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The Delta independent., 1914-02-06
SOME THINGS FOR THE
FRUIT GROWER TO DO

In young orchards, to years old,
potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes and SINH
l"r crops may be grown without in
jury to the trees. Such crops often
bring welcome additions to the farm
er pocketbook while he is waiting
for the fruit trees to reach the bear
ing age.
The hexagonal system of arranging
trees in al orchard leaves little waste
space between trees and permits cul-
tivalion in three directions. Planted
thirty feet apart, forty-eight trees oc-
cupy an acre, if the square arrang-
ment is used. BY the hexagonal sys-
TEN fifty-five trees may be grown on
the same ground, the space between
them remaining the same.
From the nursery stock select for
orchard planting trees with well de-
vcloped, hardy root systems. Straight
young trees, with no large branches,
are best. The less top and the more
roots on young tree the better it
will stand transplantirg. Always
make the hole fer the transplanted
tree large enough SO that the roots
need not be coiled or bent in order to
go into the hole. Any broken roots
should be cut cleanly so that they
will heal promptly. Keep the roots
damp and do not expose them to the
air longer than is necessary. Plant
the tree about two inches deeper than
it grew.
The north side Of a hill is the best
Location for an orchard. because
changes in the temperature are not so
gree as elsewhere. Or south slopes
the buds start too early in the spring.
closed valleys and is likely to kill the
young buds. An orchard near lake
or large pond is not likely TO be in
jured by frosts, because the water
tends TO make the temperature more
even.
Pack the soil closely around the
rec IS. but have the surface soil loose
to prevent evaporation. Cultivate
the space between trees during the
spring and early summer for the
same reason. Some fruit growers
use mulches of weeds, hay or straw
TO scve moisture where sod has been
formed. Glover, COW peas or soy
beans may be planted late in the
summer after The trees practically
have completed the seasons growth.
Any of the plans makes an excellent
cover crop and can be plowed under
in the spring, adding humus and
plant food to the soil
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06
Nevada,s New Mining Law

Little hardship and possibly much
good will result from the enforcement
OF the new law enacted by the last
legislature and which became opera
tive on the first day of the new year,
prohibiting the employment, in under
ground work. of miners who can not
speak English or readily read notices
printed or written in English. This
measure is one that has had the
earnest support and endorsement OF
state Mining Inspector Ryan and OF
most of the mine operators and
managers.
For the most part the miners em'
ployed in Nevada are of the English
speaking class and in all probability
i, will be found that but two mining
districts of importance. Tonopah and
Ely, are in any appreciable degree
affected by the provisions of the law
As measure of safety in mine oper
alton, in preventing accidents through
ignorance or misunderstanding, the
law merits the commendation OF all
mine operators and its fullest enforce
ment should be demanded every
where-Goldfield News.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06

therefore depend largely upon the
distance the material is hauled, the
average being from $500 to $1,000
per mile. A road built under the di-
rection of the Office of Public Roads
at Gainesville, Florida, one mile long,
IA feet wide and having nine inches
of sand clay surface, cost 1881 per
mile, or ten cents per square yard.
Another sand-clay road built by the
Office at Tallahassee, Florida, 16 feet
wide, seven inches thick, cost $40
per mile, or about five cents per
square yard.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06
Notice of Stockholders Meeting:

Delta, Colorado, December 90, 1913.
The annual meeting of The Garnet
Land and Improvement Co. will be
held at the court house in Delta, State
Of Colorado, Saturday, February Z,
1914, at 2:3O o'clock p m. for the
purpose of electing directors to serve
for the ensuing year, to levy an assess
ment, and to transact any other bust.
ness that may properly come before
the meeting. If you cannot attend the
meeting, be sure to send proxy.
w. E. OBERT. President
Attest: F. C. HARRINGTON, Secy.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06
Protect your nome against fire BY
insuring with Stephan q Opert-
Notice of Stockholders Meeting.

Delta, Colorado, December 90, 1913.
The annual meeting of The Garnet
Ditch and eeservoir company will be
held at the court house in Delta, State
of Colorado, Saturday, February I,
1914, at 1:30 o'clock p. m. for the
purpose of electing directors TO serve
for the ensuing year, TO levy an assess
ment. and 10 transact any other bust
ness that may properly come before
the meeting. If you cannot attend the
meeting, be sure TO send proxy.
W. E. OBERT, President.
Attest: F. C. HARRINGTON, Secy.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06
The WAGE Question

The farmer, greatly in need OF
hands at haying time, finally asked
Sol Warren. the village fool, If he
could help him out. "Whatll you
pay?" asked Sol. I'm pay what you
ere WORTH" replied replied the farm
er Sol scratched his head fer few
minutes, then announced decisively;
ri be darned if I'll work for that. .
Indianapolis News,
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06

BLUE Monday" will aold no terrors
fer you II you will try the Delta Steam
Laundry's rough-dry system. The cost
is within the reach OF the humblest
household. 3Stf
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06

DON'T SLEEP under stale. smelly
blankets or quilts. Send them to the
Delta Steam Laundry. They will come
back fresh, soft and fluffy. S3tf
The Delta independent., 1914-02-06
Onion Seed

Home Grown Onion Seed for sale.
Yellow Danver. choice seed. w. H.
Jarratt, Garnet mesa.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
RELIABLE CAMP FOOD.
You Had Better Stick to the Old
Standbys.

You Had Better Stick to the Old
Standbys.
Raw materials which have been
brought by great labor at the paddle
and under the pack to country where
fresh supplies are unobtainable are far
too valuable to be wasted in unsuccess-
full cooking experiments.
Cornmeal, wild rice, beans, flour, ba-
con, sugar. tea and salt, with a bit OF
soda and pepper to enliven the same,
and some prunes and tobacco to aid di-
gestion, have been from the beginning
and will be until the end of time all
that man requires to keep him alive
and working.
But man, particularly city broke
man, needs more to make him really
happy-his palate and his health de-
mand something more of variety.
So, when one reads in the catalogues
of dehydrated vegetables so reduced
that single pound is the equivalent
of a dozen pounds of the fresh garden
product; of a pound of porterhouse
stewed down to a thimbieful Of goo.
and of quart of turtle soup dried into
an inch cube, his mouth begins to wa
ter.
But between the patent fodder in the.
sporting goods store and your grub
sack in the wilderness should inter-
vene the cool, dispassionate third de-
gree of your experience, because some
of 'em are good and some of 'em are
NOT and oil 0f 'pm mist ho handiod
right to give the best results.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
HANDLING THE FARM PoULTS
Wing Feathers Should Be Pulled
When the Youngsters Are From
Four to Six Days Old.

According to some good authorities,
little turkeys stand a better chance of
living and thriving if long wing feath-
ers are pulled when they are four to
six days old At this time they come
out easily. No doubt this prevents too
much strength being taken from their
systems by the extreme growth of the
long feathers that hang down (aLmost
drag sometimes), giving the little birds
an unthrifty appearance.
When turkeys are about two weeks
old, says writer in Inland Farmer,
we begin to feed them just little
cracked wheat and other small grains
such as chicks do well on, making the
change by degrees. When feeding
milk curd we sprinkle it lightly with
charcoal occasionally; this helps pre-
vent bowel trouble. And once in
awhile when we are giving moistened
feed we sprinkle it lightly with little
chick grit.
If you find young turkeys dropping,
the first thing to look for is lice and
watch about feeding too much. On
farm range turkey hen will raise her
flock with very little feed from the
house; just enough to keep them
tame and let them know they have a
home The little turks won't stand
demonstrating as a chick will. They
have to have plenty Of air; won't do to
shut them in close coop.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28

can get right up to the sides of IL,
having no smoke or heat to bother
you.
Before you begin to cook gather a
big supply of dry wood. For this fire
use small pieces from the size of
lead pencil to an inch in thickness
rarely anything larger. Cut it all into
short lengths. say six to ten inches
long. Begin 'layipg" your fire from
careful to cross the sticks so as to let
In the air. Light it from the wide end,
and the wind will do the rest
The only thing to use in the way of
L device about cook fire. besides the
cooking utensils, is what is called a
'grate" 1t is simply three pieces of
steel eighteen inches long, one inch
wide and three-sixteenths of an inch
thick, loosely riveted together at two
places 1t folds up, can be extended
as desired and is a very practical
thing.
The heating fire illustrated in the
upper portion of the cut is intended
for cold weather to reflect heat into the
open tent which should be set eight
70 twelve feet away.
end and require agile and experienced
handling. With poised lances the ca
noes rush at each other, and then it is
wild struggle to keep the slender
boats afioat while lances are plunged
with powerful impact against contend
ing knights.
The knight who, is forced into the
water loses the tourney, but before
that happens canoes dart forward and
rush back for a stronger spring. They
rise like living thing to the fray and,
with water churning against their frail
sides, CULVER in the endeavor to pre-
serve equilibrium against the odds of
| war.
If fitting is exciting sport, the upset
race is even more so, for the reason
! that it requires skill of different sort
and wonderful rapidly and dexterity
of movement. There is, too, an added
element of danger, for the way of safe
| ty in the water never lies beneath q
capsized boat
An ideal canoe is fifteen to eighteen
! feet long and thirty to thirty-six inch
es broad. 1t is so hght-weighine
about sixty-five to seventy odd pounds
that one man can tote it through
canoe carries" and over log jams.
The price is such that the canoe is OF.
ten called ''the poor mans yacht be
cause be may buy one for from S. to
$25, according to the materials o.
which 1t is constructed and with ref
ersnce to its size.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28

Photo by American Press Association.
BOY SCOUTS READING CAMP BULLETIN.
Life. dealing with instruction of the
boys in usefulness in fire emergencies
Here are the simple precautions given
to the boys by MIR. Porter:
Don't go into closets looking for clothing
with lighted match.
Don't kinde fires in stoves with kero-
sene
Don't put hot ashes and coal in wooden
barrels or boxes.
Don't thaw out frozen water pipes with
a torch or lamp.
Don't allow waste paper. excelsior and
rubbish to collect
Don't use gasoline for cleaning in q
closed room.
Don't look for gas leaks with a match
or lamp
Don't allow lace curtains near gas brack-
cts
Don't allow oily rags near stoves or
about the premises.
Don't allow sawdust to be used in Gus
pidors or on floors.
Don't throw waste paper in a fireplace.
Don't throw cigarettes or cigars away
if lighted
Don't keep matches in paper boxes or
lying about carelesSly.
Don't use swapping parlor matches; ia
boo them.
Don't forget that matches are the begin
ming of many CONGREGATIONS.
Don't hang your clothing near open fires
or stoves.
Don't iii lamps after dark and never
when lighted.
Don't allow rubbish in Railways or on
fire escapes.
Don't burn leaves and dead grass on
windy days.
Don't forget to have the chimneys OF
your home cleaned once year.
Don't fail to look twice at everything
that looks like fire.
Don't leave everything to the landlord
inspect your own building.
Don't fail to notify the chief of the fire
department of anything you may see that
is dangerous and liable to cause fire, re-
membering that every day is fire proven
ton day.
Thousands Of boy scouts throughout
the country are learning these instruc
tons. with view to winning fireman
ship merit badges"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
SPLENDID WORK
OF BOY SCOUTS
Bringing Out What Is Best In
Youth of the Land.
LIVING CLOSE TO NATURE.

Taught to Keep Himself Physically
Strong, Mentally Awake and Morally
Straight-LoyaI to His Scout Lead
er, His Home, His Parents and
Country.
Among the great movements that
have done much to check the tenden-
cies drawing men down the boy scout
movement stands out strongly.
The movement has spread like wild
fire in America, and there are few cit
les that do not have their boy scout
bands. The boy scout movement makes
American boys better Americans. It
takes them out Of doors and teaches
them how to do things they never
would learn anywhere else.
While the movement is of great ben
eft to lads in the country and small
towns, in the cities it is of inestimable
value. The aim of the leaders Of the
Boy Scouts of America is to develop
men of the type Of the great men of
history.
AS the scout the boy willingly adopts
as real and vital the universally ac-
cepted principles of life as set forth in
the scout oath and law. This effec-
lively Influences the boys nature and
character so as better to prepare him
for that work which the church can
best do.
A scout promises that upon his honor
he will do his duty to God, his country
and obey the scout law; that he will
help other people at all times and that
he will keep himself physically strong
mentally awake and morally straight.
Must Be Trustworthy.
The scout law. covering the twelve
fundamental principles, requires a
scout first of all to be trustworthy. That
means that he must not tell lie, cheat
or deceive, but keep every trust sacred
A scout is loyal to all to whom loyalty
is due, including his scout leader. his
home, his parents and his country,
| Furthermore, a scout is helpful. pre-
| pared at all times to save life. help in
jured persons and do at least one good
turn daily. A scout is friendly to ALA
brother to every other scout
A scout is courteous. especially to
women. children and old people. and
he must not take pay for being cour,
teous. A scout is kind to animals and
does not kill or hurt any living crea.
ture needlessly. A scout is obedient A
scout is cheerful, even when facing
hardship and drudgery. A scout is
thrifty. He works faithfully, wastes
nothing and makes the best use of his
opportunities. A scout is brave and
does what he knows is right, in spite
of jeers and threats. A scout is clean
In body and thought, stands for clean
speech, clean sport. clean habits. and
travels with clean crowd Finally, a
scout is reverent toward God. He il
faithful In his religious duties and re
gpectS the convictions Of others in mat
ters Of custom and religion.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
LAUDs THE BOY SCOUTS.
Secretary Daniels Says Training Will
Make Better Young Men.

Secretary Daniels Says Training Will
Make Better Young Men.
Praises for the boy scout movement
were spoken by men of national impor-
lance lat the great public meeting held
in the ballroom Of the Raleigh hotel. in
Washington, as the closing feature OF
the fourth annual meeting of the Ma
tional Council of the Boy Scouts of
America. Secretary Daniels of the
navy department spoke of the better
type Of young men which would result
from boy scout training. Dan Beard,
who will have charge of the united
Baltimore and Washington scout camp
on the Chesapeake bay this summer.
related a number Of his experiences
and explained where be learned scout
craft. Other speakers were Senator'S
Nelson and Clapp Of Minnesota, Yarda-
man Of Mississippi. Johnson OF Maine
and W. B. Greeley of the department
Of agriculture.
The boy scout movement was COM
pared with the navy By Secretary Dan
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
KEEPING SMALL FLOCK
GOOD REVENUE FROM POULTRY
ON VILLAGE LOT.
safe to Say That Any One With ordi.
nary Sense and Industry Can Make
Money by Raising Chickens
Feed Only the Best

By KATE ST. MA.UR. Copyright, 1S149
With $50 square feet of ground suit
able for poultry, and devoting half
an hour every night and morning,
with an extra two or three hours on
Saturday, you should be able to add
two or three hundred dollars to your
income. Ny authority for this is my
knowledge of a bank clerk whose
home is beyond the city limits, who
made $500 last year from flock OF
100 hens, and Of postmistress who
made $462, though neither of them
gave more than a few hours week
to poultry, so it seems safe to say
that any one with ordinary common
sense and industry can make three or
four hundred dollars. Any sort of old
hens and coops won't do. A person
who starts with very little capital
will find it advisable to buy three
good birds rather than twenty poor
ones and make a clean, new house,
even if it's only by feet, rather
than patch up some vermin infested
shanty This is the time to lay the
foundation of winter eggs and next
years profits, so if you have flock
of any of the popular breeds hatch
every one. But, if your flock consists
of mongrels, feed well and get all the
eggs you can, sell them for table use
and with the proceeds buy eggs from
some reliable dealer, or, what is bet
ter, sell a few old birds and buy a
small incubator There is good lit
tie metal machine costing six dollars
which holds so eggs. Fireless brood
ers from the same firm cost the same.
Feed Only the Best.
Chicks should have nothing to eat
for As hours after leaving the shell.
The reason is the yolk is absorbed
Immediately before a chick breaks
through the shell and must be allowed
time to digest and pass through the
bowels before any foreign substance
is introduced or indigestion and
diarrhea will result
Commercial chick feed is the best
feed, being a mixture of seeds and
finely broken corn, specially put up
for chicks. Once a day give a little
pot cheese or stale breed soaked In
milk and squeezed dry. When con-
fined to brooders vegetable material
must be added, such as lettuce leaves
or tops of green onions chopped fine.
Keep clean water. ground charcoal
and fine grit always before them and
remember, with really good birds,
your profits come in the spring from
selling eggs for Matching or for day
old chicks. Indeed, you should not
begrudge the utmost thought and care
to your poultry in the growing stage,
for it is then you are building the
foundation for profitable poultry
plant
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
THE BOY SCOUTS IDEA.
II Originated In America, According to
National Scout Commissioner.

u Originated In America, According to
National Scout Commissioner.
Daniel G. Beard, national boy scout
commissioner, in letter to a New
York newspaper contributes the fol-
lowing:
"For the sake of historical accuracy
allow me to correct statement to the
effect that the boy scout idea origi-
mated in England. The fact is it was
evolved here in America from Ameri-
can traditions and history and particu-
larly from the lives of the buckskin
men of the middle west-Daniel Boone
and Simon Kenton, George Rogers
Clark, Davy Crockett and George
Washington. The distinguished gen.
eral Baden-Powell was too good a
sportsman to claim the idea. When he
first visited this country and was in
troduced by Mr.. Seton as the father of
the boy scSlts he said, I am not the
father. but | might be called the ''un-
cle."' He frankly acknowledged that
he 'cribbed the idea from America
See also Colonel Roosevelt's letter to
the boy scouts of Philadelphia in the
book Of their third annual encamp-
ment, in which he says that the boy
scout idea was brought to his atten-
ton while he was president This was
before Baden-Powelps scouts were or
ganized. Baden-Powell previously had
society of boys; so also had many
other people and churches and welfare
workers, but none of them became
universally popular until the American
scout idea was adopted to appeal to
the boys love Of romance and adven-
ture
1.-THE gentlemen in this movement
are in it to help the boys and not for
personal glory; hence we have agreed
+ that none of us shall make personal
claims to the honor of originating the
idea, but we also agreed that it Is per-
fectly right, legitimate, proper and q
| patriotic duty to state that it is an
American idea, Indigenous to this coun-
try.
'"The boy scout movement had its
birth many years previous to 1910 here
in America. 1t was. however, in 1910
that the different bodies and individu
ais working for the boys united ane
formed the present organization known
as the Boy Scouts Of America; hence
the erroneous impression as to the date
OF the birth Of the boy scout idea"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
HOW TO BUILD .cAMPFIRES.
The Cook Fire Hardest For Most to
Manage Right.

The Cook Fire Hardest For Most to
Manage Right.
Most campers do not know how to
build cook fire right The lower
picture in the accompanying cut shows
the correct way.
Locate your fire to leeward of your
tent in cool weather and to the wind
ward when mosquitoes or other pests
are about. Cut two logs about six
inches in diameter and four feet long
from a green or live tree. Lay them
parallel to each other. about twelve
inches apart at one end and six inches
apart at the other. the wider end to-
ward the wind Bed these logs into
the ground bit or pack sand or earth
next the logs on the inside and against
them on the outside to prevent the fire
getting under them.
Arranged in this way the wind
blows the fire along between the logs.
You can have a good fire. and yet you
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
WEATHER SIGNALS BY SCOUTS

Chardon. O.. has one of the unique
weather bureaus of the country.
1t is conducted entirely by the boy
scouts Of the vicinity. Chardon folk
and farmers for miles around have
come to depend on the boys weather
bureau to learn the variations due.
The boys receive the reports from
Cleveland daily. Then they run the
forecast flag TO the top of the high pole
In the courthouse yard.
Richard Bostwick. Harold Bostwick
and Spencer Warren are among the
young operators who hoist the weather
signals which have become 50 indis-
rensable to Chardon folk.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28

lels. he pointed OUT rnat the navy was
trying to instill into the minds of the
sailors just such principles and high
ideals as were being put into the boy
scouts Said Secretary Daniels:
81 am glad that you are adding a
navy section to the others and that the
boys are learning to swim and learning
the semaphore and signaling and all
those things. There is something about
the water and about the navy that ap-
peals to almost every boys magma
ton. | hardly ever saw boy who did
not want to go aboard a battleship."
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
BOY SCOUTS IN A CLEANUP.

Boy scouts did great work during
cleanup week in Philadelphia
Brigades of the scouts started work
after school hours on vacant lots. burn
ing up rubbish and piling nonburnable
litter where it could be removed in
carts and wagons. Real estate agents
became interested in this movement
and gave the khaki clad boys a free
hand in identifying their lots
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
AbSInthA

The principal poison In abstnthe In
vegetable substance known as
thyion. 1t is found in NORWOOD,
which is used In making absinthe.
France Is the largest consumer of abb
sinthe, taking more than all the rest
of Europe The consumption has been
steadily increasing, so that In 1911
over 100000 gallons of absinthe were
used in France.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-28
important In BREEDING.

The most important thing in poul-
try breeding, or any other kind Of
stock breeding, is to have one desira-
BILE element predominAting. That is
totally wanting in the case of mon
grels; nothing whatever is fixed about
them, and the innumerable conflicting
elements in their composition, each
striving for mastery, only insures me-
diocrity.