Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-09
A CARNEGIE LIBRARY.
Tho Conditions Under Which
Ono May be Secured.

The rules Of Carnegie represent no foolish
ness or wilma but are simply such rs are
deemed 10 he necessary for an absolute
guarantee Of the maintenance OF the institu-
tion for the uses originally Intended ana Tor
no other purpose. Briefly stated. the city 10
be bencntted 10 required to-
Pirt-Appoint library boari as provided
for In the laws Of the state. who viii have
full power 10 conduct the AFFAIR." OF the
library.
second-s@cure . perfect title toa suitable
lot upon which 20 erect u library building.
Third-Tsks the steps necessary to assure
the annual collertion Of - tax TO be eluiSs-
lent TO not loss than one-tenth the amount 20
liz given by Ar. Carnegie, said amount To 10
used wholly for the purpose OF maintaining
the public library.
The money of Mr.. Carnegie goes purely
Ito = library building. u IL also essential
that this building be dedicated solely to the
library and used for no other purpose. In
nine eases out Of ten where the library prop
sition has keen brosehes with u view to get
ting part OF Mr.. carn-si-'. money. tue
people have had the idea In view that mum
b-r Of once rooms or something OF siiniinf
effect could be constructed In connection
with the building. aud the rent thereby used
TO help defray the expense. OF the library
The Beekeeper. in coancii.
Tho beeksspers OF Otsro county held
their spring convention ut the Rockford
HOUSE last Saturday. Ths attendance
was the largest in the history OF the ns-
sociatiou. THIS leads to noting OF the
fact that at tho morning session there
was pointed discussion on the subject OF
tho ovsr.working Of tho bee Held in this
vicinity and proposal was made to send
n communication to each OF tho bce
papers in tho country discouraging the
immigration OF bcekeepers to tue Arkan.
sas valley. Tho very general opinion
wns TINT tho npinrists nru already crowd.
ing ono another In th. feeding fields. aud
while ono man has just as much right as
~ another II was only working sn IN.
jury to all TO boom more bee men into
this locality.
The next chief interest Of discussion
vas tho question OF Watering bees. II
vas very gcussnlly agreed that when
bces had TO 20 long distances for water
they drank too freely and tho cold water
chilled them 10 such nn extent thnt they
nover got back to tho hive. Various
plans q vatssin. nj home were do.
scr,bed. and tho respective merits OF ar::
tssian and ditch watsr were discussei
aud n wide difference Of method and
opinion was sdduc~d. The quite CON.
mon opinion was that bccs will not drink
from any artificial dcvic~ sct near tho
hive II . good body Of water Ii available
within a reasonable distance.
The other question Of large importance
debated by the keepers was how 10 meet
the attacks OF the ants made upon the
npisry. These little pests nIolest both
tho honey aud the bees. We have m
ns orted To- Of ants IN Col ,do. aud
wl,i,s the little red fclloSo VINO arc 10
fond OF getting into the houscwife's sugar
bowl and n,olasses jug nre tho fellows
who also damage III. honey In tho hives,
there is another large black species that
kill tho bees. They attack IN squads
and six or eight Of them will down bcc
and kill 1t IN short order. The pest Is
ono hard to combat by tho kcupefs-
Tue dry 40 ithcr, with its delay OF the
alfalfa crop aud It's do afth Of moisture
was ground for scri ous fear of n very
short honey crop this summer.