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The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY
CALLS FOR BANK STATEMENTS

The comptroller OF currency has
called for a statement of finances from
the various banks, showing the condi.
ton at the close Of business Saturday
December 81, 1921. From the follow.
ing 1t will be seen that the ten Delta
county banks are in a healthy ccndi'
ton
First National of Delta-Deposits
$5s6.s36.09; resources, $772.5SS.33.
Delta National, OF Delta-Deposits
$47s,5O2.s3; resources, s617,4o1.5s.
First National of Paonia-Deposits,
$377.525.45; resources. $439,294.5S.
Fruit Exchange. Paonia-Deposits
$327,104.4S; resources. $364,403.39.
First National of Cedaredge-Depos
its, 191,973.60: resources. $2SS. .6s4.29
Colorado State. of Delta-Deposits
$234.431.6s; resources. $274.6s1.s1.
First National, OF Hotchkiss-Depos
its. $1sS.154.70: resources. $3.50. 1897 %
North Fork State. Hotchkiss-De
posits, s167,s14.95; resources. $1S7,
s37.57.
State Bank of AustinJDeposits. SIG.
sS6.S0: resources. $143,531.35.
Crawford State. Crawford-Deposits
35s.342.33: resources. $76.S09.66.
Total deposits. s2.73s.6s2.41 total
resources. $3.425.419.s4.
1--WE are indebted to the obliging Co
Op. telephone girls for getting US this
service. Whenever we put in an or
der they get on the Job and never stor
until they have connected our office
with every bank in the county, and
always with a courtesy and grace most
Unusually
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

President Hollands of the Chamber
of Commerce announces the appoint
ment of the following standing com
mittees for the year 1922:
Finance and Membership-M. Spring
er. chairman: |. C. Hall and c. B.
Adams.
Good Roads-R. c. Egnew. chair
man: A. d. Fairbanks and c. II. Stew
art.
Manufactures-N. w. Draper. chair
man: C. E. Blaine and Herbert Chase.
Traffic and Transportation-G. A.
Nahstoll. chairman; A. ]. Obert and
w l.. Mack.
Publicity-W. j. Hollands. chair
man: w II. Mathers and John w.
Davis.
Trade Extension and Agriculture
DR.. A. f. Miller. chairman; j. f. Hill
man and J. Il. Moore.
Civic Improvement. Municipal At
fairs and Legislation-W. G. Hillman,
chairman: A. d. Fairbanks and w. e.
Schoolfeld.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
LITTLE BOY DIES FROM
RECEIVING SEVERE BURNS

Mr.. and Mrs. John Morland, living
on the Clark ranch just north of the
city. are bereft Of their little son, Fred.
who was SO seriously injured by boil
ing water which he pulled from the
stove that he died during the night,
Monday. January 9
The little boy was born March II.
1918, and was nearly four years of age.
The funeral was held Wednesday at
the family home. conducted by min
lister from the German Lutheran
church at Montrose.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Armory Work Progressing.

The excavation for the new armory
is completed, and some of the timbers
are in place. while concrete forms have
also been laid to some extent. Rainy
weather has interfered somewhat with
the progress of the work, and seep
water is present in the proposed swim
ming pool in large quantities. A pump
was in operation for some time, but
failed. and another is now being in
stalled.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Proor1m
County Commissioners Meet.

There WAS Considerable business Il
he transacted by the county commits
sioners at their January meeting. II
being the first of the year. J. +. Beck
ley was made chairman. and w. G.
Balch vice chairman. Milton r. Welch
was appointed county attorney. Dr. G.
II. Burgin county physician, and w. II
Beckley was re-appointed janitor. The
Delta County Tribune was designated
the official newspaper for legal pub.
lications.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06

Ben Parrish and Pete Jordan will
olathe next Monday evening. Parrish
claims to be in the pink of condition
and feels confident of twisting back
to the top of list in the wrestling
game.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Bride and Groom Return,

Sunday evenings train brought home
W. Fl. Williams and wife from Council
Bluffs. Iowa, with the latter's young
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams were re-
Gently married the bride being n
friend of younger days and resident
of Council Bluffs. They will make
their home here
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Buys Interest Of Partner.
The nartnerHhiD heretofoY

The partnership heretofore existing
between +. L. Kepler and w. A.
Laycock, known as Laycock 4 Kepler,
was this week dissolved by mutual
consent, Mr.. Kepler taking the Buick
agency and the south garage. Mr.. Lay
cock continuing the operation OF the
north half, of the building. c.. ].
Adams will remain with Mr.. Kepler
AZ bookkeeper and cashier.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06

II. +. Perkins expects to leave for
Denver within the next few days to
consult with a specialist in the hopes
of having his eyesight restored to
normal.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Appendicitis Sufferer.

NppendiCIttS Sunerer.
Miss Alma Dorsey. one Of the twin
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dorsey of California Mesa, underwent
an operation for appendicitis at the
Delta hospital Tuesday, and last re-
ports of her condition were favorable.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
See Great Famine Picture.

Special feature at the Colonial The
atre. Alice In Hungerland." featuring
the famine stricken millions of Ar
menia and the Near East. Every man.
woman and child should see this Won
derful picture. Remember the date.
Colonial, Wednesday, January 11th.-
Local Near East Committee.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses.
To NJ. p. Conner and Mrs Mary
Raisnyder, both of Paonia; to William
j. Roberts of Yakima, Washington.
and Miss Verley Flo Roller of Delta,
permits were issued during the week.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
The Tax Is OF.

The Tax Is or.
Those odious pennies in exchange
for war tax charges ON soda fountain
drinks. patent medicines and many
other articles of every day use will
now be conspicuous by their absence,
as the federal order ON such became
effective January /, 1929. The tax on
jewels. picture shows and some other
things will remain.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Get Tosethers to Meet.

The next meeting of the Get To-
gether Club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Frank Cottier Thursday. jan
uary IL.
The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
REGULAR MEETING DELTA
WOMAN'S CLUB NEXT WEEt

Late Movements in Fiction and
Poetry" will be discussed Mt the next
meeting of the Delta Woman's Club
next Wednesday. January II. at 3
o'clock.
Program
Miss Lulu Bett" Mrs. A. ID. Fairbanks
Amy Lowell w. II. Stewart
Reading w. II. Fluallen
Mesdames Rolla Allen and Ernest
Maupin will be hostesses.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

war might have been ended then and
there if the British commander had
been awake to his opportunity.
Then followed the retreat through
New Jersey in which the character of
Washington was tested to the utmost
His generals grew insubordinate, his
men deserted by whole companies,
thousands Of people throughout the
Jerseys took the oath of allegiance to
George III, and everywhere there were
murmurs of discomfort and dishearten-
ment. Barely 5000 men answered to
roll call when the army reached the
far side of the Delaware, but in this
crisis Washington was able not only
| to hold that number together, but to
add as many more. He was compelled
to resort to extraordinary measures,
and in explaining these he> wrote to
congress: "A character to lose, an es-
| tate to forfeit, the inestimabIe bless.
! ing of liberty at stake, and a life de-
voted must be my excuse
! Before the Holidays the great Amer
lean was ready to strike blow fol
liberty and for his own vindication
Crossing the Delaware Dec. 25, in spite
of pitchy darkness and grinding ice
he marched his army nine miles
| through a sleeting storm to Trenton
where he surprised the Hessians. Al
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Ripping Rhymes
n ILL
DISAPPOINTMENT
Ry Walt Mason

Disappointment bent me double, ere
long had played life's game; for l
always looked for trouble, and the
trouble seldom came. When | had a
field of barley | would sadly gaze
thereat, and remark, 80 help me,
Charley, hail will come and knock it
flat. Ond if haply hail should dodge
it, it will burn up in the sun, or a
whirling wind viii lodge it so the reap
ing can't be done Or the locusts'
wings will rattle as they mark it in
their flight, or the neighbors' tinhorn
cattle will devour it in the night.
Something fierce will oyertake it, rain
or tempest, drouth or hail; never viii
the cleaner rake it, or the thresher
WELD his flail.' But the weather was
propitious. no disasters came along;
my forebodings, grim and vicious,
turned out altogether wrong. Yet ]
hunted round to borrow something that
would make me glum; it is hard to
bank on sorrow and to find it doesn' t
come I've been always prompt to
wager that a woe is Just ahead; grief
in minor key or major is our portion, .
have said. But I'm scEe and disap-
pointed, all my theories seem to fail !;
grief ayaunted and arointed just when
would grab its tail
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

"Our schools and colleges have multiplied in
number and are now within reach of many, many
more people of ordinary circumstances.
There are more churches.
''We have an infinitely wider variety of food.
and immeasurable progress has been made in in
suring its cleanliness and quality.
"There is now one automobile for every fam
lily in America.
''The telephone has added immensely to our
facilities for social intercourse.
"The finest of music has been brought with
in the reach of most homes through Edison's in
vention of the phonograph.
THE theatre formerly enjoyed by relatively
few and only in large towns and cities, is nightly
open to the inhabitants of almost every hamlet
in the land at very low cost, thanks to the mov-
ies-another incaculable enrichment of the So
cial life of the people
"One could go on and on enumerating the
blessings which have been brought within the
reach of the majority of this nation during re-
cent times We verify are people favored by
Providence beyond almost all others. Let any
disgruntled, whining American take a trip
through the countries of Europe or through the
Orient, and he will return with gratitude in his
heart for having his lines cast in SO pleasant a
place as the United States of America.
Are we doing all we can to deserve con-
tinuance of so many blessings ?"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
TALK
on RRING YOUR own KING

Nothing springs being Growth is matter of
small beginnings.
would tell that at time it
light until day it poked its head
bushbut with deep desire in its
heart to become
achievements world
DESIRE be something bet
something
You become your
o king.
hart
and all efforts this end
who loved that
today he is
learned the
that thing done
by who know
a broken health and had to to
sell the When him. he
of
the best
did than had been done before He became
Napoleon then drove
bulldog weakest of
enemys line until it yielded
the that worked
the office where placed Keep looking ahead Keep
yourself efficient alngs
heard of the other day who had secured certain job
told Well II he
it will be done right"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Answers to Questions

tAny reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Palladium
Information Bureau. Frederick j. Hask-
in. director, Washington, d. G. This Of
fer applies strictly to information. The
madca aqeS and not giYe aayiee on oe
not attempt to settle domestic troubles.
nor to undertake exhaustive research
plainly and hrief1y. Give fuII name ana
address and enclose two cents in stamps
for return postage: All replies are sent
direct to the inquirer.
O. What is the white jelly-lika sub
stance deposited in refrigerator pipes
from melting manufactured ice, and
what will dissolve and remove same?
&C. r. S.
A. The jelly-like substance you men
toned is the residum from the ice
and it must be removed with knife
or spoon After removing the sub
stance wash out the pipes with boil
ing water This should be done at
least once a month.
@. How long have there been pog-
roms ?-J. F.
A. Pogrom is a Russian word mean
ing devastation and was applied to
anti-Jewish riots in Russia. The first
pogroms took place in 1881 and were
the direct cause of the first wave
of Russian-J ewish emigration TO
America.
@. Where was the first piano man
ufactured in the United States9 =
K. D. S.
A. John Behrent made the first
pianoforte in Philadelphia in ITS.
@ Is geography taught in colleges?
L E. w.
A Many universities and colleges
have such courses. In 1901, "a
American universities had $3.50 stu
In 1861 the number had risen to
9,S07.
@. Why was a church which Gen
eral Washington attended called Po-
hick church ID. H.
A. The church was given this name
on account of its proximity to Pohick
Run. This was probably so named be
cause of the many hickory trees grow
ing there. Pawcohiccora, food Of
the Algonquin Indians of Virginia,
was made of the pounded nut kernals
and water. The name was trans
ferred by the whites to the tree bear
ing the nuts, and was shortened to
pohickory and finally to hickory
@. What part of wheel moves the
fastest?-J. F.
A. The speed of any wheel IS the
same at all points of its periphery
but the motion is relative. II the
speed of one part Of the wheel is con
sidered in relation to the ground, the
top of the wheel moves forward and
the bottom stands still.
O. Are there more women than men
in Cleveland, Ohio?-N. c. P.
A. According TO the 1920 census
there are 2S9,262 men in Cleveland
and 271, ,401 women.
O. What was the rhyme repeated SO
often in connection with the eight
hour day movement?-F. T. U.
A. Possibly you refer to the Eng
lish jingle, Eight hours for work
eight hours for play, eight hours fog
sleep, eight bob a day"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Memorial For Historic Crossing
National Park With Memorial Roads Mark Washingtons
Crossing of the Delaware.

the building of fine highways, beauti
fed in populous sections, leading 10
the park from all directions, particu-
larly through Valley Forge to Wash
ington's Crossing, and over the vari-
Gus routes of march of the colonial
forces. These highways would be
suitably marked for public information
In addition to the monuments to be
erected by the states and organiza-
tions it is suggested also that monu-
ments, busts, or tablets be erected of
men and women who have contrib
uted notably toward the welfare of the
nation by their services in military
or civic pursuits.
Funds for the project will come
largely from the federal treasury, from
the several states and from the numer-
Gus organizations of the character
mentioned, but individual citizens will
/ be offered an opportunity to make
voluntary contributions. This is pro
posed through the formation OF
/ Washington's Crossing National Park
association, life memberships in which
may be secured by contributing sums
of one dollar or more.
/ we are pCAlOd VI
| celebration" said Mr.. Hammitt. in dis
cussing this phase Of the project
which will extend for many years
and continually remind the American
people of the struggle for liberty They
will bring to mind the price paid
which will doubtless result in inspir-
! ing more fervent patriotism through
out the land and in making people
| m Viz q
/ ical spot as Washipgton's Crossing.
! PhiladeIphia's Celebration
70 Be Important.
THE Sesquicentennial at Philadel
phia will bring to that city and to this
section millions of patriotic citizens
from all parts of the country, many OF
whom will wish to see Washington
/ Crossing. Less than five years are
| left for the great task of putting this
park in the condition it then should
| be-"
1t is understood that well organ
! lied campaign will be carried on to
arouse popular interest in the memor
| ial Congress will be asked for an ap
preparation to carry out the plan pro
posed for the governments participa
/ ton, and appeals will likewise be made
! to the legislatures of the various
| states.
Many historians are of the opinion
| that when Washington and his forces
crossed the Delaware on Christina:
Day, 1916, the turning point in the
Revolutionary war was reached. Afte1
forcing the British to evacuate Bosto1
early in that year the American leade,
/, hastened with his army to New York
where it was expected the enem!
would strike next. Congress urget
ihim to hold the city at all hazards
and against his better judgment Wash
ington attempted what was an impos
sible task Disaster resulted and tn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Reading This Should Make You Stop
Whining

I'VE kick and we complain and we strike, .
says writer in Forbes Magazine 1--WE fume
about high rents, dear coal, the oppressive cost
OF living. We rebel against working more than
eight hours day. and we fight for time-and-
half pay for all overtime. We groan over local
taxes income taxes, corporation taxes. In short,
we pity ourselves a lot. Yet-well,are we so
terribly badly off? How do we fare as com
pared. with, say, our parents and their genera
tion? Is it not the truth that the vast majority
of us live much more comfortably than the ma
jority of the people did twenty-five, thirty, forty
years ago? Suppose we sit down and compare
our lot with the lot of the last generation. Are
these not facts, applicable to far more people
today than thirty years or so ago?
Working hours have been greatly reduced.
Housing facilities have been wonderfully i'm
proved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

bama is the minority leader in the up
per house. He was born at Louisville.
KY, May 6, 1862, and is a University
of Virginia man. He was admitted to
the bar in Birmingham in 1884 when
Birmingham was merely boom town
with possibilities. When tbs possibil-
tiles panned big he panned with them.
From the craftsmanship of the Ninth
Alabama district Democratic commit
tee he advanced to the fifty-fourth con-
gress and stayed in the lower house
until the sixty-third congress. when he
was elected to the United States SEN
ate for the terms 1915 to 1921. He
was made senate leader in April, 1920.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Memories OF Old DAYS
In This Paper Ten Years
ago Today

Richmond was baking in a heat
wave, considered one of the worst in
several years The noon temperature
that day was SO degrees.
In the way of canning goods,
peaches were selling at $3.50 bushel
tomatoes at rs cents a bushel, and
hats at 81 per.
In response to discussion of pub
lie city market, Mayor Zimmerman
said, Free market. city pays for IL
all. Not very successful.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

most a thousand prisoners were cap
tured and taken to the other side of
the river, and then Washington cross
ed again to win another victory at
Princeton. The entire situation was
thus reversed. Triumph had succeed
ed disaster. The wretched retreat was
forgotten or considered only the pre-
liminary to the startling and brilliant
victories which commanded the re-
spect of England and all Europe and
renewed the confidence of Americans
in their leader.
For year and half afterward the
colonials met with almost constant re-
verses and m1sfortunes, but the genius
that led Washington to his master
stroke in crossing the Delaware was
never forgotten and its moral effect
was never lost.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Kills . ky
Bed Bugs
=. =. @.

just think, a 35c box of P. D. O,
(Pesky Devils Cuietus), makes a
quart, enough to kill million bed
bugs, reaches, fleas or cooties and
stops future generations by killing
the eggs and does not iniure the
clothing.
Liquid fire TO the bed5ugs is what p D. @. is
IKE, bedbugs stand as good chance as a snow
ball IN q Justly famed heat resort Patent spout
free IN every package of p. D. O.. to enable
you to kill them and their eggs in the cracks.
+. y. 2. can also be purchased in sealed bottles
double strength. liquid form.
Sold by A. G. Luken Drug company
Advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

made by the state
department to sub
nit to a German
American commits
sion the war claims
of American citi-
zens against a the
G e rm a n goveEn-
ment.
Underwood con-
tends, in his letter,
that the means for
the settlement of
these claims have
beq1 provided for
by the treaty.
The Democratic
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
After Dinner Trick S

No. Goethe Bird in the Cage
A novel little trick that will occa
sion much amusement can be done with
a calling card and two small bits of
string. \ representation of a bird cage
is drawn on one side of the card. and
a bird on the other. The problem is
to put the bird in the cage
Attach one piece of string to each
end of the calling card, cutting small
holes for the purpose. as shown in the
diagram. Hold the ends of the strings
and blow upon the card, which pill
revolve rapidly. Both the bird and the
cage will appear at the same time, and
the bird win seem to be in the cage.
Copyright, 1899. By Public Ledger Company
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
After Dinner Stories

A lawyer earning about $4,000 a year
was insured for 100000 He got ship
wrecked once and was rescued by a
miracle. AS soon as his raft reached
Iand he cabled to his partner:
..T am saved Try and break it gent
40 NV wife."-Los Angeles Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Lessons In Correct English

DON'T SAY
The union man works GOOD.
! ONLY have ten cents.
| feel BADLY.
MOST everybody believes It.
Come as QUICK as you can.
SAY:
The union man works WE'LL.
/ have ONLY ten cents.
/ feel BAD.
ALMOST everybody believes it.
Come as QUICKLY as you can
A caterpillar does not breathe
through its mouth, but through holes
in the sides of its body. There are
nine of these on each side.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Musings for the Evening

They advertise a green horse race
at the fair in a northern New York
county, which probably is the only
county in the United States where they
raise green horses. ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

Western paper has household article
headed How to Get Rid of Aunts."
The only sure way is to have a case Of
smallpox in the house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

The tinoceras, extinct mamal about
the size of the elephant, had the small
est brain of any living mamal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18
Who's Who In the
DAY. S News
SEN. OSCAR w. UNDERWOOD

SEN. OSCAR ". UNDERWOOD
In a recent letter to Chairman Cum
Minis of the senate judiciary commit
tee, Senator Oscar W. Underwood said
that he would oppose the agreement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

Nobody ever loses a prize fight.
There is always something wrong with
the decision and even with the knock
out, if there is one.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

Farming is the chief industry OF
China.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

Expert says the game of baseball is
running the future of golf In our opin-
ion the game that is running the future
of golf is golf.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

Japan is patiently waiting until the
j Chinese kill one another off.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

The idea of the average fapper of
today is that Maudie Muller was an
awful chump to do all that work in
the hayfield.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-18

The following is taken from story
in a high-priced magazine, and still
some say American literature is on the
decline:
Finally. he walked forward, sat
down on the bearskin beside her. and
taking her delicate ear gently between
his fingers, turned her face toward
his