Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-07-05

-Flickinger & Wright's saw mill, Cat
lin, is getting out large quantity o
sheet pilinG for the Catlin' dam.
Residents Of the vicinity of Ordway
will be supplied with Premium Lists by
calling on Postmaster Ragsdale.
Splendid rains visited almost all por.
tions OF Otcro county on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The construction of the new Rocky
Ford canal dam is being delayed by the
strike, car of lumber being detained al
La Junta for over week.
Hereafter the meetings of Wads.
worth Post G. A. r. will be held on the
second and fourth Friday EVENING" Of
each month.
Tho sugar beet has not given good
results in this country as a source from
which to obtain sugar as in Germany, but
improvements are being made very rapid
ly. In Germany the sugar beet producse
10 per cent of its weight in sugar.
The tariff bill will probably pass the
Senate during the present week, and
then tho House will have a chance to
show what it proposes to do about the
matter Of accepting measure which diff
fers in all essential particulars from the
one which it passed.
We read much of the beauty of Ital-
ian sunsets, but we have displays of that
sort in Colorado that are hard to excel
A number of evenings recently have fur
nished sunsets of such splendor as to
fully equal, we think, the best dago ar
ticle that the European tourists boast Of
seeing.
The Herald il the name of Pueblo's
newest morning paper, asix-column Pop
ulist sheet. 1t is model of neatness
geographically and is newsy both in tel
egraphic and home intelligence. The
Herald is published by the A. W. Hob
son Co., purely cooperative organiza-
tion. The starting of daily in these
times is no picnic, but if one can sue.
coed in Pueblo at all the Herald's plan is
the one to win.
The school election last Friday
brought out a larger number of citizens
than was expected, total of 6S votes
being polled. There being 81 votes foI
free text books and Al against, the dis
trict will continue to do as heretofore, re.
9uiring pupils to furnish their own
books. We think that the best interets OF
the schools would have been promoted
by different verdict, but the voters oi
the district are evidently not yet ready
for the change.
We have hint that r. o. McClain
and Beatty Bros, OF Catlir, are going to
do something practical for forestry in
Otero county next spring. They have
growing on their extensive landed pos
session n large number of fine young
cottonwoods, suitable for transplanting.
When the proper time arrives they pro-
pose to invite the farmers to come and
get what trees they want without charge.
They desire to add to the beauty of the
Arkansas valley landscapes and contrib
ute to the comfort OF man and beast, and
can do much by the action suggested.
There is no danger of having too many
trees in Colorado, and we hope to see
very extensive transplanting next spring.
The Ridgway Herald, populist pap
er, pitches into Otto Thum, the meas
uror of state printing, saying that he
knows more about measuring cord wood
than printing. The Herald is mistaken
While we do not agree with Mr. Thum in
his political faith we know him to be
thoroughly at home in all matters relat-
ing to printing and fully competent for
the duties of his office, Not only SO,
but he has the courage to discharge the
duties of the office in the way he believes
to be right, regardless of whether or not
his decision put money into the pockets
OF Populist, or other newspaper pub
fishers.