The Delta independent., 1915-11-26

Don't forget the fine Sunday dinner
and supper at The New Perkins.
Rev. Albert Fuenning, of Montrose,
preached at the German church in this
city last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farmer and family
attended the basket ball game in Ola
the, yesterday afternoon.
Fred ]. Holmes, former manager of
the sugar factory at Grand Junction,
was a Delta visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. w. P. Dale and son,
Herbert, took Thanksgiving dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Anderson.
Only twenty-four days until Old
Santa will make another one of his
famous visits to Delta and surrounding
country
Delta Knights of Pythias will elect
officers for the ensuing year at their
next regular meeting on Tuesday even
ing, November 80.
A divorce was granted Mrs. Edith
May Terrill, from Eernest Terrill at
Grand Junction, Monday. Terrill is
garage and livery transfer man.
Mr. Border. of North Delta, had a
valuable horse come near losing its
life this week by getting into hole
in the ditch, where it remained all
night in the ice and water, before
found.
Delta schools have holidays Thurs
day and Friday of this week. A big
crowd went to Grand Junction to wit
ness the closing game between the
high school teams of that city and
Delta.
Mrs. C. X. Maxon and two children
arrived in the city this week from
Center, Colo, to join husband and
father who is employed in the Clark
barber shop. corner of Main and
Fourth streets.
Licenses to marry were issued at
the county clerks office last Saturday
to Francis l.. Tefft of Fort Morgan,
Carrie Alerman James, of Paonia, and
to Frank Brevoviska and Mary Cater
navick, both of Somerset.
j. NJ. Hoover, father of Mrs. James
Greenwood and Ernest Hoover who
has been quite ill at jackson, Wyom-
ing, for some time past, arrived in the
city Wednesday evening, having recov-
cred from his illness sufficiently to
enable him to make the trip.
Attorney Porter Plumb. who has
been quite i'll and confined to his home
OI Val net mesa lOl otFtA ttl RtttAn past
is reported as having recovered suffi-
ciently to enable him to be up and
about his home for some little time
each day.
The high school football team and
some one hundred and fifty or two
hundred rooters went down to Grand
Junction yesterday morning for
game with the Tigers of that city.
Independent goes to press at O'Clock
Thursday evening and was therefore
unable to report the result.
The Ladies Aid of Read will hold
bazar at the Read school house,
Saturday evening, December 4, 1915.
There will be for sale fancy and plain
sewing. Plenty of good things to eat
and an interesting program. fish
pond has been arranged for. and prom
ises to be one of the principal events
of the evening. Come and have
good time.
AT the last regular meeting of the
Woodmen of the World on Wednesday
evening officers were elected for the
ensuing year as follows: James Wear.
c. c.; Arthur Meyers, v. c.; George
Meyers, banker; b. Laycock. clerk;
E. Y. Layton. escort; Mr.. Helmick.
watchman; Burton Bonnell, sentry;
E. NJ. Gets and A. e. Penley, mana
gers.
Recent letters from Joe Pregent who
went to Seattle several weeks ago
state that he has just bought mer-
chant tailoring establishment in that
city after deciding that it was the
best business town of the west. Mr..
Pregent's family is yet in Delta but
will join him in the big western city
at some future date as yet to be de-
cided upon.-
Eugene Dwesey, aged about 4o or
80 years, was brought to Delta hospi-
tai from Hotchkiss Wednesday morn
ing suffering from an aggravated case
of abscess of the bladder. Local ply
sicians exerted every effort In his be-
half but all to no purpose. Death re-
suited at about 3 o'clock yesterday,
Thursday morning. But little is
known of the dead man in this city,
though it is thought he has relatives
in Denver