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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
To the Melon of otero County who yet
Joined the Association,

call publsedn all the papers Otero county
announcing meeting the Melon Growers would be held at the
Fair Grounds Rocky Saturday. July 3lst D. M
the books the Association will be closed
ship date, during the shipping of 1897
desire again call the attention Of all who have
oned the Rocky Melon Growers Association
the hand for them to decide whether in help
us to place product the market systematic
way the shipper get the right proportion from
continue the hnphazard that has
valuable years. Most of the class of Melon growers
whom addressed familiar with the objects of
citation with the which has already had in obtaining
for large amount of cntaoupes and
market has been developed sections
heretofore been placed lots of
n They also know nnd hestatng partly
fact than commission who have neither had
backbone product the standing Civ
to them doing all they
Offering big inducements to individuals get their
shipments that they have the famous Rocky Ford
competition with other melons coming legitimate
way section Those who have had experience
companies past well of how
much be placed in these fattering
ny plain that nothing be gained by people placing
goods competition with themselves We should
ONE the fact that have competition whatever
Our melons. especially the cantaloupes quail
ty TINT produced people
will them market proper guam
titles right places there will be difficulty realizing
fair prices.
acreage nearly double that year,
all indications the demaud for canaoupes will be
the supply and 1t the desire OF the Association to have
melon grower become member
Whan ad above will the advantages
derived from the placing entire product under
aeemen to have placed in competition
plain hat after this has been accomplished during
season. there difficulty placing product to advantage
hereafter will he only question producing enough
ons to supply the Increasing demand.
BOARD DIREcroRs
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
Navajo Faith Mission.

On the first page Of this issue will be
found an engraving Of the headquarters
OF Rev. H. X. Antes' Faith Mission
among the Navajos. Rev. Antes was
formerly NJ. E. pastor in Rocky Ford
and he and Mrs. Antes have many friends
in this community who will be pleased ia
hear Of their success in elevnting the con
dition OF the tribe OF Navajos. In u let.
ter recently received from Bro. Antes he
asks in regard to procuring couple Of
Angora goats to introduce among the
herds Of his Indian friends. He says:
"Affairs at mission are prosperous. I
have just bought 40 head OF good rams
to distribute among Indians. md finished
building my council house" n little
while ngo. 1 am getting material on the
ground for the building OF a chapel,
school house and hospital combined,
which hope to put mp soon. am also
getting in supplies for our Indian camp
meeting we expect to hold in September.
Wo are planning to feed 600 Indians
during the meeting Of 2 or . days. God
wonderfully blesses and we are blessedly
happy"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
The X. P.'s Feast ut La Junta.

The X. p. boys went to La Junta last
Thursday evening to join with. La Junta
lodge in receiving an official visit from
Grand Chancellor, Clyde c. Dawson.
There were thirty in tue visiting party
half Of the number being uniformed men,
and the hearty reception we received is
something not easily forgotten. The La
Junta knights know exactly how to en-
tert,.in visitors aud they live up to the
limit OF their understanding. After the
regular convention Of the lodge, and n
very interesting address by the Grand
Chancellor, the Knights marched to the
Harvey House dining room where they
were treated to spread fit for n king
or even n Knight OF PythiRs.
WatermelOns not yet being ripe the
Rocky Ford knights were exceedingly
hungry, and as one course followed an.
other they found It necessary to lay
inside belts and loosen their, uniforms.
All agreed that il was good to belong 10
such an especially with sister
lodge like La Juntn close enough to visit.
The toasts, "Onr Visiting Brothers"
"'The Arkansas Valley" LA Junta" and
"That Terrible Goat" were respectively
responded to by the following brothers:
Hon. Il. r. Hoffmire, Grand Chancellor
Dawson, II. A. Stein md A. B. Wallis.
We have no Harvey House yet, brother
knights Of La Junta, but visit ms and we
will make you welcome and the very best
TINT Rocky Ford can boast is yours.
Right willingly We strike glad hands
and join you in the hope that the friend.
ship and frnternal love We pledge you
now may grow stronger with the passing
years. A VISITING BROTHER.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
OBITUARY..

Dying is near akin to all the export.
ences OF living, in that it cones some.
times ms bane and at others as bless
ing. But one Of the instances in which
it is extremely hard TO see the sunlight
through the cloud is the sad bereavement
that has beiallen our friend and neigh.
Dor, Mrs. Elizabeth Knight and her Wild
owed dnughter.in-law. While tho sym.
pathy OF the community will go out to
all the members OF tho family, and espec-
inlly to these two. the wife and mother,
that a double blow has fallen with cruel
und accumulated force.
1t is no more than fortnight since
these columns recorded the passing away
of her elder son, Thomas, after weary
ing illness Of typhoid, during which tile
mother watched over aud waited upon
tho son with the devotion and endurance
that n mothers love supplies. But she
had scarcely returned from the burial
when her youngest son, Sydney, WINS
taken seriously i'll, victim OF appended.
tis, confined to his bed, and in wet k
had passed ont Of the reach and touch OF
the voice and hand that had so loved
aud nurturel him since he was left n
fatlierlets babe Of eight weeks. He had
been devoted and helpful son for years
and had only Gig lie months ago un.
dertaken to share the love and care he
bad given mother with II wife, aud to
these were added some six months ago
the entwininy love md sOlicitude that
centcrs around a baby in the household.
II ever death smote cruel blow II has
surely fallen on the devoted head OF this
gentle, sweetsouled and cultivated
mother. Across the bier Of her two boys
we would reach gentle hand and IN its
clasp press nll tho sympathy that goes
oat from community widely touched by
a mothers sorrow and young wife's
woe. 81. -..-
The burial was on Thursday from the
NJ. L. church, the beautiful burial ser.
vice Of the Episcopal church being read
by Rev Canon Newton of Pueblo.
q. II. 4.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
J. w. PHENICIE
Far Notes.

Lot every farmer in the county prepare
some OF his best products for the coming
Fair. The exhibitions OF the Arkansas
Valley Fair Association have in past
years been the means Of inducing many
farmers from the east to locate in our
midst. It will he directly to the interest
Of every farmer to make our Fairs yet
better and better. Every industrious
new -ccmer from the east is valuable
acquisition, and an increase in popula-
ton means an increase in land values
and OF all the advantages which are the
accompaniment Of thickly settled COM
munities. Therefore let every farmer
lend hand to make the Fair success
Take OF your finest products. Don't go
to the Far and say: i've lots Of better
stuff at home than / see here" Let the
with the fruit Of the farm ind orchard
and the stock pens filed to Overhowing.
The poultry show ut the coming Fair
will be by far the largest and best in the
history of the Fair Association. w. A.
Rusp,ni, a prominent poultry man OF
Pueblo will be superintendent OF this de-
partment, and f. w. Hitchcock OF Den.
yer, an acknowledged authority on poul.
try; will act as Judge. The selection OF
these gentlemen gives great satisfaction
to the poultry raisers OF the valley and
will encourage an unusually fine display
Of this interesting and valuable branch
Of farming industry.
The liberal prizes offered in the speed
ring are attracting u number OF strings
OF the best horses in the west. Visitors
to the coming exhibition can depend on
this feature of the Fair being in advance
OF previous years. .---.-
Never were Indications for a successful
Fair 30 good as for the exhibition Of 1897.
Farm crops of all kinds are universally
good and all departments OF tho Fair
promise to show not only very superior
products, but there is every reason to ex.
pect that the quantity on exhibition will
be much in excess OF former years.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

!, This issue will reach large number
II farmers who are NOT subscribers. but
whose patronage is hereby solicited.
No other paper in tho county gives more
home news than the Enterprise. No
other paper publishes as much matter
calculated to nttract new. settlers to n,d
in the development Of the garden spot
III Southern Colorado. The Enterprise
contains just tile matter you want in
h,me paper and every oRe who receives
iris number as a specimen copy is not
only invited bnt urged to become sub.
p aibcr. Try il for 3 or months and
", think We cap count on you MS per-
manent reader thereafter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

The Arkansas valley has cause for
courratulation besides the abundant
crops now ripening. In two different
directions the outlook is excellent for
rapid development. Commander Booth
Tucker vns 20 favorably impressed with
the valley TINT he made second trip here
an Indication Of interest accorded no
other locality. The last visit was mainly
for a careful inspection Of large body
Of land near Fowler. From parties who
were closely associated with the recent
Investigations Of the valley we learn that
the prospect is good for the Arkansas val,
lev being selected for planting the frst
Of the Salvation Army colonies in the
west. Another prospective industry is
the. manufacture ol beet sugar on large
scale. The sugar trust has fpnnd by
most careful investigation and thorough
analysis OF soil irop Lamar to Nepesta
thatlail lhs aohditiops Tor growing sugar
bcets to perfection exist in the Arkansas
valley. The Investigations OF the trust
, l,aye been quietly prosecuted for several
months past and it is expected that their
nlnn. will soon be made public. From
:.these facts il will DO seen that the valley
IN now probably just on the eve OF its
i, most rapid growth and 'deyelopment.
Every Rocky Ford property holder
sbo,id cGt down the weeds adjoining his
premises and spruce up generally. Some
Of our Fair visitors liave IN pi'st years
ir;EI;.ed fl,es tonditi6n OF our streets,
sidewalks. etc.
The town council has oydered an ex-
tension of the water pipes to the oream-
ery Ia order tLht artesiin water mny be
iupplied TO the Artificial ice plant. Frog.
IN nrtcsihn water ~ Il luxury that few'
piu -es cau indulge in.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

The primaries Of tho several precincts will
In In Juntn and Rocky Fofd pfeciacts, o.
~. 4. 9. 1e and III between tho hours of and
D o., lock r. m. and in all tho other precincts.
II, 2. ., q IL, II and ~ the time OF day Of each
precinct meeting to DO decided by the CON.
inLttecmnn OF the precinct
iiy order OF the Silver Republican county
csntral committee. o. 9. HESS,
= J. swift, Chairman.
Secretary.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

The Fort Lyon Canal Co, the latest
81 the corporations inyolvo1 in tho La
yunta and Lamar canal litigation, seems
TO be in the lead. This company in
cludes the water right owners and the
latest court decision in their favor looks
US if lay md justice would harmonize in
the outcome OF this entangled litigation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

Those Of our citizens who went to
the post ofiice last Sunday morning were
surprised and rlcased to receive the
Denver dailies OF tho same date. This
rapid trnnsit was brought nbout by a
change Of time OF tho Santa Fe. The
train which formerly left Denver in the
evening and came only as far MS Colorado
springs, now leaves Denver ut o'clock
=, M, enabling the Denver morning
::lailies 70 reach very large extent OF
territory from which they were practi-
cally excluded bv the old time card.
This change is in line with the recently
adopted policy Of the SANTA Fs-provid.
iny better service for the territory it
traverseS and aiding in the development
Of the material resources Of the tributary
country.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

Our fruit growers should not forget
the State Horticultural Fair at Canon
City Sept. Is and l6. The fine fruits OF
ihe Rocky Ford country should be there
10 divide honors with the Fremont coun-
fy exhibits.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

"A public park is Of necessity the re-
pult of yenrs OF labor and preparation.
Rocky Ford is making good progress
toward having one Of the finest parks in
Colorado. Its abundance OF the finest Of
frees are mixing rapid growth and it will
soon be fayorite place Of public resort.
Th, town council Inns bad the grass kept
short by moving every ten days nnd the
lawns are in fino condition. Tho serpen-
fine walks, which have not been sodded,
have just been turped under and need
good coating Of gravel. The trees have
been trimmed and the entire park pre-
sents an attractive appearance. Next
spring the park will be thrown open to
abe public and will be highly enjoyed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
THE ROCKY FORD
MELON GROWERS ASSN.
An Organization Comprising IS per cent of the
Growers of Otero County. The Other
per cent Should Join Next
Saturday.
Important Instructions Concerning Selection and Pack
ing for Shipment

To MEMBERS Rocky FoRD MELON GROWERS ASSN
Inspector the Melon Growers Association for the coming
upon request Board of Directors will endeavor give
and shippers picking
sorting, grading and Grating of Cantaloupes.
begins important and particular work Of the
grower Almost raise cantaoupe but
good Judgement and with pick grade
and crate cantaloupes successfully
growers pick their cantaoupes twice
doing they will have better grade melons and nearly
cus they would have by picking day only melon
ready the market today will not do to ship tomorrow We
would advise all and those who do not know when
melon ready to go to some grower and take les
picking sorting grading and Grating In few hours
the opening of the learn than
could tell understand iterfecty will be time we'll spent
The beginner let the melon get too before pick
Canaoupes when ripe crack around the stem and pull of easily
When melon does pull off without twisting the stem and using
part ripe.
practical and good Judgment to picker
h sis or Do
handle liz n s sg Ss x 1s
mSn o in s sas @ e u on4 A @
and could not think possible that
shipped those melons
the
when gathering and packing and at all times
Every should procure sheet other suitable
rss S
@ a a be- sa %
and kept cool Therefore urge begin pick
kept in the shade just the same f''-"s
GRADING AND GRATING.
important and particular work and requires
picking Grade your melons closely Do mix large
of either large small melons shows
advantage and will sell better than crate of mixed melons
melons shake about in handling But be careful
pack tight that the melons bruised Do not fill the
will have your full weight the
pack tight spring the yet they
will shake about
We will ship but grade of melons They must be No l.
We will not receive soft or bruised melons
smooth slick melons they fully
get quickly In Grating after sorting the melon pile
begin picking the pile again to get enough to fill
whole pile Grated cus and ALL Each will be
carefully inspected inferior melon will condemn
Inspector realize the responsibilities of position
all shall be strangers to shall do duty
laid down the best of ability
be treated alike to work for individual
H. d. GARwooD, Inspector.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
Silver Kepabslca. County Convention
Call.

"A call is hereby made for q convention of
tho Siiver Rac1shiiasis or OtSro oS.snty to
met ~ 70 RpS.S sora Sclo on saturday, Sept.
Ing In nominstion cai,dIdYtes fof the follow.
Liork, -
Treasurer.
Sheriff,
Assessor,
Surveyor,
Coroner.
sSpsr,,..iendsnt apI.s.rr,,...isendsn q Public !e.tIRstiop.
and also for tho purplss Of eloctinx the Silver
Mepn,blicnn county central coinmittee for the
Ihes.yehl precinets win be entitled to rep
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29

The town council is now figuring on
contracts for putting up the large artcsian
water turks. -
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
limited STATES LAND OFFICE. ICE .,

limited STATES LANh OFFICE, =, ,so,
Pueblo; s:ssn ,Sss CSio i,isry S..y i. sss. @
OF Chicago. III. has died notice % q,
intention 10 mako nnsi proof bcfore CLERK ha, q
otiicc In II Juntn, Colo, ON Wednesday. the
dnv OF Ncptpmber. 1871. on timber cultsT ,.r ~
plicution M. lsQ2, for the southeast Hun,h
Of soctitpn No. - In township No. u oo"'''
Range No 50 West.
Hc names a. witnsAacs: Ira D. Hale; -
wood and J. X. Dcweesc. nll nf kpeky t1S' t,,nro
Colo. and John x. 0auRcr ri La Junta. WV
eis RAYMOND MiLLER. Register
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vas taken by the ovc,seer straight to the
Dc Beers offices and placed on the secre.
tary's desk-you know where he sits. ON
the right-hand side as you go into the
board room through the green baize doors
Ihere were several Of the directors present
az the time, ana. as you may imagine, they
were pretty well pleased at the find for
the stone, without any exaggeration, was
worth princes ransom
of course, / needn't tell you that the
value per carat of a diamond which Is
perfect and of good color increases in
SORT of geometrical progression with the
size dare say that stone was worth any
where between one and two millions ac-
ccrding to the depth of the purchasers
purse. 1t was worthy to adorn the proud
est crown in the world, instead of-but
there, you'll think me a very poor story
teller if 1 anticipate.
We'll, the diamond, after being duly
admired was taken upstairs to the dia-
mond room by the secretary himself, ac-
cCmpanied by two of the directors. OF
course, you have been through the new
offices of the De Beers. but still, perhaps
/ had better just run over the ground,
the locality is rather important.
You know that when you get upstairs
the top of the staircase there is door
with little grille in it. You knock,
trapdoor is raised. and if you are recog
rized ard your business warrants it you
are admitted. Then you go along a little
passage, out of which a room opens on the
left, and in front of you is another door
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stating them. OF course, it will in time
leak out into the papers, although there
has been, and will be, no prosecution: but
anything in the newspapers Will of neces-
kity be garbied and incorrect, and-well l
may well confess that / am sufficiently
vain to wish that my share in the transac-
tion shall not be left altogether to the
tender mercies of the imaginative penny-a-
liner
i acknowledged the compliment with a
bow as graceful as the easiness of the in
spector's chair would allow me to make
but i said nothing, as 1 wanted to get to
the story.
Il had better begin at the beginning"
the inspector went on as he meditatively
shipped the end of n fresh cigar LAS
suppose you already know the largest and
most valuable diamond ever found on these
heids was really magnificent stone. a
perfect octahedron. pure white, without a
nav, and weighing close on 500 carats
There's a photograph of II there on the
manfeipiece. I've got another one by me-:
LII give 1t you before you leave Kimberley
Well this stone was found about six
months ago In one of the drives Of the
Soo-foot level Of the Kimberley mine. 1t
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to walk up and down the room with quick,
irregular strides, ''all Of sudden in the
middle Of very much smaller puzzle. just
one of the common ]. d. B. cases we have
almost every week, the whole of the work
that was engaged upon vanished from my
mind. leaving it for the moment perfect
blank. Then, like q lightning fash out of q
black cloud. there came q momentary ray
of light which showed me the ciew to the
mystery. That was the idea. These" he
said stopping in front of the mantelpiece
and putting his finger on the glass case
which covered the two relics which had
started the story. "these were the ma
FERTILIZATION of it."
"And yet my dear inspector" ventured
to interrupt, you will perhaps pardon me
for saving that your ray of light leaves me
as much in the dark ever
'.But your darkness shall be made day, all
in good course he said. with smile. 1
could see that he had an eye for dramatic
effect, and so thought it was better to let
him tell the story uninterrupted and in his
own way. SO I simply assured him of my
ever-increasing interest and waited for him
to go on. He took couple of turns up ard
down the room in silence as though he
were considering in what form he should
spring the solution of the mystery upon
me. Then he stopped, and said, abruptly:
Il didn't tell you that the next morning
that is to say, Sunday-Mr. Marsden went
out on horseback, shooting, in the veldt.
I'D toward that range OF hills which lies
over yopder to the northwestward between
here and Barkly West. can see by your
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Hattie IS now seventeen years old. A year ago
last August she began to complain of dizziness
which became gradually worse. She suIcr,-l ex-
c,ssive nausea and attacks of Vomiting. There
were days when she could keep little or nothing
on her stomach. She also WIS tUaIbled with Kid
fey disease Her blood was thin that the drup
or two drawn by the prick OF a needle almost
as .olorless as water. She lad trouble with her
heart and often tainted from the slightest excr-
ton. as upon rising from bed. from n chair.
Another bad symptom n cough. which was
SO unremtting that II was the general opinion "f
our friends that she was consumptive. She lost
nesh rapidly. sometimes she wolid hc confined %
the bed for two three weeks then he around
again hut only TO suffer relapse.
SHE WIS not only physical wreck. hut her
mind was effected, and at times size had real
izaticn of what she doing. We feared. In
qucnt removal t. an asylum, for although had
two of the best physicians In the city. aud had
tried several proprietary medicines lone benefited
I'VE had read considerable about DR. Williams
Fink Pills for Pale People, aud had also heard II
some cases where they had done good. and we
decided to give them q trial. We purchased some
At the drug store Of White a Burlick OF this city.
Hattie began to take the pills ia tie early par;
OF January OF this year. improvement WAS nofi'"-
able after the first box had l,cn taken. 1h, first
hnpeful sIgn that 1 noticed was that she d.a n,i
complain Of headache. The attacks of dizziness
tc colea. One after another, the distressing mp
toms left her. She took. in al. nine boxes Of the
pills. At the present time she Is in perfect health.
The alteration in her mind and body IL almost
past belief.
i cannot say enough in praise al Df. Niiliaws'
Pink Pills. they saved the liie'of our daughter We
have recommended the pills q" nuinucr 81 ffi.nds.
and IL there is any onc else who would hke tn
benefit ot experience with this remedy.
STATE Of NEW YORK.
ToMPkINS COUNTY. -
Charles NJ. Burnett bcing duly sworn says he is
the stepfather Of Hattie King. aud resides at No.
"a Humboldt Street. in the city Of Ithaca. ard that
the foregoing is true report of his statement.
CHARLES NJ. BURNETT.
Subscribed and 10 before May sth.
1897.
G. r. WoIC0TT. Notary Public.
In aud for Tompkins County. y. Y.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People contain
all the elements necessary to give life and
richness TO the blood and restore shattered H.T,s.
They sold in boxes never I'm loose form. 10y the
dozen hundred At 80 cents a box. six boxes
for $50. and may be had Of all druggists di-
rectly by mail from DIR. Williams Medicine TO-,
Schenectady, y. \.