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The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
PAoNIA
(1'he Paonian.)
90 80 I

Mrs. Mary Sellers and daughter
Dorothy were guests at the Roeber
home Sunday.
A. F. Kindall and D. w. Elder
with their families, motored to Delta
and back Sunday.
Thomas Poulos went to Denver on
Tuesday morning for a weeks visit
with friends.
DR.. A. E. Miller of Austin and Delta
was a business visitor in Paonia We'd
nesday night.
Mrs. C. E. Crittenden has been COZ
fined to her home by illness but is
now improving in health.
Mrs. Carl Clements from Terror
tor one day last week.
Miss Mccullough. from Crawford
was visitor at Bert Crawford's while
attending the teachers examination.
H. V. Griffin has been shipping his
apples, to get ready for his peach
crop, which he expects to be of fair
size.
Mrs. E. H. Roberts left Saturday
morning for St. Louis in answer to a
telegram conveying the news of the
serious illness of her mother.
Mr.. Griselle and family. who have
had their residence on Grand avenue
moved to a ranch on Stewart mesa
Wednesday.
Work is to begin soon upon coy
four-room bungalow for County Horti-
cultural Inspector L. T Ernst on his
ranch
Since Bert Foster has become the
proprietor of the ranch formerly
owned by Mrs Hawkey, many improve
ments are in evidence.
Mrs. Heberling and daughter Pearl
! returned from Olathe last Saturday
after a very pleasant visit with Mrs
HeberIing's sister and family
| G. E. Swanson owner of the f. B.
Kemp orchard, writes from Colorado
Springs of the birth into their home
of a girl on March fourth.
Mr. and Mrs Ebert Campbell NOV
ed to the Stratton house Saturday
on account of the return of the own
ers. who will stay on their ranch for
awhile.
Mr.. P. Newton Drake, father of H.
B. Drake. and Mrs. Drake, left Sat
urday for their home in Plainfield.
New Jersey. after an extended visit
in the Terror creek mesa home of
their son.
L. NJ. Cowgirl finished pulling peach
stumps for F. w. Knott Monday. and
also pulled about forty for himself in
order to have better place for his
truck patch and Strawberries. Mr..
Knott is planning to raise more COW
feed while waiting for another peach
crop.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
SOMETHING ABOUT THE
PROPOSED TARIFF REDUCTION

Washington, April 1O.-Removal of
all tariff from many articles of food
and clothing; broad reductions in the
rates of duty on all necessaries of
life; and increase of tariff on many
luxuries; and new income tax that
would touch the pocket of every Amer
ican citizen whose net income exceeds
$4,000. are the striking features of
the new democratic tariff revision bill
presented to the house.
Sugar would be free of duty in 1916.
the bill proposing an immediate 25
per cent reduction and the removal of
the remaining duty in 1916.
Raw wool would be made free at
once, with a correspondingly heavy
reduction in the tariff on all wooden
goods.
All these other articles are put on
the free list, namely:
Meats. flour bread, boots and shoes,
lumber. coal. harness. saddlery. iron.
ore. milk and cream, potatoes. salt.
swine, corn. cornmeal. cotton bag
ging. agricultural implements. leather.
wood pulp. bibles, printing paper not
worth more than 21a cents per pound.
typewriters. sewing machines. typeset-
ting machines, cash registers. steel
Tails. fence wire, cotton ties, nails.
hoop and band iron. fish. sulphur.
soda. tanning materials. acetic and sui
pruric acids. borax. lumber products.
including broo mhandles. clap boards.
hubs for wheels, posts. laths, plckets.
slaves and shingles.
These principal items are taken from
the free list and taxed:
Rough and uncut diamonds and pre-
cious stones. furs. coal tar products.
10 per cent. volatile oils. 90 per cent.
spices from cent to 2 cents per
pound.
Chairman Underwood OF the ways
and means committee. in his state
meut accompanying the new tariff bill
gave the following comparative table.
TO show reductions In tariff duties
made upon necessaries. In each item
both the present tariff and proposed
tariff had been reduced to an adya-
loren basis.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
FRUIT DAMAGED IN SOUTH

Says the Kansas City Packer of
March 29th According to kilograms
to the Packer late this week from the
southern and southwestern fruit sec
tions, there has been much damage
by frost at various important sections.
Weather was generaly warm up to
the middle of the week, although
rainy in the south, but on Wednesday
morning freezing temperatures were
recorded as far south as Oklahoma
City. with big snow storm over the
state. On that morning the freezing
weather did not extend east into Ar
kansas very far. Wednesday night.
however the cold wave passed on east
and extended further south to San
Antonio and Houston, covering all of
Arkansas, northern Louisiana, Ala
bama and a large part of Tennessee.
Thursday morning the temperature
at Oklahoma City was IA degrees
above zero; at FIT. Smith, Ark. 25; !;
at Galveston, So; at Corpus Christi,
3S; at Memphis. Tenn, So: at Knox
vile. Tenn, "a.
Friday morning the cold wave
passed on east and freezing weather
occurred all over Tennessee, the
northern part of Alabama and Georgia
and into the western part of the Caro-
linas and Virginia. The freezing tenn
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11

perature still covered most of Okla.
homa and the northern part of Arkan-
sas. while Louisiana, Texas and Mis-
sissippi did ont experience a freeze
MANY of the wires sent out by The
Packer Thursday night inquiring as to
the damage caused by the cold wave
had not been answered up to the hour
of going to press because of the de-
companies"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11

CHerald)
R. o. Wilmot returned last Thurs
day evening from a trip to North Da-
kota.
James Moss of Delta came up last
Saturday and was greeting old friends.
Edgar Williams returned Monday
from visit with friends on the east
ern slope.
Newt Heistand returned Thursday
evening from Southern Texas, where
he spent the winter.
Miss Hazel Patchet returned from
Pueblo Saturday evening where she
has been visiting relatives.
Miss Bessie Short of Elberta. left
Saturday for Salida, where she will
study for a trained nurse
A. G.. Botsford came up from Delta
the last of the week and went up to
mis- ranch on the Muddy.
There was supposed to be a box
ing contest last Friday night at the
opera house. From all reports it was
"a failure as it only went two rounds.
and was ended by foul.
Mrs. J. G. A. Simpson of Redlands
mesa died last Monday morning
Funeral services were held at the res.
idence and the remains Inferred In
1.-THE Hotchkis cemetery on Wednes-
day.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
TONGUE CREEK

n. A. Fogg this week purchased
fine mule team from Mr. Gorsuch.
Sidney Bull left Friday for Grand
Junction to visit his son.
Frank Peck has traded his Tongue
creek ranch for property in Califor-
MIA. Geo. Schneider is the new own
er of the ranch.
Will Hawkins sustained badly
mashed hand Wednesday while drill
ing rock.
Fred Burritt and Frank Davis are
owners of several head of the Hol-
stein cows which came in last week.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
1ha Point Of yIax.

Apropos OF the dictum of = certain
worthless. a New York actor said at
the Lambs club
ITS all In the point of view, you
know. This actress In question Is
going to marry a westerner. Now, II
she were going to marry New York.
er-"
YES. It's all In the point OF view.
4 girl said to a bachelor:
"'Woman is. indeed. like the Ivy on
yonder ruin. The more dilapidated
you become, the closer woman clings
to you
"'Yes.' the bachelor sneered. and
the closer she clings to you the more
dilapidated you become"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
(Tines)

J. M. McCune and Charley Law
head were down from Redlands mesa
Tuesday.
Miss Hattie Roberts went up to
Crawford last Saturday to visit with
her friend. Miss Gladys Fisher.
Mrs. Victor Southworth left Tues.
lday morning for Denver where she
will visit relatives for a short time.
G.. J. Lawlor. who recently pur-
chased part of the John Bryan ranch
on Rogers mesa. received a large ship.
ment of furniture and household goods
for his home.
Work on the new railroad bridge
east of town will begin as soon as the
structure arrives. Superintendent Ten
Eycke was here the first of the week
and gave us this information.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11

Rough Jack had been struck by a
scantling at the new building and
killed. A sympathetic old neighbor
came to console the widow. well,
Katy, he is likely hittin' the harp with
the angels. tonight" he remarked
"Oh, / don't know" replied the OK
perienced Katy. hes more likely hit
tin the angels with the harp"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11

Mary. didn't hear you quarreling
with the milk man this morning."
Sure not. His hired girl is sick and
was inquiring after her. But he's
an impolite fellow" How's that"
Says |. 1How's your milkmaid?' an
he looked mad and said That's a
thrade secret
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11

The new rates are estimated to re-
duce the customs revenue approx
mately $50. 100000 year. This is cx-
pected to be made by the income tax.
Protection to the farmer would be
cut throughout by more than fifty per
cent in an effort to reduce the cost OF
food
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
Seed otatoes for Sale

Improved early Ohio's-No. l at
Csc. No. at soc. plenty of them. r.
C. Hutchinson. Colo phone. Delta 5i2.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
One Of Them.

Gerald came near losing my life
.oday.
Geraldine-Well. mistakes will hap
zen.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11

Try a Waniad in The Independent
They certainly get what you want.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-11
HOTcHkISS
(Herald)

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CEDAR EDGE.

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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01
Wooden Underdrains

In country where lumber is cheap
and where possibly the farmer is able
to haul his own logs to the saw-mill,
so that the only cost to him in cash is
the saw bill of say $500 per 1000 feet,
much understanding may be done
with very little cash outlay. Rough
Ike boards have been known to make
a good drain that lasted 20 years.
While nothing can equal the per-
manent tile drain, it is quite ex-
pensive. The settler in new timber
country while he is struggling to
make living while improving and
possibly pay the original purchase
price for his land, is abundantly
justified in using any means at his
hand for the draining of his land.
Well seasoned lumber will last much
longer in the ground than freshly
sawed wet or green lumber. The side
pieces for board drain may be OF 1x4
which is used in the rough cut as it
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01
ALFALFA AND CLOVER BOOKS.

The Ranch is in receipt of two
books from the Galloway Bros. Bow
man Co., of Waterloo, Iowa. One is
on the growing, care and harvesting
of clover. 1t is a book of nearly 100
pages, and while it was undoubtedly
printed largely to advertise the value
of Nitragin it contains so exhaustive
treatise on clover that it should be
in the hands of every farmer. There
is no place in the world where clover
grows so easily or furnishes so large
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

crop of forage as in the Pacific North
west, and as some portions cannot
raise alfalaf successfully the clover
crop becomes one of immense value.
The other book is entitled, GLOW
to Grow Alfalfa,'' and is also filled
with the very best information about
this great crop, how to grow and care
for it. There are more than so pages
of reading matter in this book which
are filed with the very latest informa-
ton about successful growing Of
alfalfa. Both of these books can be
had by writing to the company and
every farmer who is interested at all
should write for them.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

lob for the winter months. In the
rainy regions of the Pacific Slope
farmers work at these cedar drains
all winter. The same could be done
in the South country. There Cypress
could be used in place of the cedar
David Boynton, Gig Harbor, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

an inch and quarter thick. Set two
of these pieces on edge, and about
FIVE inches apart. Nail little strips
of 1x2 cut into six inch lengths,
across to tie these side pieces into
this position. Nail these little strips
across every three or four feet. Then
turn the chute thus made over and
nail like strips on this side.
Place these on the bottom of the
trenches. Before closing the ditch
lay six inch boards over these chutes
thus made. This top board will of
course be up from the edge of the
sides just the thickness of the little
strips, which is desired for areating
and receiving the moisture from the
surrounding earth. Throw a few
inches of old hay or straw on the top
of this now completed chute and it
is ready for the dirt. Do not nail
the top boards. In clay soil such
drains if made of seasoned resinous
lumber have sometimes been known
to last Is to 20 years.
r In digging the trenches care should
be taken to throw the top dirt one
side of the trench and the bottom
raw sub-soil on the other side; so
that when filling the trench the dirt
may go back in it's proper order, and
not leave strips of raw soil across the
fields surface
In the absence of lumber, dry split
rails will make good drain, with
enough brush and old hay or ever
green boughs laid over to keep the
loose earth from rafting through
before the ground gets settled back
into solid shape. These make perfect
ly good laterals which do not have to
carry much volume of water. For
the mains use good sized split rail,
cedar preferred, on each side OF the
bottom of the trench, with say four
or five inches space between them.
The split wide slabs from straight
grained cedar or pine. Lay these
slabs length wise of the ditch on top
of these side rails, and you have a
rough box that will carry large
amount of water. 1t does not matter
that the slabs are uneven in thickness
and very much thicker at one edge
than at the other.
Where good splitting timber for
these wide long slabs is not at hand,
wide slabs may be split from short
blocks foot or so long, and these
short slabs may be laid cross wise of
the box instead of length wise. The
water runs more freely, however, if
all timber entering'into it's construc-
ton is placed length wise of the ditch.
If very deep cut is to be made
through ridge In order to get an
outlet, it would certainly be advisable
to get tile enough for such portion,
as work of that magnitude should be
Of permanent character, since it
will take like amount of heavy dig
ging some day to replace. Extra care
should also be taken in such cases to
get the levels right. If the ditching
is being done in wet time, the
presence of the water will help to
give the true levels. If the natural
incline or pitch is good, about the
only precaution necessary is to
avoid says in the bottom that may
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

Of the 1900 "Jack Rabbits" in
use, the average age is 8 years. No
slack Rabbit has ever worn out.
We have the proof when we say
"You are insured service of 2Oyears
and longer in Jack Rabbit car. :"
You can safely invest, if necessary, a
lifetime's savings in "Jack Rabbit
car.
1t should be the only car you will
ever need. 1t will cost you less for up
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-04-10
Enter the Cocktail.

1t seems only yesterday that the
first trayful of cocktails jlngled into
a parlor In my town as a prelude to
dinner; and recall the scandalous re-.
ports Of that innovation which passed
up and down the maple-arched thor.
oughfares that give 80 sober and clois.
Sral an air to our residential area.
When that first tray appeared at our
elbows. at that difficult moment when
we gentlemen OF the provinces, rather
conscious at all times OF our dress
coats, were wondering whether It Is
the right or left arm we should offer
the lady we are about to take In, we
were startled, as though the devil had
invaded the domestic sanctuary and
perched himself on the upright piano.
Nothing is more depressing than the
thought that all these Smiths, many OF
whose fathers slept In the rain and
munched hardtack for a principle In
the sixties. are now unable to mus.
ter an honest appetite. but must
pucker their stomachs, with tonic be-
fore they can swallow their daily
bread. Perhaps our era's great hIsto.
rian will be stomach specialist
whose pages. bristling with statistics
and the philosophy thereof, will Illus
trate the undermining and honeycomb
Ing OF our institutions by gin and bit.
ters.-Meredlth Nicholson in Atlantic.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-04-10
FOUNDATION OF
SUCCESS IN HOGS
Diseases Caused by Filthy Pens
Quite Often Mistaken for
Cholera.

tBy DIR. F. s. SCHoENLEBER. State
Veterinarian OF Kansas.)
Cholera. parasites and pneumonia
are some Of the worst troubles hog
breeders have to fight this time OF
year. The parasites, or worms as
they are called. commonly. are always
with the hogs, more or less. 1t will
be possible to eradicate cholera from
the swine industry before the breed.
ers will be able to rid their stock Of
parasites. Pneumonia may be pre-.
vented by keeping the hogs from tax.
ing cold.
Hogs are kept for years on the
same degeneration after generation
until the soil becomes saturated
with the different parasites and their
eggs. With such surroundings hog
is certain to be affected. The ami.
mails look scrawny. and cholera lie
blamed for their condition.
Sanitation is the foundation Of sue.
sessful hog rearing. A hog lot should
be plowed frequently. and thoroughly
disinfected. Every two or three
years the lot should be changed to 4
new location. A hog isn't dirty In Its
habits II given half chance 1t vii!
keep clean.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-04-10
This New York Woman Nearly Chickens Stale Bread From
Her r.

way at price absurdly low when its
food value Is considered.
have In mind now a woman in my
city who owns restaurant, not very
large one. either. She also has
chicken farm about twelve miles from
the city, and she sends out to the
farm once week from siN to ten pota-
to sacks Of waste bread for her chick
ens-bread which but for utilizing 1t
thus would be thrown away. The re-
suit is that she makes big profit on
the chickens and eggs she sells.
Another kind of chicken feed which
the near.city poultryman can get in
large quantities is fresh buttermilk in
cities where there are creameries or
butter companies.
Such companies sell a great deal Of
buttermilk. but nothing like as much
as they could sell. and great deal Of
1t is turned into the sewer; so, II a
poultryman with two or three hundred
chickens wished to buy 1t in, say FIVE
gallon lots, he would be able to get 1t
very cheaply-perhaps for five cents
gallon. for the butter maker would
surely prefer selling 1t. even at this
price, to throwing 1t away.
This buttermilk is especially good
for chickens cooped up to fatten for
market, for the acid in the milk is
good for their digestion In the winter
when they cannot get green stuff, and
also while they are cooped up where
they cannot take exercise.
Very few things are as fattening as
slightly sour milk curds, sweetened.
heated to blood heat and with some
refuse grease or meat drippings from
the kitchen added Such fat making
food is better for fattening chickens.
however. than for hens with broods.
Put two or three gallons Of this milk
in large pot. sweeten It with cheap
brown sugar and add the meat drip
pings, btll Wullc IL 10 ucGtiu6, anu
pour into small flour sack or other
thin sack. and hang up in warm
place to drip. Put pan under 1t to
catch the whey. which is good for ma
king bran or corn meal mashes.
When the curds are reasonably dry,
dip them out as needed. and put them
in little troughs alongside the coops.
where the chickens can reach the
food through the wires without getting
into It with their feet. Put in only
what they will eat up clean each time
Another advantage the small poul.
tryman has near the city is that he
is accessible to dairies where he can
get skim milk from separators. which
is also exceedingly good for fattening
chickens, in making up mashes Of DIFF.
ferent kinds.
Copyright. 1918. by c. NJ. Shuitz)
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-04-10
WAY OF SHIPPING
BREEDING FOWLS
Seller Should Find Cheapest
Route, Making Least Ex-
pense for Buyer.

Me breeder who buys breeding
stock should state what express com.
pany he wishes the birds shipped by;
isbe doesn't SO state, the seller should
find out the cheapest route for the
shipment. II the consignment is
shipped over two lines. the charges
are higher than by direct route: 1t
is to the advantage Of the seller to
make as little expense for the buyer
as possible. This means not only ship
ping by the cheapest route, but also
Grating in the lightest crate consis-
tent with safety. Light wooden coops
with solid sides, and opening at the
top can be bought for thirty cents
each up. Cracker boxes can be made
into light. convenient coops for ship.
ment. But whatever box Is used 1t
should be clean and light
Valuable birds should be shipped
{ Ugly. II the distance Is long. fasten
fdrinking cup in the corner OF the
Soop. and tie sack Of feed to the
COOP. We usually put In large pota.
to or apple which serves the purpose
of both food and drink for short ship.
ments. Mark the address OF the con.
signee plainly. and plan the shipment
80 birds will not lay over Sunday In
the express Office. or have long waits
on station platforms to make connec.
tions. The condition the birds are re.
ceived in largely determines whether
or not the customer Is satisfied.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-04-10

Mr.. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building, for the readers OF this
paper. On account Of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. It's West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago. ILL.,. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
We will all agree that the bungalow
marks a great Improvement in sum.
mer resort architecture. AS sum.
mer cottage, whether located In the
mountains, on the edge Of forest or
by lake or river. the graceful. informal
lines of the bungalow seem to adapt
themselves ideally to their environ.
ment. When contrasted with the old.
time, box.like, jig.saw ornamented af.
fairs that were known as summer cot
tages. the improvement Is very ap-
parent Commenting on this matter,
the well-known architect, Wilson Eyre,
brings out some valuable points in q
recent number Of Country Life in
America. His contention is that the
bungalow fad is carrying US to archi.
tectural extremes that are not good
Tor domestic architecture in general.
AS style for general suburban use
the bungalow appears to be mIsused
and is generally Objectionable when
SO used. AS already mentioned, it has
Its place and purpose; first, as a week.
end or summer retreat 1t forms an
ideal contrast to our more preten.
tious, over-luxurious dwellings; sec.
ond. 1t is harmonious building for
an informal location; third, when an
inexpensive structure is desired the
bungalow offers the maximum com.
fort and beauty for the minimum cost.
Because the bungalow is SO widely
misused and misunderstood, 1t may be
well to try to answer the question,
What is a bungalow? and to analyze
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-04-10

as with many so.called fashions. there
Is little reasonable excuse for Its prev.
alence. Like many fads. It is bound
to run Its course and there Is nothing
30 dismally out Of place as fad that
has ceased TO be.
There Is another fact regarding the
bungalow which has become current
and that Is that a one.story house is
cheaper to build, and In other ways
more economical than a twostory
house. The increased expense Of
floors and roof counter.balance, how.
ever. the less expense OF the wall.
Plumbing and lighting are but little
cheaper, II any; and because the
structure Is spread out II Is not as
easy to heat as Its advocates would
have US believe. Moreover. the buns.
allow takes up more ground than q