The Delta independent., 1920-06-11

ing, and the light refreshments
served were much complimented.
Mrs. Effie Tweed, sister of J. J.
Jenright, passed to the Great Be
yond last Thursday. Mrs. Tweed was
a very estimable lady. departing this
life in her thirty-sixth year. Three
little boys, ages two to ten, respec
lively. are left to mourn the loss OF
mothers love. The funeral services
| were conducted by Charles w. Davis
of Grand Junction in the Community
hall, interment being in the Hotch.
kiss cemetery last Friday afternoon.
J. Ed Irving, one of our practical
farmers. began cutting his alfalfa the
first of the week Others will follow
| in about ten days. Mr.. Irving is ex
perimenting on the first crop this
season by cutting about ten days be
| fore the usual time. The present
stage of his crop is Just ready to
/ bloom.
Raymond L. Harding, one of our
/ soldier boys who fought in the Ar
gonne forest. came in for few days
visit with friends and relatives. Ray.
mond is taking a commercial course
at the Gunnison State Normal, and
will soon return to Gunnison to re
sumo his studies through the summer
term.
In reporting the notice of the death
of Mrs Effie Tweed last week, an
error was Inadvertently made in
stating that she was the proprietor
of the Tozier Rooming House. We
should have said that her brother, ]
]. Glenwright, was the proprietor OF
the Cozy Rooms restaurant.
Paul Wilson. Mayor Goddard and
Zadie Edelin, attended a meeting at
Crawford, Tuesday. as representatives
of the County Fair. Crawford people
are figuring on a community exhibit
this fall, and their resident director
of the fair. w. b. Roe. promises that
they will be well represented. Rev.
Deich will have charge of arrange.
ments.
f. NJ. Decker. the jeweler and opto-
metrist. has just completed new
glass-enclosed show window for the
display OF his wares 1t is we'll
worth stopping to look at and shows
an enterprising business aggressive
/ ness that is to be highly commended
Mr.. Decker is well known as An OPTIC.
metTist and makes occasional trips to
other towns TO fit glasses for his
clientele.
Hotehkiss Exchange Gives Excellent
Service.
II you want to really find the bus.
Test place IN Hotchkiss. where brains
and hands work with lightning-like
rapidity in serving the public, Just
drop into the local exchange Of the
Delta Cooperative Telephone com
pany.
The Coop. Is Delta county insti
tuition with six different exchanges
serving the people OF Delta. Hotch
kiss. Paonia. Cedaredge. Crawford
Eckert. Austin and Somerset. There
are over 400 phones in Hotchkiss
nlone-some live wire enterprise
what7 There are over 40 separate
wires handled at this one exchange,
some Of them being party lines with
two to five different subscribers each.
Thousands OF calls are answered
daily. there being two operators plug.
ging in" at the up-to-date Dean
switchboard. The exchange is open
from Z o'clock in the morning until
. o'clock at night, while one operator
stays all night to answer calls that
may come in at any moment
r. L. Stanford of Delta is the gen
eral manager OF the system. and
Grant Miller is the local trouble
shooter" Operators are Miss Myrtle
De Graffenried. Miss Mildred Lorak.
Miss Erma Sherman, Miss Nellie Dun
lap and Miss Eta White.
II is a busy place and the public
does not. perhaps. fully realize the
excellent service they are getting.
nor what big benefit II is to the en-
tire county.