The Delta independent., 1924-02-08
LOCAL NEWS


A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs NJ.
e. Mount Saturday, February End.
Walter Layton come down from
Paonia yesterday in the interest of
business.
Mrs. Ruth Pope and baby went to
Roubideau yesterday for brief
visit with home folks.
An arrival from Mostrose yesterday
was Mrs. Jennie Maestes, who will
visit briefly with relatives.
E. L. jackson of Denver a post
office inspector, was was called here
this week as a court witness.
S. NJ. Ward returned last week from
Hazard, Kentucky. where he spent
several weeks on business matters.
Mrs. H. H. French is spending sew
eral days at Hotchliss with her
daughter, Mrs. Robert Ray, who is i'll. |
Mrs. Etna Gravestock of Hotchkiss
and Mrs, Quint Kirkpatrick of Craw-
ford, were business visitors to Delta |
yesterday.
Miss Anne Scamon of Kansas City
is visiting her sister, Mrs. A NJ
Mathews and expects to be here
about month.
Mrs. ]. P. Meserole has been an in |
valid since before Thanksgiving, first
suffering from intestinal flu and
later from inflammatory rheumatism.
The following marriage licenses
were issued during the past week:
Frank T. Patterson and Belle Frances
Page both of Fruita; w L. Rutter and
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, both of Delta.
E. Sherman of the Presbyterian |
church conducted funeral services for |
the little one at the Delta Mortuary
Friday, February /, at 2:30 o'clock, |
and interment was in Garnet Mesa |
cemetery.
Friends of Charles l.. Blake, we'll |
known Montrose attorney, were shock |
ed to learn that he had suddenly pass
ed away last Friday evening. He had |
just returned home from the hospital |
after an appendicitis operation.
B. R. Pierce and family returned to
Grand Junction Tuesday after a resi- |
dence in Delta for several weeks, dur |
ing which time Mr.. Pierce superin- |
tended the filling of the D. & R. G. /
ice house.
Mrs. Thomas Lines OF Ridgway, |
mother of Mrs. Fred Landrey, arrived |
yesterday for visit with her daugh-
ter Accompanying her was her grand |
daughter Mildred May Landrey. who
has been visiting at the home of her
grandmother the past week.
c. B. Moore returned Tuesday from
Palisade where he attended the meet
ing of the Rod & Gun club. He re-
ports a very enthusiastic meeting.
Says the Palisade organization plans
to plant some wild rice on Grand
Mesa. The club has about so mem
bers.
Rev. ]. A. Davis of the Reorganized
Church of Latter Day Saints is here
from Miami, Oklahoma, to supervise
the work of the organization on the
Western Slope during the year, with
headquarters at Delta Rev. Davis
went to Paonia yesterday in the inter
est of church work
The following ladies' came to Delta
yesterday to attend the meeting OF
the S.O.O.B., OF which they are mem
bers: Mesdames o. ]. Stone and Fal-
com Clay Of Paonia; Mesdames Chas.
Meador, Lawrence Brinton, Harry Ad-
dams, George Roller and ]. W. Gwynn
of Hotchkiss.
A case entitled A. Frost vs.. Charles
Gillian, money demand, which was
appealed from Justice court after
hearing about month ago, was heard
before Judge Goddard of the County
court last Thursday, and after hearing
Testimony was decided in favor OF the
defendants. The defendants produced
a number of checks to prove that they
had paid them to Mr. Frost on an &C
count past due, and Mr. Frost claim
ed that they were for items used and |
paid for at the time they wehe purch- |
ased The amount involved was
about 800.