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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
At the Fountain OF Pirene

Among the excavations of the Americans are those
OF the water works and fountain OF old Cornth,
which were fed by the spring of Pirene at which you
remember the famed winged horse Pegasus came TO
drink, when it caught by Bellerophon. It is said
that the spring gushed forth Pegasus struck the
earth with his hoof The fountain itself back
from three to six centuries before Christ The water
flows out of lions heads into square pit Of marble
Our school has found the remains of the old aqueduct
through which the water carried and it has taken
out masses of marble beautifully carved. This foun-
tain was near the market place of the old city, much
of which has been exhumed, and OF the shops OF
which can now be plainly SEEN Each shop had two
rooms about eight by ten feet in sze extended
out toward the chief market street the roofs Of
the shops formed terrace upon which the old Corin-
thians strolled back and forth.
Among other discoveries is a theater and the
mains of temple The old walls have been mapped
out, and some work has been done about the Temple
of Apollo situated on hill distance away from
the Market this temple is said TO be $500 years old
The columns are monoliths about eight feet diane
ter and as high two-story house; they have been
much eaten by time and two which were broken
held together by iron bands put there by Otto, who
was king Of Greece before George came to the
One Of the most interesting discoveries OF our pro-
fessors was to the frauds connected with the
Client oraces these supposed be uttered by the
gods In words that down from heaven The
Americans have discovered a subterranean passage
leading up to the base Of the statues inside a temple,
and mouth pieces which acted like megaphones. The
priests crawled in there and putting their mouths
the openings, by little ventriloquism were able TO
make the gods speak as they chose.
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
Golden Jewels From the Tombs.

Golden Jewels From the Tombs.
The tombs of old Greece have yielded many me-
dalons and gems which portraits, and there are
masks of gold into which have been pressed features
lifelike that they ready to speak have the
photograph of representing the face of old
man, which would probably a portrait Of the
original except that it has lost the tip of it's
There golden cups with faces upon them and
vases Of dull gold beautifully carved. Some of these
cups would hold two quarts of wine. and there are
gold masks as large the tin wash basin outside the
back door of the American farm house.
The collections of jewelry very remarkable;
they have from the ancient cities Of Greece and
the olies and vanities of fashionable life $500
years ago. / saw the skull of a woman with a gold
pin that bound her tresses imbedded in It, Time
and decay had glued it to the vertebrae of her neck
scores Of gold rings for the fingers, gold ankets
bracelets and great rings for the bceps made of
pure gold. Some of these rings three or
four inches wide they were of the finest of gold and
they came from Mycenae.
1 am surprised at the condition of the gold jew
elry; the most of it is bright when it made,
and great deal of it is exqusitey carved Some Of
the patterns the those used today. There
are gold bracelets with snakes heads at the end ;
there bracelets of gold coils and there dozens
of big gold buttons some which have holes through
which the thread passed. ! noticed gold mask
with the skull still sticking to it and a mans shin
bone to which gold greave fastened. There are
also many metal hand mirrors and needless combs and
household utensils,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

tions which placed one top Of the other;
of these sections scattered the Acropois
and not few stand on the platform. photographed
American girl sitting one, which gives a fair
idea of the diameter and made also picture of my
self as l measured the circumference.
The Parthnon was begun about 2,400 years ago;
it a temple put up to the Goddess Athens or Min
erva, whose statue erected by Phidias it of
gold and ivory and forty-two and onehaf feet in
height 1t is supposed that the inner kernel of the
figure consisted of wood, upon which the form of the
Athens was modelled in some plastic me -srial, and
that this in covered with plates of ivory and
gold; the ivory formed the nude portions of the
figure while the gold represented the garments The
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
Grenville M. Dodge, Army Commander

accordance with military custom. The people of Ten
nessee in later years erected monument to the
memory of Davis in the city of Nashville and among
the treasured relics preserved by General Dodge
is a photograph of this monument.
Writing of the fate of Davis for publication in an
army journal some years after the war General
Dodge said:
The severe penalty of death, where a spy is cap
tured is because there is anything dishOnorable
in the fact of the being only men of
peculiar gifts for such service and Of undoubted
patriotism selected. The fact that the informa-
tion they obtain is found within their enemys lines
and the probability of great danger to army is
what the penalty to be so soldier
caught in the uniform part of the uniform of his
enemy, within his enemy's lines establishes the fact
that spy and is there in violation of the articles
of and for good purpose, This alone will pro-
hibt his being treated a prisoner of war, when
caught, Davis was in our uniform, with valuable
documents upon him. and seals his fate.
/ appreciate fully that the people of Tennessee and
Davis comrades understand his soldery qualities
and propose to honor his memory. take pleasure in
aiding in raising the monument to his memory, al
though the services he performed for the pur-
pose of injuring my command but given faithfully
performing the duties he assigned to. am
Truly and respectfully,
GRENVILLE M. DODGE, Major-General.
A representative of The Bee visited General Dodge
a short while ago and talked with him about early
days in Omaha subject dear to the heart OF the
average pioneer who has reached old age. General
Dodge, however finds pleasure in the discussion
other indication that despite the fact that he is 80
years old, he is the youngest octogenarian in the
country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
American EXCAVATIONS at Corinth.

Some of the most interesting excavations OF today
those being made by American students at
Corinth. The site of that old city given to
Athens Archaeological school, which is supported by
Of the leading colleges of the United States
the students have been at work there for a number
of years.
took the train and rode out to Cornth a few
days ago. The town lies about three or four hours
Athens the Isthmus OF Corinth, not far from
the western mouth of the Corinth canal 1t may be
reached by boat through the canal starting
Piraeus, or by railway. Old Corinth was situated
about five miles from the present town and it once
probably covered the site of the latter; It was you
know the great commercial city of Greece, and at
the height of it's glory 100 800 years before Christ
it great trading center in the days Of Savior
and then noted for its manufactures of iron and
dye sturs, well as for it's wealth and luxury. The
city was rival of Rome to trade it contained
about 700 900 people and twelve miles in
ference.
Corinth once rebelled against Rome and the Ro-
mans beseged and destroyed it; they sold its inhab
itants into slavery and for years it lay desoate
This was LAG years before Christ born. Caesar
refunded the town and again great during the
days of st. Paul, who lived there for while and
tabshed a church. The city was then noted for its
luxury, frivolities and mmorates ST. Paul takes
account of this in his Epistes to the Corinthians
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
AMERICAN GIRL DIV COLUMN

streets at 20 cents each, which give you chance TO
make a fortune and at the time aid in digging
up the past. At first only 100000 tickets al
lowed to be issued and this number subsequently
increased to quarter of a milioan. OF late years
of the funds of the lottery have been applied
the navy and the number tickets is now more than
doubled, being $4,000 The lottery has 255 prizes;
the first is $1,000 the second $500, the third $500,
fourth $3.50 and the fifth $780, After this there
are thirty prizes of $40 each and 200 Of $40 each.
The average net yield Of the lottery until recently
was about $4,000 and altogether it has produced
several hundred thousand dollars. This has
been spent in excavating the old cities of interior
Greece in establishing and in historical and
archaeological research. The lottery is popular in
sttution and everyone patronizes it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
Taken From life.

The statues OF the Athens museum are wonder
fully lifelike they seem to be portraits and were
evidently posed for by the models OF the time There
is now a museum on the Acropolis, which comprises
a collection OF objects taken from the ruins OF the
Parthenon and the buildings about 1t has a half
dozen statues OF women, the faces of which
doubtedy cut from women models. There are
busts OF men made the same way. that the museum
is really a portrait OF the heroes OF more than 1000
years ago.
one OF the most striking statues OF Athens Is the
marathon runner who brought the news Of the VIC
tory OF AgamemnOn he ran from the battle OF Mara
thon Athens IN the space OF two hours whereas the
fastest four-horse team dragging chariot could not
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
The Parthenon and Its Grafters.


There is better place to study old Greece than
right here in Athens You imbibe the spirit Of the
ancients in tramping the hills where they lived;
you their wonderful works in the museums; you
meet with their portraits in the statues and among
the ruins which scattered almost everywhere you
easily rebuild the famed structures of the past
Take the Parthenon, the remains Of which lie on
the Acropolis, the very edge OF modern Athens
they built upon solid rock of pink marble,
which ended in plateau of about ten fifteen
This space is covered with ruins and large por-
ton Of the great structure still stands. went over
It today and made photographs OF some OF the col
umns discovering queer things about its construction
One is that the building largely graft; the col
umns on the outside of excellent marble and they
stand well today Those within another part, which
could not be SEEM which probably at first looked
as we'll those farther out backed with inferior
stone and the marble there is rotting away The
stone chipping off and the beauty of the old col
umns is fast disappearing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
ExcaYatIng by Lottery.

The modern Greeks anxious that excava-
tions should be everywhere made; they spending
great deal upon archaeological research and they
have department of antiquities connected with the
ministry education, at the head Of which is an Off
cial who gets about $1465O year They have raised
great deal of money for excavating old Greece by
means Of lottery and tickets sold on the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
H|0W THE RARTIIEN0F Is ROTTING
Copyright. 1911. by Frank G Carpenter.l


,THENs-All Greece Is one great
a seum!" said my native guide, Constan-
"a tine, as we walked through the wonder
full collections at Athens GO down
1S4esSt into the earth anywhere and you may
kSSGSH8Sl find choice marbles, graceful pottery
and carved golden jewelry, which
used in the days of Homer and Hesiod Every time
foundation is dug something new is discovered, and
many of the great finds have originated by accident
The whole country is treasure house, whose vaults
need only the pick and spade to unlock them"
struck with this fact 1 walked through
the National museum today At its entrance is a
ridor filed with broken statues of beauty by
salt water and half covered with shells; they
taken from the near the Island of Kythera, only
q short time ago. The Greeks were diving for
sponges, when they upon the wreck of an an
cent vessel lying 100 feet below the surface. 1t
filled with bronzes marble statues and other objects
OF art, dating back to some years before Christ,
Where the marble exposed to the water It had
been eaten away and its beauty largely destroyed;
where covered with sand it beautiful when
the ship lost. There is head for instance
which is perfect. while the body is a honeycomb of
mold and decay.
Among the bronzes taken from that vessel is
statue of Paris of than life slze which has been
allotted the place of honor in the bronze the
museum; it represents the nude figure of youth who
is stretching out his right hand and evidently giving
a Grimes Golden apple to the goddess whom he has
picked out most beautiful The bronze is of a rich
old green and 1t stands a pedestal The statue
up broken but It has been restored by artists
from Paris a cost OF $4,000, and It is now es-
teemed of the greatest of the finds from the
ancient world,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

value of the gold in the statue was about $780,
600. There is imitation of this statue in the Ma
tional museum; it is pygmy however, in comparison
with the great statue of the Parthenon, being only
three and onehalf feet in height made entirely of
marble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
GREEK MASK

make the distance in less four. AS the story
goes, he dropped dead as he delivered the news
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09


must be credited with two great produc-
- tions-the white and the black sheep,
(aE9S2 says the Chicago Tribune. Some Of the
white black sheep and a good
many them desire to the black sheepskn upon
their overcoat collars and to call it astrakhan and
Persian lamb. The white man, he is found in the
United States annually back his old home
the roof OF the world S14 900 for the black sheep
he is to The two began life together and It is
evident that they should continue life hand in hand
or, at least neck and overcoat collar.
The announcement that the black sheep is being
successfully raised in Texas at the present time is
therefore of family interest to all white in the
United States. Or O. @. Young Of Holiday Tex after
a heart-breaking and adventurous journey the
deserts OF Turkesan and the Atlantic ocean, has at
last succeeded in establishing little colony of the
sacred Arab karakule sheep in this country. He
serves solemn warning the fur sheep Of
Turkestan and Persia and Afghanistan, who
enjoying the annual $4,000, 900, that they would
better store away goodly portion Of the profits in
their Persian lamb socks; for the time will come,
come soon when the Persian lamb overcoat and the
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10
traonla Newspaper.I /

Emmet Lee was a Delta visitor
cary TINS week.
I. A. HlDbeIt went to Denver
last Saturday morning
ID. A. Ragan OF Denver, was visit
ing our valley the first OF the week.
Lawyer Geo. o. Blake transacted
business in Delta last Saturday.
F. NJ. Ransdill came in Wednes-
day evening from Boston, for a
brief visit.
J. NJ. Livesay went to Hotchkiss
Monday morning to spend the day
with relatives.
Charles Oliver was passenger
to Grand Junction last Friday morn
ing on business trip.
Mrs. o. l.. Ross and Miss Alta
Beezley arrived home Sunday even
ing after a visit in Denver.
A. B. McKinnon of Lake City is
a visitor in our valley this week, a
guest at the Eisenkramer home.
Arthur Richardson arrived home
early in the week, after a couple of
weeks visit at his old home in
Creede, Colorado.
Miss Bel McMichael came up from
Delta Sunday evening for a brief
stay.
Miss Nettie Mcmillan went to
Durango Monday morning for a few
weeks visit with her sister and to
recuperate after severe illness.
Arthur DeWoody left for Palisade
Monday morning, where they will
reside on ranch for several
months.
Mrs. w. H. Grubb returned to
her home at Austin Sunday mo-
ing, after a two weeks visit with
relatives and friends here.
The little son of F. Cone of Ger
man mesa, who has been danger
ously i'll with pneumonia, is now re-
ported out of danger
c. A. Lindsey arrived in Paonia
the first of the week after Several
months sojourn In Denver. He will
now look after affairs on his Ger
man mesa ranch
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10
CEDAREDGE.
tCedaredge Champion. ]

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nun
roe, last Friday, daughter.
j. G. Rowbotham of the Cedar
edge Hotel, has been on the sick
list a greater part of the week.
The stage route was on Wednes-
day taken over by P. II. Miller. Wal
ter Miller is the new driver.
II. F. Stewart spent the first
two days of the week at Delta, in
the interest of his loan business.
II. j. Smith of Lincoln, Nebraska,
spent a part of the week here clos
ing up the deal for the sale of his
place to the Pease Brothers.
Mrs. c. e. Larkins arrived last
Friday to visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Gorsuch
ID. A. Robertson has leased his
Cedar mesa ranch and moved to Ce-
daredge, where he is now occupying
the Hamilton residence.
The town council recently voted
to install a fire alarm bell. This is
good move as it is the first step
toward fire protection. The next
step will be water pressure.
Nothing new has developed in
the railroad situation during the
week but it is understood that mat
ters are progressing nicely with the
1nterurban people.
T. w. Acklin, of Ashland, Ore
gon. was visiting Elhart Brothers
the fore part of the week. Mr.. Acklir
was formerly in business on the
Western Slope and is looking for q
new location in this section.
The Interurban surveyors finished
their work at this end of the line
Monday and returned to Montrose
Their last work was the plating OF
the Widney place which the COM
pany has optioned for $4,000 and
upon which 81 900 has been paid.
After travelling through several
states looking for location, C. w
Alexander has decided to remain
on Surface Creek. He has purchased
! one acre of orchard land at Eckert
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10
DELTA COUNTY NEWS
Happenings of Interest
In the Different Sections
PAONlA.
lPaonla Booster.1

| lf9Onl2 6OOSIeE.J
| Fred Emry, of the Emry Shoe
& Clothing company was in Delta
Sunday.
And it still continues to snow
most every day. Wen it taxes lots
OF snow to make peaches and it
takes lots of peaches to do US.
e. G. Hawkins stated while here
that work on the new post office
building would start about the first
of next month, work having been
delayed on account of the incle-
ment weather.
F. l.. Beebe, of the Beebe ranch,
departed Wednesday morning for
Birmingham, Alabama, where he
goes to work out for the coming sea
son as pitcher with the National
league.
Among those who went to Delta
yesterday morning to attend court
were Judge Osbaldstone, VIM. Os-
baldstone, J. A. Lundin, F. W. Van
Deren, NJ. P. Conner and AL Goess.
The spring election is nearing
There are four councilmen and a
mayor to be either elected or re-
elected. Paonia is going to face
several deep problems this year and
we should be careful to get the
right men at the helm.
D. A. Ragan of Denver, was in
the city the first of the week and
thinks our valley is one of the best
in Colorado. He says we ought to
be proud of this mud, that if the
Eastern Slope had it. thev would
talk their heads off about it.
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10
HOTCHKISS.
North Fork Tines.l

E. S. Gould returned from Aspen
Sunday.
w. C. Schultz moved his family tc
De Beque Tuesday.
Representative Hawkins returned
to Denver Wednesday.
Dr. Robertson was transacting
business in Delta Tuesday.
zoe sylvester is down from Tel
iuride visiting his mother this week.
Guy Wi.mot and Ebert Stone
burner made a business trip to Delta
Monday. What the business was we
do not know but the number of con-
sratulations one of the parties has
been receiving, we could almost
guess.
E. j. Mathews writes us from
Tampa, Florida, and says he is
leaving for ST. Augustine. He sent
picture of wagonload of fish
They look like Hickory Shad.' He
says he can prove by his wife that
he caught them by himself.
Harvey Sare, road supervisor, has
gang of men and teams at work on
the Rogers mesa grade. widening it
to twenty-five feet. The work will
soon be done and then the big hill
will be in fine shape for all kinds
of travel.
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10

[Hotchkiss Hera ID ]

Clarence Emry was a Delta visi-
tor last Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Lane came in last Tues
day evening from Los Angeles to at
tend to business matters.
Mrs. c. w Roe was a passenger
for Grand Junction the lsat of the
week for visit with her sister.
Z. c. Hotchkiss and family are
now living in town and have the
house west of the school house.
Judge Mcleod of Leadville, was
mere several days this week looking
after business. He left yesterday
morning.
MISS hathrine Drexel of Balti-
more, who has been visiting her
brother at Crawford, left Wednesday
morning for her home.
II. G. Poe left Wednesday morning
lor Hoidredge, Nebraska, where he
will meet party OF land buyers
and return with them.
John d. Johnson, father of Mrs.
Frank Hirdman, died in the Sol
diers' Home at Monte Vista. Cal
ifornia, of pneumonia, on Feb. 26.
o. Y. Baker and Mr.. Smythe left
Wednesday morning for Omaha. Mr..
Baker will return next week with
party of prospective settlers.
]. Z. Mars of Menomine. Wiscon-
sin, was here lastt week and pur-
chased the Ebert ranch on Powell
mesa. He made arrangements for ex.
tensive improvements.
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10

for 500 and is now preparing to
erect a residence. Mrs. Alexander
is expected home from Arkansas
real soon.
j. w. Gorsuch has for the last
couple of weeks been troubled with
his eyes, having become almost
blind. Thursday he left for Salida
and Denver to secure expert treat
ment in the hope that he might be
benefited. His friends here hope
that he can secure the right treat
ment to restore his sight.
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10
To the Beet Growers.

j. w. Douthitt, field superinten-
dent for the Western Suar and Land
Co.. has opened an uptown office
in the Dickerson building. 324 Main
street, where he can be found on
business concerning beet contracts
with growers.
Mr.. Noble. his assistant, may also
be found there. Both phones in
the ONCE. IT,
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10
Stockholders Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on ac-
count of a quorIm not being present
at the Annual Meeting of stock
holders of The Uncompahgre VAL
ley Water Users Association on
February Z, 1911, at Olathe. Colo
RADIO. said meeting was adjourned
until March 8, 1911, on which date
1t will re-assemble at the hour of
1900 o'clock p. M. in the Opera
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10

purpose of electing directors for the,
ensuing year, and also for the tran
saction of any business that may be
brought before the meeting.
All stockholders are ured to be
present either in person or by proxy
s. w. WEEKS, Pres
John j. TOBIN, Sec.
House at Olathe, Colorado, for the
J. G. Gale and G. #. Fogg, contrac--
tors and builders. Delta. II
The Delta independent., 1911-03-10

8-room dwelling. modern except
ing heat. Closets. bath. pantry, cell
lar, lawn, cement walk, fruit trees,
hen house, barn 1S x 2S feet. IA
feet to caves. corrals, ETC., small
payment, easy terms. See Wire
Baird Realty Company.