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La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

engineers. He was one of the black
listed strikers aud runs an engine now
down on the Santa Fe. But at long
intervals Duck gets back to revisit the
scenes OF his early triumphs The men
who surrounded him were once at
deadly odds with Duck and his chums.
though now the ancient enmitics seem
forgotten. and Duck. the once ferocious
Duck. sits occasionally among the new
men and EossIps about early days on
the West End.
DO you remember Siclone. Reed -
asked Duck. calling to me in the pri-
vate. ONCE.
Remember him-' I echoed. Did
anybody who ever knew SiciOne forget
himr'
II fired passenger for Siclone twen-
ty years ago" resumed Duck. He
walked just like that fellow. only he
was quicker. reckon you fellows
don't know what snap you have here
now" he continued. addressing the
men around him. Track fenced. nine
ty pound rails. steel bridges. stone cul-
verts. Stag ballast. skyscrapers-no
wonder you get chances to haul such
nobs as Liliuokalani and Schley and
Dewey and cut ninety miles an hour
on tangents.
When was firing for Siclone the
roadbed was just on the scrapers. the
dumps were soft. pile. bridges. paper
culverts. fifty-six pound rails. not II
fence west OF Buffalo gap and the
plains black with Texas steers. We
never closed our cylinder cocks. The
hiss of the steam frightened the cattle
worse than the whistle. and we never
knew when we were going to find a
bunch of critters on the track.
1.-The first winter ] came out was
great for snow. and I was tenderfoot.
The cuts made good windbreaks. and
whenever there was norther they
were chuck full OF cattle. Every time
a train plowed through the snow II
made path on the track. Whenever
the steers wanted to move they would
take the middle Of the track single file
and string out mile after mile. Talk
about fast schedules and ninety miles
an hour. You had to poke along with
your cylinders splitting and just whistle
and yeil-sort Of blow them on into the
snowdrifts.
zone day Siclone and were going
west on so, and we were late. For that
matter, we were always late. Simpson.
coming against US on 10. had caught
bunch of cattle in the rock cut just
west Of the Sappie and killed couple.
When we got there. there must have
been a thousand head Of steers nous
Ing around the dead ones. Siclone-he
used to be cowboy. you know-Si-
clone said they were holding a wake.
At any rate. they were still coming
from every direction and as far as you
could see.
"'Hoid on. Siclone. and I'll chase
them out I said.
That's the stuff. Duck says he.
Get after them and see what you can
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
rl. o..rieA.. Mistake.

A trained ostrich recently discon-
certed Its exhibitor at a music hall
by continually endeavoring to break
away from all restraint and to climb
over the footlights into the orchestra.
The widely advertised act came to
sudden end. and the professor emerg-
ell from behind the curtain and apollo
gized for the actions OF his pet In
nbout these words:
"I.ydics and Gentlemen-Hi ham
very sorry to disappoint you this hev-
cning. We are compelled to cease our
Encouragement until the management
1engnges n new horchcstra leader.
The one mt present Unemployed ere
as no 'nir OH top OF is 'ead. and my
bird takes II for a hegg. Bits.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

low gave a cry aud pointed to the
south gable. Away mp under the caves
AT the third story window we saw u
face. II was Fitzpatrick.
Everybody had forgotten Fitzpatrick
and his nurse. Behind. as the flames
lighted the opening. we could see the
nurse struggling to get him to the win.
dow. II wns plain that the engineer
was In no condition to help himself.
The two men We're In deadly peril. A
great cry went up.
+ The crowd swarmed like ants around
to the south end. A dozen men called
for ladders. but there were no ladders,
They called for volunteers TO go In aft
er the two men. but the stairs were
long since furnace. There were men
In plenty to take any kind OF chance.
however slight. but no chance offered.
The nurse ran TO and from the win
dow. seeking loophole for escape.
Fitzpatrick dragged himself higher on
the easement to get out of the smoke
which rolled over him In choking
bursts and looked down OH the crowd.
They begged him to jump-held out
their arms frantically. The two men.
again side by side. waved hand. 1t
looked like a farewell There was no
calling from them, no appeal. The
nurse would not desert his charge.
and we saw II all.
Suddenly there was cry below
keener than the confused shouting OF
the crowd. aud one running forward
parted the men at the front aud. clear
Ing the fence. jumped into the yard
under the burning gable.
Before people recognized him q iariat
was swinging over his head. 1t was
SlclOne Clark. The rope left his arm
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
A Grand asnsfa etor.

l take on my hat
And bow myself nat
To the man who invented Ice cream
A chap of that kind
Should have. to my mind.
Affection. regard and esteem.
When summer Is here
How pleasant to steer
Away to an Ice cream saloon.
a shady retreat
In some quiet street.
And feed our glad face with a spoon
Some people apply
Their money on pie
Or gnaw at the festive red hot.
And some. It IL queer,
VIII tell you that beer
VIII trickle Its way to the spot.
Just give me II dime
When out for n time
And tell me TO spend 1t for cream.
For then | can know
The moments will flow
Away In a beautiful dream.
when II Is as hot
Al newly made shot.
One hundred or so In the shade.
And every old thing
In limp as n string.
To what do we turn for first aidI
know right away
Just what you will say.
Because you are wise to tho scheme.
And so / may state
We turn to q plate
OF nothing at all but Ice cream.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
Lost or straysd.

Where Is our wandering gnif stream
tonight?
There Is rumor that that useful
current of water has departed from its
usual haunts and is wandering away
In strange waters and not tending to
Its regular task of modifying the ell
mnte OF various countries.
gulf stream Is like several other
useful thlngs-we never miss 1t until
1t Is gone. One may have perfectly
good gulf stream and take 1t quite AZ
matter oil course. but he raises an
awful holler when 1t begins washing
the feet of some other land for 4
change.
Let us hope. however. that this II
but a boyish prank and that 1t will
soon lie back. The gulf stream isn't
more thnn several hundred thousand
years old. and too much In the way
Of stability should not be expected Of
It
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

~d0 5000 O8e uAGT< E1tb q S0OOes Ou0
kept the scho,e bunch cg me-"
do He looked kind Of queer. but l
nsver thought anything l picked Up .
Jack bar and started up the track.
'-The drst fellow I tackled looked
lazy. but be started full quick when
hit him. Then be turned around to In
spect me. and noticed bis horns were
of the broad gauge variety. While !
whacked another the nrst one put his
bead down and began to snort and
paw the ties. Then they all began to
below at once. 1t looked smoky. I
dropped the Jack bar and started for
the engine. and about fifty Of them
started for me.
Il never had an idea steers could run
70. You could have played checkers on
my heels all the way back II Slclone
hadn't come out and joIlied them. I'D
never got back In the world. just
bumped The pilot and wept clear over
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

| Hand Orer hand StclOnc Clark crept UP.
| like "a slungshot and flew straight Mt
| F'itZpatrick Not seeing or confused.
he missed II. and the rope. with a
groan from the crowd. settled back.
The agile cowboy caught 1t again into
n loop and shot II upward. that time
fairly over Fitzpatricks head.
Make fast" roared Siclone. Fitz-
patrick shouted back. and the two men
above drew taut. Hand over hand
Slclone Clark crept up. like monkey.
bracing his feet against the smoking
clapboards, edging away from the
vomiting windows. swinging on the
single strand OF horsehalr and fol
lowed by hundred prayers unsaid.
| Men who didn't know what tears
, were tried to cry out to keep the
choking from their thrOats. 1t seem
ed an age before he covered the last
i've feet and the men above caught
franticaily at his hands.
| Drawing himself over the easement.
he was lost with them moment.
Then from behind burst of smoke
they saw him rigging maverick SAD
die on Fitzpatrick. saw Fitzpatrick
lifted by Clark and the nurse over the
sill. lowered like wooden tie whirl-
| Ing and swinging. down into twenty
arms below. Before the trainmen had
! got the engineer loose the nurse. fol-
| lowing. slid like a cnt down the Incline.
but not an instant too soon. tongue
| of flame lit the gable from below and
| licked the horsehalr up into curling.
| frIzzHng thread. and Siclone stood
alone In the upper easement.
| 1t seemed for the moment ne stood
there the crowd would go mad. The
shock and the shouting seemed to con-
| fuse him.. 1t may have been the hot
| air took his breath. They yelled to
him to lump. but he swayed uncertain
Iy. Once, an instant after that. he was
seen to look down: then lie drew. back
from the easement. never saw him
again.
The flames wrapped the building In
yellow fury. BY daylight the big
barracks were smolderiDg pile OF
ruins. 30 little water was thrown that
it was nearly nightfall before we could
get into the wreck. The tragedy had
blotted out the feud between the strik-
ers and the new men. Side by side
they worked. rs side by side Sicl"ne
md Fitzpatrick had stood In the morn
ing. striving to uncover the mystery
Of the missing man. Next day twice
as many men were In the ruins.
Fitzpatrick while we were searching
called continually for Siclone Clark.
We didn't tell him the truth. Indeed.
we didn't know 1t. nor do we yet know
IT, Every brace. every beam. every
brick. was taken from the charrei pile.
every foot of cinders. every handful OF
ashes sifted. but of n human being the
searchers found never trace. not
bone, not key. not knife. not but
ton which could be identified MS his.
Like the smoke which swallowed him
up. he had disappeared completely and
forever.
Is he alive? I cannot ten.
But this I know:
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
Hard to Say.

"The coroner's jury is unable to de-
eide what killed him."
'.l3ut he fell from the sixth story Of
an apartment building. didn't he?"
yes: he fell all the way"
Looks easy, then"
But they can't decide whether be
was killed by the fall or shocked to
death by what he saw In the windows
A. he came down"
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
Humor a.e Philosophy
., DUNCAN n. sNITn
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Happiness advertises Its whereabouts
SO thoroughly that anybody but pessi-
mist can fiud II.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
Not In Their Line.

At hear the chaffeurs are going b
form unicr."
well, they can't make 1t a SUGGEST"
"Why not?"
"where could they get a walking
delegate|
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

Timidity spends most Of Its time
dodging the good things that come its
way.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

He who has money to burn Is either
fool or diplomat
Running expenses 20 so fast that II y
hard ever to catch up with them.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

Sometimes having cash balance
causes a man to lose his balance.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
An t. Match.

ESQ stylish. wasn't hep"
"Oh. my. Kid gloves and kid shoess'
Even had on his kidding clothes.~
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

People are not nearly SO apt to be
Jealous OF a mans ability to work as
they nre OF the result Of his work.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

HERE goes "a fel-
low that walks
like Siclone
Clark" ex-
claimed Duck
NJ ! d u ! e I o q.
Duck WAS sit
tingIn the train
masters office
with n Yrutln of
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
Many a woman
marries a man
to inform him.

II is not un-
usual to find peo-
pie who never
sa W the ocean
who have "A dead
sure cure for sea-
sickness.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
Family.

"A blind man could see that
''See what?"
..see that he can't see."
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

1t ix q public
calamity when u
man falls In love
with the sound
of his own voice.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

Being poor may be Christening to the
spirit, but 1t Is hard on the disposition.
The Delta independent., 1907-11-29
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

To lishop Nicholas C. Matx, owner of Lots so,
81 and ~; to \; T.; Penley, owner of lots y and
~ to Hubert q. Williams, owner of Lots vi and
\. Barker. owner of Lots u, -, - and ~; to
Mrs. W III. Stewart, owner of Lots L. is 10 and
~ 10 u. Il. Cronk, owner of Lots y and lO; to Il.
ID Gilbert owner of Lots and $; to the Delta
Town and Improvement Co, owner of Lots 5
and and IL to 10 inclusive and to tiroyer C.
GILL; owner of Lots TO inclusive, all in Block
Numbercd Six of the original plat Of the town of
Delta, Colorado.
You are hereby notified that in pursuance of a
certain rsoution of the Board of trustees of the
Town of Delta, Colorado. passed and approved
on the 18th day OF Octotcr, A. u iap5 that the
following dcscribssd Sanitary Sewer District has
been established, and shall be known as Sanitary
Sewer District No. 5, OF the Town OF Delta
Colorado, to-wit; Ali OF Block Numbered Sly
OF the original plat OF the Town of Delta, Colo
rado, in said County Of Delta and State of Colo
RADIO; that in said Sanitary Sewer District No 5
follows, to-wits Said sewer line shall bc con-
nccted with the prs-ent sanitary sewer at the
South side OF Block Number,.d Five of the orig
inal plat OF said town, and run thcncc south
and west halves of said Block Six to n point ON
the south line OF Seventh Strct and shall be
seycn feet deep at its terminus By the side OF
said sewer limo and six inches deeper shall he laid
the ends we'll hutted together. The scwer line
shall In OF Nitrified sewer pipc six inches In d
nmeter with the ends ccmentcd together with
Ideal Portland cement, and both lines laid ON n
seen through any stretch Of stO feet OF said sewer
pipe. After the joints afe cemented together,
u swah shall be drawn through the pipc 70 as Il,
remove ali surplus ccment inside OF said sewer
with gravel NJ least two inches in depth, The
nusher nj prscnt located in the alley at the south
line OF said BLOCK Five. shall h-s removed and
placed IN tho alley Ut tho south line VI Seventh
The Delta independent., 1907-11-29
CastiIian Customs Of Mexico.

There Is very decided strain of the
blue blood of CASTLE in the Mexican and
with 1t he has inherited the courteous
customs of the old Spain that have
colored many romance, and practices
it to a nicely in his every day life.
Your Mexican friend may meet you
dozen times day, but he will shake
hands every time, both at meeting and
parting, and if he has not seen you IN
several days he will embrace you and
pat you on the back-as the customary
salute between friends in Mexico-and
when he calls at your Office he will take
off his hat, and hold it in his hand until
you request him to replace it-which he
will very quickly do, if you are as
polite when you call on him. If you
are invited to his house, or to a place of
refreshment, you are to precede your
host in entering; it will be left to you
to propose to go, but the host will
precede you in departing. When you
are introduced to the Mexican he ex-
presses his pleasure at meeting YOU,
announces himself as at your service,
gives the number and street of his resi-.
dence, with the information that the
house is yours, or will say: "Now you
know where your home is" and the
invitation to take immediate possession
is very cordial-or if you admire his
horse, his carriages or anything that is
his, he will Immediately present it to
you.
The salute in passing on the street is
"Adios' instead of How dye do"
but ''buenos dias,' ''buenas tardes.''
or 'buenas noches" are frequently used;
the plural days, afternoons and nights
are always used: why, the deponent
sayeth not. The inside of the sidewalk
next to the wall, is offered and insisted
upon, and at narrow places and door
ways the Mexican always allows his
companion to precede him, and with
persistent "Pase, Senior, pase" waits
for you to pass in.
Mexico and its customs afford great
er opportunities for pleasure and prof.
table study for the trav eler than anv
other section of the North American
continent. Ii Is truly the Egypt of
the New World. -
Probably no more enjoyable way to
see the attractions of this interesting
section will be offered than the thirty
three day tour of all Mexico by private
train, luXuriously equipped, leaving
Denver January 2s, announced by Mr..
T. f. Fisher, General Passenger Agent
of the Colorado &. Southern lines, Den
yer.
The Gulf of Mexico. with its splendid
winter resorts and facinating steam
ship trips to Florida, Cuba and Mexico.
is annually growing in popular favor
with people of Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1907-11-29

Street
The probable cost per foot as shown by the
estimates of the Town Engineer is ~ cents per
foot for each linear foot of said sewer and drain
tile line The Town of Delta shall pay the entire
cost OF said sewer line and drain Sixth and
Seventh Sireets- The cost ot constructing said
sewer and drain tile liue shall be payable in cash.
IN one installincnt, within thirty days after the
completion of said sewer line and its acceptance
less SO pad shall thereafter bear interest at per
cent per month until paid.
You are further notified that on December 10Th
A ID. l9O', at O clock Y. NJ, the Board of Trus-
tees OF said Town at a regular meeting, will
hnaily CONSIDER an ordinance ordering the said
pubic improvements constructed in said sewer
disfrict; that the map of said district, prepared
by SAID Town Engineer, tossether with the e~ti-
mate and schcstule of said Town Engineer, show,
ing the amounts to he ASSESSED against each and
every tract of land in said district, and all
RESOLUTIONS and proccSdinlss tilc with and
can he ss,'n and cxamined 10y any person inter-
Town OF Delta, Colorado ut any time between tho
date OF publication of this notice and DeSccmber
i"th, ID. lNul at u clock p VI. and that all
complaints and objections that may hc made in
writing, presented To said Town Clerk, by tho
owner or owners Of any rial estate in said sewer
district conccruing the proposed public improve
ment viii bc hear,i and deteruincd by the Board
OF trustees cf said town before final action by
SAID boafd of Trustees ordering such district
sanitary sewer
i9U5.
LILLE f. WILSON,
(SEAL) Town Clerk and Rccorier
to-lt
The Delta independent., 1907-11-29
Notice Of Adjustment Day.

Estate OF ]. ;. Turner, Deceased,
The undersigned. having been appointed All
mtntstfatrtN OF the Estate OF j. :, Turner late OF
thc Vuunly OF Delta, in the state OF Colorado,
ueceascd, hereby gives notice that she will
arpcar botore the County Court OF said Delta
county, al the Court nouse In Delta. in said
county, on Monday, the SECOND day of Dcccm-
Der, A. D. 1877. at the hour OF ten o'clock. A. NJ.
OF said day, at which time all persons having
claims against said estate arr notified and re-
qucsted u attend for the purpose of having tho
same adlus, cd. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
Dated ut Delta. Colorado, this 10th day Of
october. A. u. 1877.
CuRA NJ. TURNER. Administratrix OF
the Estate of j. 5. Turner, Deceased.
King Stewart. Auosnvy> ga
The Delta independent., 1907-11-29

!, W q. Hl'man. Cashier of the above nam
eu oanS do sol. mny swear that the above state
belief. ~
W G. HILLMAN, Cashier.
Suecrihed and sworn to before me this 18th day
of Aug, 1907
MY commission expires June II, 1910
A. X. KING, Notary Public.
CoRRHcr-Attest:
,sr 4. II: Stcckham,
lskAl-l +. Rlumberg, SDirectors.
W. K. .Stockham
The Delta independent., 1907-11-29
Report Of the Condition Of the
FIRST NATIONAL
A n k
DELTA.

At Delta. in the State of Colorado al the
close of business. Aug. p. 1907.
The Delta independent., 1907-11-29
GOOd

and will be accepted payment any of the following bar
gains:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-23
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Accepts Report of School Committee
 Regarding New Woodward School.

Accepts Report of School Committee
 Regarding New Woodward School.
 The regular meeting of the Board of education was held yesterday noon at 12:3O instead of las teveninfi, the regu- lar meeting time, principally on &C., count of the Yale-Princeton debate.
 lAt the meeting, which was largely attended, the regular routine business was first transacted. The board ac- cepted the report of the committee which inspected the new Woodward avenue school building at Four Corners. The inspectors have examined the building and found it in first class con- dition. The committee on chools noti- fled the board that the plans for the new Winchester school were ready and that bids for the new school would be opened on April 12.
 A bid for removing the vacated school building on Greenwich avenue was received. This question was re- dition, The committee on schools noti- power to act. This building has been vacated since the Kimberly avenue school has been opened. The board was going to remove this building some time ago as it is of no use. but no ac- ton was taken regarding it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-23
WOMAN IN THE CASE.

Natle Mariana of 90 Haven street was found at the corner of Prindle all ley and Fair street late Thursday night with a stab in the back and the wound was dressed at police headquarters by pr. spier. The man was then held on charge of drunkennes, pending inyes- tigation.
 Tn the city court yesterday morning he was held until next Monday under a
 bond of $500 on the technical charge of drunkenness.
 Later in the day well known police character named Mary Anderson was brought in by Detectives Daley and
 McAvoy. and it is said that Mariana received his wound on account of be- ing with the woman Thursday night
 Another arrest Is likely and at present
 the police refuse to give more details Iabout the case.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-23
WHERE THE sUEVIC WENT
 fl DOWN.

 fl DOWN.
 So many steamships, some of them ranking high among the transatlantic fleet have gone ashore in the vicinity of the Lizard between the Manacles and Lowlands, that it has come to be a common saying among sailormen that the rocks on this section of the ties which affect compases to sucil an extent as to lead navlgators miles out 1 of their wa.
 Of course, no skilled navigator be- lieves this, and in the case of the American liner Paris, now the Phila- delphia, which was wrecked there some years ago, talk of the magnetic attraction of the loadstone cliffs was easily set at naught by the announce ment of the fact that the skipper of the Paris had impaled his vessel as a result of mistake in simple addition. At all events, the liner was held hard and fast, a great, guant crag sticking through the hull bottom and holding her like fly on a needle. For weeks the problem of how to save the vessel was discussed and attempted without result Then came a German wreck ing company, which, by the simple ex- pediient of piling steel rails on the ster, caused the bow to rise until it came clear of the penetrating crag. 1 The Paris went on the rocks within pistol shot of the ill-fated Atlantic Transport Line steamship Mohegan which, on the evening of October 13 1S9S crashed at full speed on the rocks near the Mancles. There seemed little excuse for this disaster which involved the loss of over 100 passengers, ostly American, the sky being clear and the coastline in full sight An adequate explanation ol the accident has never been made, but that it was due to either an error ol temporary alteration on the part ot the captain, who died wih his ship, k commonly accepted.
 Scores of vessels of smaller size have ended their existence on this sectior Iof the Cornwall coast, and the little bellbouy on black staff, marked Manacles, situated on the outermos Rock, Penwin seems constantly toll ing for those who have perished there New York Evening Post.