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The Delta independent., 1913-07-04

Independent readers will easily
recall the disappearance of Lew Nc
Kean and Earl Rhodes, two well
known young men of the Cedaredge
district who had gone out hunting in
the mountains near Leon lakes last
fall. of posse being formed at Ced-
aredge to make a search for them and
of their lifeless. frozen bodies being
found beneath foot or more of snow
after several days continuous search
had been made.
II has never been known, however,
as to the efforts of the two unfortu-
nate young men in attracting persons
residing in that district to their where
abouts and to their condition. One
of the guns carried by the men was
never found and in order to deter
mine these things and TO find the
missing gun If possible, Frank Mexican
and Len Aldridge recently made tour
of that country and were successful
in finding the gun and in establishing
other facts heretofore unknown in
connection with the case. Their dis
coveries are given in one of the North
Fork newspapers as follows;
Frank Mexican and Len Aldridge
went to the mesa Sunday in search of
more evidence of the struggle of Lew
Mexican and Earl Rhodes who were
frozen to death on the other side of
Leon lake last fall. They found the
gun carried by Mexican about LOO
yards from where he was found.
There was no evidence of his having
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Osborne Return.

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Osborne have
arrived from their bridal trip and VIII
be at home to their friends September
lst, at us Dodge street.
In announcing the marriage some
weeks ago. Independent said all the
good things II could about Mr.. Osborne
and Miss Ward. and while every word
would bear repeating. each are well
known to most of their readers.
On behalf OF itself and their many
friends, Independent takes pleasure
IN welcoming these newlyweds home
to Delta, and In wishing them long
happy and prosperous life.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
Narrow Escape
In Runaway

Mrs. ]. l. Niles, Mrs. f. A. Tuffip
and her daughter, Miss Emma, had
narrow escape from very serious in
juries last Friday evening when out
driving on Garnet mesa. and as it was
the two eldest members of the trio
will be compelled to undergo trea,
ment and care for at least ten days
or two weeks.
The team took fright at some object
on the road and at once entered upon
race which could not be checked by
the ladies and they could only hopa
for Providence to be with them when
collision resulted or the conveyance
overturned. The latter happened at
n point near the old Starr Nelson place
and when the three gathered themsel-
YES up Il was found that Mrs. Niles
had sustained the fracture of shout
der bone. Mrs. Tuffin was consider
ably scratched and bruised and Miss
Tuffin aside from the scare, unin-
jured,
Medical attention was summoned at
once and the two injured ladies are
now reported as getting along nicely.
First reports OF the accident reaching
town were that one Of the ladies had
been fatally hurt but fortunately this
condition Of affairs was untrue.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
100000 RAISED IN TEXAS FOR
AUTO ROAD TO DENVER

o. L. Williams and A. w. Read Of
Fort Worth. Tex, president and sec
retary respectively, of the Denver to
Gulf Highway association, are in Den
yer after completing trip by automo-
bile for the purpose of logging the
route from the gulf to the Colorado
capitol.
There are more than 500 automo-
bilists awaiting cur return and our
report to determine whether or not
the trip TO Denver can be made this
summer" declared Mr. Williams. We
found the roads much better than en-
pected. and l would not be surprised
if 1000 cars from Texas visit Denver
this summer.
We made the first log of the route
from Fort Worth TO Trinidad. The
road had been logged from Galveston
TO Fort Worth. and from Trinidad Sc
Denver. Texas will. believe, be
Colorado's greatest source OF automo-
bile tourists.
Just to show the interest that is
being taken among Texans in this
road. | will say that 100000 has been
raised by popular subscription to
maintain it. We propose to give
farmers S1OO year TO keep 500 miles
of the road dragged
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04

Interest in Grand mesa mining and
prospecting has shown strong increase
during the past week.
At times the foothills have been al
most full of prospectors, practically
all of whom located one or more
claims. 1t would be hard to tell just
how many claims have been located
during the last half of June on Grand
mesa, but it is safe to say that the
locations will run up into the hund-
reds.
Regarding the samples taken from
the Rollins coal mine last week, Inde-
pendent is informed that they ran
about the same as former samples
assayed. Judge Welch said: We are
now satisfied that the entire product
of the mine will carry from S. to s12
per ton in geld
The problem next to solve is admit
ted to be the proper treatment. The
affinity of ccarbon for gold is said to
be a strong flux resistent, and more
heat is required, as we'll as a longer
heating period to do the work, than
with ordinary quartz.
1t is proposed to send ton lots to
different treatment plants for prac-
tical separation tests, and to get a
truer idea Of average values. This,
OF course. will require several weeks,
and nothing absolute will be known
about the real merits OF the PROPOSE
tion until after this has been done.
That the coal contains gold there
is no longer a doubt. If however, it
does not prove to be an easy milling
or concentrating proposition. it will
be relieved of much of its glamour.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
Clever Attraction
By Mrs. Bridges

The musical entertainment given In
Delta opera house last Thursday
evening, The New Minister" under
direction of Mrs Bridges of the Bridg'
es Conservatory of music. and for the
benefit OF Delta hospital, was deserv-
ing of n much better attendance and
doubtless would have had that attend
ance but for the desire of residents
to remain out of doors on warm
evening and the presence of other
attractions. All of the best musical
talent of the city was represented In
the cast and those who were present
are ready to say that the entertain
ment was good.
"The New Minister" Is musical
comedy and there we're local perform
ers in the cast. heretofore considered
serious, who actually made the laugh
come easy. There was DIR. Cleland'
for instance. George Park of the Park
Davis company. and Leonard Baird.
each of whom had no trouble what
ever in taking n clown part.
Other persons in the company tax
ing important parts were Joe Pregent
Earl Fleetwood, Miss Irma Singleton.
Grace Adams and Mrs. Elmer Skinner.
The total receipts of the entertainment
were s4S.50.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
RIFLE TEAM OF LOCAL CON-
PANY IN GOLDEN FOR THE
BIG STATE SHOOT

Ten members of Company G., End
Golden to take part in the safe rifle
competition at Golden, under the pro-
visions of the U. s. department of war.
Eight of these constitute the team
which is to take part in the different
events. one an alternate, and the whole
are required to be under a commission
ed officer, Captain Charlesworth going
in that CAPACITY. The state range is
open from July I'd to the 9th, both in
elusive. and the team will return to
Delta about the 7th or sth.
Preparatory to this the team went
to Montrose last Saturday, returning
Sunday afternoon, to get some expert
ence by work on the new rifle range.
Saturday afternoon Captain Charles
worth gave the boys a skirmish run;
Sunday was spent in rapid fire and
surprise fire. 1t is reported that the
local boys acquitted themselves very
creditably.
The skirmish run began at the 600
yard range. The target is in the form
of the profile of man in sitting
position. At this range two shots
must be fired within 80 seconds, and
as the targets disappear from view.
the skirmish line advances on run
to the 500 yard line Here two OF more
shots are fired. and another run to
D. lfVa hwsH u.
shots are fired in the 30 seconds, and
a new loading must be made. This is
followed by another run TO the 500
yard line where three more shots are
fired. AT the 800 and 200 yard lines
the men are required to get five shots
on the target, each. in 20 seconds. and
every shot that fails to get fired counts
five points against the shooter.
In the rapid fire series the men are
given just 20 seconds to get five shots
on the target. in series OF two targets
with five shots each. On the surprise
fire the men must watch for the target
coming into view, and they have
seconds in which TO shoot when the
target goes down again One OF the
local men made the highest score on
the field. while another got his entire
20 shots on the target during the skir-
mish run. Besides being good exer-
cises for the boys. it is an attractive
game to play at. and all were well
pleased with the trip. especially as
the state bears the whole expense. II
is hoped that the local company team
will return with good record from
the state shoot. Those leaving for
this event were:
John r. Charlesworth, captain.
Ralph Harrington. second lieutenant.
Sidney ]. Artt. first sergeant.
J. A. Poundstone. quartermaster ser
geant.
Harold v Day. sergeant.
Pete Doyle. acting corporal.
William Vessel. private.
Leonard Rogers. private.
Kean Griffith. private. alternate.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
Makes Trip
To Doughspoon

In company with II. w. Pratt, lnde-
pendent editor spent two days at the
head of the city's water supply, the
latter part of last week.
One who has never followed up the
steep inclines leading to what is
known as Doughspoon Springs, has
only faint idea of what a mountain
Gus section it is
Delta's drinking water comes from
an altitude OF almost 100000 feet. To
one seeking the source of the differ
ent gushing fountains of pure. cold.
mountain water, and being diligent
enough in his search, there seems at
present to be an abundance to supply
several such cities as Delta. The
main reservoir is full and waste wa
ter flowing out beside the pipe. Just
below this reservoir a healthy stream
is flowing down the hill from the up
per lake near rim-rock. and where
there appears TO be no connecting
of pipes. AT one other place was
noted a strong flow from leakage at
a poorly connected joint From all
these sources quite a stream Is flow
ing down the creek bed in Dough
spoon gulch.
Presumably this water. OF perhaps
no part OF IT, could at present be
delivered to the city through the
pipes in use. which appear 10 be car
rying all the water OF which they are
capable.
The first need. in this direction. ap-
pears to be larger pipe. The next
would be to properly conserve the
water supply from the various springs
arising in that part of the mountain.
A still further Improvement could be
suggested in daming a gulch down
which water flows. in order to get a
source of supply below freezing, for
winter use. This gulch-or the sew
eral gulches, for that matter-are both
deep and narrow. and offer excellent
deep channel reservoir sites which
appear at casual glance. to be feasi-
BILE.
Along the pipe line as well as at Its
head, are strewn evidences OF past
mistakes in selection OF pipe material,
ranging from crockekry TO iron pipe,
in various sizes and shapes.
II really looks like the Doughspoon
water system might be greatly i'm
proved The writer does not know
what the late season supply may be.
but the early summer supply is cert
ainly ample. as can now be attested.
Reservoir sites are numerous and res
ervoirs that will hold water can be
built. as has been proven in many
thousands OF cases outside of Delta.
The city is today in debt TO the
extent of about 100000 because OF
fits water system. with a plant which
would perhaps not represent in value
one-half OF that amount. Charitably
attributing the past work TO careless
ness and incompetency. let us hope
that any future improvements will be
given more careful calculation.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
LOCAL MINING NEWS

In the meantime, many have been
looking over the hills and some have
brought down very good looking rock.
One sample of dark colored, soft iron
stuff, after being panned, yielded
a string of at least a thousand colors.
This inspired an additional hundred
men to rush up and try TO get claims
as nearly as possible to the location
of the find.
Grand mesa is an immense mount
ain territory, over which thousands of
mines are possible, and while there
is, up TO the present, no inducement
for prospectors to tear off their
shirts. il need occasion no surprise il
some rich strikes, as we'll as very i'm
portant mineral discoveries are soon
made.
On the Roubideau and Escalante
sides of the Gunnison, across from
Grand mesa, some good accounts are
coming in and some good ore, mostly
copper and gold, is in evidence. Joe
Crabill is blocking out some ore in
his Roubideau claims which rumor
says is worth s1O0 per ton.
In all ways the outlook has improv-
ed during the past week. Those wish
ing TO keep track of Delta's new min
ing field should watch Independents
columns each week.
Word was received yesterday from
the other rare instance of gold in coal.
in Wyoming. to the effect that the coal
was treated for Is cents per ton, the
gold values averaging 81 per ton.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
Isn't il a Shame7

Yesterday we saw a whole load OF
coal being delivered for common fuel.
No telling how much good yellow gold
that load of coal contained.
This thing of recklessly burning up
money ought TO be stopped. even in
Delta. where gold threatens TO soon be
come so plentiful as TO be regarded as
mere dross.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04
GUN FOUND CARRIED BY YOUNG
MAN FROZEN TO DEATH IN
THE MOUNTAINS LAST FALL

done any shooting as a signal, but a
npmt --of shells were found at va
rious distances which had probably
been emptied by. Rhodes in an endeav-
foun dbeneath foot or more of snow
or to attract attention. Nothing else
was found to indicate how long they
had struggled TO get to camp
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04

A. ]. worse came in last Monday
morning from Salt Lake City for few
days business and pleasure visit.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-04

Don't forget the fair grounds part of
the celebration in the afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
LIFE.

To the preacher life's a sermon,
To the joker it's a Jest;
To the miser life is money,
To the loafer life is rest.
To the lawyer life's trial,
To the poet life's a song;
To the doctor life's a patient
That needs treatment right along
To the soldier life's battle,
To the teacher life's a school;
Lies a good thing to the CRATER,
It's failure to the fool.
To the man upon the engine,
Life's a long and heavy grade;
It's a gamble to the gambler,
To the merchant life is trade.
Life's a picture to the artist
To the rascal life's a fraud.
Life. perhaps. is but burden
To the man beneath the hod.
Life is lovely to the lover,
To the player life's play:
Life may be a load Of trouble
To the man upon the dray.
Life is but one long vacation
To the man who loves his work.
Lies an everlasting effort
To shun duty to the shirk.
To the earnest Christian worker
Life's story ever new:
Life is what we try to make it
Brother, what is life to you?
John Upton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
LIES MIRROR.

There are loyal hearts, there are
spirits brave,
There are souls that are pure and
true!
Then give to the world the best you
have
And the best will come back to
you.
Give love, and love to your life will
flow,
A strength in your utmost need;
Have faith, and score OF hearts
will show
Their faith in your word and deed.
Give truth, and your gifts will be
raid in kind,
And honor will honor meet.
And A smile that is sweet will surely
find
A smile that is Just as sweet!
Give pity and sorrow to those who
mourn;
You will gather in flowers again,
The scattered seeds from your
thought outborne,
Though the sowing seemed in vain.
For life Is the mirror Of king and
slave,
IT'S Just what you are and do,
Then give to the world the best you
have
And the best will come back to
yOu
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03

exclusion for poor attendance. That
would save more Of the laggards-
and many who have never had a
chance because of their surroundings,
chiefly their parents. An end should
be made to letting children come to
school just often enough to disturb
the work of the regular attendants
and not enough to do themselves any
real good. An end should also be put
to the whimsical action Of ignorant
and preiudiced parents who keep
their children from school altogether.
State compulsion of education should
stop parental compulsion of ignor-
ance. john }. McManan.
Columbia, August 16.
Memorandum: "Delenda est Car
thaso'-which being interpreted
means. "The primary has got to be
reformed"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
NEVER-NEVER LAND.
ce old shall never 60

We who are old shall never go
Adown a way we used to know
When we were young, and merely
fools;
Shall never stand by moonlit pools
And mark the poplars thin and stark,
Tall sentinels against the dark,
Nay we shall never go again
Hands held in hands down Lovers,
Lane.
We who are old shall never go
When lights in windows are aglow,
And meath a branch the night-wind
stirs
Gaze on that window which Is hers,
While yet the light holds out to burn;
And never blink, and never turn
Until the shadow of the maid
Is wiped by darkness from the
shade.
We never by the pasture bars
Shall stand again and count the
stars,
Nor for each falling star shall take
The old, sweet toll which used to
make
Us richer than a millionaire,
Which used to wipe out every care,
Which sent Us homeward from the
bars
With our head up among the stars.
We ne'er shall mark where she has
pr.
In the white dust her dainty foot,
Nor shall we treasure up rose
That lately her tip-tilted nose
Was buried in, nor tell our love
To a worn and discarded glove,
Nor mark the glory in ''er face
When meeting in the trysting
place.
We for whom now all years are gray
Shall never take the winding way
Up the high hill to the old beach.
Where once as high as we could
reach
We carved within crooked scroll,
While heart to heart, and soul to
soul
We stood, the maids name and our
Those names must now be over
grown.
We, standing in life's sunset glow,
In all our lives shall never go,
Her hand in ours down Lovers Lane;
Shall ne'er keep tryst with her
again,
Nor watch the trees across the pool,
And never be the world-loved fool
We used to be-we ne'er shall
stand
In love in Never-Never Land.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Church and Public Health.

mo social agency is more earnest
in its demands upon the church fol
cooperation than public health, and
no agency offers greater return fol
such cooperation" says DR.. Ennion
w. Williams, health commissioner OIL
Virginia, in bulletin just issued by
the United States Bureau of Educa'
ton. Public health asks the church
to join hands with it in giving men
better bodies, and it promises that
when mems bodies shall be stronger
their spirits will be nobler. Public
health asks the church to assist in il
making sanitary the community tc
which the church ministers; and II
pledges the experience Of the world
to show that when this is done,' none
will benefit more than the church
Other things equal, the healthy man
is the moral man, and the sanitary
community is the spiritual commu'
nifty.
"The first means of cooperation
on the part of the church is in
preaching the dignity OF the human
person, the sanctity of the individual
body. This will enable the church
to justify the health officer in his de-
mand for a sanitary community
will, indeed, make that demand ir-
resistibly logical. If the body is sac
red, then the body deserves sani-
tary surrounding and depends upon
it. The permanence Of our fight for
better health must rest, in part at
least, upon an awakened public con-
science which will view disease as
second only to sin, cleanliness as next
to godliness.
sThe church should, in a very
practical way, illustrate the necessity
of sanitation by being itself model
of sanitation. 1t should be we'll ven
tilated, we'll kept supplied with prop
er outhouses and with a safe supply
Of drinking water. Many Of our
rural churches fall far short of this
Cleaned only when filth becomes un.
bearable. ventilated by chance or &C
ci6ent. reue~a'!" v;'hc'lt GEE 49,
houses and sunplyine1 va'"~ t'>'N
rusty bucket and dirtv ii" Fi'|e-
the church oftentimes is foes .
infection. If it is to stand as tH'
evangel of good health. it must n
sanitary. If it is to preach the Cos
pel of fresh air, it must be well venti,
lated"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
FAITHFUL.

It is something sweet when the world
goes i'll.
To know YOU are faithful and love
me still;
To see. when the sunshine has left
the skies,
The lovelight shining in your dear
eyes:
Beautiful eyes more dear to NE
Than ali the wealth of the world
could be!
It is something. dearest. to feel you
near
When life with its sorrows seems
hard to bear;
To feel. when I falter, the clasp dl-
vine
OF YOUR tender aud trusting hand in
mine:
Beautiful hand. more dear to mo
Than the tenderest things on earth
could be.
Sometimes. dearest, the world goes
wrong.
For God gives grief with its gift OF
song.
And poverty. too! But your love is
more
To me than riches and gol'rn store:
Reautiful love. until death snail
part.
# is mine. as you are-HE own
[ sweetheart.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
HUNTING SHORTER ROUTE.
Proposed State Highway Passes by
Holly Hill.

a quicker and shorter route from
Columbia to Charleston, and one
which can easily be put in first-class
shape, was the proposition laid be-
fore Commissioner E. J. Watson Sat-
urday by a party of gentlemen who
travel the State in automobiles for
commercial purposes. The new
route to the City by the Sea as advo-
Gated by these gentlemen would cut
the distance of SO miles as against
1925 by the present short route and
1882 by the longer route
The road, should it be decided to
follow the present Capital-to-Coast
highway until it crosses Bates Ferry.
This ferry, by the way, is to be i'm
proved, permanent landings made on
each side Of the river, the causeways
improved, the addition Of motor to
be made to the boat and the wiring
to be fixed so that the ferry can
cross the Congress without interfer-
ing with navigation. At present 1t Is
necessary for the ferry to lie on the
Richland side OF the stream all the
time.
After crossing the Congaree River
the new road, instead Of going from
Fort Motto to st. Matthews, would
take the straight road bearing to the
left and crossing the tracks OF the
Atlantic Coast Line halfway between
Creston and Lone Star, then cross
the line into the eastern neck OF
Orangeburg County and follow some
what the tracks Of the Pregnall divi-
sion Of the Coast Line, crossing the
tracks of the Coast Line at Elloree
and Holly Hill and then going due
east from Holly Hill into Berkeley
County. Turning south between
Pinopolis and Monks Corner and
coming back close to the main line
of the Coast Line the road would 60
from there direct into Charleston
making the distance from Columbia
to Charleston only ninety-nine miles
A study of the map Of this propos'
ed short route will snow that it fol-
lows more or less Of a ridge all the
way from Columbia, the lower end OF
the road being a natural hard pan
The road can be put in frst-class
shape, it is said, with little effort
and little cost. Thirty-seven and
one-half miles Of this road on the
Columbia end is as fine a piece O
| roadway as can be found in the
| whole State. If the people along the
| route, the farmers and the residents
| OF the towns. are interested the work
can be easily done. Commissioner
Watson says If the people show any
willingness to improve the highway
he will chart and map it and sign
post the road just as he has been
| doing all over the State.