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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20
arc coming north again.

From Field 4 Farm.
Tho quick growth aud low spresdy
habit OF the Russian mulberry make 1t
desirable dsciduous tree to plant for =
windbrsak. Where the rows arc not
planted too thickly the limbs will keep
their foliage to the ground. 1t can be
grown - sn ornaneutal hedge aud can
be relied upon to staud for years un
Affected by the extremes OF the seasous.
It 10 . protection to fruit growers while
small fruits are ripsning Tor birds pre-.
Ter the swest muloerfiss to the moro
acid garden fsutts, There is small do.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20
rsa.ssax a.A Pr..i.s:rrs@..

tSooeeoE oD0 0RFu010G.ffee0.
II anyone should attempt to build .
thrse-story house without any founda-
t1oa and expect it to-, last fifty years or
noee. ve would surely question his
osity aed call him unfit for the build
4nx utasioso- This yssy >tAisg = going
On 10 thousands OF cases every year
when it comes to planting trees. For
our Colombo soils . fruit tree must
have foundation upon which it can
build three-story top il We expect il
to bear fruit for City years or more.
Such foundation is the hole. The
harder the soil the deeper and wider
the hole must be. l would rathe, plant
ffty trees 10 large holes than Eve hun
dred which are merely covered with
dirt. A hole five feet wide and four feet
is not too large and it should be made
as early a. possible and filled with water
at once. The action OF water and frost
will prepare the subeoil for the future.
There 10 moro SHINING against this
rule OF horticulture than is generally
granted and the consequences are plainly
seen on every hand. Az the next meas
ure OF precaution at our altitude l most
earnestly recommend the wrapping OF
young trunks Of trees With burlap, i'm
mediately after planting. 1t should
not be removed for number OF years.
Gross cuts OF dying trees always show
that the southwest side Of q trunk has
to suffer the most from the rays OF the
sun and consequently dies first while
small streak Of wood on the northeast
side may be alive for several years with
the rest OF the trunk dead and dry.
Tho next cause OF sorrow OF the or
chardist 10 tho trimming which can
neither be taught nor lesrnsd-it must
be born in man by the love for tree.
Every tree 10 an individual by itself and
must be treated according to lite needs.
1t speaks to = man through it's appear
ance aud condition aud whoever cannot
understand this Lar guage would unit
favor upon the tree by leaving it alone.
The secret OF trimming 10 finding the
golden middle way between too much
and not enough pruning, especially in
those years when tho tree begins to form
its top and sprcads out. Orchard cul-
turs should keep man busy almost tho
year round, hence he should plant
enough trees or mono at all. Twenty
hve or dtty trees on an average farm
with all kinda ~ crop. stoclr atc ara ~
rule moro than half neglected aud
never pay, for orchard culture 10 bust.
mess aud can not be operated ~ side
ehow.-Frederick Won holdt in Field 4
Farm.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20
NEICHBORHOOD NEWS

mand for the fruit. Its fruiting season
10 Colorado usually extends from Juno
10 TO September l. Seedlings can be
procured from the nurseries. They
transplant readily and when irrigated
grcN to fruitage quickly. thus making
heexpense small compared with their
valpe.
How much may be proftably expended
in nulching an acre Of Strawberries? A
good many fruit growers. no doubt fail
to mulch in winter because OF the ex
pense and by doing so lose several
dollars whore they save one. An rx-
penpe OF so an acre may be put on
providing the soil is in prime condi
tion and the plants stand ia narrow
matted rows with six to eight plants to
three foot space. Mr.. Kellogg says in
certain cases this will be profitable
even at an expense OF 800 an acre and
with propagating bed there is no limit
70 the profitable expenditure. Straw
berries grown after up-to-date methods
and capable Of yielding from 800 to 1000
crates an acre may be more prodtably
muiched at an expense OF $50 than a
deId. where the probable yield is but
nifty to seventy -ave crates, as may be
the case in seasons when the irrigation
plsys out. A good mulch may. in some
Instances, increase the yield two or
threefold and at the same time spring
the price two or three cents box. One
could by experimenting And out just
What are the profits Of mulching. Where
stable manure is used for mulching care
should beexercised, as largo quantities
ney burn the plants because Of the
sxcess Of nitrogen and other elements
of plant food coming in contact with the
roots. Usually the irrigating water can
b sent through the furrows under the
mulch and the benefits derived are thus
tuo fold.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20

from the Paont2 Gazette.
NJ. Brown. superintendent of bridges.
has just received orders to procsed to
Delta and begin preparing that line fol
broad gauge rolling stock. All bridges
will be rebuilt. including the large
bridge over the Grand river at Grand
Junction. Steel spans will be put 10
there for heavy trains. the cost on that
bridge alone being estimated at about
eos 600. The bridge work between Delta
and Grand Junction will necessitate the
further expenditure of s6O. 900. This.
added to the cost Of fixing the grade and
laying new ties and heavy rails will give
some hint OF the enormous expense OF
this work. II no unforeseen delays occur
Paonia will be connected with the broad
gauge line by September. az everything
is in rediness on this branch, it only
necessitating a dav with big gang OF
men TO throw the south rail over. This
news is very gratifying to the North
Fork valley. as it settles the question Of
tho transfer Of fruit at Salida from
narrow to broad gauge cars. as has been
necessary heretofore. Now cars loaded
with fruit in Paouis will 60 through to
their destination with the seal uubroken,
big saving both OF time and fruit.
This order also makes it evident that
development work at the Somerset
mines will be prosecuted on . iargs
scale.
1t 10 estimated that 1900 will bring
US water from German creek three miles
away and pipe the town. equip it With
fire plugs etc. This will be mountain
water, Invested Of the poisonous typhoid
with which all irrigated countries con-
tend. Our town could be bonded and
the bonds readily placed at four per
cent, payable in ave to twenty years.
The interest would be made 10 the
Iessened insurance rates. doctor and
undertakers bills and 10 human liveo.
Let us set ourselves at work and bring
pure water into Paonia. 1t would make
Paonis the metropolis Of this country.
II our readers would be Interested TO
know tho advantage Of . broad gauge
over narrow to tho company 10 vii
s1ythat broad gauge compound 6ngiss
will pull six hundred tons over Tsn.
nessee pass. while ninety tons, With the
same crew OF men. would bc full load
for = narrow gauge. This item alone.
to say nothing about the cost OF trans
ferring freight etc. will effect an enor.
mous saving. A broad gauge hog could
take all the coal out OF Somerset that
could be hooked on.
E. F. Edwards. aged si1ty-two died
last Monday at his homo on Pitkin mesa
surrounded by his family. Mr.. Edwards
has lived here for many years and was
q pleasant man to meet aud ono OF strict
integrity in all his dealings. He was
widely known here and had many
friends who will miss him greatly. The
funeral sermon was preached BY Elder
C-cA>s>~r
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-03-20
REPORT OF the CONDITION
-Oy rak-
First National Bank Of Delta

At Delta, In the State Of Colorado at the Close
business, February 8, iSoa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
a Two-EDeED WEAPON.

/ HARTOONIST CHARLES NELAN OF
- the Philadelphia North American
has our very best wishes in his pro-
posed suit against Governor Penny
packer Of Pennsylvania. In a letter
stating his reasons for signing the
Pennsylvania press-muzzIing bill, Gov
ernor Pennypacker. without mention
ing Mr.. Nelan's name. identified him
pointedly and referred to him as an
"outcast'' and a "vagabOnd.' Now the
cartoonist has written the governor a
letter, in which he demands an imme-
date retraction.
IF this is not forthcoming at once
and if the governor win agree not to
plead the privilege of his position as
a defense against the SANDER, Mr.. Ne
Ian promises to bring an action for
damages in the nearest court Of COM
petent jurisdiction. For the sake Of
the interest that would be excited by
such a suit, as well as Cor the valuable
precedent a court settlement OF it would
furnish, The Herald hopes Governor
Pennypacker viii not retract. We also
hope the executive VIII be brave
enough to waive his executive privi-
Ieges.
And why should not Mr.. Nelan be
entitled to damages? The new Penn
sylvania libel law makes newspap ers
liable for real and imaginary damages
resulting from far less serious ofenses
than that Of which Governor Penny
packer has been guilty. If newspapers
can be muIcted it would seem that the
governor should be mulcted also And
wouldn't it be a great joke on Penny
packer. to turn his own weapon against
HING Verify, the more we think about
it the better we like the prospect.
Mr.. Nelan has a great and glorious
chance to even things up. The Penny
packer SANDER. or libel, was sent
broadcast over the United States. It
IS no uncommon thing to measure dam
ages caused by a single newspaper at
such sums as $4,000 or 500, 900. Prac-
ically every newspaper of prominence
in the country printed Pennypacker's
remarks about Nelan. Therefore, we
believe the cartoonist should sue for
at least two or three billions Of dollars.
But, of course. the North American
man isn't after any dirty money. What
he wants is a vindication and a test Of
the new law. Here's hoping he will be
triumphantly successful. Let the Penn
sylvania gang be made to understand
that it is playing with edged tools
when it attempts to interfere with the
recognized liberties of the press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
AN AMEsVILLE, O.. JOKE.

7 THE THRIVING CITY Of Ames-
vile. o., they held an election a few
weeks ago. At this election POI votes
were cast, of which one Alonzo Weed
received 169 and F. w. Gibson ninety
two for the Office Of mayor. Subsequent
~ it has developed that in the buoyant
humor. that characterizes some of the
citizens of Amesville, they voted for
Weed just by way OF playing a joke on
Gibson.
1t is said that Weed is only four feet
tall, that he drinks whisky in large
quantities, that he is immoral and a
tramp It certainly was a huge joke
to elect him to the highest once in the
Weed has been suspended pending an
investigation of the charges made
against him and on the ability Of the
complainants TO prove them depends his
tenure Of Office.
We are satisfied in advance that
Weed should not be ousted even if
every charge is proven, and more espec-
/ tally the heinOus charge that he is only
four feet tall. That is the worst of
I them all The Amesville jokers are en-
titled to the full benefits of their little
] pleasantly. Suppose Weed does drink ?
Suppose he is immoral? Suppose he
/ has a settled aversion for work of any
kind?
! Are not those failings which rage
/ with extreme violence among politicians
! generally? If we are to make men who
are immoral, who are drinkers, who are
loafers, ineligible to political positions,
we'll have to discharge a liberal proper
1 ton of the men now appointed to rule
over US. We are willing to confess that
! that would be an admirable reform, but
/ why should poor Weed be made to suf-
/ fer first?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
Because the Train Did Not Move a
Romance Was Wrecked.
Brooklvn Fagle1


The girl gave a scream and the young
man heard it.
He was a res0urceful young man
impulsive. but resourceful- He didn't
have to think; he always knew just
what to do.
Through the darkness the headlight
of a locomotive cleaned and just in
! front Of it was the girl. She had been
crossing the track when she suddenly
stopped and screamed. and now the
headlight showed that she was strug-
Cling TO release foot that was caught
in frog
In an instant>th young man was be-
side her. He didn't have to ask what
had happened; he knew instinctiveIy.
/ spiration. That's why he didn't have
TO think
Don't struggle" he said. 81 will
save you"
He whipped out a knife
Thank heaven it was sharpened to
day" he cried.
Don't" she pleaded.
Il must he insisted, with the sau-
/ thority of a strong, earnest man.
She tried to say something else, but
he knew there was no time for argu-
ment. She still seemed to be protesting,
but" he thought, shell fall in my
arms and thank me when it's all over. >"
cHe SCIEaLteQ again DIS ne cut lIlE
shoe lace, but that only inspired him to
renewed effort. The cry was an indi-
cation that the engine was almost upon
them
Quick" he muttered, and wrenched
the foot from the shoe. Then he
grabbed the girl and threw her violent
" to one side, in doing which he lost
his balance and fell. Still his presence
of mind did not forsake him; he rolled
or the track.
When he 'regained his feet he saw
the girl trying to brush some of the
mud off her gown
You're a mean, hateful thing" she
exclaimed.
This wasn't what he expected, and it
shocked him.
st had to be little rough he urged.
Rough" she repeated you've cut
my foot so that I won't be able to get
a shoe on for a month, you've ruined
my gown, you've mussed my hair,
you've upset both me and my dignity,
and I kept trying to tell you that the
engine was standing still"
He glanced at the headlight It had
not moved toward them; now 1t was re-
( eeding
Repentant, he wanted to help her put
on the shoe. but she repulsed him.
Il do hate a man who hasn't any
/ sense she said
And as she lirnped away in search/of
some convenient spot where she could
repair the damage done, he realized
/ that another romance had been
( wrecked.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
souTH's TURN TO smILE.

WE MAY EXPECT a broad and sat
w ished smile to extend itself over
the south as result Of the story that
comes from Iconium. Okla. relative TO
a pOstof1ce scandal there. It Is stated
that the postmaster, W. II. Williams,
. and his assistant, r. F. Childs. are
joint owners of a general merchandise
establishment In some curious way
the funds Of the postofice and of the
store have become intermingled with
the result that the postofice cash,
which is generally understood to be the
pTonerty of the government, is about
81 eco short
The feature of the story that will
make the south smile lies in the fact
that Williams and Childs are negroes.
in their larceny the south viii see a
vindication of its theory that the
negro has no business in public office
to which any responsibility attaches.
Those who know the negro best say
that he is thoroughly irresponsible
individual Entrusted with somebody
else's money he is as likely to use it for
himself as not
OF course there are exceptions, but
it is certainly true that the average
negroes ideas Of honor and of property
rights are extremely hazy. Still, Presi-
dent RooseveIts policy of appointing
negroes, wherever available, TO positions
of trust and emOlUment. has not yet
been proven an altogether bad policy
except in the south, and there only on
the theory that it is bad business to
make such appointments as viii stir
up hatred between the races It would
be unfair to condemn all negro Office
holders because of the Oklahoma Incl
dent
There are negroes in Office now who
are making faithful public servants.
Some of them handle a great deal Of
money that is not their own, and none
of it has stuck to their fingers. Very
many white oficeholders prove recreant
to their trusts very many prove idle,
careless incompetent. It would be an
fair, though, to condemn all OfcehoId-
ers because d small percentage Of them
steal and, by the same token, it would
be unfair TO condemn all negroes even
though a majority of them have no
capacity for big things.
Booker T. Washington for instance,
would adorn any Office to which the
president might appoint him. But
Booker T. Washington would not accept
any political appointment The same
thing is true of other negroes OF the
better class, The riffraf Of the race
IS the section that eternaIly thirsts for
Office. THAT is the reason, perhaps, why
so many prove failures
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
A Mighty Tough Witness.
~ York Iimes.)

The lawyer for the defendant was
trying to ss-examine a Swede who
had been subpoenaed by the other side
as a witness in an accident case.
Now, Anderson. what do you do?''
asked the lawyer.
Sank you but Aw am not vera Well
Z didn't ask you how is your health,
but what do you dO?"
"Oh, gas. Aw vewrk-'
I'VE know that. but what kind of
work do you dor
"Puddy hard vewrk; it ees puddy
hard vewrk?"
yes. but Go you drive a team, or do
you work on a railroad, or do you ham
die a machine, or work in factory2''
''Oh, vas: AW vewrk in fact'ry.
Very good. What kind of a fac
tory?7
ut ees very big factry."
your honor said the lawyer, ad-
dressing the court, IF this keeps on I
think well have to have an inter
prefer" Then he returned to the wit
ness.
Look here, Anderson. what do you
do in that factOry-what do you
make 20 he asked.
ooh, vas. I un' erstan'-you want to
know vat I make in fact'ry, eh2''
Exactly. Now tell US what you
maker
'.Von dollar an a half a day"
And the interpreter was called in to
earn his salt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
Immigration tbs AT FLOOD.

d ECENT GOVERNMENT REPORTS
II show that the tide of immigration
TO this country is at the flood. 1t is
estimated that the year 1903 viii break
all records in this particular, and that
the present decade win surpass all
other decades by many thousands. 1t
is a fact not generally known that
during the decade between 1890 and
1900 there was a falling on in the mum
Der Of immigrants as compared with
the decade between 1880 and 1880.
The record for the year 1882 has never
been equaled. During that period 49,
600 foreigners landed on our shores
with the intention OF becoming citi-
zens of this republic. This year the
EXPERTS say the total Will reach 1000,
which viii exceed the 1852 record by
a comfortable margin. If the present
volume of immigration continues we
are told. this decade viii give US $780,
900 foreigners as permanent residents
The immigration laws were slightly
amended by congress at the last ses-
sion. but the amendments have not re-
stricted immigration in the slightest
degree except with regard to an
amendments provide that a prohibited
Immigrant may be sent back from any
part Of the United States within three
years after his arrival, and at any time
within two years after that date at
The expense of the steamship company
that brought him over.
The chief defect of the law lies in
the fact that no educational test is
provided. The immigration Restric-
ton league furnishes statistics that
show that out OF 10000 immigrants
received in this country last year, more
than IS per cent could neither read nor
write in their own language, nor any
other. This organization has an
nouneed its purpose to keep up its fight
for an educational test, and surely the
figures would warrant it in so doing
OF southern European immigrants,
a per cent, or not far from one-half
are flIiterates. When it is understood
that a large proportion of the immigra-
ton comes from southern Europe the
danger from this source is apparent.
The Immigration Restriction league
does. not. desire any. severe test. What
it proposes. and practically all 81 pro-
poses IS Llldt 4ALiiiliSl ants shall DC COM
PEELED 70 write certain clauses from
the constitution Of the United States
in their own or some other language.
and that they shall read certain other
clauses.
surely this is fair enough. especially
as il is proposed TO apply the test only
to Immigrants between the ages Of IA
and so. That would admit the par
ents Of immigrants and their small
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
LUCK AND SKILL

he saw made him push his whole pile to
] the front
Three called for what he had. his
hand being a jack fun, and Four could
90 no further. the others being all up.
de called, however, and Two showed
down four kings he had opened on
three and caught me other in the draw
That sort of thing. coming on top of
a long, quiet stretch, put us all on
edge, and Three and Four bought in
again, Two being away ahead of all
the rest of US And that was only the
beginning Of as remarkable q run OF
Iuek as l ever saw at poker. 1t was
probably the wonderful run Of the cards
that gave rise TO the runors of sharp
play THAT had started. but. as I say.
sat IN the game myself and dealt some
of the hands, and knew every other
man IN the party 50 well that 1 know
there was nothing Of the sort in the
No dealt next, and, it being a jack
/ POT. Two opened under the guns. Three
STAYED. -Four dropped. and I raised it
$40 on three Fights One stayed and
Two came back at me with ten more.
That gave Three the chance that he
hadn't care to take on the first round,
( not wishing to drive the rest of US out,
and he raised it twenty My threes
didnt look so good to me then as they
had before, but 1 concluded to take a
chance and I made good. But Two
raised it fifty. and Three raised it a
hundred. and once more I played the
coward I was fool enough, too. TO
make a pOstmortem. You know how
even a good player will do that some
I times. And I found I would have
caught my fourth eight.
Two made good without raising
again. and stood pat SO did Three, and
when Two bet $500, Three called him.
They both had fulls. but Two's was the
larger.
Then it was Two's deal, and Pm
switched If ne didn't deal himself an
other full house pat, and give Three a
straight and One a flush. I wasn't in
il at ali, having only queen high. so I
didn't remember the betting, for I
wasn't interested, but I know there was
q lot of money bet before the draw, and
two calls when Two bet a hundred aft
er they had all stood pat, so he must
have picked up nearly a thousand on
that hand
There was nothing doing on the next
two deals, so the pot had been sweet
ened twice when took the pasteboards
again. And once more caught three
Of a kind on my own deal. They were
three kings this time, and I said to my
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-18
A Gates-Keene Story.


The friends Of John ". Gates are tell
ing the following story on that prominent
Spectator and financier:
In the handsome yacht that Mr.. Gates
recently had built he had large portraits
of himself and James r. Keene placed
at the head of the stairs leading to the
saloon cabin
1t is said that some weeks ago when
Mr.. Gates was at Palm Beach in Florida
he took a number of friends out to show
them his new yacht In the party was a
prominent broker who suffers with a
slight in ~ediment Of speech. Mr. Gates
pointed 81 to this broker the portraits
of himself and Keene, and asked him.
with great pride what he thought Of
them The latter replied:
I th-think they are V-Very g-g-g-good-
but to n-m-rnake the thing co-co-cornplete
there ought TO be a p-p-p-picture of the
Sa-sa-sa-Saviour in the middle"
Gates says the story is not only not
true, but that II is not even original. He
says the same story was told on James
Fisk and Jay Gould thirty years ago.