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The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

An astronomer remarks that
Mars, which is millions of years
older than the earth, has stood
off her fate for ages by a system
of international globe-encircling
canals. Millions of years must
pass before our planet will
threaten to go dry.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

The ice man isn't quite so jov-
ial as during the summer months,
but it happens that way to US all.
There are times when none of us
lay up a cent.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

The traffic of this country to
be moved is estimated at 4,00O,-
600 tons every twenty-four
hours, and the railroads of the
country are entirely inadequate
to handle it,
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

THE King is Dead! Long live
the King!" Good King Oscar,
of Sweden, is gone and a new
King reigns. Oscar was rated a
good king. There is a vast diff
ference, however, between be-
ing a good king" and a good
thing"
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

Speaker Cannon says Congress
will go slow. Not too slow, Un-
Gle Joe, just because you may be
old and wise. Congress should
be as sure as possible it is right,
then go ahead. This isn't slow
country.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

The voyage of the fleet to the
Pacific has no significance be-
yond the fact that the United
States intends to live up to it's
position on the worlds greatest
ocean.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13
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The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

Blessed is he who bloweth
his own horn; for he who blow
eth not his own horn, the same
it shall not be blown. "-Holy
Writ.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

The statistics of the country's
production laid before Congress
are calculated to give panic talk
the laugh.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13
Printing and Stationery Proposals.

Bids are hereby solicited for the sup
plying for one year, commencing Janu-
ary first: 1908, Of all books, stationery,
records, printing, lithographing and
such other supplies as are furnished to
the several officers of Delta County.
Bids may be for all or any part of
above specified items.
All bids TO be sealed and with the
Clerk on or before December 81, at
s o'clock p. M.
d. s. DOUGHTY,
Clerk Of the Board of County Com
missioners Of Delta County, Colo.
St
q Ault Says he will take Sugar Scrip
in payment of account and for goods.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

happen. Watch your gun and
how you hold it and where you
place it when not in use. Re-
move the loads when riding or
when the gun is not in use.
The Delta independent., 1907-12-13

The late scare is passing into
history as the Wall street stock
gamblers panic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
Coming to TheaterS

Fernando Eliscu. assisted by Edwin
Arden and a company Of merit, compris-
ing such names as Jeffreys Lewis. Eva
Condor Alics Butler associated with
AIr. Arden at the Belasco this summer),
George Backus. and William Robert
Daily, VIII reopen the Columbia next
Monday evening, when. under the direc-
ton OF Leopold Spachner. manager Of
the Kalich Theater. New York, they Will
present an edaption from Libin's mas
terpiece. made By Prof. William Addi-
son Hurvey, OF Columbia College, en-
titled. Ruth
The play is q drama In four acts,
showing two handsome scenes. and deals
with the home life OF & couple united
Tor six years, and the circumstances
arising and following a confession she
makes CT her past There is q plentituds
OF exhilaraung comedy throughout and
dramatic moments and situations OF
heartfelt interest.
Miss Eliscu for years has been asso-
ciatsd with the Manhattan Company. Of
New York, in which Mrs. F4ske starred |:
filling the leaCing feminine parts. and il
IS a safe prediction TO make that on
Monday night Miss Eliscu win establish
herself favorite here
The seat sale opens today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05

AS the girl with the golden hair
hanging down her back sang in the
vaudeville show:
Be II ever so crowded,
There's no place like home.
The liners steaming into our At
lsntic ports from over the sea are
bringing back a larger number than
ever before of tourists who have es-
.aLhShed or renewed an acquaint-
anee with Stratford-onAvon. Lon
aon, Paris. Rome. the Alps, and may
be the green land where the famous
bells of Shandon still ring out a
welcome to the visitor and fare
well to the sad-eyed emigrant.
And what is the message these
home-comers bring? The familiar
one that there's no place like the
United States. See Europe, and
hurry home. That's practically
what they all say.
It isn't that Europe is a disap-
pointment. How can it be while
London, Paris and Rome remain
while the stored spots like Hastings,
Waterloo, and Verona keep their
monuments out of the hands of ON
niverous Westerners Has the Par
thenOn been set up on the lake front
at Chicago? Has the Louvre been
moved to some mining kings resi-
dence on Fifth avenue? Not yet.
We must go over to see them.
We have here in America some of
the finest works Of the old masters
and better collections of japanese
art objects than any other nation
save Japan herself; but should that
prevent a trip TO Munich and Flor
ence and even to the land of chrys-
anthemums and geishas? OF course
not. We live to travel and to learn.
Travel, cures provincialism, and in
this way creates a national love for
home. The person who has not
travelled can only imagine the thrill
of affection and qualification that
takes possession Of the native re-
turning from -afar. It is better,
even, to be an innocent abroad than
a cOnceited hermit.
Americans now have the reputa-
ton of being the greatest travellers.
Travel makes the broad man. II
expands the perspective, not only
socially but commercially. The
Spaniards called US pigs in 1898 and
the French remarked that we were
a nation of shopkeepers. There was
no calling Of names on this side Of
the water. We knew that those par
ticular foreigners did not know
what they were talking about.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
The Suns Model -?

Readers of the New York Sun
must have wondered, of late, on
what model the editors were fash
Joining their comment on the Presi-
dent. One day he is charged by
clear implication with leaving East
ern seaports to the protection of
the German Emperor. On another
he is the occultation of Hearst. To-
day he is the Nominator, the self
authorized Authority" the Great
ness" Always he is threatening
property and endangering the Re
public.
The model may have come to
light. 1t is quoted in Higginson and
Macdonald's History of the United
States" 1t is a Philadelphia paper,
and the issue from which the sun
would appear to have taken much
of its present inspiration was pub
lished March 4, 1897. The following,
with a few cancellations and an oc-
casional change of name, reads as
though il had come from the Sun
itself:
The man who is the source of all our
country's misery is this day reduced 10
the rank Of his &elloW-Citizens. and. has
no longer the power 20 multiply the woes
of these United States. Now more
than ever is the time 10 rejoice. Every
heart which feels for the liberty and
happiness Of the people must now beat
with raDture al the thought that this
day the name af Washington ceases to
give currency to injustice and to legal
re corruptiOn. When we look
back upon the eight years OF Washlng-
tons administration, Il strikes US Win
astcnishment that one man could thus
poison the principles OF repubhcanism
among our enlightened people and carry
his designs against the public liberty so
far as to endanger its very existence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
SHIPS THAT PASS.

The MuIer's sorrow. Muse. unfold,
Who raked IN the summertime. good and
old.
But with no such rake as poets sing
She'd only to drive and dump the thing.
The judge came motoring down the road.
And the way he handled his levers
showed
That he knew the law and remem-
And he didn't scare Maud's horse a bit.
She raised her eyes. and let them fall
He goggled her once,-and that was all.
She unused, with a smile of the sad.
'If he'd hit the pike like a dead game
SPORT"
And visions her mental optic I'LL
Of herself mixed up in a bump and a
spill,
OF the Judge, aghast at what he'd done
Coming 10 rescue her, on the run
With smothered hasty estimate:
Cheaper to wed than pay the freight
TIL her. father bawled: Now. Maud.
No wa! way to Take!" And twas something
fierce.
or all the sad words Of writing machine
The saddest are these, sit might have
been
oh. the fate that will hand to a lone,
Iorn maid,
such a bitter cup Of lemonade!
-. Sk.ucks =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
THORNLESS CACTI
IhPRESSES CREEL
Luther Burbank's New Va
riety May Be Propogated
by Mexico.

Los ANGELES, Cal. Sept. 5.-Don
Enrique Creel. Mexican ambassador TO
the United States. Is IN this city, after
touring nearly 10000 miles through the
agricultural regions OF the country. He
will leave in a few days for Mexico
City. where he VIII report to PTesi-
dent Diaz on bis inspection. It is prob
able that what he has to say concern
ing American methods or agriculture
will result in changing irrigation
projects and the farming industry in
Mexico.
Creel. which is practically determined
upon, viii be an attempt by Mexico
to grow the thornless cact, which has
been experimental upon by Luther Bur
| ank. The ambassador visited the
wizard of the horticultural world and
was greatly impressed with what he
saw The cacti, without thorn, II IL
can be grown in Mexico, would be OF
unreasonable benefit, furnishing food
for thousands Of cattle and making
arid plains of some value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
TRACTION BOOKS SOLD
FOR WASTE PAPER

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-Because OF the
destruction OF the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company's books il Is Impos-
iole, the public service commission was
told yesterday at the resumption Of the
investigation of the local railroads. for
the officials Of the company to supply
the board with the details OF the various
consultations and transactions which
led TO the development OF the Metro
pOlitan system from a concern Of only
few millions of capital to a corpora
ton with a capitalization Of 2,O0O. COO
D. G. MoOrehead, secretary and treas
urer Of the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company, testified that not Only had the
books been sold as junk at three-ouarters
Of a cent a pound, but that the waste
paper firm which bought the books had
guaranteed that they should be turned
into pulp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
SNATCHED FROM AIR
AERONAUT ARRESTED
Alderman Jumps for Bal
looniSt Accused of Neglect
ing Board Bill.

YORK, Pa. Sept alderman Jacob
Stager, a six-foot justice Of this city,
arrested a man in balloon. The arrest
was made, however, with one of the
parties upon terra frma. as the law
would probably require.
Ross Atkins, OF Pittsburg, was one OF
two aeTonauts scheduled 20 make an
ascension at Highland Park. just out
side the city limits, and there were sew
erai hundred expectant spectators.
Meanwhile word had been received
from the Harrisburg police that Atkins
was badly wanted for jumping a board
bin there. A warrant was sworn out
before Alderman Stager. and he and
Detective H. K. Fickes started for the
park with a team.
As they reached there the balloon was
tugging at the ropes and the two men
were already IN the rigging Of the para
cnute.
Here! I want your yelled the alder
man, making for Atkins.
Cast on" commanded the aeronaut,
who easily cOmpTehsnded the situation.
As the balloon swung free the alder
man lea7ed into the air with the war
rant in one hand. With the other ne
dragged Atkins TO earth, while his COM
paniOn scared of alone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
mag HAGGERTYS RECEPTION.
HEADLINER AT CHASE,s

Chase's will appeal next week to fun
loving theatergoers with s. .wsll-balanced
comedy Offering comprising the Thomas
J. Ryan RichfieId company. Herbert
Lloyd, assisted by Lillian LIiyan and
company; Brown. Harris and Brown.
Zeno, Jordan and Zenc. Spenser Kelly
and Frederic Rose, Lillian APPEL w. n
Whittle and the exciting adventure mo-
ton pictures The Wild Boar Hunt"
In the latest addition TO the chain of
HaggeTty. expectations presented by the
Ryan, tehfield company, Mag Hagger-
tvs Reception" the locale introduces
the daughter of the last OF the bod car
rying race as the fashionable wife OF a
modern Croesus and the f'In commences
the moment Father Nike comes on
the scene after his first automobile ride.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
Could Not Play Violin
TO Suit the Magistrate
Battery Dan" Finn Wanted to Hear THE
Meeting of the Waters" But Not in
Earring Strains

.saloons-and into t-oubie-in the places
where Lawson is known.
Policeman McEwen. Of the Charles
street station. happened to be passing
the corner OF Hudson and Perry streets.
From the saloon on that corner he heard
the sound Of Lawson's violin, and some
how, there was something in the Earring
notes, even when School Days was
the theme that led him to suspect that
all was not right with Lawson.
Lawson. Il transpired after years o.
inconsequential RobTiety. was at last IN
toxicated enough to catch the public
eye. So Policeman McEwon took him
To the Charles street station for safe
keeping.
on the prisoners bench at Jefferson
Market court he began 70 feel the
strings OF the violin, which the police
had somehow allowed him to retain.
stop that VIOLIN" Magistrate finn
said, with as near an approach 20 Sc
verify as he iB capable OF when the los
ers of this worlds game come before
him.
The noise ended. A little later Law
son was brought to the bridge, He caR-
ried his violin with him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05

between Rosedale, Virginia Avenue. and
Towers. and, after the contests were all
over and the several hundred children
had assembled IN the grand stand FOR
the announcement OF the result. many
were the threats made that Towers
would be trimmed next year
The Rosedale school found consolation
In the victory OF their gi.ls' indoor base
ball team, and one Of the best satisfied
men on the grounds was Policeman h
u. Taylor, who Is coach and director OF
the team, and who worked faithfully for
the victory his proteges earned yester-
day.
Commissioner West. In addition 70
awarding the pennant TO the Towers
School. presented the individual vim
ners with gold and silver medals. and
there are but few OF the children who
have not found consolation IN one way
or the other-those whose friends lost
out in the general award having
heroes" who shared N the individual
honors, II was fully O'Clock when the
last distribution was made and the chill
uren, headed by Commissioner West,
left the park for their homes. q tired.
happy, and noisy aggregation.
Fairgrounds a Success.
A large crowd witnessed the events
and the work Of the Fairgrounds Asso-
citation during the past summer is an
nounced as a success IN every way The
pupils have had something to keep
them busy during the summer months
and, In addition, will enter school with
IN a short time In the pink OF physical
condition Each one will look forward
eagerly 10 next summers plans, when
II Is the avowed intention Of more than
one future athlete TO wrest the honors
from Towers.
The events OF yesterday passed of
without mfSnap and the detail of DO
hcemen on hand had nothing to do, en-
1oying the sports as much as the other
spectators
Following is the standing of the
various Fairgrounds:
Scors on Score on Final
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
MONEY WITHHELD.
SAYS HARTMAN
Railway Magnate Discusses
Financial Conditions
of Country.
Declares Fish-Harahan Fight
Reports Were 'Colored
for a Purpose.

San FRANCISCO. Sept. 6.-"As TO
financial conditions. there Is a certain
distrust extant which is causing people
OF means 70 withhold their money-ths
surplus OF the country. II you please
from the developing classes. Credit is
the r-Ost tender thing In the world.
Politicians don't realize that fact. They
work cut IN good shape IN due time.
however,
Edward II Hartman made these OBJ
servationa just before his departure for
Sacramento. Dir. Hartman had Just
arrived here from his outing in the
klamath Jake country OF southern Ore
gon. where he bought 400 acres OF land
at tbs head OF Pelican bay. He paid
S25,oo0 for the property, which includes
a fine house that he intends TO make a
summer residence.
When asked regarding the Fish
Harahan night at the Illinois Central
directors meeting IN New York last
week, he guardedly SAID:
THE news sent out about that afair
was evidently colored for a purpose, d"
but refused to explain what he meant
by the word purpose" Relative to the
purchase Of the Chicago and Alton rail-
road by the ShOnts-Hawley- Huntington
combination. he said;
Some one has charged that the road
was wrecked. Il was really worth some
thing or their men would not have
bought H."
Speaking of trade and the Orient
Mr.. Hartman said:
There should be a better under
standing between the United States and
the countries OF the Orient American
shipping Is greatly handicapped IN com
petition with the foreign steamer line.
both In original cost and cost Of opera-
don. The Government and the people
are not in sympathy with the tight the
American steamer lines are maklna to
hold their own IN foreign commerce,
and the press 10 some extent, unintan-
uonaiiy perhaps, Is responsible for
much OF this lack OF sympathy.
The Government is running a trans
port system. not only at a loss 70 Itself.
put also INJECTING q wrong on the COM
mercial lines. These TRANSPORTS take
nnucn freight that should 20 to the
commercial lines"
Speaking OF the testing OF the bridges
OF the Illinois Central between Chicago
ana Omaha for fast time, he saws
II does not moan that the Union Pa
1lhc and Southern Pacific are going 10
re Up with that company in a fast over
!eno Service. NO change is TO DO made
IN the matter OF connections at ire
Omaha gateway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
'TENNESSEE'S PARDNER"
OFFERING AT MAJESTIC

'Tennessee's PHrdner" will be the
offering at tie Majestic Theater next
week, and all of the favorites of w.
D. FItzgerald's Kathryn Purnell com
pany will be seen in a line of charac-
terizatiOns different from any they
have thus far assumed
The play tells a breezy, wholesome
story OF Western life, all OF the scenes
being laid In Nevada. Miss Purnell
will be cast in the title role, a part
giving full sway to hel emotional pow
ers.
''Tennessee's Partner" will be a well
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
DEFECT IN QUEBEC BRIDGE
SEEN BEFORE COLLAPSE

QUEBEC, Sept. 5.-The~ coroner's jury
yesterday continued its inquiry as to
the cause Of the death o. the victims
of the Quebec bridge disaster. Mr.
Hoare, chief engineer of the Quebec
Bridge Company. stated that Tuesday.
August q. Mr.. Mcclure, assistant en-
gineer, reported to him verbally and
to Theodore Cooper, re New York
consulting engineer. IN writing or by
telegram, that on the ninth lower
chord at the west truss a slight curva-
ture inward was noticed. They did not
consider il a serious thing, but he
visited the bridge early next morning
ana went over the whole structure with
Mcclure and Einloch, government in
spectors, and the Phoenix Company's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05

who are your" the magistrate asked.
81 am an Irish musiciaI-ole OF those
from the old days" Lawson said, with
dignity that more than pressed his
kneed and frayed trousers and left him
a parsonage, instead OF a tramp.
Where are your pipes, thenY' the
magistrate asked.
Il went 10 sleep on a train" Lawson
said. ''and somebody swiped EN-. But
I'm an Irish musician still"
You have got TO snow me-" MaRis-
trate Finn remarked. PLAY me The
Meeting OF the Waters; play me The
Harp That Once Through Taras Hall
and the rest. play me The Red. Red
Lobster OF the Shannon
Lawson snuggled ais violin under hts
chin. His fingers wandered-that's the
proper word under such conditions
moment over the dlscOrdant strings, and
then he swung into The Meeting OF the
Waters"
Magistrate Finn put his haI,ds TO hts
ears. Rotten" he said, "get out"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05

of course. 1t ought to be made IA
miliar to Chairman Tawney and his
associates of the House Appropria-
tions Committee. But the best way
to get action viii be for thoughtful
citizens of the District who are not
employees of the Government to see
that also the constituents of men,
bers of the house come to under
stand it. There will be little delay
once those are interested who cast
the votes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
Toners School Wins
Pennart for Athletes
OF the Fairgrounds
Hundreds of Children Participate in Bio
Event at Van Ness Park and All Were
Highly Enthusiastic.

Only those who remember wildly their
own scheol days can appreciate fully
the enthusiasm displayed yesterday
afternoon when Commissioner West an
nounced that the Towers School had
won the pennant in the Fairgrounds
athletic events, which took place at
Van Ness Park.
Somersaults were turned, hats thOwn
into the air, and the vtctors danced the
war dance about their less fortunate
competitors, until one would have imag-
ined that the result of Presidential
election had been announced, rather
than & decision as TO which crowd Of
youngsters had exceiled In youthful
athletic feats.
Al 1850 o'clock yesterday afternoon tho
eight contesting schools sent their dele
cations upon the field, the girls, several
hundrs-i strong, leading the van. and
pitching Immediately into the old IA
mIliar ring games.
TEen the Warriors Appeared
Shortly after. tbs real warriors, clad
IN battle array. appeared upon the
scene. each young American being ap-
propriately attired in abbreviated ath-
letic suits, in order that the affair
and also, perhaps, that the bulging
muscles Of the respective small boy
might be displayed TO better advantage
before the thrOEg Of admirers OF both
sexes. Some OF these suits, by the way,
appeared as though the wearer had been
able 10 find only a portion OF his
ralment and had como along with that.
these abbreviated conditions causing the
more timid OF the spectators to glance
uneasily toward the twenty-five police
on duty at the park. The miniors OF
the law, however. opiued that there was
no occasion for alarm, and said some
thing about worse at the seashore."
It was q battle royal from beginning
10 end, each "champeen' being encour-
aged by the yells OF his or ner 6tanch
admirers. Those who were defeated, OF
course. had the prepared in-advance ex-
cuse. which was accepted with the
pTOverbial condolences.
Three Compete for Victory.
II developed soon after the contests
began that the supremacy honors lay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-05
SEEING FUTURE At IS CENTS
STOPPED BY FRAUD ORDER

The Postofice Department has issued
a fraud order against Prof. Henry
Rainier. 10 and 60 wabash avenue. Chi
cago, H., who. according to his adver-
Using matter, is about the warmest
thing that ever happened n the art Of
reading the past, present, and future
It developed IN the investigation that
the business was conducted by ]. Z.
Wilson under the above alias. The
printed matter in evidence states that
professor Rainier is thoroughly IA
miIiar in metaphysics, occult science,
philosophy, theosophy. mysticism, and