Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26

York atates than ''the wild. woody west"
and the population of 1000 or $500 includes
many college men and other cultivated
people, as you can judge by the book stores.
A Prosperons Farm;nu cornmunitv
IS surrounded by prosperous farming
and fruit growing community, and doubt
whether any similar number of farmers in
any mart Of tho world recaiva a l.rpar ra--
t,,rr for .t.,- 80, ~ -. q,
. Sap'.0A "i'u iaooi .''''. =
uei'eo from iruit' melons ana peet sugar
down here In the Arkansas valley. You
never saw such orchards In your life any
where else; such apples. plums cherries
ana other fruits. We drove through an
oIcnaro OF eight acres this morning IN
winch .ne owner mas oeen comOeHed TO
use more than 2, 400 props to support the
neavy laden limbs. And his Is not an un-
usual experience.
the Ave- n, as nea sIeat axproveinent N
,ns nnaneiai condit1on OF the FARMING popu-
i s, Wuhin the last rev years. as 3 IN
oica'eo Dy the appearances OF the horses
anu. anu vs ,. az ROCKY FORD. Formeriy
To tnv w'G =, aug Uniuren We're gao 10 come
ILL ~ Wv" M, an q iunpef wagon OF on nay
..,,tS Gus, ms year the GROUNDS are CROWDED
ahonts TS,or anu o'ner caIIiases ana run
rio COS d,,r;r,n wv was an auction saIe OF car
teienbona ~, he ho,sa ~; iai ls ms ;v,,
o,,I,l 90 re IN nus mouse; Which COSTS MN
49, rIo q .avii.i, anu oseI the WIRE CT
da1iyaraa g, 49, ieS auu SupplleS' WInen are
arncery 81 wa u a1n,,s a. a. ms o1or lou meet
nh 80,
deIivsry 90 ,riara VI paonss1s, anu iuIaI
usHseiy carriers ieave oally newspaper
Ave 49,. os o.o'op' Which, WIS not possioio
Of raca,,t So
held at Rocky Ford ar r,aion saoir mas a,,,s =
is no1,, IN nro, or nielou weeA' anu -
inrs orc HjIaa 10, ,. NC eAhei. I, I,uilu
Vegetables that wn,,id o,.a, ~. ~ ,ulas anu
New EneI.nd 70 r mou.u gpem .ne Eyes .! .
believe the tales ,nioht tn ~ .t .e WILL
anG nears naocha. ,ifsi, ven Oh the appias
and the anorrno,,s ,,,p,..i.; an o'nel IIui.s
ING On circle oa.. auansi. res tnai are grow
tables 10 c,,;ta &c e 60 sHe yieiu VI vese
ahIe W. 49, 90 sieat anu quite as pront-
your leg. turnips squashes and other root
the notatnas Sot ns.uh hss IN size whiic
comparable. '"o0'' al III
There were other things in the wav Of
daIm products, including the most remark
ave ell I! OF money. Two buildings
canned fruit neadla,nori, s oS ~ eAhio.ts'
and all the tradesmen in town have stalls
70 snow their goods. The ladies of the sew
49, ehurcnes nave booths for the sale Of
patronjzed Tharo q, it -. PIE .nat are Wen
agricultural Implements and farn, NJ
ch1nery, carriages and saddlery of all
kinos, and, although you might think 1t
strange, large exhibit of automobiles for
the farmers down here are rich enough to
Indulge even In those expensive luxuries
Inc nve stock. both horses, cattle sheep
.AiiU S"iuc, Is CreOltaDle, and some of the
pest stock is to be sent from here to the st.
Louis exposition.
In the afternoon. after the melon feast,
tnere was horse race and a cowboy race
that was intensely exciting The course
was five miles, and according to the rules
each rider was required to remount a fresh
pony at the end of every mile II WAC a
f1ne exhibition of ranch horsemanship or
course there was a bucking contest. TOO.
No public gathering in the west would be
complete without it, and this time 1t was a
very lively struggle between eight or ten
ugly beasts and as many cowboys from
nelghboring ranches.
n;s+r;h,4;. - 1
Va "Aoions'
Outsldesof the fair grounds, in a cotton
wood grove covering several acres was a
stack of II 900 wa+erma,o, T, - 80.
eipbt foot hi,,, 49,, "-' @,Do"'
=, ~ q GU leel iohs,
ana was surrounded by about as many
piled up in shapely pyramids
like projecti!eS in a fortress Tbjs ox+ra
ordinary disnlav uas n,.otoa.o, ~ -
&oo 80. P-''eu ny d "He
within Witch were t"enty-four men
wearing white suits and big pink badges
who, when the hour arrived passed the
melons between the wires to tho oro,,,ds
outside. The melons wara oo,trih,,tao h
farmers in the neipbhorhood of 3d.
Ford; the other exnenses were mia h,, ~
from the merchants IN tow and
every house was Oman for thn arta,,.s anu
ment of strangers hecanse thara ts t erI,,
one small hotel and several thousand nao
pie were comneiled- TO remain oyernightp he
cause of the long distance thew had 3rereI
ed to the feast. MANY of the men ana hovs
slept in or under the wagons and CARRIAGES
on the grounds hut the wornan end Ri
dren were taken care of nv the bosnttahIa
Rocky Forders
About II O'Clock In the morning vbo,