The Delta independent., 1911-01-20

appeals that denies the right to in
lrodLce evidence secured by a spec
al detective.
Pay $1,000 for Pine Seed.
he office of the Colorado Nat
ional Forests, at Fort Collins, last
week received a shipment of yellow
pine seed, gathered and threshed at
Lyons, Colorado, at cost of about
$1,000. The seed is the first that
las ever been harvested from a Colo
rado forest and will be used in the
feforestation of areas of the forests
which have been burned during re-
cent years. The seed is valued at
over 81. pound. In addition to the
yellow pine tree seed, the service
has harvested a few hundrd pounds
or Engleman spruce and Lodge pine
seed which have been collected at
The rangers stations on the higher
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be sowed during the present winter
and coming spring. The greater por-
ton of the yellow pine seed will be
sent to other forests which lie in
lower attitudes, the Nebraska forest,
the Leadville forest and the Arapa-
hoe forests being slated for portions
of the crop.
State Farmers Convention.
With an attendance in excess of
.he three hundred mark set by the
college authorities as the high mark
of their expectations. the second an
nual session OF the Colorado Farm
ers' Congress opened its sessions in
the Chapel of the Agricultural col
iege at Fort Collins last week. The
| enrolment shows that over ninety
organizations, including various To-
Gals of the state grange, agricul-
tural and horticultural socities,
and locals of the Farmers Union,
were represented. The gathering
was the lagrest assembalge of men
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tural and livestock in Colorado, that
has ever been gathered together in
the state. The afternoon meeting
Friday was devoted to reports on
agricultural conditions in various
oatrs of the state. the general ten
or of the reports being that condi-
tions during the last year were not
up to the standard on account of
the drouth and the grasshoppers.
Auto Warns of Wild Horse.
A most PECULIAR s.x-mile race. and
one in which number of persons
narrowly escaped death occurred
Sunday between Greeley and Evans.
when a horse attached to an empty
buggy made a run through the
streets of both cities, preceded by
an automobile driven by John P.
warned all of the animal galloping
madly behind. Klug was on
Seventh avenue, when he saw the
animal racing ahead of him. He
short distance ahead, footing hi:
horn. Klug drove at rapid speed
always keeping just a short dis
tance ahead With him was his
plucky wife. who kept a lookout be
hind and directed her husband tc
keep the auto safely out of the way
, Cowboys lassoed the animal.
Compromise School War.
The school consolidation cas'
from Mesa county, in which the
supreme court recently ordered ;
d new trial, may be taken out of th'
courts. Residents of Pomona dis
trict have petitioned Judge Shackle
ford to dismiss the case and ordel
new election. This was the frs
consolidation of country schools
under the law passed by the legis
lature two years ago. The voters ii
that district affected rather thai
continue the expensive litigation II
courts have agreed to submit thu
question to another vote. The op
pOueutS ol CVuSoiiuaeich Nh"i So
in their petition that there had beel
fraudulent voting.
Children Wed at junction.
At fifteen years of age Miss Ros'
Pack of Grand Junction on Sunda.
became the wife of Earl Henry
aged is, at the home of her parents
: 5l4 West Main. Rev Wade officiat
ing. The romance of which the wed
ding was the elimination begal