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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

The Mesa County Fair was a
notable success financially as well
as in other ways. The Associa-
ton cleared approximately So, 600
after meeting all expenses. For
this success Leon ]. Chapman,
the efficient secretary, is un-
questionably entitled to a large
measure of credit. Mr.. Chapman
is a newspaper man and under
stands the science of advertising
and it requires the right kind of
advertising to make even a good
show draw the crowd. Mr.. Chap.
man is paid an annual salary by
the Association for his services.
The business men of Grand juno
ton and the county of Mesa both
contribute in a large measure to
the success of the fair, the
former by putting up 81, 900 for
the Grand junction Handicap,
which sum they also pledge
themselves to give annually for
four years. The county commits
sioners appropriated $1,000 for
premiums that were awarded in
the agricultural and horticultural
departments. Such encourage
ment as this is sure to result in
a notably successful fair as has
been the case in Mesa county
this year.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

City officials in Grand Junction
are accused of being in league
with saloon keepers in open vio-
lation Of the city ordinances per-
tanning to the hours Of closing
and on other important points. A
mass meeting was held in one of
the principal churches a few
evenings since which, it is
claimed, was attended by 1000
of the leading citizens of that
city. A fund of So, was sub
scribed with which to bring i'm
peachment proceedings against
the present municipal officers. A
leading citizen Of Grand Junction
told the writer that the saloon
people would be down and out
before they knew it if they did
not change their tactics and obey
the law. The action taken by the
above mentioned mass meeting
indicates that he had the situa-
ton sized up about right.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

ending with August, 1907, while
the increase in exports has been
but a little more than 500, ,0O0,-
600.
In these twelve months there
has been a reduction of our favor
able trade balance amounting to
$s6, 377, 1854.
We are importing goods at the
rate of 81, 500, 600, 900 a year, and
exporting at the rate of 81, 900,-
900, 900 year, and from present
appearances our trade balance
for the full calendar year 1907
will fall considerably below $400,-
600, 900, or $1O5, 600, 900 less than
for the calendar year 1906.
We are getting more foreign
trade" at heavy rate, but it is
mostly of the kind of trade that
will, if the increase continues,
take work and wages away from
American wage earners, and also
compel our bankers to ship gold
to Europe to settle balances.
AS a matter of fact, if we keep
on making it easier for foreign
ers to enter our market with their
competitive goods, and at the
same time decrease our favorable
trade balances from $517, 0OO,-
600 in 1906 fiscal year,, to less
than $4OO, 900, 900 in 19O8-it will
not be long before we shall have
panic conditions.
Then we shall realize to our
cost that to increase our foreign
trade at the expense of our own
labor and industry is an insane
and a ruinous policy.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04
The Asiatic Problem
on the Pacific.
Denver Rcpublican.)

Unless some action is taken
soon the Oriental problem on the
Pacific coast threatens to become
we'll nigh as serious as the negro
problem in the South. Indeed,
it may be more serious, as the
question directly affects labor
and it's compensation.
The feeling against the ORR
entails on the Pacific coast cannot
be ascribed to mere race hatred.
It is fear on the part of American
workingmen that their places
will be taken by dark-skinned
foreigners who will accept wages
that a native workman would
regard as absurd. The Japanese
are migrating to the Pacific coast
in droves via Hawaii. One
steamer that landed at Vancouver
carried mostly coolie labor
ers. The situation is even more
acute in Canada than in this
country and the outbreak threat
ems to come sooner in that
country than in the United
States.
Much of the labor on the Pa
cific coast is best handled by
Jap anese. This refers to the
fruit growing industry. But, as
Dolphin M. Delmas said the other
day in a newspaper interview, in
the long run this importation of
Asiatic labor must be dearly paid
for.
: Exclusion seems to be the only
remedy and it would seem that
the price of exclusion is war.
But one does not have to con-
verse long with the people of the
Pacific coast to find that they are
ready to pay even that price.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

The Grand Junction News,
which has been under new man.
agement for several months, and
which during that time has
proven to be a wide-awake, en-
terprising ard up-to-date publi-
cation, surprised it's readers on a
recent Sunday morning by COM
ing out with a Sunday issue. The
News is forging to the front with
rapid strides. The patronage it
receives is evidence of the fact
that Grand Junction merchants
appreciate its enterprise and
wide-awake way of doing things.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

More or less has been said po-
litically for and against a ship
subsidy, and a bill for such
measure was defeated at the last
session of congress. The word
subsidy" is not one which the
American people hear with favor,
yet the truth remains to be told
about our shipping trade and that
Of other nations, which bears
more weight in favor of such a
bill. England, Germany and
France all have subsidized ma
rines, and, as a result, they are
doing the sea trade Of the world
and the American flag is fast dis
appearing off the high seas from
the masts of shipping vessels and
passenger transports. The United
States no longer has a fast pas
senger line or even boat that
can be called an ocean grey
hound" and we are letting our
mail contracts and our freight
hauling, at a cost to us of more
than 5000, 900, 600 per annum, to
the subsidized fleets Of other ma
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

Local conditions afford an eX-
cellent speculative chance for in
vestors. If natural conditions
prevail for next year, as all have
reason to expect, there will be
quite a property boom in Delta
county. A partial crop or fruit
failure would, on the other hand,
render values and market a little
less than normal. The chances
for good advances are enough in
favor to warrant buying for spec
ulation.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

The policy of inviting foreign
ers to do an additional amount of
work which American labor
should do for itself seems to be
bearing the expected fruits. In
the month Of August, 1907, there
was an increase of nearly SO, 0O0,-
600 in our imports of dutiable
and competitive articles as COM
pared with August, 1906.
In the eight months ending
with August, 1907, our total i'm
ports were $1,OO1, 8O3, 3O5, this
being an increase of $156, 154, 511
over the imports for the corre-
spending eight months in 1906.
In dutiable and competitive arti-
cles the increase was SIS, 1854, 561.
That is to say, in 1907 foreigners
did work for us with American
labor should have done to the
amount of nearly SIG, 900, 900
more than they did last year.
For the first eight months of
1907 our exports were 81, 1876, 625, :
Ais, being $97, 287, 945 more than
for the corresponding period in
1906. The net reduction in our
excess of exports has been $685. :
866, 566.
Compared with the twelve
months ending with August,
1906, there has been an increase
of more than $500, 900, 900 in our
imports for the twelve months
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

The Denver papers ahould en-
ploy their artists more to illus
trate what they say about each
other. 1t would help to throw a
deeper gloom over the public.
Illustrative of this a young man
related the other day: when l
made up my mind to leave my
eastern home for Colorado, my
mother put her arms around my
neck and with tears in her eyes
begged me not to come to such a
horrid place, insisting that |
would be murdered" +" Why"
said she, "just read Of the law
less things they do, in the Den
yer newspapers!" To the people
acquainted with Colorado that is
about the biggest joke that could
be perpetrated, for even Denver,
with its rotten politics, its dives
and its grossly sensational news
papers, is a christian community
by comparison with Chicago,
New York, or many others of
the big central and eastern cities
and it's percentage of crime, ac-
cording to population, is many
times less. There are more mur-
ders and robberies committed in
any one Of those big cities in a
month than history records in all
of Colorado's mining camps and
frontier sections, and-it isn't at
all necessary for you to arm your
self to come to Colorado; unless
you want to have the toy pistol
taken away from you and be
fined, like other bad little boys
are in this state who take a no
tion to carry dangerous weapons.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04
MAORI Women. GREETING.

The native women OF New Zealand,
the Maori, when they greet rub noses.
or, rather, touch noses. allowing them.
selves to stand In this position several
moments, making a sort of purring
sound. And, taking into account the
germ theory, 1t is a much more sensi
BILE custom than kissing.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

tions. The remedy for this may
not entirely lie in ship subsidy
measure, but, where there is a
cause a remedy of some sort is
needed and should be devised and
applied.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04
The Doing Of Him.

Better keep away from that old
hayseed," cautioned the first bunko
man.
What for?" demanded the other.
Because did that old fellow my
self couple of months ago"
well. what man has done man
can do"
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04
American Club In London.

The latest form of club in London
Is the American Rendezvous, which
has been established to receive the
travelling American and the colonial
on temporary visit to London.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04
$as. 90 to FL paso.

From Denver via Colorado & South
ern Ry. Write for information.
I. E. FISHER, G. P. A.,
Denver.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Fifty cents per single column inch. month. Insertions
Of one week. only. IS cents per inch.
Display ads. changed every two week, without extra
charge: weekly changes 5 cent. per inch additional.
Copy for change o. ads should be supplied not later h'n
Wednesday noon tonsure appearance. .
Locals. cents per line each sue to ransen 10 eets
per linz 70, , issue. per line each subeauent icer-
lion. Headed locals 10 cents line for the head.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-04

We do Job Work of all kinds
with neatness and despatch.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
The Decay of the Scrap-Book.

The old-fashioued scrap-book has
disappeared. Nowhere to-day does
one find the discarded ledger from
which alternate leaves had been re-
moved TO make room for the clip
pings, or the awkward made-on-pur-
pose book in which a simpler gener-
alton pasted sentimental verse and
humorous story.
Several causes have contributed to
the decline One undoubtedly is the
multiplication of reading
Where summer lasts the whole year
round the squirrels hoard no nuts
and bees store little honey; and when
daily papers and weekly magazines
penetrate 10 the remote farmhouse
there Is small temptation to store
the waters of the food The problem
is rather how TO get rid of it.
A more decided influence has Joen
the invention of the card catalogue
and similar systems a sCrap-book
might be interesting because of the
sheer variety OF the matter it con
taIncd but 20 was rarely useful unless
&c was iudexcd and that was seldom.
The card or envelope system, being eat
once method of fling matter and
am index to &c. has too many adyau-
taees ever 20 be detbroned
The scrap-boOk habit had virtues
which make one regret its passing
no read with % view toward selecting
what is best is TO read with discrim-
nation, and to hlo away that which
is interesting or pleasing or useful IS
to re-enforce the memory fin a vslu-
able way, ~ not To strengthen &C..
Since fling and indeXing have been
made so easy as they sre by the mod
ern envelope system, 10 is rather a
pity that young people do not turn
more TO this interes ing habit of their
parent8.--Youth'g Companion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
Keeping a Dog in Town.

tried keeping a dog once in New
York, a small specimen, whom dur
ing the day l relegated to the back
yard of my boarding house, after en-
tering into treaty offensive and de.
fensive with the cook, involving Pc
cuniary consideration. but 1t was at.
tended with great embarrassments
and troubles, and continually led to
differences with the landlady. /
think l moved seven or eight times
that winter on account of such differ.
ences, besides frequently losing the
small dog and expending many dol.
lars for advertisements and rewards,
until the frequency of mysterious dis.
appearances became chronic, and led
to a suspicion that a certain dog
merchant was making his season 5
expenses out of me.
1t was in vain I moved, he fol.
lowed my wanderings until on the
last occasion a long interval ensued
without his producing the dog, and,
when he finally appeared, had
struck landlady Of strong views and
prejudices on the dog question, a
woman OF decided opinions. It was
a good place, the surroundings were
pleasant, the table excellent, added
TO which was a heavy charge by the
dog man for capture and mainten-
ance. 1 hesitated, and working my
self up TO a pitch of indignation with
the small specimen, for his vagabond
propensities, I declined further in.
vestments, and gave the man the an.
imal for his bill. much to his dissat-
isfaction, / believe, but he walked of
with Peter under his arm. IT was
many a day before 1 could rid my
mind Of the reproachful, beseeching
last look that little dog gave me as
he stretched his neck over the mans
arm as he walked down the street
felt mean, for the little thing looked
heartbroken. ] often wondered what
that dog thought of me- What a
mean opinion he must have had OF
human nature.-Forest and Stream.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
HOW JAPAN is GOVERNED.
An Impressive View OF Her Quiet,
Sclf-Contained Statesmen.

Sit in the gallery of the Lower
House Of the Japanese National Par
lament and observe thence the new
force that civilization and education
have loosed upon the rest of the
world.
The chamber is about as large as
the House of Representatives at
Washington, comfortable, conven-
lent and planned for business. The
members sit at desks facing the
Speakers high dias midway of the
long side Of the room. Ten or twelve
members wear the almost obsolete
native costume; theothers are CARRIED
like Europeans. You VIII notice first
of all that these men do not sleep,
like members of the British House,
nor read, nor write, nor transact at
their desk their private business, like
the Representative at Washington.
They listen to every word of every
speech. They are liberal of applause
and dissent. Everything that is said
seems to mean something to them.
There are no long. dreary harangues,
and no permissions TO print in the
Record. Members that address the
House mount n rostrum just below
and in front OF the presiding officer.
Their speeches are short, sharp, di.
rect and full of point. often they
are witty and very often eloquent,
but never are they entered for the
endurance prize.
You observe the faces intent upon
the speakers, the lines of long,
strong, square-jawed, brown faces.
and it startles you to reflect that the
powerful indomitable nation OF
which this grave deliberative assem-
bly, is the symbol has been created in
fifty years from the least promising
of materials; that in fifteen years it
has been lifted to the front ranks
among peoples; that all the world
has been amazed by its performances.
And then you will suddenly perceive
that in your eyes every face before
you is an impenetrable mask. From
each you receive n definite impress
sion of power - quiet, self-sufficing,
conscious power, but beyond this
nothing. All YOU can see are eyes,
nose, mouth and the blank stone wall
of an expression from which no
amount Of scrutiny will enable you
to draw a hint of the trouble within.
Charles Edward Russell, in "Sol.
diers Of the Common Good" in
EYerybody's.
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Lieutenant John 9. Solely, U. S. ~,
has been engaged in Collecting some
very interesting and valuable data i'm
reference to the Gulf Stream. but we
do not see that he gives credit TO the
discovercr OF this mighty flowing
river Of tho Atlantic Ocean 10 wac
the Nantucket whalemen TO- whom the
honor of the discovery belongs, and
it was Benjamin Franklin who should
have the credit OF bringing to- the at
tention of the world what the whale.
mon first discovered Anyone who
doubts this assertion may obtain
abundant proof by reading the
Works OF Franklin" volume ill.,,
pages 1853 and 3G4. The truth is
that the American whulemcn have
never received Uthe of the credit
that belongs TO them as explorers.
discoverers. civilizcrs and even mis-
siOnarics The carly whalemen w3s
not q scientific person. but as "a nari-
gator and seaman ne never had am
equal The whalomeu opened the
path which tho scientific navigator
and PHOTOGRAPHER followed and
charted which the whale-seekiue
navigator knew many years before
the scientific man elaborated upon &c.
American Lumberman
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
Said Ahnnf NVnnncn-

Women are supernumerary when
present, and missed when absent
Portuguese Proyerb.
The test of civilization is the esti-
mate of woman Curtis.
Provided q woman be welI-princi.
pied she has dowry onough.-Plau.
tus
The more women have risked. the
more they are Wiling to sacrifce.-
Duclos
A hattered woman is always indul.
gcnt-Chenier.
Beauty is the eyes food and the
souls sorrow German Proyerb.
Some cunning men choose fools for
their wives. thinking to manage
them, but they always fau.-Jonn.
son.
a termagant wife may. therefore.
in some respects ba considered toll.
cradle blessing Washington IRVING
Diviuation seems heightened TO its
highest power in woman. Bronson
AlcOtt
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
THE SHIPS OF LIFE.

III you wait for unmixed cargo
OF happiness, pile on pile,
With never pound of over freight,
You'll wait for weary while;
For the ships of life in commission
Must sail their way about:
Shey may open their books for happiness
sake,
But they can't bar sorrow out.
Vet tins is n captains wisdom
That makes his voyage bright,
Who stores sweet happiness in his ship
So that it stays in sight;
And the sails they shine in the sun
light,
And the ship with Joy seems whole.
So kindly the captains wisdom is,
So brave is the captains soul.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
In His Line.

That young man have invited to
dine tonight is very promising en-
gineer," explained the hostess. Il
want you to entertain him to the
best OF your ability"
What shall l talk about?" asked
Tue pretty girl, bridge ?"-Detroit
Free Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
Thoughtful.

Are you sure the sick man want
ed me?" asked the physician, reach
ing for his hat
He didn't mention your name,
but he's screamin for some one
thatll put him out Of his misery, and
/ thought of you right away
Houston Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
Dies Non.

The Girl-"The fortune teller told
me that the eighth day CT the month
is the luckiest to be married on"
The Cynic-"YoT we're misin-
formed, my dear. It's the eighth
day Of the week"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
To Re Eyact.

Ascum-"I hear your family has
gone South for the winter"
Miss Stickler COT Boston) Not
at all. They have gone South for the
absence of winter peculiar TO that To-
cality. "-Philadel Press
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16

Maria, what's the use OF your tell
ing the girl TO be sure and wake YOU
at o'clock? She does it every morn
Ing, and you never get up"
John, 1 don't want you TO inter-
fere with my way OF running the
house When that girl calls me at
6 o'clock, I know she's Chicago
Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
A Possibility.

Great financier, isn't he?"
"Yes, indeed. Very able man. Tie
would have succeeded in any line"
Beyond a doubt. l think, If he
had tried he could even have made
an honest living. New York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
Cautious.

Yeast u understand he always
writes his poetry when he is alone"
CrimsQnbeak-"Th right He
hates to have people see him make a
fool OF himself" - Yonkers States
man.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16

I'm surprised you took up with
that tortoise-shell Thomas cat" said
the first tabby. THAT Maltese fell
low told me he loved you as he loved
his own life
Yes, the other replied, but the
tortoise-shell told me he loved me as
he loved his nine lives "-P huadel-
phla Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
A Cheaper Way.

Old Kelly - do we think men
should be chloroformed at sixty, No
rah?"
Mrs. Kelly - "Phat, wild chloro-
form so expensivel Phats tn mat
ter wild an axe?"-New York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
No Joke.

Giles-"Uncle Sam ought to send
lot of servant girls to China"
Miles-"What for?"
Giles-"To smash it," - Chicago
News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
Tom Knew.

Teacher-"Tommie, what is the
hardest wood that grows?"
Tommie-"The kind feller's got
TO split. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16

The sectors little daughter did
not appear TO wholly satisfied
Why, dear said her mother,
don't you remember you prayed the
other night for a brown collie dog7
Well. here lt u.s."
Yes" pouted the little girl. but
I prayed for a brass collar and chain,
tool Chicago Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16
Cutting,

Lady with pet) Barber, 1 want
my dog clipped and shaved"
Barber-"Pardon me, madam, I'm
no skye-scraper." - Boston Tran
script.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16

Trousers. in their present shape.
we're introduced into the British
Army IN 1913, and tolerated as
legitimate portion OF evening dress
ln 1916.
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on the Ragged Edge.

I'm broke!" exclaimed the worn-out shoe
Aye! worse than that. All me!
I'm on my uppers, for I've lost
hy sole support, you see"
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-16

Franz Ferdinand. who Will succeed
the Austrian Emperor, IS credited
with the assertion that HunRary
needs to be reconquered once everg
century.
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In Dispute.

We'll, Sally Jones says I'm hern,
and Maria Muggins says I'm hern, so
you kin take yer choice. New York
Journal.
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j. II. Waldo e Co.'S.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
cRANTSVILLE, w. VA.

Keeps constantly on hands Baiod
Hay, Chop otO. at reasonable rates
Can supply you with q horse, single
horse buggy, two-horse buggy or sur.
en- long trip, on short notice and al
reasonable prices.
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