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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
To The Voters Of 0tero County

The problem of local self-government is a serious
one and one which every voter vitality interested and
whether it is good or bad efficient inc fcient, de-
pends largely upon the personal character and ability OF
the county and district officers.
The undersigned Republican candidates for these
offices respectfully solicit your support and proms
if elected that we will give the people CAREFUL conscien-
tous honest and efficient service; that will give
me thought and best efforts to the business and duties
of our respective Offices that will give the people
CAREFUL conservative, economical business admnistra-
on free from partisan politics and that the peoples
business will be given the personal attention that
we have always given personal affairs and will seek
get the greatest possible service for the public out of
every dollar of public funds and to reduce the heavy
burden of taxation wherever and whenever it be
done without mpairng the efficiency of the public
vice.
We believe in the strict enforcement of all laws, in
Guiding the prohibition laws and unalterably oppos
ed to the So called Beer Amendment.
We believe that the time and best efforts of any
public official belong the public and that the people
are entitled to the thorough, hearty, capable
vice that any honest empoye gives to his employer and
if elected will give the public this kind of service.
Respectfully
GEO. E. McCLELLAND Congressman
CHAS. M. ROSE, District Attorney
W.. WINCHELL, Clerk and Recorder
A. LATSON, Treasurer
ALEX YANT, Sheriff
H. w. ALLEN, Judge
CHESTER JOHNSON, Assessor
MRS. CLARA E. LYLES, Supt. of Schools.
F. C. AVER Surveyor
GEORGE BARR, Commissioner First District
LEE GREEDY, Commissioner, Third District
REUBEN c. INGE, Senator
R. H. MUELLER, Representative
M. +. BASHOR Representative
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
Piano At a Snrriricc

We ave on hand In the vicinity of Rocky
Ford one of our very best pianos Rather
than to pay storage or reship this instru-
ment to Denver. we will sell it to q re-
sponsible party at 4 special price. on easy
terms. Or. we will rent the piano with
the privilege of buying later. and apply
rent on purchase price. In answering.
please give full references in first letter.
Address Dept. A. Knight Campbell Music
Co Denver. Colo. 25
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
Notice OF StockhoIders Annual
Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting OF the stockholders of The Ar
kansas Valley Fair Association will be
held at the office of the Secretary of the
Association, Rocky Ford. Otero county.
Colorado. at l o O. clock, a. m. on Monday
November 6. lel6, for the purpose of
electing Board of Directors for the
ensuing year. receiving the annual report
and statement Of the Twenty Fifth Annual
Fair and transactipg any other business
properly coming before the meeting.
Stockholders may vote in person or by
proxy, and will be entitled to one vote for
each share Of stock standing in their re-
spectiye names on the books of the As
sociation at the date of the meeting.
BY order Of the President.
L. r. POLLOCK, Secretary,
The Arkansas Valley Fair Association.
Rocky Ford. Colo. Oct. S. l9l6.-25
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03

good Democrat at the next election
one who knows what this district
needs and who vii! stand for it. 1t
goes without saying that any promises
Mr.. Keating may hereafter make are
worthless. He has made them before.
and has ruthlessly broken them at the
expense of his country, his state and
his constituents. and he is not to be
trusted any more. And II, in spite Of
mis- miserable record. he is sent back
to Congress, then the voters OF this
district have themselves only to blame
for the bad results that will follow.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
Great Fire Sale

Will begin soon at the old Bonita loca-
tion. 200 S. Main street. Wait for the
big bills announcing opening date and
telling Of some Of the many money saving
bargains.
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particularly that the closing prayer always
invoked the blessings of heaven upon His Maj
esty the Kaiser, the royal family, the army
and the navy. 1t was seldom that we were
allowed to forget why we were in the corps.
Four hours of school followed, during which
we were continually reminded of our ultimate
destiny as officers in the service of the En-
peror Then came dinner, half an hours rest
period, and then drill-hours and hours of it,
day after day. After supper another bugle
call at o'clock announced that it was bed
time During the day. mean during every
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CONTEMPT FOR CIVILIANS IS PART
OF THE CURRICULUM.

We were taught to look upon all civilians
with supreme contempt-taught, mind you, not
merely allowed to, or secretly encouraged to.
There was nothing secret about it. "The civil
ian wears the coat of a waiter; you wear the
coat of the King" This phrase | remember
above all others. heard it probably three or
four times a day for five years. Small won
der that came to accept it and all it implied
as being a basic truth! The private soldier
was considered little higher than the civilian,
but not much He was little more useful,
perhaps; but he was thing, not a man; a
chattel-something to take orders and carry
them out.
We had instructions to hold absolutely aloof
while travelling Cadets should speak to no
one while travelling or walking, and if spoken
to should answer as briefly and coldly as pos
sible' That was the order. Most of US were
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You swine! How dare you speak to me without being spoken

faithful in its observance. ! was especially
So | remember once when | was just twelve
years old, cadet of two years standing, was
waiting in railroad station on my way home
for weeks furlough. While was standing
there, civilian, respectable looking man Of
about forty, came up to me and started con-
versaton. | believe he remarked that II wa,
nice day.
He got no further. "You swine! How dare
you speak to me without being spoken to-" I
snarled at him, and proceeded to give him the
most awful calling down any man ever got.
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all times; Individually, at first, then in forma
ton. When we were little more proficient
we drilled with the entire company. This
was every day, except Sundays, when we had
three hours of forced marching by way of
variety When I was thirteen | was intro
duced to the 'feurette." vicious looking
sword much used in duelling Oh, yes. we
learned duelling. 1t would come in handy later,
when we became officers. The following year
got my rife, and began bayonet practice with
another gun, wooden one.
By the way, the famous "goose-step,' or
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THE CIVILIAN WEARS THE COAT OF
~. YOU WEAR THE COAT OF THE KING"

Parademarseh, is not nearly as silly as 1t
looks. It is so different from any other style
Of marching that it furnishes an ideal means
of relieving tired leg muscles during long
hike; furthermore, it is great exercise.
am very slight of build, myself, but long and
exhausting hours of housekeeping have given
me leg muscles like Russian dancer
Not only were we being made into army
officers however; we were being moulded into
Prussian officers. That means that not only
our military development, but our mental and
moral training likewise, was being attended to
by the German government When Prus-
sian officer shoulders civilians off the side
walk, or shoots private soldier for some tri
fling breach of discipline, it is not just mean
ness" mere individual brutality. He is only
doing what years of training have taught hin
TO consider the right thing to do. He is what
Prussia has made him.
Five attributes, we were TOLD, distinguished
the Prussian officer: Loyalty, obedience pa
triotism, honor and honesty. First and fore
most came loyalty. loyalty to the Fatheriand
loyalty to the army and above all, loyalty to
His Majesty the Kaiser. To question any act
or word of the Kaiser was the unforgivable
sin. Almost equally important was obedience;
it was our duty to execute any command given
by superior officer, no matter how incom
prehensibe it might seem or how dangerous
or impossible its execution might appear. No.
only that, but we must obey without any sign
of surprise or other emotion of any sort These
two precepts especially were hammered into US
until they became second nature.
The sacredness of our uniform, TO which
have already alluded, was constantly being I'M
pressed upon US. The everlasting refrain was:
"You yourself do not count; you are nothing:
:. piece of dirt 1t is your office and your uni
form as a symbol of that Office that are sa
cred and inviolable." 1t is difficult for any one
who has not lived in Germany TO realize how
seriously this creed is taken. Failure to care
for ones uniform was severely punished. One
Of the worst lickings | ever got was for get
ting spot of grease on my coat sleeve. We
were compelled, under heavy penalties, to wear
our uniforms at all times, either in the acad-
envy or on leave. To assume civilian dress at
any time without special permit was TO IN
cur severe punishment. This particular rule,
by the way, applies to every officer in the
German army, from the youngest sub-leu-
tenant to the highest general, even the Crown
Prince himself.
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twenty-four hours-each cadet had two hours
Of idle time altogether. But we we're never
alone, even when VIC bathed.
must say here that did not keep the i'll
fitting uniform that had picked out at first
! was soon given proper one, together with
three others for wear on various special occa-
sions. ] was cautioned to take scrupuious care
of all of them We were constantly impressed
with the fact that our uniforms were the out
ward symbol of our exalted station as future
officers. "The Kings Coat" was a familiar
phrase at the academy.
Let me give you few details of my life at
Potsdam The Spartan idea carried out
consistently. The furnishings, both of the
public rooms and our own dormtores, were
of the scantiest and plainest The beds, as
have said were hard boards. Equally
hard were the wooden chairs One almost
forgot what an upholstered seat felt like.
Extreme changes in temperature were not Of
ficially recognized to the extent of causing any
essential change in the weight of our clothing.
Our Undertaking consisted of pair Of white
linen drawers, tied in with string at the bot
tom of the legs. Undershrts were not allowed
to be worn by boys under eighteen-why this
particular age limit don't know.
Infractions Of the rules were severely pun
ished and there were plenty of rules. COW
erng every conceivable thing a growing boy
might or might not think of doing. The forms
of punishment included whipping, extra drill,
loss Of furlough and worst of all, from our
standpoint, being deprived of dinner This last
form has since been abolished. The list Of
things that we must and must not do is too long
10 set down in detail. We had to write home
once a week. and an officer opened and read all
the letters before they went out. If the con-
tents were not satisfactory the offender was
punished with riding whip. The contents
were usually satisfactory.
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TO KNOW" MEANS PRUSSIAN HIS
TORY IN A ROSY LIGHT

Our scholastic curriculum was not elab-
crate, but it was sufficient for our needs; and
it is surprising how many opportunities it af-
forded for reminding us of our duty and our
destiny. French, English. mathematics and
religion were the staple items, together with
history, "Prussian history as it is good to
know" What was good to know in Prussian
history was recital of the triumphs of Prus-
STA and the victories Of German arms. Every
thing was painted in the rosiest colors. The
only German defeats that were allowed to
know about were those inflicted by Napoleon
at Jena and Auerstadt; and those were cited
merely as "horribe examples" of the disastrous
effects Of easy living and lax discipline upon
an otherwise splendidly organized and equipped
army. The less creditable phases of German
history were ignored entirely. 1t was not for
some time after | had left the academy, for
instance that | learned that there had been
revolution in Germany in 1849.
The enemy for whom we were preparing and
with whom we were told Germany would some
day have to fight was Russia, not France.
England was never mentioned in my hearing
as possible foe. ! do not believe she ever
figured in our plans to any extent.
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| was unaccustomed; thought it delicious.
Dinner, too, that noon was excellent. well,
if they serve meals like this every day.
thought. "the place isn't going TO be half bad
Later, by the way, | found that meals like
that were not served every day. Although
did not realize it at the time, | had received
NV first demonstration of the Prussian "Sys-
tenn" That dinner was the special dinner
served to new cadets only, on their first day
at the academy. to start them off in cheerful
frame of mind. The regulation menu at Pots
dam was VIGOROUSLY monotonous and unin-
viting.
Following dinner came momentous cere-
mony. l took my first step toward actual
cadetship. / put on my uniform. In CON-
nanv with the other rockies" | was conducted
into large, bare room, on the floor Of which
was a huge pile of coats, trousers and other
articles of apparel. We rummaged through
the pile until we found garments that fitted US.
There are no made-to-order uniforms at Ger
man military academies. All clothing is
handed down from one generation of cadets
to another until it is worn out, this hand
me-down" system extending even to shirts and
underclothes.
A HAND-ME-DOWN OUTFIT.
Each boy is assigned number as soon as
he enters the academy and keeps that number
until he leaves, his clothing and other posses
sions being numbered accordingly. The uni
form that picked out had evidently seen long
service, for there we're eight different num-
bers marked on the white canvas lining Of
the coat However, l was too much excited
over the prospect of wearing real uniforn'
to worry much about that, and soon scramble
into my outfit. 1t consisted of dark blue coat
trousers and cap, with cap band trouser
stripes and shoulder straps Of red, and waist
coat and stock Of black alpaca.
shall never forget the look OF horror upon
nv mothers face when entered the visitors
room in my full regalia! | had been IN too
much of hurry to bother much about the mt
of my uniform, and consequently had on
coat that draped rather than clothed me- and
trousers that seemed to be in a continuous state
of coming down. However, thought | looked
fine.
Shortly afterward it was time for my
mother to 20. and it was fearful and mis-
cradle youngster who turned from that leave
taking to begin life in the service or His Inn
perial Majesty.
It was Immediately evident, too, that act
ualy was beginning a new life. Up to that
time I had, like any other German youngster'
been addressed by the familiar and affectionate
"du" (thou). To have the tall lieutenant IN
charge address me as "sie" (you) was real
shock. It is difficult to make this distinction
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every YOUNG OFFICER MUST BE
FAMILIAR WITH DUELLING.

Our staple article of educational diet was,
naturally, drill, of all kinds and at any and
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II WAS too proud and excited that morning
to realize what this long separation from
my family was going to mean. To be-
gin with, had real purse-a little green
purse, with my name neatly written in the
white leather lining-with whole mark in it.
had never before had any spending money.
Then there was the new box, fitted up with
comb, brush. looking glass and all the other
toilet articles that seasoned travellers carry.
Besides, boy of ten is not given TO speculat-
ing overmuch about the future.
Even when the half-hour journey from Ber-
I'm to Potsdam was over, and we stood, my
mother and I, before the massive yellow brick
building where | was supposed to spend the
next seven or eight years of my life, my spirits
did not flag. For I was about to become
fu.Aedged member Of the Imperial Prussan
Cadet Corps, the West Point of Germany, and
some day would be a Prussian officer.
UNLESS YOU ARE BORN A PRUsSIAN
OFFICER YOU CAN NEVER
HOPE TO BE ONE.
he joining the corps. My father had been
major Of the Grenader Regiment KONG
Friedrich der Crosse, gsrrisoned at Allen
stein, East Prussia, and as his son had but
one honorable career open to me-that OF a
soldier officers in the German army are re-
cruted almost exclusively from one class the
Prussian aristocracy. Either you are born
to the rank Of ofGzier or you can never hope
to be one. This fact is not fully realized by
most Americans, and it is very important, for
it explains many things about the German
military system that are otherwise incompre-
hensible In Germany it is absolutely impos-
sibe for a man to enter the army as a private
and work his way up, by merit, to the rank Of
colonel or general You are private or an
officer by BIRTH and that ends it. Consequent
ly, young Prussan of aristocratic rank finds
himself virtually predestined TO a military
career
The academy that I was to enter is one OF
eight such training schools-seven small ones
and the main academy at Lichterfelde. They
accommodate approximately three thousand
boys altogether, and thus furnish a continu-
Gus reserve of first class future army CON-
manders. The German cadet enters at the
age Of ten, and remains until his seventeenth
or eighteenth year, going home for but three
short furloughs each year. He energies
full-fedged sub-ieutenant.
A SPECIAL MEAL FOR THE NEW
CONFER.
On this first day of May, 1897, my mother
and reached the academy early in the fore
noon, in time for second breakfast. | remem-
Der that the feature of this meal, my first as
cadet was a Ia ROE soft roll. of a sort to which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-04

experiences cadet The author five
military academy POfsdam As the OF major
destined for military but revolving
his relatives and friends
the United States
Citizen
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clear to an American, for Engsh-speaking
peoples no longer thee" and thou" one an
other; however, think of the difference in at
titude between referring to boy as master
and mister" and you will get an idea of what
it meant to me to hear the formal mode of ad-
dress. ] was not elated by it. | was scared.
For it meant that ! was no longer child, but
a man, and would be expected to work and act
like man.
linger over this incident because it is sig
nfcant. 1t typiics the attitude of Prussian
Germany toward her cadets. The Prussian
Cadet Corps is not boys military academy
in the American sense at all; it is branch Of
the army, a training school for officers, and no
nonsense about it. America takes her embryo
officers at the age of twenty, when they are
virtually mature men. Prussia takes hers as
boys of ten and moulds them into what she
will. How that moulding is accomplished you
will see as go on.
The training at the academy is founded upon
one of the oldest educational systems in his
tory: that of Sparta Like the youth of that
ancient Greek state, VIC were taught to live
austerely, to submit to rigid discipline, and to
endure hardships and real suffering without
murmuring. We slept more than hundred
in room, on beds that were literally almost as
hard as boards. At 6 in the morning we were
awakened by bugle call, and had TO rise,
wash and dress in less than fifteen minutes.
We washed in cold water, summer and winter,
the older boys seeing to it that the younger
ones did not shirk their additions
POTSDAM, THE MODERN SPARTA.
There were two dining halls, each holding
one hundred cadets. Breakfast consisted of
-four soup and roll, many helpings of the
former as you wanted. After breakfast came
half an hour Of chapel, on week days. The
Sunday service was much longer. ] remember
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On this first day of May, 1897 my mother
and reached the academy early in the fore
noon, in time for second breakfast. | remem-
Der that the feature of this meal, my first as
cadet, was a large, soft roll, of sort to which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-31
DARIO RESTA EASILY
 WINS BIG AUTO RACE
Four Men Injured in Annual Auto Classic-Resta Aver ages But S3 Miles Per Hour = D'Alene Second
 and Ralph MulfOrd Third

Indianapolis. May 30.-Dario Resta easily won the sixth annual interna- tional sweep stakes on the Indianapolis motor speedway today, completing the 300 miles in three hours, 36 minutes and 10.S2 seconds. He finished two minutes ahead of Wilbur D'Alene, who was sec ond in 3:3S:04 and three minutes ahead of Ralph Mulf>rd, who was third In 3:39:45.05 Resta's average speed was S3.26 miles an hour. Ralph De Palma completed 300 miles of last years 5Oo- mile ,rind at an average speed of 90.2l miles an hour.
 Four men were injured, one serious ly, when two of the racing cars over turned Jack Lecain, driving as relieI for Jules Devinge, is in a serious con dition as a result of overturning on the north turn. Lecain was caught uh- der the machine, suffering internal injuries and an injurWto his skull The mechanician was slighS1y hurt. Tom into the wall at the top of the south turn The mechanician, Thane Houser' was thrown over the wall and was bruised and cut. Rooney was CauSil III the wreckage which slid down the truck He suffered broken leg and dls- located shoulder.
 After the one hundred and seveny- third mile, Resta had little competition for first place and the pace slowed up. Eddie Rickenbacher and John Aitken fought Resta for the lead as long as they were in the race but engine trou- ble put both out, Rickenbacher in the tenth lap and Aitken in the sixty ninth. Rickenbacher later took the wheel of Pete Hendersons car and drove it over the tape in sixth place. The first 10 drivers, who shared the prize money, finished in the following order:
 Resta, D'Alene Mulford, Josef Chris tiaens, Barney Oldfield, Eddie Ricken- bacher, Gil Anderson (driving Howard Wilcox's car), o. F. Haibe, Arthur Johnson and Tom Alley.
 Resta won $12,000 first prize and the usual trophies; D'Alene's reward was s6o0O, and Mulford's 5000. The prizes then ranged down to $500 for tenth place.
 The speedway management an- nounced that 83,000 peope saw the race.