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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
NEARBY NEWS NOTES.

Henry Dawes, born in London.
England, October 7. 1919, died in
Paonia last week.
Mr.. Smith and family have moved
on the Van Oort place on Fruitland
mesa, Crawford district.
Mr.. Saylor has leased and is oc-
cupying the Geo. Dove ranch on
Grand View mesa.
Eight to ten feet of snow Still
C, !ers the top of Grand mesa, in
the vicinity of the lakes. OF morn
ings THIS snow is still sufficiently
The People of Fruit Ridge will
J open a NEW road from the j. f
Reed corner to the b. F.. Ross cor
rer.
ready for his new home on his lane
near Cedaredge.
VIM. Bull and family, recently ar
rived from Missouri, have rented
and taken possession of the Jacoby
place on Cedar mesa. They accom-
panied Julian Foster home from ihii
visit
/ w. II. Davis, accompanied by his
son, Will Davis and family, return
| ed to Eckert last week after spend
ing the winter in Hastings. Neb.
N. A. Fogg is fencing his ranch
on Tongue Creek.
Tomorrow will he held the meet,
ing at the Mound school house tC
form an association to improve the
Mound cemetery.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
PAoNIA
lPaonia Booster.]

Little Dorsey Hawkins had the
misfortune to fall and break his
arm last Friday.
A. ]. Castell and Mrs. Fred G.
Emry returned from their sad mis-
sion to Iowa ON Friday night. /
Tommy Neal is recovering from
a sever attack of pneumonia. His
father expects to take him to a
lower altitude very soon.
R. l.. Stanford and family came
I'D from Delta in their auto Friday
afternoon and were the guests OF
Mr.. Oliver Stone and his sister
Miss Nellie, until Sunday evening.
Workmen have been engaged in
Second and Poplar this week. The
floor space is being trebled and the
roof is considerably higher and
larger. This will be a mighty busy
corner within a few weeks.
Pastor C. G. Stout, of the Chris
tian church, went to Delta yesterday
morning to perform the marriage
ceremony of Miss Alma Williams in
that city. Miss Williams has been
prominent in county Sunday School
work and has many friends in
Paonia.
The gedding ceremony of Mr..
Ellis Wilson and Miss Coda Olinger
will be solemnized this evening. The
happy young couple will make their
homo in Paonia temporarily and
later will make their home on Mr..
Wilson's Pilot Knob property. Both
of these young people have many
friends in Paonia who will join in
wishing them much happiness.
E. w. Moutray, accompanied by
Mrs. Moutray and J. NJ. Wiley and
wife motored in from Whitewater
Tuesday for a quick business visit
to their Paonia property. Mr.. Mou-
tray says after covering the other
famous districts of the Western
Slope he is more firmly of the opinion
that Paonia is head and shoulders "a
bove them all.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
CRAWFORD.
[Crawford Chronicle


SherifftWilliams was up from Del
ia Saturday.
Baseball has the boards. A game
, nearly every day. By the way, how
about that park?
Water was turned out of the Clip
per ditch Monday in order to clean
it out.
Miss Bertha Mcknight of Olathe,
is here visiting with old friends
this week.
Too good to last. NJ I'D all dried
UP and streets beginning to show
dust when Saturday evening snow
arrived and of course more mud.
Hotchkiss high school boys were
very close and interesting game of
baseball with our high school boys.
The score stood six to five in favcf'
of Crawford.
| Orchardists hereabout report frui
buds in fine condition and say that
they have been held back SO long
that the chances for damages from
late frosts are very remote. Almost
a certainty of full crop this year.
James Teeslink returned from his
trip to Iowa Sunday. He reports
extreme cold and stormy weather
He has lined up purchasers for SOM
eight or nine carloads of our apples
and has numerous prospective lant
buyers in this section.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12

Opie Read quotes an astute poll
teal observer in Arizona as remark
ing of Roosevelt that he dug up a
thousand snakes and didn't kill one
of them Durango Herald.
The story of the boy and the wolf
has been going the rounds for con-
turtles, but il doesn't seem TO have
penetrated the consciousness of re-
formers like T. NJ. Pltterson.-The
Boulder Herald.
We know number OF people who
can tell hll about how to run a
newspaper who do not show any in
diaction OF knowing the first princi-
pies about how TO support a paper
Lake City Photograph.
The game OF politics is all very
we'll, but when men neglect their
business for politics, then 1t be
comes n menace. The two lines were
never known to combine any better
than oil and water-Florence EI
Parte.
That Missouri Houn' Dog" stuff
brings to mind the immortal Pudd n
head Wilson. wish / owned half OF
that dog" said Pudd 'nhead of a par
ticularly worthless and correspond
ingly pampered canine that howled
seemingly necessarily. Why" saio
a bystander. I'D kill my half.
answered Pudd 'nhead - KremliDg
News
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
TEMPERATURES FOR PEACHES,

The people in the Arkansas valley
have about come to the conclusion
that they will mot have many peaches
this year for most of the buds were
killed in the November freeze
While we are on this subject we
would like to elucidate little on
the fact that there are four stages
at which the peach crop may be lost
because of injury from cold. The
first is that of the fully dormant
buds as we find them in early win
ter and this is the condition that
set up the trouble in the Arkansas
valley for the mercury dropped to
II degrees befow zero while the treeS
were still sappy. Under normal con-
ditions peaches can safely Withstand
temperature of eight or nine de
grees below zero but if the tenn
perature should remain there for
some considerable time there is like.
ly to be some injury. 1t should be
remembered however that the av-
erage peach tree contains about 25,-
600 buds, whereas 1000 peaches to
the tree would constitute heavy
crop.
1t will thus be seen that large
number of buds may be killed and
yet full crop remain. At tenn
perature of zero or little below,
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
HOTCHKISS.
North Fork Times.l


Jay F. Smith was a Delta visitor
Tuesday.
Guy Wilmot will be the park sup
erintendent this season.
Ed Duke transacted business in
Ouray the latter part of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parrot, Mrs.
Lockhart and Freddy were in Delta
Saturday on business.
Billy Emmert, manager of the Fig
ure 4 ranch in Harris basin. was
:er the first of the week.
Eliza Martin left Tuesday for San
Diego, California, where he expects
to make his future home.
G. E. White of Colorado Springs
was here the first of the week look
ing over the country with H. A.
Klingensmith.
NJ. NJ. Brokaw of Delta, Iowa, ar
rived here last Tuesday and is Wis
iting among his friends for week
or ten days.
Miss Gertie Marrs left Wednes-
day morning for Grover, Coloado, to
be at the bedside of her mother,
who is quite sick.
w. B. Ely unloaded carload of
household goods and stock here thi
week shipped from Kansas. >He has
purchased the Lee Trujillo ranch
on Grand View mesa.
Clarence Beals of Vernal. Utah,
arrived here Saturday to attend to
some business. He left Crawford
some time ago and has since been
in various places looking for bet
ter country, but up to date has made
a failure. There is no better place
than Delta county.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12

many of the weaker buds may per-
ish and at or 9 below there will
he wholesale slaughter so to speak
although there is no reason why a
sufficient number may not remain
under normal conditions to furnish
full crop of fruit. The second, stage,
when injury may occur is from the
time the swelling of the buds be
gins until they are fully open. This
is a critical period as severe weather
is apt to occur at this stage. A.
this time the buds are much more
tender than when fully dormant. The
temperature that will kill at this
time will depend upon the stage of
development of the buds.
The third stage is the time which
intervenes between the opening of
he flowers and until the petals fall.
This is the time when late frosts are
apt to occur. They are now very
tender. Then the danger point lies
somewhere between &c and 80 de-
yrees above zero and it is the per-
iod whoa folks get out their smudg
pots. The fourth and last stage be-
gins after the fruit has set and last
until all danger of cold weather has
passed Just after the fruit has
formed and at the time when the
the young fruits can stand a tenn
oerature of 80 degrees in this dry
climate and beyond this stage the
larger the peaches are the less cold
they can withstand without injury.
1t may be repeated that the farther
along the peaches are in develop
ment the more tender they are.
Briefly summarized, fully dormant
peach buds can stand or 8 de-
gross below zero but can scarcely
come out at II below and make
much of a showing. When they are
appreciably swollen zero is the dan
ger point. When the buds are almos
open, twenty-five degrees is the dan
ger point. When they' are newly
opened about twenty six degrees
would be the point OF danger. Whe
the petals are beginning to fall.
twenty eight degrees above zero
IL old enough to cause uneasiness.
When the petals are off they can
stand thirty degrees above zero.
When the shucks or calyx tubes are
beginning to fall off thirty-two de-
grees is the danger point. The man
who lays down his trees and covers
them does not have to fuss much
about this winter killing and his
only concern is in knowing just
when to lift the trees in spring time
so they will not be caught.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
STATE PRESS PARAGRAPHS.

The alliance between Tam and
"Old Perplex" has not as yet reach
ed a degree of popularity equal To
inducing even Ben Lindsey to ask
for pup. Times are dog gone hard
in Denver.-Durango Democrat.
Judge Ben Lindsey has managed
to resurrect himself and now wants
to be vice-president. Tut, tut. Ben
ny, remember that Caesars ambi-
ton made him the deadest thing
for miles around.-Creede Candle.
The Leader doesn't believe in
the stories published of the unlmiit-
ed funds at the disposal of each OF
the presidential aspirants - both
Democratic and Republican. II any
of it has "blowed' into Routt, none
of it has fell into our hat.-Yampa
Leader.
Thee managers of Governor Jud
son Harmon's campaign for the pres
idential nomination have arranged
for presidential choice primary
to be held throughout the state OF
Ohio. This doesn't look like feai
of the voice of hte people on the
part of Ohio's great governor
Grand Junction Sentinel.
We are waiting to hear from
Ben Griffith that he will not be a
candidate for president.-Lake Ci,,
Times.
An OK team was used at the
Fort Lupton election. Well, any'
how, that beats steam roller
Greeley Tribune.
Milliken is selling its alfalfa t.
the tobacco trust. but there will be
no organized protest unless it sells
hay to the brewing trust.-Greele,
Tribune.
Where was Tom McCue, leader o
the Harmon forces in Colorado whei
tore down the picture of Harmon
in his office in the state house ant
with the other smote the table, de
clarnig that ANY mon which goes t.
to go instructed for Champ Clark!
We ask where was the Hon. Tom ?
Boulder Camera.
The name of Guy U. Hardy, o
Canon City, has been promfnentl.
mentioned in several sections of thu
dacy of state treasurer. We are glat
to note that this is true. Mr.. Hard
is one of the substantial and ener
getic citizens of the state and is wei
qualified to serve the commonwealth
In any capacity. Mr.. Hardy Is edit
or of the Canon City Record, sol
i'd Republican newspaper. and ht
himself has always been found fight
ing in the ranks for Republican
principles. He has been n success
full business man and held the Office
OF postmaster at Canon City two
t, rms, and was n faithful public ser
vant.-Pueblo Chleftain.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12

Ed Heating is charged with being
afflicted. troubled and disturbed by
a guber.aatorial bee. Guess 1t may
be a boss fly.-Durango Democrat.
For the love of Mike, The News
burt that was before he introduced
Boulder Camera.
Bryan for once agrees with both
Taft and Roosevelt. He says RoQse-
welt is right when he says Taft
should not be nominated. and that
Taft is right when he says Roose-
welt should not be nominated
Brighten Blade.
Speaking OF blockhcads and left
handed compliments. the Courier has
g. .orsed Guy Hardys candidacy for
the Republican nomination for state
for that office does not exist IN
Colorado than is found under Guy
Hardy's hat. FIT. Collins Review.
The Democratic papers of Colo
RADIO should not waste any tearE OF
sympathy over what they are pleased
to term the work OF the repul' ican
steam roller in the recent state con-
vention. They are very apt to need
these tears for ono faction or the
other of their own party after the
date OF their state convention
Holyoke Herald
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
WHAT DELTA COUNTY
PAPERS ARE SAYING

he contemplates this summer
Marjoria Adali, the four months
old daughter of Mr.. and Ms. F. o.
Ellison of Cedar Mesa, did Tues
day mol..ing at o'clock from an
emia The little one had been sick
but days. The body was laid to
rest Wednesday in the Cedaredg
cemetery. The little one had found
place in the hearts of the fond
parents which nothing can replace
and they have the sympathy of the
community in their severe loss. Mrs
Ellison is also in grave condi ion.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
CEDAREDGE.
(Cedaredge Champion

(Cedaredge Champion).
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Compon Monday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. R. NJ. Gipe at Bull, Idaho, on
March %. Reports indicated that
mother and daughter are doing
nicely while Jack is Overlooking
with happiness.
c. l.. Gridley has purchased E. D.
Smiths interest in the concrete
building adjoining the Champion
office. Consideration not given. No
changes are contemplated, the firms
remaining the same as at present.
Mrs. John A. Curtis and children
moved up from Delta last week and
are now occupying their ranch home
north of Cedaredge. This will proba-
bly, make John A. frequent visitor
in these parts this summer.
Floyd Stewart and wife stopped
off day with his brother, Harry,
while enroute to the coast. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart are making good on
the vaudeville stage and are holding
excellent positions.
Mrs. G. A. Gipe and Enoch and
Teresa Gipe left on Tuesday for an
extended visit in the east. They Will
visit at different points in Iowa, Ill
ipois, Missouri, Kansas and Neb.,
and expect to be gone about two
months.
p. II. Miller of the Elk Barn has
traded his Cedar Mesa land for an
other automobile. The new machine
is a 77passenger Kissel Kar which
appears to be just the thing fol
steady travel to and from Delta
The new car was put to work Mon
day.
Clarence Garrett under the nam'
of Joe Burns met his Waterloo las
Wednesday night at Colorado Sprin
when he met Tommy Ryan of ma
tional fame. Garrett withstood hi
attacks for 35 minutes which is col
sidered excellent work for one @
his limited experience.
j. NJ. Connor writes that he
now in Batavia, Ia.,s and gainin
strength rapidly. While still prett
weak his appetite is good and h
will soon be himself again. He re
ports very hard winter in tha
section with corn now selling at Z
cents per busheel and hay at 81
per ton.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Briggs was the scenee of yer
pleasant gathering last Thursda
evening in honor of Miss Lola, VIII
was UP from Delta spending tn
spring vacation About "a youn
folks we're present all of whom e,
press themselves as having spent
very enjoyable evening.
Harry Stewart has traded hi
house and two lots in the Kenned
and Duffield addition to p. II. Mil
er, taking in part payment the For
automobile which has been operate
in connection with the barn. Harr
realizes that he must have something
up-to-date to handle the big busine
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
Money. Money. Money

We are looking, always looking, for
a chance to make a dime; we are
ready to go chasing for the dollars
any time. We spend hours in an eff
fort to rake in another cent; to the
grabbing for a nickel every energy
seems bent. Oh, it's money, money,
money, people talk of all the while
tbs a subject for discussion that will
always be in styles. If we try for a
position, then the question first will
be: yes, 1 think that l would like it.
Is there much in it for me?" We dis
cuss the weather problem and the
chance there is for rain, and we talk
of war in China and of trouble off in
Spain. Yes, on forty-'leven topics we
will argue with our friends, but the
talk reverts to money ere the CONVEX.
sation ends. When we leave the house
at morning, WHEY nails us on the spot,
and she says, 1.-The landlords coming;
how much money have you got?" And
when we roll in for supper she is al
ways sure to say: 81 suppose you're
pl city tired; did you make cent to-
day."
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
GOOD ROAD STATISTICS

With approximately 1000 900 miles
of public roads In the United States
only eight per cent Of the total has
been improved according TO figures
just made public by the Director OF
the Office of Public Roads To fur
Their emphasize the fact OF the i'm
mensity OF the problem of public
roads the report says that even with
a high powered automobile that could
keep UP the pace Of 30 miles a day
indefinitely It would take IS years
to cover the public roads Of the Unit
ed States.
The report does not say that on
ninety per cent Of the roads OF the
country for many months OF the year
that no motor car however high pow
cred could make ninety miles or half
of that in a day. They are impass-
able and dead economic loss to the
community. In many other weeks in
the year they can be used only by loss
of time and energy TO the farmers
who are seeking to utilize them and
who are annually losing millions OF
dollars in trying to transport products
and merchandise over them because
of their condition.
Still there is a growing demand for
road improvement and this is shown
by the statistics of the report. The
total mileage of hard surfaced roads
in the country has increased over
400 per cent in the last five years
There has actually been a decrease
In the mileage Of gravel roads and
the Improvement is largely shown
In the increase OF mileage in roads
improved by other methods. For in
stance, the total mileage Of stone
roads in the five year period increased
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
GOOD ROADS DAY APRIL IL

In recognition of the general move
ment for public road improvement
Governor Hay has set April IL as
Good Roads day for the state and eX-
poets for the observance of the day
to stimulate the improvement of the
present highways and to encourage
the permanent Improvement of the
state. The observance of Good Roads
day should lead to a statewide move
ment that bring the State of Wash
.ington to the front in the matter of
road Improvement.
But the citizens of the state need
not wait till April II TO engage in
good road making. The present sea-
son is very opportune and the split log
drag is the instrument that can be
used TO good advantage now that the
frost is gone out of the ground and
THE winds are drying up the highways.
II should be a matter of community
interest in every district of the state
for the citizens to cooperate in the
Improvements of the roads using the
drag that has proven to be such an
efficient method of road Improvement
Iowa has a law which requires that
all its roads shall be dragged at the
same time. from one end of the state
TO the other. and in the practice it i,
laying the foundation by this eX'
perience and in the absence of state
compulsory citizens in the severa
communities through cooperation
profit by it's application.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
The Telephone

How mad it always makes us in
the morning, an hour before the
breaking of dawn, to have the tele-
phone bells sudden warning an
nounce that there is some one on the
phone. How wrathy to rush out
there in hurry and yell "Hello,
Hello" then sigh and groan as Cen
trail" answers back, mo cause for
furry; there isn't anybody ON the
phone" We lie In bed at
night so calmly sleeping, with dreams
of peace a-running through our head,
when from our couch we suddenly GO
leaping--the telephone bells calling
us from bed. We hustle out prepared
to do some bawling; we are prepared
to speak in naughty tone, when Gem
trail in our ear commences calling.
There isn't anybody on the phone
. A dozen times a day as we
are singing and swiftly doing up our
kitchen work, that blamed old bell
commences loudly ringing, and then
our household duties We must shirk.
We hurry to the talk-box, glad and
willing our sweeping and busting to
postpone; but oh, we feel we'd like
to do some killing, when Central"
says, There's no one on the phone"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28

from 36,S1S to 59,257, while the BIZ
luminous macadam. brick and other
hard surfaced roads increased from
$500 to 2S.372 in the same time.
In the five-year period the per-
centage of improved roads has in
creased from 7.14 to S66, about one
and one-half per cent The total even
under this gain is an inconsiderable
amount when compared with the great
need of the country. This prelimi-
nary study of road statistics by an
authorized department of the govern
ment is an indication of the wide
spread demand that has come to the
country for the Improvement of the
public highways.
When the question of waste is con-
sidered not only the waste that is
brought about by reason of the sys-
tenn of road work that is done all
over the nation but the greater waste
from the increased cost of transpor
tation due to bad highways the peo-
pie will indeed wake UP in their APP
probation of the situation and in
crease their demands for national aid
and state and national cooperation in
the matter of effective road improve
ment.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
SICKLY CHILD
Made Well BY Vinol-Letters
from a Grateful Mother

New Haven, Conn.-"My little girl,
ever since her birth, was frail and
sickly and nothing seemed to do her
any good until we tried your cod liv-
er and iron tonic, Vinol. AS soon az
she commenced to take 1t, I noticed
an improvement in her health and ap-
pearance. She has now taken three
bottles of Vinol, and from the good 1t
has done her can say it will do all
you claim for it in building up and
Strengthening frail and delicate chill
dren." Name furnished on request
Another mother of Chicago, ILL.,.
writes: II can not say too much in
praise of Vinol for delicate, ailing
children"
We ask every mother OF a fraii,
sickly or ailing child in this vicinity
to try Vinol on our agreement to re-
turn their money if it does not do all
we claim.
Fred l." Janeck, Druggist,
North Yakima, Wash
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
MOXTT CITY

MCKEE CITY, Feb. Especially
Mckee lost to Wide Hollow here
Friday night in a debate between rep
resentatives of those high schools on
Resolved that the president of the
United States should be nominated by
direct primary"
The contest was a close one.
M. A. O'Laughlin was in North
Yakima Wednesday.
The play given here Monday night
by the Children of Mary, was very
well attended.
Mr.. John Las has sold the barber
shop here to Mr.. Nick Herber.
Mr.. Catalan has resigned his po-
sition in Central high school and his
place has been taken by a Miss Jones.
Mckee City will become a money
order post office after April list.
Mr.. Charles Gilman spent Sunday
week here with his sister, Mrs. Poole.
Miss Clara johnson is spending the
week end in the valley of the Ahtan-
UNI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Sauve have
moved into the Selah valley where
they will make their home the COM
ing summer.