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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Early Mall Service In Maine.

In 1893 individuals nired a man to
90 from Castine to Wiscasset and
carry letters and papers once a fort
night. He walked the whole distance
owe the route. The next year post
masters were appointed and mail sent
once a week by carriers on horse
back. Rufus Crane, the first postmas-
ter. in Warren. collected 20 cents as
his pay for his first three months Of
work--Lewlston Journal.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Lava Tor Gas Burner TIpa.

Lava from near Beyreuth, Bavaria
vas put in use for gas burner tins in
1854 by J. Won Schwarz- The smooth
surface prevents deposits Of carbon
from the gas. and the material en-.
dures repeated and loLg-continued
heating without change. So the law.
can be turned. sawed and polished
easily; 1t has been used for centuries
for freproof utensils. musket balls and
other objects.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
JndyirQ Fame.

Far be 1t frum me to boast bras-
gingly OBJ nah family tree" said the
colored man who was whitewashins
our chicken coop. but one OBJ nah
relertiyes was"
General Washington's personal
b~ody-servant, sab" we INTERRUPTED.
meanly. but gleefully,
He was no SIGH thing. sah," warm
ly retorted the colored man; he was
one OF Mistsh Jack Johnsing's most
esteemed sparrtn' pardnehs befo' de-
fight"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Tho Mean Thing.

The s~urragette (smilingly)-Won't
20, do something 20 help u good
cause along, Mr.. Goodcraft?
Mr.. Goodcraft-I'd like very mlch
m do one thing for you. but fear
it's impossible
The Sunragette-T-ut, tut, Moth
,ng's impossible-what would you hke
10 do for u.s.
Mr.. Coodgraft-Endow a few cells
In your .aYcrite prisons.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

Leaves Landing every Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday at ? p. u.
Returning, leaves Rockland at 5 p.
m. Fifty cents each way. Express
packages 10 and Is cents. Edward
Quinlan. proprietor.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Only Once q week.

Secret service reports say people
should be educated 10 recognize coun-
terfeit money. What OF the man whe
sees a fve-spot but once a week.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

The architects of the country are
slowly awakening to the important
position OF the plumber and steam
litter in the general scheme of build
ing They yet need, however. much
education.-Domestic Engineering.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

LCollc IlOulZ Is lut younger dt-
tive member OF the Houtz Bros.
sheep company and is full Of infor-
nation as any n would wish. He
says that if we get the moisture in
this spring equal to that of last
spring, this fall harvest will be fully
double of a year ago. None of
the moisture u off the fields from
the melting nov
l.. W. Cotant is offering hisl
restaurant for sale, not because id
doesn't pay, but from the fact that
it is required by law that Cotantl
must raise wheat and he must pillow, |
plant and perspire. Mr.. Cotant has
built up a flourishing business and
everyone regrets that the require
ments of Uncle Sam makes Cotant
work. At any rate the restaurant is
for sale. See advertisement else
where,
/The Rev. Thomas. Of Boise, held
Services Sunday in place of the
Rev. Hunt, who is at his farm near
Inkom- %r.- Observation-Disclosures
aGtAiS-pIace during the winter and
made many friends. % Trompson
will fill the~pulp4f both at this
place and(squsre Butte temporarily,
or unity aprangemepfs are completed
for ~aLPegular pastor. The meetings
will de eoatfnned every Sunday at
the usual hour in the public school
building.
For Sale. The established res
taurant at Rockland. The right
thing for the right man. Good To-
cation. The only place to a in
town. Opposite the bank. Tables,
dishes. counter and show case. No.
/ sood cooking range. Serve fifteen
regulars. A good fellow can make a
go. Sunday dinners run as high as
thirty. New town. New people. but
the same old money. Must go on
the homestead is the eason for sell
ing. Write or visit l.. w. Cotant,
Rockland, Idaho. The coming cen
ter of the wheat belt.
Young and Good have finished the
Cling Clark house and are o at
work on the Pat Clark home on
east bench. They also have the
contract for building the sidewalk
from the intersection of 3rd street
70 the lHltI Sttl!Ou u an anu lain
This will make a suitable passage
way free from mud. a small bit of
an extension to the sidewalk will
also be made on the east side of
Main street connecting with the
Lawson walk. The plan is a good
one on the part of the townsite
people and will furnish dry walking.
In the year 1884 the first burial
occurred in the Forks, or what is
10Y Rockland. If others had ever
been buried at this point no n
knows and today there is no record.
Twas a grandchild of Isaac Thorn.
Sr., that vas placed under the sod
on the Cottrell farm. The body was
afterwards brought to Rockland and
placed in the grave. No other body
SO far as the record goes was ever
inferred there, nor can a record be
found. The committee would like
any one who can help in any way
to trace the headstones or other
marks to send their information to
H. P. Frodsham. This request Is
made from the fact that neither the
court nor the church has complied
with the requirements OF the law.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Devoted to the Beautiful and Fertile RockLand Valley

Warren Allen is now employed at
Ehe CoteA, tables.
CGec Martin. q Last Chance. was
y town ov T. day On businessI
. Her" + 'qson. Of thu North bencI
.9ct q trip . the Power City the
OF the w4ek.
Jack Hartley sasszlmsass is
confined TO his home with a seyers
attack Of la grippe, (
4 Bill and Elm Hartley. OF Land
ing, negotiated mud betwixt here
Nrnd the Falls Monday.
Anton Nelson, Of East fork. was
Va visitor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -A
yAperican Falls Monday.
+ Hery Moss is visiting with his
family at Woodscross, Utah. arv4-at
<bAs sanfe-titas-ftenry fs-.uffesiQg
WITH MISUNDERSTANDING.
Don't forget when you 60 to the
rails to visit Tony, the tailor, and
get n of those handsome calen-
ders which he has for distribution
to all of his friends.
II Lorenzo Perry arrived home the
4 first of the week from the southern
states mission.
He is suffering from the genuine
old Jshfoned agHe and iS~takes a
jolENgeod felow5jto standfthe shake.
NrhSxe of opr fapmers/w who moved
INTO TOWN seeking school advantage,
ARE how getting rsady to move their
fahifes bSck/to/ts3-fafm that the
lids ~ ZkaveIsome of the advan-
DISQUALIFICATION a study of sage
brush.
"a the regular spring meeting of
the Belgian Horse company, the
Following officers we're elected to
serve for the ensuing year: H. P.
Frdsham, president; Thos Barnard,
secretary and treasurer; A. Taysom,
H. c. Boley and 10 Boyington, di-
reetors.
Mrs. NJ. E. Jackson, of Washing
Rton, with several cars of goods, ar
rived at the Falls and is now await
ing the drying of the roads beforS
coming TO her homestead in the val
ley. Mrs. Jackson's place adjoiHs
that of Ed. Seeger, near Seepink
Nsprings.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

I'D. Sager SIS il town Monday.
I Miss Jennie Morris left Friday
Iof Pocatelo 70 be absent for sew
eTal days visiting friends.
T Karl Houtz took Anton Grendick
to American Fails Saturday and sent
lhim 10 the Salt Lake hospital
4 Roy Robinson has been running
the special mail wagon etwee here
and the Falls during the muddy
spell.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Frank Dlaska a 81. Ethela Smo-
lfkova byli oddani v Yankton v
pondelf v itery zde ztravili nav
stevou Vaclava Smolfka, jenz je
otcem nevesty. Novomanzele Sc
usadf V Cedar Rapids kde p. Dlas-
ka vlastnf feznicky a grocernf OBJ
chod.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
Josef Huba| zahadn6 zmizeI.

Zahadne zmizeni vazeneho obea-
ma zdejsiho Josefa Hubala. ktery
minulou stfedu Sc svou manzelkou
byl v Yankton kde nakoupili sob9
zasoby, a od te DOLBY nenf onem
slechu, zavinilo ve4ke vzrusenf.
DIE vypravovanf pr. Hubalove
vsedli do cekaifcfho vlaku odpoled-
ne on jeste's 81 pro neco zaskotil.
Mezitfm casem vlak ale vyjel pr.
Hubalova domnfvajic Sc, re tfebas
Sc vysinul do oddeleni pro kufaky
SO vic mel nestarala. Jake ysak
bylo jeff leknuti kdyz pfijela do
Tabora jeff manzel z vlaku mes
lezl. Mystic Re tfeba mu vlak u
jel 6ekala az do patku. Kdyz ami
tehdy neprijel, jela do Yankton ma
automobile j. E. Matuskou kde
Sc pc mem poptavall avsak Jedlnou
informaci co obdrzeli bylo. Re tam
byl WIDEN We ctvrtek veter a v pa
tex rano.
V sobotu minulou pfisla zvest
re Scotland, re tam byl a vyslovil
Sc re jede ma Mitchell odtuP prt
do sew. Daboty. Kazdt ST pred
stavf postavenf pr. Hubalove v
tonic pffpade. Jakou pfftinu k
tomu mel pi. Hubalova newt nebot
SO ami dost malo nepomrzeli. Pan
Hubal byl v tonic meste velmi oh
lfben nebot' byl fadnym muzem a
svemu + emeslu, sedlafstv{ Sc v9no
val nevsednf pill. Bydlel zde pies
sedm let vzdy sivzorne potfnal
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Yankton, 25-Pffpad utikskeho
marsala Millarda Limpo-a ktert
ma podzim minulS zastfelil CO mar
Sal Johna Cheeka v Utica ponsvat
Sc tento vspouzel phi zattkanf byl
odlozen al ma podzim. V argu-
mentu obhsjoby kterou vede Geo.
w. Egan Sc uvadelo ze manzelka
obzalovan6ho Sc brzy stans mat.
kou, vzhledem k cemuz soud odlo.
zeni povolil.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Pierre, 24-Obycejn4 Skolnf po-
zemky budou nabfzene k prodeji
v osmi okresech a nadaSnf stAtnf
pozemky We ttyrech okresech ma
dny jak nasleduje: Potter okre-
sd 18 dubna, Edmunds okresu
10 dubna, Nc Pherson ID. Mar
shall ~, Brown Is, Day IL, Ham
line 10, Deuel. 8, Codington Z,
Hutchinson 5, Hason 4, Dawson
g.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Alois Blachnik Sc navratil Mi
nesoty v Gtert kde byl "a ticelem
koupeni pozemku. Nekoupil ne
bot pozemky tam jsou iiz hezky
drahe. Jeho bratr Emil znstane
u Waubun u sveho bratra Maxa,
jemuz Dude pomahati ma farme.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
Rdzn6 zprav.

Ramona, 2s-Nexnalost one cas-
ii honeckeho z&kona We kterS Sc
sapovfda stffleni zvsfe rajhem
stale G.. H. Thurowa SO. Byl
zatcen Hajnfm j. M. Parry-em,
ze stff!cl divoke busy rajflem.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Tyndall, 25-Zdejsf tasopis Tyn
dali Tribune pfesel v ruce dr.. Xii
my a pravn{kn w. Frenche a C.
Pucketta, kteff spoletne Gasopis
vykoupili cd F. A. Glasnera, jeni
obdr$el dobre misto pfi dennfku v
Aberdeen.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Yankton, 27-Minult Etrvtek
byl zatten Josef PeGenka jsnz
vlastnf v Lakeport budovu pc ia
nu Gleichova ma obvin6nf, lie pro.
dava mimo mfrntch napoja take
siledjsf ''stof". Pred tim Sc n6co
podobne v6ci We mssts mluvilo
a navladnf Janousek dial vyhotovi
ii prohledkvacf warrant a spolu Sc
serifem Rathgeberem veter mist
most Pecenkovu dnkladns profile
dali. NASH tam boxy Sc sodov-
kou. oranzejd lemonGdou a pod. .
mimo toho RUNE elixiry proti bo-
lestem zaludku, tasemnici, q
domacfm trublIm, tel vnitfnf ma
zanf pc nemz pacient ie skutecns
a doslovne "namazant". A ma
posled pry pfisli tyto dvs ramona
spravedlnosti ma the lejkportske
ktere utdpf rychle a jistS vsecky
trampoty svizele tohoto zivota
hamizdneho. Pan Petenka proto
byl nsmilosrdne wat pied sudfho
q. Richeyho kde nechtel byt vys-
lychan, procez byl dan pod $3.50
zaruky k obvodnfmu soudu. To-
no Sc p. Pecenka lekl a xaplatil
$50 ma usmffenf Sc urazeneho "a.
kona ktery sapovid& prodej elexi-
rd vseho druhu bee license a pff-
pad s MIN skonten.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Mitchell, 2s-Odporneho skut-
ku Sc dopustili mladf mauxele Skel
sovy jimz Sc narodil hoSik minu.
lou nedeli, kteraz ud6lost u lid
skych rodicI by byla vftanA a ra-
dostna. Zde vsak ne. Manzel4
decko neohteli, protez otec jenz je
knihvedoucfm, dfte zaobalil do ha-
dffkn, dial do ruGnfho kufffku a
polozil pred dvefe zname Gfadov-
ny armady spasy. KapitAn dobro
cinneho toho spolku decko nalezl
v 8 hodin vecer. Ma lfstku kters
byl pfipfchnut Ike kufffku stale,
Re matkou novorozenete je chude
devte ktere nema prostfedky Sc o
dfte postarati a ze odjfzdf z Nit
chell navzdy, Sc zadostf by dfte BY
10 dano do detskeho Gstavu v
Sioux Falls. V tasce kapitan ma
lezl $3.44 ma zaplaceni itrat. DIT
ko kapitan odevzdal policejnfm n6
celn{kovi Shade-ovi ktery jej wal
do sveho domova q hned zapocal
vysetfovati. Dozv9d9v Sc ze Skel
lovy msli pry miti pffrhstek pocal
Sc Skella ma to vyptavati ale tento
popfral he by Sc byl posud stall OF.
Gem. Kdyz rsak uslysel ze dscko
je ma zivu, patrn9 obmekcil srdce
a primal Sc hanebneho skutku.
NoznA ze Sc cistym tsmto marSe.
ldm dftS vrkti nebot ob& Sc vyslo-
viii Ee So chtSii o nsi starati.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
DOMAC( zPRAvY.


Semeno vojtsskove ma prodej.
Dejte nam objednavky pfedem Ia
Dor Mercantile Co.
Josef Black veil do Yankton
We stfedu Jos. Rezace, j. G.. Bous
ka a AL. Jezewskiho.
Jest u mas cizf tern5 houser.
Mattel at Sc pfihl&si. Martin
Homer.
Zamtslite- Ii stavet male neb
velke, dejte vtpocet j. H. Queal,
usetffme YAM penfze.
Prodal jsem veskere semeno vol
teskove, Mercantile Co., nemam
jiz zadne ma prodej. J. j. Kudr.
ma.
Prime Sc device ma farmu do do
macnosti, jenz Sc vyzna We vafenf
a jine domacf praci. Haste Sc v
dfadovne {. |.
Pc delsfm suchu jsme obdrzeli
vydatnt dest sobotu noel.
DruhS den v nedeli pfisel NAL +
Sturm ale ten spise prosp9l neg us
kodil.
Tabor Mercantile Co., postavf
velkou kolnu vedle sveho obchodu
v rozmerech 30x60 We ktere Dude
mfti automobily. Ma zakladech
Sc jill zapoGalo.
Tfmto Sc dava ma v9domf majet-
nikGm We meste Tabor by vycistili
sve dvory cd zmetf a odpadkh "a
zimu nahromadentch, jak ptikazu
| ie ordinance mestska. Harry
Roose, marsal.
Obchodn{ci jenz hodlajf rozdava
ii SWIM zakaznikhm kalendafe ma
rok 1912, dobfe utinf kdyz 81 pro-
hlednou nasi zasobu vzorkG. Ma
me jich ma 500 rGzntch vzorkG,
domacich i importovanych. indie
pendent.
Okresy Mellette Bennett jenz
lezi zapadne cd Trip okresu bu-
dou patrns otevfeny k zabfranf do
movin tervnu. Indiani jiz sobe
vybrali ty nejlepsi pozemky' avsak
doposud zbtva mnoho dobreho pc
zemku.
j. G. Bouska ma dobrou pfilezi
tost vyhrati REQ automobil kter5
dial do kontestu dennfk Sioux
City. Kontest skonci sobotu
ale must Sc az do te DOLBY slime
pracoyat nebot Sc ami do poslednf
chvile newt kdo jej vyhraje.
V. j. Matuska koupil cd j. A.
Wagnera dunn ktert drive vlastnil
y. P. Toczek We meste. ZanechA
farlnafenf, ponevac mu zdravf mes
louzf q odebefe Sc ma odpocinek
So svoji mankelkou. Pan Matuska
| liz v teto krajine farmafil asi 40
| let.
Pohfbu p. Fir. Cardy jenz Sc 3D.
btyal minulv patek ma zdejsim
kat hfbitove Sc sIcastnil obrov-
skt poeet lidu. Krasnou FED mel
Rev. Bouska v kostele, Re ami jed
no oko nezhstala suche. Bolna
lest vzpomfnka ma drobounek DIT,
ky. ktertm neuprosny osud vyr-
val maticku.
Pravf Sc, Re kdyz Sc mezi kazdS
ksf brambory nasazf kef fazolf,
ze pax zemcata neisod ami dost ma
10 obt9zovana brouky ktere natro-
pi mnoho skody a obtize roche.
Sami o tom nejsme pfesvedceni
tase liz jsme to cetli nAkolikrAte.
|Mnz. Sc to vsak zkusit neboe br-
lzy nastAne doba s6zenf zemtat.
Je Ii tento prostfedek dcinn5 jest
,Seimo ze by So vsimi vyplAcel.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30

Name ma prodej warrantni X
ky pro skolnf distrikty. Ia
obsahuje 100 warrantd. Cens
kus.
The Delta independent., 1911-05-26

Try a sack of Rolled Oats, the
best ever at Crabill's.
1t was appropriate for the band
TO play There Will be Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonigt," in the
Parade Wednesday evening.
Dean d. Clark. of the Colorado
Telephone company, returned Tues
day from a trip to Denver on busi-
ness connected with the company.
Mrs. NJ. A. Shue left Wednesday
for the East on an extended visit.
Her son, J. +. Shue. accompanied
her a small portion of the way.
]. E. Cole and daughter. Mrs.
Thomas. started for Leadville yes
terday. where they were called on
account of the illness of u relative.
Carmen, the two-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. J. Carmich-
ael, received very painful burns
one day last week by backing into
tub of hot water. in which lyc had
been put for cleansing clothes.
While her burns were quite severe,
prompt medical attention has re-
moved the possibility of permanent
,y serious results and the little
sufferer is gradually recovering. The
Carmichaels live on the Healy ranch
near Delta.
The Delta independent., 1911-05-26

Trainmaster Howard Hinton, OF
day.
Keep the Delta county fair in
mind next fall. There will be lots
TO exhibit and plenty of visitors
from everywhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. wm. Marshall re-
turned yesterday from Denver and
Colorado Springs, where they spent
their honeymoon.
The Paul Wilson Realty company
at Hotchkiss has been made sole
agent for the Hamilton oil smudge
pots. for Delta county.
Melody Sampson started on his
return home to San Angelo, Texas.
Tuesday morning, after a visit of
several weeks in Delta.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Girardet
were in town from Cedaredge for a
short visit with Delta friends the
fore part of the week.
Editor Honnold of the Paonia
Booster. passed through here Tues
day on his way home from a short
business visit in Denver.
Miss Katherine Murphy came In
from Montrose Tuesday to take in
the events of the week and incident
ally to visit with friends.
The Delta independent., 1911-05-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

]. c. Gale and G. F. Fogg. con-
tractors and builders, Delta.
The Cooperative Telephone COM
pany are getting out handsome
new county directory which will be
ready to deliver in few days
Delta was bower of colors
Wednesday, because of its being
Elk's day, the day when that
order first gained its lodge in this
city.
NJ. B. Heston is walking with a
a rusty nail and inflicting a pain
full but fortunately not serious
wound.
Rev. VIM. Floyd Highly. of Du-
range. spent Sunday with friends
IN Delta on his way home after at
tending the convocation at Grand
Junction.
Paul Wilson was down from
Eotchkiss Sunday. He stated that
no damage worth mentioning had
been done to the fruit in the Hotch-
kiss district.
Miss Maud Drolsbaugh and Mrs.
J. K. Moore returned from Denver
Sunday where the former underwent
an operation, from which she has
recovered nicely.
Mrs. c. II. Seaton. mother of T.
X. Seaton. left Tuesday evening
for Portland, Oregon, where she
and other relatives.
Friday Miss Leona Lamb went
down to Delta to assist for a few
days in the work of the Colorado
telephone companys office at that
place.-Montrose Press.
Ted Primrose, clerk of the
district court at Grand Junction
and well known in Delta. was
among those who came up to attend
the Elk's blowout Wednesday.
Henry Baldwin. of Green County,
Alabama. arrived Monday of this
week for visit with his brothers
Daniel and Timothy, whom he had
not seen for thirty seven years.
n. II. Castle spent the latter part
OF last and first of this week at
Glenwood Springs. getting relief
from asthmatic trouble. Two hours
in the pool gave him full relief
John Allison. an officer from
Grand Junction. passed through
here Saturday enroute to Somerset.
accompanying the money which
went there to pay OFF the miners.
The children of the public school
are invited to send flowers not
later than . O'Clock on Tuesday to
'he odd Fellows Hall for decorating
the resting places of our soldier
dead.
w. A. Carr left Wednesday morn
ing for the upper Gunnison and is
doubtless today playing with an oc.
casional big rainbow in the pools
and eddies of that splendid trout
stream.
Delta schools will close with an
other week. when some of the
teachers as well as an occasional
pupil will go away on vacations.
Others will remain in Delta and be
content with getting short trips in
to the hills.
The Delta independent., 1911-05-26

Mr.. and Mrs. John Stark and
family OF Mesa, Colorado, We're the
guests of MIR. ana Mrs. j. +. Farm
er few days the latter part OF
last week. They returned home
Sunday.
Close behind an incoming dele
cation of Elks wearing Prince AL
berts and silk hats, Wednesday
drove a wagon load of alfalfa hay
for the goat. Nothing is forgot
ten by the Elias.
R. X. Sutherland. former d. &
r. G. superintendent of this divi-
port. Louisiana. was here the first
of this week looking after his Delta
county interests.
BY reference to an invitation else
where in this paper the public of
Eelta and vicinity will note a well
come TO the opening of the Delta
National bank upon its occupancy
Of its new quarters.
Blooming roses herald the near
approach of June. June brides we
suppose will follow, and that should
be a certain indication that there
will be no more frosts unless they
De matrimonial frosts.
The outlook for small fruits is
said to be good and home grown
strawberries will be along in a few
weeks. In this connection it must
not be overlooked that Delta coun-
~ raises the prize winners.
Dr. Cleland returned from Den
yer Saturday, where he had gone
with Frank Howe the first of the
week who underwent an operation
for appendicitis. He stated that he
left the patient doing nicely.
People have been dying from
East. We may expect steady hot
weather to set in now, but people
here do not die of heat. The air
we breathe is something different.
Walter Singleton has just COM
pleted an examination of the books
OF the city of Delta for the two
years term recently completed by
the retiring council. He reported
them to be in excellent condition.
ne MlQSunmeT NdIHlNdl anu
Race Meet to be held at Delta on
July 4th is attracting widespread
attention. The big posters are out.
Come to Delta on the 4th. An in
teresting time will be here for you.
II is reported that one of the
Mcmillan boys who helped to beat
UP Marshal Truesdale at Hotchkiss
last winter. attempted to rough
house the circus at Paonia Wednes-
day and was pretty badly handled
By invitation from the Pastor.
Geo B. Mcclellan Post and Corps
will attend divine service on Sun
day, May rs at , O'Clock p. IN. at
the Methodist church. DIR. Kirk
lride. of Denver, will deliver the
sermon.
Mrs. l. NJ. Conklin went over to
Clenwood Springs Monday to take
the baths for rheumatism. from
which she has been suffering for
some time. Leslie accompanied her
on the trip. returning "Wednesday.
Mrs. Conklin will remain for some
time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-16

Messrs Dwight Shaw and George
Reid. of st. Charles, were visitors to
the city Tue sday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-16
"MOTHER OF METHODISM."
South CarOlinians Applied This Title
to Mrs. Capers Who Died i'm Balti.
more.

After brief services at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Mary G. Thorn
ason, 2S3S Parkwood avenue, at
o'clock this afternoon, the body Of
Mrs Abathiah II. Capers, SO years
old, who died early yesterday morn
ing, will be taken TO her birth place
in Camden, S. c.. where it will be
buried in the family lot. The services
this afternoon will be conducted by
Rev. DR.. John T. Wightman, who was
at one time Sabbath-school student
under Mrs. Capers in Camden. Serv-
ices at the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, in Camden, will be
conducted by Rev. II. B. Merowne.
Rev. WI c. kirkland and DR.. y.
Weinberg will leave at 5 o'clock this
afternoon with the body for Camden.
Mrs. Capers was the oldest men,
Der of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South in South Carolina. Her
great interest in the church work and
the fact that she was so old an ad-
herent to the faith caused her to be
called the Mother of Methodism in
South Carolina.-Baltimor Sun. Dec.