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The Delta independent., 1911-10-27
Our Exhibits Mt Land Show
Attract Much Attent

Delta county made a good show
ing of fruits at the recent land
show at Omaha, Nebraska, so good
in fact, that more interest was TAX
en- in it by the many thousands of
attendants than any from any other
state.
|. The Omaha Bee, one of the great
est daily newspapers of the Middle
West, recently contained many half
tone views of many of the fruit ex-
hibits and that from this county
was given conspicuous position.
There was also commendatory no
tice accompanying this view which
we herewith present:
zone of the prettiest exhibits at
this land show was this one show
ing the products of Delta county,
Colorado.
80. Y. Baker. orchardist, is in
charge of this exhibit and he may
well be proud of 1t. The products
shown here explain to some extent
the heavy influx of people to this
section and the prosperity in store
for them.
A por man can buy land in this
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27
Wrist Badly Fractured
in u Runaway Accit


The horse being driven in front OF
n light delivery wagon by Mr.. and
Mrs. J. T.. Odem to their home on
Garnet mesa Wednesday evening,
took fright at some object along the
roadside and ran away, eventually
oyerturning the conveyance and caus-
ing injuries to both occupants.
Mr.. Odem, when he recovered
equilibrium. found that aside from
a few trivial scratches and bruises,
he was unhurt and promptly pro-
ceeded to look after his wife who
had been thrown into a ditch and
was as yet unable to get up. She
was assisted to her feet and 1t was
then noticed that her left arm was
hanging Imply at her side and that
she had not Jared 80 wall as had
her husband in the accident. A To-
cal surgeon was called as soon as
the injured lady could be brought
tn town and examination revealed
the fracture of her left wrist. Nee
essary adjustments were made and
is now reported as doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Odem have a garden
tract on Garnet mesa and they make
daily deliveries to Delta customers
throughout the season.
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27

District Attorney r. NJ. Logan
was an outgoing passenger for Gun
niscn, last Friday morning. where
he was to be in attendance upon
regular session of the district
court which convened Monday. The
regular term in Montrose also be-
gan Monday and Deputy Charles
worth was there to look after state
cases before Judge Shackelford.
Judge Mccall of Golden, is presiding
at the Gunnison session where sew
eral important cases are on the
criminal docket. Two of these are
charges of murder and 1t is expect
ed that considerable time will be re-
CURED by each.
w. B. Stockham was up from
Delta Wednesday, letting contracts
for hauling brick, stone and lumber
for the erection of building forty
five by eighty-two feet. Work was
also started excavating for the
foundation. This structure will join
the present Stockham building on
the west and will be divided into
two rooms. One of these will prob
ably be occupied by Virgil Atchi-
son S furniture store and the other
will probably be meat market.
One room will be twenty-five feet
wide and the other twenty feet.
Delta brick will be used and some
are already on the ground. MT.
Stockham believes in pushing things
along and If weather conditions
prove favorable the building VIII
be complete in thirty days. rms
building will add materially to that
end of town and will probably be
but the start of building opera
lions here within the next twelve
months.-Ce daredge Champion.
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27
One Hundred Coming Sat
urday From Grand Junction.

over one hundred Grand Junction
people will leave Saturday morning
in the football special for Delta.
to witness the Grand Junction tigers
clean up the Delta aggregation.
Manager Bruce knight, of the
high school athletic association and
Captain Meril of the football team.
are hard at work getting the crowd
together and scores of high school
students are selling the round trip
tickets. The train will leave Grand
Junction about 8 a. IN. Saturday
and will reach this city about mid
night on the return. A jolly big
crowd is going and all expect the
time of their lives.-Grand Junction
News.
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27

Art Graham. NJ. V. Mathews and
several of the Paonia business men
we're out Saturday interviewing the
fruit growers of the valley to see
what could be done in regard to Sc
curing a display for the apple show
in Denver in Nov. They met with
a hearty response, both as to mater
ial for display and funds to put on
the exhibit and II there is any other
section that beats Paonia 1t will
have to show some fine apples. Gra-
BAN said he had no idea we had so
much fine fruit this season until
he took a drive over the country and
saw the orchards.-Paonia Booster.
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27

The young folks of this city par
ticularly those who hold n member
ship in the spoon club are contem-
plating social event to occur to-
night, with much more than average
interest and there is now every
promise that 1t will rank with the
best of the kind ever given in Delta
The affair is to be n masquerade
party and dance at Moose hall and
no one responding to the attractive
invitations issued will know who
their partner is until the time for
removal of masks.
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27

the crops are sure. Fruit growing is
especially prosperous here and the
fine specimens at the booth prove
conclusively what Delta county Will
do for those who will come out to
this rich section of Colorad.
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27

Wanted-A place to work for my
board and attend school. Address
p. o. box 292, Delta.
Brick work is now in hand on the
new Carnagie library and is being
pushed to completion.
Ed kellogg came over from Mont
rose Wednesday evening to visit a
day with his family.
Mrs. w. w. Warner is here from
Montrose, guest at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. l.. Keller.
l.. Hartig and l. B. Raichart re-
turned home Wednesday evening
from brief business visit in Pueblo.
A meeting of the Delta County
Poultry association will be held at
the court house at l O'Clock Sun
day afternoon and it is desired that
all interested be present.
Rev. ]. H. Dennis, rector of the
Episcopal church in this city will
go to Ouray Saturday and hold SER
vices in that city Sunday.
c. T. Rawalt passed through the
city yesterday from Paonia to Gun
| nison. He is now temporarily locat-
ed in the mountain city advancing
the interests of the Union Trad
ing company.
Marriage licenses were issued out
of the county clerks office this
week as follows: Edward Howard
and Mrs. Rosey Badger of Crawford;
NJ III ri 1,,l-4
Reed, also of Crawford.
w. l.. Holbrook, a mason and con-
tractor from Detmore, Kansas. is
in the city and may possibly de-
eide to locate. He came in on Wed
nesday and is putting in most of
his time looking over orchards of
this section.
l. N. Peppers ranch in Montrose
county has cellar with an acre of
floor space. Plenty of cellar room
is an excellent thing on any farm,
and the satisfactory thing is that
any amount of cellar room can be
had at the mere cost of doing the
work.
County Clerk w. A. Shepherd,
who was elected grand high priest
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows
at the session in Denver last week.
and n. j. Bradley, returned home
Wednesday evening and both report
one of the most interesting sessions
of the order in many years past.
C. NJ. Keck, general agent for the
Colorado Midland road at Glenwood
Snrnpg in Gavin
and manager of a big cold storage
plant at that point, came in on the
morning train yesterday to attend
the good roads meeting. This was
the first visit of these gentlemen
in Delta and they were greatly sur
prised at the apparent business
health of the city and district.
Robert McNftty, who sustained
fracture of the leg some few weeks
ago, is yet confined to his home and
unable to get about, according to
reports coming to this office. Mr..
McVitty, it will be remembered, had
n big load of hay overturn with
him on the private road southwest
of the brick yard when the heavy
rains visited this section and he was
unable to avoid the injuries above
mentioned, in spite of the fact that
he made every possible effort to
alight from his perilous position in
a save way. His distance from the
ground when he went over was at
least twenty-five of thirty feet and
he fell with great force. The many
Delta friends of the family will hope
to Of hiC nmnlptg rDcON-
cry.
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27

Mrs. Andrew of Missouri, and
her son, are completing law courses
in Washington with the intention
of forming a partnership and prac-
ticing after their graduation. This
is the most novel and withal pleasing
evidence of woman's participation
in the active life of the world that
has as yet appeared. The senior
member of the law firm will doubt
less insist upon having the last
word
The Delta independent., 1911-10-27
Farm Tenant Wanted.

Forty acres near Eckert. - acres
15-year-old Gano apples, acres of
young Jonathan trees, 6 acres al
falfa, IL acres winter wheat, 2 to
acres garden, 5 acres more to cul-
tivate. Groom log house, log barn,
single granary and chicken house.
F. w. LEWIS.
Phone William Miller's, Surface
Creek.
Wanted-To buy a team of horses.
Apply to Frank Kuhn. H. F. Cook
ranch, Gunnison river, Delta.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05

UNCLE SAM TO RUSH
kACHESS DAM WORK

Washington, May 1.-The secretary
of the interior has authorized the rec
lamation service to construct the
Kachess dam, Yakima irrigation pro-
ject. All bids received as result of
advertising were considered exclusive,
and as failure to complete the dam
for operation during the coming sea-
son would seriously jeopardize the in
terest of the Yakima project, the Sec
rotary decided it to be to the interest
OF the United States that the work
be Immediately undertaken by force
account, thereby avoiding the delay
which would result from the execution
OF the contract The dam will close
the outlet of Lake Kachess, small
tributary of the Yakima river. It will
De an earth filled structure, with a
maximum height of sixty-eight feet,
crest length 1900 feet and volume of
$4,000 cubic yards. Upon it's compile
tlon, Lake Kachess will have stor-
age capacity of 100000 acre feet of
water, which will be used in the de-
Veiopment of the Yakima irrigation
project.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
TWO MILLION FRUIT
TREES CONTRACTED FOR

Spokane, May 1.-Contracts have
been awarded to nurseries to set out
100000 apple and other fruit trees in
Eastern Washington and North and
Central Idaho this season. or these
more than 100000 will be planted in
Spokane county, which already has L.
100000 growing trees. One nursery
at Kennewick, Wash, has orders for
1000, 900 trees. Fifty thousand trees
are being planted near Lewiston, Ida
no, while 20 miles north Of Macarthur,
Idaho, 1900 acres are being prepared
for apple culture. Another company
is clearing LOO acres two miles north
OF Kootenai, Idaho. These lands will
be devoted to ochards. The Arcadia
company is clearing and planting a
tract of 1900 acres in the northern
part of Spokane and Southern Stevens
counties. This land was a forest until
a few years ago. It is expected that
not less than 1000, 1000 acres of logged
of lands in Eastern Washington and
Oregon, Northern Idaho and Westerns
Montana will be cleared during the
next FIVE years and devoted to general
farming, dairying and orchards.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
Those seidlitz-Powder Men.

"If there is one thing l hate worse
than another it is to go to banquet
or public gathering and find myself
seated next to one of those seidlitz-
powder men," said First Assistant
Prosecutor Frederick R. Lehlbach re-
Gently
What on earth is feidlitz powder
mann asked Fred Weimer, who over
heard the remark.
Why" continued Lehlbach, "he is
a man who has an opinion on every
thing; who is everlastingly funny, or
thinks he is, generally the latter; who
is always telling you what my wife
and did, what he Is going to do to
morrow night; who has been in every
place that Is mentioned or has friends
there! who tells such long stories that
you miss your car; who is-a seidlitz
powder, only seidlitz powder gets
through effervescing some time.
Look up the definition of seidlitz
powder and see II it does not fit the
man have described" Newark Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
Rubbing Noses.

A Maori clergyman whose habitat
is Chicago is apparently resolved to
make himself unpopular with both
sexes in America, for he would intro
duce among us his tribal custom of
nose rubbing as substitute for kiss
ing. Here he will find our men and
women united. whatever and however
great the differences which in this day
divide them The practice Is out of
the question as q substitute, but it
might be worth trying as stage Of
progress or as q compromise In low
ers' quarrels and conjugal differences.
The maiden wooed but not yet won
might coyly encourage her swain by
conceding the preliminary nose rub
while still withholding the first kiss.
and In later days, as welded wife.
she might after quarrel foreshadoW
the coming OF reconciliation by the
same process.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
BRIToNS APPROVE ANTl-WAR
ALLIANCE WITH AMERICA

London, April 29.-President Taft's
proposed arbitration agreement be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States was warmly approved at
great meeting in Guild Hall. Lord
Mayor Strong presided and Premier
Asquith, Leader of the Opposition
Balfour and other men of note were
prominent.
"Only a few months ago." said Pre-
mier Asquith, such an object would
have been considered a dream. AL
now admit it is within the domain OF
practical craftsmanship.
while we do not dictate or preach
to other nations, an Anglo-American
agreement against war will be long
step in the progress of humanity. This
pact will be the entering wedge to
the securing of universal peace. II
is the most important victory ever
won in the relations between England
and America. It is not an offensive
and defensive alliance. It simply
rules out war"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
The Woman In Business.


What many girls, and women, too,
fail to realize is that work-any work,
be it for the commercial and imper-
sonal world that pays for 1t with a
small weekly check, or for the dear
personal world which pays chiefly in
love-that any work is privilege. No
matter how monotonous it may seem,
1t carries with 1t responsibility
which should win response not only
of respect and interest, but Of affec.
ton, and which should result In max
Ing for the girl q larger and more ad.
mirable personality. OF course, q girl
may be overdrfyen, In which case she
can hardly be expected to love her
work. What she needs is to be taken
away from 1t and nursed back to
steadiness of nerves. But assuming
that a girl has q normal working day,
lasting seven or eight hours (unfor.
tunately, it Is sometimes nine). she
has no excuse for not feeling an in.
terest in 1t, for not understanding that
she owes it an attention that has moth
Ing to do with the wage she draws fol-
it-Woman's World.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
DUCKS ON DRY LAND
THOUSANDS or THEM GET WA.
TER ONLY FOR DRINKING.
How the Indian Runners Are Raised
for the Market In New Jersey
Some Lay Two Eggs
= Day.

Raising ducks on dry land reads to
the layman very much like running a
locomotive without steam, and yet
ducks-Indian Runner ducks, the Leg
horns Of the duck family-are raised
generation after generation with only
the water they drink and what little
is contained in their food.
On q plot Of ground two and one
half acres in extent, not all of which
is utilized for the purpose, Joseph w.
Scull. at Vineland, N J., carries $50
Indian Runner ducks In ten houses
with large runs. This is the fourth
year OF Mr.. Scull's experiences with
ducks previously he raised chickens
for eleven years-and he unhesitat-
ingly recommends Indian Runners in
preference to chickens.
Beginning with four females and
one male, artificial incubation and
brooding produced this flock in the
time stated, and hardy, handsome
flock 1t Is, according to Country Life
In America. The eggs are fine eat
ing, being larger and richer than hens
eggs.
With the Indian Runner duck we
find some peculiar conditions, so pecu-
liar as to be almost beyond belief.
Kept in confinement. forced with food
for egg production, some ducks, or
possibly every duck, will on some
days lay two eggs, usually the second
egg soft shelled and laid late in the
afternoon. This soft shelled egg has
been changed to hard shelled one
with the use of oyster shell fed in the
mesh in small quantities twice
week.
Again the duck is such an active
arrangement, SO honestly Industrious
that 1t devotes all of its energy dur
ing daylight to the making of the egg
and rather consistently leaves 1t dur
ing the night where it can be Sc
cured in the morning, for the laying Is
done between midnight and a. m.
For some reason they become
frightened in the dark, running and
flying in all directions, making as
much noise as possible, materially re-
ducing the egg output and frequently
killing themselves, therefore they re
quire light in their sleeping quar-
tiers. A small lamp In the higher
portion of the house at safe dis
lance from the roof is sufficient.
Although the Indian Runners are
active and nervous, kindness and con-
slant association make them mild and
tractable The female is as noisy as
she is active; the male can produce
only a weak combination of an alb
breviated squawk and hiss. Sex is
only determined by these vocal efforts
and later In life by the turned up tail
feathers of the male.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
q short time I had gained my average
weight and am now strong and well.
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, r. F. D., NO
8, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass was in a ner-
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
II owe my present good health to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier which / be-
ieve saved my life.
"My doctor knows what helped me
and does not say one word against it. +"
Mrs. MARI JANETTE BATES, BOX
1874, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing down
feeling, and nervous prostration.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
STATE F0RGETS CHILD
duMAN .cRoP" or THE COUNTRY
OF iNEsTIMABLE VALUE.
More Than Two Million Babies Arc
Born Yearly and They should
&c Protected BY Govern
ment Bureau.

lnere are born every wear N fl1a
country more than two million chill.
dren boys and girls who win con.
stitute the future citizenship Of the
nation. The value of this sscrop" AZ
compared with the cereal and meat
products Of the country cannot be e.
timated: but IN view Of its effect upon
the future destiny Of the nation. 1t IL
certainly entitled to as much consid-
Grafton, to say the least IA the wheat.
corn or cattle crop.
To illustrate this nhase If the mes.
ton, suppose that the census report
for 1910 shows that the wheat crop Of
Iowa has decreased 26 ner cent. IN
production as compared with 1900. or
that the production OF cattle Ia Ne.
braska has fallen or al per cent IN
the same time. It would be the duty
of the department of agriculture to
take cognizance Of this fact. and ex.
perts of the department would at once
be sent out to investigate and report
upon the causes OF this decrease. and
If the causes could be ascertained and
a remedy suggested bul,atins would
be published and freely circulated
among the farmers and cattle raisers
of the respective states which would
be of great yalue as q guide In rails.
ing the next years crop. Now sun
pose that the census report shows that
in Iowa the rate of infant mortality
had increased Is per cent in 1910 as
compared with 1900. or that the pro.
portional increase In Injuries to chill.
dren in factories or mines Of a Ger.
tain state was q, nor cent there is
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
Something MissInc.

In Kentucky is a quaint character
named Ezekiel Hopkins, who once
gained local fame by discovering q
piece of broken railway line and warn
ing an excursion train IN time to save
disaster. So 1t was decided to pre-
sent Ezekiel with gold watch. The
head of the presentation committee, ap
preaching Ezekiel with a grave bow
said:
Mr.. Hopkins, it Is the desire Of the
good people Of Kentucky that yor
shall, in recognition Of your valor and
merit. be presented with this watch
which they trust will ever remind you
OF their undying friendship" Without
the least emotion Ezekiel elected from
his mouth long stream - tobacco
Juice. took the watch from its hand
some case. turned It over and over II
his wrinkled hand, and finally asked:
"Whar's the chain THE Areonaut.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
"see America" Boom Begins.

Baltimore, Nd, May See Eu.
rope il you will, but see America
FIRST" Is the slogan OF a movement
in which Governor Crothers. of Mary
land, seeks to procure the co-opera-
ton of the governors OF all states in
q letter addressed to them. He In
vites the states to cooperate with
Maryland by sending exhibits show
ing their attractions in the way OF
travel and sightseeing to conyen-
ton to be held in January, 1872
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
1.ooo. COO PLAY War Game.

Berlin, May Germany will have
under arms in connection with the
field maneuvers this summer prac-
tically 100000 men. In addition to
the regular army strength OF 1900
men, more than $4,000 reservists will
be called to the colors. Adding to
these the men serving with the fleet,
an armed force of considerably more
than 100000 will be engaged in the
gigantic war game.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
rRY MURINE Eye REMEpY

TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red, Weak. Weary, Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid. 25c,
SOC, $1.0O. Murine Eye Salve IN
Aseptic Tubes. 25c, 500. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05

Pain and Swelling seldom indicate
internal organic troubles They are
usually the result of local cold or in
flammation which can be quickly re-
moved by Hamlins Wizard Oil.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05

ana 8 O nervous L
could not do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff:
ferent things blu t
did me no good. /
got so bad that l
could not sleep day
or night. While IN
this condition I read
Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege table
mpound, and
began its use ana
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
Another story.

DO you think the rich men OF the
NEXT generation will be able to say
they started in life as barefoot boys!''
mo. But some Of the wealthiest
dancers will be telling us they started
out as barefoot girls |"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
Asphalt for Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon, May 1.-The city
council has formally selected asphalt
as the pavement to- be used in the inn
provement of Mount Vernon streets.
Besides the business district, several
blocks in the residence sections will
be paved.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05

Constipation causes many serious
diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, One
a laxative, three for cathartic.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
the best remedy to use for their children during
the teething period