The Delta independent., 1923-06-01

/ Friday evening a crowd Of Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs attended a
joint meeting Of their respective or
ders at Delta.
/ Allen Bros. have completed an ad-
dftion tn their big Ice palace,
and can now store thousand tons
of ice, more or less.
Charles Hurst and wife returned
last week from Ontario, California.
where they have been living for the
past five months.
Mrs. Hattie Halfway has associated
herself with Mrs. Balch in the ladies'
apparel business.
Part of our main thoroughfare
improvement.
A. E. Busey has been sobbing an
undertone of pain for the last two
weeks with an aching molor which
he had extracted.
Ernest Shaw and family who have
spent the winter here left last week
for Silverton where they will spend
the summer.
| Morell Smith and family will leave
in the near future for DeBeque where
they have purchased land and expect
to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mock and grand
daughter, Miss Diamond are visiting
Mrs. Mock's two sisters. Mrs. Chas.
Shaw and Mrs. VIM. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. c. F. Wheeler and
daughter Winnie are expected to ar
rive here this week from Tucson,
Arizona, to spend the summer.
| Clare Miller who is in Telluride
was in Montrose one day last week
taking the civil service examin-
alton for railway mail clerk.
While out hunting with his two
brothers Sunday Bert Marsh killed
a big black bear, not far from their
ranch on the head of Smith Fork.
Mrs. Frieda Driscoll and children Of
Ogden returned home last Saturday
after several weeks visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie McMil-
lin
A good crowd OF pretty Campfire
girls, accompanied b ythe Misses
Bachelor, Carpenter and Gilbert,
left for an outing on the Anthracite
Saturday, returning Tuesday.
| Deputy Assessor Williams of Gun
nison county passed through town
the first Of the week on his way to
Somerset to assess property including
the coal mining camp and vicinity.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. futile. son
Verne and daughter Clara will leave
about June l for an extensive outing
through Yellowstone National Park.
Washington and Oregon. travelling
via motor car.
1 Craig of the Paonian. and Perry
OF the Hotchkiss Herald. hard pair
to draw to. Attended heart to heart
tpervaricators' meeting at Montrose
Saturday with bunch Of other west
slope editors. ~ ea
We noticed several clusters Of
Rocky Mountain columbines in bloom
in the yard of Mrs. J. M. Swisher.
We would suggest that others trans.
plant these queens OF the Rockies
and help beautify their premises.
Next Tuesday tho Western Slope
I. o. o. F. convention will be held at
the Hotchkiss park. This Is q big az
fair and II the weather is good there
will be a large crowd OF Odd Fellows
and their wives, and Rebekahs and
their husbands.
c. E. McMillin and family OF Olathe
were here Sunday visiting with MIR
and Mrs. John Dunn. Mr.. Dunn &C
companied them home and will leave
Wednesday of this week for an auto
trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico. To
attend the graduating exercises OF
Mrs. Dunn's sister, Mrs. Popejoy.
The first trout fishermen out from
Hotchkiss and vicinity on Friday tC
sacrifice their time and patience in
order to provide fish for their fami
lies. were Jim Crib, George Carr and
son Wayne; Alb Butts and Glenn Ell
lington, going to Crystal Creek and
catching about 40 speckled beauties
Our orchards, which have been YER
table gardens Of Eden for the pas
several weeks. with their variegatet
blossoms and beautiful foliage, beine
the sweetest of perfume with theiI
natural fragrance have all received
their fret spring shower bath Of spray
to help offset the ravages Of the des
tructive coddling moth.
Our local X. p. Lodge held a rous
ing meeting Thursday evening. the
Gath. A good crowd Of visiting bro
theirs from Paonia and Montros<
were present. Past Chancellor Gil
j, more of Montrose presided, and at
ter numerous instructive addresses
including much wit and humor. ice
cream, cake and fragrant Havana
were dispensed.