Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-23


Aug. 81 and Sept, and 2-Rocky Ford faif'
Sent. 1-watermelon Day at Rocky Ford.
Sent l7-FruIt Day at Canon City.
June 2s-woodmen's whistiing and Eiocu-
tionary Concert
Watermelon Day can look with great
pride on the long list OF farm festivals
which have sprung up in Colorado IN
imitation Of the great original. The lat
est day is Strawberry Day, and it is
claimed by both Boulder and Glenwood
Springs.
is there man in Otero county who
knows of house in the county ever be-
ing destroyed by fire which wns the re-
suit OF lightning? Guess not. Then
why sauander good money or sign notes
to secure protection from danger which
does not exist?
Work is in progress on Rocky Ford's
float for Pueblo's Pageant Of States and
Nations. Chairman Goblin requests that
description Of the design be not pub
lished but says that we can assure the
public that it will be one OF the most
povel and attractive designs to be seen
In Pueblo on the Fourth.
Any Otero county director who
signs an order for lightning rod on
school house should be invited to resign
the next day. Such an expenditure OF
the peoples money is wholly unjustifia-
BILE. No echool house in the county has
ever been struck by lightning. and none
will probably be struck for the next 200
years.
New evidences OF the great progress
and rapid development OF the Rocky
Ford country are met with almost daily.
No one fact shows up the increase OF
population and business more forcibly
than the increase OF postal receipts. The
growth OF business at Rocky Ford has
been such that ut the next adjustment OF
salaries, July LIST, Postmaster Young will
have 500 added to his salary. This
raises Rocky Ford to n $500 Office.
--Carelessness is sometimes costly.
The laws of Colorado provide heavy PEN
alties for allowing water from ditch or
lateral to flow into the public roads, One
OF our best farmers few days since al.
lowed the water to flood the road aud op
complaint was fined. The fine for such
nm otfense is from $40 to $500. Those OF
our readers who have TO do with irriga-
ton can save themselves trouble and
tx.l lao NJ
Tomorrow (Friday) evening DIR. Al
ston Ellis, President of the State Agri-
cultural college, Fort Collins, will lecture
ut the NJ. i. church on "Spain and the
Spaniards." This is n deeply interesting
topic Just now and the able manner in
which DIR. Ellis will present the subject
should fill the housc to overilowing.
Wherever this lecture hus been delivered
throughout Colorado 1t has won much
praise, not only for the value OF the mat
ter presented but for tho entertaining
manner in which DIR. Ellis presents
whatever he has to say. The lecture is
free to all. BE there.
There is very little new to relate
concerning the war with Spain. The
reports published in iailics are still of u
very vague and contradictory character
Whit the government is doing in being |
wisely kept from the general public. |
There is no reason to doubt what the |
ultimate result will be. but it may take |
some little time to bring tho war to n |
Termination. The present war might, |
and doubtless would be prosecuted more |
vigorously il our country had been pre-.
pared at the beginning. Our experience |
at the present time sbould have the ef- |
feet OF causing our country to be better |
prepared FOR possible conflicts in tho iu. |
ture.
Last week We said that we knew of |
only two reasons why directors should |
sign orders for lightning rods on school |
honses-lnck OF business capncity or an |
unlawful commission from the lightning |
rod pcddler. But on mature consiiera. |
ton we must somewhat modify the
statement. There is another excuse
which may be offered for such unbusi- |
ness.likc action, and that is hypnotism.
The highest grade of canvassers are, to u
certain extent, hypnotists, and obtain
such control over their victim that they
make him sign an order really without
the consent OF his own mind. The only
way to prevent getting into such pre-
dicament is to fire the agent from the
premises before he has n chance to get in
his work.
President Mckinley has signed the
bill removing all the political disabili.
ties arising from tile Civil war. This
makes as complete us possible the burial
of all sectional feelings engendered by
the Rebellion. We now surely have