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The Delta independent., 1919-10-31
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lashley were
Sunday evening callers at the Elvin
Casetier home.
Sunday afternoon at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Ensign.
The new boy which came to bless
the home OF Mr. and Mrs. X. B. Nut
ter has been named James orville-
Robt McMullen. Jr., is in the neigh
borirood with his threshing machine
finishing up some late grain, and re
ports a good crop.
Mrs. w. E. jackson and Mrs. n. A.
McClurg of the Peach Valley comnun-
ity spent Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. wildeboor.
Mrs. P. A. Lindeback was a Delta
shopper Tuesday. spending the after
noon with her daughter. Mrs Wade
Jones' of Garnet Mesa.
c. c. Agnew, secretary of School
District No. 10, attended banquet
and rural school directors "get-to-
gether" meeting at Delta Monday ev-
ening.
Mrs. +. J. Stuver arrived home re-
her old home in New York. She
brought her aged mother back with
her for an indefinite stay.
The Nutter baby is not as well as
the parents and friends wish for but
at present is not serious, here is hop
ing that the little fellow will be well
and strong in the near future
Mr.. and Mrs. Wildeboor recently re-
ceived letters from Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Kunhley who lived in wheatland
for several years, and moved from
there to Arizona last spring. Among
the many interesting things contained
In the letters was the statement that
Delta was the best place of all so far
and that they were coming back. And
| of course that means back to the
! Wheatland section OF Delta county;
which by the way is like Delta county
very hard to beat for general farm
Ing.
The Delta independent., 1919-10-31
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Budd have moved
onto their ranch south of town.
Dr. Lee Bast has gone to Arkansas
and other points south and expects
to be away several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs C. w. Heater moved
last week to the Stauffer place which
they purchased last spring.
Mr and Mrs. R L. Pitman left
last Thursday for Oklahoma, expect
ing to be away for several weeks.
After a pleasant ten days visit as
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Stew
art, Mrs j. G. Gibson left Saturday
for her home at Ouray.
Mrs W. A Davis of Cedaredge, is
enjoying a visit from her brother. S.
A. W. Carver, of Los Angeles, Califor-
mia, who arrived Monday evening.
Miss Ruby Hart arrived Monday
from Denver, where she attended the
Grand Chapter of Rebekahs, and went
to her home at Cedaredge in the ev-
ening.
Mrs Mason Brown and her aged
father, George Voorhees, returned to
the city Friday, having completed the
sad duty of attending the funeral and
burial of their mother and wife, who
died in California the week before.
The Delta independent., 1919-10-31
liiNau ConnlN [ ~.

State Of lSsas on,c' SasS,y' S,sy Of Toledo. SIS.
frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he II
senior partner OF the firm OF +. J. Cheney
4 CO.. doing business IN the City OF To-
ledo, County and State Aforesaid, and
TINT said firrn will pay the sum of ONE
cry case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
my .prescpce. this 9Th day OF December.
A. D. l0QA
{ScaD A. W, GLEAeON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Ia taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
'sa''TS"ls'sc J. scHfEFSSEY HfFSSSE 4 CO. Toledo, o.
eold hy all Dru1Hiats. 5Sc.
TsEs HARE ysmiiy Pills fo- eoassipa' ;.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
safetv First.

Because the world has just been through the
ordeal of fire and is still ablaze politically in
dustrially, socially, morally and intellectually is
no good reason why hystera and blind reckless
ness should be given full rein. Quite the con-
trary it offers the most cogent reason, nay
makes it imperativsly necessary, why the best
thought of the strongest and best balanced
minds must be directed to the pressing problems
of the day and the results of study and expert
ence be our accepted guides rather than the
mere impulse for change or the noisy demand
for something new and untried.
That does not mean that the world must re-
main forever in a rut because it has been travel
ing along beaten paths, but that we shall make
progress by going forward steadily instead of
by jerks, that we shall stick to the safe roadway
rather than seek cross-cuts exposed to dan
gerous pitfalls or doubtful of bringing us nearer
to the desired landing place. We know times
such as these look like the hey-day of the agi-
tator, the visionary the fanatic, the demagogde
the charlatan, but they impose on all the added
obligation to distinguish between false and true
leadership, to look behind the alluring pictures
or roseate promises and test them out by the
lessons of history. There is no danger of the
wheels of civilization moving backward but
they may easily skid or turn into ditch if the
machine is driven in the dark without lights in
disregard of all speed limits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
crowl Of the Rritish 1.inn

Some of the London press, undoubtedly rep
resenting shade of public opinion, see in the
scheme for control of German colonies sur
render of British sovereignty Something Of
this lingo spirit is noticeable on this side of
the Atlantic, but it is so far at variance with
what is admittedly the spirit Of the hour that
it will scarcely be of effect beyond calling at
tention to the reactionary mood of few.
The council at Paris is striving to frame
world peace on basis sufficiently substantial
to justify hope of permanently British sover-
eighty suffers no more than American, or
French, or Italian, or that of any other power
great or small through entering into volun-
tary agreement to carry on work in which all
shall proportionatey share the burden.
Under the plan adopted whatever is British
will remain British, while all others are equally
protected But the Africans who have been re-
lieved from German domination and exploita-
ton are not to be turned over to any one power.
They will become the wards of the league, and
as they advance in civilized ways under the tu-
telage Of the most enlightened of the worlds
peoples, so they will enjoy the blessings of free
DOM
The London Graphic is in error when it says
"the United States annexed Spanish possessions
without making any noise about it." Cuba was
freed, and set up as an independent power; the
Philippines were taken under guardianship and
are being brought up to self-reliant independ-
ence, Spain being Unidentified in large sum
for its claim on the islands and on Porto Rico.
That incident can not be made to serve unwise
pretensions to the further extension of British
dominion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
MEMORIAL no THEODORE ROOSEVELT


Generally throughout the United States
today memorial exercises for Theodore Roose-
welt will be held In Omaha program has
been arranged that win occupy the greater part
of the afternoon. 1t is appropriate in character
and will doubtless impress those who crowd
into the municipal auditorium as being de-
served tribute to the man whose memory they
honor The Bee ventures to suggest that
more permanent and serviceable memorial will
be the perpetuation of the teachings of "The
Colonel" His vigorous, courageous manhood
the virile quality of his citizenship, his private
as we'll as his public virtues, all commend him
as an example to Americans. Fulsome eulogy
is not needed in extolling this man, who lived
among men, openly and without assembling.
He spent his days in combating sham and
hypocrisy, fearlessy urging high ideals of life,
and practicing himself what he recommended
for others. The best and most enduring memoir
ial to Theodore Roosevelt will be builded in the
hearts of Americans, and reflected in the life of
the nation through adherence to the tencts to
which he so valiantly chung
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
CENTER SHOTS.

Baltimore American: Americans
are maintaining fine order in CO.
blenz No wonder The Germans
have seen Americans going over the
top.
Washington Post: If the peace
conference doesn't hurry up and set
tie the Adriatic question, the Jugo.
slavs will be spelling Fiume without
the a."
Detroit Free Press: The New
York bolsheviki who want cheaper
fares back to Russia have at last ex-
expressed a wish that most of us
hope will be gratified.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: Living
ones life amply is something that
Paderewski is achieving. It isn't
every one that can enjoy drawing
the heart out a piano and putting his
heart into a revolution.
Kansas City Star: Ex-King Man
uel has always looked like a decent
young chap in his pictures. If he
wants to get back on the job in
Portugal, why doesn't he run for
president? Presidents are doing
much better than kings these days.
New York World: The resistance
of numerous state commissions to
the Burleson telephone rates indi-
Gates that states have not totally abb
dicated their authority. They may
even come to assert their rights in
the matter of personal liberty. Lock-
ing the stable door after the horse
has been stolen at least prevents
other thefts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
War Memorial Museum.


The project of establishing a war memorial
museum in Omaha deserves at least serious
consideration. 1t should not be dismissed for
no other reason than because other similar pro-
posals have fallen down in the past, or because
difference of opinion exists as to what is art
Among the cultured people of the city we have
full and high appreciation for art in any of its
forms or manifestations. Also, lack of agree
ment in many particulars. Standards are not
easy to erect, and they are difficult to maintain
and the local effect has been to sharply divide
into groups those who really should know bet
ter This does not encourage growth of ar
tstic understanding in the community.
If an institution can be set up, where
mementoes of the war may be assembled, and
along with them such treasures of any of the
plastic arts as may be available can also be dis.
played for the edifcation of the public, much
benefit may be derived from it. Such an in
stitution would not be exclusively for the elect,
who breathe the upper air, but would serve as
well the people whose aspirations are often UNI
satisfied, Audiences running high into the
thousands greet great singers here; actors of
ability play before theaters packed by admir-
ing multitudes; why may not a painting,
group Of statuary or any of the forms in which
exalted vision finds expression become as pop
ular9
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
QUAINT Bits ofLite

Charles willis, digging potatoes a.
Nantasket, Mass, found one that
had grown inside a heavy sea-olam
shell
A Detroit man found $1,000 worth
of Liberty bonds in a fancy dress
costume he had rented Anyhow he
has the satisfaction OF knowing that
some ricn guy wore the suit befort
MIN.
A woman at Whitman. Mass.
mourning over the reported death Of
her soldier son, read her Bible for
solace, and came upon the words,
Thy son liveth." Just then the post
man delivered a letter from the War
department stating that her son was
not dead
Investigation has ruined the lark's
reputation for early rising, That
much-eelebrated bird Is quite a slug
gard, as it does not rise till long at
ter the ehahlnches. linnets and y
number of hedger0w birds have been
up and about for some time.
In 1918 Earl Reed, IA years old, Of
Huntington, Ind, had eight severe
illnesses, including two attacks OF
scarlet fever and one each OF whoop-
ing cough. measles, chickenpoxs
pneumonia. typhoid fever. with Sc
we're relapse, and influenza.
The Chinaman in preparing tea
places a pinch of leaves in Chinese
teacup, which is without a handle,
pours boiling water over them and
places this cover on the cup, In 9
few seconds the tea Is ready fol
drinking; the covered cup is raised
to the mouth. and. with the fingers
of the hand holding the cup, the lid
Is moved just sufficiently to permit
the liquid to flow into the mouth as
the cup is tilted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
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The Tremendous Fact.

There is virtue in the old bar room classic,
Don't swear here; it sounds like hell"
A recent visitor to the American army, a
man Of years and judgment was asked, before
first impressions had had time to wear off,
what he thought OF the American soldiers.
WELL" he said, they've certainly got the
hammer out"
It would be bad symptom if go per cent
Of the members of every division in the Ameri-
can army didn't believe that his particular di-
vision was the best division in the American
army-and didn't say so upon occasion. But if
discretion and temperance are not shown in
the saying it is in danger of sounding like boast
fulness or, worse still, like knocking. as the
visitor thought it was. And it is likely to
sound like what the sign on the wall said about
swearing.
1t would do no harm for everyone, unit en-
thusiast or otherwise, TO keep in mind one tre-
mendous fact:
Every member of the A. E. F. (yyith such
small number of exceptions that they become
Insignificant did everything that was asked of
him-or died or was wounded trying; and man
can do no more.-Stars and STRIPES Official
A. Z. ID
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
DOMESTIC PLEAsANrR1Es.

my boy has a wonderful amount Of
perseverance and persistency, an optimism
nothing can dim and q nerve nothing can
daunt. What work would you put him
II should think with those qualities he
would make an ideal book agent"-Balu-
more American.
band?"
"A man who let's his wife have the last
word IN hats. gowns and arguments
New York Telegram.
PA. who is the wisest man in the
world?"
Il don't know his name. my boy, but
he's the chap that does all the talking In
the smoking compartment Of a Pullman
car."--Detroit Free Press.
Have you ever tried to love your enc
mies?"
yes" answered the slow-speaking man,
II have tried But never got real en-
envy to reciprocate my affections with any
Haven't you finished dressing yet
FOR goodness sake, John. don't bother
me! Didn't I tell you an hour ago that
ia be ready In a minute 2"-Judge.
IT hate this continual repetition Of war
songs. You hear 'em wherever you 50.
What 10 that scresching noise Just started
up?"
That's . train locomotive whistling
over there"
Good heavensl DO even the iocomo-
lives do it?"-Baltimore American.
'The after-dinner nap is my fAvorite
hour Of the entire Sunday"
IT thought you didn't sleep after din
ner"
Il don't, but my wife does"-BostOn
Transcript.
Hodge-Do you favor uniform divorce
laws2
Podge-Yes; think some Of the ones
the women are wearing these days ought
to be good grounds for divorce.-Cartoons
Magazine
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
HE DARKENED HIS
GRAY HAIR
They Used to Call Him Grandpa;
Now They Call Him Kid.
Tells How He Did II.

Mr.. j. A. McCrea, a well known
resident of San Francisco, who was
called Daddy and Grandpa on ac-
count of his white hair, and who
darkened it with simple home
made mixture, recently made the
following statement:
ANYONE can prepare a simple
mixture at home, at very little cost,
that will darken gray hair, and
make it soft and glossy. To a half
pint Of water add / ounce Of bay
rum, small box of Barbo Com
pound and 4 ounce Of glycerine.
These ingredients can be bought at
any drug store at very little cost.
Apply to the hair twice a week
until the desired shade is obtained.
This is not a dye, it does not color
the most delicate scalp, is not sticky
or greasy and does not rub off. My
friends now call me kid ADV.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02

In spite OF the risks of a biow-up
street cars in Kansas City are grow
ing popular for clipping parties.
ST. Louis stands to pay $500. 900 q
year In increased rates for tele-
phone and telegraph service under
government operation.
Sioux City reports a boom in law
business. Raids on bootleggers and
the capture of automobile thieves
keeps lawyers on the jump to care
for the business offered.
New York authorities are chasing
theater ticket spectators with big
stick. A new law licensing the
spectators and limiting profits to SO
cents a ticket does not suit the vic
Tins and they act as defiantly as a
bootlegger in the dry belt
Washington refuses to take seri-
ously Senator Sherman's charge OF
SURPRISING wickedness. The. Illinois
senator said the city is "a den of
thieves" resort of profiteers and
"a mad riot Of brokers'" all moving
in diverse ways ito get their elbows
into the public treasury" Local pride
prompts the Post to remark that
Larry is a champion ''kidder," Per-
haps the landlord lifted the rent.
Kansas City, Kan. has been ad-
vised ii can obtain an abundance of
natural gas at the city limits for ~
cents a thousand cubic feet. At that
point a distributing company con-
trolls the pipes and Is now pulling
down 80 cents per thousand. Pro-
ducers ask the city to force the
middleman down a peg or two ana
give the people a chance to reduce
living cost. The city has taken steps
to buy the distributing system,
A pilgrim from the backwoods HAD
heard much about the wickedness Of
Minneapolis and planned to fool the
crooks during his visit to town. His
roll of $125 was his chief concern.
This necessary touring reserve the
visitor fastened with q lock and
bound Ii to his waist with q long
slender chain. A pickpocket fell for
it but failed to break the chain and
landed in Jail. The wallet was held
to insure the pilgrims presence at
court.
Knockers and boosters are lined
up in opposing camps in st. Louis
and scrapping vocally for and against
the recall Of Mayor Kiel. Recently
the mayor brought about a settle
ment of disputed rights of the street
railway company. Opponents OF the
mayor saw in the settlement "a
surrender Of the rights OF the peo%
pie" and started trouble. At the
same time supporters of the mayor
rallied in force and issued a def.
At last accounts both sides were
drawing on their gas reserves.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
In the South Pacific.

Australia Is decidedly opposed to any return
10 Germany of colonial territory in the South
Pacific. The United States shares this feeling
as regards the entire great ocean in which our
interests are far more extensive than Aus
tralias Germany had obtained strong foot
hold there before the war. Her flag was up in
New Guinea, the Caroline and Marshal islands
New Britain and part of Samoa. More than
half the native population of 100000 in that
region was under German authority, with naval
bases and wireless stations in running order
In other words, Germany had planned to domi-
nate the trade routes of the South Pacific In
combination with with New Zealand, Australia
captured these German colonies early in the
conflict and proposes to retain them as future
safeguard. The Australian Decline to Europe
BY way of the Panama canal is one of the things
at stake. Our own territory in the Pacific
reaches as far south as the Philippines Samoa
Guam, Hawaii and Panama A great Pacific
region to the north includes for Us Alaska; also
the open door TO eastern Asia.
The Pacific is a big and growing PROPOSE
ton for this country, and by 20 means small
traan premier SAYS: Australia is committed
to a Monroe doctrine of the Southern Pacific,
and its integrity must be maintained. Our
warning to the Germans is, Hands of the
Pacific" Australia is taking steps for closer
business relations with this country and has
lately sent trade commission to open an Office
in New York. Mr.. Hughes holds that there is
room ia Australia for a prosperous population
OF lO0000O0O, and able to supply the world with
great quantities of meat wool and fruit.
In any case, It has been made certain that
the Pacific will not be Prussianized.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02

The demand for Bibles in MeXieo
Is said, to be unprecedented" What
use the natives make OF the good
books is not disclosed by head work,
An expert on such hearteninE
sees charms and graces that have no
real existence" A clever tribute to
imagination.
Margaret Moreland. fifth wife of
Nat Goodwin. has just married her
third husband. Taking first lessons
from the expert teacher naturally
leads up to a fixed habit.
A man in New Jersey was recently
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
each of two murders, the sentence
to run concurrently. Jersey justice
gains speed with the spirit of Sir
Boyle Roach at the wheel.
Floating saloons beyond the three
mile limit are suggested as one
means Of combating the coming
drouth. Just the thing to discourage
the habit One lineup at a bar rock
ing in a rough sea would wreck the
taste and some over.
Only per cent of the women en-
ployed in factory work in New York
state last year drew wages in excess
of $50 a week, and So per cent drew
less than s12. The figures place the
workers above suspicion of prof.
teering.
The perfect man" is abroad in
the land, according to sartorial FASH
ion platers. Tailors declare he has a
3S-inch chest and a perfect S6" at
the belt. Drillmasters of 1917-1S
anticipated as much when they Yell
ed. Throw out your chest. pull in
your - front"
An Oriental political Jonah, in the
person of vi Heui, former king OF
Korea, turned up In Paris with a
demand for restoration Of his old
clothes. The Japanese whale swal.
lowed vi and Korea about a dozen
years ago. vi came back but Korea
stuck to the whale. Luckily for III,
he is not as lonesome as he was a
few years ago.
Pious circles in Philadelphia are
shocked by the charge that students
Of the University of Pennsylvania
show "lamentable ignorance of the
Bible" A church investigator says
not one in eight students lever heard
of the parable of the Prodigal Son."
while the experience of Jonah is ir-
classed as an overworked
fish story. The U. of p. seems as
backward in pious leanings as Girard
college, where ministers of the gos-
pei are forbidden to enter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-02
HERE AND THERE

Anthracite is more valuable for
heating purposes than any other
coal. 1t contains as much as ninety
eight parts in hundred of pure car
bon, while bituminous coal averages
only about eighty parts Of carbon in
a hundred.
The one modern instance of a
peace being arranged by the military
commanders and not by statesmen
was in the Boer war, when Lord
Kitchener arranged the peace of
Vereeniging with Generals Botha,
SHUTS, Delarey, de Wot and Hertzog.
Many persons have the idea that
there is a cork-tree, but in reality
cork is the bark OF a species of oak
tree which grows in great abundance
in Spain, Italy and certain parts of
France. The tree retains the bark
for a number of years, then casts 1t
off in large sheets.
No people think more Of their
horses than do the Japanese. After
the Chino Japanese war they erected
in Toxic a costly memorial to the
horses that had fallen in the con-
flict, and after the Russian war they
held a funeral service to commem-
crate the horses killed in that war.
The pot and the kettle are piping
hot and "argufying" out Aurora
way on the question whether the
county farm bureau is worth the
money. Supporters and opponents
appear about equally divided in
number and evenly matched in
vocal power. The county board, act
ing as referee, wants to hear more
argument before rendering a de-
cision.
The war Of Italy, France and Aus
tria in 1859 was terminated in sur
prising fashion by an armistice
agreed ON personally between Napo-
leon III. of France and Francis 90
seph of Austria, just as the French
and italian armies were in the full
tide Of success. Victor Emmanuel
war forced to agree, and the terms
of the armistice were embodied in
a npaPn treaty