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The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
The Desert Gains "a Rose.

Personal friends will be very
much surprised TO learn that one
OF the most educated and charming
young ladies in Delta. Miss Mabel
Luena kuhnley, was married last
Sunday at her parents home to DR..
]. L. Teufert, surgeon dentist OF
Yuma. Arizona, a man prominent in
his profession. The happy couple
started on their honeymoon taking
in Colorado Springs, Pixies Peak,
Petrified Forest in Arizona, Grand
Canyon, Los Angeles and the sea-
shore. They will make their home
in Yuma. Arizona. All wish them
long life and happiness.
The marriage was solemnized by
DR.. j. A johnson of the Methodist
church of Delta. in the presence of
relatives of the family
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18

The season opened on mountain
and willow grouse Tuesday. That
on sage chicken opened August /.
The follwoing paragraphs emoody
that part of the new game law in
which people of this locality are
interested:
For deer having horns, October
to October 6 inclusive.
For prarie chicken, mountain and
willow grouse. August 10 to Oct
ober 10.
For sage chickens, August l to
September /.
For pheasants. capercailzies, black
game, and other grouse, not indi-
genious to this state, September I
to September 20, commencing in
1915.
For dducks. geese. brants, crane,
plovers, curlews, snipes and other
wading marsh and shore birds
and water fowls. October l to
March l of the following year.
For Doves. an open season from
August l to September /, except in
attitudes of 1000 feet or over, it
shall be July 10 to August 10.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
SAYS INDEPENDENT PLACES
OUR BEET OUTPUT TOO HIGH
Territory Mentioned Included the
Uncompahgre Valley Which
Includes MontrOse.

A letter from Manager Holmes,
of the Western Sugar and Land
Company, takes exceptions to an
alleged statement made by this
paper to the effect that the Delta
beet country supplied about go
per cent of the 'peets treated at
the Grand Junction factory, and
explains that Delta county only
grows about one-third of the beets.
If the Independent said Delta
County it was a misprint, as in
mentioning that part of the beet
growing territory OF which Delta
forms the center, We have written
Delta beet country or Delta beet
area, invariably, which includes
the Uncompahgre and Gunnison val
ley territory and inclusive mesa
fields. Even then the figures OF
80 per cent were a trifle high,
though we always feel justified in
joshing Mesa county, where the
factory is located, on its supplying
OF less than Is per cent OF the
beets manufactured" as appeared
in the statements published last
spring, when the factory was going
to be showed up to Delta.
We don't want to claim quite
everything, and if we have to crawl
down to two-thirds, here goes.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
INTERESTING LETTERS RE-
GARDING STATE APPLE CROP
Letters From Various Fruit Sec
tions Speak Clearly For
Themselves.

We take the following from the
Kansas City Packer about the apple
crop in this part of the state:
Mesa county is making great
todo about winning the 500 put up
by the Delta business men. When
the facts are known, it is the news
papers who are claiming the big
crop"
There is also a report in The
Packer from Fremont county which
we give and from Cedaredge. Our
readers can take these reports for
what they are worth:
Grand. Junction, July 2S, 1911.
To The Packer: Replying to your
circular letter. You ask for report
On the apple condition and beg to
give you the following:
Grand Valley proper, which in
cludes Pallisade, Clifton, Grand
Junction and Fruita will have about
200 cars OF apples. This is half
a crop. A full crop should be about
400 to $500 cars. On the Grand
river east of Pallisade, there are
several small shipping points, Rifle,
Grand Valley and Debeque, from
which points there should be about
400 cars of apples, but this year
they will not exceed 100 The freeze
IL the upper valley was worse than
IL was down here. Our fruit has
net ct looked quite so well as IL does
at the present time being light on
the trees, the fruit is larger and our
growers have done an excellent job
in spraying. For this reason our
crop will run more largely to fancy
grades than heretofore.
Yours very TRULY,
The Grand Junction Fruit Growers
Assn. by J. F. Moore. Manager.
Canon City, Colo, Fremont Coz
crop in this section is
about the same as that of last
year: about 700 cars winter fruit
and 800 cars summer and fall va
rieties are expected. The fruit will
be of good quality. Varieties are
Wealthy. Mcintosh Red, Grimes
Golden. Genetin. Ben Davis. North
ern Spy. Rambo. Willow Twig,
Black Ben. Gano and Others
Cedaredge, Colo. delta Co..
! 900 and 100 cars of
apples will be shipped from this sec
tion and about 2.40O cars from the
entire county. Orchards well cared
for and fruit of good quality. Va
rieties grown are Jonathan, Wine
sap, Gano. Rome Beauty and Ben
Fork Times.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
500 Drown and Millions Lost
in Japanese Tidal Wave

Word reached this country Aug
ust 18th to the effect that 500 lives
had been lost and millions of dol
lars in property devastated by
tidal wave in Japan on July 20.
Several fishing fleets were de
stroyed and more than zoo fisher
men drowned.
At Toxic many houses were
swept away, including a large tea
house with thirty-three people. The
Suzaki licensed quarters on SHIN
agawa bay were demolished scores
Of persons being drowned, crushed
tc death or mortally injured. The
noted Sherigawa inlaid work fac
tory collapsed and fifteen employees
were killed, those who escaped
swimming to roofs of neighboring
houses after crawling from the deb
ris A torpedo boat was swept on
shore at Toxic and several steam
ers foundered, while big liners drag
ged anchors.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Poker Game Raidcd.

A poker game was raided at
the old sherman hotel the first of
this week and three of the players
taken into custody, two others max
ing their escape through window.
The arrested parties, We under
stand, were discharged. This may
not have been according to the
strict letter of the law. but seems
to agree with frontier opinion that
IL persons are to be arrested for
gambling they should all be ar
rested alike. We have seen men
and women both bet on the races
at the Delta tracks and 1t is
common practice to bet on election
results. There are also many other
classes of gambling that are wink
ed at. Gambling is gambling ana
II runs in the blood of human veins.
1t may not be good business, but
1t is passion with very many
people. 1t Is also much more re-
spectacle to win than to lose.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
WORK ON DELTA'S NEW L.
BRARY STARTS AUGUST 80
A. NJ. Felmlee Awarded Contract
building Will BE One OF the
Finest in City.

Sealed bids were received and
opened Monday evening by the
Public Library Committee, for the
erection of the new library build
ing on the southeast corner of the
Court House square, and the con-
tract was awarded to A. NJ. Felmlee
whose bid was found to be the
lowest by about a thousand dol
lars. Amount of contract s7,s41.
The building will be built of
FIT. Collins sand stone from grade
up to the main floor, and will be
trimmed with the same material,
and the walls from there up Will
be faced with Denver No. l face
prick of a light pinkish-grey color,
and will present a combination OF
colors which will be very pleasing
to the eye.
The style of architecture is
modified Grecian" and will prove
a credit to Delta The main floor
will be left in one large library
and reading room about 24x51 feet,
and will be partly divided by book
shelves and delivery counter, the
room will be amply lighted and
ventilated.
The basement will be divided in
to several rooms as follows: A
lecture room, ladies parlor, en-
trance hall. stack room, boiler
room. and two toilet rooms, all OF
which will be finished up nicely
and will be complete in every de-
tail
The main story will be finish
ed. or trimmed in selected red
birch. The building will be pro-
vided with thoroughly modern
steam heating plant, which VIII
be combined with a system of ven
tilation which will insure suffi-
cient supply of fresh warm air at
all times when required.
Work on the building will begin
August 80.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
POULTRY INDUSTRY TO BE
TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS
Philip NJ. Condit of Delta, is Men,
ber of New Institute eNecu-
tive Board.

Recognizing the growth of the
poultry industry and its exceptional
possibilities in Colorado, it is now
planned to teach poultry raising in
the schools of the state. A school
poultry club has already been Or
ganized, with Miss Helen Wilson,
state superintendent of public in
struction, as its president. The
movement has just been started and
the different county superintendent
have not been notified OF the addi-
ton to the courses as yet, although
it is the plan to start this fall.
Arkansas had the first school
poultry club and the idea is grow
ing. In the official poultry exhibit
tions prizes will be offeredd for
the school children to stimulate
thier interest. The course will be
free to the students, but 81. will be
the fee for outsidedrs participating
in its benefits. The money thus
acquired will be devoted to pur-
chasing equipment for institute
work
A meeting was held last Satur-
day at Mrs. Wilson's office, at
which details were arranged. Pres
cnt were Mrs. Wilson, Prof. Chas-
A. Lory. president OF the Colorado
Agricultural College at Fort Col
lins, Alfred A. Edwards. president
of the board of that institution;
of Larimer county; G. c. Watkins,
of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a lectur-
er for the A P A. and E. n. Hop
kins, of Ft. Smith, organizer OF the
A. P. a.
The officers of the new club are;
Mrs Wilson, president; w. E. Vap-
olin of Fort Collins, vice president;
c. G. Sergeant of Grand Junction,
secretary Executive board: c. e.
Sargant, Grand Junction Miss Jen-
ME Tressel, Burlington; Miss Ros-
pha C. Pulford, Durango; j. II.
Shirber, Boulder, S. S. Phillips,La
Junta; Miss Pearl Moore, Fort Col
lins; George Veditz, Colorado
Springs; Philip Condit, Delta; Dan l.
ward, Rocky Ford; G. F. Snyder,
Hesperus; George W. Smith, Hay
den; DR. J. W, Downey, Fort Col
Inns: A. A. Peters, Denver.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
SINGLE SPUD CROP MAKES
THE GROWER A LAND OWNER
Sounds Big But is True.-$1OO
Land Would Have Paid for
Itself This Year.

The many of our people who went
into potato raising last spring
struck it right and many who did
not realize how they might have be-
come land owners by simply going
into potatoes for this one season,
for S1OO-an-acre land could have
been bought and paid for out OF
the profits of a good crop raised
this year.
This looks big, but it is not
oyerdrawn, for potato land, accord
ing TO reports, is averaging some
thing near $3.50 per acre in this
season 5 yield.
OF course such conditions would
not likely be met with two years
in succession, for, owing to crop
failures in other states, the mar
ket price is double the price usual
ly obtained. Still, potatoes have
at 75c to S1.00 per hundred.
There are other crops raised in
these wonderfully rich valley sec
tions which pay equally well. Wheat
oats, sugar beets, melons and al
falfa give fine crops and pay dol
lars per acre to the farmer where
halves and quarters result in many
of the best rated agricultural states.
And with all this can be added the
orchard gold mines, from which
single crop often enables an owner
to charter a special car in which to
take his family to the seashore.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Government Reclamation Figures

"About 500. .000,00O has been eN-
pended by the government in the
twenty-five projects that have been
laid out. Another S65, 100000 Will
be required to finish them. The
reclamation fund receives $4,000
600 to s7.OOO,o00 annually from the
sale of public lands and about S2,-
100000 from the projects that are
now paying back little to the
government. The returns from the
enterprises are increasing ut the
rate of s1,O0O.000 a year. One mil
lion acres of land has already been
put under irrigation and an addi-
tional million will be added in a
comparatively short time
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Former Delta Man
Kills Self at Norwood.

A. II. Rogers, who for ten years
lived at and near Delta. was found
dead in n wagon shed at the home
of his son. John Rogers, two miles
from Norwood. last Saturday with
a bullet wound in the center of
his forehead. Indications were that
he had committed suicide,
He arose at in the morning
and left the house and his absence
was not further noticed until 9
O'Clock when n search revealed the
dead body. Rogers was 65 years
old and a widower.
w f. Obert of Delta. and A. II.
Rogers had adjoining claims east
of Delta some years ago. A daugh-
ter of the suicide married b. l.
Dennison in Delta, who was then
jeweler for Stockham Bros, in their
store then in the old Remington
building. Eight children We're left
by Mr.. Rogers, two daughters and
six sons, all of whom are living.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Pellagra Kills Three in Colo
RADIO; First Cases on ReCort

Three cases of death from pell-
agra were reported to the state
board of health this week. These
are the first cases of the disease
ever reported in Colorado and the
state board will advise all local
boards of health to be prepared to
combat it. Two of the cases are
reported from Colorado Springs and
one from the State insane asylum at
Pueblo.
One of the Colorado Springs cases
was an Indian girl years old
The other was visiting minister
54 years old, who died of the dis
ease three weeks after he had
come to Colorado from a southern
state.
The insane asylum case was that
of man 45 years old.
"These are the first cases
have ever heard of in Colorado,
said DR.. Paul S. Hunter. secretary
of the state board of health. 1T
is remarkable that all of the cases
We're fatal.
DR.. ]. w. Amesse, an expert in
the employ of the United States
government. two years ago made
an examination of all the patients
in the state insane asylum to as
certain whether the disease existed
in this state. He reported that
none of the insane were afflicted.
The disease is said to be caused
by the use of musty corn in food
preparations. 1t leads to insanity
In
insane asylums are inspected closely
Pellagra is newly discovered dis
ease and for long time was be-
lieved to be confined to the South
ern states.-Denver Times.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
WORK 10 COMPLETE PRO-
JECT WILL COMMENCE SOON
Engineers Claim That Work Will
no Longer Tarry But be
Rushed to Completion.

The Enterprise has 1t on good
authority that dirt will begin to fly
on the unfinished canals under the
Uncompahgre project within the
next sixty days. Although we
understand that the Chipeta ditch
is part of the project and that the
lronstone matter will be settled in
the next few days, the progress on
the project will no longer be delay
ed by reason of the unification ques-
tion regardless as to the attitude
of the lronstone folks.
Supervising Engineer Walters ar
rived in the city today and will
take all of the plans and specifica-
tions for the extension work on
the Uncompahgre project with him
to Denver preparatory to calling for
the contracts for doing the work.
This includes the west canal and
bitches necessary to cover the ir-
rigable land in all parts OF the val
ley.
Another important happening of
the past few days of great conse-
quence to this project is the fact
of the filing in the office of the
state engineer OF the maps, etc,
emitting the Uncompahgre project
to all Of the return water under the
project. II will be remembered that
the engineer had refused TO file
these papers. but has since chang
ed his attitude and put them on
record.
Messrs. c. T Pease, project en-
gineer. and Secretary Tobin of the
Water Users association, returned
Saturday from Grand Junction in
company with MIR. Walter. supervis-
ing engineer. where they We're in
conference with Secretary Fisher
and Director Newell while at that
place As a result of this confer
ence the welcome announcement con
tanned in the opening paragraph OF
this article.
Mr.. Fischer was on his way on
trip to ALASKA and intimated that
he might be able to visit the I'm
compahgre project on his return
trip II II seemed TO be advisable.
but since the difficulties seem TO
be out of the way on this project
he could see no particular advant-
age in him coming here.
The new secretary is pictured by
Mi. Tobin as man OF action. This
war emphatically shown by his at
titude toward the Highline project
in the Grand valley. He let the
people distinctly understand that
II they did not settle their diff
ficuities pretty soon the government
would begin condemnation proceed
ings. This is an inkling as to what
might happen in the Uncompahgre
valley should the government be
compelled to take a hand.
From latest reports We under
stand that the plan to take in the
Ouray ditch and make 1t part OF
the west canal has been abandoned
and the original plans for the west
canal will be carried out.-Mont-
rose Enterprise.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
MeSiford, Oregon. May Cover
Delta County's Challenge.

The following letter was receiv-
ed by the Delta County Business
Mems Association early this week:
Medford. Ore. Aug. 9, 1911.
Delta County Business Mems As
sociation, Delta, Colorado.
Gentlemen:
II has just come to our notice
that Delta County. Colorado, has
challenged the world in the matter
of fruit production for the present
season. We feel that this matter
cannot go unnoticed and would
therefore request that you send us
particulars as to the challenge you
AXE, as we may want to cover same.
Very Respectfully,
GEORGE L. BOOS,
Secretary Medford Commercial Club
A reply was sent to Mr.. Boos on
Monday together with a copy of
the challenge"
Let them come. The more the
merrier. Only let us hope that our
friends in the Northwest have the
500 and the nerve, one or the
other of which have proven to be
lacking in our thus far would-be
competitors in the fruit growing in
dustry.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Greater and Greater Grows
The Seasons Splendid Outlook

Along with the big harvests in
this neck o'woods the next best
thing is the number of pieces of
work proposed which are to en-
ploy labor and aid in circulating
cash.
In Delta more or less building will
be done. The contract for the new
Carnegie library has been let. Two
reservoirs are to be built by the
city.
All over the county improvements
of various character are planned,
aside from which many thousands
of dollars will be expended for
road work.
Down at Olathe n water works
system is contracted to cost S5s,-
O0O, to be rushed through in 1876
busy days.
On the completion of the I'm
compahgre Irrigation Project work.
the details of which are now all
being adjusted. the immense sum
of 81 100000 is to be spent. This
finishing work is now confidently
expected to be under way by the
latter part of September.
Nor is this all. To care for the
big crops will require the aid of
hundreds. The fruit harvest and
sugar beet harvest will be busy
scenes clear up to winter days.
The outlook seems to be very
|'bright one.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Finds County Papers
Best Advertising Medium.


The Union Pacific Railroad com
pany has set aside a certain fund
for advertising in the county week
ly newspapers. The Independent Is
among the number tried. The ex-
pertinent has now been in operation
Tor about three months and the u
p. Co. expresses great satisfaction
over the result, claiming better re
turns from this than any other
class so far tried, and very super
ior results over magazine adverts-
ing. The rates for space in the
country weekly are low-often too
low-and the large sum asked Tor
a page in some flimsy magazine,
much of whose circulation is worn
out on the counters of sale agencies
waiting for market, will procure
a wide circulation over a country
where the home papers are not onl!
taken but are read.
1t is safe TO say that not two
PERSONS in every one hundred who
pick up any sort of magazine, ever
turn through its bulk of advertis-
ing pages.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Pipe Organ Recital.

Prof Raymond c. Robinson, of
Worcester and Boston, Mass, will
give a recital on the new pipe or
gan of the Methodist church at
p. m. Friday, August 25. under the
auspices of the Epworth League.
Admission adults 25 cents and
children under IL years 3 cents.
Prof Robinson is fine organist.
He will be assisted by local vocal
talent. The following program will
be given:
Pontifical March &c. ... Lemmers
Chant De Armour ... &c. Henselt
Hosanna .-. ... 80 aShs
Professional March ... ... Wagner
Andante -. -. ... Dudly Buck
Hymn Prelude. Softly Now The
Light of Day"
Priests March &c. ... Mendelssohn
Concert Variations on Star
Spangled Banner" Dudly Buck
Solo. Flower Songs ... -. Ula King
(a) -Four Leaf Glover" Bownell
OBJ "Daises' ... &C.. ... Cowen
Solo, Necklace of Love" -. Nevin
Mr., Fleetwood.
Reading, "AuX-ltalian''
-. 49,. -. u. -. Mrs. c. A. Merrill
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18

Miss Barrie Johnson of North
Delta, suffered painful bruises last
Friday evening. by being thrown
from her buggy when the horse
SHE'D at an automobile and getting
under the horses feet The bones
of one arm were fractured. She Is
reported resting easy at present
and will soon be about again.
Miss Agneta Evans wishes TO
thank the Independent and the
party nominating her as candi-
date for representative to the
Apple Exposition and would very
much like to make the race, but
finds herself unable to do so on
account of going away to school
Miss Evans will leave for Greeley
10 attend the State Normal, IN
September.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18
Alma People to Start
a Colony Near Paonia.

Frank Kuhn. Wm. Fraser, l. )
smith, Olof Nelson and Mr.. Miller,
all of Alma. Colorado. arrived on
Wednesday and went up TO fao-
MIA to look at some property when
they have had their eyes on ior
some time, and which, If they take
they will settle upon with their
families in sort of colony.
All but the last mentioned OF
these gentlemen We're neiShbors Oh
the Independent family and We 40
not hesitate to recommend them
TO the people of Delta county. They
are all good business men ana
splendid citizens.
The Delta independent., 1911-08-18

MIR. and Mrs. ]. A. Curtiss left
for Denver Tuesday. Mr.. Curuss
will return in few days while Mrs
Curtiss will remain and visit Tor
several weeks.
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