that never put up dollar or do on
days work to help the matter along
Every dollar that has been spent II
this enterprise can be accounted TO
! and those that are bawling graft arr
= either woefully ignorant or wilfull,
lying. and they can take their choice
What the enterprising people OF thi
town and the surrounding countr.
want Is to keep the Hotchkiss fai