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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

coLoRADo's CAPITAL.

Governor Orman recently appointed
the State Board OF Examiners for
Horseshoers. as follows: NJ. J. Dun
leavy. Thomas p. Maloney. Adam I.
Fitzell. William C. Reid and James Il.
Hunt.
Photographs OF all but three of the
Denver letter carriers have been pre-
scented to the State Historical Society
by q committee representing Silver
State branch No. AZ. the local organi-
cation OF the National Association OF
Letter Carriers.
The State Board OF Health has issued
licenses us embalmers to the following:
g. D. Robinson. Lamar: J. Dosar. Vic
tor; G. l.. Miller. Crested Butte: 4.
'Hackethal. Denver: G. Il. U. Hall. Grip
pie Creek: +. ]. Allnutt. Greeley; Ber-
tina Bruck. Denver.
The quarterly report OF the United
States land Office In Denver shows the
most prosperous condition in the his
tory OF the office. Homestead entries
to the number OF 1876 are reported and
receipts from NIL sources for tho three
months amounted to $32.073. There
were seventy-two mineral land entries
and twenty-four desert land entries.
The Mofiat railroad is charged with u
large share OF the prosperity.
Denver. the Beautiful" Is tho title
OF an exquisIteiy beautiful illustrated
publication Just issued by the Colorado
Press Bureau OF Information. 7o7
Eighteenth street. Denver. and COM
piled and edited by Thomas ID. Parker.
manager OF tho bureau. II comprises
forty pages. 7xii inches In size. on
heavy cnamcicd paper. attractivciy
bound. There are more than hun
drcd highly artistic haif-tone cnsrav-
inss. showing tho depot. public build
ings. streets. factories. business blocks
and private residences. One large en-
craving shows Denver as II appeared
from tho capitol site In 1870. and an
other pictures II as II Ia to-day. The
letter press describes the city and tells
Its story In. pleasant and readable style.
Tho pictures arc In blush tint and tho
letter press In red. Denver people arc
delighted with tho work.
According to tho records Of tho Dem
yer ofiicc OF tho weather bureau tho
month lust passed was remarkable on
account Of the heavy precipitation Of
rain. Tho total precipitation for this
month was $40 inches. the average pro-
cipitation for tho past thirty-onc years
was o.St OF an inch. From thia II will
bc seen that almost three more inches
OF rain fell during this September than
the month has averaged during tho
thirty-onc ycara last past IL In also
remarkable in that there was . KILL
Ing frost on tho 18th. Tho mean tcm-
pcrairuc for the month was sixty-onc
degrees. The highest temperature was
ON tho Ith. and tho loves, was thirty
one degrees nvc days later. Tho great
cs; daily range Of temperature ~aa for.
ty-nyc degrees. ON the 9th. Out OF
total possibility Of I1t hours OF sun.
shine. thcrp were :5i hours of actual
sunshine. or scycnty-thTcc per ecai-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
POa9KiN PIE DAY.
Handsomely Celebrated at Ionemont
. In Spite Of the Rain.

Denver, Oct. "a News special
from Longmont last night says:
Rain, rain. and more rain. Such In
brief Is the history OF Longmont's
fourth annual Pumpkin Pie Day. and
as a consequence thousands OF peo-
pie ate pie and barbecued meat while
standing In mud ankle deep and en-.
veloped in drizzlIng. misty rAin.
1t began raining Wednesday morning
and made up for n long dry season
by keeping steadily ct II all last night
and to-day. For about two hours Mt
noon rain stopped falling. and Mt this
interval tho barbecue was ut Its
height.
Despite the steady downpour. how
ever. the crowds began to arrive very
carly, the morning trains bringing In
good quota and special trains nr-
irving later from Denver and Boulder
bringing large numbers. A committee
of citizens. headed by Mayor Donovan
and the Pumpkin Huskers' band. met
the visitors ut the train and escorted
them to tho barbecue grounds. at tho
park, whcre every tree was made u
shelter and every bush tree. In tho
midst OF II nll, Thompson's park was
soon converted into sea OF mud by
tho thousands OF feet, and the slip
ping, sliding and Blushins was ludic-
crous., and often resulted disastrous
ly to tho hurried or careless individ.
uai by iandin. him In n soft seat OF
Shiny clay. But the crowd was In n
good nature through II all. and tho
woman In silk. muddy and spnttcred.
ate pIa and drank coffee along with
her less fortunate slbters with good
humor.
Rubc CONN. In charge Of the barbc-
cue. and Neil G. Sullivan Of tho Pump
kin Pic committee. led tho procession
for tho masculine element with pants
tucked In boots. oveTAlls and jump
err. and they and their assistants
worked and slipped and joked al
though cnJoyin. the ralny.dny fcnsi'
val. As fast as tho three b.eycs were
carved tho crowds carried tho meat
away, each man, woman and child DO
ing given q generous supply upon a
wooden plato with cup OF hot eoaec
on tho sidc, and M one detachment
disappeared from tho table others
took up their positions to bo quickly
served with tho same rai!onH.
When tho least was over moro than
5000 people had partak-n. comins
from Greeley. DcuvcF and nearby
towns and surrounding country. As
for tho rnrcs-Ncil. the only race poe
sibic on tho track to-day would have
been with canoes or rotilla of cat
boats. Tho balloon sscunsioa and al
horse races wero called on last night
and tho pumpkin pic and barbecue
features had a clear hcii.
Considering tho weather. !, vas .
grand success though preparation hat
bcca made to take carr Of at least 10.
600 people. Great qualities Of brcai
and pics arc left over and these vii
bc distributed Ia III, needy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
LIVE STOCK BLOCKADE.
Railroads Cannot Furnish Cars to
Garry stock East

Denver. Oct. 5.-Ths News this
morning says;
The tremendous demand for stock
cars With which To move live stock
from the present araniy ranges OF tho
wcs, TO points where feed can BE- had
for tho winter has created a condition
in the live stock markets Of the West
never before known and one that Ia
causing great loss and Inconvenience
TO stock owners. In Denver the mar
kct has been almost faralyscd by tho
inability Of tic railroads TO supply cars
to take care Of the business done and
prices have been steadily declining.
principally because Of the same reason.
A region extending from point
about 100 miles north Of Sheridan.
Wyoming. into southeastern Montana.
and extending southwest into northern
Colorado through central wyoiiinE.
probably about 80 miles wide on the
average, IL without feed on the range.
Tho druti,h has dried up the grass TN
Ill Il IL brittle and the wind has broken
Il OF and blown II away until there
!a nothing left. This section was
crowded with cattle and sheep at tho
opening Of the season aud frantic cf-
forts arc being made TO get them all
out as soon as possible. as the stock Ia
already starving.
At every loading point on the rail-
roads In the West. herds Of cattle and
.iiocks of sheep arc waiting cars to take
them out. a well-posted s,ockman
writes from Soda Springs. idaho. tha,
there are so many sheep there to ba
shipped that Il will 10 impossible. un-
der the most favorable conditions. to
move half of them before the winter
closes In. The Union Pacific has put
in a low rate on corn and thousands OF
cars Of feed will he shipped west. Hay
is scarce everywhere and prices are
steadily advancing.
The executive committee OF the COL
orado Cattle and Horse Growers Asso-
citation will meet in Denver next week
10 consider the situation in this state
and see II Il is not possible to get the
railroads to put In a rate on corn to
western Colorado that will enable those
who cannot get out TO feed their stock
this winter. The railroads will be
asked to grant low rate on corn. IL
Is estimated that corn can be bought
in Kansas and Nebraska for about 80
cents per 100 pounds. a is-cent rate
would enable the western cattlemen to
put the corn in at 65 cents per 100
pounds, a price that would enable them
TO feed it literally. 1t Is also pointed
out that as the grain cars can carry
about 10000 pounds. this rate will give
the railroads over 500 car Tor haul
ing il. which will net them a profit on
Tho btseinesc
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
coLoRAoo.s BUILDING SITE.
Location Formally Set Apart ss,d Ae
espsed for the State.

81. Louis. Mo. Oct. 5-Thc hoard OF
lady mararrrx OF the louisiana tur-
chase exposition elected officers We'd
ncsaay as follow:
President. Mrs. James l.. niair. 81.
Louis; vice presidents. hrs'. Mrs. Ed
ward l. Bseh~aiisr. Springfield: Soc
ond. Mrs. finis T.. Ernest. b-nsef:
third. Mira. Helen uoycr 1Iunsickcr.
Philadelphia: fourth, Miss Anna Dawes.
Pit,sfcii. Mass: nth. Mrs. BELLE Ever
est. Atchison. Kan. sixth. Mrs. ". II.
pcyouns. San Francisco: seventh. Mrs.
Fannie Porter. Atlanta. Ca: secretary.
Mrs. Frederick MAuEcr. Little Rock.
Ark: treasurer. Mrs. William II. Cole
man. indianapolis. Ind.
Mrs. r. r. Erncs, ~as elected tempo
rary chairman. presiding az tho Frat
two meetings.
The aIlotmcn,s Of sites for state. ter
ri,oriai. fra,rrnai and other buildings
at tho Louisiana Purchase exposition
was continued and ailo,ments made as
follows:
Colorado. New Jersey. Maine. IVES;
Virginia. Oklahoma. Mississippi. frator-
nal society building. Travellers Fruiec-
tive Association. Hoo Hoos. DuTns Cot
,arc. Ohio. Washington. Michigan. New
Mexico, tho Philippine islands and In
diana.
r. J. o'Donneii. vice president Of the
Colorado commission. rHic the nd
dress accepting the site for the Colo.
rsio building He aid he represented
Governor OrmHn. who was unable to
bc present.
After promising a Colorado exhibit
which would fairly represent the In
dustries and the people of this state.
Mf. o'ronucil paid the following trib-
ute TO Colorado people:
"Our people live upon the mountain
tops and commune with the angels.
We sit upon the ridge pole OF the world
and calmly survey the actions OF man
Kind. We stand upon the summit OF
the mountains and look into the very
heart of things. We live at the source
of the streams which form your rivers
and make fertile your vast deitas. We
live between perpetual sunshine and
eternal snow. and piercing our clear
sky our keen vision plainly secs the
great white throne which Ia to you only
a hope"
In accepting the fae of Colorado. Mr..
O'Donnell said:
"we have gold and silver and coal,
and iron and horses and cattle -and
grains and fruits. a civilization that IN
both old and new. and traditions OF a
past that is ancient az Eden. but tho
proudest of our products are our peo-
pie In whose name We pledge you sup
port and fealty this day. In the name
OF that people and for them accept
this nag. this site and our humble part
of this great ciyilising mission"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
CROSSES THE RANGE
DEATH OF GEN. 3. NJ. HUGHES.
Prominent Pioneer, Lawyer, States
man, Stage Owner. Railroad Pro.
moter and Public Spirited Citizen.

moter and Public Spirited Cittxen.
Denver. Oct. 3.-General Bella NJ.
Hughes died at 4:l2 o'clock this NOR
ing. Life had been slowly ebbing
away for the last two weeks. and his
death at any hour was not to be unex.
pected.
General Bella NJ. Hughes probably
has seen more OF the development OF
our country west OF the Mississippi
river than any man of this present
epoch. He was born In Carlisle. Ken
tuclSy. In 1917. was a graduate OF the
college at Augusta, Kentucky. stud.
led law under his father. General An
drew Hughes, n distinguished Ken.
lucky jurist. and In his carly man.
hood removed with his father to Nils.
souri. where for twenty years he was
recognized as one OF the lawyers OF
great ability In that state.
In tho earlier period OF his Milf
souri, cascer he served In the Missouri
state senate .nnd was subsequently, mp
pointed receiver of public money In
Missouri. He was tho Law partner OF
Governor woodson. and for several
years preceding the outbreak OF the
"Pike's Peak excitement was On.
gagged In bankin. Mt st. Joseph.
General Hughes connection with
the great Overland Mail stage Com.
pany. Of which ho was president. and
his participation in tho reorganization
Of tho Denver Pacific Railroad Com
pany. of which he was the first prcsi'
dent. brought him TO Denver In 1856:
and ever since that tim. he has been
Identified with tho history and for
tunos Of this city.
Ho was elected member OF tho
last territorial legislature of Colorado
and Was tho Democratic candidate for
governor OF tho state In 1876. The
plurality for John l.. Routt was about
500, and tho accuracy OF tho returns
were challenged by General Hughes
party. but tho general refused to 70
iauest a recount of tho votes or sane
tioa demand for u by others.
In isss he formed a law partnership
with Charles Hughes. Jr.. and tho
frm continued In successful praetice
for hvo years. when General Huxhos
retired from active work. having lons
since acquired n comfortable fortun.
General Hughes ~aa t~ic. married
Upon attaining his majority h. mar
ricd Miss kaih.rin. Neal. who died
a fcw years later. leaving Two chill
.drcn. Andrew \. and Mary. AZ the
ago Of shir,y.oas ho married Mia'
Laura Allen. and Of this union foul
children: Df. r. A. Hughes. Mrs. 10
wall r. Collins, Mrs, Charles A. Rob
crts and Miss Georsio Hughes.
General Hughes has seen pFantiea!
iy III. entire occupation and develop
meat Of this immcdia,. western eous
try. His srrsic. an soldier In th
Hack Hawk War IL a fnrciblo r-fnind
or of his ioas span of ilfo-a wonder
full era covering circumstances AM
achievements that were the founda
ton Of tho Colorado OF today.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Cooperation Assessments.

Reductions from the May assessment
of railroads and other corporations
amounting In all to H.ssststi were ap.
proves! October Is, by all the members
of the State Board Of Equalization. Tho
petitions Of Arapaho- and Teller coun-
tica Of all the sidc,racks and terminals
tics of all the sidctrarks and thcrminals
they contained were rejected on the
ground tha, tho iaw forbade the grant.
Ing OF whn, tho commissioners asked.
Tho petition for reduction. presented
by tho Rio Granic Western. tho Rio
Crandc Southern and the Rio Grands
Railroad Company were rejected. and
tho assessments OF last April rcaf-
iirmcd. The total assessed value Of
tho property passed upon by the state
board In $50. .iss .ssi. against 1.0co! 900
last year. Tho Wells Fargo Express
Company. BY It's protest. secured re-
,!uctiun tf the valuation OF all property
OF express companies in the state. Tho
cut to sis a mile YVES the excuse Tor
similarly reducing the valuations Of
the United States and tho Adams Ex-
press companies.
The basis Of equalization was the rcl-
alive value Of the roads assessed. The
mos, complicated division of vaiues
under this plan was In the case OF tho
Santa Fc, which IL assessed at rates
varying from $1,000 to $4,000 q mile.
The following roads did not appeal
and their assessments stand al made In
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Wan, a Clean EXPOSITION.

81. Louis, Oct. 5.-At the meeting o;
the board of lady managers of the
worlds fair yesterday. the resolution
presented by Miss Helen N. Gould. ex-
pressing the sentiment that the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition would favor
a high moral tone throughout, and
eliminate from the concessions any
thing that savors Of the dances per-
formed on the Midway Of the Chicago
fair. was adopted.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Aidinu the strikers.

indianapolis. oct. THE collection
of the big defense fund for the anth-
Tacite strikers created a record-break-
ing business for the money order de-
partment of the postofIice for the quar-
ter ending yesterday. The receipts for
the last three months were ss65. .451. an
increase over the corresponding period
of last year of s35l.SS7. As high as
$4,000 day has been cashed for w.
II. Wilson. national secretary and
treasurer of the miners.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Cholera scourges Egypt.

Cairo. Egypt, Oct. 3.-There were
254 fresh cases of cholera reported in
Egypt Wednesday and 2i1 deaths from
that disease.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-27
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS.

William Jennings Bryan, Senator
German. David b. Hill, and other
Democrats of foresight and expert
ence in measuring public sentiment,
are confident the Congressional cleo
tions next fall will result in over
throwing the Republican majority In
the House of Representatives. They
base their strong belief upon the rec
ord of extravaganza injustice and in
tolerance made by the Republican ma
jorIty during the last few years. The
whole OF the Central and Western
States are in almost open revolt
against the policy Of the party, which
has been in abject subserviency to tne
wishes of the great tarifc-bred trusts,
which have grown enormously rich
at the expense OF the great producing
and consuming masses of the country.
There is a pronounced split among
the leaders of the Republican party,
and among the rank and file~-of whom
not mucu is heard in the public prints
there is widespread discomfort.
4nese facts make the prospects for
Democratic success, and the only con-
ditions needed to make that success as
sured are harmony and enthusiastic
action oy the united party
Sucn harmony and enthusiasm are
predicted by the leaders. The first con-
dition requisite to Democratic sue
cess in the Congressional elections is
harmony, the second is enthusiasm.
and the indications are that both will
be forthcoming before the campaign
gets We under way.
For nearly a year The Citizen has
consistently urged upon Democrats the
wisdom and policy of getting together
against a common enemy. This at
titude is now assumed publicly by the
great national leaders of the party.
The result so long sought seems in a
fair way to be accomplished. And it is
to be accomplished at an opportune
time. A united Democracy can easily
triumph over the divided and dis
credited party of the administration.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-27
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

making its progress toward the mill
l.nium through seas of blood. Or it
may pc that the memory of men who
have played kindred parts to that
borne by Rhodes in South Africa will
be execrated by future generations as
that of men of like achievements In
the past has been execrated by poster
ity. Whatever truth the secrets OF the
future may reveal as to the value to
the human race of the work of Cecil
Rhodes, it will not be denied that his
ambition was broad enough to COM
pass the most expansive view of the
vast opportunities that fell to his lot.
During the last decade OF his life
he was hailed as Empire builder: who
knows that within quarter OF a CEN
tury from his demise his work will
be regarded as the beginning of the
e,id Of the British Empire?
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-27
NOTHING WAS LOST.
An Omission In % Weddsng Ceremony
That Didn't Count.
gentleman.

A distinguished officer of the United
States navy once told this story on him,.
self:
At the time OF his marriage he had
been through the civil war and had had
many narrowing experiences aboard
ship. through NIL Of which he kept cour.
age and remained as calm as brave
man should, AS the time for the cere.
mony came on, however his caImness
gradually gave way. At the altar. amid
the blaze of brass buttons and gold
lace marking the full naval wedding,
the officer was all but stampeded and
what went on there seemed very much
mixed to him. Fearing the excitement
Of the moment would temporarily take
him Off bis feet, the officer had learned
the marriage ceremony letter perfect,
as he thought. and he remembered re-
peating the words after the minister In
a mechanical sort Of way.
After the ceremony was over and all
was serene again. including the Off
GERS state of mind. the kindly clergy
man came up TO him and touched him
on the shoulder.
Look here, old man." he said. "you
didn't endow your wife with any
worldly goods"
Whats that?" asked the bridegroom,
with something of astonishment in his
voice.
why. repeated the sentence with
all my worldly goods thee endow' sew.
eral times and despite my efforts you
would not say 1t after me"
The bridegroom seemed perturbed for
n moment, and then n hcaming light
came into his face.
'Ncver mimi. sir" hn said. "She
didn't lose Il blessed tlIiu4 lay my fail.
no '"rick" Obtainnhle.
Telegraph Operator-l am sorry sir
but the rules OF this company make it
impossible for me to send your message
collect" That privilege we are not nj.
lowed to extend TO absolute strangers.
Applicant--uo You mean for mo to
understand by that that you can't trust
me?
Telegraph Operator Under the cir.
enmstances, sir. it is impossible for me
to do So
Applicant-Well, that gets the best Of
me. thought of all places on the face
of the earth telegraph office was the
bEeliest to get anything on tick.-Bos- |
ton Courier.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-27
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-27
CECIL RHODES.

Cecil Rhodes will be ranked by the
impartial historian, as one of the great
constructive minds OF his generation.
In history he viii probably be found
linked in fame with such men as Sir
Walter Raleigh. Sir Francis Drake
Livingston and " allan Penn. He had
been truly described as an empire
builder. His advent in South Africa has
been followed by consequences of the
most enduring nature on the power
and prestige OF the British Empire.
Whether in his work and influence are
to be found the seeds of national dis
integration for Great Britain no man
foundations of the African empire of
Britain; and as the foundations OF all
empires have been laid, he laid those
OF British Africa in tyranny and hui
man blood.
Joseph Chamberlain Is the living
complement Of Cecil hnodes Without
the aid of Chamberlain the chapter
of British history which relates the
attempted destruction of the South
African republics would never have
been written. 1he discardng OF Glad
stone and the adoption of Rhodes ana
Chamberlain may possibly eventually
add to the yastuess OF the British
Empire, but it will never result to
the advantage Of England as nation
claiming the character of a self-goy-
crning free people
Kimberly, the scene OF Rhodes great
commercial triumph, represents one of
the many acts OF spoljation of the ma
tive Africander race which have
brought with them such legacy of
grief and blooushed to England. Just
as in the case OF the great gold min
ng section of the Transvaal, that ter
ritory was secured to England only
by gigantic robbery and after all
claim to both had been discarded by
her.
The future story OF the human race
will reveal the outcome of the prevail
ing spirit of national robbery which
IL conducted under the pretense of the
spread OF Christian civilization. Con-
quest OF other races may be followed
by other consequs usnces to the conqueror
than those which history reveals. It
may be, of course, that the race is