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The Delta independent., 1913-02-28

price for sugar has never obtained
for more that few days at a time
and probably never will
MFR. Cutler says: there is no such
profit in the business" The above
figures tire very simple and II fur
ther proof is required | will be very
clad to prove them by the figures
from the actual operation of several
beet sugar factories.
Possibly some of your readers have
seen a quotation from letter written
to Mr. Washington b. Thomas of the
American Sugar Refining company by
Mr.. s. c. Morey. president of the Great
Western Sugar Company. which is in
substance as follows:
You will notice that I have charged
off one million dollars deterioration.
In addition to the usual deterioration
deducted. did this SO that our profits
would not appear to be as great as
they really are. You will also notice
that the books show that our surplus
is five million. when in reality ii is
nine million"
Does this look like there is any
profit In the sugar business?
The sworn statements of this com
pany to the county assessor of the
different counties OF which their prop
critics are located show the total valu-
alton to be s7.5oo.ooo. Allowing them
% per cent additional investment there
would be s10,00o.ooo all told. In
other words their surplus at that time
plus the extra million charged off to
deterioration was equal to their en-
tire investment Beside laying up
this rainy day fund" they had been
paying dividends regularly: not only
upon s10.000.0o0 of stock. but upon a
large amount of stock beside. having
issued sl3.000.000 OF such additional
this company and the Utah-Idaho com.
pany is largely in the hands OF the
same men. and since the beets in
Utah contain n greater per sent OF
sugar than in Colorado and cost the
company less. is 1t not reasonable to
suppose tnat tne profitS IN ttan are
equally large.
The secretary OF another OF the
Colorado sugar companies told me
some years ago that II they had
reasonable run OF beets that year they
would earn 45 per cent net dividend.
when replied that that would please
the stockholders. he said the stock
holders would get Z per cent and no
more. for fear II might spoil them.
will also state that In Germany
where the profit in making beet sugar
is less than here that one of the sugar
companies held its fiftieth anniversary
lately and published a souvenir book
let showing the progress OF the com
pany and stating that beside increas-
ing their capacity from $50 tons per
day to 500 tons and paying for II out
OF the earnings. they had paid 30 per
cent dividends every year. This com
pany has no watered stock.
The Delta independent., 1913-02-28

our soils? The difference is simply
this:
Those of us who were brought up
on the farms of the east few years
ago can well remember the process
of making the homemade soap. What
was called a leech, which was usually
large cask or barrel, or possibly
V-shaped hopper made of boards, was
filled with wood ashes-hard wood
ashes preferably After these ashes
were thoroughly tamped, water was
added slowly-a pailful or two day.
This water slowly percolated through
the ashes and was caught in recep-
tacie at the bottom, as what was
known as lye. This lye was simply
water containing the soluble alkalieis
of the ashes, the larger part of which
was potassium. This 'leeching pro-
cess has been going on in nature in
the soils since the world began In
all the humid sections of the east the
annual rainfall is from thirty to forty
inches per year, with not to exceed
twelve to fifteen inches of evapora-
ton A part of this water runs off
the surface and causes the annual
floods of the Mississippi valley. The
larger part, however, soaks into the
soil, percolates down to the subsoil and
Springs. This water carries with IL
the soluble materials in the soil in
the same manner that the water in
the leeeh carries the alkali. The re-
soil has been TO carry out by far the
largest part OF the soluble materials;
consequently, the soils of the east are
said TO be acid or neutral. and i'm
used by the growers there to counter
act this condition.
The annual rainfall of the arid dis
tricts of the west is from eight to
running from fifteen to twenty-five
inches; consequently. it can be readily
seen that, while this rainfall has been
sufficient, together with the action of
free zing, thawing and wind. to break
down our rocks into what we call our
soil. percolation has not carried off
any of these mineral elements of fer
tility. This is not only true in theory,
GdS<hemicai analysis show that even
oui poorest soils of Colorado contain
often as high as 2t per cent potash
and relatively as large amounts of
phosphoric acid and other elements of
fertility
This, then, gives a reasonable eS-
p,anation of the fact that the so-called
commercial fertilizers" do not have
the same effect on our soils as on
those of the east 1t would be diff
cult to estimate the length OF time
that would be required by constantly
cropping our soils to carry the excess
Of plant foods placed there by nature
1t is probable. however. that nearly
as much fertility is being carried TO
our soils by our irrigation as We are
taking off by our farming.-Bennett,
Agricultural college.
The Delta independent., 1913-02-28
Advertised Letter List

Letters remaining uncalled for in
the Delta. Colorado. postoffice, week
ending February 26. 1913.
Andonion. Christ C.
Connor. Mrs. Edith
Frick. Peter
Lewis. +. +. (2)
Rummel. Dan
turner. Miss Sylvia
Wells. Miss Ella
Persons calling for the above .et-
ters, please say advertised"
The Delta independent., 1913-02-28
Q Q Q .
MARSHALL TAKEN HOME
BY DEVOTED SISTER Z

Q There was another check case =
Q against II. Il. Marshall. the young
. man acquitted of charge OF
Q forgery in the district court last
. week because of his mental ire
. sponsibility. but the district attor-
Q ney has decided to drop the mat
. ter and Marshall was taken to
Q his home In Meadville. Mo, by
Q his sister. Miss Ruby Marshall.
Q last wednesday. whore he will be
Q looked after by this sister and
. his legal guardian. Ernest Smith =
Q The sheriff's office here was
. in communication with one'e
. Sans army forces, knowing Mar
>1shaIl to be deserted from n fort
~ I'm California but the word come
. that Marshall was not wanted =
. and he was thereupon turned over
. to his sister and the journey to
. their old home begun as above
. stated. At the depot Marshall =
. seemed TO have all his faculties, =
. to be enjoying perfect health. ana
Q II his protectors can prevail upon
. him to remain upon a farm that Z
q they own In Missouri. there Ia no
. daubt whatever but that he will
Q he much better off.
~ 4 a a 4 4 Q . Q . . .
The Delta independent., 1913-02-28
FERTILIZER VS..
WESTERN FERTILITY

One of the things least understood
by our prospective land buyer and
even by our western farmer is the
great fundamental difference between
the soils of the humid east and those
of the arid west. All parties to the
question have had TO concede that
average yields, though often in con-
nection with poor farming. are immen-
sely greater in the irrigated sections
of the arid west than in the east.
Few realize that even the nominal
yields of the east are only attained
by the use of fertilizer Constantly ad-
ded to their soils. AS an example.
one OF the leading agricultural jour
nails a year or SO ago published what
was thought to be a remarkable yield
of potatoes In describing this yield
the writer stated that twenty-five dol
lars worth of commercial fertilizer
was applied per acre TO this land.
The yield was not greater than the
ordinary yields of potatoes produced
without fertilizer by our better grow
ers in Carbondale, San Luis valley or
Uncompahgre districts of Colorado,
and the cost of this commercial ferti-
lizer was more than two thirds as
much as the total cost OF production
per acre in our section.
II is not uncommon for even western
growers who have recently come from
the humid east to make inquiries from
our experiment station as TO the pos
sible use Of commercial fertilizers for
their crops. We always discourage
the use OF these materials. but, at the
same time, ask them TO use check
plot without fertilizer in case these
materials are used. so as to determine
for themselves whether these chemi-
Gals added to the soils really improve
their yields In every case SO far
tested, the use of these chemicals have
given negative results-that is, while
no harm has been done by the addi-
ton of phosphoric acid. potassium and
nitrogen to our soils. no increase in
yield OF product has been attained.
This has been tried so many times
in a careful way that we have come
TO the conclusion that the day is far
distant when the farmer of the arid
sections will need these aids to the
maintenance OF fertility
The question then arises. IF this
he true. what is the explanation! :"
This takes us back to the original diff
ference in our soil formations. In one
way. the soils of all parts OF the United
States are more or less the same
that is. they are the product of the
decomposition of the basic rocks
which originally formed the earth's
crust. These rocks are largely of
eranitic nature and contains large guam
titles OF both phosphoric acid and pot
assium. as well as the other more com
mon elements, as sulfur. iron. silica.
magnesia. lime. etc. Then. what can
be the difference between the arid and
the humid sections in their relation TO
The Delta independent., 1913-02-28

ships are in waiting for the word of
command, should it be given.
There are but few people who do
not predict that Intervention will be-
come necessary, and, Notwithstanding
the well known hatred of the aver
age Mexican for the Gringo, some be-
lieve that our nation will be appealed
to by the discouraged but better class
of citizens of the Mexican republic
The Delta independent., 1913-02-28

Miss Mabel Briney. of Colorado
Springs. who is well and favorably
known in this section of the Western
Slope as a reader of rare talent. will
entertain the citizens of this city at
the Baptist church this evening. The
musical numbers on the program will
be rendered by the high school or
chestra.
The Delta independent., 1913-02-28
Weeks Subscriptions Received.

w. C. Marsh, F. B. Kestlng, Olathe;
|. A Ward, Mrs. d. D. Frost. A. E.
Sidebottom, F. C. Harrington, Miss
Harriet Sayre, NJ. V. LomaX. E. F.
Hayden, Geo. A. Holcomb. Delta; G. w.
Mays, Turlock, California; Carl Sig
frid. E A Phinney. Ouray; Swan Lin
man. Crawford; DR.. C. c. Grim, Delta.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

in the Sixth Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada, in and for
the County of Humboldt.
In the Matter of the Estate of Angelo
Forgnone, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned, Christine Forgnone, admin
istratrix with the will annexed of the
estate of Angelo Forgnone, deceased,
that on the fifteenth (15th) day of
February, A. d. 1913, she, the said
Christine Forgnone, was by order and
decree of the above entitled Court
duly appointed ADMINISTRATIVE with
the will annexed of the estate of
Angelo Forgnone, deceased, and all
persons having claims against the
said estate of Angelo Forgnone, de-
ceased, are required to file the same,
with the proper vouchers and statu-
tory afidavits attached, with the
Clerk of the above entitled Court
within three (3) months from the date
of the first publication of this notice.
First publication made on Tuesday,
the eighteenth (1Sth) day of February,
1918.
CHRISTINE FORGNONE,
Administrators with the Will An
neXed.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
BEST KNOWN COUGH REMEDY

For forty-three years DIR. Kings
New Discovery has been known
throughout the world as the most re-
liable cough remedy. Over three mil
lion bottles were used last year Ism u
this .prooff 1t will get rid of your
cough, or We will refund your money.
J. j. Owens, of Allendale, s. c., writes
the way hundreds of others have done.
After twenty years, / find that DR..
Kings New Discovery is the best
remedy for coughs and colds that |
have ever used" For coughs or colds
and all throat and lung troubles, it has
no equal. soc and s1.00 at Eagle drug
store.-Advertisement.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
Best Work. Prompt
Service. White Help
Application No. 2641
Notice of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State Of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that on the
10Th day of February, 1913, in accord
ance with Section rs, Chapter XXI,
of the Statutes of 1909, John G. Tay-
Tor and J. Sheehan of Lovelock AMI
Winnemucea, respectively, County of
Humboldt, and State of Nevada, made
application to the State Engineer of
Nevada for permission to appropriate
the public waters of the State of Ne
vada. Such appropriation is to be
made from Humboldt river, at points
in the NWA of section 35, township
SO north, range 40 east, NJ. d. B. and
NJ, bearing of dam to east quarter
corner of section 32, township SO
north, range 40 east, M. d. B. and NJ,
south Sc degrees 48 minutes west, H.
422 feet, by means of a dam, and 375
cubic feet per second is to be convey
ed to points on NWA of section 35,
township SO north, range 40 east, M.
ID. b. and NJ, owe said dam into a
fore bay and wheel pit, which said
fore bay and wheel pit constitute and
are a part of said diverting dam, by
means of an open flume type turbine,
and there used for power purposes.
Water to be returned to stream at
NWA of section 35, township SO
north, range 40 east, NJ. D. B. and NJ !,
and near point of diversion.
Signed: w. M. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
First publication, Feb. 81, 1913.
Last publication, March 81, 1913.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
Story Of cIemenceau.

II is said that Monsieur Clemenceau
who bears the pleasant s%obriquet of
the tiger" Is about to connect him.
self with a new journal to appear in
the near future. This return to the
limelight from which he had not with
drawn to any distance. gives occasion
for some new stories concerning him.
One of these Is that a young man
applied to him for a place. do you
know anything about foreign affairs p
asked the tiger. Yes, monsieur"
was the nswer to which he modestly
added. "a little" Clemenceau ap-
peared greatly astonished. "Ah. truly
DO you know what is the question of
the Orient, the Austro- Hungarian prob
lem, and pan-Slavic politicsT" Yes,
monsieur" Then the tiger turned on
him. This is too wearisome. It
would amuse me much more II you
knew nothing at all"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
She Was Doing Press Work.

A young woman who was acting as
newspaper correspondent at a fash
ionable hotel did not consider her.
self a reporter and never referred to
herself as such. In talking with one
of the women guests she spoke OF do
ing press work" for the hotel.
The woman hesitated a moment,
then said: Don't you find 1t hard?'
The girl. thinking how much help
her little typewriter had been. replied:
"Oh. no, | have a machine"
Another pause. then the bewildered
guest put her question: DO you do
the work in your room or In the
laundry"
The young woman is trying now to
make up her mind just what she had
better call herself.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18

Leaves Winnemucca Monday and
Friday mornings, returning following
day.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18

No. 3 (Limited)-Arrives Winnie
muca 3:45 q. m; No. 4 arrives 4:05
p. m.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
TIME TABLE
Southern Pacific Time Table.
In Effect Dec. %, 1912.
East Bound.
Western Pacific Railway.
West Bound

West Bound.
No. l (Limited)-Arrives Winnie
mucca LAS a. m; No. 8 arrives 11:49
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18

ring, of yellow gold.
Marked inside, "Solid Gold.'
Original weight one ounce, but
worn down to about three-qdarters
ounce. A reward of $40 Will be
paid for the return of the ring to
this Observation-Disclosures
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
The Haviland q Hoskins Auto Stages

Inc davIIand q HoHklno AUTO Stages.
Leave W~innsmucea land opposite
points, daily Except Sunday at 7 q.
m. for Paradise, National, McDermitt
and way stations. 25-lbs. baggage al
lowed, &c for excess. Fares-Toll
House, $3.50; Willow Point, "a; Para
disc $500 Paradise Hill, $500; Amos,
$3.50; Andorno, $3.50; Rebel Creek,
$1,000; National, 1890; McDermitt,
$1,000. Office and garage CT Sixth,
near Bridge. Phone 46.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
In Periodical Fashion.

The late John NJ. Palmer was one
Of the wits OF public life. When he
retired from the senate he was not
discouraged, but said: Il come into
fashion about every eel years in Ill.
nois."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22
FOR A BAD STOMACH
PAPE'S O|APEPS|N
Time 1t! In Five Minutes You VIII
Wonder What Became OF the Gas,
Sourness and indigestion.

Sour, gassy. upset stomach, indi-
gestion. heartburn. dyspepsia; when
the food you eat ferments into gases
and stubborn Jumps; your head aches
and you feel sick and miserable,
that's when you realize the magic
in Pape's Diapepsin. 1t makes such
misery vanish In five minutes.
If your stomach is in a continu-
GUS revolt-if you can't get it regu-
lated, please, for your sake, try Dia-
pepsin. It's so needless to have a bad
stomach-make your next meal a IA
vorite meal, then take a little Dia-
pepsin. There will not be any dis
tress-eat without fear. It's because
Pape's Diapepsin really does" reg
ulate weak, out of order stomachs
that gives 1t it's millions Of sales an
nually.
Get a large fifty cent case of
Papes Diapepsin from any drug
store. 1t is the quickest. surest stom-
ach relief and cure known. 1t acts
almost like magic--it Is a scientific,
harmless and pleasant preparation
which truly belongs in every home.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22
WAR;.

The wolves are bowling on the DEATH
doomed shore:
The vultures watch the vanguard
from the height;
While Man, proud Man, with human
flesh and gore,
Goes forth to give the feast. and in
the fight
Upon the grassy plain his blood out
pour.
Here soon the slaughtered, lying
still and white,
Shall witness to Gods truth for
evermore-
Men prate of Justice" but decide
by might
How long, o brother man! how long,
We cry,
Shall Crime and Madness mingle,
and beget
This fiendinsh folly-this unholy lie
That might is right ?" Nay.
Soul, remember yet,
Who slays another must himself soon
die,
And justice shall be done when God
Is met
Samuel Waddington in Pail Mall
Gazette. ,--
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22

Woodrow Wilson realizes he will
have so many serious things to do
when he becomes president he will
have no time for frills and fuss. The
diplomatic service and the army and
navy will have to do the spectacular
parading during the next few years
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22

Certainly no man will be considere
a coward when he runs from a vol
cano.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22

Money He believes that those who
have been succeeding extraordinarily
we'll in a material way need no assist
ance from the government and that
public officials may best turn their
attention to people lower down in the
social pile so as to ascertain why they
do not fare better and to what extent
they have suffered through unjust
laws and maladministration DR.. Lane
expressed himself to this effect in his
speeches during his campaign and
his speeches won many votes from
thinking men. He is the type of man
the common people wish to see in
office and he is a good man to send
to Washington March 4-on which
day we will get a president holding
the old time faith that this should be
a land of freedom and of opportunity
for all and who is going to restore
that vision of our fathers or know
the reason why.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22

In the name of the people of Ore
gon DR.. Harry Lane was placed be-
fore the legislature
The Election yesterday as candidate
OF Lane. for senator and the
nominee of the people
was chosen even though he is a dem
ocrat and the legislature is almost
unanimously republican.
This is the third time a United
States senator from Oregon has been
elected by popular vote and the cleo
ton of Lane furnishes the most
striking proof yet given that the Ore
gon system is here to stay. There
was no opposition this year to the
popular choice while four years ago
when Senator Chamberlain was elect
ed there was a we'll organized but fu-
tile movement to defeat his election in
the legislature.
Oregon's new member of the up
per house is a good product Of our
present day method of electing sena-
tors. There was a time and it is still
vividly remembered when the United
States senate was called the Million
aires Club. Seldom was a senator
chosen who was not a man of wealth.
The highest legislative body of the
land was composed in large measure
of members chosen through manipula-
tion and bribery. 1t is no wonder the
senate became reactionary and the
last refuge of special privilege. Sena-
tor Lane is neither millionaire nor
political manipulation. He ran against
two millionaires each with much mon
ey and a powerful organization be-
hind him. Lane used almost no
money in his campaign and he was his
own organization most Of the time
His strength consisted in his pOlitictl
views and in his public, record. DR..
Lane is a man who holds the modern
progressive views as TO what govern
ment should stand for. He believes
in government for Man and not for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22

and ten seats in the Reichstag, but
the army and navy estimates are be-
yond their reach, the taxes are fix
lures, a constitution is dream, and
If they are cantankerous or trucu-
lent the Reichstag will be dismissed
by wave Of the hand Say what one
will, they are mammillary people
politically, and the strongest party in
the Reichstag is merely an energetic
political mangonel. Their leaders
moult opinions, they do not mould
them, and could not translate them
into action if they did.
Not since 1874 has there been a
Reichstag so strongly radical, but
nothing will come of it.
from Germany and the Germans
from an American Point of View" by
Price Collier, in the Christmas Sorib-
ner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-22
OFFICIALS RULE IN GERMANY.

This German people have not de-
veloped into a nation, they have been
squeezed into the mould of a nation.
The nation is not for the people, the
people are for the nation.
OF course, in every nation its af-
fairs are, and must be, conducted by
Officials. That is as true of America
as of Germany. The fundamental diff
ference is that with US these official
persons are executive officers only,
the real captain is the people; while
in Germany these official persons are
the real governors of the people, sub
ject to the commands of one who re-
peatedly and publicly asserts that his
commission is from God and not from
the people. This puts whole classes
of the community permanently into
uniform. and the wearers of these uni
forms are almost afraid to laugh, and
would consider it sacrilege to romp.
Caution is a very puny form of
mortality. He that observeth the
wind shall not SOW; and he that re-
gardeth the clouds shall not reap" 1t
is as true politically as of other
spheres of life that "he or she who lets
the world or his own portion of 1t
choose his plan of life for him has no
need of any other faculty than the
ape-like one of imitation" Thus
writes John Stuart Mill, and what else
can be said of the political activities
of the Germans? What journalist or
what patriot indeed can take serious
ly majority that has no power?
What people can call itself free to
whom it's rulers are not responsible?
The social democrats, at the moment
of writing. have won one hundred