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The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY
OBSERVED HERE YESTERDAY

The 18th was not only National
Hospital Day. but the first anniver-
sary of the Western Slope hospital
at Delta. In celebration of the event,
Il public reception was held yesterday
afternoon on the beautiful lawn sur
rounding the hospital building.
Meetings of this nature give the
public an opportunity to acquaint
themselves with hospital affairs.
People of Delta do not seem to under
stand that the local hospital is a com
munity organization, and frequently
we hear of those who do not under
stand why they are asked to help
support it From Miss Joan Armand,
the superintendent. We learn that
while hospitals are rarely ever self
supporting, the Delta hospital has
been except for the equipment and a
few incidental expenses.
This has been taken care of by
the Hospital Aid. of which Mrs j. +.
Hillman is president The Aid is
composed of representatives from
the societies OF all the Delta
churches and women's clubs, A
ltnoleum for the floor of the oper-
ating room has recently been pro-
vided by the Aid and one of the
members has loaned the hospital II
COW.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
DELTA DENTISTS ATTEND
WESTERN SLOPE MEETING

DR.. F. w. Grove and Dr. W. H
Fluallen attended the regular quarter,
ly meeting of the Western Slope Den
tai association, which was held Sat
urday evening in Montrose with about
25 members of the association present
The gathering was held at the home
of DR.. and Mrs. Ross McCafferty, the
meeting beginning with an elaborate
three course dinner at seven o'clock,
which was delightfully."- served by the
wives of the Montrose dentists. Fol
lowing the dinner were special papers
by several members of the organiza-
ton. and general discussion
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13

of Montrose, Stanley P. Young of the
U. S. Biological survey of Denver,
and Will May and ]. H. Newton of
the state agricultural college at Fort
Collins.
The annual banquet was served at
the Baptist church Friday evening by
the ladies of the church. Mortimer
Stone presided as POSTMASTER, and
many interesting and amusing toasts
were given. The principal address of
the evening gathering was delivered
by c. j. Moynihan OF Montrose, on
THE fundamentals of Government. -
big dance at the Elks' hall was the
closing feature of the conference.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
AT cEDAREOGE TueSDAN

\ Father and Son banquet was
held at Cedaredge Tuesday evening
under the auspices of the Cedaredge
y. NJ c. a. About 140 men and boys
participated. An interesting program
was had. +, w. Childs presided as
toastmaster. Hearty responses were
made by \. C, Tinsley, Q. Bruton.
Robert Hausser and Burton Seeley.
Rev, f. w. Pimlott and ID, S. letters
from Delta attended and assure us
that the meeting was Il most enthu-
saStic one.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
ONE OF DELTAs OLDEST
PIONEERS DIES MONDAY

r. C. Hutchison, for nearly forty
wears one of Deltas foremost busi-
ness and stockmen, passed away Mon
day afternoon at IL o'clock following
10 days illness from pneumonia and
asthma.
Robert Caldwell Hutchison was born
in Milton. Northumberland county,
PENNSYLVANIA, December II, lS42, max
ing him 10 years of age at his death.
He was a veteran of the Civil war.
having served his country faithfully.
Following the war. his family settled
at Burnside. Illinois, where he met ana
married Miss Martha Isabelle Hender-
son, in January, 1876. In 1878 they
moved to Leadville. Colorado. where
they resided until they came to Delta
in the spring of 1882.
Mr.. Hutchison has been interested
in extensive farming and stock enter
prises in Delta for the past forty
years, and in addition to these activi-
ties, was prominent in Delta business
circles He served as one of the di-
rectors of the Delta National Bank
from 1912 until 1920.
He is survived by wife and two
children, Mrs. Ruby Lowe and Miss
Jessie Hutchison. OF Delta. Mr..
Hutchison was a member of the B. p
o. +. and !. o. o. F. lodges The fun
eral service was held "Wednesday af-
ternoon at the Baptist church by Rev.
A. b. Parry C f. Blaine was in
charge of the Elks ritual service and
a short eulogy was given by Arthur
Fairbanks. which is in part as fol
lows:
brothers and Friends: II is not
my province to give an extended eu-
logy OF this departed brother. He
lived up to our ideals of American
citizenship and our brotherhood He
took his vows beside the antlers. He
attested his obligation upon the Great
Book of Law. He swore allegiance
to our flag.
"Yea. more: in the campaign of
Bull Run and at the battle OF Antietam
he helped to mend torn flag and
cement II to n mast OF unity. fidelity
and true Americanism- Brothers, is
II not presumptuous for us to say that
he swore allegiance TO our flag?
Would II not be more appropriate for
us to say we swore allegiance to his
flag. for he helped to make 1t.
"Those OF us who knew him veil,
who have sat by his fireside and
heard him talk. well remember his
attitude during the late war He was
at the front, not in person, but In
spirit.
brothers and Friends. your home
and my home this institution and
that institution. these broad streets
and this beautiful city. this valley
with all of its productiveness are
but emblems and monuments of the
fighting Hutchisons of SO There
were more of them, but he was one
of them
The members of the 7. o o r.
lodge were in charge Of tho service
nj the cemetery.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
FIRST GAME OF BASEBALL
DRAWS BIG CROWD AND FUN

There was Il good aggregation to
witness the warming up game of the
season between the East and West
side yesterday afternoon.
Frank Graham tossed for the West
side and Frank Sampson for the East
Rev. F. w Pimlott as center fielder
and Rev. j. c. Eiger as short for the
East side. did some good work and
provoked n lot of merriment. Nichol-
son punched out home run for the
East siders and Bill Graham knocked
one that looked like homer. but ow-
ing to his excess adipose tissue. he
lost out between third and home
The final score was to 8, in favor
of the East siders.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Sustains Painful Injury.

Miss Genevleve Hartig was the vic.
tim of n serious accident Sunday after
noon when she fell from the top of
the basement stairs to the basement
of her home. Reports given out at
this time are to the effect that the
injury consists of a badly fractured
limb and minor cuts and bruises.
Theodore Douglas is managing the
business at the abstract office dur
ing Miss Hartigs enforced absence.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Miss Prouty Leaves.

Miss Julia Prouty who has been in
charge OF tho local Red Cross rooms
home in Denver Tuesday morning.
Miss Ruth Nelson will have charge Of
the Red Cross rooms during the sum.
mer. number OF Miss PrOuty's lady
friends accompanied her to the sta.
tion with some lovely music played
on improvised band Instruments. She
is leaving many friends who wish her
unbounded success and happiness.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Bio Celebration July 4th.

The business men of Delta plan to
make the ath of July celebration here
one of the largest ever held here.
John w. Davis is chairman of the
committee on arrangements. Fea-
lures of the entertainment will be
street races, fancy riding. baseball
games, and many other attractions.
Large purses are being made up for
the various contests. Further an
nouncement will be made when the
program Is completed.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
DELTA WINS CUP
IN DISTRICT CONTEST

The Western Slope track meet and
oratorical contest held at Montrose
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of
last week between the high schools
of the various towns of the district
was an event of more than usual in
terest. Hewett of Montrose broke the
United States record on the high hur-
dies, with a score of 1l.2 minutes,
and in the relay Gunnison broke the
state record for high school meets.
Delta was well represented in all
of the events, and won first in the
oratoricals. The award carries with
it the Roger H. Molten retorical cup,
which is given by Roger H. Molten
of Chicago, head of the department of
executive service of the international
association of Rotary clubs.
The oratoricai program and stand
ings are as follows:
Argument. Resolved that the Policy
OF the Open Shop Would Best Serve
the Welfare of the United States;
Ralph Monnell, Montrose, 1st, Alfred
Kyffin, Delta. End, and George Burg,
Montrose, 3rd.
Oratorical Defamation, E. Wallace
Mast, Grand Junction, 1st; Newell
Parker, Telluride, End, and Margaret
| Beals, Paonia, 3rd.
Original Grafton, Patrick Grafton,
. Gunnison, 1st; Harry Hewlett Delta,
End; and Morris Bowie, Paonia, 3rd.
| Dramatic Defamation, Bernice
/ Hotchkiss, Montrose, 1st, Gladys Pal
mer, Grand Junction, End. and Gladys
| Stewart, Paonia, 9rd-
| Humorous Defamation, "a Modern
! Sermon" Reba Vickers, Delta, 1st;
| Dorothy McMullin, Olathe, End, and
Beth Derryberry, Grand Junction, Srd.
! The reading by Miss Vickers was
highly entertaining and amusing, and
| exceptionally well given. While she
is Just completing her sophomore
year in the high school and has not
previously appeared in the contests,
she shows very unusal ability along
this line.
Appropriate medals were given for
all the first prizes. In the standing
of the towns represented, Delta won
As points, Montrose, 43, Gunnison SO,
Grand Junction 26, Telluride, 9, Olathe
S and Paonia l.
In the athletic events, James Xii.
liam of Delta won the largest number
of individual points, by taking first
place in the shot put, and discus
throw, second in the Javelin and
third in the pole vault. Hunter of
Delta won first in the broad jump,
and Hamm and Plunket made fine
records in the 40 yard dash and dis
Gus throw. In this field. Grand juno
tion obtained the highest number of
points. and was awarded the Vorbeck
and Spaulding cups. while Delta and
Gunnison tied for the second place.
Beside the student body of the
schools represented. large number
of citizens and patrons We're out to
witness the events. and the meet was
successful in every respect.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Merritt Not On the Ballot.

The friends of Guy Merritt who cir
culated Il petition for him for school
director, failed to have the petition
recorded in time and his name will
not appear upon the regular ballot.
MIR. Merritt desires the Independent
to make the following statement: Il
wish to state that the reason my name
does not appear upon the ballot for
the school election of school district
No. /, was due to my neglect to get
in my petition with the required num-
bert of signers around in time pro-
vided by law. w. Guy Merritt"
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Narrowly Avert Accident.

While crossing Main street Monday
afternoon, Mrs. VIII Hart was run
over by an auto driven by d. l..
Hemphill of Austin. Mrs. Hart was
caught by the front fender of the car
and dragged a short distance before
the driver gained control of the car
Aside from minor bruises and bad
scare no damage was done Mrs.
Hemphill who was a passenger in the
the car tainted after the affair was
over.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Visit From G. J. Rotarians.

The members of the Rotary Club at
Grand Junction stopped in Delta Tues
day afternoon enroute TO Montrose
where the charter for the Montrose
Rotary club was officially presented
Tuesday evening. The party of men
came over in automobiles and march
ed through the Main street of Delta
behind the Grand Junction Rotary
band Before going to Montrose they
stopped at the new Delta high school
building where cigars were passed
around by the Delta business men.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
U. S. GovERNMENT REPORT
ON THE GUNNISON RIVER

Mrs. A. Watson OF North Delta has
furnished us with u complete record
of gauge of the Gunnison river at
the North Delta bridge for the past
ten years. The report has been care
fully tabulated at some little trouble
and expense, and appears elsewhere
in this issue. This is valuable piece
of Information which should be pre-
served for reference.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Lose Little Son.

Wednesday evening Francis Addle-
man, the siX-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs James Addleman of Eckert, died
following two weeks illness from
measles and pneumonia Funeral
services will be held this afternoon
from the Delta mortuary. after which
the little form will be laid to rest in
the Garnet mesa cemetery. Besides
the parents. one brother and two sis
ters mourn the loss of the little one.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
No Profiteering Here.

Last week carnations were sell
ing in Denver at $3.50 and $500 per
dozen, Delta People procured them
from local floral company at $1.50 per
dozen The observance of Mothers day
created shortage of carnations and
cut flowers OF all kinds.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Amateur wild West Show.

May S0th promises TO be n bug day
in Delta. There will be an 5u'c't ii l.
ment at the Ball Park under The aug,
pices of the American Les'cn and the
Delta Base Ball Club. Pony races
automobile and horse races and
broncho riding will be n few Of The
features OF the afternoon, followed by
a big ball game. Further announce
ment will be made next week.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Captures Cub Bears

Harry White captured two cub
bears over on Monitor creek last
week He shot the mother and cap
tured the cubs after a sixteen hours
hunt. After he had shot the mother
the cubs climbed a tree and one of
them was killed when Mr.. White
pushed it out the tree, by falling on
the rocks below.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Cars in Collision.

Saturday evening an automobile
accident took place ON the county
road south of town when the Ford
driven by DR.. A. c. McClanahan came
in contact with Chevrolet driven
by young Tilley of California mesa.
The front fender, front wheel and
axle of the Ford were broken and
the radiator rod twisted. DR.. Nc
Clanahan assures us that he and
Henry We're in nowise to blame. as
his long experience as charioteer
of gas wagon has taught him on
which side Of the road to do his driv-
ing,
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Death of Henry M. Stanley.

Henry NJ. Stanley VINO left Delta by
auto about two weeks ago for an ov-
erland trip through the eastern states
with view of benefiting his health
by the change, was taken i'll M,ncay
at Augusta, Kansas, and died Wedr es-
day of valvular heart trouble. :. g.
Stanley left yesterday for Augusta
The burial will take place there.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Injured In Runaway.

Gene Bailey, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
l. L. Bailey OF California Mesa was
badly hurt Monday afternoon when
the team he was driving in from the
field ran away. and he was thrown
against the wire fence and received n
severe scalp wound Nine stitches
were taken in the wound
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Community Church Benefit.

A motion picture. The Great Red
eemer." will be shown Wednesday,
May 18th, at Cedaredge theater, under
'S'sptces of the Calender Club OF the
Community Church of Cedaredge.
Delta people are cordially invited.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
S. 3. Rist Dies Tuesday.

The funeral service of S. B. Rist
who died at Whitewater was held
at Eckert May 1lth under the direc-
tion OF the Masonic lodge. Mr..
Rist was born February 20, 1887, at
Oshkosh. Wisconsin Besides his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rist of
Eckert. he is survived by widow
and one daughter three years old
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Special r. N. A. Meeting.

There will be n special meeting of
the Royal Neighbors next Tuesday
afternoon. Let all the members be
present as arrangements for going to
Paonia the next day will be completed
at that meeting and the committee
wishes to know the number of cars
required.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Coop. Store Meeting.

The stockholders OF the Co-Opera-
tive Trading company met Saturday
evening at Elks' hall. They received
and audit of the company by Mr.
Ragan of Grand Junction. showing
the company to be in a very salts
factory condition. and with present
conditions the next year will be a
very satisfactory year.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
]. O. o. r. Convention.

The annual convention of the Mont
rose and Delta lodges of the !. o. o. F.
was held yesterday in Montrose.
Nearly the entire membership of the
Delta organization drove over in cars
yesterday morning, returning last
evening.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-13
Commence Road Work.

The road gang of the Girardet-
Hotchkiss Engineering company went
to Saguache this week to begin work
on the contract recently secured by
the company for several miles of road.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-05-20
TRIAL FOR SHOOTING
COWS AND HORSES

Chelan Leader About eight or
ten head Of cows and horses have
been shot recently on the Antoine.
and Robert and George Cox were ar
rested by George Beidler and taken
before 0. A. Hoag for trial on Tues
day afternoon. The charge against
Robert Cox was dismissed. On the
trial of the case Of Geo. Cox about
ten witnesses gave testimony. Of
these J. S. Adams, Harry Carpenter.
Felix Tester and L. l. Harm were
owners Of stock which had been shot.
In several cases blood had been trac-
ed back to the field on the Humphrey
place recently rented by Geo Cox.
Some Of the animals had been only
slightly injured, but some were quite
sick and witnesses taot one or two
might not live. Geo. Cox was found
guilty and fined SIS and costs which
made total Of about S145. After
the trial he was again arrested on a
charge Of carrying q concealed weap-
on to which he pleaded guilty and
was fined s. and costs. The Cox
brothers only recently moved into this
county.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-05-20
PIUNG GOES OUT
ATChIWAUkUM WORKS.
LOGS COME DOWN
HIGH WATER SWEEPS LOGS
DOWN CANYON At EMPRESS
TRAIN SPkED-DRINE Is NOW
ON-RINER RISING.

Warm weather and the rapid rise
OF the river last week together with
the great weight of logs caused the
plling at the Chiwaukum loading
works Of the Great Northern Lumber
80. to give way the latter part Of last
week and logs began coming down
through the canyon. Efforts were
made for time to mold the logs
above by throwing boom~ across. but
this proved futile and the eighteen or
twenty million feet Of logs are now
being. driven down. The logs might
have been held had it not been for the
heavy rain Sunday and Monday. This
added to the almost hopeless task Of
repairing the damage
The river Is at very high stage.
although there are those who claim
that II has been much higher. The
tam here has been considered in dan
ger of going out and all the gates
have been kept wide open and a crew
Of men is on the Job putting forth
their efforts to keep the water from
breaking throuph or around. and at
TINS writing "Wednesday EVENING" il
Is thought that the greatest danger is
passed. The water is still al its high
est point, however, though il had
gone down an inch or so al times.
In the meantime a crew of men has
been working in the upper pond.
strengthening the piling. arranging
the log jam and stretching cables in
order to hold the logs 1t appears
hat the upper pond is so we'll protect
ed by islands and the piling that it
must hold unless there Is a very
J
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-05-20
RETAILERS TO
GATHER AT WFNATCHEE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
GOOD PROGRAM PROVIDFn-
kl)l tAIlONAL MATTERS WILL
~ PROMINENT FEATURE OF
THE MEETING.

Retail merchants Of Chelan county
Viii gather al a banquet Wednesday
evening, May 25th, at : O'Clock. The
banquet is being arranged for by the
retail merchants of Wenatchee and
the program Of educational addresse-
is beng furnished by the Education
al Department of the Wasbinptor
state Retailers Association. and hv
T. W. Schultz. President Of the Com
mciciai Bank and Trust Company of
Wenatchee. Doctor W. J. Hindley
former mayor Of Spokane and noted
chautauqua lecturer, and now director
of education for the Washington
state Retailers Association is ar
ranging the educational features of
the program, and will give his adj
dress The New Business Outlook. ''
Another speaker will be Carl Bush.
formerly lecturer in the Business Fx-
tension Division Of the University of
Washington and now Executive Sec
fetary Of the State Retailers Asso-
citation
Mr.. Schultz's address. The Bank
and the Retailer said W. 7. Powell
Of the Powell & Company Of Wenat-
chee, who is acting as chairman. "is
one which no business man can afford
to miss. Mr.. Schultz is a student of
finance and his address is very timely
IN these trying financial times"
Mr.. Bush is well known in the
state, having spent two years conduct
ing classes IN business methods for
the University Of Washington in DIFF
ferent parts of the state"
Doctor Hindley. who is director Of
education for the State Retailers A.
~ociation. combines practical business
knowledge with an unusual gift Of or
atory which makes him welcome be
fore any public gathering, particular
ly before a gathering Of business men.
The program Wednesday night has
been planned after part of the state
wide program Of the Association in
which 1t is planned to conduct mer-
chants Institutes all over the state.
The aims of the Association are
chiefly educational. First, to educate
the retail merchants of the State to a
thorough knowledge~-of the most ef-
fcient business methods and second.
to give the general public such in
formation about the distributing sys-
tenn Of this country as will enable
them to cooperate with US in giving
them the kind of business service
which viii be most helpful to all CON
ce1ned. The retail merchant, because
he is the last link in the chain of
merchandising distribution and for
that reason is the person who comes
directly in contact with the public. has
too frequently been blamed for price
conditions over which he had little or
no control, but we find that as soon
as tbepublic in general understands
more thoroughly the functions of the
retail merchant most of the rejudice
and fault-fnding disappears"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-05-20
GREAT RAINFALL
OVER CENTER OF
STATE 1916
SEASON ONE OF THE MOST
PROMISING IN MANY YEARS
FOR AGRICULTURE. ORCHARDS
LOOKING FINE.

A heavy rain set in over North
Central Washington Sunday evening
and continued until Monday afternoon
and as a consequence the prospect for
large crops are better than they have
been for number Of years. The
crop conditions were ideal before the
rain and now with the ground thor
oughly soaked they VIII he carried
along for several weeks. insuring
heavy yields of grain and hay and
abundant paSturage. The task and
expense Of irrigating orchards and
truck ground viii also be cut.
At LeavenWorth the rainfall. as de-
termlned by the government gauge.
was LAO inches Wenatchee reports
3.53 inches and the World says that
the rain was general over Chelan.
Douglas and Grant counties and eX-
tended into parts of Okanogan coun-
ty. Reports from Waterville, Mans
field, Quincy and Ephrata indicate
that the rain has assured a record
wheat crop in the vicinity of those
towns and Is termed a two-million
dollar rain.
At Monitor there wa, a flood. water
raising to depth of y inches in the
h. Gahrlnger house and the "Deak"
Brown place being flooded. while lum-
Der was afloat at the lumber yard.
Peshastin and Cashmere were not
damaged, but al Wenatchee the yards
Of the Continental Coal Co. were
flooded, water was shut off the high
line ditch and precautions taken to
minimize the damage which threaten
ed the city.
Mondays trains from the east were
delayed by washout>, one of which
was said to he at Cashmere where
the Mission creek enters the Wenat-
chee river.