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The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
CHILDREN'S NIGHT GIVEN
BY ORDER EASTERN STAR

Children's night was fittingly OBJ
served Saturday night in Masonic
Hall by the Order of Eastern Star.
Every lad and lassie was there, from
the tiniest baby boy to the young
ladies and gentlemen in their teens,
casting eyes" at each other while
they fished for favors over muslin
bank" with a hook made expressly
for this occasion There was a de-
lightful program rendered exclusively
by the children, in their own delight
full way. Then followed games and
fun galore, and afterwards refresh
ments. Then more games till near
the midnight hour, and even then
their enthusiasm never waned as they
romped and played and bubbled over
in pure joy. Truly it was a sight to
be appreciated even by confirmed
bachelor or maid.
For the grown-ups there were
cards and a Christmas tree with
funny nothings that acted as tonics
for dropping spirits, and someone
1--WE heard it was Alan Obertl con-
tributed an onion, since there seemed
to be no other call for tears.
Altogether it was a pleasant affair
both for children and grown folks.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
NORTH FORK TRAIN
WRECKED ON TUESDAY

The North Fork passenger train
which was pulling five or six cars
of coal out of Somerset last Tuesday
morning, struck boulder in the
track between Somerset and Bowie
and the front trucks of the engine and
five loaded coal cars were piled up
I'm an indiscriminate manner.
The engine did not leave the rails
altogether. but Engineer Thomas
Leyden and his fireman. f. G. Per,
kins. fearing that it might. jumped
to points of safety and came out of
the accident unhurt.
The wreckinE crew came up from
Grand Junction that day and had the
line cleared for traffic by Wednes-
day evening
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
North Delta
STAGES Comedy

The comedy entitled Miss Topsy
con-" staged by local talent at the
North Delta school house last Satur-
day evening under the auspices OF the
North Delta Literary society. proved
of the best drawing cards the sea.
son. The play was to begia at eight
O'Clock, but long before that time all
of tine seats as well as every availa' lie
foot of standing room was occupied,
and many We're compelled 70 return
home unable to gain admittance. As
soon as it became known that ? large
number were unable to sec the play it
was decided that II would he repro
duced on Tuesday night for their beEe-
fit, and that night drew a crowded
house almost equal to the former. By
request the company agreed to stage
the play for the literary society down
the river in the Parks district We'd
nesday evening.
This comedy OF threc acts requires
two hours and is an entertainer from
start to finish fhght characters ars
represented in tho play and eacl per
son seems especially adapted for the
part he has chosen. and al performed
their parts with credit. Those who
attended expecting a good laugh, were
not disappointed. While many were
surprised to see what can he accom-
plished by our local talent with a
little effort and rehearsal
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04

Mrs. Ferrin and her son Stanley
arrived in Delta last Saturday evening
from Salida where they had just bur
led the latter's wife. Mrs. Ruth Davis
Ferrin, and they were day or so in
getting ready to return to Stanley s
home in Kelley, New Mexico, where
he had been engaged in business the
last four or five years They were
to return to Salida to get Stanley's
little son who is to accompany them
to New Mexico. The elder Ferrins
have leased their farm near Delta for
the present year
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
BASAUT BOYS KILL
LARGE MOUNTAIN LION

Sill Smith, Charley Hanson and Fred
Carlson, three Basalt young men have
won the distinction of having killed
the largest mountain lion to fall victim
to a hunters rifle in this valley in
late years.
Last Monday they picked up the
trail of the lion near Seven Castles and
with three dogs started in pursuit.
They followed the trail for three miles
before they overlook the big fellow
and the dogs made an attack with the
result that two were killed. Carry
ing one of the dogs the lion made a
temporary getaway with the third
dog in close pursuit which finally sue
'ceeded in freeing the fleeing animal
Here rifle ball sped unerringly and
,the terror to cattlemen fell to the
ground dead.
The animal measured eight feet in
length and weighed over 40 pounds.
1t is an unusually large specimen, and
many deeds among the cattle herds
have been charged to his account.
The boys say that the fight between
the dogs and the lion was most ter
rifle and bloody ever witnessed by any
one, and they feel the loss of two good
dogs. They will receive a bounty
for having killed the stockmen's enc
my.-Carbondale Item.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04

c. l.. Phillips returned from n two
weeks trip to Delta and other points
the first of the week and announced
his intention of closing out his store
here and starting one at Delta. The
store at Bridges switch will also 70
to Delta The closing out sale begins
at the Palisade store today and Mr..
Phillips expects to be in his new 10,
cation by the first of March He has
been in business here for about seven
years, starting with small stock of
kodak and racket goods and later
adding other lines Mr.. Phillips.
while away, spent two or three days
with his brother Victor on his ranch
near Eckert.-Palisade Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
Boy Scouts
Organize Here

Troop 1. Boy Scouts OF America. has
been organized in Delta, with four
patrols Of eight scouts each, making
n 32-membcr troop to begin with.
Sunday night the recruits will at
tend special service at the NJ. +.
church, and on the Tuesday night fol
lowing. the boys will take their oath
at n meeting in the church basement.
At this meeting parents and friends
OF the boys interested are invited to
attend.
Next week will be anniversary week
with the boy scouts in America. On
Friday night they will banquet and on
Saturday go on an all-day hike over
the hills.
The men at the head of the organ
ization here are Hon. Geo. w Bruce,
VIII II Mathers. J. H. Killian Les
ter Shock is scout master, Floyd Hard
ing and Charles Whits and John Arth-
ur. assistant scout masters. DR. Gle
land is scout surgeon.
There are a good many elements of
training that enter into the scout man
euvers that have genuine merit. Any
thing resembling military training is
good for a boy. Then there is ambi-
ton. the patriotic inspiration and the
advantage of an occasional outdoor
exercise properly controlled. coupled
with good advice and governed asso-
should be n splendid builder of man
hood Boys IL years and older are
enrolled.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
Leap Year Ball
Was Big Success

The young ladies of this city have
already clearly proven to masculine
residents in the first month of a leap
year that they are just as cap9 BILE OF
directing big public social function
as it is possible to direct such affairs.
and the young men who were fortunate
enough to receive invitations and be
escorted to this first event Of the
kind for at least four years by charm
ing young ladies are hoping that others
may be planned and carried out ere
the season ends.
The event referred to was a social
ball in Elk's hall on Monday evening
when some forty-five or fifty young
ladies escorted as many young men to
the place of amusement where dancing
was the order of the evening until mid
night after which most excellent
supper was served in the New Perk.
ins restaurant, and all was settled for
by the fairer sex.
at seems very nice to be the guest
of n lady friend at such magnificent
affair and have nothing to settle for. :"
remarked one of the young men in the
hearing of the Independent reporter
And | want to say that when these
young ladies of Delta start in to do
things they do them right.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
Dan B. SOuthard
Again Promoting

Readers of Independent will doubt
less. recall the promotions of Dan B,
Southard in this county. His company
was the Gunnison Valley something,
and his operations were over near Ce-
daredge where he had options on a
certain body of land. There was a
country coal mine on one part of the
land and Southard proposed great
things in operating this mine.
He began to form a colony of Aus
acres of ground and a modern home
on payment of so much real money
down. The fact was advertised in a
glowing manner in Chicago and other
catchy enough for quite a delegation
of Austrians in these Eastern cities
to give up their jobs there and come
on to Cedaredge with all the money
they could scrape together. Southard
reaped the benefit for a time, but as
the five acres and homes and lucrative
positions failed to show up, trouble
began. Southard feared for his life
and was in hiding for time both at
Cedaredge and in Delta.
Then a suit was begun against
Southard for the purpose of recovering
at least a part of the money he had
received from these poor people and
he is now held under bond in the sum
of $1,000 for appearance at the term
of district court. beginning on the 14th
OF this month.
SOuthard's new promotion scheme is
the Rocky Mountain Motorcycle COM
pany and his headquarters are in Den
yer. His business announcement says
he needs no Introduction in a motor
field, having made an enviable record
in Chicago and other eastern cities.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04

After many years of vacillation by
congress concerning the above named
subject, largely for political reasons,
am gratified to observe with interest
that even politics will no longer serve
to defer action on this supremely i'm,
portant subject; that not politics, but
patriotism will now dictate reasonably
favorable action by our congress.
The spectacle of "Watchful Waiting
concerning Mexico has been justified
and made necessary by the fact that
this rich and powerful nation after nee
essary distribution of its present forces
to our outlying possessions, and meag-
erly supplying our forts at home have
only enough troops left to just about
police New York City, or to throw a
thin line of soldiers along few miles
of the Rio Grande. Should we wish it
we could not today spare more than
ten thousand troops to intervene in
Mexico and then think of blaming our
president for our nations attitude to-
dlh I-hlObt NItl III lLt lHtti I'M Va
congress the only power he can WELD
is in ten cent bottle of diplomatic
ink.
Urgent representations of our need
Of a greater navy have only served TO
bestow grudgingly two battleships in
some Of the years. while in others even
they have been denied, while the sub
jects of aeronautics. submarines, muni-
tions for defense and the like have
been left to care for themselves.
For thirty years congress has stub
bornly land ignorantly) resisted every
appeal for laws that would make a
merchant marine profitable-and
therefore possible, despising subsidy,
the only practical scheme as though
suggested by demons of darkness and
Notwithstanding that every commercial
nation on the globe long since adopted
that very method of putting and keep
ing its ships on the seas and thus of
expenditure of hundreds of millions of
dollars, often quite regardless of prop
er rates and means.
And the absurd excuse of this dere-
LECTION is cost" Heavens What is
government for but to establish itself
in the hearts of its citizens by caring
for their prosperity and happiness
Somebody has furnished the follow
ing late, tentative statement regarding
costs which may well be contrasted
with our expenses of government: II
reads in millions of dollars thus: army
and navy 245, soft drinks 452 fire pro
lection 594, automobiles 500. jewelry
500, immortality 5000. liquor and tobac-
co, $4,000. candy and chewing gum
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
PREPAREDNESS
by Capt. C. p. Bragg

500. Thus our criticised navy, our first
| line of defense and police force of the
nation might be supported and duly en-
larged by chewing gum.
In any event, aside from national
duty preparedness would mean using
some of the peoples money to pay the
people for their necessary services,
and George Washington said: "If we
desire to secure peace, it must be
known that we are, at all times, ready
for war"
Referring again to our national law
makers, in an article to The Cont
nent,' dated December 9th, l said:
rs it right for congress to create
boards of army and navy strategy
composed of men skilled in these pro-
fessions only to suppress or throw
their reports into the waste paper bas-
ket and to decide all their important
questions through political bias? Is it
fair to ascribe mercenary motives to
those favoring preparedness because,
forsooth, they may own steel plants or
powder mills? Who but they could
perform their indispensable work?
When a man dies for his country he
likes TO feel that it has not devoted
years to the question of his cost, and
tha- the nation is getting full value
for his sacrifice.
vice before. during and after the Civil
war, with a pair of deaf ears and a
special congressional medal of honor
for gallant and meritorious service, to
shoE for it am ready to assert that
the nation that requires and takes the
life of one of its citizens in its de.
fense through unpreparedness is gull
ty OF murder and further that our con-
gressmen who. through politics or even
ignorance caused or permitted that un.
preparedness are accessories to the
mur,ier."
Let us not be mislead by the-often
wei peaning-insistence of some that
TO sfch few thousand youths to
stand erect, walk becomingly, properly
salute the flag-or a lady on the
street-and to know which end of a
musket to present to the enemy
amount TO 'militarism."
The truest. most tender-hearted low
ers of peace are the men who have
seen war. The Christian soldier. Stone
wall Jackson, on receiving his death
wound, said Let us cross over the
river and rest under the shade of the
trees" II was left to General Ulysses
5. Grant. the greatest soldier of his
time. TO breathe with almost his last
breath the benediction upon his for,
mer foes, Let US have peace"
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
Five Below the Coolest.

Five below was the coldest register.
ed at Delta the past week. and that
only for one night. Yesterday the
temperature had moderated to melting
a little in daytime. While in other
winters Delta has been in the cold
waves and the mercury has gone lower
than on the mesas above the city. that
condition seems to have been entirely
reversed this winter. the mercury drop
ping five or six degrees lower at
Hotchkiss and Cedaredge and as much
as ten degrees lower at Paonia than
here. Grand Junction and Grand Val
ley are said to have registered even
greater degrees of cold than the north,
ern and eastern sections of Delta
county.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
Grocery Leases Building.

The Beckley room on South Main
street recently purchased by Messrs.
]. Il. Hillman and w. r. Johnson. has
been leased by C. l.. Phillips of Pail,
sade, who will open up a grocery and
Racket store about March 1st. Car
penters began work on Monday max.
ing necessary interior changes.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04
Considerable suiIdino ooino On.

There is quite a lot of building i'm
provements either in progress or plan.
ming. all over the county, and this in.
dicates. more than anything elese, a
return to prosperous conditions.
The Delta independent., 1916-02-04

who has been i'll for month, is still
not much improved.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-10
MATSONIA ISLATE;
WILL ARRIVE in
MORNING
Big Liner Unable to Get in
Tonight; Manoa Takes Out
Full Cargo at Noon

Instead OF arriving off port at 8
o'clock tonight. the Matson liner Mat
sonia. Capt Charles Peterson, will not
come until daylight tomorrow morn
ing, saws wireless received at 10
o clock this morning from the cantain
by the shipping department OF Castle
& Cooke A wireless two days ago
had said she would be off quarantine
tonight. -. e."
Capt. Peterson's marconigram today
said only that the steamer could not
make port tonight and would arrive in
the morning. She will dock at the
usual time, 40 a. m. at Pier Is. The
Matsonia's heavy cargo, 1901 tons for
Honolulu and III for Hilo, is believed
to have reduced her speed, preventing
her from making up enough lost time
TO come in tonight. She left San Fran
cisco Thursday noon, "a hours late,
due to annual inspection of hull and
boilers. which necessitated her going
On drydock. ..
Passengers aboard the Matson flag
ship are PA cabin and 40 steerage.
Mail is 656 bags and express matter
40 Packages. IL.
Every effort will be made by work
ing the Matsonia day and night, to
have her discharged in time to leave
for. HiIo at o'clock Thursday after
noon or that night Capacity gangs
will be put to work at Pier Is tomor
row morning the moment she docks.
Taking AZ cabin passengers and a
full cargo, the Matson steamer Manoa
left from Pier 10 for San Francisco at
noon today. Her outgoing cargo in
cluded 1898 tons Of island sugar, the
last heavy shipment of the year to go
OH Matson passenger boats; 500 tons
of moIasses, 10000 cases OF canned
pines.% and the usual amount of mis-
cellaneous freight.
Among the island residents and Ho-
nolulu people leaving on the Manoa
we're George N. Wilcox, A. S. Guild, H..
w. Tuttle, G. p. Wilder and r. L. Yves.
colt
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SHIPPING GWATERFRONTlN News.
ARABIEN FLOATED AFTER Being
ASHORE 23HOURS NEAR TOXIC

Upon learning OF the accident the
Yokohama office Of the Canadian Pa
cific sent launches with coolies to
the boats rescue Eis1rts TO refloat
the vessel Thursday night met with
failure Early yesterday morning 200
tons CT coal which the Arabien had in
her bunkers were temporarily dis.
charged on lighters. Another trial. in
which tugboats OF the Uraga and Yo-
7kchama Dock companies assisted. re-
suited successfully yesterday after
noon.
The Arabien is a cargo boat of 5477
tons gross tonnage, 100 Al class. she
was recently chartered by the Cana
dian Pacific for period Of one year
to be placed on the company's trans
pacific freight line. sailing between
Vancouver and Vladivostok, with ports
of call in Japan.
Besides the Arabien the Canadian
Pacific line has two Japanese. ships
and a Norwegian vessel under its
charter, all running on its transpacific
freight line.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-10
ANNUAL. Meeting
+. . OF INSTITUTE
HELD HERE

Steel lockers for every room in the
Sailors Home, recovering the billiard
and other games tables, placing a mod
eru drinking fountain in the main
building and making of other improve
ments were authorized at the annual
business meeting of the Seamer's In.
stitute executive committee, held Mon
day afternoon in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms.
In the absence of Yfce-Chairman H
M. Won Holt. who was unable to at.
tend. w. G. Hall. committee member.
presided. The committee members
present included Brig. Gen. Edward
Davis, Fl. w. M. Mist, A. ID. Cooper
and Secretary Ed Towse, also General
Superintendent Charles F. Mant.
Chairman L. Tenney Peck Of the COM
mittee is now on the mainland.
Superintendent Mant in his annual
report and statement showed the insti-
tute to be in good condition and to
have done much good work among the
sailors Of this port in the last year.
All steamers and sailing vessels call.
ing al Honolulu have been visited by
the superintendent. and the institute
has helped many destitute sailors,
The outlook for the ensuing years &C.
tivities is encouraging. The institutes
annual social will soon be held, the
date TO be announced later.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-10
MORE EQUIPMENT
FOR FEDERAL'S
RADIOPL

Additional equipment and new an
tennae are to be installed at the Heeia
plant of the Federal Wireless Tele.
graph Company, Manager w. Y. Mol
ley of the Honolulu Office announced
today. Engineer r. A. Beebee will
leave San Francisco October II, prob
ably on the Sierra, to do the work.
Two more Federal engineers are
coming later to put in the Pearl Har-
Dor naval station equipment, for
which the Federal has the contract.
The STATEN must be in operation by
January 1, 1917, according to the terms
of Nthe contract. a... ..
When completed, the Pearl Harbor
station will be one of the most pow
erful in the world, of 500 kilowatts,
and able to communicate with sta
tions within radius of at least 1000
miles. The plant will communicate
direct with Panama, Arlington, Virgil
mia; and Cayite, near Manila. The
Federal has the contract to install
Poulsen radio equipment in the Cavite
naval plant as well as Pearl Harbor.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-10
Japan Advertiser Tells Story
OF Cargo Boats Grounding;
Under Charter to C. P.

Stranded nearly % hours between
the No. aad No. sea.forts near Yo,
kosuke, the Danish steamer Arabien,
chartered by the Canadian Pacific
Ocean Services, reached Yokohama at
8 o'clock yesterday afternoon, practi.
cally unhurt, says the Japan Advert.
ser OF September 9.
The Arabien ran aground at the en-
trance OF Toxic bay at O'Clock Thurs
day morning. As soon as the news
was received by the Yokosuka naval
station. Cmdr. Sato, accompanied by
two launches, hurried to the scene and
notified Capt. S. Prip, the Danish COM
nnander OF the Arabien, of his readi-
ness to render any assistance. Capt.
Prtp replied that he. thought he would
be able to reffoat his ship by her own
engines. Repeated efforts, however.
were OF no avail. 49,. III -
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PASSENGERS DEPARTED

Per Matson steamer Manoa, left at
noon today for San Francisco.
]. T. Armitage,. r. C. Dodge, Frank
Benedict, F. Baering. J. Chalmers,
Mrs. ]. Chalmers, Miss I. Conserve,
Dr. J. " Craviotti Mrs. J. V. Cravi0t-
ii and child. Miss NJ. Y Gassett, F.
w. Glading, Mrs F. w. Glading, A. S.
Guild, Miss Caroline Hollestein, Miss
Jennie jackson, Theodore Leonard,
Mrs. Theodore Leonard, J. A. Ludecke,
Caesar Lopez. F. C. Miller, Miss Mary
Maron, Y. Mikami, w. C. Merritt, Mrs.
W. C. Merritt. F. G. Snow, Miss Caro-
line Snow, L. G.. Sheafer, H. w. Tut
tie, Miss Myrtle Taylor, Mrs. A. F.
Wilson and two children, George n.
Wilcox. H. W. Wagenet, Mrs. H. w.
Wagenet, G. P. Wilder, A. A. Durant,
r. e. Moore, Miss Vernita NJ. Aiken,
r. B. Wescott.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-10
TO START
SHIPBUILDING
in NOVEMBER

S. Asano, president of the Togo XII
sen Kaisha, who applied to the govern
or OF Ksnagawa prefecture few
weeks ago asking for a permit to es-
tablish shipbuilding yard at Tsuru-
mi, will receive permission from the
governor in a day or two. The appli-
cation has been favorably received
both by the home office and the pre-
feetural authorities as the proposed
site viii not interfere with the accom-
nodations of the Yokohama harbor
ncr the operations of the naval sta
tion Of Yokosuka, says the Japan Adj
yertiser.
Asano has already received per-
init to reclaim the shore front at Tsu-
rutli for an area of 1,500,00O tsubo.
Over $4,000 tsubo have already been
reclaimed. II is the intention of Asa
No to start the work of shipbuilding
on the reclaimed ground at the end of
November. About $500 tons of iron
materials will arrive at Yokohama
from America by the middle OF this
month. Part of the material has al
ready been obtained and placed on the
reclaimed ground under the foot of the
bluff The company has arranged to
employ 1900 workmen.
Asano and the neighboring residents
of Tsurumi have sent an application
to the Yokohama water works asking
the authorities to supply water for
their district on the condition that
they will lay pipes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-10

Latest advices to General Agent C.
p. Morse Of the Americana awaiian's
local office are that the Kansan, the
'A.-H. steamer, stopped by the German
submarine U-53 Off Nantucket shoals
lightship, but allowed to proceed,
steamed from St Nazaire, France. for
Boston, September Is. She was I'M
doubtedly bound back from Boston
for the French port when she encoun-
tered the submarine.