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MOVES SAYS POETRY
IS REAL LITERATURE
Professor Cites Tennyson and
Stevenson as Rest Aids to
Appreciation.

PRINCETON, y. J., Tune 10. Read
essays and letters" This ia the advice
of Alfred Noycs. the Princeton professor
of English, TO those who would cultivate
a taste for poetry = was in answer 70
a query as to how those who have
not acquired a LANG for poetry can
learn to appreciate II.
9Th reason why / have chosen Ten
nyson is because he sums up the poetic
achievements OF many centuries" Mr..
Noyes said. He puts INTO verse so
many OF the poetic opinions Of the past.
from Theocritus and Virgil through
Spenser and Milton to Pope and Keats.
He stands in the same relation 10 Eng
lish literature as Virgil to that OF Rome.
You may wonder why I have advo-
Gated the reading OF Stevenson's essays
and letters. Prose though they are.
they have within them wonderful poetic
qualities"
Mr.. Noyes dictated what he said with
regard TO Tennyson and Stevenson. but
when the question was asked him what
he thought OF He appreciation which
the ordinary American student has for
poetry he took the pencil from the In
reviewers fingers and jotted down the
following
The man who does not appreciate
poetry is of course not approaching lit
erature either. for the main part Of
! tn. literature which has come down to
us Is in substance and form poetry-the
word has been misapplied n mis-
understood. but II remains true that
while
Captains and eonqutror' leave a little
And king. a dub,ou, legend of their
reign.
The sword Of Cesar Ia hut russ.
! Yet Virgil doth remain
=, The study Of Greek and Latin Is
bound up with the study OF Homer. is
chylus. Sophocles. Virgil. Lucretius and
Horace. II Is impossible to divorce
Italian literature from Dante or English
literature from Shakespeare, Indeed, SO
far as English literature Is concerned IL
YOU look back two or three hundred
years you Will ind that the English
poets are English literature. The his
~torians. the philosophers. are superseded
or studied as curiosities. with rare ex-
ceptions but the poets write not for an
age. but for all time. because they not
only think hut also express their
thoughts in durable form.
The study OF poetry means nothing
more and nothing less than the phrase
literally implies-the study OF creative
literature in its most essential form
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CATSKlLL EVENING LINE leave
except Sunday. foot Of Christopher St, Il
W. l2ath st, $50. Workers. 7 =. NJ. for
tatskill, Hudson, CoXsackio. Tickets inter.
changeablc with those OF Day Line Tel
1897 Spring
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contingency that may arise and 70 In
sure tho utmost speed. The engine.
which IL the product Of a leading marine
engine manufacturer. IL the last word
in marine engines. n the boat has been
tried out over the course.
1t Is understood that In addition TO
the race against time there Is some talk
OF pi,t!ng an automobile OF a touring
car type against the boat for a large
wage II this is brought about. II will
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
Local Base Ball Team Wins
Game Played Last Sunday

been so long since the "bally days
that there wasn't some enthusiasm. at
that.
The first few innings the local lads
had some difficulty in locating Beebe's
twisiers, Paul Dunn driving out the
first single. When they did begin to
find them. though there was quite a
bunch of his pretty evenly distributed
among the boys nearly all of them
registering one hit.
Karl. too, had his troubles with the
high wind mussing up his fine curves
and for time 1T looked like victory
for the Peach Packers. Then bunch
of safe ones brought in two for Delta
in the last inning, when the score had
stood TO in favor of the visitors,
winning for the locals TO 3.
In spite of the inclemency Of the
weather there were about 800 fans in
attendance. 1t is not probable that
there will be any more ball games in
Delta this season. either foot ball or
base ball A return game will be
played with Paonia in the near future.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

There was a post-season ball game
last Sunday on the local grounds be
tween pickup teams of Paonia and
Delta Beebe. the big Cleveland
American league pitcher. happened TO
ba In the county on n visit and the
base ball-thirs;y fans persuaded him TO
toss seven innings for this game.
Most of the Delta team were still
available. though the positions of sec
ond. third and left field were supplied
with subs Hall had departed for the
west n few days previous, but Eber-
hard. always dependable and always
able TO deliver the goods, twirled for
the locals.
II is a waste of time to dwell at
length on that particular piece of
weather, but IL had n Kansas twister
skinned city block. All through the
game there was n profusion OF dust.
sand. papers. sticks. mud and millin-
cry infesting the diamond. Neither Of
the pitchers knew any OF the time
where he was at but after all u
was base ball game and it hadn't
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

office authorities more work. and
that would for the concern to mail
out the more than half million petit
coats ordered. 1t is estimated that
this would take more than 3,76S,54O
yards of silk and give China and Pat
erson, n. ]. undreamed-of prosperity.
The letters have come from all
quarters of the country There are
huge bales of them from Tuscon,
Ariz.; Tampa, Fla; Lexington, Va;
from Montana. Delaware, Washington
and Tennessee. The circular letter
campaign seems to have been very
thorough.
The company that started all this
got but comparatively few of the
dimes. At first the promoters called
every other day, the postal authori-
ties say, and got several hundred let
ed them away.
On the day this issue went to press.
the Dead Letter office received
47,0O0 each containing 10 cents in
answer to the "petticoat for a dime
lure. These letters bring the total
received in this one campaign to above
the 100000 mark
The Dead Letter office receipts on
this scheme are now 10000 letters
larger than the receipts when they
first began coming in. Which, accord
ing to the authorities. shows that the
chain letter mail order is spreading.
Rural carriers could pick up"
bit and put the ladies on their routes
wise. There does not seem to be any
question at this date, that the scheme
is nation wide and ranges from Wash
ington State to Florida.-R. F. d.
News.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

holo the next session at Grand juno
ton. Professor Ross of Fruitvale was
elected president and Professor Hend-
-ershot was reelected treasurer for the
ensuing year Mr. Mathers, member
of our board of education, found time
to mingle with the teachers in the con-
vention. We hope that in the future
more school officials and patrons may
find time to attend these conventions.
The faculty of the Delta high school
is much gratified over the large at
tendance at the initiatory parent-teacr
ers' conference. The high school as
sembly room was crowded with pat
rons interested in our schools. In re-
sponse to brief address of welcome
by the superintendent in which the pur-
pose of the convention was Explained.
addresses were made by Judge Stewart
and Attorney Bruce, and papers read
by Mrs H. Stockham and Mrs. Fl.
Baird; all showing an earnest coopera-
tive spirit for our schools. A good
musical program was provided by the
schools and light refreshments were
served by the domestic science depart
ment. At the conclusion of the meet
ing committee, composed of Attorney
Bruce, Mrs. H. Stockham and Mrs.
John Hillman, was elected to confer
with committee from the faculty and
plan for a permanent organization.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

Haily press reports for weeks, not only
men. but women, also. being victims.
This might be condoned in meas
ure with the argument that Ameri-
cans have been warned out of the
country. but hardly excuses the keep
ing of our entire national guard along
the border or part OF our standing
army within the border, without the
effect of protecting our people either
within Mexico or outside of its border.
Watchful waiting will do these hun
dreds of Americans lots of good after
they have been murdered
II has been asserted that the killing
of one man in Europe caused the pres.
ent European war. War with Mexico
is hardly necessary. but it does look
like that little republic should be put
under discipline for killing hundreds
OF our citizens and for insulting our
flag Besides. for its own good, il
should be controlled.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
National Ticket Close, While
Colorado Goes Democratic

National ticket very close-may
require official count. East goes for
Hughes, West and South for Wilson.
Colorado a Democratic landslide.
There isn't much to tell about the
State. Characteristic for political
spasms it switched back to the Demo
cratic side this election with the
woman vote largely for Wilson and in
the cataclasm of rapid-fire sentiment
the state and legislative ticket was
hurled against the rocks.
Two years ago the state changed
from 10000 Democratic to about 10000
Republican, but we were then in the
throes of labor war, with the state
and its institutions bankrupt and cry
ing for funds with which to meet their
running expenses, and Billy Sunday
had raised the headgate at the prohi-
bition reservoir
Little more can be said regarding
the county election. In this, however,
it was expected that some of the can
didates would be defeated where three
or four were running for the same
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

office. The Republicans managed to
elect four on their ticket, Earl Wilson
for Treasurer, Chas. L. Keller for AS
SCISSOR, Oliver B. Cook for Surveyor,
and Robert Rockwell for Representa-
tive The Democrats elected both
commissioners, clerk, sheriff, superin-
tendent of schools and senator. Earl
Wilson carried the high vote on the
ballot among the county candidates of
either side, his majority being more
than 400.
Wilson carried the county for Presi-
dent by 969 majority. Carlson beat
Gunter for Governor, So votes Ramer
beat Nolan for Secretary of State in
the county by 716. Mulnix beat Hig-
gins about so votes.
Reports from the State indicate that
the entire Democratic ticket was elect
ed by varying majorities ranging from
small to large.
AS we go to press it is generally
conceded that Woodrow Wilson has
sufficient number of electoral votes
to insure his election.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
Independents Subscription
List Growing Each Week

Il. Perkins. DR.. +. G. Shaffer. NJ. w.
Miller, l.. G. Anderson, Phil Clay
pool, Joe Farmer, II. J. English, Gene
We've Hartig, Lee Jacobs. Mrs. G. A.
Phenice. Delta: w. w. Bayland, Read !;
Wylie Grossman, Eckert; Willie j.
Davis. Colorado Springs: C. II. Wor-
land. Chapman, Neb.; r. E. Williams,
Arnold. Neb.; Mrs. Dorcas Hedgcock,
John Boyden, Olathe; f. w. Austin,
T. f. Layden. Delta; Joseph Rogers.
Escalante: A. l.. Morris, Charita Hol-
comb. J. f. Kellar. NJ. V Marsh. ]. b.
Kitch. T. A. Hazlett. Delta; E r.
Standish. Bacca Grande. Florida; Mrs.
]. NJ. Blair. Spokane, Washington; j.
l.. Hallock. Read; c. l.. Jones, Bert
Shreeves. ]. w. Shreeves. Delta: /:
Percy Houts. Cedaredge: John Burn
niger, Austin.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
Anples in Small Packages.


Several eastern apple growers We're
very successful last winter in market
ing apples in small or family pack
ages Some sold direct to the con
sumer, while others sold to retail
stores and fruiterers or consigned to
commission dealers. One grower put
practically his entire crop in half
bushel peach baskets which were
handled by commission dealer. He
used $500 baskets which sold at Is
cents to 81 each. The results in each
instance We're generally profitable and
satisfactory. declares the editor of
Farm and Home.
Several styles, types and sizes of
packag ges We're employed. Some used
cartons holding u or 10 apples in in
Sie,dual compartments like egg hoxes
One big grower used a similar type
of box holding either so or 100 fruits.
These are made with compartments of
four sizes and are especially adapted
to supply fruiterers with fancy ap-
pies. peaches, etc. Apples were ship
ned successfully in them from Massa-
chusetts to California.
Not many growers are situated to
market their fruit in this way, but
where they are near enough to a
good market 10 make two deliveries
week and have n large percentage
of fancy fruit, it is worth trying. The
additional returns are not, however.
all profit, for il takes considerable
more time and labor to sort and pack
fruit in small packages than in bas-
kets or barrels
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
) NORTH DELTA GOSSIP
, . = = . E = . = . e . . .

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Sherman have
moved to town.
Lee Hendrickson is still very sick
with typhoid fever.
John Addleman has moved on the
Davis ranch while getting out his
beets.
Grandma Johnson's many friends
will be glad to know that she is much
improved in health and that she is
able to sit up again.
Ray Cowdry. of Delta, and Miss
Bessie Woods, of Nucla. were mar
ried Sunday. coming to the home of
his mother Mrs. Sam Park. where they
were gloriously charivaried Tuesday
evening.
b. p. Hunt. the travelling shoe man.
is at his home in Montrose conva-
losing after an operation, which was
performed at Rifle, Colorado. Mr..
Hunt is brother of w. C. Hunt and
Mrs. L. G. Lewis.
Grandma McCollif. of North Delta.
died November 9Th. 1916. at the home
of Harper Stewart. and was buried
November 9th. The funeral was held
at the Catholic church. Father Ber-
tran officiating. The family have the
sympathy of the entire community.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
Interest Shown in London.

London. Nov. S The presidential
election in the United States excited
intense interest throughout London.
The morning newspapers announced
that Charles e. Hughes had been
elected and this was taken for granted
until the tickers and the early even
ing newspapers showed the issue was
in doubt From that time forward
excited groups assembled in the clubs
and hotels scanning the latest re
turns. The American embassy was
besieged for news. many requests com
ing from British officials
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
WOman'S Club to Celebrate
With Civic Christmas Tree

At a meeting of the executive board
of the Delta Woman's club held last
Monday afternoon. it was definitely
decided to commence arrangements at
once for the biggest Christmas cele-
bration ever held in this part of the
country. 1t is the plan to erect an
immense tree in conspicuous public
place wrere there will be ample room
for every man. woman and child in
the neighborhood who wishes to con-
gregate. Here vocal ana instrumental
music will be dispensed and some nice
Christmas goodies will be given to
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

Subscriptions to Independent have
been received since last weeks re
port as follows
Mrs. Anna Barlow. Los Angeles, Cali
fornia: Al. Hincbman, Gus. Billstrom.
Il. Burton. Archie Peterson, J. +. Fos-
ter, Lafayette Wallace, Till Patton,
Il. NJ. Daniels. o. l.. Blossom. II. s.
Stillwagon. Ed. Watson, Art Alley $.
y. Robinson. w. G. Overhultz, Cedar
edge: Mrs. Gus Nettleblade. Redcliff;
Fred Billstrom. Austin: Logan Wood,
w. IL. Martin. Hotchkiss; C. c. Haw-
kns. Paonia j. u. Bowers. Delta;
G. S. Cariker. Cory: +. b. Tuffip,
Delta. T. +. Enslcy. Read; r. l.. Stan
ford. C. d. Brown. l.. ID. BARLEY, w.
II. Cofield e. w. Willis, Mrs. F. w.
Austin. Ada Horton. Il. A. Moffitt, II.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
War News
IN EUROPE

Election news has gone far to shut
out European war reports from Ameri-
can daily newspapers this week.
The more or less scant reports indi-
cate unusually fierce fighting. credit
ing considerable of success to the
German armies.
Winter will soon be on with vigor
in much of the active war zone. which
will to some extent lessen the fighting
but no doubt increase the suffering
of the troops.
At the present there is no indicn-
ton that the war is near its end.
though the end may come as sudden
ly as the war begun. It now looks.
however. like the fighting might last
Mt least through another year.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

every child present.
The tree will be lighted with many
colored lights and it promiseS to be
grand success. as does everything un-
dertaken by this useful civic body
Definite arrangements have not
been formulated at this early date.
but it is going to be sure enough
Christmas tree with good cheer for all
1t is planned to have the program be-
ginning at $3.50 p. m. Christmas day.
since Christmas eve falls on Sunday
this year and it was not thought that
Saturday night would be practicable.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
UNIQUE FRAUD SCHEME GETS
NEARLY HALF MILLION VICTIMS

If you receive an endless chain let
ter offering you a guaranteed $3.50
petticoat for 10 cents-this for the
ladies' particularly-view it with sus
picion and don't fall an easy victim
This is on the advice of the chief in
spectors office of the postoffice de-
partment.
Many women all over the country
have been victimized by this petit
coat game" and are still waiting for
Uncle Sans parcel post carriers to
deliver the goods.
But it is Uncle Sam who has suffer
ed most.
More than half million letters have
already been received at the Mime
apolis postoffice. all containing dimes.
and the work of the office has been
congested.
The Dead Letter Office here in
Washington City postoffice had up to
few days ago received fourteen
sacks of these letters. each of which
contained a dime.
There are 5000 letters in each sack,
making a total of 10000 letters thus
far returned to the dead letter office.
This makes $1,000 in dimes in this
stack, that must receive the attention
of extra clerks in the dead letter of
flee.
Here is what this little scheme has
cost the government. according to a
report made the middle of the week
ana the letters are still coming at
the rate of 80. 600 a day.
More than 100000 dime letters re
ceived. Approximately 60 per cent
bear return addresses, and it costs the
Government 2 cents each to return
them. Something like $4,000 has al
ready been spent for this purpose.
About 40 per cent do not bear re-
turn addresses and have to be sent
in big bales to the Dead Letter office.
They are opened and sent back to
the writer's when their names are as
certained' This costs the government
10 cents each, or more than $4,000
thus far.
Handling all this mail in Mime
apolis is now costing the Government
more than $50 a day tor extra clerk
hire
The petticoat chain letter mail or
der scheme seems to have been the
product of some fertile brain in Min
neapolis. 1t first came to the atten-
ton of women in this section of the
East WIltll d HuulDtI vi lHtul TtCtlN GU
letters, sometimes through the mail,
but more frequently delivered anony-
mously, saying in substance that if
they would comply with directions in
closed they would receive from the
National Mail Order Exchange. $50
Globe Building. Minneapolis, new
model 1917 petticoat''
The stipulations were that the wo-
man should write five copies of the
letter which she received and place
them in the hands of other women.
number of Washington women did
this, and some others placed the let
ter in the hands of the postal author
titles.
Complaints have been coming in
thick and fast to the Postoffice In.
spection Department. The matter is
being thoroughly investigated in Min
neapolis. and a warning has been is
sued to the public by the Postoffice
Department
The offices of the National Mail
Order Exchange have been deserted
In fact, the postal officials say there
is no room number $50. Globe Build
ing. Minneapolis.
Only one thing could give the Post
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
All Amendments Defeated.

Denver. Nov. Sin 1850 precincts
out of 1451 in Colorado the vote on
the beer amendment stands: for 24,060.
against 41.540. The herd law vote
stands: for 26,265. against 3S.333. For
calling a constitutional convention l5.-
71O, against 1888. For medical bill
25,767. against 24,477.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
IN MEXICO

The situation in Mexico remains
much the same, except that Villa
seems to have recruited his army suf-
ficiently to give Carranza the old time
skirmishes.
In the meantime the murder of
Americans has been feature of the
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
Reported Battle of Mexicans.

El Paso, Texas, Nov h.-Uncon-
firmed reports of battle between the
Villa bandits and the reorsanized Car
ranza troops at Dorado, Chihua hua,
between parral and Jimenez Friday
and Saturday have been received here
by United States government agents
and by Carranza officials
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Ploger left on
Wednesday for Pilot Grove, Missouri
owing to the serious illness of the
formers father. They expect to be
away week or ten days, the time of
returning depending somewhat on the
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

elder PloceTs condition.
Miss Erla Elgore entertained a
number of school girl friends at
fudge party last evening.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

Then shook the hills with
thunder riven;
Then rushed the steed 10
battle driven:
And louder than the bolts of
Heaven.
Far flashed the red artillery
Down Along. the Border
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
Standing of Contestants In
Our Biz Automobile Contest

This week the vote offer is decreas-
ing. 1t may drop even farther down
than this. Therefore you had better
take advantage of it.and big advantage
OF it for it may be as you have been
told. Most any time these extra votes
are liable to be stopped. Therefore
you want to make this week a big
one. in fact make it the largest of the
contest. You want to win and there
is only eight left so you had better
make use of II.
You want to win and you should
ever bear in mind that the WILL
WIN spirit and work is the kind that
brings results. You cannot expect to
win by living on your laurels of the
week before. You must make use of
every week and work to beat the
band II is worth your efforts and
every day means that much closer
to the goal line. You should make
each weeks report larger than the
week before. The contest closes on
December second and you want to get
on the safe side as soon as you can.
You should take every advantage OF
IL. In order to do so you should
go after each offer of extra votes and
hit them hard. Make this week
count better than the previous. Al
ways get the most extra votes each
week. 1t means win for you to do so
THE WEEKS OFFER
Between November Sth and up "a
p. m. on November 18th we will offer
extra votes as follows.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

Independent hated to see Ramer
beaten. AS secretary of state he was
all to the good
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

Do not be satisfied with getting a
certain amount of extra votes but al
ways get the most. You can do it if
you think SO. but if you do not think
so you cannot get the most. Now is
the time to get right after the people
and make big votes bigger. 1t is bet
ter to win by million than to lose
by few.
Standing of Contestants.
Below is the standing of the con-
testants up to Thursday of this week.
1t shows that some should make use
of this weeks offer and clearly that
no one has so much lead that they can
miss making their largest week $
work this week. Do not wait till next
week to start out TO get some in on
Wednesdays report but start today.
II behooves you to speed up and work
your very best If you expect to win.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

Within four years the war will end,
after which business revolution is
likely to come in the general read
justment of things. The party in
mower will be blamed and in the cleo
tion to follow the party in power will
so into million billion pieces. II may
be that the party now defeated will
prove to be the lucky party.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10
} .ATER ELECTION THOUGHTS i.
} . . . 90 . . . . . . 4

1t isn't our time to yell.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

1t wasn't political earthquake. 1t
was just a bunch of mistakes.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-10

The election is over. let us get busy
with otrer things. There is always
plenty to do in a country like this.
and politics should be the least of our
worry. after election is over. If it
didn't go our way il suits the other
fellow, and 1t isn't good to be selfish,
Let us boost the country and boost
the fellows who were elected. That
is both good fellowship and good cit
izenship.