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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30
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pTTTsBURG: March So.-Announee.
1nent was made today from General
Superb ihtenlent Long 'sa oflce OF the
sPennsyly lyania Railroad OF an Increase
of six per cent to men receiving less
than $500 monthly. This applies to
employees west Of Pittsburg and is ef.
tectlye Aprll "a It affects forty.nve
Thousand men.
From 100, 900 to $4,000 men, en-
sploycds by{ the PennsylvanEl railroad,
flneludina all the lines Of the system
east ot Pittsblra, were given a 6 per
cent taIse III, wa es5 yesterday. x
Division superIntendents all along
the Pennsylvania system lost no ti7,c
In informing the men under them Of
the iinefease. Il, all sections ,et the
great system the waBe advance was
received wit enthuslaEm. From Al
toonai Harrisburg and New YORK came
the Glad stldlnn1, to the men. At sew
geEaI points along the line the employ
I es celebrated the news with the hurn.
ing of; rcd fire.
is GIVEN COAL MEN.
81 JoHNsToWS, Pa, March .:lo.-The
gBerwinl.White Coal Company. oper-
#ating III this section and employing
! over ! 1000 men. has posted notice of
n voluntary Increase OF six per. cent in
wages. to go into effect April 1st. The
BerwlnJ. White Company operations
arcran non.unfon.
yHEELlNG,s w. vay March so.-
Edward Johnson, president Of the Lo.
rain Coal Dock Co, notified The Off
Seials ~ the Bridgeport office that the
company will sign the new scale the
miners. demanded. he. company EN-.
splpys two Thousand men and pays be.
tween 45 and SO thousand semi.month-
5lY: AN 4.
CHICAGO, March. 3o-lIIinois ope-
srators declared today that II was prae.
4t!eally Impossible to. prevent minefs'
strike In Illinois Friday. An attemp.
was made for miners and operators to
confer Monday. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30
Back to Work
uNoRGANIzED POTTERY GIRLS
WIN RAISE IN WAGES BY
.St..s STRIKING.
tBy uur-p -ra.,-

EAST LIVERPOOL, ohic, March
3o.-Three hundred girl pottery strik.
ers returned to work to-day. They won
an Increase from pottery owners who
were facing a shut down, throwing
5000 out Of work and CAUSING a bia
loss when they yielded. Ths girls
were unorganized.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Body Of a Farmer Found Suspended
+ !. byi,a Rope inPBarn.

s I'4ARkERsBuRG, W.4va.,s March 80,
-The body of Richard Gray, a farm:
er, aged 63t;Was found suspended by
rope from the }rafters OF his barn yes
terday. tits supposed he ended his
life while temporarily insane. IS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30
SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL.

q City council will meet tonight
at seYen.thlrty o'clock to transact busi-
ness relative to the closing; of the
year Sfl r - SO = 3 As''5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30

Charles GIBBS, coIored, who has
been in the county Jail for some time,
was taken to Weston to-day to the Hos
pltRl for the Insane.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30

M Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Horner! have
returned to this city after a visit with
friends In Wheeling. III -.5s Z,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30
Six Inches Ashes
COVER STREETS OF CITY IWEh.
TY MILES FROM MOUNT s
IETNA.

Z ,CATANIA, March $0.--six:inchcs of
ashes from Mt. Etna, 20 miles distant,
covers the streets Of catania. A huge
lava stream Is moving towards the
city and the people arc lysterical,
Fresh craters appear daily. The ashes
have destroyed vineyards and or.
char'ls between the 'town and the
mountain. a. ~ I. y 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30
sT.$ELMoSATsfTi4EaGRANp.

sSsNeil 'TWoey.s sdran,atization OF the.
famous novel 81 Elmo will be given at
the Grand ope "a House Aprii q 16.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30

Watch for Denham's Big Announce
ment soon. FURNITURE Cash or Credit.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-30

The West vlrginian is printed on q
new model Duplex Press with q csrac-
;ity OF $500 s.page papers. trimmed,
pasted and folded. an hour +
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Delta Business Mems
Association TO Meet,


At the regular monthly meeting of
the Business Mems Association, which
will be held at the court house next
Monday evening at O'Clock, the re-
port of the sugar factory committee
will be presented, and will be the chief
topic of interest. The committee has
bee n busily at work during the last
three weeks, making the preliminary
arrangements to secure the factory,
and has met on two or three evenings
each week. The plans have now pro-
gressed SO far that it seems assured
that the enterprise will succeed.
The committee which has been secur-
ing subscriptions to meet the expenses
of securing sites and options for the
factory and the proposed railroad to
Cedaredge, has met with ready re-
sponse from nearly every business man
who has been called upon. Most of
them look upon the subscription as an
investment from which returns will be
received, and not as contribution.
Several other matters of interest will
be brought up at the next meeting
of the association, which promises to
he lively one.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Consider Plans For Reliev-
ing Present Pressing
Obligations.
ANOTHER Meeting FRIDAY
Bonding Of the Property Suggested
as Feasible--Property Worth
$4,000 Proposed to
Bond For $4,000.

A called meeting of the officers and
directors of the Delta County Fair As
sociation was held Tuesday night at
the First National Bank building, at
which plans for liquidating indebted
ness and carrying on The fair were dis
cussed and partially formed.
As nearly as could be agreed upon at
the time, was the plan suggested to
issue $4,000 of eight per cent interest
bearing bonds, to run 10 years, or to be
cancelled according to number, as mon
ey might be at hand for the purpose,
annually.
In justification of such a course it
was related that the association owed
$1,000 of borrowed money, past due
and with accumulated interest, along
with certain small items of indebted
ness incurred the last year, which va
rious amounts would require the sum
mentioned to liquidate and place the
association squarely upon its feet.
The property of the association has
cost to date. with its Improvements.
about IS. 500, and its value is held at
from SO. 900 to $500 Hence it is ar
gued that it should be ample security
for the issue of the proposed bonds,
for which it would be duly mortgaged,
and which, as matter of fact, would
be .,egarded as real estate loan.
1t is claimed that some s5, 900 have
been expended on improvements within
the past two years, and that further
improvements will not have to be made
for some time to come.
The meeting adjourned until next
Friday night, February is. at which
time the plans discussed will be further
considered and possibly adopted.
At the next meeting it is also pro-
posed to announce the dates for the
next County Fair at Delta, which is to
be four-days' exposition, and to pre-
pare to issue its premium lists and get
other preparatory work under way inn
mediately. Also to announce spring
race meet.
The plan for issuing bonds will be
for 500 each, and they will be offered
as popular subscription investment or
in whole, as may be wished.
Being well secured by real estate
values, the interest rate of eight per
cent to be applied, should make them a
desirable investment to those having.
money for such purpose. We hope
the proposition will be successfully car
ried out and the Delta County Fair
placed upon sound business footing.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Plant More Beets.

We publish an article from a Grand
Junction paper this week on sugar
beets as profitable crop to raise. The
significant point advocated is. that more
beets should be raised. This applies
with particular force to the Gunnison,
Uncompahgre and Grand valleys. where
one or more new factories must soon be
built. While there are getting to be
too many beets raised for one factory,
it could easily happen that, in the be-
ginning. the supply might be too small
for two factories, unless the people
take heed and plant more ground to
sugar beets.
That the crop is a good paying one
has been amply proven. That there
are many small fields. hooks and cor
ners. which could be cultivated to beets
and good profits taken from, instead of
allowing them to grow in weeds. is
equally true. Delta wants and expects
beet sugar factory. One of the
surest ways to get one is to seed as
much ground as possible to beets. Make
the factory q necessity "a well a. \
desirable home industry which we must
take q local pride in securing.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
One More Proof that Land
Is Land in Della County.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Simpson sold their
80 acres near Austin this week for
$50, 600 including ditch stock reserves
They bought this land four years ago
for SO, 200. The farm now has 27 acres
of young orchard, apples and peaches;
80 acres of alfalfa and the balance raw
land. The profit in their investment
means, aside from living for four
years, SIG, 800, or 81, 200 year for the
four years they owned it.
This was previously known as the
Ewing or Mcmillan ranch and in early
days was headquarters for all the low
er Surface Creek cattlemen and cow
boys. Now tits budding orchard farm
of the market value of $40, 900.
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson will give po-
session March lst, when they will go
to Chicago for short visit, then visit
California and the Pacific coast for two
or three months, afther which they in
tend to return to Surface Creek and
start new home.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Beet Prices.

The beet sugar schedules seem to be
going up. At Holly the price has been
fixed at SIS per ton for beets of l2 to
l4.9 per cent sugar, S5.25 for beets
containing l5 per cent and 25 cents
additional for every sugar per cent
thereafter. This would mean S., rs per
ton for beets that would run II per
cent sugar, which is said to be the case
with many of the beets raised in Delta
county. Counting 100 as the unit
measure, II per cent would mean $40
pounds of sugar per ton, which at the
present price would be worth Sl7 or
more, five dollars of which the farmer
gets for growing and delivering the
beets on board cars. The other Sl2
goes for knowing how to transfer the
roots into sugar, expenses of doing it
and-profit.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Too Much on The Fruit Pack.

Nearly every fellow in the United
States who can write his name, is dub
bing into the arguments that we must
have better fruit pack. The INDEPEND-
ENT has received enough manuscript
from fellows in Chicago. New York and
other nearby points to fill a dozen
pages the past week. 1t was all
marked copy" and signed by some
fruit dealer who, if he gained anythin
by the publication would be that much
free advertising at the expense of the
newspaper. Only another instance of
the Press Agents brassy touch, an
illustration of his smoothness and of the
newspapers gullability. But in this
case it didn't work. Enough on a
subject is plenty. Our orchard men
are learning the matter of packing by
experience and as part necessary to
success. and it won't take them long to
adapt themselves to it both properly
and scientifically.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Colono Men Win
Delta Girls for Brides.

The Montrose Enterprise gave out
the following advance shots for Cupid,
Monday:
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Miss Gladys Adams and Joseph N.
Jutton, two popular young people of
Colona. The marriage will take place
at the Catholic church in this city next
Thursday at 1890 O'Clock. Father
O'Farrel officiating They will leave
on the afternoon train for California
where they will visit about a month
with friends. On their return they
will go to housekeeping on the old Ell
bridge ranch near Colona.
On February l6, another fair daugh-
ter will be taken from uhe Adams home
when Chas. Byerrum, the popular Co.
Iona blacksmith will lead to the marriage
altar Miss La Veta Adams The marri-
age will take place at De ia where the
bride is now head operator for the
Colorado Telephone Co. The happy
event will be celebrated by dance to
be gived at the U. L. S. hall on the
Friday night following the marriage.
The brides to be are the daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs Asa Adams and are
charming young ladies' and very popu-
ar among their acquaintan ces.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Cash Sampson Gets
Supreme Court Decision.

The supreme court in Denver this
week gave its decision in the case of
the Garnet Ditch and Reservoir Com
pany VS.. C. C. Sampson, carried up
from Delta county in January 1904, six
years ago.
The verdict gives Sampson claimed
damages of S605, with interest from
1903 at the rate of eight per cent,
nj full rdturn for cattle killed and
injured by the bursting of the COM
pany's reservoir up on Dry Creek, in
which it was alleged there was water
enough stored to cause the overflow
of that creek and of the Uncompahgre
river into which it empties, and which
overflow and rush of water caused the
death of some % head of Sampson s
cattle.
The case was won in the district court
at Delta but taken to the Supreme
Court by the defendant company, where
final decision has just been rendered
confirming the verdict of the lower
court
Judge NJ. r. Welch appeared for
Sampson and Attorney Millard Fair
lamb and Judge A. r. King for the
Garnet Ditch and Reservoir Company.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Merchants Cafe Man in Trouble.

Charles Click. who recently sold one
restaurant in Delta and started another,
was arrested in Grand Junction Monday
and returned to Delta, charged with
having cashed worthless checks and
leaving numerous other unpaid bills
Click went around Delta Saturday
night with numerous checks of about
$40 each. which he obtained cash for in
whole or in part, buying small amounts
of goods in places and receiving the
balance in cash. He then left for
Grand Junction. AS soon as the checks
were presented at the banks and found
to be worthless, officers at Grand juno
tion were notified to be on the lookout
for him. This they did and succeeded
in apprehending him when about to take
train for Salt Lake When arrested
he was in company with Dee Hayes, of
Telluride. and it is said the couple in
tended to get married when they
reached Salt Lake.
Upon the return of Click to Delta
meeting of his creditors was held and,
we understand. an agreemet made to
give the young man a chance to re-
deem himself, his youth, % years,
inexperience and the fact that he had
gotten into. bad company. being con-
sidered, and upon his agreement to
make all matters good he was liberated
on a $500 bond.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Western Slope an Empire.

The Western Slope has been called
an Empire. Not because of its political
or other autocracies, but because its
output from natural resources equals
more than the wealth of some empires.
Yet it is part of Colorado the great
state of Colorado is as yet reason
ably proud of it. Some day, possibly,
the Western Slope may be a state by
itself, one of the best reasons for which
would be, that it could have Delta for
a capitol. At present that looks like
reason enough.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Paonia Orchard Lands Gel
Prominent Railroad Man.

Chalmers A. Lindsey, assistant to
General Passenger Agent T. f. Fisher.
of the Colorado & Southern, and who
has been with that company for the
past seventeen years, has quit to furth-
er improve and care for his 40 acre
tract of fruit land near Paonia, nearly
half of which he has in growing orchard
and the balance of which he will put in
trees.
The editor of the INDEPENDENT has
known Mr.. Lindsey for many years,
and is glad to congratulate Delta
county on securing him for a citizen.
Chalmers A. Lindsey is brother of
Judge Ben Lindsey, of Denver.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Fruit Gro,Ders' Meeting
at Grand Junction.

A meeting will be held at the audi
torium at Grand Junction on Monday.
February Ia, for the purpose of con-
sidering pack and grade to be adopted
by all apple growers and shippers of
Colorado. The proposed new style box
will also be discussed and decision as
to whether Colorado growers favor or
oppose it.
This will be growers meeting ex-
clusively and will be attended by rep
resentatives from every apple district
in Western Colorado. 1t is rated of
the most Importance Of any meeting
ever held on the Western Slope.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Stephan Bugs Launch.

A newspaper just received from Day
tona, Florida, contains the following:
"E. d. w. Rose sold his covered
launch, 'Nedaleine'. Tuesday to George
Stephan. Of Delta, Colorado. who is
spending the winter with his family at
Daytona Beach. The 'Nedaleine' is
practically new boat. having been
built for Mr.. Rose year or more ago
at McDonald's Boat Yard in this city"
Chances are that George will pack
his southern clothes in the launch and
bring it home with him.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Della Council Passes
Strict Liquor Ordinance.

Ordinance No. %. published in this
issue of the INDEPENDENT, was read
and ordered published at last meeting,
February 3rd.
This ordinance makes it misdemean-
CT to sell or give away any malt or
spirituous liquor, or to drink same in
any business house, on the streets or in
the alleys of the city of Delta. The
penalty is not less than $25 nor more
than $500 for each offense. The same
penalty is provided for ordering any
such goods for another.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Many New Autos Coming In.

The following have bought Ford g.
passenger automobiles the past week.
from MIR. Allen, the Delta Garage man
DIR. A. H. Stockham, DIR. A. X. Porter,
Of Delta, and DR.. Meyers, of Hotch-
kiss. Starr Nelson gets Locomobile,
Ray Stanford REQ, Joe McGraw two
new Stoddard- Daytons, b. P. Smith a
Buick; Sam Lovett, of Cedaredge, q
Stoddard- Dayton. and Mr.. Blanchard a
Ford.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Shot-Cun Cure for Jag Habit.

On Wednesday night of last week Ed
Howgate, living ten miles out from
Gunnison, tied string to the trigger
of his shot gun, placed the muzzle
against his head and did the rest with
his toe. His head was completely blown
off. Dependency over inability to stop
drink was the assigned cause.
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty deeds recorded during the
week ending February &, 1910, fur
nished by the Delta County Abstract
Company, Byram Luce, President:
H. S. Mathison to B. o. H4llar, 80
acres near Juanita. S4.275.
]. C. and R. l. Myers to C. F. Scott.
40 acres near Cedaredge. $1,000.
3. F. Bertram to H. P. Schneider, 2
lots Austin. Sl3O.
w. H. Messenger to j. A. Campbell,
40 acres near Crawford. 81.
d. E. Gibson to Gibson Lumber Co. i.
lots Hotchkiss. 81.
B. B. Southworth to A Bruton. 10. 06
acres near Delta. s2,0OS.
G. L. Pease to ]. F. Pease. 40 acres
near Paonia. $1,000.
J. NJ. Burkart to H R. Flores, TX
acres near Paonia. $3.50.
S. Mckinney to B. F. Dowd, acres
near Austin. $500.
]. Bear to o. Buzzard, lot Delta
s225. ---.. ----z-.-e-.
C. p. Nutter to o. Buzzard, / lot
Delta. s225.
W. Singleton to X. Taylor, 2 10; s
Delta. 500.
F. S. Hotchkiss to G. w. Miller,
lots Hotchkiss. $50.
E. F. Wagner toJ. Fisher. 100 acres
Leroux Creek. 81 500
NJ. E. Hood to C. E Hood. II Int 20
acres near Cedaredge. $3.50.
j. Youngberg to w. P. Stout, l6ia
acres near Cedaredge. 81 $50.
j. N. Lucas to ]. C. Hutchinson. 22ia
acres near Paonia. 81.
F. S. Hotchkiss to j. H. White,
lots Hotchkiss. $3.50.
F. S. Hotchkiss to T. Gregory, 2 lots
Hotchkiss. $500.
d. Freand to t. Gregory. . lots
Hotchkiss. $4,000.
S. l. Staples to G P. Meyer, l20
acres near Delta. $4,000
D. A. Barnes to Barry A. Barnes, 40
acres near Hotchkiss. 81.
ID, A. Barnes to Harry Barnes. 40
acres near Hotchkiss. 81
G. NJ. Smith to Genevieve Hartig, 80
acres near Delta. 81.
A. C. Van Deren to B. Luce, lot
Delta. 1850.
C. j. Lippert to r. Shea and j.
Reilly, 2 lots Delta. $1,000.
7, Dewar to F. r. Cole. tract near
Delta. 81 600.
Total deeds recorded, s52, 259.
Welch & Merrill report the following
sales:
The Frank r. Moore 35-acre orchard
on lower Surface Creek Mesa, being
part of the old Childs' place, to Wiley
o. Bellamy, of Oregon. Ill. Considera-
tion in the neighborhood of SIT, 500.
Also the Parkhurst 40 in the Gunni-
son valley, 8 1-2 miles from Delta, to
]. G. Smith. who owns an adjoining
ranch. Consideration, SIS, 500.
Also the north 60 acres of the J. o.
Simpson ranch, 2 miles north of Austin,
to Joseph Hussey. Consideration, Sl2,
900. Mr.. Hussey moved to Delta with
his family about month ago from
eastern Colorado and will take posses
sion of the Simpson property about
March 1st. Mr.. Simpson has sold the
south 20 acres Of his ranch, considera-
tion heinu 81 600
The Delta independent., 1910-02-11
Figures Compiled Matter Of Pride
to Residents and Of Absorbing
Interest to Non-Residents.
Value Of Production One Hundred Per Cent
Greater Per Capita Than in Any Other
State of the Union n--Some Inter-
estng Facts and Figures.

Denver. Feb. THE following epi-
tomized statement. compiled by ]. c.
Craig of the Colorado State CONNER
cial Association. gives some idea of
Colorado, her vast acreage, her natural
resources, and her annual grown pro-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
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