The Delta independent. [volume], January 11, 1887, Image 2

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THK Xf/SM.TA /’f HI.ISIUSO COM I'A AT.
C. a. HOW S iN<i. - - - - IHimiil-nm MauuiUT
Tine wiulcr so far lias been y«yy fu- !
voralde to Hue stock interests, Out very j
JitUe sn<*w lias fallen .on the
ranges. and mule are lug bar up now
titan they have been at this tune of
year for several aeaaous.
The blunt is m<ide by the
<Was!iingt<m J/c/uhi that (feu. laigaii
.came Ip by tin* ailunuistration
of morphia or aconite by Ins doctors
ami sayr U> it there js promise of a
medical dispute.
The contract for building the /exten
sion of the I). & If. (1, from Ited ( lift
to Glen wood .Springs lias been award*
jed to Carlisle, lT.ce & MeGuvoch.
Work will noiuinenae the latter part of
the month. The grading will cost
aboAit gtMHMMWO.
Fennsylvania lias adopted a new
marriage law. A licence is issued uu
thon/.ing the parlies receiving it to,
marry themselves, all that is required ;
of them is to agree to marry each oili
er before two competent witnesses and
the thing is done.
The Santa Fe company wijl after
Jan. !Hh have on each passenger train,
a man whose duty is to take up tickets
thus relieving l.he conductors of this
part of pis arduous work and of his
perquisites as well. A strike of the
passenger conductors is now in
order.
Vjcks Monthly Magazine and Floral
Guide for Jau. has been received uy us.
it is of great interest to all who con
template gardening this coming season,
comaniing many practical hints and a
list of all the old and new varieties of
seeus. It is a book that should be in
the hands of all gardeners.
We are glad to learn that the con
tract lor running tin* Canon ferry, for
1687, lias been awarded to J. if. Hall,
liuriug the fipie that lie lias been in
cnarge ail tjiat jwiint, the public have
found him .accommodating, courteous
and always at his post. Ilis. securing
the couiiact gives satisfaction to all.
Our North Fork representative to
the legislature, lion. 5am Wade, will
turn Ins private apartments in Denver
nto a soi l of a poiuologicul, horticul
tural exhibition, displaying the won
jieyiul products, of the North Fork
Country, lie wjj) invite all the grang
er members around, one at a time, and
before they get away, ilig sage ol
North Fork will display memorials
and petitions from the North Forkers,
phoning why ihe slate should build a
bridge across the Gunnison river at
JJeilu. He got fooled tiie other day.
being introduced ton gentleman from
Clear Creek, and supposing him to be a
jueruber, invited him.over to see the
prodigious growth.of his seclion, and
iu course of time produced his docu
ment* mid solicited bis Clear Creek
friend to support the measure. The
Clear Creek gentleman looked, wifli
said, **JJeg pardon,
Mr. Wade, 1 am not a member of the
House. My name is Theo. Simmons
a candidate for sergeant-at-arms, ami
1 want your support. Mr. Wade had
iiu engagement af tiie Windsor fight
away.—Filol.
CALIFORNIA LETTER
Tv TiU. KplluH Ujf i'HJi ISOKHK.NpKNT.
Agreeable to »iy promise of writing
>pu lima the “Flowery Kingdom” I pen
fae following: On leaving Delta 1
it id not ex peel to witness in noli winter
short of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
liut to mv great surprise i found the
whole Salt Lake Valley covered deeply
with snow, while great crowds of skat
ers were gleefully skating on the lake.
'l'lie sjeirra Nevada were crossed after
liight and at daylight we found ourself
pt the famed {Sacramento Valley,
where the traveler has experienced as
ladical transition from barren wastes
to tropical verdure and wealth as is
possible fo conceive. A soft, young
New Englander in our car bad been
1 dd that at the next town ten minutes
w ouhl be allowed for passengers to no
out ami pick oranges fi oin trees near
by. and wljen tlx* train neared the sta
-1 ion, he lielieving the story, went about
calling »u all to go forth with him and
improve each shining minute in gath
ering the golden fruit.
Trains failing to connect we spent a
pleasant d:ty in Sacramento City, we
visited, among notable places, tlm Art
liallery and Capitol building and all
I -ft well repaid- In the evening we
0 arted south oyer the California South
ern it. It. wliicji brought us early next
looming to the Teliaehapi Pass with
its more than twenty tunnels and its
celebrated "Loop" where the It. It. is
made to turn back Mild cross itself thus
forming a loon. Continuing south
ward we passed through Eos Angelas,
from thence to Cotton and from thence
to West Fall Brook, opr destination.
We found ourself well and pleased with
f.U« cliluige of climate and country.
We had escaped the Inclemencies-of a
rlgerouselimH. and found In turn so*
«*irthl> Paradise abounding with all
the forms of lieuutiful life. Bui
. enough iii this letter. In my next. I
yp.'fritifll desert iNi ft he country etc. without
tfe# lisa of vas, # * L. C. A i.KV
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HAYSEED JOURNAL.
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Editor Indei'endvut.
Tim holidays are continued indeli
cately on the North Fork. Parties
are the order of the day, and night too.
The latest move in that direction, is
the grand hall, given hy the grave, rev
erend and worthy seigniors of the
Hotchkiss school hoard, in l!ieir new
brick school building, on Friday Jan.
14. Everybody is inyited. Hitch up
the old mare, load up the wife and
kids, anil coiye and see us. Koss Wll
inoi is comuia l idcr-in-cliief, so its suc
cess is ausured. To-day he was seen
tearing over the country on a wild
eyed broncho. He says lie is going to
round up all the liddlers and chickens
in the North Fork valley, so there will
he no failure in the quantity or quali
ty ot either.
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Our Solons are now ready for busi
ness, and it is hoped they will have a
liLtlo common sense and undo some of
the foolish legislation of oilier sessions.
The bounty on wolves and mountain
lions should ho restored. Many thou
sands of dollars, in excess of what the |
premium on their scalps would have
been, have been lost by their depreda
tions, the past > ear.
A law ought to be passed changing
the time of assessing stock, so us to
prevent stockmen, who winter on our
ranges,from listing their slock in other
counties.
Another change should he imide in
our representative districts. As it
now stands, some counties, such as El
bert and Ilinsdale. having hardly 400 |
voters, are each entitled to a represen
tative, while (iiinnisoii, Montrose Del
ta. Mesa and Pitkin. have but one
among Uie rive.
A water district should be organized
in this part of the state, and a commis
sioner appointed. AmMtioqsossible an
appropriation should bo gotten, from
the state to assist in bridging the Gun
nison.
Also a law should be passed prohibi
ting railroads Troirt having any inter
est in any produels, of which they are
common carriers. This would protect
our coal interests!, prevent unjust dis
eriiniwations. and be the opening move
for the development of our coal mines.
These are some of the questions in
which the people of Delia county are
interested. It is hoped our represen
tative will turn himself loose, and se
•cure the passage of laws embodying
the above changes. Should he do so,
lie would be truly, a public benefactor
**•
A vigorous effort is being made by
the business men of Munliose to se
cure and hold the trade of the North
Fork country. They claim this trade
amounted last year to over a quarter
of a million dollars. For over three
years they Wave monopolized a largo
share of the business of this section,
and have made liberal concessions to
our people, both in terms and prices, to
hold tins trade. The last move in this
direction is tlie construction of a wag
on road ou an air line Irom Montrose
to the North Fork. While this would
be fun for the North Fork, it would
bo death to Delta. Montrose ijy on the
down grade and it behooves her busi
ness nieu to try and retain what they
have gained. When the lailroad leaves
that place the shipping trade will go
with it. and then Delta will be on an
equal footing, and can compete suc
cessfully with any town on the road.
The Blight deference ill freight would
not warrant our ranchmen in going to
to Montrose. Our trade is begining to
turn towards Delta, as it is found that
many articles of merchandize are cheap
er than in tlm former place. If our
merchants wouM now combine u little
more enterprise with their capital and
gall, they can soon control the whole
business of this region. Let them buy
and store all our surplus produce, pay
ing Mont ros* prices, and the thing is
done. They need not ship a pound.
Every dollars worth will bo needed in
this county tins spring. It is folly to
build up another county at the expence
of our own. Our ranchmen and mer
chants should pull together, each should
be wiljing.to sacrifice a little for the
common good.
Physiology.
By a pupil «;f tin Pella /Ugli School.
The bones, about 200 in number, form
the framework of the “house in which
we live.” The bones Imvo three prin
cipal uses, Ist to give form and
strength to ilie body, End —to form a
surface for the attachment of muscles,
and act as levers to move the body, 3rd
—they protect the delicate internal or
gans. They are divided, for conven
ience in studying, into four classes -
bones of the lie id, ti ink, and upper and
lower extremities, The bone* of the
head and four of the special Benses-
Luste, smell,sight and hearing. The
skull is composed of two layers of bone
jojired together by ragged edges or su
tures, these prevent a fracture from
Sheading. iletween the layers of bone
is a soft spongy substance which dead*
ens the force of blows, it is oval in
shape and is strongest where there in
most danger from blows. The bones
of trunk protect the heart, lungs,
etc. 'idie libs, 24 in number, form the
Olu'sf. these ms are joined to the sfiin
coluoiii at Lite back and to the slurii
uiu or hre-mlbotiM in front. The cheat
should he larger at the bottom than at
the top. hut this is seldom the case »w*
big to deforrnaties caused hy wearing
tight clothes. The clothes should be
loose about the chest, leaving plenty of
This space belongs
to
KING & MOODY
KKAL ESTATE AGENTS*
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room for expansion, and the weight
of the clothes should hang from the j
shoulder and not the waist or hips. [
The spinal column, or backbone, is
composed of *J4 bones, (.vertnbrae) these
bones are joined together by cartilege
which form a packing and enable us to
move backward and forward and in
different directions. Within a hollow
in the spinai column is lodged the spi
nal cord, the most delicate of nerves.
The scapula, or shoulder blude, and the
clavicle, or collar bone, are bones of
the chest. The bones of* the upper
extremities, or the hiimerous the large
bone ol the arm, the radius and
ulna, the small bones of the arm,
and the carpus, metacarpus and pha
langes bones of tho wrist and hand,
correspond in number and structure, to
the bones of the lower extremities, or
the lemur, thigh bone tiie fibula and
tibia, small bones of the leg, and the
tarsus, metatarsus and phalanges, bones
of the ankle and foot.
The muscles come next, forming the
walls of the house. They form a cov
ering for tlie bones and give a round
ness and shape to tlie body. They are
attached to the bonnes and movo them
in different directions. There are two
kinds of muscles, voluntary or ilioso
that act when we will, involuntary or
those over which the will lias no power*
The muscles to be in a healthy condi
tion must be exercised. Without ex
ercise they will become soft and llabby
and perhaps diseased. In turn, too
violent exercise, long continued and
without rest, is as dangerous as too lit
tle exercise; more 1 Llnnk, because the
muscles in the latter case may be per
inuutly weakened, strained or diseased.
Over alTtlns is placed a covering,
the skin. This is composed of. two
layers, false and true skin. The true
sKin or cutis, is placed below and con
tains the-nerves and blood vessels. The
outer skin or cuticle i§ merely a
ing having no nerves or blood vessels.
The skin has three uses, protecting, ex
haling and absorbing. The hair and
nails are mouthed loims of the cuticle.
The hair forms a protection to the
head, from heat and cold and .shields '
it from blows. Thu nails protect the
ends of the lingers and toes and add u
1 finish to the hand. The skin is well
i supplied with oil glands which keep it
1 soft and flexible, uud with perspuato
ty glands which help to throw ult the
waste matter of the system.
Tue organs of respiration and the
voice, are the lungs, larynx atul trachea.
They are situateu in the chest, fasten
ed at the back to the spinal column,
in health they are a delicate pink. The
air is punlied in the mugs, the pure re
tained uud the impure thrown oil.
The trachea is a lube leading from the
larynx to -the lungs. The larynx a
CHitilagenous box at tue lop of the
trachea, tue air passes through this to
Iks lungs. The vocal cords are placed
over the larynx and by the action of
the air, together with Lite teeth, Longue,
lips auu palate, ine sound and speed:
is made.
Circulation of the blood through the
body comes next. The bloud, called
lnpjid flesh, carries material lor repair
ing and building every organ in the
body. The heart is called ine engine
of life, lor it propels the blood to all
parts of the body. The heart is a
muscular, pear shaped organ, placed in
the center of timeliest, between the
lungs. The blood is made impure in
its lour of the body and when it conies
impure to the heart, the heart throws
it into a vein or artery which carries
it lo the lungs where it is punlied and
then sent back again over the body.
The organs of circulation are, heart,
arteries, veins and capillaries. Tor the
health ol the heart and general system,
the air we breach should be perfectly
pure, and no btiiniileuls like alcoholic
drinks should be taken Lo increase the
action of the heart, and in time weak
en and disease it.
Tood is as necessary to life and
health as is pure air. Without food
we could not have strength or even
life, for lood makes blood alter It lias
undergone a process ot preparation.
The food is tlrsL masticated and acted
upon by the saliva in the mouth. It is
then swallowed. It passes down the
aesopnegus or tube leading to the
stomach. After it reaches tlie stom
ach it is acted on by the gastric juice
in the stomach and subjected lo a
churning or rotory motion, this reduces
it Lo a soft, pulpy mass, it passes then
into the large intestine where it re
ceives the pancreatic juice, bile frein
ilm liver and intestinal juice. It then
passes into the small intestines, all
the time being acted upon by diges
tioiiai fluids until it is ready for circu
lation. ’1 be small veins of the stomach
carry the pure matter to lliu blood.
The stomach should have rent as well
as any organ. Meals should not he
taken ol tuner than 4 to 5 and 0 hours
apart.
The brain is the seat of the mind, is
our will force. It. is situated m the
skull. The brain is divided into two
parts, cerebrum or thut part which
gives us inUdlegence, nud the cerebel
lum or that which has eontol over the
voluntary muscles. The brain is the
center of the nervous system. 'There
are two kinds of nerves, sensory or
lnose carrying an impression to the
mind, motory or those carrying orders
from the mind to organs. The nerves
are divided into three classes, spinal,
cranial and »\ iupathetic. We have
not had the special senses yet as a
study, hut there are five, taste, touch,
sight, hearing and stuell.
N. J. BALDWINj
E fllns .lust Received
A NEW STOCK!
Can Furnish
AMMUNITION
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Any Make of Guns
Tlmt may be desired, nt as
LOW PRICES !
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CHICAGO ANI) SALT LAKE
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Winchester, Model 1873. 44 Gal., - $l6 to $l7
“ " 1876, 45-60 and 45-75 17 to 19
New Model, 1886,40-82,45-70 and 45-90 21 to 22
hi;eaui-i,oai>im; shot »i vn.
Double-Barrel, - - $l4 to $3OO 1
Single Barrel, • • 6to 15
Ammunition sold in proportion as cheap.
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Gunsmith anil Boot anil Shoe Maher
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
BOOTH HAWK TO OKWKR AXI)
Repaired on Short Not lee.
Gnus and Sewing Machines Repaired
DKI.IA. COLORADO.
Terms Caih. v
Irrigation Made Easy
A great Having of labor and time by
lining this Dam for Irrigating Ditches.
In the past the lateral ditches from
the main waterways have had to he
dammed with dirt or a system of Kates
at a great cost to each party caused by
handling dirt to dam the ditches so as
to raise the water over the land, more
or less of the dirt would wash down
into ditches at the removal of the dam.
to he cleaned out at an additional ex
pense, etc. etc. Now this dam does
away with all such work and expense
AVe call the attention of patrons of
irrigati a to this useful and labor-sav
ing invention. You can save enough
in one year, with this dam, to pay f"i
the use of said dam a lifetime. Dam
ming small Streams of any kind, dams
can he made of all sizes. .Stop right
here and make a note of this.
The Greatest
Labor-Saving
Invention of the age.
Send in your orders and apply for
particulars to It. F. Dillon, Delta, sole
gent for Delta, Montrose and Mesa
counties
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