The Delta independent., 1920-08-27
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Make the Delta county fair your
vacation time and buy a season ticket.
The fair dates are September to 10.
Miss Harriet Altman, popular
school teacher of Colorado Springs, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Alton Allen.
Miss Ruth Crippen returned home
Saturday evening after completing the
summer term at the state normal
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Park and little son
George, Jr, left for a two months
visit with friends and relatives at
Seattle
Mrs. Arthur Hutchison and baby of
Topeka, Kansas, are visiting Mrs.
Hutchison's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
E Wilson.
Great preparations are being made
by our county fair officers to prove
the 1920 Delta county fair the best in
the state.
Ruble and son threshed 760 bush
el wheat crop for Ira Nc New of
Rogers mesa, last week, of the Tur-
key Red variety.
w. S. Brinton and sister, Miss Alice
| White of Delta, were visiting the fami-
| ly of their cousin. Gus Jardon of Rog-
ers Mesa one day last week.
Mrs. Stanley, a sister of Mrs. ]. NJ.
Taylor, also a niece of Mrs. Taylor
both of Kansas, are making the Tay-
lors very enjoyable visit for week
or two
| A. l.. Knox of Pocatello. Idaho, and
brother of Kit Carson, together with
their families were motoring through
our valley Saturday with the prob
ability of locating.
Mrs H A KHgensmith and two
daughters arrived home last Friday
evening from their two months visit
in Iowa. The folks also visited friends
in Chicago and Denver en- route home
ward.
Frank Blide, our well known con-
tractor and farmer. informs us that he
is superintending the building of two
story packing house 4Sx90 feet for
Art Roberts of Paonia; estimated
cost about $4,000.
| motor car loaded with 13 railroad
| employees jumped the tract between
here and Paonia Sunday, injuring four
men and badly shaking up the balance
of the crew. AS near as we can learn
none were seriously hurt.
| Frank Truesdale and Oscar Neeley
have about recovered from the effects
of their recent bad mixup with buck
| ing motorcycle-consider disffg-
ured, but still in the ring.
u W. L. Hunter and daughter Edna
left for Portland, Oregon, last week,
thn N1d
daughter. Rosela, left for West State,
Iowa, to visit few weeks before
joining Mr. Hunter in their new home
at Portland.
The Camp Girls" of Rogers mesa
returned last week from their two
weeks outing at the Grand lakes
This crowd of fourteen daughters OF
our well known farmers are as pretty
bunch of mountain pinks as one
would care TO gaze upon.
J. p. Grim of Salida. first class
tonsorial artist has accepted a posi-
ton in the Vail barber shop. Mr.. Grim
has leased the Dodge property or
West Orchard street. Mrs. Grim and
children will arrive soon to occupy
their new home.
The eleven year-old daughter oi
VIM Price. residing near Crawford
was accidentally shot in the arm by
her little brother last Sunday. Firs'
aid was given by DR.. Meyers who ad
vised the immediate removal of the
little sufferer to the Delta hospital
Chas Fast and family. who have
been gone from here a number o
years, returned recently to again oc
cupy their ranch on Rogers Mesa
Their two daughters Dorothy and
Helen and son. Wayne. will be quite
an addition to Rogers Mesa younger
set
w II. Tuttle left the latter part Of
the week for Denver via Black Mesa
taking as passengers Mr.. and Mrs
Claude Patterson and Mrs. Art Carpen
ter and their little daughters. Mr.
Patterson will attend the annual X. p
convention while there as delegate
from our home lodge.
Mrs. Emma Klaseen. wife of Chas
Klaseen of Squirting Mesa, departed
this life last Friday at the age of i6
leaving a husband and two boys, ages
eleven and fifteen. to mourn the los:
OF wife and mother. Funeral services
were held at the NJ +. church Satur
day afternoon in charge of Rev. Finn
interment taking place at Hotchkis:
cemetery.
The team of w NJ. Hefley of Ce
daredge became unmanageable neal
the r. f. Love place about noon las
Sunday throwing Mr.. Hefley under
the heavy wagon box and Mrs. Hef
lev md daughter Catherine, violentl,