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The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty Deeds recorded for the
week ending Tuesday. furnished by
The Delta County Abstract Com
pany. Byrum Luce, President.
c. w. Cunningham to H. C. and
H. W. Tetrick, 40 acres near Delta,
$500.
B. Luce to w. c. Settle, 40 acres
near Eckert, s15,500.
w. C. Settle to B. S. Donovan.
40 acres near Eckert. sl00.
Delta County Business Mems AS
sociation to w. C. Settle, lots
Delta, 500.
A. w. and NJ. NJ. Estey to ]. H.
Neal, lots Paonia. $500.
John Forest to Hugo jacob, so
acres near Delta, s5.400.
]. Small to o. d. Foster, 2 lots
Paonia, $1,O50.
f. ]. Mathews to F. Silance, l
lot Paonia, s65.
and fraction lots Paonia. $3.50.
l. Q. Sanborn to Laura S. Cook,
tract in Hotchkiss, 81.
r. o. Wilmot to George Hider,
* interest in so acres near Payne,
81.
A. ]. Eaton to ]. Kuretich, is
acres near Juanita, $500.
]. & p. E. Hurst to E. w. Moutray
5 acres near Paonia, $500.
II. c. Wilson to T. NJ. Wilson, 40
acres Payne mesa, 81.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Bulk Of Apples Raised in County This
Year Will Be First Grade.
Though Orchards Producing Are More or Less
Spotted, There Are Many Trees in
Bearing Sections on Which Apples
Will Have to Be Thinned

AS the season advances and fruit
on the trees begins to swell in size.
orchards are making much better
showings.
The best appearing sections for
large fruit yields are the North
Fork country. taking in Paonia and
Hotchkiss with their valleys and
mesas. the lower half of Surface
Creek and Garnet mesa, while there
will be a scattering yield from other
sections.
The hard freeze in May caught
many orchards which promised
well up to that time and beside.
there are many others that are rest
ing from overbearing last year, and
these will be in good condition to
produce a good crop next year.
With the young trees just begin
ming to bear. however. Delta county
will again have very large ship
ping output this fall.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Western Slope Knights Will
Congregate Here.-Grand
Mesa Lodge the Host.
Grand Chancellor l.. ID. Crane of
Colorado Domain, Will BE Pres
ent and BY Special Request Calls
Members of Other Western Slope

Knights of Pythias on the Western
Slope are making rapid preparations
for gala day on Friday, July %,
next
Grand Mesa Lodge, of Delta, is
to be the host of the occasion, and
visiting members of the order. upon
special invitation. are expected to
be in Delta from Paonia. Hotchkiss,
Montrose and other Pythian points.
The occasion of this Pythian
gathering is a promised visit from
the Grand Chancellor, L. D. Grain,
of the Colorado domain. who is now
making tour of the state. Limited
time at his disposal prevents visit
to each lodge, individually, and at
his special instance and request,
these combined lodge meetings are
being arranged for.
Special invitations have been
ordered sent out by Grand Mesa
Lodge to all surrounding lodges, and
all Pythians on the Western Slope
are expected to be on hand. There
will be feasting and music, with a
banquet, or spread, as Grand Mesa
Lodge has decided to make the af-
fair, memorable in Pythian circles.
Teaaspeciai committees were ap-
posted by Grand Mesa Lodge at its
meeting Tuesday night, to make the
arrangements for the coming dem
onstration. The committees are:
Entertainment-By Luce, w
J. stephens, Joseph 2. Gallup.
Publicity and Reception-N. E
Clack, John R. Charlsworth, Fred
n Dickerson
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Iowa Day At Paonia.

Iowa Day Picnic, now an annual
celebration at Paonia, occurs this
year on Thursday, July 2Sth.
An excursion train will be run
from Delta and big crowd is ex-
pected While the celebration is
based upon the gathering together
of people from Iowa. it has come to
be one in which many Others join,
and we understand that all who
wish to participate are cordially well
come.
One of the features of the day
will be the playing of the return
game of baseball between the bus
mess men of Delta and Paonia. and
this alone will make many want to
attend.
To Iowa people it will be a pleas
ant reunion and jolly day of Wis
iting together.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Stock Growers Expect
A Lively Convention.

The midsummer convention of
the Colorado Stock Growers Asso-
citation next Monday and Tuesday.
promises to be one of the liveliest
gatherings ever held by that body,
and it has engaged in more than one
lively meeting. A number of i'm
portant legislative matters are to be
brought up for action. and opinions
among the cattlemen as to the prop
er action to be taken differ most
markedly.
Another feature that will distin-
euish the convention will be the do
mestic science course offered to all
the women present for the conven-
ton, as well as the ladies of Grand
Junction who care to attend. In
these days of high prices it is es-
sential that women know how to
eoonomize iu the prepaI alton and
selection of meats. and it is this
economy in meat buying and prepar-
alton that the experts who will be
here for the convention will en-
deavor to demonstrate.-Gran
Junction News.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Vast Section of Best Produc.
ing Land on Earth Would
Supply 1t Business.
Fruit Belt, Meadow Land, Grain
Fields, Stock Ranges and Coal
Mines to Feed Railroad Would
Guarantee Its Success.-Some In
teresting Facts.

That much of the Surface Creek
country would benefit by railroad,
no one living in that section would
doubt. Many of the farms and or
chards are from ten to fifteen miles
from the nearest railroad station.
This does not prevent them from
marketing their products by any
means, but it causes a long team
haul and extra expense. while they
should have railroad facilities at
the door
For such a road there would be
ample business. To build it would
be an easy matter, for the grade
is easy and the country level. The
country through which it would be
built could supply it with hundreds
of carloads of fruit, farm produce
and stock, and, with little further
developement, all the thousands of
carloads of coal that could be mar
keted.
The people of Cedaredge and up
per Surface Creek want a railroad
and need one. The proposition to
build such road is open to any
enterprising company who may en-
ter the field.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Excursion to ouray a Success.

The Odd Fellows Excursion to
Ouray Tuesday was n big success.
Nine coaches were filled to the limit
before the train reached Delta. II
left here with twelve coaches that
we're loaded still heavier than the
nine had been that came down the
North Fork. and from Montrose on
over the narrow guage, two trains
were found necessary to accomodate
the big crowd. We even heard that
some few were left behind owing to
the crowded condition of the train.
The excursionists returned about
1900 O'Clock Tuesday night. The
day was pleasantly spent in the
Hills city and regrets were plenty
that the stay "up where 1t is cooler"
could not be prolonged through the
heated term. About four hundred
went from Delta.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Where Many Fail.

There are many people in business
today who can select goods needed
by the people and buy them at the
right price. They can also sell them
when they get customer before
the counter. But they fail to do a
paying business because they fail
to make themselves or their store
well known in the community. They
may be honest and deal fair, but
the people do not know it. They
fail because they are too timid to
'blo. sir own horns" No busi-
ness was ever built up from the
floating trade from their sidewalk.
The shrewd business man makes his
name and business popular by keep
ing them before the people and by
fair dealing with those he thus in
duces to visit thim.-Exchange.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Opening of Thiri Street.

The opening of Third street and
grading it up on Garnet mesa is
one of the best improvements the
city, or rather the property owners
along that section of Third, who
volunteered the expense of grading.
have made.
The view now furnished from
Main UP Third is revelation. The
slope up Garnet mesa is straight.
scenic highway and the only road
way visible leading up the mesa, as
those from Fourth street are merely
wagonways following up the side
Hill and can hardly be noticed un-
til you get to them. 1t would be a
very nice thing II Fourth and Fifth
streets could also be graded up the
mesa. 1t would make the city look
more like 1t could be placed prop
erly on the map.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
South Canal OF Gunnison
Tunnel Broke Sunday.

Considerable excitement was
aroused in Montrose and vicinity
when the report came in that there
he'd been a break discovered in the
south canal of the Gunnison tunnel.
It had been feared that great
many leaks would occur when the
water was turned in. but this is the
only one of any consequence that
las thus far been reported.
The officials at Montrose were
notified as soon as the break was dis
covered and the head gate at River
Portal was at once closed.
Engineer Pease says that the
damage is not great and that the
canal will only be out of order a
short time.
1t was at first reported that num-
Ter of bridges along the county road
had been washed out below the
break. but later reports do not con-
firm that story.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
rclcphonc Company boosters.

The Colorado Telephone Company
have spent n good many thousand
past year. They have and are still
doing much to boost this district to
the front. Last winter fine new
plant. including one of the latest
switchboards was installed in the
Delta exchange. and new poles. lines
and cables, and in fact, nearly a
whole new system was put In here.
besides a great amount of construc-
ton of lines and other improve
ments in the Cedaredge district and
over the county generally, and now
commence the erection of a fine new
exchange building in Delta.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Talk of Baseball PeHnant
For the Western Slope.


1t has been suggested by James
Mylchreest and others of our base
ball fans that the Western Slope
Fair Association hang up a purse
and a pennant this year for the
teams of the Western Slope. A re-
cord could be kept of the percent
age of the various clubs throughout
the season and the ''rubbers" could
be played off at the fair grounds.
1t has been suggested that per-
haps the ball games would interfere
with the racing. but it seems that
some arrangement could be made
whereby the two attractions would
not conflict. The majority of the
ball games might be held the first
day when there is no racing. and
the attendance of this day greatly
increased. The fair directors have
discussed the matter to some ex-
tent but have arrived at no definite
conclusion. 1t is probable that they
will take it up again and endeavor
to evolve some sort of way out of
the difficulty Press.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
State Republican Committee
to Meet in Pueblo July o3.

DR.. Hubert Work, chairman of
the Republican state central commit
tee, will summon the members of
the committee to meet in Pueblo
July 2Srd, when the date of the
state convention will be fixed and
the appointment of delegates be
determined.
1t is expected that when the ex-
ecutive committee meets there will
also be an attendance of the Re
publican representatives and the
twenty Republican senators will be
of Importance to the Democratic
party, as it is believed the Repub-
licans will decide upon a course to
be followed in the extra session.
Much as the Democrats have
written and spoken about redemp-
ton of party pledges and the imper-
ative need of passing the reform
laws in order to maintain the integ-
rity of the party, they know that
without the assistance of the Repub-
licans they will be powerless.
The Republican senators have the
situation in the hollow of their
hands and If their caucus should
decide to go down against the Dem
ocratic party program there will be
discontinue and possibly disaster to
the party of Jefferson.
Next week County Chairman Wick
cry will open headquarters in Den
yer and begin preparations for a
vigorous campaign. Vickery will ad-
vocate to the county central com
mittee that they restore women to
membership In the committee
Recently number of petitions have
been received from womans' organi-
zations asking that precinct COM
mittee women be accorded the same
votes and authority that the com
mitteemen now possess. Vickery Is
in favor Of the plan and 80 is a
majority of the executive committee
Denver Post.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
More New Buildings For Delta.

In another column of this paper
will be found call for bids for the
construction of city Jail. The
building is to be erected at Third
and Meeker streets. fronting on
Third street. and will. beside serv-
ing as city jail, be used for city
hall for a time until conditions are
satisfactorily shaped to enable the
building of n more commodious
structure on the remaining portion
of the same lots to front on Meeker
street.
The building now to be erected
will be of Delta pressed brick with
an eight foot basement. The foun-
dation and floor of basement are
to be of concrete and the building
will be equipped with steam heat
ing plant The front will be of plate
glass and structural steel. As n
whole, 1t will be modern in every
respect.
This will be great improvement
over the old frame building that at
present ahs"eTs ioi e'e' '"'' a."
is much needed one, and VIII be
a neat start toward the kind of a
city hall city like Delta should and
eventually will have.
On Monday the fire bell and the
old tower in which II is hung. We're
moved from the corner of Fifth and
Main streets where they have stood
for n good many years, to the rear
end of the same lot. to give place
to the new modern building. the
erection of which. by the Colorado
Telephone Company, will begin at
once. The edifice will be of Delta
pressed brick. and will be modern
in every way.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Fasts Twenty-six Days.

William Herbert, who was sent
to Grand Junction about a month
ago from Newark, New Jersey, by
doctors who thought he would not
return, but instead would die there,
on his arrival decided to try fast
ing, which he kept up for &c days.
He says that on the sixth day he
became quite feeble; on the ninth
day his appetite vanished entirely
and he became hungry again on the
twenty-fifth day. Herbert lost forty
pounds during the fasting period.
but declares that he never felt bet
ter in his life, and has given as a
maxim for others: Don't eat so
much and you will feel better and
be more healthy than ever before. Z"
He was in bed the first ten days,
but got up then and began taking a
little lemon juice, and not until the
twenty-sixth day did he eat a few
cherries.
The theory of fasting is that it
removes all impurities from the sys-
bles one to begin life anew. Few
have the courage to carry out a
long fast.
Who knows but that this may be
the solution of the. high cost of liv-
ing?
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Gunnison Fishing.

Gunnison fishing is not considered
any where near its best, trout are
not biting through the day. and can
only be caught from dusk until ten
o'clock at night. and hardly later
than sun up in the morning. At
these times they raise fairly well to
flies and some good fish are being
taken. The river seems to be fairly
supplied with trout. as in the after
Moons they can be seen jumping in
all directions.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

j. B. Ratekin has been looking
Lovett & Johnson started in on
their new mail contract, Delta to
Cedaredge, July 1st.
Miss Ida NJ. Larson and S. j..
Stetson. of Ouray, were married
in Montrose on July 1st.
Montrose is beginning to put up
strong fight for the proposed l.
o. o. F. Home-So is Delta.
The divorce suit of F. B. Thayer
VS.. May V. Thayer, was dismissed
from court in Montrose last week.
A Young Mems Club" has been
organized at Montrose and from re-
ports is getting large membership.
Robert Estep, we'll known citizen
of Montrose. was thrown from a
horse Saturday and received some
very painful injuries.
The bandit that held up the Nor
wood-Montrose stage on June 30th
is still at large, no trace having
been found of his Whereabouts.
B. P. Taft, Noble Fogg, T. NJ.
Sisk, Lafayette Wallace and Mrs.
Victoria Pomatier have installed tel
ephones at their ranch homes on
Tongue Creek.
Bert Peasel and Ed johnson, two
tramps charged with beating and
robbing an aged citizen of Palisade,
are being held in Jail at Grand juno
tion awaiting hearing.
Jake Sanders and Miss Ella Sch
wichtenberg, both of Montrose, were
married in that city Wednesday of
last week. No one could blame
Ella for changing that name.
Several Montrose autos were de-
tanned on their way to and from
Ouray on the Fourth, by mud which
was caused by seepage. The roads
are said to be in very bad condition.
Charles Bailey of Montrose fell
from stepladder while washing
windows at the Montrose restaurant
one day last week and broke both
bones of his leg between the knee
and the ankle.
F. H. Palmer of Las Vegas, New
Mexico. has purchased the R. c.
Larkin tract northwest of Cedar
edge for s3SO0. Mr.. Palmer is to
move to his new purchase and fur
ther develop and improve the land.
General Manager Lyon of the Hot
Bath Company and the Colorado Ho
tel Company at Glenwood Springs,
lost the use of his right eye last
Tuesday when the optic was struck
by the flying mallet from polo
stick
An interesting program has been
arranged for the State School Su-
perintendents, who meet in conven-
tion at Grand Junction. July Is and
IA. Joy rides, an interurban trip to
Fruita. banquet, etc. are a part of
the attentions to be shown the
school leaders.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
The Nlcanest, Ever,

The meanest trick ever perpetra-
ted upon a lover was that which his
best girls papa sprung upon a North
Delta youth who stayed longer than
the old gents stock of patience
could last. He finally appeared at
the head OF the stairs and began to
sing. "The Morning Light Is Break
ing, the Darkness Disappears"
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Fred King May Shoot at
Eruita During Celel


Fruita During Celebration.
Fred King of Delta, one of the
most expert trap shooters of the
United States. and son of Judge A.
r. King of Delta. visited friends in
points in Utah. Idaho and other
western points to engage in contests
Young Mr.. King has captured
many of the largest shoots in the
country and has made his name fa-
nous among the marksman of the
country. For some time he was a
student OF Denver University and
at present is enrolled at Chicago
University.
He will return in time to be pres
ent at the opening of the interur-
ban. Thursday. July l4th.
An effort is under way to try and
persuade young Mr.. King to give
an exhibition at Fruita during the
celebration. 1t would be a feature
that would interest the people of
the two cities and the visitors. and
an opportunity to witness a crack
marksman would be one which many
would not overlook.
Many personal friends of Mr..
King, feel confident that he can be
prevailed upon to accommodate his
Grand valley friends.-Grand juno
ton Sentinel, Tuesday.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
The Beet Sugar Industry.

Beet Sugar making is yet an In
FAINT industry, with $130,000,000 in
vested. 1t is not old enough in this
country to be developed without
protection. But there are many in
dications that tend to show how
We may some day compete with the
world in the production of beet
sugar.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Delta Boys Buy p.onia Laundry.

Floyd Schmidt, who has been en-
ployed at the Delta Steam Laundry
for the past four and half
years, and julius Barger, who has
been in their regular employ for
nearly year past, closed a deal
this week which gives them pos
session of the steam laundry at Pao-
MIA. A new boiler and other equip
ment for the plant has been order
ed from Denver and is expected to
arrive in few days, and as soon
as same can be installed. the plant
will be ready for business.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Sizing I'm His load"

Fargoans had occasion recently to
speculate as to whether a drunken
man was such an idiot. He was
standing on a penny weighing ma
chine endeavcring to insert coin
In the slot. He said he wanted to
weigh himself to see how much of
q load" he had.-Fargo Forum.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Y. NJ. @. A. Raided.

Grand Junction papers this week
published an account of officers
raiding rooms in the new Y. M. G.
A. building in that city for gambling.
Absence of money or chips In sight
freed those arrested.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Irrigation Makes and Saves Crops.

Irrigation Makes and Saves Crops.
The season at Delta has been one
of the dryest on record from a
standpoint of rainfall. There has
been. in reality. no rain at all since
winter. This brings out strongly
the advantage of having plenty of
water for irrigating. Our crops are
normal, while If we had not the
good amount of water always at
hand for irrigating. we could raise
little or nothing in such a dry sea-
son. In this respect Delta is far
ahead of most irrigated sections,
The North Fork section is supplied
from the North Fork of the Gunni-
son. supplemented by the water from
a number of creeks The Surface
Creek section is supplied by the big
chain of Grand mesa lakes. Tongue
creek and the Gunnison water the
North Delta district. as well as the
Gunnison valley proper, while the
section south is irrigated by the
Uncompahgre river, now aided by
water from the Gunnison, received
through the Gunnison tunnel.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
PHYSICIAN tests
"POP' And is ILL
Severe Case of Lead Poisoning
Results From Drinking
Fourteen Bottles
Special Dispateh to The Call

lSpecfdt Dispatch TO ne (ottI
CHICAGO. July 23.---As final test
of the purity of pop" which he sus-
pected had caused 100 or more cases OF
a peculiar sickness among children or
the Northwest side, Dr. George W.
ThiIo Jr. drank IA bottles of the car
donated beverage and today was SUI
fering from a severe attack OF lead
poisoning
A druggist who tried the same eX-
pertinent also was afflicted in the same
way. They notified the health depart
ment and the manufacturers of the
pop were ordered to close their plant.
Analysis of the drink showed that
each bottle, containing about one glass
ful, held in solution enough lead salts
to endanger the life OF child. and
Doctor Thilo expressed the belief that
it was this poison that has been puz-
cling physicians along West Division
street all summer.
Children have been afflicted with a
form of collie not subject to dag
nosis. In it's most acute form the
trouble developed into cOnvulsions.
which continued several hours, and the
effects of which did not wear OF for
days.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
CANNON AND ALDRICH
TRAITORS''-CUMMI MINIS
Iowa Senator Flags Republican
~ .eaders in Kansas Address

PEABODY, Kan, July Ex-senator
Albert p Cummins of Iowa, in his
speech before the Chautauqua here to-
day. asserted that Senator Aldrich and
SPEAKER Cannon were traitors TO their
ia rty. II not to the country. when they
g.i're their support to the Wickersham
taaroad bill as it came from the at
t5Iney generals Office, and demanded
tfst ii 90 through congress.
Senator Cummins said. That bill
was a direct rcpudiation Of the repub-
-ift5a party platform Of 1908, and It
s5.ag directly in the interest Of the rail
S6aGk and not In the interest of the
gre Aeommon people of the country.
.Speaker Cannon and Aldrich and
1nEu Of their class seem to think the
republican party was formed to make
nllg rich. I think It was born TO make
men free.