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The Delta independent., 1909-08-06

Another great irrigation enterprise
has completed its plans and will con-
struct 100 miles of ditch extending
down the North Fork If the Gunnison
and reclaiming land for three miles
back of present bitches north of Delta.
This enterprise will mean more for
Delta and Delta county than the Gunni-
land directly in the county and tributary
to its towns.
Tire company's plans are now said to
be completed and preliminaries for
actual work are being made.
Delta is already feeling the effects in
business impetus Of the newly made
known work. Officers in charge have
been here and have. with teams from
our livery houses, gone over some of
the ground and Delta engineers have
been offered field positions.
One of the reservoir plans contem-
plates the building of a 7s-foot-high
dam at Hart's Basin, which already
stores an immense amount of water
with dam perhaps not one-third that
height. II is one of the finest reservoir
sites in the country.
The line surveys have all been made
but the grades are yet to be made and
other plating done.
The ditch at the river is to be started
fifty feet wide.
The following account is from the
Denver Republican:
"Details of dependable character
involving the construction of 100 miles
of irrigating canal. the expenditure of n
sum in excess of $1,000. o0o, and the
reclamation of 1870. 600 acres of rich
frdit land on the Western Slope were
made public here today.
j. A. Wright. formerly well known
broker of Colorado Springs and later an
associate of Judge K. A. Colburn, the
millionaire mining man and automobile
manufacturer. has been here with
party of Louisiana and Illinois capital
lists and will manage the project.
Associated with Mr.. Wright is Frank
White. a steel and structural iron
manufacturer of Denver, and others.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the parent concern under the
name of the Riverside Land & Irriga-
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Rows Neck is Mended.

The Denver papers published dis
patch from Delta this week to the ef-
feet that Roy Arterberry dislocated his
neck in an effort to dislodge an insect
that had gotten into his nostril. The
queer accident did happen, but the dis
location was not so serious that more
than bandage was required and Roy
is going around with his neck most as
good as new, but not engaging in any
hugging matches.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Sixty Teachers and Superin-
tendents Entertain in
Honor of State
School Head.
A Social Gathering Under the
Management Of County Super
intendent Mrs. Anderson
Proves a Grand
Success.

The reception rendered Katherine NJ.
Cook, State Superintendent of Schools.
Wednesday evening was one of the
most enjoyable and brilliant functions
ever given in Delta.
The reception was held at the home
of Miss Alice Croxton on Meeker street
and the sixty or more teachers and
superintendents present warmly re-
sponded to the greetings of Mrs.
Cook. All were in happy frame of
mind and there was not an incident to
mar the pleasure and enjoyment of
any single person present.
After full interchange of greetings,
games were INDUCED in on the back
lawn, after which refreshments were
served on the front lawn and punch in
the green house.
The State Superintendent visit was
due to the District Normal Institute
being held here, and which is being
attended by large number of teach
ers. The Institute has already demon
strated its success.
Mrs. Anderson, county superinten-
dent. deserves praise for her excellent
planning of the reception and the pleas
ing manner in which it was conducted.
In her work she was ably assisted by
Prof. Condit and his sprightly bunch of
teachers.
The members of the Delta Board of
s'ducation were all in atssndsnee
That the State Superintendent was
delighted with the reception, the Nor
NAL Institute in progress and school
conditions here generally was expressed
IN impulsive words and by gratifed
smiles.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
More Than a Million Dollars to Be
Expended.--Four Large Reser-
VOirS to Be Constructed.
Will Reclaim Nearly Two Hundred Thousand
Acres of Good Mesa Lands and Insure
Delta Growth to $4,000 Pop
ulation in a Few Years

tion Company. and surveyors have
already made the survey of the canal
line from a point near PaonIa, on the
south, down to the south side of the
Grand river. opposite Palisades.
Appropriations have been made for
over l. 200 cubic feet of water per second
from the North Fork of the Gunnison
river. A portion of this: over 700 cubic
feet per second. is running water taken
below Hotchkiss at the point where the
Gunnison river enters the canon which
it traverses nearly all the way to Pali-
sade. The other water filed upon rep
resents water for storage purposes.
The line of the canal will extend
around the fim Of the Battlement range,
south of Grand Junction and the area to
be covered by the canal will include
nearly all the land on the mesas above
the Gunnison on the east from Delta
clear to Palisades. The main reservoir
Of the company will be located near
Delta and will cover nearly three sec
tions of land. Its average depth will be
about so feet and it will hold lS0. 600
acre feet. Besides this. three other
reservoirs will be built for storage
purposes. but Of less capacity.
1t is estimated that it will require
three years to complete the work, and
possibly longer. The magnitude of the
undertaking is best understood when il
is taken into consideration that the
Gunnison project, recently completed
ready for opening by the government
reclaims 10000 acres, or 80. 600 acres
less than this one would when COM
pleted.
The appropriation of the water. so it
is claimed. will not in any wise inter-
fere with the irrigation operations al
ready under way at Paonia and Hotch-
kiss, for the water is taken out of the
North Fork of the Gunnison after it has
served its purposes above Paonia and
Hotchkiss and enters the canon. But
20 cubic feet per second has ever been
appropriated for use in this long and
precipitous canon. so that it practically
means the changing of the course of
large volume Of water now going down
through the canon. raising it to the
mesa and reclaiming one of the largest
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
HotD Japs Pick Fruit.

The Japanese have a new and easy
way of picking apples. Instead of the
tedious process of gathering them one
by one and carefully laying them in
the boxes, they climb the trees, shake
down the fruit and scoop it up-when
the boss is not looking then sit down
and rest. and in this manner perform
as much work as expected. An eye
witness who observed them gathering
apples this way, has given the facts to
the INDEPENDENT.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Redlands Mesa Makinga
Great Record This Year.

Last week G. H. Poe, formerly of
Palisade, manager of the Redlands
Orchard Company, that has just pur-
chased the Luke ranch in company with
Paul Wilson of Hotchkiss, and Judge
Welch of Delta, made a thorough in
spection of the orchard on said place
and the surrounding orchards, that are
Just comidg into bearing, and the pre-
dictions heretofore made by fruit men,
that Redlands mesa would prove to be
one of the best fruit sections in the
country is now fully verified.
The estimates on the fruit to be
shipped from the orchards now coming
into bearing on lower RedIands are ap-
proximately as follows:
David Stul 2, 500 boxes. About 500
boxes of apples and 700 boxes of
peaches.
The Delta Pueblo Orchard Company
tHouts orchard) 1900 boxes consisting
of 5000 boxes of apples and 2 QUO boxes
of peaches and plums.
j. G. A. Simpson orchard Is, 500
boxes, consisting of IL. 900 boxes of
apples; l,5o0 boxes of pears and 500
boxes of peaches and plums.
Redlands Orchard Company l2, 500
boxes, consisting of 5000 boxes Of
apples; 1,500 boxes of peaches and 900
boxes of prunes - b
Mr. Poe will remain at the Redlands
Orchard and look after it until it is
harvested. He has placed a force at
thinning
All the above named orchards require
more or less thinning this year. This is
certainly great record for these
young orchards. 1t means that the
whole of Redlands mesa. consisting of
some 1900 acres will be rapidly de-
veloped; and hundreds of acres will be
planted to fruit next season.
Redlands is not behind in other
things. Weeks and Willets have a
magnificent crop of sugar beets on the
Welch place.
The Sanders place claims the record
this year for the heaviest yield of
PNA aNiO IA pSIid SoNlilN-
The soil of this Mesa is a deep rich.
red, volcanic ash.
The present bearing orchards are ir-
rigated from the Stull and Durkee
bitches.
The balance of the Mesa is fast being
placed in cultivation under The Over
land Ditch & Reservoir system. The
Overland Canal has just been completed
and the company's largest reservoir is
now beng constructed. and when COM
pleted will be the largest reservoir on
Grand Mesa, capacity l5O, 600. 600 cubic
feet, thus insuring an ample water
supply for all of the lands on the Mesa.
Much of the land is already being
divided into small orchard tracts and
the Mesa will soon support large
population.
The nearest shipping point is Paynes,
on the North Fork branch of the d. &
r. G. The railroad company is now
putting in extra switches at that point
in order to properly take care of the
increased tonnage.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Advertised Letter List.

Letters remaining uncalled for in
the Postoffice at Delta, Colo, for the
week ending August Srd, 1909:
Walter S. Berry, Mrs. Ollie Buzzard
(2).. w. E. Clark. Misses Edith and
Ruby Davis, VIM. DUNCAN, w. Kent,
Frank Lewis (S). Ned Mayo, Mrs. H.
A. Moore, Will Mullen, w. H. Piefer,
Mrs. Laura Thompson. w. H. Under
wood (2). ELLA New P. NJ.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Paonia Preparing for
Big Fruit Harvest.

At meeting of the Commercial AS
sociation of Paonia last week the fruit
harvest problem was discussed and the
matter of procuring needed help was
placed in the hands of competent
man to act for the growers. A sum
of 1900 was raised to cover incident
al expenses.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Boys Leave Ouray Home.

Charles Snarr and John Phillips, two
Ouray boys aged l5 and l6. left home
last Sunday, ostensibly to visit friends
on Cow Creek. but they did not go there
and suspicious that they had ran away
from home were at once aroused.
Parents of the boys are making al
possible effort to locate them.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
House For Sale.

Five rooms, pantry, closets and bath
room. Wired and plumbed. Two and
half lots. small barn, fine cellar and
other improvements. All in lawn.
Good location and neighborhood. See
owner at INDEPENDENT office.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Mine Fire at Ourou.

Monday afternoon the compressor
house at Ouray burned. stopping the
operating of the property until debris
could be cleared away and machinery
plant replaced on the Calliope.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Big Strawberry Yield.

Joshua Kramer. the popular Delta
blacksmith. sold $500 worth of straw
berries this year from two acres, part
of which was set out last year. The
berries We're grown in North Delta.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06


week ending July 27, 1909 furnished
by The Delta County Abstract Com
pany. Byram Luce President:
L. B. and E. ]. Mechelke to
L B. Mechelke, tract near
Hotchkiss, ...... ....-... $40, 600 90
VIM. R. Jackson to L. F.
Stitt, 40 acres near Paon-
ia, Observation-Disclosures. 600 90
VIM. c. Myers to C. S.
Blanchard and W. B. Stock
ham, so acres near Cedar
edge, e,---.-..---. ...... 500 90
Edward j. Mathews to L. A.
Thompson. 2 lots Pronia, 100 90
L. E. Rogers to Frank G.
Moore, is acres near Paon-
Ia, -.--...... .---.--. ! 90
Mrs. c. Nickle to Mrs NJ. j.
Sims, lots Paonia, .. 400 90
G. w. Sweeny to Julia A.
Copp, II. acres near Paon-
ia,..-....... .... 500 90
Lila NJ. Crawford to L. L.
Crawford, Is acres near Pa
onia. 5000 90
A. C. Marston, to Eta c.
Curtis, lots Cedaredge, 625 90
Chas. H. Bnrgin to Parallee
G. Burgin, 8 lots Delta, . 90
]. H. Bemis to W. NJ. Bemis,
81 acres near Paonia, ~ 90
c. L. Greenwood and J. An
nand to Ruben H. Smith,
SO. IL acres near Hotchkiss, $500 90
VIM. F. Duke to A. E. Brash,
20 acres near Hotchkiss, -. $500 90
G. II. and ]. H, Williams to
]. w. Guynn, = int. in so
acres near Hotchkiss, 49,. 90
900 700 ~
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty Deeds recorded during the
week ending July 27, 1909 furnished
by The Delta County Abstract Com
pany, Byram Luce President:
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06

s33,729 co
The Delta independent., 1909-08-06

Gradually the city press is beginning
to sit up and take notice of Delta
county. The following editorial in the
Denver Republican is an evidence:
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23

This IL the season OF serpents that swim
in the surf at the seaside
Hundred-yard serpents with heads crest
ed, and saucer-like eyes;
Whose foreparts appear to the weather or
liners, their tails on the lee side
Snakes that the sailors don't mention
people might think they tell lies.
This is the season Of stories surprisingly.
shockingly silly,
Doped by the writer's of news, too hot to
obtain what Is true;
Scandals at Newport and wonderful do
ings In old P~iccadilly-
Smart Set rome daft with the heat, nutty
70 do something new.
This is the season when preachers preach
against peek-a-boo dresses
Then the Dear Girls think 'em bad, and
make 'em more peek-a-boo still.
Now comes the poisoned Ice cream and
the rest Of the murderous messes;
Sunstrokes for doctors to cure-mad dogs
for coppers to kill.
August, Mad Muilah OF monthsl IL there
any hat chanteth thy praises2
Yea. there be some, but that proves that
bards nave gone mad with the rest.
All the worlds wrong In its think-box
whenever Sirius blaZes,
Hence by these verses our own sanity
falls In the testi
Cleveland Leader.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23
THE WIFE

Agrees with Him About Food.
A trained nurse says: I'm the prac-
lice of my profession / have found 80
many points In favor of Grape-Nuts
food that l unhesitatingly recommend
1t to all my patients.
1T Is delicate and pleasing to the
palate Can essential in food for the
sick) and can be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or cream for
babies or the aged when deficiency of
teeth renders mastication impossible.
For fever patients or those on LIQUID
diet l find 'Grape-Nuts and albumen
water very nourishing and refreshing
This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows: Soak a t~easpoonful
OF Grape-Nuts In a glass of water for
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white of an egg and a spoonful
of fruit juice for fiavouring. This at
fords a great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomachs can assimi-
late without any distress.
My husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders 1t
many times for his patients.
Personally / regard a dish of Grape
nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
Ideal breakfast for anyone-well or
rick"
In any case Of stomach trouble, nery:
ous pr~ostration or brain fag-a 10
day trial of Grape-Nuts will work won
aers toward nourishing and rebuilding
md in this way ending the trouble.
There's a Reason and trial proves.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. THE Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter. A
new n appears from time to time.
They arc genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23
E WITH HIVES.

Child a Mass Of Dreadful Sore, Itch.
ing, Irritating Humor for Tive
MoRths--Ltttle Sunere I'm Terri
Bile Plight-Cured by C~uticura.
MY six year old daughter had the
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. She became affected by play.
Ing with children who had 1t. BY
scratching she caused large sores
which were irritating. Her body was
a complete sore, but it was worse Oh
her arms and back. We employed a
physician who left medicine, but 1t did
not help her and I tried several RENE
dies, but without avail. Seeing the
Cuticura Remedies advertised, l
thought / would try them. / gave her
a hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment. The first treatment relieved
the itching and in a short time the dis
ease disappeared. Mrs. G. L. Fridhoff,
Warren, Mich, June 30 and July 10, 'oS."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23
FAN PAINTING.

The majority Of property owners are
under the impression that spring time
Is the only painting time. But the fall
Of the year offers several advantages to
the painter. One Of the most import
ant Is that surfaces are almost sure to
be dry. and there Is no frost or inner
moisture to work out after the paint IL
applied.
Pure white lead-the, Dutch Boy
Painter kind-mixed with pure linseed
oil (tinted as desired) gives q winter
coat to a building that is an armor
against the severest attacks OF the
winter rain, sleet, winds and snow.
National Lead Company, 1902 Trim
ity Bldg, New York City, makers Of
pure white lead, Dutch Boy Painter
trademark. r Offering to those inter-
ested q complete painters outfit, con-
sisting of a blowpipe and lead tester,
book OF color Schemes, etc. State
whether you want exterior or interior
decorating.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23
Pipe Smokers Jaws.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
There Is one question / always ask
a man who wants a job" remarked the
business man who has to hire several
hundred men for different positions
each year.
The question I always ask them Is,
DO you smoke a pipe much?' OF cours
the answers are various. Some Of them
smoke q pipe q great deal n others
not at all. Some smoke cigarets, al
though / seldom al get a man to ad-
nit 1t. There seems to be a general
guilty feeling when a man Is q ci-
garet smoker. Some Of them smoke
cigars. My business is such that it
makes very little difference to their
availability to me no matter what they
smoke.
why do 1 ask about the pipe? Well,
not that / have the least interest in
their habits, or that / have any preju-
dice n way or another In the matter.
The reason Is that I want to know
whether the formation of their lower
jaws Is natural or acquired.
"A man with a firm lower Jaw is al
ways q man of parts and of will. / say
always anyway, most always. If he
does not smoke a pipe his square jaw,
back near where 1t hinges on to the
upper one, Is natural. If he Is a pipe
smoker the looks are ~deceiving, and
] have to Judge his calber some other
way.
Pipe smokers always have strong
muscles back on the face about the
place a man stops when he makes the
first stroke downward in shaving.
These are the muscles that hold the
jaws together. They often give a
square jawed effect to q mar who
hasn't any square jaw characteristics.
My men think I ask funny questions,
but there's a reason"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23
A Present Time Inquiry.

4in't we getting too gay2
Air, We going too fast
Amt we whooping things up so much
Well all be In Dutch?
Amt we pushing too hard .
Without regard IS.
To anything except that we
Must do 1t all Immediately?
Amt we banging all records ~
In a way that ought
To prove that our energy
Is overweight?
Wowl
Look at us now!
The ~aeroplane Is o. the wing
And flying round like everything
To show that man, beyond doubt,
Has got the bird game beaten out;
The Lusitania's added powers
Have cut her time to fewer hours
Than any other ship has lone
On any transatlantic rum;
The Hudson-Fulton show will be
The greatest on this earth to see;
And got the pole for all it's worth;
The highest buildings scrape the sky,
The fastest trains go whizzing by,
The athletes do their strongest stunts,
The greatest hunter f1ercely hunts,
The quickest autos NOW us down
In open field and crowded town;
The largest wages go to toll,
The biggest crops enrich the soil;
The fastest thing on earth's too slow,
The biggest is too small,
And everybody seems to want
TO get ahead Of all.
BY gum,
That we are going some
Cannot be denied,
But on the side,
Amt we going too fast .
no last?
Gee whiz, ".
Can't somebody say where the limit isl
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23

or died, when l read about Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so I
began to take it, and am well again and
relieved Of all my suffering. Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 40, Marlton, NJ,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
Of female diseases we know of. and
t~housandsof NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
on file in the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, inflammation, Ill
ceration, displacements, Gbroidtumors,
Irregularities, periodicpains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound q trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23
In Marrow Quarters.
From the New York Sun.


For many years old Colonel Lee re-
sided in Ninth street, New York, near
the Hotel st. Denis. He is still re-
membered by hundreds OF New York.
ers for his bright name and happy,
apt remarks.
When the project for erecting an
equestrian statue to General Wash
ington in Union Square vas proposed,
Colonel Lee was Entrusted with one
OF the subscription papers for circu-
.lation. Shortly after receiving 1t he
approached a well known citizen and
asked for a subscription. But the
citizen declined to subscribe, stating
In a rather pompous name
IL do not consider, ST., that there is
any necessity for a monument to Mr..
Washington. His fame is undying; 1t
is enshrined in the hearts OF his coun-
trymen."
us he enshrined In your hearth" soft
ly inquired the colonel. .,
"EIe is, sir"
well, all / have to say" retorted
Colonel Lee. SIS that he is In a tight
place."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-23
OUR MIX.UP WITH a COMET.

That a comet struck the earth in north
ern Arizona somewhere between 5000 and
700 years ago, IL considered extremely
probable by Professor w. H.. Pickering,
OF Harvard. who contributes an article on
the subject to Popular Astronomy. CAL
culating first the general chances OF such
a collision, Professor Pickering estimates
that we should expect to be struck by the
core Of a visible comet once In about 400
100000 years, and by some portion of the
head once In 100000 to 100000 years. Ac-
cepting the estimate that animal life has
existed on earth for about 100, 100000 years,
perhaps as many as SO collisions must
have taken place during hat interval, evil
IDENTIFY without producing any very serious
results. Besides these there are invisible
comets with regard to whose frequency
we a nc accurate knowledge. Some of
these are badly disintegrated-mere 'star-
showers" The locality where Professor
Pickering thinks one of the comets may
nave struck is known as Coon Butte. and
Is about 10 or 50 miles from the Grand
Canon of the Colorado. "