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The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
OXerdone.

Il understand Mrs. Nurich has had
her house done over"
Yes, and herself also
How about her husband?"
"oh, he has been done over and
over again!"
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

The Bell Telephone line was opened
this week from New York to San Fran
cisco, and for the sum of s16 three
minute conversation can be carried on
between those two far-distant points.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
Astronomy VS.. Art.

Professor-Has anything ever been
discovered on Venus?
Student-No, sir. there has not. II
the pictures are correct.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

The county court house at Grand
to the News. and the. commissioners
of Mesa county have appropriated s145
to pay for repairs.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

A s4,0OO,OOO ore shipment has just
been made from the Cresson mine
in Cripple Creek the largest value in
single gold shipment ever made in
the world
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
.Prima Facie Evidence.

Did you hear about the terrible
fright Bobby got on the day of his
wedding?"
mo. but I was at the church and
saw her"
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

The residents of Mexico City con
chief duty of a provisional president
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

An American miner is reported to
have been killed because he shouted
a viva for the wrong Mexican. Resi-
dents of Mexico should scan the morn
ing papers before giving any viyas.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

Opie Read.-This would be a dreary
old world if everybody in it had mil
lion dollars. Think of it, just think
of it. if everybody was worth $1,000
900 and man asked another to do
some work he would put on high up
air and tell him to change climates.
There was never a falser belief than
that money and ignorance can make
a man happy. ! would like to impress
this on the young man who hasn't a
any more than ignorance means right
eousness. The world is not nearly so
bad as most of the God help us we
are going to pieces" chautauqua lec-
turers would have us believe.
Thomas Cooper.-Efficient produc-
tion is the basis of success in the
ranch business but one should not in
fer from this that exceedingly large
yields must be produced or that the
farm business must be based upon
high yields. intensive culture and
small acreage. The successful farm
business is measured by net income,
not crop yield or area farmed. 1t is
based upon the proper balancing and
development of the fundamental fac
tors of diversity, organization of the
farm, successful production, size of
the business and location. A proper
regard for these factors and their de-
velopment brings success. They may
not, however, affect the distribution of
the product This phase of the busi-
ness is dependent entirely upon an
other group of factors.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

The Ladies Aid of Eckert will give
a George Washington birthday enter
tainment at the high school at Eckert
on February 10. Luncheon will be
served and everybody cordially inyit-
ed
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

FOR SALE.-About 100 sacks Of po-
.atoes, zoe per hundred. without sacks.
Harry Killough. California mesa.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

Nobody should sign a referendum
petition merely to demonstrate his
proficiency in penmanship or to be
good-natured
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

Notice-wanted. work by the week
for wages or for room and board.
Coop. phone INV. Cedaredge.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

While Mr.. Wilson is captain of the
team. Mr.. Gompers does some very
effective work coaching on the side
lines.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

Thieves broke into the powder
house at Palisade the first of this
week and stole several hundred
pounds of powder.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

Senator Burton is one of the few
senators who can filibuster without
having to read irrelevant matter from
dictionaries and encyclopedias to kill
time.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

FOR SALE-A full blooded Jersey
COW. coming three years old. Inquire
of l.. A. Dowd. at 523 Grand ave. 2
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

There is always more enthusiasm
over profit-sharing than over loss
sharing.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
|, HOT FROM THE STATE PRESS I
, . 90 . 80 . . . . o.

If Governor Carlson takes all the
good advice that is offered him, some
body will have to enlarge the capitol
Pueblo Chieftain.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

II you wish dependable plumbing.
see Arthur Cartwright. in Lincoln
building.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

FOR SALE. Commercial hotel,
Delta. on easy terms. Would trade
for cattle. Hotel has nice business
and best location in city. Write or ap-
ply to Clay Davis. Delta, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

FOR SALE-Three cuttings alfalfa
hay, delivered. H. E. Tyler.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

Montrose has proposition to vote
for or against the issue of 100000
water bonds.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

For Sale-Barred Plymouth Rock
Cockrels and Pullets. w. l.. Johnson.
Delta. tt
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

FOR SALE Young mammoth
bronze gobbler, So. Call Colorado
phone Delta CIV.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
LILrS LETTER
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS.

The first week of Lily's vacation had
been most disappointing. She had
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

For Sale-Confectionery and Ice
Cream business for sale cheap. Ad-
dress "The Franklin Confectionery"
Montrose. Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
BUSINESS LOCALS
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Protect your nome against fire BY
with Stephan q Ubert.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
HeIpfuIne.. Sometimes Resented.

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson's
Passing of the Third Floor Back"
made deep and lasting impression
on Kansas City. II stimulates n fine
desire to be more charitable and kind
ly. I'VE remember" writes Franklin
p. Adams of New York. the morning
after seeing The Passing of the Third
Floor Back we felt more than usually
unworthy. and spiritual reform was
working into our calloused heart. A
young woman, carrying an achingly
heavy suitcase was walking up the
subway stairs. Let me help you.' we
said. Don't touch that she cried. as
one about to bite. II you don't stop
annoying me. III have you arrested
So. fearing the headline. Bard Gets
Jail Term for MashIng.' we ran away.
like the coward we were. kansas
City Star.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
WITH THE THINKERS
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Judge George w. Allen.-Youpg
people live too much in the allure
ment of social life. Society, SO far as
happiness between husband and wife
is concerned is as fleeting and unsub-
substantial as the winds that blow
and it lodges no comfort and nothing
of usefulness. The frivolities, the
thoughtlessness and carelessness of
social life as INDUCED in by many
people is the ruination, the destruc-
tion of family life, pleasure and COM
fort.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

]. l.. Kellogg.-We may talk of JUS
tice and her charms, but it is needless
for us to hope to obtain any semblance
to it SO long as We permit one man or
set of men to accumulate a million
dollars. When we find a nationfull
of multi-millionaires we may rest as
sured that its economic structure is
permeated with unsoundness and dia-
metrically opposed to every known
law of right. The time is coming but
slowly when we will have done with
our ancient and ill-advised system of
obtaining what the people want We
need cleverness, simplicity and brev-
ity in the making of our laws.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

Douglas Malcom.-'There are men
in my neighborhood, said a country
merchant attending the horse show
this week, whom l call endless chain
farmers, while there are others whom
1 call breakers, the latter so called
because / know there will be certain
periods of each year in which they
will have a break in their incomes.
The first always pay as they buy,
while look out that the second only
buy as they pay This merchant was
not farmer himself but he had grown
well-to-do doing business with them
and he knew the financial standing
and the farm methods of every man in
his community.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

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The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Earlv Peruvian Indians Were Masters of Surgery

dying. These rites at times assume the
character of vigorous massage of the
body, and they even tapped the head of
the dying man with baton. This latter
action might readily result in a lucky
repair of the broken skull
Then again. after a warrior had lain
unconscious for many days, the splin-
tered and broken bits of bone might
necrose and be sloughed off at the bot
tom OF an open sore. This also might
have resulted in recovery
when the medicine men had observed
these phenomena few times their next
logical step would be to attempt to as
sist nature in her processes Of restora-
ton. They did this by prying the dis
placed fragments into place and by dig
ging out. often with their finger tips,
splintered bits Of bone. Another Of their
observations was that a wound with
sharp. clean-cut edges would heal much
more rapidly than one with rough or
jagged contour.
THE result Of their observations was
that they attempted to convert the
rough. irregular gashes in the skull into
smooth. clean-cut surgical wounds This
was usually done by scraping the edges
of the break with the sharpened fints.
They further advanced in the science
of physical diagnosis to the point Of OBJ
serving that now and then a warrior died
from a really small fracture of the skull
This led them to operate quickly and
some Of the slender pieces of sharpened
flint may have been used to raise the
crushed portion Of the skull after an In
cision had been made.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

THE human rocket" is the name
given Art Smith by the crowds at
the Panama-Paciic exposition. Smith.
husky young aviator from Indiana, has
earned the title by nightly making dar-
ing flights over the fair in an illuminated
aeropane. Fifteen or twenty loops in
an evening is a commonplace nights
work for Smith, and he has been known
TO make as many as thrty-fve in one
flight
His machine, heavy 75-horsepower
biplane, is equipped with electric lights
and high power searchlight. When the
lamps are turned on and the search
light bursts forth against the dark blue
Of the night California sky, the effect is
startlingly beautiful. The performance
of a dozen continuous loops is hardly
necessary to strengthen the effect, but
Smith does it and seems to think moth
ing of the feat.
A very daring man, is young Mr..
Smith. His favorite performance is the
death dip in which he shoots straight
down for thousands of feet and then,
just as it appears he is about to be
dashed to million pieces. he suddenly
rights his machine and scars off over
the heads of the paralyzed crowds. He
adds to the effect of this fool-hardy
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
PRINCIPLES of DIETETlCS and
Dental Hygiene REVOLUTIONIZED =
bv STUDIES of British Physician

varied diet suitable for children with e
complete dentition should be brought
about.
Arguing from this foundation, DR..
Wallace declares:
"A correlated principle which We have
to note is that the physiology of the or
gans of digestion indicates to some ex-
tent the type of food suitable for man.
The incisor teeth incise or cut off por-
tions of food. and the molars crush. tear.
or physically disintegrate it, while at the
same time the saliva and mucuS are
secreted. The muscles of mastication con-
cerned with the closing of the mouth are
physiologically adapted for the exercise
of enormous pressure in order to disin-
tegrate the food, while the muscles which
open the mouth are relatively weak.
If the food were intended to be swal-
lowed without undergoing physical dis
integration in the mouth there would be
no need for the large muscles and elab-
crate physiological coordination which
at present exist. As far as the digestion
of food is concerned, the obvious infer
ence is that with regard to the mouth and
teeth the physical disintegration of the
food is practically its one and only func-
ton.
DO not let us be befooled into believ-
ing that the physiological raison d'etre
Of the salivary glands is solely or even
primarily for the sake of digesting food.
The salivary glands exist and function
for the purpose of facilitating the move
ments of the mouth and food, for facili-
tating its disintegration, for facilitating
deglutition, and for helping to clean 1t
out of the mouth as rapidly as possible
after the disintegration Of the food is
sufficiently advanced. We have heard a
great deal about the digestion of starch
by the ptyalin, and although the amount
is very trivial it was we'll dinned into us
that the function Of the ptyalin was to
digest starch (for nutritional purposes).
Why a copious flow OF saliva is poured
out when sugar was taken into the mouth
did not seem to suggest the idea that the
function of the saliva was to clear sub
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
THE principles of dietetics are be-
ing revolutionized by an English
physician d. j. Sim Wallace. Old

THE principles of dietetics are be-
ing revolutionized by an English
physician, d. ]. Sim Wallace. Old
theories of dieting and the con-
stituent parts of the proper meal are
being disproved. The functions OF the
various glands and digestive juices. ever
since the study of dietetics began, nave
been enormously accepted, according to
DR.. Wallace.
The British physician bases his con-
clusions on a study of dental hygiene.
In brief, DR.. Wallace believes that the
chief function of the juices secreted in
the mouth are to keep the teeth clean,
not to prepare food for digestion by the
stomach and intestines.
In the first place, DIR. Wallace does not
believe that the kind of food for which
man Is adapted is the same in all essen
tials as that on which he has subslsted
for generations. He points out three
things: First, that we do not know ex-
actly the kind of food on which primitive
man and his ancestors existed; that we
are not agreed with regard to what are
the essential elements of food, and that
man has introduced methods or prepar-
ing food, which though in some cases
they may destroy or impair certain es-
sential qualities so far improve others
that reversion to primitive foods would
be retrograde step.
DR.. Wallace next directs attention to
the fact that the anatomy of the organs
Of digestion indicates the type of food
which is most generally suitable for the
animal under consideration. This has
long been recognized by those who con-
Germ themselves with archaeological
zoology 1t is now many years since the
dental profession recognized that the
complete Temporary dentition indicated
that the most suitable diet for the child
was not pap. but should be of such
nature that the teeth and jaws would re-
uuire to be used. Moreover, argues the
physician, we recognized still further
that the coming into position OF the milk
teeth indicated how the transition from
tho nurelv milk diet to the solid and
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

achievement by turning out his lights.
only to relight them when 1t seems he
is doomed to cruel death.
The above photograph, showing Smith
on one of his nightly cruises through
the sky above the exposition. was
fifteen-minute exposure. The flight OF
the illuminated machine through the air
was caught by the instrument several
thousand feet below
Asked why he nightly rtsked his life
for the amusement Of idle pleasure
seekers, Smith replied: "A fellow has
to do something when he comes from
Indiana and is named Smith" Then he
added, however: But please put in one
word for me- I'm not just a plain crazy
man. I'm really sort Of practical ex-
perimentalist We who fly upside down
and fall sideways and fall tail first and
do all these other stunts are accomplish
ing something of real value. We are
exploding ancient theories Of the physics
of the air and presenting proofs OF new
and better theories. We are really &C
complshing something"
Concerning just what he was accom-
plishing or hoping to accomplish in the
manner of rearranging the physics of the
air, Mr. Smith was modestly silent. Still
he nightly continues to make his aero
plane perform what no other machine
ever has accomplished before.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

stances out Of the mouth which might be
or become harmful to the teeth and mu-
cuous membranes during or after masti-
cation.
so again, We were taught that acid
vegetable foods gave rise to a copious
flow of alkaline saliva rich in ptyalin. but
physiologists were silent with regard to
the why of the ptyalin in this case. That
the flow of alkaline saliva was to neu
tralize the acid was indicated. but that
the saliva similarly became alkaline on
eating meat was not mentioned and the
rationale of such alkalinity was not in
dicated.
"Although, the physiological reactions
of the saliva to food show us clearly that
they are adapted chiefly for facilitating
disintegration of food and deglutition and
to get rid of certain substances common
ly associated with foods which are or
might become injurious to the mouth and
teeth, it would be mistake to argue that
whatsoever stimulates the salivary glands
should necessarily be regarded as spe-
cially desirable food.
Rather should We surmise that in
foods which excite a great flow of saliva
there may be an element of danger. il
for any reason the glands were not
pable Of responding adequately TO the
stimulus, or if the food were of such
nature as TO hamper the saliva IN ltS at
tempt to get it out Of the mouth. There
is, then, an element of danger in food
which contains sugar in greater proper
tion than 1t exists in vegetable foods as
presented in nature, and the physiology
of the glands of oral hygiene indicates
that sweets, bread and jam, bread and
marmalade, and the like should not be
eaten at the end of or between meals"
Continuing to reason along these lines,
DR.. Wallace urges strongly against ths
practice of eating sweet or sugary foods
at the ends of meals Instead. he advises
a dessert Of fruits. which leave the teeth
cleaned, instead of cakes, puddings and
other pastries which remain in the den-
tai cavities and contribute to the disin-
tegration Of the teeth.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
SOLDIERINGIs
Sure CURE for
SORE EYES in
British Recruits

OLDIERING is a cure for sore eyes.
When Great Britain first started to
recruit her enormous armies for
Kitchener. large numbers Of young men
were rejected for trifing defects in
vision. Later the bars were let down
and the wearing Of pair of eyeglasses
was not made cause for rejection.
Then it was learned that many de-
fects of the eyes disappeared within a
few months. The answer. of course, is
that physical training and outdoor life
does more to correct the vision than all
the spectacles in the opticians shops.
Young men who previous to enlistment
could not cross road in safety found
that within three months they we're able
to read fine print without the slightest
trouble and without the least i'll effect
to their eyes.
Older men who had worn heavy
glasses for years were soon able to throw
them away altogether, although they
had been told they would be compelled
to wear glasses for life.
The outdoor training of Britain's men
has worked wonders in curing defects Of
eyesight. 1t is expected that in most
cases the cures will be permanent, that
when the happy time comes that
Kitchener's armies are disbanded the
men will return to their clerical labors
relieved Of the necessity of wearing
glasses.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
HOT Oxygen Used
to Cure Gangrene

~UPERHEATED oxygen for the treat
ment of gangrenous wounds has been
~ introduced In the Paris military hos
pitals Formerly hot air was applied. but
NJ Vignat tried with marked success the
substitution of the oxygen. especially In
the treatment of cases Of septic gangrene
following on deep charring
An ordinary electric apparatus Is used.
and the source of air represented by the
rotary pump is replaced by cylinder fur
nished with stop-cock. 1t is necessary
to be careful that the field in which COM
presses are situated in the neighborhood
OF wounds is moist, as the action OF the
superheated oxygen is inaammatory.
Oxygen dp1ks and steriiizes moist gan
creme better and more quickly than air.
The action Of heat Is added to the action
Of the oxygen and also to the ozone which
10 produced whenever oxygen Is super
heated
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

IGHTEEN hundred years ago tre-
panning. supposed to be one OF the
- marvels Of latter-day surgery. was
practiced by the Peruvian Indians, ac-
cording to DR.. Joseph c. Thompson. lieu
tenant commander Of the United states
navy. Although their instruments were
but rude affairs of flint and stone, the
ancient Peruvians performed marvellous
operations which would test the skill OF
the modern hospital expert. More than
5000 skulls of these early South Ameri-
cans have been collected and placed on
exhibition at the San Diego exposition.
Dr. Thompson has written a hook on the
surgical discoveries made through exam
inatiOn of these relics:
THE evidence of trepanning skill
among the earliest Indians is shown by
this exhibit for the first time DR..
Thompson says. The surgical instru-
ments" consist OF sharpened flints OF
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Most SAVAGE
RACE Is Found
in.NeW Guinea

THE blood thirstiest race remaining
on earth has just been discovered
in British New Guinea. The ma
ttves are literally soaked in blood. HUI
man life is held cheaper in British New
Guinea than anywhere else on earth.
Notwithstanding the thousand miles Of
trenches in Europe.
These natives practice magic which
they call kuri-kuri-which kills men by
suggestion. No man among them is sup
posed to die naturally. The magic man
tells him he is going to die and he
promptly does die. 1t may not be all
hypnotism. Supposing a man is told that
he is to die from snake-bite. It is not dif-
ficult to make certain Of his death
When a man is dead his relatives
must get a head so that his spirit will
rest In peace They go out on a muir
dering expedition and get their head
from the nearest tribe they can surprise.
1t dosn't matter to them whether the
head is that of a man. woman. or child.
The girls will not marry a man unless
he has a certain number of heads and
has killed a man in personal combat.
When a new house is built there must
he more killing. because the posts of the
house have to be sprinkled with human
DlOOu- ne uluStus NdI ldiS uoNci ScdSco,
for tribe which has been attacked must
seek revenge
The continual fear of surprise attacks
is shown in the character Of the houses.
These we're built in the trees. They
rested on scaffold-poles fifty to sixty feet
from the ground, were beautifully
thatched. and were chiefly constructed
of palm leaves. They were loopholed in
the sides for arrows. and holes had been
left in the floor through which stones
could be dropped on TO the heads of an
enemy. Large quantities OF stones are
kept in the houses. These tree-dwellers
also wear kind of bamboo cuirass,
which is arrow-proof and would be shot
proof The arrows used are about five
feet long and are projected from very
powerful bows.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Daily Forecast
toBe RADIOED

THE experiment Of sending weather
forecasts by wireless telegraphy is
about to be made by the weather
bureau in Illinois. Illiopolis has been Sc
lected as the sending point. The forecast
for Springfield will be radioed daily be-
tween 12:45 and l p. m That the
predictions may be caught by amateur
wireless operators. the messages will he
transmitted at the rate of ten to twelve
words minute
A card bearing the inscription ~. S.
Department of Agriculture. Weather
Bureau The State Center Record Wire
less Service" has been provided whereon
the receiving wireless operator will copy
the forecast message and post it for the
benefit of the public.
Before the plan could be sanctioned.
permission had TO be received from the
bureau of navigation, the department of
commerce and the chief Of the weather
bureau None of these having entered
objection, the scheme was perfected. and
within short time it is expected that
every farmer who cares to set up wire
less station will be able to get the daily
forecasts.