davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

With the certainty Of the Gunnison
tunnel being built 1t behooves tho people
Of Della to look for new source Of
domestic water. When the tunnel 10
completed and in operation it will drain
the river in the low water seasons. This
10 not likely to happen for four or five
years yet. but tho time 10 surely coming
whom tho river opposite Delta will con-
tain nothing but seepsgs water. just
where to go 10 the question for the
people, to determine. There Is no scarcity
Of good sources Of mountain water in
the many lakes and reservoirs on the
Grand mesa, or in the headwsters OF the
Doughspoon il it 10 found that q suffi-
cient supply for all purposes can be bad
there. The idea is growing on many
that the best policy for the town to
adopt or the best thing for them to do
is to secure right to a couple OF feet
Of water from the tunnel and pipe from
the mouth, q distance Of some twenty
miles. With this plan we could furnish
domestic water to the ranchmen along
the line and further. . branch might be
laid to Olathe and furnish that village
with water too. 1t would take little
larger pipe from the mouth Of the tunnel
to whore tho Olatbe line branches olI.
the cost Of laying the larger pipe being
NO more than the smaller. By this
means all Of Garnet mesa could be
supplied with domestic water to the
great increase Of tho revenues Of the
town. The cost OF going to the mouth
Of the tunnel for water supply, will it
is believed by many, be cheaper than
going to the top OF the Grand mesa or
to the Doughspoon, whore some heavy
reservoiring will have to be done to i'm
pound the water against the dry season.
BY going to tho tunnel . gravity line
could be had that would never require
q dollars worth OF work on II after 1t
was once laid. This question 10 one that
the people OF Delta must meet in the
near future, yet there 10 plenty Of time
to come to q correct conclusion 10 to
what is best to do.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

To TRADE-Mining property. stock,
and real estate for desirable farm ol
fruit ranch. Address j. H. Donnelly
Cripple Creek. Feb. T-At
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

w. n. Williams. the house decorator,
has received line line Of new designs
10 wall paper, curtains. carpets, Lin
crusts Walton decorations, etc, and
those Wishing their houses papered and
finished should eco these samples. They
arc the finest ever brought 70 this
city.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

Tho only positive cure for blind. bleed
ing. itching and protruding piles. cuts.
burns, bruises ecxema aud all abrasions
Of the skin. DeWitt's 10 the only Witch
Hssel Salve that 10 made from the pure.
are counterfeits. DsWitt's Witch Ha.-l
SsIve 10 made to ocure-coun tsSfsits arc
made to sell. w. g. Cook.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

Te Csrs . Geld n ~.
Take laxative Bromo Quinins Tablets.
All druggists refund the money N Il
fails to cure. e. w. Gloves signature
10 on every boz.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20
Try the .Dol,a Best -four.

II any Of our ranchmen want to raise
hundred tons OF sugar beets, . price
Of - 80 ton can DO bad for them do
livered. Enquire st this Office for
particulars.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20
Anthrax.

James Beatty, tne deputy etat0 v0torl-
marian, came in from Montrose Mondsr,
to look into the cases OF an thrax report.
cd from tho Dominguez country. II
turns out that quito loss in cattle has
occurred there within the month, but
on examination NO cases were pro-
nounced to be this dreaded disease. but
it 10 supposed the cattle had access to
the poison spring located in the canon
and died from drinking the water. There
is NO doubt that isolated cases Of anthrax
occurs here and there in the valley and
the disease is very liable to spread. BY
proper methods it can be stamped out
and one Of tho best precautionary
measures is to completely destroy the
carcass by fire or BY deep burial. Last
year quite loss Vas sustained near
Whitewater and was distinctly trace.bls
to leaving the carcass Of an animal that
had died OF this disease, remain M
buried or unburned. This disease hes
been in this section Of the country for
the past fifteen years and whils
spasmodic efforts have been made 70
eradicate it this has never been thor
oughly done.
A. B. McCapes. the state veterinary
has within tho past month been 10 this
section investigating the different cases
OF this disease and has made the follow
ing finding in the cases to the Montrose
Cattle and Horse Grovers' association:
I wish to report tho recent investiga.
ton OF the outbreak OF disease OF cattle
on the ranch OF T. w. Smith, Delta
county. In referance to same will say
that upon visiting said ranch and maxi
ing careful inquiry and examination Of
the ailing cattle found that the princi-
pal loss had occurred in young stock,
ranging from short yearlings to grown
cattle. It seems that that these cattle
were brought 10 from the range during
December 10 very thin and poor con-
dition; wore fed upon straw for short
time then upon alfalfa. Owing to the
extreme emacist;on and tho recent cold
weather these cattle were in susceptible
condition to various diseases Of local
character.
Ono calf that examined which show
cd swollen jaw. presented on examins-
tion bolIus OF food between the teeth
and cheek. No disease OF any character
could be detected in the mouth Of this
calf. The right fore foot Of this calf was
reddeped aud an iufismed heel, In all
probability due to frost bite. A black
COW which was ailing presented four
distinct lumps upon the external part
OF the head and neck and swollen and
infiamed tongue. The diseased tongue
10 no doubt an extension OF actiuomycosis
commonly known a. woolly tongue.
Tho appearance Of tho carcass and
history OF another COW which died we're
those Of anthrax. The history OF several
other cases which had died were those
Of arrangement Of the bowels due to
extreme emaciation previous to the time
they were put on feed.
1t 10 my opinion that no contagious
disease Of any kind. except possibly one
case Of anthrax. exists on this ranch. /.
Tho anthrax carcass an several others
were prepared to be burned.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

For Stoneware. Delftware and China
ware, 20 to Winton q Hornsby.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

Iron bedsteads. bedding and carpets
all kinds, at Wipton 4 Hornsby.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

D1o88Y LAMB YuDAl P0000.
uOeeoo YoV Pubeseosooo-
DErA9rMIN7 o. TIE iNYxeloR.
LAMB OVy1cn ~ mo0Ypoa9 Co1xp0AS~S
Nos,es y hsssby sivss sAss
CLARENcE NgIAOH
noascs ofistsnsSea % nats DSosS q II lSsS-
Land clain No ~ Ute ser6sa, ~ - - IN
6 No. : !. ..iss: sl6.s :esHniis Hiisa:s ~ ~. ~ q -
ni0oeer. ~ Delta. Oslte soasty, Cslssal4I q
Saturday he lssh day q ADs6, In
sionI's's is 'risasios asd s'easesiss Z "a
Anos \. Dsssse. Aifrrd:D. nh Sesr,. JeA. n.
county, CeSosado.
vins IaS. Mech 10; Ass -. i1s7M.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

1eaaaoPs W1AAnnnA
Holland has le.ise vislaitls. saaA
q which drains $40 asfes q loaA =
a. avsrass sest q 80 sAtliiAO - go
. ysas.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

the form Of sheep 1t will show ~ follows:
15O acres Of irrigated alfalfa will run
1900 sheep one year; l60 acres OF en-
closed pasture will run eighty sheep one
year, while l6O acres Of range will run
forty sheep one year.
In preparing fields, after plowing, grade
Oh all back burrows and fill in all dead
burrows. In case there are small ravinss
it will pay to make laterals from them
to lead the waste water back from them
onto other ground. In sharp corners
and in head lands near the main bitches
it may be we'll to leave out the alfalfa
and sow bronze or blue joint. Az it 10
not easy to NOW such places some grass
that will make good fall pasture will be
better than alfalfa. It will pay to make
all the lateral bitches before seeding
and thus save great deal Of labor in
the future in cleaning tho bitches. A
later practice 10 to use the corrugator
on the land after the broadcssting 10
done, and this reminds Us that every
farmer in this country should own3a
wheelbarrow grass seeder.
II the field 10 on hillside or is land
that ID likely to wash. seed drst and
make the bitches afterwards. We prefer
seeding with the drill. % in case OF dry
season crop 10 moro certain. We pre-
fer early seeding and without nurse
crop az in this way we get fair hay
crop the arst year. which 10 worth a.
much as an ordinary grain crop. While
not advocating poor seed, clean seed 10
not OF 90 much importance. for after
two or three cuttings all foul grasses
and weeds will disappear. There 10 no
danger Of frost from early seeding 20
many people have thought and the work
OF preparation can begin at any time
now.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

For tn. e..t coal .soto winton'..
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

Money 10 loan. A. g. Ansbary.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

Delta 10. K" fiour at sl.2o per sacL
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

Tho government has announced its
intentions as regards the different irri-
CATION projects in tho west and among
them is tho Guunison tunnel scheme.
This will be the first OF this kind Of
work undertaken as it il the fartherst
advanced, and all the necessary data is
already at hand. The interior depart
ment has authorized the work begun OF
obtaining the title to property and rights
of way necessary to the work Of pushing
the project to completion, and it is an
nounced unless some now unforeseen
obstacle comes in the way work will soon
be begun and the bore completed as
soon az muscle and brains can do it.
This certainly is pleasing bit of infor-
nation to the ranchmen who depend on
the waters OF the Uncompahgre and its
tributaries for their irrigation. The
completion of this tunnel means an in
crease of 10000 people in the valley and
making it possible Of raising thousands
OF tons Of hay beyond what is now raised
and the feeding Of Thousands more of
cattle in the valleys during the winter,
besides increasing water for maturing
the crops OF wheat and oats and other
products beyond computing. Hereto
fore it has been hit or miss game.
whether enough moisture could be had
from the natural sources to ripen grain
or whether tho ranchman would see
the work Of the year literally dry up
before his eyes and that too when just
one more wetting meant to him abun-
dant harvest. But everything comes to
him who waits aud this beautiful little
valley may yet blossom az the rose.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05

Her principal assets were youth and
beauty. and In the guileiess innocence
OF a trusting heart she had bestowed
her young affections upon an old. old
man, whose Golfers were literally over
flowing with gold.
And there was grand party to cele-
brate the betrothal, to which all sorts
and conditions of people were invited: !:
and things went, il possible, even mer-
rfer than marriage bell.
During the evening there was some
sweet music, and sweeter singing. and
then 1t was that the bride-elect muir
INJURED In her most dulcet tones:
L am going to ask you a favor. Col
Mooney. Do you remember MY Sweet
heart When a Boy'?"
Remember him!" gasped the colonel
You don't suppose I'm a centenariau
do your"
And somehow they quite forgot to
invite him to the wedding. - Straw
Stories.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05
LONG HAIR OR SHORT.
Curious CustOms of Various Nations
I'm Ancient and Me-
dievcl Times.

Among the ancient Greeks, all dead
persons were thought to be under the
jurisdiction of the internal deities, and
therefore no man could resign his life
till some of his hairs were cut to conse-
crate them, says the London Mirror.
During the ceremony of laying out,
clothing the dead, and sometimes the in
terment itself. the hair of the deceased
person was hung upon the door. to sig
nifty the family was in mourning. 1t was
sometimes laid upon the dead body,
sometimes cast upon the funeral pile, and
sometimes placed upon the grave.
At Patroclus' funeral, the Grecians. to
show their affection and respect to him,
covered his body with their hair; Achil-
IIs cast it into the funeral pile.
Osiris. the Egyptian, consecrated his
hair to the gods, as we learn from Dio-
dorus; and in Arian's account of India,
it appears it was custom there to pre-
serve their hair for some god, which
they first learned (as that author re-
ports) from Bacchus.
The Greeks and Romans wore false
hair. 1t was esteemed peculiar honor
among the ancient Gauls to have long
hair For this reason, julius Caesar,
upon subduing the GauIs, made them
cut of their hair as a token of submis-
sion.
In the royal family of France it was a
long time the peculiar mark and privi-
lege of kings and princes of the blood to
wear long hair, artfully dressed and
curled; everybody else being obliged to
be polled, or cut round, in sign of in
feriority and obedience.
In the eighth century it was the Gus
tom OF people of quality to have their
children's hair cut for the first time by
persons they had particular honor
and esteem for, who, in virtue of this
ceremony, were reputed a sort of spir-
itual parent or godfather to them.
In the year 1896 there was a canon.
importing that such as wore long hair
should be excluded coming into church
when living and not be prayed for when
dead.
Charlemagne wore his hair very short.
his son shorter; Charles the Bald had
none at all. Under Hugh Capet it be-
gan to appear again. This the eccles-
iastics were displeased with and excom-
municated all who let their hair grow.
Peter Lombard expostulated the mat
ter so warmly with Charles the Young
that he cut of his own hair. and his
successors, for some generations, wore
it very short.
A professor Of Utrecht, in 1850, wrote
expressly on the question. whether it
be lawful for men to wear long hair.
and concluded for the negative.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05
ABOUT BLOOD POISONING.
fhe serious Consequences sometimes
Spring from What Seems q
Simple Injury.

There is one form of blood poison.
ing not uncommon among working peo.
pie. A little prick of the finger or foot,
which makes wound that would
scarcely be noticed, may afterwards be-
come swollen, involving the whole limb
and finally destroying the life These
cases are very distressing, and, unfor-
tunately. not very uncommon, says
Medical Talk.
To illustrate, a case recently came un.
der our observation. A strong, healthy
man was filing a saw. He pricked his
finger. He paid no attention to It. In
IL hours the finger was badly swollen
Still he gave no attention. In six hours
more the hand was involved. Then he
applied to doctor. Remedies were
used to no avail. The arm was next in
volved. Amputation was talked of, but
delayed too long The shoulder was
next attacked. Finally the body. The
man died at the end of the third day.
The case fairly illustrates traumatie
blood poisoning. No one can tell what
injury will produce blood poisoning
Punctured wounds and pricks from
pointed instruments are received every
day which are liable to produce blood
poison. Fortunately. not more than
one in one thousand, perhaps ten thou
sand, results in blood poison, and yet
there is always q chance that such
thing will occur. This chance should
lead everybody to observe the following
precautions:
Whenever the finger or hand is pricked
by an instrument, the part should be in
stantly cleansed and the wound ap-
piled to the mouth and sucked thor
oughly, in order that the flow of blood
may be encouraged outwards. This
would undoubtedly prevent every case
If 1t were done Immediately. There 10
no danger of poison doing any harm by
being sucked into the mouth. Even
snake poison can be prevented in this
way, and the poison is entirely incapable
Of doing harm in the mouth. No mat
ter how slight the injury. If it causes the
blood to flow 1t should be treated In this
manner. Never neglect 1t. While
there is not more than one chance in
ten thousand that your injury will
amount to anything, yet that one chance
is well worth avoiding.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05
VIRTUE ADMIRED BY MEN.
sAttractive in,thes Eyes Of the
Opposite Sex.

The things that men like best in wom-
an are kindness, the gentle, clinging
dependence on the man they love, q
sweet, low voice, an inde6nable wom-
AMY n1odestyf which shrinks from mo-
toriety, and, most particularly, good.
cheerful temper. These may not attract
and fascinate as do charm, versatility,
brilliances or the talent to amuse; but
the old-fashioned, aforementioned vir-
tues last longer They stand the wear
and tear OF life much better, and, after
al,..it is not the sparkling repartee
which amuses crowded room that is
good to live with. but the cheerful good
humor that can brighten up back par
lor, says the American Queen.
Smiles, good looks, and merry talk
are capital characteristics in a girl, or
any one else; but they are not those
qualities which married life most de-
mands. Matrimony has its storms and
trials, as well as its bright sunshine,
and to weather those storms, something
more than merry heart and nice COM
plexion are needful.
1t is the man with the wife who js al
ways as ready to share and help him In
his troubles and trials as she is to praise
him in his triumphs. who, ninety-nine
cases out of hundred, meets with most
success In the world. A man realizes
how handicapped he would be with
a wife who, while everything went
smoothly. was the most loving ana
cheerful Of companions, but who
would sink under trouble instead of
helping him to meet and overcome It
He looks for the woman who shows
that, with all her sweet gentieness. she
Is capable of rising calmly and wisely
10 any emergency. and when he has
found her. does not hesitate to ask her
to be his wife.
The weak-minded, hysterical. pleas.
ure-loving woman has had her day. Men
loved and admired her years ago, but
when the new woman came along. with
her sane, rational ideas-a woman who
could be trusted like a man and vet
loved like a woman; who could be rea-
soned with instead of cajoled-then men
saw that they had got companion in
stead OF plaything. and the other wom-
ans reign was over.
AT the same time man does not like
girl who affects masculine ways with
the Idea that. by discarding all feminine
ioibles and interesting herself solely in
the ways of the opposite sex, she will
secure admiration and husband.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05

und he don't take nodding, und de
leetle ghirl. ach, dat leetle ghirl, she
stay long time und she can do littler
und less efery day. und Won day she
find alter Franz haf gone to de alte
Frau, she joost lay down, und she gil
oop, but she dell dem dat der kleiner
Franzl he viii come, und dat dere vii.
come With him de yellow golt
MY poy, dat iss long time ago,
but 1t seems to me dat it iss only
leetle vile. Und vat you dinks?
Franzl he come to-day. va, he come
dis very day! ! haf long tink him
dedt, but nein, he haf been vat you
call him chase de pig notion, und to-
day he come pack. But it iss now too
late. De leetle ghirl she haf gone to
de udders, und dere amt nopody vat
kin share With Franzl. He haf find me
to-day, und haf to dell him desc
tings, und / tink Franzl he vat you call
him satisfy With his pig notions.
Il tell you desc tings. my poy, be-
cause Franzl, he in de house Wit your
mutter. und she vas dry to cheer him
oop. So, ven you see him, you joost
dry und make him forget"
The old mans droning voice ceased
His language was but a mongrel col.
lection of poor English and native De-
culiarities, but the sensitive boy saw
the little tragedy in all its glaring mis-
cry. He bowed his head on the piazza
railing, and unheeded, the crushed
morning glory leaf dropped to the
ground.
Late that night, after he had looked
into the face of his fathers friend ana
read the loneliness of suffering heaff
as revealed in the mans eyes, the boy
wrote his letter to Pollard.
I'm sorry" he said, simply. "but nv
decision must be adverse II your de-
sires and mine. My father is an old
man, my mother is scarcely younger
am the only child they have and
cannot leave.
Il thank you for the glorious oppor.
tunity you have offered and shall
ever treasure up this token of your
interest in me-but / must remain
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05

Triumphantly she donned IL and In me. !.
little while
She saw the self-same thing upon bsr
neighbor, Mrs Brown.
Now Mrs Brown declares that Mrs. Jonea
Is quite too old
To year thing so youthful-that Il
makes her look absurd,
And Mrs. Jones says Mrs. Brown js rea,v
so I'm told
TOO hatchet-faced and saliow for that
hat-that's what I've heard.
Now Mrs. Brown will hear It and poor Mrs
Jones will hear
What Mrs. Brown has said. and there
viii be some dreadful spats.
Iney used 10 heesood neighbors, but am
inclined to fear
Their friendship will be broken since they
bought those wretehed hats.
Chicago Daily News
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05
"You haf hear me speak of Fran,

"You haf hear me speak of Franz
fieimler?"
Young Schelmer nodded az he
plucked another leaf from the vine.
He noted vaguely that his fathers
voice was not so strong as it used to
be; but then, there was small wonder.
for he was an old man. The boys
heart contracted with spasm OF what
must have been pain. The word had
such chilling sound; the train Of
thought succeeding it was bitter. Yes.
his father was old, threescore-and-ten
barely overlapped the span Of his
years. He was old.
''In de heimath Franzl und me vas
raise togetter-you know. for | hat
ways, und he leaf home. His fater und
his moder. dey dry to keep him, he
vas de only poy, und dere vas only
vun leetle ghirl; but Franzl haf pig
notions. und Franzl he leaf home. Dat
vas long time, und he go. Vun time
dey hear from him in de vest, he go TO
California we're dey tigs for de goit, und
Franzel he tigs for de golt.
Den dey hears no more. De years
follow each udder, und dere iss no
more letter in de alte heimath from
F'ranzl, und de alte mutter, she write
und she write ind dere comesano-yat
you call him, answer? Tings vas go
BAT with dem, und der alter Franz
he get vat you call him rheumatism
und he no longer do de work. Den
dere comes de years vat iss full OF
drubbles, und dings dey gets lectle
Bladder und leetle bladder. und de-
nachbaren, aint it? dey comes in, und
dey dries TO help, but, vat you haf?
de alte Frau, she say nein, frents. dere
amt no use, she say, We wants not to
drubble you, she say, We cannot de
help take, for we haf our kleiner
Franzl, und he tigs de golt, joost heaps
of de golt. und bimeby he come, she
say, und all de drubbles will GO, all of
it, und den We iss happy always.
"Arme alte Frau. She work, yawohl,
che work. all de day, und she work. way
in de nacht, und efery day she send
where de letter iss to come. und efery
day de leetle ghirl she come pack und
she say dere amt no letter. Den, Won
day she lay down. Und ven dey comes
to wake her up, she joost lay dere, und
she don't rise up no more alretty.
Armer alter Franz! he haf now no son.
und he haf no more Frau, und de
leetle ghirl, she stay. Und den. vat
dime dey haf. va, va, dem tings dey
comes to us sometimes, und ven dey
does, den We knows de drubbles vat
dey iss.
ALTER Franz, he lay dere, und he
can't mofe, und dere amt noiings he
can't do, und de leetle ghirl, she dry,
und she work., und she do her pest, und
de nachbaren, dey comes in; put alter
Franz, he iss vat you call him broud,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-05

An apple batter pudding is made BY
slicing tart apples into a deep dish,
adding sugar and little water, and
baking until nearly tender enough.
Prepare the batter by sitting together
two cups of flour, three tablespoonfuls
of baking powder and a little salt.
Beat an egg and mix it with a cupful
of milk, half a cupful of sugar and two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Stir
the -four into this mixture and pour
the batter over the apples. Bake about
twenty minutes and serve with
whipped cream or sweet sauce. This
pudding may be made with berries.
fresh or dried; peaches, or other fruit
Boston Budget.