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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
UNCLE SANS
NATIONAL DEBT

The public debt of the United States. that
upon which interest each year amounts 10
nearly So O0O, 900. is $3.50 1880. If bonds
for the construction of the Panama canal
are issued in a year the total Will so
above ST. coo. 000.C00. reaching a larger hg-
ure than at any time since way back In
the sos. There is opposition however, to
issuing bonds at this time. as the govern
ment still has considerable cash deposited
in national banks.
II do not see any reason to issue bonds 10
provide money for the construction of the
canal for many years to come said Ellis
II. Roberts. United States treasurer, while
talking on the general subject of the
amount of the bonded debt of the United
States ana the annual payments of interest
resulting therefrom We have $S0,0Oo,0OJ
deposited in national banks bearing no IN
terest IL is obvious that there would be
no good business reason to Issue bonds
bearing per cent interest when we could
make use of the cash that belongs to us.
We do not need a working balance in the
treasury of over $50 C00G coo. We have at
this time approximately S45.000.000, which
may be increased by the end of the fiscal
year to about SJ0,ODu.0O0. We could with
draw many millions of dollars from ma
tional bank depositaries. especially if reve-
nucs were running well along with eApendl-
lures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

The seaman gunners' school has two
branches. one here and one at Newport, r..
I. The classes start January /, March l.,
April / and November 1, and cover a period
of ten months. The course at Newport is six
months and the one here four months. At
Newport the men study torpedoes, mines,
high speed engines and electricity. In this
city they study ordnance in all its FORMS
The course here is divided into sixteen SUBJ
jects and week Is given to each. At the
end of the week the man Is examined on
the subject that has been studied and is
given a mark. He is also required to keep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

The canal commission has not yet reach
ed a point where it is able to estimate the
amount of money it will spend each year
upon the waterway. Chief Engineer Wal
lace is still engaged in making estimates
Of the work TO be done. The Spooner bill.
ure passed Congress June IS 1902 1t
made an appropriation of S10O000O0 to
carry on the work of the canal. 1t made
appropriations of SJ00000o0 to pay the
Panama Canal Company for it's property
and the republic of Panama for the impor-
taut concessions that were granted. One
Of the first steps, before any work could be
done by the United States, was to pay the
Panama Canal Company S40,000,O00 for its
rights, privileges, etc, and the next was to
give the republic of Panama $4,000 900 Tor
concessions. This money was paid out of
the cash belonging to the treasury. Most
of it was withdrawn from deposits with ma
tiouaI banks. the total lodged with these
institutions to the credit of the United
States having been as much as Sl6S,2S6. 116
on December 10. 1908. Secretary Shaw has
been forced to make Withdrawals since that
time, owing to the close margin between
receipts and expenditures. until the total
is now down to about $50. 900. coo.
OF the S100J0030 appropriation to carry
on the work Of the canal the expenditure
to this time is less Iuan 81 600 COCO, and the
idea is that the remaining S6.o00030 will
carry on the work of the project for nearly
two years longer, unless the government IS
able TO get more laborers than now seem to
be in sight. The government is willing to
spend money fast if it can secure speedy
work.
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This is comparatively small debt for a
country of our size and wealth." said Mr..
Roberts. THE fact IS that our per capita
of bonded debt is smaller than any other
country of any standing in the world. In
1907 there will be due $156, J93 SEQ the
per cent funded loan of 1907, and in 1908
the Spanish war loan will be redeemable if
we care 10 take il up. If the government is
not in position to redeem the bonds coming
due in 1907 we can refund them into = per
cent bonds, as have been doing for the
last few years. Much of our debt has been
refunded into per cents. OF the Spanish
war bonds more than half have already
been refunded, so that the total now out
standing IS about ST., 0o0, 600 1t is not con-
ceivabIe that owners of these two classes of
bonds would demand cash, but If they did
so the government would have to pay as re-
quested.'
Where are the government securities
held?"
"Of the total now outstanding the large
sum of sos, 2Gl 600 is owned by national
banks of the country. They use the bonds
as security for circulation and public de-
posits.- They greatly prefer the per cent
bonds, which now amount to S342,OOO,OO0 of
our total Indebtedness. Our interest-bear-
ing debt is, consequently, the basis of the
circulation of our national banks. With
out our national debt our scheme OF secur-
ity for the circulation OF national banks
would have TO be changed completely by
Congress-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

Mr.. Roberts called attention to the fact
that there is a debt of 81. All 800 upon which
interest has long since ceased. This debt
is made up" said Mr.. Roberts. "of bonds
that have not been presented for redemp-
ton. The government of the United States
fixes no time limit upon which one of its
bonds shall be presented for payment. 1t
simply makes the interest cease at certain
time. If possible, a bond could be preserved
many hundreds OF years and would have to
be paid when presented. Yes much of this
debt on which interest has ceased since ma
turlty Will be presented for payment Near
ly $1,000, 900 of It is made up of debts that
matured prior to January l, 1865. But occa-
sionaly some of these obligations come in
We had quite recently a matter of 81 600 or
more of notes that had been issued prior to
1865. They were sent in with an affidavit
that the money had been put away on a
rafter in an attic. Some OF IL decayed by
sheer age moisture, etc, and crumbled to
dust but most of it was recognized and
was redeemed We often have cases of this
kind. You will notice that there Is still out
standing of the A per cent loan that ma
tured February 2 1855. { total of $40 600.
These are held by various people and Will
drift in. Interest has ceased. We know of
one bank in the country that owns S100, 600
of the bonds, but holds on to them. We
cannot imagine why this is so. In the ma
jority of instances the bonds are held by
trustees of estates that being wound
up. The trustees do not care to sell the
bonds and be responsible for cash, so they
hold on TO the bonds. A percentage of the
bonds have been lost, burned or misplaced
Misers stick them away and die without re-
vealing their hiding places. but mighty few
people make way with an obligation against
the government, and in the long run the
government pays nearly all 1t owes."
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Hold up Sheriff.

Monday Morning James Warford and
Walter Kinley held up Sheriff Ed Bell
and his deputy, Tom Underwood at
Cripple Creek.
The men have been In the county jail
for . number Of moaths. Chapman
was serving = sentence Of three months
for petty larceny. Warford only gained
his liberty Saturday. He Is the man
who shot and killed Ike Liebo and Chr .
Miller In Goldfeld on election day while
he was acting as deputy. Walter Kim
ley is said to be friend of Tom Hoin
and was used MS deputy during the
late military regime in Telluride. The
hold up was caused by the refusal Of
the sheriff to give back guns that were
taken from them when they were put
In jail.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
s.ed'ess Appk Not New

The yellow papers are very busy now
adays printing stories about the seed
less apple which the Horticultural jour
nails have tnrned down completely. In
other words those who know better
will not print such stuff. But we sup
pose the fiubdub comes in handy when
the sea-serpent is temporarily out of
commission. Since the recent outbreak
Of the.pipe dreamer . Advertising began.
several seedless apples have been re-
ported from different parts of the
country. The whole seedless apple
question had its last previous turn in
this country only fifteen years ago,
when it was fully exposed by Professor
L. H. Bailey and other eminent pomo.
logists. Duhamel's magnificent WORK
on fruit trees, published in France ir
1907 had 4 beautiful colored plate OF
the lTuik Ax1O OtoUootiis, WtSu SWo Po8SS
of descriptive text. An earlier picture
and description appears in Bauhin's
Historic Plantarum in 1850. Psrkin'
son described it in l69. And omittinp
hundreds Of other references to seed.
less and bloomless apples, the record OF
Pliny may be quoted, who named the
apple "A condition castrati seminis,
quaespadonia appellant Belgae" among
those familiarly known to the Romans
at the beginning Of the Christian era.
Thus it will be seen that we must al
agree with Solomon when he said there
was nothing new under the sun except
possibly the crop of suckers which bobs
up in every generation.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Money in Fruit Raising

There Ia an orchardist within mile
AMI half Of Delta who realized 81, as
from 2K acres Of fruit, consisting Of
200 Rome Beauty apple trees and thirty
Elberta peach trees. Figure out how
much per acre this land produced and
place the valuation Of the land at 500
per acre and see what the profit on the
investment will be. This can be done
every year II man gives his orchard
proper attention.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
To Business Men.

At regular meeting of the Roard
of Trustees of the town of Delta held
May 18th 1906, the following was una
nimously ad,ptei.
Resolved That the business men of
Delta be requested to close their places
Of business between the hours of $3.50
a. m. and 8 p. m. on Decoration day
May SOth 1906.
N. ]. BRADLEY, w. r. GALE,
Clerk. Mayor.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Game Law Changes.

The last legislature made the follow
Ing changes in the game laws Of the
state: The open season for deer hav-
ing horns will begin September rs
and close October 10 each year.
Antelope having horns, October 10 to
October %. commencing with the year
l707.
Open season for prairie chickens and
grouse, September to October 20; sage
hens. August to October i; doves,
August l to 16.
Open season for trout, not less than
Z inches, June to October 81. No
fishing between 10 p. m. and "a. m.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Band Concert.

There will be band concert tonight
in band stand at court house square at
8 o'clock. Following is the program:
March-On Gersey Shore. ........
..................B By Arthur Pryor
Overture-Jems of Stephen Foster
....................M Moses Tobanni
Concert Mozurka-Dalo !. /. Volker
Negro Odity-Creole Queen.
-................. R. B. Hall
Waltzes Wedding of the Winds.
......................J. L. Hall
March-A Deed of the Pen. .......
.Morett
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Montrose Wins from Ouray

The ball game at Montrose Sunday
was won by the Montrose team by a
score of II to Is. The Ouray team had
q lead of l2 runs in the sixth inning
but went to pieces and were beaten
by two scores in the three final innings
Montrose making an additional IA scor-
es which must of been the result of
ragged playing.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
A VERY LIVELY SESSION
Town Council Considers Matter OF
Water for Cemetery.

The meeting of the town council last
night was lively one. After electing
DR.. Burgin as health officer, delega-
ton of ladies representing the cemetery
association were given the floor who
wanted the council to take action at
once to run water to the cemetery for
sprinkling and drinking purposes.
When told ahat there was not sufficient
funds in the cemetery fund to do the
work they wanted to know why there
was not more as enough lots had been
disposed of, if SO were charged, to
amount to more than 81, 200 and taking
expenditures from this there should be
balance of something like 81 800 in
the fluid. 1t was then up to the coun-
Gil to explain that lots had not been
sold at all times at Il is figure and that
many had been decided free in early
days. The Cemetery association agreed
to pay the difference between q 1-inch
and 2-inch pipe. as little or no water
would run through l-inch pipe that
distance. A motion was then made and
seconded to buy the necessary pipe and
let the association lay the same, As they
had agreed, but as the distance was
uncertain the motion was defeated and
the matter went over to the next meet
ing until this matter could be definitely
determined and the actual cost of the
pipe could be ascertained.
A resolution was read from the mana
ger Of the Decoration day COMMITTEES
requesting that business houses be
asked to close on that day from $50 a.
m. to $50 p. m. An invitation was
also accepted by the mayor and the
council to attend the exercises.
A sidewalk was ordered constructed
on west Fourth street from near Green.
woods blacksmith shop, two block.
west. on petition of property holders
A. E. Penley. who had secured est
mates from a Denver firm on cost ci
cement sidewalks presented same te
board, which is about 80 for 25-foo,
lot.
The matter of constructing fronts o,
repairing old buildings was discussed
and it was decided that permits were
necessary in such cases.
The DELTA INDEPENDENT was award.
ed the contract for the legal printing
at q rste of s cents per line-there
being no other bid in.
After allowing the regular monthly
bills the board adjouhned until the mex,
regular meeting.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Roiestvensky Has "Cold Feet. /"

1t is reported from St. Petersburg
that the Russian admiral Of the baltic
feet has had nervous breakdown and
may resign his command. 1t is stated
that the Japanese feet is lined up for
battle near Formosa and win give
battle to the Russian squadron il it
continues to advance.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Must Hang.

The state board of pardons has re-
fused to prevent the hanging Of the
Youngblood murdcrers. Fred Arnold
and Newton Andrews are to hang next
week. while Peters has been granted =
repricve until November on account of
there being some doubt As to his sanity.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
High School Teal is M."

The game of basebal1pla at the
fair grounds yesterday afternoon be-
tween the Delta Maroojs and the High
school team resulted q victory for
the latter.
The playing of the Ugh school boys
was almost perfect and hey batted Gill,
who was doing the twiilng for the big
team, almost at will. This is the third
game played between the two teams
and the high school hk won the best
two out of three.
The High School teah is undoubtedly
the smoothest fieldint team on the
western slope. They pc not only fast
but are steady at al points Of the
game. Yesterday be "Maroons
were handicapped by bhe loss of two
or three men, but it y not likely that
this would have made any difference il
the results As Gill. wbo has been pitch
ing every game. had b off day. Th'
score was to 4 in fsvor of the higi
school. Another game may be playet
between these two teams again soon
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Furnished by Delta County Abstract Company
Transfers. for week ending May II.
1905.
Harry X. Ferguson and Olivia S. Fer
guson to Elizabeth Pyne ct al qcd
n in in Garden ditch. Con. 800
Jas W. Stell ct al to Elizabeth Pyne ct
al wd Il int IN and to Fernwood
Reservoir. Con. $3.50
Bashaba Quackenbush to Burtard W d
q acres WI sw4 ls-l4-9l and
Asw a 1sOl4-9l. Con. $500
Henry Hallburg to L. L. Olson W DIV
4nw14 Sc u 2s-15-s5. 81
The Delta Town & Imp Co. to H. H.
Wolbert W lot 26 block tp Delta.
Con. 500
United States to Andrew Roesch, pat.
14neA l7-14-es.
Andrew Roesch to Ulysses M. Hender-
son ct al W d a ne 4 17-l4-95.
Con. $500
Ulysses M. Henderson to Frank c.
White q c Il int $ 4 a ,17-l4-
50. Con. $3.50
Frank Lambertson ct al to J. F. H.
Taylor W d W !, sw 4 ne u A-l4-92,
A-l4-s2. also 2 Il acres in n W corner
of e Il of Sc AnwA of sec 24-l4-
80. Con. $1,000
The Church of Christ to Chas. E. Rog-
ers W part of lot q blk l3 lying W
of lots to II blk l3 Paonia. $3.50
Asa B. Compton ct al to James K. Mol
ler W n e u q 7-l4-9l. 5000
Edward N. Allison ct al to Thomas v.
Allison W dwk AneA 23-l4-
Con. 81
Jesse w. Beezley W d part 4 e
| }. 34-l4-95. Con. $4,000
Selma Witterick to Lawrence D. King
wdp part e fourth 2O-l3-s4. $500
William J. Barrow to Henry R. Rogers
lots g and 80 block Hotchkiss,
Con. $500
VIM. F. Duke ct al to Henry G. RoR-
ers W d lots q and 2S blk Z Hotch-
kiss. Con. $500
Elizabeth E. DeGroot to Minnie l..
Harving W d part of fourth W
fourth 7-l5-s5. Con. 500
Enoch C. Tinn:n to Frank A. McFar-
land part fourth n W fourth
lo-l4-so. Con. $500
Alice NJ. Lane to School Dist. No W
lots II, II, Is. IA, Is. and l6 block
| 2plat Reiches sub Aotchkiss. $500
Lionel R. Wigram ct al to Mrs. R. J.
Lockhart " lots and 2 blk 2 plat
Delta. Con. $50
John P. Harrington to George Enos W
part 8 " fourth sec 6-l4-94. $500
Geo. Enos to Stephen A. Lugger W d
part " fourth 6-l4-s4. Con. s400
Charles B. Wright to Olive Williams.
&c half int in the Bowdy Kes. IS
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19

when yes want = drfnk x orssda
waaes - . dish or lee cream yes
want 10 sr arst class quality anA
sreoorse ysa like . coeaa glass
Or spSsa. OcR serving ts always
eleaaly. Peoples Pharmacy.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
progress.

For Commencement gifts, Weddings
or any gift occasion you win find just
what you want at just the price you
want In our hand painted China.
THE sEAToN DRUG CO.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Has Your Spring Thirst Arrived?

If not, and you care to delay its coming don't
come near our fountain, the delicious beverages
we serve are subtitle temptation, hard to with
stand. Our fountain is running and things are
much bussier than last year.
some New DRINKS TO CHOOSE FROM THIS SLHsoN,
AND ALL THE OLD ONES.
SEATON DRUG co., -
Dsita's Prosrsssivs Prescription Druggists.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19

1t has been definitely learned that
l2O lives were lost in the cyclone which
almost destroyed the town Of Snyder.
Oklahoma, last week.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
COMMENCEMENT JUNE I.

Commencement will take place at
the opera house on the evening Of June
l. A fee Of Is. and 25 cents will be
charged to pay expenses ofthe hall and
commencement programs of the class.
Reserved seats may be had at the
Seaton Drug store after Tuesday, May
so. The High School Annual prepared
by the Senior class will be on sale at
commencement,
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Tunnel Drives Ahead.

from Montru-- Entcrpri-..
The tunnel is making great headway.
The two openings are now averaging
over thirty feet Of progress per day
together. and this is the even stroke
the contractors expect to keep up from
this time on. The machinery is now
placed and in working order and while
there viii Of necessity be considerable
outside changes ~ the work pro-
gresses, they will not be As hard to
make ~ In the past. Thirty feet per
day, 200 feet per week. 800 feet per
month. 10000 feet per year is the gait
the contractors must keep up to COM
plete the job by April 1, 1908. They
will do Il.
The Gunnison tunnel Is now in over
500 feet on the river end and work is
being pushed rapidly. No timbering is
necessary as the drills are in solid
granite. Work at the valley end is not
progressing 30 rapidly on account Of
the loose formation which has to be
timbered up very close to make it safe.
A shaft y to be sunk on this end of
the tunnel one mile from the portal and
the work driven from there Is well as
from both ends. thus enabling the con-
tractors to double the speed Of the
progress,
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19

The land Office at Akron has been dis
continued and consolidated with that
Of Sterling. There was some dissatis-
faction with the operation Of the office
or It would not have been discontinued
Just at this time, 20 It is stated.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
Advertised Letter List.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
postofiice at Delta. Cole. for the week
ending May 10. 1905.
c. Armstrong
]. H. Carroll
Robert Heister
Charlie Parcell
Mrs. Lizzie Shirley
s. w. Wickes
In calling for above letters please say
advertised. -
ELLA NEW, Pm.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19

After being tried three times for the
murder of Cesar Young. Nan Patterson
was released last Friday on the advice
of the district attorney.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19
General News.

Another cyclone visited northwestern
Texas and Kansas last Saturday.
The Delta independent., 1905-05-19

faction with the operation Of the Office
or Il would not have been discontinued
Just at this time, 20 it is stated.
The Ute Indians are very much in
censed on account Of the proposed open,
ing Of the Unitsh reservation in Utah.
They threaten to return to their cd
reservation in Colorado. Troops have
been ordered TO the reservation to pre-
vent an outbreak.
The Colorado Southern railroad off,
cials have announced that the Lake
George cutoff is TO be constructed the
present year. which will give Denver .
new direct line to the Pacific coast.
This cutoff will connect =,ith the Colo.
Midland. making through line from
Denver to Grand Junction.
Denver has rsosatly succeeded in se-
curing lower freight rates from Il 6
east, by several Of the railroad CON-
panies. II 10 now only . matter Of
n short time when all the roads leading
into the capitol city will have to meet
the same rates.
II is understood that new evidence Of
startling import has been brought to
the district attorneys Office in New
York since the liberation Of Nan Pat.
terson. and the opinion Is strongly ex-
pressed that the woman would have to
stand trial for Ceasar Young's murder
for the fourth time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-01-04
Cabbage Plants $3.50 Per 1000.

lam NOW prepared to fill any and
all orders with the best varieties of
Cabbage Plants. Orders filed for any
amount and varieties. Write for
prices for lots Of 5000 and over. Ad-
dress all orders to
w. F. CARR,
Meggetts, S. c.
Dec. 21-3m.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-01-04

The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets from
Sumter $40 25 including meals and berths P
Co.'S steamers Tickets be sold JAM 4 and for train pass
ing Charleston JAM 5h as will connect will leaving
Port Tampa night of Jan 5h Tickets will be limited for
passage any leaving Havana until JAM 18TH
1904 with privilege of stop at any point in state OF
Florida south of Jacksonville within final limit of ticket which
will be JAN 22nd 1905. For information apply to
w. j. Craig. c. p a. j. T. China,
Wilmington, N. G. Sumter. S. G.