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The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Notice Of Stockholders, Meeting.

NOTICE IL HEREBY GIVEN Th.. In pur-
Stockholders Of tho Delta Brick and Tile
COMPANY ,t corporntipn q nesting OF tho
held. and ordered Notice given OF u special
nesting Of tho Stockholders OF said Company.
for the pnrpo~. Of considering nm amendment TO
Article Three OF the Articles OF fncorporn-
ton OF said Company. amending said Articlc
Ihrs:; 80 ms to Irad "a follows. to-wit:
THIRD. Tho Capital Stock OF our said Cor
P2raiion L $500, to BE- divided into nve
all tho Stockboidsrs."
And In pursuance Of said Notice, a special
nesting Of the stockholders Of said Company
y hereby called to meet ut tho onice Of
Miliard Fnirlnmb. In Dyltn, Colorado on We'd
ncssiny. tho I!th day OF March. A. d. 1909. Mt
rvc O'Clock. r. NJ. for tho purpose Of ndcpt.
ing or rcjectinx tho said Amendment, and ni-
~ for the purpose Of clecting the oiI,cerr Of
The s.id Company for the ensuing year. the
by.
:. Dated at Delta. Colorado. this 9Th day Of
February, a. ID 1872
J. T. FABMER, President.
tSEAL.) ". X. JOHNSON. Secretary
First pub. Feb. 5. 1909. Last pub. Feb. ~, 1919,
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Denuer Markets.

DENVER UNION STOCK YARDS,
February 1st. The market was
active last week and prices closed
20 to 80 cents higher on the good
cattle. Demand for desirable
beef stuff was especially strong
and packers could have used a
good many more. Good steers
brought $500 to $3.50 with the
fair kinds at S4. so to $500. Good
cows sold at S3.99 to S4.85 and
the fair to good went at So so to
.4.00. Bulls were firm at S2. so
to S3.25 and veal calves a little
higher tops selling at $3.50 The
demand for feeders and stockers
was especially good and trade
brisk. Some good western Colo
RADIO steers sold at S5.05 and
prices ranged mostly from this
down to A.75 on the better
grades with the fair to good
largely at S3.75 to $3.50. The
demand for feeding stuff is very
strong now as many eastern fin
ishers who held off last fall be
cause of the high price of corn,
are now getting into the game
and filling up their lots. Today's
receipts were 1,5O0 head and un-
der strong demand they were
cleaned up early as an advance
of about a dime over last week.
Hog trade was very good and
prices are higher, most of the
good ones now selling at S5.75 to
$6.4O. The local demand is
strong and prices paid here are
relatively higher than those pre-
vailing at eastern markets for
the same class of stuff.
/ Sheep demand was good and
prices strong to a little higher.
Good fat ewes sold at S4.6O to
$4.75 and good yearlings brought
Sc. 25. Receipts last week were
light and a good many more
could have been used to advan-
tage.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

mates are taking a fresh interest
in the South on the strength Of
Panama prospects.
In his annual report the post
master general recommends that
provision for allowances for trav-
cling expenses of railway postal
clerks be made while the clerks
are away from home and in the
discharge of their duties. The
number Of clerks on railway duty
in the United States is IA, 600.
Their average salary is $115O and
average travelling expenses are
S132. They are the only en-
ployes of the government who
are not allowed an annual vaca-
ton. Their business requires
them to be away from home
much of the time, and their liv-
ing expenses are necessarily in
creased by incessent travel. The
work of the railway postal clerks
is an important part of all busi-
ness activities as we'll as the So
cial life of the country. The
recommendation of the postmas-
ter general deserves the atten-
ton of Congress.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

The attention of the INDE-
PENDENT editor was called to the
fact that in clipping an account
of the death of w. S. Chinn at
Paonia, he credited same to the
Booster, whereas it should have
been credited to the Paonia
N ewspaper. We hastily ac-
knowledge the error, for in all
such matters we desire to give
credit where credit is due. Our
county exchanges are a great
help to the INDEPENDENT in
placing a section of news hap
penings before its readers in a
review manner, and we have no
desire to do any one of them an
injustice.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Notice Of Public trustees Sale.

Default having been madc by Ira ID. McFnsiden
and be~sie NJ McFndden. In the payment Of fivs
interest coupons on their ccrtnin promissory
note for the sum OF 81 90. payable 10 tho oricr
pom OF 500; due Neyomb~r End. 1903; interest
coupon OF 500. due May 72nd, iprs: Interest cou-
pom OF s10b. dne November z2nd. 1917; fnterc-t
coupon Of ti00. dne May 22nd, lDOs Interest
coupon OF SitO. duo November END 1905; and in
tho paymsnt OF the tv07 taxes the premises
hercinnfter de-cribcd, which esid note. interest
9cnpons . NJ and taxe: arc ,ccurcd by their c.rtnin
r.corded la Book ", nt Pnrc hG. OF the rccoryis
Of the County Clcrk and Recorser Of rslid Deltn
tounty. isy reason Of which default, George H.
Whitelaw. the owner OF said note and coupons
has elected to declare all Of said Indebtedness
due and payable. and hns requested this fore
Now Therefore, four weeks public notice ia
hereby given that the undo rsigned. as Trustee
OF said Deed OF Trust under its powers aud
authority and for the and PURPOSES therein
set forth. will sell at public auction for the high
est and best price the same will bring in cash. at
The South front door Of the Court House. In The
Town Of Delta. County OF Delta and State OF
day oi March. A y. 1902. all Of the follow Ing.
dcscrtbed property IN and BY said pccd of Trurv
conveyed, situate In the county OF Delta and
state OF tolorndn t0-wit: Lots numbered ~.
Y, and "a, OF Block =, OF the Original Plat OF
tho Town OF rnonia. according 10 the recorded
plat thereof Also the brick housc thereon. with
furnace. bnthtub. water closet and electric light
nxtures; also one share In the Stewart Ditch
Company
Dated at Delta, Colorado. this 9Th day of Fob
ruarys lDO9.
N. J. RRADLKY,
Public trustee.
First pub Fob sth. 1909 Last pub. March 3, 1909.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Grand Valley NOT in it
WIN Pdonio.

Commenting on the manner in which
the cheerful liars" down at Grand
Junction telegraphcd to Denver papers
last spring that the fruit up toward
Paonia was killed by the frost, the
Paonia Newspaper takes great pleasure
in printing comparison Of shipments
made the past year between Paonia and
the entire Grand Valley, as follows:
Grand Valley shipped, according to
the published report of its association,
423 cars of fruit" Of which Palisade
shipped 249. Clifton SO. Bridges switch
46, Grand Junction 81. Grand Valley
10, DeBeque 8. Ute 3, Rifle l. White
water total 423 The cars were
classified: Apples s5 cars; peaches
1870 cars; pears 66 cars; mixed "a cars;
cantaloupes 46 cars; honey cars. This
from territory extending from Rifle
on the north to south and west of
Grand Junction possibly to the Utah
line.
Now comes the happy sequel of the
"frost-killed" North Fork and Paonia
country. faonia's association shipped
TOO cars of fruit-not mixed or canta-
loupes-but straight fruit-while much
fruit was hauled out, peddled out and
canned, the shipments alone amounting
to almost double those Of the entire
Grand Valley, covering territory for
more than fifty miles.
While this is splendid triumph for
Delta county, 1t should prove to people
investigating for investment that all
they are told should be put to proper
proof tests before they buy in too
great hurry.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

And still the news comes in
big envelopes marked rush. ="
and in great punches of copy
that there will be a session of
the Trans-Mississippi dry farm
ing congress at Cheyenne on
February %, "a, and 25; that
there is going to be an Exposi-
tion in Seattle next summer;
that the Mary Jane hospital
somewhere would like to have
aid: that the date has been set
for the Grand Junction Fair;
that the Denver and Pueblo
fairs are still bucking each other;
that various cities are preparing
for Lincoln day; that a dozen
different legislative bills have
been introduced and should be
fought or indorsed; that this or
the other fellow has a scheme
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

An act, a little word, have
been known to start the greatest
enterprises the world has ever
known. One man in each case
performed the act or uttered the
word. With everybody making
an effort to start something,
some, at least, should succeed.
Delta county is as we'll supplied
with boosters as any place, anc
better than most sections.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

Thursday was ground hog day
and there is no question but that
Sausage could see his shadow all
right at Delta, if he ventured
out and looked for it, for the day
here was clear and sunny. His
giblets, however, may not know
any more about the weather than
Brandenburg does.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

In the senate young Senator
Tobin, of Montrose, has intro
duced a new railroad bill. Sen
ator Tobin stated that he offered
this bill at the request of a large
number of western slope citizens.
The bill changes the present law
in so far that it includes the i'm
portant demurrage provis o n
which was omitted from the
present railroad law when it was
adopted two years ago. The
railroad law, as proposed by
Senator Tobin, has many strong
features.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

An exchange advises some of
the old curmudgeons in its
town to hunt up a new kind of
microbe which will knaw the
rust from their heart-strings. 3"
There may not be much persua-
sion to that kind of language,
but it is strong to the point.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

which he would like to have
boosted at the expense of the
newspaper. Such is life with the
country newspaper. Their pub
fishers must be, in the main, a
lot of suckers, or this sort of
thing would have been discour-
aged long ago.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

Our. people should keep the
matter of the proposed Normal
School alive. Our politicians who
are in touch with the legislative
majority should exert their in
fluence. It is worth while. II
the legislature should conclude
to give the Western Slope g
Normal School, Delta has strong
claims for its location. and every.
body ought to boost for it.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
DELTA INDEPENDENT
A. M. ANDERSON. Editor and Owner.
Entered at the postof6ce in Delta. Colorado.
as second class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
500 Year. Si.oO for Six Months.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Fifty cents per single column inch month lnsertion,
of one week, only, IS cents per inch.
Display ads. changed every two weeks without extra
charge; weekly changes 5 cents per inch additional!
Copy for change Of ads should be supplied later than
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Der line for FIRST issue per line each subsequent nsr
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The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
RIGHT MAN IN
THE RIGHT PLACE.

1 IL
A correspondent who has fa-
cilities of information not given
to the many has written that
year hence Theodore Roosevelt
will enter the Taft cabinet as
secretary of war, his particular
duty being to oversee the con-
struction of the big ditch"
down Panama way. If the cor
respondent is hazarding a guess
it is to be hoped his guess will
come true. A man like Roose-
welt is needed for the job. A
year from now the president will
have returned from Africa ready
for business; his successor at
the White House will have had
his programme mapped and part
of it under fulfllment. !:
The Panama undertaking is a
monster one in itself. Freed
from politics and scheming in a
physical sense it is the greatest
piece of engineering this govern
ment has been called on to put
through. The obstacles are nu-
merous. Experts have disagreed
violently regarding the question
of locks and sea-level. Climatic
and meteorological co ndit t 10 n s
add danger to the work. AL
ready the estimated cost for the
completion of the canal has risen
to double or treble the original
estimates. And in addition to
the physical side of this great
question the politicians and the
great railroad combinations and
their bureaus have been at work
and are at work in an effort te
discredit the whole business
Pow erful newspapers have
} sought to stir scandal. The pro.
ceedings against the Pulitzer
! publication will bring to light
; before long something of the
ramifications of the anti-cana
cabal and the influences which
are behind it. The canal com
pleted would work a wonderful
change. 1t would establish new
economic conditions and requir,
a readjustment of balances ane
, equations all over the country
The trunk lines would have com
petition which they could no
:, silence or purchase or bring mt
combination.
!, No man of the day outside O
Roosevelt could have met tn
9 opposition in congress and pro
ceeded thus far with the work
He was met at every turn b,
:, underhanded methods to bloc
> or delay the enterprise. Rail
road lawyers in congress foun,
n objections in the constitution
. press bureaus found scandal a
: the scene. Responsible employ
f es Of the government found
i necessary under pressure fron
n their former patrons and master
It to resign at critical moments
i But Roosevelt never faltered
:; With him heart and soul was hi
Il secretary of war, the president
e elect. Now it would be accord
It ing to the eternal fitness,
:; after a year to permit Mr.. Taf
o to be settled at the White House
:; Mr.. Roosevelt should becom
g secretary of war and push tn
n canal work to a finish. It is hi
e by right. The Panama cana
e will be one of the Roosevelt
II monuments. Denver Re p ubli
e can.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
BORROWED EDITORIALS

Bryan and to hold Tillman's coat
but has not yet undertaken the
job Of comforting Kern.
Mr.. Taft will return from Pan
anna by way of the mouth of the
Mississippi, the geographical a.
propriety of which route is evi.
dent.
The workers at Panama will
have a warm welcome for Mr..
Taft. They know from his for
mer visits that he is not a hostile
nor a tenderfoot critic.
Ten years ago the wireless tel
egraph seemed a visionary fancy,
but it's present practical uses
show how rapidly a good thing
in this age is pushed along.
Two leviathan battle ships are
a great addition to a navy, judged
either by power of offense or
cost. The advocates of a strong
navy have no reason to be dis
couraged.
The politicians opposed to Gov.
Hughes are warned that if they
are not good he will run for a
third term. This argum e n t
strikes the machine in its ten
derest spot.
May ought to be an interest
ing month in the United States.
The revised tariff will be taking
shape and white rhinoceros bull
letins will be coming in freely
from Africa.
Joel Chandler Harris called one
of his residences Snap Bean Farm
and the other the Sign of the
Wren's Nest. Uncle Remus was
a rare combination of homely
humor and prose poetry.
John Burroughs declares that
after after a man has attained
a competency, money is super
fiuous, just like so much fat.
But there is no similarity in the
desire to apply antifat remedies.
If the government memorial to
Lincoln is to be a highway be-
tween Washington and Gettys-
burg, the road should be marked
at each end by an ARCHITECTURAL
monument worthy of the man to
be honored.
Water-tight compartments
kept the steamship Republic from
sinking as soon as she was RAM
med, and the wireless telegraph
brought relief without delay.
The conquest of the ocean goes
on steadily.
It is stated that the $500 au-
tomobile is better than the $4,000
machine a few years ago. Amer
lean inventors, manufacturers
and workmen propose to lead the
world in this industry and are
making good.
A scientist says earthquakes
can be predicted, but offers moth.
ing more definite than the state
ment that Mount Aetna will be
in eruption some time during the
next eighteen months. Not one
of the prophets thought to send
a word of warning to Messina.
An effort is made to revive the
controversy as to what blew ur
the Maine. This mystery is moi
likely to be solved, but the his
torian has no difficulty in saying
what blew up the last of Spanish
rule in America.
On the question of expungina
the gargoyle speech from the
Congressional Record the vote o1
the House was unanimous. The
author of the wild jamboree oi
epithets extinguished somebody,
but to his surprise it proved te
be himself.
If the various bills to prohibit
stock gambling and hucket-shor
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

week from Sunday. her sweet solo was
heartily enjoyed by the large congrega-
tion last Sunday morning.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
Meet each Sunday at II o'clock a. m,
at Pythian Hall. corner Third and
Main.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

II you have the cash with you call
at the Spot Cash Store whenAin the
city.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
Snake Dance of the
MOQui Indians

The Moqui Indians regard the
serpent as a sacred reptile, pos
sessed of the power of CONTROL
ing the elements and disposed to
be friendly to man. They never
kill a snake, and frequently ham
die the most poisonous serpeHts
with impunity. The rattlesnN ke
is regarded with special venera-
ton, and their bite is no more
dreaded than the scratch of a
mesquite thorn or the pricking
of IL cactus. They have an anti
dote for the bite of a rattlesnake
which is infallible and never fails
to effect cure in few minutes
when administered Immediately.
An Indian Of this TRIBE when bit
ten by rattler swallows the
autidote at once, and after being
Stupefied for q moment becomes
entirely restored and never feels
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
Date Culture.

The cultivation of dates on an
extensive scale is being planned
10y group of California people
who are largely interested IN
lands in the Imperial. Coaehella
and Colorado, river valleys Ar
ticles of incorporation were FILED
with the county recorder last
week, Incorporating the CafifOs
MIA Grown Imported Date Banch
Co. The capital stock of the
new company Ss 81 100000, OF
which, $4O0, OOO is common stock
and 5000; 900, preferred stock.
The chief place for the transac
ton of business is to- be Yuma.
with branch offices at Thermal
and Los Angeles. Louis Cruik
shank, j. E. Wagner and E. A.
Scott are the corpOratorS anc
officers Of the company. 1t is
the intention of the company tt
plant a very large area of lane
near Thermal and at other points
in the Imperial and Colorado
river valleys, expecting within
few years to- be the largest date
producers In the world.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22

was badly beaten over the head ana
face with a gun in the hands OF Nichols.
Branch was so badly hurt that he was
taken to the hospital, and stayed there
until yesterday.
Following the selection OF jurors
and the calling of a number of witness
es for the prosecution, the defense de-
INJURED to the further proceedings on
the ground that Judge Jones had no
right to try the case as the otense was
committed in s5omertOn precinct. me
court took recess until O'Clock to
consider the question of jurisdiction
and upon reconvening announced that
the demurrer had been sustained ana
the case would be dismissed. A new
complaint was al once sworn out, al
leging the same misdemeanor, but not
designating the precinct, and i'ranch
was rearrested. Tne case was set toi
Q e'olock this morning.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
CITY rIAY PURCHASE WAFER
AND LIGHT PLANE

The committee of town conn-
cilmen appointed TO investigate
and report upon the feasibility
and desirabifity of municipal
ownership of water and electric
light works spent Friday last in
consultation with w. P. Bullock
of Chicago, an engineer who rep
resents Chicago capital. The
committee, consisting of Messrs.
w. G. Peterson, P. 0. Splitter
and c.. E. Potter, are Of the
opinion that a bond. issue OF
$500, 900 will cover the purchase
of the present water and electric
light plant and provide for i'm
provements and extension of the
present system. It is understood
that the plant now in use may
be purchased for between $50,
900 and 100000. Mr.. Bullock
offers to take the bonds to the
amount of 5000, 1000 for the First
National Bank of Chicago, and
iu evidence of good faith has de-
posted certified check of IS,
loco. A special meeting of the
Ecouncil has been called for Aug
ust 9, at which Mr.. Bullock will
be present, and the matter will
then be thoroughly discussed.
In the meantime the town vii
be- canvassed for an expression
of the views Of taxpayers on the
Equestion of municipal ownership
land the issuance of bonds.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
laws.

jaws.
An Indian agent formerly a
resident of Yuma once witnessed
one Of these snake dances of the
Mouuis and was Mortified at the
sight.
He saw blood streaming from
the arms and breasts Of the In
dams, who bore the pain with
.stoical indifference and seemed
to take quiet pleasure in the IN
fiction. They believed that the
more savage the snake became
and the deeper the wounds In
ficted, the more copious would
be the shower.
"On the occasion of one of
these Dances" he once related,
"the Indians Of one of the vii
lagos refuse to participate. For
some reason they believed that
the rain would come down With
out the dance, and while the
other villages were engaged IN
the ceremono they sat idly IN
their houses listening to the
noise and smiling at the nnne-
cessary trouble their neighbors
we're taking. Subsequently they
had good cause to repent, fol
when came sweeping down from
the mountains it poured a copl
Gus flood upon the snake-wor
shipping villages and their fields
and passed around the hereto
village and their parched corn
fields, leaving them as dry as
powder horn. The result was
that six of the seven village;
raised abundant crops and th'
other had to cali on the aSen
for government rations.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
The NiChoiS-BranCh Case.

The case of Nichols VS.. Branch, in
which the latter is charged with the
mutilation of set Of harness, the prop
erty of Harvey Hill, a son-in-law OF the
complainant, was called in the court OF
Judge Jones yesterday morning at ten
o'clock. The case is one which origin
ated in the belief of Nichols that last
Saturday night, following a dance at
Nichols hall in the valley, Branch
maliciously cut the harness Of Hills
team. Nichols followed Branch to
town, meeting him as he started on his
rounds with the street sprinkler, of
which he is the driver. Nichols, who
is deputy sheriff, in attempting to
arrest Branch precipitated fight in
which the driver of the sprinkling cart
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
THE. STAFF OF IMPERIAL

Many plans have been formu'
Mted during the last, quarter
century for the creation of new
states in, the southwest. These
several projects have had as a
basis only the general feature OF
a wide extent Of land, sparsely
settled, calling for more local.
government than. that which eE-
lists
Bot the Standard has state
admission, project to outline
ERscA Is based on industrial lines
and which provides. for what
would evidently become one OF
the greatest states of the union.
The details of this project
ugf9lft be rather difficult to- work
out. bat the benefits to be- de-
zived are so manifest that Ii Is
worth the effort. This project
is to take into the new state the
territory of Arizona, the south.
eastern corner Of Nevada anG
that portion of southeastern Cal
ifornia east of the west line o.
Imperial county projected north
ward.
This is based on no whim, bu'
the idea is founded on the fac
that the projected state woulC
include all that portion Of thu
Colorado river lying south o
Utah and which, if its waters arr
properly utilized, would give t.
this land a population of mill
ions.
The word Arizona in its his
torical application is not invit
ing, and the word Imperial i
suggested as a name for the pro
iected state, not SO much beeaGs
1t is the name Of valley whIcI