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never has been built, in the opposite
county of Virginia, which is King
George.
Setting out from Popes creek your
train will make a stop every few min
utes during its sixty mile run to Bowie.
where it connects with the main Wash
ington and Baltimore line The only
towns that you will see along the
way are La Plata, the county seat of
Charles county. and Marlboro. the
county seat of Prince Georges county.
You will pass several hamlets or scat
tered settlements. such as Waldorf
and Brandywine, but the people in that
part of Maryland live on farms and
the number of settlements is not large
and those settlements are small. But
at every stop you make along your
way you will see beside the railroad
tracks high stacks and long stacks
of short-length barked logs. At these
wood stacks you will see teams coming
in from the woods with their bur-
den, or, having brought and discharged
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Pine Tree Talks.

THIS is the season of the pine tree.
Ignored for many months, it is now
looked on with grateful eye. A cold
west wind, or 1t may have been cold
north wind-at any rate. it was cold
wind-was making the boughs of an old
pine tree in Lafayette Square sough and
swish and whistle and creak, and If you
could understand the language Of pine
trees you might translate the plant of
this particular pine thus:
This is the kind of weather that tests
the metal-or the timber-of tree! Any
tree can flourish it's foliage of delicate
green and let it's graceful leaves dance
when warm and genial wind blows from
the south, but 1t takes a man of a tree, a
tree with a rosin in its veins, to hold its
colors when a wind sweeps down from
the north in winter.
Where is tree like me and my friends
and kindred the cedar the hemlock and
the spruce, which can stand outside all
winter with no Overcoat. except rough
bark and no covering about the head and
ears except the green feathers of my
needle leaves? Where is the tree which
like me takes a cold bath of frost or
frozen dew every morning throughout the
winter? Many creatures tell their friends
that they take cold bath every morn
ing, but most of them get their cold
water out of the hot-water spigot.
Where is the tree which when winter
rains pour drenching down stands erect
and fiaunts it's colors green? No one ever
saw me sloshing around In rubbers, how
ering under an umbrella, hiding under
a raincoat or covering under an awning
when cold rain splashes from the clouds
and the cutters run full of muddy water
See how straight stand and how unfad-
ing and unyieding my green is when the
snow falls! Why, l open my arms to a
sn0Wstorm and bid the sky-born flakes
take shelter in my leaves rather than
fall where they will be trampied under
foot or swept into sewers by street clean
ers! You don't hear of me being torn up
by the roots or having my boughs
wrenched off by every summer or winter
wind that blows. How superior / feel
to those feeble and effeminate upstairs Of
vegetation. the silver naples and the pop
lars! They are always in trouble and
are forever and ever calling on the Dis
trict department of parks and parking,
or the Office of public buildings and
grounds to come to their aid! They can
never stand their ground. They are al
ways crying out for help and alarming
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that there was nc such thing as the yell
low peril and there was no radical diff
ference in the minds of the east and the
west. I'VE have the same ambitions as
to the betterment of mankind and of the
world. and there is no reason why you
should set US off by ourselves"
One of the greatest losses that Japan
has ever sustained in its great men
was the assassination of Prince Ito in
Manchuria by fanatic Korean about
a year after I had had this talk with
Yamagata. Ito was the Ii Hung Chang
of Japan. He stood to the old mikado
as Prince Otto Won Bismarck did to
the old Kaiser Wilhelm, and he was
one of the great organizing and con-
structiye statesmen of the empire. He
was boy at the time that Japan was
opened to foreigners. and he told me
how he and Count Innouye ran away
to England to study the secret OF for
eign military and naval supremacy. He
said that they were made to work their
passage as common sailors. and told
me how when they were landed in
London and were wandering about the
streets hungry and not knowing where
to go his boy friend Innouye laid down
silver dollar on the counter of a
bakery and picked up a loaf OF bread,
expecting to get some change back.
The baker, who saw they were for
eigners. put the dollar into his till and
motioned them to go on. 1t was the
last dollar they had and they walked
about for some time before they found
the English business house to which
money had been forwarded for them
At that place they had a credit of
$4,000 and this enabled them to spend
the year or more in England. after
which they went back to Japan and
told the great men with whom they
wv ed has
in the nation trying to fight the Brit
ish. This was not welcome news and
some of the high-blooded Japanese
Soshi OF that DAY tried to assassinate
them as they left the council to go
home The effect OF their news con-
frmed the opinion OF the princes that
they must have modern civilization in
Japan. and that was a part OF the be-
ginning or the Japan of today.
It was a little later that the en-
peror was transformed from a puppet
into live acting monarch, and then
Ito became a leading figure He was
soon made member of the cabinet of
the mikado and became one of his
chief advisers. He continued SO
throughout his life. and had a great
deal to do with making Japan what
she Is now.
With other things, Ito introduced
our banking system into Japan. He
came to the United States and studied
modern finance here in the Treasury
Department at Washington. He told
me he was very grateful to our gov
eminent for the facilities it gave him.
He said this was when Gen. Grant was
President and George S. Boutwell, Sec
rotary Of the Treasury. In that talk
Prince Ito said:
81 shall always be q friend of the
United States. and believe that the
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The Solution.

& ENATOR LA TOILETTE. discussin9
- trade condition, said:
In this difficulty my solution would-ss
the minister's.
A minister, a doctor and lawyer
We're dining at lady's. The lady COM
planned that her man servant broker
great deal of china. Her three guests
then advised her what to do. -
Fire him. said the lawyer. But the
lady had had him for many years, and
he was old and she liked him.
Take his breakages out of his wageS
said the doctor. But he always broke II
appeared, more than his wages came tps-
Then raise his wages said the MIN
ister"
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i X WITH THE RAElBLlEAR]A6x}ll[l
81 RI aM NAAL}n&omIEzzn ZN@446 -

VIII in a few days he at the top Of ths
water gasping for breath. The reason
for this Is that they have exhausted All
the oxygen OF the water and are nor
suffocating for lack of oxygen. BY their
respiratory process they have absorbed
the oxygen and have given OFF carboufy
acid gas. The respiratory process of the
submerged plants is the reverse OF that
OF the fish and thus equilibrium is mafu-
tanned and the water is not nearly "a
quickly fouled.
There are a few other plants thHr
are quite popular for aquariums. Among
them are elodea, or giant water weed.
utricularia. or bladderwort. ludwigia and
myriophyllum. or parrots feather. or
the last named plant there wac a beautifui
stand OF IL last summer and for severpf
previous summers in the fountain on the
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A Land of Enormous
Taxes and Big Military
Expenses = The Assas-
sination of Mr.. Abe and
the Soshi-The Passing
of the Elder Statesmen
Personal Experience
With and Gossip About
Prince Katsura-What
Yamagata Said-Reml-
niscences of Prince Ito
His Experience in
the United States-His
Love for Roosevelt and
His Work for the Ko-
reans, Which Ended in
His Death.
Copyrighted, 1913. by Frank G. carpenterl
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butted into arboreal society. So many
poets have written sickly verses about
the oak tree that its head had been turned.
He calls himself the monarch of the
forest Ha, ha. What a driveling,
shriveled up old monarch he is at this
time of the year! Look over there at that
brave little holly putting on twinkling
red berries among her radiant green in
celebration of the coming of winter!
Why, for beauty and nerve, good sense
and good temper that little holly is worth
a grove of oaks. For strength of char
acter she has got him skinned a mile.
The oak tree is a good thing for spring
time and summertime picnickers to eat
and 1t also is useful in tipping off the
farmers when to plant their corn, because
1t never ventures to put forth a leaf as
big as a squirrel ear until all danger from
frost is past. Also, the oak is an ex-
cellent tree for fireWood and railroad
ties. But it is an overrated shrub.
old beech! There is a tree so stuck on
the symmetry of it's shape that if 1t
could it would be wearing tight corsets
and a slit skirt, but now look at the poor
old thing! A veritable trump among the
trees!
Look around at the trees that pride
themselves on buds and blossoms and
gay-painted autumn leaves. Poor things!
One almost feels like hiring quarters for
them in a dollhouse or wrapping them up
in blankets or planting steam radiator
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lust a Joke, Girls.

THE late Timothy Woodruff once ~
tended an alumni dinner in New.
York-the dinner of a coed college-ahd
at this dinner. In the course of toaski
the president of the college said:
You can always tell woman who has
taken university degree"
Tell her," Mr.. Woodruff interrupted
What can you tell her? You can't ts3t
her anything. She knows il an
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st. Adams Relics.

G TREWN on the ground in sequester-
- ed part Of the beautiful close of the
Cathedral Of st. Peter and st. Paul you
may come upon a group Of building stones
richly carved and hoary looking. They
lie east from the drive-bound circle
wherein grows the Glastonbury thorn.
AS you follow the gray road which leads
from st. Adams Church toward the Ma
tional Cathedral School for Boys skirt
ing In it's course the lawn on which the
peace cross stands and on which the
memorial sun dial marks the hours and
the seasons. or as you follow the road
which leads through All Hallow's gate
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REAT tracts Of
W o o d ] a n d near
Washington are be-
ing converted into
paper. 1t Is an in
teresting story. 4
[ e a ure of the
country bordering
on and extending
long and varying
d ! S I a n C e s back
from the Potomac
river south OF
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kind of a cross between an anarchist
and a political striker. and l am told that
every political meeting is filled with them.
They have committed many assassina
tons, and for time those allied to one
politician fought with bands of the same
kind allied to other politicians.
While 1 was last In Japan. a band of ten
Soshi assaulted a member of parliament
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Plants for Fish.

LEW people probably realize the num-
Der of small private aquariums scat
tered throughout this country. While
the United States census bureau has GEN.
sused about every conceivable subject
where numbers might be OF interest the
Rambler does not know of any census of
aquariums or of goldfish. Speaking of
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tlL ucdlH VI 7 IAiltC
Katsura h a s re-
moved another of
the e | d e r states
men who have so
o n G formed the
a d V | DRY of the
emperor and have
in fact controlled
the policy of Japan.
II Is a question
how long his maj
esty and the men
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The great soldier statesman of Japan.
expenses for this are now about
$2O.OOO.OOO year. The Japanese gov
eminent has also large shipbuilding
yards and armor factories. 1t is making
its own guns and building and equipping
its own men-of-war. and at the same
time subsidizing merchant ships. Nearly
every great Japanese steamer which
goes to Europe, America, Australia and
Bombay gets more or less money from
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United States 1.9S6,31O cords Of pulp
wood. The ground wood process used
598.229 cords of domestic spruce. $780,
$40 cords of imported spruce and 67.791
cords of other woods such as hemlock,
jack pine. poplar and balsam.
During 1909 the amount used in all
processes was 4.001,607 cords. the
ground-wood process using a total Of
1,246, 121 cords, which consisted Of $685.
2S2 cords of domestic spruce, 317,28S
cords of imported spruce and 122.550
cords Of other miscellaneous woods.
The price of spruce has increased at a
very rapid rate. In 1900 the average
cost Of spruce used in all processes
in the United States was s4.S3 per cord
for domestic spruce and $3.50 for i'm
ported. while in 1900 the average price
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with it, AS for us we do not want war
with any nation and most certainly not
with our old friend, the United States.
Prince Yamagata objected, as many of
the Japanese do. to being put in special
class ON account of his yellow skin.
had asked him as to the yellow peril. and
whether China and Japan were not COM
bining to conquer the world. He replied
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at their benumbed and shrunken roots.
Thus it is with the gardeners pets and
the pride of poets.
But here l am. q pine tree. green and
bold The summer siZzard does not make
me droop and Boreas and l are chums.
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Soshi Of Japan. The Soshi became promi-
nent just after the war with China, and
in a short time spread throughout the
empire. They probably still exist under
a different name. have never seen them
described In letters Of travel. They are
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HE death of Prince
Ka+S,,ra
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At that time Prince Katsura wrote me
out a message for the United States. and
I printed facsimile of it In one Of my
letters. I have the original before me-
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10

from Austin where he had been at
work in a fruit packing house.
Mrs. n. ]. Thayer left Monday for
her home in Spara, Wis, after visit
here with her daughter, Mrs. c. c.
Workman.
Fred Trechter, T. X. Seaton and
Harry Shaffer were in Olathe Tues
day advertising the big aviation meet
to be held at Delta on October 10.
Willis Brown, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Brown of California mesa, left
Monday for Poughkeepsie, N. Y, where
he will take a course in a business
college.
Mr.. Chas. w. Sackett, a prominent
business man of Crete, Nebraska,
stopped off here the first of the week
on his return from Idaho for short
visit with Mr.. John F. Anderson and
family of Ash mesa. Mr.. Sackett for
merly owned a ranch on the mesa
and still has liking for this section.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10
Montrose Party to Pueblo.

With the great honking of horns,
and fine day and the brighteat pros
poets for a successful run before
them eighteen cars containing
total OF 80 passengers left Hartman's
garage at six o'clock Tuesday morn
ing for the run to Pueblo over the
Rainbow route.
The trip to Gunnison was easily
accomplished. the party arriving at
La veta hotel at 1880 Chat K.John-
sons car had a puncture near Cerro
hill and E. A. Goddard's machine
suffered a blowout In the vicinity of
Cimarron. Repairs were speedily made
ison without further fatalities. A halt
was made at the state bridge "A few
miles this side of Gunnison for the
tagging members OF the party and
the whole bunch went into Gunnison
In a body.
A picture of the entire party was
taken by the winn brothers following
lunch. A splendid dinner was served
by the good roads association of Gun
nison at the La veta hotel which prov
ed very delightful affair.
The automobiles left Gunnison at
LOS for the trip over Monarch pass
and as the weather is fine, no diff
culties In that arduous stage of the
journey were anticipated.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10
PAoNIA
. .>>>>>>>>>e>>>
(The Paonian.)

Mrs. Harry Elder went to Delta on
Thursday morning to join her hus.
band, who is overseeing some ranch
work in that section.
Judge L. NJ. Moulton, who has been
confined to his home by illness for
two weeks, was able to make a trip
down town yesterday.
Mrs. Excie Davis returned Sunday
morning to her home in Delta after a
pleasant two-weeks' visit with relatives
and friends here.
After a short visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cowan, Mrs.
Thomas Frew returned Friday to her
home in Florence.
Mr.. and Mrs J. H. Rudolph took the
train yesterday morning for Walla
Walla Washington, for visit of three
or four weeks in the home of Mrs.
Rudolph's son, Harry Fluallen.
Miss Rya Murray left Saturday
morning for Denver. where she will
meet and viist her mother for a short
time before proceeding to Long Beach,
California, to join DIR. and Mrs. w. F.
Follansbee.
Edward Goodwin, son of Nate Good
win, formerly prominent local land
holder, completed a two-weeks' visit
with Paonia friends Tuesday and went
to Delta for a time The Goodwin
home is now in San Diego, California.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. T. Lamb, of Olin,
Iowa, arrived Thursday evening for a
visit in the home of their daughter,
Mrs NJ. H. Crissman, and their son,
Rosco Lamb. Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb are
on their way to the Pacific Coast for
the winter.
]. F. Humphry, with his wife and
daughter, arrived Tuesday night from
Denver and intend to make their home
here indefinitely, caring for Mr.. Hum
phry's mother, Mrs. Jane Humphry
The family was formerly located at
Ravenna, Nebraska.
The young women of the Embroid-
cry Club gave linen shower Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. w. j.
Hollands in honor of Miss Anna Pro
basco, the date of whose marriage to
a prominent business man of Ouray is
rapidly approaching The high esteem
in which Miss Probasco is held was
attested by the number and character
of the tokens elft by the guests. A
jolly evening, as the Embroidery Club S
events always are, was marred only
by the general regret over the fact
that one popular member is soon to be
missed from their gatherings.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10

than official cares. there is danger
that. returning from a circuit of lee
lures, he mihgt easily blunder into
acts moving the country toward war
as an inevitable result. or. on the 9TH
er hand, he might be open TO acts. or
to omissions OF acts. which would Iced
to humiliation9 worse than war. The
Independent press of this country Will
never waive its intelligence or surren-
der it's convictions in such a manner as
Mr.. Daniels proposes. Besides. II he
could control the press there would be
Congressman Hobson to look after,
The idea invites to ridicule and light
treatment, but 1t has side too serious
to permit too much OF that sort of
treatment. The serious side of II is
that a cabinet officer who can serious
ly suggest such a gagging as this fits
in we'll with an administration under
which King Caucus has been enthron-
ed for enforcement OF The presidential
will on congress. But he doesn't fit
in we'll with American ideas or Ameri-
can institutions.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10

from stack of hay yesterday and in
jured his ankle quite severely. We
did not hear how serious the injury
was but he will hobble around on
crutches for while.
A deal was made on Monday of this
week whereby Gus Sunberg of Craw-
ford becomes the owner of the Her.
man Kreumling place on Crystal Creek.
Mr.. Kreumling will visit with his
brother in California in the near fu.
ture.
Walt Thomas and Dan Mcintyre
wanted to get to Kansas City this
week and in order to save railroad
fare they went with Hanson on his
cattle train Tuesday. One thing GER
tain that bunch will have a rip-roarin'
time once they get to Kansas City
d. r. c. Brown of Aspen who is
heavily interested in land south of
town came in yesterday bringing Asa
Simpson with him. Mr. Simpson will
have charge of the work of building
three seven room residences and also
the necessary barns, etc, needed on
the big ranch. We understand that
Mr.. Brown is the owner of about 5000
acres of land in that vicinity.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10
CRAWFORD
. >>>>>>>>>>>>. . .
(Chronicle)

(Chronicle)
w. L. Savage made a business trip
to Crystal creek Tuesday.
Bob Asbaugh and wife were bust
ness callers in Crawford Thursday.
School will begin at the Missouri
Flats school house October 13 with 1.
w. Foster for teacher
Charlie Thompson returned last Sat
urday after spending couple of
months at Cathedral, Colo, and vicini-
ty.
The snow storm in the hills is bring
ing the cattle down in droves and they
are looking fine.
John Hoseman and his niece, Miss
Peach, moved from their camp on Cry
stal to Crawford Tuesday
Thurdsay Mr.. Wakefield moved his
family up on DIR. Hamilton's place
where they will make their future
home.
l. H. Williams has sold his hay and
straw stack to Rob Rockwell. Hay
seems to be in good demand this year
E. C. Hill, contractor on our new
school building has a force of carpen-
ters at work and they are going at
it like fighting fire. The stone mason
work is about completed.
The apple men are very busy car
ing for their apple crop for which they
expect good price.
The upper grades are beginning to
attend school so that Miss Van Oort,
will soon take all below the sixth
grade off her hands.
After lingering for ten days as the
result of her injuries, Mrs. A. j. Aver
passed to the Great Beyond, Friday,
September Goth. The funeral service
was held at the Methodist church Sat
urday afternoon, the pastor, Rev.
Albert Shepherd, officiating. and was
largely attended by her many friends
in the community.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10

Criterion.
Mr.. Walter A. Adams of Delta Wis.,
tied in Olathe today.
Mrs. Thos. Hutchison left Saturday
to visit friends at Hotchkiss.
S. ]. Harris of California mesa was
in Montrose Friday on business.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Sho-
walter, Monday, September 29, an S1a
pound boy.
Seph Hubbard of California mesa
bought !. NJ. McKay's blacksmith shop
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ferguson are
rejoicing over the arrival of boy at
their home Wednesday.
Mrs. C. A. Taylor returned Friday
from visit with her daughter at Pal.
isade.
C. p. Foster went to Lake City on
Saturday to spend a day looking after
his business interests.
Raymond Willets returned yesterday
The Delta independent., 1913-10-10
AUSTIN
. 80 >>~> >%>< =

(Journal)
Plenty of water now for Henry Rist
to run his electric plant.
Rome Beauty apples are now com
ing in for shipment
A train of eighteen empty fruit cars
went up the road Thursday.
There has been an unusual number
of cloudy days the past month or
more.
j. Utterback, of Cedaredge shipped
another carload of honey from this
station today, Friday.
Guy Whitaker returned Friday
from the Gould reservoir, south of
Crawford, where he has been doing
cement work.
Beets, beets and more beets. To see
in, one might think nothing but beets
was grown here.
Mr.. Appleby, who came over from
Montrose with the idea of opening a
pool hall, returned without perfecting
arrangements.
Newt McGruder left on the train
Thursday for the Crawford country
where he will do some carpenter work
for the Gould reservoir people.
A consignment of 100000 trout fry
came in Thursday and went up to
the lakes on Grand mesa. OF this
number $4,000 were for c. w. Weaver
to be placed in the Stell lake and res
ervoirs.
A socalled fruit grader stood on the
depot platform this week. The maker
no doubt thought 1t near perfection.
but it was a sorry looking affair com
pared with one used in Weyrauch's
packing house nearby across the
track.