The Delta independent., 1920-05-07
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visitors in Delta Monday.
Margaret Young spent the week end
with Laura Grahm in Paonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Conine of
Rogers mesa, have a new baby daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Piburn OF
Crawford have new baby boy, born
April 2sth.
The Chautauqua at Hotchkiss will
open July 20 and continue to and in
clude the Gath.
Mrs. Arthur Rose visited the first
of the week with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Rose of Montrose.
Miss Hazel Peyton of Eckert has
closed her school at Roubideau and
Returned to her home.
The commencement day of the
Olathe high school has been changed
from May 18th to May 14th.
Rev. Valentine Deich of Crawford.
delivered the Commencement day
address at Grandview mesa school
last Friday
E. G Pritchard, manager of the Aus
tin Mercantile company, went to Sa-
vannah. Missouri, Monday on business
for the store.
Carroll Jones, a rural mail carrier
from Hotchkiss was quite i'll last
week and George Carr carried the
mail for him
Hotchkiss has ordered an annual
~.
was a general overhauling of the
streets and alleys.
The citizens at Cedaredge have been
donating time and labor on the i'm
provement of the city park and much
improvement is noted
w. l.. Pitcher came in Saturday
from Tama, Iowa to be at the bedside
of his mother, Mrs. f. S. Pitcher, who
is in a critical condition
Mrs. Emma Hill went to Palisade
Friday to spend the week end with
her sister, Miss Mae Dominy, who
teaches in the Palisade schools.
Tom Cunningham of near Paonia,
the bones OF one leg in two places.
both fractures being below the knee
The Associated Fruit company OF
Delta has begun the erection OF n
cement warehouse at Olathe, in
which farm products will be handled.
Miss Frances Bradshaw, a Craw.
ford lady. has been engaged TO serve
as a hello girl in the Crawford ex.
change of the Coop. Telephone com-
pany.
Mrs. e. E. Wilson OF Hotchkiss left
Monday for an extended visit with
relatives in Colorado Springs, Kansas
City, Missouri and other eastern
points
Rev Ray Smith. minister OF the
Community church at Cedaredge, has
closed his work and gone to California
to live. The change was made on &C.
count of his wife's health.
Ross Wagner and Wayne Ives. OF
Eckert, who are students at Boulder
have accepted positions as bookkeepers
in Denver and write that they do not
expect not be home this summer.
The Camp Fire Girls OF the Craw-
ford high school are making some
very pretty bead belts and bead
trimming which they expect to ex-
hibit at the Delta county fair in
September.
Work on the Cedaredge high school
building is being prosecuted rapidly
and the building is assuming definite
proportions. This building will be
thoroughly up-to-date and a great ad-
vantage to students in that locality.
The vote OF School Districts No. II
and ~. to decide the matter Of con-
solidating the schools OF Lazear and
Rogers mesa. resulted adverse to the
proposition. Lazear polled Ga against
consolidation and IA for, while Hurst
school polled 80 against and A for.
Miss Ruth Ward. Cedaredge girl,
and Paul Heuchmer OF Crested Butte,
we're married at Gunnison on Satur-
day. April 18th. The bride was a
teacher in the Crested Butte schools.
Tho groom is a Crested Butte electri-
clan. They will make their homo
there.
Joe Benefiel Of Austin, has purchase
ed the garage business Of H. F. Stew
art at Montrose, known az the West
ern Motor Supply company. He also
carries the Chevrolet agency. Mr..
Stewart will retain the Nash motor
agency for Nash motors, which In
eludes the greater part of the Western
slope. He expects to open demon.
stration room in Montrose
r. w. Curtis and F. ]. Stewart re-
turned last week from their trip to
Denver, where they appeared before a
portion OF the State Highway commits
sion in behalf of the new road which
n Ia intended to have macadamized