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The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Western Crop Conditions.

1t may be safely said that the
Colorado and Western fruit crop is
now safe from any material danger
or harm, as it is a well known fact
that, in the irrigated sections, frost
is the only menace of any conse-
Quence to be considered in figuring
the output of fruit in any of the de-
veloped sections. 1t is very hard
matter at this time to give an accur-
ate estimate on the Western crop OF
boxed fruit. This is for the reason
taht the percentage of a crop will
vary quite considerably in the vari-
Gus sections. We are in receipt of
reports from our own correSpon-
dents in the Western Colorado fruit
sections and some of the outlying
districts. However. the general con-
sensus of opinion at this time for
the Western Colorado district, is on
a whole, that counting the new or
chards coming into bearing and quite
number of orchards that bore
lightly last season for several rea-
sons, that the output of the Western
Slope will be practically the same
as last year.-Intermount Fruit
Journal.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Mountain of Doors.

The Independent Lumber Com
pany has Just unloaded two full
carloads of screen door. windows
carloads of doors. windows and
screen doors, which, added to the
stock on hand, makes the largest
stock in these lines ever held by
any yard at one time, on the Wes-
tern Slope.
These doors are of California pine
well seasoned and well built, which
gives them brighter appearance
than the eastern made door. none
of whose dinginess they obtain. The
present stock of the Independent
Lumber Company's yards is there
fore not only the largest but is one
of the newest, cleanest and highest
in grade to be found on this side of
the state
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Third of Three Young Men
Injured Is Now Able
To Be Out.
A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Explosion Last Thursday Night
Which Injured Three, Was
Caused by Playing with
Dynamite Caps.

OF the three Polish beet workers
injured last Thursday night, after
The Independent had gone to press,
Frank Stodenvitch died the follow
ing day. He was the worst injured
of the three, Victor Girvoski being
next. His condition is still serious
and it is feared that he has lost
10th eyes. Since the accident ply
sicians attending have extracted bits
of cap, bone and clothing from the
wounds over his body and face. Joe
Girvoski, youngest of the three who
was standing to one side when the
explosion occurred, received slight
wounds about the head and body.
Frank Stodenvitch, aged %. was
married. Victor Girvoski was 19
and Joe Girvoski l 3 years old.
The boys it is stated, had found
the box of caps and had exploded
several with fuse, which they were
doing for amusement. The lid hav-
ing been placed upon the box tight
ly refused to come of and a knife
being applied to open it caused the
explosion.
These caps have an explosive
pressure of 500 pounds each. 1t
was, With such cap. exploded in
lis ntath while in his cell in Chi
cago jail. that Guiteau, assassin of
President Garfield, avoided execu-
tion by suicide, the explosion blow
ing the entire top of his head off.
Dynamite caps are rather inno-
cent looking little articles. but they
are even more dangerous than the
sticks of giant powder, because they
are more easily exploded. We have
known all that was left of man
to be gathered up in a handkerchief
after an explosion of dynamite caps
in a mine room, and every season
records cases of boys having fingers
or whole hands torn off by fooling
with these explosives.
The present case of the three
beet workers near Delta is very
sad one and adds its chapter of
warning to the lesson which the
public will perhaps never learn suf-
ciently well to safeguard itself
against
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17

The territory known as Surface
Creek is broad and marvelously rich.
Not more wonderful is the area of
many thousands of acres, than is its
water supply.
On the very top of Grand mesa.
at an altitude of 10000 feet, is a
cluster of lakes. covering an area
OF nearly 10 miles square. These
lakes fill from the winter snows,
which, with their natural feeding
springs, makes of them the most
substantial reservoirs possible. From
them the big Surface Creek ditch Is
fed, and the creek itself. a consid-
cradle stream flows down through
the lands which bear its name.
From Tongue Creek up into the
Grand mesa foothi Is is an unbroken
vista of orchard and farm. The
land is splendidly adapted for
grains, alfalfa and other field pro-
diets, and FOR fruit is equal to the
bes:-if 1t is not the very best
to be found In the entire world.
Fer the apple. particularly. this
SSH is well adapted. growing the
king OF fruit to greatest perfection
of scl!ui : and flavor, while there
is ire sufficiently in the soil to
deepen and glorify the coloring of
the red varieties. Up to and in the
cedars which form down to the town
of Cedaredge. is one of the finest
berry sections of the county. where
Strawberries. red raspberrios and
dewberries not only grow to perfec-
ton, but ripen late. when the valley
crops are gone. thus giving them a
market OF their own. Peaches are
also an important orchard crop of
this section and no finer ones grow
anywhere.
The Surface Creek country has
fame all it's own and which is grow
ing and spreading year by year. Its
lands today. although yet n little dis
tance from railroads. are among the
highest in value and meet with as
great demand among investors. as
any in the state.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
cEDAREDGE. AUSTIN, ECKERT
DISTRICT, NO. 4.
Thousands of Votes to Come.

It will be understood by the con-
testants in The Independents cam
paign for subscribers. and their
friends. that the vote published from
week to week does not, of course.
explain their exact standing. Most
of them have many thousands of
votes held back. which will so into
the box for the final count July 4th.
They are expected to turn in sub
scriptions as they are received. in
order that the paper may be started.
and as each subscription is turned in
their vote coupon is delivered or
mailed to them.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Law Governing Land Withdrawals

Notice of an important law gov
erning the withdrawal from entry of
desert lands upon which irrigation
projects are being contemplated has
been received at the Colorado land
offices. The new law, which was
passed recently by congress, pro-
vides that areas upon which rec
lamation projects are being contem-
plated may be withdrawn from entry
upon the request of the state or ter
ritory in which the project is being
contemplated until after all investi-
cations preliminary to the filing of
maps and plats and application for
segregation by the state or territory
has been completed. The purpose of
this law is to put stop to the prac-
tice of persons filing upon land on
which they have learned that rec
lamation project Is being contem-
plated and thus injuring the persons
who were financing the project.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
| and That Is Good for Field Products
and of the Best There Is in
- the World for F ruit.
Soil Is Rich in All That Goes to Make Pro-
duction Pefect--T'he Water Supply
Is Abundant at All Times
Interesting Facts.

Another important thing for
Delta county will be the raising of
sugar beets. 1t is now assured that
the town of Delta is to have an
100000 beet sugar factory within
a very short time. as all the neces-
sary money to build it has been
raised. At present Delta county is
shipping to the factory at Grand
Junction the beets from 3 900 acres,
and by the time its own factory is
built there will be beets available
from between 200 to 5000 acres
The population of the city of
Delta has doubled in the last two
years. and we are now to put up a
$4,000 bank building there"
Mayor Smith left Denver yester-
day morning with a party of friends
and started for home in an automo-
bile. This means 400 mile trip in
the machine across the range. and
It should prove thrilling ride he
fore the journey is ended. In the
party with Mayor Smith were John
]. Travis, n. H. Castle and Harry
G. Haywood, all of Delta. They
were well equipped with all neces-
sary supplies to make the long trip
in comfort.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty deeds recorded during
the week ending Tuesday. fur
nished by the Delta County Abstrac,
Company. Byram Luce. President;
H. F. Cook to L. S. Corbin, 160
acres near Delta. $4,000.
NJ. b. Howes to S. X. Howes, 40
acres near Cedaredge, $1.00.
J. f. Hillman ct al. to II. Z. Ha-
worth, lots Delta. $500.
A. b. Wire to II. E. Haworth.
2 lots Delta, $500.
II. Delo to E. d. Pritchard. lots
Austin. sl35.
G. ii. Whitelaw to NJ. b. White
aker. tract in Delta, $500.
p. J. Fisk to II. T. Lewis. 20
acres near Paonia, $1,000.
p. J. Fisk to o. Engleking. 90
acres near Paonia, $1,000.
p A. Lindeback to ]. Il. Roberts.
one-half interest 80 acres Peach
Valley. $4,000.
c. c. Hawkins to C. w. Clark, 60
acres near Paonia, $500.
NJ. T.. Richardson ct al, to Robert
S. Herrick, one-fourth interest in
l II lots. Delta. $500.
A. w. Estey to NJ. A. Estey. . lots
Paonia, 5000.
A. w. Estey to ], II. Estey. lots
Paonia, s75.
w. Il. Sumner to ID, J. Brannon,
1902 acres near Hotchkiss, s2,400.
c. c. Hawkins to G. o. Blake, .
lots Paonia, s1.7OO.
Il. A. Tuffin to NJ l.. Tufiin. 10
acres near Delta, $4,000.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Announcement.

Arrangement has been made
whereby The Independent has ta-
ken on the subscription list of The
Delta County Democrat and will
fill out it's unexpired subscriptions.
Stearns Bros, its publishers, by
the same arrangement, obtain con-
troll of the job printing department
of The Independent and with its
equipment they will combine their
own, thus making one of the best
job printing establishments on the
Western Slope.
On the part of The Independent
management there were two reasons
for wishing to make this arrange
ment. One was because the paper
was growing until it's publisher de-
sired to give it his undivided time;
the other was desire to reduce
two, which at present is enough for
the field.
On the part of the Stearns boys.
who are both good printers and
hard workers, they saw in the
proposition certain elements of ad-
vantage to themselves as we'll as to
The Independent. and accepted 1t
as a business proposition.
Subscribers to The Delta County
Democrat will lose nothing b the
arrangement, while patrons of The
Greater Independent will be serv-
ed more promptly in job patronage
than heretofore.
Respectfully,
A NJ. ANDERSON,
STEARNS BROS
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Delta-Grand Junction Road
Was Inspected on Monday

A number of Delta people includ-
ing County Commissioners Wilson
and Steele, went down the road on
Monday to meet a delegation from
Grand Junction, the purpose being
to inspect the road for Improvements
such as might make the distance
between the two cities a desirable
auto drive.
We understand that little of a
satisfactory nature was accomplish
ed.
The Delta commissioners were
willing to promise sufficient work to
improve their end of the road, for
wagon travel. The Grand Junction
News says their people have ex-
pended as much as $500 on their
end of the road, which occupies
about 40 out of the SO miles dis
tance, which doesn't seem to be a
heart breaking amount, and claim
that Delta commissioners think the
autoists ought to put the road in
shape for their own benefit.
1t was understood that a special
object of the inspection was that rec
ommendation for state aid might be
intelligently made.
1t is quite likely that neither
Delta or Mesa counties are in shape
to give this stretch of road the at
tention it would require in order to
quickly make a good auto road of it.
They each have lots of road to
keep up and it is well known that
county's road fund is nearly always
overtaXed.
1t would be nice to have a paved
street between Delta and Grand
Junction, but it is something that
will require more or less time, as
the country traversed is not very
smooth. Still occasional auto trips
have been made over it, as were
those on Monday, and it is well
enough for the people of both Delta
and Grand Junction to keep ham
mering away upon the matter of its
improvement.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Delta Talked i'm Denver.

In Sundays Denver Post was the
picture of an auto prepared to start
for Delta in which We're seated
Mayor B. =. Smith. John J. Travis.
N. ii. Castle, Il. w. Taylor and Har-
ry Hayward, all of Delta. Properly
captioned with big head lines de-
clarfng Delta to be one of the rich
est counties in Colorado, was the
following interview with Mayor
Smith:
Delta county is one of the most
prosperous and growing counties in
the state" declared Mayor Burton
=. Smith. of Delta, who was DEN
yer visitor yesterday, "and by way
of proving what | say l call atten-
tion to the fact that the bank de-
posits in the county have increased
more than half million dollars
within the last twelve months, and
that there is now more than $780,
600 on deposit In Delta county
banks"
Mayor Smith is well qualified to
speak on the subject of tNanking, too.
for the reason that he is vice presi-
dent of banks Mt Delta. Hotchkiss
sA"N Oi"th's anu N'oot ssuuNh' VI
economic and financial conditions.
THE crops are SO diversified in
Delta county" Mayor Smith went on
to say. that 1t is impossible for
us to make an entire failure.
Just failure of the fruit
crop, why, there are farm products
enough to make up the deficiency.
But the fruit crop this season
will be fully as large. If not larger
than that of last year, in spite of
the severe frost of May II. which
did some damage. This is due to
the fact that hundreds of new
bearing acres are coming in each
season. 40 that the increased acre
age this year will more than sup
plement whatever damage has been
done.
Land values In Delta county are
also increasing. You will find that
land which sold for from SEQ to
500 per acre two years ago readily
brings from $125 to 5000 at the
present time.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Editor Gets Trout.

Last Saturday The Independent
editor wanted to go fishing. The
willow flies were out and everybody
wanted to go, and great many did
go. Business at the office however,
vas such that he could not get away
on the trip, which made everything
look blue to him. So deeply did the
crouch ingrow that, whenever some
one twilled him about not going fish
ing, which happened about every
fifteen minutes. he would throw his
last years Panama on the ground.
jump on it and declare he wished
every fellow who got to go fishing
would fall in the river. This kept
up until Sunday evening, when Col
Porter Plumb-blessed be the
Colonel-came along in his limou-
sine and left neat package. The
package bore card marked "Nel-
lie Richards" and when opened was
found to contain four beautiful
rainbow trout, weighing about a
pound and half each.
Having stopped at Richards on
former fishing trips. these trout re-
called many pleasant memories of
the big ones which got away and of
the genial pair who run the resort.
Well. our crouch was gone and
our life almost saved-at least for
the present. We may need more of
the same kind of medicine In future
and If unable to go after 1t, hope it
may come as did these big juicy
ones
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
More Land Eliminated
From Forest Reserves.

Washington. June 11.-President
Taft today issued an order elm
mating 11.195 acres from the Gun
nison forest reerve. 25,400 from the
Uncompahgre forest reserve, and
$500 acres from the Cochetopa for
est reserve.
All of which means that much
more land thrown open for settle
ment and greater number OF pros
pective homes.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
An Important Item.

During the last year there was
1882 acres of land proved up in
Delta county by entrymen. This
title to 20 quarter section farms.
which add that much to the tax levy
of the county. and mean. ultimately.
that many additional fine farms. In
time these 20 quarter sections will
doubtless support two or three hun
dred families
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Flying Record Again nrpkcn.

On Monday Charles X. Hamilton
made the distance of IS miles from
New York to Philadelphia. making
the cross country run in one hour
and keeping ahead of fast express
train. BY this record breaking of
time Hamilton won a prize of $10.-
900.
The Delta independent., 1910-06-17
Vincent to Open Campaign
For Governor in Montrose.

On the 11th of June. Merle d.
the opening speech of his campaign
for governor.
Thomas L. Blackwell, of tho
North Fork Times, is acting as ad-
vance man for Mr.. Vincent over the
state arranging for halls and making
dates for speeches.
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Anuncie Vd. con cIanid|ad|
Y eIeqancia.

II anancio artistico bonito 10 lee todo el r11n-,
nc1os orlados Cich6s especalmente preparados pr,
Perlodicamente parte del ,cxto para bulav,s je
oancos hstas comerciales modelo para oicnas ayuns
enGos. alcadlas, Jug ADDS etc Avise usteI LA CO
tendra mas amplios iEtorInaa
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BUQUES;QUE Sc
AGUARDAN

Vapor americana Philadel
phia recalara el ID actual pro
cedente de n. York.
Consig: Villar Co.
Vapor cubano Julia El le
del que cursa estara aqul
procedente de Habana y eS
calas.
q Consig: Nillar Co.
Eapor frances Montreal al
rededor del II corriente re-
calara procedente de Pto.
PLATA.
Consig: J. T. Silva Ca.
Eapor americana S. V. Luc
kembak Salio de N. Yor ell 12
Consig: Insula Line
Teleros dela Hmea "Benner. y
Goleta Republic debe haber
salido de New York para este
el 26 ultimo
Consig: Ezquiaga.
Goleta americana Henry T.
Kreger Saldra para este el Is
corriente.
Consig:: 5. Ezquiaga.
B "A N cos
kCCIONEa
Bapco territorial y dgr;cola s 30
Id. de Puerto Rico - "43
-CEDULAS HIPOTECARIAS-
Banco territorialy agrieola.
Emisiones-3a. y 5a. $50
ld...... -. .....6 y T." 100.
&C A NJ B IOS-
Lond1es-s 4s7 l.
n. York 15cta ID.
Paris a3 p. % ID.
Hamburgo-4.S p. Sa ID.
Espaha 9a94 p. @p.
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Casa de Prestamos, J. Rendon y
Compania S. en- c.

Ell dia 10 y 2 de Mayo
a las 2 p. m. tendra lugar un
esplendidoremate de, las prem
das que habiendo trascurrido
seis meses no han sido renova
das nj canceladas. Hay de ven.
tas un precioso surtido de al.
ha Jas. Allen 2lFortaleza.
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In MAYORDOMO.

Tn mayordomo con larga practi-
ca en- el cultivo de Ia "cafa," desea
colocarse al frente de una co onia, v
al e.ecto cuenta con las referencias
que Sc deseen. Para informes ests
Administrator J en- Vega-baja. don
Arturo Guerra AcoSta
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THE
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= Ingeniero Civil,-Ramon Gan
dfa Cordova, Tetuan So, ciucAd Q
Parada IL Santurce Miramar, San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
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as extrahas. Cuando elegis q un indi'
viduo hallaba raro placer en- que le
contase su historic, y fue plenamen'
to recompensado en- el'caso de 'Eml,
lio Vazquez.
Vazquez fu6 de Mexico & New
York para estudiar la liquidificacion
del aire en- sus aplicsciones practl-
cas- y cientfficas. Esto solo era sufl.
ciente para despertar Ia curlosldad
de Thurston, la cual fu6 mas adelan-
te excitada por ell raro interes que
el meiicano demostraba en- su labo-
ratorio al yer los experimentos que
hacia con ell misterioso fluido.
Cuando Thurston invite q Vaz-
quez 4 sus habitaciones, este acepto
con Ia ansiedad de un niio; pero
cuando su huesped Sc acercaba eau
telosamente al asunto de la hlstorla
de su vida, 81 con prudencia evadla
sus preguntas, y Thurston ceso
de preguntarle hasta que Sc pre-
sentase una OCCASION mas favorable.
Algo inexperada Sc present6 esta,
algunas semanas despues de haber-
Sc ambos conocido.
Una tarde que Vazquez estaba
ocioso en- ell cuarto, I'm vase de VINO
escogido desato SUI lengua y predls
puso su amino para los recuerdos.
-Profetiz6 que la potencia del
nuevo aire hquido sobrepujara a
cualquiera otra que ell mundo haya
conocido, adn al vapor y a la cleo
tricidad, dijo Thurston.
Vazquez sacudio la ceniza de su
cigarrillo y lie miro burlonamente.
-1Nuevo? Ell aire liquido no es
de ningtin modo nuevo, hombre, 70
10 he conocido hace 60 ahos-djo
hurlonamente.
AL momento Sc le ocurrio a Thurs
ton que el vino Sc lie habfa subldo a
la cabeza a Vazquez, pero sus ojos
y modales contradecian esta sospe-I
cha.
-Pero, Vazquez, dijo sonriendo,-I
la edad de Vd, desmlente 10 que
Vd. dice; seguramente que no
Ora Vd. nifun nino en- esa 6poca
pues aparenta Vd. tan solo 40 amos.
Ell mciicano Sc sonrio ligeramente.
Despu6s SC puso serio, como reflexio-
nando.
-Vd. cs muy cort6s, senior, pero
el caso cS cue Si lego i vivir hasta
nj pr6zimo cllmplcanos tendrt 90
aTes.
Thurston miro a Nazquez con
listima. Era mcjor una censura para
cu orgullosa pre&unci6n de poder dis
tinguir las personals con eNactltud,
purs TO ha'ia drscuhierto hasta en-
1onces la loc,tra dc Nazquez. Miraba
~, negro cahrllo, el cual, segin decia
Va-queZ dcbia estar blanco como la |
licvc: despu6S sus ojos Sc detenian
~ ~ s,Ila Ip''l Ial " ,'aon , g. $1,000 ~ o ,'o.a
III h;o, oonSar,.sda r'S a
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Cdno ao a.. l. D,.o, a.oo Va nona,s
oon onarr;a ~ p;on ~ NV Td A. Jaha te'u praarIo
tasrn . ln. nr',ohoS - ,s''' il
Hizo ma nausa como 81 estuvicra /
r. rdeciso
-pero nnnca he contado esa his
+.r;q ~ol9r7c-.o n canoca otro =
Anto,in p;nrrcz. :: saba conmiqn
,,c.r5 -ndovi, ,.;,,n. Il n,,ado corro,
i,orar nj r,laro 50 l., ,]iro :; Nd co.
r,o IN cahalInr, l.. ,lir. ., otr, I'm -
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A DOM|C|L|O.
GUIDO VARGAS CORONADO

Educacionista venezolano, So cfrece
para dar clases Ga domicilio) de con-
tabilidad mercantil, Teneduria de Ii.
bros por psrtida doble, Caligrafia y
Nociones de Algebra y Geometria.
lnrmaforan en- esta imprenta p.
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Aboeados. .-Emigdio S. Ginorio y
Manuel NJ. Ginorio, Allen 60.
Telefono 1853. Box 366.San Juan.
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Farmacla Colon.-Antiguo esta.
blecimiento. Gran surtido de drogas
y patentizadoz Plaza principal. San
Juan.
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LA CORRESPoNDENCIA" ofrece los anuncan
tee gran Varledad de tpos estlos para anunoo,
aoornaoos-Chches de estereotipa que mantengan
nmplo perfecto el anuncio-Cich6s de plana el
tera especiaes para grandes para hoja, s,s
tas-f1]ese en- las ediciones de LA CORRESPONDENT q
In elias vera sucesiyas mcdeos de
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En- esta imprenta Sc vende
papei dc peri6dicos viejos a
81 pesosquintaL