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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04

hawk toward the rank and file of the
force. Just q bunch of DRINKS I'm
taking to their little white cots" he
added in an undertone.
A paTolman pressed his face
against the pane and looked inside.
Already, the three dark, slender men
who had kidnapped the detective were
lolling and nodding in a way sug-
gestive of safe but satisfied intoxica-
ton. Britt, trussed more securely
than ever, was under their feet, well
out Of the policeman's range.
They're sure a fine lot OF rum
mies!" exclaimed the bluecoat to his
friend, the coachman. THE sooner
they hit the hay the better. On your
way!" And, the driver fiicking his
horses in a leisurely way, the broug-
ham resumed It's journey with Detec.
tive-Lieutenant Britt raging in en-
forced silence among the silk rugs on
its floor
1t was just then that Britt made his
second mistake. He breathed too
deeply. True, he was blown sadly by
the desperate struggle as he hung
LuS fehlCle anu
lungs had almost stopped working
when he was jerked so violently back
into the carriage. The air near the
floor was cool and refreshing. No
ordinary man would have hesitated to
renew his strength by drawing 1t as
far down into his lungs as the cramped
position would permit; but Britt him.
self, In cooler moments. would have
observed sagely that air itself was not
always an unmixed blessing. He
would have told inquiring minds that,
under suspicious circumstances, It
should be taken with caution and, II
possible, should be well shaken be.
fore taken. In this instance, the air
Britt breathed was mixed with q sub.
tie something that gradually stole his
senses and left him, though healthily
alive, an inert heap under the feet of
his captors.
So potent. 80 gentle was the action
OF that strange something that the
stoppage of the carriage, the lifting
from It's floor of the inanimate detec.
tive. the carrying Of his limp form up
darkened stairs in dead silence to a
room at the remote end of a suite at
the top Of the building. and that
which happened to the headquarters
! man as, sodden with the subtle so
porific. he. remained at the mercy OF
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
Stockholders Meeting.

Delta, Colorado, July 10, 1911.
Dear Sir:
There will be n meeting of the
stockholders of The Delta Dressed
Meat Company at the Court House
in Delta, Colorado, on August -,
1911, for the purpose of electing
seven directors and determining the
assets and liabilities of the COM
pany. and providing means of pay
ment, and for such other business
as may properly come before such
meeting.
]. A. WHITING. President.
w. Il. OBERT, Secretary.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
What "a Change There Would
be Without the Letter

Il never thought the letter HI
was very important said the ste
nographer and typewriter, until
that letter dropped out of my
machine the other day. and tried
to get along without it while await
ing the repair man. Then it show
ed itself irrepressible. 1t seemed to
be in nearly every word l tried to
write, and just for the fun of the
thing l looked into the matter
little and was surprised to find how
near to omnipresent that letter is
in our language, particularly in ex-
expressing ideas of everyday import
;Ance and sentiment.
ITO begin with, without the H
we are at once bereft of home and
heaven, not to mention hades. We
are left without a head, hand, or
heart There can be no health
without it. While we are thus left
without hope, we are relieved of
Leat and never can get hot. Its
absence assures us an earth without
ending. We would be bald headed
for without it hair cannot begin.
Similarly, we are deprived of habits
and of habitations. We would have
reither heirs nor heiresses, hens
nor horses, hounds nor hash.
I'VE could never take a hack
at anybody with a Ratchet nor get
the hook The world would be
Greary without 'ha, has or no hos
but we might cheer up because
hanging would be at an end. Our
stars would make no more HAS and
there would be no more hatpins.
Hamlet would be forgotten. Things
v ould be real. however, for there
would be no hollow mockeries. We
could neither have nor hold half
or whole. There would be no
waste, because there would be no
haste. We would lose that good old
phrase, hale and hearty No one
would be handsome.
There would be no more halcyon
days full of harmony of the harp.
Hallelujahs would never be heard.
We wouldn't be able to hear. No
harbingers of spring would come.
There would be no halters for hum
bugs. Naughty young women in
hammocks would no longer be heed
less of the hay fever suffers. The
height of heels would cease to be a
problem. There would be no house
hold help. The days of the hunt
would be over as well as those OF
the henpeck. He. her. him, and his
would cease to play leading part
in the young woman's conversation
There would be no passing hearse
to haunt US.
But. after all, we might get
along, for we would still be born,
live to eat. sleep and sing, play
and work, get married. enjoy life
die and be buried. all without the
help of the eccentric H Den
yer lRepublican.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04

the strangers three, were rnIngs BTU.
for many a long day could only guess.
So cropping was his conjecture through
those weary days Of uncertainty that
whenever he recalled the experience.
1t was with certain gliding move
ment of the jaws that BODIED i'll for the
three dark, slim men II ever he
should be able to enfold them in the
meshes of the law as they had
wrapped him in their scarves.
No. Britt was not vindictive. but he
was-human.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
Negroes Going Back to
Africa in "A Large Colony.


Plans for an 'On to Africa Con
gress," to be held in st. Louis,
little more than year hence, on
August 4, 1912. are now well under
way. Negroes all over the country
have become interested in the con-
gress. which has for its principal OBJ
ject the colonization of American
colored people in Africa.
According to Isaac Is. Atkinson.
president of the congress. millions
of negroes are anxious to return to
the African fatherland. Such sche-
mes as have been preached before
contemplated the forcible expulsion
of the colored people and they have
naturally rebelled. Now that the
prospective exodus Is in the hands
of the people of their own race and
is a matter of free choice, the ne
groes are said to be enthusiastic.
Atkinson says he thinks the con-
gress will result in the removal of
five million people from the United
States to Africa. This would involve
about one-half of the colored peo-
pie of the country. An executive
committee has been appointed to
confer with the English. French
and German governments. which
own vast tracts in Africa.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
DIR. COX'S
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DIR. COX'S PAINLESS BLISTER
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SPAWN, Ringbone, Curb, Sweeny,
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bone or muscle, or money refunded.
Price 80 cents.
For Sale by All Druggists.
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Britt of Q
Headquarter rs
caa.-.ght. lglO by Moffat. Yard 4 Company

II am sorry you are not more min
utely informed concerning Miss Hol
combs university days" Slowly his
fingers extended until the tips rested
on the tiny pad. In a case like this
the smallest knowledge may be OF
value" Slowly, ever so slowly, the
fingers contracted. drawing the pad
with them perhaps If you make ar
effort, you can recall something abou
the-the prisoners past, Mrs. Mis-
sioner?" The pad was in his hand
Deity he tore off the top sheet an6
inclosed 1t in his fingers. AS the
widow started to speak, and entirely
unobserved by Griswold or Sands, the
detective slipped that agile hand into
his pocket When the hand came out
1t was empty.
No" said the rich woman witt
more emphasis than would be expect
ed of her large good nature, Il car
recall nothing. l am sure there /:
nothing to recall. You must look else
where if you seek to forge links in
chain of evidence against Miss Hol-
comb. l have told you all know
all l could possibly KNOW.
That being the case" said Britt
Sriskly, there is nothing more to say
With your permission, l will send a
draughtsman to make plans of the
room and diagrams of the safe He
hesitated. 81 suppose these little art
gems of NINE he resumed with dry
smile may as well meet the fate
they deserve" With a quick move
ment, he threw all the sheets of paper
on the table and the pad as well into
the heart of the fire.
Guess I'll say Good-afternoon,' "
and with a bow to Mrs. Missioner and
the coolest of mods to the men, he left
the room, the widows detached Good
afternoon, Mr. Britt" floating after
him.
Was he mistaken, Britt asked him
self as he walked quickly along the
passage, or did he see pair OF eyes
beneath a towering turban peer at
him from the corner of cross corr1'
dor? He made a mental note to have
the Hindoo servant watched mere
closely as. treating Blodgett's loft
ness with exasperating Indifference
ne lIlppcu uOWu thC StCPo Vi SAAS -'AAS
sioner mansion, and hurried along
path in the park. Once in the shelter
OF the shadows, the detective quick
ened his pace heading south.
He stopped under the low-hangins
bough of a great oak tree to get
better light AS he was about tc
strike a match, his use of that par
ticular cigar suddenly ceased. for
gripping. clinging, strangling, some
thing soft and silky was drawn tightly
about his neck, his elbows were
damned against his sides, his knees
were squeezed together SO closely he
could not take a step, and In another
minute he found himself bound
gagged, helpless, with three men Sit
ting on him, bowling rapidly In cal
along the park drive In direction
which, owing to the swirling excite
ment of the last sixty seconds, hi
could not ascertain. All he knew
was that he was a captive; that h
had been seized In a way unusual t.
city highwaymen. and that for tn
present a struggle for release woul
be simply a useless-perhaps wors
than useless-expenditure OF hi
strength.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04

The Western Railroad Classifica-
ton committee has finally gotten
around to classify honey for ship
ment-an item of much Importance
to dealers and producers in the
west. The chief feature of the
honey classification revision is that
n permits the improved honey car
r,er crate to be handled at the
same rate as the old style carrier.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
Notice.

Parties holding land under tho
Orchard Park Power and Irrigation
Plant and desiring water for the
next seasons irrigation should ar
range for same by September LIST,
SC that enlargement of the plant
may be made to irrigate their
lands. For information see Geo.
A Nidy.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
For Sale.

IL II. p. Case Traction Engine.
In good running condition. IL bar
rel tank, tank pump and hose. s
foot brush breakers and Ala inch
gang of plows all for $500 cash. IL
taken at once. Inquire at this Of
fIce. IT.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
I.nnti For sale.

Eighty acres. 40 improved-30
acres fruit trees and ten in alfalfa.
On California mesa, ~ mile west
of Delta. Call at Perkins Hotel
or 227 Palmer street, Delta. 3w
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04

Deep red. daisy Shorthorn. Fine
individual. Two and a half years
old.
A. f. MAID, Cedar Creek. Colo.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-08-04
For Sale.

Building Tracts with bearing
fruit trees. Twenty-Five foot front
and one hundred in depth. En-
trance from county road on Garnet
mesa, near 10th street. Apply to
Mrs. ID. ID. Hummer. Delta, Colo
RADIO. TT.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
EXPORTS TO EUROPE
SHOW INCREASE
Statistics Also Show Large
Decrease IN Imports.

Washington, March 24.-Europe led
all 1.-The grand divisions OF the world In
the movement of merchandise to and
from the United States for the month
of February, 1911, according to figure,
compiled by the bureau of statistics
Of the department of commerce and
labor.
Exports to Europe from this country
for the month aggregated $116, 1926, 1888
while In February, 1910, they were
only $78,437, ,046. For the eight months
ending with that month exports
reached $957,517,5 ,585, a marked in
crease when compared with 1921, ,962,
757 for the same period OF the pre-.
ceding year. Total exports for the
months We're s175,945,SO5 as compared
to $124. .055, ,oJ0 for February, 1910.
Imports from Europe into this coun
try for February reached $59,167 ,943, a
decrease when compared with $62, ,83S
$40 for the corresponding month oil
last year. For the eight months pc
riod they reached 1924 4,236, ,168 as com
pared to s543, ,3S9, ,4SS for the same pc
riod of 1910.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
POLICEMAN SHOT
BY GANG OF THIEVES
Superior Officer May Die
His Wounds. |

Superior, Wis.,, March PAR w
Jackson, a policeman on the Allouez
beat in the eastern part of the city
was shot In the stomach and critically
wounded. With Officer A. E. Sullivan
he lay in wait ior alleged bicycle
thieves, in heavy underbrush. The
thieves came on .the scene to make
away with a wheel which they had
taken from an ore dock worker and
had hidden there
When within thirty feet of the DO
licemen the thieves, finding they were
watched, flashed light in the officers
faces and fired two shots. One bullet
went wild and the other hit Jackson
Officer Sullivan Immediately returned
the shots but missed. The thieves es
capped. The wounded officer was re
moved to St. Francis hospital
Superior is infested by thieves and
tramps. Every night there is a report
of some store being entered and
robbed. Men have been held up and
robbed every night recently.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
REGULATE PICTURE SHOWS
New York City Proposes to Take a
Hand in the Matter.

New York, March 24.--As result of
an investigation by Mayor Gaynor of
he moving picture shows In New York
4 new system of municipal regulation
Cor such amusement resorts has been
recommended, The report of the may,
or's inspectors alleges that many OF
the 440 picture shows in the city are
8 menace to public health and safety
One of the discoveries of the in
yestigators was that attendants in
some places are provided with atomiz
ars to spray perfume through the all
% allay foul odors. Many of the
auditoriums had no means of yentila
ion except the front doors. A large
roportion of the places visited Were
| rowded to the danger point and 2(
er cent were inadequately protected
gainst fire or panic.
The new ordinances recommended
will exactly define a motion picture
show and provide for uniform licens
ing, for supervision by fire officials
for regular police inspection and fol
the enforcing of the state law prohib
iting the admission of children under
sixteen years Of age.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
after TRIAL BY
C0URTMARTIAL
Four Americans Reported
Shot in Mexico.
NO PARTICULARS GIVEN

Story Of Executions Told at San Anto-
nlo by Relative Of One of the Men
Said to Have Been Put to Death.
Recruiting Stations Urged to Use
Special Endeavors to Secure Men for
infantry Service.
San Antonio, Tex, March 24-John
Hamilton Dignowitty, we'll known here
as Ham Dignowitty, and three other
Americans have been shot to death un'
der order of Mexican courtmartial
for participation in the insurrection
according to a dispatch received by
members of the Dignowitty family.
The news was brought by Fred Dig
nowitty, a cousin of the executed man.
but he had no particulars aside from
the fact that the execution was the
order of a drumhead courtmartial.
Ham Dignowitty was thirty years OF
age and was in the cattle and mining
business in the state of Chihuahua.
H. M. Burns, mining man with in
terests in Northern Mexico, has ar
rived here, Burns declared that the
closing of the mines had thrown many
Americans out of work and that more
than $50, having no other way of liv
ing, were now with the insurrectos
In addition Burns said there are
probably fifty American adventurers
with the insurrectos, but the majority
are mining men out OF work.
General Smiths brigade, which halt
ed on it's march at Eleven Mile hill
has resumed the trip to Leon Springs
The night was spent under shelter
tents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
Express Companies VIII FIGHT

Pierre, 5. d., March 24.-The OK
press companies do not intend to al
low the law of the last session i'm re-
gard to rate reduction to go unchal-
lenged. They have served notice on
State Treasurer Johnson for a pre-
liminary hearing in the United States
court on the 29th of this month for a
fight on the new law. This is In line
with their suit now pending in the
United States court, contesting the
law of the 1909 session, which at
tempted TO reduce their rates 25 per
cent in this state
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
URGENT CALL FOR RECRUITS
Officers in Charge of Stations Ordered
to Increase Efforts.

st. Paul, March 24.-Captain Her.
bert S. Whipple, in charge of the
United States army recruiting station
In St. Paul, has received orders from
the war department at Washington to
make special efforts to secure as
many recruits as possible for infantry
regiments.
at is not unusual" said Captain
Whipple, "for us to receive orders to
make special efforts to secure recruits
for some branch of the service. That
the order is given at this time may
have some special significance or IL
may not One thing is sure-men in
large numbers are wanted for the
army at this time"
kilograms have been received from
Chicago indicating that urgent press.
ure is being put on the stations to pro-
cure infantry recruits. The offices
there are ordered to remain open all
night
ed as follows: "Use every effort to
procure recruits for the infantry. Urg
ent. II necessary open day and night.
An officer at the army building
said: This certainly means some
thing more than maneuvers. l never
thought that the Japs intended to al
low the Panama canal to be complet
ed by the United States il they could
helm it."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
PURSUE MEXICAN BANDITS
United States Troops Ordered to Drive
Raiders From Country.

Marathon, Tex, March 24.-Across
the Panther mountains, through the
Collorando canyon and along the
rocky declevities of the Rattlesnake
range, sixty-five men OF the Fourth
cavalry are pushing their way in light
marching order toward Chicos, where
Mexican bandits and revolutionists
have crossed the border. pillaged
ranchers, killed sheep herder and
caused panic among the Americans.
1t is desperate ride those troopers
are making through country where wa
ter holes are miles apart, where food
is scarce and where the roads are lit
tie more than mountain paths.
The troop is under forced march
ing orders, too, for Captain Edgar G.
Steever, commander, has been told by
General Duncan, commanding the de-
partment Of Texas, to relieve the
Americans as soon as possible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24

on March 6, the Tenth infantry was
entrained at Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind The Fourth Field artillery was
the last to board the cars at Fort
ID. A. Russell, Wyo., but that was be-
cause of the inability of the railroads
to get the coaches to that point
promptly. The Seventeenth infantry,
from Fort Mcpherson, Ca, was the
first organization to reach San An
tonic, and it was in camp, under can
vas, three and half days after or
ders.
The troops from Fort Myer, Va, had
the greatest distance to travel, LIS
miles, to reach San Antonio, and they
averaged twenty-eight miles an hour
on the trip.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
SHOT BY FORMER PARTNER
Denver italian Journalist Killed for
Alleged BETRAYAL.

Denver, March 24.-Antonio G, Puro,
said to be an Italian journalist, was
shot and killed on a crowded street in
the downtown district. PHILIPPE Dro-
polia is under arrest charged with
the murder.
Dropolia attempted to escape after
the shooting, but was captured by the
police. When arrested he is said to
have declared Puro and he had car
ried out successful diamond robbery
in Vancouver, but that Puro had stol-
en- his share of the jewels and had be.
trayed him to the police.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
HOLDUP Is FATAL TO ONE
Three Pigeon River Woodsmen Way
laid by Robbers.

Port Arthur, Ont, March 24-To get
possession of their time checks, man
whose name is unknown, held up a
party of three woodsmen on their
way from the Pigeon River Lumber
company's camp near Silver mountain,
killing one of them ana seriously
wounding the others, using a revolver
and hunting knife as weapons, inflict-
ing nine wounds on one of the men,
who died later. The other is seriously
injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24

Buildings Of Company Are Burned by
Strikers.

London, March 24.-Rioting in tn
Welsh coal fields, where a strike ha
been in progress several weeks, has
been renewed. Three thousand miners
attacked the big colliery of the ely.
dach Vale company and burned the
sheds and mine buildings
Two hundred and fifty police who
were rushed TO the scene charged the
rioters with drawn batons and finally
drove them away.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
PROUD OF THE M0BIL lZATI0N
General Staff Grstified by Speed OF
Concentration Of Troops.

Washington, March 24.-The general
staff Is proud OF the degree of success
attained in the effort to mobilize an
army division in Texas and has made
public the facts, as gathered by the
army inspectors, upon which the rec.
ord was made.
Instead of occupying sixty days, as
had been freely predicted in some
quarters, the entire movement was
completed in ten days.
Within eighteen hours after orders
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
kansan Kills Stepbrother.

Smith Center, Kan, March "a
Henry Knott was shot twice through
the head and instantly killed at the
home of his stepbrother, Dick Jack
son, near Harlan. Jackson alleges
that he found Knott and Mrs. Jackson
together i'm his home and that when
attacked by Knott he hot him.