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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02

putes that men have ever engaged in
and, moreover. 1t is dispute full OF
substance and OF educational possihill-
ties. In some of the shapes In which 1t
turns up it sadly hefuddles the minds Of
those who have little or no knowledge OF
the laws of motion,
The easiest way for the writer of the
above quoted letter to satisfy himself
that he il wrong and the young man"
right would be for him to actually try
the experiment in a running train. II
he Jumped straight up he would find
that he would land at the same spot on
the floor from which he started. whether
the train was making sixty miles or any
other number OF miles per hour The
reason Is that everything inside a moving
train shares the trains forward motion.
II the front and rear doors Of the car
were open so that torrent of wind was
rushing through from front TO rear. the
jumper might be swept backward a short
distance by the moving air, but other
wise he would come down on the place
from which he jumped
II this were not so it would be perfectly
safe to jump from the side of a train
running sixty miles an hour, for IL you
lost the forward motion OF the train the
instant your feet ceased to be connected
with it you would strike the ground with
only the force of your jump. But in
fact, as all experience shows. II is not
safe TO jump even from a moving street
car. for the moment you touch the
ground you are hurled in the direction
the car is going with a velocity CORE
spending to-that which your body had aer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02
Advice to Lovelorn
By HEATETCE PArHPAx
A DauEhter,s Duty.

Dear Miss Fairfax: ! have been keep
ing steady company with a young man
for about one year. Recently we became
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02
ComrIght. I'D. MOL News servlce.

tribute TO their support. Would IL be
possible for you TO live with them after
your marriage and pay a little board and
so help them? Why not suggest this,
and also offer to help your mother with
the homework, sewing. etc. IL they are
In need OF assistance from you? Four
years is too long to ask a man and girl
TO wait for marriage. Talk this all over
with your parents. never forgetting that
you owe them grave duty but that
you. owe something also TO the man who
loyes you-and to your own self as an
Individual.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02

engaged Now. my fiance wants To
marry next year. but my parents object,
because / am the only and eldest daugh-
ter, and the only one working besides
my father. They want me TO wait four
years more. until my brother Is old
enough 10 work, My fiance does not
want to wait, and ! spoke to my parents
about II. and they said they would not
consent. ! love him dearly and want to
marry next year, but / am perplexed at
what TO do ANNA V,
Unless your people are actually In
need, ] do not think II quite fair that
they should ask you to postpone your
wedding for four years in order to con-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02
SIhe Bees H6me* Magazine ~Pa8e
Poets Theme
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
tCopyrIsht. 1915. by star Coz


Copyright 1914 by Star Coz
Why should the poet Of these pregnant times
Be asked to sing of wars unholy erimes7
To laud and eulogise the trade which thrives
On horrid holocausts of human lives?
Man a fighting beast when earth was youuH
And war the only theme when Homer sung.
'Twixt might and might the equal contest lay;
Not so the battles of our modern day,
Too often the conquerlng hero struts
CULVER among Lilliputs.
Success no longer rests on skill or fate,
But on the movements of a syndicate.
OF old, men fought and deemed it right and Just
Today the warrior fights because he must
And in his secret soul feels shame because
Oh, there are worthier themes for poets pen
In this great hour than bloody deeds of men.
The rights of many-not the worth Of one
The coming issues, not the battle done;
The awful opulence and awful need.
The rise of brotherhood-the fall of greed.
The soul of man replete with Gods own force,
The call "to heights and not the cry ito horse"
Are there not better themes in this great age
For pen of poet, for voice of sage,
Than those old tales OF killing? Song is dumb
Only that greater song in time may
When comes the bard, he whom the world waits for
He will not sing of War.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02

and 1t took you a
second from the
time you jumped
to the time you
touched the floor
again. would you
land as far back
as the train tray
eled in that sec
ond? l said you
would land in the
same place that
you jumped from.
Please settle this
dispute. A. s."
This is, in its
various forms, one
of the Oldest dis
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02

Is That one can
laugh and one can't
laugh. There ls no
difference between
a donkey and lots
OF people.
There are two
kinds OF laughter.
one kind Is where
people laugh with
YOU, and you love
them for Il, and
the other kind is
where they laugh
at you, and you bat
them over the head
n you are big
enough and strong
enough.
Some people laugh
so easily that they
laugh az their own
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

"A young man and I were having
dispute over this: IL you were in a
train, and the train was going sixty miles
an hour, and you jumped into the air,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02
Little Mary's Essay
(Laughter)
by DOROTHY DIX.

Laughter is a noise like a scotch high
ball
People can laugh Animals. except
donkeys that so hee-haw. can't laugh.
The difference between folks and animals
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02
Do You Know That

The fifteen-ineh gun, which is possessed
only by the British navy. can hurl a pro-
iectile weighing almost a ton as far as
from ten TO twelve miles.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-02


from ten to twelve miles.
A patented rubber substitute Is made
by mixing gelatine with glyoerine and
solution Of csmphor in anetone and treat
ing the mass with sulphur.
In the heart of the Rocky mountains
may be seen the mountain OF the Holy
Cross 1900 feet in height II derives its
name from a gigantic cross on one side,
near the summit. formed by fissures In
the rock
A snow sampler and weigher for the
use Of the Swiss Gletsoher- X commission
In the Alps has been recently acquired.
The sampler is twenty feet long and
made in sections OF five feet to facilitate
being carried to the more inaccessible
portions Of the mountains.
No more novel method Of gold min
ing has ever come TO light than that
pursued at a deserted mining camp near
Wickes. Mont u is the remains OF what
was once a thriving village at the Greg
Dry mine, and the sand used in plaster
ing the houses came from ponds rich I'm
gold. Now the old cottages are being
torn down and the plaster carefully
smelted.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
Delta EIks Honored.

Grand Junction Elks honored Delta
lodge by inviting Exalted Ruler Perci-
val E. Coombe to deliver the dedicatory
address at the opening of their splen-
did new home on Wednesday night.
That the invitation was accepted
and its requirements ably fulfilled goes
without saying. Mr. Coombe is fluent
in language and is an especially enthu-
siastic Elk
The Delta horned herd who went to
Grand Junction on the special all re-
port a grand time and highly praise
that city as entertainers.
The new Elks' home in Grand juno
ton. publicly opened Wednesday
evening. is one of the finest in tho
state and by far the most pretentio1s
on the Western Slope.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02

getting up at 4 o'clock that morning
instead of the hours mentioned and
making a trip to North Delta, he
changed his tactics and at once
thought of getting up at that unseemiy
hour and going to North Delta, ex-
pecting, as he said, to go out to one of
the country mines with another fellow
after a load of coal He didn't go ai-
ter coal, however, but returned to the
city and was arrested about 8 O'Clock
that morning.
Sheriff Sampson. who made the ar
rest testified TO Brown getting up at
O'Clock Wednesday morning and of the
other party going out after coal. Le-
ung Chung. the Chinese merchant of
this city, and others gave testimony
as to the diamond ring in question
which left Browns story of the ring
decidedly in question.
Brown was held for appearance at
the next term of district court in the
sum of $500 as an accessory in the
crime, and in default of the bond re
quired was returned TO the county jail
for safe keeping.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
Rio Grande Engine Kills
Horse; Dem0liSheS Buggy

Thomas S. Nokano, one of the little
japanese men of this district, who re-
sides with his wife and children on
the Huston ranch eight miles east
of this city on California mesa, met
with a misfortune at about six o'clock
last Monday evening which cost him
at least two hundred dollars, and for
several hours following the discovery
of the incident by residents of the city,
it was feared that he had lost his life.
Nokano drove into town that after
noon with a horse and buggy borrowed
from his landlord, Mr. Huston, and
before entering upon his shopping
du.ies at the different stores he
hitched his horse near the store Of
Leung Chung on lower Eaton avenue.
During his absence the horse broke
loose and started for home by way
of the railroad tracks. and when a.
a point somewhere between the depot
and ice houses, the local freight
train from Montrose struck the strag-
Cling animal and rig before the engi-
neer could check his speed, and with
such force as to hurl both several feet
from the track and grade.
The train was stopped Immediately
following the accident and the crew
made investigations which revealed
the fact that the horse was seriously
injured and must be killed to end its
suffering, while the rig was badly
wrecked. A mans hat was found in
the buggy and this led to the belief
that the driver too. had been thrown
from the track and either seriously
injured or killed. They made dilgent
search along the tracks for several
hundred rods and finding no driver,
reported the incident to the officers
and others and another search was
instituted 1t eventually developed that
Nokano was shopping in the city and
that the hat was an old one left there
several days previous by the owner OF
an employee on his farm
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02

Compare these figures if you please
with the gross returns from u tons
OF beets al the average price Of $3.50
per ton and you will see that the farm
er has the enormous sum Of five cents
per acre and the value of his beet tops
TO pay his water assessments, taxes,
interest on the money invested in i'm
plements. deterioration of same and
his blacksmith bill. l am sure that
these figures can be verified by every
reliable beet grower, as il is generally
conceded that il requires twelve tons
OF beets per acre to cover expenses
and as the books of the Western
Sugar and Land company show nice
balance on the wrong side of the led
ger in their farm account while rails
ing beets on their Grand valley farm
] am surprised that anyone so ey-
perienced would make the statement
as published in last weeks Tribune.
. In comparing our present contracts
With those of other parts of the state
we find we are getting the worst of
il by an average of about s1.00 per
ton and after reading the last week :
article we are brought 10 wonder why
the officials only 60 days past were
buoying our hopes of a Delta factory
to such a high pitch, and during a
heart to heart talk with an assemblage
of our leading business men, assured
them that stock in this company would
be a paying proposition, backing up
their statement with a verbal guar
antee that the stockholders would re,
oeive seven per cent interest on such
investment In conclusion will saw
that we can stand, with grace any de-
probation in the beet land caused by
it being seeded to alfalfa, for land set
with alfalfa is worth more to the farm
er and will sell for more on the mar
ket than beet land.
THE DELTA COUNTY BEET
GROWERS ASSOCIATION,
BY j. f. MOORE,
l. B. RAlCHART.
W. H. BURNETT,
G. w. HULL,
G. W. WONDERS.
Board of Directors.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
Nucla Will Help
Delta Build Road

Last weeks Independent contained
the report of proceedings at a meet
ing of Delta citizens with Mr.. o. Bar
low Willmarth who had just arrived
in the city from the radium mines in
the Paradox district and mention OF
Mr. Willmarth's elation over the fav-
orable possibility for a road extending
from Delta to the mines because OF
shortening the distance TO railroad
loading stations for the ore and be-
cause of other favorable conditions in
construction of road.
Since that time many people of tho
Western Slope have read the report
above mentioned and there is now an
interest in the new project which will
doubtless bring about results. Our
readers can best determine as to this
interest by perusal of the following
letter written to Mr., w, E, obert of
this city and referred to the Business
Mems association;
Nucla. Dec Is. 1918
w. E obert, Secretary Gunnison Val
ley Commercial Association, Delta,
Colorado.
Dear Sir: Having seen 4 report in
the papers to the effect that the peo-
pie of your city desires TO construct
a road into the Paradox country, l
wish TO say that some time ago look
ed over a route from Nucla to the of
the Uncompahgre divide with the OBJ
ject of finding feasible outlet -
your city and l can say that l found
such a route where a road with light
grades and comparatively easy of con'
struction can be built. From the top
of the divide TO your city. understand
there is already road From Nucla
into the Paradox valley road wlSh
better grades and about miles shor-
ter than the present one can be Local
ed. making it almost direct line all
the way from your city to the Paradox
valley.
The people here. am sure. would
cooperate with you In this mater OF
mutual interest and any sugcestlons
you may wish to mako In regard there
to the Nuola Chamber CT Commerce
would consider.
Yours truly,
NJ. ]. WINTER.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
Bow Kicked by Colt.

The twelve year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Stocker who reside on
the wigram place on Garnet mesa,
was kicked on the right eye by colt
when coasting last Saturday afternoon
and received injuries which have caus-
ed the total loss of sight of that men,
ber and severe bruises about the head
which will necessitate his care and
treatment at Delta hospital for some
weeks to come.
The lad had mare hitched to his
sled and was flying about the highways
in that district. entirely unmindful of
n colt which was following. Finally
the colt came galloping up to the sled
and the boy. desiring to scare 1t away
threw up his arms. when the colt
whirled around and made drive with
its heels, which resulted as above
stated.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
Hospital Sold Yesterday

know them. They so from here to
Denver but have not as yet decided
upon a permanent location.
Miss Dittus comes to us highly rec
commended by various hospitals She IS
graduate of the Pacific hospital OF
Los Angeles. California, and holds a
post graduate diploma from Mt. Sinai
hospital. New York City. For the past
year she has been nursing at the
Mayo Brothers hospital, Rochester.
Minnesota. Her experience has been
varied and she is OF undoubted
ability.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02

The Delta hospital established here
about a year and a half ago by the
Misses Spears and Witschen. trained
hospital in Denver. has been sold TO
Miss w. Eleanor Dittus, also a train
ed nurse of experience who assumed
control on the first day of the new
year. The founders and owners of this
already well established institution
were successful from the very first
and their decision to remove from our
midst will be greatly regretted by
many residents who have come tn
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
CroWnin8 Event of Year
BV Delta Stock Association

The eighth annual convention and
banquet OF the Delta County Live
Stock association held in this city on
Tuesday of this week was without
question one of the best from every
point of view that was ever given
according to those who have always
been in attendance, and news reporter
of The Independent who has attended
three or four of these annual gather
ings can easily say that 1t was the
best of that number. The business
sessions of the body were attended
by larger numbers of stockmen than
heretofore, there was more of actual
business transacted, the speeches
were all of general interest and impor-
tance and there was spirit prevail
ing which evidenced the good fellow
ship of a body of men engaged In
a prosperous industry.
The first business session was called
TO order in the district court room by
President J. B. Killian at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon with Geo. c. Wilson pre-
siding as secretary. A number of iu-
teresting communications were read
from persons who had received invita-
tions TO be present al this session ex-
pressing regrets at their inability to
be here and among the number may
be mentioned Judge Alfred X. King RI
the court OF appeals in Denver, GIFT
ford Pinchot. the Hon. Frank c. Goudy
of Denver, and c. D. Marsh of the I'm
tied States department OF agriculture
at the national capitol and adjourn
ment was then taken.
The banquet OF this yearly get to-
gether meeting OF the Delta county
COW men in Odd Fellows hall was by
no means the least important feature
in fact IL was one of the most i'm
portant and most interesting-for the
program had been selected with great
class to interest and entertain. One
hundred and fifty plates were laid and
nearly that many persons took their
seats at about 1880 In the afternoon
to do ample Justice to n most excel
lent menu prepared and served in a
mastery manner by ladies of the Pres
byterian church. These ladies have
had charge of this part of the associa-
tion's annual meeting for some time
past and It can safely be said that one
could not be served better at any one
of the big hostelries of the west. The
menu consisted of oyster soup and
celery. roast turkey and cranberry
sauce. mashed potatoes. sweet pota'
toes. hot rolls. salads. pickles. coffee,
ice cream and cake.
DR.. A. II. Stookham presided ms
toastmastR after a brief and approp-
rate Introductory address by Presi'
dent Killian. and to say that DR..
Stockham is perfectly at home in this
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02

The kids have been having the time
of their lives this vacation. There
has been good sleighing and every
boy has in some way become possess
ed of sled which has been put in
competition for some sort of record
Coasting has been enjoyed. but more
than all else hooking" wagons,
sleighs. buggies and even autos. The
indulgence of drivers of all vehicles to
the children with sleds is highly COM
mendable. Hardly a one has been
seen with crouch. A majority stop
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02

We present our side OF the questio<1
as against the published statement of
the Western Sugar and Land COM
pany, as appeared in the Tribune Of
the Goth:
In last weeks Tribune an article
appeared under the heading VIII
Cut the Prce of Sugar Beets" in whtc1
r. p Davie, vice presiden of the Wess
ern Sugar and Land company set forth
apparently plausible reasons why his
company shall be compelled to reduce
next years contract price below the
present one for the production OF beets,
He first states that he has no quar-
rel with the tariff but asserts that,
the reduced cost of living, under the
new tariff schedule will make it pos
sible for the farmers to grow beets Tor
less per ton than they have been do
ing; that the investment in the factory
is over $1,000. 900 upon which he feels
the company should realize a net earn
ing of 100000 and leads the reader
to believe that the company is opera.-
ing at a loss. Following this he makes
an effort to show whereby the farm
ers with an average production Of
twelve tons per acre at average price
of $3.50 per ton makes an averase
of 20 per cent on their investment.
He also contemplates cutting the acre
age for next year to 5000 acres. just
sufficient to supply the Western Slope
sugar trade. In conclusion he states
that he dislikes very much to do this
as much of the land now in sugar
beets would be seeded to alfalfa, there
by very materially reducing its value.
In reply TO the above We wish TO
set forth some of the farmers vfews.
First. we want to see the reduced cost
of living within the reach of the farm
er before contracting our crop at
reduced price. especially when We
have the figures and facts TO show
that the present price is not remunera-
tive to the average farmer. We shall
want to know that the reduced cost
of living applies to railroad companies
and their employees In a sufficient am
cunt to justify the reduction of freight
rates from Pueblo to Grand Junction
to the extent that the freight rate or
beet seed between these two points
is not equal TO the freight rate from
Germany to Pueblo. as stated by Mr.
Holmes
We shall want to know that the
sugar company's rate per acre FOR
planting is materially reduced from
the exorhitant present charge Of sew
enty-five cents per acre. We shall
want assurance that we need not pay
fifty per cent more for our beet seed
than our brother beetgrowers pay for
a superior quality in all other parts
of the state and would like substantial
assurance that the foreign labor which
the sugar company contracts for us is
willing TO extend the hand of fellow
ship by reducing the price on their
labor in proportion TO the reduced
cost OF living under the new tariff
schedule. We are pleased to note that
tariff cuts no figure with the company.
The statement that the investment
is over s1.oOo.oo0 is not in accord with
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
Kids And Their SledS Rei8n
Supreme These Cool Days

for the kids to hitch on, and in very
many cases manage 10 give them m
extra ride. This is not only an evid-
ence OF good nature upon the part Of
our citizens. but also one Of kindly
impulse and character God bless the
and the kids. What would
the country be without them.
the country be without them. IL isn't
often that Delta has snow enough for
this kind OF sport. and this being an
exception. all are glad to see tn emery
uses made OF It.
The Delta independent., 1914-01-02
Delta Girl Dies in
Grand Junction

Miss Jessie Eva Mcveigh died OF
pneumonia on December 2sth. at the
Brighton hotel in Grand Junction, aged
10 years.
John Mcveigh left Delta for Grand
Junction some six months ago. TO take
n foremanship in the sugar factory.
Miss McVeigh was born and raised
here and has a host of friends in this
city and vicinity to mourn her death.
Her body was brought to Delta for
burial.