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The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
After Honors.


The fourth edition OF the High
school Panther" was taken from the
press Tuesday, and copies OF this one,
as well as two preceding issues. we're
mailed to Boulder Tuesday afternoon,
to enter into competition with similar
publications from other schools of the
state. The editorial staff gave up
everything in order to make the edl-
tlon a worthy one, and are deserving
OF the honor they 30 much desire.
Miss Marian Watkins, Editor.ln-chief,
leaves today to attend the state meet
ing of High school editors, at which
time the respective publications will
be placed. The valiant high school
students, with that same sturdy de-
termination which so often character
lies their work, are selling homemade
candy today in order to secure funds
to defray Miss Watkins expenses.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
w. c. T. U, Fifty Years Old

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union is fifty years old. The Jubilee
convention is being held at Columbus
Ohio, its mother state. 1t was just
half century ago that Mother
Thompson of Hillsboro, Ohio, sur
rounded herself with a band of mill
tant women intent upon one thing
the putting out of business of liquor
selling establishments. From that in.
informal organization grew the Won.
ans Christian Temperance Union
which now has organizations in every
state in the union and reaches into 81
foreign countries. Important aspects
of the meeting, which has law enforce.
ment as its theme, includes a possible
pilgrimage to Hillsboro, street pag.
cant, and a march of allegiance to
our flag and country"
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

from Grand Junction Sunday. They
have rented the Clyde Compton ranch
on Fruitland Mesa, and will farm it
this coming season.
Grandma Tracy was moved down
from her home at Maher last week,
to the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.
Burkitt. Grandma is still confined to
her bed, it being over a year since
she has been able to be up.
Saturday, when coming to town, the
team driven by little Lucy Miller, be-
came frightened down by Mrs. An
derson's place and ran away, throw
ing Lucy out. Fortunately she was
not seriously injured. The buggy was
considerably damaged.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Buys Out Grocery Store.

Another change in the business life
of our city Is noted this week when
McMurray grocery stock became the
property of Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Ket-
tell, well known people who for sew
eral months have operated the notion
store in the Hunter building known
as the Busy Bee. The Grocery will
now be known as the Peoples Gro
Gerry. The stock of notions owned by
the Kettell's will be disposed of at and
below cost in order to close them out.
See their advertisement elsewhere in
these columns.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Serious Depre datlons.

Unknown parties entered the Com.
munity church on Redlands Mesa re-
Gently on Sunday afternoon and did
about all the damage their minds
could conceive of, including breaking
out most OF the windows, breaking
chairs and throwing them out of
doors; overturning the pulpit and
breaking holes in the compo board
lining OF the building. They also
forced the door Of the house occupied
by Mrs. Eavenson, but contented
themselves with breaking down the
mail box and throwing 1t into the
ditch. Mrs Eavenson is away at this
time. No trace Of the parties has
been found.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

Last Sunday afternoon about 25
of the relatives and friends of Mrs.
Luther Collins gathered at her home
in honor of her birthday. A most
pleasant afternoon was spent by all.
Mrs. Collins was the recipient of sew
eral nice presents.
Saturday afternoon the Rogers
Mesa basket ball teams both girls
and boys played the Crawford teams
on the Crawford school grounds. The
games were well played and very in
teresting and exciting from start to
finish The scores stood in the girls
game 81 to IL in favor of Rogers
Mesa, and the boys 81 to in favor OF
Crawford.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Fell Into Tolls.

Two youths were taken up by Sheriff
Davis Wednesday on charge of float
ing worthless checks on several Del
ia merchants, and are being given
hearings today. One youth is purport.
ed to have signed the name of Herb
ert Wetherington, while the other, a
younger one, was delegated to turn in
the checks, make small purchases and
secure the change. Among other pur-
chases was a $3.50 box of candy for
the girl in the case" The ages of
the boys place them under the pro-
lection of the Juvenile statute and
their names are withheld.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Capt. Smith Down From sscsIante

Capt. Smith Down From sseaante.
Capt. Smith was down from Esca-
lante this week and reports consid-
cradle snow in that vicinity He says
the residents of this section are great
ly interested in the movement which
has been started for the removal of
the North Delta bridge to a point on
the Gunnison near Escalante station.
1t is stated that a bridge across
the Gunnison at that point would be
great benefit to all the settlers up
that way.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Bed Cross Day.

Saturday, December l, has been set
aside as the day for the annual Red
Cross drive and Delta is asked to con-
tribute in her usual generous manner
to this worthy cause. The amount
from each individual is small, but in
the aggregate makes up an amount
which will be of untold value to the
needy. L. A. Dowd is chairman of
the Delta county organization.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Ran Over Bossy.

While the Bruner brothers were
driving to Delta in Ford car Satur-
day evening at about Z o'clock, they
ran over COW belonging to D. r. Fin
ley, killing it. The car was badly
damaged, both front wheels being
broken, as well as the radiator and
tenders. The car was not thrown
over, but was wrecked in an upright
position.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

Sergeant S. B. Fryer and wife left
Wednesday for Greeley, Colorado,
where they will reside and where
Sergeant Fryer will serve in the same
official capacity as in Delta. He was
Technical Sergeant of C. n. G. Co.
c. and has been transferred to Co. B.
at Greeley.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Marriage Licenses.

County Clerk Osborne issued per-
mits to wed to the following lovelorn
couples during the week: November
10: H. H. Bruner and Mrs. Bette
Wilcox, both of Cory; November 13,
Clarence E. Drexel and Esther Mae
D,nBeste, both of Crawford; Novem-
Der IA, E. F. Gwin of Montrose, and
Mrs. Anna E. Gordon of Denver.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Thanks To All.

The members of Harry A. White
Post No 50 American Legion request
the Independent to express their
thanks to all who helped to make the
Armistice celebration a success. This
includes the merchants, the Blackburn
Boy band, all who assisted in the cele-
bration, the citizens, and all who came
from surrounding towns.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
White Bus Has Montrose Depot,

The White Bus line announces the
opening of depot in Montrose in Or
der to give prompt and efficient SER
vice. The compan ynow has depots at
all points on its route.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Well Known Character Dies.

The funeral of Marshall Smith,
formerly of Paonia, and recently of
Delta, where he has been an inmate
of the County Farm, will take place
at the Delta Mortuary this morning
at 10000 O'Clock, Rev. F. w. Pimlott
officiating.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Mrs. Nicholson Buried Here.

The body of Mrs. Nicholson was
brought to Delta from Grand Junction
this morning for interment, the funer.
al services being at 11:30 a. m. from
the Delta Mortuary. Mrs. Nicholson
will be remembered as Maud Hovey,
who was a former resident of Delta,
and student in the Delta schools.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
BIRTHS

To Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Lane n daugh-
ter was born Thursday, November Is.
To Mr.. and Mrs. X. Kanda, boy
was born Friday, November 0.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Korenaga, n
son was born, Friday. November o.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Power Company Making Changes.

The Western Colorado Power have
had crew of men at work on their
distributing lines in the city during
the past week. Several changes were
necessary owing to the increased de-
mand for their Juice"
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

What we need in this country more
than anything else are officeholders
who will have the same high regard
for economy in office that they pro
fessed to have while campaigning
Marion Star.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
Crawley Home From Oklahoma.

John Crawley has returned from a
business trip to Oklahoma points. He
says the potato market down there is
not very encouraging and the outlook
is not bright for any material con-
sumption of our potatoes at any big
figure.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16
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Chairman Howard Elliott of the
Northern Pacific says that the North
west is suffering from gloomy ex-
ageration" of it's present difficulties.
That disease of gloomy exaggeration
is one of the most troublesome of
human ills.-Boston Transcript.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

President Coolidge and Secretary
Hughes are expressing the American
attitude exactly: Willingness to help
ali nations, when all nations need and
wish our help, but no partnerships,
limited or unlimited-Troy IN. "
Times.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

Strange that there are so many
bankers in this country urging the
United States to cancel the war debts
If you were to ask them to cancel the
debts owing them they would throw
you out on your head.-Fort Wayne
Sentinel
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

The Filipinos still are knocking OF
Wood. But it will bring them no luck
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

Americas contribution of approx
mately ten millions of dollars to the
relief of the stricken peoples in Japan
fits well with the work of the Confer
ence for the Limitation of Armament,
Advocate of Peace.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-16

Of course, once you grant that his
tory is bunk there seems no reason at
all why Henry Ford shouldn't be elect
ed to make t.-Philadelphia North
American.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
WHAT THE STARS SAY

From widely published horoscope we learn that
the year opened under the most auspcious planetary
rulership' The position of the planets on January
was said to forecast Favorable business conditions
with old barriers swept away and opportunity tor
large and bold enterprise" The seer promised 'un-
looked-for openings which may be radical and import
ant and may involve pulling up many old stakes and
wide departure He added this warning, Shun law
and quarrels''
The reader will take it or leave it, according to his
belief in occult powers his reliance on common
sense The authority of the stars is not what 1t used
to be- though there are fairly intelligent folk who IN
sst that nothing ever widely believed can be wholly
false and the heavenly bodies may exercise some sub
te though small, influence on human life.
Be that it may, this particular horoscope
doesn't sound ali unreasonable In the MAN, it har
monies with the reviews of the business experts Ii
the revelation really from study OF the heavens
rather than perusal of the financial page, 1t is
cncher. When shrewd business commentators and as
troogers agree, who shall stand against them! And
who wants to- when they optimistic?
Not that there is any boom nj sight, comparable to
the late and unlamented BOOM The outlook is
rather for comfortable prosperity and fair chance
for everybody who is willing to work and plan and who
recognizes opportunity when he it, and is not pre-
judiced against an idea because it is new.
The injunction at the end of the horoscope quoted
should not be overlooked "Shun law and quarrels
That goes for individuals and nations. The big
thing is peaceful, constructive effort.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
SOUND AT HEART

Not all the elders of former generation are up Ill
arms about the fate of the rising generation mother
who saws herself that she is plenty old enough to be
classed among the old-fashoned mothers has risen to
defend the young woman of today.
Some other distracted parent wrote to the news
paper to know what the young people coming to-
The lady in question replied through the same columns
that in her opinion they getting better and bet
ter -. :,
Her own daughter she finds better mother than
she was herself; not more loving, but better informed
and giving her child more intelligent care.
AS to dress the mother makes these observations:
"She dresses more sensibly and comfortably than
did at her age She has worn shoe too small
or clothing too tight as girls in my day did Her body
has been allowed to develop nature intended 1t
should And take credit for this. She wore sens-
bile clothes because all the other girls did Many OF US
women of the older generation never knew what COM
Portable clothes until daughters set US an eX-
ample.
81 think that the modern girl is sound at heart and
that she'll come out all right Let's Judge her by the
average not by the most reckless examples.
To every age its reckless examples and Its great
average sound of heart and advancing in knowledge
and wisdom Those who hold to this faith and who try
to advance the average do infinitely more good than
those who only wiring their hands in helpless panic at
the antics of the exceptions
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

the bunny gentleman politely. "ls
it hickory nut, Noodles"
"No,o answered the beaver boy.
''Is it chestnut?' the bunny
gentleman wanted to know.
"Not that, either,' chuckled
Noodle. cit is a doughnut, and
he held up Il round, brown cake with
hole in the center. Perhaps you
may call these crullers or fried
cakes, but Noodle called them dough-
nuts.
"They are the only kind of nuts
we beavers eat,' explained the flat
tailed chap. "Our teeth aren t like
those of Johnnie and Billy Bushy-
tail, the squirrcls-we can't gnaw
through the hard shells of nuts,
though we can and do gnaw down
big trees. So when we want nuts
mother makes some doughnuts. -
"And very good they are, too, I
should think, spoke Uncle Wiggily.
"Of course he went on, with n
twinkle of his pink nose, 81 can t
say, for sure, that the doughnuts
are good, BECAUSE
"Oh, / know what you meant -
laughed Noodle, as Uncle Wiggily
paused in his talk. "'You mean
you d like to taste Il doughnut your
self and see if they re as good us |
say they are. Is that ite'
Something like that-ycs," said
the bunny.
"Wait a minutc!' cried Noodle.
81 II get you one" Down under
the ice, through the hole, he jumped,
and up into the beaver house.
Mother, | want a doughnut for
Uncle Wiggily, he's outsidcl" said
Noodle. "And please don't forget
the hole. =
"What hole 70 asked his mother.
"The hole i'll the doughnut, "
laughed Noodle.
"Of course | couldn't forget the
hole,' said his mother. ''You
couldn't take the doughnut without
the hole. For u doughnut, you
know, children, is just circle of
cake fried around a hole, just as a
gold ring is made.
Toodle took n doughnut out to
Uncle Wiggily and the bunny gentle
man and beaver boy were having a
little picnic on the ice when, all of
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND NOODLE S
DOUGHNUTS

After Uncle Wiggily had learned
to slide on the ice around the Fiat
tail beaver house, as | told you IN
the story before this one, the old
rabbit gentleman went over nearly
every day. He told Nnrse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy that he was going to
see Toodle and Noodle, the beaver
boys, or perhaps to call ON Grandpa
Whackum, the Oldest beaver gentle
man in all the world.
But | think that Uncle Wiggily
lust went to slide ON the ice because
he found it so much fun. For he
had, with the help of Toodle and
Noodle, learned to slide without fall
ING forward and humping his pink
twinkling nose, without falling back
ward and humping his head, and
also without topping over and slid
ing sitting down, which is no way
ut all.
So, us | tell you, after Uncle Wig
gily had learned over again how to
slide (for he had known when lie
was II young rabbit but had forgot
tenn, after that he used to so over
to the beaver house nearly every
day and cut up funny capers on the
ice.
One day, just as Uncle Wiggily
reached the beaver house, which,
made of sticks, mud and grass, stuck X
up out of the frozen pond, just as
Uncle Wiggily arrived, out through
IA hole in the ice popped Noodle Flat
tail. Noodle had dived down under
the water, where it wasn't frozen,
and had come out through an air
hole.
Noodle took something out from
under his paw, where he had put it
to keep dry, and he began eating 1t
as Uncle Wiggily watched him.
'What have YOU there?'' asked
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
TOM SIMS SAYS

You have got to make the best
of things to get them.
The older man gets the young
or hc wishes he was
Most of the free things you enter
are pay as you leave.
If ignorance were bliss there
would be more happy people.
Two can live longer than enc.
Spring hats and customers are
being trimmed.
Mother misses father when he is
out hunting because she is afraid
the other hunters will not.
The money Il man saves by not
helping others never does linn 50
very much good.
\ hustler has no time for bad
luck.
There may be safety in numbers,
but not in auto numbers.
The carly bird catches cold.
Many a man looks run down be
cause OF the bills his wife runs up.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
a BRITISH EXAMPLE

With Clara Phillips affairs and many others OF
like atrocity freshly in mind, people Will not conaeh
but rather commend the severity Of British justice III
promptly hanging Mrs. Thompson and her paramour
Bywaters. There petition signed by million million
people and there were all OF the maudilh resolulio
from various organizations which might have been eX
nected in this country under like CIRCUMSTANCES Dut
Mrs Thompson and her lover hanged Just the same
the cold blooded murder of the womans husband turn
ishing more than adequate offset for all silly sen
ment on the other side M, o
is that murder is not in much favor IN England as
II is in the United States. With the example oil MIS-
Thompsons fate before them amorously inclined ma
irons will pause before they cut their nusoahdS
throats. III
And that is the point The negro who was about
to he hanged when asked if ne had anything to say
replied that the experience was certainly gong 10 De
lesson to him It is not question of the lesson to the
murderer who is hanged but rather the lesson Tor an
of the others who might be disposed to go and 90 Ike
wise II is society that is being taken care or Inc
event itself is of small Importance. Hanging IS not
punishment for murderer nor is 1t vengeance Tor the
murdered The party to be considered Is society .t St
british experience furnishes proof that brlISh
methods give society maximum OF proteceioh'
careful perusa of the news rotagravure sections
of nrominent daes leads the conclusion that world
news consists mostly O. pretty murderesses pet dogs
and chorus girls legs
Profanity has been decreed legitimate cause Tor
divorce in Paris At least it marks the difference De-
tween sacred and pro1ane love.
When President Harding asks for a free hand win
foreign relations, it's more than many man WISHES
he had with his domestic relations.
Maybe there wouldn't be so many amateur Jesse
Jameses nowadays if people stopped calling every
petty hold-up bandit
100000 worth of "dope" brought into New
York in barrel of fish, proving that dope is pcdded
in this country a large scale.
Higher education is surely making its mark when
kindergarten pupils come home proudly with class
yells
This country is never too poor to buy more auto
mobiles than it did the year before,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO
January 10. 1907
BY STANLEY

, Thirty years ago the land where
Riverside now stands was not CON
sidered worth - cents an acre; to-
day two eight year old orange Or
chards are valued at $500 per
acre.
The land in Imperial Valley with
in five years should have Il market
value of from $50 to 5000 per acre,
SAYS editorial.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
TEN YEARS AGO
January 10. 1913

Farmers institute held at Sccley
with "a big barbecue as feature.
Thirty dairynlcn on the east
side form COW testing association
with \. J. Norrish as president.
NJ. o. King, who has had charge
of the Imperial store of Narncy
Brothers, moves to FL Centre 10 take
charge of the general office of the
company located here.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January 10. 1o08

For Sale-2iO acres patented
land, 200 shares of water stock, all
lcvelcd, bordered and ditched, $50
per acre. Three and one half miles
from Brawlcy.
Imperial First National Bank,
Capital stock all paid up, $4,000,
surplus and earnings, $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

sudden, along came the
81 want ears to nibbI
the WOozie Wolf.
Noodle was going to b
frightened, but Uncle w
pered and said:
"Watch me fool him!
bunny said to the Wolff
before you nibble any q
ish my doughnut. Hi
doughnut, " went on the
ing out the one he had
nibbled. ''But you mq
back the hole in it, - h|
"All right, agreed q
don { want the hole, al
eat the doughnut, but "
the hole.
"And If you don t lgI
the hole you shan't NIB
or Noodle 's!'' said the
the Wolf ate all the do
then Uncle Wiggily crit
rible voice: "WHERl
HOLE?''
And as truly as ] IN
the Wolf was so frighte
ing lost the hole in IL
! for, of course, it disapl
he ate all the brown par
was so frightened that Il
bily-abbily all aroun the
Where s the holes
hole?' For he thought
ped it. Then Noodle sa
''There's one hole an
co. and he pushed the
n hole in the ice so I'll
could nibble no ears.
glade And if the milk b'
catch n sneeze waiting
steps for the postman,
next about Uncle Wigg
cold mouse.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

U. S. ship scrapping
halted and we may be
II battlcsbip for Il park
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

S8OO.0OO worth of dope" was brought IN
York in barrel of fish, proving that dope Is
in this country on large scale.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

Maybe there wouldn't be so many amateur
Jameses nowadays if people stopped calling
petty hold-up man bandit"
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

When President Harding asks for Tree
foreign relations, it's no more than many M
he had with his domestic relations.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

Higher education is surely making its mark when
indergarten pupils come home proudly with class
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
25c TOWELS 17c

HERE'S YOUR TOWEL BARGAIN
with several dozen of these good bleach
cd Turkish towels on sale at tic instead
of 25c cach-buy them now by the dozen
at S190 per dozen.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

Profanity has been decreed legitimate
livorce in paris. At least it marks the differ
ween Sacred and profane' love.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
BLANKETS
All One Fourth Less

FINE WOOL BLANKETS all go ON
sale now at 25 per cent less than regular
the best qualities are here in grey tan,
also plaids.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
CRETONNES
All One Fourth Less

EVERY PIECE OF CRETONNE is
also reduced 25 per cent to see them clos,
cd out now in a hurry.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10
COMFORTS
All One Fourth Less

EVERY COMFORT IN THE HOUSE
goes on sale now at IA less than the re,
gular prices, and with cold weather all
to come this winter, now is the time
to stock up.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

vrIIE LAST THESE GOOD DRESSES at s1i
styles desirable and the prices in mi
rricesThe variety
saving unusual in each instance
us show Won these splendid stylish
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

You have got to make the best
of things to get them.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-10

This country is never too poor to buy
mobiles than it did the year before.