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The Delta independent., 1909-09-17
HELEN WARE.

land and middle states, together with
all that western section, rapidly devel-
oping into great manufacturing GEN.
ter.
Iron and steel have been the baron
eters of trade for the middle states, as
has textile manufacturing for the New
England states.
1t is significant and sufficiently force
full of present-day conditions to say
that fire and smoke issues forth today
from every furnace, mill and manufac-
turing plant from the gulf to Canada
and westward to the Mississippi. to-
gether with corresponding activity west
of that great eastern and western di-
vision line.
The industrial world does not antici-
pate that this activity will be spasmod-
ic, but universally it is expected that
this country is enterieg upon the great
est period of prosperity in its history.
Aside from the troubles of the
Pressed Steel Car Company at Pitts
burg (which is of local nature, none
of the other great iron or steel manu-
featuring plants being affected by that
strike) there is no labor trouble eNistant
anywhere throughout the eastern sec
ton of the country.
In three instances we noticed that an
advance had been given in wages in
great corporations unsolicited, and
there is universal peace and high antic-
ipations for activity for labor every
where.
More fortunate than the majority of
the sections visited in a recent extended
trip, is this beautiful valley.
Notwithstanding considerable loss in
crops for the past two years, very
slight realization of the depression else
where has been experienced here.
1t is absolutely true that. had there
been average crops last year. we would
not have felt.any commercial depression
whatever.
In financial circles confidence in the
future generally prevails and legitimate
enterprises do not have to go sand
bagging for money to give promotion
for same.
Indeed, it is true that money is seek
ing sane and safe investment every
where. The banks have remarkable
balances, and depositors and investors
seek healthy securities from which to
derive safe profit.
Altogether there has not been pre-
valent such entire confidence in the
country's future prosperity for years.
Four or five years ago initiation and
overproduction gave financiers and in
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17

present that crash was inevitable, yet
the uncertainty of its arrival holding
men to the rack to take one more last
dip at the exaggerated profits then
being earned.
We regard such conditions as being
totally absent from the present ad-
vancement in commercial ahd industrial
life. Men are advancing cautiously,
even though the activity in building
operations is pushing them at rapid
gait.
We have every confidence that the
rise in the tide of conditions is upon a
most permanent and sound basis and
that everybody may, without overconfi-
dence, look forward for a period of
wonderful uplift.
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the vigor, freedom from disease and
habits of growth of the plant. ETC.. and
mark by stakes such plants as show
distinct superiority over the general
crop. Before starting the digger each
marked hill should be dug separately by
hand and the tubers from those hills
which prove of sufficient excellence
should be saved for seed. The second
year plant this selected seed alongside
the regular crop and give it the same
care as the remainder of the field. Dig
this part of the crop separately by hand
in the fall and select the best hills from
it for the special seed plot of the next
year using the remainder for the main
crop for general planting.
The third and following years harvest
the crop from the specially selected seed
by hand, saving the best hills for the
next years special plot and using the
remainder for the main crop planting.
Other things being equal, the closer the
selection of the best hills is performed
each year, the better will be the results
in subsequent crops. If the farmer is
an expert at picking out the best hills
before they are dug. the small seed
plots may be harvested with digger
each year after the best hills have been
taken out by hand, thereby reducing
the necessary hand digging to the
minimum.
Consistent seed selection will pay
larger profits than any other feature of
the potato growing industry. There are
often different strains of single vari-
ETY. of potatoes which differ from each
other in their characteristics-especially
yield-more than do the different vari-
eties. Many varieties possess more
characteristics in common than do two
different strains of the same variety.
Hence, the Importance of well-bred
strain in any given variety for seed
purposes is evident. Select only such
varieties for late potatoes as will
mature earlv enough to give ample
time for digging in the fall under
normal conditions.
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17
This Country Entering Upon a
Season of Great Prosperity.

The following editorial is from a
Democratic newspaper, the Grand juno
ton Sentinel. Aside from appearing a
fact, it is published in an optimistic
spirit, quite different from the groan-
ings of some editors opposed to the ad-
ministration, who seem to look at
everything in sinister light and crave
panic and distress if it argues for polit-
ical reverses:
Indications of a wave of unusual
prosperity are just as distinguishable
today throughout the entire eastern
country as were the danger signals of
distress in the financial weather in that
dismal period of October, 1907.
1t is hard for the majority of the peo-
pie in this very particularly favored
section of the country to realize how
truly there was a panic, without they
have travelled from home considerably
in the past two years.
Every great manufacturing industry
has lain dormant during that period
and there has been no advancement
whatever at all encouraging to labor
and the laboring world.
All that has changed, and there is
booming prosperity in every line OF
manufacture throughout the New Eng
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Improuing the Spud Crop.

Little attention is usually given now
adays by farmers to the selection of
their seed tubers. Many plant potatoes
which are really of no value except for
stock feed. Yet the potato crop will
give as great or greater return for care
in selecting seed than any other crop.
A great variation in the tubers from
hills growing near each other may often
be noticed at digging time. One hill
may have large number of tubers of
uniform size and shape and few small
ones. If the large tubers are selected
from the bin for planting they are as
apt to have come from poor hills as
from good ones. Hence the plant and
not the single tuber is the proper unit
of selection and the selection must be
made in the field where the whole plant
can be examined. When potatoes are
dug by hand this is easily done. Two
rows are usually thrown together in
digging, and where a good hill is found
the tubers may be thrown in the oppo-
site direction to be picked up separately
for seed.
When machine diggers are used. seed
selection can be practiced with but
little extra trouble, according to the
following plan: First year, before dig
ging, examine the plants of the general
field crop, giving special attention to
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Proclamation.
To THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
DELTA:

To THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
DELTA:
Whereas, the President of the United
States, Hon. VIM. H. Taft, will on the
23rd day of September. in the presence e
of the people of the Western Slope,
open the headgates of the Great Gunni-
son Tunnel at Montrose, Colorado, thus
celebrating the completion of the great
est irrigation tunnel of the world. and
Whereas, the people of the City of
County are intensely interested in that
momentous event, realizing the very
large benefits to be derived by this City
and County from the results of such
work,
Therefore, in accordance with the
request of many of our citizens, do
B. P. Smith, Mayor of the City of
Delta, Colorado, proclaim the 23rd day
of September. A. d. 1909, a PUBLIC
HOLIDAY, and reqest that on that day,
all the places of business be closed.
that the people refrain from their usual
vocations, and all join in making it a
day long to be remembered, and that
all who can shall attend the celebration
to be held in the City of .Montrose,
Colorado, on that day.
The President of the United States
will arrive in Delta at l:25 p. m. and
will hold ten minutes reception at the
railroad station, and ali who cannot
attend the Montrose celebration are
invited to be at the railroad station and
greet the President upon his arrival at
Delta.
Done at the City of Delta, this Sth
day of September, A. ID. 1903.
3. p. SMITH, Mayor.
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General Products High.

To the consumer the growing cost
of living is becoming serious problem,
but to the grower of the staples, it is
certainly a season of prosperity. But
ter. eggs, meats and most other food
stuffs are high and getting higher.
What seems to be needed is more farm
ers. stock and dairy people and more
attention given to poultry There new
er has been a time more inviting for
people to engage in any of these lines
never time when so much money could
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17
Close Fair Management.

The Denver Fair sent over the state
publicity matter worth $500 per paper
to publish. then sent to the editors a
complimentary ticket, particularly stat
ing that 1t was good for the admission
of but one person. If the editor who
allowed himself duped into doing all
of that dead beat advertising for the
fair, happened to go and take his wife
or best girl. he would have to cough up
the price of ner admission. which would
be plenty good enough for him.
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17

There are only about $50 Polled Here
fords in the United States. The breed
originated with Warren Cannon in
1909 on Marshall Fields stock farm
near Des Moines, Iowa. Cannon OBJ
tanned freak muley bull through breed
ing horned Herefords. He wrote to
various parts of the country to find
muley Hereford heifers and bulls and
thus obtained all there were in exist
ence. He bred the horned Hereford
cows to his Polled Hereford bull and
obtained about fifty per cent Of polled
cattle as result. Though these are
not pure Polled Herefords they are at
least polled. Another breeder named
Green adhered to the pure polled Here
fords and from a .muley hcifer and
muley bull obtained pure breed of
polled cattle and the same success at
tended the efforts of w. w. Guthrie of
Atchison, Kansas. The striking char
acteristics of the polled Herefords are
the deep red body and the pure snowy
white head and face. Besides the ad-
vantage of beauty, the absence of horns
is almost invaluable when it comes to
shipping. Field and Farm.
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17

Some of the farmers down in the corn
belt are loading up with well-bred,
heavy feeders to feed for a short time,
but many buyers have learned from
experience that paying fancy prices is
dangerous and there is not much in
quiry for the highest-priced offerings.
Quite number of buyers are inquiring
for the cheap stockers weighing around
700 pounds with a view of stock ing them
through winter and carrying them next
summer on grass. A deleterious effect
upon Colorado of the eastern drouth is
expected to be shown in the inability of
the Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa farm
ers to'feed the 2-year-old cattle that
are ordinarily shipped from this state
by thousands in the fall. These cattle
will either have to be fed at home on
beet pulp or sold at a sacrifice and it
looks as if we would have to take care
of more cattle the coming winter than
we did last year when we finished lO0.-
900 head of pretty good beeves.
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17
Ranch Home for Sale.

7ia acres on Garnet mesa 4 mile
from city limits. New eight-room
brick house. IL acres in apples.
Balance in alfalfa. Inquire Of Porter
Obert Hardware Co. 25-tf.
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17

The northern range cattle are late
this season in seeking market and the
supply will be short, but all indications
are strong that the cattle will be fatter
than usual, which means slim show
ing of cattle of the feeder class. These
range cattle are always much preferred
by butchers to plain and medium corn
fed stock as well as to grassy natives,
for all these cattle show up poorly on
the hooks.
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17
Fairview Coal.

Best Coal,
Sells faster,
Burns better,
Than any coal in Delta.
Order your coal Of e. G. Rusler,
Phone 663 Black, North Delta. If.
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be made at farming, fruit growing.
stock raising, as now. On the other
hand there has hardly been time when
the laboring consumers found it more
difficult to clear dollar of profit.
The Delta independent., 1909-09-17
Cattle.

The Rothwell Livestock company of
Thermopolis. Wyoming, has sold its en-
tire holdings to Klink and Simonson of
Montana. The property consists of
large ranch, cattle. sheep and horses in
large numbers and the selling price was
$3.50, 900.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
NOT THE USUAL ROMANCE


MuscOtah Recorder: Recently one
OF our most faStidiouS young men
bought pair Of overalls and found in
them the name OF the sewing girl who
made them.
He very promptly wrote her a letter
with all the etIuSivencSs necessary In
such a case, and in due time received
a reply, which, however, was void Of
the romance usual in such cases.
Here II is: II am a working girl, II
is true, but make good living and
do not care to support Il husband,
as | would do If married some silly
noodle who gets mashed on girl he
never saw. Permit me to say that
do not know how my card got in that
pair of Overalls, and that when ! do
marry. II ever, it will be some fellow
who can afford something better than
a 47-cent pair Of breeches. st. Joseph
News Press.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
TROTTER-GR4Y
WIN. BROADBEST.

The w. o. w. Hall, Pueblo, Colo,
was the scene OF pretty wedding.
Friday evening, November 26th, 1909,
when Miss Nina Gray, OF that city,
became Mrs. Arthur Trotter.
The engagement OF Mr.. Trottcr and
Miss Gray was not formally announc-
ed, and while a few OF the close
friends OF the young people knew OF
it, IL was more or less surprise To
the minority OF their acquaintanccs.
The bride is the daughter OF Dir.
and Mrs. L. +. Campbell, of Pueblo,
and the groom is well known here.
The bride wore white satin and car
ried carnations. The groom wore the
conventional black. They were at.
tended by sixteen young ladies in
white. The ring ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. r. A. IIorcnc, of the
NJ. +. church in the presence of about
two hundred friends of the young
couple. Mr.. and Mrs Trotter are at
home to their many friends in Ordway.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
Bucking the Combinations
BY WM. BROADBENT

The time has come when every
farmer turns with considerable inter
tst TO the Farm Notes in the NEW
ERA, and IL does not detract from
their value IL we disagree sometimes
from the writer if 1t SETS US to think
ing, but his article and the Illustration
If the "cantaloupe dump" we must
all cOncedc are timely and to the
point.
"llnw long, Oh, Lord, how long,
well, Just as long is farmers use
every bit OF time, strength and brain
power planting, caring for and har.
NeSting crup-a very laudablc thing
II conditions were normal; just aS long
AS they kick and kick and do nothing;
Just as long as they go as individuals
against solid combinations: Just as
long as they underestimate their own
power and are suspicious Of and have
no confidence in their brother farmer:
Just as long as they deludc themselves
INTO thinking that maybe thcy-thc
combinations of any kind-will let
them haze Il little more of the crOr
next year or are susceptible to Il nice
talk, a big promise or II little special
privilege; just as long as we are pos.
Sesscd of that little unhuIy fear and
are willing to be slaves, no longer.
1t is conceded fact that the whole
world lives oil Of the farmer (and
some Of them live pretty we'll, thank
YOU for about eight months. While
the farmers are alternating in the
winter, planting in spring, tending
their crop in the summer, the cOrpor-
atious aud commission men are per.
fecting their organizations and laying
their plans to take in that harvest,
while we mutely bend our backs to
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
Bob Creek Items.

The Ladies' Aid gayc box supper
at the schoOlhouse on Wednesday
night, Nov. 2lth. Coffee was served
free and 5000 was realized from the
sale of boxes, and the cake for the
best-looking young lady was won by
Miss Cora Drescher. A donation of
$500 from retired baseball team was
given the ladies and duly appreciated.
The ladies are very busy making arti-
clcs for a bazaar to be held before
Christmas. They met at Mrs. Dresch-
er's on the 18th and at Mrs. Clailin's
December 2nd.
Misses Shredder, Drcscher, Lundahl,
Dennis, Clafiin and Wright went to
the roundup at Antelope Springs on
Saturday last and were blown home
in the afternoon.
j. Pedigo and wife, father and
mother of Alec Pedigo are visiting
here. They reside at Longmont and
were formerly residents Of Man
zanola. Mrs. Alex Pedigo succeeded
in landing the largest number of tur-
keys on the market from this com.
munity: eighty-eight besides fifteen
kept for breeders and table use The
turkeys were shipped by Gallavan
Bros. to Pueblo.
LEAFLEss GROVE.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
STOCK MARKET
Special to the New Era.

Special to the New Era.
November 30, 1909.
Cattle receipts last week dropped
of after Monday, and the market
strengthened during the week, closing
steady to a little stronger than close
OF previous week on Western beef
steers, although cows and stUckcrs
and feeders looked Il little lower at
the close. Quality OF the panhandle
cows did not hold up to the average Of
shipments heretofore, and the sales at
S3.25 and So were not as muci: lower
than recent sales as they looked on
paper. The run OF cattle today is
1900 head, market strong on West
crnS, some sales of cows and hcifcrs 10
higher, ana country grades in good
demand at little higher prices. Re-
ceipts are not expected TO be very
heavy from now till the ilrSt OF the
year, and with the market in the en-
cellent condition it now shows, which
can reasonably be expected to be i'm
proved by colder weather, IL would
seem that prices should rule higher
during December. Country demand
is undated, as many buyers consider
this the best time to buy, getting the
advantage of the full shrinKage 81
grass cattle; and figuring part of the
winter already past. Panhandle beef
steers reach 81. 60, some AriZunas last
| week at 81 %, stock cattle $50 tC
$3.50, panhandle cows $500 to So 10,
bulls around So. 10, heiler calves Sl5t
to S5.25, veals up to $50. Colorado
| feeders sold today at Sl6O and $40
beef steers $500, cows 81 10, hcifers
81. Is aud S4.20, heavy cows worth VI
to $3.50. Top corn fed steers here
today brought S7.25, prime steers
quotable around $3.50.
Sheep and lambs are coming pretty
freely, and the market continues firm
| Receipts for the month of November
will total heaviest on record at this
market for the month of November
but the demand has been under
supplied all the time during the
month. Receipts are still coming
from the range country, but the same
is generally on the feeder order al
this time, shipments being the tai
ends of the season. A big string OF
Utah feeding lambs went out late last
week at S6.4O, other feeders $6.25 tt
S6.75. Fed stock is coming freely
from Colorado and native feed lots,
lambs today up to $3.50, light weight
yearlings $500, wethers worth $3.50,
ewes S.. 5.OO The run is 5000 here today
market strong to 10 higher.
J. A. RICKART,
l.. S. Correspondent
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03

the burden and carry it to them only
to hear that it arrived in bad condi-
tion. Why, It's hard to get beets
from Numa to Sugar City in good
condition.
Now, all this talk would be useless
If there was no remedy, but there is.
We have IL in our own hands. If we
stand shoulder to shoulder, have con-
ildcnce one in another, we can right
.many of these things now and all of
them in time. This community is up
against one of the most serious prop
nsitiOnS that any community ever
faced, yet men haven't time to spend
onc-half day out of thirty to inquire
into it. Why, If YOU only knew how
much better you would feel, how
much prOudcr you would walk and
how much clearer your voice would
ring out after Squarlng up and attend
ing meeting. you would ask for an-
other assessment. You would never
get to that point again when you
would ask what they are doing. We
have the uumbcrs-P President Lincoln
said that God must have loved the
cOMmOn people, lie made So many Of
thcm-and the strength, have en-
ploycd the talent, and our cause Is
just, so let lis stand together for veal
or woe.
| will add, the life of the city OF
OrQwly 0pDpuGS ON The outcome of
this movement headed by the Bob
Creek Farmers Protective Associa-
tiUn. Indifference on the part of any
firm o: citizen is not wise, our inter
csts in city and country are, as yet,
too closely interviewer.
WIN. BRoADBEST.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
A GRAND SUCCESS

The Thanksgiving dinner given by
s. Peters church was grand success
from every standpoint and the bazaar
10 the afternoon attracted good
crowd and nettcd the ladies good
sum. In the evening the losing side
10 the rabbit hunt engaged these
ladies' to serve the big supper and the
hunters are still praisine that feast.
After the tables were cleared away,
the young men Of the church took
charge OF the hall and the balance Of
the evening was spent in dancing.
The hall was crowded and at a late
hour the sound OF music was still to
be heard.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03

inches, had to be reset and new ilucs
were put in at the same time. The
management is to be congratulated
on being able to resume business so
soon and that fact is also appreciated
by their patrons.
Work on the line to Sugar City had
to be abandoned on account of the
recent cold spell but is now being
rushed and before many weeks a cur
rent will be delivered to our neighbor
on the east.
A paper has been circulated among
the business men by one of their num-
Der, asking patrons of the Company
to pay their November light bills and
was freely signed. VIM. Edgar Is
authorized to receive all contributions
and those who care to assist the
Boruschein Brothers in this way are
requested to call on him.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
A FEW FARM NOTES
BY d. q. ROBERTS

,,,ye only time today to answer a
,,.,tou or two that has been asked
J, o.lshbors this week: Where can
Is,t the wragg cherry"
The writer Of these notes does not
,.,.,d N be an advertising medium
.,,v nursery-any good reliable tirm
Y. a, vou out If you will insist on
"a stock and do not accept weak.
''.,. that have to be sold To some
"a Mr.. Mundcll tells me the Colo
ado folks at Loveland are going to
,..o their word in every particular
,,d doubtless can sell good stock.
p,ices are not so Important as the
~, A good ycarling tree on two
:, ,bree year old root is recommended
!, most nurserymen. These should
.t o. b. Ordway about 20 cents
,,tb in large orders OF 800 or 1000.
NJ sonneland tells me he expects 10
din in direct from the Wrage nursery
n Des Muincs, Iowa, several thousand
Wnrr cherry and apples. This nur-
sy is known to all Of US and although
,o, claiming to be the cheapest, IL
dies claim superiority. Other good
.,ms, as Stark & Co., OF Louisiana,
No.. the Ottowa, Kansas, nursery,
,c-all have agents here and it is
our own fault this year il we are de-
,rauded.
News comes from all over our west
,rn country OF great enthusiasm in
The fruit line. Never have SO many
Sriers been placed with good standing
tonpauies and warnings are already
snt out to place your orders early for
trt-class stock, as Wragg cherries
md Jonathan apples will be exhausted
early In the season. The latter does
uOt concern us very much at Ordway
On account OF blighting and sparse
barring, but the Wragg cherry is in.
ii,enOus to our soil and climate and