The Delta independent., 1922-10-13
HOTCHKISS
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Mrs. Tom Levalley will substitute
in our consolidated schools this sea-
son.
Jim Mondrell was down from Som
erset last week, being on the dockA
for repairs.
Mrs. George Duke and daughter,
Mrs William Spears, arrived from Cal
| ifornia Friday evening.
| The Rogers Mesa Livestock associa-
tion shipped out another carload OF
stock hogs Saturday.
Len Jordan and Jim Harding left
Monday morning with a truck load Of
fruit for Crested Butte.
A good sized crowd OF pretty girls
from Palisade is here packing apples
at the wholesale houses.
Adam Seager and wife were visiting
friends and relatives in the Grand
river valley this week.
| Rev. ]. e. Bordner of Denver will
preach at the Baptist church next
Sunday morning and evening.
| Claud Snellgreve. wife and baby,
came in from Grand Junction recently
and will probably locate here.
| Professor Armstrong accompanied
his brother. L. R Armstrong and fam
lily on a trip to Montrose Sunday.
l. The town and country are simply
alive with apple pickers and packers.
The big apple harvest will end about
Nov. 1.
Sugar beet harvesting is now on, the
yield being about an average. but
acreage considerably lighter than here
tofore.
The football game Saturday at Pa
onia, Hotchkiss VS.. Paonia, ended in
favor Of the Hotchkiss team. the score
standing to II.
The woods Is full of political can
didates and apparently pretty fine
bunch OF good fellows. but it's cinch
only half Of them can be elected.
Carl Milliken. Judge Sheafor and
our next state governor. Ben Griffith,
accompanied by the News-Times repre-
sentative. Mr.. Stewart. were in town
Tuesday.
DR.. Edgerton. district superintend-
ent of the NJ F.. Sunday school was
here the first of the week from Grand
Junction on official business connect.
ed with the Sunday school here.
Gertrude and Lois Hotchkiss. daugh-
ters of Fred Hotchkiss of Naturita
are here attending school, having Sc
cured accommodations with Mrs
Charles Miller on West Bridge street
Il Quite number of sportsmen of
| Hotchkiss and vicinity have paid the
necessary S. for the privilege OF try
ing to get deer and are out now;
18th to 18th. testing their marksman.
ship.
Mrs. Frank Woody prepared sump
tuous banquet Sunday evening in hon.
or OF the xxx birthday anniversary
of Mrs. Thomas Blackwell Mr.
Blackwell and DR.. Lewis were among
the guests present.
Guise Wilcoxson who purchased the
c. A Goddard residence on Orchard
avenue. recently, at the consideration
OF $4,000. will occupy his beautiful
home in November. The Goddards do
not expected to leave here.
Our big apple harvest is progressing
without break. The weather is
simply ideal for this big job while the
fruit is being shipped on consignment
generally The growers have a more
optimistic feeling now than was en-
tertained earlier in the season in re
gard to net returns. The prevailing
wages are So for nine hours work.
The golden wedding celebration of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Douglass took
place Tuesday at high noon at their
home on Hanson mesa in the pres
ence of a large number of friends and
relatives. Mr., and Mrs. Harry Mas
ters of Englewood, Colo. son-in-law
and daughter of the fine old couple
were present. An old-fashioned New
England dinner was served the guests
after the ceremony.
The Hotchkiss consolidated schools
have six busses to transport the schol-
ars living out of town to and from
their homes. Wilson Allen and II.
A. Sommers have charge of the two
big trucks for Rogers mesa, George
Carr and George Sease drive the two
going to the Cottonwood district w.
Woods route is over Powell and Han
son mesas and illiam VanOort looksk
after the children on Barrow mesa.