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The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Personal ITEMS

The office of county surveyor is yet
to be appointed.
William Mathers of Boulder is in the
city. with a view of locating.
Edward Kellogg, county clerk and
recorder, resides on the Muddy, and is
interested in stock raising.
Enos Hotchkiss, one of the cattle
kings of North Fork, was in the city
at the reception of Governor Grant.
Otis T. Standish left for Denver last
week. He Will be back in about ten
days or SO with a herd of Hereford
cattle.
w. A. McDougal, county Judge, is
from the North Fork country, and is
spoken OF as a man of pleasing ap-
pearance and learned in the law.
Daniel J. Mccormick, coroner, Delta,
halls from Missouri; is a live, ener-
getic citizen. who will do the honors
Of the Office in the highest style OF
art
Capt. J. NJ Anderson has gone to
the Unaweep country to look after his
copper interests. The mines in this
section are reported to be very valu.
able.
George II. Merchant superintendent
OF public instruction, from North Fork.
is interested in stock raising. He ia
eminently fitted to teach our young
ideas how to shoot.
T. II. McGranahan, county treasurer.
from Delta, is a fine young man of
ability and will make good officer.
He is engaged in the mercantile bust.
ness with his brother.
DR.. w. A. f. DeBeque of Grand
Junction, surgeon Of the Denver e. Rio
Grande, was in the city last week, in
specting the White Sulphur Springs
and taking in the sights.
Charles L. Andrews, sheriff, is from
Delta, and is every way capable of
performing the duties incident to his
office. He has been constable of this
precinct since the election last fall
or the three commissioners, Samuel
Wade and Enos Hotchkiss live on the
North Fork, and A. T.. Kirkbride on
Crystal Creek. They are among the
most wealthy and influential of our
citizens.
The long suspense is finally over
and Delta County rejoices in a full
corps OF officers. The first news of
the appointments was received in the
city last Saturday, and gave very gen.
eral satisfaction, with only here and
there q dissenting voice.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
DeIta's Mineral Springs

We predict in time that Delta will
be the Saratoga of the West. With
her genial sunshine, her warm win
ters, her scenery, and her many
springs she will become the favorite
resort and sanitarium of the United
States. The White Sulphur Springs,
situated on the edge of the townsite,
has been visited during the past week
by several gentlemen capable of in.
telligent judgment and pronounced to
be marvellous in their way and OF
known medicinal value. Among them
were men high up in the medical pro
fession. The site of the springs is
being improved and will soon be in a
presentable condition. Besides this
spring there are several others in the
near neighborhood carrying iron in
solution, that will become valuable in
time. At the mouth of the Grand
Canon Of the Gunnison there is a
strong soda spring, and on the North
Fork there are several sulphur
springs so strong as to be undrink.
able. There is a deposit OF sulphur
surrounding them that is almost the
pure article, and when dry will burn
as readily as the sulphur OF com.
merce. These springs are all cold.
An analysis Of the waters will be
made at an early day.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Inducements ~ Offered to Settlers
To the Editor of The Chief.

To the Editor OF The Chief:
The people in this section of the
country came here to SETTLE to make
homes and an honest living They
have to work hard to earn any money,
in the same way any man must do in
whatever country he may be. They
understand fully the expense neces-
sarily attending the building of rail-
roads or wagon roads, and so far as
anyone may judge, they are willing to
go by the old motto of "live and let
live" But there they must either
stop or starve. The Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad in it's fowery adver-
tisements holds out all sorts of induce
ments to the farmer, ranchman, miner,
etc, but not one word is sai,. of the
expense man is put to either to get
here or bring or have merchandise
forwarded to him. For a long time
when customers demurred at prices
asked by merchants in this town for
the necessaries of life they were met
with the clinching argument that they
had to pay five cents per pound for
freight. This was in the days of
wagoning, when hay cost ten cents
per pound. Now that is past and we
have the long looked for railroad but
that is comparatively no better l
have before me now a freight bill of
the railroad for $50 pounds of flour,
meal and molasses, forwarded to this
point, and the amount calls for $19,
600 pounds at $2.4O and $50 pounds at
$3.50. II that is not downright ex-
tortion, then someone please tell us
the limit of fair charges. The party
to whom these goods were shipped is
anxiously awaiting the arrival Of about
three thousand pounds of merchan-
disc; by the time that arrives he ex-
poets by mortgaging his stock and
ranch to pay the freight charges. l
came to this country to look for
place to settle and invest money.
There are some OF the comforts of
life man has right to, that are not
to be had in Delta, and it was my
intention to have such things for
! warded to me from the east, but II
the railroads make such exorbitant
charges, l say it is money thrown
away to bring anything out here. The
cry all over the land is down with
monopoly; in a measure the greater
part of those who are making the
most noise have nothing either to gain
or lose, in the same way that the
men in the South who made the great
est outcry about the yankees taking
our niggers." never owned one; but
every fair-minded man and every set
tier in this country should cry down
such extortion.
A WOULD-BE SETTLER.
March IA, 1888.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
The Unaweep Mine.

Capt. F. NJ. Anderson has left in
The Chief Office, for inspection. speci
mems of ore from the Unaweep dis
trict, carrying gold. silver and cop
per. On assays made for gold at Hills
$247. and on copper from 33 to SO per
cent. Some native copper is shown.
The lodes are from IS inches to four
feet in width. The Unaweep district
is in the neighborhood OF % miles
from Delta. across the Uncompahgre
plateau.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
THE SULPHUR SPRING
Grand Junction, Colo,
March 5, 1883.

Grand Junction, Colo,
March 5, 1888
To the Editor of The Chief:
Having been requested to express
my opinion of the Delta Sulphur
Springs, it gives me great pleasure to
say that the waters of these springs
are very valuable as a remedial agent.
The sample of the water which / Sc
cured through the politeness of Col.
Bailey has been very fairly tested,
and though I am unable as yet to
make anything like a full report on
its medicinal qualities, can say that
these waters are decidedly stomachic,
tonic and diuretic, and will undoubted-
ly prove beneficial in diseases of the
stomach, liver and kidneys. I look
upon the Delta Sulphur Springs as
being equal to anything of its kind in
America, and it is my intention to
give these waters thorough test.
Yours respectfully,
w. A. E. DeBeque, M. d.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Appreciated

To the Editor Of The Chief:
l am glad to see that Delta has at
last got paper. and IL you continue
to turn out as good paper as the
two copies now in the hands of the
public, you will certainly be deserving
great deal OF credit, and you should
have the support Of the entire county
without single exception. and any
person who does not give you his sup
port in the way OF advertising. sub
scription. etc, is not worthy OF citizen
ship in Delta County. Not only will
I assert that you are issuing one of
the best weekly papers that is gotten
up in the state. but can bring many
others to corroborate this assertion.
Appreciation.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
EDITORIAL COMMENT
FROM THE FIRST ISSUE
OF THE DELTA CHIEF
M arch 7, 1888.

In starting a new newspaper enter
prise it is customary to outline its
policy and intention. In conducting
The Chief it will be our endeavor to
give our patrons readable paper, and
to this end ask the cooperation of
everyone in the collection of news in
the neighborhood. 1t will be our aim
to work for the best interests of the
county, representing no clique or
party. In politics the paper will be
neutral, but will have an opinion on
all questions of interest to our people
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
THE DELTA TOWN COMPANY
HAS $500 LOTS FOR SALE
IN DELTA

The GARDEN SPOT OF COLO.
RADIO, on the line OF the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, Utah extension,
at the junction OF the Uncompahgre
and Gunnison rivers.
A Predestined Railroad Center
Three different railroads staked
through as many corners OF the town.
Midway between Denver and Salt
Lake.
Irrigable land as extensive as Salt
Lake.
Unsurpassed as FARM AND
FRUIT REGION.
Climate unrivalled in Colorado.
Altitude 1900 Feet
Winter resort for the mountain
towns. Home for the health seeker.
Mineral springs Joining the town.
Now is the time to invest. Lots are
25 by 125 feet.
Business lots. each, $75 to 800.
Residence lots. each, $25 to 500.
Address
DELTA TOWN COMPANY,
Delta, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
From the Rio Dominguez
Dominguez Tank Station

DOmlngueZ rank station,
March IL, 1888
To the Editor of The Chief:
Yesterday l came upon a copy of
your first issue. l am no newspaper
man and cannot give the right speech
to illustrate the thought that i'm
presses me at first glance, sufficient
to say it speaks for itself, and the
excellent management and editorial
staff cannot but succeed in making it
first-class newspaper. The items
from here are slim other than to men
tion some of the parties who have
claims below Delta in what is called
the Canon.
from mouth of Escalante down to Mr..
Stanley's ranch, which is Just above
Mr.. Ingersol's, which includes this fine
tract of land upon which the D. & R.
G. switch and water tanks are sit
uated.
Next below is Messrs. Brown &
Matherson's ranch, and then comes
Remine with his beautiful little ranch.
No other ranch between there and
Bridgeport, where numerous men are
at work on bridges.
This place is twelve miles below
Delta, and Bridgeport is six miles
further down the Gunnison.
Messrs. Ingersol, Stanley & Ingersol
have just fired up large lime kiln
and will soon have first-class quality
of lime for market. The ledge of lime
rock is of superior quality. and they
have fine coal mine only two miles
distant. Thickness of vein Az feet
of clean coal. H. H. Ingersol was
formerly from New York and was
engaged in breeding fine hogs. The
small Yorkshire was his specially.
Mr.. Remine has three feet of an.
thracite coal of superior quality only
ten miles from Delta.
Some parties are leaving here for
the Jim Creek mines at jamestown,
on the other side of the range. j. B.
Kenney, an old prospector, promises
to write upon his arrival there and
will give correct statement of things
concerning that locality.
Mr. Brown, who attends to the
pumps here and at Delta, is a pleas
ant and obliging young man and kind
ly favors parties by his bringing pa
pers and letters from Delta.
You will seldom run across such a
pleasant place in railroad sections as
the section house halfway from here
to Delta. Mrs. Brennon is the lady in
charge, assisted by two fine looking
young ladies, and the bright appear
ance of the windows and the tidy look
of everything evidences good judg-
ment and taste. / had a good notion
to apply to the section boss for job,
but knowing he had no need for such
help as l am, did not apply.
/ am sorry for that "would-be set
tier" Hope he has settled by this
time; IL not, that he will hold off
, kicking until the company is organ.
lied and that we have all got a grub
stake for another year. am sure
afraid that the d. & r. G. railroad
will have to quit or reduce freight,
and j had just as soon think they
would take up their track and suspend
operations entirely as to regulate
freights to suit any particular in
dividual. TRAPPER.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Montrose County OFFICER.

County Commissioners-O. ID. Lout-
senhizer, A. e. Buddecke and s. H.
Nye.
Clerk and Recorder-Joe Selig.
Sheriff-Frank Mason.
County Judge-George Simmonds OF
Gunnison.
Treasurer-George Huskins.
Assessor-Dave Markley.
Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
tion-C. w. Blackmer.
Surveyor-G. M. Effinger.
Coroner-F. p. Brown.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Wholesale Slaughter of Game

To the Editor of The Chief:
The attention of the authorities of
Delta County is called to the whole
sale slaughtering of deer going on in
this vicinity. 1t should be stopped
Immediately. The plea is made by the
hunters that they are killing to dry
the meat. That is bad enough at this
time of the year, but the fact is very
evident that they are killing for the
hides only. In few years the resi-.
dents Of the county will either have
to go fifteen or twenty miles for their
venison or not have any. Lock your
stable before your horses are stolen.
GAME LAWS.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

D. & r. G. Arrivals and Departures
Eastern passenger train----5 :55 a. m.
Western passenger train----9:12 a. m.
Closing of Mails
Eastern mail closes--------8:00 :00 a. m.
Western mail closes----5:00 100 p. m.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

All of the bridging used on the
Denver & Rio Grande road west of
here are being made at this point.
The State of Colorado is in condi-
tion now to pay off it's Indebtedness,
which at most does not exceed a few
hundred thousand dollars.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

The D. & R. G. proposes this spring
to put thirty-five electric lights at as
many different points in the Grand
Canon of the Arkansas. A trip over
the road will be a grand sight
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

Among the many improvements pro-
jected in Delta none are of more i'm
portance than the handsome new
depot of the d. & r. G. When COM
pleted it would be an ornament to
any city. and one that we may well be
proud Of
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

Some stir was caused among our
citizens last week over an alleged
ranch jumping. For a time things
looked threatening, but a committee
of arbitration took matters in hand
and soon settled matters satisfactorily
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Mesa County Officers

The following officers OF Mesa
County have been appointed:
County Judge-Robert Cobb.
Clerk and Recorder-M. l.. Allison.
Sheriff-Martin Florida.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

Colorado now has thirty-nine coun
ties, and room for more to follow
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

Senator Tabor has introduced in the
Senate bill to establish a new mill
tary post in western Colorado. The
removal of the Indians from this sec
tion, and the opening up of the reser-
vation to settlement, renders the aban-
donment of the Uncompahgre canton
ment necessity and it's accomplish
ment only matter of time
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
From the Files of 1883

preservation and extension of the for
ests in the United States, authorizing
the Commissioner of Agriculture to
establish in Colorado an experimental
station for the purpose of propagating
such forest trees as are deemed valu-
able to the different parts of the coun-
try, and for the distribution of the
same in such manner as shall best
execute the objects and purposes of
the act The bill appropriates 100000
for the starting of this experiment.
Governor Grant has vetoed the Net
Output Bill' for reasons that there
was no limit put on the amount of tax
that should be levied, and that in
cases, notably in Leadville, the as
sessment would be exorbitant. The
bill was framed in accordance with the
expressed sentiment of his inaugural
message, and but for the continued
howl of the nonresident mine owners
would now have been a law. The
Governors backbone has weakened
materially, and he has listened too
iOuS " tHc VI
Wall Street The ranchmen and cat.
tlemen can only grin and bear it for
the present, but the day will come
when more equitable tax assessment
will be made.
The Mining and Industrial EXposi-
tion will open it's second exhibition in
Denver in July, and promises to be in
every way an improvement on the one
held last year Another annex is to
be built for the use of machinery,
while the main hall will be used al
most exclusively for the display of
mineral and the products of the farm.
Delta County should be represented
by good, active commissioner, and
her various industries brought forward
prominently. No better advertisement
can be had than a fair showing of our
resources at this exhibition. A suit
able commissioner should be picked
by the County Commissioners at an
early date to represent Delta County,
so that he will be enabled to fairly
! represent us, and to do this properly
considerable time and attention will
necessarily have to be given to it.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
First Section 1922 Review Anniversary Edition
Il Banks Mission

AS a semi-public institu-
ton, a bank accepts these
definite missions at the
time it receives a charter:
1. To encourage individual thrift
to the end that the community
NAV record definite financial
progress.
g. To so transact it's business as
to do the greatest possible
good to the community which
it serves, remembering always
that the safety of deposits is
of first consideration in any
strong bank.
How we'll we are per-
forming our duties is evil
denced by our continued
growth.
May We Serve You?
Delta National Bank
Delta, Colorado
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

Senator Tabor has taken hold OF the
question Of the decrease of forests,
having introduced In the Senate bill
for the better protection, promotion,
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

Delta County is blessed in more
ways than her location and climate
There is not practicing lawyer with
in her borders. In all cases of dis.
putes the people take the matter in
hand and by arbitration committees
Of non-interested parties settle things
generally with more satisfaction to all
concerned than IL the case had gone
through the mill.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
THE DELTA CHIEF
Delta, Colorado

THE DELTA CHIEF
Delta, Colorado
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Z, 1888.
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The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

The weather on the reservation
beats the world. On the eastern slope
of the Rockies, where 1t is said the
Garden of Eden was situated, does not
compare with this climate. The days
are warm and pleasant, the ther-
mometer ranging in the COS, while the
nights are cool and comfortable, but
not cold. The tirmouse are singing in
the willows, and robins and blackbirds
are to be seen every day. The frost
Is out Of the ground, and farmers are
plowing and planting. Denver will
have to look to her laure1s.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

There can be no good reason why
the survey of the lands on the reserva-
tion should not be proceeded without
delay. The appropriation for it has
been made, the contract let, and our
ranchmen are anxious for it. Under
the existing condition of affairs diff
culties are arising as to boundary
lines and land is liable to be jumped
at any time. Besides there is not a
piece of taxable real estate in the
reservation. The sooner our corners
are established the sooner we will get
down to legitimate work.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-18
Is JAPAN CIVILIZED?
BY DR.. Frank Crane

You must judge whether not a nation Is
civilized, not by your likes and dislikes, not
by your fears nor your politics, but by GER
tain definite standards
I find the cleahest list OF these standards
indicated in the Billings Lectures delivered
by DR.. Jabez r. Sunderland 1 will follow his
order
i. The first mark of civilization is pub
lie order. No civilization is possible without
general obedience to law on the part of the
people. All authorities agree that there is no
nation in the world where public order is
better maintained than in Japan.
2. The next test is the spread of general
intelligence-and education Every child in
Japan from six to fourteen years of age is in
school. DR.. Eliot, of Harvard, declared that
Japan spends larger proportion of her pub
lie money for education than the United
States does, and has reached higher stan
dard.
3. Japan is full OF newspapers and
circulation of quarter of a million. Every
body, from the highest class to the lowest
reads.
much freedom of the press and of speech in
Japan as in England. 1t has a constitution
and representative government.
5. Civilization is tested by the degree to
which nation has turned from superstition
to science. Japanese have as keen zest for
science as any other people Her students are
in universities all over the world, and many
of her citizens have made their mark in orig
inal scientific research.
Art is highly developed among the Jap
anese, They are a nation of idealists not ma
terialists. Lafcadio Hearn said that Jap
anese art was hundred years ahead of west
ern art. The Japanese have long passed the
period of slavish copying, their thought is of
mystical significance and symbolic sugger-
ton rather than of Photographic reproduc-
ton. They do some of the most elaborate
wood carving in the world, also inlaying with
gold and silver, the making Of fine pottery,
also incompatible lacquer work and no
ton surpasses Japan in the art of landscape
gardening.
Z. In navigation Japan ranks with the
foremost nations of the world. Her battle
ships and ocean liners are as good as any.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-18
Scrabb;ng Batt1esh5bs

4 ENCOURAGEMENT that work has ceased
N on the two osttleships Indiana and
South Dakota, which were building at
the Brooklyn navy yard, comes as striking
testimony to the effectiveness of the Wash
ington treaty on limitation of sea armament.
That compact, shining memorial to the
statesmanship of the lamented Harding, was
ratified year ago by all the powers con-
cerned except Italy and France. Italy as
sented last winter; but as France continued
in doubt the business of scrapping the agreed
tonnage OF war vessels was held in suspense.
Now that the Paris government has added it's
signature, actual limitations can proceed.
Authorities point out that completion of
the Indiana and the South Dakota dread
naughts of more than forty-three thousand
tons each would have cost approximately
sixty million dollars. This sum alone is no
trivial saving; but 1t represents, as we are
told, "the least of the results OF the limita-
ton Of armaments by the leading sea powers
OF the world" For, they have called halt
on the mad race of competition In the build
ing of battleships and cruisers, which was
certain to lead them into endless expendi-
lures in the years to come Instead. the
principal naval powers engaged themselves to
destroy about forty per cent of their existing
strength at the time of the signing of the
treaty. The naval rivalry that created a
state of international distrust and apprehen-
sion of possible war has not only been
stopped but there have been produced a new
sense of confidence and understanding and
hrmer grounds Of lasting friendship
The outlook today for permanent peace is
far from unclouded; the omens from Europe
are undeniably grim. But how much greater
Tor that very reason is the value of treaty
| that tends in at least one direction, to check
the war impulse.