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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-22
Local Items From Sedqwick

Mrs. Earl Webster returned the lat
ter part of the week from Iowa where
she has been visiting.
F. c. Bothel and wife entertained
friends from Fort Morgan Sunday eve
ming and Monday.
Oscar Franzen of the south table is
erecting house on his farm.
Mrs. Emma King of Red Lion spent
Saturday and Sunday in Sedgwick.
MIR. and Mrs F. c. Bothel and daugh-
ter Bernice went to Julesburg Satur-
day returning Sunday morning.
The band will give a concert in the
Broadhead hall on Saturday night,
May 1st
Miss Emma Carlson of Julesburg
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Glen B. McKinstry.
A sister of Mrs. G. l.. Millett from
North Platte spent Sunday at the Mill
ett home.
R. O. Deulin drove over from Osh-
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kOsh Monday.
W. W. Kenney drove to Sterling on
Monday.
Dr. Edwin Lewis was shaking hands
with friends on our streets Monday.
R. ]. Dobell was up from Julesburs
Monday on business.
Roy 7. Johnson of Julesburg was
transacting business here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franz Bendel are the
proud parents of baby girl who made
her appearance Wednesday.
Mort Johnson is making some i'm
provements about his residence in the
way of cement walks lawn, etc. Sedg-
wick would be greatly improved in
appearance If more would do like
wise
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Huff returned
from Dover, MINI, where they have
been visiting the past few weeks. Mr..
and Mrs. Huff think there is no state
like Colorado and will locate some
where in the state.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-22

Interest will cease on above War;
rants after May 12, 1915. !
JAMES H. PARKER
County Treasurer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-22
At the Hipp: Ell; %:';;: 7::.;:, :: 4:'::. :;:':.
WARRANT CALL

O1kee u ('e1n1y Trea~urrr
ke6xwtfk CssDty. Csl"rsd.
April u. 49,
Notice is hereby given that viii
redeem at my OfFice In Julesbrg, Colo.
RADIO. Sedgwick County. all War.,nts
as follows:
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German 'front.' shout so miiss
English front about - uiles-
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eral schools OF less comprehensive scope to
train drill sergeants. artillerymen. aviators. sig.
nal men and the other classes OF expert war
men. The graduates from these schools will be
given a year or two OF experience and then
returned into private life on a small salary In
order that they might always be on call
Here we would have the brains OF a great
army ready on the drop Of a hat and we would
not be a militsrist nation or have a great force
OF professional soldiers.
Il think We would have the best directed
and best led army IN the whole world
so much for the defense OF the country by
men: these men would go down to slaughter
without striking a blow II they were not pro-
vided With the means Of fighting. The present
war has shown very clearly that the instru-
ments Of war are not TO be made IN a day or
a year. Therefore ] should have the United
States a great storehouse OF munitions OF war.
II should provide the coast and harbor forth
h~cations with the most powerful ornaments
that could be devised and ! should provide more
Geld artillery per capita than any other nation.
] think we ought TO keep In stock AZ least half
as many guns as the French now have on the
firing line and supplement these with a great
number OF forglngs. rough turned and bored.
ready for a quick finishing when needed.
These guns must have plenty Of ammunt
ton I would provide Tor more ammunition
than the military men could possibly use. |
would be eNtravagant In every ammunition es-
Innate aud ! would keep a vast stock-enough
for all the needs o. several months war.
This stock would not be Of Itself enough
Tor an extensive war and therefore ! should
build large Government plans IN various sec
tions OF the country. capable Of enormous man
ufacfurinE capacity would suggest a capacity
double that which We night imagine 10 be
needed under the most unfavorabls conditions.
These plants should be equipped TO make their
own acids and should have a great stock Of
raw materials.
use In times Of peace ] should depend upon the
private concerns 80 that In times Of war We
might have an additional supply.
Then our wireless and electric field sic
mailing system should be greatly extended %
that a war supply might always be on hand
and in perfect order and condition. Every
system Of Communication. Including a great
number of aeroplanes. ought 20 be on hand
stored ready for use no a days notice.
u should SO beyond the mere providing Of
men and munitions and ! would have the Gov.
eminent rctamp the country on a strategic
basis. Tor instance. tho Government ought to
build a system o. military roads along the
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T WOULD put the United States perma.
nently on a war footing against inva-
sion. / would make it a vast storage
battery charged with war forces which might
be liberated on the instant"
This Is Thomas A. Edison's new declaration
OF Americanism as he concluded the unfolding
OF a complete. radical plan for an ever-ready
but unburdensome defense OF the United States
against foreign aggression.
Edison. the superlative inventor. the man OF
unceasing brain activities. is a household word
to the American people. We know him as one
plunged amid the mysterious forces Of nature.
Harvesting them to his will: we know him a a
simple. hard working man who has achieved
more in his line OF effort than any other man
In the world. lie seems in the quiet OF his
laboratory as removed from the ordinary
hings OF life-living In a section Of rarihed at
mosphere In which the things OF every day con.
Germ cannot live. But the war and the prob
lens that confront America have brought forth
another Edison.
The war has absorbed Edison; he Is IN.
tensely interested 10 It's every movement and
detail. and nowhere on the globe are the news
papers and bulletins read more eagerly or more
inteiigently than IN West Orange. n. j. ia
the great room which IS library and mental
workshop 10 the American genius and whence
came 80 many Of those discoveries and devices
which make the world a better one to live in.
Edison Is no abstract thinking machine. he
Is intensely human and be Is intensely Ameri-
can. Il IL not going too far 70 say that Mr..
Edison values being an American more than
he values tho totally OF his Inventions; the
world owns Edison he inventor. but the
United States alone owns Edison the citizen.
And Il IL because he is an American that be
sees the danger Of a defenseless America. The
war news has brought 20 him tho position OF
bis country and, With a wholly characteristic
vfgor, he has set about seeing what could
be done 70 make his home and the home Of his
fellow citigens invulnerable from Invasion.
Hence his plan. which BE- emlnently scientific
and practical-as are al OF DIS own inventions.
A. the struggle abroad becomes daily more
terrible. more compiler. more bahling, two ele-
mental facts stand out clearly. The first is
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MIR. Edison Outlines His Storage Plan for aa kSsP l. S. on a War Basis

that the world is still primeval and predatory
and the second that was has dissolved In part
nership with the Great Hurrah," and Is a
sordid, soulless matching Of business efficiency.
These are the two facts upon which Mr.. Edi-
son has builded his plan OF defense. He keenly
feels that his country Is at the absolute mercy
OF any foreign foe. he knows that mere words
will not halt a nation bent on warfare, and he
realizes the awful fate OF a defenseless Amer
ica. Mr.. Edison has a concrete mind; he
visualizes his thoughts: he has visualized the
condition OF the United States In the event
OF war, and the picture 20 a terrible one. There
fore. he has become tie warrior. but only to
resist aggression.
There is no reason 10 believe that there will
never be another war" declared the great sci.
enlist. w know that man Is still a predatory
animal-the present war has proved that: he
was just wearing a mask Of civilization 20 hide
his natural characteristics. With two millions
OF men dead on the firing line. there Is little
opportunity to speak Of the progress OF human
nature
mo. man seems 70 be about the same inside
as he always was: when an individual turns
predatory the police arrest him.. and when a
number OF individuals join 10 run amuck. the
Government steps In. But there Is no curling
nations.
There IL no international authority which
can or will coerce predatory nations. and there
fore the other nations must take precautions
~ fhofr owu
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And here, perhaps you will permit me to In
terpose a few facts that are In the nature OF a
personal explanation. ! have several times
been asked TO participate In some way or other
In the activities OF associations formed to pro-
mote national defense. These associations
are. as you know, supported by prominent
generals. by ex=ecretaries OF war, and by promi-
nent men whose motives are beyond question
But good motives do not always lead TO good
results. And It is because. without an excep-
ton. these associations all favor emergency
measures, large numbers of unframed or at best
semi-trained soldiers, that II is not possible
conscientiously to support them l say II with
camps and reserve legions as means for
remedying national "Reminiscences is, in my
opinion. to create Illusions even more dangerous
than those that are now with US.
Scientific study and scientific training are the
only secure and economical foundations on
which to build. And 1t is an alarming symptom
that at a time OF national danger like the
present IL should be possible deliberately TO
r~elegate to the frontier or to the Philippines the
few officers of rank in the United States army
who are clearly designated by their attain
ments and intellectual power TO impart a better
direction to the army.
In the middle OF the eighteenth century
armies were much smaller than they are now,
their objects we're more limited. they were less
capable of rapid movement. they were con-
trolled by a simple mechanism OF command
their armament was more primitive. they cost
less. they caused less damage. they produced
less economic dislocation. Let US examine
these points a little more closely.
II armies were small. the chief reasons were
lack of supplies. The struggles OF the
Austrians, Saxons and Prussians during the
seven years war are characteristic. There were
no great cities in Bohemia, Siberia and Saxony;
these countries lived from hand to mouth on
the foodstun locally grown. Nor could the
governments involved import from foreign
grain producing areas enough to support armies.
for such areas were then unknown or unde-
veloped. The size OF armies and their opera
lions bore, therefore, the closest possible con-
nection to the problem of the constant accumu-
lation OF local magazines. a matter OF vast
difficulty. An accepted rule Of the so-called art
OF war OF those days for protecting a town from
attack was to encamp your army in its vicinity
before the enemy could approach, and to con-
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seaboard and take charge Of all roads which
have a strategic value. put them and keep them
In splendid condition.. reduce the grades. widen
them where necessary and strengthen the
bridges for the passage OF the artillery aud
other heavy trucks.
i cannot overstate the value OF good military
roads. the railroads have nothing like their
elasticity. Given good roads and plenty Of au-
tOmobiles. a million men. with artillery and
supplies. could be shifted two hundred miles
In twenty-four hours. There IS nothing like an
automobile on a good road for the rapid trans
portatiOn Of men and materials.
u should give the Government the right 10
commander any article or piece OF property
which night be needed for war: ! would not
stop al any measure which might ensure Ell
cheney.
so much for the army. The FIRST line OF
defense must be the navy. and ] would make
our navy among the most powerful on earth,
with a great number Of extremely rapid ships
OF the highest gun power. ] would build many
fast mine laying boats and store them In fresh
water rivers. I would have several hundred
submarines. stored mostly on lana. And. OF
course. ] would have an excessive number Of
mines and torpedOes.
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sumo the local food supply: then, when the
enemy arrived, he would not be able to main
tain himself. but would have to move on to
some district where he could live.
Under conditions OF constantly accommodating
and protecting groups OF local magazines,
armies could only move with great caution.
The theatre OF operations might be figured as
an irregular chessboard dotted with consumed
and unconsumed food areas. Even in our own
Civil War a good part OF Lees strategy in
1852 and 1853, which remains as yet unsuspect.
ed by historians, can be traced by marking the
map OF the Confederacy and particularly OF
Virginia in the manner Just indicated.
War then was pursued in a different spirit;
IL was slower; II was less destructive; and
armies were smaller. 1t must be added that
these armies were scantily supplied with the
mechanical means for destroying their oppon-
ents. II We date back to 1740 we may say
that the musket and cold steel are the sum OF
the armament; for artillery is cumbersome to
drag after an army over the rough tracks
known as roads. or to follow the evolutions OF
infantry on the field of battle. The proportion
OF guns TO infantry in the Prussian army that
carried out the invasion OF Siberia In that year
was only one to 1000 men: In the years that
followed this proportion rose very rapidly,
until at the present day artillery plays a greater
part on the battlefield than at any previous
time.
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United States n Prize
for Predatory Nations.

"As ] see the world. nearly every nation ex.
oepung the United States n more or less pred.
story; We are so occupied with our own de-
velopment that w have no reason &c be pred.
story. but We are so rich now that We would
be a splendid prize for any predatory nation or
combination OF nations.
The United states must not be the prey Of
nations. and therefore u should prepare 10 de-.
fend Itself against an invasion from any quar-.
ter. And II should not postpone these prepara-
lions. a. should start now.
The war OF to-day Is largely a matter OF
supples-partcularly Of artillery and ammu-
milton. 10 o. a sort OF half mechanical. half
civil engineering undertaking. and the nation
which can produce unlimited quantities. % sup
plies will win. The training of the privates
is sin Important. but u hardly counts with the
Importance Of the machines. their supplies
and the men 10 handle and direct them. All 81
this works out particularly well for the United
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21
War a Matter of
Munition Storage.

The manipulation OF the mine layers and
the submarines Is skilful work and their crews
ought TO be part OF a reserve system BY which
the men may be trained thoroughly and then
passed into a paid reserve. with an occasional
week or two OF Service 90 keep them no 20
the mark. the commanders 90 be permanent
MY system throughout Is one Of storage:
We cannot keep on "a constant war footing %
munitions. ships and men without great ex.
pense and without the danger Of becoming a
military nation. But We can make and store
our Instruments; we can train q reserve OF
men and we can keep both Instruments and
men up 10 the hiehost point Of eniclency.
Thus Fe can always be prepared and vet
We shall not be a military nation. our poopls
will be working and adding 10 the prosperity
OF the country and a very small percentage
Of The wealth they viii be creating would pav
the btl Tor all of frie machinery and the sal
aries OF the experts and caretakers.
y think @ is time that democracy ceased IA
% supsnod and became efficient with the -
hcicncy of the sutocracy Now is The tims
20 try the experiment OF military efficiency IN
the United States.
Predatory nations arc masters Of ssrlon.
aee thr' VIII know our preparedness ana thev
hesitate" '"'
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The Science of
Accommodating War Supplies.

The result OF this adjustment was that armies
had to come within two hundred PAGES of one
another to get effective contact. and that the
effort OF the ~tactician was to force as far within
this zone as possible a steady line OF muskets.
A perfect yolley." at a murderously close
range. like that OF wolfe's infantry on the plains
OF Abraham, might, and often did. decide a
battle. An army OF average size. say 5000
men, might deploy on a front OF about 5000
yards and on a depth that would frequently be
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States. Because. OF course. we do not want to
be a military nation doubt that we could II
we really wanted 10. OuE problem Is to reor.
ganize the United States so that II can be an
efficient war power IL war is ever forced upon
US.
II would organize the nation for defense a,
once and / would organize on very broad and
comprehensive lines, taking full advantage OF
the factors which have made this country what
IL is today. The country needs the services
OF the big business specialists, such as the
heads OF the great trusts and corporations;
these men have had the experience OF the rapid
mobilization Of the gigantic forces OF industry.
Il would put the WHOLE matter OF national
defense in the hands ora general stan, which
should include not only the best military OF
hcers. but also the civilians who have proved
their worth. The military men could direct the
campaigns while the civilian engineers and
Captains OF industry" would hustle and see
that things were done quickly and econom-
ically.
The men OF big business know how TO mar.
shall the resources OF the nation more quickly
than any other men because they have been
Fighting Industrial battles all their lives
y would have this board adopt something
Of the German methods In an elaborate and
laborious tabulation and coordination Of an tho
factors that might enter into a defense Of our
country.
Using the Business
Organizers of America.
THE power OF a general stan Of such men
would be the greatest and most resourceful
force that the world has ever known. These
men could turn to anythinR-you remember
how Patterson, Of the National Cash Register
Company. acted IN the Dayton hoods7 lie was
the man who Old not lose his head and got
things done while others we're talking.
u an not worried about providing mon for
the ranks in a defensive war: there need not
be a consumption and there IL no need for =
great standing army. The men will come out
90 defend their homes when the land is
threatened With Invasion; they will enlist IN
der the Stars and Stripes. no matter where
their birthplaces. for % IL IN this country that
they have chosen their homes. reared their
children and have decided o. live.
The men Will come when called. but they
must be- we'll drilled en- a short space of time.
they must De well differed and there must be
skilled men for the special tasks.
vs. need plenty Of officers. dril sergeants
and trained experts. And 10 provide these men
we should have 81 least two military acad.
emies IN addition 90 West Point and then sew.
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oricers are not exprts- Their technical train
Ing at every grade from the heads OF her War
Department down will not compare for an In
slant with that which Is required for every
officer OF corresponding rank In the German
service.
Now. as a matter OF national profit and loss
let US consider what this means. How can We
measure a national military effort to-day, IN
teens OF trained. semitrained and unframed
armies? Here is q table that will throw some
light on this fundamental approach TO the con-
arbitrary in its details: but its lesson In terms
OF finance and efficiency IL overwhelming. what
ever minor readjustments the figures might
here and there. require:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-15
VILLAGE OF POTTERY MAKERS
Mexican Community Practically Has
No Other industry-Each Home
a Workshop.

In Mexico a typical pottery village
lies on a wooded mountain side not
far from Cuernavaca, the capital Oh
the State of Morelos, over the range
that divides the valley of Mexico from
the Pacific slope.
1t is one of the most interesting and
most accessible from the capital and
we'll repays a visit. To enter its one
winding street, where never a wheel
turns except to carry curious visitor,
is like stepping backward into the past
centuries.
Every humble home has its primitive
potter's wheel and every yard its crude
kiln. None of the inhabitants do any
thing but make pottery; there is no
other industry of interest. A common
scene is a man putting the finishing
touches to a brasero, the small char
coal stove used by all the peon popula-
ton of Mexico.
1t rests on top of huge jar, or ola,
in which they carry and keep water
from the springs and streams. The
women often make parillas. the earth
en- gridirons on which tortillas are
baked.
The decorated vases are a compare
lively modern invention. made by in
sorting bits of broken imported china
in the unbaked clay.
Many ingenious and artistic designs
are carried out, favorite one being
the coat of arms of Mexico. the spread
| eagle resting on cactus plant anC
| holding serpent in it's beak.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-15
FORTUNE IN ALASKA ANGoHAS'
u..d. Gould Feed on Reindeer NOES
Ia the Claim Made by sntno'r
astic Booster.

Angora goats for Alaska Is 'ns .sa
a.t seunt for the development OF the
.ssources of the northern territory
II is the plan of Judge Martin s.
Moran representative of the tefr.tol.
al legislature from the Kobuk diseii'.'
Judge Moran few days ago out,
lined his plans for importing a a aa
Of Angora goats in Alaska, to feeo
an reindeer moss. which grows 80
nlentifully on the tundra OF western
and northern Alaska. The nor'neln
legislator sees a future in the An.
cora industry. with vast pronts iof
the men with the initiative ana oai'
mo N undertake the venture.
Down in Oregon" said Judge MOI.
an there is an Angora ranch tnat Is
making a fortune for its owner. Inc
war has cut down the Importation o.
Anrora wool, and It Is up to tne 10"
American ranches to supply all tne
needs of mohair manufacturers. An
CORA wool is a staple product; II
brings from 81 to IS pound raw
the finest grades being used IN tn'
manufacture Of the most expensive
~vades Of mohair and fancy plush.