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Sur. 1905 Ser. 02S62 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE Juneau, Al. Feb. P, 1918. NOTICE OF APPLICATION. FOR l srINNpr

 NOTICE OF APPLICATION. FOR PATENT.
 EOIlCE Is hereby given that the Nel. on Lagoon Packing Company, a cor po! ation, aS assignee of George C. Laws, being entitled to the benefits of Sections 1906 and 2307 of tn Re yiSed Statutes of the United States aud the amendments thereto, has ap- piled to make entry of the lands em oraced in the United States Non-min. yral survey No. 1905, situated al Shingle Point, Herendeen Bay, Alaska more particularly described as fol lows: $
 Beg. cor. No. 1, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears East 3.3l chs; thence East 5.5S chs. to cor. No. 2; thence South IO.S3 chs to cor. No. 8, cor. not set, wit cor. bears North 200 chs; U. $. l.. M. No. 1O46 bears s. 57 deg. 32 min. E. lI1.6O chs; thence meandeling Here ndeen Bay at ordinary high tide CD s. 64 deg. 47 min w. SITS chs: (2) s. 6l deg. l2 min. w. 3.74 chs; (3) s. S4 deg 4 min. w. 0.51 chs; (4) N. "A deg. 30 min. E. 10.S4 chs. (5) N. F deg. 4S min. E. 4.OS chs; (6J x. deg. 56 min E. 2.70 chs. to COT. No. l, place of be- ginning. Area 10.21 acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg. % min E. Long. l6O deg. 45 min 30 sec. w. Latitude 55 deg. 46 min. 30 sec. No.
 As additional to original homestead entry of George c. Laws, H. E. 95S at Ironton, Texas County, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of the above des- cribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Jun eau, Alaska their adverse claim there to, under oath, during the period O. publication or within thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 C. B. Walker
 Register
 Date of First Publication, May 15, 1918.
 Date of Last Publication, August IT 1918.
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FrSne'myu'e Nr"ry NCCN N"egtels made by CT. -LHl,, Nn.,-wg Nils, 80. wool. Govn & Hawkins "QwGu First" C.
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Serial O2857 Sur. 1204

Serial 02S57 Sur. 1904 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE Juneau Al. February 22, 1918. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Nelson Lagoon Packing Company, a corporation, as assignee of George c. Laws, being entitled to the benefits of sections 2306 and 2807 of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has ap- piled to make entry of the lands em- braced in the United States non-min- eral Survey No. 1904, East and oppo- site Gull Island, Mine Harbor, Heren- deen Bay, Boring Sea, Alaska, more particularly described as follows to-wit:
 Beg. cor. No.1, cor. not set, wit cor. bears East 45 ks. from which wit cor. U. $. l.. M. No. 460 bears N. O deg. 9 min w. 36.96 chs; U. s. l.. M. Mo- 1O46 bears N. 61 deg.45 min. w. 117.2S chs; thence from true cor. No.1 East 5.O5 chs to cor. No. 2; thence South 500 chs; to cor. No. 8; thence West 1O.43 chs to cor. No. 4 not set, wit cor bears East 1.S4 chs; thence meander' ing Mine Harbor at ordinary high tide CD N 57 deg. 15 min. E. 2.9o chs; (2) | N. S3 deg. 15 min. E. 200 chs; (SI N. 21 deg. 15 min. B. 6.1o chs to cor
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Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of pub .ication or within thirty days there after or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 C. B. Walker
 Register Date of First Publication, May 15 1918.
 Date of Last Publication, August IF 1918.
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Quality talks Smoke .a ,& ia Tan Cigar aui oe convince, Tlr a., mild. dS
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Register

Date of First Publication, May 15, 1918.
 Date of Last Publication, August IT 1918.
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WOMEN STUDENTS BEAT THE MEN

LONDON, .s - Women students at the school f the British Pharmaceutical Society here easily beat the men in recent examinations securing all the chief awards hev took four silver medals and of eleven distinctions conferred only one was won by a man.
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C.. E. Walker
 Register

Date of First Publication, May lS 1918.
 Date of Last Publication. August l7 1918.
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po you know that the El Roi fan Cigar is the largest selling H,g' Grade Cigar in the United States
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
OUR SOLDIER BOYS FARING FINELY
IN The kEARNEY TRAINING CAMP

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Blackburn reach
ed home Tuesday morning from their
California trip. most of the time they
spent at San Diego, to be near their
two sons who are stationed at Camp
Kearney, with the Colorado boys.
The Blackburns enjoyed the trip,
and speak in highest terms of the
treatment our boys are receiving at
the camp. They were fortunate in
seeing most of the Delta boys and
visiting among them. Our boys are
fast becoming proficient soldiers un-
der the drilling of the past months
and without exception are anxious to
get across and get into active service
Colorado has every reason to be
proud of the way the men have re-
sponded to the call and the Delta men
who are in Camp Kearney are add
ing a large percentage to the hon.
orable record made.
We know the Delta people are in
terested in just what the different
ones who have gone from Delta to
Camp Karney are doing and have
done
Melton L. Blackburn. more familiar
ly, known as "Blackie,' and the young
er of the Blackburn brothers, volun-
teered in July. He was made cor
poral in Co. E of Delta county and
later was transferred to the signal
corps. Through strict attention to
his duties and natural desire to make
good in the work. "Blackie' has seen
some OF his labors bear fruit. as he
was given his sergeant's stripes on
New Years.
Thurman Blackburn volunteered at
Telluride and joined the First cavalry.
From Fort Logan he was sent to Cal
ifornia and is enjoying the honor of
being assistant band leader.
Clinton Jones. who was rather in
clined to be. well. not portly. has put
on flesh since joining the army and
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
LIST OF JURORS

The list of jurors for the February
term of district court has been drawn
and the jurors are summoned to report
for duty on Tuesday. February 18th.
at 10 o'clock.
The names of those drawn for jury
service are: II. b. Fetz. Hotchkiss;
Chas. Kelso, Cedaredge: Mason
Brown. Delta; Fred Budditt. Austin;
John ,Shelledy, Eckert; J. f. Beckley,
Delta: r. ]. English, Delta; Lewis
Parks. Delta; Arthur Bruner, Austin;
Geo. Deter. Delta; Nelson DeWoody.
Paonia; w. II. Klatt, Paonia; James
Scullon. Eckert; c. f. Fettinger,
Crawford: T. T. Duffield. Paonia; j.
Il. Moore, Delta: James Keller. Delta;
N. NJ. Hallock. Delta: Guy p. Meyer,
Delta; j. w. LeMaster, Austin; John
Berringer, Austin; Fred Smethurst,
Cedaredge: w. S. Girardet. Cedar
edge: w. II. Johnson. Delta; w. NJ.
Beezley. Paonia: NJ. V. Mathews, Pao-
mia: Sidney Morey. Delta: Ross Will
mot, Hotchkiss: Frank Bonnell. Delta;
A. II. Willis, Delta.
The docket for the Febrary term
has not been made up. 1t will include
at least one criminal case and perhaps
others. What the civil docket and
how large It will be. is not known as
the attorneys have not filed their
cases for trial.
Next week we hope to be able to
entirety.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
win inaueurate Prayer Week.

The members of the Baptist, Chris
tian. Methodist and Presbyterian
churches of Delta have organized for
the purpose of conducting six-weeks'
campaign for Personal Evangelism.
in the city of Delta and surrounding
communities. The committees ap-
pointed for this purpose met at the
Baptist church Monday evening this
week, and organized with Mr.. II. J.
Baird. chairman: Rev. F. L. Obert.
secretary.
A committee on advertising and
finance was appointed with Floyd Hard
ing, chairman. A Prayer Netting COM
mittee was appointed with Rev.
Cramps. OF the Presbyterian church,
as chairman.
The plan of the churches is to have
cottage prayer meetings in various
parts of the city and community twice
a week. beginning with the fourteenth
of February, and close the campaign
Easter week. each pastor conducting
special meetings in his church dur
ing this entire week
This is layman's campaign. and
not the usual season of revival meet
ings with n strange man to preach to
the people. The entire community is
to be canvassed and registered by
families on the 27th OF Janary. Your
name will be handed to the church
which you prefer and that church will
hold itself responsible for your at
tendance during this campaign
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
DRILLING ON OIL We'll PROCEEDING
EVERYBODY SHOULD BUY some STOCK

Drilling on the oil we'll is now CO.
ing on at lively rate. the depth at
this writing being in the neighbor-
hood of 100 feet. The drillers have
been experiencing some difficulty dur
ing the past week owing to the snow
and cold weather.
F. c. Fowler. the expert driller with
Irwin Grim and Frank Burdick, both
experienced men in this line. compose
the personnel of the men employed
by the company.
Two cars of coal has arrived and
have been hauled out to the workings.
All of the twelve-inch casing is on
the ground and there is considerable
more of the smaller sizes still at
Hothckiss to be hauled down.
A sixteen-inch hole was started and
it is thought that the Hotchkiss equip
ment that was purchased will supply
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18

is bookkeeper in the company head
quarters, where his natural abilities
and training are helping him make
good for Uncle Sam.
Clifford Beckley is now corporal
in Co. f. and is doing fine so he says.
frank Trechter is another one of
the boys who has been made a cor
poral. From all reports he is looking
extraordinarily well.
4 Charlie Gale, son of VIM. Gale, is a
the training which he is getting just
suits Charlie. who wouldn't exchange
for another branch of the service.
Bob Sanders takes to training as
Uncle Sam as private. Drill agrees
with Bob who is hale and hearty.
"Blondy" Young has ben made
corporal. He, too, finds that camp life
agrees with him.
Edgar Gale who drove the car for
Frank Sanders and family on their
California trip, enlisted upon reaching
California, and is now at home with
the Colorado boys.
Major Charlesworth has been ap-
pointed acting major of the First bat
TALON, a deserved recognition of his
ability as a military man in the ser
vice of L. S A.
The Colorado men are looking for
orders daily to move and feel that it
is only a matter of a short time until
they will be ordered from their pres
ent camp, whether it is to be to cross
over, or merely a transfer, is a con
lecture.
If any of the Delta boys are over
looked we shall be glad to learn of
their whereabouts and what they are
doing. The boys in camp go by nick
names to such great extent that
unless one is personally acquainted
with each man. he might overlook
some.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
DEMOCRATIC COM.
MITTEE Meeting

A meeting of the Democratic Coun-
ty Central Committee was held at the
Court House Wednesday afternoon.
Geo. w. Bruce. chairman. A. E. Penley.
secretary. were in attendance. Mem
bers of the committee in attendance
were; +. 5. Cady and Mrs. Inez
Brown. Paonia; Huston Taylor.
Crawford. Henry Vail. Hotchkss; FL
bert Smith, Rogers mesa: l. f. vii
hanson, Austin; Arthur King, and w.
Z. Steele. Eckert. Frank Bonnell.
California mesa: F. E. Willis, Read;
Mrs. ]. NJ. Wildeboor. Garnet mesa;
w. A. Davis. Mrs. w. H Burnett. A.
f. Penley, n. ]. Bradley and Mrs.
Harry Shaffer, Delta; Miss Harshman.
Cory.
Having removed to Montrose, Geo.
w. Bruce rendered his resignation as
chairman of the committee. The COM
mittee. having made no canvass as to
a successor. appointed a committee to
name chairman to act until the next
regular meeting of the committee, and
Geo. w. Bruce was asked to act tenn
porarily until his successor could be
chosen. There were several vacancies
in membership and A. l., Roberts was
athorized to name those to fill va
cancies at Paonia. He named Mrs.
Parker Balch to fill vacancy caused by
II. T.. Welborn going to Crawford. Mrs.
Inez Brown having rendered her resig-
nation as vice chairman of the COM
mittee. Mrs. Mildred Anderson was
named TO fill the vacancy. Inclement
weather prevented full attendance
of the committee. but there was n
good representation of the various
parts of the county.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
A fine RECORD

Last Saturday evening stockholders
for the Delta Savings and Building
association elected directors for cur
rent year. The directors are: j. Il.
Hillman. w. II. Johnson. A. Il. Miller,
L. A. Hick, C. II Burgin, Roy L..
Smith, Harry A. Smith.
On Tuesday evening the directors
met and elected officers to serve the
company for 1918. Officers elected
were: j. L. Hillman. president: w.
II. Johnson, vice president; Ed S.
Stone, secretary; Roy l.. Smith. treas
urer. r. A. King. attorney.
The association starts their 7th
year with most encouraging outlook.
There have been no losses and moth
ing remained delinquent at the end
OF the year Just completed. The COM
psny is financed by local capital, hav-
ing assets OF $53.S00. and last year
the dividends declared to the stock
holders was $4244.75.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Independent Well Printed.

Among the recent compliments on
the kind of paper that the Independent
is putting out came from ". C. Walker
last week when he dropped into the
dollars for his 1918 subscription. Mr.
Walker said the Independent was not
only a newsy paper but that it was
well printed and the news put in shape
according to his liking. He purchased
few copies of the Christmas num-
ber to send to friends back home.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18

sufficient casing to complete the well
A 1,000-foot MANILA cable was pur-
chased last week and will be used on
the start, then the 3,000-foot steel
cable used from then on. Everything
is moving along very satisfactorily
The driller says that with no mishaps
the well should be completed by early
spring.
There is but one thing lacking now
and that is the sale of additional
stock. Everything is paiu for to date
but the officers desire to have suf-
ficient funds to prosecute the work
as rapidly as possible and those who
have not subscribed for stock are
again asked to do so right now. If
you are a stockholder and desire to
increase your subscription, now is the
time to do it as the directors say the
stock is going to advance.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Savings STAMPS
GOOD INVESTMENT

A good many people desired to sub
scribe for Liberty bonds to help the
government carry on the war, but
were financially unable to do SO. In
order to meet the desires OF this
large class, the government has de-
vised two other plans within the
means of all One is called Warsaw
ings Certificates and the other Thrift
Cards Each WarSavings Certificate
will have spaces for 30 Certificate
Stamps. the maturity value of each
such stamp being IS. The stamps
bear per cent. interest compound
ed quarterly as will be seen from the
purchase prices, the date of maturity
being January 1, 1928. Prices are as
follows If bought in any of these
months:
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
WORKERS FEAST

The second annual banquet for the
teachers and officers of the Methodist
Sunday school was enjoyed Friday
evening in the basement rooms of the
church. Sixty members of the teach
ing force and the officers sat down to
big turkey feed at $50.
Rev. Klein acted as toastmaster of
the evening and in his usual
witty way introduced the speak
ers of evening. The toasts of the ev-
ening We're responded to by the mem
bers of the organization. Work" by
Floyd Harding; play" Prof. Homber-
ger; Woman. What is She," Mrs. w.
w. Warner: Man. What is He."
Clarence A Smith; Putting it
Across" ]. C. Chalmers: Seventy
Five Years in Sunday School Work"
Rev. Fairbanks. "Why the Sunday
School," Miss Joan Armand; why the
Sunday School Teacher" w. II.
Mathers
The Get Together" banquets are
going to be an annual event in the
history of the Methodist church in
Delta, as they are proving of great
value in arousing and maintaining the
interest in the Sunday school and
among the workers. Those who are
fortunate in beign among the guests
count It a privilege.
The Sunday School orchestra pro,
vided the music Of the evening in the
banquet room. which added greatly to
the pleasure of the occasion.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
ODDFELLOWS HAVE
FLAG RAISING DAY

Tuesday afternoon in honor of their
21st birthday, the I. o. o. F. raised
flag over their lodge hall, which
stands as a monument to the indus
try of the order, on Main street,
members of the Odd Fellows, citizens
and school children participating in
the exercises.
Promptly at the hour set for the
ceremony, members of Canton Delta.
in full uniform took their place in
front of the lodge quarters, Main
street, between Fourth and Fifth, was
closed to traffic during the ceremony,
the general public finding standing
room on the walks, and the school
children, some eight hundred strong
marched from the school building
taking their places in ranks about the
speakers stand.
Perceival E. Coombe, as chairman
of the occasion in a few well chosen
words welcomed the public to the Odd
Fellows Birthday Party"
Little Miss Maxine Greenwood, in a
flag-drayed window balcony, had the
honor of raising the flag into place,
as the school children lifted their
voices in THE Star Spangled Ban
ner," a chorus of eight hundred voices
so sweet that tears stood in the eyes
of many. When Old Glory finally
floated from the staff, the children
gave their flag salute.
Walter Fleming of Montrose, past
grand master of the order of Colorado
had been invited to make an address
on this occasion but at the last min
ute was prevented from doing so by a
severe attack of cold. Rev. Klein
very kindly consented to speak in
Mr.. Felming's place and it was gen
orally conceded that seldom had Rev.
Klein been more eloquent than on
Tuesday when he spoke before that
gathering of school children and citi-
zens.
The singing of America" closed the
exercises at the flag raising. And an
Invitation having been extended by
the city commissioners to the public
to be present at a similar occasion,
the crowd went directly to the city
hall where a flag was raised over the
city hall. Prof. Homberger was
chairman of the occasion, the flag be-
ing raised in honor of the school chill
dren. who again sang the national
anthems and gave the flag salute. Lit
tie Margaret Stockham and Edwin
Dole raised the flag into place.
Judge Stewart and Rev. Cramps each
spoke briefly to the school children.
The former impressed upon the chill
dren the idea that whatever helped
toward civic uprighteous added to the
glory of the flag. Rev. Cramps gave
his audience much to think of in an
excellent short address on What Pa
triotism Is"
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18

Commissioners Make Appointments.
The board of county commissioners
met in regular monthly session Tues
day. in their rooms in the court
house.
Besides the usual grist of monthly
bills allowed, the commissioners made
the yearly appointments. C. H. Stew
art received the appointment of coun-
ty attorney; c. H. Burgin, that of
county physician; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P.
Cooper. who have given entire salts
faction as superintendent and matron
of the county home, will serve again
in the same capacity. Walter Beck
ley, janitor of the court house, J. S.
Budd. Mark S. Phenix, Harry Aims
worth, Lester Stoner were appointed
road overseers.
There being no frther business be-
fore the commissioners, the board ad-
journed.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
stove EXPLODES
NARROW ESCAPE

Mrs. Isis Charlesworth THOUGHT she
was right out on the firing lire last
Friday morning, when ahortl! after
building a fire IN the range. ter
rifle explosion occurred, parts of the
range going iii all directions, a por-
tion of the heavy door was shot sky
ward and left a big dent in the cell
ing: other parts dented at least two
inches in the pantry woody rk and
shattered the casing; while ynt other
fragments broke through tn pantry
door. SCOT and fire covered every
thing. The ironing from the day be-
fore hung on the rack and the flying
fire soon had everything ablaze 1t
was due to the immediate help from
neighbors that Mrs. CharleGwOrth was
able to get the fire under control and
out in a very few seconds.
The freezing of the water pipes in
the bath room so the steam could not
pass through. thereby causing a con-
gestion, was the cause of the explo-
sion of the water front of the range
Mrs. Charlesworth was very fortu-
nate in that she was not injured or
possibly killed by the flying pieces of
the stove. l. was only few seconds
previous to the explosion, the report
of which was audible for two blocks
that Mrs. Charlesworth had been
making cocoa on the stove and had
only stepped away to look after some
other matters about the breakfast.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Entertains Wednesday Evening.

tertained Wednesday evening at "a
nicely appointed dinner in honor Of
Tracy Harding. Fay Tinker. Raymond
Taylor and Lane Keenan,. who are en-.
listing for service In the navy. Those
present were: Harriet Bridges,
Ruth Farmer, Violet Palmer. Laura
Mower and Flora Burritt. Theo. Will
cox. Fay Tinker. Lane Keenan,. Ray.
mond Taylor and Tracy Harding.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
WEATHER

The past week has recorded an Uni
usual snowfall for that length of time.
According to the report of the gov
ernment observer, Il, NJ. Gets, the
snowfall has been 13Ia inches in that
length of time with about eight
inches on the ground at the present
writing. The moisture from this fall
will be 126 inches.
Compared with the weather which
has been general through the Missis-
ippi valley and through to Hudson
Bay. we have enjoyed probably one
of the finest winters in the states.
While during the recent cold snap
the temperature went to 20 below
week ago Thursday night. it was
the exception for the storm has not
been a cold one.
When the ground froze it was un-
usually dry and even in the noun
tains lack of moisture prevailed
and this snow fall is better than the
same amount of rainfall would have
been as 1t soaks into the ground far
better and gives us the moisture me-
cessary to aid Colorado in maintain
ing her rank as the 2Sth among the
states in general crops and fifteenth
in the production Of beans.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Newcomers to Delta.

H. E. Wilson and family of Fargo,
North Dakota, are new arrivals in
Delta. They expect to make this
county their home and are located
temporarily at 63s Meeker street Mr.
Wilson states that he figures on look
ing over the opportunities here for a
time before investing in ranch prop
erty, but from appearances at this
time he is quite well pleased in this
vicinity
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Hogs Run Into Money.

]. N. Jeffers, who was down from
Eckert visiting the home folks, sold
a shipment of forty-four head of hogs
here in Delta for sl7sO. Mr.. Jeffers
was among the early settlers in the
county. coming in 1887. and added his
name to the list of Independent sub
scribers in the early nineties and now
couldn't get along without it. Mr..
Jeffers is leaving today for the stock
show in Denver. where he will buy a
number of purebred hogs.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Home to Denver.

Home to Denver.
Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Barsby and
daughter Miss Frances. who have
been visiting Mrs. Barsby's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. +. Keller and son
Chas. and Mrs. l.. Wiley. left Thurs
day for Denver. They have just re-
turned from California where they
spent some time with Sergeant John
Barsby at Camp Kearney.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Here From Ohio.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Patrick of Cen
terburg, Ohio, are visiting Rev. and
Mrs. Leslie Obert, having been here
since the holidays. Mrs. Patrick is
Mrs. Obert's mother, this is the first
visit they have had in some time. Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick are very much pleas
ed with this part of the country and
hope to return again in the near fu-
ture.