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The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Large and small loans Welch &
Merrill.
See Welch & Merrill for fire III
surance or loans. SO
]. c. Gale and G. F. Fogg. contrac-
tors and builders. Delta. IT
Protect your home against fire
by insuring with Stephan & Obcrt.
Fourteen quarts of milk, or ten
bottles of cream for 81. NJ. v. Jones.
For Sale-A few good milch cows,
one mile south of town. l.. G. Jones
Money to loan at lowest rates on
farm and city property. Stephan &
Obert.
For Rent.-Furnished rooms for
housekeeping. Bath. stable, 146
Grand.
For sale.-Good team. also one
good driving horse. Coop phone
.21 W., Cedaredge.
For Sale. = Good gentle family
mare, weight about 1000 pounds.
Call at Delta Laundry. tt
For Sale.-Good team, weight L.
500 pounds each. Apply quick to W.
J. Lance, south of Delta. 1913
w. w. odHkey, SeueTdl COHtTdCtOT
and builder, Delta, Colorado-Colo
RADIO phone black 404.
Baled Hay for Sale.-40c to 75c
per bale, cash. Corner OF Fourth
and Columbia Streets. At
For Sale-Columbus buggy. Has
been run very little. Pole and shall
yes. County Clerks office.
For Sale.-Childs' SIS folding bed
OF fine light oak, 40 by so inches.
for SO at 229 Meeker street.
Have you any houses to move?
Joseph Rollins can do the work All
work guaranteed. Colorado phone II
The Delta Ice and Mercantile
company now have plenty of wagons
and drivers to accommodate their
customers. Anyone not receiving
prompt and courteous treatment
from the drivers will confer favor
on the manager. John G. Murphy,
by telephoning him-black 712-
otherwise he may not hear OF any
complaints. Get your ice cards out
at a. m, and your Ice will be
delivered that day. Ice will be de-
livered on Sunday. July Sd, but not
on Monday. July 4th. as drivers
want to celebrate. SO be sure and
have your ice cards out July Sd.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
WHY SOME FARMERS FAIL
Secret of Success Not in the Busi-
ness, but in Themselves.

Did you ever think about the num-
Der of people that fail not only as
farmers, but in everything? Many
fail even to make a good living
They plod along in hand to mouth
sort of way and never realize the
satisfaction of a successful life.
These people put all the blame
on the business instead of upon
themselves. They say farming
doesn't pay. corn doesn't pay, and
wheat doesn't pay. and fine stock
breeding doesn't pay. To hear them
tell 1t. nothing pays. and yet we see
all over the country farmers here
and there who have grown well to
40 in these lines.
The secret of success must be
sought. not in the business. but in
ourselves. Any business will pay II
II has the right sort of man back
of it.
No man can succeed without
studying success and meeting its con-
ditions. If you are a farmer you
must study the business of farming
to make much out of it. That does
not mean that you are Obliged to
know all the science OF agriculture.
though that would help. You must
learn how to make every lick count
and not lose your time and money
in doing work that will not pay.
One of the things that will not
pay is to work poor land. II takes
just as much time and labor as the
working of rich land. but, oh. the
a n
where you come out at the little end
OF the horn when you work poor
land.
Improve your land at once or sell
out and buy a smaller piece of good
land. There Is no sense in working
land that brings nothing but nub-
bins when you can do better. II you
cant do better. haul rich dirt from
the woods all winter and cover the
land with 1t. 1t will pay you to
do So
When we think about our business
as we should. IL Is not hard to see
why we fail and also to see how we
could succeed. Too many people do
not want to pay the price of success
which comes in close application
to business. They don't know that II
they once get absorbed in their work
and push 1t with power they will
be much happier than 1t Is possible
to be by dragging on In the old in
dolent way. Suppose we turn over a
new leaf for one year and see how
we come out. By that time we shall
probably succeed so well that we will
never want to do otherwise.-Field
and Farm
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
THOUGHTS OF THINKERS.

Judge Burke.-My advice to every
young person Is to read the news
papers all the time-not any par
ticular part, but the things that
touch on current events. They are
our greatest educators and if you
have to choose between other pleas
ures, take the newspaper first. You
must know what is going on, and no
matter whether the big noise is in
Chicago, Denver or Washington, get
next to it and determine for your
self just what it is worth.
Cyril G. Hopkins History tells
us that Roman agriculture declined
until bushel of seed brought only
four bushels in the harvest-de-
clineG until the high civilization of
the Mediterranean countries passed
:l;o the dark ages which covered
b. face of the earth for thousand
years until the discovery of a new
world brought new supplies of food l.,
renewed prosperity and new life and
light to western Europe, but the
dark ages still exist for most of our
ownAryanrace in Russia and India
where as an average. day by day,
and year by year. more people are
hungry than live in the United
States. In these countries the wage
of man is so cents a month, famine
RACES always. and the price of wheat
sometimes raises to a point where
six months wages of working man
are required to buy one bushel. This
is the condition in which the abso-
ute needs of the people exceed the
'ood supply and just SO sure as the
Intelligent and influential men and
women of America continue to ig-
more the material foundation upon
which national prosperity depends.
just so sure will future dark ages
blot out American civilization.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.

The second session of the
sixty-first congress adjourned at
10 o'clock Monday night.
President Taft walked out of
the house smiling, for practically
every bill he had urged had been
passed.
The session of congress just
adjourned has been one of the
busiest and most prolific of results
of any recent session, and the
big man who smiles instead of
grouching, was not only congrat-
ulated by the members of each
branch but has taken substan-
tial leap up the popularity scale.
Among the bills last to pass
was that appropriating s2O, 600. :
900 to complete the irrigation
project. in which the Gunnison
tunnel will come in for it's share,
along with other bills of great
Importance to homesteaders.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
Short Paragraphs.

Count Zeppelins airship passed
over the cannon factory at Krupp.
It is needless to remark that the
dropping of bombs in such a place
calls for the attention OF military
buI eaus.
President Hill looks for railway
trouble next fall in the way of freight
congestion and predicts n $1,000
100000 crop. Mr.. Hill thinks the
railroad outlook Is good enough II
there are cars enough.
Missouri's boys and girls sent in
1000 essays on the resources OF the
state and Governor Hadley will dis
tribute prizes to the most success
ful writer's. It Is good many es-
says. but think of the size and other
a,nplltudes OF the subject.
The senatorial report as to the
causes OF the high cost OF living
tells us nothing new. The statement
that Increase Is not due to tariffs is
certainly not news, and the one that
housewives buy in small quantities,
has been old ever since housewives
ocgan buying at all. The question
Is still an open one.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
A GENUINE FISH STORY.

The nature takers had their
day year or two ago, we are
assured. If this is a fact, prob
ably the story of the exploits of
Eli, +" the charmed trout. which
has become the official mascot of
the Butte Anglers club is true.
Eli is just an ordinary brook
trout, but he has had narrow
escapes enough to entitle him to
a place in any story book written
this side of Africa. This remark
able trout was captured in a lake
in the Continental valley after a
hard fight. On account of his
beauty and because of the bat
tie he waged, Eli was shipped in
a cask to Butte to be placed on
exhibition in an aquarium at the
clubs headquarters. The trout
was placed in tank by itself,
and a few days later a minnow
was thrown into the water for
food. Eli, in making a jump for
the minnow, leaped out of the
tank and onto a cement floor sew
en- feet below. AS he thrashed
and rolled about on the floor, Eli
fell into a shallow drain, con-
nected with a three-inch pipe,
which conducts water 250 feet to
one of the development tanks.
He made his way through this
until he reached the nozzle. The
stoppage was discovered and he
was rescued and taken back to
his tank. AS soon as he struck
the water, he made another dive
for the minnow, and swallowed
it. Then he was christened and
adopted as a mascot.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

The superior servant.::isn't the
Supercilious one. The public. or
at least the sensible part of it,
recognizes comonality in those
occupying public positions and is
tickled to death when it finds one
whose head is normal in size and
whose naughty grandeur does
not entirely forbid business ap-
proach. Yet ithappens with the
majority that, no sooner than
they are wrongfully placed in
some position, be it small or
great, they at once begin to look
upon the populace as theirs to
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
THAT EXTRA SESSION.

The threat of an extra session
is too good a big stick for the
Governor to let go of at once. 1t
has not seemed probable that he
would issue the call soon, not
withstanding the entreaties of
the direct legislation leaguers
and their friends to have it right
away. While it would be too
much to say that Governor
Shafroth does not really care for
the seven paramounts" of the
last Democratic platform, it
would be hard to make anybody
believe that he is not simply
playing politics with this extra
session, and cares more for the
effect on his political fortunes
than he does for the passage of
those bills.
1t is alleged that the Governor
has been in treaty with Speer,
through the mediation of C. S.
Thomas, and that maybe the
lineup will be changed by the
time the legislature meets. There
would be nothing new or strange
in such result, Governor
Shafroth was nominated by the
same interests that secured
the election of Senator Hughes.
Throughout the campaign, in his
public utterances he carefully
Stunned discussion of the Demo-
cratic platform-apparentlyw was
unaware of its existence. After
his election he began to take an
interest in it, and told the legis-
lature they must carry out those
demands in the last platform,
and now has been threatening to
call them together again and
make them do what they refused
to do at the regular session.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

And now it is claimed that
Teddy isn't to come to Delta in
September but will only get as
far as Denver, where he will
address the stockmen. We should
all like to see Col. Roosevelt at
Delta and on his own part the ex-
President doubtless realizes what
he is missing. Perhaps his pro-
gram may yet be changed so as
to permit of his coming to the
Western Slope.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

Much could be said on the
subject of the automobile craze
that has been for some time
sweeping the country. 1t is
claimed that there has been a
million dollars a day invested in
automobiles for each day of this
year, and that financiers have
regarded the tying up of so much
money in them by people who
cannot afford it as a menace to
good times, if not sufficient to
arouse apprehension of a panic.
In this respect it is stated that
thousands of people in the United
States have mortgaged even the
equity in their homes in order to
buy an automobile. The average
automobile of today costs about
81, 500 and, with good care and
not too hard usage, is supposed
to be good for four to five years
service. The cost of maintaining
and operating the machine is
rated at little more for it's life
term than the average price of
purchase mentioned. This would
indicate that owning an automo-
bile was diStinctivelv a llxilrv
as the entire investment O f
SO, 600 for five years is put up
against the enjoyment and salts
faotion received. This makes it
entirely unobjectionable to those
who can really afford it, but to
those who cannot, tits along the
same line of other unwise buy
ing, if it does not lead in the
| folly.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

1t is usually the mission of the
small political CRATER to shout
reform and to warn against per-
sons and officials who may be
immune from stealing what they
would like to purloin, perhaps
because those higher up may
have already stolen sufficiently,
and who might, for onght any
body knows, now be trying in a
dignified manner to render good
service as a return for possible
past dishonesty.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

We believe Theodore Roosevelt
to be the smartest, most far
seeing politician in the United
States today or of the past lee
ade. With this fact emphasized,
it makes the attempts of the
newspapers to mix him up in all
the little party chickering's real
and unreal, all the more silly.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

When it is remembered that
there are an average of five
readers to every newspap r
printed, and that such an esti-
mate gives the INDEPENDENT
nearly 10, 900 readers each week,
something can be realized Of it's
value to subscribers. as we'll as
to the community in which it is
published.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

What is the use of worrying
your life out in an effort to please
everybody? Of all the millions
of people in the world, no two
are said to be exactly alike and
but a few in each circle of ac-
-quaintandes look at things from
the same viewpoint. Naturally
they are not fully in accord with
what you say or think, so just do
zthe best you can and let it go at
that.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

Crossing a cement walk this
morning we noticed an ant walk
ing bravely along. carrying a
burden about ten times as large
as itself. AS an example of
strength-not to. speak, of in
dustry-this little insect could
give Jeffries and Johnson plenty
of points.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
After all the days. heat the
nights are cool and pleasant.

There are many people who
think everything would go to
hell if they should get sick for a
week, when, .as matter of fact,
if they should die their passing
would not amount to a thousandth
part of a fly-speck on the white
sheet of time.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

Advice is often a dangerous
thing to give or take. If the
guess proves right, it denotes
wisdom and farsightedness. But
if the guess is wrong-and it is
about an even chance then both
the fellow who gives it and the
one who follows it are each re-
garded as fools.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

Get busy today and boost your
favorite In The independents big
contest. Next Monday will mark the
passing Of your Last chance.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
Wantetl-MOuey.

have n party who would like to
get a loan of $4,000 on 80 acres. or
will take $4,000 on 40 acres, and 81 :
coo each on two 20-acre tracts.
Good house and water rights. so.
r. w. CURTIS.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01

order or ignore. These people
only cringe to the one higher up,
who in the view of those who
glance along the row of position
holders, may be as much or to a
greater extent entitled to dis
gust as his cringing subaltern,
for he is merely next" in line.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
F. C. MAN E AR
DEALER IN
Fine Cigars
and Candies
LOG CABIN, MAIN STREET
DELTA. COLORADO
Employment and Information Office.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE.
City lot. 125 feet on Grand and
Louise which rents for sl2 month,
l75 feet of cement sidewalk. paid
for. Small house and closets on
back of lot.
CALL AND SEE MANEAR.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
Announcement

We desire to announce TO the pub
lie OF Delta and Delta county, that
we have succeeded to the business
Of +. q. Helt, long prominent jew
eler OF Delta, and solicit y cOntinu-
ance Of the patronage accorded him.
Our experience In the jcwelry
business and In watch repairing In
thorough and we feel sure we can
guarantee satisfaction to all.
Mr.. Allen, Jr., Is n graduate OPP
tician and this branch Of the busi-
ness will be given especial atten-
don. Respectfully,
The evening world., 1910-12-27
ON THUMBS
OR JAIL DEMANDED
FOR MARRIED MEN
Jersey Women's Club Urges
Law to Protect Daughters
From DeceiverS.

TRENTON. N. j., Dec. .G.-The
Cupid's Wins Club Of this city has
asked Goyernor-elec Wilson to pledge
his support to Il bill the club has pre-
pared providing hat all married men IN
New Jersey shall wear rings on their
thumbs to show they are married. and
making 1t a felony for n married man to
80 abroad without such II ring.
The club Is composed of prominent
matrons. who have organized to protect
the daughters and others kinswomcn
against the wiles Or married men who
masquerade as bachelors. II Is their
purpose To have IN bill introduced as
soon as the Legislature meets.
The penalty rovided for failure 10
wear the so-called 'thumb ring when
away from their homes f. two years
Imprisonment and a fine of $500.
The members OF the club nave no in
tcntion OF ignoring married women who
masquerade as inglc.
The evening world., 1910-12-27
NINE TONS OF CANNED EGGS
HAVE 1T ON GLUE FACTORY.
Odorous Product Seized by Pure
Food Inspector at Jersey City
Refrigerator.

United States Fo9d Inspector Norman
Lind and Deputy Marshal Louis Geek
man to-day seized nine tons Of canned
eggs at the Merchants RefrigeratinG
Plant, Bay and Warren streets. Jersey
city. The warran, authorizing the
seizure was issued BY United Stl'o9
Commissioner Carpenter and described
the eggs as filthy, dccomposed. Iutrid
animal matter"
When the ans were first opened
there was no p~erseptible odo~, bat after
they had thawed out the Government
officials sal 1T laid over any Sluc tuc-
tory they had ever heard Of"
There were In all $50 cans Weighing 30
pounds each. OF these 2j3 we're shipped
oct. % from the Chicago Cold Storage
Company; 10 Dec.13 from the same COM
pany and 30 Oct. IL from the Union
Cold Storage Company.
The Jersey City Board OF Health Is
already anticipating considerable DIFF
nculty IN devlsing an inoffcnsivo means
of disposing OF the eggs.
The evening world., 1910-12-27
FOUND DEAD IN OFFICE
AT CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, pcr. q John II
Robinson. u clerk In the Office of Sen
ator Percy Of Mississippi, Was %
dead IN his office at the Capitol to-day
4 janitor entered tho roum3 last nigh.
and swa the man, who was about sixty.
Ave years old, lying on q sofa. The
Ianitor withdrew quietly as he though.
robinson asleep. To-day n was dlsoov
cred that hc had been dead for hours.
Robinson came to Washington irou
Mississippi "a private secretary to Sen
a,nr Walthall, who died In 1885. Lat"'
Robinson was contested with Senator
McLaurin, Gordon and Percy. Thos'
who found the body were convinced
tnat death had come naturally while
Robinson lay asleep.
The evening world., 1910-12-27
ACTRESSES FLEE
WITH $50 OTHERS
IN FIRE STAMPEDE
Smoke Fills 7-Story Apartment
House, Driving Tenants to
Roof and Street.

Several persons were overcome by
smoke. and the $50 tenants at No. 400
West Fffty-seventh street driven to the
roof or street at 4 o'clock this morning
by a $1,000 blaze In Sims Brothers sta
tionery store. at No. S73 Ninth avenue,
a ground floor store in the Fifty-seventh
street building.
This place. the Winchester Apart
ments, Is a seven-story structure ex-
tending almost to Tenth avenue. John
7. Manion, was In the elevator car on
his way to his room when hc smeilcd
smoke.
Ernest +. Walstcine. the elevator man,
got out at the sixth noor to look for
the blaze, while Mlnion took the car
down with several passengers. lie then
rang the bells In all the rooms, and
soon the occupants began to appear In
the Railways in t1oir nishtclothes.
The smoke had become dense and the
elevator mad trips as rapidly as pos
sible. Scores of the tenants ran down
stairs. while many OF those living on the
fourth. ifth, sixth and seventh floors
decided the roof was the safest place,
and went there.
william Woodward. said 10 be Com
mander Peary's chauffeur. had a great
deal Of trouble in getting his wife and
three small children TO the elevator, as
they were all more or less overcome by
the smoke.
Many o the tenants are theatrical
people and among the iirst actresses to
arrive In the street were Amelia Rose
The evening world., 1910-12-27
Idea of an "In-
formation Bureau" for
Lovers k Ridiculed as
y Opposed to the Trust
on Which Loue Rests.
No Man or Woman Would
Seek Aid of Third Party
to Verify the Words of
One Beloued-Must Be
BHndiy Loyal.
BY Ethel lloyd Patterson.

80 49,
hcult In England.
A great many Eng
lis h women have
known h o r
some time. At least
a dozen E~nslishmen
have just found It
out. The situation
becomes promising.
We. In America,
have given up all
hope that John
Bull will ever see
the point OF our
The evening world., 1910-12-27
TtIE AFTERMATH.

Twas the Day after Christmas, and all through the stores
The credit clerks waited on people In scores,
Who came laden down with the presents that they
Had received with suah Joy on the glad Christmas Day.
The socks were 700 large and the gloves we're too small,
And the nice blue suspeniers would not do at all;
And the box OF cigars which gave Father the blues
Was exchanged for IA comfortable pair OF new shoes
The neckties which Brother could not bear to SEQ
Were exchanged for some new =, d. q llngerics,
While Sister was only too glad 10 get rid
OF a vanity bag for some p!umes for her lid.
And Aunty set out through the stores on a hunt
70 exchange her kimono for a broadway straight front;
While Mother-poor goul-sai1 she thought she would get
Acouple OF puts for her crockcry set.
And ~ new Swedish maid quite forgot to get lunch
And exchanged all her coin for a Swedish milk punch,
Which she brought back at night, saying IL ban a slime.
And went weeping TO bed without getting our dinner.
And the poor credit clerks made exchange and exchange,
From a pair of bed quilts to a kitchen gas range;
And they said with n sigh, This is no time for laughter,
II it's hard work before, It Is - the day after"
~ BARRETT HANSON WITHERBEE.
The evening world., 1910-12-27
SHOPPING CROWDS
SEE TWO GIRLS HIT
BY AN AUTO TRUCK
Ida FeinStein and Elsie kontio-
WITT Severely Injured in Cross
ing Fourth Avenue.

4 heavy automobile plano truck.
driven by James Scott OF No. 23i Frank
lin avenue. Brooklyn. ran down to-day
Ida Feinstein OF No. ~ Rutgers street
and Elsie Kontiowltz OF No. 222 Cherry
street at Fourth avenu and Ninth
street. The accident was witnessed by
hundreds of shoppers. and the police
had difficulty In clearing the streets FOR
half an hour afterward.
The girls were crossing tho avenue.
Tho truck was making fair time. Scott,
who Is n negro. said artcrward that the
girls seemed confused, and that to avoid
running them down he turned his a 10
the sidewalk. Samuel II. Speer of the
firm OF Thomas Ward & Co.. who saw
the accident from tho window OF his
office at No. 50 Fourth avenue. said that
he thought II was Sc'tt who was con-
fused and hat he was In no danger OF
striking the girls when he turned to the
sidewalk.
The girls ran scrca ming before tho big
car. Scott's two negro helpers were
shouting warnings. The girls could not
get out OF the way n were Knocked
to the sidewalk. The car was over them
before Scott stopped 1t.
4 great crowd surgcd around and
fought to get at the injured girls. They
were go pinned down that Mr.. Specr. his
assistant, Patrick II. Farrell. who Is a
giant of IA man, Scott and the helpers
had all they could do to roll the truck
backs enougn so that the girls could he
drawn out and carried into Ward Il Co.'S
store. They were attended by pr.
Wright of Bellevue Hospital. who found
them badly cut and bruised. lie thought
they had serious Internal injuries.
The evening world., 1910-12-27

FILES CuRED IN u TO ~ DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money II pazo Oint-
aent fafs to cure any case OF Itching, Blind, Bleed
(ng o. lyotrudng pies IN y 10 II days o0c. -