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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
A Good Start For n Bad Fire.

Tuesday afternoon Will Young. at
Young & Scogin's grocery. was supply
ing customer with gallon of gasoline,
The can had been brought in from the
outside warehouse. where the gasoline is
stored. and was sitting on the floor Of
the store. Some one carelessly threw a
match near the can. which probably had
some little of the fluid on the outside. At
once blaze was seen onsthe can and
Mr.. Young tried TO kick it out at the
front door. His efforts were only parti-
ally successful. as the can struck the side
Of the door and exploded. The draft
through the open door carried the great
fame outside. setting fire to the awning
and badly seorching the woodwork. The
awning was entirely consumed and the
handsome Young & Seogin sign ruined.
A portion Of the glass front was broken
1t was extremely fortunate that the can
was so near the door before it exploded
or costly fire would surely have re-
suited. Mr.. Young was considerably
burned on the hands and on one ankle. A
few minutes after the accident Dr. Pol
lock was dressing his injuries. which
while painful are not serious.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
oLNEy SPRINGS.

olney was visited by hard hail and
rain storm Tuesday. We do no, know
as yet whether Il did much damage te
fruit.
Judge Parker. W. C. Hanen. Charles
Blackwell and Vim. Hackwor,h are in La
Junta on court business this week.
The ice cream sreial q, the Auckland
school house last Friday night was wei
attended and the cream and cake were
excellent. Some S25 was realized which
goes towards getting programs. cte.. fol
the graduating class.
Edmund Pauls OF Ebert county. was
visiting his many friends in olney for a
few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd will soon move &c
ordway. We are worry sorry TO lose them
but what is our loss Is ordway's gain. as
they are both excellent people.
There will DO an leo cream social a,
olney school house on Friday night. May
lst. Everybody invited.
]. D. Rhodes OF Las Animas, was In
olney looking after some business matter,
last Monday.
chas. S,ewar, Of La Junta, was in
olnay serving subpoenas on wi,nesse,
las, Saturday.
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Day Of ordway
were guests Of Mr.. ]. Turner ono day
last week
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
CORRESPONDENCE;
WEST HoLBRooK.

Miss Gillmor Of Rocky Ford. spent Sum
day with Miss Cook.
The wind Saturday and Sunday started
the sand TO drifting in some Of the fields.
but crops were not far enough advanced
10 be much hurt.
Clarence Wasson is spending the week
at the Holbrook headgate while Mr..
Lewis and family are visiting at Lamar.
The entertainment and box supper at
Lake View school house was quite sue
cessful. about So being made for the
library fund. Miss Scritehiield. the
teacher. will start for her home in Kan
sas Wednesday.
The reservoir ditch has been cleaned
out and water will be turned in this week.
The reservoir is quite full and the farm
ers under that ditch will get a good head
OF water.
Quarterly meeting will be held at Bee
Hive Saturday night. On Sunday morn
ing Presiding Elder Harris will be at
Lake View 10 dedicate the new church.
Many visitors are expected.
George Larmore Sr.. has part Of his
fine peach orchard uncovered. The trees
are Just beginning 10 bear. great many
Of them having blossoms. He has 1000
liberia trees still lightly covered. as they
are not so advanced that a few days yet
under cover will hurt them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP
Cured by One Bottle Of chambcrlain's
Cough Remedy.

when had an attack Of the grip las.
winter the second onel ! actually cured
myself with one bottle Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy" says Frank W. Perry.
Editor OF the Enterprise. Shortsyille. N.
Y. This is the houest truth. | at times
kept from coughing myself to pieces by
taking teaspoonful Of this remedy. and
when the coughing spell would come on
at night ! would take dose and It
seemed that in the hriofost interval the
cough would pass off and would go to
sleep perfectly free from cough and its
accompanying pains. To say that the
remedy acted as most agreeable sur
prise is putting il very mildly. | had no
idea that 1t would or could knock out the
grip, simply because ! had never tried it
for such a purpose, but it did. and il
seemed with the second attack Of cough
ing the remedy caused il to not only be
OF less duration. but the pains were far
less severe. and had not used the con-
tents Of one bottle before Mr.. Grip had
bid me adieu," For sale by all drug
gists. 4l-4z
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
The Dearest Gift.

When all the dancing feet arc still,
The roses bloom Is shed and sped,
when she has waltzcd her happy MI
with VIII and Jack and Ted and Fred.
Tired OF the whirl and jollity.
Her lovely eyes weighed down with
sleep,
Then. at the last. she comes to me,
And she is all my own-to keepl
I flnd her gloves and tie her wrap.
We say our good nights left and right.
Now I'm the tp-be- cpvied phanl
All. now, indeed, II Is good night!
or lovers joy let woocrs pratei
What could n man ask more. In life,
Than this best dearest gift OF fate
To have a sweetheart for a wife7
Madeline Bridges in Smart Set.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
THERE ARE STILL WARS.
Some Of the Battles Of . "Psaesful'
Year.

Year.
The year Of grace 1909. which saw
the end Of the Bocr war. the practical
end Of the rebellion In the Philippines.
and the termination of half q dozen
South and Central American rcvoiu.
tons. will probably go down into umc
labeled ms year of supreme peace.
And yet In 1908 battles are wa.inE In
nearly a dozen countries and war IL
abroad upon cvory continent
Tho average reader. II asked to
name the wars now in progress. would
very likely stop uncertainty after men.
tioning the struggle between Britain
and the natives OF Soinaiiinnd. But
this is not the only war OF the day by
any means. Here Is little list OF
the places whcrcat battles have bccn
going on. either now or recently. with
the names OF tho opposing forces:
Venezuela.
Hayti-Thrcc revolutions.
The Afghanistan.indian Border
waziris VS.. British.
Morocco-Rcvoiution to dcthronc
the sultan.
Upper Nigcria-Arabs vs.. British.
somaiiiand-British VS.. Somaiis.
Southern Arabia-Arabs VS.. Turks.
Maccdonia-Turks VS.. Mnccdonians
anl Buigarians.
Sarawak-British native force VS..
d, axis.
,'orea-Corean regulars VS.. rebels.
yumatra-Dutch vs.. Achinese.
The guerrilla warfare in the lower
Philippines and the aftermath of tho
I Ixcr troubles In China are not In.
cludcd.--London Answers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
An Attractive Gathering and = Good
Cause.

Next Tuesday evening literary and
musical entertainment and box social will
be given at the lafayette school house.
Everybody invited. The ladies' will be
there with boxes Of something elegant in
the way Of lunch. each box containing
enough for two. The cash for which
these boxes will be sold will 60 into the
church fund to contribute 10 the salary OF
Rev. A. c. Weleh. who is doing good
work on the Rocky Ford circuit. This NJ.
E. circuit includes Newdale, Swink. Grand
valley and Lafayette school house. at all
Of which Rev. Weleh breaches regularly.
The Lafayette school house is Just beyond
the western borders Of Rocky Ford and a
large number Of our people should be
present and help in this good work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

To prove that saloons are not neoes-
sary to have public Improvements. it is
only necessary to refer to Hooposton. a
thriving town Of 1000 or more popula-
ton in Vermllion county. That place has
never had saloons, has modern improve
ments and is an up-to-date town. The
same can be said Of Tuscola, in Douglas
county. which has not had legalized sa-
looms in thirty-five years, but has modern
Improvements and will pave three miles
Of streets this season, - Press, Fair
field, III.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
Beauty and Strength

Arc desirable. You arc strong and
vigorous. when your blood is pure. Many
nay. nost-womon. tail 10 properly d.
gos, their food. and so become pale. sal
freshness and beauty Of tho skin and
complexion. depart. Remedy this un-
pleasant OWL. by eating nourishing food
and taking q small dose Of Horbinc af,ai
each meal. TO digest what YOU have eaten
Soc at Hereford & Awards. Ss-S7
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
Executors Notice.

Estate OF Charles Smith. Deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
executors OF the last VIII and Testament of
Charles Smith. late of the County of Otero
and State of Colorado. deceased. hereby give
notice that they viii appear before the
County Court uf OtcrO County. at the Court
House in Ia Juutn nj the April term. on the
3rd Monday In May next. at which time all
persons having claims against said estate
arc notified and requested to attend FOR the
purpose OF having the same adjusted, All
persons indebted to suid estate are relgeate,,
70 make Immediate pnymsnIto 'taa under.
=" ALpERr j. SMITH.
JoHS l.. LAWSON.
Executors.
Dated this 18th day OF April A. D., 1903.
1880
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
urae. Change in College Methods.

Prof. Dewey of the Boston Institute
of Technology, in speaking before the
convention of educators and business
men at Ann Arbor, Mich, deplored
the lack of fitness shown by college
graduates for the hard realities of
life. Prof. Ripley of Harvard univer.
sity. urged the enforcement of bust
mean methods Of exacting attention to
study all through a university stu
dents course.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
A Delicate Scale,

The most delicate scale is made by
fixing one end of fine thread of glass.
The atom to be weighed is placed at
the free end and the degree OF the
bending of the thread under II noted.
This has to be done under glass
which magnihes 100 times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

1t is reported that two saloonkeepers
from the dry town Of Rocky Ford will
make application to the new city council
for license to transact business in this
city. It is also reported that the new
5ity council is opposed to the establish
ment of any more saloons in this city.
We are not in particularly high favor
with the powers that be, however, and
don't know as to the truth of the latter
statement Junta Tribune.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
Worlds Larses. Locomotive.

What is probably the biggest loco
motive in the world has Just been com
pleted at Schenectady for hauling
freight over the Rocky mountains. 1t
measures seventy feet. and on level
track can haul a train of cars a mile
and a half long.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
Danger Of Colds and Drip.

Tho creates, danger from colds and
grip is their resulting in pneumonia. I!
reasonable care Is used. however. and
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken. ali
danger will be avoided. Among tho tens
Of thousands who have used this remedy
for these diseases we have ye. to learn
Of single case having resulted in pneu-
monia. which shows eonclusiyoly that Il
is certain preventive Of that dangerous
disease. II will cure a cold or an attack
Of tho grip in less tipo than any other
treatment I, 10 pleasant ana safe &c
take. For saie by all druggists. 4i-s7
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

The degree team Of the Yeoman visited
ordway Thursday evening Of last week
and initiated ton new members. The
ordway Homestead has the distinction
Of having the only Yeoman band in the
state. and u good one. at that.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

Frank 3. Van Gundy Of the Fowler
Tribune. has been in Rocky Ford several
days this week taking orders from our
business men for line Of calendars and
advertising novelties. representing Mckee
A. Co. Of Denver
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
Time Table.
GOING WEST.

The Colorado Flyer which pass.
es west at 9:O5 n. m. and east at
5:34 p. IN. does not stop,
California Limited semi-weekly y
from La Junta.
+. q. CURRAN, Agent.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

@. c. Hawkey has been awarded tho
eon,rae, for tho Christian church. Tho
contract price is $4,000. which does no,
include tho entire structure. as tho build
ing will no. be fully completed this sea-
am
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

FOR SALE-A few good high grade
Hereford Bulls. Nuckolls Packing Co..
Sugar City. Colo. 1880
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

When S. S. sa,iey was in this office on
Monday he spoke very encouraginRly Of
the prospects for big peach crop in his
vicinity. lust west Of town.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
ttcrbjuc Cures

Fever and kguo. A dose will usually
stop chill. continuance always cures.
Mrs. WIN. NJ. Stroud. Midlothian. Texas.
May 81. 1899. writes: "Wo have used
Herbinc in our family for eight years. and
found Il tho best medicine We have ever
used for Ia grippe. bilious fever. and ma
laria." soc at Hereford & Awards.
Ss-S7
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

FOR SALE-camora and outfit. Sizc
Of camera SKI. Outfit cost s25. VIII
sell cheap for cash. Enquire a, Enter
prise Office.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

CALVES WANTED am in the mar
ke, for calves. II not convenient - call
on me. drop me card and will call on
you. o. 3. S,auffer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

FOR RENT-A 5-roomed Dwelling in
Park addition. Enquire at 2ll N. 18th
street or OF L. r. Fenlason. 4z-48
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

Commencing March the Santa Fe
will sell tickets Colonist tickets to Cali
fornia at rate Of S25 from Rocky Ford.
+l-tf F. G. Curran. Agent.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

For rent, two suits Of rooms. Furnished
or unfurnished. Mrs. J. II. Burr. 2lo w
Swink avenue. 27-u
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
Sand and Gravel

For Sidewalks for sale by [. W. Bsbeoek.
Throo-fourths OF a milo south Of WASH
ing,on school. Down hill pull. 4o-,f
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

have some choice can.aloupo Seed
that ! will sell cheap. Can refer TO tho
kouns Party as TO tho quality Of our mol
ons. ]. c. Sanders. &s-a
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

Seed Potatoes. late and early varieties
also few choice Cantaloupe Seed.
3e-u j. j. Guthrie.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

Ice Cream and Soda everey day at
Blair & Wiswell's.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

| WANTED-man and wife on ranch.
Address. j. E. Gauger. Paramount. Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

Always the Best Of Meats will be
found at Gerbing's meat market II not
now customer give him call.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

For everything in the way Of Canned
Goods 90 70 Wolfe's Cash Grocery.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

Fresh Cows for sale. Phone z42. C
T. Tewes. ++-a
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES-Mects
n at ]. q. o. +. hall the nrst and third Sat
urtiay nights of each month Visiting Sir
Knights always welcome.
iqtf ii. OTIS Known. H. ~
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24

Dated this 18th day of April A. B., itSs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

of public interest. He should read .
little good fiction as we'll as bistom
and general literature. While h.
should persistently seek the acoua;n
tance of the best men of his OWN
craft, who are usually the broadast
minded, he should also seek friend,
outside of it. They will help him f.
see that there are other Important
crafts in the world besides his own
All this will broaden his views and
help to keep them out of a rut.
A well-known New York physician
used to say that he could do a Years
work in eleven months, but could not
do it in twelve. The annual vacation
is one of the most efficient defensive
weapons against breakdown for those
who live the intense modern life. #
it be a sedentary one, the necessity
of the vacation is the greater. Il is
greater still if it be like that of the
busy doctor which knows neither
evenings nor nights, Sundays nor
holidays, but is an unremitting grind
month after month. The vacation is
one of the most potent aids in help
ing to keep out of the rut into which
the daily routine of life tends to
force one.-Dr. Floyd NJ. CrandaI,
in the February Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
The Home Beautiful.

"Down town." in no matter what
State in the Union, or in whatever
part of the country, it is invariably
the rule that the majority of homes
are beautiful. Some simple attempts,
at least, are made to enhance the
value of the place, or places, through
the attractive features so readily ap-
pended as is the planting of trees.
keeping lawns in order, and the Law
ISL application of paints to all build
ings. Quite the contrary the state Of
affairs out from these same towns,
where a tenfold better opportunity
lies for assisting nature to build
grand and beautiful things. The
really elegant farm home is not the
rule, and it brings pangs of regret
to say it. But truth is truth where
ever found, and false statements can
not make it otherwise than truth
Take a drive for twenty miles in any
direction, and take careful note Of
all the farm homes that bear the ap
pearance of really luxurious living
They will be astonishingly few. The
opposite will confront one frequent
ly. Many farms are neglected be-
cause the owner thereof keeps say
ing to himself "Tm going to sell out
the first opportunity [ have" Ana
we do not wonder his wife urges hin
to do So. There is nothing there F"
live for, except the bare existence
wrenched from the soil. It IS Il"
coaxed from the soil at all. Aelthe,
is any manner of happiness coa%t'
into making it's appearance at sucp
a home. Not long since an elgn'
acre Nebraska farm sold for $'O PEI
acre. People exclaimed at It ap
imagined hat the purchaser mus
have "gone daft" But not So
was the man who sold that caD
nearest the daft condition. for he
was who received the least END y
the bargain. Health conditions rose
in the case of the family Of the P'ig
selling, else the farm would not Irs
been sold at even that price
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
THE HOME CIRCLE
Life.*

Forenoon and afternoon and night
Forenoon
And afternoon and night,-Fore-
noon, and-what?
The empty song repeats itself. No
more?
Yea, that is. Life: make this forenoon
sublime,
This afternoon a psalm, this night a
prayer,
And Time is conquered, and thy
crown IS won.
Edwin Rowland Sill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

*NOs. 1O2 and lob Ofour series of the Worlds
Best Poems, selected especially for The Pro-
rressive Farmer by the Editor. In this series
selections from the following authors have
Already appeared Burns, Bryant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Browning, Byron, Goldsmith, Holmes
Kipling, Lanter, LOngfellOw, Lowell, Mark
Read. Riley. Ryan, Scott, Shakespeare, Shell,
ley, and others.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

Clara (to her old chum)-"And
that horrid Jones boy that used to
poster you with his Iove-making-
does he worry you as much as ever?"
Ethel-"WelI, hardly; you see, we're
married n0w."-BaItimOre News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

the will and get out of 1t. 1t h'
cannot take a vacation without being
restless and unhappy, then a vaca
ton is what he needs. He should
force himself to rest. IF he has los
his taste for fiction, then he should
read a few good stories each yeal
and spend some time upon light lit
erature. If he has given up amuse.
ments, he should begin going occa.
sionally to a few good, wholesome
places of amusement. He should
visit his friends and renew the ole
acquaintance he has dropped. In q
little time these things, at first irk-
some, will become pleasures, and he
will be taken away from his cares and
his business worries. Gradually he
will find that he is getting out of
the rut and is doing his work not
only easier but better.
One of the serious features of life
in a rut is the fact that judgment is
impaired. Allowing the mind always
to dwell upon one subject and keep
ing the attention always fixed in one
direction destroys the power to draw
correct conclusions and lead to the
adoption of distorted and peculiar
ideas. The sense of proportion is
lost. "They who always labor can
have NJ true Judgment" says Burke.
Those who get deeply fixed in a rut
almost always become more or less
queer as they grow older. This
Impairment of the judgment and one
sided way of looking at things lead
to the adoption of hobbies and weird
and extreme doctrines. This is one
of the reasons for the prevalence of
isms and queer theories. Many of
those who adopt them, even though
successful in business or professional
life, have lived so long in limited or
restricted channels that their judg-
ment in matters outside becomes i'm
paired. Their views are narrow and
restricted and their lives u along
a single channel. If by chance they
make an excursion outside of it.
their knowledge of the country is SO
limited that they are apt to get lost,
and either become mired in some bog
of superstition or are taken in by
some community of fanatics.
The wise man keeps out of ruts.
To be certain, however, that he will
accomplish this he must begin early
IN life. He must not begin his life
work by restricting himself absolute
Iy to a single channel. This does not
mean that he should scatter his
forces and attempt everything, or
should not become a specialist. But
the more strictly he s~pecializes, the
more carefully should see to it
that he does not become narrow and
bigoted. The young man should ear
ly begin the habit of reading a news
1t should be a real newspa-
per, and not a yellow journal which
will cause his mental and moral
standards to degenerate. He will
thus get a general education that he
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
The FOOLS Prayer. =

The royal feast was done; the king
Sought some new sport to Danish
care,
And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool,
Kneel now, and make for us a
prayer"
The jester DOTTED his cap and bells,
And stood the mOcking court be-
fore;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head, and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: 90 Lord,
Be mercifUl to me, a fool!
mo pity, Lord, could change the
From red with wrong to white as
wool;
The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
otis not by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right, O Lord, we
stay;
IT'S by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven
away.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well meaning hands we
thrust
Among the heart-strings of a
friend.
"The ill-timed truth we might have
kept
Who knows how sharp it pierced
and stung!
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how grandly it had
rung!
"Our faults no tenderness should ask,
The Christening stripes must
cleanse them all;
But for our blunders-O, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall.
Earth bears no balsam for mistakes;
Men crown the knave and scourge
the tool
That did his will; but thou. o Lord,
Be merciful to me, a foolw
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The king, and sought his gardens
cool.
And walked apart, and murmured
low,
"Be merciful to me, a fool"
E. r. Sill.