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The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Notice of Execution Sale.

Notice is hereby given that under and by
Nirtno Of a CERTAIN writ OF execution . me
dirssc,o-l. from the County Court Of ourHy
County. Of tho STATE Of Colorado, IN n certain
cau-e Wherein John A-henfeltor IL plaintiff and
Gcorg- " Scandrc,t j. defendant, dated the
18th day of July, A. u. ie.s, ! have levicd
upon and will, saturday. the 22nd day
of August. A. ID. iiuS, at the hour OF ten
o'clock A. NJ. at the Soutb front door Of the
Court Housc In tho Town Of Delta. County OF
Delta and State Of Colorado, sell at public
auction, to the highest aud b'-t bidder for cnsh.
tho following described rial property or 50
much thereof hs may be necessary To satisfy
sHid execution and tho costs ~ sale, to-wit all
81 the Southcast Quarter and tho Northeast
Quarter II the Southwest Quarter and the En~t
Half Of tho Northwest Quarter and the South
,ssst Quarter 81 the Northeast Quarter OF Section
ThirtS-two in Township fourtccn South of
Hnngc Ninety four West of the sixth Principal
Meridian. al-o all bitches and water right-
u-.-i In tho irrigation uf said land, all being
situate in the County Of Delta and State of
pstSd at Delta, Colorado. this 18th day of
c. $, GIBBS,
Shorif uf Delta county.
MILLARD FAIRLNMR
Attorney for Plaintiff
Fir~, pub July n, 1865. Last pub. Aug a. l|os
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Sale of Real Estate

Public notice Is hereby given that pursuant To
an order of the County Court Of the County Of
Delta. in the state OF Colorado the undersigned
a. administrator Of the estate Of Ffank 4. Hunt
late Of the County Of Delta aud State Of Colo
rudn deceased, viii offer for sale and sell al
private sale at his Office in the City Of Delta
county OF Delta, and state Of Colorado. at ten
O'Clock 4. NJ. on the 22ud day Of August, ipi,. a.
the property uf aud for the purpuse Of paying
the dcbts of the Mid estate. all the following
real estate situated lH The city uf Delta, County
of Delta and state 1f Colorado. ip-w-lu
o. An undivided uuu-tblrd luf.nsst iu lot
numbered "a ~ block lu, Town .uov CigI ui
bella. a. shown hF She original plat thereof
uf lsnt. numbered aud s. of Block numbered lH
10 the Town NOW t!tyI uf Delta, containing a
warehouse huI barn. described a. illlUHs. nc-
ginning ai thC no rturast corner uf l41t q. lu
Block o.. af thc Town ~ Delta, Hs shown
10y the original plat thrnuL and thence
running west ON lot line 90 the alley. being the
northwest corner uf aid lot q thence south 81
the southwest corner % Lot Iu aid Block "a.
thence east ON lot line tltt feet mouu ur icss, to
n point ~ feet west Of thc southeast corner of
-ild lot T. thence north g. feet, thence east 9
feet. thence north feet, hencc east 81 feet ~
thu OAsi line % aid lot :, thence north 10 feet.
more or less 10 place ~ beginning.
3; An undivided unc-thtrd Interest In Lots ~.
81 aud a.. Block J. Town lnow city OF Delta, a.
shown by The original plat thereof
said salo Nlil lic made fuf cash In hand at the
time Of such sale aud for not less than the ap-
Ar KING.
Administrator.
Flint pub. July 81. IpJ,. La, pub. Aug "a isp-,
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D0|NGS OF A TRAMP.
There Are Times When He May
Have to Go Hungry For a Day.
BUT DON'T HAPPEN OFTEN.
So the Dhapida.ed Gentleman Says,
and He oush. to Know From Ex-
perienee-The Best Kind of Intro
duetions to Farm Houses.

Copyright. 1905, by T. c. McClure.l
There are times when even the
tramp who knows his profession from
\ to Y may have to go hungry for a
day" said the dilapidated gentleman.
but that is a circumstance that won't
happen three times year. If in n vii
lagc. you can always strike a house
where the woman wants some wood
cut or coal brought in or ashes taken
out and is willing 10 set you out a
meal in exchange, About one farmer in
ten will drive You away with threats.
Some of the others will send you along
with n hand-mc-down. and others will
give you square meal for an hours
work
The first thing on coming to a farm
is to properly introduce yourself. That
is where so many of the profession
fail. The sight of great big hungry
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
The Long and Short of Il.

Two golfers. one an expert nt the
game and the other tyro. Were play.
ing long hole and the tyro took sew
eral strokes TO get on to the green. II
was a large green and his ball was
about sixty yards from the hole. which
he managed 10 "holc out" Turning 10
his friend he observed, There is no
doubt my short game is better than my
long"
There is no doubt" answered the
expert. that 1T is longcr."-Harpcr
Weekly.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Just Picked II Up.

Yes" said Mrs Newrlch shortly aft.
er her return from trip across the
pond. France is great country and
the people in Paris are amazingly
clever"
In what way?" querled Mrs. Homer
"Why, they all speak French fluent.
ly." replied Mrs. Newrich. and sew
cral of them assured me they had new
or taken single lesson in the Ian
nge."-Dctroit Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Coolirq.

The Eskimo is cold. is cold,
Up by the frozen pole
His house is worth its weight In gold
or would be II 'Nyorc here and sold
But he don't know, poor soul
He shvcrs In his icy bod;
His spine is never still,
A furry cap is on his head.
Worth plunks and piunlSs, or 30 It's
said.
And yet hc has n chilli
Frcsh Iceland brcczes fan his brow.
Cracked leo IL free "a air
lie wears the solfsnmc collar now
He wore II decade since. | vowl
How blisSful to be there,
IL 8. waterhouse In New York Sun
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07

was making; I:ioacy OF Us. but | waited
until my time waS out before moving
in the matter. Then | found Il lawyer
to take the case. and Mr.. Sheriff had
to come down with SO
Another Little Game.
There's another little game have
played and always with certain de-
gree of success. Its Il mean trick. but
l feel no more shame over it than n
lawyer does when he clears n horse
thief he knows to be guilty. II | can
get chance to sit down with Il farmer
or his wife fer an hour | can learn the
names and all about the people for sew
eral miles around. 1t would astonish
you TO know how many families have
a missing son. The boy has run away
years ago and not been heard from
since. Well, what's the matter with
my being the long lost, at least while
l can get square meal?
Half n dozen times l have been
taken for the long lost without word
on my part. l have had woman come
running down to the gate and Il man
come running from the fields. and they
didn't make up their minds about me
until they had set out the best In the
house. In two cases in my career
filed the bill so well that | had to run
away. The trouble in playing the
game is that the long lost has returned
or that YOU are years older than he
would be. The only two lickincs | ever
had from farmers l got when playing
the prodigal. In both cases the son
bnl ,I. ,
was there to help in the humping
got.
Little Arts and Tricks.
Those who stand at the head OF this
profession. rs do. have to study little
arts and tricks to get there in the first
place and in the second TO keep there.
One little art, as we will call II, that
does no harm to any one is to stop at
a farmers and ask IL they know Mr..
Switzer. They don't. Your face be-
trays disappointment You were told
that Mr.. Switzcr lived in that neigh
borhood and in finding him your long
quest would be over.
You are asked what you want of
him. and your reply is that while YOU
We're sailing on the coast or the lakes
Won became friends with Switzer. In
a gale. while you were aloft with him
reeting topsails, he fell into the raging
waters and was seen no more. As
his chum YOU have travelled many
weary miles t. break the sad news to
his people. 1t will grieve them to
know that he will return to his home
never again. but you think they had
better grieve FOR time than to go on
hoping and expecting.
You choke up while talking. my
boy Tears spring to your eyes. and
you are about To turn away and limp
along In further search for Mr.. Swift
zer when You are asked to stay all
night and are treated In n decent. re-
spectful manner. It's deception. but 1t
is also deception when salesman says
n pair of black footed socks won't
crock. Take your meals and lodgings
and let the next day take care OF
Itself" NJ. QUAD.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
legal AdvertlsemeDts.
STATE OF coLoRADoJ
fss. IN THE
COUNTY or DELTA. ) DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY or DELTA. DIsTKfcT COURT.
In the Matter of Petition of Frank
W. Ghilds for the Determination >,or,,,-
OF interests in lands aud tene- 'iiNH'
ments of John w. Childs deceased
Frank w. Childs, hrs filed his petition in the
District Court OF Delta ,ounty, , olorado, to
certain lands belonging to said John W Childs.
deceased at the time of his death. described as
follows, to-wit: The Eist Half of Northeast
Quarter tE.i NEal and the East Half of South
east Quarter (EIi of SEA- of Section Twenty-Five
40. IN Township Thirteen ll3l South, OF Range
Ninety-hve 1851 West of the Sixth Principal
Meridian, together with certain bitches and
water rights used in connection with said lands
inc luding an undivided onehalf interest of, in
rights thereof. and
WHEREAS, upon hearing of said matter be
fore said district Court on the 2ith day of Feb
runry. ltD-. II was ordered that said cause be
for further hearing and trial on the 18th day of
September, 1905 at the hpnr of ten o'clock in
the forenoon. at the Court House in the Town of
Delta. County of Delta and State of Colorado, or
at such time ~ said cause mi ght be adjourned
to. and IL was further ordered that notice of the
Iswis y. Childs, co-heir with petitioner of said
John w. Childs, deceased. by mailing a copy
be further served upon any other persons inter
e-ted in said matter by publication in the Delta
lndependent for -four successive weeks.
NOW THEREFORE,. notice j. hereby given
that petitioner, at said time and place nbov-
nained- will appear before the district Court of
said Delta County Colorado. and ask TO have
rendered. "A decree of said court, decreeing petit
tioner and said Lewis O. Childs to b. the sole
and only heirs at law of said John w. Chid-.
deceased. and that said John W. Childs the
owner of the property hereinbefore described, nt
the time Of his said death.
Dated at Delta, Colombo. this 2nd day of May,
KING Il STEWART.
Attorneys for Petitioner Frank. W. Childs.
fir-t pub July 2'th. ios; last pub Aug 2lst. iso-
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07

tramp, sometimes as ragged us Il scare
crow, is not assuring to the women
folks. IL the farmer is around the
house he becomes suspicious Mt once.
Ii you just walk up TO the kitchen aud
ask for victuals you will be turned
down five times out of six. prefer TO
see II man about walk up to him,
with n smile and laugh. and say:
si" The sheriff has given me such u
chase that ! find myself hungry. II
you like to give me II bite to eat | will
use the AK or hoe for an hour or two
guess they have given up the chase
after me-.
$50 the sheriff was after you, ehT
he inquiries, with sudden Interest
Yes; had me In the county jail,
and broke out
And what had you been doinxY
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Touch Luck.

Tommy-W'at's. de matter, Chimmic {;
Yer look sore.
Chinmie-Sure I'm sore. | got up
early yisted'y moruin' an anchored mo
sell alongside o dat knothole in dc
fence at de baseball grounds. den
Wen de game begins de overflow
crowd lined up in front o. me knothole.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
EvoLUTIoN's DARKER SIDE.

Distinctly does my mind recall
The day 1 evoluted
To this so called terrestrial ball
From realms preinstituted.
/ seemed to know upon that day
That |, alas. was fated
To wander my eternal way
Absurdly antedated.
No sooner had my opened eyes
Observed my new surroundings
Than / was forced. to my surprise.
To swallow strange compoundings.
In no remembered cline or state
In ages prehistoric
Was ever 1t my awful fate
To taste of paregoric.
When bobbing softly in the brine
Or wriggling through carth's strata
No giant killer tale for mine
Nor Humpty Dumpty datal
And when 1 sprang from tree to tree
Or sang with birdlike chirrup
i knew no taste OF catnip tea
And none of soothing sirup.
So now. as l remarked before.
saw my sad position
My age a million years or more.
Yet dandled on cushioni
In vain | howled with lusty throat
In angry protestation.
They simply put me in a boat
And rocked like all creation.
They washed me OF with slippery suds
And gave my back a chalking.
Then swaddled in abnormal duds
The parts put on for walking.
And no Interpreter I'd heard
In monkey land or other
Could fathom by single word
The gibberish OF my mother.
OF course l queried right and left
As soon as 1 was able
Why / of feathers was bereft
And why we used a table.
/ even asked my latest kin
To give some explanation
Why tooth and claw should be drawn
in
When battling with ration.
And now | do my level best
To nll the bill suggested;
I'm acting muchly like the rest
With human forms invested.
But. sotto Voce. ! would add
/ wish I'd left creation
Before ! got-and got 1t bad
This fad-domestication.
New York Evening Sun.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
A pomestio pinlonat-

How do YOU manage To get so much
OF your way in your family:"
VERY simple. assure you. When
my wife and differ find out before
hand what she wants and then order
her to do that way. Naturally she does
mine."-Baltimore American.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Up to tho Minute.

Mrs. Style-I want n hat. but II must
he In the latest style.
Shopmnn-k Kindly take chair mad
am. and wait few minutes; the fasa-
Ion Is Just changing. Human Life.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Ihe Real Mcaninu.

Gnddie-Crittick read your essay. and
he insists that you're beyond your
depth.
DcRitcr-Ah. | thought he would.
Gaddic-Nou did2 Then you know
what he means.
DcRitcr-- Yes: he means simply that
I'm beyond his depth.-philadelphia
Press.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07

nothing at all. The blunderhead
thought he recognized in me n muir
derer wanted in Michigan and insisted
on locking me up. 1t beats all how
stupid some officers are. That Michi-
gan murderer is short, red headed and
lame, and you can see for yourself
that l don't answer the description
THAT farmer doesn't want any work
out of me. He wants talk The wife
sets out good dinner. and then they
keep me talking about murders and
jail breaking for the next two hours
OF course lie TO them. but that's part
of my business, the same as selling dry
goods and clothing.
Approaching Victim.
IF don't work the Jail racket l ap-
proach the man with story about
farmhouse nine or ten miles away be
ing robbed the night before and warn
him 10 he on the lookout To further
awaken his interest | relate that was
sleeping in the barn that night and
that it was my being awakened and
rushing out that sent the robbers OF.
He, wants to hear all the particulars.
and he knows that will talk better
after n feed. Nine times out of ten
am asked TO sleep in the barn that
night and stay TO breakfast
Now and then my thrilling tale re
coils on me. Two years ago. while
making farewell tour of Pennsyl-
vania | told Il farmer of lying secreted
in the bushes and seeing case of as
sault and highway robbery. laid it
fourteen miles away, and while | was
sleeping in his barn that night he
sneakcd away and gave the story TO
constable. The next morning was ar
rested and taken TO the county Jail
and the sheriff began an investigation.
had to own mp that | was liar. but
the officer was man with no humor In
his makeup, and he held me in Jail for
a week and then booted me out of
town.
u have always made IL rule to get
hold of newspapers having accounts OF
great robbcrieS or murders. They are
the best kind of introductions to farm.
houses. | have the paper in my hand
and ask them to read the marked ar
ticle. They read and are then ready
to ask hundred questions.
lone summer travelled 400 miles In
Connecticut ON the strength of a clip
ping from Il New York newspaper 1t
was about Il gang of Italians abductius
n boy and big reward being offered
for him. In submitting the clipping
affected Il mystery and asked the par
ties not to mention that l had been IN
the nelghborhood. When they had
read the article asked n number of
cautiNs questions. and the thing was
douo l was taken for an old sleuth
In disguise and given meals and lods-
ings free. The boomerang came at the
end of my trip. \ constable who had
been himself on what he thought was
the trail and was afraid had got in
my work ahead of hm gave me the
collar. and of course II was soon
known that was following my nose In
the affair | had been careful not to
say that | was AN officer. but up In
Connecticut they can do most anything ,
with tramp. and so | got sixty days
In Jail.
1T didn't turn out so badly. however. |
Under the laws of that state the ra-
tons Of II prisoner are named, and they /
must be weighed and well cooked. Aft /
Ell u day or two saw that the sheriff |
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Need Il All.

Old Gcntleman-Rastus, II you had
half of that big watermelon would you
be happy?
Little Rastus-No, sab
Old Gentlcman-What more would
you want TO complete your happiness!
Little Rastus-De odder half oh dat
melon. sah.-Detroit Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Practical Sympathy.

a gentleman was one day relating TO
a Quaker tale OF deep distress and
concluded by saying;
II could not but feel FOR him."
"Nerily. friend" replied the Quaker,
thou didst right In that thou didst
feel for thy neighbor. but didst thou
feel IN the right place? Didst thou feel
In Thy ockctT'-Dcmocratic Telegram.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
A Good Reason.

"Why can't you come and give that
address YOU promised the club on good
advice 10 hcnpcckcd husbands?'
Because my wife won't let me go,
out OF nights. baltimore American.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Making NeadMaY.

Nervous Traveller Ito seat compan,om
How fast should you say you were
travelling? Companion twho has been
hlt'in. with the girl across the way,-
About smile a minute.-Life.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
oace ia hereby given that

Notice Ia hereby given that
CHAuNCEY J. MARkLEY
81 Olaihe. Colorado. who, on March ssrd, 1913,
fnnfia VI. T. No. iotSii ~ Ute. for Nj NEL
section % Township 81 y. Range n W, y NJ.
has filssi notice OF intcntion 20 make finnl Five
Year Proof. to establish claim 10 the land above
deecribs-i. before Milton II Mcich I. s. Land
Commissioner. at Delta. Colorado. on September
sth.. iisi-.
Claimant namS- ~ witnn--.--i Elijah Allen.
John Allen. Andrrw J. rrickcl Ahncr Brown.
all Of Oln,hs. Colorado.
BRNSON +. BLAIR.
llasistsr,
Fir~t pub. July. a.. ii.us last pub sept {. lpn-.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
Notice for Publication.

DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR. }
Z. :, Lssp orflcE Ar Aosrnosr. Colo.
July 2srd. Ise.
The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
tstray Advertisement.

Notice is hereby given to whom Il may con
corn TINT the following c=tray animal wns taken
up near Austin, Delta County, Colorado
ON or about July 10th. lHs 10 VIII
One roam mnrc about yearr old, weight I'M
sS "S9@i iei, hp m and @ on S iei, shoulder saia aa-
imnl being unknown to the Board unless
claimed by owner before---
nnid estrnJ will ba sold by this Board tor the
benefit Of tho owner When FOUND, l
STATE BOARD OF STOCK
INSPECTION COMMISSIONERS,
Denver. Colo.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-07-07
The ATHLETES HEART


q the Ro wing Man 1t In Strong 49,
Well Developed.
a prominent member OF the faculty
Of the University OF Pennsylvania Med
teal school has made a study of the
heart action Of athletes. He has ex-
amined a large number of men in ath
letics, especially rowing men, and he
has come to the conclusion that no man
In perfect health who has been proper.
~ trained il injured by rowing, but
that, on the contrary, his heart is 81
strengthened that, with a moderate
amount of exercise after he has finish
ed his rowing career, there is 10 req
son. SO far as the heart and lungs are
concerned, that he should not live to Q
very old age.
1.-THE heart" said he, SIS both a very
delicate and a very strons organ-that
Is, If it Is we'll developed it will stand
an enormous amount of strain without
any permanent injury. but If it is not
well developed it is very easily weak
med. Violent exercise, like rowing,
places a great e of strain on the
heart because when the body is being
exerted it requires SO much more pres
sure to force the blood through the
body. Like any other muscle that Is
worked, he heart under the added Ia
Dor becomes larger, and most athletes
have extra large hearts. just as they
also have larger muscles throughout
the body.
"If the strain is put upon the heart
suddenly it dilates-it becomes larger,
but not more muscular-and hat is the
danger in athletics. If a man exercises
gradually then his heart also increases
in size gradually because the muscles
become larger, and this is a perfectly
normal condition. 1t simply means
that the athlete has a stronger heart
than the average and a cope with
the extra strain that is put pom it. A
man needs a larger heart to row q
race, and if gradual exercise has SO
provided aim with one then he can
safely undergo the most yer tests.
ut is the same w with the lungs,
and they must be developed gradually
until they can undertake the extra
work. A man with his heart and lungs
well developed is in nc danger, no mat
ter how hard the race. He may com
pletely Keel over at the end Of the race,
but 1t will likely be from sheer eXhaus-
ton, and his heart is SO strong that the
I effect Is not at all injurious. He will
be as good as ever in a few moments"
philadelphia Record.
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A Brilliant RetArt,

After dinner speaking is an art, and.
like many other arts, it's excellence has
much to do with the mood of he artist.
Some of the best of our after dinner
speakers sometimes fail, but it is not
often that failure results in the enrich
ment of the worlds store of epigram,
as it did in the case of Lord Ersk1ne
many years ago.
When Lord Erskine was made a
member of hat highly honorable body,
the Ffshmongers' Company of London.
he made IN after Inner speech on the
occasion of his first appearance among
them as a member. Upon his return he
said to a friend:
II spoke Ill today and stammered and
hesitated in the opening"
you certainly foundered," was the
reply, "but L thought you did SO in
compliment to the fishmongers."
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APHORISM S.

The heart gets weary, but never gets
old.-Shenstone.
The only way to have a friend is to
be one.-Emerson.
What we earn with pleasure we new.
er forget.-Mercier.
Opposition infames the enthusiast
never converts him.-Schiller.
True merit Is like a river-the deeper
1t is the less noise it makes.-Hazlitt.
The eye Of the master will do more
work han both of his hands.-Frank.
lin.
Experience takes dreadfully high
school wages, but he teaches K nc
other.-Carlyie.
Kindness is the only charm permit.
ted to the aged. it is the coquetry OF
white hairs.-Feuillet.
If We had no failings ourselves we
should not take so much pleasure In
finding out those Of others.-Rochefou-
cauld
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The pratt1e OF BRIGHT Child.

At times it annot be denied the ques-
tons of children become irksome, but
who would wish a child to ask no ques-
tons? Julius Sturm tells in one of his
pretty fairy tales how a grandfather,
driven into impotence by the constant
q~uestionings of his grandchild, ex-
claimed, 81 wish u tongue were out
of joint" But when Unexpectedly his
wish was fulfilled and the child became
dumb how he joyfully exchanged one
of the two ear which an angel had
~prophesied he was yet to live Tor the
privilege of hearing the little ones pratt
tie again!