The Delta independent., 1924-01-11
LOCAL NEWS

!
Grand. Prices right.
The weekly luncheon of the Rotary
club was postponed until last evening
when at a special meeting the ladies
were guests.
| c. A. Fowler has taken the agency
for Winton coal, which he will handle
in connection with his storage bust
ness. He will have headquarters at
the Peoples Grocery.
| The graveling of Delta's streets
came to life again this week and Mon
day evening the advisory board and
! city council held a meeting at the Of
| flee of c. H. Stewart for preliminary
discussion.
The Grand Junction Chamber of
Commerce has set aside the days
from January 81 to Is, inclusive as
Better Business Week, and has ex-
tended invitations tc practically
every merchant of the Western Slope
to attend.
| Despite the stormy weather of We'd
nesday, the Crouch farm sale schedu-
led for Wednesday drew the usual
crowd and things sold well The
Priscilla Glass of the First Methodist
church served hot lunch at noon, ad-
ding neat sum to the amount on
hand which will be used in their yari-
ed activities.
| The annual meeting and conference
OF the Uncompahgre Forest Officers
is in session this week at the Forest
headquarters at Delta. In addition to
the regular headquarters officials, the
fieldmen in attendance at the meeting
/ are Rangers VIM. Doran of Lake City;
R. Calvin Miller, of Nucla; Elmer
F. Reed OF Grand Junction; John H.
Keep in charge of the Delta district
and Thos. ]. Watkins representing the
Ouray district. Messrs II. H. French,
supervisor; K. G. Brown, executive
asst, and G. K. Fenger forest asst
are the local officers at headquarters
| Old SANDY" the horse who for sew
eral years has furnished the power"
for the express wagon, has been taken
to new scenes. By the recent change
at the express office a Ford truck was
installed and SANDY" was taken by
|
Years day. The wagon was shipped to
San Francisco.
| The first interscholastic basket ball
games of the season will be played
here this evening, the boys and
girls teams of Cedaredge matching
wit and strength with the teams OF
Delta High. Tickets are on sale for
tha al hn
secured singly.
A communication received by this
office states that George Stephan and
and wife are leaving Denver at once
for San Diego. California, driving over
land via Southern route, and that
they expect to remain there 60 or 90
days.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Brattaln, accom-
led by their daughter, Mrs. M. L..
Blackburn and two children, left
yesterday for Whittier, California,
where they expect to remain indefinit-
ely. For the present Mr.. Blackburn
will remain here.
Lawrence, Tom and Hugh Adams
are here this week to attend the fun.
49, VI hii'i liioihilg NIB NdlIbT Au-
ans, who passed away at the family
home near Olathe, Saturday. The
two former came from Venice and
Los Angeles, California, respectively
and the latter from Salida.
The search for Miss Lydia McDon-
aid, trained nurse of Denver, who
disappeared mysteriously on Decem.
Der "a, came to an end with the find
Ing of her frozen body in a pasture
2h miles northeast of Aurora Miss
Mcdonald had suffered from spells OF
dependency and 1t is believed she
wandered off on this account and be-
came exhausted, dying from exposure
She was sister of Ira M. Mcdonald
assistant chemist OF the Holly Sugar
corporation, this city.
Mrs. j. M. Wildeboor received a
telegram Wednesday announcing the
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