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Evening journal., 1915-12-15

had sufficient previous military train
ing to enable them to meet a trained
enemy within three months" It is
apparent that the War College Divi-
sion would consider a volunteer force
like the continental army unfit to
takes its place in the second line of
defence. and but little more effective
than the militia. AS even a million
men might not save the country from
aggression, it is still further recon-
mended that provision be made, un-
der the act OF Congress of April %.
1914, to raise citizen armies to re-en-
force the first and second lines.
The preparedness urged by the War
College Division is based upon esti-
mates Of the number of men that
other Powers could land. or attempt
to land. on our coasts according to
available ship capacity after we had
lost control OF the sea. Thus it is
set forth that Germany could disem-
bark 3S7 900 men in 1873 days and
100000 more in 30.S days later:
France, 16O.931. and 243.295 respec-
lively; Japan. 95,945 and 1882;
Italy, $1,000 and 10000. The esti-
mate as to British potentiality was
made before the expansion OF her
army and only one expedition Of 170,-
900 appears in the table Therefore
the conclusion is that the War Col
lege Divisions plan Of defence was
adjusted to the menace of Germany.
Obviously the number Of troops re-
quired TO deal with an invasion by
any other Power would be much less
than a million men.
Secretary Garrison says that his
proposal proceeds upon the basis OF
existing conditions of a legal and con-
stitutional nature. and recognizes ex-
isting institutions and the feeling OF
the people concerning the general
subject matter" It is evident that the
WaP-College Division did not con-
slider these limitations at all. Mr..
Garrison's continental army will be
attacked in Congress because at best
1t would be volunteer force ol
doubtful effectiveness. The War Col
lege Division plan will be regarded
as extravagant in theory and imuos.
sible of execution. A middle course
will have to be taken il effective pre-.
paredness is to be authorized by leg
islation.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15
NOW is THE TINE.

II IowARD PYLE was Delaware's leading artist
a His work has International recognition
His pictures will grow in value all the time
They possess those qualities which make for perma-
nent public appreciation.
Sentimental, artistic and commercial consdera-
lions dictate that Delaware societies and individuals
should acquire at the present time and at going prices
as many Of his productions as may be on the mar
ket
The Wilmington Society OF Fine Arts has taken an
other praiseworhy step in that direction It has de-
cided to buy from Charles Scrbners Sons, for $SOOO
the collection OF Pyle pictures that corporation has in
Its possession. Those pictures will be added to the
the society already It speaks we'll for the
patriotism. State pride and artistic Of the
bers OF the society and others who have made such
a purchase possible
The good work should not stop with that In course
Of time Wilmington will have art gallery an
academy Of fine arts. Under the American system that
Is an almost inevitable accompaniment OF municipal
advancement When that time comes there should be
In our city for the chief adornment OF such
art centre collection Of Pyle pictures that
plete g it is possible to make it.
Now is he time to prepare for that happy event in
he life Of our community.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15
Editorial Opinion
A MISTAKE WILSON REGRETS


Thomas f. Logan in Leslies
Wherever the socialistic suggestion
OF Frank p. Walsh that all Inherited
estates over a million dollars be con-
hscated by the government is dis
cussed, the question is asked: "Who
foisted the erratic chairman of the
industrial relations commission on
President Wilson," Most persons, Of
course, are aware that the President
Is thoroughly displeased with Walsh
and his recommendation. realizing
that the usefulness OF the commission
has been destroyed. But there has been
wonderment everywhere as to whence
and how Walsh came to be appointed
This is the answer: Walsh was a law
yer of Kansas City. Mo. He was
Democrat, but always PLAYED an in
dependent part in city elections. Even
his friends could never tell where his
logic would lead him. He became
associated with the Hearst indepen-
dence party movement. Later on.
When Wilson was nominated for Presi-
dent, Walsh appeared at Democratic
headquarters in New York and was
given a desk in a room by himself. II
was understood that he was organiz-
ing the social settlements" for VIII
son None Of the regular managers
or workers at headquarters knew
much about him or his work. Mrs
J. Borden Hartman was also at head
quarters. After President Wilson
was inaugurated. he began to select
the members OF the industrial rela-
tiOns commission. His first selection
was Walsh. He made this selection
on his own initiative. No member
Of the Senate or House. neither the
politicians nor Colonel House sue-
sested the Kansas City lawyer. Mil
Evening journal., 1915-12-15
VILLA AND AMERICAN SENTIMENT

YTHERE was time when General villa Mexican
Il reyolutionist enjoyed the sympathy OF large
section Of the American public. His recent conduct
especially since recognition by the United States OF the
de facto government headed by General Carranza has
been so blood-thrsty and desbcable that today
Americans hope he soon will be rounded up and
punished for his manifold crimes.
villa has evinced recently such an intense hatred Of
Americans of all things American that he has for
eited all right to favorable consideration by the United
States Government and the American people. lie has
fallen to the level OF ordinary bandit who has ar
rayed himself against organized society both sides
OF the border He is deserving OF the treatment that
usually is accorded bandit after he has been
ured and brought to judgment for the oenses he has
committed
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

1913 100000. Proceeds from the sale of
bonds so far have amounted to Sl34. .63l, >
$50, and there is still due to the Treas.
ury for cash advances 1921 53l ,7lg
Moreover, the Treasury has spent on the
canal $4,000. 900 not reimbursable from
bond issues, and if the administration
has its way $4,000, 600 more, not reim-
bursable from bond sales, will be paid
to the Republic of Columbia in satisfac-
tion of claims arising out of the acquisi-
tion of the Canal Zone.
1t would be a gross injustice to leave
the vast sum of S25l ,0OO, 600. possibly
S276,000 ,OO0 saddled on the present gen
Grafton, while presenting to succeeding
generations a canal with a bonded debt
of only Sl35 100000, able to pay its way
and, with proper management, to return
operating dividends.
The principle which Mr.. Wilson cites
of balancing the obligations of the gen
eratioDs which are to benefit from per-
nlanent public work applies fully to the
canal debt. The Treasury should be
reimbursed through bond sales up to
1910 ,OO0.OO0-the amount fixed by Con-
gress. That sum represents a part of
the surplus taxation of the last decade.
1t is cash put aside and it may be le-
Ultimately employed now by the govern
ment to meet expenditures for military
preparedness. If we spend it we should
not he borrowing from the future We
should be applying strictly the pay.as-
you-go program which Mr. Wilson favors.
and this generation would be enabled
thereby to avoid an unfair double taxa
tion-frst for the canal and then for a
better army and navy
What the President said does not jus.
tify a refusal to indemnify the Treasury
for canal advances On the contrary. 10
makes such an indemnifcation a matter
both of equity and expediency.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15
Panama Bonds and The
PaY-as-You-Go Policy
lFrom the NV York Tribune.J

The pay-as-you-go argument made by
President Wilson in his Preparedness
message contains glarimg lnon sequitm.
The President is anxious, apparently, To
make the Taxpayers of the country feel
the full weight of the cost of military
preparation, trusting to find in rcluct-
ance TO pay some justification for his
own attempts to limit the scope of
preparation.
He therefore opposes either the au-
thorization of new bonds TO meet the
cost OF real military reorganization or
the sale of bonds already authorized for
the purpose Of repaying the Treasury the
money which it has advanced out Of the
geenral fund Tor Panama Canal con
struction. TO excuse this refusal to col
lect debt owed to the Treasury. and
through il TO the present generation of
taxpayers, ..r. Wilson made this argu-
ment:
borrowing money is short sighted
finance. It can be justified only when
permanent things are to be accomplish
ed, which many generations will Ger
tainly benefit by and which it is hardly
fair that single generation should pay
for he objects we are now proposing
to spend money for cannot be so classi-
fled. except in the sense that everything
wisely done may be said to be done in
the interest Of postcrity as well as in
our own"
This line of reasoning absolutely de-
feats itself Whatever may be thought
of military preparation at this time as
an investment for the benefit of future
generations, no one can deny that the
Panama Canal is such an investment.
Congress never intended that the tax.
payers Of single decade should pay
the greater part of the cost of the Pan
anna waterway. Tho canal act provided
for the issue of bonds 10 the amount of
Evening journal., 1915-12-15
rHE prRLIC sMOuLp suPrORr IN.

THE public favor with which the snellenburg sani-
tary street market plan has been received in this
city and elsewhere should be highly gratifying to its
public-sprited and enterprsing protector.
II is something for the good Of the producer, the con
and the city at large. Il stands for better and
cleaner foodstufs and protection for the farmers and
the buyers against the inclemencies of the weather.
Such plan is deserving of public approval and sup
port II It is to be adopted it must have that approval
and support to give to it impetus that will carry
Il over the obstacles that will be in its way by
those who are nurously economic in tendency who
have selfish ends to Approval and support
should be forthcoming from every and every wo-
man who believes in clean and wholesome food and
pleasant and healthfu conditions surrounding its pro-
curement
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

Consul Homer NJ. Byngton reports that the declared
exports 10 the United through the Leeds eng
landl consulate for the quarter ended September sO
1919 amounted to S2lSA4O, compared with S565 94l
Tor INC corresponding quarter Of 1914 For the nine
months ended September 1915 the total was S61 2S9
compared with sl,7SS.35O in 1914 .sThe decrease be
remarks, may be held to be due to conditions which
are direct result Of the war.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

In 1910 Woodrow Wilson. then Governor-oeet Of
New Jersey, insisted that James e. MARITIME must be
made Senator. In 1915, the same Woodrow Wilson in
ssts that MARITIME must not be reelected. AT the
er period MARITIME elected, in the opinion of some
because Of Wilson's insistence Now he will be de-
feated-nOt because of Wilson's opposition however
but because New Jersey is going to elect Republican
Senator next year.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

When announce the fact that none of the unsani-
tary public schools in city will be closed ndeh-
nely by the local Board OF Health we do not natter
ourselves that the announcement will be hailed with
delight by any considerable of boys and girls
who have been indulgng in prolonged holiday expeca
tions.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

That American mob in oroville Washington that ~,
tackled two inonensve Japanese laundrymen drove
them from the town and destroyed their laundry has
given the State Department in Washington an unpleas
ant task to perform. It is express to the Toxic Gov
ernment regret that such crime should have been
committed against whose sole alleged onense was
thst they were Japanese subjects.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

According to the United States Commissioner OF In
ernal Revenue there is only Delawarean who has
an income in excess Of 100000 year. The average
in State will regrefuly proceed to plead not
guilty.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

lion-dollar Walsh was the Presidents
own find. And the President has
regretted the mistake ever since.
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

Money is the blood and life of men; whoever has il
not has been able TO get il. is like dead man
walking among the livng-Timocles
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

It is hard to personate and a part long: for
where truth is not at the bottom nature will always
endeavorng to return and will peep out and betray her
self one time another Therefore il any man think
II convenient to seem good. let him be so indeed and
then his goodness will appear 10 everybody's salts
faction; so that upon all accounts sincerity is true
wisdom; particularly 10 the affairs OF this world
integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and
arfu ways OF dissemination and deceit Il is much the
safer end more secure way Of dealing in the worldi
Is the shortest and nearest way end carrying us
thher in straight line, will hold ont and last
longer.-John Tillodson
Evening journal., 1915-12-15
Holiday Gift
Suggestions
GOLD GIFTS FOR WOMEN:

woo 80 OAAC
GOLD GIFTS FOR WOMEN:
wristIet Watches Brooches
Bar Pins Lingerie Clasps
Rings Juliet Sets
LOrgnons La Valieres
Bangles Flexible Bracelets
GOLD GIFTS FOR MEN:
Watches Watch Chains
Cuff Buttons Scarf Pins
Full Dress Sets Tie Clasps
Cigar Cutters Penknives
Belt Buckles Pencils
STERLING GIFTS FOR WOMEN:
Vanity Boxes DOrine Boxes
Perfume Bottles Jewel Boxes
Comb Brush & Mirror Pin Trays
Buffers Nail Files
Shoe Hooks Shoe Horns
STERLING GIFTS FOR MEN:
Cigarette Cases Card Cases
Match Cases Key Rings
Key Chains Cigar Cutters
Penknives Pencils
Belt Buckles Cuff Buttons
GIFTS FOR THE HOUSE:
ClermOnt Flat Silver Fairfax Flat Silver
Virginia Flat Silver Clermont Hollow Silver
French Antique Flat Silver Virginia Hollow Silver
Butterfly Tea Trays Engraved Glass
GIFTS FOR THE BABY:
POrringers Mugs
Knife, Fork & Spoon Bib Clasps &.
Millard F. Davis,
Jeweler Silversmith
oil East Second Street
Market and Tenth Street
Evening journal., 1915-12-15

How much character is that of the friend OF
mankind than that Of the conqueror OF nations-Sam
uel Richardson
Evening journal., 1915-12-15
The Aa.oclAtlon b

The Association ei
American Advortis-
lin The Associations Of Amor- N the great "dvey.
k1lknI lean Advertsera has tssrs Of this
Nav smined and esrtfisd 20 Z try. The Assooia-
the circulation Of this pub I tlon endorses only
heation. The figures Of circulation NJ r.. .rstas %
contained in the Assocations tion At any moment
port only guaranteed. and positive proof
Association Of American Advertisers %Ss Dc sTS%ttfS
No h,u Whiieh.I RIdu n "a, certificate. No ttBi.
- W W j has been issued te
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

The man that bushes is not quite a brute.-Young
-:
Prosperity brings with IL ntoxication which in
ferior natures never resist-Balzac.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-28
Van Trcss Shoe Repair Factory.

American Shoe Shop. being the only
shoe shop in Tulsa that has Kept up
the prices on rubber heels, we will
meet competition All rubber heels
35c attached. We use the honest
methods. Both the small curyo awl
and needle shoe stitching machine.
Same used To- manufacture fino welt
shoes only high grade equipment in
Tulsa. We don't ruin the welt or
change the shape Of the shoe like
others do. Beware of the straight
awl and needle. the harness machine
the incompetent workmeu use them.
Thousands ot shoes are ruined by the
worthless methods. Demand the hest
done by Van Tress We use only
NPrlnce sole leather, seldom ever
used by other shoe shops. We carry
the only complete line OF rubber soling
in Tulsa. Try a pair. We call for
your Shoes and deliver free. Phone
1865, Opposite POstofice
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-19

ing portion Of the present two thoas-
and acre tract, known as the Hartmsa
or Dos Rios Ranch.
The Gunnison town company was
organised in 1874 and consisted of Es-
Governor John Evans, Henry C. Olney,
Loudon Mullin, Alonzo Hartman, SyL
vester Richardson, and others. Ms
Mullin being elected President and
Manager. The survey was made BY
Sylvester Richardson, and the town laid
out by Olney, Kelley. Hartman and 9TH
ers. Mr.. Hartman started q store on the
present town site, ss his first stores
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-19
FUNERAL o. NDy Nly
uED here THURsAI

At Salida, Colo, on Monday evening,
ct nine O'Clock, occurred the death of
little John DAILY, the four year old son
If Mr.. and Mrs. Luke DAILY of that city
The little fellow had been in good health
until within a short time of his death,
so that the news was quite shock to
the many friends of the family. Some
time ago he contracted severe attack
of whooping cough which caused com
plications from which he suffered at
different times.
The body was brought to Gunnison
Wednesday morning and on Thursday
afternoon, at two-thirty, the funeral
was held from St. Peters Catholic
church, Rev. VIM. Kipp officiating.
The floral offerings were many and
beautiful. and the church crowded with
friends of the family, a number cotning
from Grand Junction and Salida. Sew
eral members Of the B. Of L. F. & E.,
and Ladies Auxiliary of Mt. Ouray Lodge
came in from Salida Thursday morn
ing to attend the funeral. They were.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II Harrel. Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs. c. X.
Wilson. Shirley Chase. Lowell Allen,
Mrs. W. W. Swope, and Mrs. W. L.
Wilson.
Interuent was made in the Mssons &
Odd Fellows cemetery, by the side Of
Mrs. Days father and brother The
sympathy of the community is extend
ed to the parents in their hour Of sor-
row.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-19
ANOTHER OLD TIMER
PASSES TO GREAT BEYOND

Wednesday morning at one clock,
KARL ID. Pfrommer, Charley one of
the county's old time prospectors, died
in our city. Funeral services are TO be
held this afternoon, friday, from the
Adams undertaking parlors. Rev. f.
II. Robinson viii conduct them.
Charley Pfrommer was German
born in ls4s on Feb. 9th. so that he
lacked ten days of being 81 years old
His birthplace was at Woodenburg.
Germany. He served three years in
the Prussian army. and then through
the Franco Prussian struggle of 1870,
coming to America in 1873. After liv-
ing in New York three years he came
to Nebraska and took up homestead,
afterwards moving to Durango in 1851
and to this county in 1ss2.
He married in Germany. where his
wife died. A daughter still lives and is
married, but be had not heard from her
in years.
He had been sick for year and bed
fast since Dec ". A. Gillaspey who
looked after him for some time is ar
ranging the details Of the funeral
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-19
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One by one the pioneers are passing,
end on Tuesday the town was called TO
mourn the death of Mn. John Inman,
whose residence in Gunnison for thirty
one years had made her familiar figure
For more than a year Mrs. Inman had
been feeble, and her home on the Island
had been frequented by old friends who
called to see what might be done to re-
lieve her suffering. Cheerful and re-
signed she received her visitors, always
vividly interested in the happenings of
the world without.
Death came Tuesday morning at an
early hour, and funeral services were
held Wednesday at two o'cock, from the
Methodist church, of which she had
been a member since childhood.
Susan Edith Chapman WAS born in
Whitby, Canada, on the 18th of August.
ls43. She came with her parents to
Michigan when year old. In 1870 she
Was married to John Inman at St. Clair,
Mich. They moved to Missouri in 1871.
children blessed the union. John X,
Sarah Jane and Annie Blanche, of which
John and Blanche remain. Mr.. Inman
died IN 1910
Mrs. Inman will be mourned by q
large circle of friends here, and of those
who have departed from our city but
still recollect her kindly life.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-19
utlI TlO sTlY n
uuuTI MkEl
How AIoazo Hartman Helped 10
f1c~ Ou the WILDERNESS Wh.Ic
ow Commoa~eslsh Was
Building.
Katherine Blair, Junior. c. 5. n. 5.

Katherine BLAIR, Junior, G. ). n ).
The distinction Of being the oldest
settler IN Gsnnison, belongs to Alonzo
Hartman. Blood viii tell says an
old proverb, and a. If IN exempIiiicat5on
Of the truth Of this. we find that Alonzo
Hartman rs descended from that pioneer
hero Of all schoolboys-th brave Daniel
Boone. Small wonder. then, that MIR.
Hartman boldly, ''set stake" in Ganni-
son County, then part of Lake Coan-
ty) when there was not another white
man within fifty miles.
Alonzo Hartman was born on Sept q.
ls50, on a farm near Iowa City, Iowa.
where his parents, Thomas and Mary
(Boone) Hartman settled in early life.
His mother was a native of Pennsyl-
wanna his father native Of Canada. He
was reared on farm and there receiv-
ed limited schooling in the incomplete
rurul schools Of q new country, for his
father was pioneer in three different
states. He was eight years old when
his parents moved to Kansas and thir-
teen when they became residents of
Colorado They settled in Denver, and
Alonzo WAS sent to the Seminary, the
first high school established in that city,
This was oil the educstion he had ex-
cept that invaluable training given by
the world of experience.
Mining and cattle raising occupied the
attention of Thomas Hartman, and the
son assisted in both of these He wss
two years 1T Golden and two ct Central
City, interested more o. less in mining
N both plsces. In 1855, the fsther en-
tsssa the cattle industry 90 his saa
s1ayed With hin until he 49, ssveatssa
yeers old; during the next thrse ysass
he ives employed on the range end in
the buying and selling of cattle. In
1870 he moved into the Ssn Luis valley,
end there invested the money he he'd
saved in cattle and started an industry
of his own.
In 1872. he accepted q government
position with the Los Pinos, or Coche-
tops Agency. This agency had been
established four years before-ls69, and
is situated about twenty-five miles
southeast from Gunnison. The present
town site of Gunnison was selected for
the agency cattle camp. and it was to
have charge of this camp that General
Charles Adama the third government
agent at Cochetopa, sent Mr.. Hartman
here. He erected . cabin about mile
below the present town site, that being
the location of the COW camp. With
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-19

him came James p. Kelley and Sidney
Jocknick. This locality must, indeed,
have been wilderness when Alonzo
Hartman arrived here. Christmas Day, i,
is72. There were no roads, no con-
veniences of any kind, and the outlook
was anything but promising. The win
ter was unusually severe, but Mr.. Hart
man was determined to see this part Of
the country prosperous and settled. and
he remained in the government service
four years. Mr. Sianey Jocknick has
written a book dealing with the ex-
periences of these three young men dur
ing their bachelor existence in Gunni-
son.
In ls76, Mr.. Hartman started trad
ing post and small store for the
Indians; later post-office was estab-
hshed-one Of the first on the western
slope, and he was appointed postmaster
At first, il is said, he WAS able to carry
the entire bulk of the mail in his vest
pocket; but he was still postmaster in
Gunnison when the salary had reached
$4,000 and several deputies were
necessary His trading post fiourished
in like manner The increasing value
OF Gunnison Valley land appealed TO
him, and in ls77, he took I'd $50
acres Of government land. this te-