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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02


The visit of the Flying Squad
ron of America to Rocky Ford
the first three days of this week
was a real benediction to the Ar
kansas Valley and marks an epoch
for temperance that The Enter
prise ventures to say will have its
after effect not only upon this
state, but the nation at large.
Never in this city have speakers
been heard that were fred by the
passion, intensity of feeling and
downright earnestness that char
acterized those of the Flying
Squadron, and never before has
it been brot home to US the clear
knowledge of what is to be accom-
plished in the United States by
overthrowing the liquor traffic.
Such a display of intelligence,
oratory and music has surely never
been gathered in any campaign
and the meetings have given a
great impetus to the prohibition
cause.
The first guns in the national
campaign were fired by DIR. Charles
M.Sheldon and party, who reached
this city at noon on Monday. A
miniature Watermelon day crowd
was at the depot and with the as
sistance of our concert band well
coined the visitors, after which
they were loaded into autos and
attended by score of machines
were shown about our beautiful
little city.
AS our school children were pro-
hibited from attending the public
meetings, they were privileged to
hear short addresses from the sew
eral speakers which were delivered
in the high school auditorium and
afterward large and steadily in
creasing audiences were enthralled
and enlightened with the mess
ages aud music delivered by the
Squadron from the rostrum of the
First Presbyterian church.
DR.. Sheldon, known thruout the
world as an author of note and an
earnest exponent of practical and
livable Christianity, took for the
subject of his afternoon address
"Why National Prohibition" and
in the evening spoke upon "For
Better World" He gave five rea-
SONS in answer to the engrossing
question, as follows:
First, it is national issue because the
government draws revenue from the
traffic and protects it.
Second. the people are demanding
national prohibition because the liquor
states do not protect their humanity from
the evil Of the liquor traffic. Humanity
is worth more than property. Humanity
is being destroyed by the saloon. II the
liquor states will no. protect their human
ity. the United States government ought
to do it for them. This is not an invasion
Of state rights. but protection of them.
Third. the prohibition states themselves
demand national prohibition to protect
their state rights. All the prohibition
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02

Contrary to expectations as
voiced by The Enterprise last
week there has been but few
changes in the personnel of car
didates for the various city offices.
This is due in great part to the
belief of the law and order element
that the welfare of our city would
be best conserved by retaining in
office the old board, and after
earnest solicitation Of some who
were anxious to retire-notably
the mayor-they were convinced
that it would jeopardize the entire
lineup if they persisted in refusing
denomination. With the excep-
tion of Paul M. North-who is
certainly entitled to a rest after
six years of service for the city
and @. b. Govreau--whose busi-
ness interests would not allow him
to accept-the rest of the city
officials were eventually persuaded
to accept the nominations, and SO
are candidates for reelection un-
der the name of the Law and
Order party.
1t is with extreme regret that
The Enterprise announces the re-
tirement of Paul M. North, as he
has so satisfactorily filled the po-
sition of city clerk, but our regret
is tempered by the knowledge that
most capable man in the person
of r. W. Boney, has been nomina-
ted to succeed him.
For the Office of treasurer the
Citizens party nominee-Albert
Dudek-was quite satisfactory to
everyone, so no attempt was made
by the Law and Order party to
fill the vacancy caused by the de-
lection of G. b. Govreau.
Upon the Citizens party ticket
every candidate upon the petitions
had filed his acceptance within
the stipulated time and they are
all in the race until next Tuesday
evening.
AS far as The Enterprise has
been able to find out there is no
real issue before the people and
everyone-excepting disgruntled
few-appears to be quite well sat
isfied with the present admins
tration, and this is borne out by the
fac. that no candidate could be
found to enter the race against
Mayor Roberts.
Under this condition Of affairs,
and the further fact that splen-
did record for economy has been
made by the present administra-
tion-an indebtedness of some
$4,000 having been wiped out in
four years and the city now being
in a position to pay cash for its
needs for the first time in many
years-as shown by this paper
last week, it would seem to US the
height of folly TO change from a
board that has made so good q
showing and place the control oi
city affairs in the hands of an nn.
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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02
Warm Battle at the Polls in
Ward One
NO CONTEST FOR
MAYOR OR TREASURER
Third Ward Aldermen f1ave Walk
away-Boney Takes North's Place
as Candidate for Clerk
LAW AND ORDER TICKET
Mayor. T. Roberts.
Clerk-R. w. Boney

.Alderman-Ward One 1.-TWO years)
]. E. Lawson, flour years. J. H.
Price; Ward Two 1.-TWO years. T. H.
Stratton, (four years)J. Wood Peery;
! Ward Three (two years. w. R.
Bish, -four years. j. w. Ecton.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02
CITIZENS TICKET
Clerk. A. johnson.

Clerk. A. johnson.
Treasurer-AlbertD Dudek.
Alderman-Ward One 1.-TWO years.
N. z. Snow, (four years. c. E.
keenan,; Ward Two 1.-TWO years. T.
H. Stratton, flour years. l. F.
Deweese.
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Of mountainous diff culties his endeav.
ors to improve the manufacture of
steel.
Then came the Krupp opportunity
the great exhibition at London in 1851.
The obscure Rhenish SHOEMAKER from
Essen electrified the military universe
with a six-pounder of f1awless cast
steel. Since then the German army and
navy have bought $4,000 Krupp guns.
And 10000 Krupp guns have been sold
in the last half century to 50 nations
throughout the WORLDS in Europe,
Is in America, six in Asia, FIVE in AT.
RIGA.
But the Krupps have never manu-.
featured munitions Of war for France.
Alfred Krupp's breech-loading rife
and cannon, adopted by the Prussian
army in 1851, proved their superiority
IN the Franco russian war, From then
on the factory became world famous
for its manufacture, of heavy ordnance
and armor plate.
Under the next KTupp, the output of
the gun factory was increased and d.
yersifed by the incorporation of other
enterprises,
And now the Krupp Won Bohlens not
only have the immense plant at Essen,
which comprises an area of 1000 acres,
235 of them under n roof, as If "Shef.
Held and Pittsburgh had miraculously
beeen ~transplanted and rolled into one
throbbing area" but many other plants
is well. At Essen, and at the three
eishborirs mil" long gun ranges of
Ieppen, $4,000 men aIc employed.
AT Krupp's collieries in hIinalaud-
lestphalia and silesia, 10000 miners
lis coal for Krupp branch works at
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Acts Aimee, Automatically.

Among camera improvements Is an
instrument SO completely automatic
that it is almost impossible for the
operator to make a mistake. In the
first place, as the camera Is opened
the lens automatically finds the prop.
or place for a universal focus. II is
q magazine camera carrying plates,
and In order to prevent a premature
exposure the plate does not fall into
its place until the shutter is adjusted,
and after the exposure 1t Immediately
takes its place In the magazine again.
AS the plates are exposed they are
automatically numbered so that they
may be readily identified when being
developed. 1t is said to be impossible
to make a double exposure or to
neglect to expose a plate by any &C.
cident. II any of the essential opera
tons OF making the picture are over.
looked the instrument is made mop
e~rative, so that the instrument is
"foolproof."
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disposition Of ocsan,s Victims,

Really there is no reason why the
sinking Of a body in shallow water
should not continue in deeper oceans,
but the magnitude of the sea appears to
confuse the mind. So skilled a hydrog-
rapher as Com. Matthew Fontaine
Maury allowed himself to believe that
by reason of depth and saltness of the
ocean the bodies Of dead sailors
stopped short of the bottom and there
interrupted awaited the day of the
seas last gift. Since Maury's time the
salinity of the ocean has been de-
termined in every sea and for every
depth. and It has been established
that at no place is 1t sufficient to pre-
vent the sinking of a vessel. The
sounding apparatus used on naval and
scientific exploring vessels reaches
every depth, eve the abyss Of nine
miles in the Nero deep between Guam
and the Philippines.
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unwsIeome Messengers Of Defeat.

"SeShHGlo W SSiSes
One OF the more genial practices Of
Ivan the Terrible was to stick a steel
lance through the foot of a messenger
who brought him bad news. All the
"A. d. T." men Of the old days had
q hard life. The wonder is now that
in those times anybody could be found
to tell the truth of a defeat. Incred-
ible as 1t may seem, there was always
some impetuous ass who would &C.
tually put spurs to his horse to get
to the king, or the czar, or whatever
master 1t was. to tell him that his
dubs at the front had lost the battle.
Then the king, or the car, or what.
ever 1t was, would call the impetuous
n a slave or something worse, with
out smiling, and have his head cut off,
or boil him in oil, or pin his foot to
the ground as If he were responsible.
AS has been intimated, Ivan. the Ter.
rible was particularly adept in these
scholarly ways of Furnishing bad news.
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Amen and Gruson, where armor plate
is made, and for Krupp blast furnaces
at Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Neuwied
and Fingers, which, between them, keep
another $4,000 pairs Of hands busy.
At Kiel 500 shipwrights build bat.
~tleships, torpedo boats and submarines
In Krupp's 55-acre GermaRia dockyard.
In Germany and far away'Spain 5000
miners are disemboweiing ore from
Krupp iron mines which, in the case
Of that mined in Spain, is shipped In
Krupp steamers that unload their bur
den at Krupp docks at Rotterdam.
there to be transshipped down the
Rhine. 80. ...,.-
For all those employees the Krupp
pay roll totals $25, 600, 900 a zeal.
Bertha krupp Sole Owner.
When the last Of the Krupp men died
he gave the Krupp works to Bertha,
his oldest daughter, now twenty-eight.
She married, after a love affair at
Rome, a young Prussian diplomat at.
htached to the legation there, DR.. Krupp
Won Bohlen und Halbach. He il now
managing director of the vast system
of which she is sole owner. He no
longer is merely Bertha Krupp's hus-
band, however. He no longer IL SIM
ply the man who married the GREATEST
fortune in Germany. He has become
the master of Essen in reality. The
$4,000 members of the Krupp statf, ana
the community Of 300. 900 souls de-
pendent upon Krupp employment, >to-
day look upon Krupp Won Bohlen with
the same spirit Of feverential loyalty
that inspired three generations Of
workmen to regard the Krupps as their
liege lords. &c.,
In THE. Men About the Kaiser"
Frederick William Vile paints about
the couple a happy picture. The vast
bulk Of their time, he writes, Is de-
voted to their home, their three chill.
dren and their work people.
g The social work Of the Krupps at
their foundries and factories, among
their work people, dates back to 1851.
At that time, finding there were not In
Essen sufficient houses for their en-
ployes, the Krupps began building
dwellings. Now some four hundred
houses are provided, many being given
rent free to widows of former en-
ployes. A cooperative society divides
profits according to the amounts pur-
chased. A boarding house for bach
elors 10 accommodates 1000. Bath
houses are provided and employees re-
ceive free medical attention. Acct.
dent, life and sickness insurance soci.
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After waterloo.

One hundred years ago many OF the
principal European sovereigns' and
their chief advisers were turning their
steps toward Vienna, where they were
soon to meet for the purpose of read
justing the map Of Europe, or In other
words, of settling everything back as
nearly as possible In the shape IN
which 1T was before the Napoieonic
wars. The congress of Vienna, as
the gathering is known In history
was notable for It's distinguished uer-
sonnet. Among those gathered at the
court Of Emperor Francis OF Austria.
were the Car Of Russia and thekinRs
Of Prussia, Bavaria, Denmark and
Wurtemburg, together with such emf
nent statesmen and soldiers as Prince
~Talleyrand, Prince Metternich, Wis
cu,NIt Ccstleresgh and the nnka Of
Wellington. /
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rhouuhts In Autumn Fields.

Perhaps the herb everlasting, the
fragrant immortelle of our autumn
fields; has the most suggestive odor
to me of all those that set me dream
ing. I can hardly describe the strange
thoughts and emotions which como to
me as l fnhale the aroma of its pale,
dry, rustling flowers. A something It
has of sepuIchraI spicery, as II 1t had
been brought from the core Of some
great pyramid, where 1t had lain on
the breast of a mummied Pharaoh.
Something, too, of immortality In the
sad, faint sweetness lingering so
long in its l~ifeless petals. Yet this
does not tell why 1t fills my eyes with
tears and carries me in blissful
thought to the banks of Asphodel that
border the River of Life.-oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
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Apes Can't rwlddI. Their rhumbs.

Apes Can't Twiddie Their Thumbs.
The gorilla and chimpanzee, which
belong to the higher order of apes,
have many points of resemblance to
man, but there is one thing they can
not do-that Is, twiddle their thumbs.
In the gorilla the thumb is short and
does not reach much beyond the bot.
tom of the first Joint of the forefnger.
It is very much restricted In it's move
ments, and the animal ear neither
twiddle his thumbs nor turn them
round so that the tips describe a cir
Gle. There are the same number Of
bones in the hand Of the gorilla as in
the hand of a man, but the thumbs Of
the monkey have no separate flexor
or bending muscle. This is why a
monkey always keeps the thumb on
the same side as the fingers, and
never bends it round any object that
he may grasp.
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orlnln of Shoe Heels,

Heels originally came from Per
STA, where they were used in the shape
Of small. wooden blocks which the
people fastened below their sandals In
order to keep their feet as high above
the level Of the burning sands as pos
sible. At first they were only one
and a half inches high for men and
women alike. Soon. however. the Ia
died favored fabulous sizes, reaching
up to as much as IA inches. A few
years later on these heels were
brought to Venice. where they became
the fashion. They were called chap
ineys and we're ornamented and deco
rated in every possible style and
shape that cobbler could dream of.
The height of the chapineys showed
the rank Of the wearer, and finally
they attained such dimensions that
many fashionable ladies we're quite un-
able to walk.
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seeklna Tin Under the Sea.

Mining for tin under the sea is COM
mon enough in Cornwall, where the
veins are followed for a considerable
distance under the waters of the stern
coast, but Cornwall 10 fairly equaled
by Chile, which, instead of producing
tin. yields large quantities OF coal. On
coronel bay are located some Of the
best coal mines in Chile, and al the
seams extend beneath the bay and
give evidence Of continuing far
out into the ocean. coal mining Is
thus carried on at q good dapth s~
meath the harbor. So i~mpervious 70
water is the overhead rock that the
underground workings are dry and,
clean. Modern equipment - used AM
electric power for all purposes 10 sur
piled at low rate.
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Durable Snow.

It was In the smoker of the limited,
and the Yankee was talking Of Joe
Knowles, Boston artist, who took to
the woods without food or clothing
and lived there for some weeks, by
wayyof proving that nature is an ade.
quate provider. The man from the
500 was skeptical. Well" said he,
maybe he might do that in Maine,
but out here, where we have weather,
he could never have done 1t. Why,
man. I've seen good shedding out here
In August" The. Pine Tree man new
er blinked, but replied: Nothing won
derful about that! Why, up Farming.
ton. Maine, way, where Joe and
come from, they never think Of using
the snow until it's two years old"
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t"WhIte Cold"

When silver was first discovered II
was thought to be white gold" 1t IL
not known Just when gold was first
used by nan as ornament and coin,
but ,4,400 years ago the people of the
far East and In the countries of north
ern Africa made most exquisite jew
elry out Of gold and precious stones.
In fact, the art of their hand.wrought
ornaments has never been excelled,
and modern maj has learned from
them in-technical skill. Gold as used
in the early times was probably found
in the form Of nuggets, as the ancients
would hardly have noticed 1t in any
other form. They hammered It by
hand and gave 1t a most beautiful pol
ish. Silver was not discovered for a
long time after gold was in use In
many countries and when it was dis.
covered 1t was thought to be a form
Of gold, and It came to be known as
white gold The discovery Of cop
per o followed that Of silver. and
then in succession came tin. zinc and
lead.
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Tabor Mill Ready for Business.

The Tabor mill is now ready for
operation and is in shape to give
service and satisfaction to its Gus
toners. The mill of late has been
thoroly overloaded and every part
put in good shape. Joseph Pauly,
who at present is working in the
garage, will run the mill with the
assistance of his father. We hope
the mill will receive the patronage
that it deserves.
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colnu Monarch.

Lord mayors have changed with the
times. Dignity has succeeded impu-
dence. One recalls a lord mayor who
entertained Charles II and toasted"
so well and SO unwisely that when his
royal guest left he pursued him hast
lily, and catching him fast by the hand,
cried out with a vehement oath and
accent, sir, you shall stay and take
s'other bottle The airy monarch
ooked kindly at him, and with a smile
'epeated this line Of the old song,
He that's drunk Is az great as a king
aud Immediately turned back and'com-
oiled with his landlord" Charles was
ever sportsman before king!-London
Chronicle.
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N y OW in these days when the
great nations of Europe are
arrayed against Germany, the
Il Teuton places his faith In the
kaiser, the army, the navy
and Krupp. In the Krupp works, be-
aus Krupp rifles, cannon and siege
guns are the greatest in the world ad'
mittedly; while Krupp armor plate on
Germany's ~battleships is the most i'm
penetrable. The house of Krupp, as a
recent writer has said, is a national in
stitution In the Fatherland, and its
name is almost as revered- as that Of
the HohenZollern itself. Krupp guns
and armor form a ring of steel about
the Fatherland which II will require a
miracle, believe the Germans, to pierce.
The ironmasters of Essen have ruled
a hundred years; and now a queen and
a queen consort hold sway. The heads
of the houses have been: Friedrich,
founder Q7S7-1S26); Alfred (1S12-SD;
Friedrich Alfred Os54-1902), and now
Bertha. wife of Krupp Won Bohlen und
Halbach. And with the queen rules
DR.. Won Bohlen und Halbach, entitled
by order of the kaiser upon his mar
riage to designate himself Krupp Won
Bohlen, thus seeping alive the family
name of the great gunmakers. For the
last male of the line left only daugh.
ters, Bertha and Barbara.
From a Small Beginning.
Great oaks from little acorns grow"
So with the house of Krupp, which had
its inception in a small forging plant
near Essen that at one time did not
have sufficient business to support 1t.
The founder of the line, Friedrich,
who was born at Essen, endeavored to
make cast steel, the secret of which
was carefully guarded in England. And
in 1910 he founded a small forging
plant near Essen for the production of
cast steel after a process he had
evolved. Mint dies, stamps for but
tons, etc, we're manufactured, but, so
small was the demand, the works could
not be kept in operation. And, soon
after 1920, Krupp was obliged to give
up his house to occupy a small one
story laborer's cottage near his plant.
The hut Is still preserved in the midst
of the present gigantic establishment.
Shortly before his death, however,
the first Of the present day Krupps
confided to his son. Alfred. the secret
Of making cast steel, which the latter
developed successfully, Alfred, with
the indomitable perseverance, Of the
Teuton, a perseverance that captivates
the imagination, continued in the face
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cites among the men are given 100000
a year by the firm for their support.
There is a trust fund OF one-quarter
million dollars for the benefit of the
needy who are not qualified to re-
ceiVe pensions. There is also a fund
for a building association. And tech.
meal and manual training schools are
provided.
Altogether" sums up MIR. Vile, the
krupp Won Bohlens are inspiring re-
minders that the age. of luxury and
splurge is still adorned by folk to
whom great riches can never be a,
curse"
And it is in the hands of the Kruppl
Won 5ohlens that the fate of Germany:
may rest.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State Of South Dial ota,
County of Bon Homme. ~.
In the County Court, i'm and for Bon Homme
County.
In the matter Of the estate Of Katerina
Grail, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the undersigned,
executor Of the last will and testament OF Ka-
terina Grail, deceased, TO the creditors of and
all persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, TO exhibit them. with the necessary
vouchers, within six months after the first
publication Of this notice, TO the Executor at
the Tabor State Bank In the City of Tabor, In
the County Of Bon Homme and state Of South
Dakota.
Dated this 23rd day OF March. A. ID. 1915.
JOSEPH HERMAN.
Executor Of the Last VIII and Testament
OF Katerina Grail. deceased.
Scoblic & French.
Attorneys for Executor. A22
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, Ancient Church EdlHess.

Some Of the oldest surviving church
ediices ere st. Luke's. Smithfleld, Va,
1882, a brick building, Of which Joseph
Bridger was the architect; the Ship
Meeting House, so called because 1t
was built OF ships timbers. at Hing
ham, Mass, 1881; the Quaker Meet
ing house at Flushing, 1892; Gloria
Del" Swedish, Philadelphia, 1897:
Trinity, Wilmington, Del, and the
Dutch Reformed church at Oakland,
N. j., both built Of stone in 1898. For
the eighteenth century, the catalogue
is as long as Homer's roll call Of the
ships. +
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Instinct or Reason7

Honey bees know friends from enc
mics. They run their cities on a so
cial plan far above that of man, ant
so do the ants. The honey bees and
ants a tell the sex in the egg, but
man can't. Is that instinct? i.
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TlmeIa Chanoea.

I'm the early days." said the instruc.
tive person, they used to go out and
shoot a turkey for Thanksgiving din.
ner." AN at de present time" said
Erastus Pinkley, "if you goes prowlin'
round lookin' fob a loose turkey, you's
liable to git shot yohse'f."-Washing
ton Star.