The Delta independent., 1920-05-14
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George Duke Jr., made business
trip down the line Monday-via Over
land buss
Postmaster Sanderson made a fly.
| ing business trip to Delta Saturday
via the overland buss line.
Marshall Cook has charge of a force
of men and teams giving our little city
thorough cleaning.
solidation and concentration as well
as compensation. judging from his
very able article appearing in our
| local paper last week.
The Junior class play repeated their
play Deacon Dulles" last Friday eve
ming at Crescent theatre with another
appreciative audience.
The home of E NJ. Decker was glad
dened May 9Th. by the arrival Of a
fine baby boy. Mother and child are
doing nicely; but father is still a little
"daffy."
The senior class of the high school
will give the play "Tommy's Wife"
at Crescent theatre tonight Needless
to say crowded house will greet
them
At present writing Mrs. Leon Hotch-
kiss is just lowering between life and
death. The community feels very
down hearted over her serious condi-
ton.
Clare Miller. one of our high school
students, and son Of Mrs. Maggie Mill
er, left Tuesday morning for TheTmop-
oils, Wyoming, where he expects to be
employed in the oil fields
Editor Perry Of the Hotchkiss
Herald, has either very chronic case
of Spring fever" or possibly only an
aggravated form of the wanderlust
although he is still handling the NY
very dexteriously.
Prof. Dean is evidently long on con-
e. e. Wilson. our popular banker,
accompanied Mrs. Wilson as far as
Denver last week on her way to Kan
sas City and Eldorado, Missouri,
where she Will visit friends and rela-
tives few weeks
w. G. Hunter, who has been here
the past week visiting his family and
attending to business matters, left
Tuesday morning for Edmondton, Al
berta, Canada, where he is a railroad
engineer.
Lloyd Blackwell, son of our Editor
Blackwell, recently from the Texas
oil fields is favoring his many friends
with a brief visit before continuing
his journey to Wyoming Lloyd is a
fine young man making good.
The Kingensmith and Giffee fam
flies motored to Montrose Sunday to
have little visit with Miss Lucille
Klingensmith, who is teaching in the
public schools at Montrose
Suday afternoon two little boys OF
Robert Hicks living at Midway were
playing near the river bank. The
younger Of the two while reaching for
flower fell in the swift current and
soon disappeared. As near as we can
learn the body bas not been recoverd.
Monday night the Masons held a
banquet in the lodge room in honor
OF th grand lecturer W. w, Cooper,
after which some very interesting
work in the third degree was confer
red. About forty members were in
attendance.
Last Wednesday afternoon George
Rush together with his mother and
sister, while returning to their home
on Powell Mesa, met with a very bad
accident. by their car overturning on
the Powell Mesa grade. All are re-
covering, however, from the shock
and slight injuries.
Lee Gillispie, man 72 years of age.
was found unconscious on the Jay
Creek road above town Thursday
morning. 1t appears that he had
stumbled over cut in the road in the
vicinity Of Mr.. Speirs home At the
present writing Mr.. Gillispie is slow
ly recovering.