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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-24

The Fowler High School debating
team Friday night won contest
from the Holly High School Debating
team and became champions OF the
Southwestern Colorado High School
Debating League, Holly. Lamar. La
Junta, Las Animas. Rocky Ford and
Fowler make up the league
The question selected for all the
debates was that immigration to the
United States should be- further re,
strlcted. The Fowler team has de
hated from both sides and has won
In each OF It's contests. thus having
! 900 per cent
The winning team was made up
OF Frances Simpson. Harry Loynd
and Miss Christine Stubs. Chester
Snyder, Miss chloe Caps and Adolf
phus Keith represented Holly. The
Judges were Il. D. McCllntock Of
the La Junta High School. NJ l..
WHITAKER OF Pueblo and VI r. NIL
Ter Of La Junts
From the very first there was not
a doubt In the>miuds Of the audience
or the Judges. that Fowler would
win the debate when the unanimous
decision vas finally announced. the
audience burst forth In one grand
demonstration that fairly raised the
roof
The High school spirit % fthe pu-
pills vas beautiful TO behold. and no
effort was made TO restrain them
from giving vent to their unbounded
JOY over the victory. The bell was
made to peel forth the glad news.
class yells were given. bonfires
blazed merrily on the main street OF
/ Fowler, and far Into he night the
pupils jollified over the victory.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-24

1 So true TO the spirit OF the history
Mission Indians is Ramona" which
comes to the Rourke Theater Satur-
day, February 24th, and so literally
accurate in some OF its details. that
| a whole mass OF literature has
sprung up setting forth the various
sources of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
sons Inspiration. Mrs. Jackson, either
fortunately or unfortunately died be-
{ fore her novel had attained sufficient
vogue to be a matter of dispute. and
she left no manuscript notes to
which the dispuants can turn for
absolute settlement of their contro-
yersles
I Consequently California has been
! full OF rival romances, each claiming
the distinction OF having been the
original Of Mrs. Jackson's heroine.
and more than one has turned her
claims to commercial account In sell
! ing baskets and other souvenirs of
/ her workmanship TO tourists
There is an Italian woman, for
Iexample, who was the widow of an
! Indian who was shot down in the
manner OF Alessandro OF the novel.
/ and her name was Ramona But her
characteristics were not those OF Ra-
mona OF the novel. There was also
7 a white woman named Ramona.
whom Mrs. Jackson knew, and she
suggested the Mrs. Hartsel of the
novel. but she. also. must surrender
all claims to having suggested the
/ hall breed heroine OF the Mission re-
( nance.
| Recent investigation seems to
point strongly to two girls. one a
spaniart and the other a half-breed
Indian, as having each furnished
characteristics for the picture of
Ramona. The Spanish girl was
! Blanca indart and the Indian was
uadalupe of the Piru tribe. Both
We're wards OF Sonora del Vale, mis-
tress OF Camulos ranch. which has
been unquestionably identified as the
home Of Ramona Both we're mere
children in Mrs. Jackson's time.
Later, they married. and were still
alive in 1912. when Carlyle Claiming
Davis and William A. Anderson, two
enthusiastic students OF Ramona.
Investigated their history. These
men, both prominent in literary
fields, have published their conclu-
sious in book called THE True
Story OF Ramona" at Rourke. Sat
urday. February 2Ith. matinee and
night.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-24
seed Beans In Cold Storage

Seven carloads OF seeds of differ.
.nt varieties are being held at Rocky
Ford. It being impossible TO ship
them east of the river on account
OF the new embargo put upon all
freight not OF a perishabic nature.
As the bean seed crop il very
scarce In the East and as planting
time will soon be herr II Is causing
the seed firms In the Eas, for whom
the beans have been grown a lot OF
worry and extra expense. The beans
are stored In Rocky Ford and stor.
age is being paid
ID. V. Burrell. the largest grower
OF flower seeds ia tn. West. re-.
oeivcd an order this week for 81. O0O
worth of several varieties OF flower
seeds and his acreage Ia this lin.
OF seeds viii be twice that OF las,
year.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-22

like a house Quilt
upon a rock it is
the cornerstone Of
our happiness and
a source Of CT mfort
and pleasure, al
ways accessible and
a reliable compan-
ion. 1t is one of the
pl easures of life.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-22
EDUCATION
(BY W. H. DUGDALE)

IND it ever occur 10 you to just
- what extent education enters
into our everyday life? Did you
ever consider its vital importance to
our ultimate success !? Well. it is
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-22
COATS

New Coats, plain colors and fancy
plaid coats, all this seasons. We have
a big line to select from, just the kind
of Coat you like, $1.98 to $500
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-22
DRESSES

Dresses in Taffeta, Poplin and Serge,
asst. of colors, $498 value, spec'l 2.98
lot Serge Dresses in red, blue and
black, special, 81 SO
lot Corduroy Dresses, asst, of colorS,
$498, special 1893
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
; NAJOR-GEN. CARTER URGES PLAN
TORAISE ARMY ADEQUATE FOR U. S.

governors OF states, except for the
temporary and infrequent employment
In the federal service. contemplated
under the provisions OF the constitu-
ton.
When the nation is ready to EN-
bark upon these new but not wholly
untried waterr, we should hark back
TO come OF the wise provisions OF the
old militia law OF 1892. and create
military districts. wherein shall be
recorded the names of all young ne-
due for military training or who have
completed IL and have been passed
into the reserve. This suggests dc
Capitalization OF the war department
system, and the placing Of more au-
thority in the hands of territorial com.
manders. This is the only reasonable
way 10 create a body of trained citf
ztns Immediately available for the de.
fense Of their liberties. without the
burden OF large standing armies. Un,
der orr present system the nation is
not getting fair value for its enormous
expenditures. The total force OF regn.
lars and national guard provided for
will not be sufficient for the first line
and nothing short OF compulsory sery-
ice will serve the purpose. Under
system involving compulsory service
there would be no class of ex-volun.
teers, and willingness to vote for
pensions would no longer be the key
TO the suffrages Of survivors of our
wars.
Whether or not the existing crisis
shall involve the nation in the horrors
of war, the lesson Of our unprepared.
ness has at last been driven home. We
owe II to our intelligence and abiding
common sense to take up the matter
OF the common defense now, and solve
1t once for all for the nations sake,
without that tender solicitude for spe,
cial interests so often observed in past
legislation. Americans should all stand
together now for a national army and
cease to give thought to the separate
interests involved in a conglomerate
army of regulars, national guard and
volunteers, 4
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

contemplated in the new program. Our
proposed 40,000-ton battIeships, armed
with twelve 16-inch guns, are presum
ably an answer to all this.
But these are at best but eleventh
hour ships of ours, whose completion,
three or four years hence, may be too
late. And even If they are not where
are the insuIar bases to support them
Guam, Samoa and Dutch Harbor are
wholly undeveloped, Hawaii is but par
TALLY fortified and the garrison of
Alaska is just 500 men,
american Perip the Danger
What this republic has to fear is
less the Yellow Peril than the Amer
ican Perif-the incomprehensible ig-
norance of, the careless indifference
to, the noble future which the God OF
nations offers US in the Pacific Ocean,
If national duty and national pride
can not stir our congress it should be
spurred to action by the huge loss Of
material advantages to this naticn. It
should remember that the little Eng
land of Elizabeth's day has been ex.
panded to the vast British empire Of
cur time by her overseas possessions
and a dominating fleet It is her
colonies and dominions, her stations
on every sea, her morning drum beat
sounding round the world which
have given England her enormous
growth in trade and 40 per cent OF
the worlds merchant marine"
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
PUTS PROMOTION
Upon new BASIS

An entirely new system OF army pro
motions is outlined in the general
staffs universal service bill, which
was referred to bureat chiefs of the
war department for comment. Under
the plan officers would be advanced
only after service for a definite period
OF years In the next lower grade, and
promotions would be made from q
single list to prevent rivalry in that
regard between the various arms OF
the service.
The promotion question is recog-
nized as vital because 1925 additional
men would have to be commissioned
before the universal training system
could be put into operation.
Former regular officers and quail
fled enlisted men of the regular army
have first place in the list Of eligibles,
but the report recognizes the greatest
source of supply would be from the
Nationaf Guard, which would cease to
exist five years after the adoption OF
the universal plan.
In providing for the promotion of
regular officers, the staff plan would
continue the selection system fer gen.
eral officers, and in time Of war would
provide merit promotion system for
both permanent and reserve officers
Of all grades.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
ADOPTS new WAY
TO train HORSES

FORT BLISS, Texas, March S.
Horses, like men, fight better when
together than. alone and this knowl
edge Of equine character has caused
complete revision in the methods
of breaking United States army-eay.
airy horses.
The old way was to break each
range horse individually, putting him
through a schooling which included
riding, drilling and finally firing from
the saddle
Mai Gen. John ]. Pershing sur.
prised sceptical cavalry. officers az
Colonia Dubian. Mexico. by. making
good an assertion that he could train
green cavalry horses to charge with
the cayalrymen firing over their heads
within 80 minutes after they We're
broken 70 saddlec. rhi. Nas done hy
handling them in squads and tToops.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
1ELLSLIMIT OF
WARSH|P'S SIZE

An Sc.000-ton battlcship mounting
- 1S-inch guns, having a speed of 20
knots an hour and costing S50,000,000,
would be the largest war craft the
United States could employ. according
TO q report to Congress prepared by
the Navy Department in response to q
request for Specifications of the big
gest fighting craft that could use the
Panama Canal and American haroors.
The report says that. such a vessel
would have length OF 975 feet, a
beam of los feet. secondary bat
terry OF 2l 6-inch guns, four 2l-inch
torpedo tubes, and a 12,000-mile radius
of action
"A single such vessel, however" It
adds, 'would not be OF great value to
the United States navy. as. il would
not be suited to act in unison with the
other major units of our fleets To
develop the value of such vessel it
would be necessary to lay down not
less than five
The European war, the report says.
shas as yet brought no conclusive ans
wer to the question of what types
ere most desirable. and the general
board is not prepared to recommend
so radical departure as the. So,000.-
ton ship would represent The s25.-
100000 battIeships asked for in the
pending naval dill represent the great
est increase in size and power for
battleship types in any single year,
hut they are to have displacement
OF only $4,000 tons. main batteries OF
ls ie-inch guns, and speed of %
knots
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

forced on England by her ally? For
the answer, look at Jaluit, in the Mar
shall group. II lies between Hawaii
and Guam and in the rear of both
Guam and the Philippines-that is, it
would serve most effectively as an in.
tercepting naval base, which, in the
hands OF an Asiatic power, would
grayeiy imperil our Philippine com.
munications in war.
Second. Guam is little island
miles by 29--with no ships stationed
there and garrisoned only by small
force Of marines Well. the war was
but three months old when Japanese
battleship cruised slowly around the
island just outside the three-mile limit.
examining the shore line with care.
Later, a Japanese merchant steamer,
although warned off by a boarding
officer. entered the harbor, made
evasive excuses for her presence and
was ordered out the next day-doubt-
less, after she had gained the informa-
ton she came for. Later still il is
said that scientific commission was
sent to the island from Toxic. osten-
sibly to take longitude observations
fhs Ambit,ons of Japan
Third Japan has recently made a
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
In Magazine Article, FormeI
Hawaiian Commander Tells
OF Necessities

Mai. Gen. w. H. Carter, formerly in
command OF the Hawaiian Depart.
ment, has q very interesting Article in
the North American Review on The
Way 10 Get Soldiers In part, he
says
The recorded experience Of the
army recruiting service leaves no
room for dreams concerning the aver
age number of recruits obtainable I'm
der our voluntary system. II IL con-
tinues impraeticable to maintain exist
ing organizations al the legal strength
we dc not have TO wait for the test
10 be applied to a much greater number
OF organizations Experienced army
men have been slowly but surely
reaching the conclusion that our over
seas garrisons should be maintained
under the existing system of yolun-
teer enlistments and that the organic
ations within the United States may
well be divided into two classes, the
one with organizations on a basis of
readiness for immediate call. and the
other TO complise skeleton organiZa-
tions for use as schools Of instruction
under a system OF universal training
of young men for prescribed periods,
during their minority. to remain avail
able for active service in war, during
"a prescribed number of years.
THE term National Guard should be
abolished and that force should revert
to the status of state militia. with the
distinct understanding that married
men could remain in such organixs-
tions, which would be used to preserve
order, and suppress insurrection dur
ing peace, or while the national or
federal army proceeds with its busi
ness Of making war. The officers and
men of the federal force would be en-
tirely under the control of the Presi-
would be reduced in numbers and re-
main solely under the authority Of the
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

secret treaty with Russia, another OF
her allies. Now, the fact that treaty
between two powers is secret presup-
poses usually that it contains pro-
visions antagonistic to other nations.
So the safe and customary course for
the diplomatists of any other country
concerned is to assume that such a
treaty has articles aimed at Il. From
these considerations and knowing
control there is well grounded suspi
cion that Russia has granted ner the
right to use in war the harbor Of
Petropavlovsk, in Russia Kamchatka
This port would be the most accessible
halfway house for fleet leaving Yoko-
hama to seize Dutch Harbor, in Tn.
alaska-froIn which PetTopavloysk is
but 400 miles, due west. And, In
view of the naval authority cite, the
seizure OF Unalaska would mean, not
only the loss of Alaska, but, in present
condition, the fall, like a house OF
cards. of our other possessions in the
Pacific Ocean. Il
Japan's Program
Fourth, the Japan Year Book OF
1914 said: The object of expansion is
to prepare against a aIpossible
emergency with the United States'
and these preparations have been
pressed since with tireless energy
Her naval program is more or less
secret, but it is stated that she is
building three 30,600-ton dreadnoughts,
each carrying twelve 14-inch guns, and
another, the Nagato. of $4,000 tons,
mounting twelve Is or 16-inch guns
In Addison. it is said that three battle
ships. probably az i1TIIidable a. the
Nagato. anu two cattle cruisers are
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
JEST
At PACIFIC ONES

During the enrolment for the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps at Har-
ward University a small. anonymous
band Of undergraduates organized the
Harvard Union for American Neutral,
ity, and placarded college buildings
and shop windows in the vicinity OF
Harvard Square with declarations of
their beliefs. The placard reads as
follows:
The Harvard
Union For American Neutrality
Believes That:
L War need not follow the break with
Germany.
2. War with Germany cannot estab-
lish neutrals' rights.
}. Retaliation is not the highest form
of honor.
4 Democracy demands referendum
before war.
DO You?
Posted as conspicuously as the first
declaration and printed IN yellow ink.
appeared the ironic counterplatform
Of the Harvard Union for American
Nincompoops. 1t read.
The Harvard
Union For American Nincompoops
Believes That:
l. This country should invite the
kaiser to annex it.
q The best way to aid the cause OF
neutrality is by bending the knee
and not by arching the back.
g. II is unlsdylike to stand up for our
rights
4. Generalization demands that we
should not bear arms.
Is It?
More than 1000 students have Joined
the Harvard Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps, and are devoting nine hours
Of their time a week to drills and
lectures under Capt Constant Cordier
and ether army officers detailed at
by the War Department
N addition to those enrolled in the
training corps, nearly hundred stu
dents have joined the Aviation Corps
with airplane work in the summer.
and, according to a census made by
The Harvard Crimson, and university
daily paper. 257 members OF the uni-
versity not in the training corps are
either in the Massachusetts, National
Guard or in the State Naval Reserve.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

The National Assembly of Panama
passed law authorizing the United
States fer the construction of road
and railroads throughout the country.
the two PoNernMcRts ta l.aar the ey.
Psnse equally
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

Arthur H. Goodale, prominent in
amateur golf circles, and one of the
low mark men in the Massachusetts
Coif Aasas iation handicap ii-1, dia.i 1t
his home in Cambridge
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

Word has been received that Lieut..
Henry b. Lewis, who has recently
been assigned to the 1st Infantry and
who was expected on the last trans
port, will arrive on the April trans
port. Lieut.. Lewis, who will be ac-
companied by Mrs. Lewis, has been on
duty with the 20th Inf. in camp at El
Paso, Texas. for the past three years.
Hawaii vii! be welcome change for
him, as all offictrs arriving from the
border are enthusiastic over the
change OF station from the Rio Grande
to Schofield.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
ARMY 6 NAVY
Sctlofiald Notes
lspeelal star. BuIletin eorre.noaasneel

Especial Star Bulletin CorreSu0ndeneel
S>nUr IELD BARRACKS, Mar L.
First Lieut. Frank V. Schneider has
reeo.ted at the department hospital
for PHYSICAL examination and two
days test for entrance to the ayia-
ton section, Signal Corps The exam.
iraticn and test are purely physical
and In the event OF his successfully
passing them. Lieut. Schneider will
enter the aviation school at San Diego,
Cal, for course of instruction in fly
Ing and radio work Col. Edger, Med
icai Corps. is the president or the
board Of officers that win conduct
the examination.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

BY special orders issued from the
1st Infantry headquarters March 13,
the following assignments of unas-
signed enlisted men Of the 1st Infan-
try are made. Pvt Jack Allen to
Co. A; Pvt. Mike J. Barron to Co. G;
Pvt. William J. Davis to Co, d: Pvt.
George E. Duryea to Co. d: Pvt Max
E. Edmonds to Co. E; Pvt John Fa-
gen to Co. F; Pvt. Earl r. Flynn to
Co. G.; Pvt. Celestin A., Fresnal to
Co. H; Pvt. Cornelius King to Co. 1:
Pvt. Charles H. Markolf to Co. 1; Pvt.
Roy Marsh to Co. K; Pvt. Chester H.
Stevens to Co. T.; and Pvt. Leonard
Wilson to Co. NJ.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

The president has sent the names
of the following first lieutenants of
the field artillery to the senate for
confirmation for promotion to the
grade of captain, William McCleaye
and Charles d. Daiy of the list Field
Artillery and TRULY G. Martin and
Wilbur Rogers, formerly of the 1st
Field ARTILLERY at Schofield Bar
racks, but now ON duty with field ar
tillery on the border Lieut.. Nc.
Cleaye and Lieut.. DAILY are on duty at
Schofield.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

The target range at the POST is be.
ing used to test all rifles in the hands
Of the 1st infantry that arc suspected
OF being unseryiceable. The life of a
rifle is about 1000 rounds, and after
being used through several target sea:
sons the rifle will not shoot true, due
to the effect that is caused by the
great heat and high pressure generat-
ed by modern smokeless powder. Five
'exEert rifiemen from each company
are making the tests, under the SUI
pervision Of Capt. Frank Halsted, 1st
Infantry, president OF the board OF
officers detailed for the purpose. The
other members of the hoard are Capt.
Paul H. McCook and 1st Lieut.. Frank
Riley. About $50 rifles will be test
ed The following officers have been
detailed to supervise the work at the
targets: Capt Charles II. Rice, 1st
Lieut.. Smith and End Lieuts. Lam
drum, Cutchin, McGarrigle and
Crooks.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
Butter is an ENERGY FOOD

Butter not mere fIavoring extract.
1t is food that is nearly all Ene4gy
makes you able work hard during long day without get
ting dead tired
1t gives your muscles reserve strength.
And furthermore Butter has the mysterious newly discovered
property that FN1AslI sssfk0AHH
PROMOTES GROWTH
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

CEl. George Riley, Troop L. 4th
Cavalry, who purchased his discharge
from that organizatien and went to
the states, where lie enlisted in the
Quartermaster Corps from which he
deserted On January last, has been
awarded a certificate Of merit by the
war department for gallant and haz-
ardols service in saving 'comrade
from drowning on the island of Oahu,
on January 2S, 1916. Had Cpl. Riley
remained in the service he would
have drawn So a month for all the
time he was in the army, in addition
to his regular pay, besides back pay
from April IS, 1916, the date OF the
award. The list of certificates OF
merit awarded between July /, 1915,
and December 81, 1916. has been pub
lished The certificate OF merit is
awarded to enlisted men only.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

Yesterday was busy one for the
ladies of the 1st Infantry, as they de-
vote Tuesday and Friday forenoon TO
the making of bandages for reserve
supply for the Red Cross. Mrs. Hodges
has charge of the work and much has
already been accomplished. Col.
Hedges has authorized the use
of vacant set Of officers quarters for
the use Of the ladies.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
AMERICAN NAVAL EXPERT
URGES PACIFIC GUARDS

CONTINUED from Page Six
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
BUTTER rs D1GEsTED
QUICKLY
{ sE.8

The digestive apparatus is not
put TO d lot of extra work in separ-
atirig the waste material from the
real food. Most foods are from 25
per cent to so per cent wasteful.
97sof 50 per cent oflgood butter
is pure food that makes Growth
and Energy.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17
PROMOTE S GROWTH

Such is the discovery of scientists
No other food excepting eggs and
certain animal fat, and milk, seem
to have this wonderful property Of
making the young to CROW.
But BUTTER has this property in
a CONCENTRATED form There
is as much Of it in one pound Of
butter as there is in 8 or 10 quarts
of milk or so eggs.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17

has the mysterious newly discovered