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The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
Attention.

Bostwick park potatoes seed. Hand.
picked early Peoples Rusit; hand.
picked Charles Downing. For prices,
write or telephone to.
J. L. WOLESLAGEL, oIathe.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
Getting the Riaht Number.

She had tried in vain to get her
telephone number. Hello, Central, u
she inquired sweetly. Can you sug.
gest the wrong number to ask for in
order to get $3.50 Franklin"
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
TRY OUR GROUND FEED

Have installed a new electric grind
er and can furnish all kinds of ground
feed. | will also grind your grain for
you. If you have any bring 1t in and
get 1t ground. Guy NJ. Blair.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

For Sale-Eaton red raspberry
roots, rhubarb roots, two-year-old as.
paragus roots. Quality first class.
Prices right. J. p. Kernoban GIL
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

Some weeks ago the Rocky Noun
tain News notified all it's country
exchanges that thereafter if they wish
ed to read the News they must pay
real money for the paper just the
same as common, ordinary people.
Thus in effect the Shaffer organ noti-
fled the country papers that they were
too unimportant to be noticed by the
News. In the face of this insult to the
country press the News begs for a
lot of free advertising and a request
that the country papers club with
that sheet. All we have to say is that
If any newspaper on our exchange
list falls for the News proposition. we
will favor confiscating the plant and
adjudging the publisher unfit for as
sociation with the sane members of
the profession.-Rocky Ford Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

The Denver Post has cut out roast
ing Governor Carlson. it is said, be-
cause the sending of little telegram
to Hot Springs signed for the gov
ernor by one of the Post owners comes
under criminal charge of forgery. In
other words, someone stuck his mouth
in the trip shutting off the wind
Brush Republican.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

For Sale-Pure White Russian Side
Oats, at $1.50 per hundred weight, at
the ranch. VIM. Lance. SIS
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
Young Iowa Business Man.

In Colorado for year, desires home
to work. Address NJ. Starr, Cory, Colo.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR SALE-First class alfalfa hay
baled, $12 per ton. SOC bale. Inquire
of Joe McGraw. Il
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

Lost-Ladies hand bag containing
gold watch and 81 in silver. Also con.
tanned book with name and Mrs. Fred
'Belmire. Lost between Delta and
Crawford Saturday evening.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

For fear the Deer Pepul" of the
state of Colorado may not recognize
the fact that United States Senators
Shaffroth and Thomas are truly great
and noble men, Eddie Keating is. Civ
ing the two senators the gone over
in his country newspapers-Moffat
Home and Farm.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

First. second and third cutting OF
alfalfa for sale. Mckee.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

For Sale or Trade-Ten acres apple
orchard on Garnet mesa, adjoining
city. Starr Nelson. 9t
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

ASPARAGUS-Easy to grow as al.
falfa. should be put out at once. One
year old plants, 75c per hundred post.
paid. W. NJ. ANDRESS, Cedaredge,
Colo. Coop. phone 16-H. 1918
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR SALE-Rent or Exchange
Pianos and organs. McMurray and
Briney. 524 Main street.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

Typewriters of all makes for sale
or rent Call us up and learn particu-
lars. Stearns Bros. Co.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR SALE.-White Russian Seed
Oats and Big Four for seed. w. +.
Blaine, North Delta. Colorado phone.
Delta 149 il.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Registere
Jersey bull, 5 years old; 2 young Jer-
sey bulls, old enough for service. Lee
McLaren, Olathe. Colo. 13p
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

For Rent-Two unfurnisned from
rooms, IS. per month. 953 Meeker 81
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR RENT 7-room house on Gar.
net mesa. Close IN. One arce of
ground. Inquire Mr.. NJ. l.. Baker,
Delta. 13
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

WANTED-A limited amount of
warrants of the North Delta Irriga-
tion district at 35 cents on the dollar.
Millard Fairlamb. 1916
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

The Denver city campaign will open
on the same day the legislature ad-
another" in Denver town.-Cortez
Herald.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR SALE Bald barley and Swed-
ish selected seed oats. I. b. Raichart,
Phone 1856 J. 11-12
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. HOT FROM THE STATE PRESS =
. . . . . . . . . - . .
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

Protect your nome against fire b
insuring with Stepnan & UDert.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

Why not? We will do your family
washing cheaper than you can do 4
at home.-Delta Steam Laundry.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

For Sale-A large-sized infants
bath tub. Also good singing canary
in brass cage. 2is Meeker. II
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

| will do dressmaking at my home
22s Columbia street. Delta.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR SALE-A $3.50 Fischer piano;
slightly used. VIII be sold on small
payment down. and at n bargain to
responsible party. Can be seen at any
time. For particulars call ut this OF.
flee. II
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

Golden Buff Leghorn eggs for hatch
ing. excellent winter layers. si.25 per
Is eggs. (. o. b. Paonia. 110 eggs for
81. Coop. phone 29-H Paonia. or
write r. F. d. No. l. Hotchkiss. Neis
Friberg. II
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

FOR SALE-Three cuttings alfalfa
hay, delivered. II. E. Tyler.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

For Sale-Black mare. nine years
old. weight 1850 to 1900. Drives sin
gle or double. Sound and true. In
quire at Independent office.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
BUSINESS LOCALS

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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
But Cost of Christmas Pays Big Re-
turns In Joy and Happiness of
Children.

Christmas is a very costly institu-
ton. 1t makes deep holes in millions
of well-flled pockets. Fathers hand
reaches into his pocket more often
in the few weeks before Christmas
than during any other period of equal
extent in the whole year. And lots OF
money goes for presents that, in the
hands of happy children, last a very
short time. Nightfall of Christmas
day sees many toys in mangled heaps
that bright and shining and new greet
ed the little folks as they hoped out
of bed Christmas morning. And mil
lions and millions of things are bought
that never would be, If 1t we're not for.
Christmas. But does all this mean that
Christmas is not worth the money it
costs, that it would be better If the
world did not observe the anniversary
Of Christ's birth in the way it does?
Nobody in the whole wide Christian
part of the world will say that Christ
mas does not pay for itself, that it is
not worth all it costs, and that it is
not a bargain at any price. Where can
be found a father and mother who
feel that they have been cheated by
Christmas, after they hear the CUR
Cling laughter of their children, in
ecstasy among their new toys. ever if
there had to be skimping and saving OF
pennies to buy the little p%resents?-
Savannah News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
GREET VISITOR WITH TEARS
STRANGE Custom That Is Etiquette
Among the Indians Of Central
South America.

A strange custom is the weeping
salutation that has been observed
among Central South American In
dams. This form of greeting occurs,
too. in the ALBANIAN islands, New Zea-
land Polynesia. A Portuguese explor-
err describes the custom as he saw 1t
used among a tribe of South Amerf
can Indians:
Whenever a guest enters a hut he
is Immediately honored, and made well
come by being wept over. Without a
word being spoken he is led to the
hammock. AS soon as he is seated the
hostess and her daughters, and any OF
their girl friends who happen to be in
the house at the time, come and sit
about the guest, touch him lightly with
their fingers, and commence to weep
loudly and to shed many tears. Dur
ing this ceremony, in a sort of connect
ed discourse, they recite everything
that has happened to them recently,
and talk of the hardships of the road
that the visitor has suffered and of
anything and everything that can
arouse compassion and tears. The
guest, his hand before his face, pre-
tends to weep, and does not speak UNI
til the crying has gone or for some
time. Then they all wipe away their
tears and become as lively and merry
as if they had never cried in all their
lives"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
AN EXPENSIVE INSTITUTION

the paper crack, and at the end of the
bed you were too content and happy
even to look at your presents. Why
was 1t that next day everybody and
everything was different? The air was
full of bells singing riotously. Every
one, for this one day, ceased to think
of his own happiness and found hap
piness in bringing cheerfulness to
others. The stern gulf which is fixed
between children and grown-ups had
vanished-there weren't any grown.
ups. Somewhere in your childish
heart you wondered why every day
couldn't be made a day of kindness.
And that wonder Of a child's heart
is the Christmas message. Once a
year, by a divine conspiracy, all the
ships of u hopes and fears turn back
from their voyagings to the harbor OF
tenderness. They are borne back on
the crest of a white tide of mysticism
that sweeps round the world. A truce
of God is declared to all fightings, and
men and women walk as children
through a world that is kind. They
commence to give and cease to annex;
they act in the belief that God is in
his heaven. The spirit is one tremu-
lous white day of unselfishness-a day
which gradually some other days in
the year are learning to envy and imi.
tate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
THE MYSTERY OF CHRISTMAS
One Day of the Year That All other
Days Are Learning to Envy
and initiate.

1t seems to me that always, as the
oath of December commenced to
shorten, the white, fieecy snow began
to fall, says a writer in the Crafts.
man. When the street lamps flick
cred up like candles on an altar, they
gazed on o world that was white. The
strife OF the city was muffled. Carts
went by, but you had to peer out
through the blinds to know that they
were passing--they made no sound.
An atmosphere of g~entleness had de-.
scendcd. Everyone in the house e
about with stealth, as though planning
some secret kindness.
And then the night and the trying
to keep awake till Santa Claus should
come. And the waking up. with the
frost weaving patterns on the panes.
Somewhere far away a harp was be-
ing played. and a cornet was challeng-
ing the silence. The tune they played
was an accompaniment to the most
beautiful legend in the world. At
first, dreamily, you tried TO remember
why for once the darkness was not
frightening, and then, "Ah. It's Christ
masp AS you turned. your feet made
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
SACRED CIT OF THE JAMS
One Of the Most Remarkable OF the
Sights the Traveller Sees
in India.

Palitana is among the most wonder
full places in that land of marvels. IL
is in the Kathiawar peninsula, to the
north of Bombay. and is the capital
Of the small state of the same name
which adjoins Baroda, The town
stands on the Shetrunja river. whose
overlooking has frequently caused dis
aster, and above rise the twin peaks
of Shetrunja hill, nearly 1000 feet
above the plain. 1t is the most sacred
Of the FIVE sacred hills of the jams,
and their temple city crowns the sum-
init. The jams, who today form one
of the large merchant castles, may be
described as a heretical and ultra
humanitarian sect of Hinduism. It's
founder was contemporary with
Buddha. The jams in all ages have
been great temple builders; their most
marked popularity in this respect be-
ing their tradition of building cities
composed entirely of temples and con-
tanning no human habitations what
ever.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09

q am looking" ! said. "for a Christ
mas present for friend wife. l want
TO get something that win give her a
great amount of pleasure and which l
can use later on as a pipe cleaner or a
pair of suspenders!"
The pale young woman tainted, so !
moved over.
At another counter another young
lady said to me: Have you been
waited on?"
NO" I replied; 81 have been
stepped on. sat on and walked on. but
| have not yet been waited on"
What do you wish?" inquired the
young woman.
q am looking for a Christmas pres
emit for friend wife" he said. Il want
to buy her something that will bring
great joy to her heart. and which |
might use afterward as a pair of slip
pers or a shaving mug"
The young lady caught me with her
dreamy eyes and held me up against
the wall.
you" she screamed, you complete
a total of 25.493 people who have been
in this department store today without
knowing what they are doing here,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09

Second noor-to the right-take
the elevator" said the man.
Did you ever try % take an eleva.
tor in a department store and find
that 3.s4S other American citizens and
c~itizenettes we're also trying to take
the same elevator7
How sweet it is to mingle IN the
arms Of utter strangers and to feel
the pressure of a foot we lever hope
to meet againi
| was standing by one of the coun-
tiers on the second floor when a shrill
voice crept up over a few bales of dry
goods and said. Are you a buyer or
a handler?'
Il am looking for a Christmas pres.
ent for friend wife," l answered, Il
want to get something that will look
swell on the parlor table and may be
used later on as a tobacco jar or a
t%rouser stretcher!"
Fourth floor-to the left-take the
elevatori" said the shrill voice, but
shriller.
With bowed head l walked away.
began to feel sorry for friend wife.
Nobody seemed to be very much in
terested whether she got a Christmas
present or not.
On the fourth floor l stopped at a
counter where a lot of eager danes
were paving over some chinchilla rib
bon and chiffon overskirts.
1t reminded me of the way an. emo
tional hen digs up a grub in the gar
den.
enjoyed the excitement of the game
for about ten minutes and then |
said to the clerk behind the counter
who was r%efereeing the match, Can
you tell me where | can buy a ster
ling silver Christmas present for
friend wife which l could use after.
ward as a night key or a bath sponge?"
Fifth floor-to the rear-take the
elevator!" said the clerk.
On the fifth floor | went over to a
table where a young lady was selling
The Life and Libraries of Andrew
Carnegie" at four dollars a month and
fifty cents a week, and in three years
it is yours if you don't lose the re-
ceipts.
She gave me a glad smile and l felt
a thrill Of encouragement.
Excuse me-" l said, but l am look
ing for a Christmas present for friend
wife which will make all the neigh.
bors jealous, and which l can use aft
terward as an ash receiver or a pocket
flask"
The young lady cut out the giggles
and pointed to the northwest.
went over there.
To my surprise l found another
counter.
A pale young woman was behind it.
l was just about to ask her the fatal
question when a young man wearing
a ragtime expression on his face
rushed up and said to the pale young
lady behind the counter: 81 am look
ing for a suitable present for a young
lady friend of mine with golden brown
'hair. Could you please suggest some.
thing?"
The pale young woman showed her
teeth and answered him in a low.
rumbling voice, and the man went
away.
Then came an old lady who said: 81
bought some organdie dress goods for
a shirt waist last Tuesday, and | would
like to exchange them for a music box
for my daughters little boy, Freddie,
if you pleased"
The pale young woman again showed
her teeth and the old lady ducked for
cover.
After about fifty people had rushed
up to the pale young woman and then
rushed away again, l went over and
spoke to her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
Enemy of the Fern.

One of the worst enemies of ferns in
doors is the mealy bug. This is a
white, woolly insect that clings close
to the bottom of the fronds. When
there is reason to suspect its pres
enc the plant should be examined
every day and all insects removed
with a splinter or t%oothpick. If the
infestation is bad, the whole top Of
the fern can be cut off to within an
inch of the ground and then allowed
to grow again after all the insects
have been exterminated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
WILD ANIMALS IN PANAMA
Their Usual Routine Of Existence Dis
turbed by the Building Of the
Canal.

Wild turkeys give evidences OF
homesickness since they have been
driven from the bottom lands in Pan
anna owing to the construction of the
canal. They wander about on the edge
of the lake complaining. and it is easy
to get within shooting distance of
them. The Panama turkey is always
thin and one is not more than enough
for a meal for one man. Peccary, or
wild pig, found frequently and in herds
on the upper Chagres river, seems not
to have been a habitant of the lower
valley, as there are none along the
edges of the newly formed lake. Wild
goat, although found in the mountains
of the western part of Panama, is not
known in the lake region.
The marshes along the Chagres
and the jungle adjoining them have
been the home of many snakes, and
these have been forced to higher land
and the trees by the rise of the water.
Forces of the lighthouse division, en-
gagged in cutting vistas for the range
lights in Gatun lake, are meeting with
a real danger from the native rattle
snake, called 'tomiga.' Many Of these
snakes instead of taking to water-free
ground have climbed into the branches
Of the trees and every clump of bam-
boo hides from n to a dozen. Beat
ing the clump usually scares them into
tho UJotnT Whnn tho nloo RING non hn
carried on from cayucos by the ma
chete men, but occasionally one or
more will remain and prepare TO fight.
In such cases the cayuco is pulled as
near the clump as is safe and shot
guns are used in an attempt to kill the
reptiles. If the shots miss, the snake,
already coiled, springs at the boatmen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
A Lot Of Eager Danes Were Paving
Over Some chinchilIa Ribbon.

human being, working for a living, and
every time | see a hundred dollar bill
! get red in the face and want a drink
OF water. You know, Hep, my father
didn't spend his life wrapping it up in
bundles and throwing it into an iron
woodshed against the time | became
old enough to use it as a torch!"
"Sayl" chirped Hep, who hadn't
paid the slightest attention to what I
was saying. why don't you get her an
emerald necklace? Some idea-what?
l saw n the other day for SO. 900.
Wait a minute! I'll give you a card 10
the manager"
Give It to the chauffeur" / said as
pushed Hep into the taxi. by the
time he gets you home you'll W him
enough to buy emeralds."
Then ! left him fiat and moseved
off for q department store to eet I
Christmas present for friend wife.
sayl did you ever get tangled IN in
n OF those department store mohs
and have a crowd of perfect ladies use
you for a doormat?
] got mine!
They certainly taught NE the Huer,
ia glide, all right!
Az the door a nice young man with
q pink necktie and a quick forebead
bowed to me.
What do you wish?p he asked.
Well ! said. I'm down here IA
get . Christmas present for friend
wife would like something which
would afford ker great pleasure when
\ give II 70 her and which ! could use
afterward as q penwiper or a fishing
rcd
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
Utah Furnishes Expo Material.

The state of Utah has made another
record, of which it is very proud. 1t
seems that all the gypsum used in the
construction of the San Diego fair
buildings and so per cent of that used
for the San Francisco fair came from
the quarries near Nephi, Utah. 1t is
now well known that gypsum is n OF
the oldest building materials. 1t was
used extensively in the building OF
the pyramids and very largely in the
construction of the monumental archi-
tectural edifices reared by the Greeks
and the Romans.
The product of gypsum used in the
fair buildings is known as STAFF and
was cast to initiate the famous Roman
travertine. OF it's beauty a thousand
writers have written. Utah is proud
that it furnished the material for the
exposition structures and proud that
it could have furnished the material
for the wonders of the ancients.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09

Allies in West began general Of
fensive.
5elaians repulsed German boat
attack along User canal.
Germans in AIsace fell back.
Russians b%ombarded cracow sub
urbs and b~esieeed fortress of Lot
zen,
Germans abandoned Zgler.
Serbians checked Austrian ad-
vance.
British steamer charcas sunk by
German transport in Pacific.
Arrow dropped by aviator killed
Major General Won Meyer.
ostend was set on fire by aero
plane bombs.
Bomb from German aeropIane
killed ten in Hazebrouck.
Government of Holland lent
wheat to Belgium.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09

nm
the Chill
drens' Christi
mas tree
srrayed with
toys and filieree.
and brilliant eew-
gaws deity hung.
that catch the eye Of
old and young, With
fairies bright and tinted
birds I cali forth clad
enrsptured words; and
merry eyes viii greet the
sight when am viewed by
candle-lieht Beneath my
boughs there Hes a scene Of
house and yard and village green;
with mimic railway running through,
as railroads oft are wont TO do. am
alas, a Christmas treel And this will be-
The death for me; for when the Yuletide
seasons past upon the ash-heap IN DO
cast. However, while I'm standing here
a host Of children will cheer. and cause their
youthful cheeks to glow. because Of One Child long
ago who came this waiting world to bless and ~
our hearts with happiness. And so. you SEQ
I'm glad TO be
the
IT.
tie
chill
drenis
Christ
mas
tree
By Rev II c. Michae. 3 o
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
conscience, Not conaeuuenos.

When you r in doubt as to the
course to take. consult your con-
science, not consequences. Do right,
and new mind how things are going
to turn out. One who steers his
course SO as to avoid everything UNI
pleasant, makes a zigzag course, and
may miss the harbor at last. Follow
conscience, and leave consequences to
God.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09

and l refuse to be a human encylope-
dia for the sake of eight dollars a
week. Go on, now; throw yourself in
to second speed and climb the hill"
l began to apologize, but she
reached down under the counter and
pulled out a club.
This" she said, with a wild look
in her side lamps, this is happy Yule-
tide, but, nevertheless, the next guy
that leaves his brains at home and
tries to make me tell him what is a
good Christmas present for his wife
will get a bitter wallop across the
forehead"
The girl was right, SO I went home
without a present.
l suppose I'll have to take Helps tip
and get those emeralds after all.
But first I'll go down to the deli
catessen store and see if there's any
thing there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
Taking 1t to Himself.

Leading Man-Did you make a hit
at that society entertainment?
Comedian-I did; but one thing
made me sore"
What was that"
The club quotation for the after
noon"
Club quotation
Yes. At the top of the program
was printed, I'd rather have a fool
to make me merry than experience to
make me sad. youngstown Tele-
gram.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09
A Serious Question.

"Thackeray once had a novel turned
down by seventeen different publish
ers."
I've read that, and it gives nue. hope.
I've had a novel turned down by every
publisher l know of. But here's the
question"
What question:"
rs it worth while starting a manu-
script over the same route twice?"