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The Trilun. uses its best endeavorS to insure -,
,rustuorhiness OF every advertisement It prints anu
avoid the publication Of all advertisements
misleading statements or claims.
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mo seemed to take any proper pride in
his work: from plumbers, vino were simply
thieves. 10. say, newspaper men Che seemed to
think them specially intellectual clsss), who
never by any chance gave correct version Of
he simplest affair"
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Up to the worlds series they act like GiaI.s'
Then the Athletics make them look Ike GiaintS'
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WHY SOME FOLK FAVOR sIMPLIFIED SPELLING

"Senor Don Francesca CarvaJal. Iara-
baia is man Of law Carbaidl The
Mail.
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or course. we're not really so, / till septem-
Der, when the C. $. Of j. reopens and gosh, how
we dread il.
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The esteemed to be frivolous American In
forms us that Miss Josephine Pollaceck Is engaSeI
Ia Frederick Pepper Is Anthony Cohistoek
around? We were merely about to suggest
that the sooner Miss Pollaceck becomes II Pepper,
the sooner she will become Momnier.
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THE GREAT DIVIDE.

Congress shall make
no law respecting an es-
Establishment OF religion,
or FJridging the
freedom of speech q.
or the right Of the people
peaceably to assemble
."-The First Amend
mcnt TO the Constitution.
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HASN'T anybody suggested hitherto that the fe-
male giants might he called fenl-Ninei
Strange.
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ON the o. H.. no less per than Joseph Con
rad is in favor OF SIS Of j. Witness this quota
ton from Chance
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We are strong believers In safety First The
reception we may get from readers after the!
have read the Tower this morning may not ne
extremely cordial. We shall use II one-wmd last
line thereby making quick getaway.
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\ speedy finish. so to speak.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By Mail Postage Paid oO'''0'
OF Greater New York.
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NiURRIE.'
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
Government Specialist
Talks to Delta Farmers

est departments in the national gov.
ernment.
In seeking men to carry out the
work now inaugurated he did not get
expects but agents-first they must
have an early training on the farm
cal work and at the last they must
have more practical training to wear
off the rough edges. 1t is now un-
derstood that il is the combined wis.
est degree of success; common sense
is what is needed along with the rest,
The agent must learn to keep his
mouth shut as to things he does not
know and to keep his ears and eyes
open as to things he wishes TO know.
In every locality there are farmers
who know from actual experience how
TO do things and this the agent is to
find out and carry to others and to
his chief.
1T is the object of the department
to get every thing for the farmer that
is coming to him, and to give the
middle men the same fair treatment
and no more"
A petition signed by more than one
hundred tax payers of Delta county
has been presented to the county COM
missioners asking for the appoint
ment of a county agriculturist in this
county.
DR.. Working will talk and exhibit
lantern slides depicting rural scenes
and successful farm management in
Paonia next Saturday night and will
be in Montrose Monday. The question
is one of much Importance and with
the aid of the United States depart
ment of agriculture and help of the
state agricultural college the cost TO
county is only about half what 1t
would be II no outside help was avail
able. In order to get this outside help
1t is necessary that the agent be ap-
pointed and funds available under a
recent appropriation from the govern
ment will be paid to the counties in
the order OF the appointment
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30

meEt was filed;
'Hotchikiss. Colo, January "a, 1911
The Honorable Board OF County C1n-
miEzioners. Delta County, colo.
eItlemen: In response to q lot.
ter received from the Dera County
Business Mems association, advocating
the employment of a county agricul-
m-alist. the Hotchkiss Business Mems
association called a meeting OF the
taxpayers of Hotchkiss and vicinity
for last evening. which drew forth a
large attendance, TO consider the pro
position.
After free discussion it was voted
unanimously that it is inadvisable at
this time, owing to the fact that our
taxes are almost unbearable, already,
and that capital is being diverted and
kept away from the county on this
account.
Our committee was instructed to
request you as our Representatives to
7hze your utmost endeavors to curtail
the expenses of the county, not only
in the creating OF additional offices
but in every way possible in order
that taxes may be reduced.
Respectfully
GEO. S. ROLLER,
PAUL WILSON,
"F. D. wILLOUGHBY.
Committee.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
CraZed Man WanderS Aim
lesSly About the Country

and it then became necessary to have
him taken to the county prison for
safe keeping.
At the Jail Hayden was quiet enough
until Tuesday and Wednesday when
he began to break up electric globes.
windows and furniture. There was
much broken glass about the place
and his hands and arms were badly
cut in places. He was given hearing
in the county court at 2:30 Wednes-
day afternoon before jury, adjudg-
ed insane and taken to the asylum at
Pueblo yesterday.
Wednesday evening Hayden was
transferred from the county to city
Jail ard during the walk through Pal
mer street 20 that point with Sheriff
Sampson on one side and Thos. Beatty
on the other tho prisoner broke loose
ard ran into the home of Mrs. Mum
dry at the corner of Palmer and Third
streets. He wG3 followed closely by
the officers and recaptured before
Mrs. Mundry who was at the rear of
her home knew of the visit. At the
city jail that night Hayden got hold
Of p piece of gas pipe and succeeded
in knocking out the windows and
otherwise wreck.ng the premises, his
operations continuing until about mid
night when tho officers finally sue
ceeded in getting him pacified. A har-
ness was used by the officers yester-
day morning when they started on
their trip to the state asylum
Hayden upon two former occasions
was committed TO the asylum at Port
Supply. Oklahoma. and his case Is
now considered almost hopeless.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
Adams Tried for
EmbeZZlement

orson Adams. president of the Mesa
County National bank at Grand juno
ton which closed its doors on the
twenty-ninth of last November on ac-
count of inability to meet financial de-
mands. was placed under arrest on
Wednesday morning of this week by
Deputy United States Marshal Thos,
]. Clarke of Denver and brought TO
this city on the morning train that day
for appearance before United States
Commissioner Welch.
Adams is charged with the embezzle.
ment of a sum OF money a little less
than five thousand dollars and these
charges were preferred by Lewis NJ.
Reeves. an expert accountant of Wash
rgton, d. c.. who had made an investi-
CATION of the books of Mr.. Adams
defunct banking institution.
At the conclusion of the investiga-
ton before Commissioner Welch at IL
o'clock Wednesday morning President
Adams of the bank above mentioned.
was held for appearance before the
federal grand jury in Denver or Pueblo
either in April or May of the present
year. in the sum of $1,000 bond. This
sum was promptly furnished by prom
inent citizens and friends of the de-
fendant in Grand Junction and he re-
turned TO his home that evening.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30

tion of the state. Brown was in COM
evening and they had entered the al
ley back of the Porter-Obert hardware
store on some pretense or other made
by Brown when all of a sudden a
masked individual comes up and
shoves a big cold muzzled gun in the
Jap's face and commands: Give me
your money and other items of value"
The Jap turned over twenty-three dol
lars in cash and some other articles
of value and Brown, of course, turned
Then the Jap boy naturally wanted
to call on officers for assistance in
apprehending the bold highwayman,
hut Brown insisted on waiting awhile.
This attitude on the part of the color
ed man led TO suspicious and next
day Brown was arrested and has been
resting in Jail ever since.
The two dockets as they now appear
for this session are as follows:
Criminal.
People vs.. Joe and Leonard Barton,
theft of horse.
People VS.. Oliver Davis, of Hotch-
kiss, forgery.
People vs.. Charles Brown completely
in hold-up in this city.
People vs.. Ira Allenthorp, attempt
TO defraud.
People vs.. Earl and Elmer Holman,
cattle stealing.
Isabella Hunter VS.. Jesse Smith,
slander.
]. o. Simpson vs.. Joseph Hussey,
mortgage foreclosure.
Millard Fairlamb VS.. John Travis
ct al, as board of managers of Moose
club, money demand.
The Grand Mesa Fuel company vs.
Elmer Rusler, money demand and
equity.
Fruit Growers Ditch and Reservoir
company vs.. ]. o. Simpson. money
demand.
The Delta County Fruit Growers
association VS.. The Bank of North
Fork, money demand.
Fannie S. Witwer VS.. Arthur C. Pat
tee ct al, money demand.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
HOtChkiSS Commercial BODY
on County A8riculturist

Some little time since the Delta
County Business Mems association
adopted a resolution favoring the ap-
pointment of a county agriculturist
and with the view Of enlisting the
interest and support OF other organ
izations Of the county this resolution
was forwarded TO the Business Mems
association Of Hotchkiss and also to
similar associations in other towns OF
the county.
The Hotchkiss association discussed
the matter at some length and finally
decided to call mass meeting of the
taxpayers of that district for further
discussion. The mass meeting was
held last Friday evening when a good
ly number of the representative tax
payers and citizens were present and
1t was easily apparent that all were
in favor of cooperating with Delta In
the matter of such an appointment
but it was also apparent that they
do not at this time consider them
selves financially able to assume G
new burden.
Henry Roberts and Paul Wilson
were appointed a committee to confer
with our board OF commissioners on
the subject in question and these gen.
tlemen were in the city on Monday
for that purpose. The commissioners
were not IN session on that date, how
ever, and the following written state
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30

twenty designated purchase areas hav-
ing total area of 100000 acres in
the states of Maine, New Hamshire,
Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Georgia.
Forester Graves. in his annual re-
port, states that it is the aim of the
government TO assemble within the
purchase areas tracts of $4,000 acres
or more so that the lands acquired will
be grouped favorably for protection
and administration. Purchases have
not vet been made within six of the
designated areas for the reason that
the lands either have not been offered
in sufficient acreage or are not well
enough grouped to warrant purchase.
Prices paid for lands and the desir.
ability OF purchase is determined
through examination of the tracts by
the froest service. During the past
fiscal year 542,202 acres were examin-
ed making g total of approximately
l.400 900 acres in ALL
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
Delta Girls Win
A8ainSt GunniSOn

The two High school basketball
teams of Gunnison came in last Fri
day evening for contests with the
teams OF this city that night at the
opera house and were accompanied
by the High school cornet band of
that town and a goodly number of
rooters who expected TO do all in their
power TO boost their players on to vic
tory They were met at the depot by
a large delegation OF Delta pupils and
the school band, and when the pro-
cession was formed for marching TO
the city it was without question, an
imposing exhibit of the young men
and young women who are fitting
themselves for life's battle in the ed
ucational institutions OF the western
slope.
An exceptionally large audience
greeted the young people at the opera
house that night and were well repaid
for their presence. The games were
interesting from start TO finish and re
suited as they always do. with the
local girls winners and the boys losers.
The score for the girls was ~ to "a in
favor of Delta and 81 TO 81 against the
local boys.
A pleasant social dance was given
in the opera house Immediately follow
ing the games and the next day both
Gunnison teams went TO Montrose
where they lined up against the teams
of that city in the evening at Armory
hall.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
MORE LANDS OFFERED THAN
GOVERNMENT CAN PURCHASE

Tha. the people of the east are
awake to the ne IDS and advantages of
federal administration CT their moun-
tain watersheds is evidenced by the
fact that more lands are being offered
for sale to the government than the
funds made available for purchase un-
der the Weeks law will buy. During
the past fiscal year approximately
100000 acres of land in the southern
Appalachian and White Mountain re-
gions were offered for sale of which
nearly 100000 acres were approved
for purchase by the national forest
reservation commission, making to-
tai OF 71S.415 acres since the law went
into effect about three ago. These
lands are located in fourteen Of the
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
stock Show Bulls Come to Delta.

Mr. E. ]. Mathews, of the E. ]. NJ.
Cattle company. bought seven blood.
ed Hereford bulls at the Denver stock
show and these fine young animals
are now here ready to be placed with
the company's large herd of white
faces on their Escalante range.
The bulls are splendid lot OF
thoroughbreds and cost the sum OF
SO, OOO or little above S425 each.
With good stock already in our
herds, 1t means much to the stock in
dustry OF this section TO have added
so fine collection Of bulls as those
just received by the E. ]. NJ. company.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
Deeeque Gets Oil Flow

A heavy flow of oil, which it Is
conservatively estimated, will reacn
a steady production of 100 barrels
daily, was struck just before mid
night last Saturday on the Lee q
Dudley ranch, mile and one half
west of DeBeque. The strike is IN
well No. of the Grand River Oil q
Gas company. While the first flow
reached the mouth OF the well through
1900 feet of water, it has since sub
sided somewhat and will develop in
to a pumping proposition. This was
entirely expected by the company ex-
perts who have confirmed by wire
an order for pumping machinery
which was tentatively placed several
weeks ago.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
Important Cases on Docket
For Next Term of Court

The February term of district court
for this county will convene on Mon
day, February 10, with Judge Black
presiding, and . number OF important
criminal and civil hearings are to be
disposed OF at his session. Among
the criminal cases OF more than aver
age moment are those of the People
VS.. Davis. lad who resides with his
mother at Hotchkiss, charged with
forgery; the People VS.. Charles Brown
colored. completely in holdup in this
city a few weeks ago; and the People
vs.. Ira Allenthorp, attempt to de-
fraud.
Davis, the Hotchkiss boy, it will be
remembered. came to the fair in this
city last fall in company with another
lad of his own years and inclinations
and when they had come to the end
of their financial string the Davis
lad was not long in deciding that
something should be done or the big
time" they were having would end
ruthlessly He knew that his mother
had a bank account in Hotchkiss and
he also knew how TO write her name
so that it would pass through a
cashiers hands unquestioned. He
proceeded to draw up two or three
checks for small amounts and they
were cashed by merchants Of the city.
The big time" went along swim
mingly 10 the very close of the county
fair here and the two boys then went
on to Montrose for further doings ct
the fair in that county. More checks
were drawn and cashed in Montrose
and by this time the money getters
used here had gone in to the Hotch-
kiss bank and the mother came to
know of her sons escapades. Officers
were notified of the forgeries and the
two lads were arrested and brought to
this city for incarceration. Releases
were eventually obtained and the
Davis lad who had assumed all res
possibility in the criminal act is now
to explain his work to court and jury
Brown, the colored man, who is to
face the court at this term is charged
with engineering and taking part in
what is considered the most desperate
criminal act ever occurring in this Sec
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30

DIR. II. w. Working in charge of the
office of farm management. section of
field studies and demonstrations. and
acting with the State Agricultural Col
leges of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming,
lectured in Delta last Saturday at the
Tabernacle, before some four or five
hundred of our farmers and fruit
growers.
DIR. Workings talk was along the
line of the county agriculturist and
his work. Several counties in the
state. notably FL Paso. Weld and Pu-
eblo have now county agriculturists or
county agents whose whole time is
devoted to helping the farmers. Much
good is being done along the line Of
seed selection, planting and irrigating
and instruction in building silos, COW
testing, etc.
In one of the other talks to farmers
of the west slope Mr.. Working re
viewed the situation as follows:
"One trouble now experienced by
the farmer is that caused by the ear
ly settler in the great middle and
western states who SKINNED the
cream" from the land. He got the
land for practically nothing and in
many instances raised enough to pay
for the land; after the skimming he
sold out at big advance and It was
now necessary to bring back the land
to its former productiveness. This is
what the speaker called the readjust-
ment period and It is to the working
out of this great problem that we are
now giving our attention. The farmer
Is business man, and when we speak
of him in a class we should say the
farmer and other business men, be
cause he is first and foremost in the
class. The first Secretary of Agri-
culture, 'Tama jim of Iowa, told his
appointees that he wanted them to go
ahead as business men and find some
thing to do-to inaugurate n system
and &c carry It out and this was his
motto and this is the secret of his
success in building up one Of the great
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
SeatOn Gets Offer
From FederalS

Tom Seaton OF this city. and q
member of the Philadelphia National
pitching staff, has just declined a
$4,000 offer to work inside the dia-
mond for the Federal league this
year. preferring, as he says, to remain
with the team and man. Charlie
Doom. the famous backstop who made
him what he is today. Tom and his
wife are spending the winter here
and he will join the Quaker team
either late in February or early in
March on their trip TO North Carolina
where they are TO put themselves in
condition for ncxt years work. Tom
is to be the chief slab artist for the
Phillies during the coming season.
certainly a good lead for a young
fellow on his second season for the
big ones" in baseball.
Last week the press dispatches re-
ported Seatons offer from the Federal
league and also his refusal. He
states that there is more than
money" in ball playing, and since
Charley Doom made me what ! am
as a pitcher. am not going to leave
him the first time somebody else Of
fers me little more money. l hope
/ have a conscience left and / shant
sell the ability that Doom made pos
sible TO any OF his rivals; not until
get his permission. anyway"
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
Prize Winners at
Poultry Show

A number OF the Delta county poul-
try raisers made exhibits at the an
nual poultry show in Montrose last
week and several came away with
first and second prizes. The prize
winners were as follows:
T.. T. Minney for the best display,
best hen, best cock, best pen and best
pullet In Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Leslie NJ. Conkiln for best display
of White wyandottes, best cock.
w. d. Hines took second for his
display of single comb White Leg
horns, and won a premium offered by
Mr.. b. C. Bullock who took first for
his exhibit from that county. for best
showing from the outside.
f. T. Minney took first for best
White Orpington pullet.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30
Delta County Has
q Freak Winter

So far the winter at Delta has been
of freak character.
Beginning with December severe
cold spell set in which lasted for
nearly five weeks, much of the
weather being of the zero kind. and
ranging to 13 degrees below. During
this period some twenty inches of
snow fell in all. the falls ranging
from an inch to four inches, and
much OF the snow falling when the
mercury was near zero.
About the middle OF January thaw
set in. followed in few days by
rains which would last from a day to
two or three days. and these kept up
until Tuesday night OF this week,
when we were again made to feel the
icy breath OF winter.
Not within the recollection OF pres
ent citizens has this section been
given SO great an amount OF moisture
as in the past few months,
On the mountain tops and higher
mesas are stored vast quantities of
snow which will add to the wealth of
water for the soil next spring and
summer, SO we have in promise one of
the best seasons of water supply ever
had on the Western Slope. Up to
tho freeze Tuesday night, all lands
were slush Of water and mud.
As result CT the excess of mois-
The Delta independent., 1914-01-30

At about / O'Clock last Sunday after
noon the sheriffs office in this city
was notified by phone that an un-
known man had come to the Wear
home near Chipeta switch at noon
that day and at once proceeded to
disrobe himself and go TO bed. The
men of the Wear family were absent
at the time and such strange action
on the part of a complete stranger
caused Mrs Wear and her children to
fly from the premises in mortal fear
and leave the stranger in absolute
possession.
Sheriff Sampson drove out to the
Wear home and when he accosted the
fellow who had gained such undisput-
ed control the reply was in the form
OF a query. so you've come, have
your" The sheriff wanted to know
how he was, and noting very plainly
that 1t was simply a case OF lost men
tai powers he persuaded the man to
come out for a drive.
Arriving in town the officer learn
ed that the mans name was Frank
Hayden. that he had a family and re-
sided on Garnet mesa. He was seem
inEly rational a greater part Of the
time and being considered entirely
harmless. the officer turned him loose.
Hayden hastened TO the revival
meeting in the tabernacle and while
there IL WAS reported that he took "A
seat near the platform OF the evan
gelist: finally he was persuaded by
the ushers TO take a seat in the rear
of the tabernacle. where he remain
ed quietly until after the services. He
again attended the meeting that night