The Delta independent., 1915-08-13

The Daniels cafe on North Main
ing
baby girl came to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Rhyno on Monday,
August 10.
/ Mrs. Davis, assistant at the Shores
restaurant on Main street, has been
quite ill for about a week past. but
is now reported as convalescing.
Among east-bound passengers Fri
day morning was S. j. Kyffin. who
will join his family in Denver and
visit with relatives and friends in that
city a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Doyle. pianist at the Dreamland
picture house for some time past and
her little daughter Marie, departed on
Tuesday for Glenwood Springs where
they are to visit a week or two.
Miss Mona Galloway, who has just
attended the expositions in California
and was on her way to her home in
Norwood. stopped off in Delta Wednes-
day for a few days visit with Miss
| Agneta Evans.
The Union Service Sunday evening
at 500 o'clock will be in the Meth
odist church. Pastor Obert will be
the preacher. The union meeting of
the Young People will be held in the
Christian church at p. m.
According to reports in this city last
Monday morning a good flow of oil
| was struck in the Hotchkiss oil fields
where developments are now going
on and residents of that district are
very highly elated over the fact
Nellie and Floyd Stanton of Eckert.
were passengers on the evening train
Wednesday for Grand Junction to be
in attendance upon the wild west do
ings which began yesterday and ends
Saturday evening.
Mrs. NJ. F. Conway will chaperone a
jolly party of young people to Grand
Mesa lakes on Sunday where they
will enjoy weeks outing. Members
of the party are as follows: Misses
Margaret Kistler. Margaret Griffin,
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Childs, Clarence Kurz. Earl Vickery
| and Frank Trechter.
Malcom Mahan. wife and two chill
dren arrived in the city first of the
week from Lovelock. Nevada. and are
expecting to again become located in
this vicinity. Malcom was associated
with his father. L. H. Mahan, in oper-
ating the big Rogers ranch of 1900
acres. Mrs. Mahan stopped off at
Roubideau for few days visit with
friends before coming to Delta.
Miss Agnes Griffin. teacher in the
schools at Cedaredge last year and al
ready listed for the same position the
coming season. came down from Ce-
daredge Wednesday morning after a
short visit with friends in that dis
trict and proceeded to her home near
Roubideau. Miss Griffin attended the
Normal summer session at Gunnison
I this year.
/ w. F. James and wife came in from
Salida on Monday. making the Rocky
mountain circle trip by auto. They
left home a little over month ago
and after crossing Tennessee pass to
Gleenwood Springs they stopped in
that resort town about a month. They
will do some trout fishing along the
Gunnison river and then go over Blue
mesa to their home in about a week
Seward w. Smith. chief OF planting
for the U. S. forest service with head
quarters in Denver. came in last Tues
day evening to inspect the last spring
planting of the local foresters near the
transfer we'll. He was accompanied
on this tour of inspection on Wednes-
day by Supervisor Longworthy and
/ Forest Examiner Hoar. The three
men are to look over all the planting
work and to also determine the possi-