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The Delta independent., 1907-05-03
Crude Oil From a Mountain.

N. H. Castle returned from Grand
Junction Wednesday where he had been
to meet friend of boyhood days, I. s.
Phippeny, formerly of Manistique,
Mich. Mr.. Phippeny and his son and
Mr.. James Richardson returned to Del
Ia with Mr. Castle for few days visit
and are looking over the country.
These gentlemen are promoting crude
oil proposition which has rather an odd
origin. 1t seems they have an oil mine,
as it were, situated about 100 miles
from Grand Junction on the Uintah
Railroad. The oil comes from noun
tain and is of excellent quality for lub-
ricating purposes. They have driven a
tunnel into the mountain and the oil
came out so fast that it was necessary
to stop up every possible avenue of es-
cape. The tunnel is now half full and
still raising. The product has been
tested on engines of the Uintah rail-
road and pronounced first class. Mr..
Castle brought some of it back with
him and will handle the product for the
state of Colorado. He will have car
shipped to Delta within few days to
supply local dealers.
A fine quality of lubricating oil in
such quantity and from such source
seems odd, but Mr.. Castle says they
have the pure quill as described above.
Oil wells are common, but an oil mine
is something new.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

Vote for Dale and boost for a
Booster.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

Remember the school election
next Monday. May 6, and vote.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

You don't have to register to
vote at the school election.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

Miscellaneous.
Obtuaries printed for IA, rate Of 5 co. obituary poetry
cents per line additional card Of thanks SO cen esou-
ton. Of coincidence cents per line
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

Governor Buchtel, complying
with an act by the General AS
sembly, has called a convention
to meet in Denver three days
during the month of June to dis
cuss and take action regarding
the governments forest reserve
and public domain policies. At
this convention the opponents of
the Presidents public domain
policy will endeavor to secure
action favorable to a reversal of
said policy. Stock men in this
part of the state are almost
unanimous in favor of the Presi-
dents plan and they will send
delegates to uphold it. Stock
men in the Glenwood Springs
country will no doubt send rep
resentatives instructed to vigor-
ously oppose any action in favor
of the present public land policy
of the government. Delegates
will be present from numerous
western states in which there
still remains any considerable
amount of government land.
President killian of the Delta
County Live Stock Association
will call meeting of members
for the purpose of selecting del
egates to the June convention.
This association, together with
the Montrose and Gunnison asso-
Citations, will be favorable to the
president. 1t behooves the peo-
pie who are pleased with the
present forest reserve policy of
the government to buckle on
their armor and prepare to make
a fight for the endorsement of
that policy.
One thing about this fight
seems very strange. Stock men
in this part Of the state are en-
Enthusiastically in favor of the for
est reserve policy of the govern
ment. They say it has been a
great benefit to them and it is
their wish to have it continued.
S kmen in the Glenwood
Springs country are just as bit
terly opposed to it as our people
are enthusiastically in favor of
it. If it is good for the one we
would naturally think it would
be good for the other and vice
versa.
The war is on, however, and
the action Of this coming conven-
ton will have a mighty influence
on congress in whose hands the
destiny of the administrations
public domain policy has been
placed.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03
Notice Of Stockholders Meeting.

A special meeting of all the stock
holders of the Colorado Realty and
Commission Company is called for May
Is at p. m. in their Offices corner Of
Fourth and Main Sts., for the purpose
and object of considering cert ain
proposed amendment to the Articles of
incorporation of The Colorado Re atty
and Commission Company.
l.. +. HALY, Sec y.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

The fellow who tries to please
everybody will have some REAL
friends but not many. A few
REAL friends are worth whole
crowd Of those who extend their
favor because favors have been
extended to them.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

War is hell" said Sherman.
So is frost when the fruit trees
are in bloom.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

Maintaining the public schools
consumes the larger part of tax
es. Remember, you have some
thing to say about who will spend
the money if you go to the polls
and vote next Monday.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03

Are you going to the polls and
vote for school director next Mon
day or are you going to forget it
and stay at home and then swear
a little because it didn't go to
suit you.
The Delta independent., 1907-05-03
DELTA INDEPENDENT
FINDLEY DUFFlELD, Editor and Owner
Entered a, the pos,oflce in Delta, Colorado.
as second class mail matter
ADVERTISING RATES.

Fifty cents, per single column inc month. Insertions
Of ono week only. IS cents per inch.
Display ads. changed every weeks ~ihou, extra
charge: weekly changes ) cents per inch additional
Copy for change Of ads should be supplied not later than
"Wednesday to insure appearance.
Locals cents line each issue to transients 10 cents
per line for ra issue cents per line each subsequent nser
ton. Headed local. 10 cents line for the head.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
POWER FROM rpE CLOUDS.
A Static Motor That Runs by
Lightning.

Under this title N static motor Is
illustrated and described by c. Francis
Jenkins In the Scientific American.
Interest in motors OF this kind arises
from the fact that atmospheric elec-
tricity is of the static type, and there
fore that II We are ever to utilize the
atmosphere as a source Of electric
power we must employ scme such
means as this, the ordinary style of
motor being quite untitled for the pur.
pose, The ordinary motor Is u re.
versed dynamo, and in like manner
this motor Is a reversed g~lnssdsk cleo
trie machine. II may he regarded, Mr.,
Jenkins says. as an extension Of the
familiar experiment In which a pith
ball oscillates between two oppositely
charged bodies, such as a glass rod
and a stick OF sealing.wax. He says;
In its simplest form til consists of
a thin glass or mica disk supported 90
pivotal points and well balanced. This
disk has five armature sections OF tin,
foil overlapping the edges OF the disk
at five eqnidistant points. Enveloping
the disk also at eqnldistant points are
four metal field.poles. each field.pole
electrically connected with the field
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29

vegetables In good condition almost
all winter. It Is directly In the line Of
economy as well as comfort and gen.
eral satisfaction. Fruits and vegeta.
bles are abundant In the fall. The
proper thing is to lay In q sufficient
stock to last all winter. but It is poor
economy to buy a lot Of perishable
produce and house It In a furnace
heated cellar. Apples require a tenn.
perature Of about 80 or SO degrees to
keep them all winter to the best ad.
vantage. II the cellar window Is left
open during the fall and early winter
the thermometer will he found to
register below so degrees most Of the
time. which is, upon the whole, a very
satisfactory temperature for keeping
apples up to February.
A good many women like to have
direct communication between the
kitchen and the front door, something
that Is difficult to get In most plans.
but 1t is had without difficulty In this
house. We often find houses that are
nicely arranged down stairs but very
Objectionable in the upper story. Here
is a plan. however, that is almost
perfect both upstairs and down. The
two bedrooms used the most are SPLEEN
did rooms and the smaller one is all
right for a single room; 1t is helped
out splendidly by having two clothes
c~losetsa. Upon the whole 1t would be
diflcult to find a more satisfactory
plan for a 'Tsven-room houses
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29

Considerable interest has been
awakened In the trial Of a new cleo
trio brake on a New York street car.
The power Ii furnished by the trolley
current. The motorman applies the
brake with a handle. similar to that
Of the ordinary alr-brake. and releases
1t by pressing a foot.pcdal, says
Youths Companion. II Is said that
with the electric brake the labor OF
tho motorman Is greatly reduced
while the stops are effected more
smoothly and easily. There Is no
sprging OF the car. the reason offered
being that the electric brake 4 be
released instantly. whereas the air
must escape from tho cylinder OF the
mir brake before the pressure on tho
wheels can be relieved. To provide
against failure Of the trolley current,
a device Is furnished whereby the
motor a be sbortcircnited, and the
car thus quickly stopped.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
No interfereuce Needed.

About 80 years ago a negro, Henry
Van Meter, died In Bangor, aged ITO.
He was a genuine ebony waif from
Old Virginia.
Van Meter was summoned to court
one day as a witness, and, knowing
his p~eculiarities. the counsel on either
side badgered him with the most pre-
posterous questions, until he became
SO entangled that his were
wild. Noticing the distress of the
witness, the kindly Judge Hathaway
hushed the lawyers, and put a simple
question to him with the view OF
bringing him back to the starting
point. This third assault was too
much for Van, and he broke out:
Now look a-heah you old gray
haired gemman up on de bench dar,
don't you interfere wild dis business at
all; rs Jus al much as ! a do to
take care OBJ desc two fellahs down
heah!"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29

A physicians wife was complaining
Of the annoyances she suffers in the
interests OF her young husbands prac.
tice.
when | married the DOCTOR she
said. his abbreviation of g. p. amused
me, but in two cases at least | soon
found that 1t meant more than a CRATE.
full patient. One woman whom he
asked me to be nice to because she
was a 6. p. has borrowed my clothes
more or less for four years; the other
has a little girl born just a day later
than our Marjorie, and she Uses the
coincidence as a reason for borrowing
all poor Marjorie's things. I've been
asked to lend the child's clothes, her
playthings, her perambulator, and
even the services OF the nurse. Now
both these women are popular in diff,
ferent little cliques and have brought
the doctor a patient On two. So If /
were to speak my mind out 1t would
mean perhaps a loss. They know they
have me at their mercy, so until our
practice is very much larger | must
grin and bear 1t. My only consolation
is in saying that 6. ?. means. in their
case, graft patient"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
The FIyina Fish.

The theory that the fying1ish glides
through the air like an aeroplane, pro-
PEELED by the tall and guided by the
pectoral fms, Is disproved by Lieut.,
Col. c. D. Durnford, an English nat
uralist. He finds that an average
flight begins with a jump into the air,
impelled by the tail and aided by the
wing-like fms, that 1t Is continued by
a labored and exceedingly rapid move
ment Of the seemingly motionless
wings, which at times slow down 80
that the vibration becomes visible;
and that 1t leases either with q sud
den stoppage or gradual slowing down
Of the wings before reaching the
water.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
A Novel skate.

A novelty which has been brought
ont during the present season consists
Of a skate which folds 80 completely
that a pair may be carried In a mans
pocket or a lady's nun. On the foot
the folding skate has much the same
appearance as the ordinary one. but
upon being removed the portions BY
which II is attached to the shoe are
'foldable 80 that they occupy a post
fion parallel to the blade. Thus they
form a FIAT shape less than a half.inch
in thickness. A wallet Is furnished
with each pair, one skate being fitted
into each Of the pockets. 1t makes a
parcel less than an Inch In thickness
and Of a length slightly greater than
that OF the skate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
S~pitxberoen.

For the first time ! learned, from an
eyewitness. something about Spitzber.
gen, that desert Arctic island, 500
miles north OF the North Cape of Nor.
way and within 200 miles of the north
pole; a frost-desolated land. where the
grass grows longer than the trees,
and huge glaciers in the ice-bridged
valleys amid the Jagged mountains
o majestically down into the sea,
until mighty icebergs, a monstrous
birth, break of and rise to the surface
amid thunderous reports--once the
only sound that broke the profound
silence Of those awful solitudes.
Spitzbergen is the only spot OF earth
that is positively known as No Mans
Land; it is the possession OF no coun-
try, and has nothing ever resembling
a specified government. The island
seems likely to remain No Mans Land,
though it is said that an effort has
been made by Norway to establish
some sort Of p~rotectorate over it,
National Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29

1fr. William \. Radford win answer
gnssnons and give advice FREE OF
s s1Ss 81 e s 81 sSs's for X, RsTs ss.ds+. y y n, IN
paper On account Of his Vida expe-
rieDce ~ Editor. Author and Nanufac-
tureF, No ~ without doubt. the highest
s II ~ 81 w sasss supject. Addrsss
~ Filth Ave-. Chicago. ILL.,. and only
encloss tso-cent stamp for reply.
A splendid seven.room house 10
shown n detail In this plan. The
house II rs feet wide by A feet long.
exclusive OF the porch, and may be
built under favorable circumstances at
q cost Of ~. 200 to 81, 800, according to
location. There is everything neces-
sary In this house for . family Of four
Or five persons. As the average fam
lily is said to consist OF about five In
dfyiduals. including children. this may
be considered an average home.
There is something about the plan
and general arrangement Of the rooms
that IL sure to appeal to the man OF
moderate means, the average man Of
industrial habits who enjoys hts homo
and works hard to provide the men,
beers OF his family with the comforts
OF life. The parlor, sitting room and
dining room have Just about the right
proportions and relations to each 9th.
er. The parlor Is not used much as 4
general thing, but the sitting room Is
the embodiment OF home comfort. 1t
Is easy to imagine what such a sitting
room would be like in the hands OF a
good housekeeper.
In most houses the dining room Is
used but three times a day, at meal
time only. and then in varying periods
lasting from half an hour to possibly
an hour and a half when some extra
occasion comes along. This room
would be the most dlficnlt to heat In
winter, but less heat Is required. The
sitting oom and kitchen are warmast
and most comfortable in winter. a.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
Motor to Utilize Electricity Of Clouds

pole dlametrically opposite. Each pole
has a thin brush mounted thereon,
which contacts with the armature sec.
lions AS they pass hereunder. As
there are Ave armature sections and
but four field-poles, some one Of these
brushes Is always In contact with an
armature section. II, now, one pair Of
opposite fleld.poles be positively
charged and the other pair be mega.
lively charged, some n OF the arma-
ture sections receives a charge OF like
sign with the field-pole enveloping 1t,
The armatlre section Is. therefore, I'm.
mediately repealed, and nov away
from the field-pole and toward the next
feld-pole, to which II Is attracted for
like reason. As II passes under the
brush OF the latter field-pole the
charge Is given up for one OF unlike
sign. and the immature section Is In
turn repealed by this feld-pole. Simi-
lar phenomena are taking place at
each Of the other field-poles, and con.
tinuous rotation at high velocity Is
maintained"
A series of armature plates forming
a battery are mounted on a single
shaft, and all the like armature sec
tons In a row parallel to the shaft
are connected. thus securing a larger
capacity In each Of the Ave armature
sections. The f%ield-poles are likewise
connected together, and the brushes
are arranged to contact with the arma-
ture sections only Just after each had
passed the medlan line Of each field.
pole. Therefore the motor always turns
In the same direction. Says the au.
thor:
Amy suitable source OF high-tension
current suficed for power. AS, for
example, an induction machine. A
charged glass rod held to ono and a
charged sealing.wax rod held 10 the
other OF the field-posts we're sufficient
to cause considerable rotation OF a
s~ingle-disk motor.
In experiments in wireless tele.
phony a pole supporting wires Is feet
above the roof Of a two-story frame
house was used. Il was noticed that
on the occasion Of storms there would
be sparkling at the gap In q plug cut.
out block on the instrument table. II
war found that on connecting the mo,
tor between the points. that is, 80 that
one ield-pole was In metallic com.
munication with the earth and the
other with the aerial, the motor would
run. beginning some little time before
the rain began to fall. 1t was also no.
ticed that the motor did not always be-
have similarly; sometimes 1t would re-.
volve rapidly, while upon the occasion
of other storms tho toraue would be
weak.
"As the force Of attraction and re.
pulsion Is In proportion TO the capac-
tiles OF the opposed surfaces, 1t would
seem that q motor Of considerable
power might be constructed to run BY
static current taken from the passing
clouds. and this Is suggested as a line
OF research Of no unpromising re-
suits"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
Sticking 10 az Old Friend.

Queer world, queer life!. sighed
the Old Man. TIL be 80 soon, an
I've got to give up the one comfort
Of my old age. Doctor says | must
quit smokin'! Now, my pipe has
been my consolation all these years
Of age and loneliness, and it'll come
hard to part with 1t. And why should
II? Before a friendly fire. on 4 night
when the winter wind rumbles In the
chimney, this old pipe brings dreams
Ito me. ! live It all over-the long life
that seems so short-as the smoke
curls upward. Old friends come in
and take me BY the hand; sweet faces
smile, and one--the sweetest Of them
all-beams on me and brightens all
the gloom. Why, ~"
But inst then a rosy-cheeked young
ster came bounding Ii the room.
Grandfather he said. Twill d
lead me your pips-to blow soap bub-
sErs7"
"Ycu zee" said the Old Man, he's
beard what the doctor said"
he gave the boy = cent FOR i clay
pipe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
MORE INTERESTED At HOME.
Panama and the Canal Zone Wtrs
Secondary Affairs.

The man with the profound look on
his face, and who had been silent for
half an hour, suddenly frightened up
like a nLn who had solved a mystery,
and. turning to the man who had been
uneasy for fear that the train would
leave without him, he said:
"Sir, a thought has occurred to me-"
you don't say!" was the reply.
1T is In connection with the earth.
Quake at Kingston"
you don't say!"
IF an earthquake occurred at ia,
maica why shouldn't one occur at
Panama."
That's s0--that's 10"
And should one occur at Panama
the canal zone might, ard probably
would. be included
TT probably would"
And II 70, Eir--if 20, what would
become of tho water in the c~ansl--and
the banks Of the ditch-and the men
and the machinery-and Of millions
and millions Of dollarsf There would
be 4 qnake and 4 twist and I wrench,
ana then. sir-and them"
"Hsayeni 4 Tee II All before me ~
clear q day!s snsped tho other. "a
quake, ! twist and = wrench. All
then- ~ you think this train WI
mil ~ ~ ttmG4s
HI 1kS 1ssi1I 49, s1A4~SsAs,s~~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29

a superior development. But those
who think that the preference for the
right hand Is an acquired habit, al
though one OF immensely long stand
ing, suggest that perhaps the left cere-
bral hemisphere has become better
developed as the result Of the over
use OF the right limbs. At any rate.
says Youths Companion, a society has
been founded In London for the cult
walton of ambidexterity. and Il viii be
for the psychologists OF the future to
determine whether education In the
use OF the left hand can affect the de-
velopment OF the right side Of the
brain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
Ax a. Aiscigls1 ct,Nkt
en- Mud Fest Witk Hssps o. Small
pAenes fer ~ ~ nsfsndsrs.

ChiA,yu-KuAn has 70. centuries bean
- spot where merchants. q we'll a
embsssies from the West. ham been
forced to await the permission Of the
mighty emperors Of Cathay before en-.
tering China. Al such. and from its
remote situation-remote. that Is. 80
far 70 Europeans are concerned-this
frontier post has long enjoyed q halo
Of romance in Chinese eyes. In real.
ity It 10 . mud brick fort, far inferior
to such places as are to be . at
Lahore and other Indian environments
long ago given up, except a mere
quarters.
The walls at Chia-yu-Kuan enclose
an area some 100 to 100 yards square.
On the north and south sides these
are double the outer, being 20 feet
high and four to six feet thick. East
and west there are double gates Of
solid aspect, and the inner wall is IS
to 40 feet high all around. From out.
side the fort has, to the Oriental eye,
an imposing appearance. which the In
side does Its best to atone for. Here
Is to be seen q collection Of dirty
mud novels, with one official residence
of the poorest kind. Along the wall
runs q narrow parapet, some four
feet from the summit, but, owing to
its height, nnapproachable from below,
except In two or three places.
From the point OF view Of modern
defense the whole position Is pitiable.
Guns there are none, the garrison
consists of a half score withered old
men Of the usual Chinese type and
these are the proud possessors Of
wooden 5tngalls. Having said so much
It might seem that the worst has been
told, but this is not so. With no In
tention to hurt the feelings Of the
trusty garrison to whose charge is
committed the most advanced outpost
their mighty empire possesses 1t must
be added that piles Of small stones
are heaped at intervals along the
parapet wall. With these 1t may be
presumed that the defenders will be
called upon some day to meet a foe
advancing from the northwest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
Electric signs.

Brilliant effects for electric sigma are
now to be readily obtained with IT.
tie cost by the use Of small colored
transparent caps which ut over tho
rounded ends OF the incandescent
bulbs. This permits the owner Of .
changeable electric sign to alter the
legend at will and to indulge In the
use Of colors without the necessity Of
keeping on hand a large supply Of
colored lamps, some OF which are
very expensive.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-29
THE STORY.

WHAT a wave Of enthusiasm that
W was which swept over that por.
ton OF Israel whittier the messenger
OF Gideon had gone. The story of
his overthrow of Baal and the cut.
ting down of the grove, together with
his call to Israel to throw off the yoke
of the Midianltes. had stirred to new
hope, and fighting men out Of the
tribes Of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun
and Naphthali quickly rallied around
the standard which Gideon had set
up. There Is announcement and
enthusiasm In numbers, and as the
little nucleus which Gideon had at
the first gathered about him grew to
be 1000 and then 5000, then 10000,
then 10000, then 10000, and still they
were coming In, the spirits OF the men
rose until Gideon was scarce able to
restrain them from an immediate ad.
upon the enemy, which at the
first warning Of trouble In Israel, had
been gathering In the valley OF Jez-
reel.
1t was not strange In the face Of
such an encouraging outlook, there
fore, that Gideon should have felt
some degree of satisfaction and conf.
dence as he watched his army grow.
and as he passed through the camp
and noted the eager, hopeful faces OF
III .~r oAJ k.orI tk~lu -u--a-ftz