The Delta independent., 1922-09-15
CRAWFORD
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H. E. Welborn is constructing a
granary on his place below town.
Roy Cotton made business trip to
Montrose the first of the week.
Grandma Tracy is still quite Ill, but
her condition is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Kate Gill Of Hotchliss is visit
ing her sister. Mrs. Walter Maher and
family.
George Van Engen is threshing
down in the Crawford mesa country
this week.
H. Parsons of Clairmont. Calf. is
visiting with his cousin, Phil Gates
and family.
Miss ESTHER Den Beste left Saturday
for Fort Collins to attend the Agri-
cultural college.
Miss Sellie Cornwall came down
from her camp on Dyer fork Monday
for few days.
Miss Lulu McKissen returned to
Denver Friday after fortnight's visit
with home folks.
Ben Heilman spent the week in
Hotchkiss looking after the exhibits
of the forestry department.
Miss Katherine Den Beste is help
ing in the Sweet home and also in
the store out of school hours.
Roy Cotton and men have been
busy getting out road timber on Black
mesa the past couple OF weeks.
The Misses Ella Busby and Flor
ence Rumble left Sunday for Hotch-
kiss to work in the peaches.
Mrs. Ben Heilman and mother, Mrs.
Wright. moved down from the rangers
station on Dyer fork the last of the
week.
/ Mrs Grace Cummings. superintend-
ent of Delta county schools. was in
Crawford Tuesday in the interest Of
our school.
Mrs. Alex Mcleod spent the week
with her daughter. Mrs. Pitts in
Hotchkiss while attending the Delta
County fair.
Charlie Thompson began his peach
harvest Monday. Mrs. George Stat
ford and Mrs. Rose Sutton are pack
ing for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Belmire motored
down from their homestead on Dyer
fork Saturday and visited friends over
Sunday in Crawford.
Bill and Marie Frey moved to town
last week from Maher to attend
school Naomi Bear is staying with
them going to school.
Charlie wray came in from Alamosa
Sunday where he has been the last
two months. He is stopping at the
Huston Taylor home.
Dave Pearcy came home Saturday
from the Burdick coal mine where he
is employed and stayed over Sun
day with home folks.
Mrs. B. F. Heilman took up her
duties Monday in the school room
after being absent last week recup-
Grating from her trip to salida.
Crystal creek and vicinity were Wis
tied by quite frost Saturday and
sunday night, nipping the potato tops
and some garden stuff quite badly.
Miss Martha Robinson. teacher Of
the Onion valley school and the
eighth grade pupils went to Hotchkiss
Monday to take the school exhibits
down.
w. CoLiDtctcu uiG COu-
tract on the Clear Fork school house
annex this week and school opens
Sept 25. with Mrs Annie Cowley
teacher.
Charlie Stoner Is staying with his
aunt, Mrs. Everett Porter. attending
school until his parents move from
their place on Crystal to their home
In town.
Miss Ida Petnecky Of Delta came
in from California Wednesday and
took up her work OF teaching the
fourth and fifth grades in the Craw-
ford school.
Fred Cornwall. who has been visit.
ing his sister. Miss Sallie Cornwall.
left Monday for his home in St Louis.
Mr.. Brown took him to Sapinero to
meet the train.
Austin Cavaly who spent the sum-
mer at the F. H. Drexal home left
last week for his home in Pueblo
and from there will 60 on to Fort Col
Inns to attend college.
Charlie Tyler and wife came in
Friday from Denver. en- route to Los
Angeles, Calf. and stopped over for
week to visit the formers sister,
Mrs. Huston Taylor and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Schwend and
Mrs. Fred Seabaugh OF Ouray left Sat-
urday for their home after a pleasant
weeks visit with Mr.. Schwend's step,
sister, Mrs. John Buckley and family.
Mrs, Sarah Buckley and daughter.
Mrs. Dorothy McQuarry and baby son
are visiting at the John Buckley and
vern Trobaugh homes before leaving
for Nebraska, where they will join