davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

"A good system of rotation on the
farm is the one which includes a crop
of new IDEAS"
The digestibiIity of food elements
in feed must determine its value in
actual use. A chemist might be able
to find protein in sawdust, but the
cow certainly could not.
One cannot pick up an agricui-
tural paper, but he reads news of
farmers combining to sell the chief
products of the farm. That's right.
Meet cooperative effort with coop
GRAFTON.
Why such a rush made to plant
a large crop of cotton? But for provi-
Dental interference, cotton would
now be five cents instead of ten.
Look out! You may get caught with
an empty corn crib.
Thousands of farmers, realizing
the necessity of organization, are
seeking the best order. BE sure the
society you support has something to
join besides promises. Promises are
good, but they pay no bills, secure no
laws.
Where are those hogs you are go-
ing to kill next fall? You can not
afford to grow cotton at eight cents
and buy meat at fifteen cents. When
ever bacon is higher than cotton you
should be selling bacon and buying
cotton.
There is much more in good farm
ing than the raising of good crops.
Good farming means the maintenance
of fertility, the profitable marketing
of products, the economical buying of
all material, the art of making a
dollar cover 100 cents worth of
ground.
manufacturers of farm machinery
have formed trust and given their
agents orders not to sell a machine
under the price :et by the combine.
An agent forfeits his position as sales
man for any of the firms combined by
making cut rate of any sort with
any machine. Farmers, how will you
meet this proposition?
i ,MeH nave oceu kuoWn 10 WOrk
cows as oxen, and the triple-purpose
COW is as reasonable to strive for as
the dual-purpose one. Beef-making
is tax on butter-making. and butter
making on beef-making, but neither
is less tax on the other than work.
ing eight hours a day with yoke
would be on either.
according to an old nurseryman
there is no better preventive OF
blight in pear and ounce trees thar
salt when applied around the roots
1t should be mixed with wood ashes
and the ground covered for space ci
two or three feet around the stem G;
the tree, except immediately up to til
trunk
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
CARE OF CUT GLASS.
How II May he Handled and Thor
Oughly Cleaned Without
Chipping IL.

A housekeeper whose table furnish
ings are always beautifully clear and
shining as if new, gives the following
hints for the care of cut glasses espe-
cially of such pieces as are too valua-
BILE to be washed haphazard with the
other tableware.
Use only tepid water and the purest
CASTLE or other good soap for the
cleansing and rinsing of such articles
and manipulate small, stiff brush
during the washing in order to get
every particle of dust out of the cut
ting.
Then submerge the piece in lockwood
sawdust and allow it to remain some
little time SO that the sawdust shall
absorb the moisture and clear the
glass. The softest of clean cloth with
out any nap about ii should be used for
the final wiping and polishing.
Common white potato opeelingsshould
be used for cleansing the bottom of
carafes, decanters and vases. The
shot frequently employed for this pur-
pose is apt to scratch the glass and
leave marks that show from the out
side, says the ST. Louis Republic.
The potato peelings should be left
in the articles over night or for sew
eral hours and then be washed out
with tepid water.
Experience shows that the short life
of many articles of rich glassware is
due TO the abrupt changes of tempera-
ture to which they are commonly sub
jected.
A tray or dish that has been used for
ice cream sherbet, or. any very cold
substance, if plunged into hot water.
is almost sure TO crack.
Likewise a pitcher or tumbler which
has been filed with ice water if put
suddenly into hot water or placed too
near fire or hot stove, will show the
effects. Thefe is no risk of breakage
where tepid water is used for cleans
ing
A piece of cut glass should never be
taken from china closet or closed
cabinet where it has been in a pro-
tected atmosphere free from drafts
and put Immediately in contact with a
marble table top or other cold sub
stance.
If the carafe and tumblers to be used
for iced drinks be put into moderately
cool water for a time before they are
used their safety is insured.
Something of the same forethought
must be taken in guarding cut glass
objects from harm as is practiced with
a delicate child or pet animal Under
ordinary rough handling the glass will
lose its luster and crack or chip.
But with few precautions regu-
larly observed there is no reason why
q piece of cut glass should not be pre-
served intact and brilliant for genera.
tious.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
FARMERS. INSTITUTES.
The Old Fogies are waking Up ana
Falling Into Line with the
Advanced Movement.

The secretary of agriculture, in his
report for 1901, asked for an appro-
priation of $1,000 for the purpose of
promoting general system of farm
ers' institutes in this country. The
amount realized as available for the
purpose indicated, was but $4,000. an
amount entirely inadequate for the
proposed work, and only sufficient for
gathering statistics of the institutes
and employing, for a few months,
competent man to study the problems
of institute management at home and
abroad, so that he might be as helpful
as possible to the work. 1t is to be
hoped the secretary will receive more
liberal treatment from the present
congress. Farmers institutes are
now held in every state and territory
"A in number-and nearly complete
refurns>ha been received from 40 of
them. These reports show that there
are about 1900 institutes held annual
ly in the territory reported, and that
the funds expended by these 40 states
and territories, not including ex-
penses incurred by the people of the
localities, amounted last year to $780,
COO, and that about 707, 900 people at
tended the institutes. The number of
students taking the agricultural
course in the A. and M. colleges in the
same states and territories was 1888,
or an average of 240. There are about
10000, 900 persons in this country ac-
tually engaged in agriculture, and
these statistics show that only about
one i'm IA attend the institutes. OF
course the percentage of attendance
is larger in the thickly peopled states
than where farmers are farther apart,
and where roads have not been inn
proved, as is often the case in the
newer states and territories. But at
tendance at institutes is increasing
every year. Farmers are being arous-
ed and they are getting up and
moving forward, and the old fogies
are beginning to wonder what all this
means, and are yawning and falling in
line for the purpose of seeing what
they may see-or it may be for the
purpose of seeing and hearing what
others see and hear. Farmers in
stitutes are the most awakening thing
that has occurred among farmers up
to this date.-Texas Farm and Ranch
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
AN INTERRUPTED MESSAGE.
Conversation Over the Wire Was In.
terestins. But Was Suddenly
Broken Or

One Afternoon recently two young
women entered drug store where a
telephone pay station is located. A
solitary clerk, who was in the rear
mixing a new headache cure, came
forward. With swish of silk petit
coats, one of the young women walked
up to him and asked il she might
telephone to Cleveland. He gave his
consent, and went back to his medica-
tion. The young woman called CEN
trail, and said she wished to speak
with MIR. Charles Upton, of Cleveland,
relates the Detroit Free Press.
1T costs 80 cents to telephone
there just for three minutes" she said
to her companion while waiting for
an answer. But can say all want
to in that time, and, cost or no cost,
I've simply got to ask Charlie to-day
IL he'll come to the valentine
party. don't dare to risk letter for
fear that spiteful little Miss Simpson
will get in ahead of me. / heard she
was planning to write and invite him.
Before l ask him. though, I'm going
to have little fun. People say I'm
good at Disgusting my voice, especially
over the telephone. I'll wager any
thing he won't know me-"
In few minutes the bell tinkled.
Mr.. Upton was at the other end of
the line.
"Hello!"
"Is that you, Charlie?"
Guess who this is?"
"You can't?"
"Oh. yes.you can"
swell. try"
"Oh! just guess"
please"
agnes Simpson! No. indeed!" AS
suming her ordinary tone). "What
made you think it was Miss Simpson,
Ed like to know?
"You can't think of any one elsef
Well. it seems very strange you can't
recognize my voice." Especial stress
on 'my."D.
"No.
swell. can't you tell me who you
think It is?
"Yes--but you thought quite wrong"
A similar conversation was pro-
longed for some little time The clerk,
in his secluded corner, began to be
quite amused. He looked at the clock.
Then he went forward again.
Pardon me. lady," he said. "but
your bill is already $2.40. / thought
perhaps you"
"Oh-h!" almost shrieked the young
woman as she hung up the receiver
with bang. "Two-dollars-and-
forty-cents! Why, it doesn't seem
more than minute, and i never asked
him what wanted to or anything!
Come on" turning to her friend.
And as she went pouting out of the
store she was heard to say:
swell, / don't care. He was just as
mean as he could be not to know my
voice at once. almost believe he didn't
want TO. He can stay away from the
party so far as am concerned. Miss
Simpson is welcome to him."
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Now is the time to look to the gar
den. Peas, beans, turnips, mustard,
potatoes, cabbage. radishes, etc., ETC.,
can be planted now in the large part
of the south. Onions are already
growing If planted early. Early corn
for roasting ears will soon be up and
growing. The garden should be well
manured and well broken. Be care
full not to injure the soil by stirring
when wet. A good garden is half the
living in the average family. Do not
neglect your garden.-Dixie Farmer
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Make sirup by boiling eight min.
utes one and one-half cupfuls of sugar
and one and one-half cupfuls of water.
Wipe, pare and core eight apples. Put
apples in sirup as soon as pared so
they won't discolor. Cook until soft.
occasionally skimming the sirup dur
ing cooking. Apples cook better COW
cred with the sirup; therefore it Il
better to use deep saucepan and have
two cookings. Drain apples from
sirup; cool, fill cavities with jelly,
marmalade or preserved fruit, and
stick the apples with almonds blanched
and split in halves lengthwise. Serve
with cream sauce.--Good Housekeep-
Ing.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
In This Businesss

What sort of business is it for farm
ers to haul their cotton-seed to the
mills and sell them at less than their
value and then buy the meal back at
. hundred per cent profit to the mills,
and at the same time let his stable
and cow manure be exposed to the
weather until nearly all the nitrogen
is destroyed? And what is worse
than that, lose all the liquid manure
which is rich in nitrogen already dis
solved and waiting to be used by the
plants. Truly this is putting in at
the spigot and pouring out at the
bung. But this is just what most of
them are doing. How many farmers
have any arrangement for saving
their liquid manures?-Dixie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Lawabiding Citizens Preferred.--Fir
footpad-"W'y don't you rob that Teller
that Just passed." Second Footpad-"He
don't look like law-abiding citizen"
What difference does that make" I'm
afraid he carries gun. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Not Succees.-Ascum-'We you one
OF her chaing. dish partyw AL. Way Sea-
ton-"Huh! We were chafing chafing-
dish party. The chafng dish didn't chafe
- much ~ We did, and come of us are
hungry yet. t."-Philadelphia Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

"A crank il something Of an expert on
. subject in which you are not interested" !"
John Willis Baer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

The Illinois woman who called her hus-
band jackass and then got mad because
he called her his better half does not seem
to know such a thing as Justice Denver
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Ars. Wiggs-"T have made il a urac.
tice to put all my worries down in the
bottom OF my heart, then sit on the lid
and smile. ."-kansas City Star.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Many School Children Are D1ckly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chi
dren: used hy Mother Gray, n nurse in Chil
cure Feverishness, Constipation and dcstroy
Worms. All Druggists, Sc Sample FREE
Address Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, New York.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

McJigger-I thought your wife was eco
nomical
Thingumbob--Such ignorance! Ny dear
man, no woman is ever economical She
is either extravagant or stingy
phia Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

what" asked the party with the conun
drum habit, lis the difference between a
avenue and street,"
"Oh, about SO on q months rent" re-
piled the man who knew whereof he spoke.
Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

The pitcher that goes too often to the
web may be broken, but the one that
never goes win never be Iled.--Judse.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

TO Care . Cold In one nay.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund moneyif it failsto cure. ~.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

You. want to learn to spell better.
Bessie, said the mother, looking over
oh, don't care, mamma"
But you don't want to grow up and
not know how to spelt my child, do you!"
Yes, ! do. I'm going to be type
writer, amma.'-Yonker's Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Piso's Cure clnnot be too highly spoken Of
as cough cure. w, O'Brien, 800 Third
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

:. Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar re
Iieves wbooping cough.
Pixies Toothacbe Drops Cure in one minuts
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Chicago, st. Paul Minneapolis, four daily
trains via the Chicago & North-Western
Ry.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

The milder virtues may be as mast0 fu>
as the wilder vices.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

He who follows the guidance of an
reaches the goal of none.-Ram's Horn,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Descriptive Tern.
4iss Gushton-Oh, love those isolated
mountains that stand gloomily, srlndlE
apart from their fellow
The Guide-Yes, miss, them's buttes.-
Baltimore American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

No mus or failures made with Putnam
Fadeless Dyes.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

He Is the happiest who renders the
greatest number happy.-Desmalus.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Brtler-Wot time is ut, Jeems!
footman-It must be going on three
Q oclock-the misses has Just made her
NTH change of costume.@Stray Stories.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
FARMING IN THE SOUTHWEST.
why II 1t Worth Your while to In
veDt1gate.

A new monthly paper with many attract
i've features for farmers seeking new and
profitable fields. Write for a sample copy;
it will interest you. Write too for Texas
a i44page book about the Lone Star State.
st. Louis. Mo.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-04
The Other Side.

The late action OF the managers OF
the Denver & Rio Grapde system in dis
continuing the Sunday trains on this
line naturally provokes comment. Few
ever accuse a railroad corporation OF
acting from humanitarian motives.
The reasons OF the managers are often
inscrutable. Granting even that they
are now considering only their financial
advantage, we should not reject the
boon that the present policy bestows
upon the workers relieved.
The broad gauge line is highway OF
transcontinental traffic. To SONS minds
the Sunday traffic on that line is
necessity: not SO on this narrow gauge
line. The only interests affected adj
verseIy are those OF drummers who wish
cure theie mail upon the Lords day.
Can these few people not be unseltish
enough to forego these rouvenieuces in
consideration OF the great benefits that
come. to others. I say few because after
interviewing many business men 1 ind
that most OF them heartily approve OF
the discoutiuuance OF the trains.
In the first place. this plan favors
safety in crossing the pass. The ma
chinery OF engines and brakes will be
more enduring and trusty in corse-
quence OF day OF rest. Then think II
the nervous strain OF mountain rail
reading upon engineers especially. The
train men as a whole can do better work
and more surely control the trains it
they are allowed a relief from the strain
every seven days. The laws OF the
body demand a rest.
In the second place the highest needs
OF larger army OF workers will be met
in Sunday OF rest and worship. Some
will not avail themselves of their fullest
opportunity. but the majority will. The
freight trains will keep some at place OF
work for short part OF the day.
However. the large numbers will be
released from the care OF tending switch
es, selling tickets. selling papers, trans
terriug baggage, serving meals and sort
ing mail.
We who appreciate the day OF rest
put ourselves in their places now and
remenb Der the golden rule.
MILros FISH.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-04
RnOADES & O'BRIAN GET
WATER CONTRACT.
Asld of$a.sse b Aee.p,edby h. city cosaeii.
nsn.

At an adjourned meeting Of the city
council Monday night. which met for
the purpose OF considering bids on the
water plant. Rhoades & O'Brian. Of
Denver. were the successful bidders,
although several other parties had been
here Investigating the matter with a
view to putting 10 bids, only two bids
were received by the town clerk.
The first bid opened was by DuPraw.
Msule 4 Arpe, an Ouray firm. Their
bid was s72.9I5. with $4,000 extra for
verified pipe, above the pressure line.
As the council had decided. after inves-
tigation they would use this particular
pipe. this bid was really e7i,9i5.
Rhoades & O;Brian's bids was el.O4l5
less than the Ouray firm. besides they
agreed to take bonds to the amount Of
their bid at par. which will also save
considerable time and money. as it does
not necessitate the disposal OF the water
bonds by the town.
When the preliminary surveys and
other minor matters we're considered
the winning bid was somewhere neal
tl5 900 less than the opposing one.
The tinal contract was drawn up Tues
day and the material has mostly been
ordered and work will begin as soon al
the necessary material arrives.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-04
Happenings Of Twenty Years AGO.

Deer arc sometimes seen on the edge
Of the mess east OF town. Last week
four were ssen inside the city limits.
II. n. Ingersoil. OF the Dominguez
has killed teenty- three deer this TALL
without losing days work, doing bis
hunting mornings and evenings.
Miss Olive 1ngersol and Messrs. A. F.
Clark and G. H. Merchant we're exs min
ed for teachers certificates last week by
County Judge King. They all passed
creditabie examinations.
A party Of Gunnisonites, hunting on
Leronx creek drove into town last week
with four-boree wagonl load OF deer
consisting OF thirty two as fne specimens
as vas ever seen. The entire bag was
shipped TO Gunnison.
Tho Cushman ditch will be ten fee,
at the bottom. fifteen feet at the top,
two feet deep and over forty miles long
Water vas turned into the Garnet
ditch lsst week and went through boom
ing.
Tho ladies OF the Methodist church
made about go by their oyster supper
Thanksgiving evening
The Delta independent., 1903-12-04
Real Estate Transfers.

FoR WEEK ENDING Nov. o. 1903
John B. Fisher to A. c. Ellington
water deed-cou. $40.
Geo. A. Kienk to Delta Orchard Co.
10 acree-con. $50.
John Z Pel:on. Rec'r. to E. T. Ora
ham; go acres-con. $50.
John e. Peiton. rec'r. to Richard Grey
40 acres-con. $40.
Charles S. Parker 10 Richard Grey
3a3 acres $50.
North Fork Fruit Growers Assn. tc
d. 4 Z. G. R. R; part lot 40 B F "
Add to Paouia-con. 81.
John E. Pelton, rec'r. to Amos Nor.
relI; 10 acres-con. $500.
W. B. Smethurs, to John G. Wettrichi
33 acres-con. elo0
John f. Pelton, rec'r. to Chas. Mel
dridge; 40 acres-con. $50.
Charles X. Davis TO Camilla NJ. San
ders; lots in Delta-con. 1885.
Frank Decker to Charles H. Garfield
| 3 lots in Paonis--con. $500.
S-epban A. Boxce to Fl. n. wolbert
| 2 lots 10 Delta-con. e1IS.
Geo. r. Slater to F. NJ. Decker; PIT f
4 Haieys add. to Paonia.--con. s7oo.
Jas. NJ. Haley, ct. al. Rovaart 4
Hutchinson; Blk. Haley's add. to Pa
onia--con. 81 90.
Melvins Clark to NJ. T. Conner; Watt
Deed--con. eloo.
Hayden 4 Neighbors to c. W. Gun
bingham; 3 lots in Delta--con. tl.25O.
The strikers OF tie Globe Smelter a
Denver attacked a lumber OF non-uuior
employees last SATURDAY who were eoint
on shift and almost riot precipitated
The strikers we're led by women armes
with red pepper and q policeman ant
several others had their eyes 6lled with
this substance.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-04
Goes Mr.. whiteIaw $500 Better.

The Delta Electric Light company
submitted a proposition to the city
council Monday night to lease the water
power which will be produced by the
construction OF the new water system.
He goes Mr.. Whitelsw $500 better, offer
ing 81 300 per year for the power that
the former has offered, together with a
franchise Tor the same power, 81 600 for.
In the Light company proposition they
bind themselves to put in a plant as
soon as sufficient power is furnished by
the city and agree to pay money con-
sideration until the plant is in operation.
They go farther than this and will
forfeit the lease il they do not put the
plant in operation by stipulated time.
This proposition like that OF Mr..
Whitelaw's is to be paid in lights for
the town.
The proposition was tabled on account
OF Mr.. Whitelav's franchise now being
before the people Tor their approval or
rejection. II the franchise carries, OF
course this offer cannot be considered
as the action OF the people next Tues
day will be final However, IL the
franchise is turned down it will be-
considered until better offer is N ade
The Delta independent., 1903-12-04
To Say Whether or Not the Power Created by the
Construction Of the New Waterworks is to
be Prematurely Tied Up for Period
Of Twenty Years.
THE FRANCHISE SUBMITTED HAS DISCREPANCIES

Next Tuesday, December sth. very
important election will take place in
this city and the people will decide
whether or not another, electrical fran
chise will be grantediwith provisions that
no one as yet seems able to determine.
There are many things connected
with this new franchise which will
make it extremely Objectionable to all
thinking people.
In the first place. to give a franchise
at this time, which includes the power
that will be created by the construction
OF the new water plant is certainly pre-
mature, to say the least OF it. There
is always plenty OF time to dispose any
thing after you get it and see what it is
really worth. Why should the people OF
Delta jump at the very 6rst chance to
tie up this power for a period OF %
years! Engineer Rhodes, who was em-
ployed by the town to investigate the
water proposition in making his report
stated that the power was worth more
than the water-the water will cost
about $4,000. What is the power
worth!
The people OF Delta made big kick
when it was proposed that franchise
be granted for system OF wsterworks
Tor period OF 20 years, which would
not cost the town one cent Now to
give away what one OF the best informed
men IN the state. on matters OF this kind
says is the biggest part OF it. and thai
after $4,000 has been expended by the
town. is preposterous.
In lieu OF this franchise the town is
supposed to receive 1900, in lights, for
the city per annum. But as there does