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The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
Waterman in Washington.

Hon. Charles w. Waterman was
compelled to leave his campaign work
for United States senator on the Re
publican ticket. to attend an impor-
tant state case in Washington, ID. C.
Mr. Waterman's interests will. how
ever. be SO we'll looked after in the
campaign by his numerous friends
and by the voters themselves, that
in the opinion of The Independent
they will not be allowed to suffer.
We believe that both Mr.. Waterman
and Mr.. Dawson are two of the very
best men Colorado can send to the U.
S. senate and feel sure they will get
the full endorsement of the peopel of
this state on November 5th.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
YOUNG CARPENTERS BODY
HAS NOT BEEN FOUND

The report sent out to the press last
week regarding the finding of the body
of Howard Carpenter near the head
of Elk creek has been denied and ap-
pears to have been manufactured out
of whole cloth by some newsgatherer.
Latest reports receivd by this paper
state that the body has not been
found, nor has anything been discov-
cred to explain the mystery of the
young mans disappearance.
The report that he took his money
from bank before starting on the hunt
is also denied, an inquiry sohwing that
the last check drawn against his ac-
count in the bank was for small sum
in July. He took no clothing with him
except his hunting suit.
His parents and friends believe him
dead but cannot account for failure &c
find any trace of his remains, as from
fifty to 100 people have been engaged
in the search, going over almost ever,
foot of hill and gulch for miles AROUND
the vicinity of his hunting ground.
The matter is of very unusual in.
terest. Carpenter was acting as guild,
to hunting party. He knew ever,
foot of the country like book. H,
was an experienced and skilled hunter
athletic in build and tireless in tn,
chase. He left his companions in thu
morning saying he might be gon'
until late. as he intended to bring il
venison; that he wished to hunt alone
in particular place. He was to have
been married in week.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
ONE ORCHARD HAS 10000
BOXES APPLES STORED

The Independent noted last spring
that Mr.. l.. w. Sweitzer, of Garnet
mesa. intended to erect in his orchard
a storage warehouse of 10000 boxes
capacity.
Mr.. Sweitzer informed us yesterday
that the warehouse had not only been
completed according to plans. but that
1. was packed full of boxed apples. In
addition to this he has six thousand
boxes stored in other quarters and his
shipments total four thousand boxes,
making a total of 10000 boxes so far
harvested.
Mr.. Sweitzer's orchard is one of the
finest and best kept in the county
but is only one of the hundreds which
have large amounts of apples stored
for future shipment.
With another week OF good weather
the apple crop OF the county will be
well taken care of and the sugar beet
crop will be far enough along to cause
but little worry.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
CAUGHT SELLING BOOZE
AND FINED $3.50 AND COSTS

V. G. Galendo Mexican was caught
in the transaction of deal whereby
hA received s1.0O for a pint of spirits
sernIenu one week ago last Saturday
night and he was promptly taken in
by Night officer Smith and landed in
the city Jail.
In the absence of Police Magistrate
Jno. ]. Travis and Justice Percival f.
Coombe. both being in Denver, w. r,
Travis was conferred with judicial
powers and Galendo was made to ap'
pear liz his court at $3.50 Tuesday
morning when the evidence clearly
proved guilt of the prisoner and he
was fined $3.50 and costs. the sum
total being about SITS. Galendo had
no such amount and he was returned
to jail
On last Saturday night ]. P. TroueN
was caught in a similar act and
promptly taken in. His case was to
have been presented in all its varied
colorings on Wednesday or Thursday,
but hoth he and Galendo made good
their escape at noon on "Wednesday
and are yet abroad in the land.
The day officer had both men at
dinner "Wednesday noon and when he
thought Galendo at work in a ditch on
Fourth street he went to Investigate
more closely. Galendo had taken tc
his heels and was clear out of sight
The officer turned to look after his
other prisoner and 10. he. too, was ou'
of reach And Delta is perhaps favor
ed in this instant.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
EIks Have Big Blowout.

Delta lodge of Elks spread itself
in fine shape Wednesday night. in
celebration of its newly equipped lodge
room and club room.
Notices had previously been sent
out TO the large membership that the
occasion would be n special one and
that after lodge session smoker
would be given in honor of the fine
new improvements just completed in
their Delta home.
In response to the notice the ratt-
ling OF antelers could be heard early in
the evening and stately Elks could be
seen emerging from the surrounding
forest.
Hotchkiss. Paonia. Cedaredge and
all Surface Greek ranges responded
nobly to the roundup and the crowd
was all that the quarters could ac-
commodate.
After an interesting lodge session,
refreshments were enjoyed and each
Elk. with antlers couchant. smoked a
perfecto. between the whiffs of
which admiring glances were direct
ed at the cozy surroundings. often fol-
lowed by words of praise and little
speeches OF commendation.
The occasion was one all members
enjoyed and will long remember. lni
tiates for the occasion were: Rober,
Gale of Delta: Theodore Roeber and
George Hinkel of Paonia.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
A HUNDRED
MEN WORK
ON CANAL
oRMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
OF DENVER UNLOAD BIG
EQUIPMENT HERE.
HAVE ESCALANTE CONTRACT
WILL BUILD 25 MILES OF MAIN
CANAL AND LATERAlS
THREE RESERVOIRS

The Orman Construction company
of Denver-one of the biggest in the
state, by the way-has taken a con-
tract for the construction of twenty
five miles of canal and laterals and
for the three large reservoirs for the
Sam Farmer Escalante Irrigation com
pany and ten cars OF the construction
company's equipment We're unloaded
at Roubideau. four miles west of this
city, Wednesday morning.
The company at once proceeded to
unload its stock and operating devices
and a hundred men were put to work
on Thursday and expect to increase
this force at least one-half inside the
next thirty days The sum specified
in this contract is 100000 and is
without question one of the largest
outside of government work in this
part of Colorado for some years
past.
The three reservoirs specified in
this contract are to have capacity
of 5000 acre feet which with the ma
tural flow. It is considered will make a
perfect water right and insure the cul-
tivation an dthorough development of
that great body of now idle land few
miles distant from this city.
II is just becoming generally known
throughout the west that active oper-
ations on this big project are assur-
ed and already numberless inquiries
ms to the possibility of getting homes
in that fertile section are coming in
almost daily.
One big deal for water has already
been made with the Valley Land and
Investment company OF Denver. this
company taking rights sufficient to
water 1880 acres and exchanges there
for SO room apartment house on >
corner lots. North Denver This apart
ment house is known as the Grand
view and is one OF the finest proper
ties on the North side.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS RE-
CEiVE WRAPT ATTENTION

Hon. Clifford C. Parks. candidate for
governor; Hon. Clyde c. Dawson, cam
didate for U. S. senator; Helen NJ.
WILSON. candidate for ssate snperin-
tendent OF schools: Hon. James b.
Dick candidate for state treasurer and
Hon. Samuel H. Kinsley. candidate for
congressman at large addressed
a large crowd OF voters on the street
at Delta. Wednesday noon. The ad-
dresses of all were well received.
Hon. Clyde C. Dawson made the
principal speech and il was telling,
one concisely worded and bristling
with facts.
Mr.. Dawson is making his first cam
paign. A lawyer of state and national
reputation, he has not before been
candidate for office. He referred
briefly to the official record and
length of service of his opponent
(Honest John) Shafroth and while
dwelling upon facts was in no way abu-
sive. He spoke largely upon tariff is
sues and brought out anew the splen-
did record of the Republican party
Mr.. Dawson is unassuming and carries
the stamp of the gentleman and schol-
ar upon his language and person.
With such men as Dawson and
Waterman in the senate the interests
of Colorado will not only be safe bn'
will be carefully looked after.
r
for governor is we'll understood
Helen NJ. Wilson has made good foi
one term as state superintendent o'
schools and deserves reelection.
Kinsley is the best of timber for Con-
gressman at Large and Dick is the
man above all others for state treas
urer.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
WOMAN'S CLUB HOLDS AN
INTERESTING SESSION.

The meeting of the Woman's Club
last Wednesday afternoon was one of
most successful in its history. The
subject was Colorado" and the res
ponse to roll call was Indian Legends,
Many beautiful and fanciful stories Of
Indian lore were told. Mrs. II. A.
Stockham gave an address on the life
and work of Captain Gunnison, who
explored this country in an early day,
making maps. etc. and whose name
is still reechoed by the town and the
river Gunnison. Mrs. L. A. Hick read
a paper on the Cliff Dwellers of the
Mesa Verde" which was illustrated
with numerous views. The event OF
the afternoon however. was n talk by
Miss Goring. n visitor, who has been
closely associated with Jane Adams in
Hull House for many years. She told
OF the early life of Miss Adams. the
founding of Hull House, its struggles
and final triumphs. and described the
general plan OF the work. Miss Cor
ing is an easy. fluent talker. and her
manner made her subject doubly inter-
esting.
Two musical numbers added to the
pleasure of the afternoon. a piano solo
by Miss Hendershot. and vocal solo
by Miss Mundry. About fifty ladies
Vcora uraaent
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
popular Delta Couple Wed.

Mr.. Eldon Hauser and Miss Blanche
Border. both of Delta. were united IN
marriage at the home of the groom's
parents. yesterday morning at $50,
Rev. Knox of the Christian church.
officiating.
A wedding breakfast was served i'm
mediately after the ceremony after
which the happy couple boarded the
train for Baldwin, where Mr., Hauser
has government position.
Both parties to the marriage con-
tract were raised in Delta and have
hosts OF friends who werr denied but
time to shower hasty congratulations
Only the immediate relatives In the
two families witnessed the ceremony
The Independent joins with all their
friends in wishing them long and hap
py lives.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
CHECK ARTIST OPERATED
VERY SUccEssFULLY HERE
Got Hold of Money Wanted and
Headed for Pacific Coast
Arrested Tuesday.

. l.. B. Kahn was a worker in =
. the orchard of Jay Gillette for =
. several days a little over week =
. ago and when he quit he was =
. given check for 500. Kahn ac- =
. cepted his written demand on the
. Delta National Bank for that
. amount and came into town. =
. Now 500 is very small =
. amount of money for one to go =
. through a long and often times Z
. boisterous winter on or 10 furnish
. much of railway trip when Gus Z
= HONS are employed. Kahn had Z
. both of these subjects to consider 4
. and he finally hit upon plan to Z
. get the money" He simply Z
. raised that check signed by Gil
= lette for s9.7o to 5000, present Z
. ed 1t at the banking house upon
. which drawn and the proper rolf 4
. was counted out.
. Kahn then proceeded west 4
. ward. His work was soon detect
y ed and officers made haste to 4
= notify and describe him TO all 4
. western law forces. He was Ia 4
. ken in Santa Ana. California. last 4
. Tuesday and will be brought 4
. back TO answer for his crime. 4
. The prisoner agreed to come 4
. without requiring requisition pa 4
. pers and Sheriff Williams de-
. parted for the coast city on We'd
. nesday.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
ESTATE CONTEST SETTLED
OUT OF THE COURTS

Residents of the Crawford district
in general have been considerably in
terested In a will contest which was
to have taken place in the county
court OF this county on Tuesday. but
was finally settled by compromise
without the aid OF legal forces.
The case was one wherein the estate
of Benjamin Olsen. fine farm in the
Crawford district valued at from S15.-
900 to $4,000. formed the cause for
action.
Olsen, II seems. was an aged bach
elor and when he died about three
months ago II was found that he had
willed his property to Grace and lrma
Opperman. two lady friends who were
in no way related. His two brothers,
Peter and Oiof Olsen took exceptions
to this last will and testament and
had begun the contest proceedings
The compromise II is said. is to divide
parties are satisfied.
The other contest was that OF Wana
maker VS.. Royce. Elsie Wanamakei
was made admistratrix OF the Wana
maker estate. at Paonia, valued al
$1,000 or $1,000 and to get this settle
ment made properly contest was
first considered but eventually settled
on Wednesday by compromise.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
LOCAL COMPANY c. N. G.
BEING STRAIGHTENED OUT
Captain Nelson of the United States
Army Here to Get the Boys
Properly Differed.

The local company of the Colorado
National Guard is in much the same
position as an army without com
mander. Since the resignation of Cap
tain Leslie Conklin the company has
elected none to succeed him. The two
lieutenants Claybaugh and Harrington
have been granted leave of absence
and are both in college. The first ser
geant is teaching school and the high
est ranking officer in actual command
the company is making poor progress.
In order to remedy conditions. Cap
tain H. r. Nelson, of the United States
Army, accompanied by Major Reeves,
during the past week. They went in
to the details of the situation and de-
cided to make some important cham
ges.
There is strong possibility that As
sistant District Attorney John R,
Charlesworth will take command OF
the company Captain Nelson. encour-
aged by Major Reeves, made personal
request that Mr. Charlesworth under
take the task of reviving the company
and improving its condition. Mr.
Charlesworth has had considerable
military experience. He was captain
of newly organized company during
the Spanish war; also captain OF q
company in the Kentucky state militia
and was captain of Company s. Secont
regiment, of the Knights of Pythias
Uniform rank and captain OF Lexing-
ton Division No. 1, Eleventh Ohio
Regiment, Maccabee Uniform rank.
The members of the local compan,
will meet in the near future for the
purpose of bringing about a reorgan
ization and taking steps for improve
ment.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
GARNET MESA FIVE ACRES
YIELDS $500 SACKS ONIONS

A little five-acre crop of onions IL
now being harvested on Garnet mesa
aft, the yield is 500 sacks to the acre.
The fruit" is being hauled to Delta
and stored until such time as the mar
ket price may prove most tempting.
It is within the range Of strong
probability that these onions will be
sold at price between now and next
spring that will net the grower $1,000
per acre.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
JUDGE sHARNHoRsT, OF coRTEz,
SHOOTS WIFE, THEN SUICIDES.

Ex-County Judge C. ]. Sharnhorst. of
Cortez, shot and killed his wife. then
himself on the 18th. inst. Mrs. Sharn-
horst had instituted divorce proceed
ings on the grounds of cruelty. She
was 40, while her husband was II.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
Ammons Here.

Hon. f. NJ. Ammons. Democratic
candidate for governor. spoke in Delta
Wednesday noon to good sized
crowd. from the platform on Main
street. Mr.. Ammons is a good talker
and is also strong candidate for gov
ernor. He was also once a good Re-
publican.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
SPEAKING Tomorrow Night

Hon. Jesse j. Laton and Gov. Il. r..
Harper will discuss Republican issues
at the court house in Delta Saturday
night October 26th.
All arc invited to come out and hear
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25
proore.slves Hold Rally.

Hon. NJ. ID. Vincent and other Pro
gressive speakers addressed the ciu-
zens Of Delta at rally last night.
The Independent went to press too
early to get the salient features.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-25

Judge w. II. Burnett was in Paonia
last wednesday evening shaking hands
Nth the yctcr- ~ that section.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-02-23
Subject for the Minister

According to reports gathered by
@NatiOnal Association for the Study
I'd Prevention of tuberculosis, prac-
aaIy 10 per cent. of all deaths in
afch congregations are caused by
NeFcuICsis. In a study Of $4,000
olmuniCants Of 1875 churches in
aca there were 1000 deaths in 1910,
We Death rate among these church
RloeTs was found to be PA for
very thousand communicates. This
asAer than the rate for the regis
1'uOn area Of the United States,
'uG0 was LEO in 1910.
While these statistics" says the
"aOaaI association, ARE not COM
~aOIe from the point of view of ac-
~'V with those of the bureau OF
s~'uS' sufficient credence may be
sea 10 them to indicate that one OF
most serious problems the or
Ia'' church has to consider is that
~e NeyaStatiOn of its membership
"oeEeuIosiS. Every minister in the
'1ea States should give this sub.
W some attention during the week
sSouns or that following April IS,
"aerulosis dav."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-02-23
BOYS ADJUSTMENTS IN CUBA
Spin Tops In Spring Just Like Their
American Cousins-Reason for
Custom Is Problem.

Boys certainly are boys the world
is as like Young America as two peas
in pod, says a Havana correspondent
in the New York Sun. Just why the
Cuban hopeful should resort to the
sport of top spinning in the springtime
and no other is inexplicable, but it is
true here just as it is in the states.
1t Is not remarkable that they should
spin tops. The strange thing about 1t
is that they should only take up this
amusement in the spring. In the
United States there is a reason for
this. The winter has kept the young
sters more or less bottled up and the
sports he has INDUCED in have had
their reason in cold weather. With
the coming of the warm spring days
and the disappearance Of snow and
ice, the top inevitably appears first
of all and has it's run until super
seeded by marbles, the playing of which
is better suited to the still warmer
days following
But In Cuba there is no such reason.
So far as the climate Is concerned the
youngsters can spin tops successfully
from one end Of the year to the other.
Why do they do it only in the spring?
That this is fact cannot be contro~
verified, and it is done, too, by boys
who have never set foot on American
soil. Nor has the practice come with
the American flag.
Is it then psychological? Is there
anything in the mental makeup Of the
species boy which irresistibly compels
him to seek his top in the months of
March and April? Can it be heredi-
tary, handed down through all the
ages from the days Of Noah's ark?
Now If this be not the explanation
Of the reason why Yankees In q cold
climate and Cubans in hot one spin
tops in the same months of the spring
and at no other time, let some student
Of the race furnish another.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-02-23
New Alphabet.

horizontal dash, for instance, placed
in front Of the stem would mean
simple vowel, while the back position
would be represented by a vertical
dash and the intermediate position by
an inclined dash"
The alphabet Is said to have the ap-
prevail of type manufacturers and
typewriter houses. The system is to
reduce the modern English alphabet
by nine characters and do away with
combinations, which, Prof. Scott con-
tends, are cumbersome, wasteful and
complicated and do not express clear
ly the thought Of the speaker or
writer"
The design of the new alphabet Is
to take the place Of the old code, but
no atterapt-at Least not for a time
is to be made to adapt it to ordinary
or to stenographic writing.
The professor asks this question:
"Since we have devoted-and do de-
vote-so much energy and thought to
time-saving devices, why not save
time in that which would benefit every
man and woman, especially those in
business?"
Prof. Scott argues that his new al
phabet. when firmly established. would
be hundredfold more beneficial
than even simplified spelling.
what tired business man at some
time of the day or other has not la1d
down a long letter because the long
words and sentences were firing MS
brain?" asks Prof. Scott. What Jurlst
has not at some time or other oeen
entangled in the maze of verb1age I'M
til his eyes swan?
"Yet all of this could be so s1mpii-
f7ed that writing would take only half
the time that it does with the old
alphabet. We surely need simpli-
fed method of writing English.
"Some will argue that the system l
have obtained is too complicated Tor
the Law mind and that 1t Is more or
less of a scientific proposition. To
chase critics / will answer that the
elements of the system are simple
FIR more so than those OF our present
language. In the code | ofrer there
are two kinds of sounds, voice ana
. breath sound, the former being des-
ignated by a heavy stem and the lat
ter by light one.
"For Instance, thin perpendicular
.o,,,n,n or stem with a dash at the top
of the stem stands for + as In rat.
which you will see is only SOUND OF
the breath and lips.
"By widening the column and max
too y heavier and thicker get the
voice of W as in vat. vibration OF
tbe vocal cords and purely a voice
sound The same as in thin, the IN
= breath sound, while the tn USED
In there becomes vocal SOUND
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-02-23
FLAX GROWING
Is PROFITABLE
WESTERN CANADA FARMERS BE.
COMING RICH IN ITS
PRODUCTION.

So much has been written regarding
the great amount of money made out
Of growing wheat in the prairie prov
inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, Western Canada, that many
other products of the farms are over
looked. These provinces will always
grow large areas OF wheat-both
spring and winter-and the yields will
continue to be large, and the general
average greater than in any other
portion Of the continent. Twenty, thir-
ty, forty, and as high as fifty bushels
per acre of wheat to the acre-yields
unusual in other parts of the wheat
growing portions of the continent
have attracted worldwide attention,
but what OF oats, which yield forty,
fifty and as high as one hundred and
ten bushels per acre and carry off the
worlds prize, which, by the way, was
also done by wheat raised in Sas-
katchewan during last November at
the New York Land Show. And then,
there is the barley, with it's big yields,
and it's excellent samples. Another
money-maker, and a big one is flax.
The growing of fax is extensively car
ried on in Western Canada. The
writer has before him circular is
sued by a prominent farmer at Saska-
toon. The circular deals with the
treatment of seed fax, the seeding
and harvesting, and attributes yields
of less than 20 bushels per acre, to
later seeding, imperfect and illy-pre-
pared seed. He sowed twenty-five
pounds of seed per acre and had a
yield of twenty-nine bushels per acre.
This will probably dispose Of at $3.50
per acre. Speaking OF proper prepa-
ration Of seed and cultivation Of soil
and opportune sowing, in the circular
spoken Of there is cited the case of a
Mr.. White, living fourteen miles
south Of Rosetown, "Who had fifteen
acres Of summer fallow a year ago
last summer, upon which he produced
thirty-three bushels to the acre, when
many in the district harvested for
want of crop. Now, there can be no
proper reason advanced why such
crop should not have been produced
on all the lands Of the same quality
in the adjacent district, provided they
had been worked and cared for in the
same manner. This year G91D the
same man had one hundred acres Of
summer fallow, had something over
$500 bushels Of wheat. He also had
1900 bushels Of oats and 800 bushels
of flax"
There are the cattle, the horses, the
roots and the vegetable products OF
Western Canada farms, all of which
individually and collectively deserve
special mention, and they are treated
of in the literature sent out on appli-
cation by the Government agents.