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The Delta independent., 1902-08-01
Value Of Russian SpeItz.

To William Lindenmeier, Jr.. is given
the credit of first making practical
tests on a large scale of growing and
feeding the Russian speltZ, a new grain
in the section. to stock. He and his
father have been feeding stock for
some years. They found that the corn
ration was at times expensive and they
cast around for more economical
fed and one that would also bring
good results. SpeltZ was decided on.
Speltz grows tall like rye and ma
lures as early as barley. The yield is
from forty to eighty bushels per acre
and from four to six tons of straw. 1t
is hardy and stands drOuth better than
any crop grown in Colorado. The land
should be prepared as if for wheat or
oats and sowed with from seventy-tive
to one hundred pounds to the acre.
by the experiments in feeding stock
with speltZ the past winter" said Mr..
Lindenfeier. Il have shown that it is
even better than corn for fattening
lambs. They gain faster on it and
keep in better health. Its heating quail
ties are less. 1t is more easily digested.
1t can be grown on the feeders farm
and housed after threshing right at his
pens. Finally. the dollar a head the
feeder pays for corn for his lambs.
ninety-tive per cent. of which goes out
Of the country never to return. can be
placed to the credit of his farm.
'On November %. 1900. we bought
400 New Mexico lambs that averaged
forty-tive pounds when put into the
feed lots. The bunch was equally di-
vided. One bunch was fed corn and
alfalfa and the other an equal number
of pounds of speltz and alfalfa. We
picked out fifteen head to make careful
estimates on. Eight We're placed with
the bunch being fed corn, and seven
with the speltZ fed.
February 18th we weighed the eight
corn fed and the total was 452 pounds;
the seven speltz fed weighed 456la
pounds. February Goth the corn fed
weighed total of 476 pounds and the
speltz fed 4S3 pounds. The average
gain of the corn fed was fourteen and
one-half pounds. and the speltz fed av-
eraged twenty-four pounds gain at the
end of the same period. These figures
show that the lambs fed on speltz
gained each an average of nine and
one-half pounds more than those fed on
corn, each lot having otherwise re-
ceived exactly the same treatment and
clearly demonstrates the superiority Of
fattening ambs.'-Ranch News.
The Delta independent., 1902-08-01
W,omino Men See Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay. July n6.-W. b. Sleeper
of Wyoming arrived here last night tC
present to the President resolutions of
the stock raisers OF Rig Horn county.
Wyoming, concerning the exclusion of
cattle and sheep from the additional
Yellowstone timber reservation. They
ask the President to suspend any acs
tion with reference to the exclusion OF
stock from the reservation during the
present season, which will last scarcely
ninety days longer.
Mr.. Sleeper has travelled meas: 5000
miles to present his petition. 1t is un.
derstood that the President already
practically has granted the request OF
the stockm
The Delta independent., 1902-08-01
Lee Fears . Cuban Crisis.

indianapolis. July 2s.--General Fitx-
hugh Lee said last night:
II believe that the crisis In Cuban
Affairs IL now. The Cubnns were
promised M independent government
and they got II. And now they will
have to prove that they can give se-
curity 10 properly maintain order In
the island. II they do not come up
to the mark. the island must become
either y part Of the United States or
q dependency Of this country"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
Real Estate Transfers.

Matamoras Gas Company, arti-
cles Of Incorporation.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to Matamoras Gas Company, char
ter.
c. S. Van Etten to Frank Schorr,
lot on George street, Milford bor-
ough, sl275.
w. D. Cole and others TO John NJ,
Hoffman, so acres, Dingman, $500.
John c. Wallace to Thomas Whit
taker, ? lots in Springdale, Ding
man township, $3.50.
G. F. Rowland, treasurer, to c. w.
Bull, 10 acres, Lackawaxen, taxes.
Same grantor to same grantee,
400 acres, Charles Cooper, No. IA,
Shohola. taxes.
G.. F. Rowland to Joseph Ander-
egg, so acres, Lacka waxen, assessed
to Gustave Bethke, taxes.
John d. and Charles Houck, ex-
ecutors, and others TO John D. and
Charles Aouck, 175 acres, Greene,
$500.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
Commencement Exsroiaan.

The exercises last Friday evening
at the court house by the pupils of
the Milford schools deserve the
highest commentator and it would
be invidious where each part was
so we'll taken to make especial men,
ton. The program was long and
many of the pupils we're embraced
in the selections, which gave oppor-
tunity for the display of their tab
ents and it is pleasant to say that
none were Disappointing. ALI en-
tered with hearty zest in the spirit
of the pieces and all acquitted them
selves with great credit. The
Schocopee school was especially
happy in the dialogues and even its
warmest friends were agreeably
surprised. It's teacher, Miss Flor
enee Rochotte, has reason to feel
proud of her work and those under
her charge displayed an aptitude
which speaks we'll for their applica-
tion.
The graduating class individually
deserve words of praise. Percy w.
Hart, valedictorian, entered into the
spirit of his Grafton and delivered it
with force and good elocutionary ef-
feet. The salutatory by Miss Alicia
j. Emerson was a we'll rendered
and happy effort The history by
Miss Helen o. Palmer did that
young lady much credit and the
poem by j. E. Wolf contained sparks
of genuine fervor. Louis Gregory,
presenter, distinguished himself
by animation and clearness and
proved that he has the elements of a
forceful speaker,
Excellent piano music by Misses
Maude Klein, Bessie Armstrong and
Myrtle Ryder enlivened theoccasion
and those yonng ladies showed
themselves skillful in technique and
happy in expression.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
BRIEF MENTION.

Cherries will be scarce in this vi
entity
Saturday will be the longest day
of the year
The bridge at Struble's mill is
now open for travel.
You may catch bass now if you
can coax them to bite
Hon c. F Wright of susquehan-
ma was nominated for congress- in
the 4th district Tuesday. All the
counties but Wayne voted for him
on the first ballot.
Hon. John d. Houck of Greene
visited Milford day recently. It
is current rumor, and not denied,
that he will be a candidate for the
legislature this fall
Thos B. Gould of Washington, d.
c., who is connected with the U. S.
department of fisheries, made a tour
along the river this week to ascer-
tain the number of shad taken at
the different fisheries this season
for statistical purposes.
At the adjourned term of court
held June 16 a number of treasurer g
deeds for lands sold by him we're
acknowledged. The court on mo-
tion of j. H Van Etten, plaintiff s
attorney, dismissed the rule to show
cause why the Delaware Valley
railroad company should not be al
lowed to file bonds to condemn
lands in Delaware. The Milford
and Dingman railroad company was
the opposing corporation.
A couple of Port Jervis toughs
indulgel in a fight last Tuesday
night in which one, Reilly, was
badly cut in the groin by knife in
the hands of Gouley. The row oc-
Cured at the corner of Pike and
King streets and was the result of a
trivial dispute. Reilly is in the
hospital and Gouley in Goshen Jail
awaiting the outcome of the wound.
Saturday our town was visited by a
party of the same ilk and two of the
men finally landed in the lookup.
Payment ola fine and costs gained
them liberty.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
PERSONALS

A. D. Brown was in New York
Wednesday.
Bon F. A. Kessler of Matamoras
beamed on friends here Wednesday,
Kenneth McClurg Of Bergen Point,
n. j., is n guest at the Crissman
House,
Il W Adams Of Hunting Towers
was a visitor in town Wednesday
ev ming.
The Misses Alice and Hila Drake
Of New York are guests at the An
chorage this week.
DIR. Huntington Of Williamsport,
Pa, visited his mother, Mrs. Girls
void, here the first Of this week.
John De C. Van Etten Of New
York, with the c., NJ. & st. P. r. r.,
is home for a two weeks vacation.
New York papers announce the
marriage of Dr.. Louis de Plasse and
Mrs Ella Gladwin, which event oc-
Cured iu that city June r.
Mrs Frank Vandenburg and Mrs.
Bates of Forest City, daughters OF
is. S. Drake, are guests with their
uncle, R. D. Sayre, at the bridge
Richard Mills has entered the store
of A. @. Wallace and George Latti-
more, whom he succeeds, has gone to
the drug store Of G. O. Armstrong.
Clarence Dewitt, who has been
employed for some months in New
ark painting, is home for the sum
mer. Roscoe Gourlay, in the same
business. is also home.
Miss Bertha Klienhans Of Bloom
ing Grove visited friends in town the
first Of the week, accompanying her
brother, Edgar, here who will re-
main for several weeks.
DR.. Alexander Hadden, president
of the Forest Lake association, and
wife, who have been on an extended
tour on the Pacific coast, returned
home to New York last Saturday.
E. W. Pierson of Blooming Grove
was in town Tuesday accompanied
by the Misses Nora and Anna Mad
den, the latter of whom is on the
committee on teachers permanent
certificates and came to attend and
the former to take the examina-
tions.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

"Our little daughter had an al
most fatal attack Of whooping cough
and bronchitis, writes Mrs. ". X.
Haviland Of Armonk, N. y, "but
when all other remedies failed we
saved her life with DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Our niece, who had
consumption in an advanced stage,
also used this wonderful medicine
and today she IS perfectly we'll F"
Desperate throat and lung diseases
yield to DR. Kings New Discovery
as to no other medicine on earth.
lnfallibie for coughs and colds. 5Oc
and 81 bottles guaranteed by all
druggists, Trial bottles free,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
Good stioksrs.

The seats in the court room are
excellent human fly paper. The
audience at the commencement ex-
ercises last Friday night was "stuck "
on them as probably no crowd ever
was before, and many were obliged
either to remain or peel themselves
loose. Some complained that their
clothing was ruined aud no doubt
many spent considerable time next
morning and used unprintable Lam
guage in their efforts to remove the
traces of paint or varnish which
adorned their garments.
Either the material used in the
job of finishing the seats or the
workmanship is very defective, and
papers, which were freely used by
the occupants of the benches to pro.
tect themselves, are so firmly glued
that they can hardly be scraped off i.
1t is up to the commissioners TO
have the work done now so that a
person using the seats can have
some reasonable assurance that he
or she will not be stuck fast to
them. The county might make
money by selling the seats for fly
paper They are better than the
average
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
THE RAMBLER'S pICKINes.

Brother w. of sandyston, please
don't throw any stones at us over
here. The trick of stealing a horse
and burning the barn was invented
In Jersey. Remember a case about
twenty years ago?
Washington Padget has been
spending few days at Mill Rift
visiting his parents. Wash is
member of the 29d U. s. Infantry at
present stationed at Fort Mcpherson,
Georgia.
The finest strawberries 1 have seen
this season were raised by Joseph
Sinner of Montague.
The agony is over. There is a
county superintendent Of schools.
Some joker remarked in our hear
ing that new lookup will be built
against the borough building to keep
the latter from leaning.
The sticky seats are nice to sit in
on warm evening especially if the
sitter wears light colored clothing.
Not every unfortunate (9) individ-
ual who gets full has a sister who
comes, pleads for him and pays his
fine
The small boy is happy. School is
closed and the ever glorious Fourth
with its fire crackers will soon be
here.
The upper glen has been cleared of
brush, etc, and presents neat APP
pearance.
The farmers hotel has been re-
painted by Frank Van Campen and
Fritz Pollion.
Jake Wacker secured the contract
to rebuild the Mott street bridge
abutment. The price is $2s5.
The Rev. E. M. smead announced
last Sunday evening that hereafter
during the hot spell he will preach
sermons "short and to the point"
That is right as it is no pleasure to
sit in any building for more then one
hour at time when the mercury
marks 80.
Tuesdays cool breeze came very
acceptable, the preceding showers
having laid the dust and put new
life into growing vegetation.
Chas. Zimmerman and family of
New York are again domiciled in
the DIR. de Plasse cottage for the
summer.
Our liverymen are prepared to
cater to the summer trade judging by
the number of new wagons they
have added to their stock.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.

On Friday the president sent to
congress a message devoted exclu-
sively to the subject Of Cuban recip-
rocity. There is nothing dnmineer-
ing or dictatorial about Mr.. Roose-
velts utterance. 1t is a straight
forward, forceful appeal to congress
to carry to a successful issue the great
work begun when the United States
declared war against Spain because
Of the oppr ession which she had Wis
tied upon Cuba, and winch ended
with the establishment of the repub-
lie Of Cuba. Mr.. Roosevelt urges
congress not to curtail the magnani-
NOUS policy Of this great and power
ful nation by haulting before the
complete fulhlment of the pledges
she has made to Cuba, to the world,
but, more than all, to herself not to
permit sordid and selfish reasons to
deter her from insuring to the new
born republic that measure Of pros
perity which can result only from
generous reciprocal concessions. He
expresses the firm conviction that
such concessions will not injure any
industry in this country. He dwels
upon the fact that, by the limitations
which we have placed on Cuba's
foreign policy through the Platt
amendment, we have obligated our
selves to grant her special concessions
in return.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

bill the secretary Of the interior is
authorized to begin the great work
Of irrigating the arid portions Of
numerous western states immediate
~. On Wednesday the house defeat
ed the Corliss Pacific cable bill and
on Tuesday the Lacey bill providing
for a transfer Of the care Of the forest
reserved from the department Of the
interior to the department Of agricul-
ture, was rejected. SATURDAY was
devoted TO pensions and todoy viii
be spent on miscellaneous legislation.
On Wednesday the house took up
the Philippine bill reported from the
committee ON insular affairs and 1T
is possible that the Lodge bill will be
offered as substitute. The consid-
Grafton of this bin in the house is not
regarded with apprehension by the
party leaders. Despite the efforts Of
the democratic press to nislead the
people and Of the democratic politi-
clans to distort the facts, current
events in the Philippins are serving
as a continual demonstration Of the
wisdom and justice Of the policy of
the administration in the islands
The instruction is ended and the
bands Of outlaws, who for years have
been following the nefarious calling
Of brigands and, more recently, have
been reduced to a minimum. The
more intelligent portion Of the Fill
ipinos, under the benevolent guild
ance Of the Philippine commission,
long since turned their attention to
the arts Of peace and, with the ex-
tended authority which the Lodge
bill will confer upon the commission,
an era Of prosperity will be inaugu
rated such as the heretofore unfor-
tunate inhabitantshave never known.
The republican leaders, keenly alive
to the fact that the enactment OF the
Lodge bill will be promptly followed
by an influx Of capital to the islands,
will neither delay that end nor haggle
over details and within a few months
American enterprise will have pro-
duced a condition of affairs in the
Philippines which will put to shame
those democrats who, in their efforts
to deceive the public, have slandered
the army and foretold unprecedented
evil as a result Of the humane policy
inaugurated by President Mckinley
and carried out to the letter by his
earnest and energetic successor.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
Seven Years in Bed

'Will wonders ever cease?" in
quire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease of
Lawrence, Kan. They knew she
had been unable to leave her bed in
seven years on account Of kidney
and liver trouble, nervous prostra-
tion and general debility; but
Three bottles of Electric Bitters
enabled me to walk, +" ''she writes,
sand in three months 1 felt like a
new person. Women suffering
from headache, baekache, nervous
ness, sleeplessness. melancholy,
fainting and dizzy spells viii find it
a priceless blessing. Try it. Salts
faction is guaranteed by all drug
gists. Only SOC.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

The Squire's method of teaching,
which is concluded this week, rath-
er broadly bnt quite truthfully il
lustrates the manner in which much
of the teaching is done in Sunday
schools now with the aid of the les
son helps and other papers gener-
ously issued, at profit, by the re-
spective religious publishing houses.
The question is, Are pupils gaining
much either of Biblical historical
knowledge or of the great moral
lessons supposed to be inculcated by
the study of Bible characters? In all
these matters, as we'll as in the
methods pursued in these days in
our public schools to a great extent,
is there not an effort to macadamize
a royal road to learning along which
youth may walk pleasantly and
with utmost ease7 Helps are prop
er and necessary to aid the faltering
footsteps of the young and TO point
out how knowledge may be most
rapidly and thoroughly acquired,
but after all were not the good old
times when pupils were required to
do more searching of the Scriptures
to properly learn the lesson more
conducive to their knowledge than
the present methods Of putting it all
before them so that without mental
effort they can answer the questions
propounded? How many Sunday
school scholars today can repeat a
whole chapter of the New Testa-
ment? How many have memorized
one Of the grand old hymns their
fathers and mothers used to singP
Complaint is made that grammar
has been supplanted by language
lessons and as a result children are
becoming ungrammatioal in speech,
and in the same way it may be said
Sunday school lesson helps and in
fact some Of the lessons given in the
series have about as much point
and teach as much moral truth as
the one elucidated by the Squire and
his class.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

Before Mr.. Roosevelt sent his mes
sage to congress it was urged upon
him that such a course would be in
expedient, that it would have a
tendency to injure his chances Of a
reorganization, that it might even in
jure the chances Of republican victory
at the polls but these objections had
no weight with the president. He
regards the enactment Of a law pro-
viding for Cuban reciprocity as a
duty and with him the conviction
that a certain action is his duty out
weighs all other considerations. His
manly exposition Of his convictions
cannot but command the prospect of
all true Americans whether they
take assure with his reasoning or not.
In the words Of the late respected
"Jerry" Rusk, "He seen his duty
and he done it," The responsibility
now rests with congress.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

So far as l have been able to learn
the presidents message, while COM
manding respect, produced little eff
feet upon the opponents Of Cuban
reciprocity. They say that Mr..
Roosevelps views are purely senti-
mental and that he is mistaken in
his conclusions as to the outcome Of a
reciprocal arrangement. Senator
Elkins said, after the message was
read, that he SOW no reason to change
his views, that the president had
revealed no new phase of the situa-
tion and that in his, Elkins', opinion,
the sugar trust would be the only
beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.
Senator Bard declined to discuss the
situation beyond saying that he had
not change his opinion. Represent
alive Tawney said, "The president
is mistaken and the only result of his
message, if it has any, will be TO
make the opposition more solid than
before" Representative Long said
that the presidents message would
result in the prompt passage Of the
Cuban bill, but Mr.. Long has held
that it would pass from the first.
On Saturday Senator Elkins intro
duced a resolution providing for the
annexation Of Cuba as a state.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

"Of a gasoline stove buried a
lady here fughtfully, writes N. E.
Palmer Of Kirkman, la. "The best
doctors could not heal the running
sore that followed, but Buclxlen's s
Arnica salve entirely cured her
Infallible for euts, corns, sores.
b1ils, bruises, skin diseases and
piles. 25c at all druggists
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
Making Good Roads.

1t is said that P. W. Helms and
Ira Travis, two supervisors of Ding
man township, deserve especial
credit for the care aud intelligence
manifested in working the roads ia
their charge. The foods last De.
cember had badly washed the turn
pike and it is a difficult highway to
mend but Mr.. Helms has shown
good Judgment and, considering the
task in his hands, has put it in very
fair condition. Mr. Travis, too, has
been dilgent and painstaking and
his work is highly commended.
When a township is so fortunate as
to have goJd, capable officials. es.
peoially those who have the care OF
the roads, it is mistake not to re-
tain them in office and give them
ample opportunity TO carry their
plans to a suoce sful conclusion.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20
Prisonsrs Rscans.

Charles Grether, recently convict
ed of murder in the first degree for
the killing Of Adam Strunk last fall,
and Benjamin Aiello, convicted Of
murder in the second degree for
shooting Henry Labar, escaped from
the Stroudsburg Jail early last Sun
day morning. The theory is that
the night watchman who locked the
prisoners in their cells did not force
the bolt sufficiently in the socket to
hold the doors and that Grether,
getting out of his own cell, released
Aiello, aud when once in the corri-
dor they had no difficulty in making
their escape.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

The Boston man who lately mar
ried q sickly rich young woman is
happy now for he got DR.. Kings
New Life Pills which restored her
TO perfect health. Infallible for
jaundice, biliousness. malaria, fever
and ague and All liver and stomach
troubles Gentle but efectiye.
Only 25o 81 an druggists
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

List OF unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post oiice at Milford for
the week ending june ~. 1902
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reynolds,
Mr. L. Roseginot
Persons claiming the above will
please say Advertised" aud give
dare Of this list.
CHARLES LATrMoRE, p N.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

On Friday the house Of representa-
iives passed the irrigation bill pre-
vlously passed by the senate. The
passage Of this bin by a generous
majority viii be source Of the great
estsatisiaclion toSenator Hansbrough
and Representatives Mondel and
Newlands who have worked for it
indeiatigbly during the entire ses-
aion Under the provisions Of the
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

Try Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, the best phgsie For
sale BY A W Baleh q Son Mata-
moras, all drug and general stores
in Pike county.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-06-20

Ny little son had an attack Of
who0ping cough and was threaten
ed with pneumonia but for Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy we would
nave had a serious time of It. It
also saved him from several severe
attacks Of oroup.-H. j. 6trickfaden,
editor World Herald Fair Haven,
Wash. For sale By A. W. Baloh
q Son, Matamoras, all drug and
general stores In Pike eoanty