The Delta independent., 1922-07-21
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Dunbar's for Eastman films.

Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Guynn returned
from an auto trip to Denver.
Leslie Savage Of the Crawford
State Bank was business visitor
here Tuesday.
Charles Roe will leave next week to
take a course in military training at
FIT. Collins.
Fred willoughby of Aspen is here
boosting for the Midnight Mining
Company Of that city.
z. B. Wise and family left Wednes.
day morning on an auto trip to Gun
nison and surrounding country COM
bining business with pleasure.
C. W. Field and his attractive
daughter of Fort Collins are touring
the western slope country.
Roe Taylor of Wichita arrived here
first of the week to attend the funeral
of his father J. NJ. Taylor.
j. S. Neeley of Rogers Mesa has
marketed about ten ton of sweet
cherries this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kraai are the
proud parents of a beautiful boy who
arriver last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Sherman and
daughter, Mrs. Gill. were in Delta on
legal business first OF the week.
John Kraai, who runs the Crawford
Hotchkiss stage bus moved his fam
lily from Crawford to Hotchkiss.
Ralph Miller. a native OF Hotchkiss.
came in from Wyoming last week and
expects to remain here indefinitely.
D. D. Blakely. our progressive may
or, ordered cement turning posts
erected at all the principle crossings.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling B. Christian
| of Denver are visiting Mrs. Sterling's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Mitchell.
Charley Todd got in a bad mixup
with his team and cultivator the
other day and barely escaped injury.
Rev. John Flynn was up to the
Lakes several days last week. helping
to rebuild the Epworth League build
ing.
Miss Bissell, the faithful bookkeep-
er at the Hotchkiss Mercantile Com
pany is spending her vacation in Den
YER.
j. B. Gavin, who sold out and left
here last summer. came in from Mon
tana recently and expects to relocate
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here.
Things must be coming oily for
Mr. Newhauser OF the White Eagle
Oil Company as he is supporting a
| fine new tank.
| Judge Perry and family and Miss
Winnie Wheeler. sister of Mrs. Perry
spent several days outing last week
at Grand Lakes.
Miss Alice McKinstry, one OF our
popular school teachers. left Monday
] for Gunnison to attend the summer
; course at the Normal.
S. r. Cary and wife of Denver. for
mer residents of this vicinity, are
here visiting friends and relatives and
looking after his ranch interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pearce are here
from Denver to spend the summer
months with Harry's mother. Mrs. Et-
ia Pearce. at the Grand Mead ranch.
C. A. Bradford and wife Of Fowler,
Colorado. who came in recently via
prairie Schooner" have located on
the Busey ranch for an indefinite time.
George Head and Miss Laura Mark
ley. daughter OF Rome Markley. were
married in Delta last week. We
understand they will reside in Hotch.
kiss.
severe rain storm a few miles
east OF here Sunday evening caused a
bad break in the Fire Mountain Canal
which has been replaced with a good
substantial flume.
George Roller OF the Hotchkiss
Mercantile Company reports regu
lar stampede or milling" rather at
his one hours sale OF aluminium Fri
day afternoon.
A very large crowd attended the
ice cream social held on the Sylvester
lawn Wednesday evening. The funds
realized will go toward further beauti
flying our cemetery.
VIM. Mcmillan. who is managing
the Gates ranch near Crawford, was
in town the latter part OF the week
and reports everything looking pros
porous in that neck OF the woods.
John Atkins was the genial clerl
, assisting George Park in his clothing
store several days last week during
, the absence of Hugh Tinnin the reg
ular salesman. who with Mrs. Tinnir
and baby had an outing at Grant
. Lakes.
The receiving judges appointed fol
registration and election this fall are
w. C. Copeland. Frank Truesdale ant
+. A. Jemson for Precinct No. a
, Hotchkiss. Mrs. II. e. Hutchison, II
Vail and H. B. Fetz for counting
, judges.
Our 1922 chautauqua closed th'
18th and the ten fine entertainments
, given proved to the richest feast o
music, readings and lectures ever Civ