The Delta independent., 1915-11-26

| And there are also strange bed
fellows in political graveyards.
Ollie Hand was a Delta visitor the
past week from his ranch out from
Ridgway.
| Look up the sale advertisement of
Tom Lamb, published in this paper,
and then attend the sale.
Independent requests that those in
arrears pay up their subscriptions, as
we wish to clean up our list by the
first of the year.
| A son was born to Mr. and Mrs
George Trickle on the morning of
Thanksgiving day and mother and
child are reported doing nicely.
If you want a good secondhand
| gasoline engine, call at Independent
office. We have National harvester,
h. p. for sale, all ready to run.
Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Stockham enter
tanned at Thanksgiving dinner the
families of A. H. and Harry E. Stock.
ham, DR. H. X. Porter, j. ii. Ploger
and Mrs. Ramey.
The Delta County Fruit Growers
association have been averaging car
load of apples from the orchard and
packing house of l.. w. Sweitzer, on
Garnet mesa.
H. w. Pratt took a bunch of 500
ewes up to his ranch adjoining Cedar
edge last week. He has bought him
a heavy sheepman's suit and almost
looks like buck sheep. himself.
Mr.. F. j. Whiteside, who recently
came from Missouri to acquire prop
erty and make his home here was
pleasant caller and became a new sub
scriber to Independent, this week
AS yet there seems to be no clues
to the robbers who entered the Rem
ington-Elliott clothing store through
the roof sky-light last week and local
officers on the trail have but little
to work on.
The publication of the tax list is
completed this week and we will be
ready for the rush of holiday advertis-
ing next week. Get your copy in as
early as possible, in order that it may
have the best attention.
Virgil Atchison and son Glen came
down from Cedaredge Tuesday morn
ing and the latter went out on the
10:45 train to Kansas City where he
is to complete his studies in school.
The former returned home in the
evening.
The Masons have now the entire
large floor space of the Fairlamb
block and will use the front rooms for
reception, entertainment and com
mittee quarters. They now have one
of the best furnished and equipped
halls to be found on the Western
Slope.
The Harmony club met at Mrs.
Peter Gonsulus home on Garnet mesa
III 10 pf Vuv nd
other forms of entertainment were
the combination that made pleasant
afternoon with Mrs. Gonsulus. At the
close of the afternoon refreshments
were served.
F. w. Trechter has an order from
state authorities permitting him to
trap ten dozen quail in this district
and he is now engaged in that work
with more or less success. The quail
are to be sent to Salida and turned
loose in the Arkansas river valley
near that city.
Mr. II. r. Risley, the new district
manager for the Mountain States Tel
ephone company, with headquarters
at Grand Junction, made Delta offices
visits this week. Mr.. Risley is very
genial gentleman to meet, as would be
expected, as the company he repre-
sents puts premium on courtesy.
Mrs. Thomas Griffith. former well
known resident of the Tongue creek
district in this county, died at the
home of the family in Lake City.
Colorado, on Thursday, November IS,
1915, of blood poisoning, and was
buried in that town on Sunday. The
Griffiths went to Lake City from this
county some two or three years ago.
Deceased leaves to mourn her death
a husband and two small children.
Gradually the country around Delta
is improving and developing, and with
this improved condition comes a clam
oring for the necessary industries to
take care of products raised in order
to give them the most profitable mar
ket. The field is ripe for lot of little
home factories. A sugar factory, con
densed milk factory, alfalfa mill, can
ming and preserving factories, cold
storage plant, packing house; all of
these and more, could make winning
here.