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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
SIMPLIFIED SPELLER BACK.
SLIDES.

The news that Prof. Brander Mat
thews has deserted the cause OF
simplified spelling for the common
or garden variety, will come as a
severe blow to Mr.. Carnegie and
the rest of the 10000 tor was it
100000 or 2 ,OOO,OOO?) devotees that
We're claimed for the short cut
style of photography.
Prof Matthews was recognized as
the heart and soul of the simpli-
ned spelling movmeent. He gave it
literary class besides he
went to lengths in looping off I'M
necessary syllables that shocked
even SO daring an innovator as Col.
Roosevelt. For long time Prof.
Matthews hacked away at Noah Web
ster as regularly as some farmers
hack at their wood piles. Hardly a
week passed that bulletin was not
issued from simplified Headquarters
telling how the boy emperor of China
had become convert and was now
using thru" instead of Through. I"
or how the Maxim of Hyderbad in
tended to write all his official
proclamations hereafter in con-
densed style.
No doubt, however, Prof. Mat
thews had found it more difficult
tc convince the minor office-hold-
ers near at home. He is a literary
man and sends many manuscripts to
the magazines for publication. The
iron would enter any mans soul
after several years TO mailing simpli-
fled manuscripts. only to have them
appear in type in the roundabout
spelling of Noah Webster. Mr.. Car
magic and most of the other enthu-
siasts. not being writing men prof
fessionally, are TIder no such
strain. They can daily with the sim
plified photography nd not h ave
their feelings h urt when liberties
are taken with the occasional manu-
scripts that find their way into
type.
In the meantime dictionary sales
men have heartened up, and IL Web
ster and other old-fashioned spell-
ing authorities only figured in Wall
Street, they would be reported as
several points higher, for the sim
plified spoilers loss in the back
sliding of Prof. Matthews is gain
of the other side.-Denver Repub-
licean
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

The Independent pays it's bills
weekly. In order to do this it must
have the money it earns. Fully one
third of its subscribers are in ar
rears. These are requested to set
tie their subscription accounts either
by mailing check or by calling in
person. Call if you can, for we like
to meet our subscribers as often as
possible. We are aware that it is
generally an oversight when good
men. like our Delta county subscrib-
ers, allow their subscriptions to be-
come delinquent, and this notice is
just a gentle reminder.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
DELTA TRADING COMPANY
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

The stock and business of the
Delta Trading company, has Just
been sold by w. A. Davis. owner
and manager of the enterprise for
four years past. to VIM. Vessels, Jr.
who will take possession on about
April LIST next and continue AS here
tofore.
In the deal just closed between
Mossrs. Davis and Vessels. the for
mer comes fnto possession of an
sO-acre tract of land on California
mesa adjoining farm owned by
him for some time. and thus com
pletes a fine farm. Mr.. Vessels gets
the Davis home on North Columbia
street which he will occupy with
his family just as soon as Mr.. Da-
Wis and his family have moved to
their farm home. Mr.. Davis will
devote his entire time in the future
to looking after his ranch and stock
Interests and to handbag auction
sales OF the city and county.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
THINKS PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT
MUST BE CONSIDERED

The Colorado Springs Gazette, the
Oldest Republican newspaper ia Colo
RADIO, considers the situation in this
fashion,
The leaders of the old guard are
ceaselessly on the job guarding the
wreck of the Republican party in
Colorado Indeed SO set are they in
thier self-appointed task that they
angrily refuse to allow anyone not
or the chosen few to lift a hand to
repair the shattered party frame. So
anyone who attempts to get the
party going again Is so Immediately
damned in their eyes and consigned
to that outer darkness which is nom
uiated solely by those who oppose
czars.
There is large and constantly
growing number of man and women
in Colorado who are heartily tired
OF seineg party controlled year
after year, by men who lead IL to
defeat at the polls. In the, last state
campaign these same stalwart old
guarders had full sway both in the
state convention and afterwards.
They nominated the kind OF ticket
they wanted; they managed the
campaign to suit themselves; there
was no bolt or split in the party.
and yet these renowned leaders
lead the party to one OF the most
disastrous defeats in recent vears
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

of the trust is importing and refin-
ing foreign raw sugar. Its interest
in the production of beet sugar
which costs more per pound is
small in comparison and could be
sacrificed in order to secure the
larger benefit from importing and
refining foreign raw sugar free OF
duty.
Practically all the importers and
refiners of foreign raw sugar con-
shutting the trust have declared for
free trade in sugar or. failing to
get that, for heavy reduction in
the present tariff They have not
done this through motives of philan
thropy. They are prompted by the
fact that free-trade in sugar would
destroy their beet sugar competitors
in the United States give their i'm
ported cane sugar a larger market,
and enable them to add to their
profits on every pound of sugar the
equivalent Of large part of what
they now pay in the form of atariff
on every pound they import, but
which then would come in free.
The benefit to consumers from
putting sugar on the free list would
be small. The trust would make on
ly small reduction in the price
of imported cane sugar handled in
Its refineries. 1t would lower the
price only enough to kill the beet
sugar industry. Having killed its
beet sugar competitors the trust
would make the price what it pleased |
and the benefit of free trade in sug |
ar would go to it and not to the
people.
The beet sugar industry, now
shattered from ruinous foreign com
petition, would be destroyed. All
the sugar factories in Colorado
would be closed. Farmers would he
deprived of a market and hence
would grow no more beets, and farm
and would be reduced in value in
Every district where beets are grown
Denver Republican.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

Some of the many Delta county
people who visit California are well
pleased with the Pacific coast, and
others return full of resentment
against the imputation that it could
be better, or even compare with the
Western Slope of Colorado. 1t is
entirely natural that a majority of
those going on pleasure tips to a
much advertised country, should re-
turn with favorable impression of
it. The opinion of those who have
left this section to settle in Calf
ornia, who have had opportunity to
compare its advantages to our own,
would be of greater weight than
that of the merely visiting tourists.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
Advertising has passed from
the stage Of experiment and
schen,ins. Il has become q thor.
oushiy necessary adjunct to the
success Of any house looking for
Increased prosperity and wealth.
Goes on Forever.

No one can tell when an advertise
ment ceases to do its work. Instance,
are known in which copies OF old
newspapers have been discovered in
out-ot-the-way places the advertise
ments In which have sold goods. In
Dalton. Ca. recently a local newspa
per received an answer to an adver
tisement that appeared q year ago in
that publication. A hardware firm In
an eastern city one day received nm
order for an article that IL had al
vertised ten years before, but Ind no,
manufactured for nine years. tJnon
making inquiry It learned that a farm
- In taking up carpet had found .
paper containing an advertisement n,
the article hidden beneath It ana hso
been SO impressed with its utility tha,
ne Immediately wrote for IL. Eror,
which We may conclude that As on,
a. . single CODY At the I'd exasss I,
may soil Soda
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
"our congressman should bear i,

Our congressman should bear in
mind that they were elected on a
Democratic platform, which declared
for revision of the tariff down
wards. No exception was made in
the case of lead. zinc, sugar or any
thing else that happens to be pro-
duced in Colorado. They should al
so remember that in any line there
are more consumers than producers,
and that the Democratic party stands
for the masses and not the classes.
III the principle of lower tariff is
should be applied without favor The
sauce for the goose must be similarly
classified in case of the gander. =
Craig Empire. 1t should also be
remembered that the theory was
demonstrated under the Cleveland
administration, and that the wreck
of the financial ship was later raised
by President Mckinley, after the
march of Coxeys army across the
country, demanding work or bread.
During that period the purchasing
power of money was reduced to a
minimum and wages were reduced
far below a minimum. The producer
the consumer. the manufacturer and
the wage Garner should become
unit to the advantage OF each. not
to their destruction. They should
each be protected. That is the
kind of tariff any administration
should adopt.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
ADVERTISING RATES

professional cards of one inch single
column space, per month ST. If paid
for by the year in advance $40. If paid
FOR SIX months in advance, So,
Advertisements of four inches or more
run by the month without change, Is
cents per inch. Advertisements reset
each week. 20 cents per inch for each in
sertion.
Readers. outside of classified advertis-
ing uepal tment, 10 cents per line for
each insertion. In classified department.
cents per line.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

The head of the ticket, one of the
old guards himself was defeated by
more than 900 majority. But you,
true old guard is not dismayed by
defeat. Like a beetle which is
brushed off persons shoe, he
gets right on over the same ground
in the same old laundering way.
That the repeated defeats of the
Republican party in Colorado are
due to the stupidity, inconsistency.
untrustworthiness of it's professed
leaders is a piece of deductive rea-
soning far beyond the powers of the
old guard. But they are bright
enough to see that somehow the
world is slipping by them; their
leadership is about to be wrested
from their feeble hands. And SC
they devote themselves to the vain
attempt to annihilate the only move
ment that offers the certainty of
ultimate victory in the Republican
party. The progressive is not a
destroyer. he is a builder-a recon-
constructor or party edifice which the
old guard has puleld down about it's
ears.
The immovable, thick and thin, or
men have succeeded in
turning Colorado from Republican,
10 a Democratic state. And having
done so they now accuse the pro-
element in the party of hav-
ing done the party to death. But in
spite of their gloomy forebodings.
the Republican party will live, NJ
progressive party, as
keen for the rule of the people for
he good of the people. as the old
guard Is for the rule of the utility
for the benefit OF the
utility corporations.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

The heat of the campaign IL being
fe't in the dead of winter this year. =
Num- News.
Some candidates eliminate them
selves and others will wait for the con.
vention to perform that service for
them.-Leadville Herald Democratic.
The proposal for $5o. 900 pipe organ
for the auditorium in Denver doesn't
appear to have created much harmony.
-Leadville Herald Democrat.
No wonder John Martin has retired
from politics IL the report 10 true that
L. M. Patterson is grooming him for
governor. "-kersey Enterprise.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
BONDSMEN HELD FOR 500. 600

rarties who went on the bond
OF s. A. Knowles some years ago
LOT the above amount when Knowles
received the contract to drive the
Gunnison tunnel and was afterward
compelled to throw up the contract.
are now to be called upon by the
government 1t liz said. to make good
ms obligation and will be aside to
contribute Just about $4,000 each.
Most of the bondsmen live in Dem
yer and Clear Creek counties. The
Leyner Engineering company OF
Denver, qualified for $4,000 re-
sponsibility upon this bond.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

The Independent possesses moth
ing of the rule or ruin" spirit. 1t
desires, above all else, to have it's
readers believe in the honesty of the
OF Whatever expression of opinion
1t may make. 1t will be a stead
fast advocate of harmoy and unity,
for in union there is strength. Re-
member the bundle of sticks.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
THE TRUST AND SUGAR.

People who do not see how the
sugar trust would be helped ifsugar
were placed on the free list, over
look the fact that the chief business
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

Two Durango Democrats met on
the street the other day and re
1oiced over the row the Republicans
were in. They then got into an ar
gument over Clark and Wilson and
had fist fight.-Durango Herald.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15

The Durango Democrat is unkind
enough to advise the Pueblo Chief
tain to weed out its front page dope
and put in a cascaret ad.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
For Rent.

Five acres. buildings. water paid
for. two acres alfalfa. " miles east
of Delta =. o. w. II. Brubaker. X.
r ID. /.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-15
WARRANTY DEEDS.

Furnished by the Grand Mesa
Abstract company, Delta, Colorado,
for the week ending March IL, 1912:
]. w. Dady to C. c. Hawk
ms, 5 " A. Paonia .....s l
J. w. Morford to S. F.
Richards, 2 lots Paonia /
S. F. Richards to j. w.
Morford. tr Paonia .... L
B. J. Mack to Paonia Fruit
Exc. Co., tr. Paonia 90. /
A. E. Miller to f. r. COT
fey, 2 lots Austin ..... 1
Mary w. Snelson to Emma
w. Byerrum, 40 A. Read $500
b. F. Shelledy & to J. F.
Foster. 80 A. Cedaredge l
G. f. Schneider to E. C.
Aegerter, 100 A. Cedar
edge Observation-Disclosures. 5000
w. b. Hawkins to l.. l..
Hawkins, tr. Cedaredge $500
j. NJ Conner e. to F. j.
Parker. tr Cedaredge 1000
Mary E. Lee to w. o. Cox
&. tr. Crawford ....... 1000
Clarence Dillon to w. F.
Miesse, tr. Cedaredge e. 1850
VIM. Ellington to C. r. Mil
Miller. tr. Hotchkiss -. 1
j. G. Kaufman to ]. w.
Hausser. 20 A. Cedaredge $500
Evening journal., 1912-04-20
NEWARK TALKS
ROAD TONIGHT
Business MeH Want to Kear
Sentiment Of People on
Boulevard Project
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, April 20.-There will be
citizens meeting in Council cham
Der this evening TO get the sense OF
the people ON the building Of the du-
Pont Boulevard. This meeting has
been called by the Board of Trade,
aud all the business men OF the town
are expected to be present.
The Misses Margaret and Anna
Springer entertained a number of
friends at 500 at their home, on
Main street, on Thursday evening.
Those present were Mrs Edward
Cooch, Mrs. A. A. Curtis, Mrs Joseph
II. Hossinger, Mrs. Houghton, Mrs
Porter. Mrs. Penny. Mrs. Neale. Mrs.
Penrose Wilson, Mrs. Thomas Davis,
Mrs. Reese, Mrs Howard, Mrs. J. p.
Wright. Mrs. Stringer. Mrs. c. b.
Evans, Mrs. Whittingham, Mrs. Tyson,
Mrs. r. S. Armstrong. Mrs Pierce
and Misses Elsie Wright. Alice Kerr,
Alice and Elizabeth Wilson, Annie
Hossinger. Miss Hossinger and Mrs
Hossinger won the first and second
prizes. The club was entertained by
the Misses Pilling Wednesday even
ing.
Miss Alice Kerr and Mrs Edward
Cooch will entertain the 500 club at
the home of the latter on next Thurs
day evening.
At a meeting of White Clay Camp,
No 5, Woodmsn of the world, officers
were elected as follows: Consul com
mander, Edward Herbener; advise
lieutenant, John A. Clark; clerk,
Charles w Colmery; banker, William
A. Jackson; escort, Stanley Hafer;
sentry, Samuel Fulton; physician,
Charles II. Blake; managers, John w.
Chambers and John A. Clark
At the annual meeting OF the Head
of Christiana church congregation, on
Thursday the members OF the old
board Of managers were reelected.
Arthur Scott was the seventh new
member elected. At the organization
OF the board, Pierce Whitcraft was
elected chairman and Robert Nc
Laughlin. clerk; Bowen Milburn was
chosen treasurer of the church funds
and Arthur Scott. treasurer of the
cemetery. George w. Steel. who has
long been connected with the church
as treasurer. resigned
In the NJ. +. Church tomorrow night
the Rev. G.. r. Anderson will preach
on the subject Lessons from the I'll
tanic Disaster"
Evening journal., 1912-04-20
TRANSFERS OF
REAL ESTATE

Included IN the list of transfers of
property recorded by City Registry
Clerk Toner since Wednesday. was
the property of the ePninsula Cut
Stone Company on Commerce street,
east of Christiana avenue. which firm
went into the hands of a receiver
some time ago. The receiver. George
H. Spackman, through his attorney.
Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr., transferred
the property TO General T. Coleman
DUPONT. who now owns all the prop
erty along Commerce street from
Christiana avenue to the Chistiana
river. The old buildings on the site
VIII be torn down and the ground
made part of the park, where Mr..
duPonts yacht wharfs are located
and on which there is a house where
the captain of the Tech resides
For the purpose of transferring a
mortgage held by A. Joachimowski
OF 5Ol Maryland avenue, a transfer
was recorded whereby he transferred
TO the General Pulaski Polish-Ameri-
can club, the property at Second and
Justison streets, occupied by them for
$4,000. The transfers:
Howard Fl. Oberly to James Dough-
erty, east side Of Broome street. %
1eet north Of Fourth street. $4,000.
James B. Oberly to Howard II. OBJ
erly two dwelling houses al the
northeast corner of Fourth and
Broome streets. $40.
Concord Heights Company to Philip
n. Lynch, southeast corner Concord
avenue and Van Buren street, S2,75O.
Elwood J. Sharp to Stanley S. va
six and wife. southwest corner Har-
rison and Linden streets. $4,000.
Esther S. Scott and husband to Ma
ria G. Fisher. No. 2239 Pine street,
81 500.
James Logue. sheriff. to A. ]. Hart
Company north side of Eleventh
street. Sc feet east of Pine street $500
Tilghman Johnston. executor and
trustee Of Annie NJ. Burgia. deceased.
north side of thirteenth street. 162
feet east of Broome street, $4,000.
William II. Owens and wife TO FL
deity Real Estate improvement Com
pany. No 2207 Pine street. 81 500.
William n. Valentine to Egbert Nut
ter and Samuel r. Green west side
OF Washington street. 80 feet south
west of Thirtieth street. $3.50.
Ferris 3. Valentine to Egbert Nut
ter and Samuel T. Green. the same
property. $500.
Alexander Marchlak and wife TO Mi
chael John Budrick southeast side of
Maryland avenue. a. feet southwest
of Bird avenue. 5000.
Joseph A. Wickersham TO Alice G.
Palmer. south side of Washington
street. % feet west of Twenty-second
street. $4,000.
Reuben Satterthwaite. Jr.. to Thom-
as Coleman DUPONT property with
, factory and other buildings thereon
OH the north side Of Commerce street,
1000 feet east of Chrisiiana avenue,
S2O,5OO
George H. Snackman receiver of
the Peninsular Cut Stone Company 10
Reuben Satterthwaite. Jr.. the same
property, $20,5O0
Andrzei Joachimowski TO General
| Pulaski Polish American Club south.
east corner Second and Justisor
streets. $4,000.
Sylvia NJ. klair. ct al. TO william
IT, Klair. north side OF Eighth street
20 feet west of Tatnall street; M
value given.
John j. Callahan to Benjamin Ma
ban. west side of Claymont street,
feet south Of r" street. $50.
Francis p. Welsh to Benjamin II
Mahan. southwest corner Claymon
and &c" streets. S136.
] John T., Talley and wife to John Z
Evening journal., 1912-04-20
NAMING
DELEGATES
Democrats Find Only One
City Contest for State
Convention Honor
ALSO SELECT SPECIAL
COUNTY MEETING MEMBERS

Democrats in number of wards
last night selected delegates to the
state convention to be held at Dover
on April 30. and also delegates to the
special county CONVENTION to be held
on May a. to consider the advisability
Of changing the party rules from the
present system of making nominal
tions for county offices to direct pri-
maries for all offices.
There is only one contest and that
is in the Second ward. There Michael
J. Cannon and Edward B. Abbott were
nominated for delegate to the State
Convention.
The results follow:
First Ward-A. r. Saylor, with
John w Walls, as alternate, for State
delegate; Charles p. Saylor. Jacob
Zimmerman and William Mcintosh as
special county convention delegates.
with Neal Kennedy. James ]. Riley
and John w. Walls as alternates.
Second Ward-Michael J. Cannon
and Edward B. Abbott, both nomin-
ated for State delegate: Patrick
Lynch. Hugh Murphy and Robert
Wallace. as special county conven-
tion delegates. with David Hammond,
Stephen August and Hugh Wallace as
alternates.
Third Ward-John J. Dolan. dele
gate to State convention, with George
w. Bader as alternate: d. w. Lynch.
William H. Blake and Edward d. Carr
as special county convention dele
gates. with John Redmond, ID. Beg
ley and Patrick Russell as alternates
Fourth Ward-Michael j. DOnlin as
delegate to State convention
Eighth Ward First Representative
Distict-Arthur J. Jennings. as State
delegate. with John Dennis as alter
nate: second representative district,
James b. Carr. with Charles McGran-
airy as alternate; G. William Malcom,
John j. Moran and Anthony McGran-
airy as delegates TO special county
convention. with John Dennis. Corne-
.lius j Desmond and Patrick Nc
Mahon as alternates.
Ninth Ward-Charles T. White as
State delegate. with Lewis Fl. Miller.
alternate; Frederick l.. Veasey, Will
bur l.. Adams and Matthew p Rawns-
ley as delegates TO county convention.
h-i'N'"'h Nt''N "o-i' '. -A , ~ 81
>as State delegate. with William
Green as alternate; Benjamin Green,
Frank Duncan and c. r. Denney as
delegates to county convention. with
Charles Bradford, Robert Porter and
James Conner as alternates.
Twelfth Ward Dennis f. Gala
/ CHER as State delegate. with Frank NJ
Sewer as alternate; Thomas f. CORN
ley. Martin r. Mcaley and Sylvester
Healy as delegates to county conven
tion. with Frank NJ Sewer. J. B. Nc
Kenna and II. S. Metz as alternates.
The sentiment at the Twelfth ward
meeting was practically unanimou:
i'm favor OF direct primaries for all
offices. Governor Wilson, Of New
Jersey. is the favorite in that ward
among the presidential possibilities.
Evening journal., 1912-04-20
LIST OF PUBLIC SALES.

April 23-Valuable Building Lots, at
Tenth and Harrison SITS, for
Louis Tobin. trustee. at II O'Clock
a. m. Shdham & Son, Aucts.
April 24-Reai Estate at Court
House for VIM. T. Lyman. attor-
ney, at 10 o'clock a. m. Stidham
& Son. Aucts.
April 24-Real Estate at Court House
for Hugh Garland. attorney. at 10
o'clock a. IN. Stidham & Son
Aucts.
April 25--Sale Of Personal Property,
estate Of Clark Webster. on Faulk
Road. at 1880 p. m. Stidham &
Son Aucts.
April 26-S Sale of Furniture from
large West Side dwelling at Std
ham g. Sons Auction Store, Ill
East Fourth street at / o'clock
p. m. Stidham & Son Aucts.
April 27-Bankrupt Sale of Real Es-
tate, at Court House, for Frank l..
Speakman, receiver Of Granville
Alexander, bankrupt, at 10 o'clock
a. m. Stidham g. Son Aucts.
April 30--Sale of Real Estate at
Court House, at O'Clock p. m,
for George Lodge. attorney. Std
ham g. Son Accts.
May 2.-Sale of unclaimed freight for
Diamond State Warehouse Co..
Fifth and Church streets at 10
O'Clock a. m. Stidham e Son.
May 9th-Sale of 50-acre farm for
Geo W. Warren on premises. on
Macadamised Road leading from
Brandywine Springs. one-hali
mile west OF McCannon's Church
at 2.S0 o'clock p. m. Stidham anC
Son. Aucts.
May l1-Sale of 100 Building Lots, q
Court House. for Delaware Trus
Co. at ? o'clock p. m. Stidhan
and Son, Aucts.