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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
ORIGINAL LINCOLN MONUMENT
Familiar Statue Standing on a Tall
Shaft In Front of the City
Hall.

While the great national memorial
to Lincoln is building it Is perhaps
worth while to recall few facts asso-
ciated with the familiar Lincoln statue
which stands on tall shaft in front of
the city hall at the head Of AZ street
or John Marshall place. You will look
in vain for any inscription on that
tall and slender memorial. There is
no word on it to tell its history
Around the base of the monument
is a circular iron fence. within which
is steeply sloping terrace, green with
we'll kept turf The pedestal is octag
Onal. Of two thick courses, the collar
of the shaft. or a circular plinth. if
plinth can be circular, and then tn.
tall, plain shaft. At the top of tht
shaft is a capstone four feet square
and two feet thick, and on top of tha
two smaller blocks. On the second o.
these blocks stands the statue. facin-
south, the head somewhat inclined to
ward the east.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25

pany started work again, but It prac-
tically ceased operations after five
years of desultory work.
The United States in 1904 obtained
the necessary concession from the new
republic of Panama for the building
of the canal and took over the rights
and properties of the old French COM
pany Actual operations started on
May of that year Two or three heads
of large transportation companies in
the United Sttaes were put in charge
of the building of the canal one after
another at the start Of the project, but
each in turn gave up the work and re-
turned home Finally the government
put Colonel GCethais in charge of the
operations and under his leadership
the bulk Of the work has been done.
The first union Of the Pacific and At
lantic waters was on October 10, 1913,
when President Wilson touched an
electric button in Washington, which
exploded charge under the Gamboa
dixie.
The hrSt boat or any description to
make the complete trip through the
canal was a nameless mud sCoE of the
Panama railroad, which passed from
the Pacific entrance to Culebra cut in
November 1913, and was sent to the
Atlantic entrance in the following
month
On January 7, 1914, the crane boat
Alexander La Valley, an old French
vessel of 1900 tons, steamed through
the canal from the Atlantic to the Pa
citic. The first vessel to steam entire
ly around South America by way of
the canal was the tug Reliance. Capt
r. c. Thompson, which sailed from
Colon on February II, 1914.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25

Heat waves, says Edwin c. Martin,
author of Our Own Weather" prove
disastrous directly in proportion as
hot nights are combined with hot days.
For number of days successfully
the heat may mount during the day to
extraordinary heights, but if the in
tervening nights turn comparatively
cool the number Of prostrations and
deaths will be much less than under
considerably lower temperature con.
tinuing with scant abatement through
the day and night. Thus any situation
that peculiarly favors cooling off al
night has a clear advantage during
the prevalence of a hot wave. II is
also an advantage to be Injured TO heat.
The same degree of it that would
cause great suffering to tho people Of
The North imposes nothing moro trq,
discomfort on the p-upte u .... s....l
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
ROCK GARDEN INVITES REST
Peculiar Public Garden in Triann,e of
Rode island Avenue and
M Street.

There is something different in pub
lie gardens in the triangle at the
cCHVerSe.ce Of Rhode Island avenue
aud n Street. These ways meet at
connecticut avenue and the apex Of
the triangle points toward that ave-
rue, though there is quite a space
CT intervening asphalt. 1t is not
iorma. garden. Ii is most informal
garden, and It invites you TO rest,
lot on slated bench by a spiashiug
FOUNTAIN, but Oh a rough rock. In a
way it looks like a BIT Of landscape
blasted out OF Rock creek. or North
west branch, or Sligo branch OF PIN
NIT run, or Scott run, or any other
OF the wild and romantic glens or
goTges in the environs Of Washing
ton, and then transplanted in city.
1t is d rugged garden and there is
strong temptation 70 write o. it as
wild garden but for ,he fact that
planted among the rocks and along the
unpaved paths are many flowers which
have doomed fer ages in those gar
dens of the past, which are now gen
orally spoken of as old-fashioned gar
dens or grandmother's garden They
are anything but wild They have
been gentle since long before the
readers OF these lines were born.
They were flowers which bloomed in
the bouquets of bellies while many of
the flowers which you now buy in
florist shops were weeds or untamed
little things blooming in the savage
haunted forest
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
WOUNDED BIRD UPSETS BOAT
Gets Caught on Womans Hat and
Nearly Causes Her Death by
Drowning.

Cold Spring, n. "a manned spar
row, which fell upon Mrs. Floyd Mes
bits hat. and got entangled in the
trimmings, nearly caused her death
by drowning on Lake Oscawana.
She was padding alone In a ca
noe. When the bird landed on her
hat, and was caught Mrs Nesbitt,
frightened, jumped TO her feet and
overbalanCed the canoe. Her hus-
Oand. who was on shore, swan out
and brought her to safety. The bird
escaped in the excitement.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25

ence of distinguished gathering, fred
he first blast fer the tearing away Of
Culebra hill. De Lssseps withdrew
from the project il 1857 when the i'm
possibility Of building a sea level canal
within the estimated u years became
apparent
Al the same time 1t was Indicated
Tie project could not be completed for
1he estimated cost Of S2lo,0)o,OHJ, as
.2@o"'o 21o a!ceat~ had been SCENT.
The company Went m.q b-Anruplcy.
In 1894 the New Panama Cana! com
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25

Were the exigencies of war to re-
quire that an army be landed at Port
Arthur, conveyed across Siberia to at
tack st. Petersburg, the War college
would know the detail of every stage
or the advance, how troops could be
conveyed, where camps should be
made, where provisions could be got
ten. The road from the Rio Grande to
Mexico City would be as plain to them
as the streets from your home to your
place Of business. Were war to break
out between this country and any ma
ton on earth that is worthy of the
steel of the United States, the informa-
ton would be in hand to show how we
might best attack that country or re-
sist an attack by it.
The War college Is a school where
grlZzled veterans, surfeited with ex
perience, come to get that refinement
OF training that would enable them to
handle efficiently an army in actual
combat. 1t Is. further, the repository
or the secret military information OF
the nation. 1t Is intrusted with the
gathering of this information and the
guarding Of 1t. There are secrets hid
den In its archives that you or | could
sell for millions to other nations If We
knew them and if we had in us the
hearts OF traitors.
The War college came into exis-
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
PANAMA CANAL IS OPENED TO THE
MARINE TRAFFIC OF THE WORLD
Liner AnCon of the War Department Makes Trip Through Water
way That Marked Official Opening of Canal for Traffic
Big Ditch Is Completed After 400 Years of
Effort by Leading Nations.

who was about to forward his project
to King Charles v of Spain when the
king died Surveys of the proposed
canal route first " ere made in 1881 by
Spanish engineers, who reported the
project impossible of accomplishment
In 1920 King Phillip II decided against
building the canal after referring the
question to the Dominican friars, who
suggested the project was sacritegiouA
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25

tence when Elihu Root was secretary.
OF war. 1t is his child. He made nos
slble the thing that the big men of thei
army had been demanding for 5OI
years. The War college building is al
monument 10 Mr.. Root. It's corner
stone was laid by him in 1903 and the
building was completed some two
years later. The first demonstration
OF the advantage of this intellectual
center for war operations was had
when the army was modified at Fort
Sam Houston in 1911 In such short
time as TO cause the nation to gasp in
surprise i
The War college is in the first place
a school The students are mostly
men between 40 and so years of age.
There are but % men in each years
class. These are colonies, lieutenant
colonels, majors, captains. They are
the selected tittest men in all the
army. The process Of elimination has
been operating for 20 years in their
selection
At every stage the unfit for high
military perferment were eliminated.
Everywhere there was the search for
tine military genius. Finally the %
tttest were selected and the stiefest
test CT efficiency and genius for war
Of them all was applied. The officers
were put through the War college.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
Reunited After 50 Years Separation.

Reunited After SO Years Separation.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-Mrs. Margaret
Rackes OF Pittston and Peter Miller
Of Chicago, brother and sister, who
nave been separated for IS years, each
believing the other dead, we're re
united when Miller walked into the
home of his sister unnanounced and
declared he was her long lost brother
Miller and his sister lived at Bucalo
IS years ago, He then decided to &C
Vest. and when after few months
no more was heard Of him he was
.iyen Up as dead Recently he learned
OF his sisters Whereabouts, and came
here to visit her.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Home Damaged
By Lightning

The fine farm residence of J. A.
Duncan near Read was struck by
lightning during a short rain and thun-
der storm last Thursday evening and
damages resulted which are estimated
at between two hundred and fifty
and three hundred dollars.
The flash struck at point near
the chimney, il is said. and passed
downward through bedroom and into
the kitchen which was considerably
wrecked. The bedroom would have
been occupied by Mr.. Duncans son
but for his attendance upon a social
affair at Austin that evening and his
escape from injuries or perhaps death
is considered wholly due to this fact.
other members of the Duncan fam
lily were in the home at the time but
fortunately none were in the path OF
the electric current and escaped en-
tirely unhurt.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Body Reported in
GunniSOn River

More than week ago the section
men working on the d. & +. G., saw
what they took to be the body of a
man In the river near the opposite
side of the stream from Curicanti. and
to make themselves more certain,
viewed it through a glass. They then
told John Chapman at Sapinero what
they had seen and he telegraphed Cor
oner Walker, of Gunnison, paying for
the message Walker, so Chapman
states. said If it was sure in Gunnison
county he would make investigation,
but had paid no rurther attention to
the matter.
Near the same time, Chapman says,
perhaps a day or two earlier. another
party had seen body drifting down
the river at n point up stream. and
it was supposed to have been the same
that had temporarily lodged near
Curicanti. The people at Sapinero
seem to think Coroner Walker guilty
of negligence in not making the in
lvestigation requested.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Railroad Strike
Has Been Averted

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-That the
threatened strike which would have
involved SO railroads and $4,000 train
men, will not take place was deter
mined for a certainty today when both
sides. the managers and the represen-
tatives of the trainmen, signed au
agreement to arbitrate the matter.
The plan suggested by the federal
mediators provides that the question
of wages be submitted TO arbitration
under the Newlands act and that the
rules and regulations in force prior to
October, 1913, be restored.
The arbitrators will probably not re-
port their findings before January 1st,
and these findings will be effective
for one year thereafter.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07

policies of the present national admin
istration which have brought depres-
sion upon the country at large, and
particularly misfortune to our home
state.
We express our emphatic condem-
nation OF the extravaganza, incompe-
tence, weakness, and vacillation of
the state Democratic administration.
and declare ourselves in favor of
lower taxes and of a more economical
administration of the peoples bust
ness and a material reduction in the
number of officeholders.
We believe, that in order to do JUS
tice to all the people it is necessary
to enforce law and order, and that
the rights of both laborer and en-
ployer should be impartially protect
ed and maintained.
We are oposted to national, state or
county fusion with any other political
party. II is the declared intent Of this
assembly to nominate as candidates
members OF the Republican Party, and
that acceptance of nomination at the
hands Of this assembly shall be con
strued as a declaration Of party allie
glance.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
IMPORTANT TO HoMEsTEApERs
UNDER GOVERNMENT PROJECT

An important point considered by
Mr Keener, the notwithstanding
tion man, who visited the local pro
ject last week during his visit at
Grand Junction was an inquiry from
quite a number of homesteaders un-
der the Grand Valley project as to
whether homesteaders would be al
lowed TO sell all land they homestead
ed above the maximum which the
government will allow under its pro-
jects. Homesteaders who have prov
ed up are allowed to. but, due to the
extension bill which is now before
congress and which is in the house
for final passage. carries a clause con-
cerning this point Mr.. Keener was
unable to decide that question for the
homesteaders who have not proven up.
Should homesteaders be allowed 20
sell their surplus it will prove to be
project 1t will be remembered that
when this project was first started
homesteaders were allowed to take
up 160 acres under the old homestead
laws. II was afterwards decided that
40 acres of irrigable land would be
the maximum unit under the project
and the supposition was tsat the sur
plus above the 40 acres of irrigable
land held by the homestecders would
revert back to the government with
out compensation TO be again thrown
open to entry in due time.
Much of this land is quite valuable
and would mean quite good deal 20
the original entrymen if they were
allowed to sell the surplus.-Montrose
Enterprise.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Sells Interest In
Hardware Store

About year ago X. J. Heater pur-
chased the interest Of ]. e. Porter in
the Porter-Obert Hardware company
and since that time he has been active
in the management and conduct of the
store owned by that company. He has
now decided to retire from mercan-
tile pursuits and has sold all of his
stock to J. C. Roberts, ]. ]. Tripp and
o. ID. Macauley. Messrs Roberts and
Tripp have heretofore owned small
block of stock in the company and
we're connected with the business but
Macauley is a new man in the COM
pany.
The rev owners have already taken
possession and are arranging to re-
paint the front Of their store and make
a number of changes and improve
ments inside. All are well and favor
ably known in this city.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
The sehoolflelds Entertain

Mrs. w. e. Slhoolfield and her
daughter, Miss Ethel, entertained a
of their Delta lady friends at
the Schoolfield cattle camp in the
mountains above Cedaredge from
Tuesday to Saturday last week and
all are reporting delightful outing.
The guests at the camp were Mrs.
Geo. w. Bruce and daughter and Miss
Dorothy Buckner of Pleasant Hill, Mo,
who is visiting the Bruces this sum-
mer, Mrs. Geo, C. Wilson, Mrs. ]. j.
Travis and Mrs. +. @. Myers.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Family Reunion
In Mountains

There are several members Of the
Burgin family spending 2 greater part
Of the summer in Delta this year.
among them being the Hon. ]. H
Burgin and wife of Albany, Missouri.
who were here some two or three
years ago for few weeks and are
therefore well known to a number of
our people Another branch OF the
family in Delta this summer is Dr.
j. J. Winningham, cousin of Dr. c.
II. Burgin, and wife, who are now at
Sapinero on a fishing trip and joan
Reed and wife all from Blithedale,
Missouri, who are also at Sapinero-
Rev. S. H. C. Burgin came in from
San Antonio, Texas. on Wednesday
and on the day following he was ac-
companied to Sapinero by Mrs. Mary
J. Burgin and George Johnson and
wife all residents of this city, where
the Burgins are to hold a family re
union in their camp already estab-
lfshed by Dr. lsam OF this city fe"
weeks ago II is the first time in
many years that so many of the Burgin
families have been together and they
are expecting this meeting in the
Rocky mountains to be one that viii
linger long in memory.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Ash Mesa Couple Married.

Everett c. Toothaker and Miss Pearl
Edna Fahrney were married Tuesday,
August at the Baptist parsonage,
Rev. Crawford officiating.
Mr. Toothaker taught lower Ash
mesa school last year and will be in
charge of Highland school the coming
year. He came from Bonneville, Mis-
souri,. two years ago
The bride lives with her parents,
MIR, and Mrs. Emory Fahrney, near
Olathe. having come from Nebraska
two years ago.
They will live on Ash mesa, after
brief honeymoon trip TO the noun
tains.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Latest Reports Announce ALI
Europe Preparing for War

Britain in case of certain eventualities.
Spain is reported to be preparing a
proclamation of neutrality.
Austria-Hungary for the moment has
retired from her campaign against
Servia for the purpose of holding back
Russia, and Servia has modified with
the reported intention of invading
Bosnia
1t is still difficult for the cooler
Judgment to believe that Europe
means the war it threatens. The ma
tions of Europe know as well as any,
one what such a war would mean.
Carried to bitter end it would mean
almost the destruction of Europe.
Bluff and buster may be necessary at
this time TO impress, but that these
great nations should really conclude
Ito shoot each other down and destroy
each others property over matters
which look easy to arrange diplomat
ically, seems too absurd for belief in
this age of advanced civilization.
Possibly these wrathy monarchies are,
like lot of dogs, merely growing
around each other, and that, like the
aforementioned CANNES, will eventu-
ally settle their bluffs by smelling
of each other and then wagging their
tails and trotting away, each TO al
tend to his own business.
No one should want war. The
United States evidently does not, and
President Wilson has announced by
proclamation the neutrality of this
country, giving warning TO all against
any violations of our neutrality laws,
which forbid the enlistment, hiring Of
enlistment. equipment of ships, or
other manner of extending aid to other
belligerent nations in state Of war
against each other, for which severe
penalty is provided.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Ticket Nominated
By Republicans

The Republican state assembly met
in Denver at 10: 80 last Monday morn
ing and before the close of proceedings
selected the following list of candi-
dates to so before the primaries In
September;
Senator: ]. N Stevens of Denver
and DR.. Hubert Work of Pueblo.
Governor Sam Nicholson of Lead
vile; F. c. Goudy of Canon City; Geo.
Carlson OF Fort Collins and Albert
Reed of Boulder.
Justice of the Supreme Court: John
Campbell and Judge George w Allen
of Denver
Secretary of State: John E. Ramer,
OF Hotchkiss; Adolph Unfug, of Wal
senburg, and Charles c. Holbrook OF
Alamosa.
of Florence and Milton B. Smith of
Denver
Auditor: Ben Catron of George
town and A. X. Vickery of Denver.
Treasurer: Allison Stocker and l..
lC. Greenleaf of Denver.
Attorney General: William Goblin
of Rocky Ford; r. B. Reese of Den
, yer and Floyd C. Pendell of Fort Nor
gan.
Superintendent of Schools; Rather
inc Craig of Golden.
Regent of State University: Short
term, Straud NJ. Logan, Grand June
ton, unanimous.
Regent of the State University;
Long term. C. c. Parks, Glenwood
Springs, unanimous; Thomas L. Will
kinson. Denver. unanimous.
Necessary to get position on primary
ballot, las.
Committee on Vacancies: T. H.
Devine, Pueblo: Clyde c. Dawson,
Denver: II. p, Burke. Sterling; John
F. Vivian. Golden; George Blickhahn,
Grand Junction.
Legal Advisor to Party: Charles w.
Waterman, Denver.
Judge Edward Stimson, q democrat
and chairman of the Colorado Bar as
sociation. was cheered when he pre-
sented the name of John Campbell rs
the bars choice for Justice.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07

LATEST BY WIRE Z

Death of Mrs Woodrow Wilson from
Bright's disease expected hourly.
Germans repulsed by Belgians with
loss of 500 to 1900 killed in first ef-
fort to march ito France through
Belgium.
Unauthentic rumors of marine bat
ties between warships were rife yes
terday.
Colonel Bulger who killed Lloyd C.
Nicodemus at the Savoy hotel in Den
yer last May, has been convicted and
will probably hang.
Practically all of the fighting ma
tions of Europe except Italy and Spain
have their forces modified and pro
fess readiness for active warfare
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Democrat State
Assembly Held

The Democratic state assembly was
a wrangle of. considerable moment be-
tween the Hon. Thomas NJ Patterson
or at least a faction dominated by him
and the one which has always followed
Speer.
Mr.. Patterson. when he completed
his term in congress and then disposed
of his Rocky Mountain News
tired list, but not so. He is yet up
and acoming with both feet Went
into this assembly asking for Cub
ernational nomination and finally
landed what he wanted The state
ticket in full as named for the Septem-
ber primaries is as follows:
United States Senate: Charles S.
Thomas; John A. Martin.
Justice of Supreme Court: James
r. Killian; James II. Teller; George
w. Allen.
Governor: Thomas NJ. Patterson;
Barnett T. Napier.
Lieutenant Governor: John ]. To
bin; F. p. Carringer: Louis vogt.
Secretary of State; E. " Brake;
Agnes O'Day: Thomas F. Dillon. Jr !;
Thomas NJ. Hunter.
Auditor: Charles Leckenby; T. d.
Foster; NJ. A. Leddy.
Treasurer: ]. B. Orman; w. W.
Rowan; Roady Kenehan.
Attorney General: Fred Farrar,
John ]. Mullins.
Superintendent OF Public 1nstrue
ton; Mrs. Mary C. c. Bradford. unaui-
nous.
Regents of the State University
Long term, two to elect: Mrs J. NJ.
Hardinge; Horace N. Hawkins.
Short Term: Samuel Wheeler. Geo,
w. Musser.
The Delta independent., 1914-08-07
Bond Refundin8
Election Held

The tax payers of this city failed to
turn out as one would naturally expect
at the bond election last Tuesday when
the issue was of such general impor-
tance but the result was without doutt
just as decisive in favor of the refund
as was possible.
The total vote cast was 27 md -
of this number were for and but :
against the refund. The polls wero
open from o'clock in the morning to
7 In the evening.