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The Delta independent., 1908-10-23
A PERSONAL INVESTIGATION.

At one time during his administra-
tion coal company made application
for certain coal lands in the state. The
Governor looked the application over
and didn't think it read just right. He
is a practical surveyor, an d one Friday
night he slipped out of town, put on
some old clothes, went down to the
place and surveyed it, and found that
there was just twice as much land in
the application as the chart showed.
He came back, sent for the president
of the company, and told him that he
had better withdraw the application,
that it would cause him trouble if he
undertook to put it through. The pres
ident took the hint and withdrew the
application, and the school fund was
enriched several hundred thousand dol
lars by reason of the Governor going
down and spending a couple of days
surveying for the state.
At another time a coal company
turned in a report, upon which it was
to pay ten cents ton royalty on the
COdl iuiucu. 1nC 0ONCAiiOA iiOt OC-
lieve the report showed the total num-
ber of tons that had been taken out of
the mines. Unknown to anybody, he
went to the mine, and spent day sur
veying the drifts. From these surveys
he made an estimate of the amount of
coal that had been taken out. sent the
company bill for the difference. and
the company, knowing it was "up
against it," sent him check for the
difference.
There was not a dollar paid out of
the internal improvement fund for
roads and bridges during the past two
years that Governor Mcdonald did not
inspect the bridge or the road. He
went over every mile of road built by
the state and inspected every bridge.
Many trips were taken by him when
the people along the roads never knew
who he was. At one time company
put in faulty abutment for bridge,
and he made them do the whole thing
over before he approved the bill.
The Delta independent., 1908-10-23
Tuesday An Excursion Day

Colorado & Southern sells tickets on
Tuesdays from Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo to all State points
at very low rates for the round trip.
The Delta independent., 1908-10-23

See WEIGH & Merrill for fire insur-
ance or loans. 36-tf
The Delta independent., 1908-10-23
When Mcdonald Was Gouernor.


The phenomenal change of public
sentiment which took place during the
administration of Governor Mcdonald
can best be told in the actions of the
daily press. Two days after he was
inaugurated Denver paper cartooned
him as worm squirming about on an
empty seat. Two days before he re-
tired from Office the same paper car
tooned him as Colorado's greatest ex-
ecutive.
And why this change of sentiment?
Why was it that man could in a few
short months bring the people of the
entire state from a condition of opposi-
tion to him to worship at his feet? 1t
was because he was Governor and was
honest and did his duty quietly and
without any blare of trumpets. Those
who knew him best as chief executive
loved him most.
There was one thing Governor Nc
Donald despised and that was publicity
to his official acts. Many an incident
occurred, which, had it been known at
the time, would have mrde him great,
but he did not tell it, and if it became
known would not let the press boys
publish it. The following are few OF
the incidents that occurred during his
administration, which show the metal
of the man, but which as yet have nev-
er been made public:
About month after Governor Nc
Donald was inaugurated strike was
imminent in section of the state that
was not affected by the turmoil of the
previous two years. In fact it was
agreed that strike was to be called
on a certain day. Both miners and
mine owners were anxious for the con-
fiict. One day a committee of mine
owners visited Governor Mcdonald and
asked him what he would do in regard
to maintaining law and order, and if he
would allow them to deport the miners.
TOOK FIRM POSITION.
Gentlemen" said he, "If strike
is called and local officials can't control
it, will; but it will be law and order
on both sides. I'll hang the first man
that blows up mine and I'll hang the
first man that undertakes to deport
private citizen. When l go in there
will be law and order on both sides and
not on one side alone"
The mine owners went away crhst-
fallen, and the next day a committee
of miners visited him and asked him
what he would do, and they got the
same reply. Two days after that the
miners and mine owners got together.
settled their differences and the strike
was not ordered.
Neither cared to go up against the
law strictly enforced.
Two months after that another strike
was imminent, and other committees,
who visited the governor, got the same
reply, and went back and settled their
troubles.
The Delta independent., 1908-10-23

Large or small loans.
26tf. WEIGH & MERRILL.
The Delta independent., 1908-10-23
Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT OF THE fNTERfOR,)
U. y. LAND OFFICE AT MorrnosE. coLo..
Oct. 18th, 1905.
NOTICE is hereby given that

EDITH wIsTROM.
widow OF Charlie wistrom, dec.nscd. of Delta
Colorado. who, ON September 2sth, 1908. made
Homestead Entry. No. 22s Ute l0763l, for Els
SWA, VIZ SEL, Section ~. Township 81 N,
Range 10 W. North Meridian, hns nIcd notice
OF Intention to make Final Five Ycar Proof.
TO establish cnm TO tho land above described,
before Milton II. Welch, u. \. Commissioner.
nt Delta, Colorado. on the 23rd day II Novcm
Dor, 1908.
Claimant names ns witnesses;
Samuel y, Rogers. OF Olnthe. Colorado; Lewis
of Dclta, Colo; Patrick Sullivan, of Delta, Colo.
BRYsoN p. BLAIR.
Register.
First pub. Oct. 16 1905 Last pub Nov. 20 1908.
The Delta independent., 1908-10-23
Notice for Publication.
and people tell the prices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
U. 5. LAsD oFYIoE Az MosrRoer, Colo.
Scptnnhcr 22nd. lNs-.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

tremely elaborate collar, or can be
cut round and finished simply by
banding and frills, as shown in the
smaller view. No. is cut on a square
outline, end is especially well adapted
to banding and medallions. In this
case these last are hand embroidered,
while lace banding outlines them and
frills of lawn finish the edges. Lace
medallions or ready made ones of en-
broidery can be used, however, and
embroidered banding can be made to
take the place of lace, or the ma
terial can be outlined by the banding
and the squares filled with some little
bit of embroidery, If better liked.
Each bertha is made in one piece.
No. l is quite plain. but Nos. 2 and 3
are perforated for the medallions and
for the banding. which make such eff
fective trimming.
The quantity of material required
for the fourteen year size is three
fourth yard thirty-two inches wide
for any bertha; three and one-fourth
yards OF banding for No. L; nine me-
dallions, five yards of insertion, three
and three-fonrth yards of edging. or
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
The short-Lived Dog.

Surely it is by an unfortunate dis
pensation of nature that the dog,
beyond all question the chief friend
of man among the other animals,
should have a normal length of life
which is no more, on fair computa-
.tion, than one-seventh of his own.
There is no other figure which ex-
presses the relative ages of man and
his dog so well. The puppy of one
year is about at the same canine age
as the child of seven. At two years
he is probably little more advanced
than fourteen-year-old boy, but the
canine age of three is very nearly
equivalent to the human twenty-one.
And SO it continues through all the
years of canine and of human prime
respectively, the ratio fairly we'll
preserved. 1t has to be admitted
that the old age of the dog, thus
computed, outlasts the old age of the
man. One hears stories which seem
to be fairly authentic of dogs living
up to eighteen, and if we do hear
stories of human beings living SINH
larly up to 1876, at least we do not
believe them. But such an age for
a dog is quite the extreme limit. The
dog of ten years approaches the
equivalent of the three score and ten
which had been named as the fair
end of the human creatures tether,
and on the whole the multiplication
of canine years by seven all through
fha cfo ooS Of 1ffa vivoS fho corra
spending age of man better than any
other figure given it.-W Westminster
Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13


Figures showing railroad casualties
in the State outside the New York
City district are favorable to the cleo
trio companies when these are COM
pared to the steam lines, urges the
New York Press. Thus the former
carry 100000 passengers. with a
total of all kinds of killed of ninety
five and injured 769, while the steam
railroads carry only 100000 pas
-sengers, but manage to kill 1892 pas
sengers, employees and others, and in
jure 2427. Reduced to simpler
terms, the mortality statistics as to
passengers alone mean that for every
million carried by the steam roads
twenty-four are killed, and for every
million of electric line passengers the
killed number six.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

in a casing. The straight collar fin
.ishes the neck, and whatever the
length of the sleeves they are gath
cred at their upper and lower edges
and Joined either to bands or cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Twelve years)
is, for either guimpe, two and three
eighth yards twenty-four or thirty
two, or one and five-eighth yards for
ty-four inches wide. with five and
three-eighth yards OF insertion, to
make the tucked guimpe as illus
trated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
Girls Bertha Collars.

Bertha collars suit the girls so per
fectly that they are always worn, and
here are some charming models that
are novel, yet simple, and which can
be utilized over any dress.
No. l is made in handkerchief style
with points at the shoulder, front and
back, and can be finished with
straight banding, as illustrated, OF
be scalloped on its edges or inset with
lace or embroidery, as liked. No. 2
can be cut on the pointed line, as IL
Illustrated, and made with medallions
and lace and with French knots
worked in the points to make an ex-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
speedmania is a form OF dementia

Speedmania is form OF dementia
Americana. Its victims are afflicted
with a succession of brainstorms pro-
portionate in the frequency of the ex-
plosion to the power of their cars.
This mania, remarks the New York
World, is the more dangerous be-
cause, while other persons suffering
from delusions occasionally commit
homicidal acts, they are morally GER
tain to do so in the end They should
be treated as mental suspects. The
courts should be empowered on the
petition of citizens to appoint COM
mission in lunacy to examine them
and determine whether the motorist
complained of it 1T to be at large.
The CT cation of State Automobile
Lunacy Commission would expedite
the hearing of such cases.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
Municipal Bus in Vienna

The municipality of Vienna, Aus.
tria, has acquired the rolling stock.
horses and concessions of the bank
rupt BUS lines and is running the
buses on better time and at cheaper
rate than the old concern. All The
buses are labeled Property of the
Clty OF Vienna" The horses receive
better and more food, the vehicles
nave been thoroughly overhauIed
painted and cleaned, and the drivers
and conductors are now paid living
wages. -
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

Our sympathies are always with
the dogs, and this is the reason why
we are glad that The license tax on
dogs is to be raised. 1t should be
raised so high that there would be
no dogs in the city except lapdogs
or housedogs. All of the other
kinds are perpetually unhappy,
philosophers the st. Louis Globe
Democrat The city is no place for
any animal whose nature it is to
romp; for this reason we could al
most say the same thing for boys. If
the parents of boys cannot live in the
country, they should at least find
some way to send the boys there
much of the time. To confer supreme
happiness on boys and dogs is a de-
lightsome exertion. If you have none,
borrow someone elses boy and dog
and take them for ramble in the
woods. Both are equally ESTATE
the dog, nose qpiyering with excite
ment, exploring every thicket, and
the boy, with sparkling eyes, running
down every hill and whooping to the
echo. 1t is a selfish affection that
impels us to keep our foor-footed
friend with us in the city, pent up in
the house or at best limited in his
exercise to marrow yard-thirty
feet square for fox terrier that
a forty-acre pasture is none too big
for. In the street he is pursued by
street cars, automobiles, motorcycles
and pants his heart into palpitation
with terror. His clean coat il filled
SCOT and there is nothing to drink
from but gutter puddles. 1t is not
strange that his fine character degen-
crates. that his temper is spoiled and
that he does often bite unofending
people. We are for taxing our friend,
The dog. back into his paradise the
eeantry.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
waits Forty Years For a Debt.

John R. Runnells, of Hanover, N.
H., had been awaiting the arrival of
Samuel R. Foss for forty years when
the gentleman put in an appearance.
In 1868 Foss sold his farm to Run
nells and went to Nebraska to live.
Later it was found to be encumbered
by mortgage Of $500. When Foss
arrived he went to the home of his
brother, where Lawyer Ed Cook. of
Concord, and Sheriff George IT
Stearns, of Grafton County, both rem
resenting Mr.. Runnells, appeared. a
settlement was demanded and made
the sum being paid exceeding $4,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
A Remarkable Clock.

A shoemaker named Wagner, liv-
ing in Strasburg, has sent to the ex-
hibition OF inventions at Berlin a
clock of the grandfather" shape,
nearly six feet high, made entirely
Of straw-wheeIs, pointers. case and
every detail. Wagner has taken fif-
teen years to construct this strange
piece of mechanism. 1t keeps perfect
time, but under the most favorable
circumstances cannot last longer than
two years. Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
The New Wraps.

A striking feature of many of the
new wraps of cloth and messaline is
that they are lined with silks in either
pin stripes or polka dot design. Plaid
silk has also attained quite vogue
for this purpose, particularly II the
wrap be made in black or some dark
color. In the case Of the plaid lining
the colors are soft toned and are car
ried out in a large plaid
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

There is general movement
among people in various cities to re-
duce noise to the lowest degree.
There are some noises, observes the
Baltimore Sun, which cannot be
avoided and some noises that can be
avoided, or reduced, and it is against
these that the reformers are directing
their efforts. 1t is merciful move
ment and deserves success.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

The idea of canal cruising makes
an instant appeal to the imagination,
muses. the Manchester Guardian, as
everyone must feel who has caught a
glimpse of the bargee's domestic ar
rangements and watched his little
home gliding along the quiet water
way by the vaguest OF routes to the
yaguest of destinations.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
Tourists Coats Of Worsted.

The tropical worsteds and the
light weight tweeds make up into
most convenient and practical tourist
coats. These show simplicity in de-
sign, for there is a gored back seam,
the fronts crossing breasted,
and large, roomy coat sleeves and nu
merous pockets in different sizes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
Frocks Fastened at Side.

Everywhere one sees the growing
tendency to substitute the button
holes down the front of the frock for
those down the side. This line begins
at the end Of the shoulder seam and
runs down the edge of the bust,
curves in over the waist, and con-
tinues to the hem Of the skirt.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
Wistan-ia is the Color.

The new shade is wistaria. 1t is
attractive and looks especially well
on woman with light hair and skin.
1t shades into faint lavendar. On
these suits arc trimmings of slight
ly deeper tone, and the only other
colors put against it are white and
black.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
= OH TERIESTgFO W0bE, 5

New York City. Guimpes make
such an important feature Of present
dress that no girl can have too many
Here are two attractive styles which
can be utilized both for lingerie ma
terials and for the wash silks that are
so much used The tucked guimpe
is a very pretty but simple one that
is trimmed with embroidery between
the groups Of tucks. The plain one
can be made with a fancy yoke on
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
PonuIar waists.

The white blouse, with rose colored
dots embroidered throughout, is one
of the popular waists. and equally
we'll liked is the waist in white. with
bands of colored embroidery reaching
from the collar to the belt. Many of
the new waists show no yoke at all,
nor is the genuine feature prominent
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

Says the Pittsburg Dispatch: The
revised code, if fully adopted. would
reform some of the most unpleasant
features of legal practice. Yet it may
be doubted whether the adoption of
these canons will have any apprecia-
BILE effect.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

Coats and skirts in all styles hold
the day in popularity for forenoons,
but If a dressy occasion arises, then
skirts and bodices or one-piece gowns
of embroidered lawns, mulls, batistes
are the rule, unless o lace coat makes
an exception.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

"The red nose is not necessarily
the drunkard's distress flag" says the
London Lancet. No, indeed, agrees
the Louisville Courier-Journal. The
fin he pokes out for the quarter he
wants to borrow is the real signal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

1t is now possible to go round the
world in half the time taken by
Phineas Fogg, BY the way, the
Louisville Courier-Journal asks, how
did Phineas Fogg come out ahead
after tipping everybody along the line
and winning only twenty thousand
nounds2
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

AS for the exaggerated sheath
skirt. it is entirely out Of place on the
street, and those who persist in wear
ing it will entail serious consequences
on themselves from pnblic opinion,
active in its consideration of the
style.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

The extreme happiness of earth is
reached when we love. When we
love and are loved in return, muses.
the New York Telegram, it is the hap
piness of heaven.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
Large gardine canneries have been

Large sard1ne cannerles nave been
started at Nagasaki, Japan, with a
view to exporting the fish to Europe.
The flavor. however, is not good and
the prices are too high, as yet to
compete with the Mediterranean
product.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

either a round or square outline, and
can be made as an entire guimpe or
cut off and finished to form chemi-
settle, as liked. Both allow choice
of three sleeves, the long ones with
deep cuffs, the long ones with straight
bands, and those of elbow length.
The guimpes are made with front
and backs, and are drawn up at the
waist line by means of tapes inserted
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

The innocent bystander will stand
a better chance, suggests the Atlanta
Journal, when the speed-fends take
to airships.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

The more man accomrlishes the
less time he has to talk about it
Chicago Daily News
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

Mr.. Rockefeller thinks the South
as we'll as the North needs the leaven
of Baptist university.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13

three yards Of edging and three and
one-half yards of insertion for No. RI;
ten medallions, four and one-half'
yards of insertion three and one
fourth yards Of edging for No. 8.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-19
DETECTIVES SEEK
FOR H.H. SNOW At
JUDGES HOME
But Treasurer of Phone Benefit
with New Jersey Members
May Have Sailed.

NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-While the
Brooklyn police believe that Henry
Sanger Snow, the missing former
treasurer Of the New York and New
Jersey Telephone Company and also
treasurer Of the Telephone Company
Employees Benefit Association, which
had several hundred members in Essex
County and this section of the State,
has sailed for Europe, they are watch
ing the house of Judge Norman s.
Dixie. 1t had beer thought that pos
sibly Snow might appear at Judge
Dike's house during the night, but de-
tectives' vigil was vain. Tho rumor
had spread that friends were to sur
render Snow to Judge Dixie and give
bonds.
In the meantime three sleuths are on
a strange mission out Of town. There is
a suspicion that in making oyertures
for bail Shows friends hoodwinked
the authorities and gave the fugitive
time to get out of reach.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-19
KING DECORATES GIBBONS.
Cardinal First American to Re-
Ceive Belgium Grand Cross.

BALTIMORE, Feb. liking Leo
pold of Belgium has conferred upon
Cardinal Gibbons the Grand Cross of
the Royal Order of the Grown as a
mark of his personal esteem, and also
in recognition of his great services to
the cause of Christianity and hui
mainly throughout the world.
The insignia of the order were pre-
scented to the cardinal at his residence
yesterday by Baron Moncheur, the Bel
gian minister at Washington. The
cardinal received the decoration with a
few words of appreciation.
The cardina! is the first American to
receive his decoration.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-19
"FIREMEN ENLIST FOR
DEATH" SAYS CROKER.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-"Firemen
killed in performance Of duty need not
be regarded as extraordinarily brave
Fire Chief Croker said today. "They
show their bravery when entering the
department and know then that they
are taking their lives into their hands,
and that they are liable to be killed
at any moment"
Besides Deputy Chief Kruger. four
New York firemen have been killed
within a month.