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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22

arrived here today.
VIII Hear Speeches.
The grand jury will probably
hear some good speeches this
afternoon judging by the roll OF
manuscript District Attorney Todd
took into the room.
Todd has copies of all the ora
tory of the Seattle mass meeting.
Bar Accused Men.
The same men who were arrest
ed will not appear before the
grand jury to give their side of the
case as the district attorney refus-
ed to allow them to do SO. They
asked for the privilege, however,
showing a willingness to have the
whole matter shifted.
The proceedings will probably
last over tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22

shooting of Garland was justifi-
able. The couple were alone at
the McCrea home at the time of
the shooting and Mrs. McCrea
claims that Garland insulted her.
McCrea declared today that he
would retain counsel to defend his
wife. He will remain by her side
in the Jail until the courts take
action.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22
POLICE STOP
SANDbERG'S
ELEVATOR

Pete Sandberg is bucking the
law again. Last night his elevator
boy was arrested on q charge of
running an elevator in the Ken
tucky hotel, a violation of the or
dinance that says no elevator. shall
be operated from saloon to hotel
rooms.
Pete dug up $50 bail for his
operator.
"We'll nab them every time we
catch the elevator running, said
Chief Fraser this morning.
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/ 90 DIE:

by United Press Leased Wire.
NAPLES, Sept. 22.-More
than 100 persons are dead,
scores are missing and unac-
counted for and hundreds are
homeless as the result of one
of the most terrible storms
ever seen i'm Italy, which
swept over the Vesuvian dis
trict today.
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Arnot her
Sacrifice

Groom cottage, large attic,
good woodshed and A fine lots,
feet above grade, in lawn,
garden, IA bearing fruit trees
and small berries; street grad
ed and cement sidewalk all
paid. Price $4,000; 500 cash,
balance SIS a month. Prop
erty is blocks to car and only
20 minutes ride to business
center.
Surety Bonds. Fire Insurance.
q. F. GREGORY CO., Inc.
g.. r. Webb r. #. Gregory
I'd Floor Natl. Realty Bldg.
gshi 1117 Pacific ave.
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Reciprocity Will Win
Yet, Says Foss

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
BOSTON, Sept. 22.-"One de-
feat for reciprocity does not mean
its DEATH" said Gov. Eugene N.
+Foss of M massachusetts, today on
learning the result of the Cana
dian election. at is hard to be-
lieve that the Canadians allowed
themselves to be frightened with
the annexation bugaboo. Reci-
procity is bound ultimately to sue
ceed."
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$3.50 TOO LITTLE FOR MANS LIFE,
JUDGE REFUSES TO SIGN ORDER

PORTLAND Sept, 22.-'I value mans life at
$3.50 cheap" said
refusal to order releasing the Oregon electric
hof who by OF the Corporations trains
July providing $3.50 damages paid the estate
..yVhen asked to the order the
mnistrator OF
the company guilty
not responsible and should nothing.
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NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE HIcKTowN BEn

Miss Ganeie Green has lust writ
ten q beautiful little tell&d entitle6
Rather Eorrowe Meua,s Wages
a touching song and Wa ara real
proud OF our gifted younE Sp<'<
writer. 81
we want firsf~ciass printer WEIe
can also play b-flnt corH1< III the
aicktoWn silver Trombouo band.
BuckWhent cakes il now fa8he
ionaDle for breakfasts
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A Sacrifice

Four beautiful level corner
lots ready to build on, with
sewer, water, gas on streets,
streets graded, cement side
walk all paid, for only $275
lot, half cash. The above prop
erty is near SSth and Yakima,
IL minutes ride to business
center.
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Former Lover of Woman
Held as Her Murderer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Sept. 22.-Suspected of connec-
tion with the murder of the six
persons who were brutally slain
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Wh@athor
forecast

Fair tonight and Saturday.
Light frost tonight, followed by
warmer Saturday. Light west.
shifting to northerly winds Sat-
urday.
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EDITOR AND PREACHER
CHANGE JOBS FOR WEEK

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D BREMERTON, Wn., Sept. q
D 22.-Articles of agreement
o W '-r, here today by
. Rev. R. l.. Wolfe, pastor of
D the /, Mckinley Memorial
D church, and w. B. Jessup,
3 editor of the Bremerton
. Searchlight, whereby they
3 will exchange their vocations
. for one week.
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Bank Flourishes

It takes Uncle Sam to make a
90 of the banking business.
He just started the postal saw
ings bank Wednesday and by
noon today he had S8 depositors
here, and $1,000 in deposits, an
average of about $57 for each de-
positor.
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WARRANT 7
IS SOUGHT
BY CHIEF

Prosecutor McMurray and Dep
uty Burmeister held a conference
today and decided that an inquest
should be held over the body of
Charles Van Horn. The arrange
ments for the funeral were delay
ed and Coroner Shaver will hold
the inquest tomorrow.
The prosecutors say they have
received lots of evidence bearing
on the case, and new warrant
may be sworn to i'm addition to the
one I'm police court.
Fraser decided not to issue the
warrant after talking TO the prose-
cutors and the coroner and will
wait till after the inquest tomor-
row. He had planned to arrest
White today till he learned that
DIR. Shaver would act.
A warrant for the arrest of II.
n. White, president of the Stand
ard Paper Co., charging him with
the killing of little Earl Van
Horn Wednesday evening as he
WAS alighting from car at 11th
and Pacific avenue, was planned
this morning by Chief Fraser.
Statements as to the speed at
which Whites automobile was
going, and a careful examination
of the facts, leads me to this
action" said Fraser this morning.
II know of man who was
standing on the platform Of car
directly behind that on which the
unlucky little chap and his mother
were riding who remarked as the
automobile and its occupants went
by that "if those fellows don't
slow up somebody is going to be
killed
"This and other statements lead
me to believe that the car was
going considerably faster than the
eight miles an hour allowed on
down town Streets
"The boy was struck from be-
hind as he was helping his mother
alight from the car. Witnesses
say that the car, with the brakes
set, skidded from 20 to 80 feet,
ON account of the rate at which
the car had been going.
MANY witnesses have already
signified their willingness to ap-
pear on the stand to testify to
these facts"
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
A FISH HATCHERY NEAR:
WILL BE PLEASURE RESORT
Coles Lake Being Improved and
VIII be a Mecca for the Local
SportSmen.

The section of springy lake, three
miles down the Gunnison, known as
Coles Slough, is being transformed
into resort which. in future years,
will prove a huntsmans and fish
efman's delight.
The slough was in a semi-circle
of about three-quarters of a mile
of water length, enclosed by nat
ural. straight wall of adobe, from
twelve to twenty feet in height and
smooth and hard as rock.
Springs supplying all the water
that viii run through a fourteen-inch
pipe, feed the lake.
The past summer the lakes have
all been drained in order to clear
them OF carp and suckers, tons of
which undesirable fish have been
taken out, and the purpose is to
stock them and keep them full OF
trout
With this object in view, ce-
ment building has been erected to
be used as a hatchery, with living
rooms for the manager, Mr.. Z. j.
Fuller, who has full charge of the
work. Mr.. Fuller has received two
new engines for pumping and cir
culation of water through the
Matching bins, and eggs already
eyed. viii be received from Creede
for the first stocking, which will be
gin WIthin a month.
The lake is now nicely filling and
has been damned so as to greatly
increase the water area, which VIII
run from a few feet to twenty feet
or more in depth. On this a launch
and many small boats will be placed
next summer and the general plans
for a resort rushed. The grounds
within the lakes circle will be i'm
proved and beautified and some
lodges provided The ground al
ready contains beautiful groves of
poplars.
There are very few sites of so
much merit for a sportsman's re-
sort as Coles Heading not far
from the Gunnison river and empty
ing into that stream, it is at once
a natural course and resting place
sor Dc ks and geese in season, and
ii can be made in the short space
of two years to supply the very best
of trout fishing. Being within forty
minutes drive of Delta. over good
roads and across the splendid new
iron bridge across the Gunnison riv-
er, there is no doubt of its becom-
ing one of this citys chief pleasure
resorts.
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
There Was Much Energy Dis
PLAYED in the Halloween Franks.

This year the average small boy
of Delta was just as enthusiastic
and energetic in his observance of
Halloween as ever. and the evil
denCes of the fact are yet appar-
ent in all parts of the city and you
can still hear an occasional howl
from some property owner who was
damaged to a more or less extent.
The fences and out buildings in
many localities were removed to for
eign localities. Wagons, buggies and
in fact everything left loose was
kept going and some of these are as
yet 10 be located. A wagon heavily
loaded with hay was turned loose
on the Garnet mesa roadway into
the city, and this, of course, is
strewn about as though in the line
of a Kansas cyclone.
The officers were busy for sew
eral hours that night in an effort
to prevent actual damage, but in
spite of this vigilance some damage
resulted. The extent of this dam
age. however, cannot. as yet be
estimated. but it is hoped that all
will not reach a serious figure.
These observations are doubtless
all right, for they have been going on
for many years past. but they should
be in n safe and sane fashion, just
as much as should the Fourth of
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
Thrcc-Y Runs Away
From Home in Montros,

1t can easily be said that Mont
rose holds the record for age-limit
On absconders. from whence three
year-old child has just been recov-
cred at Gunnison. where 1t had
flown after being displeased with its
mamma. Here is what n Gunnison
newspaper of recent date has to
say of the little wanderer and its
trip:
"A little Montrose girl. three
years old. was found on the train
running east out of there Wednes-
day and when the conductor en-
quired of her where she was going
she said: My mama was naughty.
/ told her I'd run away: I'd go get
on train. and / did On telegraph
ic advice Marshal Jennings took
her from the train at Gunnison and
Mrs. E. NJ. Collins took charge of
her until she was returned to her
home the next day She was n very
pretty child and created great
deal of interest, some wanting to
adopt her. Her given name was
Margaret but the last name was
unknown. The mother was frantic
and Montrose and vicinity was thor
oughly searched until the wire
flashed the news from Gunnison.'
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
High School students Hold
Party on School Grounds

The Halloween barbecue given
by the high school classes on Tues
day evening in the basement of the
new high school building, afforded
much pleasure for the large crowd
of pupils in attendance. There We're
four classes in charge of the affair
and each class presented pro
gram of some character for enter
tainment of the others, who paid
n nickel admission fee. In each
instance the program was well pre-
sented and there was no one to call
for their money back. Sandwiches.
cakes. coffee. etc, were sold dur
ing the evening and as n result sew
eral handfulls of nickels came in
to the treasury.
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
Denver \ Rio Grande Officials
Took n Look at Delta Depot.

\ special train bearing President
e T Jeffrey of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande system, Vice-President c.
II. Schlacks. Traffic Manager a. S.
Hughes and two or more minor Of
ficials. pulled up to the Delta depot
Monday morning and remained
Just long enough to make an inspec'
tion of the depot and other prop
erty of the company. A new depot
for this place has been in contem-
plation by the company for some
months past. and while ii is not
officially reported that the visit
here at this time had any partcu-
lar connection with the new build
ing, vet 1t is thought that the in
spection was as much for that pur-
pose as for any other.
The company realizes clearly that
Delta is one of its best shipping
points and that the depot here is
INADEQUATE and there is little doubt
that fine commodious station will
take the place of the old frame that
has served the purpose for so many
years. at no very distant date.
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
Young Ladies of the City
Give Very Successful Party.

The Spoon Club of this city. So
cial organization comprising some
fifteen or twenty young ladies', and
n number of other young ladies who
are not enrolled on the clubs books,
gave n masquerade party and dance
in Moose hall last Friday evening
which was easily the equal of any
social event ever before given in
Delta and all those persons who
were fortunate enough to receive
and accept invitations to take part
in the affair are ready to assert that
the young ladies of Delta are thor
oughly qualified as entertainers and
that they do not do things by halves.
One of the unique features of this
latest social event was the manner
of getting partner before reach
ing the hall. Each young man and
each lady was instructed on their
invitation to be Mt certain street
corner, thoroughly masked, prompt
ly Mt o'clock Friday night and
they we're there to become compan-
ions for the party. going from the
place of meeting to the scene OF
festivity. or course there was much
effort on both sides toward identy,
but as n rule, no one of the par
ticipants knew his or her company
until the unmasking at about 1880.
Dancing was begun shortly after
the arrival of the party Mt the hall
and was kept merrily going until
the small hours of the morning, on
ly stopping long enough at 1880
tn nnrtuke Of n delicate luncheon
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
Here From South Africa
On "a Visit With Friends.

Miss Viola Mead arrived in this
city last Tuesday evening from Bat
tie Creek, Michigan, where she
had attended the wedding of n
brother. and will be the guest of
Mrs. w. II. Mathers. who is an old
time friend, at least ten days or
two weeks.
Miss Mead is resident of Cape
Town, South Africa, and she came
to Los Angeles. California. about
a year ago for an extended visit.
While in that city she received an
invitation to be present at the cere-
mony uniting her brother in mar
riage to n Michigan lady and she
is now on the way back to Califor-
MIA.
She expects to remain on the Pac-
ific coast n few weeks after her re-
turn from Delta and will then make
the voyage home to Cape Town.
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
Over $1,000 Worth of Apples
Harvested From Six Acres

The Joseph Shoemaker family are
richer by between $4,000 and S5,-
900 this fall in apples shipped from
six acres of trees. The Shoemaker
ranch lies up the Gunnison river.
near the mouth of Black canon.
Early last summer Mr.. Shoemaker
offered his place for sale. crop and
all. for $4,000, and the usual cry
was made: "Ohl that is too much"
In four months after he receives
nearly half that amount from six
acres of apple trees alone-perhaps
fully half. as other apples have
been packed for future use and sale.
Beside his orchard, Mr.. Shoe
maker has some sixty acres of fine
land on which he raises alfalfa. po-
tatoes and general produce. so all
together, he will clean up nice
profit for this season.
This is but one of many instnces
of apple orchards paying for the
entire, farm in from two to three
yeary Purchasers. however, do not
seem to understand that such i'm
add rs much to the val
ue of an acre of ground rs sub
stantial brick house would.
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
Delta and Grand junction Play
Football To IA Stand-Still Saturday

refore the largest crowd that
has been out 10 any of the games
on the local grounds this season,
Delta and Grand Junction played
enc of the fastest and most excit-
ing games of football ever witnessed
on the Western Slope gridiron.
From the kickoff until time was
called it was one fight for blood. ;"
and although there were times in the
game when it looked as though a
score would be made by both teams,
neither showed the strength to
carry the pig skin acros the line.
The Delta boys offer the excuse
that they were out of condition from
the Paonia game having only been
able TO get out for practice twice
during the week before the game
Saturday. and promise to redeem
themselves when the return game is
played
The local team had the advan-
tage in weight, but clearly showed
their lack of condition in the last
half and this came near being the
cause of the visitors scoring. through
the clever work of their fast back
lltlu. WHlNHs bN Ant way was PAaN7
tically their whole team.
The home team did some good
work and pulled off some clever
plays, but their countless fumbles
were no doubt the cause of their
inability to score.
The Grand Junction girls won the
basket ball game by a score of %
to 90 and the game was good one.
Miss Elsie Ault. who was the star
performer in the game with Fruita,
seemed to have an off day and had
the worst kind of luck in her bas-
ket throwing, The score at the end
of the first half was 16 to 6. The
local girls showed much better form,
however. in the last half. Miss Bes-
sic Miller was the star of the visit
ing team and her basket throwing
was very clever.
There will be one more game on
the local grounds this season, when
the local teams meet the Paonia
teams on November 30th.
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY
TO SOON BE IN READINESS
Big Pump Which is to Insure Safe
ty Against Fire, Arrived on
Monday.

Some little time since it was de-
cided by the city council to in
stall a big pumping plant at the fooa
of Main street, near the North Del
ia bridge which will insure all the
water necessary in cases of emergen-
cy, but it is at the same time sin
cerely hoped that such emergency
cases will be of rare occurrence.
Several pumping systems were
closely investigated by the fire and
water committee and it was finally
decided that tn electric motor
driven centrifugal pump, manufac-
tured at Aurora, Illinois, was the
best on the market for the pur-
pose and one of these was ordered.
The pump is now here and will be
installed just as soon as the pump
house, now in course of construc-
ton, has been completed.
This pump house is being put up
at a point some four hundred feet
from the Gunnison river and the
pump will draw its water through
a fourteen-inch pipe line laid to
the exact center of that stream.
and the water will flow into a large
cement cistern or well at the plant.
The capacity of the pump is said
to be fully $50 gallons per minute,
and this, il is thought, Will be quite
sufficient for any emergency pur-
pose possible.
a deal has been made with the
Delta Electric Light and Power
company TO always keep at least so
pounds of steam. day and night,
since the pump is to be put in
to action by the simple pressing of
a button at the light company 5
plant The full capacity of the pump
is attained, it is said. in less than
a minute, and If fire should break
out in any part of the city when
the regular water supply was in
adequate the pumping plant will be
set in motion and there would be
plenty of water in that length of
time.
The Delta independent., 1911-11-03
FORMING LOCAL COMPANY
TO BUY GRAND MESA LAKES
Most Picturesque Spot in Entire
West For Il Great Summer
Resort.

Several public spirited men of
this city have conceived the idea
of making some use of the many
beautiful lakes on Grand mesa. some
ten thousand feet above sea level
and, by the way, one of the most
attractive points in the entire Rocky
mountain region, and they are al
ready active in the matter of form
ing a local company for the purpose
of purchasing the property and max
ing all necessary improvements be
fitting sucA resort.
The territory occupied by these
groups of sparkling lakes where the
rainbow and mountain trout are
as plentiful as are the minnows in
a valley stream in summer time,
comprises three hundred and TWEEN
ty acres, one-half of which is own
ed by the Grand Mesa Resort com
pany. An option has now been TAX
en- by local men on the other one
hundred and sixty acres and 1t is
their plan to have a company take
over the entire territory and and
to enter into the matter of improve
ments in a manner To insure sue
cess. sufficient to attract the inter
est of people from all parts of the
union.
The lakes are situated just thirty
miles north OF this city, and even as
the roads now are. hundreds of peo-
pie from an parts OF the state who
know OF them and the fine trout
fishing. go over them without
murmur II is proposed to build
new roadways into this Grand park,
TO put up a fine hotel, to establish
cottages for those pleasure seekers
who prefer this mode of living anc
to improve the premises in every
way possible to insure the COM
fort OF guests
Judge NJ. r. Welch. y. II. Castel
and T. j. Richards of the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph
company. made an auto drive to the
lakes the latter part of last week
and Mr.. Richards. who had never
known of the territory before, con
sidered It the grandest place in the
entire West for. Just such purpose
as is proposed He is already one
of the most enthusiastic supporters
of the movement. Many local peo-
pie are now interested in the propo-
sition and II IS safe to state that
the company will be formed and
that improvement work will be in
stituted ere the next outing season
rolls around.