Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09

tered on our DOCKS, not py scQte6, uus u
a way to show an appreciation of pa
per well filled with home news and al
ways wide awake to advance the inter
ests OF the Rocky Ford country.
Rocky Ford farm and garden tracts
are better property than gold and silver
mines. Owning them you will not get
rich as fast as the few fortunate ones
who "strike it rich" but you'll be several
hundred per cent better off than the av-
erage seeker after mineral wealth. Fact.
Some OF our exchanges are urging
their readers to hold their grain, reason.
ing that higher prices are sure to prevail
in the spring after the bulk OF the crop
has been marketed. It would seem that
farmers who can do SO will make no mis-
take by declining to sell at the present
unpsodtably low prices.
During the past week the people oi
the east have had more information about
Colorado than ever before in their lives.
The holiday editions OF the great Denve,
daiies and the Pueblo Chieftain have
been sent to them by the thousands. In
all Of these papers the past rapid growth
and assured future greatness OF the cen
tennial state were graphically presented.
The semi.annual statement Of the
State Bank OF Rocky Ford, will be found
in our columns. Tho bank en-.
joys the same prosperity which has
characterized its history from the be-
ginning. The accompanying comparative
statement shows steady growth in de-
posts and resources which speaks well
both for the management OF the bank and
the development OF the Rocky Ford
country.
Tho Turkish problem is n serious
and complicated one. It seems that all
civilization and Christendom is compelled
to fold their hands md watch the slaugh-
ter OF the Afmeniaps or else precipitate q
"holy war" This would mean fanatic
al assault by all Mohamedans on Chris
tians wherever found. The only solu-
tion of the difficulty seems to be for all
Europe and the United States to fairly
oTerwhelm Turkey with armies and wipe
the bloodthirsty horde out Of existence If
necessary to prevent further outragee.
The Pueblo Opinion recently made q
very strong presentation OF tho advan-
tages which would accrue to Pueblo
from the building OF State Canal No. l.
1t also gave hopeful account of the
forces which would probably be set in
motion to secure the completion OF the
canal. But the following paragraph
would indicate that the Opinions en-
thusiasm in this matter is not being rein.
'orced by Pueblo public sentiment. The
Opinion Gays; 1T would seem from the
apathy OF our business men TINT they
,are little about the state canal being
completed. The Opinion recently pre-
'ented the matter to its readers as it
'tands and unless our people take hold
md do something it will not be built.
You have your choice-do something and
yet the canal, or do nothing and lose it.
The utter folly OF Cleveland's fnan-
,ial policy is forcibly presented in the
from the Denver Republican j:
The whole business Of selling bonds to
'eplenish gold redemption reserve that
nay be almost instantly depleted below
he assured limit of safety again
BY the presentation Of legal tender notes
'or redemption is exactly analogous to
The work Of carrying water in sieve. A
bottomless pail cannot be filed by pour
ing stuff in at the top" II Cleveland
would adopt the sensible policy pursued
by the bank Of France, there would be
no need OF sale Of bonds to keep up q
reserve. When gold is demanded in
large quantities at the bank Of France,
and it is suspected that it is wanted for
export, silver is given instead, The
United States treasury has the same dis
cretionary privilege but is 80 dominated
by Wall Street that gold is always
poured out by the millions,
Have you wife, children, father,
mother or others dependent upon you for
the necessaries, comforts or 1uxuries of
life, who would be deprived Of them by
your death? Ii so you make O mistake
in not becoming member of some fra
ternal insurance society.
We shall soon send out the bills for
amounts due on subscription, but as the
date to which each subscriber has paid
appears on his address slip, the absence
OF a specific bill needn't prevent nny
one from seeing how he stands and max.
ing settlement.
we would like all correspondents OF
the Enterprise to send in their items reo-
iularly each week, as they contribute
largely toward making the paper of in.
terest to all the county. We are irving
to make the best county paper in Otero
county and in order 10 do 30 must have
the news from all the different sections.
While being minus the handsome
cover which ornamented the Denver dai-
lies New Years editions, the Pueblo
Chieftain "led all the rest in the full-
ness OF its treatment OF the Arkansas val
valley. Its reviews and statistical mat
ter show up the past achievements and
future prospects OF the valley in most
eefec.iye manner. Tho New Years
ohieitaln wonld be good one TO send to