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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01
col. j. \. LOCKHARrs OPENING
ADDRESS.

G.nti.nien Of the Farmers Institute:
have no wish To iisparagc the JndE.
mcnt of your committee. although !
think II might have been exercised to
better advantage by selecting some OF
the nbl. persons ] see before me to
preside, hut I thank you for this honor.
which I appreciate III. more highly
and accept the morc readily because "f
my deep Interest In tile agricultural
aud Industrial development Of our
adopted state. nnd ESPECIALLY of III" Ar
kansas valley. am ESPECIALLY pleased
To II, with this meeting today because
I believe II IL mnd. M of earnest men
aud women who have the purpose Ia
view To forward the agricultural Inter
est. Of this great state. ! do not know
that I can say anything ir.ii.r than To
congratulate the farmers NJ Oi-ro co,in'
Is upon the degree of prosperity which
has prevailed since the last meeting of
this Institute and upon the b"untifui
harvest which responded To their lnbSr.
last year, To them IL iu. nii praise TOR
having demonstrated that nowhere on
earth ns well Ms In Colorado can The
rr..at irci sugar industry Ia 81 pront.
ably carried on.
The Oxnnrd factory NJ monument
to your energy nni skill nnd l"rscrcr'
cncc. By your advance nion. the line
Of agriculture you have laid the f"un.
,intion Of coiorI,,io's prosperity broad
and deep and added mn incaiculnbi"
sum to the store Of the wealth ot the
state.
FIN sure every patriotic citizen views
with pri,i. the record you have nin,ic
by Industry. thrift and energy the past
ycnr, The record represent tho Indus
try aud Intelligent skill Of the Colorado
farmers. II represents the brain ana
bruwp that live In the homes ana
farm houses and proves That our p''ppi"
arc no iasgnr,is In the race Tor pros
pcrity.
While you have done much in dcrcl.
| oD the r,..ourrcs Of the stale You nav"
made honorable nni respected the ro'
cation OF the farmer. You have not
only advertised the resources of Colora'
do. bu, sou have given every 'iiler oi
tn. soil reason to he encouraged nh'
TO look forward with high hope to the
Iuturc interests OF our calling.
We realize the Importance OF you'
meeting here to-day. Whereby III on,
hour you can give us the iS'icht o'
N lifetime cf experience nnd "''ser'a
tion.
We listen to you with ih;cnsc inter
est. Our spirits arc httcd NJ. pui
sphere OF thought X enlarged and On
noblcd and we are led 10 higher rhwt
Of our calling and | trust that III,
sentiments here cherished and uit'reA
and the acutin inintni,ccs here formed VIII
enable uS TO rejoice together and thai
". may go out from here preaching
icnclinc and prncticing patriotism
love OF country. of state nnd "f h"in"
proud Of our country and proud that
we are citizens OF the srca, state oi
Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01
MAlxrExANcE or FERTILITY.

The following Is a synopsis Of n pa
per read by II. II. Griffin before the
Farmers Institute on the "Maintc-
nance OF Fertility"
Most OF the soils Of this portion Of
the arid region are made by the disin-
t,gration Of the natural rock and are
naturally rich In the mineral elements
required to support plant growth ana
deficient in vegetable matter ,humus,,
those clements that aid In the supply
Of nitrogen to the plant
That our soils are deficient In hum,is
is apparent wien we consider Row
scunt has been the growth of vcgcta-
tion on them for many years past.
What small amount of vegetable mat
ter there may have been present is cas-
ily destroyed by hot suns and dry
winds and the cvolutions of farm prnc-
tice. When the supply Of nitrogen Is
not adequate to the demands of the
plant II always shows Il decidedly yell
iowish appearance and fails TO produce
seed as the early growth would seem
to warrant.
The writer then went Oh TO show the
evidences we have Of the plentiful sup
ply Of mineral elements among which
was the formation of the soil. trials III
the application of mineral fertilizers.
chemical analysis and the results in
practice with nitrogenous mnnures.
Maximum crops are secured In every
instance where alfalfa is used as fer
tilizer. Comparison of red clover stub
bic with broom grass stubblc has
shown an increase of crop of fully fifty
per cent. .....
Natural conditions and the elements
in the water may be relied upon to
furnish the mineral elements required
by the plant. Humus improves the me-
chnnical condition Of the soil. renders
the other elements more available to
the plant and greatly aids in the re-
tcntlOn of moisture.
The Ohio experiment station sums up
the work Of twelve years as follows:
AT the prices mt which mixed fcrtil-
iHcrs are sold in Ohio tile attempt 10 ful'-
nish all the nitrogen as well ns all
the mineral elements required to pro-
duce increase in cereal crops grown in
continuous culture. has invariably re-
suited In pccuniary loss, although
very large crop has thus been pro-
duccd.
"Thc rotation of cereals with nitro.
gen gathering crops. therefore. has
been shown to be absolutely essential
to the profitable use of commercial fer
tilizcrs in any form"
This IL from Ohio. where the soil Is
much richer in nitrogen and humus
than is that of the arid region
Green manuring gives quick results.
md in many instances is the best fer
tilizer for us.
Mr.. "A. p. Kouns has told me tlnt he
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01
FARM ECONOMY.
ey a ). BANTER.

In discussing tlii- topic Of farm econ.
omy. 1 do IL with u full knowledge 0f
the fact that the average farmer ana
gardener OF the Arkansas valley Knows
70. much. aud more. about the ccononi.
icnl methods which can he prac'iccd
on their respective farms and gardens
ns do. nnd we all know mere than
our ,Ntravngant American natures care
to practice. Nevertheless. many OF us
who are honestly cndcavoring To prnc-
ticc economy with the farm and Its be-
lougings. often antagoniIc the real OBJ
jcct sought. and run in the opposite
direction from which we should. to
reach the coveted goal.
This condition comes from false
conception Of what true economy COLI
sists.
TRUE AND FALSE.
This expression nccrssitatcs the Ill.
vision of our topic into two parts,
which we will call. FOR convenience.
true and false economy. df you viii al
low me to suggest that there Is such
Il thing as false economy.
First-I will say that true economy.
consists In causing our farms or gar
dcns To produce that which surrounds
us with the necessities. luNurics apt
comforts os home life. This should
CONSIST pt inc bt~l SliIlt
which our farms are capable OF pro-
ducing of vegetables. fruits and meats:
the surplus can then bc marketed. ns
the best always finds n place In the
markets.
We are beginning new year and
new century. II is like the opening
of n new book: We are not fully nc-
uuniutcd with this subject of which 1t
may treat. only In n general way; but
OF the new thoughts of genius dis
played in the advancement in the sci
cntitic and mechanical arts we know
n6t-only can surmisc: but. Judging
from the old century or book just
closed. with its pagA of history and
experience before us. we are better fit
ted to cope with the future. and the
farmer has Just ny wide II field for i'm
provcmcut as In any other line or vo-
cation of life. We must recall the
faults of the nineteenth century AMI
also the faults of last year. and ad-
vance along more progressive and
economic methods of farming by the
lessons which they have taught us. We
have learned some things in the past
that will serve us well In the future.
and | must say here. when II farmer
ceases to learn he had better quit. for
he is going backward. The successful
farmer of the present and future
knows no rctrogradc movement. but is
progressive. The successful farmer OF
today is he who studies nature closely
things that once were mysteries are
now clear. While farther on are still
thousands of mysteries yet unsolvcd.
After all the experience of the cen
turics before us in agriculture, we find
that we have just touched the edges
here and there of perfection, while the
great field lies before us uneNplored.
WATER.
Great economy can be practiced in
the distribution and use of water.
Enough water Is wasted each year in
the Arkansas valley as would. If Judi
ciously used. irrignte one-fourth more
land than is under irrigation: indeed. 1t
is worse than wasted. We flood our
roads with waste water, thus causing
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY /, 1901.

Al r.slu.st. Colonel I.ockhart read his
poem. ''.Alons the arkansas" after
which II vote OF thanks was tendcr'L
him for Ills duties M chairman and
the meeting adjourned.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01

Continued on Fourth Page)
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07
ENCOURAGING COLLEGE oRAToRY.

In these days when tue typewriter and the printing
have obviously made great Entertainments upon
the ancient domain of the tongue will strike most per-
strange thing that citizen of Chicago should
have given to be used fund annual prizes
to the best orators Of league formed by seven western
and northwestern states That sum will be enough
nsh yearly prize of 800 and second prize Of $50
in the contests of the league which have been held reg
uary for several years The institutions interested
Obern College the University Of Chicago Northwest
University and the State Universities Of Michigan
Minnesota. Wisconsin and Iowa.
Yet contrary the drift the as this effort
to stimulate Oratory seems there reason to doubt the
wisdom of taking that the institutions learning
the United States shall send fair proportion Of their
graduates trained express themselves with fuency
effect when upon their feet before audience In coun
governed is the time can never come when the
Of oratory will be of little Importance the
United States. It must affect the destinies nation
for good i'll the balance Of power over the masses
shall be exercised by the spokesman wisdom or the
vocates of folly.
The Of the eocutionist is nothing in comparison
with good sense and knowledge of facts if only persons Of
sound judgment be dealt with but it for
with the shallow ignorant that it will
the best educated and trained of the
country go handicapped by lack Of ability to think and
speak clearly and in pleasing manner when standing be-
fore large number Of their fellowctizens They
have something worth while to say the first requisite
fair mastery of the art of public speaking be
added to their equipment it viii be all the better
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

brought to full OF their duty in the presence Of
system Of authorizations of wines whereby the of Paris
being both poisoned and robbed Not only the
tax wine repealed but the rate of tax alcohol
raised The increase Of the tax alcoholic liquors
confined to brandy whisky. but extended
absinthe and cordials
Although this reform has been in operation less than
two months its first results have fully met the ancpa
tons Of its advocates It related that pure wines are
pouring into Paris from all of France under policy
that has made the ordinary wines cheap the
adulterated products old collector Of the oco says
that he has nothing like it in all his experience
extraordinary demand has also arisen for wine casks and
the price of them has increased Workingen Paris who
formerly drank bad brandy drink wine which they
know to be pure well as cheap While the business of
the Pars wine factories and Of the makers Of absnthe
and like decoctons of chemical laboratories must decline
the complaints of the French wine growers this
rivalry viii cease and the physical well mental health
fthe mass Of the people viii greatly improve Small
this Paris ordinary wine its mischevous effects
upon health Of the Paris people ncalculable It's
repeal affords a valuable lesson to lawmakers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07
THE OUTLOOK IN SOUTH AFRICA.

While the reports OIL conference between Lora Alcl
ener ana General SOMA appear 70 NAYS o
--7s ]" 50 Tar as 'ies poin'eu - y oDale
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so Oh 1e CONNECT helu5 uitlIatey lelI on le haus eI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07
8a1k3 $500 @@1S
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor.
oonn.RYE. missouri THREsHER.

The legislative work recently accomplished IN Kansas
Is characterized for the most part by spirit OF
w In some cases it didn't go far enough but that u went
- all is subject for congratuaon started right IN me
case Of township registration Sumner county and Mont
omerv county Sumner county is at the summit OF 'ne
great wheat region of Kansas and Oklahoma Hereafter
the people out in the in Sumner as the people IN
me cities will register before they viii be entitled to vote
They win find it the annoying at first but it VIII come
as habit eventually.
And it viii everlastngly spike down the Missouri vote
which has been cutting much larger figure in the Kansas
wheat oelt than most politicians imagine
The assumption is general that there are no ward pol
anso in the country that the environment is such that
In great rural landscapes the solitary figure representative
f man going to the polls vote is surrounded by halo
b haze that the partisan Of the farm is free from guile
and would stand horrorstricken the idea Of pulling the
ground out from under an opponent without first warning
him that an earthquake was coming.
For this reason while the refomers have been scaId
Ing vegetation with tears over the wicked hxer in town
the Democratic politicians nave been doing, in Sumner
county particularly and all through the wheat belt some
verv shrewd work-ith the Missouri thresher The Mis-
souri, hresher is an nerant being whose blood copuscs
are stained with Democracy and whose brain is branded
with the inherited preudces Of Democratic hatreds OF
century About election time he comes down on the Kan
as wheat betin great numbers, and election day al
though he may not have been in the neghborhood week
he walks up to the polls under the protecting wing Of
Democratic politician OF two and with the kindly gaze
Of majority Democratic election board upon him. socks
in his Missouri sentiment
He win not do it any more in Sumner county. His
name viii not be the registration lists and next cleo
ton night the Republican workers viii not have plunged
into their souls time when they have fair show for
success the news that this that township two Of
them have inezplieaby unusually and abnormay gone
whoopingly against them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07
A TEMPERANCE REFo9M N rpANcr

Ihe French are ter were) notably wine drinking neo
pie and when they confined themselves TO wine they were
much more temperate than their British or German neigh
hors But while legislation good bad can little affect
human nature H often e1ers great influence anon the
social habits Of nation or community Since January
1so social revolution has begun in Paris under sfre
change in the liquor laws.
Up to that time the city tax cor oetra0 was afteen
centmes q cents) every utre Of wine brought into
PANS This NAV seem very small tax on about pint ana
tlreeQaarters of wine but ii very arre when f IS con-
sdered that tre Of ordinary country vne Is sold for
only seventy confines AS consequence of the TAX the
Importation OF ordinary wines into Paris Terzh ceased
and their place Supplied pr yanous a8ulteratfor 81
vine by aosinthe The evs of these authorizations h.
came So serious thar NOT long aso the Paris afatin nau
atea vigorous and effective campaign against tses
one ol the objects az tie attack named Daval who
carried on swine factory, prosecuted the newspaper for
A1el IN rs defense the Natn revealed to the jury some
Of tie chemical secrets OF the prosecutor who Ha8 an
nouncea 10 the world taat his wines were the bef s5
pQest since The time Ct Noah The best product u te
laboratory Of Monsieur Du}al consisted cf vrechea NIX
ture o had French wine with the cheapest sorts Of Spsn
ISL and Italian Taages The next best consisted Of a
mixture ot French wine and water Of rasins with chemical
products "hic impaired The favor and sharpness required
ior this triumph of science Il is needless IA say that the
prosecutor lost hs s and none Of Che rest ii the er
Gus vine manufactures Paris brought bis grievances
against tne newspaper into court
After much agitation the pubic authorities were dnay
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07
RICHEST MAN INTHE WORLD.

Mr. Carnegie seems to be feeling around with his hoe
for spots in which to plant libraries
But he says is disgrace to die rich his peril is
really greater than before He retired
from the steel business last week. receiving s225000O0 in
cash and holds lien his stock fer pcr cent god bear
bonds to the value Of nearly $2OOoo0000 The liens
to be surrendered when the bonds approved ac
cepted.
Arrangements have also been male and accepted by Mr.
Carnegie for the giving Of certaa securities for the in
case the consolidation should ultimately fail this should
happen he would be given boads Of the Carnegie CON
pany the value Of $S30O0O0O The balance viii have
be provided for in some other way.
viii thus be seen that he amply secured whatever
might become of the trust In fact LIS securities
firmly riveted to bedrock that it Morgan
told him after the settlement that he the richest man
in the world.
So the richest man In the world feels it disgrace to
die rich Dabbng around here and there with a few petty
Libraries win not release him. The needles eye lies ahead
Of him grand stroke of philanthropy viii be in
order from the richest man in the world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

Mckinley let out important secret for the first
imminent four years ago and the people did not know
Thev DIDN'T
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

The higher courts have refused to consider that su
Gent grounds for trial may be had in the Judge
sleeping during the is all the average jury can do
To stand some laWNers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

The United States is in some respects as conserva
tive England Inauguration day viii not be changed to
April So It viii he kept at March for no other reason
than II 2 March i
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

There is splendid thing about America It is the
little CLEANS If domestic sympathetic happiness which
pss on great occasions between great their
families.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

An of which reminds Of the story Pat telling how
the Irish they wanted to- could conquer England and
why don't they do it,? asked Mike The police won't let
u said Pat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07
Outlines OF Oklahoma

! That 10000 library at Guthrie VIII
+ loom up some, when It IS built
Governor Barnes has probably already
dipped his pen to sign the mound builders
bill
+ Perhaps the organic act doesn't permit
a majority 10 suspend the two-third ma
jority rule.
Nnen FL Reno and Enid both pun up
into the collars together they certainly
make q team.
+ Speaker Stevens can put his foot down
when ne wants 10 in way that makes
the earth creak.
Norman is kicking on the Historical
societys museum being removed from
that city to Oklahoma City.
The politics which accumulated about
the men who fixed up the building bin
compromise will not all De finished in
1920
Ponca city made flying leap at the
last moment and made connection WIKI
the building bill. Ponca City is always
swift
The Enid Wave thinks that If Governor
Barnes is re-appcinted, some fellows WI
so out in the woods and never come
back
Woods county wiz no longer be Big
Woods" But little Woods viii have a
county.
The time may come when Guthrie viii
get awfully sick Of hearing this over
and over again: Wen. Guthrie has The
library
Now that Oklahoma has named
county after him, President Mckinley
should see that home man is appointed
governor.
It is to be hoped that the house at
FElrthrie has discovered b. this time
whether it IS in the house or in the com
mittee Of the whole.
The death Of Conductor Foote, at Hen
nessey is another demonstration that a
moving train is dangerous at all times,
and even TO railroad men.
It was Judge Ray who hooked out Of
parliamentary law that awful scheme
whereby the bare majority can plug the
two-thirds majority on the solar plexus.
Of late things have been so exciting in
the legislature that when the house was
in session the council could not be, be-
cause it wanted to watch the house, and
vice versa
A Perry dispatch says that last satur-
day Ed Boles and Arthur Boles, SONS
Of Register Boles Of the land office, as
saulted V. c. WEIGH, the editor Of the
Perry Enterprise.
That man over in Pawnee who was in
two explosions Of dynamite in three min
utes and came out alive, win be able to
tell d story that viii make even the man
who has been through a cyclone pause
to listen.
John Mcmahon, the Oklahoman who re-
fused an IS day job. has broken
precedent. 1t has always been a political
tenet in Oklahoma that S a day from
the government was better than S12
day gained through private enterprise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

II after reading the inaugural Bryan would this
week sit down and plainly write all he feels the Commoner
would be the interesting paper the United
provided Bryan wouldn't the article of with There
are no sore spots on me"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-07

such scene had occurred inthe Kansas legislature
occurred in the British parliament how the rest Of the
nation would have eeed Kansas and how the
companies would have again their frazzled blum of
Withdrawing their money from Kansas