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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08
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coast artillery problem the distant ship of the
foe is at the remote tip OF the imaginary triangle.
and the known base is the span between two OBJ
serving rangeinding stations. This interval
may be mile more and within some limits,
the longer the better for accuracy.
Many have seen from afar at our coast defense
stations what seemed to be big bird boxes
mounted upon towering tubular supports or web
work of steel There are always two of them.
and officially they are OIown as the primary and
secondary range stations. In each OF them. in
time OF service, there are at least two men. One
turns by means OF delcately graduated
mechanism a powerful telescope from right to
left and his function is TO keep the moving tar
get continually at the point Of intersection OF
two hairs in the field of his instrument
His companion reads of at prescribed intervals
the angle made by the telescope with the per-
manent base and the faraway foe.
The thing is being done at the other
range station at the opposite end OF the base. A
time bell rings at each of these stations every
20 seconds, and at the third stroke the man read
ing the angular scale telephones that measure
ment to the plotting room located where the
enemy cannot see II and itself in telephone
communication with each gun mortar division
In the plotting room a group of men make
of the Information coming to them intermtently
from the range.fnding towers and by graphic
process determine with great nicely the distance
OF OF the steaming foe. The plotting table or
board where the information from the observers
is applied is big semicircular affair-the curved
edge being graduated to fractions of a degree.
while the straight edge or diameter represents
definite scale the length OF the base line
between the two spotter towers. At each end
of this base line is pivoted ruler. One ia called
the primary and the other the secondary-corre-
spending to the range-fnding station with which
its operator is in touch by telephone Here is
what follows:
The soldiers at the primary and secondary
pivoted rulers arms bring the free ends
ward another in accordance with the sepa-
angles tslephoned to them. third
operates another ruler called the gun arm, which
measures the distance range OF the axis OF
this triangle. At the word of command from the
range officer the observers at the two telescopes
bring these powerful instruments to bear in
unison upon chosen part of the remote ship.
AT the order Take" the scale readers telephone
the figures to the operators at the plotting board.
In a few seconds the man in charge there has
placed large sheet of paper dot at the
point where the two straight edges meet and
has marked this pencilled point No |.
Again 20 seconds later, another dot is made
where the shifting straight edges meet, and this
is numbered 2. Similarly positions thus re-
corded for No. and No. A. and II the distance
between these dots is uniform the plotters know
that the target is moving at a steady speed and
the path dots gives visible trace of the direc.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08
SIM MPLICITY.

Simplicity is art, understood by the
ignorant and appreciated by the intel
ligent.
tastes are simple. They dress simply,
never ostentatiously; their watch
chains. If they have any, are never
large and conspicuous. Occasionally
they wear a ring, but only one ring.
Their natural appetites crave simple
food, and not the rich viands and the
mysterious sauces which can tickle
only the palate of the epicure, who
lives to eat rather than eats to live.
The great authors. those who have
written the living words which never
die, write in simple diction, use Ian
guage as a means to an end, not to
make display of 1t.
Many years ago, a then somewhat
unknown man. by the name of Dan
iel DeFoe, made story out of the
experiences of shipwrecked sailor
and called his hero Robinson Crusoe.'
For a generation this narrative was
read by youngsters, and it was looked
upon as children's book. Today it
and is considered one of the finest ex-
amples of simple English narrative.
having a place in the libraries of the
world.
Lincoln was not the only orator at
Gettysburg. Competing with him-if
l may put 1t that way-was one of
Americas greatest scholars: yet the
simple words of Lincoln have become
an English classic, and millions of
people can recite the whole speech
from memory. while the words of the
scholar are almost forgotten, and not
one in ten thousand of the men of
today know what he said; in fact,
most of them do not know that he
spoke at all.
Simplicity lives. its opposite dies
young. Great men of every class
have been simple and their reputa-
tions have been built upon simplicity.
They not only understand what they
say. but they say 1t so that others un-
derstand it.
Education by itself does not produce
an educated man. Education is sim
ply one of the elements which go to
round out man and make him a bet
ter citizen. enabling him to accomplish
better results. Education, academic
ally speaking, is not necessarily sim
pie. 1t is more or less complex. There
fore. the educated man of use In the
world has mixed simplicity with his
learning that it may be in a condition
to be assimilated.
Not what We know. but what we do
with what we know, counts; and we
cannot distribute either learning or
experience. or use them to advantage,
unless we have prepared them to meet
the exigencies of the times, made
them so that they are of use.
The greatest leveling power in the
world, that which makes things good
for something. is common simplicity
mixed with common sense. The two
are practically synonymous. for one
cannot exist without the other Where
they don't exist, all the learning in
the world. and all the experience pos
sible for one to obtain. are like so
much gold buried beyond the reach of
man.
Be simple. be clear. Don't swallow
a dictionary and exhale words. which.
like dust, blind the eye and clog the
ear.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08
AIexandria's Jettv

The jetty at Alexandria. Egypt. with
a total length of 800 feet, is made up
of five caissons, which were built up
o. REINFORCED concrete, and fioated
into place. Each caisson is &c feet long
by &c feet wide and 20 to 90 feet deep,
and after being launched into the wa
ter on a special slipway it was towed
to its prepared undersea he'd by one
or more tugs.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08

OMPANlONS NSHIP.

Place the most literally educated
president of the highest institution OF
learning alone on a desert island. and.
If he lives, he will soon become more
animal than man, perhaps crawling
on all fours, forgetting his native
tongue, and becoming intellectually
below the domestic dog in intelli-
gence. He will even forget how to-
talk to himself.
BY ourselves we amount to prac-
tically nothing.
Although the human brain does not
lack individuality, it is pre-eminently
receptacle for the storage OF what
comes to 1t from the outside. Not
what we possess, but what we obtain
from others, or. to put it differently,
what we collectively receive by ex-
changing experiences with others.
rounds out man and lifts him be-
yond the animal.
Man. collectively, is almost all-pow-
erful; to him impossibility does not
seem to exist Individually. he is. oiS
would be. worthless product.
One of the principal causes OF fail
ure is the tendency to live too much
within ourselves, to depend upon our
selves, to Judge for ourselves.
am not asking anyone to give up
his individuality, or to allow others to
dictate his every action, but | am
saying to you, young man, and to you,
young woman. that. If you would
round yourself out in usefulness. and
obtain character and reputation,
you must depend upon others. ex-
changing your ideas for those of 9TH
ers. giving and taking, drawing from
the great world at large all that it
can give you, or. rather, all that you
can take of it.
There is no other way.
The more friends you have. the
more you mix intelligently with others,
the more you get together, the more
you will amount to. You will not for
felt your individuality. but. rather.
you will combine it with that of 9TH
ers. making exchanges, swapping ex-
periences.
Depending upon yourself is laudnble
and to be encouraged. but when You
carry that self-dependence to the ex-
treme. you will find that you have
nothing back of you which will sus-
tain you, even in small emergencies.
You need companions, companions
of your own kind-you cannot have
any other kind.
To be an acceptable and useful citi-
zen and to succeed in business, con-
tact with your fellows is absolutely
essential. Progressive business men
are members of boards of trade and
chambers of commerce. They keep in
touch with financial movements and
are never ignorant of those current
events which have a bearing upon
their vocations. Even competitors
lunch together and exchange expert
ences realizing that only in this way
can they keep abreast of the times.
This intermingling is as necessary
in social life as II is in business. I'm
less you are constantly in touch with
your fellows. you will become too
rusty to be considered of any conse-
quence in any community.
The more you fraternize with in
telligent and honest others. the more
intelligent and the more honest you
will be. You cannot escape your fel-
lows. unless you shut yourself away
from them: and. If you do, you might
as well jump overheard and stay
there, for the world does not want
you and there is no reason why it
should.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08
Its Big Event in History.

What do you consider the most i'm
portant event in the history of Paris ?"
Well" replied the tourist wearily.
who had grown weary of distributing
tips, so far as financial prosperity is
concerned. | should say the discov-
sry of America was the making of this
town"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08
HER EQUIPMENT,

That girl is fishing for husband"
Then ! suppose she uses a beauliue I'm hopaa
Of q good catch"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08

q total of &c coast defense commands and Il OF
these are located upon the Atlantic httorai. hui
even ,boupb there are fewer stations the Pa
cific coast still those very formidable. With
out considering weapons of eightinch caliber
and under we already have mounted total
upon our two shores of 372 12Inch mortars lo'
12.inch rifles and 1872 10-nch heavy guns. The
strength of the personnel of the coast artillery,
according to the latest figures, is 1858 officers and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-10-08

7 is upon the seaboard guns that the
security of the nation will depeno
should an enemy succeed in Gripping
our far-fung line. the navy. and drive
our dreadnaughts to the cover OF the
harbors and the protection OF the
heavy rifles and mortars of the army.
The question is, can these seaboard
batteries hold a foe at bay?
On our continental shores we have
The Washington times., 1915-03-20
CRANK|NG SYSTEM
ENTIRELY CHANGED

Most automobiles Of today are fitted
with electric crankirg systems. and the
starting crank Of the past is forgotten.
No longer does 1T hang In a strap from
one OF the frame side members. but
reposes under the seat or in the tool
Kit SO that should the electric cranker
get disabled, the driver may take OF
the cap over the end OF the crankshaft
connection and put II in place ready for
iapor or turning the crankshaft by
hand.
But be sure that you have this emery.
ency crank in your tool kit, is the ad-
vice given by a Washington motorist,
The predicament of one driver Is re-
called by this motorist as an illustra
tion. He got stalled out in the country
one day and his electric Cranking sys-
tenn failed to work. He searched
through his tool kit, his luggage COM
partments and other places Of carrying
things but could not find the emergency
crank which he had never had occasion
TO use before since he owned the car.
Boon another motorist came along and
was appealed to. but his emergency
crank would not fit.
After waiting about an hour, a car of
the same make as his own came along
and with the aid OF the crank from
that machine, he was able to get started
On arriving home, he found his own
crank resting peacefully on shelf in
his garage. 1t had been Carelessly re-
moved from the tool compartment some
time previously. and had never been
thought Of again until 1t was very badly
needed Don't let that happen to you.
The Washington times., 1915-03-20
DRIVES CADILLAC 8"
THROUGH HIGH DR|F IS

Naturally every automobile dealer
wants to prove the superiority of his
car In conclusive way. This is why
so many spectacular "stunts'' are
staged. And some are good; but too
many fail to give the impression in
What might be called a sensible
stunt was recently staged by a Cadil-
lac dealer in Omaha.
The city awoke one morning to find
all traffic blockaded and the streets
deep under the drifts Of a snowstorm.
1t appeared to George REIN to be an
opportunity to try out the eight-cylin-
der car. A telephone message was sent
to man known TO the company. and
who was marooned in a trolieyIess
suburb. and he accepted the Invitation
to ride downtown in the Cadillac.
Half an hour later the Cadillac was
at his door. and within an hour or a
little more. he was at his office. Ere
quently the snow WAS piled higher
than the radiator ahead Of the car. and
It repeatedly plowed through drifts
almost as high as the car top. The
performance resulted in an order for q
Cadillac on the SPOT
The car was kept going about the
streets Of Omaha all day and its per
formance caused no end OF comment
1t was practically the only car that
ventured outside the city limits
The Washington times., 1915-03-20

Of recommendation for adoption over
the entire United States.
postmaster Praeger and supervisory
officials of the Washington Office have
given much thought 20 the problems
Wnlch VIII confront the farm to- table
movement of highly perisha,ble food
stufs when hot weather sets in. Their
soiutlon OF the problem is as simple as
the hrst expedient Undertaken in the
washington office to meet an emer-
gency,, when the service was estab-
lished last summer
one night during the hot summer
months package containing a. fish was
received at the Washington Office adj
dressed to an official of the Postofflce
department. 1t was too late to make
delivery to the officials home. The
foreman on duty in the postofflce placed
.me msh IN q metal container, and then
put this inside the water cooler r. mas
delivered next morning.
When the department officia, cana
around TO see how II was possible to get
nsh through the malls in such fine
condition In scorohing hot weather.
i,nmnd;stei,, afaeger investigated and
should be part Of the office equipment.
one was improvised from a carriers,
coat drier that had been discarded.
rms ice box created much comment
when the Washington postoff,ce yoonnd d
to the new building a regular refriper'
ating plant of ample capacity was in
stalled. ~
This Is one of the things that has
been largely instrumental In making
the "farm-to-table" service SO success-
full in Washington. Officials Of the
Washington office are much Interested
in seeing all Of the Transportation
problems met SO that the washington
service will not be hampered. They call
attention tn the fart hot oil
mail cars have water coolers, and are
furnished with ice. II an alright re-
ceptacle in the nature of an ice chest
and water cooler combined were in
stalled in place of the present coolers
they say a comparatively small guam
tity of ice would serve both to cool the
water and keep the parcels fresh until
the end OF the run.
The Washington times., 1915-03-20
Long Demonstrations
Are Now Not Required

BY means Of a series Of questions
submitted to dealers. the manufacturers
OF the Oldsmoble recently gained an
interesting insight into the business
methods employed by their agents. One
fact was brought out forcibly in the
progress of the investiHation-that
dealers look upon their demonstrating
car as one Of their greatest assets for
promoting business and closing sales.
Many dealers. while strongly indors-
ing demonstrations, expressed them
selves as disfavoring lengthy rides for
prospective buyers for the reason that
buyers generally are better educated In
the merits Of cars than in former years,
and can pass judgment on the perform
ance OF a car almost instantly. 1t was
declared by some OF the dealers that a
drive of a few blocks Is all the demon
stration necessary for the average GUS
toner OF today, and that some do not
require any demonstration at all At
tention was called to the striking
change which has come over buyers in
this respect since the earlier days Of
the business, when 1t was always
thought necessary to drive long dis
tances and put a car through divers
hard tests to prove that 1t would really
climb steep grades, Dull through deep
clay mud and attain the maximum
speed claimed for 1t. Today 1t Is only
the occasional prospect who demands
these things; the average buyer takes
them for granted.
The Washington times., 1915-03-20
.CALVE WOULD AID
MUSIC IN AMERICA
Great Singer Would Assist in
Creating Appreciation Of
Masters In United States.
By GARDNER MACK.

Harmonizing the scream Of the eagle
with the liquid melody of the thrush
and the skylark and the nightingale;
creating in the United states an at
mosphere of music instead of a tumble
of Unconditional sound--such Is the mis-
sion of one of the most distinguished
Ss1 Ct the Xotds rs bsr Nine Wssp E%a
lngton.
Nine. Calve, with her husband. Cheva-
lier Calico Gasparri. arrived in the
city this morning from New York. and
are quartered at the Shoreham. They
Will remain here ten days. during which
time Nine. Calve will fill an engage
ment at the B. f. Keith Theater.
Music Regarded As Mystery.
Nine. Calve. like many other great
musicians who have come to the United
States, has been struck with the idea
that here great music seemed to be
regarded as more or less of a mystery
by a large majority Of the people. They
had few opportunities to hear 1t. 1t was
held at high price and most people.
from the poorly conceived interprets-
tions of it that did come their way,
Set the idea that music is hard to un-
derstand and appreciate. This condition
has caused a lack of musical atmos-
encouragement that should be given
young men and women to enter upon
a musical career.
All of this Is largely due to the fact
that a great majority of the people have
not been given the opportunity to hear
the works of the great muse masters
properly interpreted. 1t Is in the form
of something like a missionary, there
fore, that Nine. Calve regards herself
and her appearance in vaudeville, where
she sings twice daily the great emotion
al moments Of the operas.
II have a new publlc-a greater and
really a more appreciative public than
l have ever met" Nine. Calve told me
today. in her rooms at the Shoreham
1T is a wonderful thing to meet this
new public. and believe that in singing
in vaudeville the artists who have here
tofore confined their voices to opera
will be doing a great service to music
and to the public.
You have many wonderful opportuni-
ties here, but the most wonderful. as ]
see it, Is the creation of q desire for
great music and a spirit that will en-
courage your young singers and in
strumentalists to go in for musical ca
reers. America has produced some OF
the greatest singers the world has
known, and there must be hundreds OF
them who have never been known be-
cause they did not get the encourage
ment.
You are feeling the need Of other
things. and music is one of them. That
is the hrst thing that should come in
the trail Of the pioneer It will be
do something to further that idea"
The Washington times., 1915-03-20
ASK SCHOOLS TO AID
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
Clean City Committee and Mas.
ter Painters Request Pupils
Be Instructed.

Municipal sanitation and city cleaning
may be made the subject of a special
course Of instruction in the public
schools In connection with the annual
cleanup campaign conduted by the
clean city committee" and the Master
Painters and Deorators' Association.
Letters requesting the Board of Edu-
cation to designate certain hours for the
instruction of pupils as to the proper
methods for cleaning their home prem
ises and aiding in the improvement of
sanitary conditions are benig prepared
by DR.. Arthur l.. Murray. secretary OF
the clean city committee, and A. II.
McGhan, chairman Of the executive
committee of the association. The
school children are expected to play an
important part in the campaign, and
will be asked to devote part of their
Easter holidays to the work.
The distribution OF cleanup and
paint-up" buttons among the schools
will begin in few days.
Plans for the campaign will be dis
cussed at conference between the
Commissioners. w. II. Richardson,
chairman of the committee. and DR..
Murray the first Of next week.
The Washington times., 1915-03-20
WILSON TO ADDRESS
REUNION OF G. A. R.

President Wilson today accepted an
Invitation to address the National G.
A r. encampment next September.
A committee. consisting Of Col. John
McElroy. DR.. J. H. Gleeson, department
commander. and William F. GUIDE.
chairman Of the citizens committee,
called on tho President at o'clock this
afternoon and formally invited him TO
make an address at the campfire" to
be held In the Census Bureau on Sep
tember %.
The President also agreed to take un-
der consideration a request that he hold
a reception at the White House to the
visiting delegates. The committee ex-
planned that the reunion probably
veterans would ever see. and that for
that reason the officers Of the Grand
Army were exerting every effort to
make 1t one Of the largest ever held,
two army corps already had agreed to
send large delegations. At the same
time that the Grand Army would be in
session. the committee said, the Wom-
ans Relief Corps. an auxiliary organi-
cation. would meet here with about
1000 delegates.
The President spoke feelingly Of his
interest In the old soldiers, and his keen
desire to participate in some way in
their reunion.
Mrs. Isabelle Worrell Ball, vice presi-
dent of the Woman's Relief Corps. de-
clared today that the various depart
ment commanders which have written
to the national G. A. r. headquarters
regarding the details Of the reunion had
expressed amazement that In Washing
ton. the National Capital. there was not
one big convention hall capable of hous-
ing all the various activities of the re-
union.
All. she said. insisted that the Gov
ernment should provide such a hail.
with appropriate committee rooms.
The Washington times., 1915-03-20
Regarded As Serious.

, which II lis now claimed that the roads
have the right to exact a general in
crease Of 10 per cent In rates.
Regarded As Serious.
The condition. 1t is known, Is regarded
very seriously by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. While detailed legal
examination has not been made on be-
half of the Government, some excellent
authorities believe 1t would permit the
roads to insist on the increase of rates.
The commission. having had It's atten-
ton formally called to the situation In
the recent argument of a case. has
called on the railroads TO declare, not
later than Arpil 10. the position they
intend to take about the law as thus
changed.
None of the commission authorities
care to express a concluded opinion as
to the power OF the roads, or the possi-
bility of interfering with them IL they
want to demand the increase which
seems to be permitted by the law. It
will be urged not to take full advantage
Of the apparent authority extended to
them, on the ground that 1t might be
resented by the public, and would be
pretty certain to be taken away from
them again by Congress at the next
session.
Provided, always, that Congress had
the power. Whether II would have, Is
a grave question. Congress would, in
effect, have to pass a law fatty reducing
system Of rates that had previously
been legal; and whether Congress could
do that Is a very big question. The whole
affair is without precedent, and is CIV
latory authorities that 1t not denied by
them.