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people will give a home talent en-
tertainment on Thursday evening,
May 5th, which will consist OF tall
leaux, pantomimes. fancy drill, good
music and a very enjoyable time for
all. The proceeds go to make up the
will soon announce the entertain
ment. Popular prices.
Quite a little business was trans
acted at the Business Mems meeting
Tuesday night. The bridge over the
Cottonwood that has been needed
for so long was discussed and COM
mittee appointed to look after it
and take the matter up with the
county commissioners. The pro-
gram for the entertainment to be
held May 10, is progressing finely,
and the ladies are going to be well
entertained.
On Sunday May LIST, at 1880 a. m.
there will be a dedication service at
the Baptist church OF Hotchkiss.
The church was not dedicated at the
time it was built because there was
debt on the building. Now that the
indebtedness has been removed it is
the desire OF the members to dedicate.
A good program has been pre-
pared with speakers from various
parts OF the state.
The Herald Office was moved the
last of the week to the room now
occupied by the North Fork Realty
Co, and is now ready for business
again. The moving of the Herald
was made necessary to make room
for the new Butler-Kellogg. building
which will be I'm course of construc-
tion as soon as the old buildings can
be moved. which IL being done AS
rapidly as possible.
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three years on the new or upper
Garnet mesa.
Robert Plumb, n member OF the
Delta high school track team while
making hurdle jump on the track in
weekly practice last Tuesday had
the misfortune to break both bones
in the right arm just above the
wrist. enforcing n rest for some time
to come.
A large number OF local Elks went
to Montrose last night to witness
the initiation OF a large class OF can
didates. A special train was run
down from Ouray and the degree
team of that town put on the work.
Several from Hotchkiss accompanied
the Delta bunch.
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cEDAREDdE COMMENTS

From the Surface Creek Champion
A. r. Messick has rented his ranch
for a term OF years to Orlen Kitch.
Rev. ]. S. Ferris reports that the
work of taking the census is progress
ing nicely.
CHS Jacques recently resigned as
road overseer for this district and
Frank Gallagher was appointed in
his place.
Mr.. Blaker of Pennsylvania arrived
here Saturday to spend the summer
and II he likes this section will re-
main permanently.
Mr.. Duffy of Denver is here this
week to look after the interest OF the
20 acres recently purchased by his
son from Mr.. Utterback.
J. ]. Atwood OF Seattle. Wash,
has been here this week visiting his
brother-in-law, H. w. Bull. Incl
dentally he is looking for a location.
The residents OF the Tongue Creek
district are preparing a play entitled
''Uncle Reuben" which will be given
At the school house in the near future.
r. L. Head, formerly of Crawford
but who went to Idaho last fall
looking for a location. has returned
to Delta county and is now looking
for a location in this section.
The Stewart Realty Co. reports the
sale OF 7.3 acres for $3.50 per acre and
9.4 acres for S225 an acre to II. p.
James and 93 acres for S225 to Z. NJ.
Hart. This is part OF the big Stock
ham ranch.
w. $. Gorsuch and son Elmer,
passed through Cedaredge Monday
with their last loads of wheat from
their Dry creek ranch. Mr. Gorsuck
states that he has sold over 100000
pounds of wheat grown last season.
Besides this he had oats which netted
him nearly $40 per acre.
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Churches

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Sunday
1000 n. IN. Morning Worship 1l:OO n- m.
vice 4 80 u. IN. Prayer meeting "wednesday
1880 p. m. Teachers training class z: 80 p.
Choir mt the parsonage Friday 1s30 y. m
Senior Choir at the parsonage Saturday 1880
pm. EUGENE II. ROBINSON Pastor.
NJ. 4. Notwithstanding on Sunday at
HOO IA. m. and 7:30 y. m. Class meeting at
close OF morning service. Sunday school at
9:45 n m. Junior League at 500 p- m Ep-
ing "wednesday Mt T:3O .. IN. Chorus prae-
tice Friday at 7:30 A cordial invitation and
hearty welcome to all
J. Y. NERnILLIos. Pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHuRcH-Eyery Lords Day
Sunday school 1000 n. m. Preaching SER
vices IL. 900 n. IN. aud 1.3O D. m g f. Prayer
deeting o.ao y. IN. Mid week Prayer me-t-
ing every "Wednesday $50 y. m
e q. SrouT. fnstor.
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norcnklss HAPPENINGS

From the North Fork Times
John J. Durkin and c. A. Fowler
have purchase sed the real estate and
Sale once OF c. NJ. Streeter
Albert A. Simpson died tuesday.
hgs % years. He came here about
The drGt nf the year from Madison,
Wis.,, suffering from tuberculosis.
p. q. SIattrD, Henry Vail. T. j..
Pierce, q. H. Duke, and Henry Rob-
erts were presented with the title to
wear the insignia Of the B. p. o. F..
by the Montrose lodge last night.
The school children and young
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From the Delta COUNTS Demoerat

From the Delta County Democrat
NJ. II. Welch and family automo-
billed to Cedaredge last Sunday,
spending the day visiting friends and
having a look at the Surface Creek
orchards.
w. b. Stockham was u business
visitor to Cedaredge Tuesday by the
automobile route.
w. F. Evans sold two lots at the
corner of Fifth and Howard streets
to A. o. Rosell Monday. This party
will build upon the property this
summer.
Sam Farmer and Harry Mathers
this week each purchased new auto
mobiles. They are OF the Ford make
and are, to say the least, remark
ably attractive machines.
j. NJ. Kimsey. a prominent Colo
RADIO Springs man, Is transacting
business in Delta this week. Mr..
Kimsey is interested in some Delta
county lane.
The Putty residence on south
Palmer street, formerly owned by A.
c. II mington. was purchased last
week by DIR. \. II. Stockham and
Attorney Millard Fairlamb.
The first of the week A. @. Rosell
purchased from +. G. Berry his fine
little tract OF land about one mile
east of town, consisting OF about
four acres. consideration being
50 500. MIR. Resell came to Delta
last year from Beatrice. Nebraska.
w. Il. Smith. who owns IA valu-
able fruit tract near Cedaredge. was
in the city Saturday. having brought
In some fine hogs to market. He
made this office pleasant call and
reported things looking fine up Ills
way
j. L. Budrow was n Saturdays =
arrival from Fort Collins. remaining
over Sunday. Mr.. Budrow II en-.
gagged I'm establishing the Stork sys-
TEN of saving I'm banks. In this dis
trict he inaugurated the system in
three banks. the First National of
this city. and one bank each at
Hotchkiss and Paonia.
The public lands committee has
r, ported ON Congressman Taylor'-
hill which provides that cities shall
receive not To exceed 80 acres 81 pub
lie lands for park purposes There
are fifteen towns ON the list aud
Delta IL among them. II il now
quite possible that the bill will pass
and that Delta may have "A splendid
tract of land TO be solely for that
purpose.
q. X. / leinlce. ~ New Windsor.
was business visitor tp Delta this
week. MIR. Flemlee inspected the
country as far as Paonia and as
very favorably impressed with this
section ~ a fruit country.
W q. Henry who has BEEN con.
nee ted with the Organizer here for
the past two months, left for Denver.
MIR. Henry will enier the field 81 or.
ganizer for the Socialist party, which
position he held until this spring
when he took charge Of the local
Socialist paper. Before coming to
Delta. Mr.. Henry did much work for
his party in California
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DELTA DOINGS

From the Delta County Tribune
ID. S. Doughty was a Cedaredge
visitor last Wednesday.
James McHugh was down from
his ranch Tuesday greeting friends
Thos. Mostyn OF Ouray shipped II
carload Of cattle from Delta wednes-
day.
Harry L. Spencer, forest super
visor, returned Tuesday from an Of
fetal visit at Montrose.
Geo. Hanna, wife and daughter,
arrived from Guthrie. Okla, on
Wednesday to make their home here.
Mrs. Harry Stewart. of Cedaredge.
was in Delta this week, the guest Of
her sister. Mrs. Russell Hauser.
Fred G. Emry and wife, of Paonia,
accompanied by Roy l.. Emry, of
Delta. were visitors at Montrose
Tuesday.
Engineer j. A. Curtis has been do
ing some surveying near PaonIa this
week for several persons. cutting up
large fruit tracts into smn Her farms
and orchards.
j. Il. Rhonemus. who IL building II
brick cottage I'm the Hillman addi-
tion. has the walls up and the roof
on. 1t will make a pretty little home
with enchanting surroundings.
G.I a nafl of
uus ranchmen Of Ash mesa WIS
transacting business In Delta We'd
nesday MIR Bailey owns as fine an
80 acre tract az there ~ in { he county
DR.. +. W. Grove and Albert Baird
who recently purchased "a tract of
orchard land ON Garnet mesa one
mile east Of town. are preparing to
put In five acres Of apples. all iona
thans.
l.. l.. Haines, who was with the
Colorado Fruit Growers associa-
tion last season, came over from
Greeley Friday and went out to his
orchard near Cory. arriving just In
time to help fight the frost that
night. His orchard was well
equipped with heaters and these pro-
badly saved the crop.
The repairs On the big concrete
siphon Of the Delta Canal company
across Tongue creek were completed
last week and the test is now being
made to determine whether or not
the work will be accepted by the
company.
Z It 10 a pleasure to drive out over
Garnet mesa and get a view Of a
large country where extensive i'm
provements are being made. New
houses going up on homesteads,
fields being fenced and plowed, new
orchards being planted and happy
homes established. This wonderful
change has been made in the last
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From the Delta Independent
Elmer =. Newman, OF Hotchkiss,
was a Delta visitor Wednesday.
z George Young took his cattle up
In the Tabuguacbe basin country
last week.
Mrs. George Douglas, Of MOntrose.
spent last week In Delta visiting old
friends.
Aubrey b. Hovey was in Delta
Saturday. from his ranch home near
Eckert.
Henry Goenfan. the genial Com
mefcial hnteiman, drove to Hotch.
Kiss sunday.
As the present season prOmises to
Ike long, It should be good one for
beet az well as other crops.
There is little fear Of any competi
tor wrestling from Delta county her
well earned banner as the greatest
fruit raising country in the United
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DIRECTORY
Town Officials

Mayor, Clarence Nelson
Recorder, J. II. Hill
Treasurer, J. II. Hill
Electrician, w. X. Jewell
Marshal, j. II Hill
Water Com missioner, j. II. Hill
Trustees q. L. Hawkins, A. j. Cnstell. Z.
Z. Hufty, w. IL. Baker. II. A. Bryant.
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County officials

Clerk and Recorder, II. X. Gibbs.
Treasurer, N. J. Bradley
Sheriff, l. IL. Williams
Assessor, s. l.. Cockreham
Judge, e. ii. S'ewart
Supt. of Schools, Mildred Anderson
Surveyor, Geo. c. Nickery
Coroner. DIR. c. ii. Burgin
Attorney. George Stephens
Commissioner Bird Dist, A. l.. Roberts
Commissioner 2nd Dist. W. 4, Steele
Commissioner list Dist, Geo Wilson
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State Officials

Governor. Hon. John +. Shafroth
State Supt. OF Public Instruction.
Katherine NJ. Cook
The newspaper., 1910-04-29
State Legislators

Senator Hon. Horace #. DE Long
Representative. DR.. J. A. Whiting. Eekert
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-15

couple Of blankets"
She Jagged behind considerably
when she saw mi making for the east
wing. and at the top of the staircase
she baked.
81 am not going down there" she
said firmly.
There is no one guarding the door
down there" l explained. Who
knows?--this may be a scheme to
draw everybody away from this end
Of the house, and let some one in
here"
The instant / had said 1t l was con-
WINGED l had hit on the explanation.
and that perhaps It was already too
late. 1t seemed to me as l listened
that l heard stealthy footsteps on the
east porch, but there was SO much
shouting outside that it was impos-
sible to tell. Liddy was on the point
of retreat.
VERY WE'LL" l said, then l shall go
down alone. Run back to Mr.. Halsey's
room and get his revolver. Don't
shoot down the stairs If you hear .
noise; remember shall be down
there. And hurry"
/ put the candle on the floor at the
top Of the staircase and took on my
bedroom slippers. Then crept down
the stairs, going very slowly. and
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CHAPTER XIII.
While the Stables Burned.

About nine o'clock that night Liddy
came into the living room and re-
ported hat one of the housemaids de
clared she had seen two men slip
around the corner OF the stable. Ger
trude had been sitting staring IN front
Of her, jumping at every sound. No|
she turned on Liddy pettishly.
81 declare, Liddy." she said. "'"''
are O bundle Of nerves. " zoe ~
did see some men around the stable?
1t may have been Warner and Alex
Warner is in the kitchen, miss
Liddy said with dignity. And II you
had come through what | have, you
would be a bundle of nerves, too. MISS
Rachel, I'd be thankful if you'd give
me my months wages tomorrow. Ill
be going to my sisters
VERY WELL" I said, to her evident
amazement. 81 will make out the
check. Warner can take you down TO
the noon train"
Liddy's face was really funny.
You'll have a nice time at your
sisters" l went on. Five children
hasn't she?"
That's it." Liddy said, suddenly
bursting into tears. Send me away
after all these years, and your new
shawl only half done, and nobody
KNOWN how to fix the water for your
BATH"
Its time / learned to prepare my
own bath" | was knitting compla
Gently. But Gertrude got up and pu'
her arms around Liddy's shaking
shoulders.
"You are two big babies" she salt
soothingly. Neither one Of you coult
get along for an hour without the 9th
err. So stop q%uarreling and be good
Liddy, 60 right up and lay out auntyi
night things. She is going to oe'
early"
After Liddy had gone ! began Z
think about the men at the stable, ant
grew more and mor anxious. Hal
sey was aimlessly knocking the bi
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XIV.
A Visit from Louise.

That day was destined to be Gn
eventual one, for when | en,eYt' g."
house and found Eliza e%nsconsed in
the upper hall on a chair, with Mary
Anne doing her best to stifle her with
household ammonia, II Liddy rub
bling her wrists-whatever good that
is supposed to dol knew that the
ghost had been walking again, and
his time in daylight.
Eliza was in a frenzy of fear. She
clutched at my sleeve when l went
close to her. and refused to let go
until she had told her story. Coming
Just after the fire, the household was
~demoralized, and it was no surprise
to me to find Alex and the under
gardener struggling downstairs with
a heavy trunk between them.
II didn't want to do it, Miss lnnes,'
Alex said. but she was so excited l
was afraid she would do as she said
drag it down herself, and scratch
the staircase"
was trying to get my bonnet on
and to keep the maids quiet at the
same time. Now, Eliza, when you
have washed your face and stopped
bawling," | said, come into my sitting
room and tell me what has happened"
Liddy put away my things without
speaking. The very set of her shout
ders expressed disapproval.
"Well,I said, when the silence be-
came uncomfortable, things seem to
be warming up"
Silence from Liddy, and a long sigh.
IF Eliza goes, l don't know where
to look for another cook" More ST.
lence.
Rosie is probably a good cook"
Sniff.
"Liddy," / said at last, don't dare
to deny that you are having the time
of your life. You positively gloat In
this excitement. You never looked
better. It's my opinion all this running
around, and getting jolted out Of a
yours"
It's not myself I'm thinking about"
she said, goaded into speech. May
be my liver was torpid, and maybe it
wasn't; but I know this: I've got
some feelings left, and to see you
standing at the foot of that staircase
shootin' through the door-TN never
be the same woman again"
We'll, I'm glad of that-anything
for a change" | said. And in came
Eliza, flanked by Rosie and Mary
Anne.
Her story, broken with sobs and cor.
rections from the other two, was this:
At two o'clock (2:15, Rosie insisted)
she had gone upstairs to get a picture
from her room to show Mary Anne.
"a picture Of a lady, Mary Anne inter
posed.) She went up h servants
staircase and along the corridor to her
room, which lay between the trunk
room and the unfinished ballroom. She
heard a sound as she went down the
corridor like some one moving furni
ture, but she was not nervous. She
thought it might be men examining the
house after the fire the night before
but she looked in the trunkroom and
!, saw nobody.
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by the broken window and the over.
turned chair. That the unknown had
got upstairs vas almost impossible.
He had not used the main staircase,
there was no way 20 re y floor
In the east wing, ard I'tir H. COW
at the window i 80 ".~ "-'~~
where the sCrvaH
We did not go to bed at all. Sam 30
nannon and Warner helped in the
search, and not a closet escaped
scrutiny. Even the cellars were given
q thorough o~verhauling, without re-
suit. The door In the east entry had
a hole through it where my bullet had
gone The hole slanted downward,
and the bullet was embedded in the
porch. Some reddish stains showed IT
had done execution.
Somebody will walk lame" Halsey
said, when he had marked the course
of the bullet. It's too low to have hit
anything but q leg or foot"
From hat time on l watched every
person | met for a limp, and TO this
day the mar who halts in his walk is
an object of suspicion to me. But
Casanova had no lame men; the near
est approach to it was an old fellow
who tended the safety gates at the
railroad, and he, l learned on inquiry
had two artificial legs. Our man had
gone, and the large and expensive
stable at S%unnyside was a heap O
smoking rafters and charrcd boards
Warner swore the fire was incendiary
and in view Of the attempt to enter
the house, there seemed to be nc
doubt of it.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Flinders.

" Halsey had only taken me fully
into his confidence through the whole
affair it would have been much sim
pier. If he had been altogether rank
| about Jack Bailey, and Il the day after
| lse fire he had told me what he sus-
| pected, there would have been no har-
rowing period for all of us, with the
Toy in danger. But young people re-
fuse to profit by the experience OF
their elders, and sometimes the elders
are the ones to suffer.
/ was much used up the day after
the fire, and Gertrude insisted on my
going out. The machine was tempo
| rarily out of commission, and the car
riage horses had been sent to a farm
for the summer. Gertrude finally got
a trap from the Casanova liveryman,
and we went out. Just as we turned
from the drive into the road we passed
a woman. She had put down a small
valise, and stood inspecting the house
and grounds infinitely. should hard
for the fact that she had been horribly
disfigured by smallpox.
Ugh" Gertrude said, when we had
passed, what a face! ] shall dream
of it tonight. Get up, Flinders"
"Flinders?" | asked. rs that the
horses name?"
1T is" She ficked the horses
stubby name with the whip. He
didn't look like a livery horse, and
the liveryman said he had bought
him from the Armstrong; when they
purchased a couple Of motors and cut
old boy"
Flinders was certainly not a com
mon name for a horse, and yet the
youngster at Richfield had named his
prancing, curly-haired little horse
Flinders, 1t set me to thinking.
At my request Halsey had already
sent word of the fire to the agent
from whom me had secured the house
Also, he had called Mr.. Jameson by
telephone. and somewhat guardedly
had told him of the previous nights
events. Mr.. Jameson promised tC
: Colilc Oul lldI HlSHl, dlIu W DiiH5 an
other mar with him. | did not con
slider 1t necessary to notify Mrs. Arm
strong, in the village. No doubt she
knew of the fire, and in view of my
refusal TO give up the house an inter
view would probably have been I'm
pleasant enough. But as we passet
DR.. Walkers white and green house
] thought of something.
stop here, Gertrude" l said. ="
am going to get out"
ITO see Louise" she asked.
mo, l want to ask this young Wake
something"
She was curious, | knew, but | di,
not wait to explain. | went up tn
walk to the house, where a brass sigl
at the side announced the Office, ant
went in. The reception room wa
empty, but from the consultation
room beyond came the sound Of tw,
voices, not very amicable.
1T is an outrageous figure" som
one was storming. Then the doctor
quiet tone, evidently not arguing
/, merely stating something. But / ha
not time to listen to some persol
probably disputing his bill. so
coughed. The voices ceased at once
|, q door closed somewhere. and the dot
, tor entered from the hall of the house
, He looked sufficiently surprised at SET
ing me-.
, "Good afternoon. DOCTOR" / sal
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like the two spots of crimson in her
pale cheeks, But l said nothing more
about sending her to Scotland; ! knew
she would not go
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She went into her room quietly. The
noise had ceased and everything was
quiet. Then she sat down on the side
Of her bed. and, feeling faint-she was
subject to spells-(I told you that
when l came. didn't l. Rosie? ?" "Yes'm.
indeed she did!")-she put her head
down on her pillow and
Took q nap. All right" I said. 60
on"
Ito be continue6.l
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Between stationery and STA
tionary
A difference of one letter.
But II your stationery
IS well printed. up to
date and businesslike,
such as we can supply
you, your trade will
not be stationary.
Good Stationery. Letter Heads,
BiNheads, Statements. Circu-
lars. Etc. Keep Business ON
THE MOVE.
That's the kind we print.
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alexandria Gazette,
SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL %, 1916
Halls HIMAs CAESAR

The only discorda1t note be ard from
the Paris press in its comment upon MI
Roosevell's visit comes from ire mira
clerical papers Ike the Gil Bus, which
OPENLY derides the American guest as
a CT arlaian.
Friedrich Masson, who is now on, OF
Mr.. Rooseveit's colleagues in the French
institute aud notorious for his ulua-
c ,tholic and royalistic views written un-
der the hsad, "Hail, Clesar," publishes
a remarkable attack in which he paints
Mr.. Roosevelt as a demsgogue VINO,
with ali the skill OF Bainum, is arrsns-
ing for his reappesrance upon the
American stage.
After describing American democracy
as marching between plutocracy and
demagogy the writer asks il II is possible
that the former president intends to
plunge again into the fight which has
already provoked crash of credit bank
ruptcy in the United StateS, and in
which anarchy under cover Of demagogy
may precipiiate bloodshed, pillage AMI
arson in industrial cen.ers. Mason
adds:
American democracy needs a concilia-
tor. Whatever mis- title may be, whether
it is president, protector or even emper.
or, it lie only by an characterization al
concentration Of legislative and execu-
tive powers that such a conciliator can
fulfil his task. The American people,
without exactly knowing that the
trouble is or what the remedy IL to be,
will acclaim the maa who will Plunge a
redhot iron into the wound. II will fol-
low such man. American imperialism
will end, sooner.o later, in Caesarism.
The United States of America have
found their Caesar. He may not please
US Latin'. II is enough that he pl' asses
his people.