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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-10-17
HE SAYS HE'S NOT DEAD.
Civil War Veteran Denies He Was
Killed at Fair Oaks.

Lansing, Mich.-One of the interest
ing figures in the ranks Of the G. A. r.
is John Broad of Lansing. According
to the war records, Mr.. Broad did not
participate in the recent reunion here
at all. The war records say he is
dead. He has been trying for fifty
years to convince the officials at Wash
ington that he is alive and he has not
succeeded yet. John Broad, killed at
the battle of Fair Oaks, Va" say the
records, and, so far as the department
is concerned, that is all there is to it.
"Fm dead yet, officially" he says.
"but the boys don't mind associating
with a ghost, so l guess it's all right"
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
Appropriation of seepase.

Judge Black sitting in Delta coun-
ty has rendered a decision on the
reasonableness or unreasonableness in
the use of waste, seepage and spring
waters. He holds that such water
may be appropriated independently of
other appropriators if intercepted in
other appropriations if intercepted and
held that the waters belong to the
prior appropriations along the stream
and cannot be appropriated by subse-
Quent users who divert the water be-
fore it reaches the main body, but
the higher courts ruling was gen
eral one. Judge Black says that TO
apply this broad ruling in all cases
would be unreasonable. The point in
this particular case was that while
this water flows toward the main
stream it never would reach that
body on account of the distance and
because of sinking and evaporation.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25

those fellows as doing business on a
Dig scale. Our markets are conven.
lent. Amsterdam is our greatest local
market, while our apples are sought
In England particularly. Our prices
are generally better than they are in
America, and We aim to supply the
highest possible quality. One thing
We do in Holland which is not done in
America, and that is to prune the
trees annually. In this way we elimi-
nate all but the branches which will
produce the nose healthy and thrifty
fruit"
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
East Canal Ordered Built.

The officers of the United States
reclamation at Montrose have receiv-
ed orders from Washington to ad-
vertise locally for the construction of
the East canal, or the Loutsenhizer
cutoff. This is the canal which has
been pushed for several years, but
was delayed owing to the fact that
the right of way could not be secured.
1t is 3.3 miles long and involves
the moving of $4,000 yards of dirt,
which is all team work. 1t will cost
between $4,000 and s25, 900, its max
imum capacity will be 800 feet of
water, and it will bring $4,000 acres
new land into cultivation, lying on the
east side of the Uncompahgre valley
between the Garnet and the old Louts-
enhizer canal
This new canal starts at the head
gate of the old Colorow ditch, half
mile south of Olathe, runs straight
through the eastern portion of the
town of Olathe, and then gradually
crawls upon the mesa and connects
Win luo eIldTStu portion OF the
Loutsenhizer canal, this latter work
having been done by the Saylor Con
struction company last year at a cost
of approximately $4,000. About one
half of the canal is to be entirely
new ditch; in fact, it is all new ditch.
as it will be so much larger than the
Colorow ditch.
1t will be a regular river in size
and we expect to see the people of
Delta using it for boating in the
near future, along with their other
attractions. The maximum width of
the canal at the top will be ~ feet.
at the bottom "a feet.
The canal will first be lined with
wood and when that fully settles it
may later on be concreted.
The people on the north of Olathe
and east OF Delta will hail with
great delight the announcement that
this cutoff is to be constructed at
last, as they have striven for a num-
ber Of years 10 get work started up
on it.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR
WIND BREAK PLANTERS

Washington, July 18.-The forest
the use of farmers in the plains re-
gions.
These ten commandments are to be
displayed as part of the exhibit which
the forest service is preparing for an
exposition to be held during October
at Tulsa, Oklahoma, in connection
with the eighth international dry
farming congress The command
ments for owners of windbreaks are
as follows:
First Place the windbreak at right
angles to the direction OF injurious
prevailing winds.
Second Devote from one-eighth to
one-fifth of the farm to timber. Its
the ground it occupies, to say moth
ing of the timber yield.
Third. Plant only spcies suited to
windhreak use, to the region and to
the locality.
Four. Plant rapid growers for
quick results; but underplant with
slower growing species, which are US
ually longer lived and more valuable
Five. Supplement a decidious wind
break with evergreens to afford pro,
lection in winter.
Six. Separate treeo by the spac-
ing proper to the species used. The
trees should be close enough to pro
duce a dense windbreak and to yield
good poles, but should not be sc
crowded as to produce spindliLg
growth.
Seven Make the windbreak thick
from the bottom up, especially on the
side toward the wind. This may he
done by using the species which
branch near the ground, by planting
outside rows of low-growing trees, by
encouraging natural reproduction and
by underplanting.
Eight Cultivate the plantation
thoroughly while it is young.
Nine. Do not allow excessive graz
ing where reproduction is desired.
Ten. Do not thin your woodlot too
heavily or take out the best trees for
minor uses. Remember that a timber
tract should be improved by use
and that each clearing should leave it
in better condition than before
Other exhibits show the proper To-
cations for windbreaks. suitable spe-
cies for planting and the direction of
harmful winds in the various regions.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
BUSINESS LOCALS.

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The Delta independent., 1913-07-25

Furnish your home without cost /
patronizing Grand Union Tea c
One block west of the postoffic
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
Orchard Method. in Holland.

I'VE handle our trees in Holland a
little differently than you do here in
America" said G. Van Dyke, a Hol-
land tree expert. who was looking
over the orchards in Michigan.
Your horticultursits aim to head
their trees from two to three feet.
while we even head our young apple
trees five feet high. We leave three
main branches and our tree architec-
ture tends to spread it and at the
same time keep 1t low. We set out
trees five and six years of age, so we
the following year. We hasten pro-
duction because OF the high value of
land and the demand that it should
produce to its capacity year after
year. Between our trees we set short
lived trees or small fruits, so when
our aple trees attain their maturity
the smaller ones are past the age OF
usefulness. We crop between the
trees. Beans are our main crop. We
use as cover crop 'spardie, which
looks more like foliage of the pine
tree than anything l see in America.
1t grows about foot high and is a
very good mulch crop. Our tendency
in handling our trees is to spread
them out. We try to have them clear
of the ground so we can crop close to
the trees and at the same time head
them so low that most of the fruit
can be picked by standing on a four
or five foot ladder.
Our spraying mthods differ radi-
cally from those in America. In fact.
we do not employ what American hor.
ticulturists would call methods. We
have the San Jose scale. which We
fight with lime. We sprinkle lime on
the trees three times year-once
when the leaves start. again in July,
and still again about this time OF the
year. Our other troubles are peculiar
TO on rcountry. One of our destruc-
tive enemies is known in our country
as 'Meeldow.' 1t attacks the small
fruits. such as gooseberries and cur
rants, and the foliage appears as
though covered with lime. In sever.
al days the branches are completely
stripped of leaves.
an Holland we raise apples, straw
berries. gooseberries and currants.
Grapes are only raised in the hot
house and We produce but very few
peaches. The country is not suffi-
ciently warm for the proper ripenine
of grapes. Southern France and Ger
many are known as grape countries,
Also Italy is known the world over as
well as Spain for their grape pro
ducts.
"The varieties of apples that we
have in Holland which are also pro-
duced in America are the Red Astra'
khan, Russet, Crimson. Golden and
Red Beitingheimer. Our orchards are
small. The usual size is two or three
acres. Frequently some ms large as
eight or ten acres, but we consider
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
sapinero Road by Middle September

Sapinero Road by Mioole september
County Commissioner Nicholas
Krohn came down from the road
camp on Blue mesa Wednesday, re-
turning TO the scene OF activity again
today. He says that after three days
spent in wrestling with the county
commissioners of Gunnison county
the way has been cleared for pushing
the work on the road to Sapinero. Ar
rangements have been made for the
bridge across the Lake Fork and the
crossing of the railroad on grade
level. the bridge builders are going
to put in the bridge at Mr.. Krohn's
estimate OF $4,000. The bridge is ex-
pected to be in by September l and
Mr. Krohn hopes TO have the road
completed to Sapinero by the middle
OF September. Mr.. Krohn predicts
that the travelling public will be de-
lighted with the road when it is COM
pleted.-Montrose Enterprise.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25

FOR SALE-Good buggy and Sc
of single harness. Enquire at Penley
Feed Store.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
THE THINKERS.
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Franklin K. Lane-The man who
makes farm and irrigates it is the
man / am interested in primarily, not
the land speculator On some OF our
government irrigation projects we
have been making money for specula-
tors rather than homes for farmers
i find We have in our national irriga.
tion projects 100000 acres of irriga.
BILE land, but We are irrigating only
$4,000 acres. More htna ninety-five
per cent of the remaining $4,000
acres-all irrigable but unirrigated-
is land in private speculative owner
ship. The man who irrigates his land
shoull have the easier terms from the
government, because lie is the one
who is giving the public the benefit
of that land.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25

Harley Hatch.-What a system of
extortion has been built up in our
courts by the lawyers and for the
lawyers. The courts will allow fees
to lawyers for services that are one
hundred times out of proportion TO the
work done. For instance, an estate
was settled some time ago in which
after the debts We're paid, but very
small amount was left to each heir,
for there was a number of them.
There were two factions among the
heirs and the court appointed law
yer to look after each side. Ii took
about half an hour to settle the busi-
ness and for this the court allowed
each lawyer $50, which was more
than any heir received, and the law
yers got their money first, too. This
was nothing more nor less than plain
robbery, accomplished under the
forms of law. In another case one
horse politician who had never had an
income of $500 year in his life got.
by political pull. a fat job as receiver
and the court allowed him $4,000 a
year for what he did. A court clerk
could have done the same and done
il better in two weeks out of the
year and at cost OF not TO exceed
SIS. 1t is such work as this that is
bringing our courts into bad repute.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25

LOST.-Ladies' black coat between
depot and Main street. Reward at this
office. #
Real Estate, loans and insurance.
c. A Merrill, 65s Dodge St Coop
phone.
FOR SALE-Good buggy and set
of single harness. Enquire at Penley's
Feed Store.
TO LOAN-Any amount up to
s4.5oo at per cent. C. A. Merrill
e59 Dodge ST. Coop phone.
FRUIT JARS-Quarts 60 cents per
dozen; half-gallons 75 cents per dozen
at Cooks Second Hand Store.
Furnish your home without cost by
patronizing Grand Union Tea Co.
One block west of the postoffice.
LOST-Pair OF eyeglasses, gold
bows, between Independent office and
depot. Br ug them in and get re
ward. q
WANTED TO list few desir-
able ranches at bargain prices
c. A. Merrill, $50 Dodge st. Co-or
phone.
Hay for Sale.
Choice first and second cutting. J.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25

William Kent.-My idea is that all
of us together should aid in the task
OF making it easier for the average
man to provide for himself and family
those necessities without which life
cannot be sustained. With this foun-
dation under him he may then obtain
the opportunity for that breadth and
depth Of life that spring from the cul-
tivation OF the mind and that happi-
ness which comes from sympathy with
and love for other men. This task
must largely consist in tearing down
those privileges which compel one
man to divide his product unfairly
with another. I cannot conceive that
such developments can come except
under the purest form of democracy in
the full meaning of the term.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
Notice to Water Users.

The hours for sprinkling as provided
by ordinance must be strictly obserV-
ed. Following this notice, where any
hydrant is found open after sprinklins
hours, water will be promptly shut
off.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25

DR.. R. w. Corwin.-What can be
expected of government that creates
cabinet department for ANIMALS but
fails TO recognize one for man; that
appropriates millions for brute here.
dity and little or nothing for human
eugenics? Full 100000 out of 90,
o00. 900 school children in the United
States are diseased, and the sanitary
conditions in some places are inexcus-
able. A cess pool of degradation ex'
lists in other states. If for the next
hundred years our schools would dis
continue all higher and aesthetic edu'
cation and devote their energy to i'm
proving the human stock, at the end
of the century we would find the peo-
pie not only 100 years older but 800
per cent better, stronger, wiser.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
Hay for Sale,

Hay for Sale.
Choice first and second cutting.
C. Smith. Colo. phone, Delta 5S4. II
The Delta independent., 1913-07-25
DAN NWAGONER

Commissioner of Water and Sewers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19
Sporting

Capt. ". H. Richard, of Ohio, shoot
ing in the individual match at Sea
Grit, N. j., broke the worlds record
for 500 yards with a 16-inch bullseye
with a string of twenty-three consec-
utiVe hits. He actually scored TWEEN
ty-four, but one of them was a sight
ing shot and not counted for record.
Boxing fans are enthusiastic over
the form displayed by AL Reich. .or-
mer heavyweight champion. Stand
ing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing
211 pounds, Reich is the typical ath-
lete.
Go-Between, the famous racing stall
lion, winner of the Suburban Handi-
cap in 1906, fell dead under the wire
as he won the mile running race at
the Berks County Fair, at Reading,
Pa. jerks, a colored jockey, fell with
the horse, but was not hurt.
Connie Mack has signed Pitcher
George Waring, of Saratoga, for the
Athletics. Waring is said to be one
of the best semi-profess onal boXmen
in the northern part of New York.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19
Personal

Augusta B. Legula, former Presi-
dent of Peru, who was exiled by his
successor, arrived at New York to
visit his two sons in American col
leges.
Mrs. Rebecca Kissick of Philadel
phia celebrated her 105th birthday.
She takes a long walk every day.
President Wilson sat in a grove
of pine trees at Meriden, N. H, and
saw his youngest daughter, Eleanor
Wilson, play the star role in a pas
toral masque symbolizing the protest
of the naturalist against the slaughter
of birds for millinery purposes.
George Curry, one of the most pic
turesque members of the GID Con-
gress, eloped from Washington to
Rockville, Md, the capitals Gretna
Green, and married Miss Martha
Clara Cans of Uniontown, Pa. Curry
is fifty years old. His bride gave her
age as twenty-one.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19
THE sEAsoNABLE WORD.

In the autumn, when there is such
an abundance of fruit, the frugal
housewife will provide for the winter,
when there is less to choose from.
When there is such a supply Of
good things, great care should be TAX
en- not to over-eat. Over-taxing the
system, with little exercise, is fol-
lowed by all sorts of ills. Colds, bill
ious attacks, rheumatism and any
number of troubles are often caused
by ov~er-eating.
Active young people are usually able
to work off and assimilate their food,
as they exercise much in the open air,
but the middle-aged man Dr. woman,
who puffs on going upstairs, must
use care in the amount of food con-
sumed.
When baking pies, to avoid a soaked
crust, do not put the filling into the
pie until the top crust is ready. II
there is depth enough to the crust,
and it is put into a hot oven with a
strong heat at the bottom, the pie will
not run over.
How many who have eve passed
through the experience can apprect-
ate what a little thing will make a
sick person extremely uncomfortable
and even cause positive distress. An
improperly prepared piece of toast
bread not we'll toasted will cause indi-
gestion and even heart failure. Why
toast is ordered, and what a good slice
of toast really is, does not always en-
ter into the mind of the ~caretaker.
For Dyspeptics.-If there is too
much acid in the gastric juice, eat
fruits, green vegetable salads with oil.
nuts and well cooked cereal with
cream.
If there is a deficiency Of acid, use
lean. chopped beef, white meat OF
chicken and white fish. Exclude all
fats.
Drink two quarts of cool water each
day. A glass before breakfast and
one before retiring.
Use fresh, sweet butter and cream.
nuts and olive oil for fats; avoid
cooked fats and too great a mixture
at any meal.
Do not eat too much nor too often.
Do not combine sugar with acid fruits,
ice cream or candy with fish. Avoid
cheese and irritants, as pepper, u
tard or highly seasoned sauces
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19
Foreign

After a fight with police and gen.
darmes neal Hanover, Germany, N
of the two automobile bandits who
spread terror in the district, killing
persons and robbing banks, was killed
and the other arrested.
All the Greek soldiers who partici-
pated in the recent campaign are to
receive medals.
Falcon and Hope islands in the
South Pacific Ocean are reported to
have vanished with the natives and
white residents.
Hans LorenZ, an aviator, was killed
at Bork, Germany, when his ~aeroplane
collapsed, making "a persons killed by
German airships in five days.
Dublin faces a famine as a result OF
the decision of the farmers in the
county to lock out all their employees
who are members of the transport
workers unions.
The Gillian Government has re-
quested bids on 10 locomotives, SAT
cars and s automobiles.
The Dominican Government has
closed the port of Puerto Plata, be-
cause of the recent uprising against
the provisional government.
Augustin l.. Seguin, a French avia-
tor, arrived at J~ohannisthal aero
drome after a nonstop flight of 500
miles.
Lieutenant Nestoroff, a Russian
aviator, was sentenced to thirty days
solitary confinement for Unnecessary
risk at st. Petersburg, when he looped
the loop in an aeroplane.
A gas explosion destroyed a house
in Coburg, Germany, causing the
death of s persons
Mexico City received reports that
100 American refugees from Torreon
had been captured by rebels.
Connolly, the Irish labor leader,
sentenced to three months imprison-
ment in Dublin, has been released
under the "cat and mouse" law, fol-
lowing his hunger strike.
Suffragette "irebugs" destroyed the
Kenton, Eng, railroad stations, leav-
ing behind placaros. reading: Pre-
mier Asquith is responsible for mill.
fancy. Apply to him for damages"
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19

8ABLNT9
A FEW NEAT SUBSTITUTES.

For those who like to cut down the
neat bills and also the heavy food
during the warm weather, a few
dishes like the following may be sug-
gestive:
Spanish and Walnut Croquettes.-
Rub two cupfuls of cooked squash in
to a saucepan, add one egg well beat
en-, two tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter, a tablespoonful of sugar, a quarter
Of a teaspoon of salt, four tablespoon
fuls of -four and a half cup of chopped
English walnuts. Form into GRO
quotes, roll in crumbs and egg and
fry in hot fat.
Tomato and Corn Pudding.-To a
cupful of cooked corr add a cup of
CHARTERED tomatoes, four tablespoon
fuls of butter, four tablespoonfuls of
bread crumbs, a ~teaspoonful Of sugar,
salt, and pepper to taste. Mix and
pour into buttered baking dish and
bake for half an hour in a moderate
oven. Serve hot in the baking dish.
LentiI Cakes-Wash a cupful of
lentils in several waters and soak
them for twelve hours, then boil IN
til soft but not a pulp. Drain and add
two tablespoonful of melted butter,
n tablespoonful of sugar, a little
salt and red pepper, the yolks Of two
eggs and half a cup of nutmeats fine
ly chopped; make into round cakes,
lay on buttered tins and bake in a
hot over for fifteen minutes. Serve
hot with a few nuts sprinkled, over
the top. Beans may be used If len
ills are not at hand.
Nut Scrapple.-Take two cupfuls of
Indian meal and a cup Of hominy, a
tablespoonful of salt and enough boil
ing water to cook in a double boiler
until of the consistency for frying.
When ready, stir in two cupfuls Of
hickory nut meats, chopped. Pour
into a pan to cool, then cut in slices
and fry.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19
PITH OF THE
WEEKS NEWS
Latest Geographic and Cable
Intelligence %Epitomized.
OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
Political Pot Is BubbIing F%uriousIy-
News About Wars That Are Rag
ing and Rumors About Wars
to Come.
Washington

Chairman Glass denied any inten-
ton to eliminate the gold standard
from the Currency bill.
The uartermaster department of
the United States Army proposes an
army aviation centre at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, to cost $1,000, 900
William H. Wilder, representative
of the third Massachusetts district,
died in Washington.
David Lamar, the Wolf of Wall
Street, was arrested here on a war
rant charging him with having imper-
sonated a Federal officer. Lamar was
arraigned before the United States
Commissioner and was released on
$4,000 bail. A fight will begin for his
extradition TO New York State.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19

chances. Incidentally Mr.. Madden
rents the charge that his stuhhorness
in the matter of guards has made the
experiment so expensive as to be i'm
possible. He asks that a detailed
statement be made to the public as to
just how the money appropriated for
this purpose has been expended and
then the public will be able to judge
as to whether or not he has been
responsible for the financial embar'
rassment of the scheme.
The head keeper says he is the
only appointed warden of the prison
and as such he has not acquired any
feverish thirst for any experimental
ist to try out his theory with the du-
ties and responsibilities with which
he has been personally charged.
Repeal Muffler Law.
'By all means repeal the law
against cutting out mufflers on auto
mobiles" said a lawyer last week.
"The worst thing in the world is a
law which is never obeyed. and that
is the case of the muffler cutoff. 1t
is not to be enforced, if the automo-
bile authorities of the State and
cities are to ignore it, and the auto
mobilists are to defy it, then there
is no hope, and it only does harm to
have laws on the books which every
body scorns. There seems to be an
opinion that it is a good law, but
why provoke the laws of the State 60
ridicule by refusing to obey or to err
force them"
All the same, there should be big
clubs used until the public is con-
vinced that the cutoff is absolutely
desirable, and nobody agrees to that
as yet.