The Delta independent., 1913-02-28

r. K Seaton was reported critically
i'll the latter part of last week, but
is now improving.
Byrum Luce, now merchant OF Pa
onia. was a Delta visitor the latter
part of last week
Judge Bell, OF Montrose. has gone
to Denver to take up his duties as
Judge of the court of appeals.
The Right Reverend Bishop Brews-
ter will be the preacher at the IL a.
m. service at Saint Luke's church on
Sunday
dent of the Rio Grande system, was
in the city on Saturday and went out
to Paonia that evening.
The ladies' aid of the Catholic
church will give dance at l. o. o. F.
hall in Delta on March 18th. and will
serve chicken supper from to in
the evening
E. S. Corbin of the Surface Creek
Realty company had business in Grand
Junction and other parts of the Grand
/ valley last SATURDAY anu iceui ~
home first of this week
Harry Shaffer. the bill poster and
credit man. now has offices on the
second floor of the Lincoln building
having just removed from the base
ment of that building this week.
Captain Smith. one of the Oldest OF
our old timers. is now stopping in
North Delta Captain Smith is 80
years old. walks erect. and is engaged
in canvassing for newspaper subscrip-
tons.
Correspondents are requested to
get their correspondence in by Wed
nesday. Independent goes to press
Thursday afternoon. Also please
write names of people plainly. so they
may not appear in the paper mis-
( spelled
E.F Hayden and family. who came
90 Delta recently from Oklahoma. are
now comfortably quartered on fine
ao-acre Garnet mesa farm. located
about two miles from town. Mr.. Hay
den states that he has some bearing
! fruit trees and that they viii do gen
eral farming.
W. 5. Gilmer. who has represented
the Smith-Glidden Fruit company since
the close OF the present fruit shipping
season and the departure of both MT.
Smith and Glidden. departed Monday
evening for Denver where he expects
to remain for an indefinite length of
time.
Despite accredited dull times. there
is quite lot of building going on.
both in Delta and the surrounding
farms. Farm Improvements are par
ticularly noticeable in the direction
south from Delta for a distance of five
or six miles. The character of i'm
provements are all good
DIR. ]. f. wheelock and family made
an auto drive to Montrose last sun
day evening and when nearing Ola
the on the return trip rear spring
on their machine broke and they were
compelled to leave the horseless car
riage and come home from olathe
by rail. Next day the doctor sent a
mechanist over to repair and drive
the auto home.
The Merchants cafe. one of the
largest and best eating houses OF the
city which has been closed for the
past three months. will be open and
ready for business again on Monday
morning. and Charles Leibering, the
owner and manager. viii be there to
many new ones as can find it con
venient to come.
Juries on the various criminal cases
for this term of court have had nc
regular place for counseling and com
ing to conclusions Once or twice
they were held in room at the hotel
and other times at night they were
given different offices in the court
house. There was but one case how
ever where an all night session was
demanded and that was on the case oi
the People VS. Bert and Jno. Crouch OF
Lazear. On this occasion they were
given the court room.
story was published in Pueblo
papers last week to the effect thai
Judge Martin, wealthy citizen of North
Delta. had disappeared from that cit,
mysteriously after displaying bulgine
pockets out of which protruded hun
dred dollar bills. and that fears were
entertained that he had been badly
dealt with. Later reports however
proved that Judge Martin, who wal
on his way to Arkansas. had Quietl,
proceeded to the c. 4 s. depot ant
purchased ticket and pullman far'