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The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
THE HARRY WARD COMEDY co
Big Company of Comedians
at The Gayety Tonight

Six big novelty Sullivan-Considine
comedy acts will be presented at
the Gayety theater tonight by the
Harry Ward Company which will re-
main at the pretty little playhouse
for three nights. giving a complete
change of program nightly. Among
the features are Ward the famous
minstrel. assisted by Nettie Wilson.
in black face act, entitled Fifteen
Minutes of Minstrelsy" Prof Mo-
hammed, known as the Turkish ne
cromancer, will mystify the old folks
as well as the children with his
modern magic and suprem prestidig-
itation. Dot Owens, the little girl
with the big voice, will present her
clever specially, Otero's wonderful
Greek cabinet mystery will be given.
and 1000 feet of new imported mo-
ton pictures will be added, together
with beautiful illustrated song.
One show running two solid hours,
will be given nightly. Prices only
10 and 20 cents. Doors open at
700. first show, second show 800.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
DELTA, Colo, FRIDAY, AUGUSTA. 1910.
The Extra Session.

The extra session of Colorado's
legislature will convene next Monday
at the call of Governor Shafroth.
The object of the call was to en-
deavor to compel the legislature to
redeem party platform pledges by
enacting several legislative measures
into laws.
The members of the assembly are
placed in peculiar If not embar-
RAISING position. Elected upon
certain declaration of principles,
they refused to adopt measures COW
ering them at the regular session
and the mere fact that it was nee
essary for the governor to call them
together in special session to do
that which they refused to do in
regular session, is quite sufficient to
place them on the red-hot grill of
public criticism. Either the COVER
nor must bear the brunt of results
brought about by the extra session
or else the members of the legisla-
ture who refused to stay with the
platform on which they were elect
ed must take the blame. In fact
the blame has alraedy been be-
slowed. and IL the assembly should
now pass those measures, they
would still be blamed for not doing
it at the regular session and thus
avoiding the necessity of an extra
session and its expense to the tax
payers. The state seems to be hard
enough up as it is. notwithstand-
ing that the present administration
appeared to inherit nearly half
million dollars of funds in the treas
ury to start with.
1t seems too bad that a state or
nation, and very few towns or cities
cannot in these days of jugglery and
graft, have a business administra-
tion-such a management as is re-
quired to make the business of pri-
vate person, firm or company,
success, instead of being always SUBJ
jected to political ledgerdemain and
jobbery.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

If the amount of mail which this
Office receives marked free" is
any basis to judge from, about half
the expense of carrying goes to the
responsibility of the frank In Mon
days mail alone were nine pieces
which bore the frank. Most of
them were parts of Congressional
Record containing speeches of con-
sressmen. Not one of them was
considered of sufficient value or in
terest to open. In a recent mail
letter was returned to The Indepen-
dent from the dead letter Office in
Washington and one cent collected
for its return.-Yet this paper pays
more postage than all the members
of both houses of congress.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

in the United States circuit court has
Just rendered the following decision
In which he refused to permit the
removal of Rufus J. Ireland, Patrick
Wells. George w. Daily and Wilber-
force Sully to Wyoming, where they
were indicted on May. 81 of last
year on a two-fold ground. The case
arose out of the purchase of coal
lands by the Owl Creek Coal COM
pany from the persons who had OBJ
tanned the lands by entry. The court
points that the entries were COM
pleted before the coal company was
In existence and declines to consid-
er for what motives the private in
dividuals obtained entry upon the
lands. Nothing is found in the law
as it sands forbidding any man from
taking up unoccupied coal land from
the government, relying upon the
promise of another person to buy
them from him as soon as the title
has passed to him. The court also
refused to allow the removal of the
defendants to Wyoming on the
ground that they are residents
of New York and that there is no
evidence that the alleged conspir-
acy, If it can be proven, was commit
ted in Wyoming.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

want a farm he said; farm that
will grow chickens, a lot of chick
ems and eggs. 1t seems the only
way one can get a fresh egg is to
have his own farm" Two days
later he had the farm and it cost
him 100000. Now he is building a
chicken house.
In surveying the enemy's country
Mr.. Bryan's headquarters are now
on the Platte.
The Philippine ant is to be i'm
ported for the determination of the
house fly. Is that to be part of
the policy of imperialism"
There is a fine prospect for
crop of insurgents in Great Britain,
where it is proposed to give King
100000.
Women are to be employed to do
the baking for the regular army. 1t
is believed that the soldiers will
fight better if given the kind of
bread mother used to make.
American exports of automobiles
have doubled within year. Europe
ans may be mortgaging some of
their spare castles to make this in
vestment, but they will get plenty
of satisfaction out of the best mach
ines.
Minnesota's inheritance tax and
other sources of special revenue will
enable the authorities to dispense
with a state tax next year. Several
other states are similarly situated
and they ought to show the value
Of the example.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
Calls Insurgents socialists.


The Boston Commercial gives the
Insurgents this dig:
The Insurgent movement in the
Republican party is fostered by
men who are more Socialists than
Republicans, and who are to blame
for much of the unsettlement which
Is rife in general business the en-
tire country over. Their plans for
legislation are destructive and not
constructive. They are demagogic
by nature, and their desire for self
advertisement is apparent. Even un-
der Democratic administrations, no.
thing as bad as some of their pet
projects found its way into congress
and their speeches ring with Social
istic propaganda.
The remedy for the situation is
for the country to wipe these mon
grels out OF Congress. The Insurg-
ent means death to commercial am
bition and blight to Industrial sue
cess. The country at large has no
confidence in insurgent leaders.
After business has Jagged along in
its present unsatisfactory condition
q while longer, the public will wake
to the real cause and demand a re-
turn to those policies for which the
Republican party stood under Nc
Kinley and under which the United
States took its place among the
leading nations of the world In COM
merce and industry.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
These Railroad Dreams.

There is all sorts of talk about
railroads and railroad building
wise talk and silly talk.
One story peddled here and there
is to the effect that some one, and
then another town is going to be
left out in a field all by its lone
some, just because a railroad could
save mile or two by cutting off a
corner from nowhere to nowhere.
Delta has figured a little in that
sort of pipe dream and SO has
Montrose.
These are two of the best towns
on the Western Slope. Even now
they center all that is or will be
of profit to railroads which do or
which may pass through any terri
tory contiguous to them.
Yet every little while we hear of
some railroad plan of broad-guaging
or line Strengthening which is to
leave one or the other off on farm
or on a side station
Delta station alone pays the D. &
R. G. railroad $1,000 day for every
day in the year in freights, and it's
productive area has only begun to
develop. 1t fits into it's location
like the jewel in a ring setting;
there would be only one place for
the gem in that ring, which is ex-
actly the case with Delta and it's
position on the local map. Delta
is here and here to stay, and no
railroad here or headed this way
is going to side-track it. Such an
idea would be the most foolish of
foolishness. 1t is the gem of the
Uncompahgre and Gunnison valleys,
set in the only desirable and feas-
able socket. Its growth, stability
and brilliancy are destined to daz-
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
SELECTED EDITORIALS.

While the census is taken we
have not yet got it.
1t is mighty fortunate in these
days of unionism that the crops do
not mind working at night.
With new corn at five cents a
stick as it is Denver there is quite
dump in the succotash market.
If the printers happen to change
rubber tariff to read robber tariff
it is hardly necessary to make a
correction.
The most aggressive pest in Colo
rado this year has been the grass
hoppers. but soon again we will
have the politicians.
Our summer storm clouds are
like the Eastern tourists-they seem
always in a hurry to go somewhere
without leaving anything behind.
The farm Is the basis of all in
dustry, but for many years this
country has made the mistake of
unduly assisting manufacturing,
commerce and other activities that
center in the cities at the expense
Of agriculture.
Alexander R. Peacock, a Pitts
burgh millionaire, one of the men
who became rich over night when
the Carnagie melon was cut, has
Just begun to carry out a resolu-
ton. He dislikes cold storage pro-
duce. The other morning his break
fast egg shocked him. "If / can't
get eggs any fresher than that
I'll grow my own!' he declared. He
called up a real estate man. II
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

We raised our two-bit sombrero
to a strange lady yesterday and. no
doubt she marveled at our gall or
concluded we were mistaken-it was
the lady who was mistaken-she
wore a good old fashioned sun shell
terfng poke bonnet we were SO ia
miliar with in our barefooted days,
and our hat raised in recognition of
the bonnet-that was all.-Durango
Democrat.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
Denver Markets.

Denver Union Stock Yards, Aug
ust 1.-Offerings for cattle were very
good here early last week and with
Eastern markets sharply lower. the
prices suffered another drop. Later
in the week the supply was light
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

zle all surroundings. It is distinct
ly calculated to become a great traf-
fic center rather than an isolated
city. and such it will some day ap-
pear.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

Most of those who regard "a lit
tie learning as a dangerous thing"
are not near enough to the danger
signal to justify them in feeling any
alarm
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

In the matter of Government
prosecution of the alleged coal land
frauds, Judge Lacombc G: New York,
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
Hand Us the. News.

If you have someone visiting you
or If you are going away, please
favor us with the news.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

On and after August list. coal
will be cash on delivery. Please
bring money when you order as it
will save time and insure prompt
delivery.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

and an advance of 8 to % cents
was made, the market closing IN
rather better shape than it opened
despite the fact that Eastern mark
cts are quoting declines. Good to
choice steers sold at $A.25 to 1926
to $500 with fancy cows up to
94.z5, good to CHOICE cows around
1926 to $500 with fancy cows up to
to $4.25. Bulls were higher at $2.75
to $3.50. Veal calves also up some
with tops now selling around $7.25.
Feeder and stocker trade fair. Feed
ell demand was better. though still
rather uncertain. Several bunchse
of pretty good steers went to Kansas
and Nebraska feeder buyers at
around $40.
Demand for stockers rather quiet
but expected 70 pick up since the
rairs. Heavy rains throughout the
entire Rocky Mountain region the
past few days have made the out
look much better. Pastures will be
greatly revived and much stuff that
was being forced on the markets
will probably be held back.
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KEEPING SHEEP AND
CHICKENS IN SAME PEN
Practical House How the Structure
Is Arranged-Favors Winter Eggs
Money

II were asked to name the two
things most neglected on the aver.
age farm, should name the two
things that pay the best for the
amount of capital invested, sheep and
chickens. writes R. C. Thomas in
American Agriculturist. And with a
little more care or a little different
care they can be made to pay much
better and together make the best
combination l know.
AS rule. when you are busy with
one you have very little to do with the
other; and the sheep are certainly a
great help to the hens in winter,
wnere they are housed together, AZ
the animal heat from the sheep keeps
the hens warm at night.
The house we have is built on the
lean-to plan, against the haymow. The
back OF the haymow forms the back
OF the house and makes 1t tight and
warm The front faces south. We
cut the logs on the farm and had
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COUNTRY CLEARLY At FAULT


The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis states that there are In the United
States at least 100000 cousumptives
who are SO poor that they caunot pay
for proper medical treatment in tuber-
cluosis sanitoria and hospitals. Some
OF them can pay small amounts .
week for their maintenance, but the
great majority of them cannot pay any
thing. For this large class of pa
dents the entire country has provided
only 10000 beds for the free treatment
OF tuberculosis. In Alabama. Arkan-
sas. Idaho. Kansas, Mississippi, Mon
tana, Nevada. North Dokota, Okla
homa. Oregon. Philippine islands,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West
Virginia and Wyoming there is mo
place where the consumptive without
means can be treated but In the jails
or the insane asylums of these states,
and In most cases he will GET NO treat
ment there. Sixteen other states pro
vide leBs than so beds each for poor
consumptives. In only two states.
Massachusetts and New York. have
beds for needy tuberculosis patients
been provided, 80 that at least one
IN ten may find place for treatment
In many Of the other states not one
in fifty Of the destitute consumptives
can md . bed in hospital or sana-
forum.
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UNCLE JOHN WELL CONTENT.

We'll, Mrs, Brewer, this is certain
ly the only way to travel, after all
Comfortable, clean-for IL there is 9
smell, some other fellow gets it-and
no jolting. And now that / have that
dear child established and OF my
mind, feel that can conscientiously
give myself few days of free and
easy pleasure. I've done nothing up
to now but consider Yvonne and her
needs. mental and material, and al.
though / love the child like my own
still / cannot bat admit that a young
girl is great care. And of course you
never can be positive that the right
man will turn up. However, all's well
that ends well, and I'm happy to say
that I'm ending this little trip ex.
tremely well content. Some men might
regret not having seen more, but never
me. You see. Brewer, am one of the
easy-going, placid, serene type, and
whatever turns up suits me perfectly.
| guess If you ask my family far and
wide you won't find one member to
deny that statement, or If you do, you
will just have the kindness to let me
know who it is and I'll take steps to
prevent their ever expressing such an
opinion a second time.
Fine view here. Good road. Believe
I'll have a machine of my own when
get back to America What's that
island OF at sea? Belle-Isle, Ell? Du-
mas Belle-Isle? Very interesting.
We might make little excursion out
there, calling ourselves the Three
Mousquetairs, Ell? I'll be d'Artagnan;
always fancy d'Artagnan. tell you,
Brewer, something martial gets I'D
and stirs around in my bosom as a
result of this trip-a sort of dare
devil, Robert-the-Devil, piratical,. Cru
sader sort of thrill. / shall never be
sorry that l came. The trip has not
been one of unmitigated joy. We
have borne our crosses-many crosses
and yet will remark-and Ill swear
it. too. if you like-that I'm glad
came.
I've seen thoroughly every place
I've been In. I've made my niece en-
joy life, and I've made every one else
with whom i came in contact enjoy
life. I've won for her just the one
man calculated to make her happy.
and now am headed for the one land
to make me happy.
I'm glad that came, I'm glad that
| came"
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keep my hoppers In there. l use the
dry method of feeding.
The ground floor furnishes scratch
ing room. The other end is the roost-
ing room. keep from 300 to 400 Leg
horns in this house, AID make spe-
cialty of winter eggs. could not keep
that many healthy and vigorous in
that space only for the fact that they
have free range all the year.
The arrangement on the ground
floor for tho sheep and lambs is as fol-
lows: Along the front, running from
the double doors to the end, we have
small pens for ewes that we want to
keep to themselves for any reason.
and across the end. running from
these pens to the back, we have por-
tion Slated on as feeding space for
the lambs, the Stats wide enough to
admit the lambs, but to keep out the
ewes. Along the back, one end and
part of the front we have the hay
racks; and on the ground, under the
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fat little horse, and we started.
Mamma. you never saw anything
like uncle. Everything was wrong at
first-every living thing. and the one
saving grace of the situation was that
the girl who drove couldn't speak Eng
fish. But after while we came to
the first menhirs, and uncle just about
went into fit. They are the most
curious things l ever saw, for they
stand in parallel rows miles long and
every one is Resting on its little end
and has been resting on its little end
for thousands of years. At the first
glance uncle said they were arranged
SO just for tourists: but he got out
and walked around them and tried to
shake one or two. and then he said
he wouldn't have missed seeing them
for the world and that he should never
regret coming to Europe as long as he
might live hereafter. He was perfect
ly lovely for a while after that, and
we looked at dolmens and cromlechs
the whole afternoon, and sometimes
we thought they were hay-mows when
we saw them far ahead and some
times we thought they were houses.
We only had one unfortunate time,
and that was when we had to ferry
over the Crach. The ferry was on the
other side, and that upset uncle right
away, and he asked me<if my exper-
fence had ever led me to a ferry that
was not on the other side. They took
nearly half an hour to bring it across,
and uncle said that 1t would be a
great day for Europe If she ever
learned what time spelt, and he
looked at me as IL were Europe
while he said it. They are building
bridge over the Crach. and as soon as
we embarked on the rickety old ferry,
1t blew in between two of the piers
and wedged tight, with us on it. Un-
Gle asked me If was going to have
the face to tell him that we were not
stuck and were not going to be stuck
there Indefinitely, and / really didn't
know what to answer. The men in
the boat hollered and hauled and
swore in Gaelic, and finally we were
free for so feet, and then the tide
blew us in between two other piers.
Uncle said he could but feel that be-
ng stuck twice on the same ferry
was a poor reward for a kind-hearted
nan who was trying to tho best of his
ability to give some species Of instruc-
i've amusement to an innocent girl.
md then he looked severely at the
setting sun while we came loose
lgain and progressed so feet more. A
great, thick wave came then and
,roke over the horse and smashed us. |
n so hard and fast that was honest
y scared Uncle was too mad for |
words. He said that he would just
make one remark. and that was that |
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Seeing France with
Uncle John
By ANNE WARNER
YVONNE to Her MOTHER
Copyrights, By the Century %.

minute that he should have any seri.
GUS intentions toward such a woman
as Miss Clara Emily would be even
more Of an utter idiot than Mrs. Wha-
len appeared to be. He said, too, that
the ticket-agent who told him that
Carnac was an easy place to 20 to,
ought to be strangled by the first trav-
eler who got back alive from the ef-
fects of believing him to be telling the
truth. He said, too. that il he surviv-
ed Europe and reached home again,
he'd get In a bathtub aud know when
he was well on for one while. He
said, too, that when he had once
looked around the Stone Age he was
going to head for Paris with speed
which he rather guessed would cause
the natives to open their eyes.
Then he went to his room and
broke the bell-rope ordering break
fast.
After breakfast we went to walk
and saw more stone walls than 1 ever
saw before. There isn't a wooden
house of fence in the whole of Brit
tany, / believe. We walked to a tiny
village called st. Columbans, and
climbed the tower Of the little church
There was a fine view, >but uncle said
he could smell the oysters for miles
around, so We came down right on
and walked back. There was girl
who said she would drive us all over
IN the afternoon, and let US take the
night train for Auray; so we returned
to the hotel and had an early lunch,
and then she came to the dock with
shaky old thing like a carry-all and
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Carnac.
Dear Mamma: I'm Just about in de.
spair. and Lee doesn't know where
am. We reached Carnac last night,
and uncle Is "hum-ming" like q top,
SO to speak But l must tell you all
about it,
The yacht got too far out, and the
new thumb-screw, or whatever 1t is on
q yacht, stuck, and they blew and
pitched until they pitched on to the
Island of Jersey, where Lee and un-
Gle went ashore for Lee to send a
machinist aboard. While Lee was
busy. uncle just quietly went aboard
the Jersey boat and came back to St.
Malo without saying please or thank
you to soul. He walked in on me and
told me we were to leave for Dol the
next day, and for heavens sake not to
remind him of Aunt Jane by asking
questions. l was dreadfully upset, but
of course never thought for a minute
81 reminding him of Aunt Jane, so 1
packed that evening and left letter for
Lee telling him please not to be vexed.
We took an early train for Dol Otis
always Dol in Brittany, and in Dol
we changed for Rennes. OF course /
thought that uncle was chasing Miss
Clara Emily when 1 saw the train
marked Rennes, but didn't dare say
q word. for he never spoke but once
between Dol and Rennes, and that,
time all he said was Hum"
We reached Rennes. and 1 thought
we would go to hotel; but we
changed cars again-this time for
Redon. Uncle spoke again. and asked
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II he ever gave me . chance to be
guile him away from civilization again
he would cheerfully and contentedly
and silently end his days on any ferry
which l would choose to designate to
him. 1t was getting cold, and l was
so tired from yesterday that I just
shut my eyes and did not speak at
all, and when we came loosa, uncle
spoke to me quite gently and was
very nice all the rest Of the way.
We were too late for the train and
have come back to Carnac. feel
about done up.
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them sawed and only had the roof
to buy. which is of galvanized iron.
The house is SO feet long by 80 feet
deep. the back is Is feet high and the
front 8 feet. There are four posts
set In the center to support the roof.
and running from these posts to the
back we have a floor z feet from the
ground and running the entire length
OF the building. This gives floor
space upstairs 50x15 feet. which is in
closed by wire netting. with a door
at each end.
One end of this room is cut on for
a feeding and laying room: that is, 1