The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

parlor opened in Delta by w. A. Davis.
Week of April 2S-Box social at
Fairview schoolhouse nets $11O for
community wireless station April 2s
Delta County Bankers Association
banquets at Delta.
Week of May People of Delta
turn out en- masse to clean up city
May 5. Lions put Oil novel entertain
ment May 2. Thieves steal two loads
of spuds from Colorado building May
Week of May 12-Mortimer Stone
and r. F. Rockwell are appointed to
State Tax Commission. State armory
is completed.
Week of May Especial entertain
ments for ladies held at Baptist
church. Community rooms are great
ly improved. Choral society operetta
is hit of season May IL and 16 George
Young's car is stolen, but thieves run
out of gas and car is recovered.
Week of May 26-Delta pupils put
on splendid May Day fete May 10.
DR.. Stockham and wife injured in auto
accident on Antelope Hill. Misses
Edith Cobbett and Miletta Bacon win
Woodstock certificates in typewriting
speed contest.
Week of June Little Elton Beck
is drowned in irrigation ditch. X o.
Daniels buys out Day & Sharman
Grocery Company. H. S. Juniors en-
tertain Seniors at royal banquet.
Week of June 9-Missouri day cele-
bration is huge success. Junior High
School graduates large class. Rogers
Mesa farmers entertain Lions and
their wives at the James Armand
home. Sixth annual livestock meeting
is held.
Week of June 16-The Independent
prints big Dollar Day edition for mer-
chants. Delta nine takes victory from
Olathe. Theodore Trechter buys Delta
Cafe building. Western Slope Chris
tian Endeavor convention is held at
Delta.
Week of June 23-E. w Stolte. aged
Cedaredge man. falls into ditch and is
drowned. Fish and Game Club en-
joys fish fry at Community Rooms.
Week of June 3O-Passenger and
freight trains collide in Hotchkiss
yards. Many Colorado towns partici-
pate in Women of Woodcraft meeting
at Delta.
Week of July 7-Paonia holds big
Fourth of July celebration. School
directors form association for saving
Petit Jurors chosen for July term.
Week of July 14-lndependent pub
fishes eight-page Clearance Sale Bulle-
tin for Delta merchants. Robert f.
Mehaffey. Delta pioneer. passes away.
Delta swatters defeat Telluride 27-5.
Masons and o. F. S. have fine picnic.
Chautauqua opened July Is.
Week of July 2l-Mrs. Nancy Hen
derson is claimed by death. Ladies
organize auxiliary to Knights Templar
lodge in S. o. o. b. Fire in Mrs.
Whites garage destroys furniture
stored there Y w. c. A. opens on
Grand Mesa.
1928 chautauqua Democrats name
county ticket. Legion defeats Rotar-
ians in fast baseball game.
Week of August Joy May VIII
liams browns in irrigation ditch near
Eckert Theodore Layton browns in
river at Grand Junction. Armory opens
with appropriate ceremonies.
Week of August 11-Sewell Griggers
of Olathe injured by accidental dis
charge of revolver. American Legion
of Delta attends state convention at
Greeley.
Week of August 1S-Robert Martin
is trampled to death under feet of his
fathers team House occupied by John
Moreland and family burns. Tom Lacy
of Austin injured in runaway.
Week of August 25-Teachers elect
ed for school year. Jim Gazaway, sen
fenced to life Imprisonment, throws
pepper in Deputy Sheriff Beckley's
eyes and attempts to escape. ]. A.
Donaldson and daughter-in-law drown
in Brandon lake.
Week of September 1.-Two are in
jured when truck goes over cliff on
Black Mesa. Mr.. Hider closes bond
and lease on Polar Star mine at Lake
City: $3.50. 900 involved.
Week of September S-Will Grow