The Delta independent., 1907-02-01
WANTS NO MORE EARTHQUAKES.
Delta County Man Who Went Through
Sdn fransisco Disaster Fully Salts
fled With Delta County.

EDITOR INDEPENDENT see by the
papers that another fearful earthquake
has visited the world. Only few days
ago much of the Island of Jamaica was
convulsed by terrible earthquake.
should judge by the reports it must
have been as aw full as the one in Cali.
fornia the 18th of last April. Occurring
as It did in the middle of the afternoon
when the streets of Kingston were
thronged with people, and large build
hgs were thrown into the streets,
crushing hundreds of people.
One who has never passed thru such
al. experience has little idea of what it
means. At the time of the California
earthquake we were living in San Jose
and were suddenly awakened about five
o'clock in the morning by terrible
jarring, and our bed appeared to be
Using and falling. then came a terrible
stalking from north to south. The hard
shake lasted about half minute, altho
the trembling was about three minutes.
| dressed at once and found my daugh
ter's bed had shaken so that the foot of
the springs was on the floor; on going
into the kitchen found the sewing
machine and table tipped over. On
stepping to the door saw the houses
next to US were shaken to their founda-
tons. and my nearest neighbor stood
at the door of his wrecked home parti-
ally dressed and with frightened look.
After breakfast | started down to the
business portion and on going down the
streets saw wrecked buildings all the
way down and furniture piled up in the
yards. On reaching the business por-
ton it was indeed terrible sight. We
were under martial law and the MALTA
and police we're patroling the streets.
and some were rescuing the people from
wrecked buildings. Fires were started
in many places. and in the center of the
main business part nearly whole block
was burning. AS the water works
were not destroyed the fires were kept
from spreading. For three nights we
could see the heavens lighted up from
the burning of San Francisco which
was forty miles away. For some time
many people who were wealthy had to
camp in their yards with their hired
help. For some days after the earth
quake we could hear the dynamite ex-
plosions as they blew up the wrecked
buildings. and when they came to the
home of the million aire sugar king, he
got down on his knees and begged them
not to do so. We remained in Califor-
MIA about two months after the earth
quake. and there were smaller ones
eight along so that person naturally
nervous was kept in expectancy all the
time, which was not very restful to
tired and worn out nerves.
About the middle of June we return
ed to our quiet little home back of Red
Hill near Cedaredge and l tell you I
never appreciated old Colorado and es-
p ecially Delta county as have since
my return. l see our county papers
have quite good deal to say about our
advantages in the way of climate, crops
and especially our fine fruit have
written little in some of the eastern
papers that | represent showing our
and am getting some letters
inquiring about our county. 1t seems
to me that person who has passed
through one hard earthquake ought to
be contented here.
During more than p years that
have called Delta county my home my
work has taken me into
Wyoming. Arizona and Utah. 1t has
taken me to Michigan, Nebraska and
other states. in attending general
and l never return home but
what appreciate our climate as never
before. So say don't be bashful about
up this climate and the many
other good things.
We don't have the dust storms and
blizzards they have in western Nebras-
ka and eastern Colorado. We don't
have the terrible cyclones that visit
other places. think we ought to be
as contented and happy people as
could be expected on the earth in its
present fallen condition and do all we
can to raise the moral standard and tell
them of the time to come when this
earth will be renewed and there will be
no earthquake, blizzard nor cyclone.
A few weeks after the the earth
quake we drove few miles north of