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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
THE CHURCHES, W. c. T.U.
AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

| the evening most beautiful and impress
siye chalk talk before large audience in
the. Baptist church.
Later on we had the pleasure of having
Mai Scott and his wife with us for three
days, giving us special inspiration.
This fall DR.. Caroline Geizel. National
Rescue worker, actively engaged in res
Que work in Chicago, gave us one Of the
finest Lectures ever delivered in this
place.
Just after the State convention our
dearly loved president, Mrs. Telford,
i was here and spoke to us in the Baptist
! church, vesy ably presenting the many
phases OF tl1e work in our state.
We sent Mrs. Mitchell as delegate to
later, sent her to Denver to represent us
at the State convention, paying her e1-
psnses in both cases.
We feel more than paid in sending
Mrs. Mitchell, as listening to her reports
seemed next 70 attending the convention.
Shortly after our dear leaders depart
ure for the "better country" we held q
Frances Willard memorial service.
| A wall pocket in the depot has been
supplied with literature Of q good moral
tone; other literature has been distrib.
uted; in all not less than three thousand
pages
teresting and instructive Mothers Meet.
ings were held.
In September very enjoyable parlot
meeting was held at the home OF Mrs.
Elser. About fifty were present and q
delicious supper was served.
Two socials were given. at which reci.
tations and music were prominent fea-
tures.
Early in the year the ladies had So
cial dinner at the home OF Mrs. j. O.
Fleming, and about a month ago held
another ut the home Of Mrs. Alice Green
at which time the ladies' of the Union
presented her beautiful bible rs to-
ken of love and appreciation for her la.
bors.
In reply to an appeal for help from the
Cottage Home in Denver our ladies' held
two all day meetings for the purpose OF
preparing box OF needed articles. The
time was very pleasantly spent. The
first of these meetings was held at the
home of Mrs. Slane and the second at
Mrs. Mitchels. A number of ladies
who were not members OF our Union met
with us and contributed articles for our
box. Such help was greatly appreciated.
We sent, in time to reach the Home on
Thanksgiving, box containing six new
comforts, quite number Of sheets, pill
low cases, towels, and other useful arti-
cles. A letter, expressing the gratitude
of those in charge Of the Home WAS soon
received.
The officers elected for this year are:
Pres, Mrs. Isabel Kellogg: Secy., Mrs.
Sarah Kirk; Press Reporter, Mrs. ). NJ.
Slane; Treas, Mrs. Fleming; Supt.
Mothers Work, Mrs. Alice K. Green.
ANNA SLANR,
Press Rep.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
Our Electric Lights an Ap.
preciated Success.

Manager Downey of the Rocky
Ford Electric Co. has cause to
congratulate himself on the
smoothness with which the new
plant starts off. AS rule new
machinery must have week or
two of experimental work before
the actual business is we'll under
way. But in this case everything
Worked like charm from the start
and our citizens are highly pleased
with the service rendered.
The plant which Is doing this
good work is situated near the
mill and located in u building 28x
36 feet, divided into two rooms,
the boiler and engine occupying
half the floor space. A 100 horse
power boiler supplies the steam
for so horsepower Ball engine
which generates The electricity on
u 750 light dynamo.
The work ot wiring all portions
of town is now in progress and
soon Rocky Ford will be as we'll
illuminated as any town in Colo
RADIO.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
The Cantaloupe sltuatIon.

The Rocky Ford Melon Growers asso-
citation beld an important meeting Satur-
day. The topic Of discussion WIS the ad-
visibility OF federation with other melon
associations in the valley. The associs-
ton voted in favor OF resolution author
izing the board Of directors to confer
with other melon growers associations
in Otero county with the object IN view
melon growers. BY it's action the Rocky
Ford association signified its willingness
to federate with the other associations in
this county, but seems to. regard n wider
federation MS too bulky. The associations
instructions to the directors are practio-
ally as follows: The federation shall fix
a minimum price, but il any association
can get. a higher price it is at liberty to
do 30.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
OTERO COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION.
NJ. +. Church, La Junta, January
21 and S2, 1899,

NJ. f. Church, La Junta, January
21 and 22, 1890.
Prof. E. E. Cole will conduct tho mu.
sic Of the convention.
SATURDAY-FoRENo
1000-Song service and devotional exer-
cises by Rev. Coltman.
10:30-Address Of welcome, Rev. Collins.
Response by Prot. j. v. Day.
1O;50-How to make Sunday school a
failure by @. P. Miller.
Discussion led by j. r: Pollock. .
AFTERNOON.
1OO-Song service and devotional exer-
cises by Rev. Buck.
l :90-The country Sunday school by
Frank P. Wilford.
2O0-The teachers influence. vs. home
influence by Mrs. Gilbert.
General discussion opened by Miss
Alice Olmstead.
3O0-Missions by G. r. Dodds,
3:30-Election Of officers forensuing year.
EVENING.
7:3O-Devotional and song service letl BY
Rev. Stewart.
8:O0-Lecture by Rev. Elmer Ward Cole.
SUNDAY-FoREseoox.
10O0-Song service.
1O:15-Devotional and study Of fessoo,
Rev. Sheppard.
11O0-Reports from VARIOUS Sunday
schools. Music by Manzapoli.
male quartet.
1l:l5-Value of decision day, Mrs. J. N.
Beatty.
Discussion, Mrs. ]. P. Pollock.
Vocal solo, Mrs. g. M. Hall.
AFTERNOON.
l 1:3O-Song and devotional exercises led
by Rev. Horn.
1 :50-.The Sunday school the stepping
stone to the church, Miss Briggs.
General discussion opened by
John Wasson.
Vocal solo, Miss Zelia Peale.
2:20-Children's half hour, Mrs Stewart.
Music by ManzanOla male quartet.
2:50-The Sunday school VS.. dram shop,
Mrs. NJ. 8. Davenport.
Discussion, Mrs. b. L. Mitchell.
Music, double quartet.
3:35-Lesson helps: Their place and in
huence, Miss Crondhite.
General discussion opened by Geo.
F. Weist.
EVENING.
6:a0-Song and praise service, Rev. Col
Inns.
Vocal solo, Mrs. @. A. Beerbohm.
8:OO-Lecture by DR.. RAIDER.
Reception committee: q. A. Kilgore,
Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. O. j. Blakesley, Mrs.
Blankenship.
Entertainment committee: Mrs. Don
ovon, NJ. S. Stuttlsr, j. w. Cussick,
Mrs. Cawthron.
Entertainment will be provided for all
delegates and visitors.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
Culture Of Pruncs.

Culture Of Prunes.
To the Editor Of the Enterprise:
There is one point i'll the Horti-
cultural statement published in
your paper Of Dec. 8th which
should be corrected. In the orig
inal statement issued for the Cham
ber of Commerce, Denver. by b.
U. Dye, we read thus: "3 acres
8 yenr old apple trees-average
yield per acre 300 bu.; sold for 4
cents per pound, making our profit
per acre 1926" In recopying
this, however, the price was
changed to 3 cents per pound. 1t
should be 4 cents.
Prune culture is not very old in
this valley, but from what we have
seen it is very promising. We
have not yet been obliged to spray
the prune trees, as injurious insects
and diseases have not yet attacked
them here.
From our own experience this
year we haye gained some new
knowledge concerning this indus
try. The Italian or Fellenberg
prune trees, 4 year old, bore fruit
for the first time this season. The
prune is large, excellent, both in
the green state and as u cured
product, ripens late (Oct. In our
last years report we mentioned the
Italian and French prunes as be-
ing superior in drying quality,
and this proves to be the case,
not here only, but also on tine
Pacific coast. We may consider
that the name italian prune,
includes: Altesse Double, Eel
italian Quetsche, Large
German. Prune dItalie, Quetsche,
and Swiss Prune. The leading of
these is the Fellenberg, but there
is one popularity about the tree
which is liable to shorten its life,
that is the curling of its leaves.
We made the first observation in
this line this season, and as our
experience is small in this respect,
we are able to throw a little more
light upon this subjuct by copying
the following from Bulletin No.
As Oregon Agricultural expert.
ment station:
ga curious phenomenon is to be
observed in relation to the Italian
prune in the Pacific northwest.
Beginning in midsummer the
lenves begin to curl conduplicate-
ly without whitening, but shrivel-
ing somewhat. AS the season
advances the leaves become yel-
lowish brown and many of them
drop off. This curling of the
leaves is reported from all parts of
the Pacific northwest and practi-
cally affects all of the italian
prune trees there being but rarely
q tree that escapes. AS far as l
can learn all other varieties are
exempt. In some orchards the
trees are almost wholly stripped
of their foliage. 1t goes without
saying that the damage done is
very great, not only to the fruit
crop of the present year. but to
the vigor and longevity of the
trees. In fact should this trouble
continue, and every year be as
serious as last season, and no
means be found to check it, the
Italian prune must be given up as
a standard variety, as trees can
not produce good fruit and live
long when subjected to such a
drain of vitality AS this curl-leaf
entails upon the Italian prune.
In order to get Mr.. Engstrom's
communication in one issne we
omit those paragraphs relating to
to the theories regarding the
cause of the disease. The only
suggested remedy is Bordeaux
mixture and that is purely expert
mental.
Besides this disease the italian
tree does not bear SO uniformly
from year to year US the French,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
w. e. T. U. Work in Rocky FOrt
During 1898.

We feel that many may be interested
to know Of work done in our several lines
during the year, and it gives me pleasure
to thus present short review.
Very early in the year Maude L. Greene,
Supt. OF Loyal Legion, and one OF our
national chalk takers, gave a valuable
talk to our ladies one afternoon, and in
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
HORTICULTURAL
INFORMATION,
Chas Lane Writes of Pums and Cherries; Hon. J. H
Crowley of Peaches; and Ralph Engstrom
of Prune Culture.

some of them. if weather permits.
And they are all good sellers and
good to eat. Use only few early
trees.
At the next meeting Feb. LIST
Ralph Engstrom will read paper
on Spraying; p. X. Blinn on Or
chard Fertility, Z. N. Berry OH
Pruning. j. b. HUNT,
Sec. pro TEN.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
Our New County Judge.

NJ. +. Miller was duly installed in. the
Office OF county Judge Tnesdny, the cere-
the simplest order-.Judge Parker retir-
ing and turning the AFFAIRS of the Office
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
Meeting of the ". c, T. u,

Last Saturday afternoon the w. G. T
o. held very interesting meeting in the
class room Of the Methodist church.
A number of visitors were present,
among them two gentlemen interested in
our work.
Several communications of interest
were read.
The president appointed committee
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
OBITUARY.,

The funeral OF ALICE GIBBENs. infant
daughter OF Mr.. Gibbens, two miles west
Of town, wns conducted by the Metho-
dist pastor at the NJ. Il. church ut one
p. m. Monday lust. Little Alice died OF
whooping cough. Sunday, Jan. 8. Tho
parents have the sympathy OF the oom-
munity.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

Christian Endeavor topic for next
Sunday: "Where am 1 going" Ps.
ll9:57-64. Alvin Partner, leader.
Subject OF discourse ut tho Presby.
terian chbrch on Sunday morning: "A
Friend or nm Enemy" evening, "Hsav-
emily Signaling"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

The demand for last weeks Kansas
reunion edition has been good, but we
have few copies left. II you wish a
few numbers to send to your friends, call
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

over to his successor. The first official
act OF Judge Miller was the appoint
ment OF J. Il. Pearce ms deputy clerk of
the county court.
We predict that Judge Miller will
important trust given him by the people.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
REV. A. A. JOHNSON, D. D.

REV. A. A. JOHNSON, d. d.
who will lecture the NJ E. church, Rocky Ford next Thursday
evening" 49, The lecture entitled eam and Eectrctya
Study Sociology Dr. johnson scholarly and eloquent
the church should be crowded The doors will be
the people without price, The Epwo League much desires
have portion the inhabitants of Rocky Ford the aan
tage of hearing this highly instructive lecture.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
to attend to several important matters of
6,,ofvo-,

business.
One new member was received.
Evangelistic and mothers meeting on
J@n Il, at 3 p; m, at Mrs. A: L. Mitch
is beng prepared by the superintendents
Of these departments and we kindly in
vite mothers OF Rocky Ford to meet with
us. SARAH NJ. KIRK, Sec.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
j. H. Crowley read a paper on
The Best Peaches t" Grow.

AS most of you know I never
urged the planting of peaches
while in the nursery business,
and still think there is more in
winter apples than in penches.
And yet, had l set 1000 peaches 8
years ago 1 would be out of debt
and some money to go on now.
For extra early peaches the Wat
.erloo, Alexander and Amsden are
the best 1 have investigated. One
description will do for all three:
All small, matted, red peaches,
semi-cling-stone, juicy and soft.
I would also set Hale's Early.
This is early and free-stone,
dark red cheek. 1t is the best
early peach. Mountain Rose
comes in later.
Elberta is the best shipping
peach we have. Its only fault is
that 1t blooms early but it sells
and handles the best of any peach
we have.
Some of you nre wondering why
L uO uOu 5uy ooh0NhIh6
Heath. The fact is l have been
mistaken as to the Heath, cling
and free. I am now sure the
peach I called Heath cling lis Old
Nix cling. Some others have
grown the Old Mix free instead of
Heath. Also the peach l called
Stump the World is the Heath
cling. Therefore l would plant
Old Mix, cling and free, also
Stump the World as it is just such
peach as Old Mix free, only later.
I will also plant q few Chinese
Cling.
Therefore I submit the follow
ing list: Early Alexander, Ans
den, Hale's EARLY, Crawford's
early. Next: Old Mix (cling
and free), Stump, Late Crawford,
Elberta, Chinese Cling. This
list is worth to the people OF this
county $4,000.
OF course there are lots OF
other good peaches that l shall
try but he who plants the above
varieties will have peaches on
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l. .. o. F. Installation.

Tuesday evening G. M. Hall, Deputy
Grand Master, installed the following
officers OF Rocky Ford Lodge No. 81:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

The Otero county horticultural
society held its regular monthly
meeting at Rocky Ford Jan. 4.
Chas. Lane read the following
paper on
Setting and cultivatinS Plums an,i
Cherries.
In setting plums for commercial
use 1 would set at least II feet
each way and think 16 feet is
better. Plums need cultivation
rs we'll as anything else and one
cannot cultivate unless they have
room. And 1 would advise prun-
ing for the reason that you cannot
get MS close to n plum tree as you
can to an apple tree. They are
more on the hedge order, are
thorny and tear your clothes worse
than apple, SO you see you have to
have room to work them. As they
require plenty of water when fruit
ing you should have your burrows
reasonably close to the row, and
when your water then cultivate SO
rs to hold the moisture. One
good cultivation is worth two irri-
cations if done at the proper time
and that is just as soon after irri-
eating as the ground will do. If
you have but one horse you can
use the 5 toothed one-horse cuiti-
vator. If you have two horses
you can use the Acme harrow. 1t
is something that every farmer or
fruit grower ought to have.
Cherries should have about the
same setting and cultivation as
plums. Be sure to give them
plenty of water when ripening.
Mr.. Lanes paper included a de-
scriptlon of dozen varieties of
plums and prunes. :
In the discussion which followed
it was decided that the Burbank
and Abundance plums nre worth
less for this section. The Wragg
cherry yields 80 per cent more
more than the EARLY Richmond.
H. H. Griffin says the Wrngg is
of poor quality. j. ii. Crowley
says the poor quality is caused by
picking cherries green. If left on
trees until thoroughly ripe he
consi,lp.s it quite good aud i'll de-
Manu.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

Mrs. W. G. Steele will be
pleased to receive new subscrip-
tions or renewals for the Ladies,
Home Journal-no better maga-
zine published. Give Mrs. Steele
a call if you want this Queen of
the Monthlies.
$3.50 pays for two weeklies,
both first-class in their respective
spheres-The Enterprise and To-
ledo Blade.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12

The February number of the
Delineator is called the Midwinter
number and presents variety of
illustrations and Descriptions of
Present and Prospective Styles in
every Department of Dress. n
number of Literary features that
make the Magazine one of the
most readable Of the Month. The
Delineator is the Woman's Favor
ite Magazine, and is issued by the
Famous Fashion Publishers, The
Butterick Publishing Co. Limit-
ed), at 7 to IL West Thirteenth
Street, New York, at the remark
ably low rate of 81 for Years
Subscription, or Is cents per copy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-08-10

On the basis of the new city directory
the population Of Seattle is estimated
at over "a, 900. By the federal census
of 1890 it was 42,S47, or more than one
tenth the population of the entire state,
which was then. 349, 800. The federal
census of next year will determining how
large percentage of the increase of a
decade Seattle has absorbed. There is
hardly any room for doubt that it has
grown much more rapidly than the
state as a whole and that its percent
age of the whole is considerably above
ten. The bloom was still OH the boom
in this state when the last census was
taken, but for the next few years it is
doubtful if the immigration much more
than offset the migration, and at no
time since, until this year, has there
been any great influx of new settlers.
1t seems likely that San Juan county
will make as good a showing for the
decade as the average of the smaller
counties which include within their
boundaries no large towns. In 1890
San Juan's population was 2,O72 and it
il probably about 5000 now.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-08-10

EX-STATE SENATOR PLUMMER, Of
Spokane, one of the leaders of the Pop
nlist party two years ago, has formally
renowned his allegiance to the Popu-
list faith after having, as he says, "fol-
lowed the gyrations, somersaults and
accommodations of that party for seven
years. 1t started at Omaha and ended
in oblivion. 1t evoluted from money,
land and transportation to denuncia-
ton, Debs and dynamite; from free
silver to free lunch. II leaped from the
pinnacle upon which rested the prin-
ciples of Jefferson and Lincoln into the
demogogic cesspool of Coxey, Watson
and Cyclone Davis" He further re-
fers to his former associates as party,
rs "a disorganized aggregation of indi-
viduals who, although advocating some
principles to which am attached, are
wholly incompetent, and possessing
such revolutionary, unstable and unre-
liable characteristics as would threaten
the complete disruption and annihila-
ton of the very foundations of govern
ment and constitutional safety, should
they ever lie placed in power" Mr..
Plummer's criticism is rather virulent
and not altogether complimentary to
his own sagacity, inasmuch as Populist
principles have not greatly changed
since he first espeused them seven
years ago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-08-10
Does Baby
7 hrive?

If your baby is delicate
and sickly and its food does
not nourish it, put fifteen
Or twenty drops of SCOTS
Emulsion in its bottle three
or four times a day and you
will see a marked change.
We have had abundant
proof that they will thrive
on this emulsion when other
food fails to nourish them.
1t is the same with larger
children that are delicate.
SCOTS Emulsion seems to be
the element lacking in their
food. Do not fail to try it if
your children do not thrive.
1t is as useful for them in
summer as in winter.
Ask your doctor # this is not syx<.
SCOTT BOVINE. Chemists, New York
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-08-10

IT is estimated by the Treasury De-
partment that the per capita circula
ton of the United States is S25.3S The
increase of all kinds of money in circu
lation now over 1896 is S425, 600, 900, of
which $347, OOO, 900 is in gold coin. In
1860, when the first Republican presi
dent, Abraham Lincoln, was elected,
the circulation per capita was only
Sl3.So. Two years later, in the darkest
days of the civil war, it ran down to
Sl023, and at the close of the war in
1865, it was S2O.57, but it did not again
reach $40 until 1881, when it was S21.7l
Ten years ago it was S22.52 and now it
is the highest ever known. In de-
termining the per capita circulation
from 1862 to 1878, gold coin, gold certi
ficates and silver coin are not included
because they were at a premium and
not used as money, but were bought
and sold like any other commoti y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-08-10
INTEREST IN EDUCATION.

The teachers of the county speak in
the highest terms of the institute held
here last week and say that it was the
most practical and beneficial of any
that they ever attended. This is high
praise but it is doubtless we'll deserved.
They were disappointed, as were the
instructors, that so little interest was
manifested in it by the towns people
and especially that so few attended the
two fine lectures delivered by Profess
sors Hughes and White. Professor
Hughes is said to have remarked that
he never visited place where the peO-
pie seemed to take so little interest in
educational work. This is not Il COM
plimentary criticism and we would be
glad to believe that 1t is not a just one,
but it is not easy to demonstrate the
existence of any very great degree of
interest in school work in the face of
the fact that only nine votes wese cast
at the recent school election here and
about half of these by the judges and
clerk whose attendance the law re-
quires. Women are privileged by law
to vote at school elections and serve as
school trustees, having been invested
with this privilege upon the theory
that they are SO deeply interested in
the welfare of the children as to make
~, fnr
schools, ard perhaps betterjudges than
men of those best qualities of a good
teacher which are not exhibited upon
the face of the legal certificate. And
yet in this district few women take
sufficient interest i'm school affairs to
participate in school elections. The
mothers might if they would be repre-
scented upon the boards of directors and
exert direct and potent influence for
good. Surely it is not the fault Of the
men that the women do not exercise
their legal privileges. Thes are quick
enough to complain if the acts of di-
rectors do not suit them and it not in
frequently happens that their criti-
cisms, whether well founded or not,
have considerable infileuce with di-
rectors Education" said Wendell
Phillips, the great anti-slavery orator
and scholar, sis the only interest
worthy the deep. controlling anxiety
of the thoughtful man." We cannot
pay too much attention to our public
schools. The federal and state govern
ments have provided most literally for
their maintenance in this favored state
and if they are not what they ought to
he in every district the fault may ordi-
nar;ly be found not far from the school
house doors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-08-10

sufficiently protected, says that the
tariff is the "mother of trusts" He
says nothing about the father and APP
parently wishes it to be inferred that
the offspring are all illegitn-ate. In
Germany $50 trusts were organized two
years ago and their number has largely
increased since then. There is big
German coal trust, and an Austrian
rolling mill trust; there are French
combinations controlling iron, petro-
leunl, sugar, chemicals and nuniberIess
other products. Belgium is oyerrun
with trusts, and in all of these countries
there are various kinds of tariffs.