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The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
The Riqht Side

Uncle Jackson (showirg city boy the
farm)-"With all your city edd.ca-
ton, sonny, I'll warrant you don't
know which side to milk COW from" 3"
The boy" Sure | do, it's the under
side
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
Food for the Donkey

The jury had been out for two days
and still one persistent fellow held out
against the other eleven. We'll, gen
tlemen," asked the court officer. shall
| again order twelve dinners?
NO" replied the foreman, make
it eleven dinners and a bate Of hay"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

March came in somewhat lambish
on the Western Slope and the last
day was like summer, though the
an old ram. Ohio and Indiana papers
say the month came in like a lamb
and went out like whole managerie.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
Caught

You look warm"
Il have been chasing a hat"
Did your hat blow OFF,
"It wasn't my hat, it belonged to
somebody else, and it had pretty
girl under it,
Did you catch it?"
"Yes. My wife saw me chasing 1t. y
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

A most complete surprise was per-
petrated upon Mrs. Edward Lindsey
one evening the latter part of last
week by some eighteen or twenty of
her friends and acquaintances. 1t
was Mrs. Lindsey's birthday and these
friends chose to make the occasion
memorable. They learned that that
lady and her husband had gone to
lone of the motion picture shows and
supplying themselves with oysters
and many other eatables. they ad-
vanced upon the Lindsey home and
took complete possession. Upon re-
turn of the Lindseys they found this
,jovial crowd in possession of the prem
ises and at once joined in the merry
making. Card playing. music and
other forms of amusement was in
dulged for a short time and then
sumptuous supper was served.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

Miss Edith Skinner entertained a
delegation of her young friends at
dinner last Sunday noon. The party
comprised the following persons: The
Misses Grace Adams, Fannie Adams,
Margaret Griffin. Hazel Wells, Ada Ar
thur, Pearl Skinner and Edith Skinner,
Messrs. Floyd Harding, Charles Ad-
ans, Joe McMurray. Earl Wilson, Fred
King and Fred Ellis.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
month.

Governor Ammons has appointed
the advisory board to act with High
way Commissioner Erhardt. They
are Kuykendall of Denver, Leonard
E. Curtis of Colorado Springs, Chas.
r. McClain of Canon City. l.. B.
Waldbridge of Meeker and Charles E.
Herr of Durango.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
For Sale

Eaton Raspberry roots. Asparagus
roots, Rhubarb roots. Rhode Island
Red eggs for Matching at soc per doz.
J. r. Kernohan. 3tp
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

A gold medal, initials S. NJ. on front
and on the reverse side of medal the
words Missouri State University
awarded to George w. Bruce 1892" A
liberal reward will be paid If found
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
The Maid-'Yess'um."
Erom auteher TO Brush

She Tin art museum)-"They say
that famous marine artist was once
a plain farmers boy. wonder where
he developed his talent?"
He-"Probably drawing water on
the farm"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

Silt is the universal drink now
with Delta people. The color is about
that of chocolate and the beveredge
is-wet
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

, ANTIOOTES I
, . . y q = . . . . . . . . 4
ANTIDOTES
Reason Enough

Figg-"Don't you wish you could
live your life over again?'
Fogg-"Well, | should say not. I've
got a twenty-year endowment po''cY
maturing this month"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

stated with ready. hand. "PlI preslnt
a box of candy to the lady that
makes the homeliest face within the
next three minutes"
The time expired. Pat announced:
"Ah, Mrs. Mcclure, you get the prize"
But" protested Mrs. Mcclure. go
way wild ye! l wasn't playin' at all. ,
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Proof

Mrs. Eastend-"You will no: find
me difficult to suit, Nora"
Nora. Cthe new maid)-I ain sI:s
not, ma'am; l saw your husband as
came in ma am.
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Important

Mrs. De Style-"Marie. ! shall take
one of the children to church with
me-.
The Maid-'Ye Yess'um."
Mrs. De Style-"Which one will go
best with my purple gown"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
DELTA, COLO, APRIL 4, 1918

The late Pierpont Morgan had an
income of S2S7 an hour We say
had. advisedly.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
A Chjpper Chopper

Customer want to order my wife
a round
Butcher-"So do sir, but she orders
me around"
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SOCIETY NOTES
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Mrs. w. R. Travis pleasantly enter
tanned the Thimble club at her home
on North Main street last Friday af.
ternoon. Delightful refreshments were
served as a concluding feature.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
Notice

To parties wanting auto service I
will be pleased to take you with my
Ford car. day or night. Charges
reasonable. DAVIS, the Auctioneer.
IT,
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

FOR RENT-Desirable house. $40
per month. with water. Shade trees.
House wired for lighting. Apply on
premises at 935 Meeker street, or
Delta Bakery.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

1t is said that whenever a flag of
truce appears in Mexico, some needy
native captures it and converts it
into wearing apparel
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

Good Denver income and eastern
farms or exchange for Delta county
land. See Surface Creek Realty Co.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

White Leghorn pullets for sale.
Oliver McCully, Garnet mesa. Colora-
do phone Garnet I'LL.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

TO RENT-Nice chicken ranch. 1 W
acres OF ground, room house, bath.
hot and cold water. Apply II. Nit
chell, 7th St, Garnet Mesa. If.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
And Then What Happened?

And Then What Happened?
Her Dad-"No sir; won't have my
daughter tied for life to a stupid fool
Her Suitor-"Then don't you think
you'd better let me take her off your
hands?"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

w A. Davis, General Auctioneer.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

Protect your nome against fire by
insuring with Stephan G Obert.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

FOR SALE-Plenty OF Eureka and
Early Ohio seed potatoes at Il. c.
Hutchinson's. fifty cents per hundred.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

Have two fine ranches near Ce
daredge to trade for Delta residence
or ranch Surface Greek Realty Co.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

WANTED-Stedy work of any kind
by a young man willing and indus
trious. Address postoffice box, 269.
Delta, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

Five room house and lot for sale
223 Columbia street.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
Broadening Out

broadening OUT
Don't you think travel broadens
one?"
While we were in Europe last winter"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
A Natural Mistake

Youth--"Did you mix your colors
on this?"
Amatuer Artist-"Sir! what do you
mean? That's my greatest picture"
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04
Not PIayin'

Pat. thinking to enliven the party.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

FOR SALE-Sorrel team. ma e al |
horse, about seven years old. weight
about 240O lbs. Will sell either sep
arate, also wagon and harness. Ad-
dress, E. s., Box No. 1. Austin. Colo.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

WANTED-A neat appearing young
man to sell groceries to farm trade
for a Kansas City house. Must be
Industrious and of good habits. Ad
dress ]. ]. Evans, General Delivery
Delta, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-04

Eggs for Matching White Wyan-
dottes and Buff Leghorns.-F'rom the
first prize pen mated to my first prize
cockerel, not a bird scoring less than
921a, to 95 "a, $500 per Is. Secoud
pen mated to third prize cockerel: all
good birds. $1.5O per Is Buff Leg
thorn eggs, $3.50 per Is. NJ r. Perkins
S45 Palmer Street, Delta. If
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BUSINESS LOCALS.

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CAMILLA SANDERS. City Clerk
rst pub. March 2lst. 1913.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

split in all directions and most OF the
rooms were wrecked. Two seven
pound cans of black powder also had
been placed in two separate rooms
among heaps Of wood shavings, which
had been saturated with oil and in the
center of which burning candles had
been fixed
The only clues obtained by the po
lice are two broken hat pins, which
were found among the wreckage. II
is declared by neighbors that an auto
mobile containing several women
passed through the village in the early
hours.
An official of the Woman's Social
and Political union told the police that
the society had no knowledge of the
perpetrator.
Gen" Mrs. Flora Drummond, how,
ever, declared that the explosion was
undoubtedly the work of women" She
exclaimed enthusiastically Il think
it is grand! 1t was a fine act success.
fully carried out and shows the deter,
mination of the women. say, all
power to all kinds Of militancy In the
direction of harassing cabinet minis.
ters short Of taking human life
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
HONOR THE INDIANS
TAFT OFFlCIATES AT BREAKING
OF GROUND FOR RED MANS
MEMORIAL.
MANY TRIBES REPRESENTED
Trip to New York Is Presidents Last
Before Retiring as Head of Nation
Chief Executive and Wife Re-
ceiVe Handsome Presents.

New York, Feb. 24.-President Taft,
accompanied by Mrs. Taft and Mrs.
Thomas NICK. Laughlin, her sister,
arrived in New York Saturday on his
last trip before March 4 when he will
leave Washington for Augusta, Ga.
After arriving the presidential par
ty breakfasted at the Henry w. Taft
home and the president later proceed
ed on the yacht Dolphin to Fort Wads-
worth, where he broke ground for the
National American Indian memorial.
Thirty-two ull-blooded Indians, rep
resenting sixteen of the wealthiest
and most powerful of the tribes on
the American continent, took part IL
the ceremonies. Among the tribes
represented were the Sioux, Black
feet, Crows, Cheyenne, Chippewas and
Apaches. Chief White Man-Runs-dim
who led Clusters scouts into the val.
ley OF the Little Big Horn from
whence they never returned, was
among the tribal celebrities and he
was selected to officiate for tbs In
dams in breaking the ground.
At three o'clock the president at
tended the opening of the new light
house of the New York Association
for the Blind On West Eifty-n1nth
street, and accompanied by Mrs. Taft
attended the banquet of the Americ-
can Peace and Arbitration society at
Sherry's at night. Here the president
was presented with gold medal for
his work for international peace.
It is estimated that President Taft
has covered something like 115,OOO
miles since he was made chief execu-
tive and more than $4,000 since he
was made governor of the Philippines
in 1901.
Before leaving Washington Friday
night magnificent set Of pearl studs
for President Taft and a diamond
necklase of pure white stones fov Mrs
Taft were presented to them at the
White House as farewell gifts from a
circle OF close friends which the Tafts
have made during their long residence
in the national capital
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
WOMEN USE TORCH
LONDON sUFFRAeETTEs cHARG.
ED WITH FIRING PAVILION OF
KEW GARDEN.
THREE ARE SENT TO PRISON
Lillian Lenton and joyce Locke
Threaten Hunger Strike II Sent TO
jaIl--oiI Soaked Pads Are Found,
on Them by Police.

London, Feb. 22.-Suffragettes paid
another havoc working visit to the
Kew botanical gardens Mere Thursday
and fred g. large refreshment pavilion,
which burned to the ground. Two,
women were arrested. They gave
their names as Lillian Lenton and
Joyce Locke, each twenty-five years
old. They were caught while running
from the scene OF the fire. Each car
ried bag containing a dark lantern,
cotton soaked in oil, hammer and a
saw.
When brought up At the police court,
the magistrate refused to allow them
bail. They were told by the court
that their offense was not political,
but highly criminal. Miss Locke.
thereupon hurled at the magistrate
big law book. which narrowly missed
his head. She fought desperately
against the wardens who were as
signed to remove her to a cell.
A number of suffragettes were SEN
fenced for destruction of property on
Friday. Sentences of six months were
AAApSsSN upOlA june Gliu N1tkk11
Lambert. The latter two had broken
plate glass windows in front Of the
Hamburg-American Office.
Chancellor of the Exchequer David
Lloyd-George's country residence at
Walton Heath was practically destroy
ed Wednesday by Il bomb which. pc
lice say, was placed there either by
militant suffragettes or their male
sympathizers. LlOyd-George himself
is on motor trip in France. Nobody
was injured as the residence has noS
yet been occupied
The internal machine was so power
full that the thick walls of the house
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
ARE ACCUSED AS TRUST
SUIT FILED AGAINST M'CASkEY
REGISTER FIRM.
Government Alleges That Concern
Used Unfair Methods to Undermine
Business of Competitors.

Cleveland, O., Feb. 22.--In civil
suit filed here Thursday by order OF
Attorney General Wickersham, sensa-
tional charges of violation of the Sher
man antitrust law are leveled at the
McCaskey Register company.
TO acquire monopoly OF the inter.
state and foreign commerce in the
sale of account registers, appliances
and systems of keeping credit &C.
counts, the company, it's officers and
agents, it is charged, wrongfully and
fraudulently have INSTRUCTED and sup
pressed the business of competitors.
bribed their employees, employed
agents to spy upon their business,
have waged an unfair campaign OF
patent suits and threatened suits, and
Of other unlawful methods to stitie
competition.
A campaign OF fierce and unfair
competition has been planned or con-
sented to by officers of the company
the government alleges. force of
special men, sometimes called the
flying squadron" or knockout
men," was employed, 1t is declared,
to impart to statesmen and agents in
structions to destroy the business of
competitors, and for the purpose of
interfering with negotiations ard in
ducing the cancellation by the custom
ers of their contracts of sale with
competitors.
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River Falls Journal
S. r. MORSE, Editor.
WIS
TIE PERFECT WOMAN.


The perfect woman who has beer
found among the 400 girl students O.
Cornell university overturns many
old-fashioned notions. She is not
farm girl, but city bred, yet she is
studying agriculture for a profession
She does not eat candy. She is feet
inches tall and weighs III pounds.
The young lady of the fashionable
novel so years ago had waist that
could be spanned with the two hands,
meaning some IS inches, wrought by
painful artifice; naturally she tainted
at least once in every chapter and
had to be restored with smelling salts
after cutting her corset strings. Cor
nell's perfect woman has S0.S-inch
waist and chest measure 40 inches
larger. about the proportions OF the
Venus of Milo. She has never faint
ed; has never been Ill at all. Gone
is the girl who used to chew slate per-
ellis to make her face white and waa
never seen abroad without her veil
and parasol Forgotten is the maxim
that the finest women, like the finest
flowers, are raised under glass" The
American girl OF today, If gifted with
the leisure, plays tennis and golf and
courts sunlight; the chances are
about FIVE TO one that she cannot pos
sibly squeeze herself into her grand
mothers wedding gown, says the New
York World. In this great transfer
nation favorable environment and
plenty of food have scarcely had more
to do than active habits and the
growth OF sensible ideas of physical
well-being.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

Some years ago, in the district Of
Jalpaigori, Bengal, there was a sud.
den epidemic Of petty thefts and bur.
glaries, says the Strand. The police,
completely baffied for some time.
finally arrested an individual on sus.
picion, who, after q preliminary mag
isterial investigation, was remanded
in custody with a view to further in.
quiries as to his antecedents. On be-
ing searched, a police off Ger, suspect
ing he had something concealed in
his mouth, ordered him to open it.
when, embedded round one of his
TACK teeth, was found hard sub
stance, which, on being extracted,
proved to be a small, semi-circular
clasp-knife. The suspect, who had
hitherto protested his innocence. now
made a full confession, and eventual
~ turned out to be member OF the
notorious criminal tribe Of "Burwars"
from the district OF Gonda, In Oudh,
and had already been convicted of
fourteen previous ofPenses! He ad-
mitted that the knife had been spe-
cially made for him, and that he used
it for cutting open bales of cloth and
also for pocket picking.
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IMPORTANT NEWS
ITEMS

Paris, Feb. ga desperate gun
fight in the council chamber at
Piedicroce, Corsica, resulted in the
mayor and two councillors being NOR
tally wounded. The demand Of a group
of clrizens to see the list of candi-
dates for the forthcoming election
caused the trouble.
Washington, Feb. 22.-Jasper N. Ba-
ker of Indiana was appointed examiner
of the mint. Mr. Baker, who thus be-
comes virtually assistant director OF
the mint has been connected with the
treasury department for many years.
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 22--Public
dances, moving picture shows and bill
lard and pool on Sunday will be pro-
hibited in Minnesota if three bills
covering these points and recommend
ed to passage by the senate commit
tee on general legislation are enacted
into laws by the Minnesota legisla-
ture.
The committee also approved a bill
which would prohibit automobile rae
ing and another which would put a.
ban on all Sunday entertainments to
which admission Is charged.
South Bend Ind, Feb. 22-Lottie
Engel, one of the leading prima don.
mas Of the American stage, and Wal.
ter Shawvan, salesman for a Chicago
automobile company, eloped to South
Bend and were married here by Rt
Rev. John Hazen White, D. D., bishop
of the Episcopal diocese Of northern
Indiana. The actress announced her
intention of quitting the stage
Charleston. w. Va. Feb. 24.--Fed-
eraI Judge Nathan b. Golf was elected
United States senator from West Vir-
ginia by the legislature in joint SEES.
sion Friday. Judge Golf received all
the Republican votes cast.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Two of Auto Party Killed.

St. Louis. Feb. 25.-George NJ. Trum-
DO and Miss Hazel Finn and two
others of the four members of an auto
party we're seriously injured when the
machine turned turtle on lonely road
in St. Louis county. Trumbo, who
was driving, was responsible for the
accident. He clapped both hands to
his head to catch his hat which a gust
of wind had blown off, releasing the
steering wheel. The car veered into
a ditch and turned over. All occu-
pants were pinned under the tonneau.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
SPURNS THAW BRIBE
OFFER OF $4,000 TO RELEASE
SLAYER IS REJECTED.
soy. Suizer Asserts Statement saying
He Wanted Murderer's Release
la False.

Albany, n. Y, Feb. "a bride OF
$4,000 to release Harry x. Thaw
from the Matteawan State Hospital
FOR the Criminal Insane was offered
by a lawyer last November 10 Dr.
John r. Russell, the superintendent
Of the institution, according TO MS
own testimony before the Sulzer com
mittee Of inquiry. Doctor Russeh
said he refused the money.
This was the result Of a charge
that William L. Clark, a friend or Gov
ernor Sulzer and secretary Of the in
curry committee, had tried to 1ntlu-
ence Doctor Russell and DR.. James "
May, the president Of the state nos
Dital committee, to give Harry n
Thaw his freedom.
Thaw can be released only upon
supreme court order or through
certificate signed by Doctor RusseiI
that he has recovered his mental bal
ance 1t is this certificate OF recoV-
cry which Doctor Russell said an at
tempt was made to bribe him to give.
Governor Sulzer declared that the
use of his name was unauthorized
"If Mr.. Clark or any other man made
the statement that Thaw's release
would be pleasing to me, it is abso-
lutely untrue" said Governor Sulzer.
On February Is, Doctor Russell
said, Doctor May called him on the
telephone from Albany saying he had
seen the governor and that Mr.. Sulzer
would issue no order and 'the case
would have to take its regular
course"
Il told Doctor May" continued the
witness, "that if the governor wanted
this thing done he would have to give
mo a written order"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Ex-EMPREsS OF CHINA DEAD
Widow Of Emperor kWangsu Dies
After Short IIInese-Cause OF
Death Is Unknown.

Peking, China, Feb. 24.-Ye Ho Ma
La, empress dowager of China, died
at $3.50 o'clock Saturday morning.
She was the widow of Emperor
Kwangsu, who died November 10
1908
The empress had been i'll only a
few days. The actual cause of her
death is unknown, but it is said the
symptoms of her ailment resembled
appendicitis.
The former imperial family was
about to remove to the inner portion
of the forbidden city in order to make
room for the government in the east
ern portion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
MUCH Rorder excitement.

FL Paso, Texas, Feb. 25.-The killing
of Francisco Madero and Pine Suarez
has caused as much excitement along
the border as did the Mexico City re
volt. The federal volunteer troops,
already stirred by the downfall Of
their former leader, threaten immed1-
atcIy to quit service, but to retain
their arms Their junction with the
rebels has been feared since the reyo-
luton at the national capital. Even
the rebels appear aroused BIZ the death
of the man they fought so long to
destroy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
HAMILTON VERY BADLY HURT
Noted Aviator Falls 200 Feet With Ma
chine-Air Craft Turns Com
pIete Somersault.

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 21.-CharlOs
K. Hamilton, world noted aviator and
perhaps the most daring birdman left
fell 200 feet at Pablo Beach and was
severely injured Wednesday.
Hamilton had only been in the air
short time when the machine was seen
to tilt forward and then turn com
plete somersault and come to the
earth.
Beside badly fractured left thigh
and generally bruised and cut, Ham
ilton is thought to have escaped more
serious injury.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

The death of a young college pro
lessor in Paris from an overdose of
morphine administered hypodermical-
ly mas led to movement for the rigid
administration of the law regulating
the sale OF morphine. The morphine
habit is said to be at it's worst among
the young women frequenters at the
night cafes ard dance halls in the
Montmartre district and in collegiate
circles in tho Latin quarter. There is
a possibility Of the arrest on charge
of homicide OF student of the higher
Normal college who is said to have adj
ministered the drug to the dead pro.
fessor. All over the world there is a
growing use of so-called habit-forming
drugs. To fight it effectively is a
problem which seems to be every
where unsolved.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
BIG RAIL STRIKE is AVERTED
Managers Of Roads Agree to Arbitrate
Fremen's Demands Under the
Erdman Act.

New York, Feb. 20.-The proposed
strike of 10000 firemen on the east
ern railroads will not occur. The
railroads yielded Tuesday and agreed
to arbitrate under the Erdman act the
controversy with the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
The firemen had stood to man for
this method of arbitration ever since
the deadlock began. The railroads
had stood firm for arbitration before
q commission of six or seven men.
Three men, acting under the law, will
decide the firemen's claims. Their
decision will be binding.