The Delta independent., 1916-02-25
information About Delta


contains many little bits of interest
) ing information, among which are:
Average cloudy days in Delta, per
years "a, as against 1913 in New York.
Ill in St. Louis and LOG in Chicago.
) Topography: Valleys and mesas 5
to 10 miles wide and 10 to 80 miles
in length.
Fuel: Coal mines within easy reach
) of all parts of the county; cost, 81 to
$1.50 per ton at the mine.
Citizenship: Largely from Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois.
) Churches: Practically all the de-
nominations.
Fraternity orders: Abundant and
; vigorous.
Liquor: Delta county has been dry
for many years; was among the first
; of the counties to vote out liquor
before the state went dry. Bootleg
ging not tolerated.
Domestic Water: All municipalities
have abundant supply of pure noun
tain water which is available to farm
ers, many of whom have cisterns or
pipe lines.
Irrigation: No county in the United
States has a more dependable or abun'
) dant water supply for irrigation.
Food products: Producing food
stuffs is the chief business of Delta
county. U. S. government report
shows Colorado irrigated lands pro-
duce per acre trifle over double that
of Iowa. Nebraska, Missouri. Illinois,
) Kansas or Indiana, and farm crops
never fail.
Schools: Pride of the country, of
exceptionally high rank, well patron
to schools and roads Percentage at
tending school, 10 to IA years, (U. S.
; Census 1870, 95.3. School wagons
Csupplied by the school board) trans
port children who live too far for
convenient walking.
Roads A live interest in good
roads here Road work is in the hands
OF the county commissioners. who hire
road overseers for different sections.
This work is handled in a vigorous.
we have excellent highways. The
county is traversed by the Rainbow
Route. automobile Highway.
General Land Values: $50 to $50
per acre for undeveloped land of ex-
cellent quality; $50 and up for i'm
proved farms. Considering possible
yield and the certainty of crops, these
prices are believed to be reasonable.
Hunting and Fishing: Protected
game hunted with camera and sketch
book: bear, mountain loin. wolves and
coyotes (plentiful in rugged slopes of
adjacent mountains) with 30-3O. Trout
fishing. next to peaches and cream. is
the great and unabridged sport of the
county. Every stream pouring down
the mountain side is a trout stream,
while the hundred lakes on Grand
Mesa, our northern border. are filled
with native brook and rainbow trout,
and no good citizen regards a summer
as well spent without fe wdays' fish
ing at the Lakes"
We Have: Numerous Good Samari-
tans and a reasonably fair crop of Phil
istines. A large collection of the best
people on earth, and, in common with
our neighboring counties, the best eli
mate on earth. All the production of
the temperate zone and highly civil
lized community. though hardly thirty
years from the Happy Hunting
Grounds" of Ouray's Ute Indians.
Onions: Harvey Smith. California
Mesa. $500 per acre: Harry Peterson.
California Mesa. 1855 per acre; E. f.
Ladd, Garnet Mesa, s475 per acre;
Richard Shea, Gunnison valley, $3.50
per acre.
Potatoes: Ben Wheeler. Gum 1on
valley, S65 bushels per acre; MAYS
Bros. Gunnison valley. 366 bushels
per acre: Sayre Bros, Ash mesa, $50
bushels per acre; S. A. Lewis, $50
bushels per acre.
Sugar Beets: A chief industry; one
of the leading fruit growing counties
in the U. S, Csome $500 acres) The
brilliant sunshine and cool nights count
for quality and color
Cattle and Sheep: Great govern
ment ranges and national forest re
serves within the county. On the
mountain tops we'll watered open
parks, bunch grass where cattle are