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The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
DRIVES OAKLAND $4,000 MILES
SELLS AND BUYS NEW ONE

Mark Meard of Eckert, purchased
about the first Oakland car that was
ever driven in this section some three
years ago, through Walt Thomas Of
Hotchkiss. then the county represent
at;vc. He drove the car over 25,6'e
miles and last week sold it for hand
some figure, considering the amount
the car had been driven, to Thomas
Cover of the Eckert section.
This is quite remarkable stand
up test for any car considering the
business that Mr.. Beard is in-auto
passenger service between Delta and
Cedaredge. He made the purchase OF
another Oakland last Friday and says
that he believes that he will get as
good mileage and service out of his
new one as he did the other one.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
LINCOLN REPUBLICAN CLUB
MEETS AUGUST 16-DENvER

The first state political meeting and
picnic, which practically opens the
1920 campaign, will be held Saturday,
August 10th, at Elitchs Gardens, Den
yer, under the auspices of the Lincoln
Republican club of that city.
Hon. viii II. Hays. Republican Ma
tional Chairman, has secured Governor
Henry J. Allen of Kansas, as speaker
He is veritable live wire in advocat-
ing Republican doctrines and it is an.
ticipated that not less than 10000 peo-
pie will participate in the meeting.
The governors speech will be made
in the afternoon. This is the second
annual picnic of the Lincoln Club of
Denver.
Representatives from every county
in the state are invited to attend. Her
bert NJ. Munroe, is presidents and you
are requested to communicate with
him regarding this meeting.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
NOTED SPEAKER WILL TALK
IN DELTA AUGUST 10th

The Hon. H. T. Laughbaum of Ok
lahoma will be here Sunday, August
10th and will speak at the Methodist
church at II A. NJ. and at the Pres
byterian church at s P. NJ. The sub
ject OF the address will be Make the
World Safe for Democracy"
Mr.. Laughbaum is renowned or
ator and reformer. and was appointed
by President Wilson to represent the
United States at the 14th Information
al Congress on Alcoholism. which met
in Milan. Italy. He is a forceful speak
er and his lecture will be looked for
ward to with a great deal of interest.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
FAIR DIRECTORS HOLD
ENrHO9IxErIc MEETING


A very enthusiastic meeting Of the
directors OF the Delta County Fair
association was held at Hotchkiss on
Tuesday afternoon. A large attend
ance OF interested persons were also
present to learn all they could about
the coming event
W. A. Davis the local director. was
there representing this part c: the
county.
Matters pertaining to the fair were
thoroughly gone over and We were ad'
vised that among some of the leading
attractions would be a live stock sale
of prize winners on Friday. Septem
ber 18th. AS there will be many pure
breds exhibited the sale Will undoubt
edly attract the attention of a big
crowd on that day.
The premium lists are now off the
press and ready for distribution. Any
one interested in seeing just what i:
in store for exhibitors are requested
to write or phone the secretary. Mr.
Wilson of Hotchkiss. who will gladl,
mail a copy.
As the date comes nearer at hand
the Delta County Fair looms up great
er. Make your plans to attend.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
GuNNiSoN VALLEY BAPTIST
ASSOCIATiONAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Gunnison
Valley Baptist Association which has
been held in this city this week, has
proven one of the most beneficial
meetings ever held by the Association.
There were some seventy or eighty in
regular attendance, including delegat,
es from the visiting churches and
from the local Baptist church.
The association was especially fav-
ored in securing DIR. T. S. Young, who
represents the Christian Educational
work and also DIR. j. W. Baily OF
Denver. president of the Colorado
Woman's College, and DR.. F. B. Palm
|er of Denver, tire state secretary, 10
be present at the meeting. Very inter
Iesting an obstructive programs were
held Tuesday evening, Wednesday
morning. afternoon and evening, and
Thursday morning, afternoon and
evening.
The ladies of the local church have
served dinner and supper both Wed
nesday and Thursday. The visiting
delegates will go home pronouncine
these eats" the best ever"
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
GREGG OUGHT TO HAVE A
MEDAL FOR HIS BOOSTING

Roy Gregg. undersheriff Of Delta
County. ought to be awarded a gold
medal for his continual boosting for
his home section.
AS he was returning the other day
from California he met up with a man
named Schreniner and family who
were going to Yellowstone National
Park to spend few weeks as a part
OF their vacation. This party were to
leave Gregg's train at Ogden. but Mr.
Gregg told him of the great advan-
tages 10 be gained by coming on with
him and going to Grand Mesa for a
real recuperation. Gregg finally per-
suaded ihs newly made friend to come
this way and abandon his trip to the
National Park and upon arriving Mon
day. this truly booster for his home
section. quickly had an auto provided
for the newcomer to make the trip
from Delta.
Mr.. Gregg said that the fishing and
scenic possibilities of the Grand Mesa
resort greatly interested Mr.. Schren-
iner. This party will spend at least
two weeks on the Mesa
Schreniner & Co. of Lamar. Nilsson.
ri, hay dealers. of which. this gentle
man is the head, claims to have had
many cars OF Delta county hay in past
years and as the hay had always
Nbeen OF the very best quality. Mr.
Gregg says the visitor had great con.
fidence in our resort
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
REPORT OF DELTA PUBLIC
LIBRARY FOR JULY, 1873

Number of volumes in library July
1st, 1902; number presented during
month, 81; number purchased, 4. Total
ing month, 1924; Number library cards
issued. &c; number of non-fiction IL
brary cards issued during month, 4.
Amount received in fines, $5.97.
Amount. received from 2 library cards
sold, $500. Amount received from
five cent fiction shelf, $3.50. Total
s13.77.
Books have been presented to the
library during the month by Mrs. Geo.
Stephan, Miss Helen Sanders and the
Delta Woman's Club.
New fiction for the five cent shelf:
When the World Shook" by H. Rider
Hagard; The Underlying Fire" by
II. G. Wells; Dangerous Days" by
Mary Roberts Rinehart: Room No.
g." by Anna Katherine Green.
New books for children: THE Or
ange Fairy Book" edited by Andrew
Lang; Peggy Stewart at Home" by
Gabrielle Jackson; BLUE Bonnet De
butante." by Leila H. Richards; Betty
Wales, A. b." by Margaret Ward :
Marta in Holland" by Eta Balisdell;
Children in Japan" by Willy Pogany
Other new books: Mexico" by w
E. Carson: Landscape Gardening" by
Grace Tabor: Trees, Shrubs. Vines
and Herbaceous Plants" by John
Kirkegaard Keeping Fit all the
Way" by Walter Camp: Stories OF
Achievement" by Asa A Dickerson.
ANNA NUTTER, Librarian.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
ROY SMITH MAKES TRIP TO
DURANGO IN HIS CAR

Departing early Wednesday morn
ing was Jeweler Smith. accompanied
by Mrs. Smith and the two boys, Mrs.
Ida Smith, his mother and Mrs. Clyde
Smith and children, all headed for an
overland trip to Durango and down
through Mesa Verde park.
Mark Beard and his sister. Miss An
ma Beard. of Eckert, were also in the
party This is test trip for Mr..
Boards new car.
They will be absent about two
weeks and upon their return to Dur
ango. Mr.. Smith will spend day or
two looking after business interests
at his store
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
LEcHMAN AND vEIDHMARk

The strong hand of death that
reached out last Thursday after :
noon and claimed as His reward
the lives of Jake Lechman and
Nels Veidhmark, has cast a shad-
ow over the homes of two families
of this vicinity. But the ruling
hand of our very existence in This
life, while sometimes not under
stood, is the guide and the faith
that we all have on this earth.
The grim reaper of death cuts
wide and deep, strikes the ricn
as well as the poor, the orphan
and the home that is least pre-
pared for it.
AS related in last weeks Independ-
ent, these two men were instantly
killed by flash of lightning while
standing in the doorway of barn ON
the place being farmed by Nels Veidh-
mark. Owing to the lateness of the
day that this tragedy happened, facts
were not obtainable
Jake Lechman, was born October 20.
1887, in Russia, and was 81 years, 9
months and IL days of age He came
to America from Europe years ago,
coming to Colorado the same year.
His wife coming a year later with
two children. Deceased has lived in
this section of Colorado for the past
three years
He leaves to mourn his demise, a
wife and five children, the oldest 12
years of age and the youngest seven
months.
The funeral services were held at
st. Michaels church in this city at
a. m. Monday. Rev. Father Hilbrich
of Gunnison. officiating, and the re-
mains laid to rest in the Delta Gem
etery.
Nels Veidhmark. a native of Swed-
en-, came to this country in 1904, and
was united in marriage a few years
after his arrival in the United States.
He was renter on the place where
he was killed
He leaves beside his sorrowing wife
two children aged five years and a
babe of months.
Funeral services were held at
Olathe Saturday from the Methodist
Episcopal church, and burial in the
Olathe cemetery.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
HAlNES LOCAL MANAGER OF
INDEPENDENT LUMBER CO.

The Independent notes the change
in the management of this long estab-
lished company and wishes Mr.. Hahn
es success in his return to his former
vocation. he having been for several
years connected with the lumber bus
mess at Greeley and Silverton, Colo.
Mr.. Haines is not unknown to many
Delta residents. having been interest
ed in orchard property on Surface
Mesa since 1901.
We can assure friends and custom
ers of The Independent Lumber Com
pany the best Of service BY the new
manager.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
HOG BUYER WILL MAKE
DELTA HIS HEADQUARTE RS

Elsewhere will be found an adver.
tisement of ]. T. Toland. an eastern
hog buyer, who says he will locate
in Delta permanently. that is he will
have representative here all the
time. Mr.. Toland buys hogs for east
ern markets from the entire western
slope and is very busy man.
His secretary. Louise Frost, arrived
here Tuesday and will remain perman
entity. Hog raisers are requested to
ask them at any time for information
concerning the market.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
DISTRICT COURT SESSION
ABOUT OVER FOR TERM

This session of the district court is
about completed. But very little re-
mains upon the docket to come before
Judge Black.
The jury in the case of Connor vs..
Rector, money demand. controversy
arising out of a real estate deal at
Cedaredge, brought in a verdict last
Friday morning for s175, interest and
costs. The case came to the district
court on appeal from the county court,
wherein the judgment of the lower
court was sustained.
From Thursday until Monday the at
tention of the District Court was TAX
en- up in the action brought by Joe
Vannice, Grand Junction realty man,
and Jim Heron of Fruita and Henry
Williams of Dragon, Utah. against S.
w. and NJ. P. Weeks and Ross Conklin
for a commission of S2300.00 claimed
to be due on the sale of the defend
ants sheep to King Brothers which
took place a couple years ago.
The testimony showed that Williams
and his brother, who are sheep own
ers, were in Fruita expecting to b,.y
sheep themselves when Heron, also a
member of the real estate fraternity
got them in tow and took them to VAN
nice. Vannice had learned of the
Weeks sheep being for sale and took
the Williams boys up to look at the
outfit The Williams brothers were
taken with the outfit and asked for
ten days time in which to attempt to
raise the purchase money. On their
way home Vannice made arranGe-
ments with them to whack up his COM
mission if they could find a purchaser
provided they couldn't take the outfit
themselves.
The Williams brothers were unable
to secure the money to make the deal
but subsequently told their neighbors.
the King brothers, about their trip,
spoke to them in praise of the Weeks
sheep and told them that Joe Vannice
had the handling of them and that
they were owned by Mr.. Weeks at
Delta.
The King Brothers then wrote Mr..
Weeks and after some correspondence
came on to personally inspect the out
fit and closed the deal. After it was
closed, Mr.. Weeks introduced the King
Brothers to vannice and he claimed
commission on the ground that they
were sent by his employee, Mr.. VIII
. Hams.
| There was considerable dispute as
to a number Of phases of the case, es-
pecially as to whether vannice knew
anything about the deal until it was
all over and after hearing all the ev-.
idence the jury decided that plaintiffs
were not entitled to commission. Mil
ton R Welch represented the plain-
tiffs and Stewart and Stone the de-
PENDANTS.
! Besgrove VS.. Besgrove, divorce, &C.
cupied the attention of the court on
Tuesday and Wednesday. the case go
ing to the jury Wednesday afternoon.
Divorce was denied.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
GOLDEN RULE STORE HERE
WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 10

The Golden Rule Store, sbeing one
of chain of IS, will open for business
in Delta on September 10th, accord
ing to public announcement made by
the manager, Tom Avgikos. OF Helper,
Utah. who was in Delta Saturday.
While here he employed Contractor
Bell to build shelving and otherwise
put the building on Main Street IN
condition for the reception Of the new
stock that Is already on Its way TO
Delta.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
LIEUT.. ArHEv WILL De
HOME ABOUT AUGUST 10Th

William p. Athey. who enlisted into
the army from the mechanical depart
ment of Stearns Bros. some three
years ago will be found upon his old
Job again about the goth OF this month,
according to telegram received this
week.
Park" as he is commonly called,
has been greatly missed by the man.
agement during his absence, but we
have managed to get along the best
we could
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
HoTcHkISS MAN BUYS DELTA
RESIDENCE PROPERTY

BY the purchase this week of lots
IL and l2 on Palmer street. between
Fourth and Fifth street, of Mrs. A. B.
Crabill. John Head of Hotchkiss Sc
cures one of the best located pieces
of property in the city.
The consideration was not made
public. The deal was handled through
the Commission Exchange Office oper.
ated by Bert Norton.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
Results from Advertisements

A lady near Cory put a-little reader
in the Independent last week for
position as housekeeper, and we re-
ceived about dozen telephone calls
for her. Another party called In the
office Saturday and wanted to know
what we had that was advertised. He
had lost a crank off his car ana
thought we should have II. Well. we
did have one or two "cranks" around.
but they did not happen to be the ones
that he wanted. Find anything. lose
anything. or want to sell a pig or
ranch, employ the Independent col
umn. You will be surprised at the re-
suits and the cost 10 only Q small
matter.
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08
Visiting Daughter

Visiting Daughter
An arrival Monday was Mrs. w. j.
Ward. from Avalon, Wisconsin, who
is spending the remainder of the sum-
mer with her daughter, Mrs. Paul X.
Osborne. The Osborne family will
leave Monday for a vacation at the
lakes on Grand Mesa
The Delta independent., 1919-08-08

Rev Alfred b. Parry. pastor of the
Baptist church. will arrive this week
in Delta and preach Sunday at eleven
o'clock in the morning and at eight
o'clock in the evening. Rev. Parry is
very popular in the community and We
bespeak for him a hearty welcome.
The Pulaskian., 1919-09-05
WILSON REFUSES
SENATOR'S REQUEST
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMIT.
TEE DENIED TENTATIVE DRAFT
OF TREATIES BY PRESIDENT.

Washington. President Wilson
declined 10 give the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee the tentative
drafts Of treaties with Austria, Hun
gary Turkey and Bulgaria, as re-
quested by the committee, on the
ground that iii would tend TO take
the function of negotiating treaties
out of the bands OF the executive"
In a letter to Chairman Lodge
President Wilson said that as the
treaties still were in process of nego-
tiation. he considered it "out of the
question" to give the tentative drafts
Senator Lodge wrote in reply that
such information as it would be COM
patible with the public interest 10
give, and added that the decision as
to whether it was expedient to give
any information about them at al
undoubtedly rested with the presi
dent
AT the same time the president re-
fused the committees request for the
declaration of June is signed by she
United States and other powers to
cover military occupation of the
Rhine.
"A certain degree of embarass-
ment" would be caused, President
Wilson wrote, "if the declaration
were made public now"
Senator Lodge replied that the dec
laration already had been printed in
the Congressional Record, having
reached members of the COMMITTEES
through british sources. and also had
been submitted to the House of Com
mons July 4.
The treaty with Poland and another
Rhine agreement, that of June %,
which also were asked for, were sent
to the Senate by the president
The Pulaskian., 1919-09-05

arranged, there being set apart for
Education, $4,000; Foreign Missions
$50 geo 600: Home Missions, $4,000.
coo; State Missions. $11000,O00; Min
isteriaa Relief, $5,O00,000; Or
phanages, s4,7ee, 600; Hospitals, ST.
I2A0se and National Memorials, $175,-
600. In the selection of the Publicity
Director for Arkansas, the Commits
sion deemed it very necessary to find
q man not only capable OF giving the
widest range from a publicity stand
point, bnt to secure man who was a
Bapti.t who was well known and in
whom the Baptists of the state would
his activity in church work Mr. Pac-
lser is a Tennessean by BIRTH became
member of the Baptist church at
the age of IL He came to the State
of Arkansas in 1895: has been asso-
ciated with various different business
concerns in the city. He became con-
nected with Little Rock dairy COM
pany in March this year as auditor
and advertising manager. which post
ton he still retains, but obtained a
four months leave OF absence from
the company that he might give IFS
full time TO the Publicity work o. tne
75 Million Campaign of the Baptisti
of the South. which drive Will end
December 7th this year He is also
secretary of the Little Rock Lions
Club and District Governor of Lions
Clubs for Arkansas and Missouri and
under his direction there has been
established in this state five addition.
al Lions Clubs during the past L
montxas. In putting on the publicity
campaign for this state for the Bap-
lists MT Parker, by his we'll devised
plans, has shown marked ability as a
pugNicity director.
The Pulaskian., 1919-09-05
PRESIDENT WILSON
ON SPEAKING TOUR
WILL MAKE THIRTY SPEECHES
THROUGHOUT THE WEST
DURING THE TRIP.

Washington.-As the final itinerary
for President Wilson'S speaking tour
in support of the peace treaty was
announced, Republican senators be-
gar conferences to decide on plans
for sending opposition speakers along
behind him
The presidents plan calls for
speeches in the 80 cities throughout
the West between the time he lett
here and his return to Washington
Sptemher 80
While resolutions were being offer
ed in the House by Republican mem
bers calling upon the president to
abandon his tour and engage himself
in Washington with domestic aTairs
of the nation. Republican senator's
who opposed the treaty met with Sen
ator Mccormick of Illinois.
Leaving Washington on a special
train. the president will swing
through the Middle West, thence
across the plains states to the Paci-
fic coast, at Washington and down
the coast as far as San Diego. On
the return trip, he will speak in Ne
vada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado,
Kansas. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tsnnes-
see and Kentucky, his last address
being at Louisville September 20.
Representative Rodenburg, Repub-
lican, Illinois, introduced a resolution
proposing that Congress declare that
"the president should postpone his
proposed taur of the country at least
until such time as we may know de-
finitel" the problems which confront
us growing out of the country's in
dustrial situation and the cost of liy-
ing problem"
The Pulaskian., 1919-09-05
MEX|CANS FIRE
ON j. 5. PLANE
CAPT. DAVIS 3. McNABB WOUND
ED IN HEAD-oFFlcERS ON
PATROL DUTY.
vOLLEY OF SHOTS FIRED
carranza Soldiers Are Said To Be
Stationed Near Point of Attack
Capt. McNabb Not Ser
icusIy Wounded.

Laredo, Tex. Fired upon from
the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.
Capt. David w McNabb. United
States Aviation Corps, was slightly
wounded while on aerial patrol duty
along the international boundary
northwest of here.
With Lieut.. Won b. Johnson, Cap
tain McNabb was flying slowly up
the river close to the water, when
suddenly group of Mexicans fired u
volley of shots at the airplane.
wounding McNabb near the ear,
while several shots pierced the
planes wings.
Col. Beaumont B. Buck. command
er of the Laredo district, with head
quarters at Fort Mcintosh here. said
all that is known of the attack is
that the firing was from point
where an outpost of Mexican federal
soldiers was known to be located
No additional statement would be
made by Colonel Buck who forward
ed promptly report on the attack
to Maj. Gen. Joseph t. Dicknan, com
mander of the Southern Depastment
at San Antonio
The Mexican consul here declared
that he had heard a detrimental ru-
NOR to the effect that Mexicans had
fired on an American airplane. but
said he did not believe it." There
have been unofficial reports for sew
eral days that Mexican "snipers
have fred at patrolling airplanes.
Captain McNabb and Lieutenant
Johnson reported fully on the attack
to Colonel Buck, but neither wauld
make a statement to the press. Nc
Nabh's wound is not serious. His
home is in Bedford, Ind.
Both aviators belonged to B Flight.
Eighth Aero Squadron, Captain Nc
Nabb commanding the flight. The
Unit was transferred to Laredo from
Kelly Field, San Antonio several
weeks ago, when other units were
sent TO various army poSAs along the
border for patrol duty.
The Pulaskian., 1919-09-05
CONFERENCE BETWEEN Iwpon-
ANT FACTORS cALLgn M ~ L
PRESIDENT WILSON,
TO NAME DELEGATES SOON
preliminary Arrangements Discusses
at Cabinet Meeting Before Presi
dent Left Washington On
Speaking Tour.

Washington. - The conferences \,
tween labor, capital and agricutlpra,
interests called by President WILSON
for discussion of the present Situate,
will be held in Washington betwaon
October and 10, it was learned j
the White House.
The president has written to tho
Chamber of Commerce of the Unitea
States. representatives of the leadinr
agricultural associations, investment
bankers and to Samuel Gompers
president of the American Federation
of Labor, asking that they subnl.
nominations for delegates representing
each group. After receiving this list
en- route TO the Pacific Coast. sho
president will then select list of his
own and combine the two.
Forty or 10 delegates will ha
chosen.
Preliminary arrangement for thu
conference were discussed at a eabi.
net meeting and it was said at tina
White House that the full list of dele.
gates probably would be ready soon
The Pulaskian., 1919-09-05
fire At University Of Arkansas.

Fayetteville.-Fire of unknown ORR
gin caused between $4,000 and $4,000
damage in the north wing of Uniyer-
sity Hall. the main building of tho
University of Arkansas. The fire
started about 1890 p. m. and burneel
about Two hours. The blaze started On
the second floor in wing occupied by
the Agricultural Extension Division,
Extension Division and Journals OF
fee. Large damage to office supplies
and furniture, but no records wera
burned