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The Delta independent., 1907-01-11

For the benefit of that great
and pure man and illustrious re-
former, c. T. Rawalt, editor of
The Newspaper, published at Pa
onia, we wish to state that Simon
Guggenheim was told, as plain as
the English language could be
stated, that the republicans of
Delta county were opposed to his
candidacy for the senatorship and
that Mr.. Vincent was also strong
ly opposed to him; also that he
need expect no favors from Mr..
Vincent, before he (Mr. Guggen-
heinz contributed one dollar to-
ward the campaign expenses in
this county. With such an un-
derstanding the chairman and
secretary of the republican coun-
ty central committee, Mr.. Math-
ews and Mr.. Stephan, could, with
full honor, accept any campaign
contribution which Mr.. Gugpen-
helm or any other citizen offered
to make.
Such reformers as you, Mr..
Rawalt, are by inuendo and care
less accusation constantly endeav-
oring to smear with the brush
of purported corruption the
standing of good citizens. Both
Mr.. Mathews and Mr.. Stephan
have been residents of this coun-
ty for many years. They are un-
lversally respected and esteemed
as men Of honor, who have taken
and are taking a leading part in
the upbullding of the undeyel-
oped resources of Delta county; !;
and yet such fellows as you, with
the hope Of some possible politi-
cal benefit, endeavor to make out
that they have been corrupt. E.
J. Mathews and George Stephan
need never fear a daub brush in
the hands Of a c. 7. Rawalt.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11
Notice of Execution Sale,

Notice is hereby given that 10y virtue Of II
Special Execution I" me directed from the Dist
dated January ith.. y. d. i'HI. n certain
cause wherein Alice NJ. Fisher is rlalni iii.
and Jossph Fisher + drir"h9n., ,S,,,
meat ia -aid District Court wherein the rryu"nt
of III. sum Of one rhuuSind Dollar and co-tr,
adjudgcd to plniutiH against Defendant for ali
m6ny aud dnrnage,, wne ndludi;rd to t," IL II
upon the premises described in plninti0s com
plaint aud hereinafter described. have on IL-
ltb dny of Iaruary. ). b. 1871, levied lpon the
following described prcmirCS upon which said
Judgment indebtedness wis charged, and VIII on
Tuesday, the tth day Of February, \. y, i", at
Of the Court iIuiI-e in til" Town of Delta 'ntln y
of Delta aud Stale OF Coiursido sell at puhiIr
auction to the highest aud best bidder for cash
the said property, or so much thereof rs uuy Il"
necessary to satisfy the said execution and costs
Of sale which snid property is described ~ fol-
lows, to-wit:
-Four acres. more or less. beginning at point
2i9 feet Of the Northwest corner of Iut Three
(3), section seven q, Township fihccn 1tD
south Hangc Sincty-iive $50 West Of the Sixth
=. NJ, thence south ~ rods, tucncc "nst ~ rods,
theme north - rods, thence west 10 rods along
north line of snid Lot Three 10 plncc pf beginning
and all ditch aud water rights used in lts iirign-
tiOn, including share Of the ca i.;::. stock oi
the lInrtland Ditch Company.
seven Nso lT f Tdwnship i Fl Tinecn ti5, % SOUTH lang"
Ninety-fvr CtiJ West of the Sixth =. NJ, moro
particularly described as follows beginning ~
n point 2i2 feet east Of the Northwest corner OF
said Lot Three. and running thence south Gi
feet th.nce west l22 feet. north % feet, thence
cn.t nlong the north line Of fnid Lot Three, rs
feet to place of beginning. contnininH one and
one In Il acres more less. and one share of tho
capital stock Of the iIurtland Ditch Company.
Also beginning 1T n point ti2 feet south OF the
Northwest corner Of Lot Three. 90, section scycn
~. Township Fifteen 80 South: Range Ninety
five (gjJ West Of the Sixth j. NJ, thence south
I52 feet. thence east lGi feet, thence north 5Gi
feet, thence west ~ feet. thence south Il2 feet
thence west l2O fcot to plncn Of beginning, and
one share Of the cnbltnl stock of the hartlnnd
Ditch Company.
Dated 1T Delta. Colorado this ith day Of Jan
lIary, A. D. 1897, nj llDO II. III. ~
&. \. GIBBS,
sheriff of Delta County, Colorado.
Frs, pub. jan I, 1907: last pub. Feb, J, 1907.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11

members of the party in each
county furnish their own cam
paign funds and then they will
have more to say about who is
who and what is what.
The people are to blame about
all these things they make so
much fuss over and if they will
be half way consistent their
troubles will be few. If your
back yard is dirty, clean it. Don t
permit a neighbor to do it and
then claim the credit yourself.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11
A BrOnC In The Bunch.

There once was a man from Paonia,
Who, when THE MACHINE said, "We
own you
Had the grit to say. mo"
Simon shrugged out So?
When we want you, young man, we
will phone you"
The man from the big Western Slope,
When Guggenheim beckoned, said,
Nope!
Delta don't count you in;
You may put up your tin,-
There's bronc in the bunch it don I
rope!"
Contributed.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11

P. D. Stewart, who was NOM
mated by the republican conven-
ton for governor. and who, for
some reason that has never been
satisfactorily explained, resigned,
has been rendered the Office Of
land commissioner by President
Roosevelt. There is one thing in
this connection that we desire to
call attention to. At the time
Mr.. Stewart was nominated for
governor the democratic papers
and one republican paper, the
Pueblo Chieftain, threw a fit, ac-
cusing Mr.. Stewart Of being all
sorts of q bad man, a corpora
tionist at the head of a skin-fint
concern and we can't begin to re :
member what else: but when
President Roosevelt calls Mr..
Stewart to a high and responsi-
BILE position, where he is supposed
to carry out one of the greatest
reforms the president has ever
inaugurGted, these same papers
have nothing to say indicating
the least disp!easure or lack Of
confidence in the wisdom of the
presidents choice FOR so impor-
tant a duty. Rather inconsistent,
isn't it? The great howl our
democratic friends set up at the
time'of Mr.. Stewart s nomination
was evidently for political or per-
sonal reasons. Why is it the
press and leaders of a great par
ty will be so inconsistent for a
mere matter of politics? Repub-
licans are not warranted in ques-
tioning the honesty and integrity
of any member OF their party on
account Of democratic accusa-
tions. Remember, if you please,
how the democratic press abused
Gov. Mcdonald for months and
months and now no honest man
nor no honest paper can say but
what he has made one of the best,
if not the best governor this state
has ever had. We have about
arrived at the conclusion that any
republican the democratic papers
jump on to is just a little extra
ordinary in the qualities that &c
TO make up man. Guggenheim
may turn out to be an angel in
disguise.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior.
(Alias)
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
MONTltOSE, COLORADO. 7
JuuIInry 5th. lW6,

A sufficient contest Affidavit having been filed
in this office by Elisha Gallup contestant
against Homestead entry No. 337 Ute, made
Aprii u. 1904. for NEhs sWh. SWh NEh, W.
Levi bonner, Contestce in which IL is alleged
that the said Levi Bonner h,.! abandoned said
residence thereon, that said absence from snitl
land has not been cn,ised by the employment Of
the said Brown IN the army. navy or marine ser
nearby notified to appear respond and otler evil
den"e touching snid allegation at 10 o'clock n. IN.
on February 18th. 1907. before the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land Office in
MOntrose, Colombo.
The said contestant having, In proper nfidn-
show that after due diligence personal service Of
this notice not bc III lde u II hereby ordered
and directed that such notice bc given by due
BRYsoN =. HLAtR,
Rcgistnr.
First pub. Jan. II; lust pub. Jan. %, 1917.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11
Who Is To Blame?

IN the discussion that is now
going on over the selection of
Mr.. Guggenheim for senator a
lot of slop-shop talk is being in
dulged in about the money Mr..
Guggenheim contributed to the
republican campaign fund. 1t
has been no secret that he has
been a heavy contributor for a
number of years. When people
try to make out that they have
just discovered such to be the
case they confess ignorance on a
subject of common knowledge or
are trying to make an exhibition
Of political virtue which i'll BELTS
them.
But what of it? Has Mr.. Gug-
genheim committed a crime by
contributing funds for the pay
ment of his party's legitimate ex-
penses during the conduct of a
political campaign? If so there
are plenty of criminals in this
and every other state. If Gug-
genheim is criminal, so is Pat
terson, Thomas and ex-governor
Adams.
The rank and file of both the
democratic and republican parties
have been as inconsistent in the
matter of campaign contributions
as it is claimed the legislature is
in electing Mr.. Guggenheim Uni
ted States senator. Everybody
understands that it requires mon
ey for the conduct of a political
campaign. Even the socialists
are aware of the fact. But they
are more consistent than the
members of other parties, in that
they gather their campaign funds
from the rank and file of the
party. That this is true may be
largely due to the fact that few
rich men belong to the socialist
organization. We say, therefore,
the socialists can consistently
criticise the old parties for per-
mitting their rich men to furnish
the funds, but the democrats are
inconsist tie 1T and hypocritica]
when they raise a howl about
such things.
It is well known fact that
Senator Patterson put mo re mon
ey into his campaign for senator
than he was ever known to sub
scribe for anything that did not
give him a direct financial return.
William R. Hearst, the great
(0 democratic reform candidate
for governor Of New York spent
close to quarter of a million of
dollars in his attempt to be sue
cessful in the recent campaign in
that state. The liberal expendi-
ture of money by wealthy men in
furtherance of their ambitions to
attain high Office is no new thing
and such money is not always ex-
pended in a corrupt way. We do
not claim that Mr.. Hearst was
corrupt in the expenditure of so
large a sum, nor has it been prov
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11
ADVERTISING RATES.

Fifty cents per single column inch. per month Insertion,
Of enc week. only. IS cent, per inch
Display ads. changed every two week. without extra
ehnse: weekly changes cents per inch additional!
Copy for change Of ad, should be supplied later than
Wednesday to insure appearance.
Locals. per line each tran.en:s 10 cent,
per line for FIRST issue per Inc each subsequent
Ion Headed local. o cent, line for the head
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11

en- that Simon Guggenheim was
corrupt in the use of money to
secure his election to the senate.
But as stated above, something
besides wind is necessary to sue
cessfully carry on political cam
paigns. The use of the Delta
opera house for a speaker, for in
stance, costs $25.00. 1t is always
necessary to pay a liberal rental
for a country school house when
it is occupied for the purpose Of
a political meeting. Speakers, in
a majority of cases, charge for
their services and their travelling
expenses must be paid in addi-
ton. Newspaper publishers have,
in recent years, undergone a
change of heart. and decided that
the many columns of space they
give up during a campaign for
political purposes is worth at least
some financial compensation, and
they have of right demanded just
remuneration. Of course brass
bands throw in their services
free gratis-if you don't care
what you say-but the liverymen
are mean enough to charge for
rigs. And so it goes.
Now, where is this money to
come from? 1t must come. The
local chairman who fails to get
funds is dead one, and he ought
to be. But, to what source does
he look for this money? He calls
in the county candidates and they
generally put up as much as they
are able to and sometimes more.
The total collection from this
source, we will say, amounts to
$25O.OO or possibly 100000. The
chairman realizes that an effec-
tive campaign will cost from
$780, 90 to 81, 100000. "Oh! N.Y.
somebody will say, Il didn't sup
pose it cost so much. There are
lots of things people don't sup
pose, you know. But the chair
man has got to have about that
sum, just the same. His success
as manager is at stake and he
gets busy. We will say, for ex-
ample, that he wastes $1,000 in
postage sending out letters to
members of the party thruout the
county. How much do you think
he would get? Now, be honest.
Do you really believe his 500 let
ters would bring a return of $50?
Well, it might, but if so he would
be exceedingly lucky. The av-
erage democrat or republican
would say: Let the candidates
put up. Idon't get anything out
of it. I'll vote the ticket if not
too busy on election day, but no
campaign contributions from
me-" Now, don't you think that
is just about what they would say?
Any fair minded person must con-
fess that this is what the result
would be.
All right. The chairman real
ICES that he must do something
quick and he fires special deliv-
cry letter to the state central COM
mittee. This committee has been
expecting the attack and they
have been busy. Where? Among
the wealthy men in the party, to
be sure. 1t used to be the cor
porations, but Mr.. T. Roosevelt
and the Congress put quietus
on that sort of thing, you know.
So the rich men dig up and the
county chairman gets his draft
and is in high glee over his pros
pect for a successful campaign.
This picture is just as much
democratic as republican. 1t is a
plain statement of the way mon
ey is raised by both old parties.
When our country delegates go
Jo,,,, +o tho povt ctota oopyap
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11
Miscellaneous.

Obiuares printed for fiat rate o S co. obituary poetry
cent, per line a5dional card Of thanks SO rcolu
ton, Of coincidence cents Der line
The Delta independent., 1907-01-11
DELTA INDEPENDENT
FINDLEY. DUFFIELD Editor and Owner

Entered at the pos,offce in Delta, Colorado.
as second class mail matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-03
SERIOUS OFfENSE ALLEGED
Aged Man Accused of AssauItinE
Young Girl at Nicola Mon
day Evening.

nicola, Ia, Jan. G.-(Spectal telegram
IN. s.. Fishburn, aged GO years. pumpman
for the Rock Island road at this place. but
whose home is in Knoxville, Ia, was ar
rested this morning on charge Of criminally
assaulting Ellen, the 11-year-old daughter
of a farmer.
The assault is alleged to have occurred
about $50 Monday evening, but the facts
were suppressed until today, when the ar
rest was made, according to the story OF
the state. Fishburn has been D. Offering
presents to many little girls and for this
reason his actions have been watched. He
was detected by a travelling man, who tried
to break open door between them. The
little girl Is so nervous that she cannot tell
what happened, but is said 10 be recovering
SO that she can probably testify at the
Is set for this afternoon.
Fishburn has wife and daughter, who
are temporarily living here with him. The
family Of the child live near town and she
was here to attend services of New Years
eve at the Catholic church at the time the
assault is said to have occurred.
At the preliminary examination it was
shown that F1shburn was guilty of only
attempted assault upon the daughter of
the farmer, but the evidence brought out
another case against the rlan and charges
were Immediately filed accusing him of
going further with the 9-year-old daughter
of resident of Nicola. These charges will
be pressed as soon as the first case is dis
posed Of In default of 5000 bond Fish
burn was sent TO Jail at Council Bluffs
to await the action of the district court.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-03
MURDER AND SUICIDE IN IOWA
Harrison Dreggs of Little sioux shoots
Woman and Ends His
own Life.

MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia, Jan. 2-(Spe-
cial Telegram )-This morning about s
o'clock Harrison Dreggs shot Lucy Way at
Little Sioux and committed suicide.
Dregg's wife died about a year ago and
since that time Mrs. Way, who did not live
with her husband, has been helping Dreggs'
housekeeper, Amy Gladson, care for his
family of seven children. He has been
attentive to her and 1t is alleged desired
to marry her, but she refused.
This morning she went to the home of
Dreggs and entering a bedroom started to
comb her hair. One OF Dreggs' children
saw him follow her into the room. A few
minutes later the housekeeper tried to enter
the room, but could not get the door open.
Calling the 17-year-old son Of Dreggs, they
forced the door and found 1t was held by
the body of Dreggs, who was lying dead on
the floor. The woman was lying across
the bed. A bullet had penetrated her eye
Dreggs was shot in the temple.
Shortly after the death OF his wife Dreggs'
mother died and what property she had
was left to him 20 the exclusion OF brothers
and sisters. This alienated him from his
family and as he was a cripple unable to
work he could not raise the money re-
quired to probate the will These facts
caused him TO be respondent and may have
contributed to the causes for the deed.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-03
IRON TRADE is STILL ACTIVE
Tremendous Rate Of Consumption
Expected 60 Continue at Least
six Months.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-The Iron Age to-
morrow will say; The conviction is general
throughout the iron industry that the pres
ent tremendous rate OF consumption win
continue during the first half Of the cur
rent year, coupled with prevailing gem
orally profitable prices
There are many who are acting on the
belief that work for full capacity at pres
ent or even better prices is assured for
the whole of the year 1907.
The iron industry Is, however. passing
again through one Of its frequent expert
ences of being caught unawares by
rapidly expanding consumption, followed
by a feverish activity, to provide adequate
producing facilities, which at first fall into
line disappointingly slow and then make
themselves felt surprisingly suddenly. That
may make its appearance during the sec
ond half OF 1907.
In its last analysis the course Of events
in the second half OF 1907 will depend, first,
on the crops, and. secondly on the ability
of our country to finance the betterments
and engagements of its producing and
transportation facilities. Time only can
tell as to the first. while as to the second
we may have ample warning through long
continued tightness of the money market.
Inc hOll0ay week mas not benHlDiy III
fected the activity which has characterized
the markets for some months. In the
eastern pig iron markets there have been
further sales of basic pig iron and some
round lots of foundry and forge iron have
been placed. AS yet nothing has been done
in the way OF purchases of large lots Of
foreign foundry iron for agricultural inter-
ests in the west.
THE Rapnrt ie cttrrapt two xyaqtarn
roads have placed orders aggregating 5000
tons for 1908 delivery. which may be in
terpreted as meaning that so much rolling
capacity has been engaged.
Among the sales of structural material
lis a lot of $500 tons for Ave buildings in
San Francisco. 1t is believed that during
the current year a large tonnage will be
required for the stricken city. This is in
line with the earlier expectations that the
true demand would not develop until 8
considerable time after the disaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-03
HiIIard In Sorry Plight.

Stafford Hillard, claiming to be from Mis-
sour Valley, was found yesterday morning
about Q o'clock lying in the yard of the
Washington Avenue school building. He
had been there the entire night. was wet
to the skin and thoroughly chilled through
and in weakened condition from exposure
He was taken to police headquarters,
where he was attended by City Physician
Rice Hillard said he had been slugged and
robbed OF $50 by companion Tuesday night
In substantiation OF his story he displayed
a cut over his right eye and his face was
covered with mud. His clothing was soak
ing wet and plastered with mud from head
20 foot.
Hillard said that he had been but re-
Gently released from the Douglas county
Jail In Omaha, where he had been arrested
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-03
WATER QUESTION PRESSING
Council Cannot Wait Longer for Report Of
Engineer Kierstsd.
INSURANCE MEN DEMAND ACTION SOON
Councilman Knudsen Believes He Has
n Plan for an Equitable tile
ment of Difference Between
City and Company.

'.Ilierstead OF no Kierstead. the water
works question has to be settled and set
tied without much further delay" stated
Councilman Knudsen Of the special water
works committee yesterday. The delay OF
Expert Kiergtead IN presenting his report
to the committee 10 not At all pleasing TO
the members OF that body, and they have
decided that It is time something definite
be done IN the matter.
The special water works committee of
the city council, consisting OF CouAcEmeI
Wallace, Olson, Knudsen and Hendrix, will
meet Saturday afternoon with the execu-
tive committee of the Commercial club {
talk the situation over. Councilman Knud-
SEN II is said, has a proposition to max
which he believes will be a satisfactory
solution Of the question and will be fair
alike to the water works company and the
citizens OF Council Bluffs Exactly what
this proposition is Mr.. Knudsen declines
20 make public ut this time.
The recent fire on implement row, which
completely destroyed the warehouse and
stock Of the Union Transfer company, dem
onstrated. as previous confagrations in
that district had, that the fire protection
in that part of the city was entirely made
-ouate owing to the smallness Of the water
e surance companies which were losers by
the recent and other fires in the impTe-
mept district are up in arms and are de-
manding that the city council take Inn
mediate steps to improve conditions. Two
weeks ago the attention of the executive
% committee OF the Commercial club was
called to the matter by representative of
the insurance companies who urged that
j the committee take steps to compel the
city council to bring the water works mat
ter, which has been pending for three years,
to some conclusion. so that the water works
company could be placed in a position
ments In its service.
Councilman Knudsen stated yesterday
that while Expert Fiersted's' report UNI
doubtedly would be useful in many respects
in coming to an agreement with the water
works company. he. for one, now fully
realized that municipal ownership was out
OF the question. while have always been
ana am still under certain conditions a be-
lever in municipal ownership, l now re-
~. alize that II Is out OF the question so far
as this city is concerned. at the present
time. at least 1 realize also that this mat.
ter has been pending long enough and that
the people Of the city are entitled to g
! settlement of the question without further
delay. have strong hopes that the meet
!, ing next Saturday between the special
water works committee, of which 1 am 8
ii member. and the executive committee q
tho Commercial club will be productive Oh
Z good, results.l' he said.