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The Delta independent., 1922-06-16

timely comments on "Our County
Government" l note you complain
because there is a lack of progress,
change and efficiency in the conduct
of the County Offices. If you look up
the rules laid down, the methods
adopted and the forms prescribed by
the law makers Of the state of the
conduct of the County business, you
will find that there has been but very
little change made in the laws since
the time our first statutes were COM
piled. and it does not matter as to
what progressive ideas an individual
officer may have as to the conduct OF
any particular office, he will not get
very far away from the well beaten
paths of the past.
Your statement concerning the AS
SCISSOR. wherein you say. according
to the Assessors own statement, for
instance, it costs over one dollar per
schedule to handle this particular
item" is very misleading if you in
tend to convey the idea that it costs
over a dollar each to gather in the
schedules.
The amount per schedule is true
was as a taxpayer interested ir
knowing just what it was costing
based on schedule units to run the
office and l believed other taxpayers
would be equally interested. 1 try tC
conduct the Assessors Office open and
above board, there is nothing covered
up. / believe the taxpayers have a
right to know what it costs to run the
office, the various items of expense
for which they pay tax. So / com
piled a statement showing in detail
what it cost to run the office, this cost
included every item. all salaries, the
hire of all clerks and deputies, rec
ords and books and papers of every
description, and in fact, every thing
that could be charged to the Asses
sor's Office and a copy of the same
was given to each Paper of the Coun'
ty. Based on the number of schedul
es taken, it amounted to S1.16 per
schedule.
/ try to do this work just as cheap
ly as | can. and yet it seems to cost a
lot of money. However, l believe the
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expense of the office will bear COM
parison with the Assessors Office of
our neighboring counties. 1 am Civ
ing below the cost per schedule of the
immediate Western Slope Counties,
Commission by the Assessors of the
several counties, for 1921.
Mesa County per schedule
Montrose County - 136 per schedule
Gunnison Co.. 1.59 per schedule
Garfield Co.. 12O per schedule
San Miguel Co.. 2.15 per schedule
Delta County 116 per schedule
You will note that Delta County is
the next lowest to Mesa County, and
three-fourths of the schedules in
Mesa County are taken in the City of
Grand Junction and the other towns
of the County. While in Delta coun-
ty the great majority are farm sched-
ules Mesa county with 10000 or
/ more schedules has but two or three
hundred more farm schedules than
Delta county has, with only 5000
schedules. and Delta has more than
twice as many farm schedules as any
of the other counties excepting Mont
rose and a great many more than
Montrose has.
| One of the greatest items of en-
pense in the conduct of the office is
the taking of the farm schedules, for
with the taking of the schedule is the
agricultural statistics, which the As
SCISSOR is required to take and it takes
on an average, as much time, as does
the tax schedule.
While / believe l have, as Field De-
puties a bunch of men, as honorable,
| efficient and industrious as any men
in the County-all taxpayers and all
interested in cutting expenses to the
minimum. yet it costs money to gath
er the schedules in from all the hooks
and corners of the county. feel
| hopeful this year of making quite
reduction in the expense of the Asses
sor's office, as the field Deputies have
returned the schedules in considerable
less time than heretofore. and the Of
flee help is more familiar with the
work than last year. 1t all spells
| economy.
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SOCIETY
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Mrs w. A. Day will entertain the
F. A. Club this afternoon.
The Friday Fancy Work Club was
pleasantly entertained by Mrs. A. u.
Fairbanks on Friday afternoon.
Mrs. o. A Erghott and Mrs. T. E.
Remley entertained twenty ladies at
one o'clock luncheon Thursday after
noon at the home of the former.
Mrs. L. D. Myers entertained the
members of Captain John Gunnison
Chapter, D. A. r. at pretty luncheon
Wednesday afternoon at her home
near Austin.
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HOTCHKISS
S>>>>>>>>>>>>> 90

Walter Gelwick Is assistant mechan-
ic at Frank Dodge's garage.
Ed Pitts and family moved to their
ranch on Black Mesa last week.
The o. E S. club enjoyed delight
full meeting and luncheon Tuesday
evening.
Miss Edith Swisher and Ruth Ray
arrived home Friday evening from
Boulder.
Mrs. Nettie WORDING is suffering
much pain from an infection of one
of her lower limbs.
A large force of men and teams out
fitted the first of the week to work
in the Overland canal.
The Walkers have moved to their
recently acquired property on Main
street, known as the Elsie Martin
house.
Homer Duke has purchased the pro
perty recently vacated by the Sylves-
ters on Brooklyn Heights for a per-
manent home.
c. s. Wise and wife are now again
settled in their old home on west
Bridge street, known as the Elsie Mar.
tin house.
H. Robinson, who has been helping
his brother in the garage business
has gone to Kline, Colorado, to visit
his children.
Several OF our ranchmen started
haying this week and the greater part
OF the first cutting will be in shock
within the next ten days
Frank Truesdell sold his shoe shop
to VIM Galpin OF Cone Jose county
Colorado. who will locate here perma.
nently with his family.
The weather has been extremely
hot for the past ten days, greatly ia
cilitating the growing crops. which
are looking very promising.
C. s. Wise and wife are now again
settled in their old home on west
Bridge street. after years absence
in the New England states.
DIR. Bast and family of Delta, the
Wheeler and Perry families of Hotch
kiss chaperoned by Charles Roe, pic
niced on Crystal Creek Sunday.
John Dunn. who returned from Ari
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mud, but took their delay very optim

mud, but took their delay very Optim-
istically.
Mrs. Rollins, son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Slaughter, all OF
Gillispie, Illinois, who have been visit
ing the Carrs here and Rogers Mesa
left last week overland via Blue Mesa
for home. George Carr and family
and Mrs. A. E. Carr and daughter, Lot
tie, accompanied their friends into
the San Luis Valley, returning via
Black Mesa Sunday evening after
drive of nearly five hundred miles
thru the mountains.
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Busse Family Returns.

Busse Family Returns.
Mr.. and Mrs. A ]. Busse and family
arrived last week from Grand juno
tion and are located in their home on
Howard street Mr.. Busse is me-
chanic at the sugar factory. The
family was delayed several weeks ow'
ing to a visitation of mumps.
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Better Outfit This Year.

Better Outfit This Year.
w. C. Marsh is making plans for ad-
ditional equipment to his threshing
machine outfit for the coming year
He will have much more modern de-
vice for the cleaning and saving OF
grain than heretofore.
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Visiting Aunt.

Visiting Aunt.
Miss Dorothy Dienst arrived Sun
day from La Jolla, California, where
she has attended school the past year
and will spend few days visiting
her aunt. Mrs. NJ. L. Coad- Miss
Dienst's home is at Callicothe, Mis-
souri,
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ROGERS MESA
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A. p. Miller is still on the sick list
Mrs Henry Hill visited her mother,
Mrs. Taylor. Sunday.
Mr.. Puffer went to Delta Friday for
several days visit.
Mr.. Fast lost two valuable cows
last week. They ate poison weed.
Lester Bussey who attended school
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They Have Cleaned Up.

They Have Cleaned Up.
C. II. Holtgren Of the Delta Dry
Cleaners believes that not only should
clothing be cleaned but also the house
and to that end has had the entire
interior of his establishment thoro-
ughly cleaned and repaired which pre-
sents a very tidy appearance at this
time.
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VIII Visit Chapter.

VIII Visit Chapter.
Attention of members of Garnet
Chapter No. 80. Order Eastern Star,
is called to the fact that Mrs. Davis,
deputy worthy grand matron of the
Grand Chapter OF Colorado. will visit
thechapter Monday evening. June
vited to be present A dinner will be
served to o. f. S. members at $3.50
o'clock.
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COUNTY ASSESSOR MERCHANT
MAKES SOME EXPLANATIONS
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Delta. Colorado, June $. 1892.
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BILL HART PAYS
VISIT TO SONNY
Motion Picture Star Sees
Junior For First Time
Yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. II.
Williams S. c'Bill") Hart, mo-
ton picture actor and William ).
Hart, Jr., one week old met for
the first time yesterday. Hart
went TO the home of his wife,
Winifred Westover, screen actress
at Santa Monica and asked to see
his son. Mrs. Hart would not al
low her baby to be carried down
stairs but asked Bill to come ill.,
side.
Afterward. the strong silent
man" Of the movies declared that
the meeting did not mean recon-
Citation with his wife from whom
he has been estranged for some
time. He characterized domestic
peace as impossible" yet he was
glad he had gone. Friends who
saw the first meeting Of Hart and
his heir say the two at once be-
came the best OF friends and pass
ed nearly half an hour doing
things that fathers and their sons
do when they first become ac-
quainted. Before leaving Mrs.
Hart requested her husband write
in her baby book the names OF
her prognoteies SO he wrote the
various names and the meeting
was over.
Say" exclaimed Mr.. Hart
after leaving, that is not baby:
that's man. I'll tell you on the
square, he is that long. (Here Bill
extended his arms full length +.
He looks like me too, he has got
my head and Just my eyes. he has
got my mothers nose when he
gets big he is going to be a long,
tall chap like me, too. He's mine
through and through" Tears
came TO Bills steel grey eyes and
his fists clinched as queer little
crooked smile played over his lips.
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Pete Johnsons Run

Emmett Lake and Pete Hughes
visited at the home of LA Lake re
Gently.
Mrs. Letha Ferry and son Junior
visited at the home OF John. Tur'
ner Sunday.
Frederick Vangilder visited Aths
Nangilder Saturday night.
Hazel Heiskell is spending some
time in Fairmont.
Wildia Lake was the guest Of
Dayton GEubb over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Shaw and
Mrs. Nan West visited Mrs. Brooks
Fetty Monday.
Joe Fetty visited his father
Wilt Fetty, on business Monday,
LA Lake visited Clyde Carpente:
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denzil Vincent Wis,
tied Mrs. Nancy Carpenter Sunday,
Mrs. Brooks Fetty is i'll at her
home here.
Bruce satterfield visited Burse
Carpenter Tuesday.
A number Of people from here
attended the funeral Of Miss Mabel
Lesson Saturday.
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CITY and stole the diamonds frou'
the ring she received along with
the crown atiLong Beach, but that
she complalned. was as nothing
compared with the 'snlppy way in
which some OF her associates FROM
the west acted.
1t seems that three Of the four
New York queens went 70 Atlanti.
City to contest for the honor or
being Miss America. wearing the
latest styles OF bobbed hair while
the other So wore curls down 20
their waists. Miss HRranch said
the westerners lost no opportur
ity to poke fun at the abbreviated
coiftures. ''ln fact" she declared
at go sot bad that let on had
been selected at Kong Beach. Cal,
instead OF Long Beach. n, y.
and after that I did not have muca
trouble.
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Il Il ~.
cent TO the New wa son Hotel. two
shifts have beer, put 10 work on the
operations aud Il Is hoped TO have
the building under roof by 'Deeem.
Der /.
! Samuel D. Brady will have charge
OF the construction and viii be as.
sisted by William c. Hawkins, as
superintendent.
Mr.. Brady has had much expert
ence IN construction work, having
erected some OF the finest build.
ings in the state, The Masonic
Temple in this city tells OF the
splendid achievement Of the Brady
Construction Co. In the past years
when that concern was engaged IN
building construction, as well as in
the building Of railroads.
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CAROLINA

Mrs. W. e. johnson and chill
dren went to Hoult Monday where
they will Join Mr.. Johnson, who "a
superintendent Of the mines there,
Howard Mason was a business
visitor in Warrington Saturday.
Mrs. Lena Shelton, who Is. locat.
ed at Ida May at preSent, was the
guest Of her sister. Mrs. Esther
Dodson. Saturday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Norris have
returned home after visit with
relatives = in Pennsylvania and
northern West Virginia.
Mt. and Mrs. D. l.. McNemar
and family, accompanied by Miss
Marie Rowand, visited In Fair.
mont Saturday.
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MOB VIOLENCE is
BITTERLY ATTACK
Episcopal Church Gathering
Gets Resolution on
This Matter.

PORTLAND. Ore. Sept. 14.-An
attack upon mob violence was
! placed before the house OF depu,
ties Of the general conference OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church to-
day, in resolution offered by Rev.
c, B. Wilmer, Atlanta, Ga.
Though refusing to say that he
had aimed the resolution at the
Ku Klux Khan, whose headquarters
are in his home city, DR.. Wilmer
said in bringing the matter before
the convention:
Any organization based on a
definition OF AmerlcanIsm which
excludes certain races OF religions
must develop prejudlces or antag.
onisms toward persons OF those re.
ligions or races and must inevita.
bly, encourage the taking Of the law
into ones own hands and ultimate
ly the use Of such an organization
for purposes Of private revenge.
The resolution asked that the
conference place itself on record
80 IOShlu6 Win dBuOIIeuG6 upon
all forms Of mob violence"
The house Of bishops which spent
yesterday discussing prayer book
revision adjourned in the midst OF
debate on the omission OF rubric
which forbids the saying OF the
burial service In the prayer book
over the body Of an unbaptized or
an accommodated person or one
who has laid violent hands upon
himself. Bishop William Lawrence
OF Massachusetts argued for omis.
sion OF the rubric. The bishops de.
cided to eliminate from the mar.
riage ceremony the words with all
my worldly goods l will three en-.
dow"
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TRAINING JUMBO
ESEASY Matter
At Least Eeasier Than That
Of Training Child,
Reports Says.

NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-It's
easier to train an elephant than
to train child.
George Power, trainer and faith.
er says so-and he should know
for he has been handling both for
many years.
He has taught a 4 IA ton ele-
plant to play baseball, shimmy,
dance the fox tot, one step and
Spanish Fandango. He gave an.
other lesson in the waltz. She
learned how to do It in a week.
But when he tried to teach his
eight-year-old daughter ~
ut just couldn't be done" says
the father ruefully. "she wouldn't
pay attention long enough to
watch the steps. Not that Jeanette
is stupid. She isn't. But she's
like most other children, too iIE-
patient.
Jennie, the elephant, doesn't
seem to mind even II 1t takes
years. She listens carefully,
watches and then does as she's
told"
She does it we'll, too. In the
new show at the Hippodrome here
her dancing is one OF the hits Of
the performance.
Best OF ALL" says her trainer
proudly, she never makes 4
misstep and she never forgets.
Elephants never DO. Their
memory seems to be far more re-
tentive than mans.
Without any preparation they
will go through stunts which they
learned many years ago. Once
suddenly put on baseball scene
after a lapse OF four years. Jennie
and her side kicks went through
the game without making an er-
ror.
Another time l tried an act
which | taught them fifteen years
ago. 1t was a war numUer with
many complicated motions. They
performed their parts without a
slip.
''As a matter Of fact they help.
e. me out in several instances
when forgot my part"
Little Jeanette could hold back
no longer.
see! Even you forget some
times" she blurted.
Her father smiled. Jennie,
trumpeted-and got an apple.
ITO show my appreciation" "
explained the trainer. Some
times | give her candy. She de-
serves 1t after hours Of rehear-
SAL"
In teaching his elephants dane
ing, Power uses photograph.
They seem TO have an ear for
music and can keep time with the
rhythm.
, steps. The animals try to initiate
his movement. Sometimes 1t
takes long time to get them 10
do 1t properly, In one instance
1t took Jennie three years TO learn
new dance. But patience, ap-
pies and the photograph finally
won out.
"once they learn" their owner
said proudly, they never forget.
But teach jeanette somo.
thing and 1t is completely forgo:-
ten an hour later.
The youngster heard this.
Il suppose" said she, II could
learn to remember II 1 were like
Jennie.
But who wants TO be an ee-
phant?"
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TO HAvEMoRE VAULTS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-Ad-
diuonal silver vaults are to be
built at the minis at Denver and
San Francisco 1t was announced
today by Director Scobey, OF the
mint, who has just returned from
tour Of the west.
Coinage Of silver dollars under
the Pittman Act, he explained, to
replace silver sold to Great Britain
during the war will necessItate
additional storage facilities for
the coins against which paper cur
rency is Issued.
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PRISONERS HAVE
RIGHT GOOD EATS

CHARLESTON, Sept. IA
Warden j, 2. Terrell OF the state
psnitentiary al MouIhsville ell.
closes an inmates bill Of fare
With his biennial report to Gov.
ernor Morgan. The menu was for
The week ending September 2. Tho
total cost of feeding the inmates
that week was 1885,. IS; the per
capita cost per day, 1922, and
The per capita cost for the week
e2d The menus were as fol-
loys:
Sunday: Breakfast-Rice with
ream bread and butter, syrup,
coffee. Dlnner-Fried bologna
stewed potatoesh, watermelon.
nread Supper-Beef stew, bread.
Monday: Breakfast-Fried 20.
tatoes brown, gravy, bread. coE-
tee pinner-Frfed bacon. green
beans, corn bread. Supper
stewed tomatoes, corn beef hash,
read.
Tuesday: Breakfast : stewed
flce bread and butter, syrup.
toffee. Dinner-Saur kraut and
Eeiners baked beans. bread.
Supper-Stewed apples with one
helping OF beans, bread and but
ter syrup
"Wednesday: Breakfast - Fried
potatoes brown gravy. bread. cot.
lee Dinner4Pork chops, mashed
potatoes; raw onions brown
srayy bread. Supper-boiled
pork navy beans, bread.
Thursday: Breakfast-Stewed
rice With cream, bread and butter,
sYrup coffee. Dinner-Hambur-
ser steak, mashed potatoes.
brown gravy. bread and coffee.
Dinner welners and saur kraut
vegetable soup, bread. Supper -
Green apple sauce, bread and but
ier, syrup.
Saturday; Breakfast = Slowed
nee With cream, bread and but
ter; syTup coffee. Dinner-Best
,teak mashed potatoes, brown
navy bread. Supper-Boiled
oacon3 navy beans, bread.
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Esceping from Russia, recently
rost = refugee the sum OF 100000.
10000 Iunlee-
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WILL IMPROVE
Phone SERVICE
increased Facilities For Ser.
Woe Announced by
seabolt.

yairmont e TO have increased
telephone facilities according to
an announcement made today by
Manager u. W. seabolt.
Giving further help to the City's
plans for Identifying the section
near the million dollar bridge. and
adding 70 telephone facilities, the
directors Of The Chesapeake and
fsotomac Telephone Company Of
west Virginia have authorized
the expenditure OF S44,e5o for e1.
tension and improvements in
Fairmont. The work has already
been started.
Included in the improvements
ale: Removals OF all telephone
POLES along the white way" OH
the Merchant street approach 10
the new bridge, 1t will be neces-
safy To- lay conduit and place the
cables underground, in advance
81 the ctfS's paving work along
the theronghtare.
Combining a section OF the pres
ent Fairmont- Morgantown toll
lines with lines serving telephone
subscribers along Morgantown
avenue The toll lines then will
be In cable. virtually eliminating
the possibility OF storm damage
such as vas caused last winter.
Provision for. many new lines 10
the Morgantown avenue section,
allowing for future telephone
growth. It Is estimated that near
" 500 additional telephones will
be installed in this section with.
IN five years and 1t Is the inten-
lion OF the company to have 4
plant available so that there will
be Us little delay as possible after
service Is requested.
NJ present the toll line to Nor.
santown consists OF open wires on
from four to six cross.arms. Be.
cause of the growing business of
the telephone company in the two
cities Il Is estimated that within
five years eight or more cross.
arms would be necessary on every
pole ii the line were mainland
IN Us present. state...
What the company proposes to
do Is 70 remove part Of this line
and put the long distance circuits
IN a new and much larger cable
ON Morgantown avenue. This call
Will also contain the lines serving
the local subscribers along that
theroughfare.
According to estimates prepared
BY telephone company engineers.
in the business section OF the city
1t will be necessary to place four
manholesSa and e,735 feet OF under
ground conduit, which will CON
tain 7.245 feet of cable. Each
cable will contain several humid
red wires, In the residential sec
ton 1880 feet OF cable will be
run on poles and special cor.
struction must be provided for
more than 1900 feet where the
line crosses the Monongahela AMI
the tracks Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
Last winter during a sleet and
wind storm. the open wires and
poles Of the toll line were carried
down for more than three quarters
Of d mile and Falrmont was with
out telephone service TO the out.
side world for a short time. With
the circuits In cable 1t will take
an exceptionally heavy storm 10
cause any serious damage along
that section OF the line. In this
manner the telephone company in.
deayors to safeguard telephone
service against damage by storms
IT'S efforts are at all times 10
furnish a dependable telephone
SERVICE.
It's expected that the work will
be completed by the latter part
Of December.
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Ladies, washable Jap SIX o.
Waists; Black and Colors, Each ,9l
/. It is an uncommon thing TO find silk
waists like these for only dollar.
Regular and extra sizes,
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Small children's slip.oyer 81
Play Rompers; 3 for Only
Very handy to wear around the
home. made Of good materials.
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Infant's Knit sacques; Made e1
with Nice Wool Finish; for. 4l
White with blue or pink trimming.
This is good time to buy and save
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beautiful and desirable pat
terms including popular new
bright color plaids. Guaranteed
fast colors.
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'SELLSCONT.RAGT
FORNEN IHEBTER
West Virginia Amusement Co.
Takes Over Construction
:.-Brady in Charge.

With the purchasing of the con.
tract, by the West Virginia Amuse-
ment Co. tromtE5 Valley Engineer
ing Co., for the construction OF the
new theater In Adams street, ADA.
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When Answering sdpertiaensnts
please say you saw 1t In The weSI
vrgtnlan.