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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07
BE A BUSINESS
FARMER.

Every farmer who owns
his own farm should have
printed stationery with his
name and the name of his
farm and his post-office
address properly given.
The printed heading might
also give the names of
whatever crops he special
ICES in, and of whatever
varieties of seed or what
ever breeds of hogs, cattle
or poultry he keeps. Print
ed stationery gives one
standing with whatever
person or firm he is writ
ing to, besides insuring
that your name and adj
dress will always be read
properly.
If you write to your con-
gresham or member OF
the legislature, or if you
have a request to make of
your superintendent of
schools, or if you wish any
information from any bus
mess house, your letter
will have increased weight
and get more attention if
you use printed stationery.
Even if you use post
cards buy $50 to 500 at the
time and have your name
and address printed on the
corner.
Get the habit of using
printed stationery. The
next time you go to town,
drop into our printing Of
flee and give an order for
1000 sheets of printed note
paper and 1000 envelopes
to match. 1t will be one of
the best investments you
ever made in your life.
THE TRUEDEMOCRAT
st. Francisville, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07
ST. FRANC|SWLLE TO
PUBLISH REVE|LLE.
High Prices of Local Printers Drive
Paper out of Baton Rouge.
(The Reyeille.)

The ReVeille, beginning with this
weeks issue, will be published in ST.
Francisville by E. & M. E. Robinson.
This change in printers has been found
necessary because the local printers
have increased the charges on printing
to such an extent that the publication
could no longer be self-sustaining as
formerly. 1t was a choice between
printing a smaller paper, or the same
size paper at a loss.
This is the first time in the history
of The Reveille that it has been neces-
sary to carry it out of the city for pub
LEGATION. According to statement of
the management, every effort has been
made to secure reasonable prices from
the local printers, and to avoid taking
the paper out of town to be published.
The bids received from all of the local
printers were so high that over
$4,000 would have been required
in addition to the total receipts
on subscriptions and advertising for
the entire year to meet the expense of
publishing. Bids were received from
other points and all were given careful
and thoughtful consideration before
any contract was made. Under the
terms of the agreement with the st.
Francisville firm the cost of printing
will be practically the same as with
the printers of Baton Rouge previous
to this year.
The management of The Reveille
has served in past years as a scholar
ship, paying to the business manager
about 100000 for his work. However,
at all times, the amount has depended
upon the hustle and ability of the
manager to get subscriptions and
advertising.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07

Feed for live stock on the farm is
quite an important item, especially
since the European war, which seems
to have raised the price of most of
the commoner grain feeds. But there
is one feed, to which a great many
farmers do not pay enough attention,
that is very likely to drop in price.
That feed is cotton seed meal.
The economic foundation of this
forecast is based on the fact that be-
fore the war nearly half or two
thirds of the cotton seed meal pro-
duced in this country was exported to
Denmark and other parts of Europe.
They have kept the nitrogen, phos-
phorus, and potash, and shipped back
to us the hydrogen, oxygen and carbon,
in the form of butter and other dairy
products. 1t certainly seems that we
could do the same thing here, when
they can carry it on several thousand
miles away profitably.
Cotton seed meal may be fed to any
of the live stock on the farm in vary
ing quantities. Cattle will thrive we'll
on from two to five pounds a day. 1t
is not wise plan to feed over two
pounds day to horses and mules. 1t
is rarely ever fed to hogs except to
finish and harden up the fat about ten
to fifteen days before shipping.
A few of the precautions in feeding
cotton seed meal that should be looked
after are as follows: first, be sure you
are not feeding other feeds high in
protein, such as leguminous hays and
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07
HOW MUCH BLINDNESS COULD
BE PREVENTED!
Journal of the American Medical
Association.)

There are about 100000 blind people
in the United States. 1t costs about
$15,OO0,000 year to support them.
Probably rs per cent of this blindness
is due to two causes, namely, sore eyes
at birth and neglected eyes during
early school life. The first cause can
be removed in the simplest manner.
All that is necessary is for the doctor
or midwife to drop into the eyes of the
newly born babe few drops of per
cent solution of nitrate of silver. This
will kill the germs that produce the
disease which almost fills so many
blind asylums.
The second cause of blindness is the
neglect of children's eyes during early
school life. Thousands of eyes could
be saved every year if eye diseases and
defects were detected and cared for in
early life. Eye diseases are frequently
quite simple at the start, but rapidly
become worse if neglected. The eyes
of school-children should be examined
every year, and diseases and defects
detected
School teachers can do this work
without additional expense. Instruc-
tons have been published in periodi-
Gals and books many times, and the
plan is perfectly easy and practical.
When accomplished it will be as great
a blessing to the teachers as to the
scholars; for by Transforming stupid
children to bright children, their daily
work will be much easier.
Teachers cannot and should not at
tempt to diagnose or treat eye diseases,
but by the accepted tests they can tell
that something is the matter At the
same time that the eye tests are made,
the teacher should also examine the
ears, noses and threats Of her pupils.
Simple methods for such examinations
can be learned in few minutes by any
competent teacher.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07
PLANNING NEXT YEARS CROPS.

(The Progressive Farmer.)
Autumn is the logical time for plan
ming operations for the next year. 1t is
said that in European countries such
systematic rotations are followed that
the farmer can tell just what crop
grew on particular piece of land ten
years ago, and what crop will be plant
ed on it ten years hence. OF course
it is needless to say that in the South
perhaps not one farmer in a thousand
has his plans so systematically laid
What rotation shall be followed must
of course be determined by the indi-
vidual farmer and his local conditions;
but for the man who makes cotton,
corn and oats his staple crops, it will
undoubtedly pay to divide the cult
waited land into two equal parts, one Of
these to go in cotton and the other to
corn and oats, with cotton on the corn
and oats land the following year and
the grain On the land that grew cotton.
In this way, with peas in the corn;
peas, beans, or lespedeza following the
oats; and crimson clover sown in the
cotton middles in the fall, there is no
reason why lands should not make
forty bushels of corn and a bale of
cotton per acre with less commercial
fertilizers than is now used.
Other work that should be planned
now is the thing of that low wet spot
down in the field; stopping those
washes on the hillside and building
broad terraces wherever needed; and
removing the stumps on the newly
cleared land
When farm operations are system
atized, rational plan of crop rotation
started, and farms are made business
like plants, both in production and
marketing, that they should be, long
step toward putting the farm on a
profitable basis will have been taken.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07

Somewhat more than a year ago, l
had a long opportunity of observing
the difference between the white race
and the Japanese, the Chinese, the
Indian, the Malay, and some of the
Mahometan people, in regard to sus.
ceptibility to the alcoholic temptation.
The white race is inferior to all the
other people have named in regard to
this susceptibility to the temptation of
alcoholism. The alcoholism
of the white must be overcome or that
vice with the RIGHTEOUSNESS that it
proyokes will overcome the race.-Dr.
Charles w. Eliot, Ex-President Harvard
University.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07
Sir George Paish, the eminent Eng

Sir George Paish, the eminent Eng
lish authority, now the commercial
representative of Great Britain in this
country, knocks out the wild talk about
English mills being ruined by the war.
He declares instead that he expects
English cotton consumption to be about
normal, and that English manufacture
ers are simply waiting to place large
orders until they see whether Southern
farmers are fools enough to give away
the crop on any sort of market.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-11-07
FOR DRY HAIR.

If the hair and scalp are very dry
after washing, a small quantity of
vaseline may be rubbed in. If the hair
is still oily and lies fiat on the head
sprinkle little orris root on the hair,
then brush out thoroughly. This will
make the hair soft and fluffy, will
polish and gloss it and the odor from
the orris root is delightfully."- refreshing
and pleasant.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Error Causes
Land Sale for Tax

A somewhat peculiar incident and
one, by the way, sufficient to cause
the parties involved no little worry,
has just come to light in this county
all the direct result OF an error on
the part OF former assessor of this
county.
Mrs. Martha ]. Nelson, wife of Starr
Nelson, availed herself of the oppor-
tunity TO acquire quarter section of
Uncle Sans domain a few years ago
under the desert act and her filing
was a portion of what is now the
highly cultivated property of Messrs,
Nelson and Myer, few miles distant
from this city.
| Mrs. Nelson eventually acquired title
/ from the government to this excellent
quarter section and when notice of the
patent was sent in from tho land Of
flee the name was given as Martha
| ]. Wilson and was entered so on the
county records.
Twice this land has been advertised
in sale for taxes in the name above
given and of course Mrs. Nelson nor
her husband having no particular in
terest in the sale of Mrs. Wilson's
property, allowed it to go into the
hands of a purchaser for the delin-
quent tax assessed.
A certain local banker, it is said,
was the purchaser upon two occasions
but last year he even overlooked the
matter. Mr. Nelson quite recently
curious as TO the amount of his tax
upon all property held by himself
and others and took a look at the
county records when all of the forego-
L ing facts became apparent.
/ Mrs. Nelson is the legal owner OF
the property. however, and the mat
ter will be properly adjusted at once.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Seaton Signed to
Federal League

Only a week or two ago Tom Sea
tons personal statement as 20 his de
clining an offer Of $4,000 per year as
a slab artist for the Federal league
was printed in Indepedent columns,
and it was generally understood here
by Seaton's friends that he preferred
to remain with the Philadelphia Na-
uonals at least another year or so for
he considered that Doom, the noted
backstop of that team. had made him
practically what he was in the twirl-
ing end of the great national game,
grateful spirit in the matter.
Last week. however. a baseball scout
by the name OF Brennan showed up in
this city and learning that Seaton and
his wife were Visiting with the for
mer's mother in Hotchkiss he proceed
ed to that point and had a personal in
terview with Seaton which, II is said.
eventually resulted in Seaton being
signed up for duty this year with the
Chicago team OF the Federals.
Seaton and his wife departed Sun
day morning for Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, where the former was to report
to management OF the Federal league.
The Chicago team is to begin spring
practice somewhere in the South about
the middle of next month and they
are expecting Tom to be with them.
Brennan. the scout, picked up other
baseball talent while here, and IL can
be plainly seen that the outside world
is cognizant OF other excellent quail
ties in this part of the western slope
Besides fruit Roatcap OF olathe was
signed up for a California team and
Smith of Hotchkiss will go 10 Portland,
Oregon. Both are fast in the game
and will unquestionably make good
with the big ones.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Oil seepsses in Local Gold Vein

The Black Canon Gold Mining Co.
with properties about Is miles up the
Gunnison river from Delta. claims 10
have found oil pockets in its vein
while doing the assessment work on
its claims the past week In places
they have found oil in sufficient guam
titles TO burn. The vein on which
they have been sinking is one about
three feet wide, OF iron and spar, and
dips under the mountain at an angle of
about 80 degrees 1t is claimed that
good assays in gold have been had
from the vein rock. one test giving
$3.50 in gold. While the vein itself
would hardly be expected to become
an oil deposit, the seepings of oil
there found might supply an index
to the deposits from which the seepage
comes.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
The Truest Thing Said

Or any other man ever voiced
Now if you could devote some time
to halting a few of the state gratis
for ''reveneu only we'd be willing
10 vote for you for president.
There is scarcely deveolping
proposition in Colorado today which is
not placed under a tax by some fool
State law. Why is it that both the
state and nation cannot rise above pet
ty graft?
Instead of offering inducements TO
development of resources-or even en-
couraging such development-har
ships are placed upon those patriotic
enough and liberal enough, to under.
take them. 1t is this tendency that is
driving citizens of the United States
to seek homes in and become citizens
OF other countries, where less hard
ships, if not greater inducements, are
the objective.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Death Of A Pioneer Resident

James Hurd. 72 years of age and a
pioneer resident OF this city, died at
the home of Frank Leonard and fam
fly. one-half mile west of the county
fair grounds at 1880 yesterday after
noon, following few days serious i'll
ness OF stomach trouble. Mr. Hurd
had been in poor health for over n
year past, although his condition was
not considered of serious nature
until few days ago.
He leaves to mourn his death n
wife and five children. all residents
OF San Miguel county. The family
was notified of his death by wire and
one of his sons was expected here
yesterday evening to arrange for the
funeral services and burial which will
probably occur today. Mr.. Hurd had
been engaged in mining In tho San
Juan district for many years and pu
In much OF his time in this county.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
District Court
Still Grinding

The greater part OF the time of the
District court the past week was oc-
cupied trying the slander case. Hunter
Va. Smith.
This case covered four days taking
evidence and in arguments and con-
tentions. 1t went TO the jury at four
o'clock Tuesday evening and at 10
ed in favor OF the plaintiff, Mrs. Hunt
er. assessing dSmages at $500 and a
jail sentence.
The case has been one OF long
standing and has caused much in the
way of local sensation. with all OF
which the local public is familiar.
II started some two years ago. when
Jesse Smith was night marshal He
was alleged to have made insulting
and slanderous remarks about Mrs.
Hunter. At the time the matter
caused his dismissal from city office
and created much bitter feeling. Mrs.
Hunter. wife of DR. Irvine Hunter. of
this city. was prominent in the Rebe-
kah branch of odd Fellowship, and
as a fraternal vindication was short
time later elected to the highest office
in the state in her branch OF that fra
ternal order.
We understand that the attorney
for Mr.. Smith is to argue a motion
for setting aside the judgment obtained
and OF annulling the Jail sentence also.
but up to tho time Of going to press
there have been no particulars.
The jury trying the case were:
Elias Wenger and A r. Dickson of
Eckert: Carl Odem and Fred NJ. Buol,
of Cedaredge; George Julian OF Hotch-
kiss and ]. w. Beckman OF Cedaredge.
Millard Fairlamb handled the case for
the plaintiff. while II. J. Baird and
Straud NJ. Logan OF Grand Junction.
were on the side OF the defense.
The case of S. l.. Fairlamb ct al.
ys. Delta county was taken up We'd
nesday afternoon and the Court has
reserved decision to a later date. The
action was brought TO recover deduc-
tions made by the board OF county
commissioners on bills rendered for
Justice court fees.
Yesterday the Courts attention was
given to the case of the Nelson Bros.
Fruit company vs.. Hester & Elkins,
money demand
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Narrowly Averted
Serious Injury

George Dotson, his wife and two
a team into Delta from their ranch
last Thursday and when coming down
one of the grades. which was firmly
frozen and thoroughly iced in places
the light wagon in which they were
seated took a slide off the roadway
and assumed such an angle as TO
throw Mrs. Dotson and the childrea
out upon the ground.
Mr.. Dotson held his position and the
reins as well thus preventing run-a-
way and much greater damage.
Wheels of the wagon passed over Mrs.
Dotson's body before she could scram-
BILE out of the way and 1t was feared
by the husband that she was serious
ly injured. He made careful exam
ination, however. and found that bar
ring a few severe scratches and
bruises his wife was unhurt. The
children had each fallen lightly in
favorable places and were uninjured.
Everything was righted in short or
der and the family completed their
journey into this city where Mrs. Dot
sons injuries were properly cared for.
The escape from serious results was
nothing short Of miraculous. for il Is
said that the point Of the accident IS
one where a bad wreck could easily
occur.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Paying Time Ex-
tended on Lands

Washington. Feb. 17.-An agreement
upon an extension from ten to twenty
years OF the time within which water
users may pay back to the government
the cost of construction of irrigation
projects was reached at conference
tonight between Secretary Lane and
officers of the reclamation service
and Senator Smith of Arizona, and
Representative Smith of Texas, chair
man of the congressional committee
on irrigation.
The conferees agreed that exper-
ience had shown that the present per
iod of ten years was too short to en-
able settlers to reimburse the govern
ment
The change in the payment system
will be embodied in n general irriga'
ton bill, on which another confer
ence will be held at the interior de-
partment next Thursday.
There are twenty-three national irri-
cation projects scattered between sew
enteen states in which the government
has invested from s75.ooo,oo to $780,
900. 900
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Death Comes to
High School Boy

Arthur L. Franz, popular High
school boy of this city, 30 years Of
age. died at the home of the family
on Main street at about 3 o'clock
last Saturday evening of tuberculosis
OF the intestines after a serious I'LL
ness of six months duration. He was
in i'll health for much longer period
though his family and friends had no
thought of his condition being such
as 10 bring about his demise until
during the last few months when at
tending physicians could plainly see
that their efforts were to no better
purpose than to prolong the date
of death.
Arthur Franz was a rugged yuong
fellow and was at one time one of the
dependable members of the High
school football team. He was decided
ly popular with his classmates and
other pupils of the schools who knew
him and all sincerely mourn his sud
den demise. Funeral services were
held in the Presbyterian church at
o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev.
Knox officiating, and interment was
in Delta cemetery.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
Delta Man Chosen Cashier at ouray.

David S. Boyd of this city who was
reported in Independent columns last
week as going to Ouray on business,
has just been appointed cashier of the
Citizens State Bank in that foothill
mining town. according TO recent re-
port and he will soon remove his
family there and take up permanent
residence. Mr.. Boyd was cashier of a
bank at Hillrose. in eastern Colorado
for seven years before coming to Del
ia and since here he was an active
member of the Silver State Realty COM
pany.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
W. C Z. U. Meeting.

The woman's Christian Temperance
Union met with Mrs. Hastings. Febru-
ary IS, at her home on Dodge street.
The program under the department
of medical temperance was OF great
interest. as the following articles were
discussed:
Beer as Non-Nutritive Drink"
Scientific Temperance Truths and tho
Bible" The Patent Medicine Nag.
Scientific Instruction OF Temperance
Around the World" and "A Letter
from Saloonkeeper."
William ]. Bryan was heartily rec
commended for his brave act in serv-
ing grape juice instead of wine at n
diplomatic dinner,
"The fight is on" for Colorado Dry,
1914. Let all Christian workers join
us in the great battle,
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
G. S. ROBERTS DlES-WAS
EARLY OLATHE SETTLER

The identity of George s. Roberts,
late of Lindsay California, was estab-
lished by the Sentinel through the
assistance of ]. w. O'Brien, 525 Chip
eta, who knew Roberts twenty years
ago.
Mr.. Roberts came to Western Colo-
rado in 1860 when the Uncompahgre
valley was opened and he established
himself at the town of Colorow, now
Olathe. He is related by marriage 70
the Mock boys of Fruita, one of whom
was recently shot by Peter Lapham
Mr.. Roberts was well known here
by the early settlers, but has evidently
not been on the western slope for sew
eral years. The information secured
concerning Mr.. Roberts was communi-
Gated by the Sentinel to the local
Western Union office and by them
transmitted to the McWhitney Power
& Light company of Lindsay, Calf,
who sought information concerning
the dead mans relatives Grand
Junction Sentinel
The old time residents OF this city
were well acquainted with Nj. Roberts
and they refer to him as one who
aided very materially in the advance
ment of this section.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
CITY OWNERSHIP WINS
WATER ELECTION IN DENVER

Denver defeated the Water Company
proposition Tuesday by 1000 votes,
and carried the Moffat tunnel propo-
sition by about the same majority
100000 was voted for the tunnel
A new water system will probably
cost the city eight to ten millions
more. with the likelihood that they
will have 10 buy the supplies of the
present company. which has $500,
900 bonds maturing in May and no
money with which to meet them. A
semi-monthly payday was also car
ried, its object being TO do away with
loan sharks.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20

. have known for fifteen years
. that the eastern people want to :
. collect royalties from our miner
. ais but / do not want it done. /
. am afraid this radium proposition =
. is the entering wedge to put all
. our mines on that basis. If this =
. radium is so good for cancer, let
. the government offer premiums
. to prospectors to discover the =
. ores, instead of spending the peo- =
. pies money to pass bills to pre- =
. vent discoveries. | have no conf .
. dence in experts the government
. may send out here to tie up these =
. lands. ! feel that Colorado has .
. right to its own resources.-Gov-> =
. ernor Ammons.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-20
X. Of p. Convention Excursion.

The knights of Pythias special
train will leave Delta for Grand juno
tion about noon, February 90. Rate
from Delta to Grand Junction and re-
turn. $3.50. The Montrose, Paonia
and Hotchkiss trains will consolidate .
at Delta. Train will return evening
OF 25th. Anyone wishing to go can
have the privilege of these rates.