The Delta independent., 1921-09-30
OF GENERAL INTEREST


past month. were Mr.. and Mrs. R. F.
Williams and granddaughter, Eva
Louise.
The fine quality of Delta county
fruit was again demonstrated last
week when Mrs. Frank Watts of Gar
net Mesa sent the editor a number
of beautiful Elbertas. The quality
was excellent and the color never
finer. Pretty as a peach" is the
last word when it comes to beauty
The closing day of the fair at Mont
rose was marked by number of acci-
dents.
Two accidents marred the program
at the Wild West show and fair in
Greeley.
An unusually large exhibit of farm
products and live stock was shown at
the Yuma County Fair.
The Adams County Fair was the
most elaborate event of the kind ever
held In that section of the state The
program of entertainment left few idle
moments.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
in the case of Harvey Gibson, accused
of the murder of his nephew, Valentine
Simon, by a jury in the West Side
Court in Denver.
Jimmie LipcOmbe. 9 years old, died
at local hospital at Colorado Springs
following injuries sustained when he
was run down by an autoist. 1t is the
third death to local children this sum-
mer, officials say.
The campaign of the American Beet
Sugar Company's factory started at
Rocky Ford with a full force of men
at Work. heavy beet crop is avail
able and it is expected that the drive
will last at least 100 days.
The district convention of the Rotar-
ians of Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico will be held in Greeley March
22-28, it was decided in the ending of
the two-day conference of officers of
the Rotary clubs of the district in Den
YER.
Women students, arriving for the
opening of the fall quarter at Colorado
State Teachers College, Oct. 3, will
find awaiting them three attractive
buildings equipped with all the con-
veniences and artistic features of mod
ern women's dormitories.
DIR. ]. f. Dale. % years old, who has
practiced in Fort Collins for the last
twenty years, died at Fort Collins fol
lowing a long illness with pernicious
anemia. DR.. Dale was forced to give
up his practice last April and he spent
some time in Denver hospital under
the care of specialists, but did not
overcome the disorder.
Bids will be asked for the construc-
tion of the new Olathe high school.
While the school board does not con-
| template doing any actual work on the
building this fall. it will soon let the
contract for the magnificent new struc-
| ture. which will cost approximately
| $4,000. An effort is being made to
raise $4,000 more for addition of Il
| large auditorium to the present plans
Ben Wolf and William Harbaugh,
crew on Pueblo city street car, while
on their way to work. found n wallet
| containing $1,000 in checks and cash
The wallet was the property of Capt
| c. Steele of the United States army,
who went through Pueblo with the
| Ninth infantry troops en- route south
| from Fort Logan, and who had lost II
while on his way to where his men
were encamped over night.
The Nushaft coal mine on Coal
| creek, near Florence, caught fire, fol-
| lowing the firing of shot in the work
| ings Monday night by an employe. II
| Is believed that the shot was fired
close to an old oil we'll property, To-
Gated near the mine Two hundred
miners and workrnen in the mine were
forced to leave on account Of the dense
clouds of smoke which completely
| filled the shafts and tunnels. No lives
were lost.
| The Arapahoe County Medical Soci
ETY. was organized at Littleton on Sept
| 21. DIR. Walter C. Crysler of LIttieton
| was elected president. DIR. John Simon
| of EnglewOod, vice president, and DIR.
| o. h. .Granthum of Littleton, secretary.
The membership includes all the ply.
| sicIans in active practice in Arapahoe
county.
Approval of Denver as staff head
quarters of the 1O3rd Reserve division
United States army. has been received
by the commission of army officers
| IOr tne purpose VI seiectiHg oIIlcefS
for the units that will compose the d.
vision. Announcement of Denver as
headquarters was made by Col. Harry
r. Lee, head OF the commission and
the man who has been selected as chief
Of staff of the division.
William Terry. n farmer living one
mile south of the La Junta, was killed
almost instantly by the accidental dis
charge Of shotgun. Terry was now