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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-11-24
CEDAREDGE.
ICedaredge Champ1on.l


A. Bruton. the Delta taXidermist,
was a Cedaredge visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Lowell spent
a part of last week at GrandValley
looking after property interests.
Mrs. Chas. Kiser is taking the
place of Miss Baumgardner at the
Mountain States telephone office
this week.
reports from Salida indicate that
Mrs Harry Mccormick, who under
went an operation last week, is re-
covering rapidly.
Miss Katherine Gest, who has
been spending the past few weeks
with her brother, departed Thurs
day for her home in Illinois.
Postmaster Goblet and family
went to Delta last Friday. Mr.. Cob
hett returned Sunday, leaving Mrs.
Cdbbett to return later in the week.
Jas. Conrad and wife of Maynard,
Iowa. spent last week visiting the
Grether and Bement families. They
were on their way to the coast to
spend the winter.
After the initiation of three can
didates in the Cedaredge odd Eel
lows lodge Wednesday evening.
nm oyster supper was served to the
members of the order. Members
we're present to the number of more
than fifty.
Apple hauling is still occupying
the attention of growers. However
the end is now in sight and few
days more will see the work cleaned
fnr thic II 10 estimated hat
about 500 cars have left the val
ley.
Frank Buzzard and F. Gilpin, of
Harris basin, shipped 6 cars OF
cattle to the Denver market last
week. A good price is being obtained
for beef stock this year. AS a re-
suit the cattlemen are all prosper
Gus as well as the farmers.
F. j. Stewart, who recently pur-
chased the w. J. Myers place north
of town, arrived from Randolph,
Nebraska last week to remain. He
Is one of those progressive Neb-
raska men who will be a welcome
addition to our town.
The Cedaredge Lumber company
las completed the foundation for
the planning mill and will start the
main structure next week. The floor
is concrete as is also the front. The
walls and roof are iron which will
make it almost fire proof.
In Acting Magistrate Aust's court
John MARBLE was charged by Paul
inc McGruder with disturbing the
peace and quiet of that neighbor-
hood. Mr.. Marble plead guilty and
was given n fine of $50 and costs,
amounting to 50. The fine was re-
nitted pending the good behavior
of the defedant.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-11-24

education will not grow two blades
of grass where one grew before. And
then, their courses contain many
commercial impossibilities. One re
quirement in most of them is that
the student take at least one foreign
language. What use would the aver
age farmer have for French. for in
stance? 1t might enable him to talk
to an imported French draft horse.
but the average French draft horse
will learn English faster than the
average American will learn Frech.-
Charles Gibson in Field and Farm.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-11-24
CRAWFORD.
tCrawford Chronicle

Kirk Frey and family of Paonia,
moved over to the Tom Kent ranch
last Wednesday and will stay this
winter.
Charles Hultine and wife were
among those who went to Denver
to take in the apple exposition.
Crawford Is assured of a brass
band. At meeting held in Craw-
ford last Monday night 1t was de-
cided to order the instruments. Mr..
Woods. the new photographer, will
be the leader.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-11-24
AUSTIN.
(Austin Journal.)

(AuSt1n JOurnal.)
e. r. White and Miss Esther were
among the apple show excursion
lists.
Miss Ella Landreth is favora'bly
mentioned as postmistress. 1t
would be a fitting and popular ap-
pointment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

banner year in baseball. In both ma
jor leagues the fight was close, and all
the clubs Of both circuits prospered &C.
cordingly.
There is hope for both the st. Louis
Browns and the Boston Doves. The
syndicate which has taken over the
Mound City club embraces several mil
lionaires. These men declare that,
while they are entering the game as a
business venture. they will get away
Fl ON the strictly commercial end with
the view to putting a winner in the
town. They say that in no other way
is there a chance for gain. A winner
within the next few years would make
the club a rich. investment. 1t is the
purpose Of the new owners to expend
for players during the next season as
much ~ 100000 IL necessary. It Is un-
derstood that the Boston syndicate also
embraces financial strength and that
every effort Will be made to put team
in the field that will wean away its
share of patronage now controlled by
the Red sox Of the Hub.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08


fore. who had given up the hole to his
opponent on the ground that he had
lost his ball had really holed out in
two strokes.
The point put to. the committee for
decision is. (Which Of the two players
had actually won the hole?" The an
swer Is that the ball which is holed in
the fewer number Of strokes wins the
hole except as otherwise provided for
in the rules" It is therefore provided
in rule 81 that If ball is lost the
player loses the hole, and as the play
er in the above case could not find his
ball because, unknown to him, to his
opponent and to their caddies. it was
lying comfortably at the bottom Of the
hole and could not be found on search
being made for 1t the ball had to be
treated as lost. carrying with 1t the
penalty Of a lost hole.
It is undoubtedly case Of hard luck
but It has by no means been Of infre-
quent occurrence. Instances indeed
have frequently cropped UP in the
course Of play in earlier years where
even q bail which has been holed in
one stroke was treated as a lost ball
ard with it the loss Of a hole. The
only remedy in the case where play
er is approaching the putting green is
to look carefully In the hole before he
abandons the search for his ball. It is
a prudent precaution. and 1t is really
wonderful how often a ball at a blind
shot hole or even on the nat trickles
gently into the hole and is found there,
to the surprise as we'll as delight of
all those who are taking part in the
match
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

anxious about sampling its delights.
Another followed his example after a
little while. and finall.' the whole half
dozen started for the SURF
Those who had remained to watch
shtvered a little more, and. some but
toned their overcoats under their chins.
But the bathers. well warmed by this
time. gave q yell and: FLASHED into the
surf all together. They had to wade
out some distance before striking wa
ter deep enough to swim. All were ap-
parently good swimmers. and they
splashed about in the chilly January
water like porpoises.
They could not swim out to the div
ing platform. as do those who battle
there in sumper. for there was none
there. IT had been smashed to pieces
and scattered in all directions by the
fury of the winds and waves Of the
winter.
The. swimmers did not remain in very
long. One. who said he was getting a
cramp, staggered out on the beach. He
was quickly followed by another and
another. They did not say they were
getting cramps. but it certainly looked
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08
TIMELY HINT TO GOLFERS
Always Look In Hole First For. Los
Ball.

II Is absolutely necessary for the av-
erage golfer to get practical education
In the varied aspects Of the game to
understand the rule committee in it's
Interpretation Of golfng law. It hap
paned in the United Kingdom that the
rule committee had very peculiar
case to decide. Here is q case which
not many players would be able to de-
eide definitely offhand were the difh-
Guilty put to them, say. on the putting
green Of the home hole at the close Of
q match.
The Yelverton club mentions the
case Of two players in q match, each
having played his second shot at a
certain hole. One Of the balls was
found lying on the putting green. but
the ball Of the other player could not
be found. He accordingly gave up the
hole, and both players afterward struck
of from the next tee. The couple who
followed them in. the round found the
ball which, was presumed TO DO lost
lying In the hole. The player. there
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

liable to get 30 dippy as to retire and
shift his laurels to another conk, but
has he any license to do such a thing?
It was q hot fan fest. One man held
Jack could do it-had just as much
right to turn a trick of this kind as
Jimmy Corbett did whenever he want
ed to get rid Of a Fostering challenger
whom he feared. Corbett handed the
honor to Peter Maher. Red Bob Fitz
got Irish Peter into ring on the Rio
Grande shores, near Langtry, Tex. and
had that title in few minutes John
L. Sullivan, eager to escape a fight
with Frank paddy Slavin, handed the
Australian his rank. OF course sports
wouldn't go along with these proxy
champs, but just the same the latter
made trouble for ring historians. A
syndicate formed to push so many hum
dred words Of ring guff out Of Carson
City. New. back in 1897 made coin from
the tangle. Conflicting views were held
by sports as to which man was attack
ing and which defending the cham
pionship.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

as If they were getting cold feet. All
were shivering.
Did they stand around and throw the
ball again to warm up before dressing?
They did not. They went as fast as
their shtverlng limbs would carry them
to the dressing rooms in the pavilion
and with heavy towels began to undo
the work Of the water.
Rubbing to Restore Circulation.
One man rubbed another vigorously,
and soon their circulation was active
again. It was rumored among the
watchers that a bottle had been seen
in the possession of one hoisted at an
angle which would indicate that it was
doing the work intended for 1t, but this
could not be verified.
For some years various persons have
taken dips in the ocean in the coolest
weather. DR.. w. E. Crockett Of Boston,
Justice Tighe Of Brooklyn and Ed
Manley of the New York A. G. haven't
missed their daily plunge in the seas
in the winter for many years.
George Bothner. the famous light
weight wrestler. once astonished sew
eral hundred people by diving in among
the cakes Of ice in the Hudson river
and remaining in the water almost an
hour
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

The bathers have access to the bath
Ing pavilion, and they dress and un-
dress In the same rooms that they
used in the summer time. Two men
first made their appearance on the
beach about II o'clock. They stalked
about for awhile trying to appear un-
concerned. but they soon got the ball
into action to try to stop the chatter
ing Of their teeth. which had been max
ing noise like castanets.
Throw Medicine Ball.
In few minutes another Joined these
two. and soon half dozen hardy citi-
zens. attired in the regulation bathing
suits with sweaters over them, were al
work on the medicine ball. Quite a
crowd had collected on the beach to
watch them. Some Of the curious had
come in automobiles, and these stood
around in greatcoats and furs and
were none too warm at that.
After tossing the medicine ball
around for fifteen or twenty minutes an
elderly man with gray hair and closely
trimmed beard broke out of the circle
Of ball tossers and edged slowly toward
the ocean as IL he wasn't particularly
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

mark how would you like
to don a bathing suit, take
your Ice ak In your hands. saunter out
on the Ice and chop holes big enough
to let you dive in and swim around for
a few minutes. then after your icy
bath come out and roll around in the
snow for a few more minutes? Well.
this is required Of every member of a
winter bathing club formed in New
York recently. Several years ago there
were a few men who took their daily
dips in the icy surf, but during the past
two years hundreds have taken It up
when the weather is cold. The we'll
recognized fact that pneumonia, rheu-
mattsm and tuberculosis are unknown
ailments in the arctic and that the
Eskimos never catch cold are the foun-
datton stones upon which these bath
ers base their belief, but any one else
should Of course consult q physician
before attempting this heroic cure.
Recently the writer met several Of
the surf bathing fiends" az they were
warming up" on the beach at Coney
Island, New York, in front Of the baths
preparatory to going in for dip.
It was q bit chilly, even though the
sun was shining brightly, and some Of
the bathers seemed to be trying to
conceal q SILVER. by hopping around
and throwing a medicine ball from one
to another. The bathers stood In big
circle. each man about ten feet from
the other, and they kept throwing the
ball about vigorously.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

game by this foreign one. and they
naturally resented It. Soccer 'took" In
spite of opposition, though. and 1t slow
ly gained ground until It is now played
by even the strongest partisans Of the
national. or Rugby. game.
This winter soccer IL experiencing a
sudden boom. The action Of the City
Athletic club Of New York in pressing
into service several European stars and
challenging all Corners has awakened
considerable interest. apd good COM
petition is expected. The New York
Athletic club will be In the field. Sew
eral colleges, including Pennsylvania,
Princeton and G. G. N. T.. are forming
teams, and news comes that the west
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

srn clubs are now taking up the game.
In Chicago Dick Gavin, the Austria
liam coach. is teaching it at the Illinois
Athletic club and at the Y. M. C. A.,
and in Pittsburg the Carnegie Athletic
club and the Pittsburg Athletic club
have already played several matches
Others will soon follow. for there are
on every swimming team men who are
fond Of aquatic sports. but nnd Rugby
too strenuous. and they will welcome
the opportunity Of INDUCING In a fast,
interesting game that does not involve
bruises and severe punishment.
That, water polo Is the most strenu-
GUS game played IN this country IL
evinced by the fact that many men
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

who have proved stars in football have
found the water sport too dangerous
to tackle, and even men who have
played the game of lacrosse have never
had keen desire to try the Drowning
game.
While football star may be develop.
ed within year. it takes at least two
years to bring out q water polo player.
Not only must the candidate be IN ex-
cellent waterman, but he must have an
unlimited amount Of courage to be able
to play the game. Considering that q
man may be held under water for
eight seconds, according to the rulsa
one can readily see that courage 10 the
greater part Of the game.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08
WILL rEnNEv MAKE GOOD,

It Is not. often that q manager loses
his job and then after several years
RECEIVERS 1t. but that is Fred Tenney's
experience. Tenney managed the Bos-
ton Nationals several years ago. and
his regime was not q success. but the
new owners Of the club seem to think
that he Is the proper man to put at the
head Of the team. OF course Tenney
has no batter chance now to make good
than he had several years ago, for the
team II anything 10 weaker now than
It was then. so that II Tenney has any
managerial ability he will have but lit
tie chance to show 1t with the material
he has on hand.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08
HOME OF SKIING IN AMERICA,

The Stoughton (Wis) Ski club is
thtrty-one years old. and it claims to
be the, home Of skiing in America
Recently 1t erected the largest steel
skiing platform in the world. With
a ground length Of $50 feet, sliding
distance from start to jump Of 1870
feet and the starting point towering
ITO feet into the air from the top Of the
hiu on which the platform will stand
there Is little question as to what will
happen in Stoughton this winter to
American ski records.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08
Fletcher DOES BASEBALL
BIG SERVICE.

Third Majer League eusbsar Raises
Salaries and Gets Out New Mensy.
D. A. Fletcher Of Cincinnati, who 80
lnsioFaously promoted q third ,najoz
baseball league. did not live in vain, 20
faF - the national pastims IL concern
81 He did . srest gold In his me-
teerio diamoud career, both Tor the
sRagnetes ana tor the players. He %.
cared substantial raises all around 70.
~ aseive FASTENERS, aud he. stirred the
Aaagnates 70 the fact that IL behooved
t1em 10 give the public better competi-
ttoas.
The fruits Of Fletcher's exploits rip
saed the sale Of two, major league
clubs. These were q. Louis In the
American league and Boston in the
Motional circuit. For the past several
SEASONS these clubs have been white
elephants both on the hands Of their
owners and on the hands Of the leagues
watch. they represented. These teams
W1re tail enders. They drew poorly ut
hpane ana moro poorly on tbs road.
Ese the good OF both leagues retrench.
nAsnts in these cities proved necessary.
Thu old owners would not or could not
procure the necessary players Of class.
New owners with new capital and
psrhaDs now management offer a
chance to revive interest In cities
which have come to look for tail enders.
a chain. Is no stronger than in its
weakest link. This does not apply
strictly to q baseball circuit. But It il
well known that the success Of league
depends directly On the closeness of
thu competition. The American league
waS made . grand success from The
start through the tact thak year after
year half the Clubs were In the fight
right up to the very last minute. The
easy victory Of the Athletics In 1910
was the first striking exception. In
contrast was the season Of 1900, the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

CAN JOHNSON GIVE AWAY TITLE?
Between bouts at recent show in
New York ringsiders got up an argu-
ment on the right Of Jack johnson to
transfer his title. Not that John Is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08

w YATER polo is now dividing
interest with other indoor
sports this winter. For
- years many people claim
ed that the game was too rough. but
since the officials of the game in this
country adopted the English style wa
ter polo has regained its place among
the leading indoor games.
When the game Of soccer. or Eng
fish water polo, was first introduced in
this country three or four years ago the
majority Of swimmers received 1t with
unconcealed antagonism. They saw in
the campaign started in it's favor only
an effort on the part Of . few reform
ers to replace the popular American
Evening journal., 1911-12-12
Man Badly Hurt
When Crane ColIapses

One man was perhaps fatally hurt
and four others had narrow escapes
shortly before noon today when an
old travelling crane at the plant OF
the Peninsula Cut Stone Company
formerly the site Of the Christiana
Window Glass Company, beyond Third
street bridge. collapsed.
The men we're employed by the VIII
mington Transfer Company to remove
a bed plate for a palmer. at the plant,
and had rolled the heavy plate to a
position under the crane. After ropes
and tackle had been adjusted the men
started to lift the bed plate.
II was raised but few inches when
the crane collapsed and simply
crumpled up. A big piece Of iron
from the traveller struck Charles
Frisby. colored. Of No 1904 French
street, IN the chest, knocking him into
pit in which there formerly was a
tank. The man was picked up un-
conscious and hurried to the Delaware
Hospital in the Phoenix ambulance,
where he remains in that condition.
/ He is believed to he suffering with
concussion Of the brain and his right
thigh is broken The other men had
a narrow escape.
Evening journal., 1911-12-12
COUNTY AIDS THE
WHITE WAY PLANS

The New Castle County Levy Court
1t its meeting today decided to take
part in the great white way" parade
on next Monday night. The members
of the court will ride in the Levy Court
automobile. Mr.. Perkins, chairman OF
the Public Buildings Committee, was
instructed to decorate the Court
1Iouse. This action was taken at the
request of James II. Wright, chairman
of the joint committee in charge OF
the celebration.
The long bridge in Blackbird hun
dred having been completed by Joseph
Anderson at a cost of S4,500. on which
$4,000 had been paid, the balance was
paid today and the bridge accepted
The Eleventh street bridge crib having
been completed by Frank r. Jones the
work was accepted.
Mr.. Thompson reported he had re-
seived another bid for the engineer s
automobile but as it came in after the
bids closed the bid could not be con-
sidered.
Evening journal., 1911-12-12
Mr.. ENGLAND
SHOWS CANADA

Howell S. England, attorney, who
recently made TWO extensive trips
West, last night delivered a lecture
before the Mems Club of Second Bap-
tist Church on THE Development Of
Western Canada" The lecture was
illustrated with lantern slides, shown
by courtesy of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad.
Beginning at Port Arthur and Port
William at the head of Canadian navi-
cation on Lake Superior. Mr.. England
took his hearers West through On
tario, Manitoba. Saskatchewan, Al
berta and British Columbia. The cit
les of Port William. Port Arthur,
Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, Calgary.
Vancouver and Victoria were shown
and described. as we'll as the charac-
teristics and products of the territory
lying between the cities. The wonder
full mountain scenery and the fields
of glaciers also were shown.
Evening journal., 1911-12-12
Jabs Cop With Pin
Then Fails To Escape

Jabbing a hatpin into a policeman
who had her in charge, Ethel Simms,
a girl. made a dash for liberty this
morning but was recaptured. The
Simms girl was an inmate of the
Girls Industrial School and escaped
Irom that institution this morning.
She was found by the police and was
taken to the police station.
Patrolman Daniel Aiken was di-
rected to take her back TO the school.
AS he walked from the police station
to Sixth and Market streets to board
n car she suddenly removed her hat
pin and began jabbing officer Aiken
with it, So sudden was her attack
that he released his hold on her and
she darted along Sixth street toward
King.
Aiken recovering from his surprise
started in pursuit. and before she
reached King street he had captured
the girl. She then was taken back
to the school in the patrol wagon.
Evening journal., 1911-12-12
MORTAR SHOTS
SHAKE COUNTRY
IL Inch Weapon SaIuteS for
Visiting Officers at Fort
DUPONT Cause Alarm
WINDOWS IL NILES
AWAY ARE RATIFIED

Buildings in the country surround
ing Wilmington. and the State and
County Hospitals. at Farnhurst. were
shaken today until the windows rat
tied by heavy explosions. and num-
erous inquiries were made as to the
cause of the shocks. Many thought
the DUPONT powder mills had again
blown up
Investigation resulted I'm learning
that the shocks were due to the firing
of twelve-inch mortars at Fort Du-
Pont The occasion for the shooting
was the presence OF Ordnance lnspec-
tor Col Mitchem. of the United States
Army. and other army officers, on "A
tour of inspection. including Major
Deakyne. United States engineer at
Philadelphia.
There are eighteen OF the big guns
at the fort. and recently a number
of them were remodeled. and It was
to inspect these that Col. Mitchem
visited the fort today. The heavy
shells are being fired at a stationary
target I'm the Delaware river. The
guns are to be fired eighteen times
and up to o'clock this afternoon
seven of the shots had been fired.