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The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

Blessed is he who makes two spears
of grass grow where but one grew
before. And doubly blessed is he
who makes nineteen thousand three
hundred bearing fruit trees grow on
land which formerly belonged to sage
brush and prairie dogs.
Such is the achievement of w. B.
Stockham, one of Delta County's pio-
neers. Ten years ago Mr.. Stockham,
who was engaged in the hardware and
banking business in Delta, decided
that water could be put upon Ante
lope Hill, then virgin land. Immedi-
ately the work was started. 1t was
necessary to carry the water five and
a half miles, three and half miles
in an open flume and one and three
quarters miles by a syphon which
raises the water 400 feet. Truly a
difficult task. But great results re-
quire great effort, and Mr.. Stockham
was not a man to be discouraged or
deferred by the hardship of an under
taking.
Water was poured upon the land =
and the transformation occurred. Tc-
day sixteen thousand apple trees give
spectacular evidence of the success
of the enterprise. A thousand sweet
cherry trees and thousand pear
trees add to the immensity of the
project and profits. Eight hundred
apricot trees and two hundred and
fifty each of sour cherries and peach
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23
part of our educators.

part of our educators.
Fancy work and hand painting were
there in abundance and the needle
work was exquisite.
The tempting array Of bread, cakes.
pies, canned goods, jellies. ETC., would
tempt the appetite Of an epicure.
There were some excellent events
each day at the race track. racing.
broncho busting, steer roping, ETC.,
and great credit is due the manage
ment as we'll as the people throughout
the county for helping to make this
event a financial success.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

A woman Of ninety. who has just
died In Pennsylvania town, had
unique record. She was the mother a
~ children, saw five generations OF
her family. and had 131 descendants,
several Of whom served in three wars.
Such a woman deserves monument
from q grateful country.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

A woman who serves q manufactur-
ing concern in the capacity Of purchas-
ing agent attributes her success to .
college training. However. there are
married men who will tell you that
their wives can put in . pretty good
uay at 1t on nothing more than high
school course.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

Ernest Latimer lives on a 6-acre
tract one and half miles from Delta
One acre yielded a good crop OF pota-
toes, III acres was in alfalfa; one
acre in corn and 2h acres in miscel-
laneous crops. Mr.. Latimer owns a
team and flock of 100 chickens and
with his tract has splendid means
of livelihood.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

w. E. Weyrauch owns a nice ranch
near Austin; has an apple orchard of
35 acres. with total of about $500
trees. This year he will harvest 1000
boxes of Jonathans; $3.50 boxes of
Rome Beauties; 5000 boxes of Gano;
$50 boxes White Winter Pearmains
and 200 boxes of other varieties; a
total of 21,3OO boxes.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

General Tomchechevski II reported
TO he the man who has been leading
the b0lslievists to their victories
against Kolschak. DenikIne and the
Poles. His name is enough to strike
terror to any heart.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

A Boston dietetist says fried chick
en Ia not to be compared to broiled
chicken. Certainly not, says Houstos
Post. How are you going to- compare
the superlative with the Grove'inl
things Of this w0rldf
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

There IL abundance Of coal at the
pit loading stations; there are thou
sands Of Idle coal cars, and there II
. coal famine in most Of the large
Industrial centses Certain brains DO
not seem to be functioning. Thss
should be made to function or bs -
placed with more emcient brains.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

Pajamas, too. are very high thi'
year. II wifi soon be necessary for thu
conservative citizen to put on moth
Ing but the altogether when be hiti
the hay.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

The ultimate consumer has learned
to regard money as no object. He re
joices like a patriot and a philosopher
every time an Industrial problem 10
solved by the. simple process Of put
ting him to some additional expense.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

A professor Of Greek has been
named minister OF Greece. II linguist
ic skill Ia to be an essential in future
diplomatic appointments, the man whe
goes to Peking will have earned thu
Job.
The Delta independent., 1921-09-23

II Is said the retail price Of suea
Will not go down before the Arst o
the year, md may 20 up ana thus die
appoint noeody.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
perfumery Now Jagless;
Makers Extract ssKick
New Deiaatsirent Used ina Toilet
Preparations to Comply
With Dry F,awa

hlgnly aromatic jags, annexed bv
snlrsty ones with an appetite for nav,
1omeTy and toilet preparations. viii ba
an irnpossibility from now On Tba
au.nof,Sy for this information is Abel
!. smith, OF the law firm of Staneh-
l.esa G Levy, one of counsel for Mrs
Anne y. Stlllman in her divorce case
anu also attorney for the Manufactn~-
shg Perfumers Association of the
United States ' - ths
Ine perfumeSs are in national con-
Vention at the Biltmore. mr. Sm;tl,
addressed them yesterday ON fbe;y
legal rights. The perfumers use IL roo
auanrssses of alcohol to extract odors
from flowers and as solvent In toiIat
preparations, so they aye vitally in-
terested in the Eighteenth Amendment
Mr.. Smith was interviewed prior TO his
address lie said he never drank anv
eoiocne. or perfume, or hair oil. but
he understood that some people did.
he eantirued
We have been harassed by dry laws,
particularly state laws. One In Texas,
practically prevented the sale Of per-
funie The per9uiners are law abiding
and they now have new denaturent
known as brucins acetate and aeetone.
This does not harm perfume as per-
9une, but it makes perfume irnpos-
s'1le as q beverage. Any one drinking
pesfusne treated with this denasurent
viii be violently seasick immediately
thersaftex.o
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Kin of Rorl,anons
Ordered TO ay $50
A Week Aii1nony
Viscountess Lewitsky Says
Husband Left Her Here
PenniIess and Mentions
Woman i'm Divorce Suit

Viscount Serge Lewitsky, who de.
clared himself a Russian nobleman OF
the old regime and boasted of his abil-
ity to trace his ancestry back TO 1929
as well as of his kinship with the
Romanoffs, was ordered by Justice
Tierney to pay his wife, Viscountess
Galine Lewitsky, $50 week temporary
alimony pending her suit against him
FOR divorce.
Lswitsky formerly was ar officer in
the Russian navy. Countess Lewitsky
told the court her husband left her ard
their son penniless while they were
living at the Hotel Netherland, in New
York. Lewitsky, the wife said, receives
an allowance from the Russian EN-
bassy at Washington. She also men
tened woman, who remained unidon-
tilted.
Lewitsky said he had taken out his
first papers, and that lie intended to
become an American citizen. He de-
MED his wife's allegations Of miscon-
duct. he was in Washington, he said
when word reached him that the
countess was suing for divorce. He
came to New York at once, bat was
unable to find his wife and son.
The defendant said he was in Rus
sia in 1919, when cable message
reached him from Countess LewitskS
that she was in need OF funds. HI
sent her S1,0o5, he told the court which
cost him 100000 rubles in Russian
money at the time, leaving him penni
less. He wrote Countess Lewitsky tt
go TO Shanghai, he said, and, believing
that she would obey, sailed for Hong
kong. From there he wrote the
countess ten letters, none of which was
answered, he said. At last he shipped
as third mate of a cargo steamer boune
for Seattle, and thence made his way
to New York
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

a,,. ,m.sillyl silly! silly!" cried a voice.
why don't you wish something sem
Ssible? Why don't you wish you had
peen polite to Jimmy Skun!:?"
Boxer looked up. Peeping down at
nm from mushroom shelf high UP
on the trunk of tree was Sticky
toes the Tree Toad. "How do YOU
know. wasn't polite? You weren't
anywhere about" retorted Boxer,
Grossly.
"How do know? Listen to him,
IEponta LA, hs' ha; Was listen to him! How do
stickytoes. S'If there is anybody in
this part Of the Green Forest wbn
doesn't know. that you were rude to
Jimmy Skunk it must be that sha
hasn't any. nose. Fie, fe, you silly
little Bear!"
1T wasn't sny fault" whined Boxer.
Oh, yes. it was your fault.n re-
torted Stickytoes, at is Of no use for
you to go about saying it wasn't. No
enc ever has trouble with Jimmy
Skunk unless he starts the troubie
himself Jimmy never starts it.
But You can count on Jimmy to end i+
every. time. | wish, little Bear. Won
would kindly move along. You are
making it very unpleasant for this
neighborhood." s'.4s
So, because he didn't know what
else TO do. the miserable little Bear
feeling nlose miserable than ever
moved on.
Copyright. 1891, by II. w. Burgess)
The next story: Everybody skuns
Royep,u
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Jersey City Elects
5 Hague Candidates
As Commissioners
Mayor Runs Third, but VIII
BE Returned TO Present
Post; Cillen Loses New
ark Mayorality Election

Returns from Tuesdays election in
Jersey City yesterday showed COM
pletc victory for the five Hague candi-
dates for City Commissioners. Mayor
Frank Hague ran third on the ticket,
but it was announced that he would be
returned to his present office for the
next four years.
In Newark Charles p Gillen was de-
feated for reelection as Mayor, but was
one of the successful candidates for
City Commissioner He ran fifth on
the ticket, with lead CT only 148
nearest opponent, John Howe, may ask
for recount.
Who will be the new Mayor of New
ark to succeed Gillen has rot been de-
termined. Thomas L. Raymond, Re-
publican, formerly Mayor before the
commission form OF government was
adopted, ran first on the ticket. Will
liam j. Brennan, an independent, ran
second. Both of these men have an
nounced that they would rather not ac-
cept the mayoraltv. Brennan is Di-
rector of Public Safety. Commissioners
Alexander Archibald, a Democrat. was
reelected. The fourth man was Fred
erick c. Breidenbach, John T, Mono
han was the only man on the present
commission defeated for reelection.
The Newark commissioners will sooI
meet to decide on g Mayor. 1t is con
sidered unlikely that they will choose
Mayor Gillen.
The complete vote for each of the
ten candidates was: Raymond, 53,6o7;
Brennan, 43,781; Archibald, 39,475;
Breindenbach, 37,487; Gillen, 36,041
Howe, 35,893; Monahan, 3l,248; Frank
s. Dodd, 1926; William Bittles, 25,-
951; John A. Matthews, 23,T37.
A. Harry Moore, Commissioner of
Parks and Public Buildings, carried all
of the 169 election districts in Jersey
City. He was far in the lead of all of
the candidates.
The vote was Moore, 63,070; john
Bentley, 61,o26; Hague, 55,027; Mich
ael l. Fagen, 54,s54; James f. Cannon
54,552; August Ziegener, 1878; Colo
mel George T. Vickers, 1883; Walter
German, 1894; Edward Cahill, 1886
and j. Arthur OFT oole, 14,729.
Mayor Hague after the election said:
"The results show that a nud-slingina
political campaign does not pay. II
indicates that a large number OF Demo
Gratis who stayed away from the polls
in November have returned. The com
missioners will interpret the result as
vote of confidence and will try te
merit it,"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Gagged Heiress to See Outside
World First Time Inn l6 Years
Thirty-one.Y Year-Old Jessie Hall Will BE Taken TO
Saratoga Hospital To-day for Physical
and Mental Examination

have had their effect on Jessie Hall,
and physicians fear her health has
been permanently damaged. 1t is sus-
pettsd she has tuberculosis.
The authorities have failed thus far
to account for an Inheritance of $4,000
said to belong to the girl. She has
been left in the cage, in care of the
mother and sister, who have been her
lailers, ever since her discovery. be-
cause DIR. Cotton believed she would be
better off in this environments to which
she hard become accustomed, until after
she had been examined The aged
mother explained that she kept Jessie
locked UP TO prevent her running away.
Upon the result of the examination
by the physicians Thursday will de-
pend III large measure the disposition
OF the woman, Ii she is found to be
affected with tuberculosis DR.. Cotton
undoubtedly will direct her removal to
the Saratoga County tuberculosis Hos
pital, where she can be given proper
treatment. care and nourishment.
Whether Miss Hall is seriously i'll or
not the authorities believe q sani-
tarium will be an excellent place for
her to be kept, Tor q time at least.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

WASHINGTON, May 1l.-Pressure Is
high over the north Atlantic STAGES low IN
all interior districts, with centers Of mini
mum pressure over Illinois and western
Minnesota. and high and rising in the Far
Northwest. This pressure distribution has
been attended by showers in the last TWEEN
ty four hours in the Atlantic states scut h
OF Pennsylvania and in he groaI central
valleys and the Northwest.
The weather has become cooler in the
middle Atlantic states and decidedly cold :
or over the Northwest Temperatures have
risen over tho plains states and the south
ern Rocky Mountain region.
In the New England states aud easter0
New York the weather win become over
cast and somewhat warmer Thursday and
be followed by showers Thursday after
noon or night and on Friday. In the mid
die Atlantic states there viii be showers
Thursday and probably Friday, with SLOW
" rising temperature. In the south Al
lantio states the Ohio Valley and the
region OF the Great Lakes there Will he
snowefs Thursday and probably Friday,
without material change in tenaperatrre
In tho east Gulf states and western Ter
nessee the weather will be generally fair
lhursoay and Friday, without 1laaterisI
change In temperature.
District Forecasts Eastern New York.
Increasing cloudiness followed by showers.
to-day. somewhat warmer; to-rnorrow
showers ~
southern New England-fnorea aims
ciouoiness and somewhat warmer iodav
followed by showers this afternoon or to-
hight; tomorrow showers
observation-disclosures to-day and probs NV
tomorrow; slightly warmer
western New Gork--STrtreaai.,e claps54 .
iaess followed by showers Ia west portion
le-uay; tomorrow Haowegs.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Spec;sl Dsspatch to rhe Tribuae

a
SCHENECTADY. May H. Jessie
Hall the thirty-one-year.o old heiress TO
9 missing treasure of several thousand
dollars, will look on the outside world
tomorrow for the first time in sixteen
years. More than half her life has
been passed as prisoner in small,
Grade wire cage in the tumbledown
home of her mother. Mrs. Catherine
Hall, near Round Lake.
DIR. John Cotton, health officer Of the
town of Ballston, who discovered her
ncarly two weeks ago, emaciated, bab-
bling and terror stricken at the sight
of stranger, after neighbors had
asked what had become ,f the long
missing girl, will take her to the Sara
toga Hospital. There she will be given
a thorough mental and physical exami-
nation.
Sixteen years passed in the small,
darkened inclosure, behind tightly
closed window blinds, and entirely
lacking even the simplest comforts,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Bedtime Stories
The Most Miserable of Little Bears
BY Thornton w. Burgess
Wish ind apish and avish again;
There is nothing quite so vai,a.
Mrs. Bear.

~ wish l hadn't. wish hadn't,
Boxer as he stumbled along to the
Laughing Brook to try to wash away
that dreadful smell from Jimmy
Skunk's little scent bag.
What Boxer was wishing was that
he hadn't been so impolite to Jimmy
Skunk and hadn't refused to do as
Jimmy had politely asked him to. And,
most of ill, he wished he hadn't made
the mistake of thinking that because
he was SO much bigger than Jimmy
he could do just as he pleased.
Even now that little Bear didn't
know exactly what had happened. All
he knew was that something had
struck him in the face and made his
eyes smart dreadfully, and had choked
him, and still smelled so bad that it
made him feel sick and miserable,
and that somehow that little stranger.
so neatly dressed in black and white.
was responsible for it. The thing he
wanted most was to get away from
that smell.
So the little Bear stumbled along
until he came to the Laughing Brook.
There ne took bath. This made his
eyes feel better. But though he
washed ana washed his coat he
couldn't get rid of that dreadful
smell. Then he tried to run away
from it. He thought that perhaps If
he ran fast enough and far enough
he might leave it behind. So Boxer
ran with all his might, until at last
he had to stop to get his breath.
That smell was just as bad as bsfore.
Yes, sir, it was. He hadn't left any
OF 1t behind, so far as he could tell.
Then that little Bear sat right down
and cried. He was sure that he was
the most miserable little Bear that
ever lived. Anyway, he could think
of no way in which little Bear could
be made any more miserable. He had
no appetite, not the least bit. And he
was uneasy. He couldn't even sit
still to cry for very long.
He tried climbing a tree to sec if
he could climb away from that smell.
but though he went clear to the top
Of that tree the smell was there When
he got there. Sorrowfully, he CLIMBED
down again. There was no use in try-
ing 20 get rid Of that dreadful smell.
He couldn't wash it away. He couldn't
run away from it, lie couldn't climb
above it. 30, sir. there Was no use
ia trying to ret rid Of it.
Boo, hoo, hoo! | wish I'd never
been born,s gobbed Boxer.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Of Olympiias,

the mother Of Alexander, it
is written that she was a
severe woman.
Alexander's deputy once
wrote letters of complaint
against her to the great
King. He replied:
"KnoWest thou not that
one tear OF my Mother will
blot out a thousand letters
of thine?"
One who loves his Mother
and honors her is seldom a
bad man, and she is never d
bad woman with a son who
loves her and takes care of
her.
Amy one may form a fair
judgment of what a young
man is by the way he treats
his Mother.
(Signcd)
~ N4~<<
May II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Ambassador Stimson and Wife
Return From Buenos Ayres

Frederic Jesup Stimson, United
States Ambassador to Argentina, ar
rived here yesterday with Mrs. Slim
son on the Lamport & Holt liner
Vestris, from Buenos Ayres. After re-
porting to the State Department in
Washington he will visit his home at
oedham, Mass.
Mr.. Stimson said that a revival of
trade between the United States and
South America would have to wait un-
til the adjustment of exchange had
brought it nearer to normal condition.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Store Used Oriental Rugs atF ractional Prices
20 carpet Sizes $40 up-6O medium sized rugs SIS UP
4 DRESSING TABLE
Designed by BELMAISON

We have used these rugs mostly in places where only
good rugs could be usedn BELNTAISON, in the model
of Furniture Galleries the Bridge Of Progress
They have rendered valuable service and when the time
to change the store settings, cleaned the rugs and
put them back in stock at the very low prices quoted below
None sent approval None c. O. D. None returnahle.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

focal Official Record -- The following
official record shows temperatures during
the last twenty-four hours, in comparison
with the corresponding date of last year:
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

Local Torecast-Increased cloudiness fol-
lowed by showers to-day; somewhat
warmer tomorrow; fresh east and south
east winds.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Weather Report

Figures indicated are standard time.
Sun rises. 4:42 am. Sun sets... 1908 pm.
Moon rises 9:20 am. Moon sets 11:40 pm.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

Highest, SO degrees Cat Has a. nl.)
lowest, 66 degrees Cat 10 p. rn.) average
% degrees; average same date last year
68 degrees; average same date for thirty.
three years. 5s degrees.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Sfunidit,
mo-. rs / p. m.... 6S S p
General Weather Conditions

Barometer Readings
a. m. 3o.17 p. M. 30.23 -. M. so.a7
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

Loveliest Of
F rench Blouses
200 at 1915
-were Si275 TO $3.50.
100 at $12.75
-pcrc SOS 10 SIS.
Really absurd prices for
such charming modes, such
exquisite artistry.
There are lovely models
in fine filmy French batiste,
and in voile, at both prices
Many are made beautiful
by hand embroidery and
drawn work. Filet or Va,
lenciennes lace is used Oh
many models.
At S9.75 IS a group Of rather
tailored finely tucked model;
piped with color in rose, tan
dark blue, and French blue.
The daily times., 1921-08-27

terae last January limiting at pirates
on the Atlantic. was a fake, accord
ing to Lawrence-Richey, special as
sistant to Secretary Hoover, who re-
turned today after making an inves-
tigation at the scene of the wreck.
Christopher Columbus Grey a
fisherman OF Buxton Beach, n. c.,
who claimed to have found the bot
tie and the note. Mr.. Richey said.
has admitted that it did not come
from the Deering. Comparison of
the handwriting of the note with that
of Grey, he declared, had shown the
two to be very similar.
Reports of mysterious pirates op-
Grating on tfc Atlantic We're current
2 few weeks ago after the finding of
the note which indicated that the
had been captured by a raft
milling a submarine chaser.
The daily times., 1921-08-27
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of r. S. Wells, late OF
Wilson County, North Carolina. this
is to notify all persons having claims
agains the said estate to exhibit them
O the undersigned at Elm City, North
Carolina, within twelve months
, from this date or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to the estate will
please make prompt settlement to
the administrator.
This the 18th day of August 1921.
w. NJ. WELLS,
s IL 10 26 2 Administrator.
The daily times., 1921-08-27
On Certificate Plan

TO New Orleans, La.-NatonaI bap'
tist Convention, Sept. 6-12. Ger
titicates issued Sept. to 8, final
limit Sept. 16, 1921.
To Detroit. Mich.-National En-
campment Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Sept. 1926. Certificates is
sued Sept. Is to 21, final limit
Sept. %.
To Hendersonville, n. C.-American
Legion Department of N. c., Aug.
26-27. Certificates issued Aug.
1927, final limit Aug. 81, 1921.
To Raleigh, n. C.-Supreme Coun-
Gil, Order Eastern Star, Sept. 6-8.
Certificates issued Sept 2-S, final
limit Sept. II, 1921.
For rates, Routes and other informa-
tion call on or write to
X c. WINSTEAD,
WILSON, N. G..
The daily times., 1921-08-27
AND STATESVLLE
WIN AT TOURNAMENT'

Gastonia, Aug. 25.-Smashing all
past records, the Asheville Chemical
Machine team, No. /: and the States
Vile Water team, No. l, captured
the first prizes in the motor contests
of the State Firemens tournament
this morning. Statesville and Hickory
tied at first for the first prize in the
water contests, both making a time
record of 10 and 4-5 seconds when
these two teams ran the race over to
eliminate the tie Statesville won, ac-
complishing the required feat in 10
seconds which was one second less
than the time record of Hickory.
In the reel races the Spencer shop
team won first prize, the Chapel Hill
team second and Winston Salem
third. First prize was $50; second
$125, and third, 500.
In the grab reel races, Chapel Hill
was first. East Spencer second anG
Hamlet third.
A total of 500 in prizes was Civ
en- out during the tournament.