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The Delta independent., 1923-11-23
"ALL ON ACCOUNT OF
POLlYr-JUNIOR PLAY

Members of the Junior play cast are
almost ready to make their first ap-
pearance in theatricals.
"The rough edges are rapidly being
rubbed off and the play is assuming
polish" said the coach Miss Grigsby.
Ayshford Tyler and Alice Rupp as
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly will soon give
the appearance of middle-aged people,
while Semper Egnew is learning to
be their spoiled and extravagant son,
Baldwin. However, he is capable Of
being reformed by the gentle influence
of Polly Perkins, otherwise known as
Beth Johnson
Many other stage characters are
being developed as Peter don't you
know" as Marie from Ireland, and as
Silas Young, the loan shark.
The Juniors state that they will be
ready for the critical eyes OF the pub
lie Tuesday night, November 81.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23
WESTERN TEAM LOSES
BY NARROW MARGIN

The pigskin warriors of the Western
State college at Gunnison met up with
the famous st. Regis team of Denver
on the Gunnison field Saturday after
noon, and lost by narrow margin of
10 to IL.
The Western team played remark
ably well, especially considering that
Dowd, the captain, was out owing to
a fractured jaw bone Wright, an
other good player was out, while Ak
en- played half the game with a brok-
en- hand. These are all mainstays of
the team.
By request Of the st. Regis coach
the quarters were cut from fifteen
minutes to twelve minutes, as he
stated his team was not used to the
nigh altitude. When the gong sound.
ed at the end of the game the West
ern team was hugging the goal and it
is firmly beliyed that they would have
made touchdown II they had been
allowed the extra three minutes.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23
California Mesa

Mrs. Ralph Hogan is suffering from
an infected finger.
Saturday evening a baby was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. George Moore.
S. ]. Culver will leave Friday for
Nebraska to visit his aged mother.
Tuesday a fine baby boy was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bishop. He has
been named Herbert Earl.
Reports from the bedside of Irving
Thomas, who is seriously i'll at Sc
attic, are more favorable this week.
R. E. Hogan will undergo an opera
tion for mastoiditis at the Delta hos
pital this week
Eric Hubbard, who has been in
Washington and Oregon the past year
returned home last week.
The Newt Whitner sale Friday was
largely attended and every thing sold
brought good prices.
Mrs. Chas Mealey and children. Au-
drey and Max, will leave Tuesday for
Missouri, where they will visit rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Tabor and son
Yates, are expected home this week
having spent the past month is Mis-
souri,.
Mrs. L. Stauffer of Minneapolis.
Minnesota, was an arrival last week
for visit with her sister, Mrs. Ella
/ Torrey.
Mrs. Lee McLaren and baby left on
Wednesday for Altoona, Kansas,
where they will visit Mrs. McLaren's
mother
A crowd Of young people enjoyed a
dance at the Johnnie Hinton home on
Saturday evening. A fine time was
reported
Rev. Leiper of the Presbyterian
church OF olathe. delivered a very in
terestfng sermon at the Stone schoo
house Sunday afternoon
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Anderson en-
tertained friends TO very elaborate
dinner Sunday. the honor guests being
Miss Ellen Anderson and brother Car
who leave soon for California where
they plan to 1--we
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Price entertained
at dinner Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Ad
ans and son Orlie OF High Mesa. Mr.
and Mrs. Werner Dahln and family and
Mr and Mrs. Henry Price and daugh
ter Miss Lou Price.
The ladies of the W. c. T. L. spent
a very enjoyable afternoon with Mrs
II. c. Warrick, Wednesday. Several
matters Of business were disposed OF
The next meeting will be December
II. and will meet with Mrs. D. F
Woodruff
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clark entertained
friends Friday evening to rooB
party Those TO enjoy their hospital
ity were the Clint WarTick. Bert Ad
ans, Elmer Griffith. J. II. Hall, T
c. Anderson and Or. Lockwood fami
lies. Mrs. Clark served delicious re
freshments.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23
SOCIETY
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The Harmony club will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. Ernest Enc Il
hardt.
Mrs. B. O. Windle will ne hostess to
the Coterie Study and Social Stub this
afternoon.
Bide-A-Wee club was entertained on
Friday afternoon by Mrs. ]. E. Chal-
mers.
Mrs. D. H. Hensler entertained the
F. A club Friday afternoon at a
delightful one o'clock luncheon.
Mrs c. F. Kirby and Mrs Hawkins
entertained the Neighborhood Fancy
Work club at the home OF the former
Monday afternoon.
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The November meeting OF the Meth
odist Calendar club was held in the
church parlors, Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Mathers' section had charge of
the program and refreshments.
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A very pleasant meeting of the Bap-
tist Calendar club as held at the
church Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Elm
er SINNERS division having charge
After the business meeting a short
program was rendered as follows:
Reading, Mrs. F. R. Stearns; vocal
solo. Mrs. F. w Grove; piano duet
Misses Beth johnson and Viola Kyffin.
vocal solo, little Miss Ruth Skinner
After the program an excellent chick
en- dinner was served, the hostess
being assisted by Mrs. Emma Skinner,
Mrs. F p. Stribling and Mrs. James
Boone.
Nearly a hundred young folks, mem
bers Of the Freshman class and invited
friends from high school classes, en-
joyed the Freshman party at the Com
munity rooms Friday evening. Special
mention is due Mrs. l. E. Wright for
the splendid arrangement of games
for entertainment. The young folks
played rook, pit and bunco. progress
ing at the ring of the bell, and in this
way the entire crowd was kept busy
A box OF candy was given to Lois
Shaffer who won the most games,
while rattle as consolation was given
to Keith Gunsolus. Chocolate and
waters were served at the close OF the
evening and a short program conclud-
ed the evening.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23
Pea Green Notes
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Mr., H THORNLEY, has returned from
the hills, bringing cattle and horses.
The Pea Green Community club met
with Mrs. Monroe Brown last Thurs.
day.
Delmar Seabaugh injured his ankle
in the football game at Grand Juuct-
ion last Friday.
Mrs. Conway, who has been visiting
Mrs. George THORNLEY,, left for Gun
nison last Tuesday where she will
visit her brother before returning to
California.
Mrs. d. w. Seabaugh, accompanied
by her son Delmar, and nephew. Clar-
ence Dickerson, motored to Grand
Junction last Friday to attend the foot
ball game.
Miss McKenney and number OF
school children went over to the
Roubideau Canon on a picnic last
Sunday After their outdoor sports
they roasted weinnies and marsh.
mallows.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23
ASKS AID IN FINDING
HER LOST HUSBAND

Mrs. ]. ]. Woodard, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Oran Houseweart, were
here from Rogers Mesa, Monday, for
the purpose Of enlisting aid to locate
Mr.. Woodard, the husband of the
former lady, who disappeared on
Tuesday, November 18th, 1928.
Mr.. Woodard left home on the
White Bus stage coming to Delta and
ostensibly to take the train to Mont
rose where he was to file on some
land.
When he did not return the next
day his wife called the land office and
was informed that he had not been
there.
Mr.. Woodard took dinner with rela-
tiyes in Delta the day he left and
appeared to be rational in every way.
He was about forty years of age and
no reason is known for his leaving
permanently. His relatives fear foul
play.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23

so great that it is impossible for
them to pay out within the time and
manner fixed by the law, if at all.
You see kddies these lands in ques-
ton are lands which, before the rec
lamation projects were started. could
not be used TO raise anything. The
work OF the Reclamation Service is
to make estimates, construct dams and
canals, and bring water to these lands.
Then farmers are induced to go there
and live and pay back to the Govern
ment the cost OF reclamation.
DIT. Work found further that out of
the IS projects only one had met its
obligations as they fell due. He
knows that reclamation can accom-
pish lot OF good in the future but he
also knows that the Reclamation Serv-
ice must be reorganized or it will fail
altogether. To accomplish what he
knows to be necessary he has formed
Fact Finding Commission to inves-
tigate the whole system OF the Rec
lamation Service On this commission
he has some OF the biggest men in the
NNAAANA 1 AANf q JULIUS L~AA lltSr
President Of the United States Chamb-
er OF Commerce; Oscar E. Bradfute.
President OF the American Farm Bur
eau Federation: James R Garfield.
former Secretary of the Interior: FL
wood Mead. engineer and author of
works on irrigation and reclamation:
former Governor Thomas f. Campbell
Of A Arivnna yt-hA 80 phaf r,N,
A. Widstoe, former president of the
State University OF Utah. and Clyde c.
Dawson, an expert on irrigation law.
This commission is already hard at
work. From their report DR.. Work will
be able to present a plan to congress.
Not only must the thousands OF farm
ers and their families living on these
lands be protected. but the work must
be put on a sound business basis for
those who will settle on the lands to
be reclaimed later,
Il just want to give you some figures
TO show you what Dr. Work found and
why he should be commended for the
fine effort he is making with regard to
this problem. There is one project
known as Uncompahgre. The origin
inal estimates made stated that il
would cost S2.5OO.OOO 70 reclaim It. 1t
really cost sTO12pS6. The estimated
cost per acre was S25. but, because OF
the original estimate being so low, il
is actually costing the farmers S7Ol2
an acre and they can't pay IT, They
cant get enough out OF their land
You can easily see from the figures on
this one project that II needs attention
badly. OF course. not all OF the
projects have been failures. Many of
them are successful but the Reclama-
tion Service as 4 whole was found by
DR. Work to be running without a
sound business foundation. SO he. in
keeping with all OF the efforts OF the
present administration at Washington,
is going 10 see that Il is run as any
business should be run, and that the
farmers are protected. We should be
glad that DR. Work is Secretary OF the
Interior l know the water users are
glad.
That's all tonight. Some other
time I'll tell you about another branch
OF the work that comes under the di-
rection of this man"
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23
FARMERS ON RECLAIMED LANDS
ARE TO BE PROTECTED

What n wonderful day II has beenl
The morning had come with a bright
sun that cheered and a crisp air that
made you feel and know that life is
really worth living. Jack and Ruth
had been off early to school and in
the afternoon Uncle Ted had taken
them to football game Jack was so
thrilled over the game that It seemed
he would never get through talking
about the various wonderful plays. In
fact II was a day for the two kiddies
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23

that they wouldn't soon forget and it
was no wonder that they were tired
and ready for bed very soon after sup
per. But as always, they were not too
tired for story, and having succeed
ed in getting Uncle Ted to promise
them one, they were soon calling for
him.
Come on, Uncle Ted" called Jack.
We are all ready and you know you
said you would tell us one story to-
night"
"Au right, Jack" replied his Uncle
Here l come. wonder what you
would like to hear"
Something about football said
Jack.
81 thought so. Well, think can
tell you something OF more lasting in
terest than football, Jack. want to
give you some idea of one OF the
most interesting of our government
departments. and OF the man who is
at the head That is the Department
Of the Interior and Dr. Hubert Work.
the Secretary. You see, DR., Work was
formerly Postmaster General in Presi-
dent Hardings cabinet and when Sec
retary Fall resigned as Secretary OF
the Interior, Or. Work took his place
and MIR. New. OF whom have already
told you, became Postmaster General
Tr Work was born in Pennsylvania,
and he was graduated from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania as a doctor in
1855. In 1855 he began to practice in
Colorado. While practioing in Pueblo
he became interested in public affairs
and worked his way to the post Of
Postmaster General and now SeCre-
tary Of the Interior
THAT gives you some idea OF Dr.
Work The Department OF the Inter
for includes the General Land Office.
Reclamation Service, Geological Sur
vey, Bureau OF Mines, Office OF In
dian Affairs. Patent Office, Bureau OF
Pensions. Bureau OF Education, Nat
ional Park Service and certain hospit-
als in the District of Columbia. DR..
Work also must supervise the work in
connection with the big railroad in
Alaska, and besides these many duties
he has several other smaller tasks to
perform From this you can see what
big Job IL is and how different the
many branches are from one another.
Because Of the many different kinds
OF work coming under the direction OF
Dr. Work l can not tell YOU about
them all tonight Each one OF the
bureaus and services has an interest
ing story. but there is one service up
on which DIR. Work is directing a
great deal OF attention because he
knows that II needs attention. That
is the Reclamation Service
Soon after he became Secretary OF
the Interior DR. Work realized FROM
the many letters being received from
farmers living on reclaimed lands.
that something had TO be done to
save these projects, protect the farm
ers from the loss OF their homes and
return the money TO the Government
advanced for their construction. He
found that because OF wrong estimates
and engineering mistakes the costs OF
the projects TO be repaid by farmers
on the irrigated land, had been esti-
mated from so to 100 per cent too
low, and that the actual cost had been
The Delta independent., 1923-11-23

Miss Elizabeth McCabe, who has
been a guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. George
Geiger. accompanied them TO their new
home at Alamosa, Friday, where she
will stop over for a short time on her
way to Berkley, California
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-13
There are oldsmobiles, and 2 paiges

There are Oldsmobiles, and 2 Paiges.
The rest range from 6 toll in a va
riety of well-known and otherwise
cars: bort, Star, Essex, Studebaker,
each 6; Chalmers, Maxwell, each 5;
Gardner and Hudson, each a; Hupmo-
bile, three; Jewett, Franklin, Mitch
ell, Auburn, Scripps-Booth, Lexing-
ton, each two. The list is concluded
by 1s cars, all different makes, includ-
ing Economy, Liberty Case, Hender-
son, Metz, Cadillac, Jordan, Staver,
Smith Truck, International, Patter-
son, Willys-Knight, Sampson. Moon,
Crow-Elkhart, REQ, Cole and Steph-
ems Besides these numerous modes
of travel there are 4 Harley David
son motorcycles This record is up
to and including Aug. 81, 1923.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-13
DISEASE AMONG SAGE HENS

Our attention has been called a
number of times of late to the fact
that there appears to be disease
among the sage hens.
R. E. Flick who has dry farm out
on Garfield gulch, reports many dead
chickens in that vicinity. Also, Mr..
Flick says that the old hens down in
the hay fields barely get out of the
way cf the moving machines and
many can be easily picked up. They
are very thin and cannot fly.
r. A. Little also reports the same
condition at his ranch on Quartz
creek. They have even come up to
his machine sheds and crawled in
there and died.
Apparently it is sort of roup, SIM
liar to that effecting tame fowls. The
extremely wet weather this year NAV
account for this unfortunate condi-
tion.
We presume there is nothing that
can be done about it, but it seems too
bad that disease should get into the
focks of these wild fowl, as they have
been greatly on the increase the past
few closed seasons.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-13
GREAT oRGANIsT COMING

The following letter carries infor-
nation that will doubtless interest
our people, and probably result in
quite pilgrimage to Montrose on
the 21st. 1t is a great opportunity
for our music lovers:
c. T. Rawalt, Editor,
Gunnison, Colorado.
Dear Mr.. Rawalt:
| thought some Gunnison people
might be interested in knowing that
Montrose is to have Clarence Eddy,
the great nine organist, here for a
recital on Friday evening, Sept. 2lst,
at the Congregational church Mr..
Eddy promised Miss Redding, while
taking lessons from him a year or so
aPo, that if he ever came west from
Chicago he would stop. here and he
has gone to Los Angeles and to San
Francisco for reoitals and will be re-
turning to Chicapo next week, and
we are to have the opportunity of
hearing him.
There will be special railroad rates
from all towns on the western slope
for this concert. Western College
with its splendid music department,
will be interested, and we hope to
see many here from there. The seat
sale will commence at my Office next
Monday. the 18th, at nine a. m. and
first come first served. will re-
ceive mail orders and reserve the
best seats possible when order is re-
ceived. The seats are only 81. Many
here have paid 50 so to hear him in
the eastern cities. One hundred fifty
people here have signed the guaran-
tee to take tickets. l presume Mr..
Eddy has dedicated more pipe organs
than any other organist in the U. S.
Yours truly.
W. o. REDDING.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-13


understand and assist In solving
these problems If he is to succeed.
In this new role-as a business man
the farmer steadily has advanced
to better position.
There was a time when the farmer
was dependent wholly upon priVa'e
marketing agencies, whose interest,"
was not always identical with his OWL
whose greed for profits sometimes out
matched consideration OF the farmers
need. Today there are many great
cooperative marketing organizations
that handle large part OF the farm.
er's crop and win for him more hperal
treatment from the private agencies
which still handle the bulk OF his pro-
duction.
Today the farmer also has his own
cooperative agencies of credit. II not
satisfied with the terms upon which
his local capitalist is willing to ad-
vance money upon land mortgage
the farmer can go directly to the Fed
eral Land Bank, which, by reason OF
tax-exemption and other advantages
incidental to its governmental char
acter, can loan money at a rock-bot-
tom rate of interest.
In addition, the federal government
has established another group OF
banks which permit the local bankers
by rediscount privileges-to extend
the farmer credit for his current oper-
ations on a more favorable basis-than
ever before. If he thinks his local
bank is not sufficiently responsive to
his need, this same legislation enables
him to join with other farmers in
cooperative marketing association
and arrange for credit direct from the
government banks.
New Credit Facilities
For years it has been the farmers
complaint-withc considerable justifica-
tion-that he, alone of all producers,
has been forced to market his crop
on the buyers terms because OF his
inability to use his products, in stor-
age, as a basis for credit. Today the
agricultural credits act authorizes the
acceptance of warehouse receipts. on
non-perishable agricultural products
as collateral for loans, the SANG as In
the case of sugar or other commodi-
ties of commerce.
These developments have relieved
the farmer from what seemed to be
persecution by short-sighted. tight
fsted, grasping grain dealers. land.
lords and bankers-for there were
some bankers who were guilty of this
very thing. who thought of the farm.
er principally as weak and ignorant
opponent in a game whose only stake
was the collection of q high rate OF
interest. The farmers suspicion of the
banker arose because of misunder.
standing, because he judged bankers
as class by the derelictions Of few.
Today, with these sources Of govern.
ment-controlled credit available at his
call, the farmer cannot charge or even
suspect that the bankers are conspir-
ing to do him harm.
As the real farmer has taken advan
tage of these opportunities. he has
made himself a business man. Like
other successful business men. he is
equipped with credit to finance his
operations. he is able to make use Of
labor-saving machinery, he is able to
barter with buyers of his products as
their equal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-13
COMPULSORY THRIFT

In Kansas a group of power and
telephone companies is trying com
pulsory thrift plan, which affects
about 1900 employees and applies to
every member of the organization
from the president to the humblest
day laborer. The plan requires that
each shall save and invest monthly
at least 10 per cent of his income.
Every month each employee must
make report to the general office of
how much he has saved, and in what
he has invested It, The investment
must be approved by committee
competent to advise. Government Sc.
curities. savings bank accounts, build.
ing and loan stock. payment on a
home, even payments ON furniture are
allowed. II debts have been incurred,
these must be listed and payments
may be arranged on them, but no
more are to be assumed. The idea ia
to make the employee live within his
means and also lay aside something
in a definite form.
Reports for the first nine months
show that about Is per cent of the
wages have been saved. no single EN-.
ployee falling below 10 per cent. This
amounts to over 100000. Failure to
report or to save brings dismissal, but
in only two instances among the 1.2OO
employees was such action needed.
Budget books are distributed and
their use explained as a helpful
method in establishing a working
scale Of living that will allow for
thrift.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-13
MIR. LOREE'S LOVING CUP
FOR BEST ID. L. II. SNlPER
(From Scranton Daily Times.)

(From Scranton Daily Times.)
shows itself in strange ways. None
stranger has come into our expert
ence in long time than ]. T. Loree's
published wish that his Delaware &
Hudson railroad guards should be-
come sharpshooters.
Private corporation police forces
are a sufficient nuisance in any COM
munity without being expert rifle
men. The desirability of having
skilled gunmen handy was well dem
onstrated some time ago at Childs,
near Carbondale, when a group of we'll
trained railroad snipers succeeded in
killing a citizen whose only offense
was that he shot at his own chickens.
The Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Company has already one record to
its credit. Its trains, official figures
show, have killed more people at
grade crossings in this valley than
have those of any other railroad. Its
anniversary celebration, only little
time ago, got the appropriate. blood
bath in a grade crossing accident at
Waymart whose horror entities it to
a place in history. And now it's po-
licemen will be trained so as to
waste no ammunition, so that they
will get their man at the first shot.
Presumably, its desire is to see if it
can make the craftsmanship of its
guards match up with the marksman-
ship of its locomotives.
Mr.. Loree will give loving cup to
the lucky winners in the marksman-
ship contest. Mr.. Loree might have
disposed of many loving cups had he
been generous enough to give them
to each years winner of the grade
crossing killing contests his line has
conducted for so long.
We see no reason why the d. G. H.
should make special efforts to edu-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-13
HAWK ATTACKS CHILDREN;
LAD WINS HARD BATTLE

Adolph Laushine, aged 10 years,
was the hero of an encounter with a
giant hawk Wednesday morning which
attacked him and his sister, Alice,
IL years old, as they were walking
along lane on their way to the
Smelter school. The hawk attacked
Alice, tore her dress into shreds and
scratched and bit her arms The girl
was thrown down by the bird. She
covered her face with her arms while
the bird pecked and beat at her with
his strong wings.
Adolph tugged at the bird and
pulled him off the girl He threw a
stone at it and hit it on the back.
The infuriated bird then attacked
the boy but the plucky lad broke
away, secured another rock and hit
the bird on the head. The hawk
staggered but returned to the attack
and closed in on the boy. Adolph
siezed the bird by the throat and
checked it to death while it beat him
furiously with it's wings and attempt
ed to tear him with its talons.
The children returned home be-
cause the girls clothing was so badly
torn she could not go on to school.
Leo Laushine, employe of the Hamp-
son Bros. & Valdez store brought the
hawk to The Salida Mail where it was
placed on display in the window
and attracted the attention of all who