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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10
UWAGI.
Godzinka Mysh.

IILgSloWle: vANIeuld Hlc Ale-
!go, CODY pa dobre ME wyszio',
czesto W zartobliwem znaczeniu
ma W gruncie re
czy znaczenie bardzo powazne,
tax powazne, re MONA jego po-
wstanie uwaza6 Ia wyplyw re-
Iligijnego uczucia.
Zem nazywamy i Ia zlo IL
wazamy take take rzeczy, jak
mp. wojna: ale co do tego many
Itylko wzgledna sfusznosc.
Wojna o lyle jest zfem, re ia
kies zia zazwyczaj do niej do
~prowadzaja i ja ~wywo1uja; 0
lyle tez jest z}em, re doprowa-
dZa~ do psucia wielu rzeczy do
brych i dobrych stosunk6w
ztem take W skutkach swoich
bye niekiedy moze, choc tylko
czasowo, .jezeli bezposrednim
Ijcj wynikiem jest czasowe ivy
ciestwo zla, ktore ja ~wywolafo
Ii jezeli zamiast naprawy, po-
oOrsZenie stosunk0W sprOwa-
dza. Wojna jednak moze bye
rzecza dobra, gdy przeciw zfu
jest s%kierowana, gdy day do
tepienia Fla i kiedy osiaga W
rezultacie naprawe stosunk6w
/ zwyciestwo dObra mad zfem.
Mkt ME vie, W jaki spos6b
zakoGczy sic najwieksza Z wo-
jen, jake kiedykolwiek sic to-
czy}y, ktora obecnie sic srozy.
Moze sic skonczyc zle; moe
sic skoGczy6 czeSciowo pomysl-
ME, moe jednak, - czego
wszyscy pragniemy, - zakon--
eye sic pogromem zupe|nym
Fla, a zwyciestwem dobra i
sprawiedliwoSci.
Jedno jednakowoz dzisiaj
juz rzecza jest pewnq. Podczas
'gdy W poczatkach tel wojny,
wybuch jej powszechnie uwa--
.zano i "a wielkie nieszczeScie i
"a zle ogromne, - W miare jej
przebiegu, jakkolwiek srogosd
jej sic zwieksza1a, kleski i ME
szczescia przez MIA zrzqdzane
sic mnozy}y, - to jednak swia-
tn ludzkiemu coraz to wiecej
otwierafy sic oczy ma to, re
wyi$6 ona ma dobre moe, re
pod pewnymi wzgledami wyjSc
ma dobro ludzkoSci mus, re
wreszcie prawdopodobnie MI
dobre wyjdzie. A jezeli tie
wzrastajace nadzieje W zupcF-
roSci sic spe}nia, to moze
przyjdzie czas, W kt6rym ma
w~spomnienie tel wojny jake O.
gromnego nieszczescia wpraw-
die dreszcze ludzkoSc przecho-
die b9da, ale w kt6rym ludz-
ko$c ia uwazac bedzie "a mai
wieksze dobrodziejstwo W ca
.tych dziejach swiata.
Dzieje sic to zas dlatego, re
W ciqgu tel wojny najprz6d lu-
dzkosci d}ugo bfQdzacej pc bez-
drozach otwiera4y sic stopnio-
wo i otworzyly sic wreszcie
zupelnie oczy ma to, co najwie-
kszem by}o z}em, jej stale i CO.
raz wiecej zagrazajacem, -
dlatego, re SWAT ludz-
Xxi przyszedf do przekonania, IL
wojna ia przesz}a W zmaganie
sic tego, co z}e i przykre, z tenn,
.co piekne i dobre, - potrzecie
|wreszcie dlatego, re ludzkoSc
Ia przejrzawszy, dokQd dQzyc /
. co walczyc pOwinna. re zwie-
kszajaca sic determinacya i e.
nergia postanowifa ME ustac,
Idop6ki z}o ME przepadnie, a
|dobro ME zapanujc.
Dopiero pc tax dfugiem trivia
niu tej wojny, najzupefniej ma
ski pozbawione i Z b}yszczacych
"a bogatych swych STAT odarte.
IzEo W caiej swej ohydzie i ma
Igosci odrazajacej, ludzkoSci sic
Iobjawifo; dopiero W ostatnich
ubieg4ych miesiacach W cafej
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10

:iego rozporzadzen, albo nawet
szczeS6f6w w1adzy przez Kon--
|gres mu nadawanej.
Moznaby tei dzie}o Gale ma
'pisac, albo przynajmniej OBJ
szerna broszure wydae, gdyh
sic p~robowafo zestawic PREY
%najmniej najgl6wniejsze zarzu-
|ty podawane W ty1h kraju
przeciw roznym zarzadzeniom
wyjqtkowym W przeciagu o.
statnich miesiecy, a potem wy
kazywac ich bezpodstawnosc, a
pc wiekszej czeSci niedorzecz-
nose. Ograniczamy sic ma jed
nym przyk}adzie tylko, z ktore.
go }atwo zapewne bedzie wys-
nue. Wnloskl przy rozpatryWa--
niu roznych tych krytyk / "a
rzut6w.
w tych dniach doniosfy tele-
granny re stolicy kraju, re de-
parliament piracy, przyszedfszy
dc przekonania, IL potrzeba be-
die zaciqgnqc do prac W pre-
mysle wojennym oko4o 3,00O,-
1000 robotnik6w, a widzac trud-
'nosci W ich pozyskaniu W inny
|sposob, zastanawia sic mad pla-
mem zarzqdzenia przymusowe--
90 poboru robotnikow W spos6b
jak zarzadzono PREY
musowy pobor do sfuzby VOL
skowej, - co W swoim czasie
r6wnie1r wywo4a1o liczne ko-
mentarze, protesta, a navel
procesa sadowe.
P~rzymusowy pobor robotni--
'k6w! Zmuszanie do zajmowa-
MIA sic praca moze takich, kto-
rzy praca zajmowac sic ME po-
trzebuja ola zarobku, moze in
nych, kt6rym rodzaj przydzie-
.lonej i'm piracy ME przypada do
'gustu! By1oby to czems istotnie
niesFychanem W Stanach Zje-
dnoczonych! Co ma to powiedza
organizacye robotnicze? Otoz
zamach najwiekszy ma wolnosc!
Otto objaw najjaskrawszy GA
sowego despotyzmu! Czy ME
Jest to krzywda? Czy ME jest
to zfem, ktore M dobre wyJsc
ME moze?....
Zastan6wmy sic mad tenn spo-
koinie. Przedewszystkiem de-
parliament piracy, wog6le Rad,
ME chce tn postapic i ME posta-
pi tn zapewne samowolnie i
despotycznie, tylko, - jak o
tenn zreszta donoszono, - "a
mierza konferowac mad tenn Z
organizacyami robotniczemi, 2
ich reprezentantami, a takze
Representative tych organiza-
cyl wciagnaG do kierowania tq
nova maszynerya, skoroby Jq
zaprowadzono, a prawdopodo-
bnie navel i'm gfowny zarzad
powierzyc.
Powt6rc zaS, ! to rzecz waz-
niejsza, Rad W novel tel ,,ar-
nil robotniczej" zaprowadzi}-
by, DO zaprowadzicby musia},
tkie urzqdzenia, taxi lad i sk}ad,
TAXA dba}osG 0 bezpieczenstwo,
wygode, O zdrowie i zycie kaz-
DEF jednostki, jaka zaprowadza
W wojsku prawdziwem. Same
%traktowanie takiego robotnika
MA r6wni zo}nierzem pe}niq-
Gym sfuzbe ma froncie, podnio-
s}oby jego godnosc i szacunek
Ola niego. Przy wielkiej dbafo-
Sci o nalezyte wygody bezpie-
czenstwo zdrowia i zycia, ME
mogioby bye mowy o jakiejkol-
wick k~rzywdzie mu wyrzadza-
mel; sEuzenie W tel armii robo-
.tniczej by}oby r6wnie zaszczy-
them i honorowem, jak s}uzcnie
We wojsku.
Potrzecie zas, i to moze rzecz
n.iwaInipisza. Rad Zaiafby sic
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10
Ten Boil Jest Okropny
Gdzie Jest C~ampholin?
Pozegnacie sic z wszystkimi b6lami
natychmiast przcz uzywanie
CAMPHOLIN. Paczka dar-
,r-1olrono x-oo n tam
mo przekona was o tenn.

Przestahcie jeczec i narzekat. Czy
macie Dol W plecach? CAMPHOL1N
usunie go natychmiast. Czy macie
wywichniecie? CAMPHOLlN usunie
h6l CIV macia boil " muSkulach.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10

1890 stycznia zwoluje vice ko--
mitet Obywatelski, z Leavenworth,
Kans., | spodziewa sic, re i tutaj
znajda sic ochotnicy do Armii Pol
skiej.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10

Dnia ego stycznia odbedze sic
wielkie zebranie W Pittsburg, Kansas
ma kt6re przybeda rodacy z poblis--
kich osad, dzieki staraniu ks. pro-
boszcza J.. D. Wojcieclowskfego,
dzielnego patryoty / kapiana. Ma
vice p~rzybedzie officer rekrutacyjny
centrum 1890, p. L. Nowicki l p.
Klementowski, wiceprezes Komitetu
Obywatelskiego W Kansas City, Kan.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
BOY SCOUTS HELP THE RED
CROSS COLLECT FRUIT
FOR HOSPITAL CAMPS

II you wish it well done, ask the
Boy Scouts. That is the motto of
the committee in charge of collect
ing and shipping fruit to the army
hospital camps. Our call for canned
fruit was 500 quarts, which should
have been in last Saturday BY Mon
day evening only a small hundred or
two hundred quarts could be found
at the appointed place. so to be sur
that this community would hold its
place in rank with the other towns
OF the county and slope, the Boy
Scouts were called on and they re.
sponded in their usual vigorous man.
ner. "Wednesday morning, despite
the rain and snow the boys called at
every home in Delta and told the
good housewife that II she wished
help the sick soldiers with some of
her canned fruit. jam or iell, to leave
II on the front porch and they would
call for 1t after dinner. If you had
walked down one of the streets o"
Delta about noon Wednesday. on ev
cry porch you would have seen e
one to dozen quarts of mcious look.
ing fruit. that is on nearly every
porch. because even in Delta, some
people told the boys they put up only
enough FOR their own use and CO.
not see how they could spare any
Just now.
with the help of The Seabourn
Mere. Co, Stockham Hardware com
pany and T. A. Worman. who furn-
ished their trucks. to haul the fruit :
the basement of the Presbyterian
church for packing, the boys had col
lected and wrapped in newspaper for
packing. about 500 quarts OF fruit
That is why the committee says.
IL you wish II well done. ask the Roy
Scouts.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
COTTAGE PRAYER MEETINGS
WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING

The cottage prayer meetings contin-
ue to be well attended considering
the stormy weather, and there is
much interest shown Those who
have not yet attended these meet
ings in their district should plan to
be there tonight. Take this oppor-
tunity to call on your neighbor and
enjoy a social evening. The attend
ance at the church services in the
community is increasing, and the
Sunday schools are all growing. The
people of Delta are taking more in
terest in the Christian work now
than for many months past. Do
your bit and come out.
Space prevents us from giving de-
tail of each meeting place.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
BEEN WASTING PAPER AND INK
FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS

The Independent man was ap-
preached on the street the other day
by Clay Davis, rancher hotelman and
proprietor of the Brunswick billiard
parlor. Mr.. Davis said that the In
dependent had been wasting ink. time.
labor and paper for more than thirty
years, but he was glad to peruse its
columns now. "You have something
in it," said Davis, amongst other COM
plimentary words. on Wednesday. and
from the manner in which he spoke,
We believe that he was quite sincere
in what he said. Thanks, Clay
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
AND WE ARE A SLEEPY BUNCH
AND STILL SOUND ASLEEP

Warren F. Wilcox, the sage brush
scribe, with feeding ground up the
Uncompahgre writes an interesting
letter to us-mostly truth, too. VIII
cox and the Independent editor were
We were clubbing" around the hemis.
phere. He is sincere in what he has
to say. Just read this:
Mr.. Frank Stearns, Delta, Colo.
Dear Sir: Remembering you from
Telluride, ! am writing to see if you
can help me out in getting some
Delta pictures. / have been holding
story on the Uncompahgre valley
for long time in an endeavor to get
some Delta pictures. l have Mont.
rose and Olathe photos. Seems
queer no one from Delta will loan
sell or allow me to steal pictures
wrote the chamber OF commerce and
no reply. Wrote county commits
sioners and more silence. County ag
riculturist, and more silence. Then
tried to buy photos of Mr.. Ray, the
photographer, and no answer. So
what is a fellow to do.
/ need some photos illustrative OF
the material development of Delta
as the depot. flour mill, street scene
elevator. perhaps beet dump, or one
of the big churches and some farm
scenes, crops. ranch buildings. etc
There is plenty of scope for these
anything showing Delta's prosperity
If no one cares enough about :: in
securing publicity for Delta. TO fur
nish these photos. why | suppose
must buy them. though there isn't
anything in it for me if / have to
buy them. VIII you please advise
me where l might be able to pur
chase such photos and at what price
unmounted.
Have been holding this story a long
time and must get a photo soon Sc
as to send it on. Thanking you, I am
Cordially,
w F WII-CON
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
FUNERAL NOTICES FROM
THE HOPSON MoRTUARY
Mrs. Emma ]. eeiIer.

At the home of the family on Cali
fornia mesa Friday. March Sth. oc-
CURED the death of Mrs. Emma J.
Beiler. The deceased lady was 80
years of age at time of death. which
was caused by tuberculosis, and
leaves a husband and small son and
daughter to miss the loving care and
kindness of a wife and mother. The
funeral services were held Sunday
moning at the Hopson mortuary and
the remains sent to the old home in
Battle Creek. Nebraska, accompanied
by the husband
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Young Ladies Have 7heater Party

Miss Helen Trout, a charming Can
non City girl, who has been visiting
her sister. Mrs. C. B. Adams. for the
past two months, was the inspiration
for delightful theater party Mon
day evening. There were ten young
ladies an young matrons in the
crowd and after attending the Colon
ial in body. they repaired to the hos
pitable residence of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
]. Adams and enjoyed further enter
tainment. ending with a dainty lunch.
Included in the number were the fol
lowing: Misses Grace Adams. Ida
Fauber, Jessie Howard, Minnie Hoppe.
Clara Bell, Gladys Fisher, Katherine
Wagner. Mesdames c. B. Adams and
r A King. and the honor guest, Miss
Trout.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Wheels of Justice BUSY.

There was busy day in court in
Montrose Wednesday. one party be
ing fined $50 and costs on "A charge
OF using money for his own use which
he had taken for orders for clothing
and pictures: another was charged
with stealing hides and selling them
TO the junk man. and he was fined $50
and trimmings. The third was accus-
ed OF selling perfectly good shot
gun which had been left in. his pos
session. which he said had disappear
ed in manner unknown to him. His
fine was s2S. the price of the weapon.
and $3.15 court costs
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Grand Review at Camp kearny.

In speaking Of the military review
of the Camp Kearny boys, held Sat
urday. March 9th. the press of that
state has the following to say con
cerning the Colorado troops of which
Major John r. Charlesworth, and our
Delta county boys are a part: "The
Colorado troops Of the 157th infantry
were led by their crack band, play
ing their favorite marching air
"Therell Be Hot Time In the Old
Town Tonight" and lived up to its
official designation as the best in 4.
600 battalions OF the present U. s
army"
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Farmer Returns.

The many friends of r. NJ Hogan
viii be dilghted to learn of his re-
turn Saturday to his California mesa
farm from te neighborhood of Kan.
sas City. Missouri. He brought In an
emigrant car of live stock. furniture
and implements and expects his fam.
lily here about the twentieth. Mr..
Hogan is n successful and up.to-date
farmer. valued adjunct in any com
munity, and after a stay of two years
in the state of Missouri, says that II
cannot he compared with the charms
of Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Landscape Painter Here.

A. l.. Browning. the famous land.
scape painter is in Delta this weel,
at the Delta Hardware company's
store. browning is an artist with the
brush and will convince the most
skeptical that IL is not at all neces.
sary TO purchase special paints to do
landscape painting He uses the
regular house paint-McMurtry's by
name-in all his work. II Is well
worth persons time to call and see
how easily and elegantly he handles
this paint. He is n paint expert and
gives free advice to the kind of paint
that Is best suited for any particular
job of painting.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Ray Hunt Engages in Business.

Mrs. c. B. Elliott and Miss Charl-
enc Hunt have received word from
their brother Ray. who is located at
Elko. Nevada, that he has purchased
an up-to-date confectionery store and
is making some fine improvements.
He will specialize in soft drinks. hot
and cold in season, tamales. chilli.
sandwiches. etc, and the place will be
known as Hunts Candy Shop. He
will install maple dance floor in
the rear. and in the gallery private
dining rooms for afternoon and even
ing parties. Mr.. Hunt is Delta
product, and we join in good will for
his success in business
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
An Awful Kick.
Delta. Colo. March 10.
What about it, isn't everything
ovely? Name the culprit.''

btlAdr NOlO. MAI lu.
What about it. isn't everything
lovely? Name the culprit'
The Movies
"Who kicks" The writer.
That settles it. Don't even men
tion him; he's just a dried up old
octogenary who, having had his
good times is now jealous of us youn
and middle-aged people, like some
other humans. sits by the fire and
dicks. we want our fun and we are
going to have it,
Thus the issue is joined. the kick
er has the floor and he reminds the
respondent that he still likes #
and is striving to enjoy life to the
full
Early with the movie advent here,
came crowds of people to the show.
competition and mixed audiences, a
variety of subjects brought out large
numbers of our ladies, arrayed in
charming opera costumes. The plays
included brilliant naval and military
scenes. industrial and pastoral scenes
and architectural and landscape
scenes. spiced with brief and inno
cent mirth provoking plays
Later came miserable travesty
on western life. continual process
sion of cowboys bearing huge revol
verss Of which they made frequent use
in their portrayal of scenes of re-
venge. conquest. abduction. etc. un-
til the stage became a shambles and
the portrayal an insult to the brave.
hardy naDra-lnyinU frin n;t -
zens of our western domain.
Now. that this character of enter
tainment has shocked and disguised
a large portion of our fair sex to the
retiring point-as well as to yours
truly, who has had some experience
in this revolver business-there
comes an abrupt change, as persistent
in its entirety as was the former. and
far more disgusting to ordinary feel
ings of propriety and damaging to
the moral sense of our youth, namely
the kissing craze-(and shall add.
the bathing suit or leg craze) these
scenes and plays staged by young wo-
men. selling their charms for brief
seasons and large compensation-as
lovely in their production as degrad-
ing in their effects upon society. I'm.
less supplied with pruvient tastes
there is no need to enter the play.
house to prove these things: just
glance at the billboards in passing and
be convinced
Mr.. Editor, let us forget ourselves
long enough to ask. have we no inter
est in and concern for our youths.
of both sexes. who are being educated
INTO false and dangerous views of
Ire. and are being made slaves to pas
sion through these damnable exhi.
bitions. and are they to be dignified
by the title "Amusements? In brief.
do we desire the continual grind of
such exhibitions as have of late come
our way? If not these playhouses
are eager to supply any character o
amusements which we will patronize
and pay for.
In the memoir of an Ohio friend
he relates that his mother. seeing him
interested in her act of climbing into
the loft OF their log house, on pegs
driven iato the walls for ladder.
called to him. John. look the other
way"
Capt. C. p. Bragg
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Should Have Hoover Dinner.

On April 9th we should recall tn,
orc.vcar OF war for tho cause of hu-
wnnItv and Justice and we suggest n
"Hoover.' dinner OF the SIMPLEST Kind
The proceeds turned over to the Rod
Cross or into Liberty bonds or Saw
in"s certificates.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
VIII Put in Creamery.

AT a meeting of the stockholders of
the Mechellle Cheese company We'd.
nesday evening the board decided to
install an up-to-date creamery in con
nection with the cheese factory bust
ness at once. \ new plant of mach
inery including n big boiler will be ad.
ded to equipment. An addition is to be
built to the present factory. The com.
pany will also manufacture ice cream
in connection. There is just one
thing lacking and that is the matter
of furnishing the plant with ample
cream and milk. The company pays
cash to the farmer for his milk and
cream and highest market price
There will be no need to ship out
cream when this factory is fully In.
stalled.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Oil Well Going Down.

The oil well had reached total
depth of 525 feet last evening. Some
delay was experienced during the
week with a bad hole and drilling is
practically at standstill The for
nation is of a very hard sand rock
A car of coal arrived at Austin this
week and is being hauled to the we'll
Independent hopes to report better
progress next week
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
The Old Smoke House.

Is now open for business and the
proprietor. c. r. Brown. says he is
going TO put in a nice line of sta
tionery. also a news depot He in
tends to keep everything new and up
todate. Nice chairs and reading mat
ter will be provided, so when kicked
out OF other habitations. come here
and smoke
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Very Low With Fever.

The family of Harry Byerrum. who
are quarantined at their California
mesa home are still in very pitiful
circumstances. A two-year-old son
died Saturday of scarlet fever: Harry,
the four-year-old boy, was very low
yesterday. while John, age 9 and Ro-
wene, age seven are all down with
the fever. 1t is to be hopel that with
in a very short time their condition
will be restored.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
gnyart Gets Good Contract.

Arthur Enyart, Delta drainage con-
tractor. closed contract on Tues.
day with Mrs. NJ. A. Meldrum. of the
Olathe section for big drainage
system to be put upon her ranch.
about three and one-half miles west
of Olathe. Eight and ten-inch tile
will be used on the job. Work is to
start about the first of April. Engi
neer Cook drew up the plans for the
work.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Business Men Meet ronioh..

Tonight at 1880 sharp in the office
of the Delta Council OF Defense, over
George Stephens office on Main
street. the Delta Business Mems as
sociation will hold special meeting
Matters of considerable Importance
will be taken up. Every business man
invited to be present
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Hawkins Buys Durhams.

Geo. Hawkins and Alvin Morris, of
Cedaredge, have rented the Cedar
Park ranch for 1918. and on Friday
last. Mr. Hawkins purchased some 100
head of Durhams and Shorthorns of
II. w Bull and will take the stock
to their ranch.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Former Resident Weds.

The Independent is in receipt of a
letter from Gus Billstrom, now of
Stone City, announcing his wedding to
Miss Myrtle Johnston of Pueblo, on
Washington's birthday. The young
couple will make their home in Stone
City. where Mr. Billstrom is employed
as machinist. His friends here will
extend congratulations to the young
people.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Another Lad on the Other Side.

A card received last week from AL
win Beatty by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. ]. Beatty. states that he has
arrived Somewhere in France" and
a letter will follow. Young Beatty vol
unteered to the service last fall and
is making rapid strides for advance
ment
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Delta Residents Leave.

Carl Odem left the latter part of
the week for Debeque. where he and
c. S. Blanchard will take charge of
the store they have purchased in that
city. Mrs: Odem and little daugh-
ter. Helen, and Mrs. C. s. Blanchard
and Miss Ruth, will join them there
in few days.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
VIII Put in Loadina Staten.

The sugar company people are 60
ing to establish a loading station in
F. f. Willis. The required number
of acres have. it is said. been secur-
ed to enable the installation of the
station
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Joe Gallup on Inspection Trip.

J. f. Gallup is in Fort Smith. Ark
ansas. inspecting the Ozark Oil and
Refining company for a number of
the Delta stockholders. This compa-
ny. it is said. has no oil wells and are
merely an oil refining concern. pay
ing substantial dividends on the CAPT
tai that has been invested.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Stray Dogs Less Numerous.

The city dog catchers have been
busy this week taking up the stray
dogs. Have you paid your dog tax
yet? The wagon will make trip
each week until all strays are taken
up.
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
Billy Blair on New Job.

VIM. c. Blair. editor of the Silver
World at Lake City. has accepted the
editorial chair ON the Gunnison EN-
pire and will assume his new duties
at once. Mr.. Blair is one of the best
Republican pen pushers in the state.
and will undoubtedly make a strong
running mate with Publisher Mellow
ell
The Delta independent., 1918-03-15
eroekway Off on Pleasure Trip.

H. C. Brockway, Cedaredge, has
rented his ranch, to o. C. Peterson
and will take rest of several months
duration, visiting his son, Charles, at
Camp Funston, and other points of
interest in that locality Mr.. Brock
way will probably be absent from
Delta county several months