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The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
WESTERN SLOPE G. A. r.
AT RIFLE MEX WEEK
Rousing Time Promised For the
Veterans and Woman's Relief
Corps

The G. A. r. promises big time
at Rifle next week. as it's associa-
ton meet is to be held there on the
27th. 2Sth and 29th,
The program for the 27th will con
sist of an entertainment and camp
fire in the evening.
On the 2Sth will be a business
meeting at IL a. m. At 1880 p. m.
will be a parade in which the Rifle
schools will participate. At $3.50
p. m, will be the banquet and at
s p. m. speaking.
On the 29th. general roundup.
The railroads have granted for
the occasion. q rate of one fare for
the round trip.
A good many Delta veterans and
woman's Relief Corps members will
60 from here to help make the oc-
cAsion . success.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty Deeds recorded for the
week ending Tuesday, furnished by
The Delta County Abstract Com
pany Byrum Luce. President.
A. Daley to F. X. Storm, 10 acres
near Paonia, $500.
w. B. and D. H. Thomas to C.
NJ. Coins, is acres near Paonia
$4,000.
]. S. T. Taylor to B. N. Craw-
ford. lot Crawford. 81.
T e. Wood to w. l. Crawford
4lots Crawford, $S25.
j. NJ and E. McQuiston to A Phe-
nice, acres near Delta, S2.75O.
E. English to NJ. A. Obert, u in
terest in 2 lots Delta, 81.
W F. and G. H. Duke and F.
w Simunds to F. d. Willoughby
part of 8 lots Hotchkiss,, s2,500.
]. T. Mckee to H. V. Smith, tract
near Cedaredge. $500.
C. c. Maryott to J. A. Dunn, ct
al, 40 acres near Delta. $4,000.
Carl Burch to E. E. Frost, 10
acres near Cedaredge, $500.
Carl Burch to A. Frost, 10 acres
near Cedaredge, $500.
NJ Fairlamb to ]. D. and D. A.
Doyle, 40 acres Peach Valley, So
600.
w. w. Stone to r. B. Craig, . Y
acres Rodgers mesa, $500.
A. l. Reynolds to A and L. d.
Wing. 20 acres near Eckert, $4,000
A L. Reynolds to A. and L. d.
King. Il interest in tract near Eek
ert. sSS3.S3.
c. w. Pace to C. McCarty, acres
near Delta, $500.
]. Simons to c. w. Pace 4 acres
near Delta, $3.50.
NJ Rathbun to NJ. B. Maxwell
part of 4 lots Delta, s1,400.
w. w. Stone to Independent
Lumber Co, 5 lots Lazear, $500.
]. NJ Patterson to Welch & Mer-
rill. 40 acres near Cedaredge, So
900.
]. Armand to F. E. Wallace, S5
acres near Hotchkiss, s2,10o.
j. NJ. Haley and j. A. Rovaart to
p. Morford. lots Paonia, 81.
w. c. Settle to C. A. Smith. So
acrees near Eckert. $4,000.
I c. A. Dickson to B. E. Dodge
tract in Hotchkiss. $500.
! NJ Clark to B. Martin, l loi
/ Paonia, $500.
T. NJ. Easley to A. F. Hatch,
acre near Cedaredge, 81.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Delta Circuit Installed
At Grand junction.

To assist in handling the extra
messages which are necessary dur
ing the apple season in Western
Colorado, the Western Union Tele-
graph Company is now on quad
ruple circuit from Delta to this city
which will be completed in very
short time. A night man will be sta
toned at Delta and Montrose dur
ing the fruit season who will relay
the constant messages to this office.
1t is thought that an extra man will
be placed in the local Office also dur
ing the great rush.
Yesterday the telegraph company
secured a portion of the store room
occupied by the Telephone company
and here they will place 500 gravity
batteries for the new circuit.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
ARMY ENGINEESS VISIT
THE GUNNlSON TUNNEL
Coming Of These Men is OF Unusual
Importance to This
Section.

A visit to the Uncompahgre
= reclamation project of more
= than usual Importance. Ii that
= of the Board of Army Engineers
= this week.
+ Upon the investigation and
= report of this board, which dg-
= ures in the general scheme of
+ reclamation development. de-
pends several things
+ with which work under way may
+ be carried on or completed, am
= cunt of available funds applica-
+ BILE to each project, etc.
= The Army Board is composed
+ die and w. C. Langitt and Maj
& ors VIM. w. Harts. Charles w.
+ Kutz and Harry Burgess. With
= them are General Marshall,
= chief of the engineering corps.
+ and Director Newell of the Rec
+ lamation Service. Supervising
+ Engineer r. F. Walter accompa-
+ MED the officers to the Gunni-
+ son tunnel.
= The board reached Montrose
+ Tuesday noon and proceeded to
= the tunnel, there investigation
= required all day Wednesday.
= 1t is hoped that as a result of
= their inspection here and else
= where in Colorado, that our rec
= lamation projects will receive
= liberal proportion of the S2o,-
r 100000 recently appropriated
I by Congress for such work.
+ II is asserted that the flow
+ of water through the Gunnison
= tunnel has recently been down
+ to eight hundred cubic feet per
= second, while the requirement
= is 1900. and that the deficiency
= will be made up by the compile
= ton of the Taylor Park reser-
= voir. included in the original
= plans of the project.
+ + + = + r = + + = + + = = y
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
senseIess Lack Of Confidence

I
James J. Hill, the Empire Build
ter.' the Father of the Northwest -
cannot see why the business men OF
the country should at present fear
to engege in new enterprises, nor
can he see any reason whatever for
the semi-paralysis which is grad
ually creeping over the United
States
It's only lack of confidence -
said Mr.. Hill in an interview just
given out
And why this lack of confidence
Some man. somewhere has grown
timid over something or other, and
has cried boo at his neighbor. His
neighbor probably jumped and the
next fellow probably took fright
without knowing why he was fright
ened, and so on.
Its just like a flock of sheep,
If one starts to run every sheep in
the flock will follow, even if they
die for it.
During this big national Con-
about conserving water and conserv-
ing land conserving coal and con-
serving iron; It's too bad someone
didn't say word about conserving
common sense.
That's what this country needs
right now-to conserve common
sense.
Il can see no reason for the fears
which seem to possess our business
men. i have preached a return to
the farm policy for years and ex-
pect to continue to do so; but that S
no reason for fear on the part of
business.
Money and business are, of
course. very careful and it is right
that they should be, but not to the
extent of cutting of their noses TO
spite their faces. Especially when
it is so unnecessary and they need
those noses too"
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
CITY Reservoir in Commission.

City Water Superintendent Dan
Wagner is feeling pretty good over
the fact that the new reservoir has
been wet up and appears to ho
water like jug.
This result is from the services
OF an expert sent for to test the
reservoir. and who put in week
going over II before water was let
in. II is worth something to know
that the city's new storage reservoir
Is to be a success.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Delta County Republican
Nominations Not Filet

The Republican county list of NOM
nations not having been filed with
the county clerk within the time re-
quired by law-five days after date
of convention. Delta county seems to
be without any Republican candi-
dates at this time.
Steps will of course be taken at
once to remedy the oversight either
by petition or through the commit
tee to MI vacancy. but presumably
by petition. as no resolution OF the
convention was filed showing author
ity OF the committee to act The
petition will require one hundred
signers.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Army Board Are Given
Little Jaunt nj Dt.lts


The board of Army Engineers ar
rived at Delta yesterday forenscs7
from Montrose by automobile and
were given a little additional sight
seeing jaunt at Delta
Enroute from Montrose they had
fair view of the lands that are
to be watered by the Gunnison tun-
mel in the Uncompahgre valley. At
O'Clock they were greeted by the
number of citiznes and water users
who could be gathered at the court
house on such short notice and a
few short speeches reviewing the rec
lamation work were listened to.
Apparently one of the main sourc-
es of Information sought by this
board is evidence regarding crops,
productiveness of soil and effect up
on production by water from the
Gunnison tunnel.
Here as at Montrose, Col. Biddle
was the main speaker among the
visiting engineers.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23

companies which he has incorporate
all of which are now in successful
operation. He has done more than
any other one man to improve the
Uncompahgre valley in the few years
he has been here, and though he
is operating a saw mill, doing some
thing in a coal mine and has been
doing large things in other direc-
tions, he is the heaviest farmer in
the valley. He has $50 acres of and
in the Coal Creek valley and will
harvest this fall. one hundred acres
of potatoes and eighty acres of on
ions, together with great quantities
of other produce. There are seventy
five people living on his farm, and
to move the produce from that farm
this fall. he is putting in a large
traction engine with which he ex-
poets to drag a train of large iron
trucks loaded with thirty tons of
the products of his farm. This is
a very small sample of the necessity
of a road over which the Uncompah-
gre and Gunnison Valley railroad is
to be constructed ''-Montrose En-
pire.
A utilization of the power pos
sible to obtain from the Gunnison
tunnel would. alone. be of vast bene
fit to every farmer in the Uncompah
gre valley, as it would not alone re-
duce the cost of the water but sup
ply the necessary transportation ad-
vantages as we'll
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
STEPHEN FOR
GOVERNOR
BIG REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION
SOLID FOR ELPASO COUN-
TVS SENATOR.
Delta and MOntrOse Counties Stay
With Vincent Who Receives 80
VOtes-Springer Brings Up Tail
End With 1S-COnvention Proves
Progressive Victory.

Colorado Springs, Sept 21.-By a
vote of 59S to 372 the Republican
party today went on record as a pro-
gressive organization and one hour
later nominated John B. Stephen, a
progressive candidate for Governor.
The fight to secure control of the
convention between the progressiv-
es and the regulars was one of the
most fierce in the annals of Colo
RADIO politics, but at no time was it
reduced to personalities.
Chairman Works hope was large
ly fulfilled, as the vote Wednes-
day was a popular expression of the
people of Colorado. The convention
was not controlled by any clique or
any small party of men and there
were none in the convention who
could tell what candidate would fin
ally be nominated or what platform
would be adopted.
The platform endorses the nation
al administration, accepts the Pay
ne-Aldrich law as fulfillment of the
Republican platform pledges, favors
the direct primary, commends Sem
ator Guggenheim for his faithful per-
principles of conservation as enun-
ciated in the Presidents st Paul
speech, but declares that the irriga-
tion resources of state should be
left with the people of that state,
favors an amendment in the railroad
commission law to include all pub
lie utility corporations, favOrs
tariff commission with full power to
act, guarantees a complete revision
of revenue laws, call for the protec-
ton of the lands belonging to the
State Agricultural college and de-
uounces the land board for selling
large blocks of this land for specu-
latiye purposes, condemns the extra
session, demands that the candidate
for United States Senate for 1912
be chosen at the state convention
or at the direct primary if it be in
effect at that time and pledges the
state Senatorial nominees to support
the above clauses.
The adoption of the minority re-
port on the initiative and referen-
dunn practically eliminated Rush L.
dunn practically eliminate dNRush l..
Holland as a candidate for governor
and Mr.. stephen had little opposi-
ton.
The delegations from Montrose
and Delta counties stayed with Vim
cent who received only SO votes.
The following is the state ticket
nominated Wednesday night at Colo
RADIO Springs by the Republican con-
vention:
Governor-John B. stephen, of
Colorado Springs.
For Congressman-at-large-I N.
Stevens of Pueblo.
Supreme Judge-James Garrigues
of Weld county.
Attorney General-Ben Griffith of
Grand Junction.
Auditor-Thomas ]. Jamison of
Las Animas.
Treasurer-James E. Collier of
Pueblo.
Secretary of State-James L.
Ramer of Larimer county.
Superintendent of Public instruc-
tion-Heien NJ. Wilson of Denver.
Railroad Commissioner-She
Kindall of Denver.
Regents-Anna Wilcutt of Denver,
w. j. King of villa Grove.
4 The convention proved a very
busy one. with its contesting dele
cations and multitude of candidates.
and was perhaps the nearest without
slate of any state convention in
recent years.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
WORK BEGINS ON NEW
DELTA NATIONAL BUILDING
Elegant New Structure at Fourth
And Main Streets Will Re
Finest in City.

The old buildings in the rear =
of the brick building formerly =
occupied by Turner & Huntley =
and excavating for the new I
+ Delta National Bank building =
will begin at once. :
The construction work was T
r let in one contract to Dewar =
+ & Gale, of Delta. The cost of +
+ the building will be about $4O,- Z
= 600. +
The bank part will face the :
+ two streets, Main and Fourth, I
= much as does the present bank =
r building on Main and Third t
+ streets. On Fourth street. fac T
+ ing the Postoffice building. will +
+ front two store rooms. The up +
+ per floor will presumably be +
+ used for fine Office suites. +
The building, as sketched, +
+ makes a very fine appearance +
= and may well be classed as the +
= most imposing so far planned +
= for this city. 1t will be fifty foot +
r front by a hundred and twenty i.
nNe feet deep. -
With this fine building COM !.
pleted by the close of the year. =
= Delta can show one of the best =
= building records for 1910 in her =
= history, and the last six moths =
r witnesses the erection of s4O.- +
= 600 business house, one $40, 900 +
: business house, one $4,000 =
= rooming house. three other good 1
+ brick store buildings, a $685. r
= coo church edifice and a SIS 900 !
= high school addition aside from +
= numerous cottages and preten- +
+ tious dwelling houses. In fact +
+ the building completed that is r
now under way will not fall +
= much short of a 100000 in +
+ vestment, which is not a bad re- +
+ cord for SO short a time. =
+ + + + + + + + = + = + + + + +
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Trades Union Meeting.

On last Saturday night was held
In this city q meeting of the brick
mason's union, Montrose mem-
bers coming to engage in business
session. in . series in which Delta
WAS entitled to one meeting. We
understand the meeting was not held
for the purpose of organizing a To-
cal union At Delta.
II is said to DO the hrst union
labor meeting ever held here.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
More Land Proofs Near Delta.

Michael France has set November
3rd to prove up on his homestead
entry No. 1874 Ute.
Matilda A. Mcconnell Groben is
to prove up on her desert land entry
No. 1867 Ute. November 10th.
Matilda Mcconnell Groben as as
signee, will make final proof for
Pearl Hibbs. who was assignee for
Henry F. Stewart. on desert land
entry No. 1908 Ute. November 5th.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Delta County Fisherman
Lands Monster TarpOn.

Anton Frank OF California mesa,
has on exhibition at the Delta Nat
ional Bank. ninety-pound tarpon.
landed by him in the Gulf of Mex
leo. with an ordinary line. The
gamy specimen of the fisherman's
delight is splendidly mounted. Mr.
Frank caught several other fish OF
the Silver King family, though none
30 large as this one. He thikns 1t
the finest sport on earth.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
.Jc.s~ Mum Surrrndcsr.

Jesse Mum, slayer of Telluride's
night marshall. surrendered to a
farm hand in New Mexico the latter
part of last week and asked to be
turned over to the authorities. He
has been returned to Telluride.
There was a reward of $500 for
his capture. which Alfred Meyer. the
farm hand. has put in a claim for.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
District Court In Session.

District court was convened here
yesterday by Judge Shackelford. The
docket Is said to be quite lengthy
one. there being q large number Of
court or civil cases. though but few
to be triod BY . Jury.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Government Agent Here.

Government Agent Golden is here
on an inspection trip of coal and
other lands. He is securing evidence
in hearings to come up before Unit
ed States Commissioner NJ. R. Welch
next week, involving titles and
claims to title. mostly of coal lands.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23
Picture Shows Give Up
Opening Sunday Night.

The Delta picture theatres, we
understand, had arranged to run
Sunday night, but presumably OBJ
jections were made. At any rate
they failed to open. 1t is rumored
that a threat by the city council to
greatly increase their license was
the cause of their abandoning the
idea. Quite a number seem to want
the theatres open on Sunday night,
and even some of the church cores
do not appear to object, If they
would employ largely films of sa-
cred subjects. Sometimes sermons
are percahed by pictures with quite
satisfactory impressiveness.
The Delta independent., 1910-09-23

johnson and Langfori to Fight
Jack johnson and Sam Langford
have signed agreements to fight for
= $4,000 purse. No date set.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-27
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20

ricd success. However. when did
easy. as every place along the outcrop-
pings that | sampled showed gold.
"One day While prospecting along
the country came across the skeleton
of IL hunl0n being and nearby Il shovel
handle. | thought then that had
surely discovered the lost mine and
that the chlrred bones before me were
those of the lost shcepherder, whose
reports We're so vague, but WHO
brought out some of the finest appear
inc rocll chat the natives had ever
seen.
The property was discovered by me
OIL Nov. II. 1908. and the first any one
besides myself knew about it was in
october last. when | went to Bruneau
ard ted the people what was up there.
| knew then had the ore. and | was
satisfied thlt il was the greatest bo-
nau@l eve: unearthel in the west. re
tel one what Is there is useless. for
the average man would not believe it.
80 great is the whole thing
"The extent Of the vein of outcrop.
pings Il not yet known. know that
for l.i0O feet | have followed it, and
at no place WIS it less than forty feet
in width aul some places much wider.
have no. been able to find the foot
or hanging wall. and one of the most
remarkable features about it is that
you cannot dig into the hill at any one
place and not find pay dirt. feel
that am about as conservative as any
of the men who have seen the district
They all say it is almost too big to
grasp.
and engineers who ilocnei to the coun-
try when the reports were circulated,
ard we sampled every place along the
outcroppiGgs We sampled in places
where we believed positively that there
was no mineral. aud the lowest as
say we could get was $50.
I'VE got TO figuring before left and
we just SAID. for example, that the ore
would rua only $50 to the ton on ile
average. Vt that tcure-aud ii is
many times higher, we knoW--there is
now in actual sight and with little
| mining Sl.T50.000. In fact. to speak
conservatively. there are millions of
dollars in sight.
The property is located about 100
miles due south from Bruneau, at Jaw
bridge. almost at the headwaters of
the Bruneau river. The first thing we
intend to do is to build ten stamp
mill, which will treat about fifty tons
of ore day. This will be possible
because the ore is free milling and
will be easy to handle"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS
Things Essential For BuiIdinu
Rural Highways.
iOWAN'S VALUABLE LESSON

With Small Capital Donated by Fell
low Townsmen He Improved Roads
In Jefferson Township, Wayne Coun-
ty-Drainsee Big Factor.
An authority on the construction of
highways has the following to say in
regard to the construction of country
roads. He says:
To have Il good road in any country
in the first place we must have drain
age. You will all agree with me there,
because Il road must be kept dry or Il
will be soft. have a system Of road
work which l have followed for the
last five or six years. We must have a
Uystem by which to build our roads or
we never can have good roads.
know of no better way to give my
system of road work than to tell how
worked half Of township for three
:iears, then tell how l fixed and main
thined certain pieces Of road.
Five years ago l took one half of the
,oad work in Jefferson township,
Wayne county, Ia. there being about
thirty-six miles Of road in very bad
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20
Do Traclina at Horne.

The local trader is entitled to the
support OF the neighborhood served.
In and abuur great cities. while this
is conceded. consumers in suburban
places will rush to the cities, although
money can be saved by trading ut
home. The ratio of selling cost to
gross profit is far heavier in the city
where reE;S are exceedingly high. an
item in itself ) or 10 per cent greater
than in the country. All is in favor
of the local store. provided 1t main
tains satisfactory service. Somehow
people love the excitement of the trip.
yield to the alurements of the depart
ment and chain stores. and in that re-
spect city consumers are equally I'M
mindful of the local store. In Eng
land the same conditions exist. but the
traders there have begun Il campaign
of education in IN attempt to keep
trade at home. -tIeyeland Leader.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20

a young man and young wonnai
lean over the front cate. They are
lovers 1t * 'lnullight. He il iou tt
to leave, lis the parting is the last. lie
is about l." SO AWAY. She is reluctant
to see him depart. They swing on the
gate.
Il shall! never forget you" he says
And If death should claim me my
last thoughts will he Of you"
I'll be true 10 you" she sobs. III
never seq nnybndy else or love them a.
lon. as | live" They parted.
six years later he returns. His sweet
heart of former years has married
They meet al Il party. She has changed
greatly liCi Wren the dances the rec
ognition takes place.
Let me see she muses.. with hel
fam beating Il tattoo on her pretty
hand. "WaS it you or your brother who
WAS my old sweet hearth
"Kcally don't know" he says
"prohahly nv father" -Tit-Bits.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20
LITTLE J0HNNIE'S FEARS.

Where we use to live we had
A fireplace big an wide.
An all that Sanity had to do
Was hold his breath an slide
An squeeze hisself until he fit
The hole an then Jest drop.
An he knowed where the stockin's was
Cause that was where he'd stop.
Where we use to live 1t was
No trick for him to climb
Up to the chimbly on the roof
An find US Christmas time.
But now I'm worryin for fear
He won't know where he's at
Or mebbe cant get III at all.
We're Twin in a fiat.
We're Twin in fiat. an. say,
You mus be mos polite
Or else the anitor he'll go
An lock you out at night!
There amt no chimbly to our house
Where Sanity Claus can slide
There amt no tireplace-just pipe
About two inches wide.
They heat our fiat with steam: that's
why
I'm ffaid lie cant get in
With all his toys an drums an things
Unless he's awful thin.
An hows he go to wrigSle out
When he gets in" Gee wh2.
There such an awful little hole
There where the siZZle is.
Chicago Record Herald.