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The Delta independent., 1914-05-29
RADIUM PLANT MACHINERY AND
OIL DERRICK AT PLACERVILLE

j. H. Brammier came in Tuesday
ming over in that region. He tells us
that there are seven carloads of ma
chinery at Placerville for the carno-
tite reduction plant which is being
put in by the Standard Chemical COM
pany for the reduction of the low grade
ores. 1t has not been definitely de-
cided as to the exact location Of this
plant-whether at Naturita or further
down the river and nearer the loca-
tion of the low grade ores. II the COM
pany can make the necessary arrange
ments,as to the building of a road to
their workings farther down the riv-
er. the plant will probably be located
down the river If not, it will be built
at Naturita. Wherever it is built, it
must be near the river, as consider
able water is needed to operate the
plant
Jake also tells us that the steam
boiler and the pipe for the oil wells in
the Dry Creek country are also at
Placerville waiting to be hauled to the
scene of operations where boring for
oil will be carried on.
The west end is looking good from
an agricultural standpoint, as well as
from a mining standpoint. Jake tells
us that the crops are farther advanced
than usual for this time of year, the
grain beginning to head out and the
alfalfa nearly ready for the first cut
ting-Montrose Enterprise.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29
U. S. r. S. Gets Busy

At the meeting of the Water Users
board Wednesday. following a splendid
talk by T. w. Mcneil relative to the
accomplishments of the recent con-
ference between water users and Of
ficials of the reclamation service at
Denver, who gave a lucid description
of the things brought out at the meet
ing which the settlers under reclama-
tion projects must have solved before
they can make the most OF their op-
portunities; the board appointed
committee OF three. consisting OF
Messrs. Decide, Obert and Bruce. to
formulate a resolution TO be presented
to the secretary OF the interior en-
bodying the points brought out by
Mr. Mcneil. which they propose to
elaborate upon.
They will request the secretary to
present to the interstate commerce
commission the serious handicap the
people of the Uncompahgre valley
are laboring under in the shipment
of their produce on account of the
lack OF standard guage facilities east
except in roundabout and expensive
way II is believed that by agitation
the road can be forced to standardize
the road to Salida.
Second. is the question of the exten-
sion of the time of payment for water
under the project to 30 or 80 years? !?
The committee. as we'll as all land
owners. feel that If they have to pay
for water in 10 years there will not
be homesteader who can do so. and
great majority OF those owning
decided land will be in like condition.
They will urge upon the secretary to
induce congress to lengthen the time.
The third is the question of adver-
tising the project along the line suS-
gested by c. J. Blanchard. the stats
tician for the reclamation strvice. in
letter to the chamber of commerce
recently. published in the Press
Montrose Press.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29

time, and l will show you a fellow
between the shelves and his counter.
Show me the man, whatsoever the
profession or occupation, that goes in
to the suburbs of a city, builds him
about it. with a garden, a miniature
farm as it were, who takes an inter
est in it and occasionally digs in the
soil, and l will show you a man in
every community who is the oracle of
that neighborhood, who controls its
destiny. Show me the woman who
takes personal interest in her flow
els and garden, studies them and oc-
casionally digs in the dirt and l will
show you woman that is healthy.
happy and good housewife. Show
me hen that scratches in the dirt
and / will show you the hen that lays
the eggs.
Such is the eternal divine decree.
Agriculture is not narrowing. If a
man wants to be a statesman, how
can he legislate on a tariff bill unless
he knows those troubles and diff
culties that confront the corn farmer,
the wheat farmer, and every other
farmer in the Republic? When he
gazes in the air and never looks down
he lives a dream life. that either
makes of him great professional man
or failing in his ambition. vagabond
on society. AS a simple, concrete il
lustration of the needs of scientific
agriculture to add to the knowledge
of a statesman we have but to recite
that our best Presidents have been
those who have possessed the most
comprehensive knowledge of all man.
kind. Intelligence, philosophy, gen
ius, virtue, integrity, patriotism-all
these are required to preserve civili-
zation especially in republics. States
men with this scholarship are invari-
ably practical men; too many of the
exclusively classical school are dreamy
theoretical and impractical.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29
The Vssabonds Of Society
(Hon. William H. Murphy

thoD. W imam ii. Murphy
All our institutions. political, social
and otherwise whatsoever. are but 4
reflex OF the people themselves The
minds. methods. tastes, social desires
heart throbs, hopes and ambitions of
the American people must needs be
changed and that too. by an evolution
that is impossible of attainment until
the end of one or two generations. We
and have yet to breast the long slope
up the Pixies Peak of our civilization
The burden is upon us to scale these
heights or We must needs slide back
again through period of squalid de
cay, leaving nothing gained for the
race and the progress of man during
the many strenuous centuries through
which he has passed; dare we decline
the strident step?
Under our faulty school system II i
well-educated boy is not adapted to a
profession he becomes a vagabond II
is a costly. fatal mistake. II is the
cost of life, because he has no train
ing for anything else and to gain his
education he has grown to be veri.
table bundle of nerves. With the loss
OF muscle he is unable to work He
reads fiction exclusively which excites
his emotions and passions He be
comes morose, moody, remorseful,
takes to cards to steady his mind, then
to drink to drown his troubles. He
has bad associates: he is a vagabond
when otherwise. but for his faulty
education. he would have been good.
happy and prosperous citizen. This is
hell to contemplate.
Follow II where you will. the man
who gets the closest to the soil. along
with other intellectual powers is the
greatest man in every community
True enough the man who digs in the
ditch all OF the time will be as narrow
as the ditch. But show me the man
who stays behind the counter all the
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29

on this thought and without stopping
to quote statistics the time has come
for us to call halt in the good old
American fashion.
Because we welcome the worthy and
virtuous from every land who are cap
Pile, we can not afford to admit the
scum of the earth with their high
power shooting irons who come to this
country not to become part of it, but
labor from American mouths and to
carry back in triumph to some foreign
shore the spoils of their brief sojourn
among us. We have been insensible
to the grave danger to our American
system of government that is involved
in the continued and increasing influx
of these classes of foreigners. They
are so ignorant and sodden that they
know nothing of American history and
care nothing for American traditions,
hence they are without sympathy for
our grand old institutions while the
thought of law and order is absolute
ly obnoxious. In large part they do
not speak and can not learn our Ian
guage but they can shoot like a
drunken Apache.
They come here filled with all sorts
of socialistic, anarchistic, and nihil-
istic ideas. impatient of all restraints
imposed by law and utterly and su-
premely indifferent to the welfare of
this country in which they propose to
linger only long enough to make suf-
ficient money to support them in COM
fort elsewhere. These degenerate de-
scendants of Aristomenes must be
taught to recognize the dignity of the
law and while the United States army
is here in the field the commanding
officers might as well plug in and
clean them out, not only for a little
lesson in moral perspicuity but as 4
warning to the other ladrones who
may come later and the jolt may also
do the agitators some good.-Field
and Farm.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29
Warranty Deeds

Revised by the Grand Mesa Abstract
Co, Delta. Colorado, for week ending
May &c.
Leonard c. Mead to Edwin n. Couch
tract, Crawford, 81.
Edwin n. Couch to Leonard c. Mead
tract, Crawford. 81.
Francis Reed to NJ. V. Hissong, lots,
Crawford, $50.
Spot Cash Loan and Mere. Co. TO
Colorado College, lots, Delta, $4,000.
C. l. Ratekin to Guy R. Whitaker,
tract, Austin, $1,000.
]. NJ. Baker to C. l. Ratekin, tract,
Austin, 81.
Mrs. Edna Russell and ano. to Thos
A. Park, tract, Delta, 81.
W. F. Duke and ano. to Elmer A,
Stott, tract, Hotchkiss, s400.
W. T McMurray to W. E. Steele and
ano., tract, Eckert, $4,000.
Geo. F. Middendorf to Geo. F. Mid
dendorf and ano., tract, Hotchkiss, 81
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29
Shutting Out the Eoreianers

When We calm down and get over
tht irritation of our great coal srike.
the Ludlow holocaust and all the other
flub-dub that goes with it We will still
be up against the one integral PROPOSE
tion as to what shall be done with
this great raft of foreign population
piling in upon us to make more trou-
BILE as time runs on. We would have
had none of this labor foolishness with
all its attending crime if it had not
been for the presence OF the imported
greek soldiers who came as coal min
ers but who in fact were only the ig-
norant tools of the agitators who got
up the fuss, ostensibly just for the
fun of the thing. but in fact to add
luster to the glamor of their unholy
purposes.
We have been altogether too un'
guarded in the past and netd not be
so lenient in the future in admitting
these obstreperous races from the
south of Europe We shut out the
orientals because they are too indus,
trious while we have nursed these
viprous coyotes for the shooting they
can do and we have made a sorry
mess of IL all. No one ever saw a
chink who did not behave himself in
the most orderly manner but greek
is always kicking up trouble. While
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29
'90OdMM6

DONT'Sr
Don't carry large sums or money
around with you. Hold-ups are not
unheard of.
Don't hide money around the
house, There are a few burglars left.
Don't be extravigant. put your
Money In this bank and add all you
can spare to It
Don't fail to take this advice and
you will have an easy and happy
old age.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-29

"A tramp called at my ranch the
other day and my wife gave him a
whole lemon pie. He brought back
the crust in half an hour and asked
her if she wouldn't fill it up again"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
ADJUST HEIRSHlP LANDS.

The appearance at Lapwai last
week of j. w. Halcomb, special agent
OF the Indian department, Is well
come development to many residents
of the country upon and tributary to
the Nezperce Indian reservation. He
has been assigned the work of defin-
itely studying out title as to Indian
heirship lands, statement being that
there are probably $50 cases requir-
ing attention. Uncertainty as to
these titles has embarrassed the leas-
ing and handling of the lands, as well
as tied up monies that should accrue
to the Indian beneficiaries.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
CITY REVIEWS SALOON LICENSE.

At the meeting of the city council
last Monday night the question of
renewing the license of the four sa-
looms now being operated in Grange
Vile was up for consideration. There
were indications for time that OPP
position would be made to granting
license to some of the applicants, but
that passed over. and they were all
renewed as before.
The county commissioners will be
in session next Monday, and the mat
ter of saloon license for the entire
county will be up for consideration
and final disposal. There is talk of
opposition to the granting of license
1 some sections of the county, but it
in some sections of the county, but
any in Grangeville.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
HIGHLY COLORED HILARlTY.
Queer Kind of Fun That Goes With
One Hindu Festival.

Queer Kind of Fun That Goes With
One Hindu Festival.
The "Hoh Festival" as celebrated
annually by the maharaja of Patiala.
India. is described by Charles Ber-
tram in his volume. "A Magician In
Many Lands" Mr. Rertram writes:
EARLY in the morning | went to the
club. where ! found many of the
guests. who were taking part In the
ceremony for the first time. We were
provided with complete new suit of
Hindu garments, and our dressing
was superintendent by the maharaja',
servants. We had camels. elephants
and victorias provided for u.s. / was
on an elephant, in a kind Of box. and
we drove in procession to the palace
Of the native city.
I'VE were received with great ac-
claim by the natives. and I was led to
believe that 1t was to be decidedly a
dignified occasion, but | was woefully
Certain formalities had to be gone
through before the signal was given
I'VE took our seats In the courtyard
OF the palace at "A long table that was
loaded with large gilt dishes filed with
different colored balls as large as or
anges and filed with holi powder At
q signal the brother Of the maharaja
came to the front OF the table and sa-
laamed to the prince. who took one of
the balls and threw it gently across
the table. striking the officer on the
breast.
THE ball broke and scattered the
powder over his costume Then there
was general scramble. and In less
time than it takes to write hundreds
of balls were flying about. their many
colored contents scattered broadcast
on the crowd. Next baskets Of loose
powder were thrown upon us in hand
fuls.
1T was no use to expostulate: the
moment you opened your mouth some
body filed it with powder. The battle
grew fast and furious, when suddenly
an enormous stream Of water from a
fire engine drenched everybody. The
colored powders became wet and, min
Cling together. dyed us all in brilliant
ly varegated hues.
After this sort of thing had gone on
for half an hour 1t ceased by mutual
consent, and we returned to the pri-
vate gardens Of the maharaja. where
we were most unceremoniously pitch
ed into tank of running water.
was dyed deep scarlet all over my
body. and IT was fully a month before
the color entirely disappeared from nv
face and hands,"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
Maddenine Calm ness.

A New Yorker who had planned a
week end trip with his wife fumed
and fretted without avail on the morn
ing set for their departure because she
made such slow progress in getting
ready for the journey. At last he fairly
dragged her from the house and into
a waiting taxicab. although she kept
protesting that there was no occasion
for hurry, as they had plenty Of time.
Arrived at the station. the couple dash
ed for their train and were just in
time to see 1t pulling out There"
said the irate husband. didn't ] tell
you that we'd never catch that train
on account of your
EYES," said his philosophic spouse
calmly, but we didn't miss 1t by
much. New York Tribune.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
ENTERTAINED OPERATORS.

One of the most enjoyable New
Years functions given in Grangeville
in connection with the celebration
festivities prepared to herald the
birth of 1914 was the banquet given
by Mrs. Frank Tamblyn, of the I'm
perial hotel, to the telephone opera
tors of Grangeville. This is an an
nual event provided by Mrs. Tamblyn
and is greatly enjoyed by the young
ladies employed at the telephone
offices. The guests Wednesday even
ing were the MISS Florence Murray,
ing were the Misses Florence Murray,
Emma Bowman, Minnie Bowman,
Edna Bickford and Eunice Keller.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
erookfieId Wrote With Either Hand.

Among the many accomplishments
possessed by Charles Brookield was
the exceedingly useful art of being
able to write with either hand. This
he owed to the early training of his
mother, who when the future dramatic
censor was baby fell victim to
writer's cramp. She thereupon learn
ed to write with the left hand and soon
became proficient. In 1864 Mrs Brook
field published her first novel. which
she claimed to have written through
out with her left hand AS soon as
her children could use pen they were
taught to hold it in either hand indif-
ferently. and this early training served
Charles Brookfied in good stead when
he became a prolific author.-London
Graphic.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
Iondon'a kennel Club.

The London Kennel club has pedi-
grees Of 100000 dogs on file The club
was organized in 1878 At the annual
show OF the Kennel club in London
about $4,000 is awarded in prizes. A
committee of the club meets twice
month. and the chairman and men,
bers of the committee sit as judges
and jury in every disputed case passed
up to them by the judges of shows.
Witnesses are called in the ordinary
way and sometimes the sentences are
very severe Not infrequently the
owners Of dogs are prohibited from
ever taking part in show afterward.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
1.-THE WOLF" WELL RECEIVED

THE Wolf" as presented by John
J. Holland at the opera house last
Thursday night received hearty ap-
plause at the hands of fair sized
audience. The scenic and light effects
We're fine, and the Interpretation of
the parts was above the average.
Fred Cantway, as Jules Beaubien, the
young French Canadian lover and
hero, was the star of the troupe;
while E. C. Clifford in the role of
Andrew McTavish, the white haired,
brusque old Scotch settler was Ger
tainly fine. Clifford is a youth of a
little the rise of twenty, it is said.
The work on the part of all was of
such character, that the company
would meet with a cordial welcome
should they ever decide to come this
way again
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
CORROSIVE ACID BURNS.
" Splashed With vitriol Plunge Into
Water at Once.

A burn from sulphuric acid-vitriol,
as 1t is often called-is one of the most
painful and disfguring wounds that
can be received. Sulphuric acid is the
most powerful of caustic liquids.
When 1t touches the tissues of the
body 1t DISCREPANCIES them rapidly, ex-
hausting the water in them. coagulat
ing their albumen and changing the
nature of their salts, thus bringing
about destruction that is sometimes
fatal. When the burnt place heals 1t
does so with hideous scar. resembling
that of leprosy or lupus
On being splashed with vitriol there
is only one thing to do-rush for the
nearest water and plunge the burnt
member into it. If the face be splash
ed it should be instantly immersed in
a bowl or pail of water, or In lake or
river If these be handy The object is
to dilute the acid as quickly as pos
sible and so check its rapid corrosion
OF the flesh, for if let alone it will eat
In to great depth.
Having washed away the acid. cover
the wound ut once with some alkai
such as llmewater or milk of magne
STA. If these are not obtainable suds
made from pure soap will do. Then
treat the wounds as ordinary burns
are treated II the mouth be burned it
should be rinSed out with water. fol
lowing this with limewater or milk Of
magnesia. which should be kept in the
mouth as long as possible
A burn from ammonia, though not
nearly so serious as one from acid, is
very painful 1t should be treated
with diluted acid wash made from
vinegar or the juice of lemon or
lime. Afterward 1t should be coated
with gum tragacanth or gum arabic.
New York World
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
LEWISTON REPUBLICANS WANT
POWWOW ON LINCOLN DAY.

The republicans of Lewiston are
planning a get-together banquet to
be held on Lincoln's birthday, Feb.
II, and while no arrangements are
being made for speakers from outside
points, republicans from all sections
of the central Idaho country will be
welcome. The banquet will be much
the same as is held in eastern cities
on Lincolns' birthday and for the
past several years the Boise repub-
licans have observed the same Gus
tom.
The preliminary arrangements are
being made by G. A. Hastings, former
state treasurer, and in speaking of
the matter last night Mr.. Hastings
said he found Lewiston republicans
much interested in the plan. 1t is
probable the banquet will be arranged
on the dollar plate plan, each ban
queter to pay for his plate.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
Ocean perelicts.

Abandoned vessels have often float
ed for many months waterlogged. but
carried far by winds and currents.
There was the Fanny e Wolston. de-
serted on Oct Is. 1891. which Travelled
about 1000 miles before she was last
reported in December. 1893 And the
W. L. White was derelict from 1888.
when she was near New York. till she
ran ashore on the Hebrides q year
later Forty vessels saw her. but
could not sink her
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
MEETING a Crisis.

How much do you charge for cut
ting off a dogs tail?' said a small boy
to veterinary recently, exhibiting a
quarter in one hand and leading a
lean canine with the other
''The operation customarily costs 81,
but | will do it for you for so cents. -
replied the gentleman addressed.
The boy looked at the coin in his
hand disappointedly for a moment.
but his face quickly frightened He
stuck out his hand which contained
the coin and said: That's all I've got.
Cut off a quarters worth. National
Monthly
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08
ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES.
what Il Means In Air Pressure When
the Barometer Falls.

the Barometer Falls.
1t Is not an uncommon thing at GER
tain seasons Of the year for the ba-
rometer to shift an inch within twen-
ty-four hours. Sometimes the change
is even greater. Few persons have
any idea what tremendous changes in
the atmosphere are indicated by such
q rise or fall in the mercury column.
A cubic inch Of mercury weighs half
Q pound. When the mercury falls an
inch a weight Of one ton Is removed
from every 1000 square inches of
surface. This is ton for every area
i've and a quarter feet square. II
your house, for instance, is % by 40
feet, with an area Of 1000 square feet
q load of about thirty-six tons Is lift
ed from the roof every time the ba-
rometer shows an inch fall-that Is, a
thirty-six ton load would be lifted If
the house were air tight. But as air
presses in every direction there Is as
much Of push upward against the
roof from below as there is Of push
downward from above So the roof
actually feels no effect from the re-
moval of this heavy load
In the same way a man of average
size would he relieved of a weight of
about ton and a half If there were
no air chambers in the human body
1t has been figured that fall of an
inch in the barometer over a territory
400 miles square removes weight
from the surface of the earth of 160,-
OOO.OOO,00O tons. If this were loaded
on freight cars. twenty tons to the car
and thirty cars to the train. more than
260,0OO000 trains would be required
to move it. If each train were 500 feet
long they would stretch out in a line
more than 25.OOO.OOO miles long.
The only noise that accompanies
this great transportation feat is made
by the wind. that does considerable
roaring in the course of such violent
atmospheric changes. Kansas City
Star.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-08

will be elected to attend the county
on Saturday the oath.
There are other matters of inter
est in the way of the erection OF an
elevator, bulk grain shipments, ETC.,
that will probably come up for discus
sion and settlement. Therefore a
meeting of the entire membership Is
desired, and 1t is expected that there
the important matters that will be
before the meeting.