The Delta independent., 1915-11-12
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country for automobiles and movie
shows: the railroads will have to wait.
Bud Ewing and wife are here from
Nucla for a few weeks visit with
friends and acquaintance.
Americas latest note to England
says the blockade must be stopped
How easy it is to write notes.
W. p Dale had business which took
him to Durango the latter part of last
week but permitted his return today.
Engineer James X. Livengood has
gone to Durango. where he expects to
be engaged professionally for several
months.
Gus Osborn went out last Saturday
with car load of j. B. Killians cat
tie which were to go on the market
in that city.
j. w. Wynes was among the west
bound passengers Thursday afternoon
en-route to Roseburg, Oregon, bust
ness bent.
Cash Sampson was in Telluride and
Ridgway last week inspecting 80 ear
loads of cattle that were shipped out
to market
Kansas Nebraska and South Da-
kota were hurricane swept, WedGes-
day. A number of lives were lost and
much property damaged.
>The storm period seems to have
passed and we have clear bright
weather again. The rains were look
ed upon as real blessing.
Two or three young men of the city
gave social dance at Elks' hall last
Thursday evening whicn was well at
tended and all report good time.
L. w Scott, prominent sheep
grower, came home yesterday morn
ing from Kansas City market, he sing
stopped off at Rifle and other points
en-route.
So many thousand small boys are
playing football that some day there
will be whole audiences of grown
folks at a game who will underst2n1
what is going on.
Attention is called to the big land
sale of The Garnet Land and Improve
ment company, advertised for Thurs
day, November IS, at the court house
in Delta, at 2 o'clock.
Remember the auction sale of land
by The Garnet Land and Investment
company, at the south front door OF
the court house in Delta, Thursday
the 18th, at o'clock in the afternoon.
4 H. w. Pratt arrived home Sunday
from marketing his lambs in Kansas
City. He is now awaiting the arrival
of 500 ewes which he will take up to
his farm one mile out from Cedar
edge.
Louis Orvis was here from his
stock farm near Ridgway few days
ago and purchased a fine registered
! Holstein bull from NJ. V. Jones which
will be placed with his herds OF reg
istered cattle.
Tom Martin came in Tuesday even
ing from one of the mining camps
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all summer to look after his ranch
interests in the North Delta district.
He expects to return to his mine
work some time next week.
Mrs. B. o. Thorp entertained a par
ty of young friends on Tuesday even
| ing in honor of BueIs birthday ami
versary. The guests were assembled
and the table laid when the head of
the house arrived from the shop, and
his surprise was genuine.
Vera May, infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Brockway, died at the
home of the family in North Delta |
at an early hour on Tuesday morning |
after brief illness of acute indiges- !
tion. Funeral services wer held at |
the home at 1920 Wednesday morn |
ing and interment was in Delta ceme |
terry.
Herman Darling, Mrs. Gilbert and |
Mrs. Baldwin departed Wednesday |
evening for Long Beach, California, |
where they will spend the winter, or
at least a greater part of it. Mrs.
Darling and daughter are already in
the seashore city having left Delta |
some little time since.
Joseph E. Dulmaine, former resi-
dent of Grand Junction and well
known to most residents of the wes-
tern slope, died in Cheyenne, Wy |
oming, Monday afternoon. Mr.. Dull /
maine was a member OF the Elks
lodge in Grand Junction and he is 10
be buried in that city under the aus
pices of that lodge.
Mrs. p J. lsOm of near Hotchkiss
died at Delta hospital at about 2 |
o'clock Wednesday morning. a few
days following operation for intes-
tinal obstruction, and the remains
were taken to Hotchkiss that day for
burial. Mrs. lsom came to this city
in a very critical condition and the |
attending physicians and surgeons
had little hope of success for their eff
forts in her behalf from the very first.
An excellent display of corn grown
in this county is made in the windows
of Gets e. Gets this week and this
| brings to mind the fact that Delta
county is now producing corn equal
| II not superior to that of states long
| since noted for corn. And the yield
here Is quite sufficient to encourage
more acres each year. One of the
sons of John Gallant had seven acres
on their North Delta place this year
which went $50 bushels to the acre.
j. w. Kuhnley harvested about 5000
pounds from half an acre.
Robert Gale, member OF the