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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22

way other Christmas presents are. they
would cover all the redwood groves In
California. But Il amt the retailers
fault. Birsky. Sometimes the Teller Is
playing In hard luck Ike merchant
like used 20 sell goods to by the lame
Felix lmmerglick out In Cincinnati,
which couple Of years ago last
Christmas he specialized on sleighs,
skates and cheap furs. and from De
cember 10 on they got such warn
spell IN Cincinnati that the hotel keep
ers figured should they or should they
not open the roof gardens again. So
the following year Immerglick cut out
the slelghs and skates and laid in
bicycles. chldren's books and very
attractive line OF umbrellas. aud In
merglick says that it's wonder with
HIS luck he didn't also buy stock In
chain OF artificial ice factories. be-
cause on the day he received the goods
la November the thermometer goes
down 20 zero on him and stays that
way til a week after his next spring
millinery opening. Can you blame such
Teller that he settles with his cred
tiers 30 cents on the dollarT
Listen. 2app." BirSky said. "a so
Notwithstanding Teller could always
pin his hust.up on either a warm
Christmas. cold Easter or an invalid
wife. whereas the figures show that
the average OF real cold Chhstmases
Amt no more than the average Of real
sick wives"
"Sure | know, Blrsky, bat figuring
out the average Is what has done the
most harm 20 poker, plnochle the
Fourth ~ July, Christmas and all them
things that former time people enjoyed
running chsnces on. Take, for In
stance. the Fourth OF July. and lot
~ people which considers even safety |
matches gefahrltch goes 20 work and |
figures that out 81 every million people |
that shoots on nrecrackors. one aud /
sesen hundred and ffty.two one thou
snndfhs PEOPLE gets burned. SO they 1
put the fireworks manufacturers out /
Of business, aud now instead Of setting /
on fireworks people goes 60 the shore I
or trolley parks on the Fourth; and as
soon as Il gets figured out that OF ey-
cry million people that goes 10 trolley
parks aud Coney Island. six and nine
ty-seyen three-thonsandths gels Ma
gensaGre from eating frankfurters and /
run over by trolley cars on the Fourth !
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22

out his hand, and his kindly voice AND
confidential smile seemed to reassurt
the little girl, for she came nearer and
nearer and smiled back timidly
| you've come to tell me what you
want? Where's your mamma, honey?'
II haven't any," she replied in
a tone of gentle resignation, putting
her little hand into his big one. 81
came by myself, because it's Aunt
Bertha's present l wanted to ask you
about and she mustn't hear. l asked
her to wait a minute for me around the
corner of that big pile of dolls"
81 see" Santa's rosy cheeks grew
just a little redder, for Bertha was
the name that had been in his
thoughts n moment before, and invol-
UNFAIRLY, for that names sake, his man.
ner held a special friendly interest for
the plainly dressed, thin-faced little
girl. ''Well, do you know what your
auntie wants me to bring her?' Santa
smiled behind his beard at the incon-
gruous situation, but the child's look
was gravely concerned.
That's just the trouble, Mr.. Kris
But 1 know there's something she
wants very much. She was crying yes
terday, and when 1 asked her how
she could feel bad so near Christmas,
she said that was just it, and when
l asked her some more questions, she
'splained that she had lovely Christ
mas present last year, and she lost
1t, and it was her own fault, and now
she'd never have it again. But she
wouldn't tell me what it was.''
Don't you remember what presents
she had last year?"
"Oh, she didn't live with us then.
She's my papa's sister, you know, and
he wrote and asked her to come and
take care of me when-when mamma
died" The brown eyes blinked |
bravely. aunt Bertha lived way up
IN the mountains, with grandma and |
grandpa, so of course 1 don't know
about her Christmas presents. |
thought, maybe, as you're "a sort of |
l fairy, you would know how to find |
)ut."
sand where does she live?" he asked,
With his heart humping under the
scarlet coat in a manner ill BETTING
lis age and dignity. The little girl
ave an address which he recognized
IS a small street in a section of the
ity near his own modest lodging.
snow, don't you worry any more
bout it," he charged her as he wrote it
own. 81 feel sure that we're going to
nd out what that Christmas present is
nd see that she gets it, too. And we
ope it will make her all happy again.
ont we? Run along. dearie-I must
ak to these other little folks now. It's
ur secret and 1 won't forget"
He nodded to her once more as she
in the crowd, and his eyes
ollowed her progress to the distant
oil corner. Just one glimpse he
aught of the tall girl who stepped
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22
Thrifty japanese.

The report of the postal savings
bank department of Japan. says the
Japan Times. shows the amount of saw
ings has greatly increased during the
last year. The most noteworthy in
crease In the number of depositors
and amounts of deposits is seen In
Korea, Manchurla and Formosa. The
number of depositors at the end OF
July was 14.26S,S 500, and their total de-
posits amounted to S13l. l9o.014. The
increase during the year In the num-
Der of depositors was 1870. 45O, with q
total of S2T,,159, 25S.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22

zappf II was the Teller that invented
the saying Do your Christmas shop
ping early"
"who did invent III" zapp asked.
Il should know who Invented nj
Blrsky exclaimed. "But whoever he
wa. 1app. he put a bigger crimp ia
the cheap handkerchief business than
the Teller who invented rhlnitis tablets,
because II you are doing your Christ
mas shopping arount the first OF cctO-
Der when all them poor fellers that
runs summer hotels and bathing pa
viiions i saying 10 themselves: Now
Il gets warm. zapp. handkerchiefs Tor
colds are the furthest from your
thoughts. Also children whose moth
srs DO their Christmas shopping Ia
September - apt % get school supplies
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22

HyHEN Christmas comes, neve
wv mind the cold.
" ] Ike 10 get up prompt an 81
to school,
An do my sums,
An clean the walks 'thout waitin' to bs
told
Though I like sleddln' better. as a rule
Or buildin' forts But nothin' amt SC
bad
When Christmas comes.
When Christmas comes, I'd just as lief
give half
My cooky to the baby. an take care
About the crumbs.
It's fun to make the little fellow laugh.
An don't mind his taggin' everywhere.
He can't help bein' little I'm not mad
When Christmas comes.
When Christmas comes. don't forget to
give
My shoes a wipe. an scrub my ears a
lot
TIL my head huns.
An mother says. That's boys too good
to liver
But I'm not 'fraid of dyin'. cause I'm
not
No different from always-only glad
When Christmas comes!
Williams Burton. in December
st. Nicholas.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22

instead u sieigiik. because shopper
Ulnr Eos pa imaginatiou Zapp. She
buys shafts Ia season. an1 81 she was
doing her Christians shopping as early
As the Fourth o. July, understand.
she would cone home with fireworks
Say zapp said. Tipping the fingers
Of his night hand az Birsky. vsiorekeep-
ers aln's allowed 20 sell 40 more fire.
WORKS around she Fourth Of July. MS
agniDs; The law"
Il know II" Birky continued. "and
II people couldn't shoot on hrccrsckess
around the Fourth " July aud couldn't
shop around Christmas. all II needs is
that Il should be a suspended sentence
Tor eating turkey on Thanksgiving. and
che only pleasure we got left Ia Amer
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22
incomplete View

do you enjoy seeing a game Of FOOT
ball?"
II never see one in its entirety" re,
piled Miss Cayenne "The excitement
is so intense that am constantly shut,
ting my eyes in fear that somebody is
going TO get hurt"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22
CIinqinq to an Ideal.

81 told my boy that Santa Claus is
only a myth"
How did he take it?"
"He didn't seem much impressed. He
merely remarked that every great and
good man has to be subjected to some
kind of unfavorable comment"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22
Dont's for Parents.

Christmas week don'ts for pa
terfamlllas: Don't open bureau
drawers. Don't look into clos
cts. When the collar button
rolls under the chiffonier or the
bed. don't pursue it; it is better
to let thy collar go loose than
TO risk the premature revelation
of the Christmas socks, neckties
or lace curtains. Be blind, be
blind-and again. be blind!
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22
BY rfoNTAcUE GLASS

HRISTMAs amt
what il used "a
be-" Barnett zapp
remarked. ns he
sat opposite Louis
Blrsky la Wasser-
bauefs restau-
rant.
sure I know, "
Birsky = a / q.
spreading n slice
OF rye bread with
mustard as he
waited for an or
der OF krcploch
soup, with ge-
fuilfe tcbeches 10
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-22
The Gift That
Came Back
By C. r. SWAIN

!: :: !; !" !. ]: ]. !: :: :: =.
.s9I5kSS Il WAS early morning
{z5~AJ b and the toy department
6R%&8 & Of the big store was
FTXx&IES comparatively quiet, al.
s8H3&1Y though Christmas was
-E22x- only a week away. In
his den. surrounded by
all that was brightest and best
in Toyldnd, sat Santa Claus, benign,
relocated, white-furred, carressing
thoughtfully his half-yard of snowy
beard.
AS yet no confding infants had
been pushed up to his chair by sympa-
thetic parents, there to make artless
pleas for "a dolly as big as a real
baby" or "a train o. cars with a wind
up inglne," so the good saint had leis-
ure to indulge In certain holiday rec
objections and longlngs of his own.
In other words, Santa Claus was home
sick-not for the North Pole, but for
snowy mountains and n little town
nestled in their midst from which he
had been an exile for many months.
Suddenly Santa pulled himself to-
gether with a start, as he realized that
a small girl with a wistful look was
before him.
'Well, my dear?" Santa Claus held
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19
But

The nature, human u.h h 70
buy where good are ehespsss.
Local pnde Us usually seeoed-
ary IN the game d LIE -
played today.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19

Reported by the Grand Mesa Alb
stract Co.
C. C. Hawkins to Katherine C. San
derson, lots in Paonia, 81.
Colorado Springs Inv. Co. to l.. z.
Burnett. tract Hotchkiss. $40.
|. Sarah Coburn to Robert F. Rock
well. lots Paonia, $500.
Willis Holder ct al to Kean Miller.
tract Paonia. 81.
Ella NJ. Killian to Alex Calhoun.
lots Delta, $4,000.
Asbury White ct al to Chas. J. Pa
pousek. tract Hotchkiss. 81.
Chas. ]. Papousek to Ross Stodden,
tract Hotchkiss. $500.
Olive Small to Geo. W. Small. tract
Paonia, 81.
Morgan A. Roblee TO Mary w. Rob
lee. tract Redlands. 81.
Edward L. Howard TO Roman Quin-
tana. lots Crawfor, 81.
Crawford State Bank 10 Hugh L.
Ray. tract Crawford. $500.
Thomas A. Grain to Clinton N.
Grain. tract Paonia, $4,000.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19

from $3.50 to $7.25. Bulls are bring.
ing 1925 to $6.75, and veal calves in
good demand at $11 to $1175 for bulk
of the pretty good light veals, and a
few extra choice veals sold at $12
this morning. Feeders and stockers
in very good demand. Good light
steers are bringing s7.75 to $40 and
fair steers 81 to $7.75. Southern
stockers are meeting with pretty fair
demand, with prices ranging from
1872 to $40 per head on yearlings and
twos around $43 to $50. A number of
trades are being made this year on
the Denver market, the volume of
trading so made being larger compar-
atively than in former years.
The hog market is at the highest
point in many years. Good hogs to-
day sold from 1915 to $3.50, the latter
being the highest price paid here this
year, and also the highest price paid
for five or six years. The demand is
good and everything offered is moving
to good advantage.
Sheep supply is rather light and the
volume of tradiAg in this department
of the market is very limited. Some
good yearling wethers sold this morn
ing at s10.75, the highest price ever
paid on this market. Good wooded
ewes sold last week at sS.75, also a
record price. Several small punches
of pretty fair fat lambs sold around
s11 to $11.15. The demand is strong
and everything offered is moving
readily.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19
DRINKS FROG OUT OF SPRING;
BECAME SUDDENLY ILL

Kansas City, Mo-, May ia small
but extremely lively frog was extract
ed today from the stomach of John
Arnold by physicians of the Kansas
City, Kansas, emergency hospital. The
animal, Arnold said, was swallowed
when he stopped to drink from the
surface of spring near the outskirts
of the city. He Immediately became
i'll and hospital authorities were mott
titled.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19

Indications are that the submarine
controversy between the United
States and Germany is at an end.
The modified orders to submarine
commanders. complying with Ameri-
can demands, are said to be uncondi-
tional. They are, OF course, subject
to change. but there is no present
ground for suspecting change. The
latest American note, II Is reported
will not be answered. 1t required nc
answer. II Germany acquiesced in its
Interpretation OF the note of May 4,
which was all that 1t contained. aside
from some expressions that appear
to have irritated Berlin. One word
leads to another in diplomatic as in
private controversies and :: is grail
flying that Germany has decided not TO
write any more notes concerning tho
general subject. Satisfaction for in
juries already inflicted on Americans
is yet to be given. but there is little
danger of friction over that. with the
main issue out of the way. Every
well-wisher OF both governments will
rejoice at the passing OF the crisis In
their relations.
II is not profitable to speculate on
the reasons for the modification OF
submarine warfare. Doubtless the
enemies of Germany will be ready
with explanations. all discreditable to
lnarmap moffvou put M Aparicao.
we should accept the modification as
a sincere expression OF a desire to
keep within international law and to
retain the historic friendship OF the
United States. There we're parts OF
the note OF May 4 Enthusiastically in
tended for home consumption. PR.
vate German citizens are not all inter
national lawyers. any more than all
Americans are. They could not see
why America could not stop the Brit
fish starvation" campaign. which they
considered piece OF inhumanity
equal to ruthless attacks on merchant
vessels. carrying supplies to the
enemy. The value of German sub
marine warfare has also been greatly
overestimated. The German Govern
ment had to take German popular
sentiment into account, even as Presi-
dent Wilson bore American sentiment
in mind. Thoughtful Americans have
appreciated the difficulties Of the Ger
man Government and have ascribed to
desperation acts which would other
wise have appeared deliberately un-
friendly to this country. Our insist
ence on American rights has not been
for the purpose OF embarrassing or hui
initiating Germany, but solely in the
performance of national duty.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19
Attorneys AbsoIved.

Denver. May Ion the question OF
the appeal to the state supreme court
Horace n. Hawkins and Fred w. Clark
attorneys for the United Mine Work
ers OF America, we're absolved from
the accusations OF suborning to perjury
made by Judge Jesse Wiley of Trim
dad before the attorney general
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19

AT the mfdyehr average OF TOTty-
one OF the class whose work at the
time was up to requirements and
grades on file. was S4.SS. 10 above
the average. 20 below. Seven were
above 30, below so, leaving 30 be-
tween so and 90.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19
suffrage Given support.

Denver. May 17.-Woman suffrage
as operated in Colorado was endorsed
by two score prominent men here
today in a statement to be circulated
to assist the suffragists In the state
OF South Dakota. Iowa and Westsvir-
ginia.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19
The Denver Markets

Denver Union Stock Yards. May Is.
The receipts of cattle on the Denver
markets last week were liberal and
trade was active. Prices ruled just
about steady from day to day and at
the close there was little change in
market conditions from the week be-
fore. Today, with $500 cattle on
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19
SCHOOL NOTES
Marion chapman.)

The commencement sermon will be
delivered by DR.. Steele in the M. E.
church Sunday night, May 2Sth. All
the churches of the city are cordially
invited by the Senior class of 1916
to join in this special service. Seats
willabe reserved for the Senior class,
the High school faculty and the Board
of Education.
The Senior class play is to be given
Friday night of this week. The play
ers are working faithfully and Rose
brook Farm will prove pleasing en-
tertainment The public is urged to
remember this event.
There are nine scholarships to be
awarded to graduates of the Delta
High school this year due to the
courtesy of our colleges in this state,
and there are nine young people ready
to take advantage of them.
Mr.. Roy L. Smith. announces that
he will repeat his gift which he has
has made for the past few years, and
one of our young lady graduates may
expect beautiful gold watch to keep
her time after commencement.
The North Delta schools presented
their school exhibit to the public last
Friday afternoon. The exhibit was a
very commendable one and was en-
/ joyed by a large number Of patrons.
feature of the work was the pre-
sentation of model lessons by each
interest and pride that the pupils man.
Tested in the exhibit.
The Eighth grade exercises will be
held Thursday afternoon, June list, at
the Lincoln building. The members
of the class and the program will be
announced later.
The graduating exercises of the
Delta High school will be held Friday
evening, June End. at NJ. E. church.
Program next week. The members
of the graduating class are:
Marion Eugene Chapman
Fern White
Katherine Eldridge Amsbary
Dorothy l.. Marshall
Nola Daye Human
Ivy Clarence Austen
Ruth Lucille Bull
Jennie Olive Hand
Dorothy Opal Turner
Edna Eugenia Porges
Katherine Zevilla Obergfell
Vera Lois Gets
Helen Lucille Freyberg
Grace Geraldine Kennicott
Vera l.. Martin
Gwendolyn Bernice Taylor
Ruth Charlotte White
Grace Elizabeth Cook
Roy Edgar Ratekin
Gladys Francis Boyden
Georgia A. Widney
Anna Marie Zaninetti
Martha Belle billiard
Dorothy Louise Bacon
Annetta Marie Sweitzer
Francis Gilbert Bacon
Ines Izora Baldwin
Marjorie Merle Miller
Wendell Phillips Harding
Mary Louise Zaninetti
Ethel Lenore Wigram
Donald White Clifford
Elsie May Kepler
Mary Lillian Layden
! Anna Grace Ross
Bernadette Mary O'Connor
Dora Augusta Singleton
Eva Marzella Raichart
Anna Laura Cowdrey
Leila Blanche Corbin
George Henry Chiles
Mary Margaret Ross
Mae Belle Leola Harrington
Azalea Marguerite Penticuff
At the midyear average OF forty
one OF the class whose work at the
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19

hand, good sprinkling of which were
natives and the balance southern
stockers, the market was active from
start to finish and prices generally
around 1Oc to 15c higher on beef and
fully steady on stock cattle. Good
beef steers are selling from $S.25 to
$s.S5. and good fat COWS are bringing
SIPS to $3.50. Fair COWS are selling
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19
Advertise!

The local field Is yous. All
you need do Is TO svsl your
ell Of the opportunities offered.
An advertisement N this pspsr
will esny your message into
hundreds Of homes in ths com
munity. II is the suress medium
OF killing your greatest CON-
Pehior. A space thu ara
won't Coz, much. Gone %
and see " about 4.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-19

All the news all the time-the indie
pendent
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
Resolutlors OF Respect, Obituaries and
Cards OF Thanks, five cents per line.

In no elections that will be held in
the state or in the nation is the issue
more clearly drawn as between prog
ress and reaction, as between for
ward looking and backward looking,
rs between newer and better things
AID the shameful abuses of the law of
the past, as between vision for the
future and blind servility TO the past,
than in the election of supreme court
justices. There are offered to the
people two candidates, Justice James
G. Johnson and Maurice Fl. Donahue,
typical OF new thought. On the other
hand there are offered by the politi-
cal parties two candidates, whose
views, values and public careers may
be summarized by saying that one is
a big, jolly, good-natured rounder
who fits we'll into the scenery of q
keg party in the woods and the other
is hidebound reactionary who is so
far behind the spirit of the times that
three years ago one of the two name
less assailed the workmen's compen-
sation act. Since It was demonstrate
ed that he handed down many deCis-
ions in which workmen were either
denied justice entirely or their cases
so long delayed that in practical ef-
feet Justice was denied, he has been
silent upon the law, A charitable
view is that shame may have over
taken him. The names of these can
didates are not mentioned at this
time and for two obvious reasons.
One is that their candidates. are mat
ters not sufficiently pleasant for
recollection. A second is that the
voter in our honest judgment will do
well TO remember but two names
when he goes into the booth These
names are johnson and Donahue
Both are tried and true, Why gamble
with fate?
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
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j. ESTO y
ESTO

There will be preaching at Messiah
church next Sunday morning and ev-
ening
Mr.. and Mrs. Renzo Melick spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harper
Stricker.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hartsook Of
Mt. Vernon and Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Hoyman of Bangs spent Sunday with
mr.. and Mrs. George Hoyman.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Schooley and
son, William, and daughter Mary
Faye, and Mrs. Josie Morningstar and
Messrs. Simon and l.. II. LepIey spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Lepley.
Josiah McI4arnan Of Iowa, Mr. and
Mrs. James McLarnan and Mrs. Vine
Stewart of New Castle, spent Saturday
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. Il. McLarnan.
Mrs. Josie Morningstar and Mrs.
Charles Melick spent Thursday with
their sister, Mrs. George welker of
M1llW0Ou.
Mrs. George Stringtellow and chill
dren have returned to their home in
Wildwood after a two weeks visit with
her parents of this place
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. McLarnan spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Alonso
Metcalf of Union Grove.
The farmers are very busy now
husking corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thude McNabb spent
Sunday with their son, John. near
Gambler.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. Howard Purdy Thurs.
day
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
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Il BL.ADENSBURG i

Mr. and Mrs John Berry and chill
dren, Arthur and Ledra, have been
visiting Mrs. Berry's sister, Mrs. Roy
Melick, and family, at Warsaw, Ind,
the past week.
Mrs. Bessie Warman of Mt Vernon
visited her parents one day last week.
Mrs. Mary Vanwinkle entertained
the following at dinner last Sunday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Huff of Coshocton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Orl Haines of West Car
Isle, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Ulery and
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20

Organs of the administration have
said much about economy in tho Of
fee of Secretary OF State Hildebrant.
In the face of the admitted $4,000
license tag steal this takes lots of
nerve, In the automobile department
under Graves was spent S7S,121; Hi.
dobfant spent In the same depart
meRt SS4,540 In the secretary of
states office and In the vital stats.
tics department the expenses were
approximately the same In the auto.
mobilo department for maintenance
and tags In 1914 under Graves. the
cost was S56,992 Under Hildebrant
in 1916, $64,0Si. II will be noted
however. that they did not have the
nerve to take credit for the $4,000
saving which Vic Donahey effected
when be sliced a fraudulent bill, cut
ting out graft