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The Delta independent., 1912-12-27
ElkS Committee Do Noble
Work Acting Santa Claus

ing ciofhing ard saw the flesh drop
from her limbs.
The attending physician at the time
called for flesh with which to replace
some portions of that lost by little
Susie and her thirteen year-old sis
ter was the only one to come for
ward and make the sacrifice.
Several large pieces of skin were
taken from the elder girl-a sister
who loved the little sufferer dearly
and these were made to grow upon the
injured parts of Susie's body.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27
sscalan.e Schools Have Tree

The upper and lower Escalante
schools had Christmas trees and pre-
scented excellent musical and literary
programs on the evenings of Friday
and Saturday respectively. last week,
which were largely attended by pupils
and patrons in the Escalante district.
Miss Hazel Ault. teacher of the lower
school. states that some forty-five or
fifty people We're in attendance at
the doings at her school last Satur-
day evening and that all enjoyed the
event to the fullest extent. Miss Ault
came home Sunday evening for the
mid-winter vacation. Miss Pearl An
derson of Grand Junction is in charge
OF the other school and she went to
the Mesa county metropolis to visit
her parents.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

On. the eleventh day Of last sSsf
Susie. the little ten year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs Nick Bellucie.
Italians living on a ranch about five
miles southeast of this city on Cali
fornia mesa. sustained serious burns
about the body when her scant cloth
ing caught fier as she was aiding in
the preparation of a meal for the other
members of the family who We're at
work in the field. Medical attention
was summoned at once and every eff
date TO restore the little sufferer TO
former conditions, but it seems that
these efforts have failed, but the fact
did not become generally known until
the Elks committee paid visit to
the Bellucie cabin.
And at this little cabin they found
many things to call for the humanity
of man. The first was little Susie's
condition. The child's form was bent
and shriveled to an alarming extent.
in fact to an almose helpless condi-
ton and there she patiently passed
her long. weary hours in a one-room
shack where seven or eight other
members of the family lived and
where she could not be properly cared
for even II her parents and other chill
dren of the family could devote the
time to her. which they could not or
have not done. The second was the
apparent lack of proper clothing for
winter and the third. absence of
many other things which go to max
ing comfort, peace and good will.
That committee returned TO Delta
and reported. and following the report
was action.
Little Susie was brought to the Del
tn hospital on Sunday where she will
be given every attention. and where,
1t is thought, surgical skill will be
able to restore her to normal condi-
tions. Clothing and supplies in gen.
erous quantities were taken to the
family and 1t is needless to add that
there was much joy at the little coun.
try home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Bellucie
on Christmas day and to continue for
several weeks to come.
At the time of the accident to little
Susie she showed great presence of
mind for one of her years. When
she found her dress ablaze. she first
ran outdoors for help but seeing no
one she returned to the cabin and
crawled between blankets on the bed
with which she tried to smother the
blaze. All this time, however. her
tender form was being burned aud
she suffered pain which cannot be
told. In her pain she crawled from
the blanket and tore away the burn
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27
STATE CORRESPONDENCE
.-..->>>~>>~

Considerable speculation is being in
dulged in over the delay in announc,
ing the count on constitutional amend
ments and initiated and referred laws
The general supposition is that Gov
ernor Shafroth and Governor-elect Am
mons have an understanding whereby
the laws will not be put in force until
after Ammons has been in office long
enough to discharge all employees he
gives the Civil Service commission
complete charge of all state help.
The constitution provides a limit of
thirty days from the time the vote is
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27
Delta Boys Win
At Basketball

the nigh scnoof basKetpaII team OF
for that squad came to Delta last
Saturday and lined up on the local
field against Delta boys in the af-
ternoon. The contest was spirited
throughout and highly pleasing to the
large number of spectators iE atten
dance. The score at the finish was
10 to II In favor OF the home team.
In the evening a reception was Civ
en- the visitors in the assembly room
OF the high school building when a
social time was had and refreshments
served.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27
Weaver-MansfieId Nuptials

VIM. Weaver and Miss Lulu Mans
field. both of Austin. were united in
marriage at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Jens at Clifton. on Tuesday
evening of last week The bride is a
sister of Mrs. Simmons of Austin,
whom she was visiting when the ro-
nance began which terminated in her
wedding with Mr. Weaver.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

In an interview Governor Shafroth
states that while the Democratic party
is pledged to downward revision of
the tariff he will not say what position
he will take on the tariff on Colorado
products. He says, he intends TO In.
vestigate thoroughly both sides of all
questions relating to tariff on Colo
he believes is right. This would in
dicate that he may be for protective
tariff before he gets through.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

AS often predicted in these columns.
the present state administration ran
behind far more than n million dollars.
With the close of the biennial period.
November S0th, all appropriations not
paid, died. So far only the first class,
the second class. and one-half the
third class were paid. This leaves
the other half of the third class. to-
gether with the fourth and fifth class.
es unpaid.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

There is every Indication that o. C.
speaker of the house of representa-
tives. A. p. Ardourel OF Boulder, the
other contestant. admits that skinner
has the lead and that he. Ardourel.
will have to do some tall hustling to
catch up.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

A. w. Carr departed Sunday even
ing for San Diego. California, where
he expects to pass the winter. He
had planned TO leave for the Western
coast a week earlier but was quite i'll
of quincy at the time and compelled
TO defer the trip to the later date.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

About eighty men, with thirty head
OF horses have been at work on the
reservoir OF the Sam Farmer Irriga-
tion company. up the Escalantc, where
the Orman Construction company has
been building one of the principal
reservoirs.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

The high school basket ball team
has leased the old Gayety theatre
the Independent office for their win
ter games and their first contest in
the Main street room will occur on
New Years eve.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

A very great majority OF the little
folks OF the NJ. Il. church and n goodly
number of the big ones. too. assembled
in the large auditorium of the church
on Christmas eve and heartily enjoyed
the music and literary program pre-
pared. A beautifully decorated and
lighted Christmas tree. from which
all received confectionery. fruits, nuts.
etc, was feature OF the occasion.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

Santa Claus was Mt the Christian
church on Christmas eve and made
all the little folks happy by n gener-
ous distribution OF good things to eat
and excellent musical and literary
program, appropriate for the occa-
sion, was presented.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27
} CHRISTMAS AT CHURCHES i,
, . . . . . . . . . . . . . I

The Baptist church holiday exer-
cises were given on Tuesday evening
prised literary and musical program
participated in by children of the sun
day school. and this was followed by
n Christmas party in which about $50
persons participated. Delightful re
freshments were served In the dining
hall of the church at Q o'clock.
The Delta independent., 1912-12-27

Two Christmas trees were given
for the children OF the Catholic church
at the home of Father Bertram on
Tuesday afternoon and there were n
half a hundred little folks present to
get a generous supply OF confectionery.
nuts, fruits. etc.
Douglas Island news., 1912-06-05
The N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed. Information for Everybody.

A wireless station has been installed at Rake.
 Valdez will celebrate the "Glorious Fourth" this year on an elaborate scale.
 E.C. Jameson, news editor of the Ju neau Dispatch, has gone to California.
 While the s. s. Alameda was lying at Seattle dock, someone stole her com pass.
 Two large punches of plum trees re. gently went north to Fairbanks from a Missouri nursery.
 Two silver-gray fox skins, caught last winter in the Kantishna country, sold in London for Sl,0OO.
 Ben McMullin has been appointed by the Indian bureau to be instructor of farming at Kluckwau.
 In the future, Whitehorse people who throw garbage into the river will be severely dealt with. Motor boat racing will be all i'm portant event in the Fourth of July celebration at Wrangell.
 The government 9nay locate hos pital for natives in the buildings at Sitka vacated by the marines. The fy-catchiug mania has struck Valdez and slO prize will be given to the person who catches the most.
 The Yukon Gold company recently shipped large dredge from Dawson to the Iditarod, for use on Flat creek.
 John H. Chase, national organizer of the socialist party, is working in the mining camps of the Tanaua valley. It is announced that Martin Harrais' supporters will start up democratic paper at Fairbanks. It will be daily.
 Charles St. Clair, of Tacoma, who started to walk from Chignik to Nome, is supposed to have perished by the way.
 It is now announced that the last | link of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail, way will be completed by the fall of ! 1913.
 The Arctic Brotherhood of Dawson is going right ahead with it's plans for the big fair to be held on August l4, 15, 16 and IT.
 Michael Doyle, cable operator from Ketchikan, died aboard the City of se- attle, just after leaving Wrangell last Wednesday.
 The Fairhaven hospital at Candle creek has the distinction of being the farthest north of any similar institu' tion in the world.
 The general land office has rejected the Nenana coal claims. Twelve loca' tions made by Fairbanks people have been declared invalid.
Douglas Island news., 1912-06-05

The Kodiak Fisheries company, at the head of which is Captain P. D. Blodgett, has completed the erection of one of the finest salmon packing plants in Alaska at Kodiak. No China men will be employed.
 Principal E. D. Evans, of the Choou- tia Indian school at Carcross, i, install ing a small printing plant with which it is intended to print small school paper, the work to be done by the h. dian children of the school.
 Hermino D. Cardinas, who was tried at Ketchikan last week for the murder of Arbidore Aguilar, on March 9th last, was found guilty of manslaughter. The Miner says that the verdict of the jury meets with the general approval of the town.
 Postmaster Higgins, of Ketchikan, in- forms the Miner that he has received instructions to start postal savings bank at the beginning of the fiscal year July 1st. He has not as yet been in- formed as to whether additional help will be furnished to take care of this increase of business.
 Much surprise was expressed at Skagway recently wheu U. s. Commis- sioner Conway ran out into the street and began hurling rocks at some inof- fensive hens. Several men interceded in behalf of the hens but withdrew when Conway asserted that the hens in- sisted on following him down town. Fix.
 Two weeks ago the entire country be- tween Selkirk and Stewart river was on fire and at one point, near Selwyn, Lineman Morrison, who was out onithe line fighting fire, was forced to take to the river to avoid being burned after being entirely hemned in by fire Early this week fire broke out between Lower Lebarge and Hootalinqua and did con- siderable damage to the telegraph line.
 w. B. Close, president of w. E. Close & Co.,, one of the largest financial houses in London, England, which has millions of dollars invested in Alaska, will be in Seattle next July with party of men representing the largest finan- cial circles in England, and will pro- ceed from there to Alaska in the pro- motion of several of the largest enter prises ever planned,in the development of Alaska.
 The interstate commerce commission has issued circular calling attention to the recent decision of the supreme court in the Humboldt Steamship Go. case, and calls upon the Alaska rail- road companies to file with it their tariffs by August and record of their annual receipts and expenses for each fiscal year. They will also be sub- ject to the safety appliance and hours or service regulations.
 Word comes from Atlin that all the men employed by the North Colum bia Gold Mining company, of which J. M. Ruffner is the manager, are on a strike for higher wages which, according to the present scale for the first two months of the season, is but twenty five cents per hour and board. Men claim they went to Atlin in answer to advertisements in outside papers that the wages were from $4 to S5.5o per day.
Douglas Island news., 1912-06-05

The steamer St. Michael left Dawson on May 26 with the boundary survey party consisting of fifty men and l50 horses for the head of Porcupine river They will complete the survey this season to the Arctic coast.
 rbanks.-Following the recent forest fires which did considerable damage to timber and endangered min- ing property on a large mum Der of creeks, the miners of Skoogy gulch have threatened to lynch any one caught setting more fires. They have hung dummy" on tree as a warn- ing.
 A visit to the Ketchikan cannery is we'll worth the walk out to that insti- tuition, says the Miner. Night and day the machinery is humming along mak- ing the 7,0O0,OOC cans necessary to hold the pack of fish. The old method of making the cans by hand is replaced by machine that is almost human in it's action, which takes the sheets of tin cut to the right size for can, and shapes and soldiers the body of the can turning them out all ready for the ma- chine which puts the bottoms on. The cans are then taken by a belt which sends them flying upstairs as though they had wings. They are then taken and stacked by hand, the only hand work in the process. It is ea-y to talk millions of anything, but just how many million actually is doesn't oc- cur to man until he has seen a million cans stacked up eight or ten feet high, fifty or sixty feet long and tier after tier wide
 In an address delivered some two weeks ago before the Canadian Club, of Prince Rupert, pr. Alfred Thompson said that in 1867 two great events oc. curred-one was the confederation of Canada and the other the purchase by the United States of Alaska from Rus- sia for seven and quarter millions. At the St. Louis Worlds Fair there was shown one monument of solid gold representing the amount of the pur- chase money and another monument of gold of twenty-one millions, all taken from about mile of that territory, the Treadwell mine, and yet Alaska had generally been referred to in derision as Stewards ice box. He would not mind buying for Canada but small strip of it for that price. The strip he referred to was from Portland canal to the northern boundary of British Co., lumbia, so that the northern part of this province and also the Yukon Ter ritory he was proud to represent could be reached from the seaboard without having to cross this 20.mile strip of United States soil. At the next session of parliament he should bring such a resolution forward. He did not know whether the United States would ac. cept fair price for this strip or not. Perhaps they would refuse to accept any price. But there was another way. The United States held sugar growing islands in the Caribbean seas that were a great source of profit. Great Britain held several in the West Indies that were not so profitable, and his idea was that one of these islands might be offered to the United States in ex- change for this narrow strip from the head of Lynn canal to the boundary line of British Columbia
Douglas Island news., 1912-06-05

The steamship Al Xxi, of the North. land Steamship company, has cut the passenger rate from Southeastern Alaska to Puget sound.
 The Hudson Bay company's stern wheel steamer Port Simpson is now making regular trips up the Stikine river to Telegraph creek.
 Edw. P. Connor is thought to be somewhere in Alaska. His father, John Connor, 1O34 Mariposa street, Denver, Colo, is looking for him.
 Alaska exchanges contain many thriiIng accounts of the people of the Nor,hisnd who escaped death because they we're not on the Titanic.
 No less than 100000 Mennonites, a Quaker sect resident in the German provinces of Russia, contemplate emi grating to British Colum bia,
 Harry Fritz, a member of the gov ernment survey party, was drowned and two others narrowly escaped death when a boat they were in capsized near Cordova.
 The independent republicans, in con- vention at Valdez last Wednesday , nominated James Wickersham for dele gate and elected six delegates to the Chicago convention.
 Accomplishing what no man has ever been able to, Miss Dora Keen, the noted woman mountain climber sue. ceeded in reaching the top of Mount Blackburn on May l9.
 The political campaign in Alaska has already reached an exciting stage at Fairbanks, where the mud singers started the story that Candidate Wm. Gilmore is an ex-convict.
 Townsite Trustee Ray, of Fairbanks, is representing Judge Wickersham at the cleanups of the rich Daly bench on Eva creek. The delegate is the princi- pal owner of the property,
 Peter Lind, port captain of the North ern Navigation Go. at St. Michael, was drowned May p by the capsizing of a small pleasure boat. Lind was formerly employed on the Humboldt.
 4 Seattle paper predicts that the U. S. revenue cutter Rush will never come North again She has been in active service for the past twenty-seven years and has outlived her usefulness.
 The roadstead to Nome was clear of ice on May 4th and the people were waiting for the first boat The first of the big liners, the Senator, sailed from Seattle for that port on June 1st.
 The provision affecting temporary reduction of Alaska cable tolls has been stricken out of the army appropri- ation bill, and there is no chance of it's being restored at the present session of congress.
 Miss MiIly Ableschloger and John s. johnstone were hitched for life by Captain Johnson, on board the City of Seattle on May 18th. The bride halls from Oregon and the groom is resi- dent of Wrangell.
 The Fairbanks Citizen, which claims to have the largest circulation of any newspaper in the territory, has an nounced that it will support Kazis Krauczunas, of Ketchikan, the socialist candidate for delegate.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-05
Cronicas Juridicas
UNAS MODESTAS ACOTACIONES

OfrecimOs Ell nuestra Ultima cronica
hacer algunaS modestas acotaciones al
margen de esta noble honrada insi-
nuaclon, hecha por el Hon. Tribunal
Supreme, a nuestros Legislatures, en- la
opinion dictada por el .Juez Sr Audrey
Nos tOca solamente apIicar la ley
tai cual es, y 81 su eXtricta aplicaci6n
descubre algO que la ley no ha previsto,
Servira clio de saludable aviso IA los
legislatures
Y no habiendo previsto la ley, nues-
ira ley actual, la responsabiidad de
un dueno de autom6vil o vehiculo por
los actos Gle culpa negligencia de su
empleado como chauffeur, tdebe sub
sistir esta situaci6n estado, contra TO-
do principle de moral y de justicia
Debemos dejar abandonado a la I'M
provision de una ley, (no la impre-
vision habida en- el mOmento de votar
Iel precepto y con el precepto el C6di-
90, sino la imprevlsi0n actual, por-
que esta ley precepto ha podido ser
enmcndada, antes de ahora. en- pasadas
SoSi0nos lcgislatiyas) el dorccho 0 ac-
ci0n que concedido por la Moral Ell
Derccho Natural Y sancionad0 p0r los
lombres, por los usos y por la Leg de
diohoc paiCoC +.ano q o;oroor "a ,.,,, -,
fri0 el dano perjuicio ocasionado por
la culpa ncgligencia. mala fe 0 des-
Guido, del chauffeur de un dueno de
autom6vil 0 tranvia L0gico que afr
memoS que no. Y que afrmamos.
tamblfn, que, una ley imponiendo esta
responsabiIidad, 4lna enmienda adj
ci6n los preceptos del C6digo VICENTE,
debe ser yotada por la Asamblea LIE
gislativa.
El dano, va sabemos todos que es e1
detrlmento, perjuicio 0 menoscabo que
Sc recibe por culpa de otro en- la ha-
clenda EN- la persona Qey /, tit. Is,
Part. y. Y que, en- general. todo dano
pnede causarse por dolo malicia, por
culpa o p6f negligencia. (Escriche) J Y
que danos<y perjuicios, danos me-
noscabo (como los llama las Leyes de
las Partidas) son la p6rdida que Sc su-
FIRE y la ganancia que Sc deja de hacer
lpor culpa de otra damnum emergens,
ct lucrum cesSums De modo que: ell
que hace un NAL no solo debe resarcir
| ell dano" que directamente ha causa-
do, sin6 el perjnicio que fuere conse-
cuencia Immediate de su acci0n.
Las disposiciones legales sobre resar-
cimiento, va conocemos como se pier
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-05

den en- los vastOs dOmlnioS de la ulSto-
ria va hemos estudiado como los ro-
manos regulaban ell resarcimiento del
los dan0s. en- Virtud Gle la culpa Gle otro,
por aquellos preceptos que Aqulllo Ca
10, orador de las muchedumbres, hizo
ley. Tres sencilIos capituloS que orde
naban la indemnizaci0n al que mataba
a qn escavo o un cuadrupedo; al
que hiricse a lln escavo ajenO a un
cuadripedO. causase dano inJusta-
mente a1n las cosaS inanimadas. Dis
posiciones que fueron adoptadas por las
leyes eSpanolas. en- tOdo Ell tit. ID de la
Partida 7. que contiene % leyes regu-
lando eSta matera. Ninieron nuevas
reformas en- los C0digos, Sc derogaron
0 enmendarOn o Sc hicierOn deSapare-
Ger. en- cuanto determinados aspectos,
esas dispOSiciones pero el espirltu que
las encarn6, el ideal de bien y de .Justi-
ella que las cristaliz0 mantUvose, a ira
YES de las legislaciones, malterablemen-
te. en- todos los C6digos, hasta nuestros
dias. EN- que esa culpabildad, respcn-
sablidad cre6 uevaS escuelas por los
nuevOS caractereS de resp0nsabIlldad
absolute no absolute que le dieron
estudios posterioreS hechos por atlas
mentalidades juridicas, en- los 1ltimos
sigos
Tai espiritu ideal es uno. nnega-
Bile todo hOmbre debe responder no so
10 del dano causado por hecho propio 0
por su negligencia impericia sino
tambi6n del causado hecho por las per
sonas que tiene a su cargo y de las co
Sas que estan en- su pOdeI, slempre que
de su parte hubicse culpN. Tai doctri-
ma es en- la que, naturalmellte, nos basa-
mos para hacer estas acota clones.
Y la Camara, que es la lIanada re-
coger esta insinuaci6n del Supreme, no
debe olvidar qln proyeeto de ley que, a
tai fin, preSento mucho antes de resol-
N'iH1 'Hld tutSlIbil pOl u IIlDulLuA w
premo. eI eX-delegado senior Benitez
Castano Y habla, asi mismo. ira tadO
este punto en- una opinion brilliant ISL
ma, ell l3 de Febrero de 1912. el Jue'z
Sr Cordoya Dayila, con su claro talen-
to y su serene espiritu de m,agistrado
No debe dejarse, pues, al lible albedrio
de la imprudencia, de la i'm pericia, de
la culpa, de la mala fe o de a negligen-
cia de un chauffeur la vida 'de los tran
seuntes. Nj debese tampoC'o dejar a la
negligencia, la culpa del dueno de
un automovil, EN- la ele cci6n de su
chauffeur Ell la inspect on de sn au-
tom6vil la vida de aqu. llos mismos
transeuntes.
Una ley especial, como | o que determi-
ma y establece la respons Abilidad de los