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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-07
En- honor 4 los n1arin0s
Esplendidos festejos

Nueva York, viernes-En Nederland Sc
prepara una gran reception en- honor los ma
rinos americanos.
Los festejos que han de verihcarse seran
suntuosisimos esplendidos.
La pobacion quiere agazajar cumplida-
mente a los marinos de la gran Repnblica.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-07

El victimario no opuso resis-
tencla al arresto. "Creo que he
cometido una torpeza, dijo a sus
aprehensores, y supongo que
ire a la silla electrica." Y es pro-
bable que tai suposici6n Sc haga
efectiva.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-07

La democracia del Sultan

Nueva York, viernes.-Comunican de Cons
ia antinopla que el Sultan ha manifestado sus
propositos de gobernar constitucionalmente al
pals
Prepara tambien I'm ensayo de regimen
parlamentario.
Las eleccones Sc efectuaran en- Ell mes de
septiembre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-07
Ia inrminencia
de un conflict to
Guatemala acOmetedora

Nueva York, viernes. En- Centroamerica
IA situacion Sc hace cada vez mas tirante Y Sc
cree llegado Ell momento de que estalle el CON
aficto temible que ha de comprometer sera Y
Aargamente la paz entire las republicas centro-
americanas.
Ell gobierno de Guatemala Sc muestra muy
agresivo.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Delta County Coal.

With the multitude of other Delta
county resources her great coal mea-
sures should not be forgotten. Here
large areas are underlain with coal
which at places comes to the surface.
These surface bodies are all that have
so far been developed. The coal in
these is of fair average quality, is
mined cheaply and sold at the mines
for from one dollar to one-iifty per ton.
Even at extreme parts of the county
from the mines coal can be hired de-
livered at from "a to a.. 50 per ton. In
Delta county there is little pros pect of
there ever being such thing as a fuel
famine, for we have countless millions
of tons of coal within our county. As
resource to influence manufacturing
establishments and all indu ustries re-
quiring fuel for power, our coal sup =
plies will act leading part.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Delta Leads
Them All.
Her Resources Double Those Of
Northern Territory.

The thing that brings people to Delta
other section, is the fact, gradually be-
coming better known, that our district
is favored beyond others. In the
boasted northern part of Colorado
there is multiplicity of towns with
less soil production by half. Fort Col
Inns, Longmont, Loveland, Ft. Morgan,
Brush, Greeley, Boulder, Eaton, Wind
sor and Brighton are all crowding each
other in their beet growing section.
All of them have had their boom and.
are finished. The towns in the section
north of Denver have grown fully up to
the ability of their territory to support,
and in many of them the business situ-
alton is too crowded to be profitable.
Land in that section is rated about as
high as it is in Delta county and is de-
pendent upon but a part of what this
county produces in grains, grasses and
sugar beets, leaving out our fruits,
which are supposed to equal all the
is not annually cut up and devastated
by hail storms. On this basis of rea-
soning land in Delta county should be
worth at least double what land is
worth around Fort Collins. Then there
are other things TO be considered.
Delta county is yet an infant in the
matter OF real growth and there are
openings here to secure raw land or
land IN the various degrees of improve
ment. These purchase offerings give
the investor a chance to see his land
grow in money value as he improves it.
Delta county property is long way
from having reached the pinnacle of
market value prices, even high as some
of it is held. The man who buys judi
ciously at this time and holds foi two
or three years, will find this out.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Out of Town People

H. L. johnson, A. L. Perry, II.
Rheil and Ed. Block have been putting
in the week at Richards, up the Gun
nison, catching trout.
The Seaton-Spencer outing party
returned yesterday from the upper
Gunnison and Cebolla creek. They
have had good fishing but We're unable
to get many fish home because of the
hot weather and the distance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wigram, Mrs. James
Beckley aud children, Mrs, George
Conklin and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Walker. Mrs. Perkins and Mrs.
Lewis are among the Delta people
camping at Grand Mesa lakes this week.
There are many people up at the lakes
from different sections of the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Young, Mrs.
Robert Young. MIR. and Mrs. John
Barker, Mrs, Minnie Taylor and Ira
Knight returned from short camp at
Grand Mesa lakes yesterday. They
went up Saturday. They report fair
success catching trout but account for
the moderate number brought home by
their appetites while in camp.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
I rout Fishing Fad
Subject to Check.

Trout fishing has become such fad
during the past few years that all
Colorado streams are rapidly being
depleted. This must be admitted by
all fishermen, even b.; those who oc-
casionally strike it by filling a basket
in short time.
Rivers like the Gunnson will hold out
longest, for there are big, willy old
fellows who sulk in its holes and pay
little attention to flashy flies except to
occasionally rob some fisherman of a
part of his tackle. But it remains n
fact that the streams are all lined with
fishermen through the long months of
the open season. and daily hundreds,
some days thousands. of trout are
caught.
That the ratio of capture is much
greater than of breeding, is proven by
the result of bags by skilled fishermen
who wade the currents and search all
day and into the night, often having no
more than half-a-nozen trout to show
for the effort.
Within the last three years creeks
that were full of trout have been fished
out in the early part of the season to
such an extent as to make fishing in
them uninvting or total failure.
With all the effort possible to make
in stocking, some of the best streams
are almost depleted of trout. And each
year adds to to the number of fisher
men by the thousands.
With these conditions fact it VIII
be but few years until some plan
must be put in operation to protect the
fish in all the streams. 1t would be a
good thing now, If the season was not
opened until the middle of July or first
of August. That would carry the trout
better through spawning season when
they are most ut the mercy of the
angler and save more than half the
number now taken out each season,
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Dynamited the Holes
For Tree Planting.

In conversation with an old and much
Travelled nursery agent, the other day,
he said: '"It is quite trick to plant
trees right. have planted orchards in
soil where before every tree had died,
and the trees not only thrived but
some bore fruit the second year. In
planting / dynamited every hole. The
ground was hard and / simply bored a
hole to proper depth, thea put in giant,
from half slick to whole stick, ac-
cording to the hardness of the ground.
When the powder exploded the hole
for the tree was made and the earth
was loosened all around and below.
giving ample opportunity for the roots
to spread, absorb moisture and take
full advantage of the situation. Both
water and soil can be filled into the
hole to give the tree good start and
have never seen a tree SO planted
which did not live and do well. if it had
the same care afterwards given other
thrifty trees. / have travelled all over
the United States and South America,
and have seen some of the finest or
chards where the holes for the trees
had to be dynamited. | believe it is a
good thing in almost any kind of soil,
as but small amount is necessary
where the soil is loose and the powder
does most of the work in making the
bolo
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Land Sales Increasing.

The Surface Creek Realty Co. report
the following sales: d. S. Doughty.
so acres near Colby to VIM. Davis,
50. 500. C. B. Pickett, 10 acres near
Cedaredge to j. Kaufman, 81, 500. E.
S. Corbin to NJ Arundale, % acres
north of Cedaredge, 81, 800. E. S. Cor
bin, 20 acres to D. Riley, 200. E. G.
Gillett to j. Bosold, 20 acres north of
Cedaredge, 1920. F. Doughty, II
acres north of Cedaredge to A. Cowell,
Denver, go. j. Bosold to E. S.
Corbin, lots south Main street, 81, $50.
J. g. J. Lavatta, % acres to Smith &
Wright, near Cedaredge, s3, 600. X.
Rudolph, 20 acres north of Cedaredge
to C. Dillon, 81, ,000. - >-s-- ~
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
To Decide Boundary

What appears to be determined eff
fort at Strengthening out the boundary
lines of Delta and Mesa counties is be-
ing made and it is to be hoped that it
will prove a success. The Commission
ers of the two counties, County Sur
veyor Curtis of Delta and State En-
gineer Jaycock have been engaged in
the work this week. If settled, as it
probably will be, in favor of Delta
county, her successful claim to good
strip in controversy with Mesa, will
bring continued revenue to her treas
ury in taxable real estate.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Fruit Shipments Es-
timated too Low.

Estimates of fruit shipments this
fall, even when made by such men as
Moore of Grand Junction, are apt to be
far below the mark. His recent esti-
mate of Delta county fruit district
shipments are certainly not up to with
in one-halfof the amounts prospectively
to be shipped. Some districts in the
county will ship as much as they ever
did any year in their history, and this
is not becaue they have full crop, but
owing to the larger number of trees
coming into bearing within the past
two years.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Republican County
Committee Meets,

The Republican county committee
met in Delta yesterday afternoon to fix
the dates for primaries and county con-
vention.
The Goth day of August was set for
holding the primaries and the 9th of
September for the county convention.
At the primaries delegates to attend
the county convention will be voted
for. The meeting of the committee
was strictly business one and there
was fair attendance. Chairman Z. j.
Mathews was down from Paonia to
preside and Secretary George Stephan
Of Delta recorded the proceedings.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Iowa Hears From
Iowa Picnic
W. P. Moulton in Stuart Herald.

W. P. Moulton in Stuart Herald.
might be interested in the event, l
thought that l would pencil few lines
concerning the Iowa picnic which is an
annual occurrence in this valley.
1t was held Thursday last at Paonia,
town originally made up largely of
Iowa people principally from Earlham,
some thirty families from that town
and vicinity having gone in there some
twenty years ago. Itwas, we judge, a
typical Iowa picnic. 1t was held on
blue grass, well shaded sod, the sight of
which at once recalled Iowa to the
minds of all and stirred the memories
of the old homes where mother nature
is always suitably clothed. By a
strained effort and much buster, Colo
rado pulled off a shower for the oc-
casion. Not a regular Iowa down pour
such as the old home people have been
favored with this year, but as much as
could be expected in country where
water is of more value than gold and
silver.
There were some 800 Iowans present,
principally from Delta, Austin and
Paonia. Guthrie county was repre-
sented by %, who took the trouble to
register. No other one county regi-
stored as many people. The Paonians,
who were largely from Madison county,
Hospitality allowed their guests to claim
this honor unchallenged. But Judge
Welch of Delta was under no such
restraint, so when he arose to speak he
sarcastically asked the president to hold
mis- umbrella because he saw that
there were several present from Guth-
rie Center" This reminds me that
another speaker on the program was
Hadley Lewis, whose father, Leslie
Lewis, owned the land on which a part
of the city of Stuart is located way
back in 1854.
The day was one long to be remem-
bered by the writer because it gave
him an opportunity, as it did others, to
meet some old friends and to make
pleasant acquaintances. The program
was interesting and the spot selected
was an ideal one on the side of the
mountain overlooking the valley of the
North Fork. The Paonia people as
hosts were animated by the most genial
and hospitable spirit and nothing was
omitted that could add nything to the
comfort or enjoyment of the day spent
in their beautiful home. But as no
Coloradoan can refrain from boost
ing his locality on all suitable oc-
casions, so the Paonia people did not
neglect to show their guests the ad-
vantages of their valley and the thou
sands of wealth that is now hanging on
the branc hes of their fruit trees. One
man they told US has been offered and
refused So, 600 for his peach crop as it
hangs on the trees.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Medical Society Meets.

The Delta County Medical Society
held its monthly meeting with DR..
Whiting. at his l200-acre ranch at
Hart's Basin, near Eckert, where the
M. DIS. were entertained with dinner
and that splendid hospitality for which
DR. Whiting has ever been noted. There
was fair attendance and good meet
ing, at which some hgihly interesting
papers were read, The place of hold
ing the next meeting has not yet been
decided upon.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Editor Marries.

Cutey w. Brewer, editor of the
Cedaredge Champion came down to
Delta last Friday morning and walked
into the INDEPENDENT office like the
same old, confirmed bachelor, not even
creating suspicion by fraudful smile.
AS soon as the train was gone and this
paper in press, we learned that he and
Miss Alpha Prouty had been married
and were safely on their way to Gun
nison. Rev. George, of Cedaredge
came in and told us all about it, and he
knew because he tied the knot Well,
it can't be helped. Editors especially
young and inexperienced editors-will
do these things. Here's success to the
Champion and the Champion family.
All summer dress goods on sale at
big reduction at RAMSEY d. G Co.'S
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Local and Personal.

lOck OF new AUTOS IN Town tnlS
week.
VIM. Benedict left Friday for Spen-
Ger, Nebraska.
Frank Okamoto has secured big ditch
contract at Hotchkiss.
A new threshing machine was I'M
loaded at Delta last week.
The new Stockham block is getting
to be bird of building.
Mrs. M. H. Payne returned Friday
from an extended visit in Oregon.
Clean up sale on Embroidery and
Laces, now on at Ramsey ID. G. Co.'S.
Judge A R. King returned the first
of the week from a business trip to
Denver.
Delta has more miles of concrete
walk than any other town on the West
ern Slope.
For SALE-Fine rhubarb for canning,
at l1ac. per pound. j. P. kernohan,
North Delta.
Mrs. A S. Tillotson returned from
Pennsylvania Tuesday, where she had
been visiting her son.
Mrs. C. E. Wright, who was visiting
her sister, Mrs. Duffield, returned to
her home in Idaho last week.
DR.. Mcconnell and family have
arrived from Vincennes. Indiana and
will live in Delta's Model block.
Toe-proof hosiery. guaranteed for 6
months, 6 pair in box for sl.50.
RAMSEY D. G. Co.
]. G. Mcmillan, purchaser of the
johnson ranch on California Mesa. of
200 acres, has arrived from Eagle
county.
Mr. R. V. Whinnery of Read made
shipment of early harvest apples, sum-
mer squash and other vegetables this
week to Lake City.
The turning and drying of wet and
damaged down hay is another evidence
that stacking should be kept as nearly
as possible up with the cutting.
Veteran ]. E. Whinnery, the old
Republican war-horse of Read precinct,
was in town yesterday attending Re-
publican county committee meeting.
We heard of a woman the other day
who hired boy to cut the grass on
her lawn for 10 cents and then charged
him ten cents for the use of the lawn
mower.
Mrs C. E. Mower left on the belated
train this morning for Boston, called
there by receipt of a telegram announc-
ing the dangerous illness of Mrs. Geo.
H. Mower, the sister-in-law who visited
Delta with her husband short while
ago. The telegram received did not
give details of Mrs. Mower'e illness.
A serious wash-out occurred Wednes-
day night at Dominguez, about 10 miles
down the river line from Delta, taking
out hundred feet of D. & R. G. track
and delaying trains seven to ten hours.
A heavy rain fell on the slope of Grand
Mesa Wednesday evening, and from
that point came the rush of water that
washed out the track.
The travelor who follows the roads
over Delta county at this season of the
year, does not need a megaphone orator
along to explain its merits. The grow
ing crops and the harvest of hay and
grain speak for themselves, Later, in
gazing upon the orchards with their
ripening fruit. he will see still more of
the county's wealth and beauty. A look
over the county is all you need. 1t will
tell you more than literature can
describe.
Nofhip,r b,t SnliI fort IN p,,r
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Local and Personal.

Clarence Smith was fishing at lola
this week.
Chester A. Cooper was down from
Paonia Sunday.
White Waists at 20 per cent discount
at Ramsey D. G. Co.'S.
Mrs. Matte Guyer and daughter are
home from Gunnison.
Merchant Geo Duke, of Hotchkiss,
was in Delta Tuesday.
H. H. Whipple returned Friday from
fishing up the Gunnison.
Robert Reed is here from Menlo,
Iowa, visiting his brother.
Prof. and Mrs. Weldon have a baby
girl, born Wednesday, July 10Th.
A wheat yield of 1O4 bushels to the
acre is the latest for these valleys.
DIR. and Mrs. Archer will locate in
North Delta, moving in soon from
Austin.
Will Marshall, of Denver, goes into
the clothing department of the big Hill
man store.
Mrs. Geo. Cradle has accepted a
position at the VIM H. Mathers dry
goods store.
DR.. Smith, formerly of Pleasant Hill,
Mo-, has located in Delta, opening an
office in the Stockham block.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Halliday, of In
diana, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. Gregg on Garnet Mesa.
Mrs. Minnie Taylor, we understand,
will hereafter have charge of depart
ment at the Mathers dry goods sore.
Mr.. Leonard Barton, of North Delta.
and Miss Willie Martin, of Oklahoma,
were united in marriage yesterday by
Rev. rockingham.
The lawn social given at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Hartig on
Meeker street last Tuesday evening,
for the benefit of the Catholic church,
was well attended and proved happy
social as well as financial success.
The D. G. R. G. railway company
met, last week, and effected its
consolidation with the Rio Grande
Western. according to program.
Out of this consolidation, and at the
meeting, from plans started, will come
various and varied improvements in
company roads and road building.
Mrs. DR.. Burgess and children re-
turned from their visit to st. Louis
Tuesday night. Miss Townsend, of St.
Louis, niece of Mrs. Burgess, accom-
panied her to Delta for visit. Mrs.
Burgess expressed great pleasure in
getting back to Colorado, whose cli-
mate she believes she never so fully
appreciated before.
Clay Davis has moved into town from
his ranch for the balance OF the season.
He has been tiling his land, which was
in one of the seepage districts, and
announces that he has it entirely re-
claimed and in splendid condition. He
will go on with building improvements
and expects to have one of the best
ranches out of doors.
Mr.. Geo. o. Blake, who has been
with the Paonia Newspaper for some
time and who, we understand will be-
come business partner in that paper,
was in Delta yesterday and had few
hours more to spend in the Shiretown
because of the delayed train. MIR.
Blake was for five years printing in
structor at the reformatory in Golden
and is in all respects very competent
printer and newspaper man
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
independence League
Party Nominates.

On July 29th. Thomas L. Hisgen. of
Massachusetts, was nominated for
President by the Independence League
Party and John Temple Graves for
Vice President
An attempt to nominate Bryan was
hissed and mob feeling prevailed.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Card of thanks.

We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation to those who 50 kindly as
sisted during the sickness and death of
our beloved wife and mother.
MIR. WILLIAM A. PARK AND FAMILY.
Nix. AND MRS. q. kEPLER AND FAMILY.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Government Sur
81 veyors Here.
Will Test Seepage Lands and
Make Reports.

C. f. Brown. ID. ]. Miller and II. r.
Elliott are here from the Department
of Agriculture, to investigate seepage,
make surveys, tests and reports on
same. They have, through the courtesy
of Millard Fairlamb, been given the
Bruce Il Fairlamb Office for their
present quarters.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Announcement,

l desire hereby to announce that
will be u candidate on the Republican
ticket for the office of County Clerk
and Recorder, subject to the county
nominating convention.
JOSEPH $. GEORGE.
II. Read, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
Secretary Garfield
Will Visit Gunnison Tunnel To.
day or tomorrow.

Secretary Garfield was delayed yes
terday by the washouts and will prob
ably not reach the Gunnison Tunnel
before this evening or tomorrow.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31

Nothing but solid comfort in a pair
of those shoes bought at the Ramsey
d. G. Co.'S. store. Try pair.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31
To Independent
Patrons,

With the close of another month the
INDEPENDENT will have completed a
year under its present management,
possible where we are at" on the
years business financially, we should be
glad to see all those indebted to the
paper in any way, within the next
month.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31

Oak brand shirts are the best for
men. We carry them.
RAMSEY ID. G.. Co.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-31

All summer dress goods on sale at
big reduction at Ramsey d. Co.'S.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-08-25
WORKS LIKE A MACHINE.
graph Operator Illustrated
by an Edison Tale.

Thomas A. Edison believes there is no
worker as mechanical as the telegraph
operator. In an argument over this
point with couple OF friends the other
day he told the following story, says the
New York Times
One night. when | was cub opera
tor in Cincinnati. noticed an immense
crowd gathering in the street outside a
newspaper Office. called the attention
of the other operators to the crowd. and
We sent a messenger boy out to find the
cause Of the excitement He returned in
few minutes and shouted out:
'Lincoln's shot!'
'Instinctiyely the operators looked
from one face 10 the other to see which
man had received the news. All the
faces were blank. and every man said he
had not taken a word about the shoot
ing.
Look over your flle.' said the boss to
the man handling press stun.
For few moments we waited in sus-
pense, and then the man held up sheet
Of paper containing a short account OF
the attack on the president. The opera
tor had worked so mechanically that he
had handled the news without the slight
est knowledge Of its significance.