The Delta independent., 1913-11-21
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

+. Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. R. o. Shelton were
down from Austin Monday and made
Independent office a pleasant call.
Independent will issue special holi-
day edition on December 10. Get in
your advertising copy for the issue
early.
Ed Springer went to Montrose We'd
nesday morning to testify in a land
case in the district court of Montrose
county.
Charles Peterson, one of the well
known California mesa farmers, was
in Montrose on business last Sunday
and Monday.
Miss Ada Arthur. of Grand Junction,
was a Sunday guest at the home of
her parents on north Main street, re-
turning home that evening.
w. A. Davis has taken a lease on
the Cunningham residence recently
purchased by R S. Kelso on Palmer
street and will occupy with his fam
lily.
Take home something nice from the
X. & l. S. cooked food sale, tommor-
row, at Burtz's coal office, Fourth and
and Main.
Earl Vickery arrived home from
Montrose first OF the week. He had
held a clerical position in one OF the
drug stores OF that city for several
weeks.
Alura Burns, the nine year old niece
OF Mr.. aud Mrs. William Ash. was here
from Olathe on Tuesday to have her
eyes treated. and returned home on
Wednesday.
Charles True came in from Denver
first of the week to inspect and repair
the moto. cars now in use on the Rio
Grande system in this part of the
western slope.
S. NJ. Coleman is here from Enola,
Nebraska. to visit his mother. Mrs.
Coleman OF Delta who is seriously i'll.
Mr.. Coleman is stopping with his bro
ither-infaw. e. johnson.
Glen Miracle. who underwent an op-
GRAFTON for appendicitis at Delta hos
pital about two weeks ago. was suf-
ficently recovered on Tuesday as to
return to his home in olathe.
Mrs. John Davis, a former well
known resident of this city and coun-
ty, who has been a visitor in the city
for several days past, departed for her
home in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.
City Water Commissioner and Mrs.
Dan Wagner. Forester VIM. Stell and
Miss Rose Hall. DIR. |. Bergen, Harry
Faulkner. II. NJ. Pratt and Independent
editor picnicked on the Robideaux at
the mouth of Buttermilk creek Sunday
En- route TO her home in Delta after
an extended stay at Sawpit. where she
had been teaching, Miss Mollie Sho-
walter stopped off Tuesday to spend
few days with Mrs. A. ]. Wade and
Mrs. A. E, observation-disclosures
Press.
Banker ]. b. Lazear left Monday for
his home in Denver after a short visit
TO his banking house in Cedaredge.
Before leaving Mr.. Lazear called and
renewed his subscription TO lndepend-
ent. on whose list he has been for
long period of years.
Marriage licenses were issued this
week as follows: Claude Ward and
Miss Nellie Forrest. both of Austin;
Anton Kavinab and Frances Leversick
both OF Somerset; James f. Murphy
and Miss Elsie Lemon, both of Salida;
ID. Walter Thomas and Miss Mildred
r. Blakley. both of Hotchkiss; Seal
Zebotte Neff and Miss Myrtle White,
both OF Delta.
L. ]. Mathews arrived home last
Saturday morning from his hunt in
the vicinity OF Brigham. Utah, and
states that while he and w. L. obert
had lost their hunting euipment in
trunk which had miscarried. he en-
joyed the two or three weeks outing
to the fullest extent. II. n. Goodman
who was member of the hunting par
ty from here went on to California for
n few weeks sojourn. He expected to
spend most of the winter on the Pact
fic Coast.
The Mexican troubles were not all
In Mexico nor with Huerta and his
friends and enemies last Friday night
for we had some of It right here. A
bunch OF the bronzed subjects OF Huer-
Ia got into n little dispute over some
thing or other that night on the street
and before persons nearby at the time
knew what was coming two dagger
blades were flashed and but for the
prompt and successful intervention OF