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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26
! THE EVENING STORY /!
CIRCUMVENTlNG CYNTHIA.
BY NELLIE CRAvEY GILMORE.

Copyright, 1910, by Associated Liter
airy Press.
Dawson smothered an ejaculation,
snapped his fingers and made dash
for the phone. Exchange refused
stubbornly to answer and he tangled
the bell peremptorily At last he got
connection and stood waiting for
the low, familiar 1903" to sound
minutes he was advised that 1903 was
out of commission, and the receiver
clashed ominously against the hook.
Something dreadful has happened
Thus had Cynthia expressed herself
in the letter left on his desk less than
ten minutes ago. Furthermore, she
continued, ut is now quite out of the
question for us ever to think of
marrying. Please do not ask me for
explanations, but, believe that am
honest and quite right in taking this
painful step. I know that your conf
dence in me is suffi cient to warrant
my asking it of you. Under separate
cover am returning everything,
including the engagement ring. Please
do not attempt to see me or dissuade
me, for it will be useless. 1 am sail
ing for Cuba with the Hartreys on
Tuesday"
Dawson staggered back to his seat
and reread the lines in half stupor.
What was it all about? What could
it be? Had Cynthia, after the IT.
ritating manner of engaged girls,
dragged forth some obscure affair
from the past? Was the dear girl
laboring under a hallucination, or
had "disinterested' friends sought to
poison her innocent mind with vicious
gossip? The questions flew through
his mind in lightning panorama, be-
wilderfng, dazing, in turn, with their
possible answer.
At last he drew up pen, ink and
paper, and in sheer desperation,
Darling Cynthia:
"Your letter has shocked me be-
yond expression, and refuse to be-
lieve in it's seriousness. You are
playing a practical joke on me, and
perhaps even now are laughing at my
plight and writing to make things
clear!
eff, on the other hand, you are in
earnest, then 1 demand an explana-
ton as my right. Our relations have
been too dear, too deep and sacred
to allow of any such flippant and
summary dismissal.
please indicate the time and place
for an early meeting, and believe me.
sAs Always, Jack.
Dawson sealed, stamped, addressed
and diSpatched his letter within the
following five minutes. Then he
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26
election illegal and direct new cleo

election illegal and direct new cleo.
ton
The general opinion Is, however, that
no such action will be taken. The pres
ent city government, having been
elected under the census adopted Off
cially by the state, giving Burlington
over q, 900 inhabitants, it will be con-
sidered legal and binding. The cleo
tions of the next five years will also
be held under the provisions Of the
state census of 1905, emitting Burling-
ton to five commissioners. Under the
law, 1t is held, no change In the num-
Der of commissioners to be elected
can be made until after the next state
census is taken, when, II the popula-
ton is shown to have fallen below
5000, only three commissioners may
be elected
The falling off in the population is
explained by some to have been
caused by the fact that the state CEN
sus of 1905 in Burlington was con-
siderably padded. It has been found
that in some wards there is a lack OF
several hundred names over the show
ing Of 1905.
On the other hand it is pointed out
that with the large amount OF new
building in Burlington and the awak-
ening in business life shown, Burling-
toms population certainly ought to
have increased very considerably. The
reply to this is that by the estimate
showing the present federal census
will show 24,SOO for Burlington ,indi-
Gated an increase of over 1900 people
in ten years, the census of 1900 hav.
ing shown 23.2O1 population. An in.
crease Of 1900 population In ten years
is going some for city Of Burling-
tons class.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26
DECLINE OF THE MuckRAKER

Washington Post: Attorney General
Wickersham, like his colleague. Secre-
tary Ballinger, has no intention OF re-
firing from Office in the immediate fu-
ture Increasingly arduous as his
duties have grown since taking office,
he yet finishes today's task with
pleasurable anticipation Of tomor.
rows. For him public Office has com.
pensations outweighing It's burdens
and the added infection of muckrak-
ing Approached in New York by q
news writer who put the almost invar.
liable questions the cabinet officer has
thrust at him every time he ventures
out of Washington-"Are you about
to resign, as stated''-the attorney
general denied the impeachment and
later declared in public address that
he liked his Job, Notwithstanding the
increasing rain of imprecations his
official acts invoked.
AS a matter of fact, the muckraker
has seen his most prosperous days.
The readjitsting public Is inclined to
yawn over what used to give tt
thrill, and throw down in disgust, OF
read with amusement, what once had
the force of a revelation. The remnant
it is true. is dying hard, but the ma
ligners of great note who gave the
rake it's vogue are all out of the game
while but few OF the many publications.
which once made 1t speciality now
exploit it as "hot stuff"
Nowadays warfare Of this sort sci.
dom Is waged on men because Of their
wealth as formerly, but finds Its prey
among public officials. preferably those
chosen to high station from private
life, and hence to be attacked with
more impunity and success than men
long in the public eye. The
attitude of Wickersham and
Ballinger serve to bring appreci.
ably closer the day when undertaking
shall have been frowned down to the
lirreducible minimum.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26
THE NEW DOCTOR.

"Where," asks the Chicago Tribune,
sis the old fashioned doctOr?" In the
old days, says the Tribune, the pro-
fession of medicine was something to
be undertaken only by those who had
rome to that conclusion after much
prayer and thought. It involved the
rrayest responsibilities and something
almost like conservation. An old
class at Rush would never have cele-
brated it's graduation in anything like
the rah-rah spirit of the present day.
The Tribune points out otner diff
terences between the old and the new
doctor. It says:
thine was, and not so long ago,
when doctor could be told from his
appearance He did not have to wear
q uniform to be distinguished from
member of any other profession. You
could tell doc two squares away.
He had professional habit as we'll as
manner, or, if this we're lacking, his
beard identified him unerringly. 1t
was quite distinct from the legal or
anv other hirsute adornment. 1t I'M
mistakably indicated the man Of medi-
cine.
guished from your broker, your bank
er, or your insurance agent He does
not consider it necessary to wear
beard, nor, in many instances, to have
more than the average dignity. And
as for the old professional manner,
where is it? It is often difficult to
get him to listen to your recital of
bodily ills. He laughs and tells you
there isn't much the matter with you.
Take exercise, he says, and stop wor-
rying. Then he is off in his motor to
the golf links.
"But come to think of it, there isn't
30 much the matter with you as you
used to think there was. There are
fewer bottles on the shelf in the bath
room closet, and you more often con-
suit your doctor about bridge and
tennis than you do about what you
think ails ye~rL"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26

If the grocer or the butcher would
start any such a game as has been ex-
posed in this sweet scented sugar
mess the kick that would go up from
the honest housewives could be heard
around the world. 1t is up to the
government to be the honest house
wife in this case and find out the
name and address of the crook that
gave the orders for tampering with
the scales and the other crooks who
had guilty knowledge of the steal and
pocketed the profits If this is done
the pardoning of Splitter will prove to
be worth while.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26

Col Theodore Roosevelt is soon to
receive an open letter which has
been addressed to him by the Human
itarian league, protesting against the
African game hunt. One sentence of
the letter states that: "At a time
when it was immensely more import
ant to the cause Of science and NOR
ais for mankind to become acquainted
with the minds of animals than with
their hides, you have done your ut
most to retard this thought by the
glorification, on large scale, of the
medieval, unintelligent methods of
hunter and collector" The letter
fails to state, however, just how to
go about it to get acquainted with the
mind Of hippo, rhino or a dix dix.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26
PEOPLES PULPIT

The Courier opens it's columns
for tho discussion Of topics Of
greatest import to tho public
weeI. Communications Of $50
words or thereabouts will be
printed In this -iumn. All COM
nunications should be typewrit-
ton or in plain hand on one side
Of tho paper only.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26

Des Moines Register and Leader:
The Iowa undertakers will spend a
few days in Des Moines this week,
glad, no doubt, to be among a lot of
live ones for change.
On the dead, now, don't you think
this is rather grave subject to croak
ahOut7
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26

The Ct took second money last
night when the moon got busy. It
might be in line to amend this by in
sorting steenth instead of second, for
there were several common old stars
that had it on the HALEY entry last
night,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-26

Detroit News: John D. never loses
nerve while motoring" says the
headline. Did John D. ever lose any
thing?
Yep. His hair and his appetite.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

Impressed with the idea that pro-
gress should be rapid, one hesitates
at times to advise the public own
ership of utilities, because it is
often harder and slower to get home
people organized. All of these en-
terprises require organization and
capital. Then, too, it does not al
ways happen that a utility pays un-
der municipal ownership as it does
under company or private manage
ment. Sometimes system is lacking
and at other times graft is charged
with interfering. Even when things
go smoothly and no criticism is Of
fered, it is often doubtful If a pub
lie owned utility is a benefit or
burden In the case of our own
water system, for instance. 1t has
cost the city of Delta now $780,
900. Last year the receipts, we un-
der stand were about 1000. The
interest on the debt Is presumably
half that amount, while the average
expense of keeping up and operating
the system will no doubt absorb the
entire other half if not more. Per-
haps it may save consumers money
and if so, that at least, is in favor
of municipal ownership.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
The Publicity Agent.

The publicity agent is the bane
of the newspapers life. Every great
advertising concern has its press
agent who is employed to dead
beat newspapers out of space that
should be paid for. Matter by the
ton is mailed to newspapers as of
public interest that is purely adver-
tising matter, with permission" to
use same. 1t has come to a time
that the newspaper publisher must
be far from asleep If he detects the
advertisement lurking between the
lines OF everything he receives, for
about three-fourths of the stuff that
is contributed, is given him directly
for the expected publicity benefits,
regardless of the fact that it costs
him money to put it into type. Not
only that. but is at his expense from
the time he receives 1t until the pa
per is printed and mailed and the
postage paid.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

Supervisor George ]. Kindel of
Denver, introduced in the city coun-
Gil of that place an ordinance repeal
ing an ordinance requiring that all
city printing shall carry the imprint
of the Typographical Union label.
which he says is un-American. On
this subject Mr.. Kindel is right and
he goes into the matter with his
usual disregard for stirring up hor-
nets nests. 1t is perfectly proper
that the city of Denver, or anyone
else who wants to, should have the
union label on it's printed stuff
but to make such things compulsory
by ordinance, is a different matter.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
Notice of Sale.

STATE OF COLORADO,
COUNTY OF DELTA. iss'
Before s. l.. Fairlamb, Justice of the Peace in
and for said County.
JAMES Moss
F. G. WADE. ct al.
To the above named defendants, and to whom
it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday. the
24th day Of August, 1910. at the hour of ~ clock
a.. m. at Douthitt Hospital. in the city Of Delta,
Colorado, l will offer for sale at public auction.
to the highest bidder for cash. one bay stallion.
named 'Imperator, about seven years old. and
branded o on left side. weight about 400 pounds:
said sale being made to foreclose an ARisters
Lien held by the undersigned on said bay stallion
for money due from the said f. q. Wade. ct al.
to the said Jnmes Moss for&eeping and feeding
said stallion.
Upon application to the said Justice Of the
Peace. warrant of appraisement has been issued
and appraisers report returned. showing said
stallion to he worth 500.
JAMES Moss Plaintiff.
First publication August i2 1910. Last publ
cation August 10. 1910.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
PICKED PARAGRAPHS.

DIR. Crippen and his companion
Will have to exercise all their inge-
ruity to explain why they were SO
anxious to escape in disguise.
Road building is to be taught in
the big colleges of the country The
obscure post of highway commissions
er will eventually become a very
! important one.
Hickory timber is reported to be
vanishing in the United States. Will
the conservationists permit such a
serious loss as that of hickory nuts
and hickory handles?
Madriz declares that Americans
are in no danger in Nicaragua. The
reason why they are safe can be
seen at Bluefields in the shape of
American gunboats and marines.
Postal banks have been estab-
lished in some leading countries for
half century. The idea that they
are untested, should give no anxiety
to the United States.
Champ Clark gives long list of
the great things the Democratic
party will do if restored to power.
Mr.. Clark has an Imagination so
powerful that he makes the millen-
neum look like a short order
A board of army engineers has
oeen named to raise the Maine. A
dep'ltation of this kind almost in
variably accomplishes what it under
takes, from Panama canal down
waI.i
Indigestion has it's uses. An in
valid on crowded Colorado stage
coach opened fire on a band of rob-
bers and drove them off. while his
eupeptic fellow-passengers held up
their hands.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

In two ways during the last eight
cen months, Delta has shown pro-
gress of the most satisfactory char
acter. First in the proving up of
lands; second, in the building of
bitches and reservoirs. any thous-
ands of acres in homesteads and
desert land claims were proven up
en- and government titles obtained.
Whether these be held speculatively
or not, it is policy to improve them,
for to do so, is to give them high
values. to cultivate successfully
water must be had. hence the new
bitches and reservoirs. This land,
SO capable of extensive cultivation,
will add wealth untold to the
county, and is among the most de-
sirable classes of improvements.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
Grand junction VS. Delta.

Grand Junction Is growing. Not
proportiOnately faster than Delta,
but it is growing nicely and shows
the advantage of competing railways.
of large railroad and sugar factory
pay-rolls, and of other things. Just
at present Delta is supplying the
raw material for the largest Of
these pay-rolls, in the sugar beets
she raises. Then Grand Junction
has another thing Delta should
have-an Interurban railway. For
the headquarters of this a fine, large
steel frame building is now going up.
About the only thing to be seen
on the streets of Grand Junction
that helps to advertise Delta, are
piles of our splendid white brick.
wherever building is in process of
erection. There is another thing
they would like to have, and that
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

About every other fakir that
tries to strike fairly good towns,
has some advertising dodge to work
the merchants with. And every one
of these cuts into the busines of
the local newspaper, which does
more for the community in a month
than all of these could do in a thous-
and years, and which is capable of
giving merchant or town more for
his money in the way of benefits
than any or all of them. There is no
limit to what newspaper can do If
1t has sufficient support, but, there
is decided limit If it has not the
support.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

Most men think they would be
better of or more in place If they
had some other fellows job. Pos
sibly it would be better in all such
cases If they would stop thinking
that way and devote time and their
minds to doing their work well and
bringing out the best there is in
their own positions. Whoever it
was that remarked: "All the
worlds a stage-play well your part;
there all the honor lies,' did not
miss the truth very far. There is
not only honor. but reward, for any
we'll performed work, and it need
not be called acting" SO much as
the earnest performance of duty.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

1t is greatly to the interest of
growers that they should break into
the Ieason's markets. The earliest
potatoes in the markets bring five
cents per pound as against one cent
oer pound month or six weeks
later. The earliest home grown to-
matoes bring fifteen cents per pound.
Later they bring two to five cents
per pound. And 1t Is so with nearly
everything else. In some cases, late
varieties. out of season because of
their lateness, bring much higher
prices. A few red raspberries are
still being Grated up at Cedaredge.
These can no doubt be sold for al
most double what berries brought in
the regular season. Most of the
fall Strawberries sell readily at 25
cents per box. Cantaloupes are now
In market in Grand Junction and
retail at 15 to 25 cents each Later
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
DELTA. Colo. FRIDAY. AUGUST IL, 1910

Delta county's soil is capable of
producing annually $500 per capita
for every inhabitant, man. woman
and child. Her $4,000 acres of or
chards are capable almost of doing
that alone, of good fruit year.
Aside from fruit, big crops of sugar
beets, potatoes. alfalfa, oats, wheat,
melons and vegetables reward the
farmers, while the stock industry
is no small matter. No wonder such
D county attracts worldwide atten-
tiOn
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

is some of our good mountain water.
Delta will, in few years, be a much
larger town than Grand Junction is
now, but at present the village at
the forks of the Grand and Gun
nison, just this side of the desert,
is ahead
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
FIRST NATIONAL BANK. DELTA

they will sell for from SO to rs
cents per crate. So the man who ca
plan to strike the high market with
his ripe stuff, is nearly always sure
to he winner.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

well known they do not need to
advertise. No matter how well
known a cemetery is, there is no.
thing doing in them.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
ADVERTISING RATES.

Fly cents per single column inch. per month. Insertion
Of one week, only. IS cents per inch
Display ads. changed every two weeks without extra
charge; weekly changes cents per inch additional.
per line for frs, issue cents per line each ,ub.eeuen
insertion Headed local, 10 cents per line for the head
Copy for change Of ads should be supplied later than
Tuesday noon to insure appearance.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
PETITION FOR
ADJUDICATION.

of the District Court of
District of the State of
IN and for the county OF
was appointed referee in
which orders the follow
DO. To- In the
A. J no. District Court.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12
Tailor Made Suits

The fall and winter samples
Of made-to-order suits by M.
Bonn & Co.. the great merchant
tailors Of Chicago. have just
arrived. Come in and let US
order you a suit. We guar
antee a 6t.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-12

When in need of oilcIoth
remember that we always
carry a large assortment of
white and fancy colors.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1910-10-15
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
G. w. p. Hunt, President and A. w
Cole Chief Clerk.

At Phoenix last Monday at hi h
vention WIS called to order by judge
A O. Baker of Maricopa county.
After prayer and report of the
credentials committee, Chief Justice
Kent administered the oath, and the
: convention proceeded to elect pres
ident -
@The Democrats nominated g. w
P Hunt of Gila county; the Repub
licans named Judge E. w. Wells of
Yavspai,
Hunt received Al Democratic votes;
Wells the ii Republicans votes.
A w, Cole, of Oochise county. was
elected chief clerk. and the constitu
tioneI convention proceeded to business
When it came to cutting he political
pudding the following lucky CUES drew
prizea, the sergeant at arms and the
chief clerk each receiving Sc per day
all others SIS. The delegates receive
$500.
w VI
Apache and J. @. Evans of ella
sergeant at arms, w. @. Truman of
Pinal; watchmen, Richard Humph :
ries of Ccchise and Daniel Holloway
of Mohave; Ohaplaiu, Seaborn Clutch
field of Maricopa; chief c'erk, A w.
Cole of Oochise; assittant chief clerk,
Frank De Sousa of MarIcopa; 'urnal
clerks, Harriet Oliver and Ed Dillon
of YavapaI; secretary of the president
A A Cohen of ella; committe clerks
Celia Barth of Apache. Mike Harmon
of Oochise, Miss Alice Berry of Gra-
ham, j. O Callahan of Cochise, D.
Norfset of Oochise, Frank Town
send. Jr.. of yuma; stenographer,
Samuel Briscoe of Oochise, J. NJ.
Foster CT Graham, @ NJ Murphy of
Graham, Gail Pace of Graham. Mar
garet O'Sullivan of Yavapai, Bertha
Schultz of Pinal, Ambra Osborn of
Maricopa, Beatrice Scales of Maricop,,
Joseph Dazs of Pinal and r. w Nc
Gillen OF Yavapai. pages. Charles
Parsons of Cochise, Lloyd Jones Of
Maricopa, and Ethel Ming of Marico
pa; messenger, Dudley Davis OF
nj aricopa.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1910-10-15
Notice OF Stockholders Meeting.
Oct: I5-4t.

Notice is hereby given, that pursuant
to the call of the President, special
meeting of stock holders of the Four
Metals Mining Company, will be
held at the office of SeIim NJ. Frank
lin, e q on the Northwest corner of
Pennington and Court streets in the
CITY OF Tucson, on Saturday, the fifth
day of November. 1910, at the hour of
10 O'Clock A. NJ. for the purpose of
Increasing tho capital stock of said
Company from Two Million Dollars
$50 600 600 } divided into two million
shares of the par value of One Dollar
each, to Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars 50 500 600 00) divid-
ed into Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand shares Of the pHr value OF One
Dollar each. and for tho purpose Of
am ending Al ticle III of the Articles OF
Incorporation of said Company so as
to provide for said increase in said
ca pltal stock.
Dated Sept. 22nd, 1910.
G.. III GARDNER
PRESIDENT.
Oct 1-T91O-4t.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1910-10-15
Notice TO Creditors.
Estate of Eb. Williams. deceased.

Estate of Eb. Williams, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the under
slgn@d cxecGtTiX of the last VIII OF Eb.
Williams. deceased, to the creditors of
and all peIrt us having claims against
the said decreased. to exhibit them, with
the nee s5arY vouchers, within ten
months after the first publication of
this notice to the nd executrix at che
law GfIi-e of 5 Noon on Morley
avenu-. NneauS the same being the
place for the arsactiOn of tie business
of said estate, IN sa d county Of San ia
Cruz
JANE VILLA MS,
E,Y"rrtrix of last will of deceased.
- tt"d Sep. 23rd, 1910. 9 pa st.