Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-03-14

full consequences. has had one happy result
for the men. Ever since the Garden of Eden
the woman tempted him has been duplicated
By his way~ard son. when q way Of escape
but the antiquity of the profession Of farm
ing has not rescued it from ridicule- Our
eeryed in their pants by daily ironing. and
their feet compressed into patent leather.
toothpiek shoes, lok on the farmer with dis.
dsin. The comic papers designate the typical
granger as Hezek. All Hayssed. from wayback.
and his pictures show him with Scard like .
der his chin which resemble a half sectiou Of
q life preseryer. His pants loDk like pair of
tvo-bushei alfalfa sacks connected At the ton
in some uncouth manner. while his head is
surmounted by an enormous hat which seems
TO be in memory of the traditional straw bee
frequently noted does not take into account
the tact that in no other business 10 there =
With business than in agriculture. The chap
who thinks that when a man has failed At ey-
erything else be can succeed at farming.
ter did on q Pullman sleeper the other day.
A Chicago drummer WAS enroute to New Mex
on the issue of which several thousand dol
lars depended. Before retiring TO his upper
senn n h% se se
with the fact that he Was hard 70 wake. and
sometimes got cross and almost fighting mad
When reused from sleep. but that Re mus. eer-
tsiniv be fuily wakened At L. Junta. He
an.i injunction % be sure to not only wake
him up, but 70 put him on at Ia Jants. even
Sss :. haSs .sF: 70
whom half way 70 Pueblo. Hot with indifna-
ton he sought the porter: He found him
ness ea and lightly eio.ed. on On. % ear IN siinx,
and in asnsrai v.y looking as II be h bad
drummer demanded to know why he had not
TSle him up AZ. and \ put him him On At Il yanta
and he kfph al md aafd R.,s
de lands sake. Ross! / dun put on do wrong
man." The critic who nres the farmer from
sion in which thought and culture are not
needed. certainly puts on the wrong man..
to transform the baser metals into sold.
They did not succeed as well rs We Of the Ar
kansas Valley are doing with q similar con-
metals into valuable ones, but our farmers
have acquired a more valuable secret. OF
to the toast:
Ditch Water Transformed into Dollars.
The sentiment to which have been
invited 10 respond IL one that opens up
wander in that am bewildered at tho
outset by the facts and fancies that pre-
sent themselves.
But there is one thought that comes
to my mind in this connection more for
chilly than any other. Eliminating en-
tirely from the subject Of Dollars as rep
resented by 25.8 grains q gold, or 4126
grains Of silver, or their paper substi-
tutes, and taking the word in its original
and best sense-unit or measurement OF
value-it follows necessarily that value
being synonymous in the human mind
with qualification OF desire, or wealth,
that the idea expressed by the sentiment
is the relation between Ditch Water and
the qualification Of human needs.
As we look on the muddy water NOV
ing slowly but steadily from the river to
the Thirsty earth which awaits it, let N
briefly imagine . few OF its possibilities
and study the manner IN which this ele-
ment attributes so largely to mans ma
terial wants.
We see the land through fts agency
producing many times what it was form
erly capable Of, but it does not follow
for there is plenty to eat and wear IN thu
world and still thousands Of people are
hungry and ragged
We see the land which one was covered
with cacti and sage brush now occupied
BY fields OF living green, bat neither u
that an object to be especially desired. for
IN the kne OF beauty man cannot improve
upon nature.
But We see the land which once was
the home Of rowing Indians and buffalo,
OF wolves and rattlesnakes, now inhabi-
ted BY = civilized and home-loving
people; by q people who believe in the
progress Of humanity; by people who
are striving toward higher civilization;
by people who IN their struggle with
nature, under seemingly adverse circum-
stances, have again demonstrated that
the natural resoursoes of the earth arc
sufficient for al the demands
that may be made upon them; that there
is no danger of the earth becoming over
peopled and that the plans Of the statist-
leans who figure out from the gradual
increase in the worlds population a uni
versal famine or at least war Of exter-
mination, are utterly unfounded.
The leeeon taught by the transforma-
lars If you please, is this: That it is in
telligence not physical force that sub
dues the wilderness; that it is intelligence
not physical force that unlocks the doors
to natures storehouse. As for ages the
the waters of our western rivers have
gone down on their journey to the ocear,
undisturbed by the hand Of man, and
now arc contributing 80 largely to the
Of these beautiful valleys, 20
will other forms Of natures bounty now
Cling to apparent wsts be utilized
and intelligence are equal TO the the oc-
oasion. And when mankind shall learn
the lesson, and learn it thoroughly, that
it is not necessarily accumulated wealth
that produces wealth. and that oven labor
is but minor factor in the production Of
wealth, but that the natural resources Of
the earth are and must be the great and
most important factor in the production
Of wealth, both individual and national,
and shall solve the problom regarding
the impartial distribution of these NJ
sources, then want and poverty will dis
appear, and mankind will have advanced
q long step toward the millinum: and to
This result Ditch water and Ditchea -
one step in the path will be entitled TO
some credit.
Women are the flowers, music and poetry Of
human existence. And many of them have
heads for business which arc far superior to
hose on the shoulders of their husbands.
some Of the Aforesaid husbands cheerfully
acknowledge tho truth Of this statement, but
others try very hard to conceal the fact, but
\ ithout success. This would indeed be q sor-
y world without the presence Of women.
has attained q proud distinction BY
cry Of government-a taak which the men
llone have not executed with universal salts
action for the past l0b years. This extension
If the franchise ~ q proper recognition Of tho
'act that power, brains and ability may be as
.ociated with grace. beauty and sweetness.