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The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
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Three bargains compelled to
sell because of other business inter
ests.
50 acres, 81 in fine state of cultiva-
ton, acres waste. balance unimproved
Ample water. Soil a rich sandy adobe.
81, 500.
SO acres, A in cultivation, good
water right. Magnificent grain land
$S, 500.
so acres, 35 in alfalfa, 6 garden land,
only 81 waste. $1,000 improvements
good house, granary (400n bushels),
barns, etc. $500 worth farming tools
and machinery. Ideal home, fine trees,
ponds etc. 81, 500.
These three units for sale as whole
or as divided above. IL miles from
railroad switch and near a hustling
town. See or call me up for inside
facts and terms.
l5-3w. A. l. Cook.
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source In . native, but the life So
mali leads makes him wonderfully
quick at finding way out Of fix OF
this kind. 1t was very lucky the pony
was not killed by lions or hyenas
while Hassan was away.
Just before Hassans pony vas near
ly caught by the lioness we had a pony
killed by lions. the man on his back
escaping rather cleverly. At that time
we had two separate camps, six or
seven miles apart. each of them on the
edge of the Marar Prairie, on bah
or open grass plain many miles In eY-
tent. This was the best place for
lions it has ever been my luck to come
across. Hardly a day passed that
lions were not seen by one or the other
of us, very often right out in the open,
miles from any bush. 1t was cool.
cloudy weather while we were there.
and the lions seemed to do most of
their hunting in the daytime. There
were SO many, and they were SO bold,
that the Somalis were quite nervous
about walking through the bush in the
daytime. Between us we shot "a
lions in this place in little over a
u. beSlueS llOuS
more game than have ever seen any
where else. Large herds of hart
beeste. oryx, and Sommering's gazelle
were to be seen feeding in every direc-
ton. Besides this. in the open there
were a good many ostriches and few
hunting cheetahs. In the bush at the
back of our camps were Walters ga
zelles. leopards, warthog. and innu-
merable dikdik and birds. In the
rocky hills l saw several klip-spring
ers.
One morning my compton, was
reused by his natives, who told him
that three lions were just crossing a
strip of open ground within 100 yards
OF his camp. Before he was ready,
two or three of the men jumped on
ponies and galloped after the lions
three very fine males with names
which were by that time making of.
The natives meant to try and keep
them engaged till the hunter had
time to get his rife and cartridges
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IL The DISTRICT
s. COURT.
SUMMONS.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO,

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO,
To Lucy A. Doubt and The Fruit Exchange
BaLk. the defendants above named, GREETlNG:
You are hereby required to appear in action
plaintiff in the District Court of Delta County,
State of Colorado. and answer the complaint
therein within twenty days after the service
hereof. if served within this tounty: il
within thirty days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive of the day of service; judgment by
default will be taken against you according to
the prayer of the complaint And If copy of
not served with this summons. or II the service
hereof be made out this State, then ten days
additional to the time hereinbefore specified for
appearance and answer will be allowed before
the taking of Judgment by default as aforesaid.
The said action is brought to procure the can
collation. of a contract for the sale and purchase
of certain lands and water rights and the return
of promissory notes given by plaintiff to de-
fendant Lucy A. Doubt in connection with the
said sale and purchase and to restrain the de
fendant The Fruit Exchange Hank from de-
liyeripg the said promissory notes or the pro-
ce,-is thereof to the defendant ucy a. Doubt,
and for costs and general relief, as will more
fully appear from the complaint in said action
to which reference is here made: copy of which
is hereto attached
And you are hereby notified that if you fail
tn appear. and to answer the said complaint as
default to be entered and apply to the Court for
the relief prayed for in the complaint.
Given under my hand at Delta,
in said County. this 18th day
of March. A. ID. 1919.
A r. KING,
Attorney for Pla ntiff.
First pub, Nay 7th, 1909. Last pub. June 4th 1909
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Annual Meeting of the Delta
County Fair Association

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Delta County Fair Association will be
held at the Court House in the town of
Delta, Colorado, on Monday, June 2Sth.
1909, at o'clock p. NJ. The purpose
of this meeting is for the election of Of
ficers and directors for the ensuing
year. and for the transaction of such
other business as may legally come be-
fore this meeting.
GEORGE WILSON, President,
JOHN j. TRAVIS. Secretary.
Delta, Colo, May 9th, 1909,
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Badgering an Angry Lioness.

We had not been back In camp very
long when my companion came in. say
ing he had run across a lioness in
the hills. which he was sure was the
one we had seen, as she was very
angry. She had run into some long
grass, and had charged out towards
his men. when they were going up to
light It. He was very unwell with
fever. at the time. and although he
had two or three shots. he was so
shaky he could not hit her. and at
last felt so Ill he had to give her up.
His shikari told me the lioness was
very much beat from being badgered
about in the sun and he was sure we
could find her. l owed her one for
frightening Hassan. so we started at
once, Hassan not coming. but sending
a relation of his on the same pony.
After a short ride we got to the place
and found the tracks going into a
long strip OF high feathery grass. We
cast all around and could find no
tracks coming out, SO decided to burn
the patch. II was about 200 yards
long and perhaps so broad. l could
not command the whole of 1t. so
toiu tne MEN W hsht IL ~ the top
and along one side. and Abdulla and
l took up our station halfway down
the other side, about 30 yards out
from the edge. At the bottom end
put the warrior on the pony to see
II the lioness broke that way. Al
most directly the grass was lit big
spotted hyena blundered out and came
within few yards OF us. but the
great part OF the patch was burnt be-
fore there was any sign of the lioness.
Then ! caught sight Of her sinking
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
Shooting Lions with Poisoned
Arrows,

Lions are occasionally killed by
Midgans. but the poison on the arrows
cannot be very strong. as frequently,
after being sick two or thr ee times.
the lion seems to recover aud get
away. Captain Swayne gives an ac-
count of the way in which these Mid
gans hunt the oryx with their dogs.
But to get on with my story. The
little Midgan carried n bow nearly as
long as himself. and was followed by
about dozen small native dogs with
curly sterns and prick ears. These
little ours were wonderfully broken.
The man trotted on In front of us.
and when he got near the place where
he had seen the lions he simply put
out his hand. and all the dogs lay
down in bunch and never attempted
to follow on after us. Then we stalked
carefully towards big thorn tree ris-
ing above the bush. This was where
the lions were said to be. The bush
was very open. and when we came in
sight of the tree the lions were just
decamping There were four OF them.
not hve-an old lioness and three
lions. perhaps not quite full grown.
and with very little name. Hassan
had followed close behind on his pony.
so I shouted to him to try and keep
his eye on the lioness, and ran on my
self with Abdulla after one OF the
lions. This one did not seem much
inclined to run. and after short
burst I managed to get a bullet into
him somewhere Just as he disappeared
into some thick. bushes.
At that moment we caught sight OF
another lion trotting along parallel to
us about 200 yards on. The wounded
one was keeping up n continuous low
growing In the bushes, so. thinking
he would not get far away. we ran to
cut off the other. He turned OF when
he caught sight of us. and We had a
long, stern chase after him. as re-
suit of which was 80 blown I could
not hit him, although he was lobbing
along not more than 100 yards ahead.
At last I did get n bullet into his
flank. He Mt once turned. and. growl-
ing fiercely came bounding few
Yards towards us. as II trying to make
nm his mind to charge. Whether he
would have done so or not do not
know, as my second barrel caught him
on the point OF the shoulder, bringing
him on to his nose. and before he
could recover himself put In another
bullet from my second rifle and I'm
ished him.
II Ia more than likely he would not
have charged. as I have several times
seen n lion make this kind OF demon.
stration when slightly hit, more.
think. to try to frighten his assailant
ehan anything else. A lion that really
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ers. l have always had one man, Alb
dulla Ashur. as head shikari. Besides
being an agreeable companion. he is
far and away the best finder of game
have ever seen in the country.
His pluck is undeniable. and the
only difficulty have had with
him is to prevent him going
where I did not care to go myself.
This may sound exaggerated praise OF
a native, but among other things he
grappled lion which had knocked me
down. being severely mauled before
he got the brute on. so that | natur
ally entertain a very high opinion of
him. Owing to his skill in tracking
] have only lost one wounded lion out
of many that were hit, and that was
not his fault, s,s the blood stopped al
most directly and the ground was
nothing but stones for miles. This
speaks for Itself. as any one who has
shot lions knows how difficult II is to
recover a wounded beast without dogs.
only once had the help OF dogs
after wounded lions. We were camped
down I'm the Haud among the EideEall
villages under Sultan Deria. one day
! went out to try to get some meat
for the natives. accompanied by n war.
rior called Hassan and his pony.
had just shot an oryN. and We were
cutting Il up. when the smallest So
mali have ever seen came running
up to say he had just observed iive
lions asleep under a tree close by.
This man belonged to the low-caste
tribe of Midgans-people who do not
live together In one tribe. but are
scattered all over Somaliland in differ
ent villages. where they are chiefly
engaged in killing antelope for meat.
other Somalis. as a rule. thinking II
below their dignity to do anything but
go out occasionally on looting expedi-
tions. Midgans are armed with bows
and poisoned arrows. and each of
them carries knife. Until quite
lately no other Somali would use n
bow. but now It is quite common
thing to meet a native belonging to
another tribe who has discarded his
spears for bow and culver OF
poisoned arrows.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
Killing CameIs to Save a Pony.

A year after this met Hassan
again, and asked him how his pony
was. He said II was very well. but
that he had very nearly lost II a short
time before. He had been down IN
the waterless plain on n looting ex-
pedition with some other Eidegalla
warriors. After a successful raid they
split up to avoid pursuit, and Hassan
was on his way home driving some Of
the looted camels in front of him. II
was very dry year, and although it
was the rainy season. he had been
give his pony. The result was that
having been ridden hard for two or
three days with little or no water to
drink. the pony got beat, and at last
lay down. about 20 miles from the
wells they we're making for. No
amount of snck would get 1t on its
legs again. and Hassan was In de-
spair. He knew there were no vii
lagos at the wells where he could get
vessels in which to carry water back
to the pony, and II seemed as II moth
ng could be done to save II. AT last
he thought of plan. Driving the
camels at top speed to the wells. he
gave them as much water as they
could drink. and hurried them back
again. He found the pony where he
! had left II. in very bad way. but
Immediately proceeding to kill and cut
open the camels. he took the water out
of their stomachs and gave 1t to the
pony. which revived sufficiently to
struggle to the wells. After few
days' rest Il completely recovered,
Hassan added that he could very soon
get some more camels, and that he
would rather have cut the throats OF
hundred than have lost his pony.
This story shows great deal Of re-
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
A Wounded Lion at Bay.


A Wounded Lion at Bay.
While this was going on we could
hear Hassan shouting in the distance,
SO now we ran of towards the sound.
When we started the shouts seemed
to be almost stationary, but as we ran
they got further and further OF till
at last we could hear nothing. We
ed lion. AS We got near the place
where we had left him. we could hear
tremendous row going on, men
shouting. dogs barking, and the unmis-
taxable .grunts OF an angry lion. Run
ming up. We found the lion, with his
shoulder broken, standing In a bush
surrounded at a respectful distance
by the little dogs. They kept up an
incessant yapping, and every now and
then the lion would make a drive at
them, but they were much too quick
for him with his broken shoulder, and
were at him again directly he re-
treated to the bush. The little Mid
gan and one of my men were close
by. yelling with excitement AS
walked up to try to get a shot with
Jul hietih6 ohe vi Tue pdCh, lue
took no more notice of the dogs, but
kept his eyes fixed on me. l never
saw a lion look nastier, but suppose
his broken shoulder had sickened him.
and shot him without difficulty. The
Midgan, after calling his dogs, had
run on after US. and had come on the
wounded lion. We skinned this beast
and the little Midgan rather amused
us. as he got SO very much annoyed
because his dogs would not eat some
great chunks of raw lion-fesh he cut
on and offered them. We were on
our way to skin the other lion when
we met Hassan looking rather sorry
for himself. He said that the lioness
had trotted quite quietly at first. and
he had brought her round in a circle
towards the place where he had left
us. riding alongside of her. and shout
ing to let us know where he was.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
Sale.

Fifteen head of horses and mules.
Seven sets of double harness.
Five Sla wagons two-wide tires.
One heavy spring wagon, 8 seats and
top; will carry a ton and half.
One heavy spring wagon, two seats,
will carry ton.
All the above nearly new.
Call late in afternoon or early in
morning. DIR. o. p. MCCARTNEY.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

Unluckily she crossed the track of
the wounded lion. and after smelling
at the blood she became perfectly un-
manageable. making on at gallop
and charging him whenever he got
in front to try to turn her. At last
she had gone into the thick bush on
some hills. where he had lost her.
When we had skinned the other lion
We made a cast to try to pick up the
fourth. but could make nothing of
him-I never got this lion, although
day.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

and catch them up. The lions were
galloping among scattered mimosa
scrub. making for the thick bush be-
yond. and with an object in view
lion can get along at a very fair pace
ia the cool of the morning. One OF
the men got start of the others and
was rapidly overhauling the lions.
when he lost sight of them for a mo-
ment. He galloped up to the bush
where he had last seen them, and as
he rounded it. one lion came at him
from behind and the other two from
the front. They had got sick of run
ming and had waited for him. The ma
tive did a very clever thing. There
was no chance OF getting away by
galloping. as he was regularly hemmed
in. so. half checking the pony. he put
his heel on its wither and jumped
right into the middle of mimosa
bush. Almost as he jumped the lions
knocked the pony over. and when my
companion came up he found them
eating II. taking no notice of the
dismounted men close by. The first shot
hit one. and while he was following
II up the other two gave his men the
slip. These two lions were decidedly
out of luck. as l got them the same
night
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
Notice for Publication.

Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
U. s. LAND OFFICE Al MoSrRosE. Colo,
May ilth. 1919.
NOTICE is hereby given that
WILLIAM II. FAULKNER,
of Delta Colorado, who. on January 9th. 1905
made Homestead Entry No. 1915 Ute, WeJlsl. for
Lots ., 5, Sls NWA. Section ?, Township u s,
Range so W. 9Th Principal Meridian, has hled
notice of intention to max Final Communication
Proof, to establish claim to the land above de-
scribei, before Milton II. Welch, U. s. Commits
sioner, at Delta, Colorado, on June 23rd. 1919.
Claimant names witnesses;
Harmon Il Sanders, Archer W. Reed, Charles
Lippert. Genevieve Hartig, all of Delta, Colo
rado. - =
BRYSON p. BLAIR,
Register
First pub May II. 1909. Last.pub June Is, 1909.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

TO CURE CATARRH s COLD IN HEAD
Use "LONDoN BALM" money back { not
satisfied, all druggists or of London balm 60.
Denver, Colo. CSC and SOC.
ToE-GuM cures corns, all druggists, l5c.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

the open. II one gives him a pretty
wide berth, so as to get a start when
he charges. AS rule the lion will
give up the chase after 100 yards or
SO. This pony of Hassan's was about
the best | ever saw in Somaliland.
He would not put price on 1t, be-
cause he said he could make quite a
respectable income by making looting
expeditions on its back. as 1t was so
fast nobody could catch IL.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

To CURE CATARRH 8 COLD IN HEAD
Use LONDON BALM" money back 4 not
satisfied, all druggists or of London RaIm Co.
Denver, Colo. CSC and 5o:.
ToE-GUN cures corns, all druggists. l5c.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

STATE OF COLOR ADO
COUNT OF DELTA.
Nettie \. Green, 3
Plaintiff, /
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
Approaching Big Game in Jungle,

That morning a lioness killed q
heifer close to my camp. l had al
ready seen her tracks several times.
but they had always led us on TO some
stony hills where We had lost them
This time the same thing happened
again. so. thinking she would probably
come back that night to finish the
heifer. we decided to sit up for her
We therefore made an enclosure of
thorns under mimosa bush near by
The hat top Of the bush came
down to meet ths thorns built
up all around and one could
hardly tell the whole thing was
not bush. In the front there was q
hole to shoot through, and at the back
we left an opening so that we could
get inside. After this we returned
back to camp. and in the evening after
dinner went OF again. taking my bed
ling on donkey. This donkey was
also to serve as bait. for the natives
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

Lucy 4. Doubt and The
Fruit Exchange Bank,
Defendants.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04
On the
Spoor of
the King
of Beasts
BY Lord DeI0mere

} get good sport in
Somaliland the first
thing is to get a
good shikari. There
are excellent men to
be found with care
and good luck. but a
great many who are
absolutely worthless.
In addition TO 9TH
The Delta independent., 1909-06-04

means charging up comes quite silent.
ly, galloping very fast along the
ground like a dog.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-03-23

In an effort to have lowered the Excess
sive fire insurance rates now being
charged in Charleston IN this State, the
City Council of that city has adopted
resolutions providing for the construc-
ton of three cisterns IN the congested
business district for the use Of the fire de.
partment These cisterns are not similar
to ordinary cisterns but are suction holes
connecting with a six inch water main
and allow the department to use much
greater volume of water than could be
obtained from the plugs. Councilman
Norvelle, in introducing the resolution
stated that fire underwriters had prOms-
ed reduction in the rates if these els
terms were installed. This is along the
line of action taken recently by the Town
Council of Charles Town in proposing,
with the concurrence OF the County
Court, to make connection from the WA
ter main on North George street with the
big cstern in rear of the court house,
with suction connection from the els
tern to the street, so that in case of fire
in the heart of the town the big Indepen-
dent steamer, which cannot obtain suf.
fic;ent supply of water at the ordinary
plugs, might be connected up therewItb
and give much greater effectin fire fight
ing. We trust our Town Council in
further acting in this matter will obtain
from our underwriters at least as liberal
Insurance reductions as will be accord
ed to the people of Charleston.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-03-23
Suicide by Hanging.

A Russian with an unintslligible name
came Wednesday to Mr. n Brillhart's,
near Middleway. and applied for work.
which Mr. Brilliant gave him. Express
ing desire to have his wife come over
here. Mr. Brilliant indicated that be
might work on and bring her over here
after harvest. On Sunday morning a
little after daylight, however. he went
out to the barn and hung himself with
tar rope fastened TO the rafters. Whilst
the rope was strong enough to hold him
until he died. yet it broke afterward, and
his body was found lying on the hay in
the NOV. He was supposed to be about
S. years of age, His remains were in
tered at the County Infirmary.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-03-23
Engine & Grinder Exhibit
AT
{. N. COLEMAN'S
HARDWARE STORE
Saturday, April 3, 1909.
You Are Invited to Be Present.
Go From Home For News.

From the Winchester Star of Thurs
day we copy the following:
According to the statements of Jef-
ferson county (W. Va people in town
to-day, movement will be set on foot
in a short time to call local option cleo
ton IN Charles Town, the county seat of
Jefferson, and the court will be petitioned
to set date for the election. 1t IS said
that the Virginia Anti.Sa'oon League
field workers, led by Rev. Ed Richard.
son. will get to work at once and wage
an active campaign Charles Town has
been supplying Winchester with large
quantities of wet goods since this city
went dry about year ago, ard should It
go dry. too. Martinsturg will be the
nearest remaining oasis IN the great des-
ert "
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-03-23

The Euzelian LiterarySociety of Pow
hatan College held its open session meet,
ing Thursday evening. All participants
performed their parts admirably and de
serve much commentator. The essay.
THE Golden Mean" by Miss Ward por-
trayed the happy medium between lite
of notoriety and one of degradation,
Miss South recitation, The Sign or the
Cross, was rendered with much express
sion. and showed the result of earnest
work Schuman's Novelette, in F"
was well interpreted by Miss Leila Rudi
sill. The "Society Paper" by Miss
Miles, and ''KatrnaS Visit to New
York" by Miss Watkins. proved highly
enj oyable to the audience. The climax
of the evening occurred in the debate of
the subject, Resolved, That the North
Was More to Blame for the Civil War
than the South, by Miss Gray, OF Vir
gnia, and Miss Miles. of PENNSYLVANIA
Much enthusiasm was manifested by the
audience, especially in the affirmative
side. The college orchestra opened ard
closed the meeting with three well rem
dered selections.