The Delta independent., 1915-11-19

]. B. Killian and A. B. Crabill had
business in Montrose Tuesday of last
week.
A bunch of keys on a chain and
stick, left at this office. If you own
them call and get them.
w. P. Dale came home Saturday
from tour of Southern Colorado and
Northern New Mexico points.
The reason cupid carries a bow and
arrow is said to be because he has no
hip pocket in which to carry a gun
The College Mems banquet is to be
pulled off tonight. There is to be no
haZing except in the case of the Turk
Thanksgiving will soon be here
Call at the Delta Hardware and get
a roaster and carving set for that tur-
key.
Mrs Herman Elliott came down
from Montrose the latter part of last
week to visit for few days with her
mother. Mrs. Hornsby
Ernest Sugden has returned to lowe r
Surface Creek from Edgar, Nebraska,
and directs that his Independent be
again addressed to Austin.
Mrs. l. b. McNish of Ridgway is a
of Hotchkiss friends for time and
with Mrs. f. f. Fields in this city.
No difference how humorous a paper
may try to be, there are "a lot of its
readers that you couldn't get a joke
through their hides with hypodermic
of La Grippe. Also rheumatism.
AS an indication that times are i'm
proving locally, it is said that houses
i,aI hAlt arn I'D
while year ago they were more or
less plentiful.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving day.
With record breaking crop, with fair
markets, with peace instead of war,
this country sure has something to
be thankful for.
Mrs. p. X. Osborne and baby daugh-
ter came home Tuesday from an ex-
tended visit with Mrs. Osborne's par
ents at the old home. Paul went as
far as Montrose to meet them.
mild sort of winter weather took
the place of the late summer variety
that stayed with us so long. the early
part of last week and since that time
we have been having quite cold nights
with sunshiny days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. d. Rose with their
three little boys left Monday for their
home in the Nucla country. after
pleasant two weeks visit with the
family of Mrs Roses sister, Mrs.
Ernest Engelhardt.
Miss Amelia Newton of the Ash
mesa district who is attending school
in this city had pleasant visit of
few days duration with her parents
at the farm home of the family and
is again tangled up in her school work.
Tom Martin returned to Telluride
last Sunday morning after putting in
several days looking after his farm
and other interests in this city and
vicinity. Tom is employed by one of
the big mining companies in the Tellu-
ride district.
According to recent reports from
Gunnison Miss Elaine Getty who FORM
erly resided in this city with her par
ents and is we'll known to Delta young
people, was taken quite i'll and had to
give up her studies at the State Nor
NAL in Gunnison and return to her
home in Montrose for time.
Carl Burch was a west bound pas
senger for Grand Junction Sunday
evening and expected to be in that
city at least five or six days looking
after business connected with his du-
ties as game anu IlSl CohihiSSiohc''
Garnet Chapter No. 80, o. E. S. en-
tertained it's friends in the new Ma
sonic hall Monday evening. at cards.
About hundred persons participated
in the evenings pleasures. and delect-
able refreshments were served by the
ladies of the order.
A mean exchange notes that the
marriages and deaths in its neighbor-
hood were about equal for the week.
and as it was about the same as being
dead to be married, its makeup man
had about decided to chase the mar
raige notices into the obituary column
in order to save headline space.
Don't stand anyone off if you can
help it. If you haven't the money with
which to pay your bills and can bor-
row it, do that. 1t is the proper
thing to do, and you and the fellow
you owe will both feel better because
of your having gone to that trouble.
The money you borrowed to pay the
other fellow will pay dozen others
in it's rounds and the wheels will go
on turning instead of being stopped.