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The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09

A good draft horse should be fairly
low set, blocky. deep and wide. and
should be symmetrical or well pro-
pordoned and should stand sQuarely
on comparatively short. straight legs-
The good stallion should show lots Of
style, carrying his head well with ears
erect and allowing life and spirit
The draft stallion should have a
strong masculine. yet refined head.
vfth good width of forehead, ciean-eut
and firm lips. Heads too fne are OBJ
tected to, as is also the dished face;
but an inclination to Roman nose in
the stallion considered desirable by
most horsemen-
The neck should be rathe. Ions,
ciean-cut throat latch and set up on
top of the shoulders and not straight
In front like the head of a COW. The
shoulders should have good slope and
the withers should be strong and well
laid into the back. Sloping shoulders
allow the head to be carried well up
and distribute the draft evenly along
the collar. The back should be COM
paratively short with arched ribs, CIV
ing the barrel-like appearance Of
roundness. The loin should be short,
we'll packed with muscle. and the
tanks should be low. Short coupled.
Dw-fianked horses are generally
strong and easy goers.
The forearm and gaskin should be
heavily muscled and strong. Below
the knees the leg should appear wide
and fat with clean. strong bone and
tendons. The pasterns should be of
fair length and should slope about 45
degrees from a large. well-rounded
foot The foot should have consider
able depth, and width at the heel is
also important The hind legs should
be straight with a wide. clean hook.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09
BREED AND HANDLE
HORSES AND MULES
Each Mare Should Have Special
Place Where She Is Tied to
Receive Daily Grain Feed.

The pleasure and the satisfaction
of breeding and handling good horses
remain. long after the cost of the
foundation stock is forgotten.
In mild weather mares must be kent
outside in the open sheds. both day
and night. Each mare should have a
special place where she Is tied to re-
ceive her grain feed. II fed from an
ordinary trough. the more vicious
mares may kick the others, and COB
BILE most of the feed. Roughage may
be fed safely from the racks in the
yard.
Wheat, bran and oats for grain, and
clover. alfalfa. or mixed hay makes a
fine ration for the growing colts.
During the first winter, provide
some sort of sheltered yard for the
colts. 30 that they may run about and
exercise for a few hours every day
when the weather is not too stormy.
Large draft horses furnish the
Drawn to save mems energies for the
work that requires skin and care.
II you have mules on the farm that
are coming two years old. break them
now-that is. work for half a day at
a tme-it won't hurt them: but on
the other hand viii do them good.
The mule is easily broken, as all
farmers who have handled them will
testify. but 1t is good thing to get
them used to being handled before
they get too old; then they are ready
for the regular work when you need
them.
The great superiority of the mule
concists in his greater endurance of
heat and severe labor. and ability to
subsist on less food. He is undoubt-
edly the most economical machine for
the production OF power.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09
'CASCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH LIVER
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biliousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.

Get 10-cent box now.
Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness. indigestion, the sick. sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by q lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put In another day Of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; /;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison In the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means a clear head.
sweet stomach and clean. healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09
Exe.ll.n. pereheeon. Winner of First Prize.

showing no puffs or bony enlarge
ments A wide. fat appearance to the
leg Is again wanted. but the hind pas
terms, though they should be strong
need not slope as much as the front
ones. In action the horse should
show a good, fast, square, straight
walk, and at the trot should go fAiriy
high In front and behind. Do not get
slow. logy, careless walkers- They
never sire good horses.
Be sure to get size and blocktness,
coupled with good, strong. straight
legs and plenty OF style and life. In
selecting, look the horse over care
fully. examining minuteiy every part
but do not pay too much attention to
minor particulars and 80 miss the I'm
portant features. Pay most attention
to feet and legs. head and coupling.
action and style.
Extreme care should be taken to
see that the stre you select for your
colts does not have any OF the fol-
lowing diseases. These are defined aa
infectious, contagious or transmits
able diseases or insoundness:
Eye diseases. AS cataract, amauro-
sis (glass eye). periodic ophthalmia
(moon blindnees).
Respiratory diseases: Laryngeal
hemiplegia (roaring or whistling),
pulmonary empysemia (heaves or
broken wind).
Nervous troubles: Chorea est.
vitus dance). constituting string halt,
shfvering and crampinees.
Bone diseases: Bone SPAWN, ring
bone. side bones, navicular disease.
bog SPAWN and curb. and abnormal
hooks
Infectious and contagious diseases:
Chambers or farcy. mango. tumors
and any malformations liable to be
transmitted.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09
Hearse Is No Pleasure Vehicle.

Soston.-A hearse is not a pleas
ure vehicle, was the ruling of Judge
Bruce Of Maiden when he imposed a
fine of $40 upon Michael ]. Carroll of
Roxbury for driving a motor hearse
over the Fellsway boulevard. in Med
ford. Judge Bruce held, however, that
three black limousine cars. in which
were the mourners in the auto funeral
that Carroll headed. could not come
under the Metropolitan park com,mis-
sion ruling, which excludes all but
pleasure vehicles from the bouIeyards.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09

look after their graves. Having thus
provided for the future. they go back
to their adopted land and return to
China only to die on their native soil.
In many cases they never return. and
their wives wait patiently In vain year
after year.
On the highest point of a mountain
at the entrance to the Annoy Harbor
stands a pagoda, more than 1900 feet
above the sea and visible for miles.
This pagoda. called the Southern Sen
tinel, is said to have been erected by
a faithful wife that her husband.
whose return she had awaited in vain.
might know that she had been mindful
of him If he came back after her
death.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09
Salt az a Fertilizer.

Almost any sort OF material that
contains soluble potash. phosphoric
acid or nitrates has more or less fer.
tilizing value. but salt has not a trace
of any of these. Sodium and chlorine
are all 1t has to offer. Salt might
possibly have some little effect on the
physical condition of the soil under
some conditions. but even this would
be too slight to warrant its use.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09
Eeedino Molaa...

Moiasses in one form or another is
greatly relished by cows and horses
as well, but it is an unpleasant thing
to feed and draws flies by the mil
liona-
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09

When scandal Is born in your
family watch the neighbors help II
grow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-09

Sooner or later mans illusions de-
velop into experience.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09
Bids Wanted.

Sealed proposals will be received by
at the City Hall. until 800 o'clock p.
m, Tuesday. October 18th. 1914, for
thirty tons of first quality, first cut
ting hay to be delivered as required
by the city tabout four tons per
month"; and paid for upon delivery.
The Council reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
BY order OF the Council.
LIONEL r. WIGRAM.
Commissioner of Finance and Supplies.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

William Gale, superintendent OF
bridges and building for the county.
states that when he and his men were
tearing down the old Tongue creek
bridge last week they located several
nests where bats were holding forth
and in one of these nests bat was
found which measured over fourteen
inches from tip to tip of its wings
and another over thirteen inches.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09
Six Per Cent Loans

Obtainable on Farm, Ranch and
City Property. to improve. purchase or
remove incumbrance. Liberal OPP
tions; 5 years before making pay
ment on principal. etc. For the prop
osition address: Assets Dept, B o,
at 1410 Busch Bldg, Dallas. Texas.
or 422-2S First National Bank Bldg,
Denver Colo.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

r, p. Happy" Cummings expects to
leave either tomorrow or on Sunday
for points in Colorado and Kansas
where he will look into the potato
market and contract for the sale of his
own and several other potato and on
ion crops in this district. He went
out on such tour last year and was
successful in getting much better
prices than were offered here.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Judge Black of the district court
has suspended the sentence of from
one TO two years in the penitentiary
Fruita, Colorado. who was found gull
ty of embezzlement. Stone had al
ready passed some eight or nine
months in the county Jail at Grand
Junction
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Oscar Kennedy, a 17-year-old lad re-
siding at Hotchkiss was recently
found guilty OF petit larceny in a tus-
tice court in that town and sentenced
to ten days in the county jail He
was brought to this city on Tues Jay
and is now a boarder at the county
prison.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

bound passenger Wednesday morning
for st. Louis, where she is to renew
her studies in one of the colleges.
She was accompanied as far as Den
yer on the trip by her mother who
was to visit few days in that city
with friends.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

H. W. Pratt and A. NJ. Anderson
visited Frank Kuhn and E. Warner
Saturday night. spending the night
with the boys at their fine Gunnison
valley ranch five miles above Delta
The entertainments was Of the royal
kind these boys always hand out.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The twenty year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Hotchkiss who resides in
North Delta and when the former was
working on a thresning machine in
that district on Wednesday had the
end of finger on his right hand badly
crushed when caugt in cog wheels of
the big machine. Surgical attention
was enlisted Immediately following the
accident and it was necessary for am
putation of the injured part of the fin
ger in making necessary adjustments.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Among the passengers boarding
the train yesterday evening were
Mrs. Robert Cole and Mrs. Ray F.
Bateman. who will spend a few days
sightseeing in Salt Lake City and
then go on to Los Angeles. San Fran
cisco and other California points for
an extended visit.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

William Lyle. of the Cory district,
who is looking after the Hubbard orch
ard and farm during Mr.. Hubbard's alb
sence in the east, had a rib fractured
on Monday when he accidentally slip
ped and fell against a wagon on which
he was working. He came into the
city shortly after the accident and had
the fracture attended to.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The sugar beet harvest, recently be
gun. has been somewhat retarded by
heavy rains making the fields almost
.inacce essible. The beet tops however
re green and vigorous and the roots
are still growing.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

S. L. Lane formerly of Paonia. has
accepted a position with the Grand
Mesa lumber company in this city to
succeed r. L. Couts who has gone
to California to Join his family. Mr..
Lane is an experienced lumberman.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Many loads of potatoes are still com.
ing in and strings of teams are busy
hauling apples to the various ship
ping stations in the county. II market
prices were higher this would be 4
greater reason for rejoicing
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

w. A. whetzel arrived in the citv
from his home In Iowa last Saturday
evening and is n guest at the homc
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wells on Garnet mesa
Mr.. whetzel owns q ten-acre orchar 1
on Garnet mesa and is here to look
after the harvest and marketing OF his
crops.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The work on the county bridge at
the mouth OF Tongue creek is pro-
crossing steadily. 1t is a big job,
however, to replace the old bridge
by practically a new one, and the
work is not likely to be more than
completed by the time winter is on.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

DR.. l. Hunter has sold his dental Of
flee and business to DR.. William Flual-
len of ouray who took possession on
the first day of this month. DR.. Hun
ter has as yet made no plans for his
future but he and his family are ex-
pecting to remain in Delta for some
time.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The following now comprises the Re-
publican county executive committee
of Delta county: C. E. Blaine. chair
man; Mrs. w. II. Stewart, vice-chair-
man: Mortimer Stone. secretary:
Judge Wm. w. Dingman and E. S. Bob
bitt.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

A Derosier, one of the best known
farmers and fruit growers of the Ce-
daredge district. was in the city on
business bent first of the week and
states that he expects to have about
fifteen hundred boxes of the finest
apples that were ever shown in any
market.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

An old lady once remarked: There
are all kinds of people in the world
and l am glad l am not one of them.
And that old lady had it all over some
OF her present day pin-head descent
ants.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The F. F. club was pleasantly enter
tanned by Mrs. Harry Mathers at her
home on Second street between Main
and Palmer last Tuesday evening A
sumptuous luncheon was served at 6
O'Clock
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The Colorado supreme court has re,
fused Harold Henwood, murderer ,i
George Copeland and Sylvester Won
Phul in the Brown Palace hotel in Den.
yer little over two years ago, a new
trial either for lunacy or any other
cause and Henwood must now accept
the verdict of the latest jury which
gave him the death penalty. Chief Jus
tice Fuller stated that the supreme
court could not institute or make a
sanity inquiry.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

One of the heaviest rain storms that
ever visited this part of the country,
terminated with an all-night down-pour
last Saturday night, and after rain
had been falling good part of the
week.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Harris on Friday. Octo-
Der 2. Mother and child reported
doing nicely.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Skip what you don't like in this
paper. There are plenty of good things
that cannot help but please you. You
may not be perfect yourself.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Mrs. Roger Williams and two little
children came in from their home in
Ouray Wednesday evening for short
visit with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Kennicott.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

William Gilbert and Fred Blumberg
shipped five cars of fine cattle to the
Denver markets last Monday.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Mrs. Clay Davis is reported quite
i'll of typhoid fever at the home of the
family on California mesa
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Mrs. woodgate and two daughters,
Gertrude and Fern, left for Elko, New
ada. where they go for the benefit of
Mrs. Woodgate's health. son and
brother awaits them there.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

To Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sarels OF
the Uncompahgre valley district, was
born a daughter on Monday. October
8. 1914.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

bright little baby boy came into
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sayre
on Wednesday, October Z, and is to
assume the name and become a perma-
nent member of the household.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Hon. C. C. Hawkins. John E. Ramer.
and Paul Wilson were down from
Hotchkiss Wednesday. attending the
meetings OF the Republican and Pro-
gressive candidates and committees.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

J. s. Robinson departed last Monday
for Santa Barbara, California. after
spending the summer In this city.
looking after property and other in
terests.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Election is now less than a month
away. The feeling is growing that
there is going to be a good many sur
prises in the result.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Marriage licenses were issued this
week ms follows: Charles Carpenter
and Miss Ida Linden. both OF Hotch-
kiss: George Finnegan and Miss Sees
ka Sands. both OF Cedaredge.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Miss Agneta Evans departed last
Monday morning for Norwood. where
she is TO take charge of grades in the
public schools.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
George b. Hickman on Monday. Octo-
ber 9. 1914. Mother and child report
ed doing nicely.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

]. G. Alexander has been sick for TIL,
past four weeks with typhoid fever
but is improving.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

A E. Amsbary has fitted up office
quarters in the Stockham building sec
ond floor on Main street where he will
practice law and look after other bust.
ness.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Winter apples will keep. and we be-
lieve that soc hundred in bulk is too
cheap for them. Those who can do so,
should store a part of their apples.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Ed Hanson was here from Hotch
kiss on business last Monday.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Millard Fairlamb of Delta was a
business visitor in Montrose last Sat
urday.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

w. E Obert and Geo. w. Bruce were
in Montrose on Friday of last week.
attending unification meeting of Uu-
compahgre project bitches.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Frank Hoppe. prominent Gunnison
valley ranchman. arrived home from
Kansas City. the first of this week, to
which city he accompanied shipment
of cattle.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Editor Blake of West Slope" was
Wednesday.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09
$1.75 to $3.75

See Jeff. the Growing rooster. hatch
edd from the egg by the magic Of
Newton.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

w. A. Lingman and Fred Donley
were Hotchkiss visitors the first of
the present week, from Montrose.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Clarence Wagner came up from
Grand Junction Wednesday, he hav-
ing been called there as a witness
in mining case, from Paradox val
ley.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The apple harvest is now fairly un
der way. Considerable of the fruit
will be shipped in bulk this year.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Lawrence Adams arrived home last
Sunday evening from a weeks visit
with his sister in Ridgway
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

NJ. II. Carlson came in Monday ev-
ening from Telluride where he had
spent the past summer looking after a
number of mining claims which he
has owned for several years. He was
in the foothill city when the clouu-
burst occurred few months ago and
says that it was certainly one of the
horrors of the time. Most of the dam
aged property is now in good repair.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

Mrs. Anna Bechtel and Miss Bertha
Trip who were delegates to the w. c.
T. U. state convention at Salida last
week returned Saturday. Mrs. Bech-
tel was taken seriously i'll on reaching
Salida and was under the care of doc
tor and nurse and did not attend anv
session of the convention. but was able
to return home. Her many friends
hope for her speedy return to health.
The morning train from the west
last Sunday morning was over three
hours late on account of washout
near Whitewater and rock and sand
slides in two or more other places be-
tween that point and Delta. Track
forces of the Rio Grande were put to
work that afternoon and had normal
conditions restored so that the evening
train had no trouble in getting through.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Earl, of Cherryvale.
morning from Salt Lake City where
they had visited for several weeks
and are guests at the home of the lat
ter's brother. William F. Kehmeier, OF
Eckert. Mrs. Earl is in poor health
and they are expecting to take quar-
ters in Delta for time and IL Mrs.
Earl's condition is improved here thev
may locate permanently.
Next Tuesday morning Captain j.
r. Charlesworth, commanding the Del
Ia company of the national guard.
will take a team to the state rifle
range. near Golden. to participate in
the competitive match shoots from
October II to IS. inclusive. They will
return October goth. Last year the
Delta company moved up from the last
but one of all companies in the marks
man class. to the top OF the class, and
they will shoot in the same class this
year. Captain Charlesworth is sangu-
inc OF winning the medals in this class
this year and will take good team
for the competition. The team. as
now made up. subject to change. how
ever. is as follows: Lieutenant, n.
| V. Day: corporal, Ed Landreth; cor
poral. Fred Monroe; private, Charles
Florer; private, Roy Hamilton; private
Thomas Griffith; private. Joseph l..
Watt; Captain Charlesworth in charge.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

III. DeBar who has been in the city
for some time past from Omaha, Neb-
raska, looking after the construction
of five-room house, granary, barn
and other improvements on his eighty
acre tract of land on California mesa
near Pea Green school house. departed
for his home in the Nebraska metrop-
oils on Tuesday. Mr.. DeBar is trav-
cling salesman and he takes consider
able interest in his Delta county farm
and its advances in the way of higher
cultivation and general improvements.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

C. H. Allen and c. p. Hopson and
their wives arrived home last Satur-
oday evening from their automobile
trip to Denver and return and report
the drive across the Rocky Mountain
range as without incident to mar the
pleasures connected with such trip
even IL 1t was raining much Of the
time on the way home. They were
gone a week and spent two or three
days visiting with friends in Denver,
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The board of county commissioners
are In session this week, the time so
far having been mainly spent in 60
ing over county bills.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

w. p. Dale was a business visitor
in Montrose on Saturday of last week.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The ladies of st. Luke's guild will
hold food sale" in Gale & Clack's
store window every Saturday after.
noon, until further notice.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

One of the California mesa farmers
stated to an Independent reporter first
of the week that it would be safe to
say that Japanese boys who were rent
ing tracts OF land between this city
and olathe had 1000 acres of onions
and that most of them were not har-
vesting their crop because of the pres
ent prices. Onions are quoted at 80
to s5 cents per hundred, not enough
to pay for digging.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

A. X. Stevens came in from lola
Wednesday evening and went up in
the North Fork country next day to
look after ranch and other interests
for a few days.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

H. j. Baird is campaigning in the
southern part of the state this week.