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The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Paradox Railroad Incorporated.

Articles of incorporation for the
Paradox-Pacific Construction and
Land Company, the company which
II to build the Paradox railroad.
were filed yesterday. with the sec
retary of state at Denver. This
means that the work OF building the
road will probably soon commence.
George l. Bergen. one OF the direc-
tors OF the company received tel
egram this morning from Carmon
Layton. apprising the former of the
fact OF incorporation and giving the
names of the incorporators and di-
rectors
The incorporators were: Samuel
Brown, Jr., Fred l.. Lucas; Jamot
Brown. Carmon Layton. The direc-
porators and G. w. Hamilton, Chas.
A. Fischer. George l. Bergen, ]. A.
Becker. c. G. Mety. +. NJ. Schur, Ed
ward G. widman. The Browns who
are among the incorporators are
Chicago capitalists and are the main
financial power behind tho great
Southern Colorado Irrigation Com
pany. which has just let $4,000
600 contract on it's projects in the
Wet Mountain valley and other val
lcys in that vicinity.
The Incorporation of the con-
struction company probably means
that active work on the road will
begin just as soon as practicable. II
is planned by the company to ulti-
mately extend the road TO the Pa
cific coast after the first section from
Montrose to Paradox is completed.
Exploitation and development of
lands along the line of the road will
be n feature of the undertaking and
great stress will be placed upon
efforts to develop country through
which the road will pass.-Mont-
rose Press
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
The Return Of Tumho.

He's coming back from the jung
les dark, with the skins of beasts he
shot. The kangroo and the basking
shark, and the deadly hippopot.
He's coming back to his native land
we hope he will come in haste.
with an alligator in either hand.
and a snake around his waist o,
We miss him sore as the days go by.
and the weeks SO devoid of stir.
for no one is making the feathers
fly or filling the air with fur. The
country fingers in peace's lap,
to the boring of living men. but
maybe thereu be an old-time scrap.
when Tumbo is home again, Per-
haps- there will be shower OF
blood. and the sound of cracking
bones. So hasten back from the
jungles dim. to a land that is tired
of peace. We long and long for
the battle hymn. and the thud and
the elbow grease! o hasten back
from the rhino's haunt. and the
lair of the fierce giraffe. from trys-
ting tree OF the elephant. and the
den OF the bison calf. to the land
that mourns for your martial zeal.
to land that is red with rust. We
know that Tumbo will make things
sQueal. and stir up . row or bust.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Next Irrigation Congress.

Delta county should look forward
to making n creditable exhibit Mt
the next session of the Irrigation
Congress. which will be held In our
own state. at Pueblo next fall.
As has been proven. no section
where crops are raised by irriga-
tion can make better showing
than our own county which has
fairly earned the title OF the banner
county OF the United States. There
are more awards to be captured, and
We may as well try for them.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
You Want the Home News.

The Independent will in a
short time. inaugurate an improved
system OF news gathering and news
printing. We are getting things
down to where we can do this and
publish the news while II is news. Al
machine. We fancy readers can see
considerable Improvement. though
but small portion of the curves
have yet been mapped out. II you
want the home news. and we are
sure you do, you know what paper
to subscribe for. The Independent
is the paper that will publish the
news and boost your interests all
the time
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
The Last Shot Was Fired at
Gunnison Tunnel,
Saturday.
Three Miles of Concreting. Now
To Be Rushed, Will Com
plete This Great
Project.

In giving the finishing touches to
the six-mile Gunnison tunnel, the
last necessary shots were fired last
Saturday and the remaining seven
teen machine drill men were dis
charged.
There remains to complete the
tunnel. about three miles of concre-
ting. and this is to be rushed to
completion with full force and it is
said will take but short time.
And this, the greatest engineering
feat of its character ever underta-
ken. is about to be completed,
after five years of labor and strug-
gle. Millions have been spent and
8 score of lives have been lost, but
the accomplishment of the work
of building this tunnel will go down
in history. while garlands of grain
and wreaths of flowers from thou
sands of acres of reclaimed desert
will be the tribute to its success.
From a deep canon through which
rushes the mighty Gunnison, wa
terway has been cut through adja-
cent ridges and upheaving dikes,
distnacef of six miles, which will
carry moistening fluid to the desert
lands above and below Montrose.
and add to the supply taken from
the Uncompahgre to irrigate valley
lands already under cultivation.
Thus the whole country to the
south and southeast of Delta will be
brought under water and will vie
with land already cultivated in pro-
ducing the varied profitable crops
for which our lands have become
so justly celebrated.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
What Pulp Does for Steers.

State Treasurer Galligan related
while discussing the sugar factory
matter Monday night. that he had
been buying Western Slope feeders
each year since the factory was
built at Loveland. These he took
to his place and fattened on beet
pulp. and he had averaged net
profit in SO doing of from IS to SIS
per head. His suggestion that our
stockmen could with n factory here,
send finished beef to Denver instead
of stock cattle, and gain that profit
for themselves. is worth consider
lag.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Not One Crop or Product Controls
the Destiny Of Delta County.
Fruit Is Great-Sugar Beets Mammoth Grains
and Alfalfa Fine.--P Potatoes and All
Vegetables Pro6table.--The
Stock Industry Large.

Most to recommend Delta county
soil is it's adaptability to the grow
ing of so many different products
This perhaps is not true of one
piece of ground. yet the same piece
may grow prohtably several crops.
The river bottom lands for instance
will grow oats. alfalfa. sugar beets,
potatoes. onions and garden Vege-
tables. and also peaches and berries,
The mesa lands are preferable for
apples. and are fine also for peaches.
appricots and plums, and are also
good for wheat. oats and alfalfa.
The fact that all the crops men
toned are profitable. and that ma
jority of them will hit year after
year, places our people entirely
without fear of the total crop fail
ures. II one crop is light, half a
dozen others can be depended upon
TO be heavy in yield. and this insurse
perpetual prosperity.
Our land has produced more than
one hundred bushels of oats to the
acre. Wheat has yielded proportion
ately we'll. Alfalfa cuts to tons
per acre. Potatoes have produced
as high as 400 sacks to the acre.
Sugar betas yield from I s TO 40 tons
per acre. Onions have paid as high
as 81 900 per acre. as have also ber-
ries. Apple crops have brought t,-
600 an acre. Vegetables and melons
have brought $500 to $500 an acre.
Honey is produced and sold by the
many carloads. and 1t is claimed that
ESQ stands of bees well cared for.
will net their owner $4,000 year.
Stock growing is also large and
profitable industry. Poultry on the
farm is alike paying issue.
In such country with fuel at the
door and plenty of water to irrigate,
there is very little to be feared. and
such land must ever have an increas-
ing value
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Sugar Factory Easy to Get.

1t would be one of the easiest
things imaginable for Delta to Sc
cure sugar factory. but for the
fight the Grand Junction sugar ma
kers put up against it. Having the
field covered by their contracts and
needing the beets raised in this ter
ritory, they are naturally determined
that Delta shall not have factory
to work up its own beets if they
can help 1t. II seems to have been
a mistake to have built sugar fac
tory at Grand Junction in the first
place. to which beets grown from SO
to 75 miles away have to be shipped
in to be worked into sugar. How
ever Delta is going to have fac
tory of our own, and. her farmers
are going to raise the beets for it.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
SMOKER HAD
BIG CROWD
Beet Sugar Factory and Sugar
Making Industry Were
Eloquently Discussed.
Delta Effort to Secure a Factory
Commended by Speakers.---
Conditions Favorable for
Such an Industry.

The Business Mems meeting and
smoker at l. o. o. F. hall. Monday
night, drew a good crowd, and the
speakers were accorded an enthusi-
astic reception.
DR.. A. H. Stockham was the first
speaker He discussed the beet
sugar subject in an earnest manner.
He said the factory was needed;
that he believed it would pay. DR..
Stockham thought it would, besides
proving a safe investment for those
who subscribed for stock, do much
to increase local revenues and add
to the permanent wealth of Delta
and Delta county.
Hon. Merle d. Vincent, of Paonia
followed Dr.. Stockham. Mr.. Vim
cents talk was mostly on statistics
he had gathered concerning the
sugar industry, treating of amount
of sugar manufactured as against
the amount consumed. showing the
large deficit in supply for the de-
mand, comparative production of
beet with cane sugar, growth of the
industry. etc.
Mr.. Vincent commended the in
terest being taken in the matter of
securing a factory at Delta and be-
lieved 1t would do more than any
one thing to materially advance the
city and country.
Hpn, w. J. Galligan. state treas
ure6. xAs thai Aert and principal
speaker' on the beet sugar industry
and beet sugar making.
Mr. Galligan lived at Longmont
when the first factory in the nor
thern part of the state was built.
To get that factory they had to do
nate $4,000 in cash. donate 500
acres of land and subscribe 5000
acres of beets. 1t was a big under
taking" said the speaker. but We
got together, got our committees to
working and when one committee
became tired out we put another in
its place. We simply said; We are
going to have a sugar factory and
we got it. Then Longmont had about
800 people, now it has 5000. Be
fore the factory had started work
counted I25 houses building at
one time"
Mr.. Galligan gave many interes-
ting figures on the sugar industry
and emphasized the fact that sugar
factories were all proving a success,
and that little If any sugar stock
could be bought on the market. He
also referred to the large territory
to be drawn from here for beets,
remarking that smaller area OF
beet soil on the north side sup
piled four different factories. Mr..
Galligan closed by saying: If you
people present here tonight will Just
get together and say: We are going
to have a sugar factory you will
get one"
The meeting was one of good feel
ing but earnest demeanor, proving
that our people are becoming Sc
rious and determined in the matter
of securing a home factory to oper-
ate and turn their beets into sugar.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Our Wealth of Coal.

Few people realize how great Is
D,,ta county's wealth OF coal.
Great veins. some OF them ten
and even twenty feet thick. have
been developed all along Grand
mesa, and these are evidently but
the surface strata. Below are no
doubt measures of larger dimensions
still. and perhaps OF even better
quality. At any rate, we have dem
onstrated plenty of coal for domestic
and manufacturing purposes, as well
as abundance to ship to other mar
kcia
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
WEDDINGS.
Rarnes-lsushong.

Friends in this city have received
the announcement of the marriage
OF Joseph Curtis Barnes and Miss
Flora Elyss Bushong which will take
place at Sedgwick, Kansas. on Tues
day. April 8. Both are well known
in Montrose. Mr. Barnes is the lit
erary genius of Duckett Draw and
the spokesman for the homesteaders
under the west canal. Miss Bushopg
spent last summer in the city du-
ring which time she made many
friends in this locality. In all prob
ability they will return to Montrose
to make their home.-Montrose En-
terprise.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Grand junction Juror
Arrested for Cattle Stealing.

Grand Junction, March 2S.-Al-
bert Harkleroad, ranchman of the
Truita section, after having served
for three weeks on the jury panel
OF the Mesa county district court,
and after having sat on juries that
convicted men of various crimes at
this term of court, was himself
brought to the city late Saturday
afternoon, charged with cattle steal
ing.
The prisoner had been discharged
as juror yesterday and had scarce
ly reached home when placed under
arrest by Deputy Sheriff Watson
Nichols. Fred Hargis. a stepson OF
the prisoner. was arrested at the
same time on the same charge.
The pair are accused of stealing
several head of cattle from the Sci
ber Cattle Company. They were given
a preliminary hearing and bound
over to the district court. 1t is said
some of the stolen cattle were found
in his possession.
Harkleroad was summoned in the
regular manner for service on
the Mesa county jury and served on
several criminal trials during the
term
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Wandered Out to Die.

Prof. ii. X. Hollowell, an aged
geologist of Gunnison wandered
away from home Monday afternoon
and was found dead above town on
the river bank by searching party
the following day. Hollowell was
75 years old. His body was In n sit
ting posture but wet as though he
may have fallen in the river. and
then gained his position on the bank
whore his body was found.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
SAID BY STATE EDITORS.

Politicians who claim to be in
formed aver that Double Bee Lind
sey, of Denver, has destroyed the
chances of the democrats electing
state ticket this year by butting
in. Maybe so. However, it is a
cinch that since Judge Lindsey has
been doing his magazine muck rak-
ing stunt he has made fewer friends
than he has enemies, and if he was
turned down before he did that he
certainly will be now.-Telluride
Examiner.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
BIRTHS.

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Cabal Galyers, of Crawford, on
March is.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman Reihi, of
Hotchkiss, have bright baby
daughter born on "Wednesday of
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lewis We're
made happy over the birth to them
of a daughter. on March goth. Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis live at Crawford.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
SOCIETY NOTES.

Mrs. Helt entertained at Five Hun
dred last Friday evening.
= =
Mrs. Holsclaw entertained at lun-
cheon Wednesday. having as guests.
the members of the Economical Lun
cheon Club
Mrs. l. NJ McMurray and Miss
Emma Myers entertained at fancy
work both wednesday and Thurs
day. A dainty luncheon was served.
= = =
Mrs. H. X. Porter and Mrs. II. Il.
Stookham gave reception at the
home OF Mrs. Porter on Garnet Mesa
Wednesday afternoon. Pink and
white carnations were the favors.
and the color scheme was pink and
white throughout. A very large num-
ber OF guests were present to enjoy
the hospitality OF the amiable and
graceful hostesses.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Hotchkiss Town Ticket.

The following candidates have
been placed in nomination at Hotch-
kiss on the Citizens ticket: For
Mayor. George II. Duke; Clerk.
Fred ID. Willoughby: Treasurer, Su-
sic Lee Hall; Trustees. Paul Will
son. A. ID. Garret and Harry s. John
son.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Justice Brcwcr Dead.

David j. Brewer. one of the OIL
dest OF the associate justices OF the
Supreme Court of the United States.
died suddenly in Washington Mon
day night from a stroke of apoplexy
Justice Brewer was 73 years of
age. He had been on the United
States Supreme bench for twenty
years.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Cemeteries Refused to Allow
burial of Black Hand Member

Sam Falconi the Black Hand
member who was shot by deputy
sheriffs at Pueblo last week when
starting away with money he had
orderded placed at a certain spot
under penalty of death, was buried
Saturday under an assumed name.
The trustees of all the cemeteries
refused to allow his burial in their
grounds.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01

The Denver Democrat says in
every county in the state Shafroth
has ignored party organization. This
is serious mistake for any COVER
nor or official. 1t is betrayal of
every instinct of decency-provid-
ing the organization puts forth de-
cent men to be honored. All things
being equal. party organization
should be recognized above the per
sonal whims of any man elected by
the grace of the party to which he
belongs.-Durango Herald.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
CcsIarcsigc Ticket.

The following ticket has been
nominated Mt Ccdaredge.
For mayor. Il. ID. Smith; for coun-
Gil. w. u. Smithurst. II. p. James;
]. II. Davis and A. NJ. Cowell.
Roy A. Downs, DR.. l.. c. Bolton
and Virgil Atchison were named as
n committee to I'LL vacancies.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Niontrosc Depot Has

NNrrOW EsCNIbC.
Fire broke out in cooking car
standing near the depot at Montrose
Tuesday and the wind quickly fan
ned 1t to flames. Quick work of the
Are department was all that saved
tho station building and consider
able other property
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
Delta Stenographers to

Form Association.
The stenographers OF Delta will
meet tonight at the office OF the
Delta County Abstract Company for
the purpose of forming Steno-
srapher's Association. for mutual en-
tertainment and benefit.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01
DEATHS.

Isaac Howe, of Montrose, died last
Friday. at the age of ninety years.
He was father OF police Judge J.w.
Howe of that city.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01

Funeral services were held over
the body of Charles Chaplin. whose
family reside on Stewart mesa. at
the Friends church in Paonia, last
Sunday At 2:00 pm.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01

1t has become customary of late
years for both the democratic and
republican editors of the country
press to take editorials on political
questions from the state and ma
tional bureaus of the two great poll
tical parties. And as usual this
week the Democratic editors of Colo
rado appointed a committee to fur
Rish cold storage editorials for the
consumption of the country press.
And isn't that about the limit? The
Call wants to join a union of the
press of both parties which shall
have as its cardinal principle, the
reflections of patent opinions of
any sort.-Longmont Call.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01

The Republican newspaper pub
fishers are forming a state organiza-
ton for the good of the party. They
realize that the restoration Of the
state government to the Republican
party depends largely upon them,
and they will outline an aggressive
campaign along this line of thought
Among other commendable ideas it
is part of the plan to insist that the
professional politicians and office
seekers do not prepare slate to pre-
sent to the Republican state conven-
ton. If there is any slate making
to be done the newspaper men will
insist on getting on the inside of the
deal and. if necessary, do little
along that line themselves.-Pueblo
Indicator.
The Delta independent., 1910-04-01

Henry j. Jacobshngen of Grand
Junction. was instantly killed by the
accidental discharging of his shot
gun while hunting near Fruita, on
March 26
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
FAIR, But TO Be COOLER
There Is Nothing in Observer Grasses
Predictions to Show Anything
Like Rain Coming.

The predictions for tonight and to-
morrow are fair weather, but cooler
tomorrow. There is no promise of rain
In the predictions. Yesterday after
noon and evening there were many
ugly looking clouds, but with the Elk
ception of a sprinkle, they were not
productive of much rain. The weather
conditions for the past twenty four
hours are summed as follows:
Heavy showers have fallen in the
Canadian northwest from Calgary to
Medicine Hat, over eastern North Da :
kota, eastern Minnesota and Nebraska,
with heavy rains over the gulf states.
Elsewhere fair weather prevails.
Temperatures are lower over the
Missouri and Red River valleys. The
pressure Is high over the Dakotas and
British possessions adjoining, and
slowly falling in the Pacific states.
TIE indications are for fair weather
in this vicinity tonight and Sunday:
cooler tonight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
POLLOCK CLAIMS !
-aE
G. n. WAS BEATEN
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS IN,
CASE REFUTEs STATEMENT
MADE BY g. NJ. AGENT THAT.
RAILROAD WAS REALLY VIC
ToRIoUS IN SUIT. &

There must have been a mistake or
misunderstanding" said Mr.. Pollock
this morning, 'as to what Colonel Hui
said as reported in The Forum last
evening, with reference to the Great.
Northern condemnation cases recently,
tried in the district court. - 80
Colonel Hull is reported TO have
said that in all but two cases the YER
diet was for less than the Great North-t
ern had offered. This is incorrect. f8rN
the reason that in four out of five1
cases In which l was interested forl
clients, the jury awards were largely
In excess of the company's offers. 4
This is true of the two Weaver
cases. he continued. 1.-THE Northern1
Trading company case and the Knight
case were also the same. In the last
two cases mentioned the verdicts WERE
for nearly twice the railroads offers.
The Hill case was the only one OF
the five cases in which the award wasE
not for more than the offered In thel
four cases the jury awards were prac-l
tically for the amounts which the own-i
ers of the property offered to received
In settlement. 1t Is true that Mr. Hin
received a verdict for considerably lessE
than the company had offered to payt
him, which offer he deemed to be tool
low and which he refused to accept. I
Naturally he is disappointed in the sum
allowed him by the jury" l