The Delta independent., 1920-12-03
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Crowded out last week. }

tSTOWueu out ldSL Week.
Walt. Thomas of the Fruit Exchange
bank of Paonia was in town a few
hours Tuesday.
+. NJ. Goddard the County Judge
elect has moved in town locating on
West Bridge street.
Treve Merrifield has rented the
Jordan ranch on Harrison mesa and
ftook possession this week.
The Bell Telephone man was dis
tributing checks throughout the valley
the first of the week.
Geo. Carr has moved his retreading
vulcanizing works to the Powell bull
ding east of North Fork bank
Mrs Sherman White and children
of Grand Junction visited her mother,
Mrs. Maggie Miller for a few days
this week.
Geo. H. Conway has leased the
Goddard ranch on Powell mesa and
moved his outfit and family there
recently
Richard Jenkins, brother of C. C.
Jenkins our hotel man. was circulating
among his old pals here for few
days.
s. R. Jones of Lazear left recently
for a several weeks visit to Jasper
county, MISSOURI, connecting busi-
ness with pleasure.
Several of our enterprising poul-
trymen are contemplating forming
what will be known as the Western
Slope Poultry association.
Ruble and Son are still running
their threshing machine. requiring
about to or three weeks yet to finish
the crop of grain in this vicinity.
The Farmers restaurant on Orchard
street has become a very popular
eating house under the able manage
ment of Mrs. Bopp.
DR.. Lewis has returned from Delta
having been there the past two weeks
under treatment for a slight infection
of the hand which is now o. k
Leroy Harding who has been with
Clyde Smith the jewelerman of Du-
range, has accepted position with
Luke Meyer of Delta. successor to
Roy Smith.
While every available car has been
loaded and shipped by the sugar COM
pany, there still remains about five
hundred tons of beets on the dump.
the tonnage still accumulating.
Robt. Paxson, twelve year old son
of E. F.. Paxson our popular bank
cashier. cut an artery in his wrist by
falling on a piece of glass at the
school grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Park enter
tanned Thanksgiving day, Messers c.
B. and C. ]. Adams and wives. Mrs.
nd Mr.
Floyd Lischke.
1t has been estimated that about
five thousand turkeys have been
shipped out OF Hotchkiss within the
past week. One car load and numerous
local shipments. a
Mr.. H. F. Dent lost valuable COW
this week from bloat. Mr.. Dent no.
ticed some of the hay being wet when
feeding the COW in the evening. the
next morning she was to far gone to
save when discovered.
Frank Brown Of Rogers mesa sold
$4,000. 90 worth OF apples and peaches
from a ten acre tract of orchard.
Chas. Meyers, son OF DR.. and Mrs.
]. F. Meyers is assisting Harry VIII
son in the Crawford State bank at
present
Arthur Wyatt of Grand View mesa
was exhibiting the hide Of three hun
dred pound black bear which he killed
| few weeks ago on Black mesa Art
also got two cubs of the old one at
the same time, discovering the three
! in tall pine.
= Thru the efforts of some OF the
| lady members of the NJ. f. Sunday
School, young mems class was or
ganized last Monday night, at recep
ton given the charter members of
this new class. held at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Minton. The
class fortunately secured the services
Of Mr.. Minton for teacher.