The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
AUGUST, 1883
PERSONAL MENTION

Garfield county ranchmen now do
their trading in Delta, coming over
the mesa by the way OF. Plateau.
Last week John J. Marsh dug $40
pounds of early rose potatoes from a
piece of ground not more than thirty
feet square.
Delta county assessment rolls show
6,207 cattle 6,5O1 sheep S21 horses, 121
mules, 1874 burros and II swine with
in the county.
1t is understood that Mrs. Phye, the
county's ward will enter charges
against the overseer of the poor be-
fore the County Commissioners, for
failure to furnish a sufficient quanti-
ty of pie with her rations.
The surveyors will soon be at work
sectionizing the reservation. All that
delays them now is the completion of
the third correction line, which is
now being run as fast as the job can
be done. This fall land will be put
on the market for pre-emption.
At the school examination, last Fri
day, L. C. Alley of Delta, and Harry
Grant of Paonia, the only two can
didates who presented themselves,
passed very creditable examinations
before County Superintendent Mer-
chant, and will be given teachers GER
tificates.
The ranchmen of the Gunnison val
ley understanding that the survey as
let did not make any provision for the
meandering of the river. circulated a
petition to the Surveyor General re-
questing that this be done. Last Tues
day the following letter was received
from Surveyor General Meldrum:
R. E. Eggleston came in last Thurs
day with a fine lot of speckled trout
for shipment to Denver. They were
captured in Lake Eggleston on Grand
Mesa. Mr.. Eggleston has rigged up a
self registering mosquito-bite mach
inc, and by this means found out that
these trout cost him just eighty-seven
mosquito bites each. Fine fishing up
there he says.
Mr.. J. B. Hart brought down. last
week, three samples of sugar beets,
weighing together sixteen pounds.
They were raised on adobe soil in
Alfalfa basin, and are scarcely half
grown. In conversation with Mr..
Hart he expressed his belief that
twenty-five tons of these beets could
be easily raised to the acre. (Mr.
Hart was the first man to raise sugar
beets in Delta County,
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both voted bonds to build school
houses. This puts us in mind, that
the recent agitation of this subject in
this school district has about died out
If we expect to prosper we must have
school houses. The old log house
days have gone by and it is high time
Delta was having better school facili-
ties. We rejoice in the enterprise
shown by our two neighboring towns
A band of White River Utes passed
over the Denver & Rio Grande road
last week, enroute for the Exposition
in Denver. Chief Colorow was among
the number, and looked ugly and vi
cious as ever. The ride over the
mountain passes on the little narrow
gauge Will no doubt be red letter
day in their lives. One of the gang.
Indian Jim, while at Gunnison was so
favorably impressed with civilized life
that he attempted suicide.
Fruit culture has taken a firm hold
on the Nor Forkers. and almost every
ranchman has his orchard in embyro.
Many different varieties of apples are
being tested. some of which may
prove unsuited to the place. but GER
tain varieties will do well. All small
fruits are doing remarkably well and
without doubt will be successful OF
peaches there are some doubts about,
but fair trial will be given them
before they are discarded Five years
time will see the North Fork produc-
ing an abundance of fruits and ber-
ries.