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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12

Mrs. c. II. Langman as the assisting
hostess. The ladies were busy with
their usual sewing. enjoying pleas
ant afternoon chatting as they worked
The hostess served a nice lunch dur
inE the late afternoon. Mrs Frank
Sala and Mrs. Sehultze viii be the
hostess at the next meeting OF the cir
Gle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12

Success has followed forest plant
Ing on the sandhills OF Nebraska.
Jack pines planted there by the gov
eminent forest service 10 years ago
now have height OF over Is feet and
q diameter of four inches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12
GERMAN SOCIETY ALL-0AY sEs
SION

SION.
Members OF the Ladies' Sewing so
clety OF the German Evangelical
church held an ali-day session yester-
day in the church p--rlors- At noon "A
chicken pie dinner was served TO 60
guests. The ladies quilted and sewed
rags for rugs and spent busy day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12
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more moisture and be better for rub.
Giug purposes.
y mustard plaster mixed with the
white of an egg viii not leave o
blister.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12

- inch white shGrting
@1trz-s aest strrpcs. per ward
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12

Freshly made chocO-
L.ks-. rich cream fifstng. Safrr-
~ p.rr ps1ana NE
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30
Condition in Poland

New York, Dec. 23-More
than 100000 of the population
of Poland are destitute and en-
tirely dependent Upon soup kitch
ems, where there is issued to
each applicant small loaf OF
bread and pint of soup daily,
according to William H. Hamil-
ton gf the American Mercy and
Relief com mittee, who reachad
New York to-day on the steam.
ship Rotterdam.
Mr.. Hamilton has been in
Europe several months looking
into relief work for his orga MIA.
ton. He added that he had
travelled from Alexandretta to
Warsaw. and in the entire evac.
uation by the Russians there
was hardly a habitable building
standing.
II was in Warsaw two weeks
ago." said Mr.. Hrmilton. 1.-THE
temperature was below zero and
| saw every day, long lines of old
men, women, and children, many
ofthem without adequate clothing
stan fir RS cold
win tn rturn~ at the
food b g er
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30

See those new fixtures also the
new nitrogen lamps at the Light
Office.
Frank Truax of Wichita is IN
Meade this week.
Dr.. Arch G. Fee, of Liberal,
was in Meade over Christmas.
Ed Howe went to Hutchinson
Friday, and returned Tuesday.
Mrs. William Wallace, of Kan
sas City, spent Christmas at the
Davies home.
Miss Julia Peed of Hutchin-
son, is spending the HOLIDAYS
with home folk
J. w. Russell and wife of Plains
spent Christmas day at theJ. M.
" God home.
Frank Wood came home to
spend Christmas with his moth
err, Mrs. l.. E Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Creek and
little daughter have returned to
their home in Liberal.
G. L Clearinghouse has return
ed from a weeks stay in the
eastern part of the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Backe,
| of Hutchinson, are spending the
holidays with Wm. Backe and
wife.
DIR. James F. Chalmers and
wife, of Los Vagas N. M. are
guests at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Davies.
| Don Ward, of Williamsburg,
! is spending the holidays at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Geo. w.
Day, and family.
Mrs. John Frame returned
Monday from Plains, where she
spent Christmas with her son,
Ed and family.
Ebert Innis went to HutchIn-
son Friday and returned Sun
day. His brother Donald ac-
companied him home.
DR.. Ross Campbell, who is now
located in Wichita, spent Satur-
day with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. W. Campbell.
Mrs. Roy Twist is home after
an extended stay with her sister
Mrs. Frank Stivers, of Elm
wook, Kansas.
The members OF the Omar
Club entertained at their club
rooms Wednesday. A delight
full evening was spent.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30
For Sale at Bargain

For the next two weeks l will
offer first class house and lot
in Meade for the low price OF
$1,000 cash. The property con-
sists of ground 100 by 40 feet.
House in first class condition and
pays 10 per cent dividend on
this price. This is first class
small home or good investment.
Buy from the owner,
Mrs. Jessie +. Wehrle.
2404 9Th st. Boulder, Colo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30

Misses Blanche Boehler and
Ruth Smiley are spending the
holidays with Miss Smiley's par
ents in Wheeling, Missouri.
They will return Sunday.
r. M. Painter, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. p. Desmarias, Miss Emily
Painter, Miss Lydia Rogers and
Mrs. A. V. Bateman spent
Christmas Day at the J. r. Paint
cr home, at Lakeland, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30

DON'T forget to have Backe at
Meade to make that family group
while the children are at home
during the holidays.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30

Just received a car load of
Pennsylvania oll-Mobile B.A-E
and Zeta. Roy Twist.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30

Backe IS offering some remark
able specials at his photograph
in Meade-See them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-30
WANT

Come in and have your work
done now. Amphlett.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
Early History Of Pittsburgh.

The investment OF all there was OF
Pittsburgh at the time by the victo-
rious army of General Forbes was
completed November rs. 1888. the day
following the blowing up Of Fort Du-
quesne by the French and the night
Of them and their Indian allies. The
small and scattered forces command
ed by the dying General Forbes, who
had insisted on being brought onS.or
the celebration Of the fall Of the fort.
assembled at the meeting Of the wa
ters." one strong detachment under
General Armstrong having come down
from Kittaning by hasty marching, at
which place they had fought a severe
battle with the Indians, the general
being later honored by having the
county named for him OF which Kit
tanning is the county seat.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
MUCH SOUND; LITTLE EFFECT
Protest Of Champ Clark Reminded
Alabama Statesman Of
Humorous Story.

The most dramatic day OF the Sixty
third congress was when Champ Clark.
the speaker of the house, took the floor
for his famous speech explaining why
he opposed President Wilson's policy
OF repeating the Panama canal tolls
exemption law. Clark was on the los
ing side. and everybody knew that the
vote would certainly uphold the presi-
dent.
While the speaker was delivering
his remarks In his vibrant, booming
voice, Tom Hefiin OF Alabama walked
through the Democratic cloakroom.
Even there the thunder of Clark's
voice was audible.
Hefiin stopped. laughed and said:
THAT reminds me Of an old colored
man down in my state. He was work
ing out in the middle OF field on a
hot summer day. II was SO hot that
the heat seemed to be simmering Wis
fbly wherever you looked. After q
while the midday train rushed by
about half q mile away. whistling for
a crossing and roaring and laundering
as 1t went
THE old man watched 1t go by.
took hold Of his hoe and stopped over
his work once more. Then he said,
talking to himself:
Boom! Bing! Bum! Hum! But
rs gwine to ride you mex Sadday
night! Popular Magazine.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
Live Stock.
Total
Hay and Forage Plants.

One of the most important factors
in the rapid growth of the livestock
and dairy industries in Colorado in
the past twenty years has been the
increased attention given to the pro-
duction of hay and forage crops,
which now lead all crops in the state
in total value.
In 1899 the total value of hay and
forage grown in the state, as found
by the census bureau, was s9,122,9s7.
In 1914, according to the reports of the
department of agriculture, there was
produced in the state 2,32S,OO0 tons
of hay alone, valued at $19,7SS,000.
The value of forage crops produced is
conservatively estimated at s1,5O0,000,
making a total value of the hay and
forage crops s21 ,23S, 900 or consider
ably more than twice as great as it
was in 1899.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
The pont.snow Wsddinn.

John G. Don't, Santa Rosa mer-
chant, and his wife don't like It be-
cause their son. Prince Albert Don't.
plumber in the same city. went to
San Rafael with Miss Lillian Snow
OF Sebastopol and got married with
out letting them know It, 1t is not
that they don't ever object to their
son taking unto himself wife, but
they claim that their son don't know
what he is talking about when he
gave his age as twenty-one.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08

Extenive land classification has
been made of forty townships within
the Battlement National Forest. COW
ering those lands which are clearly
in character. All
lands having agricultural values or Of
doubtful character will later be exam
ined intensively by a special classifi-
cation party. This work is being done
in order to lessen the labor incident
to handling agricultural settlement
within the national forest. Each ap-
plication at present requires field ex-
animation and report and lands SO ex-
amined are then restored to settle
ment and entry il more valuable for
agriculture than forest purposes.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
Big Business Helps Missions.

1t has often been said that business
in foreign lands has owed much 10
Christian missions in opening up new
territory to trade. 1t now develops
that missions will owe something to
big business 1t has been the custom
for the home Offices of the foreign
missionary societies to pay their rep
resentat.ves in the field by foreign
drafts. The war has made this
method impossible. The treasurers of
the various missionary boards at a
joint meeting voted to appeal to some
American mercantile house doing
business In every part OF the world.
They decided to ask the Standard OIL
company to become the agent OF the
mission boards for the transmission
of money to their stations in foreign
fields. and through its treasurer the,
arrangement was speedily made. The
readiness OF the company In doing this
without compensation Is indicative OF
the spirit Of cooperation for the CO n.
mon good which underlies our great
corporations.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08

herd of 1000 elk is browsing in Rio
Blanco county, giving promise of an
open season on this animal.
The state game and fish commits
sion annually propagates 100000
young trout with which it stocks the
5000 miles of mountain streams. The
department last year started a Mon
golian pheasant farm at the Canon
City penitentiary, and convicts are
raising these delicious game birds
there. Over 300 pairs were liberated
last year. The pheasant, which are
not native, have multiplied SO rapidly
that they now damage early grain.
The farmers are demanding an open
There are open seasons on trout,
bass, graylings, white fish, wall-eyed
pike and catfish; grouse, sage chick
ems, ducks, geese and various water
There is no season at present on deer,
elk, antelope, mountain sheep, beaver,
partridges, pheasants, quail, ptarmi-
gans, wild turkeys, song and insecti-
vorous birds. There is no closed seas
on on bear, mountain lions. wildcats,
lynx, fox, rabbits, wolves and coyotes.
Bounties are offered on the latter two
animals Combined resident hunting
and fishing licenses are 81 year.
women exempted from payment. Non
resident hunting licenses are $40 for
hunting, 50 for fishing and 81 per day
for birds.
Manufacturing in Colorado.
Although the state has but just be-
gun to develop its manufacturing
field, it has been able to show the
following figures for the year 1914:
Number of factories, 2.237; persons
engaged, 37,525; capital invested,
s195, 5,225 500; salaries and wages, $780,
22S,000; cost of materials, s92, ,564 $50;
value of product. 149,550,600.
The above figures show an increase
Of about 25 per cent since 1909.
Colorado offers an almost limitless
field for manufacturing enterprises.
The eastern and European manu-
facturer might at first glance com
plain that labor is too high, but the
difference in that respect is much
more than offset by savings in trans
portation and the readiness to raw ma
terials and fuel.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
.>>>>>>>>>>>%

Next week the first semester ex.
aminations will be held.
The new armory, the opera house,
has been secured for athletic use.
Roy Davis. the son of Sheriff Davis.
entered school Monday as a freshman.
The seniors just handed in a beau
tiful collection of Macbeth" note
books.
Wednesday morning Rev Bertrand
gave the high school very interest
ing talk on Belgium.
A Latin play is being prepared by
the fourth year Latin class and few
of the Caesar pupils. 1t is to be given
some time in the near future.
Prof. Smith will go to Fort Collins
at the close Of the week. as a delegate
from Delta county to attend the Insti-
tute which will be held in the Agri-
cultural college. Judging from the
program he will have a most profit
able visit
The next unmber OF the High
School lecture and entertainment
course is the Sorority Singing Club.
to be given Wednesday. Jan. 13. 1t
consists OF four well trained young
ladies', and has been highly appre-
ciated in the different places where
1t has appeared, and is well recon-
mended 1t promises to be one OF the
very best numbers in the course.
During the fall term Of school
classes in Physical Training were or
ganized in the high school and eighth
grade. Over one hundred and twenty
girls have Joined these classes. 1t
has been decided to extend the work
as. far as possible to offer a little
physical training to the lower grades
also. It Is planned to give systematic
physical exercises arranged carefully
80 as to suit ages, grade, and various
school conditions. Some OF these ex-
ercises will be for relief Of nervous
tension and fatigue due to cramped
position, corrective exercises for
stopped shoulders and hollow chests.
breathing exercises for development
of the lungs and general Improvement
of the body. This work as planned
will in no way add to the children's
school duties. but will tighten them
considerably by helping each child to
take better care OF his body, and by
introducing into the busy day varia-
tions from the usual routine. All
this work is under the personal direc-
ton of Mrs. Cummings.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
MEDICAL SCIENCE AND WAR
Vast Advances of Recent Years Have
Greatly Reduced the .
Mortality.

While the war in Europe is by far
the greatest in the history OF the world
and the destruction of life cannot fail
to be tremendous, there is satisfaction
in considering that, on account of the
vast advances that have been made
in medical and surgical science in re-
cent years. the percentage of loss will
be greatly reduced.
In the Franco-Prussian war the sur
geons looked upon the infection of
wounds as matter Of course. They
regarded the presence of the attendant
pus as necessity. and as long as the
pus was what was known as "laud-
able" they were satisfied with the con-
dition of the patient. Other patients
developed another form OF pus,
tors of those days gravely to shake
their heads and prepare for the death
of the patient Even the best hos
pitfalls we're not properly ventilated
and were filled with the foul odors
emanating from infected wounds and
gangrene. All this was considered un.
avoidable. At that time suppuration
and kindred complications in wounded
men were regarded as of spontaneous
origin, although the researches of
Pasteur had already pointed the way
to general understanding Of germs.
When at length purulent infection was
found to be the result of germs disn-
fectants were brought into use. Car
bolic acid was the agent generally en-
ployed at first for that purpose, and
the attendant success in treating
surgical injuries and in performing
operations where carbonized dressings
were used and the air was subjected
to a carbonic acid spray. caused the
most profound amazement-Scientif
American.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
SPHERE FOR WOMAN DOCTOR
Writer'S Opinion Is That She Has
Properly Taken the Place
That Is Her Riaht.

They tell US now that we are the
fighting sex. Why have we been so
long? Ardent, beastiful, sweet as a
nut, with nutbrown eyes under lids
like pointed white flames, with her rip
ping wing of hair in the same sweet,
hot tones, with her tall grace and
grave glance and white, expert, sensi-
tive hands-the scientists hands
which take account OF hair-why is
she here-this woman-bending over
her tubes and TASKS and microscope
instead of in a drawing room, with
bowls Of white hyacinths at her ell
bow? Why. within sixty years after
medicine Is open tc women, are II, 900
practicing in this country alone? Is it
because we are tired of ignorance in
pity?
II there were no other field for
woman doctors. unmarried mothers
would make a place in the world for
them. II there is any psychology of
sex, or sex antagonism, or sisterhood
among women, or any Of the other
things we talk of SO gayly in our
search to get at the truth about men
and women. surely 1t IL easier to look
into woman's eyes than into a mans
when you hear that you are to un-
dertake motherhood ouside the plan
society has for this0ervice to It.
Il am a woman myself and know
what you bear"-the eyes Of the wom-
an doctor answer to those others
which meet hers in their first startled
comprehension.-Th Metropolitan.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
PRESBYTERIAN.

Morning service IL: evening service
7:3O; Sabbath school 9:45; Christian
endeavor $50: prayer meeting We'd
nesday. 7:30.
REV. J. II. CRAMPS. Pastor.
Through the kindness Of Captain
Bragg, the church is supplied with
sufficient number of Presbyterian
handbooks to furnish each family with
copy; this is greatly appreciated by
the congregation.
The Calendar club met with Mrs.
NJ. F. Keen at her new home on South
Main street Tuesday afternoon. very
pleasureable time was spent, and in
the evening of the same day. she en-
tertained the members OF the Pris-
ella class in a very delightful way.
The Missionary Study club meets
this afternoon with Mrs. Lippert at
2:3O, at her home at s2s Palmer
street.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
State Figures on 1914 Products.
Game and Fish.

Colorado has wisely decided to re-
plenish its stock Of game. For years
past the state has been sportsman s
paradise. Such mighty hunters as
Bwano Tumbo have visited the flat
tops, and fishermen by the thousands
have tramped its water streams to
battle that greatest of inland water
Gghters-the mountain trout.
With the view OF making Colorado
the Western Maine the legislature in
1913 closed the season on deer. In a
fer years. under more restricted
zxre laws, Colorado will again open
trs gates to sportsmen. The deer are
rsDsdIY Increasing. Antelope are get
ting % bold that they feed with farm
err cattle on the eastern prairies. A
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
Conforming to the Censorship.

The censors on the other side seem
to be as particular about informa.
tion that a correspondent sends to his
wife as about the news that he ca
bles to his paper, evidently having
faith in the old tradition that what
ever Is told to wife might as well be
screamed aloud in the market place.
II Is related that Irwin s. Cobb writes
to Mrs. Cobb: Il am here at town
in Germany. From here / am going
to another place. ! cant tell you
where. because then you wouldn't get
the letter."-Kansas City Star.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
Happy New Year.

With the birth of this glad. golden.
glorious New Year. 1915: ] send you
this message: Look forward and go
forward. II is the front that counts.
not the hustle. There are no birds in
last years nests. Leave the knock
ing to Opportunity. Make this New
Year YOUR year. and open 1t as you
would an oyster. Embrace Christian
Science insofar as 1t applies to the
mastery OF mind over master. but be
conservative about embracing falla-
cies of femininity indiscriminately.
Join the Sunshine Club. preach and
practice the Gospel OF Sunshine and
the doctrine OF the Brotherhood OF
Man and the Fatherhood Of God. Rele-
gate Skepticism, Pessimism and cyni-
cism to Times rubbish heap in the
year that Is dead and gone. Open
your mind and your heart to Optim-
ism, Uplift, Cheerfulness and a desire
to do unto others as though you were
the one that was being done. and both
,od and man will be on your side. BY
helping others you will help yourself,
and bread thus cast upon the waters
washes back on the shore OF Life
freckled with California raisins and
smeared thick with the jams and jel-
lies OF contentment, prosperity. peace
of mind. love and friendship. Other
wise It gets ground upon the reefs
and rocks into muddy mush and ebbs
back soiled and sodden as cold pan
cake or a brides biscuit
The great question nowadays is,
did You Get on the Boat?" The
steamer 1915 Is now leaving the
wharf OF Time. Don't make II In two
jumps-make II in one! Never mind
1914-"forget it."-F. J. Hulaniski.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
AT THE CHURCHES .
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Christian.

Unusually large audiences attended
preaching services at the Christian
church last Sunday. Services for Sun
day. Jan. 10. will be as follows:
Bible school at 10 a. m.
Preaching at ii a. m. The subject
of the sermon win be. "A Letter from
the Living Savior"
The Christian Endeavor society
meets at $50 p. m.
Evening sermon 1880. Subject. "A
Threefoid View of Christ"
Leslie Obert. Minister.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
Methodist

The Sunday evening service at the
Methodist Episcopal church will be a
departure from the regular order and
is announced as the big Sing"
The study of Hymns OF Sir John
Bowring and special music will make
up the program.
At 10 a. m. the sermon subject will
be by Jacobs Well'
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08

Regulation Ga of the secretary OF
agriculture, recently issued. provides
that upon request of the stock associa-
tion concerned, the supervisor can re-
fuse grazing permits on the ranges
which the association represents to
users who do not turn out the re-
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
War SONGS.

King Georges troops march well to
the Tipperary song, but is 1t possible
that the sultan's forces are hiking
along to the tune Turkey in the
5traw?"-CIeveIand Plain Dealer.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08

Snow scale observations made by
the rangers at the close of December
in cooperation with the weather bu-
reau, show a minimum of 6, and a
maximum of 22 inches. This is less
than normal for this time of year.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
The 1914 Fruit Crop.
Oil and Gas.

Colorado's Oil and natural gas re-
sources are practically unknown, al
though oil has been produced since
1890 and gas since 1894. The total
production of oil is about 100000 bar
rels annually. This figure, compared
to Californias s6,450,767 barrels per
year, and even" Wyoming's 1,572,306
barrels per year, shows that the in
dustry in the state has never passed
fits infancy.
great Oil producing states are on the
decline and development Of new fields
must be in states that have barely
been scratched.
Colorado has given proof that both
oil and natural gas exist in numerous
sections. The old oil fields at Boul-
der and Florence continue to produce
with slight declines in output.
Irrigated Farms.
The assessors board gives the value
of irrigated farms at s62 per acre
and improved fruit land at 1924. This
is regarded as a conservative acre
age.
The total acreage in 1914 was given
At 2,259,500 acres, valued at about
4145, 1877 900.
Poultry.
Fowls on farms in 1914, 2.323,951.
The egg production is given at 15.232,-
926 dozen, at a money return of $4.-
716,OO6.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
. sATTLEMENT FOREST NOTES
. 80 % . .

Intensive grazing recommendations
will be conducted on grazing districts
8 and the coming season to deter
mine accurately the carrying capacity
of these two ranges.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08
A Few Facts
About Colorado

Colorado in 1914, enjoyed practically
a 10O-per cent crop yield.
The following statements regarding
that yield have been compiled from
all the sources available:
The Delta independent., 1915-01-08

FOR TRADE-Three alfalfa. potato
and grain farms to trade for Delta, or
Cedaredge town property, 20 to 200
acre tracts. f. S.Corbin. Delta.