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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-01-21
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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-01-21
NO. 1879

Report of the Condition of
THE STATE BANK OF AUSTIN
At Austin, in the State of Colorado, al
the close Of business, Dec. 81, 1915.
h. RESOURCES
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27

sarSf to ksep their hsld troops In effec-
tive condition even for ten days after
the Opening Of the campaign.
Every town. village. hamlet and
mountain peak will have its spies
ready to inform Villa and his captains
Of opportunities for advantageous at
tacka, and the apparent friends OF the
day will often be dangerous foes IN the
night ID g
The refusal OF the Carranza COM
manders to permit the occupation OF
towns or villages by our troops and the
Instructions to have them pass around
such towns and villages instead OF
passing thru will force our troopers to
to keep the open country and place
many disadvantages upon them dur
Ing the campaign. The campaign will
not be many days old until that at
tempted restriction upon the free use
OF our troops will have to be disre-
garded, for DUR lines Of operation and
OF supply and communication must be
maintained, and that can only be done
thru chain Of posts we'll garrisoned
and fortified as against raiding forces
Of the enemy @& H.. =
Those not for our troops in Mexico
are against them, and no chances can
be or will be taken by our able mill
tary officials, and the impractical
views of civilians must give way to
the necessities of war.-Washington
Post, aSts s.. -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27

10 especially objectionable to the res
publicans. who have always made the
congressional" district the unit OF rep
resentation. The democrats always
favored the unit rule, until 1912. when
the present secretary Of war got it
broken, so that he might vote for Mr..
Wilson instead of JUdson Harmon. II
the parties surrender all Jurisdiction.
what is there to prevent some OF the
states making Intentionally embar-
RAISING conditions?e There are at least
thirteen states that would enjoy har-
assing the republicans.
Few OF the primaries are adapted to
the present situation In the republican
party. Yet this situation Is not unique.
Primaries should permit the election of
uninstructed delegates, il the people
desire to elect that kind. It would be
far better If the date were Uniform,
nltho 1t might take away the occupa-
ton Of the flying squadrons." How
uniformity may be brought about 10 q
question. No one political party can
do 1t. If all the national committees
could agree upon a model primary law
1t might be possible to induce the
states to adopt it. altno but few at
tempts to get uniform laws on other
subjects have succeeded. Half the
states have no primary laws and there
Is little in the experience of this year
to make them eager for them st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27

may k expresssA 80 10 high prices, 81
fears that n q sudden change IN ths
situation was wrought by early pssce
In Europe, mercientsswould find them
selves committed to take high-prtced
goods montha hence But at the nao-
mont bpsines sis only restricted by IL
ability3.to get cars or by inability TO
produce sufficient quantities to meet
demand. #&-
AS to crops, reports the Bradstrsets
correspondents says:
Reports from winter wheat are irreg-
ular ana moor as q whole, tho 1t should
be noted that the most sensational re-
ports Of damage are qualified by tno
statement that real conditions Will not
be known for a week or ten days yet
Dry weather has done damage to
Texas wheat and oats, and the nrst
rains in there months in parts OF
Texas. Oklahoma, western Missouri
and Kansas fell on Thursday. Local
views Of damage done are not SO ex-
treme as are market reports. Oklahoma
reports winter wheat at about 80 per
cent Of normal, against 81 last year.
Nebraska sends good report Reports
as to winter wheat in the central west
Indiana, illinois and Ohio are Of a good
deal Of winter-killing, but here, too, 1t
Is said, a week of warm growing
weat Their Is needed to determine actual
conditions. Fifty per cent damage talk
Is fluoted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27

The worlds richest man undoubtedly
is the czar of Russia. of whom 1t has
been said that he has so much money
that nobody can count it. And II Ia
fact that the wealth that Is his as
controller Of the Russian church. In
GLIDING that of the members Of his ex-
tremely wealthy family, would GER
tainly be too great to count. including
as it does, all the wealth of Russia,
which is estimated at $35, 000. 900, 000.
The cars personal wealth according
to one statistical genius. works out at
s550.000 a day, and should Russia get
down to its last cent-or rather kopek
in the royal exchequer. Nicholas,
single-handed. could keep the entire
Russian army in the Acid for several
weeks. Most of the cars wealth Id
deprived from landed possessions, OF
which he has nearly 150.O00.000 acres,
three quarters Of which is rich timber
and yielding big rentals. The other
quarter is mining land. SiberiA's
mines are owned by the cxar. white his
jewelry and art work are Of fabulous
worth. The cars state income n
about $1o,00o,000. out OF which. how-
ever. he has to provide for the ex-
penses of his household, which in-
Guides the upkeep Of more than 100
palaces, to say nothing of the Russian
court, with its 10000 servants, $50
automobiles, s, 600 thoroughbred horses
and an army Of several Thousand
soldiers and detectives
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
Need Of Uniform Primaries.

Chairman Hilles Of the republican
national committee makes a convincing
argument in favor of greater uniform
ity Of presidential primaries. Prac-
tically no two of the twenty-five pri-
mary laws are alike. In Ohio prefer
ences for a presidential candidate can
not be expressed until he files written
declaration OF candidacy. In Illinois
the name of any man designated as q
preference for president must remain
on the ballot unless he personally
withdraws 1t. In some states every
candidate for delegate must announce
his preference. In some other states,
there is no provision for announcing
preferences In Massachusetts any citi-
zen may lawfully participate in any
partys primary he chooses, without in
curing any obligation to support Its
ticket. In California the unit rule is
enforced by law. The dates range from,
March 7 to June 8. Several states
designate the number of delegates, to be
chosen, matter peculiarly within the
province OF the political parties.
The unit ruIsi provision Of California
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27

The progress of our troops thru
Mexico and their efforts to punish
Villa for his attacks upon our citizens
and troops will be watched with in
tense interest by all of our own people
and by those Of European countries as
well. sE%
1t Is no easy campaigning at any
time in the rough and arid regions of
northern Mexico, and it is especially
difficult to keep troops upon the move
there at this season Of the year. For
miles after miles the columns, riding
in intense heat and clouds OF dust,
will be unable to secure water for the
men and their mounts, and to seek the
few well-known water holes in the
canyons is to invite ambuscades By the
Mexicans, and will place our troopers
at d great disadvantage in position
, for repelling attacks while at the holes
or approaching them. as
Not until about June will the rains
bring any relief to those parched and
desolate regions north of Durango. and
If our troops are compelled to wage
tactive war during the Intervening
weeks their sufferings will be constant
and systematic guerilla warfare Dy tn
Mexicans undoubtedly will result y
total heavy losses of life thru innum
cradle attacks by comparatively smal
bands. .st.
Our able and efficient company, req
mental and expeditionary commander
will have to rely upon the full heart!
and cordial cooperation Of the Car
ranxa commanders AndsEa1F1son IN "
I; important villages ard $a n -. - s. - 1e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27

Only lookers-on are we, wrapped In
the mysteries Of this passing stage Of
life, the memory Of which will grace
the hours OF eternity.
In this awakening the heavens show
forth their greatest splendor. Every
planet comes into view in the month
Of March except Uranus and Mercury.
Mars passes the nearest to the earth.
and it Is hardly 10 be doubted that
the Martians point their telescopes to-
ward us with great interest. What theS
think Of our little globe swinging un-
der their lights might shock our
egotism to know, but we send them
greeting and shake hands across the
space.
And what is more delightful than a
warm. sunny day in March? What
cheer 1t brings to the winter-chilled
spirits! The whisper of the arriving
blue bird Is in the air. and the well
come robin walks over the old grounds
with a proudly lifted head. Lowell
sings OF a day in June, but out Of the
storm clouds and the winds we are
given day that seems to have es-
capped from paradise. Thru this rift
we see the vine-lad fields and the YER
dure- covered earth awaiting few
more sunsets, and we know that with
all Of her buster and roughness March
is nourishing the yIolets Of April and
the trailing arbutus Is already IL
bloom. The old paths beckon. and the
sun gilds the blackened nests which
ere long will be replaced and filled with
happy voices.
o furry, living things adream
On winters drowsy breast
Arise and follow where q CLEAN
OF wizard gold unbinds the stream
And all the woodland windings seem
With sweet expectance blest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
Topics of the Times

President Wilson will scarcely be
able to excite the border residents over
the sinister influences" Of big business
while the still more sinister danger Of
massacre hangs over them.
go
OF course a very large number OF
people waited to the last hour In the
afternoon to order their auto tags.
First we had villa fast and then
we hadn't Pershing knows now how
the hired man feels when he knows
that the little pea is under that par
ticular walnut shell. Villa is the thin
blerigger Of modern warfare. =
80
Davenport politicians are all broken
up. Politics used to be easy in that
good old town. A man just took his
roll and went from one saloon and
brewery to another making friends
thru the system that made Milwaukee
famous. Now they are like mariners at
sea without d compass. Seems like the
enthusiasm has gone fiat with the
foam.
II an 11-year-old scolored boy must
be expelled from school and harried
to the juvenile court for'refusing to sa-
lutte the flag what should be done II
the grown American citizen who sits
nonchalantly to view his country's ban
ner and refuses to give the national
hymn a signal of respect?
When a snowfall that stays on one
DAY can make a good road bad for two
weeks something is lacking in our road
system.
Every mild spring day prophesies
garden sass and new potatoes and
young onions and-Come gentle spring,
ethereal mildnessecome quick.
- - - To- So =
The Sibley Tribune, Marsh and dem
ocratic, says the trouble with Ed Dunn
is that he isn't a good sport. That's
what the monte man told the boy that
lost the money. oar
Monsieur DUPONT should shift the
spelling of his name to United States
before seeking the presidency.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
RANlN!I; DC! |, Ii! REELS
"a "a ioVen I Ram -. &
sof s7oes. Gd SHIPS ard sealn6 WK caboaSes kkln8s
TALK.

Talk is violent form OF physical
exercise with an eight-day main
spring. 1t II one " our greatest Amer
lean commodities and ~ usually re-
tailed In long. thought -denuded pack
ages. This country produces every
year rnillions OF yards OF talk which
never comes In contact-with a thought
wave or amy other obstacle, and can
therefore be used over and over with
out showing any signs OF wear
Long aEo Ralph waldo Emerson OF
Boston. Massachusetts,, who had one
Of the best intslleots ever produced
in that city, declared in one OF his I'M
mortal essays: Va talk 10 cheap, but
it takes money to buy salt pork
This statement by a man who was
able to think different languages Gre
ated a sensation In intellectual circles,
and upset the theories Of a great many
Massachusetts, people who had been
paying most OF their bills in talk. The
world Is indebted to Ralph waldo Dm-
erson for some OF the brightest re-
marks ever uttered In any tongue, and
If Boston had any sense OF apprecia-
ton she would emblazon this imper-
ishable axiom upon the dome Of the
state house assa *
Talk liz produced by opening the
mouth In the shape Of an outside
cellar door and allowing a pent-up
vocabulary to escape. There are some
vocabularies which would be SEN
fenced to solitary confinement for life.
II vote OF the community could be
taken, but sometimes these are the
first to escape. 1t is an appalling sight
to see a., naturally tin,id vocabulary
which has had too many, highhalls
break loose from Its surroundings and
scatter epithets and hiccoughs on the
night air. e.. Il
- AS a rule women are equipped by
bountiful nature with more talk than
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
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which opens the discussion. 'on the
other hand, there IL inoontroysrtibis
testimony as to the probability OF it,
cure in a large percentage OF Gases II
taken in time. That cure consists in
the complete surgical removal Of tbs
growth at the earliest possible moment.
Early diagnosis, early rsmoval--there
is not now nor has there ever been
any other successful method Of ourins
the disease"
The leading article In this special Is
sue of the health departments maya
zine is by DR.. Francis Carter Wood
director of cancer research at Columbia
University. Writing on What People
Should Know About Cancer" DR.. Wood
ndeavors to dispel some of the mis-
taken popular notions which have
grown up regarding this disease. He
disposes of the stories regarding can
Ger villages" cancer houses" or can.
Ger belts" briefly showing that the &C.
ourrence Of a number of cases in a
house usually Is due to the fact that
the occupants are old people; that
cancer villages" usually are small
towns from which most of the young
people have emigrated, and that in like
manner cancer belts" are found to be
sections of the country where the pop
ula tion is distinctly aged.
The idea that cancer is hereditary is
likewise made light Of by DR.. Wood
and he declares that there Is no reason
whatever to worry because one men,
Der Of a family has suffered from the
disease. 1T does not at all follow that
any other member Of a family will
have it," says DR.. Wood, and quotes
from the laws governing statistics to
show that if there are two or more
cases in a family it Is due purely to
chance.
The quackery which is practiced by
people in the treatment
Of cancer is severely censured both by
DR.. Biggs and by DR.. Wood. 1t Is made
perfectly plain that cancer Is COM
paratively easy to cure II it can bs
taken in time. The bulletin declares
that if the simple truth is thoroughly
esta blished that cancer begins in
innocent form and il;
a recogniza Bile form. it can be success
fully combated. DR.. Hoffman in his
paper emphasizes the supreme impor-
lance Of the earliest possible diagnosis
and the incalculable value. Of the
earliest possible medical and surgical
treatment" DR.. Wood puts stress on
the declarat ton that If the disease can
be diagnosed in it's early stage, the
cancer can be removed with very great
posi- bilites as to permanent cure.
The commissioner of health takes this
says DR.. Biggs, Ito warn
The people Of the state against the ex-
oenditure Of money-often ILL., afforded
the raising Of false hopes and. above
al, the waste Of precious time thru
he use Of alleged cancer cures and
with their INSCRIPTIONS
9urveyors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
Masonic Meetings.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION Mar
shall Lodge No. 10s A. F. and A. M
Work in third degree Froday, March 81,
1880, D. m. John w. Wells. secretary
B. o. Frazey, w. M.
SI0NET CHAPTER NO. IS. r. A. M
Special convocation Monday evening
March 81 Work in Mark Masters de-
gree. Carl Shaffner. H. P: John W.
Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
Council No. 20. r. & S. M. Monoay'
April II, regular business. l. ]. Forces
recorder; George Gregory. l. NJ
SPECIAL coNcLAvE, St Aidemaf
Commandery No. 80. K. T.. Iuesaa =
March Is, 7:3o o'clock. for work. l.
Forbes, Rec; H c. Mueller. E. e.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap,
ter No. 81, o. E. s.. Wednesday. April
IL, D. m. Business. Eliza $. Baum
secretary; Cora ID. Mcdowell. W. M.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT.

The publication OF three notices OF
newspaper caused comment in many
homes as to the increasing prevalence
of the disease. It set people counting
up the cancer victims dead and await
ing the end of suffering. 1t was a
grim roster
1t is not different elsewhere. The
gain in cancerous diseases is general.
From one end OF the country to the
other the activity and prevalence OF
this most fatal and terrible disease Is
noted with alarm. The state health
boards Of a number of states are ac-
lively disseminating information as to
the disease and its treatment. Early
recognition and prompt treatment seem
to be the only hope in cancer.
The New York state health depart
ment, under the leadership Of Commits
stoner Hermann NJ. Biggs. is the latess
to enlist its forces in the war against
cancer. The entire March number Of
Health News the departments
monthly bulletin, is devoted to consid-
Grafton of the nature, prevalence and
treatment Of malignant disease with
the object Of creating among the peo-
pie "a healthy vigilance which leads
to the taking Of expert advice on the
first appearance of danger signals"
There is nothing that any one Of
us can do to prevent the occurrence
of cancer except in avoiding certain
i specified causes OF local irritation,
says Health News" in an editoria
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
THE STATE OF BUSINESS.

tale now rather commonplace is
told by last weeks reports. The pre-
eminent characteristic is .unprece-
dented activity in all of the larger lines.
distributing as well as manufacturing.
with, however, q rift or two in ths
Indictment weather retarding retail
trade in the east. by growing concern
over high prices and by the less pleas
ant aspect Of Mexican affairs. Short
ages of goodsfi. steadily climbing prices
and widespread complaints OF inability
to get supplies. either Of raw materials.
northumberland products or An
ished goods. due in part to insufficient
production or lack Of transportation
facilities, create fears Of further acute
ness in this respect. but rather ac-
centuate buying not only for flling-m
purposes but for fall delivery as well.
Reports are becoming more common
Of business turned away. either thru
shortage Of supplies, or because manu-
facturers, already covered far ahead
are not disposed to further extend
commitments at this time. Only in re-
latively faw cases have rising costs
checked undertakings, new contracts
being limited mainly by the sold up
position Of mills and factories. AL! the
statistical ind!ces continue highly ia
vorable, but do not give an adequate
idea of the present extraordinary stu
alton. Eliminating New York, where
specuIa ton affects the returns. bank
clearings last week were 81 per cent
larger than last year and 54.1 per cent
in excess of 1914, while gross earnings
Of railroads reporting for two weeks in
March show a gain Of ia per cent
over a year ago.
It Is a great sea son for clearing up
left over stocks at good profits for the
initial purveyor Buying by country
merchants is the heaviest ever known;
road orders for fall are heavy; retail
trade, where warmth has prevailed, Is
active; railroad traffic is enormous;
hotels Of the principal respective
metropolitan cities arec rowded with
| guests; collections are good; money Is
| cheap; bank clearings greatly exceed
| those Of the two preceding years; de-
mand for labor exceeds the supply;
wages steadily ascend; dividends keep
on increasing; the British government
has parceled out Is per cent Of ST.
600 900 order for canned goods; sub
scriptiens are being taken for new
SIS. 0o0, 900 Canadian loan; old vessel.
propelled by steam or sail command
high prices; southern water-borne
commerce is hampered by lack OF bot
toms; lake shippers, anticipating a bis
season, are anxiously awaiting tn
opening Of navigation; new indus
tries are being established here ant
there: orders already placed for stee
rails for delivery in 1917 approximate
500, 900 tons; the oil producing region'
of the southwest are exceptionally &C
tive, and, in word, there is no com
plant either as to present movement
! or prospects, however much conceFi
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27

talk already yet lest we regret lest we regret
The We'll defend. whenever there shall rise
the need this country he's friend who wants
to and bleed let's Haunt word bayonet, lest
regret. lest regret The lingo fierce will never
beratng people safe and who'd rather have
the boon Of than the landscape strewn with
slain: gently drown him In his sweat lest regret
fesret Build the army II will. and make
navy great and strong but don't confess lust
kill. talk of bloodshed all day long: don't claim that
wars the best bet, lest regret lest regret
Don't eager shall seek the sodden
fields furnish targets for the OF they
before don't whoop for death and dearh and
debt, lest regret. lest regret l zsss sas