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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-04
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Alone in Saw Mill at Midnight
unmindful OF dampness, drafts, storms
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Waterman, at Banner Springs, Tenn.
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thatssettled on his lungs. At last he
had 10 give up work. He tried many
remedies but all failed till he used DR..
Kings New Discovery. AFTER using
one bottle" he writes, Il went back to
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-04

annually, and ths6 carefully
note the effect ii has in In
creasing your volume Of busi-
ness; whether . 10, 40 or 90
per cent increase. II you
watch this gain from year to
you will become intensely in
terested in your advertising,
and how you can make it en-
large your business.
If you try this method "
believe you will not want to
let a single issue OF this paper
60 to press without something
from your store.
We viii Be pleased to have
you call on us. and We win
take pleasure IN explaining
our annual con tract for 20
many inches, and how it can BE-
used in whatever amount that
seems necessary to you.
If you can sell goods over
the counter We can also show
you why this paper will best
serve your interests when you
want to reach the people Of
this community.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-04

Make your Christmas purchases
early to avoid the crowds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-04
Enlarging Your Business

If you are in
business and You
want to make
more money you
will read every
word we have to
say. Are you
spending your
money for ad-
vertising in hap
hazard fashion
as If intended
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Colorado Is Prosperous.

Let wave of depression sweep over
the country and the banker is among
the first to feel the effects. Let n
wave of prosperity come along and the
banker is just as quick in noticing the
increase in business.
During the past few days, the State
Bankers Association held meeting in
Denver and while there. thirty zone of
the bankers from as many counties,
reported on the business conditions and
future outlook. Never before in the
history of the state has so glowing a
report been sent out. 1t was the story
of every one Of the thirty-one counties
going forward with every prospect of a
banner year ahead.
What more convincing proof can the
eastern investor ask than is to be found
in the reports of the bankers? If every
paper in the state will print the various
reports and send copies to the east,
Colorado should soon be so firmly fixed
in the eastern investors eve that he
would come west and find home for
his money.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Exferminating Food Fish.

The destruction of fish by dynamite
goes bravely on in contempt of the law,
as does illicit seining and trapping.
The farmer who would cut down an
apple tree to harvest its crop is no
more improvident than the man who
would dynamite a stream for string
of fish.
But the main cause of fish extinction
is the wanton destruction of forests
Thus clear and placid rivers and brooks
are turned into muddy and raging tor
rents in time of spring floods, and bill
lions of eggs and young fry are buried
in the sand bars that appear when the
waters subside.
Every state has laws for the protec-
ton of fish, but little effort is made to
enforce them, and daily and hourly
they are violated with impunity.
Where fish are abundant and cheap the
price of meats is regulated and kept in
bounds by the laws of competition and
supply and demand.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

Mrs. Hester Cordoy, of Del
mar, Del, born in 1897, and con-
sequently 112 years of age, still
enjoys good health and insists
upon living alone and cultivating
two large gardens. although she
has ten great grandchildren, with
any of whom she would be well
come to live. When a girl she
MIXED seven cows and frequent
ly ploughed all day-but the in
terview neglects to say, as' is
usual in such cases, that she at
tributes her great age and excel
lent health to the regular use of
pure malt whiskey.
Pure-oona or other intoxicants.
If it did. she might not be suffi-
alive to cultivate those
gardens-see?
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
AMONG THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
BAPTIST CHURCH.

S. A. Hayworth, pastor Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching at IL a.
m. and p. m. B. Y. P. U. at Up. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
All are invited.
Rev. w. T. Davis, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Grand Junction,
will occupy the Baptist pulpit both
morning and evening. Mr.. Davis is an
able and eloquent speaker. All are in
vited.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. and C.
E. at TOO p. m. Rev. Glover will
preach at II: :00 a. m. from Matt. 1916
20 and at 500 p. m. on 'The Sure
Ground of Hope" being the last in the
series to the sad and discouraged
All friends and strangers welcome.
FIRST NJ. Z. CHURCH.
]. A. johnson, pastor. Sunday school
10 a. m. Public worship II a. m.
Junior League 3 p. m. Epworth
League p. m. Public worship
8 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services every third Sunday. Mass
$50 a. m.
Only one Mass at 8 a. m. will be
celebrated on Sunday July 18th. c.
O'Farreil. pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at IL a. m. and 500 p. m.
Sunday school 10 a. m Y. P. S C. E.
700 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
500 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
Meet each Sunday at II o'clock a. M,
at Pythian Hall. corner Third and
Main.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Killing Poison 10y.

Every summer we receive a flood of
inquiries about chow to eradicate poi
son ivy" There are various ways but
the following are the best we have ever
found:
Concentrated sulphuric acid will kill
poison ivy. Dose each plant with half
teaspoonful to each stem, making the
application during the growing season,
every three weeks. If large area is
covered by the plants, spraying with
arsenate of soda Il pound to 20 gallons
of water) will kill all vegetation. One
application if the plants are young and
tender, will do this. In the middle of
summer. however, they should be cut
down first, and more than one applica-
tion given.
Here's another way: A friend of ours
puts straw along the stone fences. ETC.,
infested with poison ivy. and then sets
fire to the straw, repeating the opera
tion at intervals until the plants give
up trying to grow. This is easy. yet
effective. BY wearing gloves and ap-
preaching the vines on the windward
side, no one should have trouble in
carrying out this treatment. Use a
long handled pitchfork.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty deeds recorded during the
week ending July 13, 1909, furnished
by the Delta County Abstract Com
pany:
W. II. Garvin to Mary E. Wilborn,
20 acres near Paonia, $4,000.
Thos. E. Wood to VIM. r. McKissen,
2 lots Crawford. ST, 800.
Myrtle Colean to C. G. Hawkins,
lots Paonia. $50.
Victor Vance to w. E. Obert, lots
Delta, 81.
W. B. Stockham to o. E. Rogers, l
lot Cedaredge, 1919.
Fanny H. Oliver to Altheda H. Oliver,
lots Paonia. 81.
Delta County Business Mems Asso-
citation to various persons, "a lots in
Business Mems Subdivision, $l,7)0.
l.. E. Mechelke to Colo. Land &
Orchard Co., 72 acres near Hotchkiss,
$3.50.
David R. Stanford to Colo. Land &
Orchard Co. tract near Hotchkiss,
SO, $40.
Thore Thompson to Albert Andreen,
.427 acre near Cedaredge, $3.1OO.
Robt. w. Curtis to Chas. A. Gardner.
20 acres near Cedaredge, *2,O0O.
F. h. Kite to VIM. B. Pierce, lots
Hotchkiss, S40O.
o. C. Rowbotham to VIM. B. Pierce,
8 lots Hotchkiss, $3.50.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
He Doomed The Church.

Barre, VT. July Docs adver-
tising pay? should say it did. partic-
ularly in religion" said the Rev.
Francis A. Poole. pastor of the First
Congregational Church. yesterday.
MIR. Poole took charge of the church
three years ago. II was then mori-
bund organization. Mr.. Poole started
with advertisements in the papers-big
ones. page when he had the money.
and three or four columns at other
times. He took big. black type. and
he told the people what wss going on
in the church. what the sermon would
be about, and who would be there.
"As result. says MIR. Poole. "the
has quadrupIed in three
years, and at meeting of trustees we
decided to enlarge the church building
to twice its present size.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Open Meeting

OF the G. A. r. and w. C. at
Post headquarters. on Saturday. July
81. at q p. m. sharp. The object of
this meeting is to complete arrange
ments for attending the 43rd National
Encampment at Salt Lake City. Aug
ust 8 to ID. Reasonable rates have
been secured. said rates being open TO
the public. Therefore the public are
requested and urged to attend this
meeting. There will be music and
speaking. BY ORDER OF PosT.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

the deyel needs close watching
in this world, the Supreme Court
of Iowa decided that man has
right to use profane language
over a telephone wire. There
are a number of summer resorts
in Iowa, and we have high &C.
clesiastical authority for saying
that the devil is always to be
found working around summer
resorts in summer.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

The argument of Senator La
Toilette on the tariff bill filled
217 pages of the Congressional
Record. 1t is a lucky thing for
the country that Bob did not get
into the Senate in time for the
Panama Canal debate.
1t will require a year or more,
following the disappearance of
Lenng Ling, for the American
people to recover their former
liberality in the matter of for
eign missions, and yet the need
of missionary work was never so
great.
The principal objection to the
corporation income tax seems to
be that it would reveal the Sc
crets of corporation management.
If the ladies had the suffrage
now, wouldn't they demand the
corporation income tax in thun-
der tones?
1t turns out at the close of the
governments fiscal year that the
government is $25, 600, 600 richer
than it thought it was because it
owes that much less than it was
feared that it would. To a per-
fectly solvent government or in
dividual, subtraction in debt is
addition in wealth.
Each human being, depends,
in some way, upon some one.
Each individual, in some way,
has some one depending on him
or her. No one stands alone.
No one can live to himself or
herself, because God has set US
in this interdependent world.
We must love and look to others,
we must love and help others, if
our lives are to be complete and
useful.
The same day that Rev. Mr..
String of st. Louis denied that
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

1t is reported by the secretary
of the International Reform Bu-
reau that there are annually five
hundred thousand suicides caused
by the use of opium. The trouble
is not with life, but with the
man or woman. Life is always
worth living, always an oppor-
tunity, if man does not wreck it
for himself.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Denuer Markets.

DENVER UNION STOCK YARDS, July
12.-The receipts of cattle here last
week were light and on this account
packers were needing the stuff during
the last few days, the result being an
advance of anywhere from 25 to 40c
over the previous week despite the fact
the eastern markets were no better than
steady. Good fat steers sold at Sc 40
and fancy stuff would have brought
more towards the close. Other good
steers brought So. 10 to $50 and bunch
of good grass stuff went at Sc. 90 prime, !,
ranging from this down to IS 90 on the
better killers. Good grass cows sold
up to $3.50 and choice dry lot cows
would have brought more. Fair to
good killing cows went largely at 81 25
to 81. rs and medium kinds at So 40 to
$4. 90. Bulls were active and steady
but not many here. Veal calves closed
little higher with good light weights
at Sc. 90 to 800. Feeder and stocker
trade was very light as receipts were
light. The demand was fair but not
urgent as the inquiry is slack at all
markets at present. Prices remain
about the same as week ago on all
grades. There was no change today
from last weeks close. Receipts for
today's market about 900 head
The hog demand was good all week
and receipts very fair. Prices now
range from $7.55 to $3.50.
Demand for sheep and lambs a
good and receipts tair. Good Nevada
grass wethers brought 81 so, California
ewes sold at $4.25. yearlings at $5.25
and lambs at $7.25.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Excursion Rates.

The railroads have granted an open
rate of one and one-third fare for the
round trip on the plains, and one and
one-fifth fare forlthe round trip on the
mountain roads for the great State
Sunday School Convention at Rocky
Ford on June 1917.
No certificates are necessary. Ask
for the excursion ticket to Rocky Ford
on sale June ID and 15; returning the
10Th.
No credentials are necessary. Any
Sunday School worker in the State can
go.
Rocky Ford will take care of all who
come at the reasonable rate of 81 per
day.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

A statistician has figured that
if Adam had placed one dollar
on interest at three per cent
compoundedev every hundredyears,
his account would today exceed
all the money in the world. But
what would have been the use
of the ancient gentlemen worry
ing about such a thing? His
children of today have all the
money in the world anyway.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
holds that the high prices of
foodstuffs are due to the scarcity
of farm hands. If this is true
and it seems so in Delta county
it is almost certain that prices
will continue to soar, simply be-
cause each year young men are
becoming less and less inclined
to work on the farm and else
where.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

Thomas J. Kidkiff to Charles w.
Weaver. lot Austin, $50.
L. F. Crandall to H. P. Smith, tract
near Delta, 1000.
John F. Darland to Annie Manchest.
er, 2 lots Delta, $3.50.
Thos. E. Wood to Mrs. L. Simmons,
lot Crawford. $40.
Sarah E. Boiling to A. E. Heglund,
lots Paonia, s1,050. t
Chas. Pope to Hotchkiss Lodge K. OF
p, 2 lots Hotchkiss. $3.50.
James E. Roman to Chas. Steffen, 2
lots Paonia, $500.
Geo. E. Duke to Richard E. eleven
ger, lots Hotchkiss. $3.50.
Welch & Merrill report the sale of
the Luke ranch on Redlands mesa
southwest part of Payne's mesa) to a
company headed by II. G. Poe, OF
Palisades, Colorado.
This ranch has about 81 acres in or
,hard, the apples from which took the
silver medal at the Worlds Fair in st.
Louis in 1904, and is otherwise i'm
proved. being one of the best orchards
in Delta county. Consideration private,
understood to be about $25, 900.
The same firm also repotrs the follow
ing sales
1871 acres, 3 miles from Paonia, Col
orado, known as the old Burkhart place,
C. H. Blake to W. F. Conine. Consid-
GRAFTON $4,000.
Lots s and 6, Block 8, Delta, J. F.
Darland to Annie Manchester. Consid-
Grafton $3.50.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Former Della Woman
Suffers Blood Poison.

DR.. Hick was called to Paonia Tues
day of last week to care for Mrs.
Clarence Nelson. who had bad case,
of blood-poisoning in her right arm.
Mrs. Nelson ran thorn from a rose
bush in her hand. and the wound be-
came infected. causing the arm to
swell and turn black. 1t was at first
feared that she would lose the arm, but
last reports state that she is we'll on
the way to recovery.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Advertised Letter List.

Letters remaining uncalled for in
the Postoffice at Delta, Colo, for the
week ending July 18th, 1909:
Mrs. w. L. Bergman, Frank Davis,
James Duffy, James F. Greenland, P.
o. Harrington, Lee Hicks, Miss Ann
Hill, H. A. Hooker. Miss Emeline
Jensen, W. d. Mackay, L. N. Rollins.
D. C. Shirey. Philip Stetkel. Richard
c Turpin (2). ELLA New, P. M.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
w. F. of M. May Gust Mover.

A large delegation from Butte. Mon
tana, representing the Western Fedora.
tion of Miners Of the state of Montana,
arrived in Denver this week to attend
the annual convention of that body.
The Butte delegation is opposed to
Meyers rule, and will try to abolish
the office of president and substitute
board Of directors as managing head of
the federation.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

The airship sounds the death
knell of war. These vessels, col :
structed on advanced and scien-
tific lines, are already fitted with
death-dealing explosives, and are
capable of soaring over cities,
battleships and fortresses of the
enemy, working untold damage
in a short time. There is scarce
ly any protection against this
kind of warfare. and the nations
will soon realize the futility of
going to war. The Germans are
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
SELECTED EDITORIALS.

Same bill that made bedsheets
80 inches long ought to have
made 6-foot bathtubs compul-
sorry.
1t isn't the sordid summer
murders that plague us so much
as the maudlin love letters that
get into print.
AS an offset to the talk about
giving up the Philippines a rich
gold strike is reported on the
Island of Luzon.
Rusty nails as the sole instru-
ments for bringing on lockjaw
must hide their heads in humili-
alton on seeing the unerring
work of the toy pistol.
The burning of an airship the
other day reveals a new and hor-
rible danger in aerial navigation.
Aerial fire departments may be a
necessity of the future.
After all, it isn't clothes or de-
pertinent, or money, or doing as
you'd be done by, that makes
gentleman. You've got to be all
right and then forget it.
This years celebration of the
Fourth of July lasted for three
days, but it will be three weeks
before the doctors get through
administering tetanus antitoxin.
Unless he can obtain a reason
able concession on scie n tt fl C
grounds, the duty on hides will
bear very heavily upon former
President Roosevelt and his CO.
slayers.
A bucking airship would not
be out of place in Oklahoma, but
it is a surprise to hear of one on
the banks of the Potomac-at
least under the present admins
tration.
One of the government de-
partments at Washington is
making artificial ice at the cost
of only 65 cents a ton. This
cooling morsel is offered to our
Socialist brethren.
Mississippi claims $11, 900, 600
from the Standard Oil Company
for violating its trust laws. If
the state ever gets any benefit
from this fund it will be in the
nature of old age pensions.
The Texas brewers are betting
500, 600 that more liquor is con-
sumed in dry" states than
wet" states; and then they
will probably spend anoth er
800, 600 to prevent Texas from
going dry"
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

A man recently went insane
through the circulation of a SLAM
der about him, and while in a
frenzy, shot two women, who
had spread it. Doubtless they
"meant no HARM" but tragedy
followed swift and sure, and en-
phasized afresh the old truth
that the tongue "setteth on fire
the wheel of nature, and it is set
on fire by hell"
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Rio Crande 10 Build
New Coal Chute.

Bids have been called for. for putting
in foundation for new coal chute,
near the section house just north Of the
depot. For years the engines have had
to pull up alongside of car and wait
until men could shovel on the necessary
coal. The new chute will be big i'm
provement. A new depot would be of
still greater Importance.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Bids.

Contractors are invited to submit
bids for the construction of a reser-
voir containing about thirty-five thous-
and (35, ,000) cubic yards and small
patch about 3 miles long. For further
particulars address The West Reservoir
Company, Paonia, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

1t is an alarming fact that
almost every one of our large
cities have been invaded by
Greeks in such numbers that they
now have practically complete
monopoly on the shoe shining in
dustry. The mere fact that an
American has smattering of
classical Greek, acquired at Har-
ward or Yale, is no guarantee
that he possesses the peculiar
ability required to shine in the
business named.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

A man was seen driving
through the streets of Delta a
few evenings ago, with three
barrels of water on his wagon
and the breaks set. Carelessness
and cruelty to animals are of
common occurrence, and deserve
more attention.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Harmon to Succeed Bryan.

Congressman Ashbrook of Ohio has
started the Democratic campaign of
1912 by asserting that canvass of the
Democrats in Congress shows a practi-
cally unanimous choice among them of
Gov. Harmon of Ohio as the next
candidate of the party for president.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

doing much along this line. The
German Airship League strong
organization, is popular in all
walks of society, is increasing by
thousands and will doubtless do
much in the development of air
craft in the near future.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

In a dispute about keeping up
a line fence, two Indiana farm
ers killed each other last week.
The unloaded gun and the rocked
boat are mild dangers compared
with the line fence.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

AS Democratic candidate for
President in 1912, Governor Har-
mon can hope to succeed only
by injecting a lot of Harmony
into the party.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Medal Contest.

A matron's gold medal contest will
be held ut the Baptist church Friday
evening, July 23rd, under the auspices
Of the w. C. T. u.
Among the contestants will be Mrs.
Louis kurz, Mrs. Merchant, Mrs. San
key and Mrs. Greenwood Of Rogers
mesa. Good music will be furnished.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

An exchange says: The lat
est date set for the end of the
world is September 15." This
can scarcely be correct, for the
opening of the great Gunnison
tunnel does not take place until
the 28th.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Delta Business College

will continue it's session through the
summer. Call or write for further in
formation and prices.
II. W. WHALEN,
Stockham Building.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

Through the courtesy of John
]. Mccarthy, of the Western
Empire, we are enabled to print
a number of attractive views of
the Gunnison tunnel project this
week. He has our sincere
thanks.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

Vienna will tax its widows and
bachelors. That gay city thus
stands a chance of losing some
of it's most merry and enlivening
people.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

Will They Take Taft Through
The Tunnel? No; tits only 12x14
feet. Better try putting camel
through needles eye.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Are You to Have a Trip

Hre ou 10 f1ave npF
On Tuesdays the Colorado & Southern
sells round trip tickets to all State
points from Denver. Colorado Springs
and Pueblo at exceptionally low rates.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Fairview Coal.

Best Coal,
Sells faster,
Burns better,
Than any coal in Delta,
=, Order your coal of E. G. Rusler.
Phone 663 Black, North Delta. II.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
Rugs, Rugsl

If in need of new rug this spring,
be sure and call to inspect our line at
the Ramsay.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

! An ad in an exchange reads:
Dentist wants job as police
man" Z" By the way, both usual
ly have pretty good pull.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16

Fine. neat. tasty printing at this
ofIice.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

Are you going to the tunnel
opening to see President Taft?