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The Springdale news., 1912-10-18
IF NOBODY WINS.

The federal constitution provides that candidate for president must have majority of the electoral votes At the present time thai means that unless one of the can sixty-seyen votes there will be nc election
 In such event We shall have an interesting state Of affairs in this country, with the possibility of an other presidential election next year It is reasonably certain that con gress would fail 10 elect presi- dent, and Il is not certain that the senate could elect a vice presi- dent
 In the event there is no eandi- date receiving a majority of the electoral votes, the house of rep resentatives proceed to ballot for president. Each state has one vote, and the members of congress from the various states decide how the states vote is to be cast Sc those states a majority of whose congressman are republican, would vote for the republican nominee and those states having majority of democrats in the house of represen- atiYes would vote for the democrat ic nominee The house Of repre- sentatves must elect one of the candidates having the largest num- Der of votes in the electoral col lege.
 There are exactly twenty-five states in the union majority Of whose membership in the house Of representatives is democratic, ans exactly twenty-tWo a majority Of whose congressman are republicans. So the vote of these forty-four states would be tie
 Then, there are four states whose membership is evenly divided Maine, Nebraska. New Mexico and Rhode Island None of those states would likely cast vote. and even if they did the successful presiden- tial candidate would have to secure the votes of three of the states whose votes are tie in order to have majority.
 If there has been no e'eeton in the electoral college for vice president. the Senate proceeds to elect such officer. each senator hav- ing one vote. But the senate can vote for only ole Of the two can didates having the highest number votes.
 There is a majority Of six repub= lieans i'll the senate, counting the insurgents But the insurgents have not been voting with the republf- cans. and is not likely they would vote for Sherman, in the event the choice lay between him and Marsh all Of Indiana. Neither is t like ly they would vote for Marshall So the chances are there could be no election of vice president in the senate
 Elihu Root, who is now secretary Of state, would therefore have to act as president until a president were properly chosen. if there were no election of president or vice president before March i, 1913. Up- on that date a new congress comes into power, but it could not pro eeed to the election of q president or vice presidept All 1t could do would be to call an election to fill the offices.
 This election would unquestion- ably be at the following November =19l3-and We would have 70 go through next year exactly what We are now going through with. But that is, in the opinion of many. borrowing trouble, for there are those who believe that the result this fall will be the most decisive that has ever been. .-Ft. Smith Southwest American
The Springdale news., 1912-10-18

A Fayetteville merchant hifs ,he bulls eye when Ee tells prospective customers tU bring iu their mall order house catalogue and he Will duplicate any prices made
The Springdale news., 1912-10-18

Walking is delightful exercise when It Is not compulsory
The Springdale news., 1912-10-18

If it happened it's in The News '
The Springdale news., 1912-10-18

The News receives appeals almost every week from the National Dem ocratic Committee asking for funds with which to pay the legitimate expenses Of the campaign. We have called attention to this mat ter before, offering to forward any subscriptions received to headquar- ters, but there have been no re- sponses It would seem that there are many Democrats in this section able to contribute to the success Of the cause. and If any thing is done il must be done at once.
 We suppose ii IS as much in or der for newspaper publisher to @brag on his paper as II is for a merchant to extoll the good qual- ities of his wares The News last week contained items from twenty six correspondents. in addition 10 other news from adjoining counties the regular home news and other important happenings and a liberal instaIlment of our splendid serial story. The one issue of last week contained more home news than is printed by any other newspaper in this section within 8 month. And that $ the reason Tie News x worth more than the other papers
The Springdale news., 1912-10-18

Third, road improvement means better access To schools and better
Evening star., 1912-03-03

ling fact "Go right out, turn right round, and come
right back again, all by her ,onesome Long Johnson
said. In her bowels was slowed gasoene motor and
the steering apparatus just like those in Ships Bottoms
own big white motorboat Only in the crewess craft,
her little aerial wires caught up the wireless shot
out from the Government plant up on the bluff and
which worked the operating machinery to start stop
the motor, and swing the tiller right or lett.
1t was all perfectly simple-and the new boat didn't
need any aboard to handle her! That the fact
Jetsam They life savers; therefore they kicked
Innovations besides, their own future was
in danger. No surfboat No launching
from the fiat wheeled sand wagon No more midnight
blazing the beach, and fifty at the breeches buoy
stretcher yankng up the long cable clear of the SURF
and hauling in shipwrecked men, with roaring!
"Gee!" said Flotsam and Jetsam Derellcts of Fate
they in dead earnest cast up by the sea of mis-
fortune.
The two of them had fought the ravcnng with
Ships Bottom, the crack life the coast, and
cued ships and downed shore pirates hundred times
that Wreckng beach. Sometime they were gong
to do it in real life; but it now The surf
men of Barnegat had disbnded pirates had quit pirat-
ing, and life saving was lost art.
1t made the outlook black for the crews of the old
fashioned feboats if the wireless boat could pick her
way through the reef channels dodge Gridron
Reef and wriggc the rocks of the Giants Fingers
make the open If she could do that she could
do anything the Atlantic seaboar1. OF course Cap
Casco would be in the tower telling the wireless fellows
how to steer her. navigating her to sea through his
glasses. That tough! Take a man job away, and
make him help
Johnson's voice, sounding far away, reused them.
Better git to your cllmnlng- got monopoly on
that You'll be in luck they don put girls up in this
here wireless tower to operate them there new auto
matte lifeboats!"
Long Johnson grinned to himself going off to his
kitchen. "That'n hold them kids for awhile he
chucked "It" learn EN- they got to fit in or fight,
later"
Evening star., 1912-03-03

could take care of themselves.
Flotsam and Iesam knew every inch of the Gridiron
beach, tides, channels, and shore lights Either OF them
could take ship through on the darkest night They
had lost interest in the Forthcoming exhibition, the
Government Inspectors trying out the new torpedoboa
The way boys do, they rearranglng things to suit
groaning Gridron began to get misty behind them.
les play pirates, said tlotsam.
"Les play sharks instead, said Jetsam. They looked
at each other. Il readin in Jack Harkaway about
was chasn'. Dived for him, he did, on'y he lost his
knife an had to 20 down again. 1t all black
did he get her?7 asked Flotsam interested
"The shark? He rips up the belly
"Naw; the knife!' They were both thinking of the
same thing; but Flotsam shook his head.
""Twouldn't be far-shes made o iron, anyway, he
said.
1t temptation to two boys of fourteen that iron
thing that would be coming through the surface fog
pretty soon the crewess feboat that going to do
away with all life the coast, they thought.
But Flotsam and Jetsam had been brought up among
to whom duty and self sacrifice is law who never
count the cost of running straight. Far better tor
them to make the best of the little time left to hen to
rescue the shpwrecked while there yet such things
life savers left Perhaps, even, they might succeed
in getting their enrolled among these men OF the
beach who did brave things before it too late
The little sprtsal they had rugged on the dory was
carrying them seaward and up shore long slant, the
wind, what there was blowing easily from the southeast
Suddenly Flotsam, who steering, swung round,
shading his eyes.
Thought / heard her What away" he cried
Wales" said Jetsam, blinded by his big sou wester,
and play acting, boys do. THE Japs is shooting
torpedo at Turn loose the turret gum!
"Turret gun your aunt" said Flotsam. "By Ginger!
That's that Whitehead torpedoboat snorln right out
at us!'
A LONG black shape shot out of the mist, between
them and the Shore working erracaly, as if the
mysterious power that Steered her had not complete
control of the delicate machinery in her hull. Jetsam
Evening star., 1912-03-03

ONG JOHNSON was a phlloSo-
- pher; but grown up philosophy
didn't suit Flotsam and Jetsam, aged
fourteen or thereabouts. 1t never
occurred to them that their future
wasn't wrecked and they couldn't
make good.
For long time they sat on the
boathouse runway, wriggling their
freckled toes and scowling at the
black, cigar shaped thing out there
that was going to torpedo all their
hopes. 1t was getting thicker instead
ofclearing out at sea, and the pound Of
the surf on Gridiron Reef that fenced
in the inlet hundred yards away
sounded sulky and booming, as it al
ways did when the ocean was fixing for
trouble; but they didn't care. They
were busy hating the torpedoboat.
est the same, they couldn't work
her by wireless, an send her off, an
beat up crew O Malays an Lascars,
an fetch 'em ashore, that thought
their ole sea wagon hit on cannibal
coast, an fit, Flotsam said sulky, all
in breath, like Cap an the bullies
done the Injy Prince! She couldn't do
that, just workin' with that darn Wire
less juice!'
"Ner she couldn't command a
der'lict, gone adrif' from tow, same's
Sandy McGrcgor o the Light done,
full o pianos an a big chunk O salvage
that he ketches on that w. & 0. barge
las fall Jetsam said hopefully.
"Le's skip down to the boat, said
Flotsam. Anything was better than
just sitting there feeling miserable
and the "Ships Bottoms" were coming
down from the wireless tower
Long Johnson rs old fishing dory lay
pulled up on the sand where they had
left her near the inlet. He saw them
going out through the @sword cut in
the sands,7 as the beachmen called
the wicked Barnegat Inlet, Flotsam in
his overgrown pilot coat stuffed with
apples, and Jetsam in the big sou'west-
er extinguisher.
"See ye fetch that boat back!' he
called after them, too late to remon-
strate any other way. "An' look out
for that old Whitehead torpedo that
she don't sink ye when she goes maneu-
r..+ - ..a,I1 H. 1,,,au, +ba L., ,1c
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-05-10
North Fork Times.1

Tom Holcomb left Monday for
Oronogo, Missouri, in response to
6. telegram stating that his brother
had died. He Will be absent for some
time.
Mr.. T. l.. Jordan of Coin, Iowa,
bought the 30-acre orchard of J.J.
Pierce on Hanson mesa this week.
Mr.. Jordan, we are informed, will put
in a stock of dry goods in tho rooms
now occupied by the Emry company.
The editor and family walked out
to Lazear Sunday evening and noted
quite little improvement going on
in that little village. Four new
buildings are in course of construc-
ton one to be used as a store which
viii make two for the town.
Frank r. Davis, assistant manager
of the Grand Junction Fruit Grower
association estimates the amount OF
fruit in Mesa county this year at 6,
600 car loads This includes canta-
lloupes. We wonder if they would
put mp that 500 against Delta
county this year.
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in the vicinity of Lazear was used
as basis for a party of four who
went as far as Austin, when they
were told it was a false scent.
T. C. Frye reported Friday after
noon that mysterious signs in the
cabin on his ranch on Terror Creek,
five miles north of Paonia, point
ed to the lads having been there.
This, too, was abandoned as of no
moment, although it appeared stron
ly probable to those who investi-
gated.
Sunday afternoon a large search
ing party was organizedat the Beth
lehem schoolhouse in North Paonia.
Scores of friends and relatives OF
the now thoroughly alarmed family
extended their assistance, and late
that night the report came that the
boy had been found in Delta
On arriving at Paonia he confirm
the story of night spent at the
Frye ranch and of being put off the
train at Lazear. He claims to have
made his way to Delta and from
there to Grand Junction and back to
Delta by freight. He was returned
in care of the local freight conduc-
tor Monday morning.
H. M. Brady, who lives Gu Stew
art mesa, took the train for Delta
Sunday morning on a like mission
in connection with his son of "a
bout the same age. The Brady boy
disappeared Saturday. He managed
to cast anchor in Delta and his re-
turn was accompanied by less ex-
element and difficulty than was ex-
perienced ia the case of the Foster
well-fed veal of both homes was
lavishly supplied to the returning
prodigals and that host of rel
atives and friends are glad to know
that no harm had befallen either.
The disappearance of Blaine Fost
er is credited to a fear that punish
ment would be melted out to him up
on his return to school for having
played truant. So far as is known,
the Brady boys curiosity toward tn
cold cruel world is attributable to
a spirit of adventure imbibed from
a story of the kind he had heard at
school.-Paonia Booster.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-05-10
PAONIA.
[Paonia Booster.l

A little son came on Saturday the
9th, to make his home with Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Lghthall, on Pitkin
Mesa.
F. G. Paist's home welcomed a
bright baby girl Friday night. With
two boys and two girls to call him
daddy" F. c. is quite excusable for
appearing unusually hilarious. Con
CALCULATIONS are in order.
Mrs DR.. H. w. Hazelett and little
daughter returned Friday night from
Creole. 1t is sad to know that Mrs.
Hazelett arrived at her former home
after her mother had passed away
and the entire community extends
sympathy in her bereavement.
Word was received this week OF
the death in Los Cruces, N. NJ, OF
Clark s. Mech. While this sad event
was not entirely unexpected it is
heard, nevertheless with much re-
gret by the friends of the family
here. Indictment made I'M Peoria.
Illinois.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-05-10
NEARBY NEWS NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Brown. of
Surface Creek, were made happy
by the birth OF twin daughters on
Tuesday of last week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Hawley of Cedaredge,
on Wednesday of last week.
The Tickle district BASKETBALL
team won from Eckert by score
ten to six, in the game played be-
tween the two teams last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. McMurray
of Eckert. have been in Denver for
week with their daughter, Stella,
who has been seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Wenger, of
Eckert, celebrated their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary Wednesday OF
last week. The guests were served
a four course dinner and the occas-
ion was a very happy one.
w. l.. May of Ouray, will spend
the summer with U. o. Anderson,
of German mesa.
Weldon Hammond of Paonia, re-
tuIled last Tuesday from visit to
Denver.
James C. Clark, recently from
Canada, will have a nice bungalow
erected on his Stewart mesa prop
erty.
Paonia has had a market day
and the papers say it was success.
w. II. Galloway, wife and baby
left on this mornings train for Del
ia, after three-months' stay in
Paonia.-Paonia Newspaper.
Paul Wilson and G. II. Poe OF
Hotchkiss, made 100000 land dea
on Radlands mesa last week.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-05-10
TWO PAONIA BOYS LEAVE
HOME, BUT RETURN AGAIN

In view of the many mysterious
disappearance which have been re-
ported all over the State recently,
one may be pardoned for drawing
the mild inference that it must be
due to some peculiar position of the
planets. Or perhaps to the Presiden-
tial Year, ,or to the Mexican troub
les, or Schedule X. At any rate, Pa
onia was not to be Dutdone, but Pa
onia now rejoices that her lost
have been found.
Blaine Foster, the thirteen-year-
old son of j. l.. Foster, who resides
on Pitkin mesa, made good play
full threat to scholo mate one
week ago this evening and vanish
ed. A search was Immediately In
stituted, and when he failed to re-
turn that evening 1t was prosecuted,
more vigorously. A report that q
! boy answering his description had
teen put of a local freight train
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-05-10
WHAT DELTA COUNTY
PAPERS ARE SAYING

women claiming the fond affections
one poor man. Next thing we know
Austin will be wearing incorpora-
ton clothes.
Mr.. Weaver has just received one
of the latest inventions in the chick
en- drinking vessel line. 1t is all right.
We have tried it and it is handy,
durable and easy to keep clean.
A lady remarked in our hearing q
few days ago while discussing county
newspapers with some of her friends
that it did not take any great a
mount of brains to publish a county
paper" I'm The lady is mistaken.
1t takes more gray matter patient
tact, forberance, grit and determrh-
alton to succeed, to make news
paper successful than it does in most
of the lines of endeavor.
Last Sunday the Austin baseball
team went up to Somerset thinking
they would have another scalp hang
ing on their belt. They have an
other think coming All was serene
and the world looked lovely in the
early part of the game. Suddenly
the coal miners woke up and then
the fun commenced and at the end
of the ninth inning the score was
to in favor of the coal min BIS.
A special meeting of the Cory
Cemetery association was held at
the Mound school house April 9th.
The morning was spent cleaning up
the cemetery and removing brush
and rocks. At noon a sumptuous
dinner was served by the ladies of
the community, and at 2 O'Clock a
business meeting was called to Or
der by Milton Starr, president pro.
term. Constitution and bylaws were
adopted and the following officers
elected: Mrs. Milton Starr, presi-
dent; Fred Shores, vice7president;
I. j. Harshman, secretary-treasur-
er; Ms. Margaret Grow and A. B..
Hawker, directors. Committee to
arrange for Decoration day program
was as follows: T. ]. Harshman, Jno.
Griffith, Mrs. E. E. White, Miss
Annette Rowan and Mrs. s. H. Rit-
ter. The meeting adjourned and
again returned to the cemetery and
cleaning was continued until A o.
clock, when supper was served.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-05-10
CRAWFORD.
tCrawford Chronicle.l

There are rumors of a new gro
Gerry store to abe established in
Crawford. Just what there may be
in it, Chronicle does not know.
]. H. Layman and family are now
residents of Crawford, having come
here from Rogers mesa Monday.
]. F. Newli,n, late of Delta, who
recently bought a ranch near town
from E. w. Perkins, was a caller
at the Chronicle office Monday. He
is WE'LL pleased with the outlook
about here and no doubt will be bet
ter pleased the longer he is with
US, because that is the kind of
a country we have.
A stock company, the Crawford
Mercantile company, whose business
announcement appears in another
column of this issue, has been or
gained. mostly with local capital,
which has purcahsde the stocks OF
merchandise of Foster Bros. and the
Gould Mercantile Co., took charge
OF the room formerly occupied by
the Gould Mercantile Co., Monday,
April 20, and as fast as possible
the stock of the Foster Bros. will
be moved over to this room, where
it is the intention to do business
along the same lines as the two old
companies The business manage
ment of the new company will be
in charge of Ira d. Foster and Fred
R. Foster. wv. d. Gould and H. w.
Gould retire from the merchandise
business. w. d. Gould has large in
terests in the Fruitland Irrigation
company, \and no doubt will devote
all his time to those interests. II.
w. Gould has not as yet decided
what he will do, but for the present
will remain in Crawford. Miss
Flora Gould will remain as postmis-
tress and the office will be kept In
the same room until different ar
range1n ents are made.
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JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
Which is Better-I'ry an Experiment.
or Profit by Delta Citi-
Zen's Experience?

Something new Is an experiment.
sented.
The statement of manufacturer is
not convincing proof of merit.
But the endorsement of friends Is.
Now supposing you had Ia bad back
A lame, weak or ACHING one.
Would you experiment on 1t?
You will read of many so-called
cures, endorsed by strangers from
far away places.
It's different when the endorse
ment comes from home.
Easy to prove local testimony.
Home endorsement is the proof
that backs every box of Doan's Kid
ney Pills.
Read this case:
G. w. Mathews, 6O4 Main street
Delta, Colorado, says: IL suffered
from attacks of lumbago and the
kidney secretions were highly color
ed and unnatural. The best possible
results followed the use of Doan's
Kidney Pills. procured at the PEG
pies pharmacy. Although three
years have since elapsed. | have had
no further need of kidney rem
edy."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the Unit
cd States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
] and take no other.
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AUSTIN.
(Austin Journal)

Miss lines was Delta visiter last
Saturday.
&c. Hall of the Grand Mesa Lum-
Der Company, Delta was an Austin
visitor Monday.
Rev. Geo. Weyrauch occupied the
pulpit at the M. e. Church last Sun
day morning giving Rev. Basham,
who has been i'll. a rest.
Mrs. Sam Ritter entertained a few
OF the young society set at supper
last Wednesday evening in honor of
Ralph Landreth's tweney-third birth
day.
The question of whether or not
Orchard City would be incorporated
was decided yesterday by a vote of
Sc to SO. 1t was hard fight as the
vote will show. They incorporate.
The Austin justice court has been
working over time this week. Two
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-05-10
HOTCHKISS.
tHotchkiss Herald


Tom Holcomb was called to Oron-
ogo, Mo. by the death of brother.
Tom left Monday morning for that
place.
Charley Ellington had runaway
Wednesday afternoon on Rogers
mesa, when the horse he was driv-
ing became frightened and broke
the single tree throwing Mr.. Filing
ton out and straining his hip con-
.siderably.
Henry Walls team became fright
end last Monday afternoon and ran
away breaking up the harness con-
siderably and throwing VIII Dickey
who was driving the team, out, rend-
ering him unconscious for a bhort
time.
big real estate deal was closed
up this week by Wilson and Poe IN
which 800 acres of Redlands mesa
dirt was sold to Pueblo parties. The
real estate business has been slow
here for the past few months and
this looks as if there was going tc
be something doing. The consider
alton in this deall was 100000.
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[Paonia Progressivel

]. H. Rudolph was attending to
business affairs in Delta Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Cheney visited with
friends in Delta the first of the
week.
F. G. Emry is having an addition
built to his house on Poplar avenue.
Miss Jessie Clark and brother
Clifford came up from Welcome Sun
day evening for a visit with their
grandmother, Mrs. M. NJ. Edwards.
Mrs. ]. E. War; and little daugh-
ter returned to their home in Colo
RADIO Springs last Saturday morning
accompanied by A. L. Molller and
wife. Mrs Moller underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis at the Be
thol hospital last Sunday and the las
report received was to the effect
that she was doing nicely which is
welcome news to her many friends
here.