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The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
cedaredae Schools.

Miss Mary Catron has been select
ed to take charge of the second and
third grades of the Cedaredge schools: /:
Miss Bessie Lee the fourth and fifth
grades; j. 5. Wright the sixth and
seventh grades. f. O, Smith has been
elected principal and f. o. Shraman
one of his assistants. Miss zeda
Hadsell will have charge of n class
of preparatory pupils. The board Is
planning to put the eighth grade in
the high school department.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
Another Pioneer Passes Away

Abner w. Drolsbaugh, 81 years of
age died at the home OF the family
on Third street between Grand and
Howard. at about enc o'clock last
Saturday aftcrroon. of pneumonia.
Mr.. Drolsbaugh had been i'll but
eleven or twelve days when death
came as the only relief from his suf-
ferings. Funeral services were held
at the home ut 2;30 Wednesday after
noon, Rev. Kncx. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. officiating. and
the body will be taken to Pennsyl-
vania for burial.
Deceased leaves to mourn his
sudden death wife. three daughters
and two sons, all but ore of the family
residing in this city.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
FORMER DELTA BOY INHALES
GAS AND DIES IN e5 HOURS

The death of Walter Baelangae. a
former well known and popular young
man of this city. which occurred in
Salida last Thursday. was reported ip
Independent columns on the day fol-
lowing his death. but at that time we
were unable to get full particulars. l,
has. since been learned that Walter
Grande hospital in Salida and that his
death was caused by inhaling gas
from gasoline which he was transfer
ring from a barrel to a tank on the
hospital grounds. The following ac-
count of Boelangae's death is taken
from last issue of the Salida Record:
Death from complicated pneumonia
the result of the accidental inhala.
ton of inflammable gas less than 95
hours previous-visited Wallace Bel
engee, %. in the Rio Grande hospital
at 10 o'clock Friday morning.
"Belangee is the ambulance driver
for the hospital in which he died. He
had been in Salida only two months
The accident which caused his
death was one OF the most unusual on
record. The young man had been call
ed upon TO transfer a barrel OF gaso-
line to a tank on the hospital grounds
He sought to do this by syphoning the
gasoline through rubber tube. AS
the tube was long, to draw the gaso-
line through the tube and thus start
the flow. the young man took an un-
the tube which had been dipped into
the barrel, however. did not extend
into the gasoline. Consequently. the
man filled his lungs with the poison
Gus and inflammable gases whihc had
vaporized from the gasoline.
The young man staggered away
but almost instantly fell to the ground.
The action to his lungs was as IL they
had been ignited with fire. Assistance
was given him instantly. and he was
carried into the hospital. Pneumonia
set in at once, Realizing his critical
condition, relatives in the east were
notified. and few hours before he
died his father arrived from Grand
Junction, Iowa. His girl wife and lit
tie son from Hartford. Kansas, did not
arrive until several hours after he had
passed away.
"The remains were shipped from
Salida Sunday to the home of his
father in Grand Junction, Iowa"
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
Lady Driver Makes Poor Aim

a lady automobile driver turned into
the Gets garage last saturday morn
ing. or. at least attempted to turn
into the place, and losing control Of
the steerase apparatus plunged into
the corner Of the Gets hardware store
window with enough force to complete
ly shatter all the plate glass in that
part of the front and cause items in
the hardware line on display to tum-
BILE into the basement below and make
themselves ready for the scrap heap.
Among the articles wrecked was
fine new lawn mower which was re-
duoed to numherless pieces. Someone
stated that the lady driver was at
tempting to dodge a motorcycle being
ridden out of the place at the time
and that she had misealcnlated the
space by an inch or so.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13

The county commissioners of Ouray
county call attention of automobilists
TO the fact that the regular road be
tween Colona and Ridgway is closed.
owing to work that they are doing on
the Kelley trail This will take some
little time to finish and all parties are
requested to take the road over Log
Hin mesa and they can come in either
ON the Dutch Charter road four miles
this side of Ridgway or they can so
on up to the Old Log Hin mesa on to
the Dallas.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
Black Mesa Celebration Postponed

II is intimated that the picnic to
the Fourth of July. to celebrate the
completion of that auto road, is to be
postponed until sometime in August, In
order that the hospitality of Delta
county people may at that time be eN-
tended to an interstate excursion of
Indiana autoists. This seems to
leave the county towns and people
open to other local programs for the
nations greatest holiday. Only three
weeks of time remains in which TO
plan and get ready for this important
date.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
SUGAR FACTORY SHOULD
COME TO DELTA NEXT YEAR

Manager Fred q. Holmes, of the
Western Sugar and Land company,
was in Delta Wednesday, looking af-
ter business of the company in this
part of its supply field.
Mr. Holmes remarked to an Inde-
pendent representative, i wish our
factory was located in Delta, wher4
the people seem to want a sugar fac
tory. and where they are doing every
thing they can to get one, and where,
trust, we would not be compelled to
contend with the chronic class of kic-
kers we have in Grand Junction
The Independent man hinted that
the Delta field was still open and
ready TO welcome with open arms, a
sugar factory on our own grounds
Laying both friendship and pre-
JUDGE aside, the Western Sugar COM
pany has done much for Grand juno
ton, Grand Valley and parts of Delta
and Montrose counties.
BY its establishment and through its
operations it has distributed several
millions of dollars. and has proven the
value of one of the best beet growing
sections OF the west.
Last season, when markets OF most
products went to the wall because of
oyerproduction. sugar beets gave to
the farmers who grew them, the bulk
OF the years substantial profits
little better than a year ago the
Western Sugar company threatened to
move its factory to Delta because this
territory, then as now. produced the
bulk of its raw material. a work in
which Grand Valley refused to do it's
part. The matter was then tided over
temporarily by promises of the people
down that way to raise more beets.
Then. this territory had not enough
tory. Now it is different: We have
five thousand acres contracted upon
a proposition pending. Whether that
proposition will make good or not, no
one appears to know. II it does not
furnish assurance af doing os imme-
diately. others should be approached
regarding factory for Delta.
Independent had not one word OF
conversation with Manager Holmes.
other than those quoted, and has no
knowledge whatever of that company
being available for Delta. Its editor
is writing in this vein on the spur OF
the moment and with the sole hope
of bringing something to the surface
in the matter of sugar factory loca-
tion for Delta, whose field is open
and an amount of acreage secured
sufficient to support a factory of 600
tons daily capacity And mind you,
these contracts are for ten years
duration.
No field before had anything like
this to present; few if any other
fields will have anything so good to
offer in the future.
Delta wants a factory. II the al
legged Darley hackers are not ready
to snap this good thing up. our people
should appeal to someone else.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
Council Proceedings.

Not much aside from routine bust
ness was transacted at the meeting
of the city commissioners Tuesday
night.
\ request from the Fairview coal
mine people to put in scales on the
street in Delta, was read and refused,
\ resolution whose adoption was ask
ed. was presented by the fire depart
ment. asking that the number be re-
duced to eight members; that they
be paid the sum of 81 each for every
call and one dollar each for the first
hour of service at fires. This was
held for consideration.
James Beckley rendered his resigna-
ton as fire chief. asking its accep-
tance at as early a day as possible
Following bills were allowed:
James Greenwood. .blacksmithing s5S.05
G. j. Smith. feed ...............-......... 19.41
Geo C. Wilson, harness work. 6.lO
Peter Mundry, blacksmithing... 24.50
Delta Independent, publishing. $50
Delta Electric Light Co, lights
and pumping .------...-.-----...------.---loS loS'4o
l. L. r. Wigram, Commissioner of
Finance and Supplies, certify that the
above is a correct list of bills allow
ed at a meeting of the City Council,
City of Delta. in the State of Colora-
do, at its meeting held on Tuesday.
June 10, 1918.
L. R. WIGRAM,
Commissioner Finance and Supplies.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
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Mrs. Costock of Silver City. New
Mexico. is visiting Miss Rose Kenni-
colt.
The Searcher's Literary club enter
tanned the Woman's clubs OF Cedar
edge. Redlands mesa and Delta at
luncheon Wednesday,
Geoffrey Phippeny and Harry Pitt
enger spent several days this week
fishing ON Grand mesa
Mrs. A, L. Miller and children are
visiting Mrs, II, X. Ferguson this
week.
Rev. Lamb of Grand Junction. will
preach at the hall sunday morning.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid so
ciety held n missionary meeting Mt
the Walters home Thursday.
H. X. Ferguson was n Delta visitor
Monday.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
Nc Thanks. We Don't Care for n

Among the most persistent press
agency fellows are those of the Pacif-
ic Coast EXpositions to be held .
year or two in the future, Almost
daily news" stuff comes to every
paper in the land with kind permls-
sion to use it. At present 1t is intend
ed as bait for suckers and expected
to prove good advertising for the Pa
cific coasts building boom. The city
dailies cater to this class of damfool-
ishness and some of the monkeys who
should be in cages instead of in tho
editorial chairs OF country newspapers,
try to ape them.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13

Half the crew of the county which
has been at work on the new Blac
mesa road has been turned over to tho
forest service men who are doing
81 900 worth OF work on that public
highway. one-half OF the amount
being put in on the Montrose side of
the pass and the other ON the Gun
nison county side.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
SAYS pe,.a,s Growth Marvellous

Wallace Cole. one Of the old time
passenger conductors on the second
division of the Rio Grande system.
came in from Grand Junction last
Monday morning for days visit with
friends and TO look over the country
adjacent to Delta Mr.. Cole was here
in the eighties and he remarked up
on the wonderful changes in Delta's
growth and the advancement OF our
farms and orchards since that time.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
The First Harvest.

Garden products are plentiful and
home grown strawberries seem abund-
ant in market. selling to consumers
at two quart boxes for 25c. The cherry
crop, SO abundant last year will be
short this season. While the peaches
will be scarce and high. there prom
ises to be plenty for home use and
many predict a considerable tonnage
to ship. The apple crop will be fair
and OF high quality. Field crops prom
Use splendidly. the leaders being sugar
beets. potatoes and alfalfa. The first
cutting OF alfalfa will begin next week.
Early potatoes will be ready for mar
ket in another six weeks. The poultry
market is high and a considerable
amount is being shipped to outside
markets. leaving our own but poorly
supplied.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13

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The Delta independent., 1913-06-13

C. Chrysler and daughter Nettie,
arrived in tho city yesterday from
their home in California for y few
days visit with old-time friends and
acquaintances. Mr.. Chrysler was
once the postmaster of Delta and
left here about nine years ago. He
and his daughter are on their way
To Ohio for an extended visit.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
Wouldn't That Jar You?

The Montrose Enterprise exults over
its own declaration that the ball team
of that town has at last found team
they can beat, and then tells of sun
days game with Delta which resulted
in u score of % to : in favor of Mont
rose. wouldn't that jar you?
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13

The regular June term of the county
court will be called on July I next,
and among the cases to be heard at
this session are that of the People
VS.. ]. II. Dixie. and the People VS..
Tony Pcconl. Pioconi It will he re-
membered. is the section foreman
from the Escalante district who is
alleged to have buried the branded
hide of a critter owned by one of the
Delta county stockmen. and killed by
the railroad company.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-13
DELTA WILL CELEBRATE ON
July 4TH IN GRAND STYLE

celebrate the Nations natal day in
this city and committees are now al
work in an effort to make the affair
a big success. The program is being
prepared by the Delta County Business
Mems Association and is as follows:
MORNING
Three mile motor cycle race. start
ing in the country and ending on Main
street.
Race between the city fire depart
ment and high school boys.
Baseball game at Mesa grounds
between city team and Woodmen of
the World
All stores open till IL NJ.
AFTERNOON
Go to fair grounds at 100 p. m.
100 yard dash.
Bicycle race. one.ha!f nile.
Pie eating contest.
Lodge relay race, one-half mile.
Tug of War. east-west side OF
Main street
Cow girl race. one-half mile.
Riding the bull.
Half-mile foot race.
Hanging the horse thief
Half-mile horse running race.
Cow boy potato race.
Robbine L. 5. mail.
Cow boy relay race. between
Uncompahere and Grand mesa.
Bucking contest.
Automobile race. oldest cars in the
county, two miles.
Big dance at the Odd Fellows hall
at night.
List OF Prizes to be Given
George Wilson. $50 saddle.
Park-Davis Clothing Co. pair
gloves: l necktie.
Boston Store. SO hat: belt
Roy l. Smith. Ladies' solid gold
ring: fine brooch
Joe Pregeni. l suit case; pair
silk socks.
stockham Bros. IS riding bride:
sl.5o knife.
w. H. Mathers. $500 shoes; l pair
gloves.
Porter-obert Hdw. Co. s5 razor:
sI.50 whip.
Delta Racket Store. l suit overalls;
alarm clock.
Remington Elliott. $3.50 pair Ok
fords; IS cent tie.
c. d. Allen & Son, pair gold cuff
links: tie clasp.
Gets & Gets. / good razor: good
knife
Cook Second Hand Store. Good suit.
case; one good axe.
Delta Trading Co.. Nice rocker;
$3.50 whip.
John E. Hillman. 81 Strtson hat.
Gale d Clack. So in merchandise.
l. NJ. Conklin & Son. 100 lbs good
flour
r. F. Williams. $3.50 pair shoes
Turner & Huntley. lbs. good
coffee.
Cooks Drug Store. So camera.
Osborne Williamson. So fountain pen.
Porter Furniture Co, s5 rug; $3.50
blanket
II. X. Correll. So rocker.
John Kurz Meat Market. fine ham.
City Market. 10 lbs fine lard.
Galup's Garage. So set Ray V spark |
plugs.
C. II. Allen Auto Garage, s. auto
whistle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-09
WATER FAMINE IN
ALASKA MOST ALARMING

Nome, Alaska, Aug. 7.--Reports
from every district on Seward pen
insula complain of lack of water for
placer mining. The total rainfall so
far this Summer is only n inch,
the lowest in Ia years. The snowfall
last Winter was also very light, and
as a result all gold mining operations,
excepting a few dredging projects,
have been suspended.
The river on which freight is con-
veyed to the Squirrel district is
nearly dry, and freight is piled along
the banks waiting for the water to
rise. 1t is feared that there will not
be enough water before the freeze
up to float in the winter supplies.
No sluice box or pick and shovel
work is being done in any district,
and Nome is full of idle men. Many
are already leaving for Seattle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-09
His Arm

1t was the young mans first appear
ones parents. Everything passed of
tremendously until Grace's seven-year-
old brother broke the blissful silence
by exclaiming:
"Oh. ma, yer oughter seen Mr.. Jack.
son the other night when he called to
take Grace to the drill. He looked so
nice sittin' 'longside of her with his
arm
Fred" screamed the maiden. whose
face began to assume the color that Is
calculated to enrage a bull, quickly
placing her hand over the boys mouth.
"Yer oughter seen him." continued
the persistent informant after the EN-.
barrassed girls hand was removed;
"he had his arm
"Freddie!" shouted the mother as In
her frantic attempt to reach the boy
she upset the contents of the teapot In
Mr.. Jackson's lap.
Il was just going to say" the half
frightened boy pleaded. between a cry
and an injured whine. "he had his
arm
You bad boy" Numbered the father;
get outr'
And the boy did so. exclaiming. 81
was only going to say Mr.. Jackson had
his army clothes on, and he can't say
he hadn't"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-09
His Punishment.

A homely. hard featured. elderly TEN
perance speaker OF the feminine per
suasion, In the course of a lecture be
fore a somewhat mixed audience,
found occasion to say:
Friends, as | passed along the street
at an early hour this morning | saw
lying in a drunken stupor. amid the
O and slime of the gutter. a poor,
fallen, besotted fellow being. No good
Samaritan came his way; the passers'
by hurried on with merely a curious
glance and then left him to his shame
But as | paused beside him as he lay
the thought came to me that. fallen as
he was, that mar had perhaps a wife,
a mother, a sister. who loved him. So
kneeling, brushed aside the stains
from his face and smoothed the matted
hair back from his brow and. dear
friends, kissed him."
Thereupon from the rear of the audi
torium came the sympathetic comment
of an interested nearer, And you
served him just rightr'-Harper's.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-09
The Phantom Fire Ship.

The traditional fire ship" of Cha
leur bay. New Brunswick. appearing
usually before a storm. has a basis
of fact. according to IA scientist. Ii Is
a h~emispherical light. with the fat
side toward the water. glowing some
times without much change of form,
but at other times rising into slender
moving columns. In which an excited
Imagination might recognize the Ham
ing rigging Of a ship. The general ex-
PLANTATION offered is that this object is
a manifestation OF st. Elmo's fire. an
electrical phenomenon. but the reason
for its appearing only on or near Cha
leur bay Is not known.-LOndon Tele-
graph.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-09
QUEEN MARY STOPS GAMBLING
Servant Strike Threatened Because Of
Palace Order

Queen Mary of England has
stopped gambling among the SER
wants at Buckingham Palace. The
dissatisfaction that has followed
came near causing a strike a few
days ago.
This year the Queen decreed that
the maids who were to go with her
on the royal yacht at Cowes should
not be chosen by lot, as had been
the rule. So she selected the maids
herself. The angry servants declared
that the Queen believed the drawing
of lots to be a form of gambling.
Threats of a strike were heard and
the housekeeper warned the Queen
that mutiny was imminent.
The order was rescinded. Of the
ter girls who won in the lottery that
followed, only two were among those
chosen by the Queen.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-09
Big Irrigation Project

Reno, Nevada, August Bone
hundred and twenty-five water users
along the West Walker river, in
Lyon County, have ended 13 years
of litigation, which has cost thous-
ands of dollars and affected the rec
lamation of thousands of acres, by
agreeing to receive two-thirds of all
water that is to be stored in Alkali
Lake reservoir. The Hickey inter-
ests, now owned by Humphrey &
Moffatt and the Union Cattle and
Land Company, will get the re-
mainder.
Settlement of the water suitmeans
work will be started at once on the
huge reservoir which will be fed by
the West Walker river. Farmers
are ready to subscribe $4,000 for
the venture to irrigate 10000 acres.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-09
SATURDAY. AUGUST o. 1918


The old machinery of the mint at
Carson has been broken up and
much of it was sold last week as
junk.
George Meyers, who died in Reno
recently, left an estate of $7,O99, 80,
and bequeathed it to Stanford Will
bur, a friend for q years. Meyers
was 81 years old and had been in this
country since he was Is.
The Free Press says it is informed
that Elko County is soon to have an
other power company, the plant to
be on the South Fork above the
Clayton ranch. The power will be
distributed to Ely, Round Mountain
and Bullion.
The Clark County Review states
that a volcano is active at Mt. Elgin
in the Southern section of the State.
The matter is to be investigated.
One real live volcano in Nevada
would be worth nursing from a
tourists point of view.
Recently a lot of trading has been
carried on in Las Vegas and Parump
Valley lands. The Californians real
ize that there is just as much profit
to be made in Nevada as in Cali
fornia, the lands being much cheaper
and a growing section in sight.
The payment of a dividend by the
Round Mountain Mining Company
is again set off. A restraining order
asked for by the Sphynx Company is
the trouble. The latter company
lays a claim to part of the ores ex-
tracted that would go to make the
dividend.
Dave Hickey, the Silver City
miner, who was caved on a few days
ago, died on Thursday from results
of the accident. Hickey, who was
buried under several tons of rock
and earth, was Immediately rescued
by companions. He was revived anc
seemed to be all right.
The City Council of Reno has not
only refused to adopt ar ordinance
proposed by the leasers of Belle Isle
which would permit them to conduct
a cafe with liquor selling privileges
but have gone a step further anc
have refused to submit the matter
to a vote of all of the people of Reno
The wordy war of the State Banl
matter continues. The Governor
has transmitted the letters of Judge
Langan and Receiver Wildes to the
Attorney General, who will probably
later make a reply. In the mean
time the matter is in the hands O.
the Supreme Court and the people
await the next move.