Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-17
THURSDAY. MAY II, 1894.
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H. F. Hagen informs US that he is in
has heard of the fame Of the Arkansas
Valley for the bee business, and has in
view removal to this section. Let him
come-we've alfalfa fields which are
wasting tons OF honey every year for lack
Of bees to manufacture it.
| The closing exercises of the Rocky
Ford Public Schools will take place at
| I. o. o. F. hall Friday evening OF next
week, May 25th. The program will in
clude numbers by all the various grades,
and the presentation of certificates to sev-
eral who have completed what may be
called postgraduate course. The full
program will be given next week.
-Coxey's Washington army has moved
into the country 80 that they can "keep
of the grass" and Cleveland has gone
fishing, A Coxey reserve corps has been
organized at Denver and the Utah SIN
dustrials' are becoming boisterous and
disorderly, Gen. Sanders Cripple Greek
army propose to go from Leavenworth in
boats down the river to Cairo, then to
Cincinnati where he hopes to secure rail
road transportation.
General Coxey marshalled an army
in Ohio. He supplied his hosts with
banners, and bugles, and brass bands, and
made an heroic march to Washington.
led by white chargers and the national
flag. And what is the outcome of the
whole business? General Coxey found
guilty OF "walking on the grass Ridicu-
lous! Let the charge be Withdrawn and
Gen. Coxey allowed to go whittier he
will.
| Not only is the country around
Rocky Ford the most pleasing to the eye
OF any farming section in Southern Col
orado, but the town is the most attrac-
tive. Avenues, deeply shaded with the
luxuriant cottonwood, are everywhere
seen, giving the town coolness and
beauty that is the admiration OF strangers.
In the older settled portions of Northern
Colorado there are similar finely shaded
streets, but in the southern portion Rocky
Ford stands preeminent for the comfort
and enjoyment contributed by presence
OF shade in all portions OF the town.
| -"Hard Times" are prevailing every
where, but the Arkansas valley is moving
right along Notwithstanding the business
depression. This is evidenced by the new
school houses which are to be built. In
addition to those previously noted in the
ENTERPRISE columns, we this week have
two new ones to report. AT the late
school election at Olney bonds to the
amount of ST. 500 were voted for a new
building, while the Patterson Hollow
district voted S1,2G0 in bonds for the
same purpose. 1t speaks we'll for the
future of community when in times
like the present the people voluntarily in
cur large obligations for educational pur-
poses.
H. F. Hagen is now in receipt Of
from 10 to 20 stands of bees daily from
Tennessee. They are shipped in cages,
each containg three pounds of bees. The
dealer Of whom he buys puts the cage on
the scales and after adjusting them to
the weight Of the cage and accompanying
pounds of hungry bees. A pound Of
Of bees is said to contain $500 Of these
lively insects, a statement which we shall
take as correct without taking the trouble
or pains to verify the count. Mr.. Hagen
will continue to receive these invoices Of
bees until he has added 215 stands 70 his
present large apiary.
There is some prospect of Rocky
Ford having q factory for the prepara-
tion Of dessicated pumpkin. DR.. Il. Jul
ian Allen, of Buena Vista, is the owner
of several valuable patents for the pre-
parafion of pumpkin and wishes to es-
tablish q factory here. He has analysed
the soil of the vicinity of Rocky Ford
and finds it better adapted to the growth
of Hubbard squash, sugar beets, etc. than
not get the financial aid needed to build
his factory here, he will arrange for the
growth of the raw material near Rocky
Ford and ship to the factory-possibly at
Denver. But more OF the situation will
be known in a few days.
Fruit growing is an industry, says
the Grand Valley Star Times, that natur-
ally attracts an intelligent class of peo-
pie. No one ever heard of clown or
pumpkin attempting to start an orchard.
The packing and handling, OF delicate
fruit, the trimming and training of the
trees, the tender care they require at
stated seasonH of the year demand an in
tellectuality that possesses both under
standing and information Of the subject.
Such state of facts is prophetic Of the
future of the Arkansas Valley. Attract
ing, as it will by its horticulture re-
we will rapidly become one of the most
advanced and prosperous communities in
the west.
If the uncertainty about tariff legis-
lation were removed, our import trade
WOuAu hosAvO, oAAN sAAS o'SAuSs AAS. S<sA
largely; for the stocks Of goods Of all
kinds in the country, both imported and
domestic, is lower than it has been for
many years, When merchants and i'm
porters know exactly what the duties on
imported goods will be, they will import
largely, and our own manufactures will
start up to supply the needs Of the people.
The reduction of wages is still going on,
| of course, preparing for the low tariff era
that will be ushered in by the passage Of
the Wilson bill-if the present patchwork
measure can be called by the name of any
one person. The amount Of manufact-
ured goods in the United States has not
been SO low within the past 20 years as
it is at present.
Hon. J. Fl. Crowley called the other
day and says that the country is just
| booming saw vegetation grow so
rapidly as within the last ten days. The
fruit is all right in spite of one or two
freezes. Mr.. Crowley don't vouch for the
fact that the fruit escaped because the
cold weather occurred during the light Of
the moon, although Postmaster Salyer
saws that his observation is that quite
cold weather will not injure fruit when
the moon is approaching fullness. We
undertook to get uncle Levi Bechtel's
endorsement OF this theory. but he would
| not be positive Of the fact Of the moons
| D,,& hopa k1o ry,Sntpr ofo q