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The Delta independent., 1912-06-07
SOME TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
ON COOLING MOTH SPRAY
Second Brood Will be Out About
the First Week in July in
This Section.

So far this season, nature has
favored the orchardists in that the
coddling moth has not been nearly
SO plentiful as it was a year ago.
spraying in most cases has been done
better than usual and prospects for
fairly clean crop of fruit are good.
The first brood of worms got in
its work somewhat later in the
stage of development of the apples
tnan usual. About the middle of
May more eggs were found than at
any other time during the season.
the month some of them were found
to be Matching The maximum num-
ber of worms from this brood were
found to be Matching between the
20th and 30th of the month. At
present we are passing through that
period between the two broods,
whene very few eggs are being laid,
and consequently few worms are
going into the apples This fact
has been determined by a careful
search for eggs in orchards of Colo
rado for the past week. Out of 12l
codling moth eggs recorded, only 5
were freshly laid and would probably
hatch while 1O6 were empty shells
out of which the worms had already
emerged.
On an average it takes about sew
en- weeks for all the stages of the
codling moth to develop, that is,
about seven weeks will pass from
the time of laying of the first eggs
of the first brood, until the time
when the first eggs of the second
brood are being laid. Many first
brood eggs were hatchingas early as
the 18th day of May this season;
seven weeks from that time will be
the Srd of July, consequently we can
expect the second brood to begin
its work the first week in July in
Western Colorado, as little differ
of hatchflg of eggs in the diff
ferent parts of the valley this sea-
son. The second brood can be eX-
pected to reach its maximum be-
tween the 10th and goth of July;
this Will depend somewhat on the
weather conditions, however. and
close observations will be necessary
10 determine this point accurately.
In orchards where the first brood
has been large and a considerable
number of wormy apples has been
the result, spray early in July
will be of utmost Importance. At
the present time more good can
probably be done by the picking off
and destroying of wormy apples and
the destruction of larvae trapped be-
meath bands than could be accom-
plished with an extra spray. Al
ready some of the larvae are going
into the apple but bands should be
examined every ten days through
cut the season, until none of the
larvae are found to be pupating.
- Intermountain Fruit Journal.
The Delta independent., 1912-06-07

"Dr. Fairfield had suffered con-
slderably with rheumatism during
,he winter. and thought the cool
water of the Gunnison was helping
i'm. He was an expert swimmer
and was heard to say few weeks
aEo that he could swim the river
during high water. Old acquain-
tances say they have seen him
swim a mile in record time.
THE doctor went up TO his ranch
on Thursday of last week intending
to stay few days. saying he
thought 1t would do him good. The
first of this week his son went up
to see how he was getting along.
He was Mortified TO find his father
missing and his clothes at the
bath landing. Search for the body
wa immediately undertaken.
"The waters of the Gunnison are
turbulent and troacherous, forming
here an under tow, nearby whirl-
pool and again n torrent IN which
no swimmer could long survive. 1t
IL entirely possible that DIR. Fair
field was caught with rheumatic
cramps and chills which kept him
from reaching the landing.
Mrs. Fairfield was visiting in
New York and was imm mediately tele
graphod the sad news. She is ex-
pected to arrive home tomorrow. The
couple had but one child, son.
Golding, who is now n student in the
law department of the Denver Uni
versity.
"1he family came to Delta two
years ago from Anderson, Indiana.
DIR. Fairfield. being possessed of con-
siderable means. made extensive in
vestments, owning several residence
properties in the city, aside from
the ranch up the river. He had also
built up a large practice in medicine
in those brief two years. In May
last he was elected member of the
school board"
A search of the river was made at
the time and for months afterward,
stimulated by the large reward offer
cd for the recovery of the body,
but no body was found.
There was n division of opfnion
among the people Mt the time and
since as to whether or not the
missing man had been drowned. but
his total disappearance confirmed
his family In the belief that he was
dead. and his estate was administer
ed and settled by his supposed Wild
ow, the final publication having
been made nearly year ago.
The stories told In the announce
ment OF his temperance are very
strange and startling.
He appears to have remembered
The Delta independent., 1912-06-07
HIGH WATER PERIOD
WILL SOON BE PAST
DAMAGE THIS WEEK is SLIGHT.
Reported Wednesday That the Nor0
Delta Bridge Was Doomed, but
Not True-Wn Probably
Recede From Now On.

The Gunnison river was three in
ches lower yesterday morning than
the day previous, despite the fact
that the day previous had been one
Of the warmest of the season.
Just how long the rivers will re-
The great ranges show white in the
glistening sunshine, as though their
storagee of snow was all IN place.
The great amount of water that has
the past three weeks, however, must
settle the question of long contin
ued overflow.
The Uncompahgre has swi.ched d is
bed in many places, as well as hav
ing destroyed much bridge property.
On this side of the Ash mesa bridge
the river is making a circular cut
across the county road and back
into the main stream, and that short
section may soon be regular chan
mel river bend. The bridge a little
farther cn received the fun force of
the main current at an angle which
threatens destruction.
All sorts of rumors were going
around concerning the big bridge be
tween Delta and North Delta. These
rumors had it washed out three diff
ferent times Wednseda The old
bridge is standing as staunchly as
usual There is a wash at the north
end which will do damage if not pro-
tected. Two or three men, with
little lumber could fix it in a day.
Up to yesterday all that had been
done was to put in some brush
and few bags of sand.
There is no way of making even
an estimate, at this time. of the
damage done by the two rivers at
this time. AS stated. the damage
to field crops is confined to spots
along the river beds. The damage to
roads and bridges will be heavy.
Another week will be likely to
bring within sight the end of the
high water period for this spring,
in which respect the season has
been an Tlusual one.
Perhaps more damage has been
done by the Gunnison and Uncom-
pahgre floods this spring than ever
before in the memory of the white
man
This, of course. was not wide
spread, but Immediately along the
streams. Bridges were entirely tax
en- out or badly damaged at many
crossings through both Montrose and
Delta counties and low tracts here
aad there have been badly flooded
In some cases bits of land We're de
stroyed by the sweeping currnt and
considerable acreage of orchard
along the North Fork of the Gunni-
son was washed away. The sprfag
of 1912 will go on record as the
greatest flood period in the mem
ory of the whites of the Uncompah-
gre and Gunnison valleys
The cause naturally was in the
unusual amount of snow and the
late spring. holding its melting back
until the setting in of hot weather.
The Delta independent., 1912-06-07

John A. Welch and wife. of
Hutchison, Kansas. who have been
visitors here with the former $
brother, Uncle Jimmy Welch for
some weeks past, departed Monday
evening for Ashland. Oregon. where
they will be the guests of another
brother of Mr.. welch. whom they
have not seen for number of
years. They expect to remain in
the northwest for several weeks.
The Delta independent., 1912-06-07

A delegation of Deltaites attend
ed the market day doings at Paonia
Wednesday and reported a largo
crowd in attendance to witness tho
excellent program of outdoor sports
which included a baseball game be-
tween the w. o. w. team of Craw-
ford and the Paonia sluggers which
resulted IN score of / s to in
favor of the latter. The Delta party
comprised Sheriff I. Fl. Williams.
B. N. Crawford. w. A. shepherd, II.
Williamson and E. NJ. Gets. The
trip was made by auto.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
BY John Mccutcheon.

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The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

of Professor Thomas Shaw, agricul-
tural expert. whom Hills railroad has
employed for several years to help
and advise northwestern farmers.
Just a few years ago people OF
Montana thought their ranges were
only good for cattle and Sheep" said
Hill, we sent Professor Shaw there.
The old man had patience and told
them what to do and what not to
do. He has been there three years
now. and we have the benefit of 1t.
Two years ago we had a60 cars Of
grain from the state Of Montana. The
old man Is getting In his work. all
right"
Professor shaw In probably the
most unique character Identified with
the agricultural development OF the
seven northwest states from tho Mis-
sissippi valley ia the Pacific As a
soil expert he has few II any equals
in the United States, Through his ef-
forts largely, In stimulating the
farmers. giving them expert advice
what to grow a the different soils.
etc. North Dakota came to he tho
bread basket OF tho country. He Is
now doing for Montana what he ear
lier did for North Dakota.
Professor Shaw estimates Montana's
wheat crop this year win be $4,000, 900
bushels and the flax crop of that
state 100000 bushels. This Ia re-
garded by agricultural men as mar
velous when it Is considered that
only three years ago Montana was a
stock raising state pure and simple.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
BY THEIR OWN TESTIMONY

The Amalgamated newspapers and spokesmen in the
present campaign have furnished all the evidence which
necessary prove that the corporation controls the
inees of both the old parties which is the upon which
the progressive party has made its campaign.
The Amagamated company is great industrial corpo.
ration it entitled to every legitimate right due any
pany any individual in the of Montana But has
not been satisfied with this. It has manipulated politics
the state until it enjoys special privileges which other
business organization accorded 1t evades the payment
Of large share Of the taxes which it should pay This has
been shown by the companys figures Confinng its
activities to industrial lines the Amagamated company
would be institution in which the whole could and
would take pride Plungng into politics. controlling con-
ventons and debating nominations, the Amagamated has
become to the state and has the opposition
of the rank and file of the people.
The people of Montana Of any other state entitled
to their government They should have the right to
their officers and administer their own gov
ernmenal affairs But the illegal interference of the cor
poraon in convention and in legislature has made Mon
tana the rotten borough of this How we'll the
plans of the company for the present campaign have been
laid shown by the evidence Of the companys own mouth
pieces Here is the testimony of two Amagamated news
papers to the two odpary candidates for
testimony should convince the that in voting for
either OF these he supporting nominee Of the
Amalpam cOmpanv
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

property. and he's got the people to
believe it,"
That was their statement summed
up. In reaching it they mentioned the
minimum wage scale, regulation Of
1actory conditions, old age pensions
and similar Progressive planks, bit
each OF them used the expression.
placing the rights of the human
above the rights of property
Broadly that idea has gotten into
the hearts of the everyday average
voter in New York" said the second
of these men, and that within the
last couple of weeks. 1t seems to
nave spread almost mysteriously and
once mans got it there's nothing
that can take 1t away I'te tried it
for the sake of argument, if you
please. but in reality to get the other
fellows viewpoint. He places the
man above the dollar is the way they
Put 1T, and in his sincerity they be-
lieve implicitly. That's New York
where ] live. Here's Massachusetts,
"A concern in which am interest
ed took a poll of it's factory employ
ees. | was there at directors meet
ing. Each man was given three tick
cts and dropped one in a box as he
left work. Every vote cast was for
Roosevelt and there are almost two
thousand men employed in that fac
tory, Yes, L know, it would seem more
reasonable if l could say that Taft
had received a hundred and Wilson
two Or three hundred, but I'm telling
you the exact fact.
The biggest surprise of the cam
palgn to you people of the west is
going to be the Roosevelt landslide
In the east. That's my deduction from
the fa1rest most unprejudiced inves-
tigation I am able to make
The east is going to surprise the
west in this election. We look upon
ourselves as being in the center of
the Progressive movement But back
there in New York and New England
there is doWn-deep feeling that the
average mantle fellow who is will
ing to work and work hard and be-
lleves that he and his wife and their
children are in return entitled to a
decent. respectable living in old age as
we'll as in the strong days-is going to
stand better chance with Theodore
Roosevelt and the Progressives than
he can ever get from what is left OF
the old parties
When you're figuring on the result
put New York and Massachusetts, in
the Progressive column That's where
'hey are gong. T. W.
Butte. Oct. 25, 1912.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
IN THE EAST

Editor Missoulian.
We in the west know what the re-
suit is going to be here on November
5. There isn't a shadow of a doubt
about Roosevelt's sweeping the polls
out here. But what of the east?
l firmly believe that New York is
as certain to go for Roosevelt as is
Kansas or California. The same holds
good with Massachusetts.
This statement is not fatheced by
the wish. 1t is based on information
from several eastern men who, with
one exception, are against Roosevelt
and whose interests are directly con-
nected with the corporations.
Said the general officer of great
railway system: Our employees -
office men and operating men, agents,
sWitch-men, old time conductors years
in our service-are almost to a man
for Roosevelt The same report comes
to us from another system. My in
formant is Taft man"
The following is from a man whose
business career since boyhood has
been spent in the New York financial
district: New York will go for
Roosevelt and Straus. Few of my
business associates are for him. but
the man who runs the store on the
corner. the man on a salary-in other
words, the man who has a family to
provide for and who doesn't see
chance of doing it and laying up a
few dollars at the same time-is going
to vote Progressive"
When I asked them to explain this
condition. both gave the same answer:
Roosevelt says the rights of the hu-
man being are above the rights OF
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
algamated company
(Montana Record, Oct. -

(Montana Record, Oct. -
Unable to overcome the evidence
which has been piling up since the
convention at Great Falls, that
Sam Stewart and w. w. McDoW-
ell are the Amalgamated Copper
company candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor unable to
explain in satisfactory way the
series of communications which
r. j. Walsh sent through trusted
agents to the Amalgamated COM
pany officials when the senator
ship was at issue in this state two
years ago, the democratic orators
and democratic newspapers have
been trying and will continue to
try to start q back fire" by
charging the nominees of the re-
publican state convention are affil-
lated with the company.
In other words, their only de-
fense so far and it will continue
to be until the end, is shouting,
You're another
ON the first page of the Record
there is printed today the state
ment made by Sam V. Stewart in
speech he delivered at Hamilton,
when he made his first denial of
any relationship, political, per
sonal or professional, with amy of
the big corporation interests of
the state of Montana" Following
the statement of Mr.. Stewart is
story showing what the records of
Madison county disclose. Mr..
Stewart cannot deny the truth of
the evidence of the official rec
ords of his county; he cannot deny
that he is the agent of the Madi-
son River Power company through
whom the assessor of Madison
does his official business with that
company; he cannot successfully
controvert the charge that the
Madison River Power company is
one of the big corporate inter-
ests of the state of Montana" He
may say that the Madison River
Power company Is not an ANAL
gamated concern. 1t could just as
truthfully be said that a score of
other concerns affiliated with the
Amalgamated are not part of the
business of that corporation. All
over the state the Madison River
Power company is known as an
Amalgamated company,
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

CHelena Independent, Oct. 81
1t Is expected that Bud" Wilson
viii, in his speech tonight at the
auditorium, be emphatic in repudi-
atlng Senator Ed Donlan, who
nominated him at Great Falls at
the command of the Amalgamated
Copper company. Everybody
knows Gum Shoe" Donlan. his po-
litical methods, and who are his
masters. For many years Donlan
has been in the political employ of
the Amalgamated and everything
he does is for that concern. He
nominated Mr.. Wilson because
the Amalgamated told him to do
it, knowing that if the young man
Is elected the Butte concern and
not Wilson will be the governor.
No candidate in this state was
ever more willing to submit to the
dlctation of that corporation and
wear it's collar than the republican
candidate for governor. Had he
not consented to become the tool
of that octopus he could not have
had the nomination in fifty years.
Another reason why he is the
willing slave of the Amalgamated
Copper company is that he is sup
ported for that office by the Hell
ena Record, which sheet is owned,
controlled, managed and edited
from the head offices of the COO
per trust at Butte and New York.
That paper has never printed as
much as word in criticism of
this concern, nor any one connect
ed with 1t, for the very good reason
that the owners of the Amalga-
mated will not permit anything to
appear in it's columns they do not
want, which shows conclusively
that they are it's owners. although
the stock may be held in the names
OF few hundred dummies. If bv
accident, as much as one word
against the company was to get
into the columns of that publica-
ton, the managing editor would
be fired quicker than a feather
would be scorched in hades, and he
knows it, Mr.. Wilson is the
Amalgamated candidate and ev-
erybody In the state knows it.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
GOOD MEN ALL

The progressive party of Missoula
county points with pride to the candi-
dates upon it's local ticket and to the
campaign record which these candi-
The Missoulian asks the voters of this
county to search carefully into the
personal record of each one of these
candidates: if he finds aught in this
record which is not to the credit of
the candidate and the party, then he
may look elsewhere for a candidate to
support; but we are confident that the
progressive party has offered to the
voters of the county the best list of
fore the electors for action this fall.
These candidates are worthy of the
support of Missoula- county voters by
reason of their own personal quaifi-
cations and because they stand
squarely upon the progressive plat
form. They represent the movement
LOT peIleT government winch, IN the
case of Missoula county, takes the
specific and definite form of pledge
for greater efficiency and more rigid
economy. There are few persons
upon this ticket as candidates who are
not known to the voters of the county
by reason of service rendered to the
county in private citizenship. There
is not professional office seeker in
the bunch. In marked contrast with
this are the old-party tickets, upon
which appear many of the names
which have been on Missoua-county
ballots for the last ten to twenty
Years. But the progressive candidates
are Well known; they are good citi-
zens.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

News comes from Constantinop'e
that the Mosque of ST. Sophia, one of
the most famous places of worship in
the world, is likely to collapse at any
moment by reason of the da mage
caused it by a recent earthquake
The church, which measures $50 by
235 feet, was begun in the year 532 by
Emperor Justinian and completed
within five years. It is of brick, faced
with marble. and is in the form of a
cross. 1t was converted from
of wroship in 1453, shrdlu upu vbbv
Christian into Mohammedon place
of worship in 1853, when Mohammed
II captured Constantinople This
Is counted as one of the sew.
en- wonders Of the world
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
eLAckMAlLER is INSANE.

Baltimore, Oct 26.-Henry Mitchell.
40 years old. has been arrested on a
charge of sending threatening letters
through the mails. Last week Thom-
as A Edison, the inventor, received a.
letter from Mitchell threatening to
kill him unless he sent more money by
return mail. The Baltimore police
We're notified and Mitchell was traced
to Chinese lodging house When
examined by physicians he was de-
clared to be suffering from a danger
our form of insanity and was com
to an asylum.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
THE LEGISLATURE-

THE LEGlSLATURE-Fo the leg
lslature the Missoula- county progress
siVes have named five men who are
recognized as in every way worthy of
the office and thoroughly qualified
for the position. L. N. Simons, d. M.
Anderson, j, b. Henley, Duncan Me-
Donald and w. r. Glasscock-these
are the five men who comprise the
progressive legislative ticket. They
are men who are representative of the
different districts of the county as we'll
as OF It's varied interests They are
men who, by reason of long and init
mate acquaintance with the conditions
in this county, are eminently uuali-
fled for the office for which they are
candidates. Business men and farm
ers are these men; they are known in
Mlssoula as men who have given of
their time their money and their tall
ents for the upbuilding and develop
ment of their community. Zach is
voters; each is able; each has shown
by his record as a private citizen that
he will make good legislator These
men are absolutely free from the taint
of corporation influence; they may be
depended upon to do the work for
which they are sent to Helena; all the
time they will work for the advance
ment of the interests of the people
of the state. There is no string to
any one of these men, except the tie
which binds him to his home and his
home people. A vote for this legis-
lative ticket is a vote for the best
representation Missoula county can
have in the state legislature.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

II. Mccall, who has no need for intro
ductton to the people of the county.
He is known as a square man. honest
and energetic. He has friends ev-
eryWhere in the county, who know
him we'll and the men who know him
best are the ones who like him best.
He is making his campaign upon the
issue of economy and efficiency. He
says that the office of sheriff has
been extravagently administered and
he offers figures in support of his
claim. which are attracting much at
tention. Because the law says six
deputies are allowed, it does not fol-
low that six deputies are necessary,
and there is good ground for the be-
lief that six deputies are not neces-
sary. There are many other ways in
which the progressive candidate feels
that the sheriffs office can be more
economically administered. He asks
that the voters of the county investi-
gate conditions and study records
then he is sure their votes will be for
the progressive ticket
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

he is a resident of the city and the
composition of the board of commits
that the commissioner to be elected
this fall shall be one who is in town
as the other board members are out
OF the city. Without disparaging the
other candidates for this office it is
safe to say that George Briggs is the
best fitted for the commissionership
OF any of the asprants. A vote for
him is a vote for a business admins
tration.