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The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Denuer Markets.

DENVER UNION STOCK YARDS, July
5-The receipts of cattle here last
week were very good but not as heavy
as the week before. Owing to the
smaller number on hand there was a
better demand and the good stuff
closed strong to l5c higher than the
close of the proceeding week. There
were plenty of the medium and half fat
cattle and no material change in prices
on this class. Good beef steers sold up
to Sc. 40 and from that down to IS. 80
with the fair to good at s5.25 to SIS rs
and the palmer steers on down. Cows
were active and the good ones sold
well. A bunch of choice young cows
brought S. 90 and others sold at 81. rs
with the pretty good kinds at $4 90 to
$4.65, and medium cows at 1925 to
$4. 90. Bulls and veal calves were
about steady and in good demand. Bulls
sold at 1925 to $500 for the best.
Veals at Sc 90 to f7.50. Feeder and
stocker trade light. Demand was good
for stockers but only fair for feeders.
Prices closed about steady.
The supply of hogs was heavy and
prices held up well, sales now ranging
from $3.50 to 81 SO.
Sheep trade was fairly active and
prices show little change from week
ago, The supply during the week was
fair but not heavy. There was a good
demand for everything.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

One of the educational dele
gates to Denver, Prof. Luckey,
of the University of Nebraska,
said: THE city does more to
cripple the child, mentally, NOR
ally and physically, than any
other agency" This is along a
line of reasoning easy to see,
as associations often shape the
course in life of the boy or girl.
so that few but the strongest
escape. A thing that is needed
much more than the conversion
of the heather is parents with
enough sense to look after their
children properly-not with the
rod, but with a small amount of
common sense and advice.
Country life requires less, for
there is less of mixing, a milder
character of vice and more time
for the child to do its thinking.
The thoughts. too, are often
moulded by associations with
older persons. The child OBJ
serves, almost as quickly as the
man.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
? 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 r:the 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 IA and Is; returning the
18th.
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., 1909-07-09
BELLINrs BEST OPERA.
"Norma" Was Hisssd At First-Ths
Composers Death.

BellIni was born In Sicily. He died
at Puteaux. near Paris. under some
what strange circumstances. In 1885.
Baron Ayme d'Aqnno wrote to friend
II rode out to call on him: but. ns usu-
nj, the gardener OF his house refused
to let me In. Later OH Ia the dny there
was n heavy storm. and at about 9
o'clock l once again tried to see him.
AS no one answered the bell pushed
against the gate. and It gave way. so ]
got into ,he house. found Bellini on
n bed. abandoned. by all. At first I
thought that he WIS asleep. When I
touched his hand. 1t was quite cold. for
he was dead"
A curious letter is published. written
by him when his Norma" was hIssed
Mt the first representation: II have Just
returned from the Scala. Would you
believe It? Norma was hissed. no
longer recognized the friendly Milan.
ese. who received with enthusiasm and
delight the II Pirata.' La Strnniera,
In Sonnnmbuln.' have deceived my
self. I have made n great mistake. All
my progenitors have been wrong. All
my expectations have been Illusions.
But. assure you from my heart. there
are morsels In 1t that shall be proud
If can ever excel Did not the 10.
mans hiss 'L'Olympiade' Of the divine
Pergolesi? In all theatrical produc.
tions the public is the supreme Judge.
The public will reverse Its Judgment.
1t Will recognize that Norma is the
best OF my Operas."-Argonaut
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
A BRILLIANT SHAM.
Paris Under the Rule Of the Third
NAPOLEON

Never was there so pleasure loving
and so easy going n court, and seldom
has there been one which was exter-
nally so splendid. The emperor spent
money like water and thereby produc-
ed n prosperity for the time and with
II popularity for the government
Hundreds OF millions were lavished
upon Paris. much of 1t being wasted,
yet none the less with the result that
the city really deserved It's title la
vile lumiere. In these days II has
gone to seed and grown shabby. but In
1869 everything seemed fresh and
new and brilliant and imposing. The
army was rotten to the core. Yet the
emperor's cent gardes were splendid
soldiers to the eye. Society was no
less demoralized. yet Its gayety was
exhllarating. These were the days
when 1t was said that good Americans
when they die go to Paris. The en-
peror conferred distinction by recog-
nizing any foreigner. The empress set
the fashions for the world. II was all
n sham. but II was thoroughly mag
nlficent In Its way. 1t can best be
understood Mt present by reading To-
las enrly novels. by recalling some
chapters OF Daudet's lie Nabab" and
by remembering Jacques OfYenbach.
whose opera bouffe was the most char
acteristic production of an empire
which Itself was boufYe. That shall
low and yet catchy music was n tonal
sncer. Every librefto was mock at
the old time virtues of chastity and
honor and cournge.-Harry Thurston
Peck In Bookman.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

Colorado Springs held its first
election for city officers Tuesday
under the commission charter
system, and the Telegraph says
of the election:
THE first election under the
charter has proved one of the
quietest and most uninteresting
ever held in this city, the vote
cast being remarkably light. 2"
Where the boys have been
used to bosses and money and
ward-heelers in elections, it no
doubt seems odd to be expected
to go out and vote for a mere
hired man, especially when the
weather is hot and there may be
a cool shady place somewhere
around home.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
FAXED TO INDIFFERENCE.

1t is not surprising that Delta
should at last become slow in
responding to all of the many
things constantly on the local
boards. The town has been
overdone. With a reputation for
prosperity, it's bright light has
attracted every beggar, every
man and woman with a little
scheme, every fake amusement,
every missionary cloak project,
every social, business and church
plan on the catalogue. Enough
in the aggregate to strip the
town and it's citizens of pretty
much every penny, if they tried
to be liberal with them all.
1t isn't a bad idea to turn
down the larger portion of the
propositions you are compelled
to kick out of your way while
trying to walk along gsthe street
or think a little in your own
interest.
Self preservation is the first as
we'll as one of the most proper
laws of nature. Very many of
our people are in debt and are
struggling to get from under
that burden. 1t is little less than
a crime that these toilers should
be perpetually bounded by a
swarm of agents, schemers and
public beggars, whose main
stock is gall and whose disposi-
ton is that of harpies. If no
local laws can protect the people
the first law of nature" should
be put into effect so rigidly as to
make the field barren to the
perpetrators of such Affections.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

Conditions rather than politics
are responsible for prosperity.
Wise administrations naturally
take the same place as good
business arrangements, but good
crops and good markets are the
main thing. Thus it happens
that certain localities, like GER
tain individuals, may be hard up
because of failures or other ad-
verse conditions, while other
localities are at the height of
prosperity. General conditions,
however, have been good all over
this country for years, and the
average people could be classed
as prosperous. The farming
class, in particular, have made
money. That everyone has
prospered is not true and never
will be. In all the battles of life
some win and others lose, as in
the games Of chance. In many
of the cases of individual failure
the victims deride prosperity,
declaring there is no such thing.
when it would be perfectly easy
for them to trace the causes
leading to their own condition,
and most of them would not
have to think long to do it.
Many persons do not realize the
responsibilities of life or the
sterness of its battle. or have
any idea of the value of money.
That is why so large a number
of young men fail in business.
They regard a dollar of sales as
dollar of profit, when perhaps
only 10 cents of the dollar can
be placed to profit, and too many
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
DAINTY SCALE.
Il viii Record the Weight Of Tiny
Pencil Mark.

On one OF the smallest pair of scales
ever made for use In the open air
California Jeweler has weighed tho
soul OF fly and n pencil mark. At
least he has found the difference In
weight between the body OF Il living
fly and OF the same fly dead. This he
has chosen to call the soul OF the ny.
though more cynical observers have
declared the difference IN but the
weight OF the gases which escaped
from the body OF the dead insect.
The scale works within watch
case. and Its dial Is the face OF the
watch. marked OF into what its In
ventor. J. L. Liedier. calls degrees"
Each one OF these degrees represents
a weight OF one four million nine hun.
dred thousn ndtb OF IN ounce. Il
The difference between the weight
Of fly living and a fy dcad-i. e.. tho
weight OF the fy's soul-wns twenty.
three OF these degrees. Several hies
were weighed under similar circum-
stances. and all showed exactly tho
same difference In weight between life
and death.
The scale works on the tension prin-
ciplc. Inside there IL n scale. and In n
glass arm extending from one side OF
the dial there Is balance. The opern-
tor screws the delicate spring up to n
point where the object In the pan Of
the scale just balances and then reads
the pointer on the dial. The spring II
more dclicntely adjusted even than tho
finest watch. and the whole instru-
ment requires ms great care as tho
finest chronometcr.
Taking n slip of paper and weighing
It. Licdlcr Will then make n short
mark with pencil on the paper and.
weighing II agnin. find exactly the
weight OF the mark made by the lead
In the pencil. A mark precisely one.
quarter Of an inch In length made
with an ordinary soft pencil weighed
Just forty-nve degrees. more than tho
soul OF the fy.-Populnr Mechanics.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

The D. & R. G. Railroad is
said to be stocking the Western
Slope with refrigerator cars,
increasing sidings and in many
other ways preparing to handle
the prospectively big fruit crop.
Many refrigerator cars are be-
ing placed at Grand Junction and
other fruit field points.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

"Ouray had a big crowd on
the 4th," said one man who at
tended. ''but the celebration was
much of fake, after all" So
are most of them, and that is one
reason why it is better to be
faxed at home than to pay
double into the Golfers of some
body else's town. Few ringers
are made by pitching your dol
lars at the distant points of the
compass.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Let Us Have Good Roads.

6(h OS 1AVC oOOd NO00os
The attention of the INDEPENDENT
has been called to the "good roads
wave" that is sweeping over the coun-
try and the suggestion offered that it
help make way for the "wave" in
Delta county.
Good roads form subject in which
all are interested-some much more
thae others, perhaps-but the senti-
ment as well as the effect reaches every
man, woman and child in the nation.
Of all the efforts ever made to en-
courage popular sentiment. the good
roads campaign possesses perhaps the
greatest amount of merit. The move
ment has grown strong and is becoming
stronger every day. In some cases
east counties have been bonded to make
possible extra road work. Where this
was impossible, citizens have contrib
uted and communities here and there
have taken up the burden of the work.
Any plan which will provide good
roads is commendable. If old states
need them, the newer counties that
are sending out invitations to people to
come and make homes, certainly need
them.
Delta county needs more road work
and better roads With our dry eli
mate and untold resources, we should
have them, for they can be built and
maintained more cheaply than in most
sections. To the visitors good roads
are as telling an advertisement as are
the miles of cement sidewalks in Delta.
Nothing exceeds them as a drawing
card; nothing creates stronger or
more favorable opinion in the mind of
the stranger than to glide over th' m.
1t is so much to the interest of every
land owner to have smooth and at
tractive drive along his farm, that he
could we'll afford 70 devote little time
during a slack season in work-if he
has any-to putting it in not only good
but artistic shape. In the towns the
dwellers have nice cement walks and
little parkings in front of their lots,
hut they had to pay for them, and at
BOOO price, lOo, pul liit NiSiNOi wan
ing along would be quick to note the
occurance of bit of old board walk
in comparison with the cement. And
so it is with the farm roads. There
may be handsome dwelling, a big
barn and orchard laden with fruit, yet
mud-hole in front along the otherwise
beautiful lane, almost spoils the charm
of it all.
While exorting the people themselves,
the county administrations should also
have a word The people and their
properly are taxed for road work and
the funds 80 procured should be vel.
and carefully used. The best of work
should be done and the public fund
made to reach as far as possible.
In everybody's interest. let US have
good roads all over Delta county. Their
Importance is great enough to justify
any degree of enthusiasm that can be
aroused.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

study the expense instead of the
profit side of their business,
often making profit impossible.
The man who is prosperous
admits prosperity, while the one
who is broke or badly bent, is
naturally a pessimist.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

spective. stare every man in the
face in Delta county, be he resi-
dent or visitor. No argument
can change that condition nor do
away with the favorable impress
sion which it makes.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Bids.

Contractors are invited to submit
bids for the construction of reser-
voir containing about thirty-five thous-
and (35, 00O cubic yards and small
patch about miles long. For further
particulars address The West Reservoir
Company, Paonia, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

A daub of colored ink-red or
yellow-doesn't add anything to
truth or fact. Word-painters
may laud or they may detract;
that doesn't change conditions.
Good crops, maturing and pro-
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

Delta must have that sugar
factory. She has the logical
location and is entitled to it.
There is little if any doubt but
the factory will be located al
Delta when ready to build.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Good Behaving.

Employcr-Why were you discharged
from your last place? ApplIcnnt-For
good behavior. Employer-Wbnt do
!ou mean by that? Applicant-Tbey
TOOK three na-'hs on my sentence
Cleveland Lender.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Foul.

Foul tactics" declared the halfback
"What's the trouble now?" demand.
ed the referee.
II tried kick for the stomach. but
this fellow blocked It with his hcnd"-
Kansas City Journal.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

naturally pessimist.
BORROWED EDITORIAL
1t is a hopeful sign when the
several factions in the Senate
can get together on wood pulp.
The rest ought to be easy.
Gov. johnson and Col. Bryan,
who are after each others hide,
will be interested in the present
phase of the tariff discussion.
This is the season of the year
when Yuma, Arizona, shoves
Medicine Hat off the boards and
takes place under the spotlight
in the weather reports.
If the present rate of slaugh-
ter in Africa shall continue next
years appropriation bill will
have to cover an item for en-
larging the Smithsonian.
After reading all of the evil
dence in the Gould divorce trial
one can not help admitting that
there is much more pleasure, in
building castles in Spain than on
Long Island.
If we are under no necessity
of providing our young women
with chaperons IN their social
relations with our own young
men, it seems that chaperons
may be necessary for them in
our Chinese Sunday schools.
There is a strong probability
that former President Roose-
welt will come back a confirmed
vegetarian. Hunters agree that
there is nothing more discourage
ing to the carnivorous appetite
than bear steaks three times a
day.
Mrs. Howard Gould denies
Indignantly that she ever hitched
up a mule team. 1t strikes US,
however, that she had hitched
up and worked in running har-
ness some animals closely related
to the mule.
Forty-seven girl graduates of
an Illinois school managed to get
through commencement day with
dresses costing Ia cents each.
Quite a difference between this
and the price paid for dinner
gowns at Castle Gould.
According to the New York
peace guardians the sweating
process does not affect a China
man, nor rubbing him on wash
board, nor running him through
a wringer. The only thing that
will loosen his tongue is to pull
his queue.
Mr.. Hartman has been told
that he must take on more flesh
and drink beer TO do it. Some
of the men on whom Mr.. Harri-
man has fallen are sure that he
is heavy enough already. But
the prescription is the first en-
couragement the brewers have
had in a long time.
The heat wave has brought
with it the usual wave of crime
which always accompanies such
outbursts. There is also the
usual wave Of stiffness. for still
ness and crime are seldom
far apart. Folly and madness
nearly are allied, and thin parti-
tions do the two divide.
Denuer Markets.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

There is good fall and winter
ahead for Delta county. Barns
and cellars full and the bank
vaults bulging.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

The 4th of July death roll this
year is only reported as about
SO for the U. S., with nearly
1000 injured. The fire losses
were a little less than half a
million dollars.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

On the night of July 4th,
Charles Shackleford, a brother
of Judge Shackleford of this
district, died at his home in
Chicago, at the age of 68 years.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

Good crop yields tell better
the story of meritorious resources
than anything else. They not
only tell, but they make good
with the proof at the same time.
Delta county is it's own adver-
tisement.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

The Booster ball team of
Montrose defeated Telluride on
the 4th and the Redmen team of
the same city won at Ouray.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

The Salida Mail asks. What
will we do with our clothes-lines
when they lay out those air ship
routes?" Take them down, of
course. What good are clothes
lines? Don't you wear your
clothes?
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Delta Business College

Delta Business College
will continue it's session through the
summer. Call or write for further in
formation and prices.
r. w. WHALEN,
Stockham Building.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Not SO Exnetjno

$50 you're butcher now?"
Yes explained the former dry
goods clerk. 'Thc ladies' don't try to
mn'ch spnrcribs or stenI."-- Kansas
City journal.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
$40 REWARD.
Strayed or Stolen.

One Light Bay mare with white
stripe on face, branded in left
shoulder, other brand not known.
Reward for return to Joe McGraw's
barn. tt.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

Parties who attended the
celebrations at Ouray and Tellu-
ride say both were fine. Ouray
celebrated two days and Tellu-
ride three.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

Friendship, caution, bravery :
are three words which mean a
great deal.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Are You to Have a Trip2

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., 1909-07-09
Rugs, Rugs!

If in need of new rug this spring,
be sure and call to inspect our line at
the Ramsay.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
Hay For Sale.

Good timothy also good mixed hay.
Colorado phone Black 624. T. E. Lamb.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
House For Sale.

For particulars inquire at TAB Meeker
street, Delta, Colo. 16 If
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

Grand Junction is doing some
stunts in base ball this season.
The Delta independent., 1909-07-09
ADVERTISING RATES.

Fifty angle column inch per month. Insertion
of one week, only. IS cents per inch.
Display ads. changed every two weeks without extra
charge; weekly changes cent. per inch additional.
Copy for change Of ads should be supplied not later than
Wednesday to insure appearance.
Locals cents line each issue; .ranaents 10 cents
per line for FIRST issue line each ubseaueqt nser
tion Headed locals 10 cents per line for the head
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
RUFF

IN THE effort to put Abe Ruef in
the jail from which he has been
4 delivered, the citizens of San
Francisco expended upwards of $780,,
0OO From first to last, Abe has been
about the costliest citizen with whom
Divine Providence has ever afflicted
any community. While Ruef is out
on bail he may ruminate on the joe
ular cantrips Of fate, eXemplified in
his case. Patriotic citizens and the
more American members of the COM
munity were Mortified by the series of
vlllainies in poor San Francisco, and
when it became evident the wretched
Ruef had had an active part in the
proceedings which demoralized and
disgraced a great city, an opinion was
formed regarding Ruef which no evil
dence that has been adduced has
altered Rather has that opinion been
confirmed, as additional light has been
cast on the transactions in San Fran
CISCO But this character whom it
cost almost $35O,OOO to convict is "out
on bail"
To be sure, the bail forfeitable ap-
proximates the amount spent to con-
vict Ruef, and if it were forfeited the
prosecution would be reimbursed to
within $50,0O0 Of its expenses, while
Ruefs bondsmen would be "out" by
that much. But that the Ruef pro-
ceedings will end in such a wildly gro
tesque travesty upon justice is un-
thinkable.
No matter how much cash Ruef
might be able to command for the
public, would his moral guilt be any
less? And why has he been admitted
to bail while minor criminals are COM
PEELED to serve their sentences?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
CONSCIENTIOUS MAYOR

M AYOR ALEXANDER'S conscious
iNA ness Of official responsibility has
4iA been demonstrated during the
campaign in a most convincing man
ner.
Never for one instant has he al
lowed campaigning or electioneering to
interfere with his strict, conscientious,
diligent attention to duty. Every day
he could be found at his desk at city
hail. putting in ten hours steady, hard
work. His attention to the duties of
his office is Jealous and whole-hearted.
In everything he is thorough. His
work is marked by painstaking par
ticularity. He is today by far the best
informed man in Los Angeles as to
every detail Of the public business of
this city. His opponents have found
absolutely nothing in his official char
acter and conduct to form the basis
for just or sane criticism, and after
racking their poor brains to distraction
at last have discovered he performs his
duties in a "perfunctory" manner.
When we think Of the assiduity with
which the best mayor Los Angeles has
ever had has devoted his time, his at
tention, his ability his experience to
giving Los Angeles an administration
remarkable for progress and prosper
ity, the use of the word "perfunctory'
in connection with his splendid record
is more than utterly ridiculous. 1t is
melancholy. What a pitful grOpe for
an epithetl Poor, old, distraught de-
sparing, discredited machine!