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The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

they feel free to carry their
troubles and their wants. Such
a man is Merle D. Vincent.
If elected to the legislature he
will be accessible to all. He will
always have an ear open to the
call Of the people. He is aggres-
sive, the kind of a man who
wants to do something. He be-
lieves in reform, in a square
deal" He has ability and train
ing that will enable him to carry
his ideals to a successful culmi-
nation. AS a member of the
legislature he would vote for a
republican U. S. senator from
Colorado, something that is of
the utmost Importance in order
that President Roosevelt may be
upheld and aided in bringing
about the reforms he has so
successfully started. If you be-
lieve in Roosevelt you believe in
backing him and the way to back
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

him is to send a man to the legis-
lature who will aid in the election
of republican to the national
senate.
The republican candidate was
born at Harrisville. Michigan,
December Is, 1876. His ancestry
is French, English and German
and in America dates back to
1745. During the year 1877,
when the subject of this sketch
was but one year old. his parents
moved to Greeley, Colorado. Fl
nancial reverses came on and
when but fourteen years old
young Vincent was compelled to
leave school and it was at that
age he commenced to hoe his own
row. He worked in the mines at
Cripple Creek two and a half
years and when off shift he could
always be found digging away
at his books. Later he clerked
in store another two and a half
years. continuing to pursue his
studies. Entering the law office
of Tolles & Cobbey in Denver
during 1900 he worked faithfully
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
A SELF MADE MAN.

Hon. Merle D. Vincent, of
Paonia, republican candidate for
representative from Delta county,
is a self made man. A self made
man is generally construed as one
who has fought his way to the
front without the aid of financial
backing. 1t means that what
ever the man is his own brain,
+ ingenuity, perseverance and in
dustry has made him. If such a
definition is the correct one it
fits the subject of this sketch.
People generally like a self
made man." Such a one under
stands their struggles and adver-
sites. He has rubbed elbows
with those who work and dig;
with those who are compelled to
plan and scheme to stretch every
dollar to its uttermost limits;
with those who practice the spirit
of self sacrifice all thru life. The
self made man is the man of the
people, he understands them and
they understand him. To him
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
Notice to Stockholders,

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of The Ironstone Ditch
Company will be held at the court
house in Delta on Saturday the 3rd day
of November. A. d. 1906, at the hour
of 2 O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of
levying an assessment to pay the pres
ent indebtedness of the company. to
elect new board Of directors and the
transaction of any and all other bust
ness that may properly come befor
said meeting.
Dated at Delta, Colorado, this 1st
day of October, 1906.
GEORGE S. CoNKLIN,
w. L. BOssE, Secretary.
President.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

Chancellor Buchtel will speak
at the opera house in Delta Wed.
nesday evening, October 10.
Every "doubting Thomas" should
be fair enough to go out and
hear him. He is one of the most
entertaining public speakers to
be found anywhere and you will
find him a man among men.
Nothing stuck up about DR..
Buchtel; he is just a plain, honest,
straightforward American; a man
whom if you know you cannot
help but like.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

The Surface Creek Champion
now does business in its own
building, a new one recently
constructed. The INDEPENDENT
congratulates Editor Brewer on
this evidence of prosperity and
thrift and on the good paper he
is publishing each week as well.
Cedaredge is also to be congratu-
lated for having such a paper
with the right kind Of an editor
back of it and its business men
are to be commended for patron
izing the Champion as loyalty as
they do.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
Notice Of Adjustment Day,
.state Of Lester C. McGrcw, Deceased.

EsthIe OF Inster c. MCtircw, Deccn.cd
Tho undcrsgncd, having been appointed Ex-
ccutrix OF the VIII OF Lester G. McGrcw, late OF
the County OF Delta In the State OF Colorado,
deceased, hereby gives notice that she will n,,-
pen. before the County Court of snid Delta Coun-
ty, at the Court House in Delta, in said County
on Mondny. the sth day Of October, A. ID. 1904.
ut t''s hour of 10 o'clock, A. NJ. of sni tny. Mt
which time nll persons having clnims ngaina,
snid estate nrc notified and requested to attend
FOR the purpose ofhnving the same adjusted. An
persons Indebted to said ostate are requested Ia
make Immediate payment to the Undersigned
Dated at Delta, Colorado. this Sth day of Sep
tcmbcr, A. d. 1903
LOUISE McGREW, Exccutrix
OF the estate Of Lester G. Mc(ircw Dcccns.d
KING STEWART, Attorneys. No-s1-bt.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

County fairs have all been well
patronized this year. People
have gone in large numbers to
everything in the way of enter
tainment. They have done so
because they had the money and
time to spare. This reminds US
that eleven years ago they had
the time but not the money.
Prosperity is abroad in the land
and Colorado is enjoying great
chunk of it. And how strange it
is that these prosperous times
are invariably under republican
rule! Do you want this sort of
thing to continue. Mr.. Voter? If
YOU do don't fail to vote and to
vote right.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

Miss johnson belongs on a tic
ket which would place honor
above graft. Twice, while she
was teaching in Cedaredge, she
was offered better positions else
where. She refused without con-
sulting the school board of Cedar
edge, holding the welfare of her
school above personal interests.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
Four Handsome humes
Surface Creek Chnmpiop

Surface Creek Champion
We are very reliably informed that
four fine new residences will he built
near Cedaredge within the next few
months. These are to be built bv r.
W. Curtis, of Paonia, c. l.. Pike. of
Hotchkiss, E. G. Aegerter and Paul
Buol, both of Randolph, Nebraska, and
will cost from 1000 to $1,000 apiece.
being modern in every respecr These
handsome buildings are to be o-ated on
the forty-acre tract just norLn of town
which they recently purchased from DR..
Hunter, Of Delta. Each of tn. parties
will have ten acres which will =. nicely
cleared and planted togardens nud fruit
Mr.. Curtis expects to comm nee the
erection of his residence as soon as
possible and hopes to have it c c,.npleted
early IN the spring when he W move
over and make this his home
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

Bro. Rawalt of the Paonia
Newspaper says that constant
defeat has soured the ordinary
sweet disposition of the Times
editor" Why, bless your soul,
Charlie, when the Times became
converted and started to lead a
decent life under it's present
editor, Hinsdale county didn't
have a republican office. Now
the democrats have but two and
after this fall they'll only have
one. Charlie that drug store
harness dressing interferes with
your business. Lake City Times.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
Notice to Stockholders.

nNo tice is hereby given that the an
ual meeting of The Ironstone Exten-
sion Ditch Company will be held at the
court house in Delta on Saturday the
3rd day of November A. D. 1906 at the
hour of 10 o'clock A. M, for the pur-
pose of levying an assessment to pay
the present Indebtedness of the compa-
ny, to elect new board of directors
and the transaction of any and all other
business that may properly come before
said meeting.
Dated at Delta, Colorado, this 1st
day of October. 1906.
GEORGE S. CoNKLIN,
w. L. BossE, Secretary.
President.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

Rumor said the Grand junction
Herald had been sold, but in the
last issue Clinton H. Martins
name was still at the masthead.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
Forty Acres For Sale.

Joins Frank Sanders ranch on the
west and north. Twenty-six acres un-
der Hartland ditch, balance will be
under Burnett ditch. Twenty acres
under cultivation. L., miles from town.
Call on or address,
u. j. MCCARTHY, box I25.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

until he was admitted to the bar
by passing before the supreme
court in 1903. Mr.. Vincent To-
Gated at Paonia for the practice
of his profession November | of
the same year. He is the kind
of man who builds up rapidly and
it was not long before he had a
good business started. Today he
is recognized as one of the lead
ing members of the Delta county
bar and one of Delta county's s
foremost citizens.
The people will make no mis-
take in electing such a man to
represent them in the legislature.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

Chancellor Buchtel never had
or never will have but one boss
and that is the only boss a man
should listent to. his conscience
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
For Sale at q Itarpai

In North Delta, three ac =; two
acres in orchard. 1000 boxes uit this
year. Good Broom house, good well,
and out-buildings. Also "a II Groom
house two blocks from F., ners &
Merchants Bank. Call on
|. G. KEP n,
North Deli Colo.
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

1t is called Appeal to Reason. /"
A better name would be appeal
to Prejudice"
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

For SALE-A fine brood ~ with
ten young pigs. Also 100 nc, of fine
fall pasture and hay: good fenc Delta.
Colo. K. r. 81 ts.rr
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

Miscellaneous,
Obtu.re. printed for fat Of 81 co.: obituary poetry
cent, per line additional card Of thanks so csolu-
hon, q coincidence Der line
The Delta independent., 1906-10-05
DELTA INDEPENDENT
FINDLEY. DUFFIELD Editor and Owner.
Entered at the pos.ofhce in Delta. Colorado.
as second class mail matter.
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES.
Fifty cents, per single column inch. per month Insertion,
q one week. only IS cents per inch.
Di,play ads. changed two week, without extra
charge; weekly change. cents per inch additional.
Copy for change Of should be supplied later than
"Wednesday insure appearance.
Locah cents per line each issue trans sent, 10 cents
per line for FRI, issue cents per Inc each subsequent
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MONEY TO LOAN at lowest rates OF
farm and city property.
STEPHAN & OBERT.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31

The unfortunate are led to believe
that they are special objects of char
ity and that in their misfortunes they
have the key to an appeal to the SYM
pathies of mankind. 1t should be the
time instead for encouraging this class
of people to look upward, not thoret-
rically, but to get away as far as
passible from the conditions which
have been responsible for their pres
ent state of affairs, and to get, so to
speak, a new and better lease of life.
Thousands struggle on year after year
in the same environment and hamper
ed by the same obstacles that they
encountered in the last year. They
will probably do the same next year.
1t is largely the fault of their own
efforts, for many of them would not
change their conditions if they had
the opportunity. There are today
thousands in the great cities of the
east living on cold water and crust
in the most squalid surroundings who
would not come to the great west and
be free if they were provided with all
the means of reaching the newer and
better opportunities. They are welded
to their poverty and their lives.
tits well that the hand of help and
charity be extended to. them, and that
their suffering be reduced to the low.
est point. But while they are receiv--
ing this help with one hand, let the
other hand be employed in assisting
them to get into position to. help
themselves. 1t is this trucking to their
conditions and the belief which has
grown up around it which is the found
alton of the classes in this country.
1t is sociological condition which is
becoming more poignant every year.
This condition is emphasized by the
opposite one which is aptly ex-
pressed in the irreverent and inele-
CANT, though expressive phrase, "the
public be damned" If as a people
we are able to lend sensible help to
both these classes during the coming
year that the nation may become
greater and stronger brotherhood of
men, united by the unbreakable ties
of mutual interests, the retrospect at
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31

they will be the common means Of
travel, and that they will become seri-
Gus competitors of Jim HILLS trunk
line. because people can get the engine.
started quicker than they can wait for
the train and make as good or even
better speed that the ordinary traln,.
and be their own bosses, so far as the
time of starting and stopping are con-
cerned. Mr.. Ford handles three styles
of cars, priced at $4,000, $3.50 ana
$4,000, and two styles of runabouts,
one OF sixty horse power which has
developed a speed of seventy-five miles
an hour. The value of the several
styles can be determined from the
fact that one hundred orders for then:
were taken at the recent New Yorli
auto show at Madison Square Garden.
Mr.. Ford has extensive mining inter-
ests in Alaska and spent eight years in
that country coming ont two years ago
with Orrison Young Of this city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31
pose and the Hottest ideals, have
found that the best qualified officials

pose and the Hottest ideals, have
found that the best qualified officials
can be selected by representative
few rather than by the masses.
Discussing this point, w: p. Davies,
editor of the Grand Forks Herald, in
a paper read before the Fortnightly
club of this city Il few weeks ago,
said:
1t may be worth while to inquire
if the application Of the national prin-
cipal to our local government would
not simplify matters, and enable the
voter to act more intelligently. Under
complete application of that plan the
state would be governed by a legis-
lative assembly and governor. The
latter would appoint the administra-
tive officers, with the approval of the
senate. for instance. The same model
could be used in counties and cities.
One result would be the simplification
of the work of the voter. Another
would be the Capitalization of author
ity and responsibility in the hands of
men directly responsible to the peo-
pie.
This is the sober Judgment of men
who are giving the fad of enlarged
responsibility in the election of pub
lie officials attention. The teachers
have found that few men-five, ac-
cording to their resolution-can con-
slider and weigh the merits and value
of an aspirant for the position of coun-
ty superintendent better than can the
populace under the present system. Yet
these are the very things which take
from the people in large measure the
right to select their own officers. 1t
is the reverse of primary authority
1t is representative government rather
than democracy. 1t is what the educa-
tors of this state believe will give
more efficiency in the officers charged
with the administration of school af-
fairs.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31
FOR APPOlNTIvE OFFICERS.

The teachers of this state are the
best equipped of any in the union.
They are educated, energetic and en-
thusiastic over the success of their
work. They have given careful atten-
ton to the problems of education as
they present themselves to the public
for solution and they can be depend
ed upon to advocate or endorse only
that which is for the best interests of
the schools. At the recent meeting of
the North Dakota Educational associa-
ton held in Fargo, which association
is composed of the ablest educators in
the state, the following resolution was
adopted:
That We favor removing the election
of the state superintendent of public
instruction, and the county superin-
tendent of schools from party politics
as far as possible. We believe that it
would be a decided improvement up
were chosen at the June school cleo
lions. In case of the county superin-
tendent it would be better still to have
him elected by Il county board of ed
ucation. said board to be chosen by the
people at the June election, there be-
ing five members on the board hold
ing Office for a term of five years,
one member to be elected each year.
Further, that the superintendent thus
elected need not necessarily be a resi-
dent of the county.
This resolution Is in line with the
plan of State Superintendent Stock
we'll, and was discussed at some
length a few weeks ago in these COL
umes. 1t was stated then, and the
statement is here repeated, that the
only objection to this plan of appoint
ing the county superintendent is that
it takes the right of primarily select
ings officials from the people. The
agitation in this country now is to
abandon all representative govern
ment and to make all the selections
of officials from the highest to the
lowest the direct act of the people.
This reform is along the line of re-
turn of the old New England town
meeting in which in the sparsely pop
ulated sections in the primitive times,
all the citizens co..id assemble and
make ,their own local laws. But as
the population became more dense, it
was evident that these meetings were
productive of too much diversity of
opinion for the accomplishment of the
public good, and representative gov
eminent was substituted, wherein a
few were selected and these few did
the work for all. Agitation has been
for:return to these primitive conditions.
Now the pendulum seems to be swing
ing the other way, and the educators,
the profession having the truest pur-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31
IS A PROMINENT AUTO. MAN
H. N. Ford OF jamestown Believes
They Will in Times Become Rail.
road Competitors.

H. N. Ford, who is spending a few
days in this city as the guest of
friends, is quite an enthusiast on the
subject of automobiles and while he
would be supposed to be prejudiced IN
the matter, being the northwestern dis
tlibuting agent of the Dolson Auto
mobile company of Charlotte, Mich,
he has some splendid ideas as to the
possible future of these machines In
the northwest and especially in this
state. He believes that in few years
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31

With this issue the Evening Times
becomes of legal age. The first issue
was made on New Years day of this
year, and the next issue, which will
be on Wednesday, will be the begin
ming of volume two. The Times is now
qualified as legal publication. All
that we desired to say of the one year
of the existence of The Evening Times
as we'll as its future prospects and
policies, was said in it's anniversary
number. More could be said on both.
In its satutatory the Times stated that
professions were little and that per-
Torrance was much, and it prefers to
be judged by it's performances rather
than by it's professions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31
of life. But it hopes by this means
to give these friends the knowledge
that their friendship and help is ap-
preciated.

1t must have been a decidedly bitter
pill even for the morning democratic
daily Of this city to admit in it's news
columns, as it did yesterday morning,
that Secretary Shaw had used the
United States treasury to relieve the
stock gamblers, when just few weeks
ago it was advocating the nomination
Of Shaw for president.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31

The Evening Times extends the sea-
sons greetings to it's readers. 1t has
much to be greatful for during the
past year, and it takes pleasure in
saying that by far the larger part of
its success has been due to it's friends.
1t can not repay these favors by a.
mere expression of the hope for them
of year fraught with every blessing
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

a a There is something almost pathetic
che abo3t the closing year When from,
DYE
belfrey and church tower tonight as
the dial hands point TO- the hour of
twelve, the bells peal forth the death
oys knell of the old year and with the
same notes herald the coming of the
Tnd. new, the mind intutively turns to the
n, past and takes retrospective view of
the twelve months which have become
Tx part of the mystery of the past.
When the survey is completed, at
>, tention may be given to the future. To
NJ the individual comes the conscious
ness that another link in the ever
&c .lengthening chain of life has been
yeomeorged and that with each recurring
rink, the sands in the hour glass of
IN. rue run more swiftly than they did
To-: Z Y-h before. . Is. !
The tendency of this wage is togo
ris to one of two extremes at this. sea-:
Gag q son, so far as the discussion of scio-
logical conditions are concerned. One
?. p. # these is the forgetting of the re-
it ed !ationship of our fellowmen with our
Sc y" selves, and the interdependence of one
= upon the other; the other is the over
developed sentimentality which for the
season, suggests the forgetting of self
J in the desire and ambition to elevate
, mankind
1t is serious truth that consider
&c able of the development of caste in
J this country has sprung from germs
which were prepagated during the
New Years season. 1t is time for
rejoincing. 1t calls for releasing
of the conserved hopes of the future.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31

its close will be one of which every
one of the more than eighty millions
of people may view with unspeakable
pleasure.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31
Sentiment to be 1nculcated.

Let reverence Of law be breathed by
overy mother to the lisping babe that
the schools. semfnaries and colleges;
!ot II be written in primers, spelling
oooks and almanacs; let it be preached
lative halls and enforced in courts Of
Justice; in short. let it b me the
political religion Of the natio.
Abraham Lincoln.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-13
THEEANSASTOSEA.
Has Started for an Official Trip Oh
the New England Coast as a
Test by Constructors.
ONE OF BEST BA7TLEsHIPs
1t Is the Navy's Newest and One OF
Most Formidable Fighting ships
Ever Constructed by This or
Any other Country

Philadelphia, Dec. 6.-The battelshlp
Kansas. one of the most formidable OF
the United States navy's new war yes
sells, left the yards of the New York
Ship Building company Of Camden ~
J.. at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
for an official trip off the New Eng
land coast, Captain Ramdel, the mar
inc superintendent Of the company
with a crew of 300 men, commanding
her.
The United States navy was repre-
scented by Naval Constructor Grosbeck'
Captain Cole of the bureau OF equip
ment and Chief Engineer Daulf. So
confident are the ship building peo-
pie that the Kansas will easily come
up to contract requirements that the
customary preliminary builders test
run was dispensed with.
The Kansas will proceed to Boston,
where she will be painted. She Will
then steam to Penobscot bay for stan
dardization tests and endurance and
speed trial II the battleship passes
the tests she will be brought back to
the League Island navy yard, this
city, to be armored and to receive her
guns.
The Kansas is a sister ship OF the
Vermont and Minnesota. She has two
large turrets, each mounting two thir-
teen inch guns. One turret is aft, the
other forward. On the center line OF
the ship In addition, the ship has four
smaller turrets each mounting two
eight inch guns. These turrets are
arranged SO that the Kansas is able
to point two twelve inch and four eight
inch guns either dead ahead or dead
astern. On the broadside from the
turrets are four twelve-inch guns and
four eight inch guns. Besides these
big guns there are twelve seven inch
guns on the gun deck, six Of which
may be fired with the turret broad
side.