davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1923-05-13

cents" said tho barber; half price
for children, you know"
We'll, hereafter I'm going to come
in here wearing my studio short
pants said Doug" I'm saving
up for my old age"
But the screen stars hair was
bobbedl
, 1923-05-13
At tho Wyoming.

Sunday and Monday-"Bavu". star
ring Wallace Berry. Estelle Taylor.
Forest Stanley. JOS Swikard, and
Baby Peggy comedy.
Tuesday and Neutrality-suspicious.
of the Lady Lefty. starring Dorothy
Dalton, and two reel comedy.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
West Bound Limited" starring
Ralph Lewis. and two reel comedy.
, 1923-05-13
film VERSION
OF 'BkvU' IS
SHOWING HERE
Original Production Opened
Earl Carroll Theater in
New York.

"Bavu" was the production thai
opened the beautiful Earl Carrei
, 1923-05-13

Sunday only-'Ninety and Nine.'
a Vitagraph Special; 'Th. Promise
Me-" Christie comedy.
e: Monday and Tuesday-"As a Man
Thinks" Special Hodkinson; Buster
Keaton in THE Blacksmith" a
comedy.
Wednesday and Thursday-'The
Christian" a Special Goldwyn; rapid
Fire" a Mermaid comedy.
Friday and Saturday johnny
Hines in Sure Fire Flint; Harold
Lloyd in 'Of the Trolley.
, 1923-05-13
At the America.

At the America.
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday
Douglas MacLean in 1.-THE Sunshine
Trail; Clyde Cook in THE Artist;
Fox News.
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
Mary Carr in Silver Wings. a
Fox Special; Al St. John in 1.-THE
Author; Pathe News; Topics of the
Day.
Saturday-First day of stepping
Fast" featuring Tom Mix; Where
There Is a VIII" Sunshine comedy;
Fox News.
, 1923-05-13

at the Rialto.
Sunday-Showing Harold Lloyd in
Safety Last" his latest and great
est comedy. will continue for an in
definite run.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday
Jack Holt in 'Nobody's Money;
Cameo comedy. Exit Stranger; the
very latest Pathe News and Aesop's
Fables.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
PERSONAL MENTION

The only crop that we have heard
of that has failed this year, was Bots
ford's fence crop. The seed didn't
germinate to any extent
Owing to the illness of Rev. Alley
no services were held last Sunday.
No preventing providence service will
be held next Sabbath at II o'clock
After the teachers examination, last
Friday. County Superintendent Mer-
chant, organized a spelling school in
the court house, and Attorney King
spelled the whole town down.
Mr.. E. ]. Hauser, of Eldora. Hardin
county, Iowa, was in the city last
week looking for cattle range. He
took back samples of the cereal pro
ducts Of the country for exhibition at
his home fair.
L. s. Coleman left with this office
sample stock of corn, ten feet high
and not in tassel yet 1t has six ears
in process of formation on it. When
grown this corn will require a step
ladder to gather it.
The Exposition band of Utes have
gone through their war dances on the
grounds of the Denver's show, and re-
turned to their wickiups on the sage
brush plains of Utah. They went to
Denver dressed in buckskin and dirt,
and returned in store clothes and plug
hats.
At special meeting of the school
board of District No. l, held last Sat
urday, it was resolved to submit to
the qualified electors of the district.
the proposition to levy special tax
of one and .one-half mills for school
expenses, it was also decided to hold
an eight months session, beginning
the first Monday in November. L. C..
Alley was employed as teacher for the
winter term of four months.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
The HartIand Ditch

This ditch starts out of the North
side of the Gunnison river, about two
miles from Delta, just where the
bluffs end, and runs in westerly dir
ection. The ditch is ten feet wide at
the bottom and averages two and a
half feet deep. 1t was calculated to
carry three thousand inches of water,
but will carry between four and five
thousand inches without trouble. The
total cost of the ditch up to date has
been about $2,7OO, or less than a dol
lar an inch. The head of the ditch is
on level with the bottom of the riv-
er. thus insuring plenty of water at all
times. This season the headgate was
raised only four or five inches and it
gave all the water that could be used.
The coming winter the ditch will prob
ably be enlarged by sinking it foot
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Delta Cash Grocery
FROST, Proprietor


Delta 1916 Built
The Delta
in
possible
me-
ALDEN FROST.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

OF all the distorted maps that
have come under our notice, and we
have seen many of them, the one pub
lished in the Denver Republican last
Thursday representing the New Jeru-
salem and its tributaries, small town
up the valley, takes the cake. One
would Judge by looking at it that all
the reservation and part of Utah are
among its near surroundings. The
town of Paonia is located somewhere
in the Grand Canon of the Gunnison,
having wagon road direct to 1t, in
stead of being on the North Fork and
the road running within a few miles
of Delta. Ouray is put down as one
OF the suburbs, while Placerville, Tel.
luride and San Miguel are just over
the bluff. The Denver e Rio Grande
makes an air line to this burg, having
lately had all the twists and curves
yanked out of 1t. A new creek has
been located and built, called Delta
creek, beginning somewhere on the
plateau and ending in the Uncompah-
gre river near Delta. Another creek
called Colorado has been manufac
tured for the occasion. With kit OF
engraver's tools and a lively imagina.
tion 1t is one OF the easiest things in
the world to build mushroom town
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
APRIL, 1883
Appropriation Ordinance

Appropriation Ordinance
Be it ordained by the Board of Trus-
tees of the Town of Delta:
Section 1. That there be and is
hereby appropriated for the fiscal year
beginning the first day of April, A. d.
1888, and ending the 31st day of
March, A. D. 1884, the following sums
of money respectively for the several
purposes hereinafter set forth, that is
to say:
For fees and salaries, four hundred
dollars.
For rent, one hundred dollars.
For printing and stationery, seventy
five dollars.
For furniture, fifteen dollars.
For light and fuel, fifteen dollars.
For streets, alleys and culverts, four
hundred dollars.
For water. fifty dollars.
For contingent fund.- one hundre d
dollars.
Section e. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent hereby are
repealed.
Section g. This ordinance shall take
effect from and after it's passage and
publication thereof.
Approved March 20, 1888.
NJ. C. vANDEvENTER,
Attest: A. C. BUTLER, Mayor.
Clerk and Recorder.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
MAY, 1883

The chairman of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners met in Delta last
Monday, the rest Of the body failing to
appear. A meeting has been called for
next Monday.
The first session of the county court
will be held Monday, June 4. The pro-
bate court will meet the third Monday
in June.
Articles of Incorporation of the
Bona Eide Ditch Company of Delta
County were filed with the Secretary
of State last week. w. H. Overbay,
F. M. Anderson, Theodore Baker and
others. The capital is $4,000
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
BAILEY & COMPANY
Real Estate Agents

SlLy AOt5 anu ~ iol SooiC
Correspondence Solicited
Delta, Colorado
Offer the Following Bargains
No. Ranch on the Gunnison river.
100 acres, 21a miles from Delta, all
under ditch and fence. 30 acres fine
cottonwood timber, 10 acres wheat. Is
acres grass, double log cabin. neces-
sary outbuildings, a well of never fail
ing water.
No. 2-Ranch on the Uncompahgre
river, four miles from Delta, contain
ing 100 acres, all under ditch and
fence, a log cabin. corral and other
outbuildings. This is certainly one of
the finest ranches in the valley and
can be bought cheap.
No. 3-Ranch on the Gunnison river,
100 acres, 3k miles from Delta. finest
location in the county, all under wa
ter and fence; water right and bitches
belong to the ranch.
No. 4-Ranch on the Uncompahgre
river, 100 acres, miles from Delta,
fine location; will sell cheap.
No. 5-Ranch on the Uncompahgre
river, 160 acres. 31a miles from Delta,
fine location, log cabin, under fence
and water; for sale cheap.
No. 6-Ranch on the Gunnison river,
100 acres, adjoining town, under fence
and water, good grass; will sell cheap.
No. Ranch four miles down the
Gunnison river, 100 acres. good log
cabin and necessary outbuildings, a
we'll OF very fine water. This is sit
uated on the north side of the Gunni-
son and lies facing the south; 80 acres
in blue-stem grass. This is one Of the
best bargains in the county for the
price. Must sell soon.
No. 8-A stock ranch containing 100
acres, 12 miles from Delta, covered
and necessary outbuildings, splendid
spring convenient to cabin, can cut so
acres of hay this season; enough range
adjoining for 1000 head Of stock.
No. "a ranch three miles up the
Gunnison, 100 acres, good location |;
will sell very cheap.
No. 10-A ranch half mile from
Delta on the Gunnison, all under fence
and water, was farmed some last year,
a good large log cabin and outbuild.
ings, can cut 20 acres Of hay this sea.
son. This ranch is for sale or rent.
House and two lots on Main street
Will sell reasonable. A splendid loca
tion for any kind Of business.
i House and lot on Main street. De.
sirable location. Will sell cheap.
County Attorney Notary Public
| A. r, KING
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

We have it on the authority of a
person Of large experience in the coal
regions of Pennsylvania and other
sections, that the largest vein yet
found in the neighborhood Of Grand
Junction will not exceed twelve feet
in thickness, while the coal fields of
the North Fork and Smiths Fork of
the Gunnison are beyond all compari-
son, and beat anything he has ever
seen in his long and varied expert
ence.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

and extending it to the Roubideau.
north side of the river between this
point and the Roubideau. When this
is done there will be no longer COM
plants of high water bitches and fail
ure of crops. When the ditch is ex-
tended it will cover about twenty full
ranches. Among those who have To-
Gated under the Hartland ditch are
Messrs Rollins. Wilson, Sparr, John
son, Howard, Bond. Diamond, Hoppe,
Castle, Stanton. Simpson, Cole, Kelso,
Hutchison and Wilson.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
From the Files of 1883
Bridgeport Items
Bridgeport, Colorado,
Morch Ce 1000

Bridgeport, Colorado,
March 26, 1888.
To the Editor of The Chief:
The weather has, but what's the
use of telling you that, when every
one knows this, the Uncompahgre reg
ion is blessed with beautiful weather
at all seasons of the year.
The ice on the Gunnison river,
which at this point was from 8 to IA
inches in thickness. went out so calm
ly as not to raise the river an inch.
years. but this is the first time l ever
witnessed such sight.
R. E. Eggleston, the trapper, paid us
visit last week. He is a very pleas
ant gentleman and we hope to have
him come often. He is meeting with
fair success in trapping; game, how
ever is becoming scarce-otter and
beaver.
The work of rebuilding the bridges
here is progressing slowly. A large
number of the men have been sent to
Green river to hurry forward the
bridge over that stream SO as to en-
able the railroad company to get the
line connected through at the earliest
possible moment.
The inevitable saloon has made it's
appearance here. 1t was located first
on the outskirts of the CITY. e.,
near the section house, but the car
perters moved down into the camp, 2h
miles west, and the saloon" moved
with them. OF course, it is scarcely
necessary to say, some of the men
get nervous" occasionally and con-
siderable ill-feeling arises. How any
intelligent man, with statistics before
him, can engage in such Internal busi-
ness 1 am at a loss to imagine. I
am pleased to say, however, that few
saloonkeepers come under it at gen.
eral head.
1t is thought by some that when
Mr.. Conner. foreman of bridges and
buildings, returns from Green river he
will fire the saloon" 1t would be far
better to rob man of all he has
than to cloud his brain with vile liGuor
and then take his money. Having
years ago suffered by visiting saloons.
| know from experience what they are.
Now, Mr.. editor, being an old typo
myself, l must say that you get up a
neat, tasty newspaper, and hope you
may make a financial success of your
undertaking, though it's risky thing
in such a sparsely settled country as
this. There is no doubt that this reg
ion in the course of few years will
contain a large population. and If you
can only hang on you will come out
possibly a millionaire, and conse-
quently U. S. Senator. Who knows
A. C. ].
P. S.-Hodgdon says his dog was not
after the rabbit. Where was he?
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Notice to Teachers

There will be held in Delta, on the
25th day of May, 1888, a public ex.
animation of all applicants desiring
teachers certificates.
G. H. MERCHANT,
Supt of Pub. Instruction.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17

When thieves fall out, honest men
get their due. When honest men fall
out, lawyers get theirs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
CONSCIENCE ON PHONE WIRE
How PhiIandering Employer Was
Rather RudeIy Disturbed by an
Unexpected Call.

A New York lawyer. gazing idly out
of his window, saw the pretty stenOg-
rapher across the street sitting In her
employers lap. The lawyer noticed
the lettered name on the window and
then searched in the telephone book.
Still keeping his eye upon the scene
across the street he called the gentle
man up, says Judge. In few mo-
ments he saw him start violently and
take down the receiver. YES" said
the lawyer through the phone, II
should think you would start"
The victim moved his arm from its
former position and began to stammer
something.
"Yes," continued the lawyer severe
ly. 81 think you'd better take that
arm away. And while you're about 1t,
as long as there seems to be plenty Of
chairs in the room"
The victim brushed the lady from
his lap, rather roughly.
"Who-whO the devil Is this, any
way?" he managed to splutter.
81" answered the lawyer, in deep
impressive tones, Jam your con-
science" and then he hung up.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
IRVING OFFENDED SOCIETY
tory" Became So Famous He
Couldn't Be ignored.

Society's hauteur and pride in ances-
try inspired Washington Irving to
write his ''Knickerbocker's History"
which lacerated the sensibilities of the
r-worshiping New Workers.,
writes Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer,.
in the Ladies Home Journal. Eventu-
ally Irving's fame became SO great
that the social system was obliged to
accept the man who had affronted it.
SOciety's association with Irving cid
little to make ii think more kindly of
the professional writer. He was a
moody man, subject to fits of sullen
depression caused, the romantic said,
by the death of his betrothed, Matilda
Hoffman. He never married, and her
picture always stood at his bedside. It
Is now in the New York Historical
society.
English authors carried on the work
of making their profession socially I'M
popular. One of the first of these to
come to New York was Thomas Moore,
then at the height of his fame. He was
a lofty and superior little man. patron
izing in his pleasant moments and at
other times surprisingly rude. He
snubbed New York society, which had
welcomed him.
Dickens and Thackeray did nothing
during their American tours to re-es-
tablish literary men in the good graces
of society. They were scornful and
caustic toward American institutions,
even American aristocracy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
Not Fair to the Fish.

The Mississippi river misbehaves in
spring, as residents near it know to
their cost. Its waters spread out
far and wide over the adjacent c0un-
try, and millions of fish go with them.
Soon the stream subsidies, and these
fish are left to die, as the shallow
pools that are formed by the reced-
ing waters dry up or freeze. The
service sends out SEEMING parties,
which follow down the diminishing
river and rescue the fish from the
pools and either restore them to the
stream or distribute them to other
waters. In 1919 more than 1OO,OO0,O0
fish were thus saved. Twenty fish
hatcheries could not produce fish
equal in number and size to those
rescued. Their cash value at the
rates charged by commercial hatch
cries exceeds the total appropriations
of the government for the fish cul-
tural service.-William c. Redfield, in
The Outlook.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
VOICE WITH FIVE ocTAyEs


At recent meeting of the Austrian
society of experimental phonetics In
Vienna. Doctor Rethi presented
Michael Prita, age forty-four. whose
voice possesses the remarkable range
Of FIVE complete octaves
The deepest note uttered by this sing
er was bass F corresponding to AZ
vibrations per second and two octaves
lower. therefore, than the deepest note
which can be produced on the violin.
The only previous record of so low
tone In the human voice is that of
bass singer named Fischer, who lived
In the early part of the Eighteenth
century. Prita also rendered upper @
with it's full artistic value.
Beyond that the notes passed into
the head register and into falsetto
resembling a soprano, says the Eng
lish Mechanic quoted in the Scientific
American. The highest notes emitted
were the upper F (demi-semi-quaver).
and on exceptional occasions upper A
(demi-semi-quaver). corresponding to
LAO vibrations per second which is
one note higher than the highest sung
by Patti.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
application of each color, till the
tiro daSioy, &c trapcfarrod

tire design is transferred.
Certain designs may be worn only
by royalty, others by priests, and so
on. The designs are of every con-
ceivable description, from convention
al flowers and geometrical figures, to
jungle scenes and quaint representa-
tions of wild beasts.-Detroit News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
Art of Making Batik.

The two most striking industries
Of Java are the making of batik and
the making of the kris. Every true
Javanese that can afford it wears
batik head-and- kahn and carries
kris Ga weapon with blade about
foot long, in his belt. Djorka is
the center of the batik industry, and
the majority of it's women are adopts
in the production of this artistic ia
brio.
Batik is cotton cloth on which de-
signs have been printed in special
way. Melted white wax is allowed to
trickle from the small end of funnel
upon those portions of the fabric that
it is not desired to color, the operation
being exactly duplicated on the two
sides. This done, the cloth is dipped
in the dye vat, withdrawn and hung
up to dry, and the wax removed later lat
with the use of boiling water. This
series of operations is repeated IN the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
ATTACKED 81 4 RHlH0cER0s


On one expedition-n0table In my
memory because was unaccompanied
by any other white men-I spied a
huge rhin0ceros under q fig tree not
more than q hundred yards away,
writes Doctor Shelby, the big game
hunter.
As soon as the boys saw that rhino
they grabbed up their loads. and start
ed on down the trail.
decided not to kill the huge beast.
and was about to turn in my tracks,
when he rushed me snorting and low
ering his head.
He was upon me before I was in a
position to shoot, so there was moth
ing to do but leap nimbly to one side.
He put on the brakes and almost
stopped. then continued on down the
trail In the wake of the porters. They
were heavily loaded and would have
difficulty In escaping, so made up my
mind would have to kill him.
AS / raised my rifle he was just
turning bend 20 yards down the trail.
And, scarcely taking aim. fred.
1t was a snap shot for his body.
fancied that he lurched forward. AT
any rate, he disappeared around the
bend and could hear him rolling over
and over down the trail, while the
cries of dozen or more terror-strick-
en- natives rent the air.
hurried forward Around the bend
l found loads scattered everywhere.
Some boys had scrambled upon large
rocks. Two had jumped into tree.
Some had jumped aside. One Of
these had been bowled over by the
rhino, which then rolled over him, but
luckily the boy had fallen between two
rocks, which received the ponderous
weight of the beast instead.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
New Hardy Dwarf Lemon.

Introduction Of hardy dwarf lemon
from China may result in extending
the zone in which lemons can be COM
mercially cultivated in this country.
officials of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture here believe. The
promising oriental citrus fruit was
sent to this country in 1908 by Frank
N. Meyer, explorer for the bureau of
plant industry. 1t was considered at
that time that 1t might prove of value
for house culture in the United
States. The new lemon has, however.
outgrown the earlier expectations.
Tests in various parts of the country
have shown that this Chinese dwarf
is not only valuable as house plant,
but that it is much harder than the
commercial varieties Of lemons now
grown. Its fruit IL also Of excellent
Quality.-Science Service.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
Politely Hinted.

"Theo will never visit us again"
said the elderly Quaker to the visiting
young man who had long overstayed
his welcome. ooh. sir, how can you
say that? OF course / will visit you
again." "No. my young brother, fear
thee will never visit us again." "But,"
said the young man. what makes you
think l will never visit you again p
SWELL" replied the Quaker. "if thee
will never go, how can thee ever come
again?"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
New Steel Temperino Process.

Through new process of tempering
steel, chopping a cold crowbar into
chunks with an az or whiting steel
rod into shavings with pocketknife
are simple performances. In fact, 1t Ii
claimed by the two Investigators in the
state Of Washington that steel az
and pocketknives tempered by the new
process have actually been made to
perform these seemingly impossible
acts. The process consists in the use
Of certain chemicals In water or Oil In
the tempering vessel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
canada's Pulp and Paper.

Canadian exports of paper, wood
pulp and pulp wood for the month of
May, 1923. were valued at $12,621, 1888,
an increase of $3,35S,516 as compared
with May, 1922 Tin which month similar
exports totaled S9,263,117), an increase
Of $2,573,9S5 over the April. 1923. fig
ure Of $10.O47, 648. Exports of paper
in May were valued at $S,0O9.5 2S, wood
pulp at $3.50, 156 and pulp wood at
81, O62, $40.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
Well Recommended.

A shopkeeper had In his employ Q
man so lazy as to be utterly worth
less.
One day, his patience exhausted, he
discharged him.
''Will you give me character?'
asked the lazy one.
The employer sat down to write a
noncommittal letter. His effort result
ed as follows:
1.-THE bearer of this letter has worked
for me one week and am satisfied"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
seasickness Hit by Liner Tank.

The Frahm anti-rolling tanks are
claimed to have conquered seasick-
ness by removing its cause. The new
est German liner, the Albert Ballin,
is equipped with these tanks. They
are fitted on the sides Of the vessel,
just below the water line and about
midships. They oil and empty auto
matically so that all side motion, or al
most all, Is checked before it begins.
However, the tanks do not prevent the
ship pitching In head sea.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
In the Pen.

'What Is the name of that hand
some prisoner asked the impression
able young woman.
"No. 2206. Miss" replied the guard.
"How funnyi But, Of course, that
II not his real name"
"Oh, no. miss; that's just his pen
name. Boston Transcript.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
copper NUGGET Of Three Tons.

A massive native copper nugget. the
largest pure metal chunk ever found,
and weighing more than three tons.
has been offered to Seattle, WASH, on
condition that 1t be placed In Pioneer
street and that the transportation be
paid from the Copper river region,
Alaska. where It was found.