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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

"ofa malIod yosofday On CHECKING oVef INC saIes Tor
tho season ~e find that no, average was Sl.ls on
standards and 90 cents ponies. This price should
certainly bo gratifying and encouraging To grow.
ers. !, Is reSrc,abc that tho fros, when did.
Had Il hsld OF for two weeks longer tho would
undoubtedly have proven tho profitable in Rocky
Fords history.
Wo expect To handle a much larger acreage next
We could have signed considerable moro this
year. but did no, make tho mistake Of contracting
for than could place to advantage in Of a
heavy yield. We feel that plan Of making a cash
advance Is tho and fair way Of handling tho dea
II tho grower Is willing To give hs land labor and seed.
tho commission should certainly bear a portion Of
tho fsk undar nan TIM a..rtad tha, in
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23
ROCKY FORD, COLORADO FRIDAY OCTOBER %, 1903
H, WOODS CANTAL0uPE REC0RDF0R 1903

less four acre
$50
Var Kueen o
H. received Mumd had fine
his should counted in would
considerable
received $225
$3.50
between soo and
association all $4,000
pared with in
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23
Total

We had expected detailed report from
Mr.. Mathis for this issue but It has not
reached US. Its publication may be ex-
pected in an early issue.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23
M. O. COGGINS co.
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS
629 Liberty Avenue.
To the Editor Of the Enterprise:
Pittsburg. Pa. October 9. 1908.

Pttsburg. Pa. October 8. 1908.
o The
a
the business did
impossible
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

o Never Eqaed Culture In the Arkansas
Growers Received From SIO to $500 Per Acre.

Culture the Arkansas Valley
drower Rcceved From$ 500 $500 Per Acre.
1908 shipped cantaoupes
5 25 standard and e24s ponies total
In
and sold in cities
that sold
for and for
65 6oe baskets
ssandl lzoarso ofwaterm Colorado points
Hansen by himself as FAR as the
plat he shipped 9el
SlSOo over s3oO
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

he will bo paid for
manfos,y fair equitable.
Albert
M Travis business handled by B. Peterson IS all
from Rocky Ford.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

Newdale association Tho to-
80 waano al
untouched when tho first os, .
OF Eesdse
alton H. Woods Of Chicago:
tinrni, dn,anod or,oft hu,nan
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23
Young & riathis Handle Almost 100
Cars.

The shipments Of Young & Mathis OF
New York were handled locally by c. II.
Mathis and were sent from the following
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

Where Woods 27s Cars Came From.

summer months l. D. Hale spent weeks in Coachea
California, 81 feet below the level looking after H.
Woods cantaoupe shipments from that far off region. He
returned in time superntend Mr. Woods extensive bus
in the valley and the results indicate he did good
job He reports the following number Of sent from the
places and associations named:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

each week.
Secretary Sloan estimates tina; tho
Rocky Ford association has given its
shipper, more profitable average reiIfns
than any other association, 6Ecep; Capitol
Hill. which had earlier mgions and hence
got larger prices,
Secretary Sloan anticipates large in
crease In membership next season.
= I: =
r. j. Snirl. ono Of tho Rocky Ford as
ISOLATION shippara, has a record for profit
that ranks al tho head Of tho procession.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

For tho cantaloupes from 5 = acres ho
received checks aggrogating Sl.l5B.6O. a
gross return Of $3.50 per acre.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

still sales
II nave Of ,he field
NJ. o. coggins Co.
NJ. o. Coggins. Pres
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-23

made. Each week was an aniinty and
every member received the same price
for that weeks shipment, Here arc the
figures per crate far the shof; season Of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
WILL ROOSEVELTS POLICY
MEET WITH INDICATION F?
Eyes Of National Politicians Are Strained Upon
the Approaching Elections.

for so desperately. Now, a common
dable effort is being made to con-
duct the governments officials bus
mess on the merit system, End Repub-
hcan and Democratic officials sit side
by side in the government departments
apparently secure in their positions so
long as they perform their duties ac-
ceptably. There may be some weak
spots in the civil service law as admin
istered, but the old spoils system of
few years ago is a thing of the past.
One of the wisest and most capable
leaders of the Democratic party, in
discussing the political future few
days ago said:
THE Democratic party will be on
trial in Congress during the coming
winter, and it remains to be seen
whether they are prepared to get to-
gether and take advantage of the OPP
portunity offered by the lack of con-
fidence. the Republican leaders have
in President Roosevelt. They do not
question his honesty of purpose, nor
his literary ability, but they do not
hesitate to say that they regard him
as unsafe. impulsive and inexperienced
in dealing with great national prob
lens of both foreign and domestic i'm
port. The Democrats were as prompt
as Republicans to show their loyalty
to the flag during the Spanish war,
and to-day many of the largest and
most successful business enterprises
in this country are managed and sus-
tanned by Democrats. 1t is not a ques-
ton of who shall the Democrats nomi-
nate for President, but what guaran-
tee will they give the country, North
and South alike, that the present pros
perity which prevails wherever legiti-
mate business Is conducted, shall not
be disturbed"
There are thousands of good citizens,
in every section of this country, who
are capable of making just as good a
president as now occupies the White
House. 1t might be for the general
less impulsive and a less strenuous
chief executive. Loud talking, with
vigorous gestures and chunks of good
advice how to raise large families with
out telling how to support them is not
all that should be required of the Pres
ident of the proudest and most pros
porous nation on the globe.
However, the verdict Of the people
at the polls next week will indicate
in what direction the conservative
business element in this country is
travelling. In New York the election
of Mayor Low cannot be construed as
a vindication of the Roosevelt admin
istration. In Ohio a reduced Republi-
can majority is about all the Demo
Gratis can expect, and in Maryland
Democratic success means that the
state is back in the Democratic column
to stay.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. c. o. Hallard is at the screven
House.
Mr.. w. H. DELPHI of Triton is a
guest at the Pulaski.
Mr.. Chris. Goodharte of Atlanta is
at the Screven House.
Mr.. John F. Moore of Atlanta is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. E. s. Y s.ers of Triton was at
the Pulaski House yesterday.
Mr.. T. d. Rackley of Sylvania is
a guest at the Pulaski House.
Mrs. NJ. F. Cummings of Monasser
is a guest at the Screven House.
Mr.. F. Gordon of Atlanta was among
the arrivals yesterday at the Screven.
Mr.. S. Pack of Atlanta was among
the arrivals of yesterday at the Screven
House.
Mr.. E M. Thorpe OF Townsend was
among the arrivals yesterday at the
Pulaski.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Hopson Of Macon
were among the arrivals yesterday at
the Pulaski.
Mr.. w. p. Glovers of Glovers was
among those who registered yesterday
at the De Soto.
Mr.. B. Y. Brown of Townsend was
among those who registered yesterday
at the Pulaski
Mr.. George V. Denny left last night
for Atlanta. where he has gone on a
short business trip.
Mrs. Worth Stephens of Live Oak
was among the Florida arrivals yes
terday at the De Soto.
Mr.. =. C. Langley of Jacksonville
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31

reserved for the fair sex. Taking a
candle in the hand the young girl,
with her hair hanging loose, mounts
the stair to the topmost room In the
house. Here a mirrow has already
been placed in position. Holding the
candle high over the head, the maiden
peers intently into the glass over her
left shoulder; when, 10, appears the
face of her future fiance.
Nuts and apples have grown to be
emblematic of the occasion. Another
custom, still observed, is to place three
nuts on the hearth close to the embers,
naming them. If nut pops or turns
over, the person for whom it is named
is untrue; If it lies still and parcheS ana
burns, the person from whom it takes
its name is true. Two nuts may also
be named for two sweethearts and the
same test applied to discover which OF
the two will remain longest true. The
custom of pee1ing an apple in order TO
ascertain from the letters which the
peeling assumes the initials of ones
future love. is as old as Halloween.
There are many weird and uncanny
conceits. One of these is to pitch
ball of yarn out of window. one end
of which is tied securely to the third
finger of the left hand. When the ball
strikes the ground, begin to wind 1t
back up again, at the same time re-
peating the alphabet backwards. Sud
denly the trailing end will be caught.
Lean out of the window and call faint
ly, who is there?" The name of your
future love will be waited on the
winds.
Another custom, still in vogue, is
known as the saucer trick. Three sau-
GERS are placed on a table. One of
these contains milk, another water and
the third is empty. The subject is
blindfolded and started in the direction
of the table. If the hand is placed in
the saucer of milk, the subjects future
partner will be rich and handsome; If
in the saucer of water, a widow or
widower, and if in the empty saucer,
there will be no union at all, the sub
ject being doomed to plod through life
in single solitude.
In Savannah the day will be observed
in all these ways and in many more.
Many old conceits, delightfully."- weird,
will be observed. One quaint invita-
ton to one of the many Halloween
parties reads as follows:
Get a sheet and pillow case,
And dress up like a ghost;
And when you come don't say word,
Not even to your host"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
BY r. NJ. Larner.

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Next Tues
days elections will, In a measure. de-
termine the line of policy to be fol-
lowed by the Democratic party in the
next national election. In New York,
Maryland, Ohio and other states, where
local elections are to be held. the real
issue is whether the Roosevelt policy
shall be indicated. The Democrats
are making a desperate effort to get to-
gether on a general business policy,
which will inspire the conservative
members of both parties to look with
favor upon a reliable Democratic can
didate, who may be placed on solid
business platform.
The elections will also demonstrate
whether the Republicans are sufficient
ly disciplined to whip their men into
line, notwithstanding the wide dissen-
tons supposed to exist among the
Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt men in
almost every state. 1t is impossible to
disguise the bitter personal feeling
against the President among the politi-
cal leaders of his party. This may
prove an element of strength, but the
veteran politicians shake their heads
knowingly and say:
"Mr. Roosevelt is neither a practical
business man, nor a practical politI-
clan. He is a theorist, pure and SIM
pie, and we never know what he will
do next. He has nominated himself,
in spite of the party leaders, and he
will have to try and elect himself. If
the Democrats have the wisdom to put
up a. safe, reliable man. and place him
upon a strictly business platform, there
is no telling what the result may be. =
1t is the best judgment of many of
the ablest and most astute students of
political history that the Democratic
party has an opportunity to convince
the American people that it can again
be trusted with national power,if prac-
teal common sense prevails in the
councils of the party during the next
few months. Sectionalism has been
sponged off the political slate and bus
mess interests, and not political spoils,
will be, or should be, the paramount
issue aggressively forced to the front
by the Democrats.
The Spanish war demonstrated to
the world that the North ard South
are united against any foreign foe.
The gradual expansion of the so-called
civil service system, has done much to
handicap and discourage the once no
torious spells system, which was the
prize both national parties contended
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
KILLING FROST DATES GIVEN.
Interesting Facts About Weather
and Cotton Crops i'm Georgia.

Interesting Facts About Weather
and Cotton Crops i'm Georgia.
Col. r. ]. Redding, director of the
Georgia Experiment Station, has pre-
pared the following table, showing the
dates of killing frosts and the mini
mum temperature at the station for
such dates for the last thirteen years.
The total cotton crop of each year
is from Shepperson's Cotton Facts"
excepting the crop of 1902 1903, which
is Hester's estimate. At the foot of
the table are the averages of dates of
killing frosts, the minimum tempera-
ture. and the annual crop yields.
The minimum of 80 degrees. which
occurred Oct. Is, last. is the lowest
temperature recorded at this station in
any October during the thirteen years.
The frost of that date, while not to-
tally destructive of all tender vegeta-
ton, was sufficiently severe to destroy
the many nearly mature bolls. Its
effects were limited only by the fact
that there was practically nothing to
destroy on the old uplands of this
section:
- Year and Date
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
SAVANNAH GROCERY col, DISTRIBUTORS.

town to-day. Ready to go ahead. old
dog?"
The tramp was still tramp as we
saw him, but his words of kindness
to the cur, who owned to his mastery,
told us that he had once been a man.
The two had just moved out into the
street to jog along, the man furtively
glancing around as if he fully realized
the hostility of his kind, and the dog
following close at his heels for protec-
ton, wheE a runaway team turned the
corner. There were cries of warning,
but the footsore man did not move
quickly enough and was run down.
When the had carried him into stable
and the doctor told him that he had
not half an hour to live, he looked
around for few minutes and then
asked for hts dog. The animal was
brought in and the crowd fell back
that he might get to his master. The
man painfully stretched out an arm,
and the dog lay down on it with whim-
pers of satisfaction.
Bob" said the dying master, 'I've
come to the end of my tramp, and
we must part. Together we have pad
ded off a thousand miles on the high
ways. We have slept in barns-under
haystacks, in fence-corners-in the
woods. We've had good luck and bad,
but we've shared and and shared alike.
You've heard me whistle, old dog, as
1 thought Of the future, and you've
seen my tears as 1 remembered the
past. I'm only a tramp, Bob, with
the world agin me, and you have been
the only friend to stick to me. It's
a pauper grave now, and you'll be
left alone and friendless. It's not
for me- Bob, but it's what's to be-
come of you. Will you find a new
tramp master? Lickin' my hand, poor
old dog, and can hear your whimpers,
sbut it's turning dark and the road is
long-and Bob, old dog"
And we turned away our heads and
whispered. each one to himself: BE
hold! He was man among meni"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
THE NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR GHOSTS
All Halloween Customs That Have Come Down
From the Past

Spooks will tread on thin air: wierd
voices will be whispered in the wind
lovers will peer through the veil which
hides the great beyond, and many
other unearthly and unusual things
will happen tonight. If, while wend-
ing your way home during the wee sma'
hours, you are accosted by spirits, or
behold the camp fires of the VIII O. the
Wisps, do not sound an alarm. 1t is
the eve of All Hallows.
The theories advanced in the long
ago have been exploded, but the unique
customs still obtain, and there are
many among the superstitious who be-
lieve in the efficacy of many wierd tests
peculiar to the occasion. Whether or
not the superstition has been removed
the vigil OF All Hallows still possesses
a charm to discover who shall be ones
partner in life. 1t is a time when the
most modest maiden may, with propri-
to-be. With such environments may
it be said that the belief in the efficacy
Of the tests is entirely unprecedented?
Distinctly and almost instinctively 1t
is lovers night. Formally is thrown
to the winds and levity prevails. The
night presents many opportunities, and
many embrace them, unless it be st.
Valentines Day, there is not another
day in the year when without the aid
of sprig of mistletoe. young Lotharios
may take such liberties.
Why it should have grown to be the
custom for the solemn festival of All
Saints and All Souls day to be usher
ed in with such amorous and uncan-
ny and jovial celebrations is incom-
prehensible. In England it has been
the custom to crack nuts, duck for
applies in a tub of water and perform
other harmless fireside revelries; and
among the rustics the observance par
took more of the superstitious. The
Same customs borrowed from our
English cousins, have been modified
and exaggerated, in turn, until now
the revelries are even holder than in
the long ago.
One of the most common customs,
and at once the most beautiful and
superstitious, which is still observed
everywhere, is known as the mirrow
test. The custom seems to have been
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
S. A. A. ORGANIZED
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
HARRY BLUM IS PRESIDENT.
FULL LIST OF OFFICERS AND d.
REOrORS ELECTED.

Selection of Harris Cope as Captain
of the Football Team Was APP
proved, and Former Manager
Michnels, of the Football Team,
Was Elected to Take Charge of
the Team for This SensOn-First
Game of the Season VIII BE with
Georgia University on Nov. Ii in
Savnnnah-Success of Organization
Is Assured.
The Savannah Athletic Association
was formerly organized at the Cham
Der of Commerce last night, and Off
GERS and directors who will govern the
organization were selected.
The greatest enthusiasm presages its
success. Nearly all of the stock sub
scribed so far was represented either
by the stockholders themselves or by
proxy. The following officers were
elected unanimously:
President-Henry Blum, Jr
Vice President-Hugo Frank.
Secretary-J. F. Bernhard.
Treasurer. P. McIntire.
In addition to these officers the fol-
Toying gentlemen were elected direc-
tors: F. p. McIntire. H. H. baltimore,
Harvey Granger, Arthur We'll and
Messrs. Oppenheimer and Hirsch.
In addition to the above gentlemen
six more directors will be selected by
a committee which was appointed.
The following board of managers was
elected: Messrs. Hugo Frank, Dan
Charlton and M. H. Newberger.
The selection of the football squad,
which has been practicing for the past
three weeks of a captain in Harris
Cope was approved at the meeting
and Capt. Cope will continue in charge
of the football squad. with former
Manager Michaels as manager for this
season.
A committee consisting of President
Blum, Mesers. Pratt Adams and F. p.
McIntire, was selected to draw up by
laws and charter. The capital stock
for the present will be $780, with priv
nege of increasing 1t to 100000
Manager Michaels. of the football
team, VIII commence work at once,
trying to arrange dis many games as
possible for the football team. The
game with Georgia for Nov. IA is now
practically assured. and one of the
best games that has ever been seen In
Savannah will be witnessed. Capt.
Cope said last night that If the squad
he had in hand now kept improving
as it had for the past ten days. that
he felt confident that he will give the
Varsity hoys the tussle Of their lives
Some of the future plans of the Ath-
letic Association were discussed last
night but nothing definite can be done
until the organization is chartered and
on a practical business basis.
From the names of those who will
officiate as officers and directors of the
association, 1t can be seen that there
IS plenty of good backing to the or
ganization, and its success is assured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
------s-~o-e---
OFFICERS OF EMPLOYERS.
Those Who VIII Serve the New AS
ISOLATION in Chief Places.


ISOLATION in Chief Places
Chicago, Oct 3O.-With the election
of D. M. Parry of Indianapolis as its
president, the formation of the Citizens
Industrial Association of America was
completed tonight. The organization
is national in scope and includes rep
resentative manufacturers, tradesmen,
other employers of labor, local general
organizations and citizens alliances,
having among other things as it's OBJ
ject the dealing with the labor prob
lem in all in phases. Other officers
are;
]. c. Craig of Denver, head of the
Colorado State and Denver Citizens
Alliance, first vice president; E. M.
McCleary of the National Electrical
Contractors Association, Detroit, sec
ond vice president; ], T. Hole of the
Manufacturers Association of New
York, third vice president; A. c. Ros-
encranse of the Citizens Alliance. Ev-
ansville, Ind. treasurer.
The secretary and an executive COM
mittee of fifteen members, of which
the president, the three vice presidents
and the treasurer shall be members,
are to be named later. A convention
of the association will be held in In
dianapolis next February.
1t was decidede that all members of
the association shall pay an initiation
fee of $25 to $10G, and all members shall
pay dues at the rate of 90 cents per
annum per employing members, the
amount in no case to be less than
$40 nor greater than 5000 per annum.
Resolutions were then adopted. They
refer to strained relations between en-
ployes and their bad effect on bust
ness conditions; demand ample pro-
lection for all seeking to earn ,liveli-
hood, and continue, in part:
"In carrying on a firm and uncom-
promising contest with the abuses OF
unions as now constituted and con-
Quoted, at the same. time acknowledging
the free right of workmen to combine
and admitting that their combination,
when rightly constituted and conduct
ed may prove highly useful, we earn
estly desire to act, and believe we are
acting, in the true interests of the
workingmen themselves"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31

ment left. Some might have even Won
dered if the soul had not rebelled
and parted company with the body.
BY and by, just as an officious look
ing constable was about to order the
vagrant to move on, he was joined by
a dog that fifty represented him. He
was a cur Of low degree in color, build
and spirit. who had Jagged on the way
to gnaw bone in the ditch. He was
an estray-a homeless, friendless ca
nine, and yet it was not so. The
tramp smiled as the dog came up, and
when the animal licked his hand he
snapped his fingers and said:
II was waitin' for We, Bob, and rest
in my legs at the same time. Find
anything to eat? Well, haven't. Don't
seem to be any free spread in this
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-31
REPORT ON CHICkAMAUGA.
Gen. BoyntOn Says the Health OF
Forces There Is Excellent.

Washington, Oct. SO.-In his annual
report of the Chickamauga National
Park Commission Gen. H. V. Boynton
says that since the park has been des-
ignated as a national maneuVering
ground 1893 acres of additional ground
have been acquired, a part of which
has been chosen as permanent cav
airy post. The arrangement of the post
has not interfered with the marking
of the additional track. The general
also says
ut is also a matter of satisfaction
to the commission that for another
year the practical use of the park by
the government has continued, by
maintaining the field camp of the
Seventh Cavalry within its limits. In
view of the wild reports of the I'M
healthfulness of the park, which gain
ed currency during the Spanish war,
it is proper to say that the health of
the soldiers camped there and of the
park force and its laborers has con-
tinued exceptionally good. The water
throughout the park has proved excel
lent, and an abundant supply has been
secured for the encampments and the
new post from flowing wells.