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The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-24
ONCE A MIGHTY STREAM.

Ages ago when the mountain ranges of Arizona and California lowered toward the stars, st least twice as high they do now, rains were very frcducnt and came down in torrcntial volumes all along these mountain ridges. The Colorado River in these past ages was a mighty stream, sweeping down debris 5n tons every second Of it's flow. The Cobra do sink was at that time great inland sea, which spread over the country on both sides er where the river now runs. As the erosion of winds and storms, landslides and glaciers wore down the mountain ridges year by year, the great river carried down a vast amount of silt, erosion from the rncks full Of phos. phatcs, times and dIsintergrated granitcs, as well as the vegetation along its banks; and this was all deposited in what are now the sinks of the Colorado.
 As the mountain tops were worn down, the rains became less frequent and less in volgme but the erosion Of y0eks and river baNks, tae trees and vegetable mould tom from thc banks still came down and setsled into the bottom of the great inland lake. This geogieal process went on from age to age to our time, leaving the Colorado st Yuma q stream bout half "a mile wide ;snd being at the present time about twenty feet deep ba the deepest portion.
 It is not necessary to remind Californians that fine Spanish missionaries and explorers called this river the Colorado because of the reddish color ofits waters. It is the Colorado up in the Grand Canyon Fn Arizona and down past The Needles. But at this time Of thr year, after passing the moath of the Gila, Instead of the rcd river it becomes the brown river. Ii actually looks today if ten per cent Of it's flow was silt and only ninety Der cpnf Mafer-
The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-24

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The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-24

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The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-24

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The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-24
Notice fer PGhIiC atien.
 Department of the Interior. U. :. Land oflicc at Phcenix. Arizons.

June 12, I3Ca Notice is hereby gives that AIbsrto E. I'm peIIal, of Yuma, Arizona wEo on May 70 IeNi made Homestead Entry No a95F fSerisl No QS1sl) for the Ne4 Section 25. FowrslsEI- g. South Range q West, c. and =. R Meridian has filed notice ot iute rtiorr to n7sLe final ive-yeGr proof to establish claJu, to thes land above descrihed. tstoro Charles r Ut ting, Clerk of District Ccnrt at Yuma Arizona on the 9th day ct lul- fG5a.
 Claimant name ls ri witnesseS Sltce Ccrncr. John Willis. Juan 7<IIscr. Glf cf Yuma. Ari-on, ard Ja-ez Eschr Ct "a -,,,s sr:-crI,
 Frank T FGr,;cr Register.
The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-24
w. D. HALLADAY, (SeaD E. F. JAHRACS, (SeaD ROBERT NJ. SIMON (SeaD
Territory of Arizona,

!. County O. Yuma, ss: Before me, II. Wupperman, a Notar, Public i'll and for the County of Yuma Territory of Arizona, on this day person ally appeared, w D. Haladav and F. F Jahraus, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the fore going instrument, and acknowledged tt me that they executed the same for th' purpose and consideration there in ex pressed
 Given under my hand and seal of offict this l tin day of March, A. D., 1902. (Sea) II. WATERMAN.
 Notary Public
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
konao Native. and Their Dead.

''In the matter OF preserving bodies
for burial Kongos. after the usual
binding in cloth. keep them for two
or three months In their houses. where
fire is kept burning. but in Zombo
they are suspended on two forked
sticks In n dugout vault in the ground.
which Is covered over with palm
branches and EARTH" says mission
ary. Sometimes the body is placed
under specially built grass roof In
the open. This is not considered a
burial. and some years ago they
brought out for big funeral feast and
dance the body of an important chief
that had thus been preserved for over
twenty years. In other districts the
dead are thrown away into river or
into the bush to be devoured by jack
ais and vultures.''
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15

and after going through one wheel ran
up on the outdoor cellar and it tipped
over and Charles let go and the jack
went little ways and turned around
and made the usual bray. Mr.. Fleener
was Flowing and few years ago, be-
fore his death, he met Charles and had
another good laugh over 1t.
MIR. j. B Hart was one of the first
settlers, taking out the first ditch out
of Surface Creek. On one occasion in
the winter Mr.. Hart was fording the
Gunnison and when in the middle of
the river, something gave out with the
harness and he had to get out into the
cold water and wade around nearly
waist deep and rig up.
Little do people coming in now real
ize what the old timers went through
building up Surface Creek.
GEO. o STATES.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15

this little mass of eggs will hatch the
ravenous larvae of some species of
lady-bird beetle, which are especially
fond of plant lice for their food. The
eggs of the lace-winged flies have at
tracted the attention of nearly every
one, because Of being attached to some
part of tree by means of slender
stalk or pedicel; yet how many are not
aware that from these eggs will hatch
extremely ravenous little creatures.
whose appetite for plant lice seems all
out of proportion to the size of their
tiny stomachs. The eggs of the syrphus
flies are not 80 familiar, but q careful
search will reveal their presence as
small, whitish, oblong eggs, deposited
singly and almost invariably within the
immediate vicinity of a colony of aphids.
From these eggs hatch little larvae,
which are also very fond of plant lice.
The third, or pupal stage in the life
cycle of these insects, should be recog-
nized by all. The lady-beetles. when
ready to rr?2ta. prior to their transfer
selves to some part of tree or plant
by the tail, and there hang in dormant
condition until Transformation to the
adult stage takes place. The larvae of
the lace-winged flies roll themselves up
into ball and make a little white,
spherical egg like q cocoon, within
which Transformation to the adult
stage takes place. These cocoons may
be found on leaves, under loose bark,
ETC., and should never be destroyed.
The syrphus flies make a cocoon about
one-fourth of an inch long, brownish in
color, and tapering toward one end.
They may often be found beneath the
surface of the ground at the crown of
a tree.
Nature tries hard to preserve a bal
ance whereby the injurious forms of
insects will be kept in check by their
enemies SO that plant life may not be
too great a sufferer. Artificial condi-
tions brought about by man have
tended to destroy this balance so that
pests are inevitable. Too much stress.
no .gever, cannot be laid upon the i'm
portance of knowing the beneficial as
well as the injurious forms, so that the
former may receive protection, while
the latter are destroyed.
GEO. P. WELDON,
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
Collins.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
Zoology and FLAGS.

Zoology fii,urcs very largely on the
flags of different nations. On the
British royal standard is the lion. II
was Richard Occur de Lion. by the
way, who altered the device from
leopards to lions ON the kings stand.
ard. The eagle appears on the stand
ards OF both Russia and Germany
and both the lion and the eagle on that
of Spain. Bulgaria has a lion, China
n dragon and Mexico n bird Quarreling
with a snake. Taken together with
the animals that appear on nations
arms, the royal unicorn and Austria
liam emu and kangaroo. a fairly COM
prehensive collection could be made
from national emblems.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
Feeding Sugar BeetS

Numerous reports have come in OF
late Of serious sickness and death in
animals that have been pasturing in
the fields and eating of sugar beet tops.
When sugar beet tops are fresh and
when not used exclusively for feed.
there is no objection to them. The
trouble in this case has been that they
were frozen during the cold spell, and
then after thawing became covered
with mould. or underwent partial de-
composition. and were eaten by animals
with disastrous results.
Paralytic symptoms have often been
seen in animals fed almost exclusively
upon sugar beets. or sugar beet tops.
Meat inspectors at the slaughter houses
report that cattle fed large quantities
Of sugar beets show mucous membrane
Of the stomach and bowels of dark
color, soft, and easily torn from the
muscular wall. After several years OF
observation of the feeding of sugar
beets, am satisfied that neither the
beet nor the tops should be fed without
ut least an equal portion of hay or some
other forage. and that beets or their
tops that have been frozen and then
thawed out are not only injurious but
dangerous at all times
GEO. II. GLOVER, D. v. S.,
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort
Collins.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
News from Over the County
A Full Grist Of Late Happenings
as Ground Out by the Press
Of Delta County

left Monday morning for Montrose
where they expect to remain for some
time.
Messrs Rowbotham and Hirst gave
a dinner to about sixteen Of their
friends last Thursday evening at the
residence of DIR. Burkhard.
C. L. Pike and wife went to Delta
Tuesday where they will see DR.. Bur-
gin In regard to Mr.. Pixies health. He
has been very i'll for the past few weeks
with some ailment which affects his
head.
Pete Slatten returned Friday night
from his visit in his old home in Ken
tucky where he spent a month. He
says that the weather there was miser-
able all the time and that he would not
live there again if they gave him the
whole state.
A Hotchkiss little boy was on his
knees in his little night dress saying
his prayers, and his little sister couldn't t
resist the temtation to tickle the soles
of his feet. He stood it as long as he
could and then said: please God,
excuse me, while l knock the stuffing
out of Nellie"
A. Linn aad daughter returned SUM-
day night from their trip to Osborn,
Kansas. where Mr.. Linn was formerly
in the grocery business. Mr.. Linn
lived there for twenty-five years and
says that while he found many old
friends the majority of the people were
strangers.
NJ NJ. Brokaw left Monday morning
in quest of a horse, one of the race
horses which were here last season at
the fair He may find him in Delta but
might go to the Junction to get him.
Jimmie Hard is the name of the horse
and many of our people will remember
the fine record he made during the
races.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
Short HeadlinerS Which En-
phaSize News Interest
Crisp Stories Of News, Resource and
Local Progress

Hick and sister, Mrs. Phelps, Mrs.
John Forest and Mrs w. G. Cook.
After an hour spent in pleasant con-
verse, Captain Bragg. acting as master
of ceremonies, took the floor and in his
inimitable manner made a most felici-
tous presentation of beautiful bronze
clock. What the response of Mr..
Kernohan may have lacked in eloquence
was amply made up in gratitude and
appreciation.
Fitting selections were rendered by
Mrs Bragg and Mrs. Cook, while near
ly every member of the class offered
some word suitable to the occasion, in
cluding DR.. barley and Prof. Condit.
They came for a good time and
brought good time with them.
After singing 'Blest be the Tie that
Binds" Mrs. Kernohan served light
refreshments.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
ooina Too Far.

At school exhibition Juvenile
elocutionist got up TO recite the first
piece of his life. He was ambitious.
He wished to make great success OF
his piece. and he had been told by
his teacher that the secret OF elocution
was the gesture--for every phrase Its
fitting gesture. The opening line OF
the boys selection was, "rhe comet
lifts Its tail Of fire." The overzealous
boy. to at Its proper gesture to this
line, lifted up the tail of his coat and
held It out In horizontal position.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
A Fcw Insect Friends.

In the constant warfare against in
sect pests the agriculturist often over
looks the fact that there are a great
many insects that are in no sense his
enemies. but on the other hand may
be numbered among his best friends.
There are many ways in which insects
are beneficial. Some are Of commercial
Importance; others are valuable in that
they act as agents in the pollination of
blossoms, some of which, it is said,
cannot be pollinated except by insects.
Still others are scavengers and perform
a valuable service by destroying decayed
matter Of various kinds The forms
that the entomologist recognizes as
pre-eminently beneficial are those that
destroy injurious insects, either as
parasites or ms predacious enemies; the
former living within the body of their
host, the latter destroying from with
out.
In this article it will suffice to men,
tion three families of predacious in
sects that are invaluable because of
their habits of feeding upon plant lice.
viz: Coccinellidea. or lady bird beetles
Syrphidea, or syrphus flies; Chrysopi-
dea. or lace-winged flies. Especially
are these insects friends of the orchard
ist, and he should familiarize himself
with the different stages in the life
history of each. A little study and
observation, along with the help Of an
chronological. is all that is necessary in
order that he may be able to do so
The little cluster of dozen or more
bright yellow eggs found on trees m
tested with aphids is familiar sight
to every orchardist; yet how many
there are who do not know that from
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
Short Course Short Financially.

1t is hardly satisfactory to CONNER
cial organization or to commercial in
terests, to get behind the College Short
Course and then have the course poorly
patronized by those it is intended to
benefit. This seems to have been the
case with the one held at Delta last
week. 1t was presumed that the course
would be drawing card and would,
being recognized as a good thing, be
appreciated. In guaranteeing the fund
necessary to hold it, of 5000, the Busi
ness Mems Association took for granted
that it would be a convenience to agri-
cultural students, and that perhaps
enough would attend from The eiry and
vicinity to relieve it of financial bur-
den. This, it appears, did not prove
to be the case, and, aside from the
considerable number of members of
the association who subscribed for tut
tions merely to assist the fund, there
was left considerable portion of the
expenses to be met by the association
who stood its financial sponsor. This
cannot now be helped, but it places
this section in poor way to promise
any continuance of these courses, which
have been exemplified as beneficial,
enterprising and decided convenience
to all within reach, and the price asked
for tuition of two dollars, was regarded
mere pittance for the privilege
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
Meeting of Della County
Fruit Crowers Association.

At the meeting of this association
held last Monday the old officers were
elected fer the ensuing year as follows:
L. w. Sweitzer. president; Captain
j. Winton, vice-president; George
S. Conklin, secretary and manager and
j. L. Taylor, sales manager.
One of the important business tran
sactions of the meeting was the voting
to increase the capital stock of the as
sociation from $50, 900 to 500, 1000.
The management of the association
has been and remains in the best of
hands and, with the big fruit crop ex-
pected next season, it will be better
than ever prepared to handle its very
successful business.
The extensive building improvements
already planned at Delta will be carried
out and also improvements made at
other points where the company oper-
ates.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
AN ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE CON
STRUCTlON OF A SAINT NRY SEWER IN
SANITARY SEN ER DlSTR1, T NO. II, OF
THE TOWN OF DELTA. COLORADO.

AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE CON
sIKKp{TRa99Ns OF SAINT hSlRi sk4 + SEWER SN E II
THE TOWN OF DELTA, COLORADO.
RE 1T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE Town OF DKLrA. COLORADO:
sEorIos |. That the Construction Of pis-
itary Sewer District No. IL, of the Town of
Delta, Colorado, the said sanitary sewer
luton of the Board of Trustees. comprising
all OF blocks numbered and in Plat II ,
of the Town OF Delta, Colorado. Which said
% sewer at s the south % side Of slock % & u a PLAT
"B" of Delta Townsite, and shall run thence
sSSsn % ,Se % East @ and Yss @ss, HALVES 1--WE A' Sf said
original survey q delta rownsise S sad % seses sSs
isI The trench enc ' Of said said sewer shall run on a
al Se south side of seeE to q IL srmna.
said ,rsneh she'll be sish,sen Inches ' wide @ at
in diameter, with the ends we'll butted to-
grther and laid on uniform grade, shall bc
said tile line will be covered with gravel to
AZ leas, tive, inches In depth above the top
trench shall bc laid line of sewer pipe six
inches in diameter, cemented with the bcst
which said sewer line shall he of vitrified
sal, glazed sewer PIPE, and both the tile line
line and on uniform grade, SO that a
lighted candle I've seen at any strip of
two hundrd feet of said sewer PIPE, After
the joints cemented together a swab shall
be drawn through the pipe, SO rs to remove
all surplus cement inside of said sewer pipe
Tees are to be laid along said line as to
permit property owners. along. said line to
make connection therewith. After said lines
of pipe are laid. the ground is to be no
storei to its. natural condition, No moN
than nifty yards Of said trench shall be left
uncovered at amy one time. and the contrac-
tor shall carefully guard the trench by means
OF signs by day and lighted lanterns by
night. to prevent damage being done to trav-
elcrs along said strects and alleys.
The tushcr ut present located at the south
line of Riook q. shall be removed and placed
in the alley a. the e1treme south end Of the
shall run separately shall be placed at all
street crue-inxr.
sHcrrox 2. The contract for the labor and
material for tho aforesAid sewer shall be let
by the mayor of this Tewn. with the ap-
proval of tho Board Of Trustees Of said Town,
In the manner prescribed by law.
SrcrloN y The hoard Of Trustees Of said
Town hereby finds that = petition for the 10
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15
A TURNER MASTERPIECE.
Origin of the Painters Fsnous "Rain,
Steam and Speed"


OF all pictures by the great English
color poet, Turner, none is more popu-
lar than that which now graces the
London National gallery under the
name of Rain. Steam and Speed"
which was first exhibited in 1874. 1t
is impossible to reproduce this ade-
quately.
Concerning the origin of this picture
Ruskin furnishes an interesting tale
The story was told to him by a friend.
Lady Simon. 1t seems that she was
travelling one night in the early days
Of the Great Western railway from
Exeter to London. when had taken
OF my coat and smoothed my ruffied
plumes and generally settled myself"
she tells. 81 looked up to see the most
wonderful eyes l ever saw, steadily.
luminously. clairvoyantly. kindly. pa
ternally looking at me. The hat was
over the forehead, the mouth and chin
buried In the brown velvet coat collar
of the brown greatcoat. Well, we went
on. and the storm went on more and
more until we reached Bristol. where
we waited ten minutes. My old gen
tleman rubbed the side window with
his coat cuff. in vain. He attacked the
center window. again in vain. so blur
red and blotted was it with the tor
rents OF rain. A moments hesitation
and then, Young lady. would you mind
my putting down this Window
"'Oh. no not at all
"'You may be drenched, you know
"'Never mind. sir
"Immediately down went the win
dow and out went the old gentleman's
head and shoulders, and said, oh.
please let me look
"'Now. you will be drenched.' he re-
monstrated. But he half opened the
window for me to see. Such a night,
Such chaos of elemental and artificial
lights and noises l never saw nor
heard He drew up the window as we
moved on. leaned back for some
minutes with closed eyes. then opened
them and said. Well. 1 have been
drenched. but 1t was well worth it
HE nodded and smiled and again
took to his steady but inoffensive pc
rusing of my face. The next year.
think 1t was. going to the academy.
turned at once. as l always did. to see
what Turner's there were. Imagine
my feelings. There stood written
Rain. Steam and Speed. Great West
ern. June, 1S43.' I had found out
whom the seeing eyes belonged to. As
I stood looking at the picture l heard
a mawkish voice behind me say:
There. now, just look at that!
ts H.
saw such ridiculous conglomeration? 2
I turned very quietly round and said:
4 did. I was In the train that night.
and 1t is perfectly and wonderfully
true After that I walked quietly
away."-Helen Zimmern in Metropol-
itan Magazine.
The Delta independent., 1909-01-15

trict and for the construction of said sani-
tary sewer. hereby ordered, has been signed
by the owners of more than one-half of the
property abutting on said sewer line and has
been made and presented to the Board of
Trustees of said Town, and that notice of
the hearing of id petition and of the or
dering of said improvements to be made at this
meeting of said Board given in con-
forrnity to law, and that the said improve
n.ent WAS ordered after notice had been duly
given according to law.
Passed. approved and ordered published this
7th day of January, 1909.
l. d. HAUSER.
LILLE E WILSON, Mayor.
Town Clerk and Recorder.
(SEAI.)