The Delta independent., 1910-01-21
Weeks Happenings in State.


The Odd Fellows of lake City have,
new home.
Frank Poscoe, old time miner and
blacksmith, died at Silverton of pneu-
monia.
Attendance at the Stock Show in
Denver last week was the largest in
the history of stock shows in Denver.
Ed. Haskill and Miss Clara Wiley,
of Coal Creek in Montrose county,
were married at Montrose January 9th.
After reading about bridge over by
Creede having been destroyed by cattle.
the Lake City Times wants to know if
they ate it or kicked it to death.
"A lesson for loan sharks, is the
title of an article in an eastern paper.
Thought they could not be taught any
thing new about their business. -Gilpin
Observer.
The editor of the Olathe Criterion
fell asleep on the way out of Denver
and dreamed he was at the coronation
ball, dancing with the apple queen. He
attributes the imaginary rhapsody to
blue points and.
The great state of Colorado, arrang-
ing to purchase lots in Colorado Springs
upon which to build an armory, wants
the liquor clause cit out of .e deco.
Is the state going to start saloon in
the Springs? Herald.
| eli
mands an apology from Deputy Sheriff
Swanson, who entered his private Of
flee to serve legal papers recently.
The deputy and sherifi's Office refuse to
apologize and the outcome of the affair
is awaited with interest.
A southern paper says that Mr.. Can
non is not convincing in the role of a
martyr, but whoever heard of profane
poker playing Uncle Joe posing as
martyr. Hercules Furens or Bombastes
Furioso will do for Uncle Joe. but a
martyr7 No!-Silverton Standard.
Hubert M. Work of Pueblo, is to
succeed John F. Vivian as chairman of
the republican state central committee.
Whether the fact that the doctor is an
expert in handling insane people esp1-
cially fits him for the new position the
dispatches do not state Bayfield,
Blade.
A constitutional amendment will be
voted on at the next election, which, if
it carries, will make a change in the
state land board-the members of the
board will be others than the present
state officials. The state teachers as
sociation has gone on record as oppos-
ing the amendment bayfield, Blade.
"Whiskey is whiskey." declares
President Taft. We're mighty glad
to know it. Sometimes we've thought
it was harness dressing. However,
even the president might change his
opinion if he could be successfully
steered into one of those Montrose
boot-legging joints. Lake City Times.
Denver papers failed to appear for
day or two last week because of
strike of the pressmen. The pressmen
asked for an advance of AZ per cent
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from March 1909 Pending settlement
the pressmen returned to work on an
agreement of 20 per cent raise and no
back pay. The dailies of Denver de-
nounce the demand as arbitrary and un-
reasonable The back pay asked
amounted, they claim, to about SIG. .00o
Surface Creek water users are up in
arms, says the Cedaredge Champion,
against the Alfalfa Ditch Co. which, it
is claimed, Is trying to ruin the water
supp of the valley as far as decreod d
water is con, erned. The Alfalfa ditch
people have served notice that at the
next session of the District Court an at
tempt will be made to readjudicate e
their ditch and ask for LOG cubic feet
of natural flow water instead of 22 feet
the present decree. The smaller water
users claim that this will so cut down
the available supply that even the res
ervoirs will be cut short on dry year.
1t is a certainty that such decree
would utilize very large portion Of
the water from Surface Creek. To
fight the matter with united forces
mass meetings were called at Eckert
Monday afternoon and at Cedaredge
Tuesday afternoon when an organization
was effected to fight the readjudica-
tion of this ditch.