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The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

II. ]. Coerver. vice-president Of the
Delta National bank, boarded the
morning train yesterday for the state
metropolis where he had business de-
manding personal attention.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Master Johnnie Curtis who was op-
Grated on in Delta hospital short
time since for mastoids has suffi-
ciently recovered as to be able to re.
turn to his home.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

James Burns, former jan'tor at the
county court house. is now at his old
home in Cookstown, Ontario, Canada,
according to a letter recently written
friend in Delta.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

DR.. Burger of Grand Junction, well
known optician, was in Delta the first
of the week and expects to make
regular visits in future, having reg
istered his license in Delta.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Mrs. H. E Perkins entertained the
F. F. club in pleasing manner at her
home on North Main street last Tues
day afternoon. Dainty refreshments
were served during the afternoon.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Edward Haley departed Wednesday
evening for his home in Long Beach,
California. after a visit of about six
weeks duration in this city and vicin-
ity.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Cecil Schmid came in from Ou-ay
last Saturday evenisg for Sunday
visit with his parents. He returned
to the mountain town Monday morn
ing.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

NJ. F. Keene has just purchased two
street and will soon begin the con-
struction of five or six room mod
ern bungalow home.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

George Deter arrived home last Sun
visit in Oklahoma City. He visited in
other parts of that state reports busi-
ness as quiet.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Frank Crowley. of North Delta. is
home spending a few days after an alb
sence OF nearly three months. Frank
building department They are now at
Salida He says this part of the coun-
try looks awfully nice and green af-
ter spending some time in the noun
tains.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Word has just been received by
friends in the city. OF the death of Mr.
Brown. father OF Mrs. A. y. Woodring
and Mrs. Ellison. at the family home
near Ridgway. Death came early
Tuesday morning. Both his daugh-
ters and Mrs. Woodrng's son Charles
were with him when the end came
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Arthur King. of Eckert, who was
summoned to Cortez last week as a
witness in the Stearns murder trial,
arrived home Wednesday evening.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Mr. Puncher. did you lose braided
horsehair quirt? There is one at this
office. Call and convince us that it is
yours and you can have it. It's
dandy
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Pictorial Review patterns carried at
the Glenn Millinery.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Accidents seem to happen at fairly
regular intervals with the Lippert fam
lily of late and the first was recorded
last Monday when our former mayor
slipped and fell when helping to un-
load some goods at the depot In the
fall the back part Of his head came in
contact with the rough edge of wea-
pom and the result was scalp wound
fully two inches in length. Several
stitches were necessary in the adjust.
ments. And on Wednesday morning
Carlton Lippert, son OF the former
mayor. dropped the tireless wheel OF
an automobile on his right foot caus-
ing painful crushing injuries to two
toes of the foot, The surgeon was
again called for action.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

The local high school boys had some
bad luck with their band concert
that is, the weather and several other
conditions seemed to be against them.
The weather on Friday evening was
just about as disagreeable as possible
and the affair would have been post.
poned but for the presence of the
Cedaredge baseball team and dele
CATION of rooters who were expecting
to attend and the band finally con
cluded to proceed with the program
even II the audience was small Then
1t was decided to repeat the perform
ance on Saturday evening and Just
about time for people to begin filling
the opera house something happened
at the lighting plant and there was no
light until about midnight.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Edward Healy was a business visitor
in Montrose last Monday, returning to
Delta in the evening.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

The High School baseball team of
Cedaredge and a goodly number of
the boosters and rooters for that or.
ganization came down TO Delta last
Friday and put II all over our boys
in a contest on the Garnet mesa
grounds that afternoon. The score at
the finish was 12-s in favor of the
visitors. There was mild shower
in action throughout the game. but the
boys wouldn't let such matters inter
fere with the program.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Mrs. Eldon Hauser is here from her
home near Gunnison, a guest of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Border, in North
Delta.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Rev. E b. Pratt. who conducted n
series of revivals here during the win
ter. and who had just opened up n
campaign in Grand Junction, received
word that his father. SO years OF age.
had become seriously Ill and that his
sons presence was necessary. Mr..
Pratt therefore left for the family
home Sunday night and Rev. J. G.
Phillips. of Montrose took charge OF
the revival meetings in the sister city
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Mrs. Herbert Chase was an outgo-
ing passenger Tuesday morning for
Denver on a short visit to friends.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Delightful summer rooms, furnished
for housekeeping. 14s Palmer st. 20
Mrs. G.. H. Doughty has been suf-
fering from siege of nervous pros
tration for the past month
Miss Cora Sanders arrived home
last Sunday evening from a months
visit with relatives and friends in
Ouray
Mrs. H ]. Coerver, after confine-
ment and care in Delta hospital for
ten days or two weeks. was taken to
her home last Sunday morning.
Fred King was an outbound passen-
ger last Sunday evening for Pueblo
and Kansas City, Mo, where it is re-
ported he was to take part in trap
shooting events.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Mrs. NJ R. Lincoln and son John
left on Thursday evening of last week
for Pacific Grove, California, whore
they will make their future home.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

w A. Stingley, travelling freight
agent for the C. B. & G.. was in Delta
yesterday looking up business for his
road.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

G. H. Doughty was in Montrose on
business Monday
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

DR.. William Crawford, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Delta, has
been suffering from an attack of
grippe this week.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

DIR. w. H. Lewis and son of Hotch-
kiss, made an auto run to this city
yesterday.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Reduced prices on trimmed hats
Glenn Millinery.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Chief Forester Kruytzer of the Gun
nison district was in the city on busi-
ness first of the week.
The Delta independent., 1914-05-08

Delightful summer rooms, furnished
for housekeeping. 148 Palmer ST. 20
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RESULTS COMPARED
AT AUCTION BRIDGE
Differences in Bidding and Play
Of Same Hands at
Duplicate.
STORY TOLD BY THE SCORES
Interesting Consequences Of
Various Declarations
and Leads.
STORY TOLD BY THE SCORES

Whatever objections may be made Ia
duplicate bridge with regard to the &C.
curacy OF Nits conclusions In determining
the merits OF various players by their
showing on the score at the end Of q single
session. the game 10 unquestlonably a
great educator In the matter OF handling
Doth the bidding and the play.
Unfortunately II IL not the custom "a
yet to compare and study the results Of
various declarations and leads a. w
used to study the tactics OF whist. Al
that game almost every deal could DO re-
called in detail by those who played. and
the various possibilities were chewed over
and digested with view to absorbing
some useful information for future use.
It used to be a common practice fVs
partners to review a hand immediat ely
after putting the cards back In the tray
In order to determine how Il would
probably be played by others In the con-
test. and with what result. We have not
got that far yet In auction. We are In
too great n hurry 10 get TO the next hand
to think how differently the one we have
Just played may be handled by our op-
ponents at the next table.
This attitude is doubtless due to the
long standing habit OF regarding each
deal as part OF rubber and the rubber
itself as ancient history. the chief interest
heing In the financial result. AZ whist
there was no such transitory play. II was
almost all duplicate. and seldom or never
for stake In the serious games.
As duplicate bridge matches become
more popular this habit Of Analysing re-
suits will doubtless return. and there are
already signs OF v in various parts OF
the country where weekly matches on the
duplicate system are played. The b.
monthly games at the new quarters Of the
Knickerbocker Whist Club in the Per-
sian garden at the HOFFMAN House have
already developed several very interest.
ing postmortems. which show how DIFF
ferently various players handle the same
cards. both in bidding and In play.
Hero 10 n striking illustration Of n
very common hand. apparently good for
Just four tricks and game by the simplest
methods. which called forth an amount
OF ingenuity and cunning at one bic
that is almost beyond belief
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accuracy with which each curl a,
added flower to the couture, Each n,
shoe or decorative detail, have be-,
added escape the notice or the crat.igI
of the student OF such matter
The remarkable CROMWELL r.I.'
ton OF the late Sir Richard Tanc,e
also displayed. while the manl- 10.
OF different periods are refnlrka..
Among these is the contempordry coz
OF the marriage contract 5e,wte
Charles I. and Henrietta Maria in 1881
together with many receipts signed b
king or queen. There is letter d
Henrietta Maria's. too, and tho w4r-a,
for Falkland's arrest signed by N
king. the same signature being clear
displayed on the act OF attainI,r dra'>
Stafford signed in l64l. Here TO, 5 %,
royal room, very happy in,prs'a.
for the life of the monarch mus, y
fndelibly associated with that
London. and the different cNhihl
many OF them almost touching In me,
intimacy, lent by the royal family r;r'
Just that touch OF persoral;y viii,
warns the relies of the past INTO y
loved possessions OF the present Hen
are a collection of my dolls-Suci
ugly ones. too. to modern eyes -iresSs
by Queen Victoria, there the tiny "a
and shoes worn by the Prince ~ Wales
here the cradle OF the baby Princes
Charlotte; while. magnitlcently show
under the brilliance of electric lighting
are the coronation robes OF King al
Queen. of King Edward and gIet:
Alexandra. with the glorious slp'
TUNES glittering with gold In the ceair'
the royal crown laid on a purple cushls
in front.
There is as great descent n ids
az In reality--or rather far gr'a'er-
from this royal room to tho bsser's
downstairs, where the sOrG.d side o.
I.ondons life has is ahode--ih" rs''
81 Newgate, fe'ons chains 'orr or
realistic scene In a dungeon - ;he Oh
Fleet Prison and the rest
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dealt on the rubber game and bid
two royals. to show length without the
tops. After some hesitation A doubled.
thought the matter over and realized
at once that Y must have made one of
those shouts. as the tops In royals were
now marked with a. II z had legi-
innate bid he should have two or three
outside tricks, and a might have doubled
on the spades alone.
IL rs outside cards are aces the cheap
est way out OF the double seemed to Y
TO be two no trumps. which does not In
crease the contract. neither does 1t take
such risk as three diamonds When Il
got round to A again he doubled the two
no trumps and set that contract for 400
points.
Before looking at the play. which was
not well handled on Us part. let us look
at his reasoning. II his partner has what
ne hopes. outside tricks. and Is a sound
pidder generally. what Ia the necessity for
pulling him out OF the double at ali? A
PLAYER who bids two originally can
usually be depended on for his contract
II ne finds the average assistance. two
tricks, IN his dummy. Y ought to hav.
Two tricks, Why not let the double alone >
His own snortness In spades argues for
great length In his partners hand.
II lets the doubled two royals ALONE
goes game and rubber. winning 2Ss
points. instead Of losing 400. As the hand
was played over. this Is how II went on
doubled ROYALS: a led the short heart
SUIT put on the king and led the
ciup u passed II UP. so as not TO lead
hearts to dummy's tenace. and the king
won. "'"s
Tho club was returned and the ,ac,.
held Another heart and Y played the
Ten the ace killing the queen. The iac,,
or diamonds brought out tho ace and y
ruined the club queen. leading his re-
naming diamond and rutfing the third
Iouno, NOW the ten OF trumps puts A
IN ana he cannot make more than three
OF his trumps.
As the hand was played at no tr,,,rr.
led the hearts and let the trick
come up to his king ten. Then he led a
small club. which Il passed, dummy's
King winning. Dummy led the Jack OF
diamonds and a passed II up. Another
diamond, and put on the ace. A
heart lead then set up RS suit. y
ied club. and p let the jack hold. so
that might make his spades. n win
ming the next club lead and making nj,
his hearts. only four tricks for and z.
me defect In VS. play Is IN allowing
the first heart lead 10 force out his only
reentry' He should have put on the ace
from dummy and led tho diamond.
Whether a plays Ace or not does not
inat'er. as must Set up the suit. Now
II A leads a heart. puts on the king
II the diamonds are set, he makes them,
III not he leads the club. II can tumn IN
ana make his hearts II ne likes hut that
~ all makes the odd. losing 100
only II makes two spades while he ia
IN ne gets two more. but that does NOT
win the 400 actually lost by the hea >,
play on the first trick.
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Clubs are trumps and z 10 in the lead.
! and u want all six tricks against any
defence.
The solution IL for z to lead the
smaller diamond. so that Y can win Il
and lead the ace OF spades On this
trick z discarls his diamond. reducing
the hands of both adversaries to four
trumps at the same time and to nothing
but trumps.
Y leads the diamond and z trumps II,
both A and b dropping a trump on the
trick. now leads the heart. and ?
overtrumps A. while n has to drop an
other little trump on the trick
A small trump now throws 2 into the
lead again. 20 that ne can play his
remaining heart through A. allowing Y
to ovcrrump him again. while b trails
along with another useless little club.
Correct solutions from:
D. H. Boston, q. II. Robinson. Roscoe
G. Harris, Keystone. X. w wooilcomb<
Boyce. Mrs. LILLIAN Bennett Thompson. s.
r. Barnett. u. Perry John II. whiting,
b. q. Braine. f. A. r. c. F. johnson. E.
NJ Frost. Henry Andersen. william r.
Hart, p. c. Stanwood. James Steen, J. w.
Wortx. r. W. Scudder. w. p. W.. Walker
McMartin Harris Burg. Charles NJ. Root
w. B. Brush. Emerson A. Kimbali. George
n. Glover. D. Shinns. Dollie Sands, T..
Beebe. c. +. Darling. James r. Cox. w.
A. Buckley. G. II. OConnor. ". T. Morris,
L. s. Hart. Jr.. and J. C.. Hume
Here is a very neat no trumper from
an always popular composer. II will
probably require little deeper analysis
for its complete solution than appears
necessary on the surface.
BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. 273.
BY Capt. Frank Roy.
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WANT HEARTEREE rIREMEN.
Idahs Girls Protect Against Marie,
Men for New Station.

BoIsH. Idaho. April 1.-THE City Coun-
ell Ia to receive formal protest, the
members have been given to understa nd.
over the force of men which tho IRE de-
partment Intends to send 20 man the new
station. 1t In not that they are not brave.
stalwart and steady. but--they are mar
ried
Friday Q young woman made per-
soma. appeal 20 Counc!lmen EichelberEer.
Finegan and Harrington.
do you know" she said. "that every
man that you are planning 10 send TO the
South Side station Ia married and that
the community surrounding the station Ia
populated with nothing but widows or
bachelor maids? feel" she added, "that
II this matter is now brought to your
attention informally that 1t will not be
necessary for us to enter a formal pro-
test. Forewarned 10 forearmsd, and we
shall expect to hear that you have ar
ranged TO send w your best looking ana
most unmarried men to tho new station. I"
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ALIEN VOTED FOR 20 YEARS,

vt LOUIS. April i7--After voting for
twenty-six years Thomas Glover of n.I,..
vile has discovered he IL not a citizen -,
the United States. Glover's citizenship
was questioned by United States NaturaIi.
cation Examiner T.. II. waymsn In The
examination OF Edward Moore. British
subject, seeking naturalization papers
"i3yer appeared az witness for Moore
parents when ne was n minor Vis fa,har
applied Tor NATURAL ion papers but was
nor naturaliyfd until after his son Thomas
had attatned his ma joriy
believing that he WAS a citizen becaus.
ms father had applied before he attained
ms majority the younger Glover ha. be- en-
number OF times. lie will have 10 be nsIur'
eiiSed to become citizen OF the United
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ITCHING, lNFLAMEO tAh

81 Columbia st. New lo's
had an itching car and scra 81 To "'N
II sore. There was All erGl ''h ." NV
and sometimes Il WAS so uHi"'"'' b..
could hardly bear the pain 'H"'' '''
on that ear II ws svul"7 40
pronlinssnt The Cuticura 500. .''
nEnt cured II Ia two ~~1'
Harry ZwtckclhrrK June +"
A dngl~ cake of Cutirura ~''.
box OF Cuticurs Ointment
surEicnt when all else h.s 20 ~
throughout the world ~s7
nAAisSi free with 32.p skin lns'
postcard "CuticurA, Dept I "''
IMsn Who shave and shan
trura Soap Will mud II uest 'of ss,
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N. Bum. Frank Easiston and q. +
Harris.
Owing to the fact that the statement Of
the solution Of No. 271 a. given above
practically discloses the fact that white
can draw II black varies the attack, and
go gives the key to the solution Of No
272. Mr.. Lyman asks THE Sun to restate
problem No. 272. ~ follows:
Black men. on 10 and 81 king on 80
White men on 10. ~ and 20. White to
play and draw.
Those who are satisfied that the soiu-
tons they have already sent In for No
272 bring about the new setting and show
the draw from that point on. need not re.
peat. ~ their solutions, II correct, will b.
credited.
Here 10 Q little study IN chess tactics
for the beginner which should provide him
with useful lesson in the Importance OF
tho knights in end games.
LITTLE cHBss pRoDLRM.
Hack
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LONDON MUSEUM.
opening Of the London Nu.
scum recently added another
Il treasure house TO that city. and
one which In many ways Is unique.

one which In many ways Is unique.
| The first thing, perhaps. which
strikes one, even more than the curious
| diversity Of the objects which tell 80
forcibly Of the history OF London and
prove again how true II IL that the his
tory Of the Kingdom 10 only the same,
writ large. OF her chief city. Is the truly
admirable method Of their arrangement,
and for this undoubtedly London's chill
dren and her guests alike have good
cause for gratitude to Guy Laking.
For there 10 every information clearly
given as one wanders through corridor
and spacious salon; the history runs on
from the earliest times dowp to the
present, while the most ordinarily en-
dowed mortal can understand without
difficulty what he Is seeing. while the
savant will find just the cues needed
as he carefully examines each minute
treasure.
History begins on the ground and We
see wonderful collection Of Pal&olithic
implements. London Is particularly
rich in these. and only the other day a
fine Celt was turned up close to the
Haymarket--and Neolithic implements
and weapons OF the Bronze Age. some
\ fine examples of the latter having been
found in Walthamstow Millwau and
Wandsworth. These show one in what
state OF warlike preparation was the
land before the Romans CANA and lead
one into "Londinium." into which the
Treat dining room OF Stafford House has
been transformed. Here are relics
from A. d. 43-3s3, from the Londinium
which extended an far west AZ the
Fleet River. where remains of Constan-
tines wall were found beneath New.
gate. Naturally there IL n fne coI,ec-
ton OF pottery. and in an extraordina.
rily good state of preservation. notable
among IL being huge amphora or wine
lar found I'm Mansell street. AId9ate
There IL very genuine interest. too in
the case of relics ~ the f,rst Ave con.
turtles. which show what a high state
OF luxury then existed. the use OF hair
pins. writing materials mapicura in,
PIGMENTS and TOYS ali be,np c,earlv
shown. Later on we mass ,brouyh mo,
dipyal London in which sneci.I in.
terest. n the literal, NJ arv ra,s can
tres in the hooks an ovamni. ho,na ana
printed in Iondon hv w,.r,,"n ' Az
Worde in 1907 Also ~, Tho rro,,rd
floor. In the small recept,op room In
which nor ,p,reouar,I,, XIV Ear,,r 81
was entertained when he visited tho
great afternoon functions n, Stafford
House, liz the wond.rful GOLD ard .,iyor
room. a thing apar, from tho ,onoro,
museum. gathering 10 i,se,f tho Cor
Reousness Of gem and nr.c,ous ,,o,a,
as London has KNOWN ,bor, dou,r ,ha
ages Very heautif,,, a,a IN. .xan,n,a.
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ace, what will he lead? II diamond.
dummy rufus and gives two spade
Aiscards on the clubs and then leads the
king OF spades. still four by cards Tor
and r. as all that z makes 10 the
trump II z leads the spade at trick four
the same quick block OF the trump lead.
the run In diamonds and the discard OF
two losing spades follow. II leads the
trump at trick four. II Is worse.
. Here Is a hand in which II Is the bid
ding and not the play that makes the re-
markable difference In the result SHOWN
when the scores on II are compared,
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
Lesson in Making Trumps Tell
for Student Of Tactics
at Bridge. 1.
PUZZLES OF ARITHMETIC
Question Of the Nineteen Ones
Interesting Situations
at Checkers.
PUZZLES OF ARITHMETIC

Bridge problem No. 37i. which was Q
study In trump management, presented q
useful object lesson to the student
Of tactics. The situation often arises At
the card table. One or the other ad-
versary has a trump more In his hand
than the declarer has In either hand, yet
by separating his trumps he can shut
out the extra trump Of lower value that
the adversary holds.
In the problem each adversary has four
trumps. while the declarer has only two
IN one hand. three in the other. yet they
never get a trick against him. Hero 10
the distribution
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no good. washed NY face 81 ''' -
Soap In warm wnter each uisN' az '''
applied the Cu,icura Ointmct a. 'u ','
weeks my face was all curr'
Solomon Weiss June 10. l9li
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There are no trumps and z 10 in the
lead and z want five tricks against
any defence.
The distribution Of tho cards IL az fol-
lows:
has the king nine five four deuce
OF hearts ten and six Of clubs ace OF
spades: no diamonds.
A has the queen ten six of hearts
eight five four deuce Of clubs; four of
spades no diamonds.
b has the ace and trey Of hearts; nine
seven OF clubs; Jack nine eight seven OF
spades no diamonds.
has the jack and eight OF hearts 4;
Trey OF clubs: trey OF diamonds king
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| . |. !. !. I! n: , - a.
| Z "a N " = =

White.
II 10 whites play. What 10 his best
continuation. and why?
The distribution Of the pieces ID a. fol-
lows:
White. seven pieces: Kos, B-QB5,
Kt-QKt2. Kt-QR2. Pot. P--Kkt7.
P-kR5.
Black. twelve pieces: K-QRl, r.
QKt. R-KR6. BOB. Kt-Q2, Kt-