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The Delta independent., 1917-03-23
Notice Of Sheriffs Sale

Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue OF special execution to
me issued from the District Court of
the Seventh Judicial District in and for
the County of Delta and State of Colo
RADIO. dated March ., 1917. in a GER
tain cause wherein A. II. Gibson is
plaintiff and c. F. Crouch is defend
ant. in favor of plaintiff and against
defendant, in the sum of s307S.30 debt,
together with S73,65 costs. | will on
Saturday the 31st day of March, A. d.
1917, at the hour of ten O'Clock a m.
at the south front door of the Court
House in the City of Delta, County
of Delta and State of Colorado. sell at
public sale the following described
premises, situate and being in the
County of Delta and State of Colorado,
to-wit:
The Southwest quarter of the South
east quarter of Southeast quarter of
Section 10. Township Is South of Range
"a West of the Sixth Principal Merid-
ian, containing ten acres, more or less,
according to Government survey. To
gether with a three-sixteenths (3-16)
cubic foot of water and n like interest
in the Loutsenhizer Ditch represented
by Glass a. water.
Dated at Delta, Colorado this End
day of March. A. ID. 1917.
NJ. A. DAVIS, Sheriff.
First pub. Mar O. last pub. Mar. 80.
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23

Welfare conference at Delta was very
interesting, showing the comparison
between an ordinary COW and cham
pion COW of Colorado. Among other
interesting articles, an exhibit, was
the Babcock test which was demon
strated by High school pupils.
Mr. Mechelke of the Delta Cheese
factory has installed larger milk vat
to take care of the 1900 lbs. of milk
received daily at the factory. This
factory is manufacturing some excel
lent cheese. Mr.. Mechelkc is an eSper-
fenced cheese maker from Wisconsin.
He is demonstrating that juct as good
cheese can be made here as there.
One of our farmers. has just recently
completed a hog house for narrowing
sows and out of the 81 pigs farrcv ed
Il have been saved The cost of the
material in the house amounted to
$1l5 and it required five days to build
it, two men doing the work The house
is of the half monitor type with a
double row of pens and an alley way
VIDE enough to drive a wagon through
the house. The house is on lie farm
of Ralph Nash, Montrosesvicinity
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23
CATTLE AND SHEEP MEN MEET
TOGETHER AT CRAWFORD

Thusrday afternoon about one humid
red of our ranchmen and cattlemen
met at Crisler Hall with Supervisor
Kreutzer to express the sentiments of
our people in asking to have high
grade range opened to accommodate
ten or twelve thousand head of sheep
owned by our local men, that is boni-
fled land owner ranchers. The meet
ing was called to order by Mr. Nc
MILAN; Ralph Stoner was elected
chairman and Leslie Savage secretary.
There We're several short talks made
that brought out many strong argu-
ments why this range should be open
ed to our local men. committee
consisting of Geo. Tracy, Chas. Frey,
Gus Pace and Mahlon and Luther
Collins were appointed by the chair
man to designate driveway to and
from the high range. The sentiment
seemed to be in favor of the opening
of this range by a big majority; and
if this high range asked for is opened
by the Forest service for the home
people, we predict there Will be no
conflict between the cattlemen and
sheepmen. Many are interested in
both sheep an dcattle.-Chronicle.
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23

Blackleg and Anthrax in our lower
animals have been looked upon as
diseases that We're practinall'- incur
able but easily prevented by vaccina-
ton. In small herds the double black
leg vaccine has been considered most
effective while in the larger herds of
the west, where vaccination is quite
a chores the single vaccine has been
mostly used. The double vaccine has
been used in anthrax. Now we have
on the market a single anthrax vac
cine, anthrax bacterns. and blackleg
serum. The latter is especially app NC
able in herds where the disease has al
ready appeared. There is an interval
Of two to three weeks after cattle
have been given the vaccine before i'm
munity is established but the serum
gives immediate protection and this
is very desirable in herds where the
disease has appeared unexpectedly. 1t
also appears that the serum has much
curative value.-Geo. H. Glover. Colo
RADIO Agricultural College, Fort Collins,
Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23

A boy doesn't want to be a soldier
in order to get shot; he w&1tS to
shoot some other patriot.
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23
LIVE STOCK PRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle Steady TO S ronger;
B.O2d Demand For Cows
HOGS ABOUND 1O-15C LOWER
Packers Make Very Few Bids On
Sheep and Lambs During Most of
the Morning. Big Run at Chicago
Receipts Even Larger Than Mon
day Everything Uncertain on Ac-
count of the Late Trains and Storm.

- $3.50 -
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Nebraska, March IA, 1g17.-A very re-
= crtahie run of cattle showed up for
tuesday. 300 loads, about 200 head.
Demand WAS very good for the deslr-
shlr fat cattle and the market wns
uctlve and stronger for anything with
weight and quality. For the ordinary
run Of beef steers it was about
sieady trade and somewhat slow.
Strictly good to choice heavy beeves
sold AT Sll.25G 1l.S0, with few
head at Sll.S5. Fair to pretty good
1850 to 1,3oO-pound beeves sold
around s10.25911.o0.
Quotations on cattle: Good to
choice beeVeS. Sll.25G 11.S5; fair TO
good heeves. S1o.25G 400; common to
fair beeves. S9.ooG 1000; good to
choice heiferS. SS.T5G 1000: good to
choice cows. SS.50G9.15 fair to good
cows. ST.jo0 $50; Gamers and cutters,
Sl.J0GT.25; veal calves, 5000 l1.T5;
bologna bulls. SG.50Q 500; beef bulls,
SSO0Ga.3o.
largest for about three weeks. 251
ears, or something like 1850 head.
The market was rather slow getting
started. shippers bought some hogs IN
early rounds mt prices that were
about dime lower They paid as
high as $3.50 for choice heavies. Up
to late hour packers best offers on
good hogs were loo lower than Mon
days average. II looked as though
the market would he ANYWAY 100 I5c
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23
Notice Of sheriffs Sale.

Notice is hereby given that by viz
from the District Court of the County
of Delta dated February 2Sth, A. ID.
1917, in n certain cause wherein Lionel
II, Wigram and Willard Fairlamb are
plaintiffs and Ira Allentharp Walter
II. Smith, Clarence A. Smith. C. Car
penter. w. ]. Spells, Thomas Mower.
w. s. Mitchell. Floyd ID. Morris and
Shock. defendants. in favor OF plaintiff
and against defendants in the sum of
S5719.60, together with s46.S5 costs,
will on Saturday. the 31st day of
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WORK.
WHAT is lT?-coMMoN SENSE

A farmer boy works ten hours
day. plows and cultivates the earth.
feels no sense of ownership. has nei-
Their heart nor head interest in his
work That's drudgery.
A farmer boy gets up early in the
morning, works all day, has no part
nership with father, no chance of re
creation, is denied club fellowship,
has no ownership in crops and animals
such as corn. baby beef, pigs, or
poultry. That's tough.
A club member takes a few grains
of seed. manages them through soil,
insects and plant di-
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23
LEGAL NOTICES.
Notice of Sheriffs Sale.

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of a special execution to me issued
from the District Court of Delta
County dated March LIST. 1917, in a
certain cause wherein Marie F. Hew-
lings is plaintiff and Josephine NJ. F.
Cowan is defendant, in favor of plain
tiff and against defendant in the sum
of S3743.S7 debt. together with s13.S5
costs. will on Saturday the oath day
of March, A. D., 1917, at the hour of
ten o'clock a. m. at the South front
door of the Court House in the City
of Delta, County of Delta, and State of
Colorado, sell at public sale the follow
inng described premises, situate and
being in the County of Delta and State
of Colorado towit:
An undivided one-third interest of
defendant in and to: The South half
of the Southwest quarter of Section %,
the Southwest quarter of the South
west quarter of Section IA, the South
east quarter of the Southeast quarter
of Section 10, the East half of the
Northeast quarter and the Northeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter of
Section %. and the West half of the
Northwest quarter and the Northwest
quarter OF the Southwest quarter of
Section %, in Township 10 South of
Range 95 West of the Sixth Principal
Meridian. containing 400 acres, more
or less, according to Government sur
vey, excepting, however, a tract be-
ginning at the Northwest corner of the
Southwest quarter of the Southwest
quarter of Section IA. Township 10
South OF Range 80 West of the Sixth
Principal Meridian; thence South on
section line between Sections Il and
II OF said Township and Range. 436
feet to center Of Dirty George creek:
thence following down the middle of
said creek TO intersection with the
section line between Sections IA and
% OF said Township and Range. at a
point 300 feet East OF the section
corner common to Sections IA, Is. %
and %: thence East on said line to the
Southeast corner of the Southwest
quarter of the Southwest corner OF
said Section Il: thence North on sub
division line to the Northeast corner of
said Southwest quarter of Southwest
quarter; thence West on subdivision
line to the Northwest corner of same.
or place of beginning. being all land
in said Southwest qurater of the South
west quarter of said Section Il lying
North and East of the middle of said
Dirty George creek. containing So
acres. more or less; also including as
water right for said 365 acres of land
an undivided one-half interest in the
Cedar Park Ditch. and all other water
rights used in the irrigation of said
land including seven and onehalf
shares of the capital stock of the
Battlement Mesa Ditch & Reservoir
Company.
Dated at Delta, Colorado. this LIST
day OF March. a. D.. 1917.
NJ. A. DAVIS. Sheriff.
First pub. Mar. .. last pub, Mar. %. II
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23

The dairy exhibit at the Community
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23

seases, and produces vegetables, net
profits that win the prize at the club
festival or the State Fair That's skill.
club leader writes a few pages
of instruction on worthless pieces of
paper, puts them into hands of a
club boy, and thus guides him to a
business profit of $50 in a single sea
son. That's a good investment.
A club member may take an idle
piece of soil. invest it with 80 cents
worth of seed, a dollars worth of
fertilizer, and a few hours of brain
and Drawn, and make a profit of $50.
That's capital born of achievement.
Fathers and mothers maintain &C
tive membership in lodges, clubs, as
sociations, societies, guilds smokers,
and unions, but fail to see the need
of encouraging club work for boys
and girls. That's unfair
To give boys and girls manly and
womanly jobs, membership in a club
of their own, feeling of ownership. an
opportunity to do things real mo-
tive for study and achievement, a
feeling for liability; in short, a coop
erative interest in the whole business
of home making and farming That's
common sense.-O. H. Benson, in
charge Boys and Girls Club work, U.
s. Department of Agriculture.
A boy doesn't want to be a soldier
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23
LIVE STOCK NEWS
tBy II. A. Lindgren. U. S. Department

tBy II. A. Lindgren, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Montrose. ColoO
meeting for all farmers who are
interested in cooperating in the pur-
chase of dairy COWS, is called for Sat
urday March 31st, in order that all
plans may be discussed and arrange
ments made for importation If unable
to attend the meeting which viii he
held in Montrose at 1880 z. NJ at the
Reclamation Building, Room -. please
notify II. A. Lindgren, by phone or
letter or otherwise. so that all can be
included in this importation. who wish
TO be. The animals are to be brought
in at their actual cost Information
has arrived regarding the prices in
Wisconsin and will be discussed at
the meeting.
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23

A Pueblo woman while boiling a
bill into the fire and IL was burned t.
cinders.. In telling the butcher about
1t his sympathies were so aroused that
he did not charge her anything for the
steak. And now she says she came
out about even.
The Delta independent., 1917-03-23

A small boy who attempted to imi-
tate a rooster did not crow, he ate
worm.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
This is an AGE cf YCung Hen
But They arc SILL Young
If On Sunny Side Of Seventy

A generation ago 1t was customary
to talk of those who had reached forty
as of mature age. A man of those
years is now considered young, and
at sixty or seventy can have bril-
liant future still ahead.
That our f0refatherS had no such
conception OF relative youthfulness can
easily be shown. says Thomas +. Ia
gon in Lesiie's Weekly. The COnstitu-
ton provided that no one should be
eligible for election 20 the senate at
an earlier age than thirty-five, the
reasons advanced being that such a
restriction was necessary in order to
keep the senate made up of grave and
reverend sPigniOrs-elder statesmen,
who would not he blown about with
every veering wind of political doc
trine. Today there is not senator
who is just barely beyond the age
limit, and the great majority do not
come into senatorial honors short Of
fifty and fifty-five.
Alexander Hamilton was a sedate
secretary of the treasury at thirty-two.
The younger Pitt became prime minis
ter, first lord of the treasury, and
chancellor of the exchequer of Eng
land at twenty-fOur. Washington
spoke of retirement from active life
to well-earned rest and leisure for
his remaining years when still but
fOrty-siX.
In recent times we have had no
presidents young in years by the for
mer standards, unless Roosevelt be
classed as an exception in connection
with his first term of service. Even
the popular noveliSts have scnSed the
change. now making their successful
business men of forty or thereabOuts
attractive to the heart of the female
reader. This is admittedly an age Of
young men, as has been claimed, but
they are still young anywhere on the
sunny side of seventy, and many of the
most efficient have passed the three
score mark.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
METHODS OF PLANTING CORN
Higher Yields Obtained by AIternat-
Ing With Early and Late Maturing
Varieties Of Crop.

Methods Of planting corn by which
one or two rows Of an early-maturing
variety alternate with one or two
rows Of later-maturing variety
planted alone, according to the annual
report Of the bureau Of plant indus
try. Where there is likely to be a
shortage Of moisture during certain pc
RODS of growing season, dependence
should not be placed in a single va.
riety; under such conditions two or
three varieties which differ consider
ably in length Of growing season
should be grown.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
"THE WORLD DO MCyE"

Something like a gigantic ice cream
freezer has been built at the Utah Ag-
ricultural college. large enough to sur
round fruit trees, to experiment
with frost effects under actual or
chard conditions.
Because insects collect at the upper
end of screen doors an inventor has
brought out one in two sections per-
mitting children to enter through the
lower section without admitting in
sects TO house.
So that automobile tourists can
carry additional baggage an English
man has invented a trailer to be at
tached to the rear corners If a car
and be supported by single wheel.
Violet light is being used by French
scientists to test precious stones. es-
pecially rubies, as it distinguishes the
more valuable Burmese germs from
Siamese ones of less worth.
For sending messages from air
planes or balloons to the ground
Frenchman has invented a missile to
contain paper, which, on striking the
ground, ignites a colored fire to sig
nal its whereabouts.
A simple but accurate method for
measuring the surface of a human
being has been invented by a French
scientist.
If success greets q memorial CAM
paign now being waged, $250,000 me-
mortal to the late John p. st. John,
governor of Kansas and prohibition
leader. will be erected at Oiaihe, Kan
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
INCREASE YIELD BY PRUNING
Energy Of Plants to Formation
and Ripening Of Fruit.

The yield and quality Of many veg
etables can be increased by pruning
and pinching of center buds, thus
throwing the energy Of the plants to
the formation and ripening of fruit.
With muskmelons and cantaloupes I
always pinch of the center bud of the
main vine when 1t reaches a length Of
four or five feet says a writer. Gu
cumbers are treated in a like manner.
Such treatment results In increased
size Of the fruit and q Fastening Of
maturity. For the same reason the
ends Of pole and lima bean vines are
pinched of when they reach a height
Of six feet.
Tomato vines expected to yield an
early crop are pruned severely. But
three stalks are allowed to develop, all
side shoots being pinched of as soon
as they begin to form. The three stalks
are firmly supported by a stake four
feet in height.
When the vines reach the top Of the
stake the center bud is pinched out.
This stops height growth and throws
all the energy Of the vine to the de-
veloping and ripening Of fruit already
set. BY following this method I have
obtained as high as 40 fine, perfect
tomatoes from q single plant.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-12

man-inside. 1t swung into the level
stretch beneath them, a fantasy Of
gray and silver In the reflected sun
shine.
Louise had been leaning forward her
head supported upon her hands. AS
the car slackened speed, she rose very
slowly to her feet.
"The chariot of deliverance she
murmured.
ut is the prince of Seyre," John re-
marked, gazing down with n slight
frOwn upon his forehead.
She nodded. They had started the
descent and she was walking in very
leisurely fashion.
"The prince is great friend of
mine," she said. II had promised to
spend last night, or, at any rate, some
portion Of the evening, at Raynham
castle on my way to London"
He summoned up courage to ask her
the question which had been on his lips
more than once.
"As your stay with us Is SO nearly
over, won't you abandon your incOg-
nito?"
"In the absence Of your brother" she
answered, ~ will risk 1t. M name is
Louise Maurel."
Louise Maurel, the actress !" he re-
peated wonderingly.
II am She" Louise confessed. Would
your brother" she added, with little
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-12
A Model Man.

Adam, the first, was Il man of low
able disposition and model husband,
so l am informed by the recorders of
early events. Never once in the recO-
lection of his biographers did he speak
i'll of his beloved sOulmate in the pres
ence Of human company, and according
to those who were able to know all
his private affairs he never kicked on
her cooking nor grOwled at her house
work.
Whether she wore her gowns high
cut or low in the neck was matter
of little or no concern to him so long
as she was respectfully attired In the
fashion Of the period. And when she
got fred from the Palm Garden for
nibbling apples without someone's con-
sent Adam did not sneak off to Reno,
as husbands do today, to apply for a
divorce. No. He cast aside his over
alls. threw up his job and went out
with the little lady like a little man.
That's the kind Of sparerib he was
-Zim, in Cartoons Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-12

grimace, "feeI that he had given me a
nights lodging under false pretenses."
John made no immediate reply. The
world had turned topsyturvy with him.
Louise Maurel, and great friend of
the prince of Seyre! He walked on
mechanically until she turned and
looked Mt him.
"WellT'
II am sorry" he declared bluntly.
"Why?" she asked. little startled
at his candor.
81 am sorry, first of all, that you are
a friend of the prince of Seyre."
"And again, why?"
Because of his reputation in these
parts"
"What does that mean?" she asked.
'I am not a scandalmOnger," John
replied dryly. II speak only Of what 1
know. His estates near here are sys-
tematically neglected. He Is the worst
landlord in the country, and the most
unscrupulous His tenants, both here
and in Westmoreland, have to work
themselves to death to provide him
with the means of living disreputable
life"
"Are you not forgetting that the
prince of Seyre is Il friend Of mine"
she asked stiffly.
81 forget nothing" he answered.
''You see, up here we have not learned
the art of evading the truth
She shrugged her shoulders.
$50 much for the prince Of Seyre,
then. And now, why your dislike Of
my professiOn?"
'That is another matter" he con-
fessed. "You come from a world of
which know nothing. All can say
Is that I would rather think of you
as something different"
She laughed at his somber face and
patted his arm lightly.
big man of the hills" she said,
'when you come down from your fro
zen heights to look for the flowers, 1
shall try to make you see things differ
emily"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-12

The essentials for successful gar.
dening on small or large scale are
soil, water and cultivation. Much de
pends also on the grower, the season
and the crops selected.
The soil is the storehouse Of plant
food. The garden, therefore, should
contain humus or rotted material In
large quantities. The gardener should
remember that about so per cent OF
ordinary earth is not soil at all, but
consists of air and water.
Water makes plantfood that is pres
ent freely soluble, Rain and snow
water are soft and contain ammonia
The magic of soft water on the plant
world is one of the miracles Of good
gardening, as everyone who has con
trastSd the effect of rain with thai
produced by sprinklipg with a hose
realizes. Plants are succulent and
contain large amounts of water which
they have to draw from the soil.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-12
CHAPTER v.

Once more that long, winding stretch
of mountain road lay empty under the
moonlight. Up the long slope, where
three months before he had ridden to
find himself confronted with the ad-
venture of his life, John Strangewey
logged homeward. in his high dogcart.
The mare, scenting her stable, broke
into n quick trot as they topped the
long rise. Suddenly she felt a hand
tighten upon her reins. She looked
inquiringly around, and then stood pa
tiently awaiting her masters bidding.
It seemed to John as If he had passed
from the partial abstraction Of the last
few hours into absolute and entire for
getfulness of the present. He could
see the motOrcar drawn up by the side
of the road, could hear the fretful
voice of the maid, and the soft, pleas
ant words of greeting from the woman
who had seemed from the first as If
she were very far removed indeed
from any of the small annoyances Of
their accident,
81 have broken down. Can you help?"
He set his teeth. The poignancy Of
the recollection was a torture to him.
Word by word he lived again through
that brief interview. He saw her de-
scend from the car, felt the touch Of
her hand on his arm, saw the flash
of her brown eyes as she drew close to