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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-08
AUCTION SALE
Saturday, Sept. 8

On account of i'll health I will sell at
Putney, VT, -
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Good Roads Matters.

The second annual convention of
the Colorado Good Roads Conference
Association will be held in pueblo,
'5I6I 'kIBnuBr 10 YssM puooes sql
| This meeting, called by the vice
presidents of the conference at a
recent gathering in Denver, will be
the most important good roads con-
ference ever held in the state. The
vice-presidents also made plans for
state wide campaign of publicity
on bahalf of good roads which now
promises to be the most extensive
ever undertaken in this state. AT
the Pueblo conviction. speakers of
note will be heard and special at
tention will be paid to the construc-
tion of state highways.
One of the most important fac
tors in the good road work through
out the state. is the formation of
local associations. These associa-
tions are the means of bringing to
completion of good roads work in
different localities of great value
to the residents in those sections.
The Colorado Good Roads Confer
ence is urging upon every county
IN tnt Sldlt, lnt ltl lihaNith VI suNh
organizations.
These organizations should also
take advantage of recent laws pas
sed in this state by which separ-
ate road and maintenance districts
can be established by petition from
sql I5uuum sIul uI 'slusplssI lnool
people of any one locality can there
fore bring about the Improvement
of their local roads better than
can the county com missioners. The
county commissioners have roads
throughout the entire county to look
after, and often the tax payers of
certain sections feel that they are
not receiving the attention that is
due them Looking after all county
roads is different proposition than
looking after those in n smaller
district The formation of these
smaller districts allows the tax pay
ers to have more direct supervision
of their roads and further provides
that definite sums shall be allotted
for the roads in such districts.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
The Fair Was n Success.

The Delta fair was n success this
year, despite the fact that rain in
terfered to a great extent with two
days of its holding.
The management was busy for
the first half of this week check
ing up awards, and state that they
expect to be able to pay all pre-
miums and other expenses out of
the receipts.
The general comment is that the
fair held last week is better than
any previous one. This was due
to several causes: The crop year
in the county is bumper one, max
ing the fine exhibit possible; the
farmers and all others went into
the matter this year with n deeper
interest and greater confidence.
In our next issue of the lnde-
pendent, we will publish a full list
of premiums awarded.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Montrpse Stockman Injured.

John Robinson, a well known cat
rleman, living east of town, but who
spends his summers at his cattle
camps on the Sawtooth range, met
with an accident Sunday which may
prove fatal. He was on top of n
big load of wood coming down from
the mountains. when the load upset.
Mr.. Robinson was caught between
the falling timbers and tree and
badly crushed. one or two bones be
ing broken in the bargain. He was
taken to the home of James Osborn
near Colona nd Montrose physicians
were summoned AS his injuries
are largely internal. only time will
tell the extent of same.-Empire.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Delta Schools Have Very
Large Regular Attendance

One year ago the enrolment at
the Delta high school was 157. This
year it is IT'S. In the two first
grades last year it was SIS. This
year 106. In rooms 2 and 3, North
Delta, last year there were enrolled
at the opening, Al pupils. This year
60.
The fourth grade, Central build
ing. was so badly crowded that the
superintendent was compelled to ad-
just the pupils in the two third grade
rooms and in the fourth grade.
In the three rural schools that
have opened there is now an at
tendance of SO pupils. Last year
the opening attendance was SO.
The work is starting out so pleas
antly and the pupils and teachers
adjusting themselves to their re
spective duties with such good spirit
that Superintendent Condit is very
highly pleased with the outlook for
splendid years work.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
DELTA HAS ATTRACTED A
HOST OF VISITORS OF LATE
People Have Visited it From All
States of the Union and
Viewed Our Exhibits.

| Just to show how wide a field
Delta draws visitors from, we print
partial list of people who have
come in the past two weeks, ma
jority of whom came to seek To-
cations:
NJ. F. Davis, Kansas City; H. l..
Russell, Hallode, Nevada; E. B.
Hastings, Sheldon, Mo; Mrs. E. d.
Vernon, Corning. Kansas; G. 7
Cartwright, Lebanon, Nebraska
Mrs H. A Waller, Friend, Neb-
raska: c. Walker, Kansas City, Mis-
souri,; F. B. McIlvain, Omaha, Neb-
raska: Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. McGin-
ty, Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Jessie Roy
er, Minneapolis, Minnesota; E. l..
Reeves and w. d. Gray, Oil Trough
Arkansas; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Fred
Schraff, Wyanet. Illinois; Mr.. and
Mrs. Larrison. Rock Island, Illinois; /;
Jas. S. Day, Midland, Texas w. A.
Harshbarger, Topeka, Kansas; Chas
L. Lott, ST Joseph. Missouri; Wien
Van Ort, Iowa; r. T. Jones. Paul S
Valley, Oklahoma H. f. NanNol-
kenburgh, Hamilton, Missouri; Mrs.
H. O. Lawrence. Fit. Dodge, Iowa;
Mrs O. S. Beebe, jefferson, Iowa
j. w. Vanhoft. Canyon City, Texas !;
J. NJ. Eckert, Umbarger. Texas: EN-
In p. Schneider and Geo. o. knecht,
Hereford. Texas; Mrs. Mary Nugent'
Vincennes. Indiana f. f. Partridge,
Guaymas, Mexico; Mrs. p. H.
Springer. Rantoul, Kansas: Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris, Chicago H. b. Boyn-
ton. Edgar, Nebraska; Geo. Beer,
Randall, Kansas Paul Beer, Alex
andria. Nebraska; Mrs. Ed F. Walt
ers, Gibbs Missouri; Geo. Drake,
Dan Machis. Mexico; Leslie Long,
Amboy, Illinois; Moses Aribee. Mar
ion, Michigan Mrs. Susie Walton,
FL Reno. Oklahoma; w. \. Hart
eel. Castle Gate, Utah; Geo p. Hud-
son. Deleware; NJ Dou.bledge, Jop-
lin, Missouri; j. W. Rennett, Car
thage. Missouri; Miss Carrie Proc
ter, Alice. Texas: Robert Shaw, Had
dam Kansas; j. W Bates. Pennsyl-
vania' Robert Strong. Earlsville, Ill
inois; Frances A Patrick, Pales-
tine. Texas: Mrs. F.. w. Austin, Os-
borne. Kansas: A. H. Edwards,
Clearficld. Iowa.
The above named and many more
were all visitors at the exhibition
room and became greatly interest
ed in the products shown there.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
DELTA COUNTY is HIGHLY
PRAISED BY MAYOR SPEER
Says He is Willing to Wager That
Delta County Will Win the
Fruit Wager.

Prosperity regards the Western
Slope as one of her favorite daugh-
ters' according to Mayor Speer, who
Delta, where he delivered an ad-
dress al the Delta County fair.
II hard times are prevailing" p"
said the mayor in speaking of his
trip, they certainly are not visible
on the Western Slope. Prosperity
seems everywhere there.
/ never saw such wonderful
fruit crop as in the Delta district.
The business men, l heard, have
challenged the world to equal
Delta's fruit crop and have offered
500 to any county in the state
thai ships more fruit than it this
season. l have not been around
the rest OF the state, but from what
l saw at Delta l would be willing
to wager that Delta keeps the
500. l visited 40 acres of apples
owned by one of the prominent citi-
zens who helped entertain me and
l told him that l would be the
proudest man in Colorado if / own
ed that orchard. Those apples they
grow there cannot be surpassed any
where They told me that apples
and peaches were not the only
things they could produce there
They said there was nothing that
wouldn't grow on the Western Slope
The exhibits OF fruit at the fair
were wonderful The frosts hurt
nothing but the peaches There will
be good crop OF them, however.
The apples are what impressed me.
l never saw anything like them. OBJ
serving the prosperous condition of
the people there, l am no longer
in doubt why the city dwellers lis
ten to the back to the sell call" -
Denver Republican.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Officers of Mountain States
GnmnanN Visit


President Field and party. of
the Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph company, arrived in Del
ia Monday and inspected the new
exchange.
Mr.. Field and party were met
In Delta by the mayor and a num-
ber OF leading citizens in automo-
biles and shown over lower Surface
Creek and the surrounding country.
He was very enthusiastic over the
country and its crop showings.
The party, now on a trip OF in
spection of the properties of the
merged telephone companies, will
travel seven thousand miles and
will visit the entire territory cover
ed by the Mountain States Tele-
phone and Telegraph system. which
embraces an area of 600, 900 square
miles.
Mr.. Field was accompanied by
Mrs. Field and daughter, Martha;
+. NJ. Burgess, general manager:
Phillip Hamlin, assistant to the pres
ident and j. f. Mcdonald. secretary
of the company
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
PEACH AND APPLE CROP
NOT LESS THAN 5000 CARS
Beside the Heavy North Fork Ship
ments, Paonia is Canning
Is Tons Daily.

So far as statistics are in, the
North Fork has shipped about seven
hundred carloads of peaches this
season. Surface Creek will ship one
hundred and fifty cars, which will
total nine hundred cars at least
from the county, aside from the
heavy express shipments throughout
the season. Aside from this the
canning factory at Paonia has aver
aged eighteen tons day, or total
of almost five hundred tons. All
told. the peach crop of the county
this year can be safely estimated
at nine hundred carloads and it
might perhaps reach thousand car
loads. The apple crop OF the county
will be more than double that of
the peach crop, so that conserva-
tive estimate of the peach and apple
output for this year for Delta coun-
ty can be placed at three thousand
carloads This is about one thous-
and carloads above the estimates
of the early part of the season, but
is now considered conservative.
With the fall opening it is also
noted that an unusually high per
cent of the apples will grade as
fancy and extra fancy, due largely
to the splendid climatic conditions
during the growing and ripening
ueriOds
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Made His Wife Eat Flies.

About the worst that we have
heard yet comes from the Inde-
pendent editors former county of
Park. Ralph Harrington. so dis
patches say, is the defendant in di-
vorce proceedings by his wife. who
she alleges. threw her on the floor
and forced sticky fly paper and
flies down her throat. Young Her
rington was the son of wealthy
ranchman near Hartsel. who died
some years ago. The boy was edu-
Gated in Colorado Springs and come
back to the ranch after his fathers
death. Later he married pretty
school teacher. who now seeks di-
vorce. charging cruel and inhuman
treatment. The father was miserly
and stingy but the mother took n
great interest in the children. tax
ing them away from home and re-
manning with them in order that
they might be educated. Ralph was
n little wild and excentric. He has
n brother who is prominent citi-
zen OF Park county.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Senator Carter Dcad.--Was
in DcltA u Your

United States Senator Thomas
II. Carter of Montana. died in Wash
ington, September 18th, of infrac-
tion of the lungs.
Senator Carter was here year
ago as chairman of the senate com
mittee on reclamation service, COM
ing with others from Montrose to
Delta by automobile. He was n
friend of the reclamation projects
and addressed the people of Delta
in short speech, at the same time
asking questions and seeking what
ever information there was avail
able on the subject his committee
was investigating.
Senator Carter was for many
years n national figure in American
politics and impressed all at sight.
Individually and in public he was
individually and in public. he was
one of the nations great men-such
as the country can ill-afford to
losc.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
SUGAR MAKERS GOING IN
TO CONSUMERS POCKETS
Speculation Seems to be the Only
Excuse For Present High
Price of Sugar.

If sugar making paid good profits
at 81. per hundred for the sugar
what sort of profits will it pay at
Sc per hundred. the raw material
being the same price and the gen.
eral cost of manufacture the same!
Is the present big advance in sug-
ar exceeding what it has been for
the last decade, caused by increased
demand and use, or is 1t market
manipulation for the benefit of the
sugar trust and spectators?
There is food for thought in the
above queries. Surely the price OF
sugar is the most gigantic advance
ever hurled at the already over
burdened consumer in so short a
time
1t means an additional tax upon
their earnings of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars.
We don't know how it has been
done. 1t would seem that no one
not even the trusts, would dare to
launch what seems to be so gigan-
tic robbery. They may be mad or
desperate because of being raped
to the tune of a few hundred thous-
and dollars by the courts. 1t may
even be argued and proven that de-
mand has little to do with it, but
its magnitude is appalling.
At times when the oil trust or
other great combines have wanted
to raise a few million dollars for
extra speculation funds and have
raised the price of their commodities
a quarter or half cent, people have
smiled patiently because the bur
den was light or each; but when
an attempt is made to turn their
pockets wrong side out at a single
stroke, it is enough at least to
start them thinking.
No steal from the people has ever
before been attempted that appears
as a marker to the present control
price 6 sugar. The fruit crop. gen.
orally is short and cannot be used
as an argument for excessive de-
mand, and there are no other ar
guments to prove that the price is
not a connivance.
1t helps at least. to bring home
to the people the sound lesson that
they must manufacture for them
selves what they cannot buy at a
reasonable profit over the cost OF
making.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Many Cars viii be Needed.

The railroad company is going to
be severely taxed to supply cars
for our big apple crop. Nothing else
can be expected. The strain has
been felt in handling the peach crop
and early fran products.
While the apple crop will be less
hurried in handling. it will call for
the use of thousands of cars and
many OF which will be for greater
distances, Their need will also
occur when cars are more in general
demand.
That the railroad company Will
do the best it can to supply cars,
is of course likely, and having fulf
reports from the orchard territories
of the Western Slope, it could have
and doubtless will have, all ar
rangements made.
1t will be remembered that two
years ago there We're two hundred
cars of apples boxed and ready for
shipment, on platforms and in pack
ing houses and not car in sight
to ship them in. 1t will also be rem
embered that demand of bills or
lading by the shippers caused some
hard but prompt hustling on the part
of the railroad company.
The apple crop of this year-par-
ticularly in Delta county promises
to exceed that of two years ago ana
the sugar beet crop, which must be
shipped to the factory Mt Grand
junction at the same time. is also
a heavier tonnage than heretofore.
1t is not the purpose of this ar
ticle to spread alarm. but merely to
call attention to matter that Is
always more or less serious. Our
shippers must have the cars they
REQUIRE and the railroad company
must furnish them.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Alma Man Buys II. r. Cook Farm

Frank Kuhn, of Alma, Colorado
who has been looking over the
country for some time in search of
land, has bought the II. +, Cook
place. five miles up the Gunnison'
selecting IL for home. The
consideration was $4,000 cash. Mr.,
Kuhn expects to move on the pop
erty the first of January, or soon
er, II able to obtain possession
from the present tenant. Mr.. Kuhn
has been mining for long num-
ber of years, but thinks he can
break into the farming game. Any
way he will give 1t try. He is
an old acquaintance of the indie
pendent family, and, the paper,
having been subscriber the past
three years.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
SEPTEMBER TERM OF THE
DISTRICT COURT is NOW ON
Lengthy Docket of Criminal Cases
As Well as Civil-Many May
Not be Heard.

District court convened in Delta
Tuesday, Judge Sprigg Shackelford
presiding.
The docket is somewhat lengthy,
there being a number of criminal
complaints as well as civil cases.
1t is doubtful If many of the civil
cases will get a hearing within the
two weeks term.
On the first day of the present
term a case of long standing in
court was decided upon a compro-
mise basis, the defendant, ID & r.
G. railroad company, agreeing to
a verdict awarding Edith Farmer
damages in the sum of $4,000 for
injuries sustained by the cars of
said company several years ago.
Edith is the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Farmer of Delta
The injury was to her hand, which
was permanently MANNED.
A. NJ Blair pleaded guilty to
robbing Leung Cheung. He will be
sentenced later. Antonio Mondrigal
charged with completely in the same
offense has not yet been tried.
Yesterday and Tuesday were occu-
pied with the case of the people
VS.. Stoneburner. Ell al. coming down
from Hotchkiss. Vincent and Bell
are the defendants attorneys. Dis
trict Attorney Logan and Judge a.
r King are prosecuting. The case
will probably be concluded some
time today. A large mum ber of wit
nesses from Hotchkiss and vicinity
are present. Following is the jury
before whom this case is being
tried: T.. c. Anderson, c. d. Bran
non. ], E. Beckley. c. c. Cockrel
w. S. Girardet. E. NJ. Hovey. l. d.
King. Joseph F. Kistler, S. V. Man
non. T. H. Mower, Clarence A.
Smith. A. ]. Worse.
A gambling case is also docketed
from Hotchkiss but some of the
defendants had not put in an ap-
pearance up to yesterday.
The case of McLca. convicted of
safe cracking at Hotchkiss and
granted a new trial, is expected to
come up at this term.
G. w Stoltz. of the Escalante
Ditch proposition. made affidavit
from Denver. that he was entirely
without funds and asked to be eH-
cused from appearing TO report at
this term. The court ordered that
he be so excused. Until his trial in
the higher court he is required to
appear and report at each term of
the district court from which his
case was appealed.
The case of Henry L. Hussong.
the Paonia school teacher charged
with improper conduct with one of
his girl pupils. is on the docket
Prof. Huessong has not as yet been
arraigned and IL is not known
whether his case will come up for
hearing at this term or not.
John Van Angen of Crawford and
Fred c Brockman of Hotchkiss, pc
titioned to become American citi-
zens.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
APPALLING Loss of Lives in
The Mines of Anne


Thirty thousand miners have
been killed in the United States in
the past ten years. Seventy-five
thousand miners, injured, many of
them manned for life, in the same
period. Eleven thousand widows
made by the deaths OF the miners.
Thirty thousand children left father
less.
This terrible record represents
not only the accidents in the coal
mines, but in the metal mines also.
| 1t is the story of the tragedy of
the mines. but not the whole story.
If the mines of the United States
during those ten years had had the
same standards of safety as in the
| European countries, if our mines
had killed two out of every thous-
and employed, instead of three, four
or five.-fifteen thousand of the
thirty thousand miners killed in the
past ten years, might be living today
Forty thousand out of the seven
ty thousand injured, might have es-
capped injury.
Fifteen thousand orphan children
might still have fathers.
This is the whole grim tragedy
of the mines epitomized. II is one
of the most serious problems of the
country and the one that brought
the federal bureau of mines into eN-
istence. 1t is the great problem that
Joseph H. Holmes, its director, is
attempting to solve.
This problem is responsible for
the great NINE @alet! Lem Ilss. ots' "a d 'ioA
Whlch Is TO oe helu III .
fehhsS wanna oN' o. anu
the auspices OF the bureau VI IL n-nes'
the American heu cross Ine my
ed Mine Workers OF AlllellN" anu
the Flt'sours Soal operatols "sso
clauoh, FROM SV'VVv 70 '''''V mn
ers, superlhtenoeh's ana ope["'oIs
are expected 10 oe pieSen.'
dent lalt VIII oe IheFe anu
the demonstration anu also lain "
the miners
Inc purpose OF 'ne ueAnons'' q.
ton Is 10 sho" the lhlLiels soi'e ''
the accompllshments OF the bureau
of mines that VIII 'eha toward d
reduction in the number OF deaths
so disastrous ala thal ureau
find the conuluohs IN 'he coai mines
II mas not YET iouhu oppol '"ii4''
pay any particular at'ehuoh W 'n.
accidents IN the metal mines anu
quarrles' a taNorlte theme WIN "
great many writers on lhe SUBJECT VI
accidents IN mines mas oeeh 'i''' '.ie
carelessness OF the miners was .he
great factor IN the cause OF tne
deaths Whlle 'he eNper's VI .n
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
Good Start at Cantaloupe Growins

Aside from more than doubling
their crate shipments this year,
Delta growers have shipped fourteen
carloads of cantaloupes This is
the first year our growers have
made carload shipments, and it is
due to the little association formed
last winter to encourage the indus
Try in Delta county.
1t is a good starting record and
another year will doubtless see
this industry strongly on its feet.
Our soils grow the best canta-
loupes in the world and they are
bound to obtain special recognition
in the markets.
The Delta independent., 1911-09-22
HOW THE DELTA FAIR WAS
CARRIED ON 20 YEARS AGO
Old-Timer Sends in an Article On
One of the First Delta County
Fairs.

Twenty-three year ago l helped
to innaugurate a fair in Delta coun-
ty and many things in this last
celebration reminded me of that
now historic time; for while it was
fair time in respect to the ripe
yields of fruit and harvest. 1t was
not fair weather.
The exhibit building was erected
on the corner of the court house
square and was slight improvement
on the usual tent accomm dations
of every social event in th-t state
of civic development.
And when l recall the fact of
having no walks on Palmer street,
and but one board walk for a little
more than a block on Main street,
l am sure the old residents will
agree with me that we were in for
it, over our shoe-tops in pure and
unadulterated adobe, while collect
ing our carefully solicited specimens
OF art, curios and produce, for it
rained almost steady during tha
three fair days-just to test our
Western spirit, l suppose.
Our fair building was designed
for fair weather, having canvass
roof, which soon became like an
inverted umbrella and seemed to
collect all the downpour in the vi
cinity. so We were obliged to remove
our exhibits to the then new brick
school building. as sure a refuge in
the midst OF deluge, as Noah's Ark.
l ruined three pairs of Rochester
shoes. which l bought there, think
IL
good in this remote corner of the
world, but it was all in the interest
OF progress, so was not regretted.
No, We were not afraid OF lit
tie mud, for our auto-bronchos some
times would not go when they ough,
to and ii was quite as fashionable
to walk as to ride. Now We look
askance at muddy crossings and
murmur about street regulations.
Who says We are not strictly up to
date in Delta?
But the fair of twenty-three years
ago, like the one of last week, was
success in spite of difficulties.
1t brought in people from all over
the county and bound them nearer
together for the same purpose, that
of building up a greater common
wealth In Unity is Strength.
And not only our own county, but
neighboring counties thus uniting
the interests OF the whole Western
slope, until it shall be known and
recognized as the garden spot of
our glorious Colorado.
Already We are asked when
abroad, why do you leave your cool
mountain resorts, your famous fish
ing waters. your best of climates in
summer? And why do you brave
the inclement changes of an eastern
winter, when you can have almost
perpetual sunshine, cure for all
ills? And that question is the ans
wer to this, twenty years of hus-
tling.
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.