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The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
SURROUNDS DEATH
OF YOUNG MAN NEAR oLATHE

The people of California Mesa and
surrounding country were shocked
Thursday evening of last week when
they learned that Ray Thomas was
found dead under 1lume about q
mile and half from his home.
The young man had left home, sup
posedly to obtain work, and so his
absence did not cause any alarm.
The body was taken to Olathe,
thence to Montrose, where an autopsy
was held, and the coroner's verdict
was that the young man came to his
death by accident
There were rumors of foul play, but
there were no tracks in evidence and
the theory was secuted. 1t is be-
lieved that he tripped or lost his
balance and fell while crossing the
fiume. distance of 80 or 40 feet, and
that he died almost instantly from q
broken neck. He had not been seen
since Sunday, but was freshly shaven
and it is thought the tragedy oc-
Cured the same evening.
Ray was born at Altoona, Kansas,
March 21, 1902, and was 10 years and
8 months of age. Surviving members
of the family are his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Thomas; three brothers
and two sisters, George Thomas Of
New Mexico; Irving Thomas, living
in Alaska. and John, Iva and Dorothy,
living at home. The deceased was Of
cheerful disposition, and friend
to all. He was a member of the
Olathe high school senior class, and
of the football and basket ball teams
Funeral services we're held at
Olathe Monday afternoon from the
Methodist church, conducted by Rev.
Deitz of the United Presbyterian
church. and interment was at the
Olathe cemetery. The funeral was
largely attended and the floral offer
ings were many. Pall-bearers were
members of the young mans class.
All the family were present except
the son and brother in Alaska, who
has not yet learned of his brothers
tragic death.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
MRS. MAMMA LINpEsAck
CALLED TO FATHERS KEEPING

On Saturday, November 26, the
swift-winged messenger entered the
home of P. A. Lindeback and called to
eternal rest the wife and mother, Mrs.
Mamma Mildred Lindeback, after an
illness covering about a month, when
during much of the time she lowered
between life and death. The lady was
seized by pneumonia, which with COM
plications precluded any possibility
of earthly recovery.
The deceased was born April IS,
1856, and was 65 years, months and
s days of age at the time Of her
demise.
Her birthplace was Sherandah. Au-
was married to Peter Crutz and the
couple made their home at Buchanan,
West Virginia, for % years. After the
death of her husband, Mrs. Crutz
moved to Pennsylvania, where she
and her two daughters made their
home for several years. The widow
came to Delta twelve years ago, where
she met and married Peter A. Linde-
back. This husband and the two
daughters, Mrs. Wade H. Jones of
Delta and Mrs. E. D. Boram of Can
ton, Ohio, are left to mourn the loss
of good wife and mother.
Funeral services were held from the
mortuary Monday afternoon, conduct
ed by Rev. F. w. Hopkins of the
Church of God, assisted by Rev. A.
5. Parry of the Baptist church. Mrs.
Otto H. Smith very beautifully rem
dered Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
ASLEEP in Jesus" and Beautiful Isle
of Somewhere" Miss Lucille Freyberg
accompanying at the piano. The re-
mains were laid to rest in Garnet
Mesa cemetery, and a large number
of friends of the family accompanied
the cortege. A profusion of beautiful
flowers attested the love of hundreds
of friends for this estimable woman.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
FAIR ASSOCIATION HOLDS
MEETING WEDNESDAY p. N


The meeting of the Delta County
Fair Association was held as per
schedule Wednesday afternoon, and a
constitution and bylaws were adopted
by which the association will hereafter
be governed.
Directors elected were as follows:
W. A. Davis and W. P. Delta. Delta;
S. ]. Art, Austin; John Shelledy,
Cedaredge and Eckert; T. j. Harsh.
man, Cory; w. H. Louk, A. F. Chat
fee and Mrs. Charles Ellington, Rogers
Mesa and Leroux; George S. Roller,
H. B. Fetz. and 2. Edelin,, Hotchkiss;
C. T. Rule and D. E. Whitney, Paonia;
w. C. Comstock, Grand View Mesa;
Swan Linman and w. B. Roe, Craw-
ford and Fruitland Mesa. County
Commissioners and County Superin'
tendent of Schools, ex-officio direc
tors.
Members of the board present elect
ed the following officers: George S
Roller, president; A. N. Minton, secre
tary; H. H. Adams, treasurer; c. T
Rule. first vice president; T. ]. Harsh
man, second vice president.
The board Will meet Tuesday. Jan
uary 3, to elect superintendents for
various departments.
The secretary reported improve
ments on fair grounds during the past
three years Of approximately $4,000
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
SAYS WE SHOW UP
WELL BESIDE OTHERS

Arthur d. Fairbanks. of the Delta
Hardware Company. returned Thanks
giving day from three weeks busi-
ness trip east, during which he visited
wholesale houses and mills in st.
Louis, Missouri; Belleville. Ohio, and
other places. and also took turn
through the Panhandle country of
Texas.
Mr.. Fairbanks says business is pick
ing up materially IN the eastern sec
tions. and that factories are running
80 to 40 per cent normal to create a
supply for spring trade.
He says the Panhandle district is
the most prosperous district he saw
since leaving home. and that we are
fortunately situated, indeed. as to
finances and general business condi-
tions.<
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
MEETING OF cEpAREDoE
CLUB LAST NIGHT

The Cedaredge Commercial Club
had an oyster supper scheduled for
last evening at the l. o. o. F. hall In
their city. One hundred invitations
were sent out to members and others
In their vicinity. The first annual
report ON the activities of the club
during the past year and discussion
Of the plans for next year were to be
considered.
Earl Hammock is secretary OF the
Cedaredge club and the organization
has been OF great benefit to that place
during the year just closing.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
ELks TO HOLD MEMORIAL
SERVICES SUNDAY AFTERNOON

The annual memorial service of the
local lodge of Elks will be held Sun
day afternoon, December 4, at 2:30,
at the Methodist church.
The services will be interspersed
with musical selections, both vocal
and instrumental.
Hon. Merle D. Vincent of Grand
Junction will deliver the principal ad-
dress.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
SAYS "HUMP" SALE BROUGHT
THEM sHUMpIN0" RIGHT IN

VIII II. Mathers. who is an ardent
believer In the liberal use OF printer's e
ink, says his Hump sale instituted Fri.
day and continuing through this week,
WAS success beyond his most san
guine expectations.
He says that he had more business
during the first five days than he or
dinarily has In fifteen.
On Wednesday Mr.. Mathers re-
funded gasoline to thirty.five persons
who claimed this favor by having
driven from outside the city fnd pur-
chased $25 or more of goods.
He says he is we'll satisfied with the
result OF his advertising.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
D. A. RS WILL HOLD
OPEN MEETING TOMORROW

The ladies' of Captain John Gunni-
son Chapter. d. A r., have extended
an invitation to the Woman's Relief
Corps and the Woman's Auxiliary Of
American Legion to attend an open
meeting of the organization at the
assembly room of the public library
tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 5
O'Clock.
DIR. A. G. McClanahan will lecture
ON "Americanixation From Two View.
points"
A social hour will follow the lee
ture. All members of these organiza-
tions are cordially invited
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
SCORES OF FOOTBALL
TEAMS IN CLOSING GAMES

olathe VS.. Paonia, played at oiathe:
Paonia z, Olathe 81.
Grand Junction vs.. Cedaredge, at
Grand Junction: Grand Junction 6as
Cedaredge -.
Delta vs. Montrose. at Delta: Delta
z, Montrose 0.
Gunnison w. Fort Collins Aggies, at
Fort Collins: 0unnison Is, Fort Col
Inns 0.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
Divorce Case Settled.

Divorce Case Settled.
Judge Thomas J. Black came down
from Montrose and opened a special
session of district court Monday
morning. The case for consideration
John Thomas Alsup, OF Cedaredge. for
n decree OF divorce. BY mutual agree
ment the marital differences were set
tied out Of court and the judge ie-
turned to Montrose that afte noon.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
CATHOLICS OF DELTA
WILL BUILD SCHOOL HOUSE

four-room school building with an
auditorium, and the conducting of a
parochial school are among the plans
Of the local Catholic church. the esti-
mated cost of which is $4,000.
The greater part Of the money has
been subscribed and lots at the corner
Of Sixth and Grand purchased. The
excavation work was begun Monday
morning. Un
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
oovsIE CROSS FOR T. .,

There are germs that make you
sniffle,
There are germs that make you
snooxe,
There are germs that bring you
influenza
And spread all kinds Of dread disease
There are germs that steal life's
roses,
And lie In walt for you and me.
But the special scalp we're after
Belongs to the germ we call T. B.
The Delta County tuberculosis A.
sociation.
Look out next week.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02

Some people have got it into their
heads that the less they work the
more prosperous they are going to be.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-02

Ps-Dont forget to mail Christmas packages this week.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09

shops and factories has developed to
the point that it has become in
compatible with the present method
of distribution, which is really ap-
preparation. Thus the whole mechan-
ism Of the capitalist mode Of produc-
tion and exchange broke down under
the pressure of its ownb creation and
everything is thrown out Of joint.
This contradiction of the present
capitalist order contains the germs Of
its own destruction.
To accelerate their emancipation,
the workers must take into their
own hands the productive forces and
reorganize them upon a communist
basis, through the weapon of the
Dictatorship of the Proletariat, and
through the formation of workers
Councils (Soviets); by introducing
universal service, and by inaugural
ing industrial discipline. Then and
then alone, will the wounds of hu-
manity caused by the decomposed
system be healed and never again
will the producers of wealth lead a
precarious life as they do under
capitalism. Then will humanity rise
to the undreamed Of heights.
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.AIlONAL: Moscow 1920


ties must be close harhony with the inter-
naional conditions of the proletarian strug-
gle and with all the tafks of the latter"
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09

and greedy rulers, who keep the lash
of hunger and starvation over the
lives of millions of toilers; however
they may invoke the capitalist law
makers for amelioration of the suf-
fering wage slaves, who are being
driven to the abyss of starvation.
This problem of unemployment can
not be solved and the sufferings re-
sulting from it mitigated by all the
altruists, reformers and capitalist
lawmakers combined.
The mandarians of opportunism in
the Yellow Socialist Party, who pro-
pose the purchasing of industry by
the capitalist state through bond is
sues, as it was proposed and spon-
sored by the sophisticated editor in
the Miami Valley Socialist is not
the solution of the problem.
For decades the apologists and
flunkies for the present system as
well as the reconciliationists have
tusseled with phrases about ami
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09

cable relations between capital and
labor; about community interest,
identity of interest; the golden rule
between employer and employee, and
more of that bunk. Statisticians and
political economists who lick the boots
of their masters, have endeavoured
to prove that the well-being of the
worker, his comfort and leisure has
been tremendously enhanced by the
benevolent and altruistic despots.
These sordid philantropists and pro-
fit-mongers are spending millions of
dollars for the upkeep of charity
institutions and poor-houses in order
to appease the hundreds of thousands
of wage slaves and keep these wret-
ched and pauperized alive and con-
tent, fearing that the docile and sub
misive slaves will rise against their
oppressors, and take over industry
and produce wealth for the satisfac-
tion of human needs instead of for
a handful of ignominious and greedy
thieves.
All kinds of schemes are concocted
by the plutes in order to perpetuate
their predatory and avaricious in
terests. Church, school, newspaper
and scientists are subsidized. are
working indefatigably in order to
patch up the crumbling pillars. upon
which capitalism and its institutions
rest.
To the credulous and ignorant
worker however, this phenomenon Of
unemployment is taken as a matter
of course, as though it was pre-
destinated by the Omnipotent. He
finds his consolation by looking with
reverence to the past, when his father
suffered precisely from the same af-
Fiction, and then the Almighty be-
came kind and merciful and gave
him n chance TO sell his laoor power
to a master. The ruling class see to
1t that such trend Of thinking
should pervade the wage slaves, so
a.
their prestige and power viii endure
and remain intact.
The solution Of the problem lies
in the recognition Of the social ma
ture of. modern production and in
harmonising the modes Of distribu-
tion and exchange with the socialized
character of the means of production.
The fact is, that the socialized orga-
lization Of production within the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09

ers' savings about exhausted which
means considerable increase in gen.
eral misery within the next few
weeks. H. =.
PENNSYLVANIA.
East Pittsburg:-This is a small
town, but normally in the surround
ing towns there are employed abou.
$4,000 men and girls. Some small
shops are closed down entirely and
the number of closed plants are in
creasing.
At present there are no bread
lines and the unemployed are making
no demands as a body. Wages have
been cut everywhere from 10 to 25
per cent. There are plenty Of rob-
berries going on. y. Y. 2.
Rankiin:-The general estimation
is that 500 of the workers here are
unemployed, $3.50 are working half
time and the other per cent who
are working full time are former
scabs and bosses pets. Wages have
been cut Is to $3.50.
Industries are still closing down.
There are no bread lines yet and
the workers have formed no organi-
cations to alleviate the situation.
j. T. and others.
UTAH.
Salt Lake City:-There are about
$4,000 idle men in city and section.
Industries are either closed entirely
or working part time. Railroads have
reduced their forces to the lowest
point in seven years and there are
reports Of cuts in wages on all roads
here.
Two soup kitchens have been es-
tablished. One by the religious ele.
ments. It feeds about 60 men day
and furnishes provisions to 25 fam.
lilies. The other is operated by the
Mexicans Of this district. It feeds
about the same number. Working
conditions are getting steadily worse
and the streets and parks are filled
with idle men.
An out Of work Fellow Worker.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Fairmont:-One thousand men are
out Of work here and immediate
vicinity. The number is increasing.
The City Hall is filled every night
with homeless, moneyless workers.
Mines are closed down or running
part time. The unemployed are max.
ing no organized demands for d hu.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09
FACE TO FACE WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT in
AMERICA.

Continued from page ~
two thousand. Reports in the papers
and on the streets are that there will
be a further reduction of the force
and another cut in wages down Ia
$3.50 per shift for miners.
Several unemployment meetings
have been held and at these the
workers were told the cause Of un.
employment--and the remedy--pro-
duction for use and not for profit
however, the workers are still trying
to dodge the issue, they still thinl,
they can "slip by" under the capt.
talist system and are not reedy for
a different one, or rather they arc
not willing to line up and struggle
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09
THE MEANING OF
UNEMPLOYMENT.
By NJ. H. ROGERS

The spectre of hunger and want
is hunting the lives of millions of
workers as result of the decrepit
and worn-out social order.
The great problem of unemploy-
ment, which confronts nearly cne half
of the workers in this country, and
reduces them and their disconsolate
families into pauperism, is insoluble
under the prevailing system, where
the means Of producing the necessary
subsistence of life, are privately
owned and controlled.
However solcitous the reactionary
labor leaders and meal ticket ar
lists may be over this ominous and
grave crisis; however vigorous they
may protest against the predatory
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09

for different system--its a case
of "Let George do it." When the
question of food, clothing and shelter
reaches the acute stage for all of
them, then and then only will the
mass act, in the meantime the ra-
ideals can and are doing the agitat-
ing and the employers depressing,
so that "THE DAY" is not far off.
There are no bread lines in Butte,
not because they are not necessary,
but because the unemployed will not
take the trouble to organize and de-
mand what is theirs by right.
F. G. C..
OHIO.
Bellaire: There are 8 900 unem-
ployed here, $500 in Martins Ferry
and 10000 in Wheeling, w. Va.
across the river. No breadlines or
soup houses yet, no union assistance;
these will come later Charity is
working on large scale in taking
care of families.
On reliable authority it is learned
that the largest mills will not reopen
this summer. The organization of
unemployed is being carried thru
now. +. w.
| Youngstown: There are $4,000
unemployed here, of which 5000 are
railroad men, several thousand of
the building trades and the rest steel
workers. No bread lines yet. The
general opinion is that the number
Of unemployed is growing. A fight
against the Open Shop is expected
May 1st, when the present agree
mcnts expire. Unemployed ere weak
and submissive, not seeming to real
ize what they are up against,
Girard, Niles and all surrounding
towns. also New Castle and Sharon,
Pa, are about the same rs here.
Warren, O., has soup line. The
labor unions are dead to existing
facts and their leaders spend their
time fighting the radicals. Steel
workers want to organize, but NOT
in the A. +. Of L. w. II.
Cleveland,-0no hundred thousand
unemployed. All industries hit about
alike. None opening up. Only in
dustry booming is "crime'. City Mis-
sion feeding 400 men once a day.
City relief for 1000 families has
been extended for some time. Con-
siderable begging on streets. Work.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09
5th Installment.
SECOND SITTING.
(By telephone from MOSCOW. J

Yesterday. July %, in the Kremlin, in the
Andrew Hall, of the Large Palace, in very
solemn setting was opened the session of
the End Congress of the III International.
Comrade Lenin opens the sitting. After
the adoption of the bylaws as read by Com
rade Serrati Comrade Zinoviev is given the
floor to report on the role of the Communist
parties in the proletarian revolution.
CAS- this End Congress meets" says Com
rade Zinoviev, "the international organiza-
tion of the proetariat has entered on new
phase; namely, one of organized construc-
tive effort. In almost all countries we have
at the present moment Communist parties
''The End Congress takes am absolutely
clear and definite position ON this question
of the role of the Communist Party, striving
for the conquest of power by the working
class"
In defining the role of the Communist
Party, the speaker points out that it repre-
sents the most conscious, advanced, and
revolutionary section of the working class,
carrying along with it the entire remaining
mass of the proletariat and semiproletariat.
Then Comrade Zinoviev dwels in detail
on the objections, on the one hand of the
American industrialists Il. w. W., and the
English shop-stewards, and on the other
hand of the LEFT" Communist Labor Party
in Germany
Statements to the effect that during the
war only the Socialist Party went bankrupt,
are incorrect, because this rebuke can be di-
rected also against trade-unions 1t occurs
to no one to deny the role of trade-unions
in the process of social revolutions"
The speaker further points out in great
detail the role played by the Communist
Party in the Russian Revolution. In his
opinion, Communist party should be org
anized on the basis of strict centralization,
and should establish in its ranks military
discipline: "It should subject to it's influen-
ces all spheres of activity of the working
class. Those comrades are wrong who try to
separate professional and cultural work from
the political. The Communist Party directs
both trade-unions and Soviets in equal
measure"
In conclusion, Conlrade Zinoviev invites
The delegates to make efforts everywhere to
organize Communist party, and to establish
close connection with the broadest working
masses.
Zinoviev's speech is loudly applauded
In the debates on his report participate
the delegates of America, England, Spain,
and other countries and or beholf of Russia,
Lenin, and Trotzky
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ties must be close nar1pony with the inter-
naional conditions of tte proletarian strug-
gle and with all the ta$ks of the latter"
SPEECH OF TROTZKY.
Comrade Trotzky believes that Comrade
Lenin is not altogether right when he ex-
presses the opinion THAT after three-fourths
of a century since the beginning of the Com
munist international, at the End Congress
of the III International, one should not
speak of the need or the uselessness of the
Communist Party for the proletariat, mas
much as this question has already been de-
cided by the majority.
Had this question been raised by Scheide-
mann, Renauled, or Albert Thomas, then,
of course, it would not have been necessary
to talk with them; one could simply have
torn off their masks just as they frequently
tear off workmen's heads. But this ques-
ton has been raised by Monat and Rosmer,
who started the struggle against the war
when the German imperialists were almost
at the walls of Paris.
"These questions have been put to me by
Comrade Pestana and by French, Spanish,
and American workmen, who quite naturally
and legitimately have the political party of
traitors and deceivers of the proletariat,
who sincerely and deeply hate the bour-
geoisie and are actively fighting against
them. To these one should answer this ques-
ton, and one should discuss this matter
with them.
"Let us go ahead somewhat and ask Com
rade Pestana what he will do when ne re-
turns to Spain. He will, of course, answer
that he will explain to the Spanish worlomen
all our principles and ideas, and on the
basis of the latter will organize the strug-
gle of the workmen against the bourgeoise.
''To translate this into political language
It means that he will there organize poll
tical party, and that this party will be a
Communist Party.
Comrades Rosmer and Monat will do the
same thing, just as they have in the past,
organizing the wofkahgg1ciass on the basis Of
a whole series of political resolutions and
statements"
"All the Russian delegates" says comrade
Trotzky, when they return from the Con-
gress will have to face a whole series OF
questions; for example, the proposal OF the
Polish Government to conclude peace. Where
shall we decide this question? In the trade