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The Delta independent., 1911-05-12

Napier-IO amend law relating
to monies received by state from
congress.
Hilts-To terminate interest on
certificates of Indebtedness issued
in 1889, 1903 and 1904.
Carpenter-To amend act con-
cerning irrigation division engi-
neers.
Carpenter-To amend acts con-
corning water rights.
Cary-Regarding the state land
board.
Cary-Giving land board power
to provide irrigation for state lands
House Bills Passed.
Allen-Concerning soldiers and
sailors home.
Ginger-Giving preference to
soldiers and sailors on public work.
Notwithstanding sections 1882
and 1886.
Misunderstanding for registra-
ton of names of ranches
notwithstanding Office of ply
sician and surgeon at reformatory.
Williams Amending corporation
act for town of Black Hawk.
Ashton-Providing for appoint
ment of bai'iffs in county courts
Teller and Casaday-Providin
for formation of pest inspection dis
trict.
Durfee-Providing for payment
of expense of penitentiary.
Leftwich-Relating to bonds of
clerk of district courts.
of phrase head of family"
Slattery-For maintenance of cap
itol.
McIntyre-Regulat power of
municipal corporations relative to
removal of weeds, rubbish, etc.
Durfee- Establish teachers sum-
ner normal school districts.
Mann-Establ.shin Good Road
Day.
Skinner-Amending statutes re-
lating to teachers examinations
ullenbeck-Providing payment
expences of state reformatory.
Roberts ts-Providing for invest
ment of school funds.
Directing state treasurer
to repay internal improvement fund
amount due from capitol fund
Hurd-Relating to inspection of
coal mines.
Durfee-A constitutional amend
ment concerning county Indebted
ness.
awifeld-Making appropriation
for state fair.
Skinner-Creating permanent tax
Holienbeck- for state
reservoir on Cottonwood Creek in
Chaffee county.
Mann-To encourage destruc-
ton of wild animals.
Hatsy-Defining the powers and
duties of local health officers.
Dulin-To provide for individua
drinking cups.
McCarty-Providing for distribu-
ton of money collected by commits
sioner of insurance.
, EllisOn-Providing for agricultur-
al display at international dry farm
ing congress.
Hasty-Authorizing appointment
of legislative committee to investi-
gate question of Interference by
federal government with right of
state to control waters within it's
borders.
Weaver-Fixing salary of state
oil inspector and deputies.
McLachlan-Cre ating state board
Of fire commissioner, and office of
state fire marshal.
Ellison-Repealing section 1417,
revised statutes.
Ellison-Providing code of pro-
cedure for civil action in courts of
record.
Newton-Taking over Grand
Junction Indian school.
Allen-Moffat tunnel bill.
Kerwin-An act concerning the
school elections.
Durfee-Concerning water right1
On Canon City prison reservation
Leftwich-Factory inspection act.
ery-Appropriation for work
shop for blind.
Slattery-Long appropriation bill.
EnpIand has inst suDDlied another
The Delta independent., 1911-05-12

withdrawal of lands for recla-
maticn purposes, under the provi-
sions of the Reclamation Act prior
10 allowance of an entry, and the
government intending to use the
same for such purposes, has the
q, fleet of removing such lands from
the class of lands subject to entry
dnder the Homestead Act, and there
fore cannot properly be restored
20 entry.
The Delta independent., 1911-05-12
Maintain Information
Bureaus In Eastern

III we can get the visitors to
we have. we can keep them in Colo
radO month, three months. or bet
ter. forever. instead of week"
declared President Paget. He also
stated that 1t was generally believed
that Denver hotel men endeavored
to keep tourists in Denver. This is
rot true. Denver hotel men maintair
Information Bureaus showing the
resources and beauties of the state,
and try to send tourists through the
state for the longer they remain in
Colorado the more benefit the Den
yer hotel men receive.
We want to establish this bureau
In Denver in order to get the
tourists and send them through the
state. This is not a Denver move
ment. but a Colorado movement,
and In order to make this Bureau
a success we must have the litera-
ture and financial support of every
county. 1t is believed that the
work Will so develop eventually
that Bureaus will be maintained In
Chicago. Los Angeles and other
cities.
The convention passed resolu-
tion that Bureau of Information
concerning the places of interest and
resources of the state be establish
cd In Denver. for tourists, home
seekers and investors. and operated
by the Rocky Mountain Hotel Mems
Association
The outline of the plan to bring
settlers to the state as set on foot
by the officers of the Association,
now In power. at once appealed to
The common sense OF the commercial
men. and the success of getting
commercial organizations to back Il
movement specifically designed to
help hotel interests. Is due to them.
The Delta independent., 1911-05-12

England has just supplied anoth ei
forcible argument in favor of the
settlement of international disputes
by arbitration. Two weeks ago she
launched the fifth of a series of
dreadnaught battleships, that have
a displacement Of 22,5OO tons and
a turbine engine force of 27.OOO
horsepower intended to develop a
speed of FL knots, or almost 30
miles an hour. 1t is 534 feet long
and carries ten thirteen and one
half inch guns and a tremendous
battery of 4-inch guns. These guns
in the test trial were fred from a
range-fnding and sighting platform
100 feet above the deck, by touch
ing an electric button, the target
being at disance not visible from
the deck. The work of the gun crew
on deck Is limited to removing the
exploded charge, sponging out the
gun and reloading. The trial tests
are said to have shown marvellous
accuracy four shots fired stimuli
taneously. striking within $50 feet
of the target. a circular pole in
visible from the deck of the ship.
Thirty-six shots weighing Is tons
were fred in three and a half min
utes at a range of from 1000 tn
5000 yards. or about miles dis
tant. As the destructive capacity
of war instruments Is multiplied the
argument for arbitration becomes
more powerful, almost irresistible.
Journal.
The Delta independent., 1911-05-12

Where an application to file
under the timber and stone act is
pending in good faith at the time
of the issue of an order Withdrawing
said land for forest purposes, such
pending entry is a lawful filing ex-
listing at the date of withdrawal and
excepted from the force and effect
thereof. Such entry will stand un-
less otherwise Objectionable. Citing
M. Edith Curtis (33 L. D., 265);
Joseph w. White Qbid, 1850 and
Hattie E. Bradley GA l.. D., 19D.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
Free Turkey in the ColOred Social
Settlement for Children.

The poor children i'm the ue1ghbor-
hood of the Colored Social Settlement
on L street were made happy by a
Tree dinner on Thanksgiving Day pro-
vided by a fund raised by Mrs. Bette
q. Francis, president OF the ColOred
Young Women's Christian AssocIa-
ton. Hon. Cyras +. Adams, Assistant
Register Of the Treasury sent Mrs.
Francis FIVE dollars as a starter for
the fund and several other friends
quickly contributed a sufficient sum to
provide a generous Thanksgiving din
ner for more than fifty children.
Howard University has entered the
growing list of helpers in the work
at the Social Settlement by forming
q club at the University under the
leadership of Mrs. COralie F. Cook,
wife of Prof. Geo. VIM. Cook, the
Secretary of the University, which
club has obligated itself to supply the
funds needed to support the cooking
classes at the Settlement, and to
widen the scope of the work done by
this class. There Is growing de
mand in Washington for well trained
domesticS among young COlOred wO-
men, and the club formed by Mrs.
Cook at Howard University will un-
dertake to sustain the Social Settle
ment Workers in their efforts to give
efficient training to the young colored
women who come under the care OF
the Settlement SO that d lucrative
field of employment will always be
open to those who desire to take this
training. This Is most distinctly a step
in the right direction, and one that
cannot but be OF great benefit to the
community at large if carried out on
the practical and efficient plan al
ready adopted
The field of domestic service offers
onnortunities for usefulness and pro
fit to the earnest. industrious and cap
able colored young woman who has
not had the opportunity for prepara-
ton for other employment, and It
should be constantly borne in mind
that the dignity Of labor is maintained
only by the efficiency and character Of
fhe labOrer
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
How He Won a Membership.

Everyone knows how very difficult
It Is for an applicant TO be admitted TO
the French Society OF Arts Mem
bership being SO desirable long lines
of names are ever on the waiting
list There happened at one time TO
be a well-bnown man who was most
worthy of membership and who stood
so hioh that he was honOred with an
invitation to dine with the august
body of men. In order TO convey to
him IN the most delicate manner pos
sible the society's inability to receive
him as a member, their ranks being
fuH. they had placed before the guest
a glass of water filed to the point OF
orcrhowing so that even one addition
Al drop would cause the contents to
spill
The guest seeing, understood, and
I'm silence looked intently at the sym
boI. but only for a moment Then his
face Frightened and, taking up rose
petal from the table. he very carefully
rested it on top of the water and
looking mp with a smile, was greeted
with enthusiastic applause.
Needless to say a way was opened
and the guest became member.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
MASONIC NOTES.

The NJ. w. Grand Lodge of \. +.
ana a. AIasonS for the District OF Co
lumbia. laid the corner stone OF the
Cedar Heights Chapel Thursday, Nov.
90 at 3 p. NJ. The craft was out in
full force. accompanied by band OF
music. Ex-senator Martin Dodge, OF
Ohio. made several addresses, COmpll-
mcuting tine race and the Order of
NIasOns. Among the prominent
brethren present were Grand Mas
ter II. c. Scott, 33; H. and Rev. Peter
Lucas. es: y. G.. NJ. d. F. Seville
33; I'll. Brothers, Daniel Williams, 50;
Il. Oglesby, s5, and many others
Aftcr the ceremonies the craft re
formed to march to the cars and re-
turned to the city
The following article, which is of
interest To- Nasons everywhere, Is
taken from the indianapolis Plain
dealer, Indianapolis, Ind:
The Colored Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite Ajasons of the SD and
33d degrees and mobiles of the Nys-
tic Shrine i'm the United States Of
America. are now getting and coming
together I'm one grand body I'm the
past week in Chicago. ILL., there has
been several of the prominent col
ored Scottish Rite Nas0ns and No
h1eS of the Mystic Shrine from Mis-
souri,. Philadelphia, Pa. Maryland,
and some other places who have been
here I'm Chicago. ILL.,. To consult. plan
and arrange with IllustriouS John q
Jones. 37d. who is the Sovereign
Grand Commander OF the United
Supreme Council Of the Scottish Rite
AIasOns of the United States and
Canada, and Is also the Imperial Po-
tentate of the Imperial Council of
the Mystic Shrine of North and
South America.
1t has been determined and agreed
anon that in the near future, they viii
all be united I'm one Supreme Council
Of Scottish Rite Masons. and one I'm
oerial Council of Shriners and take
ont charters and affiliate and reCOg-
nize the United Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite AIas0nS Of the United
States. which the Illustrious John G.
Tones. 3s. IS the Sovereign Grand
Commander and Illustrious J. c.
White. 33. of Boston, Mass. IS the
Grand Secretary General, and they
will also take out charters from the
Tmperiar Grand Council of Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine of North and
South America, of which Noble John
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
II. B. TERRETT,
His Concern Over Mr.. Cleveland.

One time when Grover Cleveland
went hunting in the Adirondack for
est he took with him Chic1 Bruce as
a guide. It was between his first and
second administrations One after
noon Bruce left the then ex-President
and the to-be-President sitting on
log Of the wilderness while he staIked
some game When he returned he
found Mr. Cleveland munching a
sandwich, with his guustock on the
ground. and the muzzle Of the gun
resting Under his left arm. IF the
gun had gone off it would have blown
the heart out Of Mr.. Cleveland.
Don't movew shouted Bruce; "do
not move until 7 come to your side"
Cleveland imagined all sorts Of
things. as Brucce came toward him
on "lope," siezed his gun, threw it
away and angrily shouted:
Lord sakes, mani S'pose that gun
had gone off and killed you. what
would "a become of me? Great Scott!
don't you know that Pm a Republican.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
THE HOPE OF THE RACE.

The many hundred friends of Dr.
James Z. Shepard, of North Carolina,
residing in this city, are preparing
to give him a royal reception and
ovation on the occasion of his first
appearance in this city before the
Bethel Literary and Historical So
ciety. The subject of the address of
this distinguished educator is "Relig
ious Education the Hope of the Race.
DIR. Shepard will endeavOr to show by
argument that the hope of the race Is
in religious education There IS not
a more brilliant orator in this country
than Dr. Shepard He Is the master
of the English LANGUAGE, and Convinc-
ing speaker Next weeks issue of
The Bee will give the date Of his ap-
pearance here and the person who
VIII Introduce him to the people. The
committee on reception viii be an
nounced in the next issue OF The Bee.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
The Sole Manager.

is Mr.. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known
citizen of Washington, who IS known
to the president Of the United States,
to the cabinet officers and other pub
lie men Of character and influence.
lie needs no INTRODUCTION to the peO-
pie. because he Is prominently con
neCted with some OF the best, strong
est. and leading organizations in the
city. For honesty and integrity and
influence among his people no better
man could have been selected for tie
position of manager. The country is
asked to keep its eyes on The Bee for
advertisement and full particulars, OF
The opening of this new up-to-date
hotel and for other particulars ad-
dress Nathaniel Ruffin, manager, the
Lexington Hotel, 2Ist and L street,
n. w, Washington, D. c.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
When Carnegie Was Asked to Pray

Andrew Carnegie is a good talker
today. but was not always fluent of
speech. Liberal always with religious
efforts he was also devout, but un-
ostentatious. He attended weekday
prayer meetings at the Pittsburg Y
NJ. c. A, and was startled one day
when the leader OF the meeting said:
Brother Carnegie will now lead us
i'm prayer.
Mr.. Carnegie was the only man
there who knew that it was absolutely
impossible. However, he rose and
said:
First Of all, let us engage in silent
prayer for a few moments
With closed eyes and bowed heads
the little gathering engaged in silent
prayer. But the few moments be
came so long-contnued and the 81
lence so oppressive that the leader
finally looked up to see why the 81
lcuoe was so prolonged, and what Mr.
Carnegie was doing. To his astonish-
ment, Mr. Carnegie was not there;
he had tiptoed out Of the room.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
A Long Felt Want Fulfilled.

Nathaniel Rufin. a we'll known cit
izen is sole manager.
Ever since the foundation Of this
government the colored citizens of
this city have been in need of first
class hotel where families and guests
from other cities may go with i'm
punity and with reservation. Thou
sands Of the best and well known
colored people have visited this city
and do visit it now, but they have no
place of dignity to go with their fam
lies and feel at home. DR.. Booker
T Washington, about 4 year ago
made a special plea to the Negro
Business League of this city to see
to it that a hotel be erected, for the
accommodation of the colored people;
that when he, Dr. Washington, comes
to the city he is compelled to go to
some private home.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
Army Cooks Need Not Be Soldiers
Any More.

N order has been ISSUED by t1c
War Department making the business
of being a cook in the American army
more attractive. In the past this has
not been regarded as the most desir-
able job, because the regulations re
quired an individual to be both cook
and a soldier Now the soldier part OF
the work Is cut out
No longer will the company cooks
have to take off their aprons and caps
at certain intervals, put on uniforms
and 60 out and learn to shoot
MAJOR General Carter, acting chief
of staff, said today the hope was en-
tertained that in the future army
cooks would find their jobs too good
TO leave.
Washington Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
wbere Taft Could Be Found.

When President Taft was on his
campaigning tour in the West, before
he had been elected President, he
stopped at the home of an old friend
It was a small house, not we'll built,
and as he walked about in his room
the unsubstantial little house fairly
shook with his tread When he got
into bed that receptacle, unused to so
much weight, gave way, preCipitating
TAFT to the floor
His friend hurried TO his door.
What's the matter, Bill2'
"Oh, I'm all right, I guess, TAFT
called out to his friend good-natured-
iy; but say, Joe, if you don't md
me here in the morning look in the
cellar"
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
The Lexington VIII be Conducted on
the Basis of ANY Up To Date
First Class Hotel.

The banquet hall which IS so much
needed in this city for the accom-
mediation OF first class visitors and
patrons will be one Of the features
OF this hotel The automobile will
run to and from the Union Station to
the hotel for the accommodation of the
guests. This has been just what the
city has needed for a long time tor
the COlOred Americans, who visit
here. Whenever a person intends to
visit the city, a card to the manager
of the hotel will be promptly re-
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16

Sureely, our school population is
not less now than It was year ago.
And so this loss of nearly 500 pupils
to our elementary schools IS a ser
ious thing.
You, as building principals, and
through you, your teachers are spe-
cihcally requested to compare the en-
rollment in your own building this
year by grades and for the kindergar-
ten with the enrolment there last
year, using the month OF November
as the basis Of comparison.
II there was any decrease in your
enrolment. please investigate all the
conditions carefully with the aid Of
your teachers to discover the causes
of the decrease Then. report the re
suits of your investigation in detail
to the Supervising Principal Also,
please submit with this report any
practical suggestions that may occur
to you or your teachers for getting
the children into school now and for
keeping them there
Very sincerely yours.
ROSCOE c. BRUCE.
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Schools.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
What Happened to His Name.

My name was not always Champ
Clark saws the Democratic leader OF
the House of Representatives
Il was christened James Beau
champ Clark. When | reached ma
jority l found that there were thou
sands OF men named James B. Clark
| didn't like the name so | wrote it
J. Beauchamp Clark. Then the fell
lows began to call me Beau, so | just
amputated the James and the Beau,
which left me the name by which l
have long been known, Champ CLARK"
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
The Buffet Cannot be Surpassed.

The dining-room which Will be large
and commodious with a seating ca
pacIty for one hundred and fifty
guests.
I,fg barber shop will be managed
by a first class tonsorial artist with
every modern convenience. Tie bill
lard parlor, office. lobby and waiting
room will be unsurpassed. The wait
ing parlor will be on the first floor,
handsomely furnished
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16

sponded to, and the guest or guests
be driven Immediately to the hotel in
the hotels automobile which will
meet any train that comes into the
Union Station or Steamboat wharf
The erection of this hotel in the
city OF magnificent distances will be
an honor as we'll as d benefit to the
cOIOred people. Almost any city in the
South has a first class hotel and the
people in Washington have deter
mined not to be behind in meeting the
demands OF strangers and visitors.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
Decrease in Attendance.

For the colOred schools of the Dis
trict OF Columbia the official records
in the Secretary's office at the Frank
lin School show that there was de-
crease of nearly 500 pupils for Octo-
Der, 1911, as compared with October,
1910 The exact figures are:
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
The LEXINGTON HOTEL
A Great Colored Hotel at Last

The colored Americans are to have
an up-to-date tirst-class hotel with
every modern convenience with bui-
fet, barbershop, kitchen, billiard par
lors, Office, lobby and waiting room.
automobile to convey guests TO and
from the Union Station, etc
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16

G. tones, of Chicago, Ill, is the I'm
Drrial Potentate, and DR. B. II. Still
yard, 80, of Wheeling, w. Va, IS the
Imperial Grand Recorder. This vii!
soon end all the strife and conten-
rion among the colored Scottish Rite
Nasons and Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine in the United States OF Amer
ica and Canada
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
THE LEXINGTON HOTEL.

The Front Entrance Will be on L St.
The entrance to the Rathskeller will
be on L street or main entrance lead
ing to the basement.
The Rathskeller will be fitted up
equal to any III the United States.
the / street entrance
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
The Lexington Hotel.

has been erected at the southwest
corner OF twenty-first and L streets,
northwest. 1t is a beautiful three
story edifice to contain every modern
convenience and accommodation for
guests.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
There VIII be Thirty-Eight Large
Airy Bed Rooms and Nine Baths.

There will be at least two private
bath rooms connected with the suite
of rooms on the second and third
floors.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16
Capital Stock.

The company Is incorporated with
a capital stock of fifty thousand dol
lars, Of this amount the company has
decided to sell fifteen thousand dol
lars OF it. A greater opportunity has
never been offered the people OF this
city, who are enterprising and wish a
good investment
The Washington bee., 1911-12-16

LandAS overs
co Haeh
m has been @ a n al d rs in 70 b bt
own ne ~ uIi m ~ al insurance ~ in
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30

counties of New London, Holland, Windham and Middlesex will be thrown into one district That portion of New Haven Coun- ty retained for a district would have Oxford, Naugatuck, Prospect, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia, Derby, Orange, Milford, New Haven, Wood bridge, Bethany, Hamden, East Ha- ven, North Haven, Branford North Branford Guilford, Madison and Wal lingford.
 These places in the 1910 election gave Tilson for Congressman-at-Lar 15,- 22S and Reilly, Democrat, for district Congressman 16,50
 The new Fairfield district under this plan would include Bridgeport, Green wich. Stamford, Darien. New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport. Wilton, Ridge field. Danbury, Bedding. Weston. Eas- ton, Fairfield Trumbull. Stratford. Monroe and Huntington. These places in the election last fall gave Hill Repo for Congress 16S63, and Will son Oem) 14,939.
 Under Senator Platt's plan as based upon the vote cast in the last eIec- tion, all five districts would be Re- publican.
 Should MeHden be placed in the new Litchfield district with Water bury the effect would be to eliminate Congressman Reilly as a possible op- ponent of Congressman Tilson in the New Haven district. Under Senator Platts plan also most of Hartford County would be in one district and this would eliminate Congressman E. Stevens Henry who lives in Holland County.