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The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
F irst National Bank, Delta. Colorado
. NORTH DELTA GOSSIP

Ed Goddard visited the North Delta
school Monday.
Miss verle worland spent last week
at the Burns home.
Frank Goddard moved his family In
to Delta Wednesday.
Qualls Bruton, of CoaIby. spent the
night at the Blaine and Reynolds
home.
Miss Lucille Bowers. of Montrose,
is visiting with Miss Helen SneIsou
this week
Mrs. Josie Woriand visited with
Qualls Bruton and family, of CoaIby,
last week
Charley StilIwagon and wife visit
ed the latter's mother southeast of
Delta Sunday.
Mrs. Smith. of Delta called on
Grandma johnson and Mrs Matte
Masters Sunday.
Willis Davis and nephew. Earl
Wyatt took their cattle to their noun
tain ranch Monday
Mr.. and Mrs Dominy spent the day
Sunday very pleasantly with Guy
Merritt and family.
Bill RusIer and wife and Louie
Senter took their cattle to their
mountain ranch Monday.
Joe Stillwagon. of CoaIby. spent
the night Saturday with his brother.
Charley Stillwagon. and wife.
Mrs Morrison. of Delta. and Miss
Keith. of Garnet mesa. spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs o. ]. Thorpe
Mrs W. F. Frogue. who has been
zrrfF E-I
the past two weeks is reported bet
ter
Mrs J. P Crowley bought Al HoI-
crafts bunch OF cows and her boys
took them to the hills last week with
the rest of their cattle
The ladies of North Delta are re-
quested to meet at the home of Mrs.
Mccoy (the old KepIer place. next
Tuesday afternoon to consider organ
fzing a Red Cross unit
W. A Davis and wife and Louie
Senter and wife drive to Crawford
last week where the former held a
Red Cross sale Everything was do
mated and they took in $1,000.
R. c. Hutchinson has rented his
ranch to l. D. Hauser and sons. e.
don and Charley. Mrs Lowe moved
into Delta Charley Hauser. wife and
children have moved onto the ranch
Miss Vera and Carl Boone left Tues
dav for Denver. They drove through
with Fred King and wife. Carl and
Vera will take the train from there
for Holden Missouri. where tfrey viii
visit a month or so with their grani-
father.
Corrected from last week
Mr. and Mrs Octave Courand and
children left Friday for Grants Pass
Oregon where they exDect to make
their home Mrs Courand is daugh-
ter OF Mr. and Mrs Walter Marsh
OF this place.
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10

tiles don't fool with anyone here. One
was given five years and another one
thirty years.
| sent Jesse one Of my postcard pic
tures Monday. was In San Diego
Saturday. Bessie sent me n cake. 1
also received box OF nuts. bananas
and cake from San Diego the day we
got hack from the hike.
Dad. ! am very sorry you are no,
well this spring, and hope you will
get better soon. Well. I viii close by
asking you to write soon. with love ,o
all. I am your son and brother.
Harry
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10

the syle and advancement Of France
that se hear so much about It must
all bes in Paris. But even these appar-
entity poor peasants czn flash some
pretty nice clothes on Sundays ami or
state occasDus-
3 Prices are about the same xs In
America only we have to use the
French money and spenk the FreucH
tongue One dollar is worth $40
francs and franc is divided into 100
cenffmes Com comes m Sizes of from
five centines to franc. Paper rs ir
sizes Of from haif frenc to a htmdre~
franc. and do not know how much
larger.
Communicates anu transportation
are very slow. have not receiver
any mail since leaving the stares- 7
surely wssh that IL Will come soon
few French soldiers are home on
furiough and we get the Paris paper
but ] would nike TO have some real
American news Some very puzzTI-R
things have occurred TO our battalion
during the last ten dsxys. and the know
ledge VI what Congress Is doing might
enlighcen the enlisted men.
The, weather has, been simply fde-'
since the first few days OF March y
is as like Rocky Mountain weather
along the Unconrpahlre as one cori'
imagine. At night II is cool enough
for several blankets but at present the
same besutifui NOM shines here as
there. Then the days are simply grar
Trees arc In bssssom and the country
side Is green People are going about
their labors. but always stopping .
view the passage OF troops. the flieh.
of an aviator. or to speak to or salute
some individual member of the A. 2.
p
Colorado. and the daylight saving
plan makes II eight
might mention number Of o.''e-
things. but am a member OF tb-
guard tonight and It is time 10 20 -
duty. so will close.
Wishing this win find you all wen
and happy and sending my love to al.
especially the baby girls, am
As ever. Guy
Address. Pvt. l. G Toothaker
133rd Co. LIST Replacement Bat
tnlion. U. s. Marine Corps. American
rxreiitionary Forces. via N Y.
%. S. On our trip from Onta-ia
we passed through a city where ~
Red Cross Society gave US nice lunch
of sandwiches. coffee and doughnuts
They furnish knitted stuff for every
marine. Before we left they gav-
ench one a nice sweater After ".
rsme on board they gave us a big
OF home mnde socks. n pair ~ heavv
wristlets and helmet for the centre
heal and fsee.
The ieV-st we can do Il to let penpia
tnow the hoys are really getting the
terefft Of the Red Cross 'unds.
! l. O. r.
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
HARRY HEIMkE WHITES HOME
FOLKS FROM CAMP kEARNv
April "a. 1918

Apfu - l-i.-
Dear rnrents and al.
will answer your letter received q
few dars ago This leaves me feeling
good and hxye been having q good
time.
Well We rvturncd from our ten day
hike Last. Friday. We Feft Thursday
April nth and made only seven miles
the first day as We fought a sham bat
tie with the soth brigade
The ssth brigade were on the hike
and ir consists OF the 18th and f5sth
infantry and 115tn machine gun batta
lion and we had a wagon train of about
fifty wagons
We hike-i six miles -ae second day
out until We came to Del Mar. which
is on the beach We stayed there all
afternoon and went swimming in tho
ocenr. Saturday we feft the ocean and
travelled seven miles to our main
camp. We maneuvered every day and
returned TO this camp at night. 7
mean our main camp out here.
Our regiment won every fight VIZ
were In and we fought every day.
Coming back we stayed at Del Ms-
again and went swimming. One OF
the boys OF our regiment was drowned
and one Of the boys who tried to ge'
I him out was nearly drowned. too. Our
LIST sergeant had TO be helped out.
The tide was going out and so the
und-rtow was bad saw that II W.
dangerous and SO did not stay In very
Ions. He was found the next day wash
ed MP on the beach The last day com.
ing in our brigade whipped the S0.'
brigade. We have made inc recon-,
for ourselves
Yesterday was Colorado DAY in cam
The Columbine club. which fs made ur
of Colorado ladies' in an Diego. came
out and our regiment marched to the
base hospital
General Strong was there and h
gave plot Of ground to buIId on. also
pine tree was sent down from Colo
rado and planted on the ground. II,
viii be called the Colorado tree. =
small park Is being made around the
I tree
General Strong gave us talk and
said he felt honored to be TIE lea'e-
OF such spendfd regiment as ~
10th Infantry. I was witness nj
curt martial Monday night. I wa
there from 1880 until 1880. before '
was put on the stand There were
eight majors. two cnionels and two
captains on the military Jury an, :
felt rather nervous before them. Ua
had deserted last fall from our com.
pany and a. he was In nv squad '
knew no whe acted. II was proved th,.
, ne WIS dope fiend. He was for--
-"fty. but fon't believe he will b,
sentenced for many wears IN acccur,
# HIS condition The military author
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
RINGING RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY REP. EDITORS

The Republican press at its meeting
In Denver, April 80. adopted the fol
owing resolution: Resolved That We
publishers OF the Republican newspa-
pers of Colorado. do pledge our hearty
support to our government in this. its
time of crisis. and our loyal and un-
divided effort in all that may be con
ducive to the one great issue before
the American people. that of winning
the war. to the end that a permanent
and lasting peace be assured. crowned
by victory to American arms"
Excerpts from the speech of Charles
w. Waterman, before the meeting of
State Republican Editors. at the Brown
Palace hotel in Denver. Monday night
This war would not have been pre-
cipitated upon US particularly when
we were unprepared-if Theodore
Roosevelt had been president of the
United States Had thee Amer
ican people listened to the warning
note sent out by such as he, this con-
flict. IL precipitated, would now be
ended
Il cannot giorify the American peo-
pie because We were not prepared
when we went into war. Now let Colo
RADIO assist in its persecution and also
prepare for peace times later
I'VE are furnishing the government
with, dollar-a-year men who are max
ing history behind the battle fronts
This war has shown already that l.
takes more Republicans to push Il
through
Constructive statesmanship is the
one thing that the soldier in the trench
es wants and needs to back him up
We want no more billiards or Keat-
fngsr
Silver today woud be selling at ST.
36 il the government had not arbitrar-
lily fixed the price at 81"
There are 100000 acres OF irrig-
able land in Colorado that are idle be.
cause the federal government does not
appreciate the proper way in which u
bring irrigation to these tracts
In the San Luis valley are 500 0Oe
acres of seep land that should be re.
claimed and made ready for occupancy
by 10000 soldiers who come back bat
tile worn and weary We must be pre-
pared to parcel this land out to them.
What is our congressional delega
tion doing about this and other thing.
that the West will be looked upon tc
decide for the nation, The cougres
sional records are the best answer
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
SUMMER SCHOOL
Opens May 27 AT
GRAND JUNCTION

A summer school at Hoers Business
College of Grand Junction win open
May 27th- One OF the largest enroll
ments in the history of the school is
expected Many of the teachers thru
out the country are planning to take
up commercial work at Hoel's Bust
ness College this summer.
The opportunities offered In the
commercial world could not be better.
The institutionsrealizes the necessity
for trained help and is planning to
intensity its courses as much as pos
sibIe and to equip students for cieri-
cal positions OF all kinds thruout this
section of the country. as well as In
Washington. d. c.
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
corbin Win. Over ziesler e. al.

e S. Corbin. the pioneer real estate
man. by a decision handed down by
the supreme court. wins a long fought
out case over Watson Ziegler and
others in connection with the Fairview
ccal mine and land transactions Cor
bin sued the defendants for his com
mission: the district court here award
ing him the same; thereupon the de
fendant appealed to the higher court
hut was unsuccessful Millard Fair
lamb. reore-ented Mr.. Corbin and "a
hirhIv elated over the decision as tbs
oprosing counsel was among the best
in Denver that were here at the trial In
the district court
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
This paper has enlisted
with the government in the
cause of America for the
period of the war $1,000
NATIONAL RED CROSS DRIVE

The nationwide drive of the Red
Cross begins May Goth and viii be of
a weeks duration, ending May 9th
Delta county's share of the fund to be
raised is placed at $4,000 and our 10y
al people. always found ready and will
ing to lend their aid to any just cause
will not be lacking in this great work
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
Frank Treehter Home on rur,ouo,

Frank Trechter arrived home las,
week as scheduled. and Is busy renew
Eng aequaintances with old friend.
and the family Frank looks fine and
as II army life agrees with him ana
we believe II does He win leave the
tirs' Of the week for Camp Kearny
TO resume training. followed by tho
best wishes OF his many friends
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
Eekert People Ieaxr

sr. and Mrs NJ. W. Edwards. Mr.
and Mrs Roy Tracy and Fred Miller
an Of Eckert left Wednesday Of ,,,s
week Tor Fruita- where they win re-
side The gentlemen have been prop
Tetors OF the Eckert blacksmith shop
and will open shop In Frui,n
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10

STRAYED-From my home near
Chipeta switch. on or about May LIST.
brownish black yearfing colts. no
brands. black mare branded V on hip.
yeariing Holstein calf. no brands
Finder notify me at Delta or leave
word at Remington-Ffliott's Win pay
Reward George Moreiand. lie
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
water Users, Nee.

meeting OF the water users was
held AT olathe Saturday at which time
II was unanimously voted TO adop, tho
governments contract. The me.,Inr
was reported rousiug one and much
business was transacted
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
SUNDAY School convcn,ion

The state Sunday school conventio,
VIII be held in Denver May II. rs an,
10 and promises TO be one OF the
greatest OF like occasions with an In.
dication OF an attendance of more than
thousand from outside the state A
hopeful sign OF the times and a whole.
some Improvement in public sentiment,
is evidenced by the steady growth OF
the interest In Sunday school work
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10

Arrivals yesterday from LeadviITe
were Mrs Dale Simpson and hsN-
who will visit relatives and friends ir
Cedaredge and Eckert-
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
w. c. 7. U. Convention.

The 22nd annual convention OF the
w, Z. T. q. OF the lith district. was
he'd At the Methodist church In Mont.
rose Aprii 3oth. MAY LIST and End. with
number OF prominent Delta ladies ",
''tendance. An unusually uplifsirr
and inspiring program was rendered a,
these meet'nsa. A. Invitation wac ov.
he'i at Ciathe. ~
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
Have Visited in Hosehki...

Mrs. w w. Jordan and baby left
this week for their home in San Fran
cisco after several weeks visit with
the l. d. Jordan family of Ho;chkiss
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10
War Savings

Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps the
most democratic of investments and America expects
every American to show love of republican institutions
by investing in this democratic security The aggregate
amount of the investments and the number of invest
in these War Savings securities in way the
of the people of this great Democracy to the call of
the of democracy throughout the world and the
dication of civilization and humanity.
They afford every person, however humble and how
ever small his means the opportunity to contribute his
part to do his bit in this great struggle against the mill
ary masters of Germany who seek dominate the world
in contempt of justice and right and freedom and with
out conscience and without mercy
Surely every American desires to have part in the
defeat of autocracy and the of liberty and right
Stamps for sale and information furnished
First National Bank, Delta. Colorado
The Delta independent., 1918-05-10

Our implement sales have been larger than
before and stiIl our assortment at this time is
more complete and larger. so that We can Ill
orders promptly.
We wish to call your attention to the many
lines that carry.
sTUDEsAkER. PETER scHuTTLER
Farm trucks and wagons NEScO. INTERNA
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
HUNS INVADED DELAWARE
1t Was Forty Years Ago TO Buy
Up Black Walnut Trees for
the Present War.

Germany It has JuSi been learned.
invaded Delaware about so years ago.
in quest of lack walnut, and Il now
develops, according 10 men who say
they are acquainted with the facts. that
this walnut was obtained for the pxnrcsS
purpose oi making stocks for guns for he
army which presumably ere beng used
in the present war This IS convincing
proof right here ~ home, that 80 years
ago the Huns were laying groundwork
for world domination hy force Of arms
MANY of the older residents of Brandy
vino hundred, and also oi sone other
parts Of the state, were visited by these
buyers and many fine trees were cut down
and shipped to Germany That i one
reason why the black walnut j. 80 scarce
in Delaware ~ this time
Levy Courtman lSaac G. Elliott i one
ui he many Delaware farmers " ho were
lmportUncd 10 sell their black walnut
trees hul hc refused for sentimental
reasons. not then knowing OF the under
lying purpose did you know these
agents represented Germany Mr.
Elliott was asked, when spoken to on the
subject today "Oh. YES he replied,
and they made no bones of the fact that
the trees were To be shipped 10 Ger
many In regard 10 his own Trees he
SAID hc refused to sell and preferred TO
keep them and let them die Of old age
He saws he knows of one man who made "A
fortune buying black walnut In Delaware
and Pennsylvania for the Germans
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
sing" MONDAY NIGHT.
Regular Rehearsal of Community
Chorus Takes Place at
High School

The next Sing Of the Wilmington
Community Chorus viii be held Monday
evening March %. in the auditorium
Of the High School.
A large sign has been painted which is
to be displayed in front Of the High School
every Monday
1t is the present intention OF the
promoters of the local chorus to hold a
big Sing on Wednesday, April 3. in
stead Of Monday. april This change Of
date. due to the visit Of Harry Barnhardt.
one Of the originators Of the Community
Chorus idea
1t is expected that over | 900 people
Will crowd the auditorium on that even
ing as Mr.. Barnhardt will lead the chorus
Another fact that viii tend to increase the
attendance on that .venIng is that II IS
the first week after Lon and many people
will attend who heretofore have been
detained by church, or other reasons
The Sing" on that evening will not
begin until $50 p. m, due to the fact
that several churches have prayer meeting
earlier In the evening.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
PATRIOTIC MEETING.
DR.. Taylor at Queen Theatre Sun
day Night 10 Give Inside
Facts on War.

Tomorrow evening A thorough, vieor-
ous campaign to arouse throughout the
State q spirit of effective patriotism viii
bc InaugtIrated by the Committee on
Patriotic Addresses. which will hold IL
initial meeting in the Queen Theatre rs
this city General James H Wilson will
preside ~ this meeting, and the principal
speaker will be Dr. Alonzo y Taylor
who IL . high official ~ the Food Nd
miDistrstion a. Washington. Music will
be furnished by the Coast Artillery Cnrpa
Band from Fort du Pont, which 10 is
hoped will be loaned IN the committee
alsn for the week through the courtesy
81 the Commanding Officer of the Artiilery.
District Of the Delaware and the command
manding general of the Eastern Densrt-
ment u. =. 4.
DR. Tavior is one of the notable scien-
tifc specialists in the work Of the United
States Food administration and of the
War Trade Board, and professor OF physIo-
logical chemistry IN the UnIversIty ~
Pennsylvania. lie also u a well known
author. DR.. Taylor represented the
National Food Administration On the
mission headed by Colonel House which
visited France last December, Ehen the
international policies regarding the food
supplies OF America and the Allied nations.
was the subject Of 3 series OF conferei &C
between high officials Of those countnrs
aud himself. As o member of govern
ment departmental administration, DR.
TaylOrs statements carry the weight 81
official authorization. For eighteen
months he was attached % the American
Embassy in Germany, IN charge II thc
inspection II English and French PRISON
camps, which gave nun first hand
knowledge Of practically every Phase %
international situations.
DR. Taylor IS q magnetic ana fOrceim
speaker, with thorough knowledge oi tho
subjects which he VII discuss, and ~
opportunity Of hearing hun Is one which
undoubtedly viii be thoroughly 4ppre-
ciated by the citizens oi Wilmington
Although much Of DR.. Taylor work
behalf Of the government has been gwen
70 the Food Administration, he val
discuss the war and its phases ana effect,
from every possible viewpoint and wlll
not conhne himself to the problems anu
as to its general bearing upon the SUCCESS
ful prosecution OF the war.
The committee has arranged a schedule
of meetings at New Castle on Monday
night; Middletown on Tuesday; Smy rms
on Wednesday; Dover on THURSDAY
Milford on Friday; Georgetown On sat
urday, where an afternoon meeting viii
be held; and Lewes on Saturday night
If arrangements can be made for The
continued services Of the band ], y.i.
be present at the meeting to be held 10 be-
Queen Theatre the following sunday
night, and viii go 70 Newark on Monday
night
The mayor in each one oi the cities
visited will preside over the meetings,
and some of the best speakers in this
part Of the country viii deliver addresses.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
WARNS AGAINST
j. s. BOLSHEV|K| |
President of Michigan University
Declares Enemies Are Wcrk-
ing in Munition Plants.
BY Associa,ed Press 10 Every Evening

By Associated Press "a Every Evening
Berkeley. Cal March - Sounding
a warning against Wha he termed the
American Bolshcviki and advocating
changes in the naturalization laws.
President Harry b Iiutchins OF the
[ University of Michigan TODAY made
the charter day address al the semi-cen-
tennial celebration AZ the nivelSity Of
California
President Flutchins took for hls sub
lect The world war and sume OF It's
by-products. in which he recounted the
reasons for the participation OF the | nited
States in the great tragedy and presented
his conclusions a. to the problems which
would confront the nation after the de-
claratI0n OF peace.
That large numbers of aliens and
Others are collecting wages even IN Ameri-
can munltion plants who are hostile to
our Institutions either through ignor-
ancc or evil leadership and who for the
safety of the country, should be Interned
- doubtless true From such as these the
American Bolsheviki are recruited, but
not from these alone. for unfortunately
in the ranks of the agitators are many
who IN name, mt least, are American citi-
zens.
''If the signs OF the time Indicate one
thing more clearly than another, il would
seem to be that we are facing as one of
the by-products Of the great struggle
the danger Of "a social industrial and
political upheaval such as the world has
never known. Unless immediate, vigor-
ous and continuous steps are taken to
prevent it, democracy run mad Will surely
be the peril Of the not distant future =
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
MINERS NEEDED
NOW, SAYS GEORGE
Premier Tells Delegation Bluntly
Defeat May Rest on Slackers
| to Service.
by Associated Press TO Every Evening


London, March 23-Prcmier Lloyd
George, in an exceedingly ouispoken
speech to n deputation Of the Miners
Federation yesterday concerning the re-
suit of the miners ballot on the combing
out Of men for military service, declared
that to avoid defeat in the field il is abb
solutely essential to have more men
II have just had news that the Germans
have attacked us on front of nearly sixty
miles with overwhelming forces. | am
amazed that il should be considered de-
batable whether the miners and engineers
arc going to make their contribution 20 the
defence of the country
Premier LLOYD George declared il would
be far better that the government should
go out Of office than To have IFS decision
disobeycd, adding:
1T is better Ia talk plainly and | am
speaking with great deal Of feeling be-
cause | have just heard Of this overwhelm-
ing attack brought about by the failure Of
the Russian democracy 10 have its orders
obeycd
''If the attack succeeds. the Germans
might be at Calais and the only answer
We can give is vote of the miners con
federation saving they are not to resist the
combing out Of fifty thousand men from
the mines