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How Russia's Stupendous
Army of Seven Million Soldiers
Is Organized, Equipped and Supplied

line. which covers some i.45o mlea; 100000 In at.
tendance at the front reserves and 100000 con.
centrated In barracks and government reservations
In various convenient stations.
How is this vast army fed, clothed and armed.
1t Ia obvious that unless adequate preparatons had
been made for the unprecedented task which the
general stan OF the Russian Army Is called upon to
perform disaster would long since have fallen upon IT,
The fact is that everything 80 arranged that on
the call to arms not only was every fighting man
thoroughly assured OF food, clothing arms and
sanitary accommodations. but proper provision had
been made for the of his family that he might
go to the front free OF mental worry
To provide the soldiers with fresh meat It was ar.
ranged that each army should be supplied with re
herd Each of these herds consists to 900 head
OF cattle II OF Sleeps pgu in the proportion Of
SIX sheep or four piss to one head Of cattle. Each
herd Is superintended and driven by thrtyfour non.
combatant rank and file to be drawn from the re-
serves on mobilization. under an officer.
Vegetables and other food requirements are appor.
toned to each army In the manner. the supply
being added to when needed either from local storex
or from central -commissary storehouses
For the care OF the wounded and diseased every
regiment is supplied with regimen:a hospital con.
sisting OF sixteen beds. supplemented by brigade and
divisional hospitals.
Thirty million horses comprise the Russian Army.s
complement. AS cavalry artillery horse In active
service lasts only six weeks this enormous supply IA
no more than Is needed to maintain the cavalry and
artillery and transport branches Of the service
Russia Is In railroads One of the ereates,
obstacles to quick Russian mobilization SO conn.
IDENTIFY relied upon by Ruesia's enemies WA. mi. 10 cL
OF railroad facilities.
What Russia lacked In railway Mileage however
was largely compensated for by the excellent manner
IN which the army assumed control OF the RAILWAYS
that were available. To-day out OF $4,000 miles of
railway. which Is all that Russia boasts Of over 90
900 are operated by and under the exclusive control
OF the army and the remainder course Is subject to
military e1gencies wherever they may develop.
WINE, therefore the transportation question is an
extremely difficult Russia It has been answered
IN most satisfactory manner. The railway service
s greatly augmented by thousands OF huge motor lor.
nes. eacn capable OF carrying thirty men, with their
arms and equipment
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several thousand OF them. They were so peculiar In
design that the head factory dared to ask for
what they were intended
The Grand Duke laughed when his secretary read
the glass mans letter
Write and tell him that they are to 20 inside
ancient armor. he said. No doubt the manufacturer
was more puzzled than ever when he received this
information AS matter OF fact the Grand Duke had
been struck by the excellent opportunity for using
more flowers afforded by the eye Sits In the ysors
about his rooms The only difficulty was In keeping
the flowers fresh after putting them in these bizarre
cases And so he had measured and designed holders
which would fit inside the holes. After the holders
came the Grand Dukes suits OF armor all over the
mouse oiosaomed curiousy with thousands of his best
green house products.
Inc only thing that interests the Grand Duke ont.
size Oh the war game is astronomy At Strena he has
perfectly equipped observatory and his occasional
utmost respect by scientific bodies not because OF his
hiGh position. but because or his excellence as a
practical astronomer He is one of the few Russians
VINO nave Gone away with the huge porcelain stoves
with which even the Cars palaces are heated He
mas installed American heating plants and even
American plumbing. 80
ne abolition Of the sale OF vodka the Russian
drink, is entirely due to his efforts.
"A drunken soldier cannot shoot straight" said the
Grand Duke when the matter mobilization for the
present war drst came up. This was the whole Of his
reasoning. But he stuck to Il, and It was so con.
'incine mat ultimately the vodka sale was etopned
WIN he consequent loss of hundreds Of millions OF
ruoles yearly to the government
although the Grand Duke carries on his bustnaes NJ
a!rectnG twelve armies from central strategic point
ne makes practise Of showing himself ct the front
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Warsaw. Poland, February 1

Warsaw Poland. February H.
TT HE great surprise OF the war has been furnished
by Russia The entirely unexpected efficiency
revealed In the Russian Army has far SURPASSED
the fondest dreams Of Russian adherents
u ID only ten years ago since Russia was soundly
beaten by Japan The Japanese David vanquished
the Muscovite Goliath completely as the Biblical
hero overhrew the giant OF old. That conn!ct dis.
closed Russlas weakness thoroughly from that
time It appeared that nation would DO poor as
TO do her reverence" Her military prestige was ap-
parently lost forever.
When tho present started. therefore, the part
that Russia to play In It was a very doubtful
quantity. Nobody doubted that France would give
good account OF herself The lesson she had learned
In 1870 had been so thoroughly taken heart that
one expected for moment that she would repeat
the mistakes che made In that disastrous conflict
Nobody doubted that England would live up to her
reputation lighting nation. Even little Servia
the cause OF ell the trouble expected to prove
worthy OF her more powerful allies. Only big Russia
doubted.
The past six months has shown how unwarrauted
were the fears OF Russian nefhciency Not only has
Russia put in the field biggest army ever gathered
eoGether under flag in the history of the world
ont THIS army has turned out to be one OF the most
e1nc1ently organized equipped and commanded now
The Russian lighting machine Of to-day 1. second
only 20 tna OF Germany In efficiency. In power 1t Is
created
When the Japanese war WAS over all Russia un,,ed
~ oemana TOT the making over of the Russian Army
Ine task was completed in 1910. The reorganization
covered not only the standing army OF 100000 regu
lara but the reserves, too.
AS reorganized the army OF Russia IN q noaco ,oo+
ing was divided into thirtyseven corps each compr
ing some 10000 men. After the declaration of war
the mobilization resulted in placing 500 600 reserye,
under arms and brought total OF corps in the fight
Ing line up 10 sevenytwo One million more reserves
were concentrated at the 'front.' ready to ELL up the
gaps wherever they might develop and etill 5000 900
more reserves were concentrated in barracks in
various parts OF the empire be worked into shape
for future use
Altogether. the Russian Army comprises 100000
men actually under arms-2. 900 900 on the agntine
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Military GENIUS iBsHistoryt 3rcWNorld F?

Tho Grand Duke Is q rsmas,&
able personality-grim, silsut,
determined, and 8 feet 7 inches
In height. He Il . singulssly
modest man. Unlike nearly oil
other generals, his chest u not
emblaxoned with IN ordinations
display Of ribbons, CROSSES aud
medals. He never poses for q
photogxaph-occssionally hs II
caught by q snapshot camera,
He never welcomes publicity,
never gives interviews, never
boasts of SUCCESS. He drinks no
wine, eats plainly and moderate
ly, and his thin, spare figure con-,
trasts strikingly with the fat
double chins and round stomachs
Of other ponderous and puffy
and medal. bedecked commaud.,
ers.
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The Delta independent., 1915-05-28

that were cleansed by our Savior
there were nine out of ten that never
returned thanks. When l see the ten
ments, which God handed down to
Moses on tablets of stone. When l
see the King it reminds me of the
King of Heaven, which is God Al
mighty. When l see the Queen it
reminds me of the Queen of Sheba.
who visited Solomon, for she was as
wise a woman as he was a man. She
brought with her so boys and so girls,
all dressed in boys apparel. for King
Solomon to tell which were boys and
which were girls. King Solomon sent
for water for them to wash. The girls
washed to the elbow and the boys
to the wrist, so King Solomon told by
that
Well" said the Mayor, you have
given a good description of all the
cards but one"
What is that?"
The Knave." said the Mayor.
L Will give your HOHOr d uesCTlp-
tion of that, too, if you will not be
angry"
Il will not" said the Mayor, IF
you do not term me as the Knave."
Well said the soldier, the great
est knave / know of is the constable
who brought me here"
Il do not know" said the Mayor.
''if he is the greatest knave but l
know he is the greatest fool
When I count how many spots in
pack of cards l find 365, as many
as there are days in the year. When
/ count the number of cards in a
pack / find there are 50, the number
of weeks in a year. and / find four
suits, the number of weeks in a
month; l find there IL picture cards
in a pack, representing the number of
months in a year; on counting the
tricks / find 13, the number of weeks
in quarter. So you see, sir. a pack
of cards serves for a Bible. almanac
and common ayerbook.-Veteran in
National Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28
WITH THE THINKERS
t, >%e~>>>>~>%~

George NJ. Hays-The days when a
man could make a specially of all
farming or all stockraising are about
over. The oldtimers do not like it
they do not like TO milk COWS for it
keeps them tied down too close. 1t
seems to them that it's a regular dogs
life. The one thing that is going to
bring this western country out and
make it even more prosperous in the
future than it has been in the past
is diversified. farming. The ranchers
however will have TO milk COWS, feed
hogs and other live stock right on the
place.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28
SlM Reward. 500

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages. and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith In its curative pow
ers that they ofrer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that II fails TO cure. Send
for list OF testimonials.
Address. f. J. CHENEY 4 CO, Toledo. o
Sold by all pruggists. 7bc.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28

indorsed what the big corporations
told you to do.
You say the county assessor can
not be relied upon; can not be trusted
because he plays the political game
for popular favor. What game are
you playing? What are you proposing
to do this year? Are you going to
continue the policy OF treating county
assessors as school children or are
you going to take them into your CON
fidence and work with them? Are
YOU going to make Weld county so
per cent richer than the people OF
Pueblo County and 40 per cent richer
than the people of Boulder and Lar
annie counties. as you have the past
two years, or are you going to throw
away your crooked yardstick that has
given you these crooked results? The
people of the state are all assessed
too high and in their name and in
the light of the above facts, ask
that you raise the Railroads and other
giant corporations and at the same
time cut the valuation of the people
until they are in line with other
states in the Union. This is your
plain duty unless you intend to retard
all progress of this great state.
Very respectfully.
A. L. MUMPER,
Assessor of Weld county.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28
VESTOCKli, 4; PRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Beef Trade Strong, With Year.
Iings at $500.
HOG VALUES BIG DIME LOWER
Lamb Values Work Somewhat Lower.
Shorn Grades Anywhere From
Nickel to is Cents OH-WooIed
Kinds Slow Sale.

Union Stock Yards. South Omaha,
May 19.-Another very liberal supply
of cattle arrived yesterday, some 81
500 head. Quality of the fat cattle
was very good and, although receipts
were rather liberal for this time Of
the year. there was a healthy demand
from both local packers and shippers
and trade ruled active at steady to a
dime higher prices all around. Con.
siderable activity characterized the
trade as far as the good heifers and
lightweight COWS were concerned. and
prices were steady to strong for any.
thing at all desirable in this line. On
the heavy and rough cows. the market
was somewhat uneven. Veal calves
were in active request and quotably
firm. Business in stock cattle and
feeding steers was quiet and dull, and
the trend OF values was downward for
all but strictly attractive grades.
Cattle quotations: Good to choice
yearlings, IS 5oQ9.oo; good to choice
beeves. ss.3ods6o. fair to good
beeves. ss0o@s.25; common to fair
beeves, s75oGs.0o: good to choice
heifers. s7ooQ7s5; good to choice
cows. ssSoG74o: fair to good cows
s5.75d675: Gamers and cutters, s3I5
G5.5O: veal calves. ss.0OG1O.75: bulls.
stays. etc. s5.5Od725; good to choice
feeders. s7-5Od7 7,SO: fair to good feed
ers s7.OO67.50: common to fair feed
ers. Sc OOG7O0. stock heifers, $3.50
725: stock COWS, s5.5Od675; stock
calves. s65OG SIS; stock bulls, $500
G700.
heavy run OF hogs arrived yester
day. about 2O.ooO head. On account
OF the heavy run here and other mar
kets. prices were fully a dime. and in
some cases 1O6l5c, lower than Mon
day Bulk OF the offerings moved at
sT25G7 30 and tops reached $40.
Only 1000 sheep and lambs showed
mp Trade was dull and prices nickel
to l5c lower. A bunch OF clippers
brought $3.50 A car OF California
springers sold early at s11-25. No aged
sheep of consequence showed up.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs. light. s1O.eoG11.1o: lambs
heavy. $40 25G1o.6o; lambs. shorn,
ss.eoGe6O: yearlings. light ss.251
e75; yearlings. heavy. 50 OoG9 IS;
wethers. good to choice. IS 50G9 90:
wethers. fair to good. ss-0oG $50;
ewes, good to choice. ss.Q0GS 90;
ewes. fair to rood. s7,eo6 500.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28
WANTED-Turkeys quick. The New
Perkins Restaurant. 1917

WANTED-Turkeys quick. The New
Perkins Restaurant. 1917
FOR SALE.-Good work mule, COM
ing four years old. ]. T. McMillin.
Orchard Mesa, North Delta. 1918
Why not? We will do your family
washing cheaper than you can do It
at home-Delta Steam Laundry.
/ will have my new restaurant open
for business by June L. C. p. Shores.
FOR SALE-Good used piano,
terms, McMurray and Briney.
FOR SALE-At a bargain on five
and seven years time at six per cent,
100 acre ranch on Redlands mesa;
fairly well improved with water right.
Small payment down. Might consider
part in trade. E. C. Baker, Hotchkiss
Colo. R. F. d. No. 2.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28
A Pack Of Cards for A Bible.

A private soldier by the name of
John Orton was taken before a mag.
istrate recently for playing cards
during divine service. II appears that
n Sergeant commanded the soldiers at
, the church, and when the parson had
read the prayers he took the text.
Those who had Bible took it out.
but this soldier had neither Bible nor
common prayer book: but pulling out
pack of cards. he spread them be-
fore him. He just looked at one card
and then at another. The Sergeant of
the Company saw him and said;
John, put up the cards: this is no
place for them" Never mind that,
said John. When the service was
over the constable took John before
the Mayor.
Well" said the Mayor, what have
you brought this soldier here for?"
For playing cards in church"
We'll, old soldier. what have you
got to say for yourself?"
Much. sir. 1 hope"
Very good, II not I will punish you
more than any man was ever pun
ished"
Il have been" said the soldier,
about six weeks on the march. I
have neither Bible nor common pray
erbook. ] have nothing but pack
of cards, and I'll satisfy your wor-
ship of the purity OF my intentions" j"
And spreading the cards before the
Mayor, he began with the ace:
when I see the ace IL reminds me
there is but one God. When see
the deuce it reminds me of the Fa-
ther and Son. When see the trey
Holy Ghost. When I see the four
spot Il reminds me of the four Evan
gelists that Observation-Disclosures, Mark.
Luke and John. When l meet the
five It reminds me OF the five wise
Virgins that trimmed their lamps
there were ten but five were wise
and five were foolish. and were shut
out. When ] see the six II reminds
me that in six days the Lord made
Heaven and earth. When l see seven
It reminds me that on the seventh day
he rested from the great work he
had created. and hallowed it. When
l see the eight It reminds me of the
eight righteous persons that were
saved when God destroyed the world.
viz: Noah and his wife, with three
sons and their wives. When see
nine It remindes me of the nine lepers
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28
MUMPER SAYS TAX CON-
MISSION DIsCRIMINATES

A. l.. Mumper, Assessor OF Weld
county. in a sizzling letter to John b.
Phillips. chairman OF the Colorado
Tax Commission. charges that the
commission discriminates between cor
porations and State property; also
discriminates between assessments Of
Pueblo county and other counties Of
the state.
In his letter to the chairman OF the
commission Mr.. Mumper makes com
parsons between the assessments of
property in this state and Arizona.
Kansas. Wyoming and other states
which are on the full value basis.
proving that our assessments on land.
live stock and other property are
higher by twenty to twenty-five per
cent than theirs. while the corpora
tion schedules in those states are at
n rate of that much higher than in
Colorado.
Following are extracts from the
Mumper letter:
Up to date your commission has un-
giant corporations and placed big
part OF their tax burden on the backs
OF the people who are already carry
ing staggering load. ! challenge
contradiction. There is no state in
the Union between the Rocky Noun
tains and the Atlantic where the farm
er carries half the tax load he carries
now in Colorado. since we have the
blessing (?) of Tax Commission.
and Notwithstanding you have doubled
the taxes on land. by boosting land
and underassessing railroads. you still
claim land is low.
II you want to read the story of
Tax Commission that has served the
people instead of the corporations
refer you to the Second Annual Re
port of the Arizona Tax Commission.
! will only cite here one or two state
ments in this report. On page 12 you
will see that the Arizona Tax Com
mission raised railroads and lowered
lands and improvements. It is clear
to see that they have men in Arizona
on the State Tax Commission who
have investigated far enough to see
that land that pays from I to per
cent interest on capital invested can
not pay from 81 to SO per acre tax.
as is the case now in Weld. as well
ms other parts of the state. How can
you expect settlers to come to Colo
RADIO and purchase land carrying a
tax load OF over 81 per acre when
they can buy 5000 to $500 land in
the Eastern states that pays n tax of
only 20 to 30 cents per acre? II you
will dig" further into the Arizona
report you will find that railroads.
telegraph companies, telephone COM
panies. etc, are all assessed higher
in Arizona than in Colorado. while
cattle, horses. mules. etc, average
lower. You will learn in that report
that the Tax Commission worked with
the Assessors, took them into their
confidence, showed their hand and
methods. and that there were no mys-
terious tests to apply.
II behooves you to see to 1t that
the big corporations pay their just
share of taxes. In Arizona mines
were assessed for almost double what
they were in this state before the
Colorado legislatures sympathy got
the better OF justice.
But there is no end to It. Facts
and figures from all sides show you
have been unfair with the people,
The people everywhere believe It.
You boast you have raised Denver
and Weld counties. charge you do
not know how nor why you raised
Denver and Weld. ] charge that 30
far as Weld is concerned you blindly
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28
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BUSINESS LOCALS Z
. - . . . . - ; . . . . .

Advertisers in these columns are
worthy of your patronage.
For Sale-A large-sized infants
bath tub. Also good singing canary
L brass cage. 24S Meeker. IT
Cedar posts for sale. See L. A
Cook
Typewriters, all makes, for sale or
rent Stearns Bros. Co.
Protect your nome against fire by
lnsuring with Stephan & UDert.
FOR SALE-Three cuttings alfalfa
hay, delivered. H. E. Tyler.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28

Your wife looks rather put out.
What is the matter?" asked Jim
Boulder She was at the rummage
sale in Denver and became so inter
ested she took off her new hat and
laid it on the counter. BY mistake
one of the clerks picked it up and
sold it for thirty-five cents, which was
all he could get for it"
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28

Edwin Huff.-Did you ever stop to
consider how small the distance is
between the worlds production and
the worlds consumption? So small
it is that the existence of the human
race would continue only a few
months after the universal cessation
of produce. Do you see the position
agriculture holds to the world? 1t is
the first great resource and store
room for national wealth. 1t becomes
very sensitive when endangered and
quickly calls for a change of affairs.
In this new era we must have more
intensive farming and smaller farms
Two great mistakes have been made
The one is outdistancing our ability
and the other crop production with
out regards to soil fertility and the
educational element itself.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28

Horace Delisser.-The automobile
has become a permanent fixture In
farm life and thousands of farmers
who are now using the motor car
would not part with 1t any more than
they would dispose Of the silo, plows.
threshing machines. moving machines
and other necessary implements that
go toward the making up of an up-to-
date farm. 1t is a pleasure for the
boy to drive his light motor delivery
wagon to town in the morning with
his load of milk. 1t is invigorating.
healthful and fascinating. There was
no fascination in getting up at four
o'clock in the morning and driving
the horses over the hills at snail's
pace.
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28

She makes me feel so small when
she begins to talk about her ances-
tors" exclaimed Miss Ranchley, and
we have no ancestors" Never mind,
my dear" replied her polite mother,
Come back at her with the pedigree
of your Jersey cow"
The Delta independent., 1915-05-28

A stenographer. after having writ
ten several letters to a debtor with
out getting reply, was asked to
again call the mans attention to the
account. Instead of addressing as
Dear Sir" the stenographer made a
mistake and typed it as Deaf Sir"