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The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
THE GRAND MESA RESORT
PEOPLE SHOULD GET BUSY
A Move in the Right Direction
Might Bring Government Ap-
preparation.

7, tho hill hefore congress nrovid-
ing for sac 600 fish hatchery for
Colorado a,n.ars tan onnortunitv
for the Grand Mesa Resort neopIe to
possiblv secure the hatchery so much
needed
The Grand mesa 1akes arc IN a
c,.ss nv ,beus.,,as. 6sbing re-
sor and sit. for from, nronoea-
rion
For vaars rbav have furnisbad
millio,s of eegs annually for other
,a,cber;as md nou, ,h.t ,bev have
coma under contro, of ~, incornorate
comnanv of bom. naonIs whose
oeeds win no 70 build = hatcberv
nrovidad ,bev cs.,no, secura nubIic
aid tho ,overnuen, nronos,tion ~
+, 90, n. sscnrad would no onnor-
tuna
Hinder ,reaen, roclop.,p we 500
MOO. 1900, :, o,,1a no, ha
s.,,-., 1-,a c-.ns rr.sa ,at.s have
r.nr-,,,on s,cand IN rone IN
81 .,,sa. -. >,,,,,.o. r,,.,-
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-, ,,,a., ,-,as .h,;,.a md ,ror-
ar,,. s,o,l,.,, ara c.roa tor tb.se
LIB oo,,1d M, orI,, ~. r,ada 10
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
LOCAL FORESTERS ACTIVE
INCREASING TIMBER AREA

II. S. BUSHNELL, supervisor OF the
local forestry department for Uncle
Sam. accompanied by his assistants
Ramskilu and BROWN and Rangers
Bosse, SteI. Pritchard, Reed, Wat
kins, Foley and Bennett are begin
ming this week the work of setting
out of 1900 two to three year-old
seedlings, Western yellow pine and
some Austrian pines, in the vicin-
ity of what is known as the Well.
twenty-six miles south of this city.
as an experiment on what results
can be obtained in this country.
This area whore the experiment
is to be made, is pine land which
wac cut clean of timber about a
quarter of a century ago by saw
mill men and the idea is to re-
forest these sections annually each
spring in order to bring them back
to the original stand of timber. or
as nearly so as possible. The party
expect to be out on this work about
three weeks.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
GOOD COUNTY ROADS
BEING ACQUIRED
SOME SECTIONS BoULEvARDs
One of This Sort Has Just Been
Completed and Road Forces
Will Begin the Work on
Another.

Delta county, like all other coun-
ties of the state, has looked forward
to that time when financial aid
could come from the state appro-
priation for public highways, in or
der, that bigger and better work
on all roadways could be planned
and carried out, but it has not, how
ever, ceased in its struggle in its
own way and at its own expense to
gain certain results desired in this
line.
The county road forces are busy
every day in improving our high
ways and the report has just come
from ]. W. Eddings, overseer for
District No. /, that he has Just
completed the highway west of the
Roubideau bridge. Persons who
have recently passed over this new
piece of road say it is as smooth
and clean as a boulevard.
And now this force of the eoun-
tvs road department will institute
improvements on the point of the
mesa leading out of Delta on First
street and into the Surface Creek
country This is one of the main
highways of the county and its i'm
proved condition will be of great
benefit to residents in general.
This county will proceed in its
highways when it can, even if the
recent supreme court decision against
the state appropriation has made it
impossible to get aid from that
source just now, and will take up
fund does become available.
Speaking of the recent supreme
court decision, President ALLEN, of
the state highway commission says:
The decision is a disappointment
but not surprise to me. We had
hoped to proceed Immediately with
the road building. We are ready
now TO circulate petitions to have
the law affirmed by the people The
law will be practically the same as
that declared unconstitutional.
Many counties are building roads
on credit, as it were, under our
supervision. They expect to obtain
a refund as soon as We can furnish
them with the money.
"All the good road clubs and coun-
ty commissioners of the state favor
the law and We will carry it at the
fall election.
IF the bill is carried the mon
ey will be available Immediately aft
er the official count of the ballots
and We can proceed with much of
the road work. Our systme of high
ways has been mapped out"
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
MANY DELTA FRIENDS TAKE
PART IN FINAL Tribute

Samuel V. Mannon, 20 years of
age, died at his home in North
Delta at 1 O'Clock last Saturday aft
ernoon from asthmatic troubles, and
was buried in Delta cemetery at
? O'Clock Monday afternoon, under
the auspices of the local G. A. r..
of which deceased was member.
Mr.. Mannon and his wife came
to this city from Ouray about five
years ago and have resided contin-
uously in the home purchased here
at that time. Mr.. Mannon was one
of those quiet, genial old gentle
men who make and hold friends,
and that he had many was thor
oughly attested at the funeral ser
vice and burial. when n procession
longer than has been seen in Delta
for many day, followed the body
to its last resting place.
He leaves to mourn his death
a wife and five married daughters.
ALL of whom were here to take part
in the last sad rites.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT
IN DELTA ON MAY 2S-2l

The Interstate Association For
the Encouragement of Trap Shoot
ing. the parent organization of the
trap shooting fraternity in Amer
lea, has registered tournament
for Delta on May % and "a, undet
the auspices of the Delta Gun club.
Unlike baseball and other sports,
trap shooting has not been given the
publicity that such clean, whole
some sport should receive 1t is
essentially a gentleman's sport, and
includes among its thousands OF
supporters, men of all professions.
The great majority of sportloving
Americans haven't the slightest con-
ception of the magnitude of the rec
reation. and the tournament to
be held in this city will go a long
way toward impressing the public
with the scope of the pastime and
the men who follow it. The tour
nament will be one of two hundred
and fifty registered events for the
seasons campaign of the interstate
association, an organization when
not only contributes its moral, but
also its financial support to an in
comparable sport. For 1912 the as
sociation has arranged to contrib
ute $4,000 to the tournaments CIV
en- under its auspices throughout
the country. is distributed to fix
lures in every section and is bound
to attract to the gatherings the
highest quality of marksmen in the
land. The tournaments as oper-
ated by the Interstate association
are exclusively for amateurs, the
professionals being on hand to DEM
onstrate their skill only, and show
that America has the best marksmen
in the world. Competition Is ex-
pected to be keen among the local
shot gun men.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
LITTLE GRACE ANDERSON
MEETS SERIOUS ACCIDENT

Grace, the eleven-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ander-
son. may lose the sight of her
right eye as the result of an accident
which happened when she was at
play with other children near the
home of the family last Saturday.
The little folks were playing with
what is called flyer. and one of
these little tin affairs and 1t speeded
through The air with great force,
struck little Grace sauarely in the
eye ball, and besides causing intense
pain. has completely ruined the Wis
ion, at least temporarily Every
attention is being given with the
hope that sight may be saved. A
hemorrhage of that eye occurred
Wednesday morning and the little
patient was rushed to the attending
physician for treatment.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
..MCTHERS' DAY" NEXT SUNDAY.

The second Sunday in May, has
in recent years had the distinction
of being Mothers Day" Services
IN honor of mother, and in recog-
milton of her faithfulness, gentleness
and devotion to the home. will be
held in the Baptist church at Il o.
clock Sunday morning. The pastor
will preach a special sermon, and
choice music will be furnished by
the choir. One of the features OF
the program will be the presenta-
ton to each mother present of
white carnation; no flower of gar
den or field could be a happier
choice as mothers flower. Pure
as the drifted snow, spicy and fra
grant, and possessing a lasting quaI-
ity beyond that of lily or rose, the
white carnation stands for all that
mother is to the family and the
race" If there is mother in the
who, on account of age
OF infirmities, will be unable to
walk TO the church sunday morning
and who desires to attend the eN-
ercises. will notify Mr.. Baird, or
someone in his office, conveyance
will be provided. You are cordial
lv invited to worship with us.
ANTHONY JACOBS, Pastor.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
NO STATE ROAD FUNDS.

Road building in Colorado has
been irrepairably croppled for two
years at least, by n decision handed
down by the supreme court Monday,
May 6. -dismissing the mandamus
suit against State Treasurer Rhoady
Kenehan and Auditor NJ. A. Leddy
to pay warrants on the moneys ap-
propriated for highway building and
which should have been turned in
to the Golfers of the state highway
commission.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
USEFUL LIFE WAS ENDED
IN DENISE OF MRS. HOOKER.

When the report reached this city
last Friday of the sudden death OF
Mrs. Mamie Hooker. wife of c. NJ.
Hooker, at their home at Cedar
edge the afternoon preceding, sew
eral Delta residents VINO had known
Mrs Iucker a number of years, re-
marked that II was the closing OF a
beautiful and useful life.
Mrs. Hooker was taken i'll with
pneumonia just a week prior to her
death and during her brief illness
all the medical and other attention
that could be had was given, al
though to no purpose. The silent
reaper had made a day and hour
for his final visit and all these
worldly attentions could not check
or change the plans. Death came
Mt about 3 o'clock Thursday after
noon.
The deceased was 81 years old
and leaves to mourn her untimely
death husband. two bright little
girls and host of friends. The
borrowing husband is n member OF
the local order of Elks, and dele
CATION from Delta of some twelve or
fifteen persons were in attendance
upon the funeral services and burial
nj Cedaredge Saturday afternoon.
They made the journey in autos.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
TWENTY MASKED MEN
PUT JAPS TO FLIGHT
WE'RE WELL ARMED FOR JOB.
Lined the Littel Brown Men up
and Marched Them -Four Miles
Out From Cory, Warning
Them Not to Return.

Three Japanese boys, recent ar
and employed on the fruit farm of
the Colorado Orchard company, near
Cory. were awakened ia their tents
about midnight last Thursday by
about twenty masked men and driv-
en- to the county bridge at the point
of rifles and there notified to keep
on going and nveer return If they
cared to live.
The little brown men were entire
strangers in this section, having but
recently landed here, and they took
the command to keep going for what
IL seemed TO be worth and eventually
arrived in this city. some eight
miles distant from their sleeping
quarters at late hour.
The following day the Japs ap
peared before Deputy District Attor-
ney Charlesworth and reviewed their
experiences. Then presentation
OF the case was made TO County
Commissioner Wilson and Sherif
williams. win the result that the
japanese were akeu back to their
camp that evening by two special
deputies, sworn in that day for the
purpose. who are to see that they
are protected from future attacks OF
this kind.
The japanese could not identify
any one of the night-riding delega-
ton and there is therefore no means
of bringing the law into force II
is understood that many residents
oi the Cory district are opposed to
Jap labor and this is the means
of ridding the country of them and
serving notice on others who might
contemplate jobs there in the fu-
ture.
Many fruit growers of that sec
ton, however. state that they are
always unsuccessful IN getting tho
white man TO work when the de-
mand was urgent and they have
been compelled to go out and get
help wherever they could.
The special officers were instruct
ed to remain on guard n certain
length OF time TO protect the Jap
anese boys and It is thought that
no future demonstrations of this
kind will occur.
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10
EXPERTS GAVE ADVICE
ON ORCHARD HEATING
Grand Valley Men Say Smudge In
til the Last Hope For Fruit
Has Dwindled.

A committee of Grand valley men
recently appointed to give advice
GA orchard heating, composed OF
A. +. johnson, John j. Bridges, Z.
Lamb. Prof. Herrick, r. E. Turpin
and James L. Hamilton, offer the
following suggestions:
The committee recommends that
for severe frosts or freezes special
thoroughness in preparation and op-
Grafton is absolutely necessary to
secured desired results. We believe
that trees of good vitality will stand
more frost than those not SO strong,
and recommend that the grower do, S
not give up his heating operations
because after a frost much of the
blossom is brown and apparently
killed We believe that much of
the bloom that appears brown may
possibly develop fruit, and unless
the bloom is black and beyond pos
sible redemption, a grower is well
justified in continuing his heating
operations after damage may have
occurred in his orchard. The ques-
tion of how brown a blossom must
be to preclude any possibility of
developing fruit, is as uncertain a
problem at the present time as any
other one in connection with orchard
heating. One mans judgement ol
this point is fully as good as an
others, and We therefore recon-
mend that the grower. aftej having
heated his orchard for one of more
nights and is still in doubt as to the
condition of his crop. should con-
tinus his heating operations until he
is convinced that he has no crop.
We believe that on the average
during the past seasons many or
chardists have not lit their heaters
as quickly nor as early as they
should. Likewise We believe that
in the EARLY morning before the
danger point has passed, as re-
suit of not -efu1lly watching their
thermom eters.
We believe many growers have
suffered great damage to their
crop, even though they have at
tempted to heat. this damage. the
result of a large amount of indiffer-
clce and skepticism. We would
recommend that unless the grower
supplies himself with ample equip
ment, making careful preparation
supplying a surplus quantity of fuel,
after which most painstaking and
careful attention 10 be given To
the heeating operation. that II is
useless expense on his part, except
ing in the event of mild degrees
of FROST
The Delta independent., 1912-05-10

The grand lecturer of the Royal
Arch Masons, arrived in the city
yesterday afternoon and gave n lee
ture before the local order last
night.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-15
FACE A SIGHT WITH letter

Moberly, Monty trouble began
with small pimple on the left side Of
my face and it spread all over my
face and to my neck. 1t would be scar
let red when I got warm. My face
was a sight 1t looked very unpleas-
ant, and it felt uncomfortable. My
face was something awful; it just kept
me in agony all the time. Some said
it was letter, and some said 1t was
that awful eczema, but rather think
It was letter. l had been troubled
with it for about two years and tried
many remedies, but got no relief until
I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
when would wash my face with
che Cuticura Soap and apply the Cutt-
cura Ointment it would cool my skin
and draw great big drops Of matter
out Of the skin. You would think !
was sweating; it would run down my
face just as though had washed it.
It itched and smarted and I suffered
In the day time most. l used the Cuti.
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for
month and was cured of it," (Sign.
ed) Mrs. ]. Brooksher, April Is, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
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deck or at meals, Danny sat behind
bolts, alert and under arms, and vice
versa. BY night they stood regular
watches together, the one on guard
while the other slept. Clearly the ad-
venturer was determined that no lack
of safeguards on his part should again
deprive him of the ruby.
But it's no easy matter to avoid
meeting any particular person on a
ship with small saloon list. unless
one is willing to be purposely rude
and discourteous. For all his war;
ness the Irishman was to carry with
him a personal impression Of Mia~
Pynsent.
On the last day of the passage. to-
ward evening, the Poonah raised thA
coast of Burmah; by dark abe was
steaming steadily southwards along
the littoral, heading for the delta oS
the Irrawaddy.
A still. bright night with little wind:
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-15
SYNOPSIS.

:, The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Fol. Terence O'Rourke. a military free
hotel. Leaning on The balcony he sees a
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight. At the
gaming table o'Rourke not notices two pd men
Glynn. while his companion Is Viscount
Des Trebes, duelist The viscount tells
him the French government has directed
undertake a secret mission. At his apart
ment, O'Isourke, who had agreed to I'M
dertake the mission, finds mysterious
paefaye TO who is
to open it until on the ocean. pair of
dainty slippers are seen protruding from
nnder a doorway curtain. The lrishman
pc his wife, Beatrix, from whom he had
run away a year previous. They are
feconciled; and opening the letter he finds IN.
a doo Kang9 cor law an frm oters I'm
Pool OF Flame and left to him by a dy-
ing friend, but now in keeping Of one
PANIED Chambret in Algeria; ORourke
bids ORourke farewell and he promises
TO soon return with the reward He dis
eovers both Glynn and the viscount on
pierre is an attack by bandits and his
friend dies telling O'Rourke that he has
eft the Pool of Flame with the governor
who at sight i Of sgne r Ing
Jewel. Arriving at Algeria the Irishman
inds the governor general away: Dies
trebes makes a mysterious appointment,
ind tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession of the jewel by stealing 1T. In
/ duel O'Rourke masters the viscount
secures possession Of the Pool Of f. Fi anae
the captain to be smuggler who tries !, tc
steal the Jewel. It is finally secured p ~
land With the aid of one Danny ano
mis- sweetheart, O'Rourke RECEIVERS the
Pool of Flame. On board ship once more
bound for Rangoon, a mysterious, lady
appears. ORourke comes upon lascal
about to attack the lady. who is. a Mrs
Prynne, and kicks the man into r the nod 10,
Indiana on q mission for the king
p'Rourke is attacked by the lascar. W w e
secures the Pool of Flame, the captain
Is shot and the lasrar jumps into the sea
The ship arrives in port, Danny hand:
O'Rourke the Pool of Flame which ne
hos stolen from Mrs: Prynne. It is tn.
real Jewel, the one lo1t at sea being
counterfeit. O'Rourke goes to Calcutts
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. HI
now knows that Mrs. Prynne was an &C
complete.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-15

under a mistake. am merely a
French gentleman without title;
Raoul de Hyeres is shy name"
"Ah!" said the wanderer. "'Twas
the resemblance misled me. Pardon,
monsieur"
Granted, my dear sir. -. Des
Trebes? The name has familiar
somewhere that the Vicomte DIES
Trebes died last spring.? In Tunis,
was it? I. Suddenly, I believe"
els it so?" said O'Rourke drily. "Pos.
sibly. The vicomte lived in the man
ner of those who meet with sudden
DEATHS
ThG subject languished, and after a
few mcre noncommittal observances
De Hyeres wandered off, presumably
in search of the English girl, to whom
ton.
On closer scrutiny, she had proved
to be remarkably pretty girl; al
though. in point OF fact, O'Rourke, for
all that he admired her looks Inn
mensely, had purposely avoided her.
This he did from motives of prudence;
he mistrusted the combination formed
by De Hyeres and the .irl. The latter
might be all that she looked and claim
ed to be: sweet, wholesome and rath-
err ingenious young Englishwoman, an
orphan, resident in Rangoon in the
! household of an uncle, to whom she
was returning after visit with
friends in Simla. On the passenger
list her name stood as Emilia Pyn-
sent. But the adventurer felt It the
course Of wisdom to deny himself the
pleasure Of her acquaintance, so long
| as she permitted the attentions of the
| Frenchman.
Altogether, considering the hot
| weather and such self-imposed re-
| strictions, O'Rourke considered the
| voyage hardly a success from a social
point of view. He kept pretty much
to himself and to Danny, and to make
assurance doubly sure he instituted a
new regime with regard to the Pool
of Flame: that jewel never left his
stateroom. When O'Rourke was on
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Yes" lie thrust hand into his ~aista
coat pocket and produced a penknife,
with which he began to slit the
stitches that enclosed the ruby.
you've been wondering, no doubt.
why so enormous a reward was Of
fered. /.
II have that" assented O'Euurke.
1T was partly because of the dag
GER" said Sypher, intent upon his oc.
cupation. You know, these Burmese
are curiously pious folk; when one
of them grows rich he employs the
major part of his fortune in building
a temple-or in some such work. This
particular gentleman-a very wealthy
merchant-chose to give half Of what
he had to the restoration of the Pool
of Flame to the Buddha from which it
was originally stolen. But he. too,
was afraid. He's superstitious about
the stone-believes 1t bad luck to
touch it so long as it remains away
from it's Buddha. So he came to us.
l myself am not superstitious.
but >"
He ceased to speak abruptly, for the
Pool of Flame lay naked, binding
marvel, in the hollow of his palm.
O'Rourke heard him gasp and was
conscious of his fastened respiration.
Watching the man intently, he saw
a strange shade of pallor color his
face.
"'Tis meself." said the adyenturer,
that's no more superstitious than We.
sir. Yet I'm willing to confess I'm
gla,: the things OF: af me hands at
last"
Sypher seemed to 1vs@1llect himself
as one coming out of !. state of stu
por He stood up and Lsfitoned the
ruby carefully into a pocass>t of his
trousers. Come" he said crisply.
Let us step across the street 20 the
bank. The moneys there for you. sir
the reward
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-15
A Judqe Without Prisoners.

St. Helena is a curiousity among our
colonies, inasmuch as its governor is
also chief justice. although he may
never have opened il law book. The
retiring ruler, Sir Henry Galloway, is
q soldier. and in reviewing his nine
years administration the little local
paper mentions that he presided at
33 courts of quarter sessions, but at
81 of them there was no business eN-
cept presentation of white gloves. The
absence of serious crime is declared
to be both remarkable and gratifying
in view of the Struggle for existence.
and the fact that since the withdrawal
of the garrison ST. Helena has been
in state Of bankruptcy. "-,s..s,nsa 4
Chronicle.