The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
A FIRST STEP IN CIVILIZATION
Just The Proper Procedure Under All
Circumstances in All Countries

greatest uncertainty, his Keenest
doubts of success The fact that
this is an unchartered land.
When he has entered upon the land
what is the very first thing he pro-
ceeds TO do? Chart it. Or map it.
Without that MAP those who
follow him would also be discoyerers
and would thus be compelled to re-
peat the work of their forerunner;
but the MAP enables them to place
settlers in good and available
localities, to introduce agriculture,
manufactures, TO open up the
territory TO commerce in all its
branches. These things constitute
the second step in opening up
territory, the first step having been
taken by the discoverer when he
made his MAP.
When a warlike nation considers
invasion, what is the first and most
important thing for it to obtain?
Reliable and exhaustive MAPS of
the territory upon which war is
to be made; MAPS ofits surface, of
| IT'S resources, of its defenscs, its forts,
of the very construction of its guns,
for what are working plans if they
are not maps!
For these MAPS men whom we
still insist on upon calling spies risk
and often lose their lives. And they
are considered to have made no use.
less sacrifice; for how may a com.
mander plan, and how can an army
march without MAPS.
How do the stay.at,homes, those
who can only watch and suffer,
! follow the course of the army in the
field? By means Of MAPS into
which they stick pins to indicate
from day to day the line Of march,
the battle fought, copying as nearly
as they may the systems employed
bv the commanders in the field
whose maps are the most carefully
guarded portion Of headquarters
equipment.
How does our government in
struct the post Office department
employees as 70 mail routes, urban
and rural? BY MAPS OF course and
by maps alone can such instruction
be intelligently given.
What means are employed by the
Forest Department TO show its
people where the fire lines should
run, what are the boundaries Of
their territory? You know it your.
seii-it's dead easy to answer, the
Department does it with MAPS.
Why, to learn the circulation of
the blood, you have a MAP To
learn the respiratory system, you
have a MAP. To learn the digestive
system, you have a NAP. To learn
the action Of alcohol on the human
body-mercy, what a Map you do
have,
When the adyenturer starts out
on his quest for hidden treasure in
the good yarn in the wholesome,
outdoor publication, what is the
very first thing that happens; Why,
somebody shows him a MAP Of tde
wonderland, and thereby stirs his
blood e the daring of wanderings
and great deeds OF high enterprise,
Now / ask YOU lit isn't that way,
When you want 20 know the
exact angle from Arkansas TO
Arizona, you go and look at the
MAP,
When YOU want to consider Crit.
tenden or Garland, when you desire
20 locate where in relation 60 the
rest Of the state lies any city or
town within It's borders where do
you go' Why, YOU hustle Ior 4
MAP. Where else, possibly;
All right
Now is your own county the one
and only place on all this wide and
beautiful earth of which you do not
need a MAp3 Why, how eau that
be So, when it is from your own
county that your line Of thoughts
must diycrgc 20 get anywhere else,
territorially}
How can that be so when the
chances are large-yes, immense
that all but one small scrap OF your
own county is rs unknown to YOU
rs are the currents Of the Banks Of
Newfoundland
And then think of the children just
think Of the children just waking up
into a new world, the children TO
whom everything is fresh and ought
20 be interesting How eau YOU
with the iuintest degree olintelligqnt
comprehension on their part, in
struet them about their own nation,
their own state when Won have