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The Delta independent., 1913-11-21
SCHOOL NOTES
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(By Will Wonders.)

Representative Ed Taylor gave a
very interesting and instructive talk to
the high school last Thursday.
Earl vickery was enrolled in the
senior class last week.
The senior class will have charge OF
the play. The Middleman." at the op-
era house next Friday night.
Willis Brooks and Willie Hammond
are confined to their rooms on ac-
count of mumps. Francis Peck has
recovered from similar attack.
new set of books has just been re-
cived in the Latin section. entitled
Readings in Ancint History" for the
benefit of the first and second year
pupils.
The literary sections will have a
joint Thanksgiving program next
Wednesday.
The classes of the high school met
last week and elected their contest
ants to represent them in the first pre-
liminary. as follows; Senior argu-
ment. Parsons. Davis, Wonders: ora
tion. Lewis. Ratekin. Castle: decla-
nation. Alderman. Porges. Matthews:
junior argument. Kurz, Agnew, Moore:
Grafton. Odom, Sweitzer. Byerrum;
defamation. Matthews. Castle, Green
wood: second year argument. Mar
shall. Sweitzer. Chapman; grafton.
The Delta independent., 1913-11-21
Las. Days of Pompeii to Be Returned

This great siN-reel production will
be returned TO the Dreamland theatre
duction ever drew so many thousands
of people to the moves" and the de-
mand to see it second time has been
so great that Mr.. Hall. by liberal
next Tuesday, November 25. The null
titudes who have seen the picture
cannot find words 10 give it adequate
praise. 1t is grand and beautiful as
well as historical. None should miss
its second appearance in Delta on
Tuesday evening of next week.
The Delta independent., 1913-11-21
Warrant Call.

The following registered warrants
will be paid on Presentation at this
office. Interest will cease on the
same 20 days from this call:
SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND.
District No. 1. All registered up to
November 5, 1913.
District No. g All registered up to
November 5, 1918.
District No. 5. 1850. 1851. 1862. 1868.
1864, 1865. 1s66-1s67 to 1889 inclusive.
District No. 4. All cash.
District No. 5. S5. So, 81, 3S. SO, 40.
Al, AZ. 45, 4S-43.
District No. 9. S46-S6O. s5s.
District No. 10. 40, so, 81. 80. 5S. "a.
55. 14o. SO, 81. IS.
District No. IL. Al, SO.
District No. 12. 12S. 125, 126, 124.
1S0. 129. 1873. 1872. 1S1.
District No. IA. 251-255. 26S. 269.
271, s72, 274, a70. 275, 273.
District No. is. 1880, 1547, 154S.
1853. 154s, 1850. 1545. 154S. 1916. 1858.
1474.
District No 81. 2o2, 2o4, 2o5, 2O6.
207. 210, 21S. 2I4
District No. 22. From T7S to S11 in
elusive.
GENERAL SCHOOL FUND.
District No. 8. 111S. Ills, l116. 1117.
his.
District No 12. 122-.
District No. IA. 142-.
District No 10. 40.
Ordinary County Fund from No.
5000 to SS36 inclusive.
Bridge and Building Fund. Nos. AIS.
426. 427. 42S. 429, 430.
Road Fund from No. 1850 to 4134 in-
elusive.
Poor Fund. All cash.
Contingent Fund. All cash.
North Delta Irrigation District No.
513. $50. 52l. $40.
BERT N CRAWFORD.
County Treasurer.
Delta. Colo. Nov. s. 1913.
The Delta independent., 1913-11-21
LOCAL ITEMS
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Next Thursday is Thanksgiving.
Turkey and "fixins''-Yum. yum!
Attorney Merle D. Vincent, of Pao-
mia, was in the city on legal business
Wednesday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Gregg, of North Delta, on
Monday, November II.
After next week Independent will
have more room for news that is now
being crowded out or greatly condens-
ed.
Mary Meyer transacted business in
Grand Junction two or three days this
week, returning home Wednesday
morning.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Hooker of the Dry Creek
country on Thursday, November 13.
Mother and child reported doing nice
ly.
The praise meeting of the Presby-
terian WoInan's Missionary society
will be held at the church Sunday
evening. November %. An excellent
program has been prepared for the
occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Reid are rejoic-
ing over the advent into their home
of a bright eyed baby girl weighing
seven and one-half pounds. last Fri
day. Mother and child reported do
ing nicely.
Lee Atwood had the painful expert
ence of swallowing a bee Saturday
while taking out honey from hive at
his ranch in Spring Creek canon. The
insect did not enjoy the idea of play
ing a role similar to that of Jonah
and proceeded to sting Mr.. Atwood in
the throat This organ Immediately
commenced to swell and Mr.. Atwood
was nearly choked to death before
physician could be summoned from
town and medical attention given to
the njury.-Montrose Press.
f. J. Matthews is a grandfather
and one OF the produest and friskiest
in the city according to his closest
friends and acquaintances. bright
little baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Matthews eldest daughter. Mrs.
]. II. Moors, at the Matthews home
in this city on Thursday. November
l3. Mrs. Moore is here from her home
in San Diego. California. and imme-
diately following the arrival of the
son and heir the word was wired to
Mr.. Moore who responded with mes
sage to Ed which referred to him as
Foxy Grandpa"
A lady visitor from Montrose the
other day was considerably embar-
rassed at the depot when boarding the
train for home when she discovered
that to reach the first step on the
coach with one foot when hobble skirts
surrounded her person to the very sole
of her foot was entirely out of the
question. There were several friends
at the depot to see her off. and one
suggested that she jump to the step
and this suggestion was promptly act
ed upon, much to the amusement OF
interested spectators. The leap was a
complete success. and everything end
ed well.
The Delta independent., 1913-11-21
LAZEAR

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Lazear Fowler add
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The Delta independent., 1913-11-21

Witness my hand and seal this day of October A.
BERT N, CRAWFORD.
(seaL) County Treasurer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Turned the Tables.

At Scotch weddings some years ago
II used to be the custom to batter
the hat of the bridegroom as he was
leaving the house in which the Cere-
mony took place. on one of those oc-
caSions the friends of a newly mar
ried couple trelatives of the bride
groom) determined to carry out the
observance of this custom to the
letter.
The bridegroom heard them dis
GUESSING their plans. and dispatched a
messenger to the carriage (Which
stood waiting) with his hat some
time previous to his departure Then,
donninC the hat of the male relative
who had plotted against him. he pre-
pared to 80 cut to the carriage.
No sooner had he got to the door
than his hat was furiously assaulted
and almost destroyed. He walked
out Of the house amid the laughter
Of the byStanders and entered the
vehicle; then, taking the battered
hat from his head he threw it into
the hands of its proper owner, eN-
claiming: Hey. Mr.. Dougan. there's
your hat and donned his own amid
the cheers of all present.
Mr.. Duugall was the unhappiest-
looking man in Scotland for some
time after that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

eminent. You could find a needle in
a haystack easier than a college bred
girl who is an anti
And this is what the modern young
girl thinks about woman's sweet de-
pendence. A very rich girl said to me
the other day:
I've got the best and most gener-
Gus father that any girl ever had. He
showers on me everything that money
can buy I've got charge accounts
all the way up and down Fifth Ave-
nue., and every month he gives me a
big allowance, but l never see a girl
standing behind a counter, or sitting
behind a typewriter that l don't envy
her. l would rather have a dollar
and fifty cents that l had earned my
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
The Bibles of Presidents
Some Interesting Facts Concerning Them.

pared with the copy Of the Bible, bound
in red leather with silver clasps, on
which Washington took the oath as
first President Of the Republic on the
balcony of the old Federal Hall in New
York 1t was borrowed for the occa-
sion, and the descendants Of those who
lent it preserve it as most sacred
relic
Americans, inspired perhaps by the
example of the late PIerpont Morgan,
who included many historic Bibles
among his art treasures. have of late
years exhibited great passion for Bible
collecting Bibles belonging to Queen
anne, George III and Richard. Duke of
Gloucester are to be found in the
United States.
1t was II. +. Huntington, the railway
magnate of America, who couple of
years ago paid $50 900 for Gutenberg
Bible which was once in the Ashburn-
ham Library. America, however, has
not succeeded in securing a literary
treasure to be found among the finest
collection OF English Bibles in the world,
at the Bristol Baptist College This col
lege possesses the only perfect copy in
existence Of Tyndales first New Tesla
ment, printed at Worms in 1925. The
then Bishop of London bought up and
burned this first edition, and thus pro-
vided Tyndale money for an improved
and larger one. The only other frag-
ment of the destroyed edition is now
in the British Museum, but it stops short
at the 22d chapter of St. Matthew.
The trustees of the college have often
been tempted to dispose of this unique
volume. but hitherto they have been
proof against temptation, though no less
than $50, 600 has been offered for it.
Another valuable Bible in the collec-
ton is copy of Coverdale's Bible, pub
lished in 1885 Lincoln Cathedral pos
sesses the only other perfect copy in
existence, although six other more or
less complete copies are known to exist.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
An Unusual Remark.

The first girl smiled indmgently.
They were bound in the swaddlinS
clothes Of superstition, all right" she
said
l gasped with surprise. These girls
belong to old, conservative, rather
narrow minded families, and they
themselves are sweet, modest, intelli-
gent, we'll educated young women,
who haven't the faintest idea of being
revolutionary, or anything of that
sort. What they said simply voiced
the viewpoint of the new generation.
They didn't argue about the ethics
of divorce at all. They simply ac-
cepted divorce as a fact, a modern
convenience, something that tended
to make life pleasanter, just as they
did in elevators in apartment build
ings. or electric lights, or running hot
and cold water in bath rooms.
If you had made a mistake In mar
rage and your life was being ruined
by it, you corrected it and took a
fresh start, just as you would do II
you found out that you had engaged
in a business that was bankrupting
you. They could see no more reason
for going on with a marriage that
meant daily misery than there would
be in going on with an enterprise in
which you lost money every day.
You can't argue the divorce question
with the modern young girl, because
she simply doesn't recognize the an
Client view of the matter, that there
is anything noble, or piOus, or vir-
tuous in living with an individual
that brings out all the worst that is
in you, or in keeping together a fam
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

THARE was a convenshun Of mis-
shunarys in town this week &
Ma went & toald the ladies' Of the
club that she wud be glad for us to talk
AT leest one misshunary \ keep him al
our house so he wuddent have to pay
any hotel bill Ia dident like It a bit,
but he dident say much. He kicked a
littel. tho.
can not see why you act so cold
about entertaining a noabel man who
Is going to give up his noabel life,
maybe. Ma sed. oaver thare In the Fee
gee Islands, teaching them awful black
men how to be good. Why, sed Ma,
was going to say first that we cud keep
two Of those noabel men here & now
that | see the way you are acting l am
glad that l only promised to take one.
Why doesn't he go to a hotel & reg
lister, like a noabel drummer or nua-
bel transhunt Of any kind? sed Pa.
doant see anything very noabel about
horninE into household & putting
everybody out for week. Pa sed. II is
bad enuff to entertain yure relatives all
the time. sed Pa, without having any
guy with a long face and a short purse
setting around and talking about spread
ing the gospel Thay spread more hot
air than thay spread gospel. Sed Pa,
them misshunarys, & besides they eet
moar than a trained nurse, witch is sum
Getting
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

a bit Jagged" Then she derided Jennie for trying
to take her fellow away from her.
They had a fine row, which made the fellow
who seemed to always pay for their "partes"-very
angry He told the girl he was tired of her any
way, and she had better get else to pay
her expenses.
Then he proceeded to make violent love to Jen-
nie-and poor Jennie didn't know what to do.
The other fellow-the Jennie was with before
didn't have much to say, and whatever his friend
did was all right, being how his friend held the
purse strings
Coming back in the machine they sat the
back seat and the fellow talked and talked and
tried to get Jennie to consent to let him furnish
up flat for her, and she could have anything she
wanted. But Jennie crying. and all she would
say was: "NONO-NO" Her girl friend wouldn't
speak to her, but had vowed to get even-if it was
the last thing I'm the world She did. Jennie
begged the fellow to take her hOme-but he held
her all the tighter in his arms. kissing her
HAL COLEMAN.
ITO be Contlnued0
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
By DOROTHY DIX.

TTAVE you ever considered the
n modern girl and how she diff
fers from the maidens of the
past? She's a new species of the
feminine sex, and no more like her
grandmother, or even her mother,
than If she had been waited down
from the planet Mars instead of hav-
ing just strolled out of the nursery.
We haven't taken much account of
her, but you've got to reckon with
her in the future. and it's time we
sat up and took notice. Consider
these little stories as illustrations Of
the young person and her point of
view. The first is on divorce.
The other day I overheard two
young girls talking
Said one: When a girl marries
she should be very, very careful IN
choosing her husband, and after she
is married she should do the best she
can to make a good wife and a happy
home, but If she finds out that she
has made a mistake, and is misera BILE
thank Heaven, she doesn't have to
stand it. She can always get a di-
yorce"
Said the other girl: "Oh, Of course,
that's the only thing to do under
such circumstances. 1t won't be my
rault II my marriage turns out badly,
because I'm going to do everything
can, and bring every particle of in
telligence I've got to making it a
success, but none of that suffer-and-
be-strOng business in mine If my
husband isn't what he should be, or
treats me badly, or | find I've made
an error of Judgment, I'm going TO
correct 1t just as l would any other
mistake.
I'm not going to stick to it as peo-
pie used to do in the Dark Ages.
Aren't you thankful that you live in
these enlightened days. instead of in
our grandparents and our parents
time, when people thought that no
matter how miserable you were in
your marriage. or how much you
hated the person you were married to,
NnI had to endura II ~
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
(To be contlnued.)

NNE OF the Oldest, If not the very
oldest, Bibles connected with the
~ American Government is the
book upon which, since 1900, every
Chief Justice and every member of the
Supreme Court has taken the oath of
allegiance when accepting his appoint
ment to Uncle Sans highest tribunal
More than that, every attorney who has
practiced before the Supreme Court
since that date-1SOO-has pledged his
allegiance over the little volume, with
one exccption-Daniel Webster. 1t IS
told even yet of the Supreme Court of
that day that Mr. Webster's fame as
an orator had so preceded him that on
that occasion. when he came to argue
his first case before the Court, the clerk,
Mr. Caldwell in his eagerness to hear
the great speaker, forgot to admins
ter tho oath.
Some interesting facts have also been
revealed regarding the Bibles used by
American Presidents When Grover
Cleveland came to the Capitol for his
first inauguration he brought with him
a little red Bible his mother had given
him when he was a boy, and which
he had always cherished as a keepsake.
on that Bible he took the oath of Of
fee \ few days before Mr.. Mckinley 5
Inauguration a number of African Meth
odist bishops came into Mr. Mckinley
Office one morning with a tremendous
package. which proved to be a large
family Bible in a big plush box. and
they wished Mr.. Mckinley to use it.
Their request was granted. and the big
Bible was one of the show objects in
the Red Parlor OF the White House for
long time afterwards
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

4 FEW days after Jennie had got her new
n clothes she met Tom her way to work.
Jennie all excited when she him
and wondered If he would speak to her after her
refusing to marry him and her treating him
badly She did hope he would, and that he would
admire her new clothes.
Tom lifted his hat and acted if there never
had been anything the matter between them, and,
hoy like, did not even notice her gown, willow
plume and things, that Jennie paying $50 n
week for the nstament plan
That day her girl friend ut the office said she
had 1t all cooked up" for party that night with
the boys they were out with before.
one Of the boys owned automobile and they
would go out bear OF a time. So that night
after work Jennie and her pal met the boys. Jen-
ME all dressed up and her girl friends beau
didn't seem to have any time for any except
Jennie This, of course made the girl jealous, but
she held in until after dinner. when they were all
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Up-to-the-Minute Jokes

A man remarked that he came from a
very large family.
How many are there Of you?" he
was asked
We'll, there were ten of us boys, "
he said, land each Of us had a sister"
Good gracious!" exclaimed tine other,
then there were twenty of your"
NO" said the bOastful man; eleven "
Mamma-My dear what are you
doing?
Little Notwithstanding a pen
wiper for my little sister.
Mamma-But you haven't any little
sister!
Little Daughter-No, not yet; but
Sally Stuckup has just got one, and
| know we always get everything the
Stuckups do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

Sheet steel is the latest material util-
tied in the making Of furniture. 1t is
used for sidebOards, wardrobes, chiffo-
niers, writing desks, and It is finished
in such perfect imitation Of the various
woods that the difference can not be
detected. The wood finish is applied
under very high temperature, becom-
ing an integral part of the metal and
never cracking This unique furniture
has the recommendation Of being fire.
proof, and a lighted match left on a
pressed steel sideboard would have no
effect whatever on its surface.
What is the principal difference be-
tween modern and ancient times?'
zone of the main points was that the
modern earn their living, while the
ancients urned their dead"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
A $4,000 Bible.

When Mr.. Roosevelt was indicted
into Office as Governor of New York
some one presented him with the Bible
which he used on that occasion. His
name. which was written on the fly
leaf. was misspelled, but he used the
same Bible at his second inauguration,
and it has been one of Mr.. Roose-
velts most treasured mementos ever
since.
These volumes. however, are to Amer
leans Of insignificant value when COM
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
What He Meant.

A man once received as a present
from sea captain a fine specimen of
a bird which sailors call the laugh
ing jaCkass." As ne was carrying il
home he met a brawny Irish NAVY.
who stopped and said TO him:
"Phwat kind of burrd is that sorr?'
That's a laughing jaCkass," ex-
planned the owner. Eenially.
The Irishman, thinking he was be-
ing made fun Of was equal 70 the oC-
Casion and responded with twinkle
of the eve:
It's not yourself; it's the burrd /
name, sOrr!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

lily that is engaged in a perpetual
drawn battle at home.
Nor can you argue the SURFACE
question with young women, because
they accept it as a fact that is incon-
trovertible that they are the equals OF
the young men they know, and have
just as much right to voice in gov
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
The Modern Girl Ns1 Species of The Feminine Ser

self than fifteen hundred dollars that
was given me.
Il would give anything on earth to
know that l could stand on nv own
feet instead of being a miserable para
site hanging on somebody else. And
every rich girl l knoV feels the same
way. But I've got one comfort, I'll
never have to be dependent on a hus-
band. How a woman endures the hui
initiation of having to ask her hus
band for every cent she spends
don't understand. It's enough to kill
her. and I don't believe women are
going to do 1t much longer. I think
in the future that when a girl hasn't
got an Independent fortune of her own
she'll continue after marriage at
whatever business she was in before
marriage. Financial independence is
Just as necessary to a woman's self
respect as it is to a mans"
And here's another viewpoint Of the
1913 model of girl If you will re-
call, the heroes of all old fashioned
novels used to be men who had been
sad rakes. They were men with dark
pasts, such as Rochester, who fasoi-
mated innocent little Jane Eyre, and
even as late as a generation or so
ago man lost no prestige in a girls
eyes from having been wild, and hav-
ing had romantic adventures. Re
Gently an opponent to the bill for re-
quiring all candidates for marriage to
produce a health certificate brought
up this former attitude of women on
this subject in objecting to the pass
age Of the law. He didn't know the
modern young girl. / said something
of this to one, and she defined the
modern girls position on the question
in one phrase:
She Knew.
We've read Damaged Goods" she
said, and we know what that sort
of romance means-insane asylums,
surgeons tables, death"
In former times, when a young girl
came to an older woman to confide in
her, she asked for advice about some
love affair. Nowadays when a girl
has a heart -to-heart talk with you
she COnsults you about her life work
The young girls are no longer look
ing forward to matrimony as the one
only desirable career in life. They
are thinking of business, of settle
ment work, of a thousand avocations
outside Of the home circle. Love is
no longer the whole of their exist
enCe. 1t is a thing apart, Just as
it is of a man. If the right man
comes along and asks one, she'll
marry, but if he doesn't, she can get
along very well without him, thank
you.
This is only a Cursory view of the
young girl of the period. Take a look
at her for yourself. At present she
is the great human conundrum, and
she's the most interesting thing in
the world.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
=. Their Married Life =.
In the Furry of Getting Off Warren Has to Keep
Opening Helen's Trunk
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

gave their baggage such q Travelled,
cosmopolitan air
The one label that was left over she
put on a large trunk that she had had
brought up 20 get out some things for
the trip II had never been abroad, but
she MIGHT have taken II, so she had
no scruplos In decorating it with label
Unfortunately Just at that moment
Warren appeared.
These yours throwing down a
couple Of her linen collars that had
been sent TO the laundry with his
Then noticing the label as she jumped
up almost guiltily from her knees be-
fore the big trunk, What's that mean?
You're not going to take that trunk"
No. dear" flushing In confused an
ticipation Of his ridicule
Wen why IN thunder did you stick
on that label?" Then as IT dawned
on him. BY George, I've heard OF
fool women who bought foreign labels
and plastered up their trunks. but I
thought you had some sense"
This incident did not contribute to
Helen's speed In packing, for with burn
ing cheeks. she scraped off with the
scissors the offending label
THE ice mans here now, mann"