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Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-04
Let's tho IntsruTban In.

According to the Pueblo papers Of
Sunday ''the inteTuEban electric rail
way from Pueblo down t.,e Arkansas
valley is now assured. and this spiea-
did feeder will at an early date still
further develop section Of ihis rich
valley. which will result in much ben
eht 10 every citizen OF Pueblo, and oi
substantial gain TO the parties. who.
on aiilNing their signatures TO the
franchise petition. made this much
needed enterprise a certainty" This
means that the Donthitt project that
vas supposed to be abandoned ten
days ago Is ON again. access To the
center 81 the city by the way Of Santa
l,r aycnue, being assured by the with
dFawai OF opposition from property
owners along that street.
Attorney Sloan is rejoicing in the
recent ediet Of fashion which permits
a man to wear his straw ha, as late
~ the season as he pieases. Hereto
fore a man who eiung TO his straw
head covering after October ! en-
eountered 4 certain amount Of repre-
hension in the public gaze. if he did
not get openiy -joshed" about Il. Ru,
this year the man who iFoWns on y
straw hat simply shows his own linn
iia'ions ~ to the latest cdieis OF fash.
ionabie authority on male attire. II
man Is careful to move in the right
kind OF society Chose who keep post
eil there Is really no cause for alarm
u he want, to wear his straw. No
horn will be blown this year. No
proeiama''ons will be issued. No
heavy handed individual will conc up
behind and smash the ha, down over
the wearcF's ears. The ciie, has gone
forth. aud Il says the inalicnlble right
OF an American citizen to wear his
straw hat until he chooses to lay IL
aside shall no, he denied nor abridged
on account Of It's kind. color or pres
ent condition OF brim, Atty. Sloan
has less hair on the top of his head
than most any other citizen Of Rocky
Ford. bu, he insists that straw hat is
the most hcalthiul aud comfortable
hcaigcar man can put on and hc
will continue to wear his till snow
lics.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-04
HIGH WIND
FANS FIRE
Rocky Ford's First Factory
Gets Badly Scorched
COLD STORAGE SHEDS
GETS WARNED UP
The Wind Bioweth Where Il Listeih
and deis tho Gospel rens.

The Rocky Ford Canning Works
came near going up in smoke Friday
night. As II is the fire probably sees
the end Of that line OF industry in
Rocky Ford. The origin OF the FIRE is
not known but Is suspected to be
ineendiary. The flames flashed up
suddenly when the wind storm struck
the town abou, $50 Friday evening.
The hre started up inside the build
In. near the south end. where guam
tity Of box material was piled. II
rapidly spread over she rear end. and
the wonder was that the FIRE brigade
was able to control |; with such a
gale blowing. But they did. and the
machinery which was mainly in the
north end OF the premises. along with
the engine and boiler room annex.
were unininrcd. The insurance OF
S,.soo will easily cover the loss on
cans and box material injured and
destroyed. Al. DcNorc. OF the eice-
tfic light plant. thinks the hEc was
smouldering for an hour before the
wind came IN. as he got the smell OF
burning pine over n, the light works
and made an effort to locate Il but
could no, do so. The canning plant
had only run two half days since
starting up this scason-Nednesday
and Thursday af,ernoons-and there
had been no fire in the furnace after
Thursday evening. about - hours be-
fore the fire occurred. The plant is
ono OF several controlled by the Bar
tow Canning Co. and has been run
according TO the cSigcncics of the
crop season. Previous to the Barlow
combine getting Il the property had
been owned and run by local capital
lists. being ono Of the first concerns
established to make Rocky Ford a
manufacturing centre. But !, sunk
money continually for the local pco-
pie and they were glad to have the
Barlow association of canning works
absorb il. The tomato crop this sea-
son was not promising. Mr.. Barlow
came down from Manxanola Saturday
morning and announced to tho work
ing staff that business was off for this
season. The local tomato crop con-
tractci for will be delivered TO the
Manzanola works, which expects to
have enough raw material in the can
ming line to make a reasonably good
seasons run.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-04

, Tho preliminary work Of tho proposed
Electric road down tho Valley Is still bs!ng
pushed BY Mr.. Bshymer. who was In
so~n again on Wednesday. On Tuesday
night he held meeting in Swink to talk
righs-os-~ay with tho farmers In tina,
vicinity and was very cordially received.
hs says. He Is no, ready 20, TO iormu-
lsts his proposition for riGh, Of way inside
tho town corporations along tho line. ba;
VIII be shortly.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-04
New Clothing House Opened.

The now clothing store just opened by
the Anderson Bros. in tho new Manning
block is marvel Of compietene SIS and
convenience. The handsome up-to-dato
fittings arc from the Quincy Store Fit
ting Co.. Of Quincy, III. The glass count
or cases make fine exhibit Of the gents.
furnishings. Tho clothing is provided for
in large hanging cabinets and in drawers.
The latter are all tho patent tipping
drawers. a devise. by the way OF one OF
the Anderson brothers. and a great con-
venienee in handling clothing stock. Tho
stock itself seems to be in keeping with
the store provided for it, and the new
house which opens for business today is
evidently prepared to cater to the most
fastidious taste and exactng demands OF
patrons. The Anderson Brothers are
the Anderson end Of the Anderson-Dun-
way wholesale clothing house of Denver.
This Rocky Ford store is in charge OF
Reid S. Turner, who has been four years
with the concern as traveller and inside
salesman. He is a genial gentleman
who will treat the patrons Of the new store
well and doubtless make friends rapidly
in our growing community. The adver-
tisement of the Anderson Bros. appears
on another page of to-day's Enterprise.
Mrs. E. G. Libby has returned from her
summer visit in her old home in the state
of Maine.
Mrs. o. W. Searls left on Thursday for
few weeks visit with friends in Lincoln
and Chester, Neb.
A. C. Conner got home Thursday from
Kansas City, where he had been on
health seeking trip.
The opening number of the Epworth
League lecture course will be presented
next Tuesday evening. Oct. 8. W. Powell
Hale. monologuist, will entertain with
selections from Dickens Christmas
Carol"
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-04
THE ROYAL. CHEF
dIyen a Right Royal Reception by
Rocky Ford Audience.


Lots Of pretty girls In lots Of pretty
clothes. with some who wsre not 80 pretty
and hadn't so many clothes: a lot Of do
plorablo pans and = great many 5bes a,
our human frail,ies and foibles made Tho
Royal Chef ono Of tho most taking and
tickling musical extravaganza that has
over appeared at tho Grand. From tho
chocolate eolorod complexion Of tho Rajah
himself down to tho rouge on tho most in
conspicuous chorus girls checks and the
-four on tho royal chefs nose. tho painting
was all artistieaily done. and The dr6ss :
ing Of tho play was gorgeous. Tho scenic
effects aro probably equally elaborate.
but for some reason a good deal OF Il re-
mained In tho car. SO tho bandits cave and
tho Raiah's palace had marked similar
ity Of architecture. But that aside. It is
not always that so many good singers are
got together with so many good forms
and performs as tho "Chof' carries with
It. The singing Of Miss Huteheson and
Mr.. Carter in thoir solo parts was psrtie-
ulariy fine and also in tho duct What
Color Eyes do You Love Bcst9" othor
voices were very good and the ehoruses
were strong. Mr.. Mccarthy as the Chef
is remarkably good German comedian
for an lrishman. and Dorothy Rae made
witehing Kitty o'Reily." The Rajah
himself was immense" both in physique
and voice. "old Glory" and tho tabeaux
touched the chord Of loyalty in the large
audience present and made the applause
iberal and spontaneous. The new wrinkle
IN paper throwing which winds up the
performance, SO to speak, caught the
audience as finale and turned them out
highly pleased with the entertainment. It
is sincerely to be hoped that Manager
Todd has many more such clean and
creditable shows booked for the Grand
this season. He says he has and prom
ises another pleasing, high-ciass produc-
ton next Wednesday evening. when The
Yankee Regent" will be presented.
A. H. Griswold was up from Holly this
week looking after property interests in
town.
W. R. Dye goes to Albuquerque this
week to attend the big New Mexico fair
and see his fast nag "Daybreak" win
some more stake money.
The Holly Chieftain is not yellow"
journal even though it is printed on yell
low paper. There is nothing in Holly to
make sensational paper out Of.
A foot bridge over the Rocky Ford
canal at corner of Eleventh and Syca-
more (the southeast corner Of Central
Park,) has been passed by thu council,
conditional on the status OF the street and
tsidewalk fund 1t is point Of much traf-
fic and the bridge is much needed. Re-
sidents Of the southeast section hope the
fund may be squeezed little to get the
improvement.
The propeller pump of the city water
works is on the sick list. 1t went out Of
commission on Monday and resort had to
be had to the old air lift again. Just how
long it will be in the bone yard this time
is another guess, but the cooler weather
has lessened the demand for water, par
ticularly lawn water, so that no great in
convenience is likely to be suffered until
repairs are made.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
To Cure Halter Breaking.

Horses are not naturally vicious. and
With proper attention in cOlthOod bad
habits would never lie found, says 4
horse journal. The habits tan gen
orally be broken by intelligent man
agement. \ very troublesome habit
is that Of halter breaking Once
horse finds he can break the halter lie
Is eyerlaStinGly at it. TO cure the
habit Is not nearly so easy as to keep
the horse from learning it. However.
two tried remedies for halter breakers
are herein given. Horses that are in
clined to pull and break their laltcrS
when fastened in the stall have often
been cured in the following way:
Two straps are lightly attached to Il
rope which passes through ring fas-
tened in the end Of the halter strap.
The halter strap passes through Il ring
in the stall. If Il horse enIeavors to
go backward suddenly lie finds that
the harder he pulls the greater IS the
tendency to draw his fore legs from
under him. \ few attempts will cVre
even the worst halter puller. Another
simple and effective method is worked
out by the use of long rope one
end of the rope is first attached II the
manager. The rope is then threaded
through the lower ring in the halter.
back between the front legs. then over
the back and down under the belly. be-
tween the front legs again ANA Tip
through the ring'to the other end anl
then tied to the halter. The halter
breaker will soon find Il surprise in
store for him when he leans back
against the rope, as the pull comes Oh
his own back instead of on the rome.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
Shooting Scrape at Cody

An alteration betw zen John Ger
ry and James Butcher on the one
side and Mr.. Sanderson, lately
from Missouri, on the other re-
S ,lted in Sanderson being shot
twice by Butcher, who continued
to shoot until his gun was empty,
and then struck Sanderson over
the head with the gun. Sander-
son had a billiard cue and went
after Butcher with it and it is said
that be knocked Butcher down
with it after he was shot twice
and struck over the head.
Ross Hook, the Cody marshal,
brought Butcher down to VaIen-
tine under arrest and he was
lodged in Jail, with his preliminary
hearing set for next Wednesday.
Mr.. Sanderson came down from
Cody to have the bullet located
today.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
Curing a Stall Kicker.

\ horse that is Il barn kicker can he
cured of the habit. says writer in
Breeders Gazette. Fill an ordinary
two buShel bag with hay or straw. we'll
packed. Suspend this from stable loft
by rope or cord. so that it will hang
near the side of stall. about the place
where the horse hits the stall when be
kicks. When the horse kicks the bag,
it Will swing back and thump him. II
the horse kicks Oh both sides. hang Il
bag on each side. l do not know that
this will cure horse from kicking in
a box stall. hut it Will surely cure him
in stall where he is tied, and it is
better to keep him tied than to let him
bruise his legs.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
Selecting the Brood Sows.

The man who in selecting his brood
sows always picks for the smoothest
and chubbiest Of the lot is most sure
ly reducing the fecundity of his herd,
says a writer in Kimbalrs Dairy
Farmer. The character of early fat
tening and quick maturity seems to be
i'll 4 measure opposed to great pro-
Efficacy. and if we constantly select
with that one character Only il v.ev
we may develop very refined, quick
maturing type, but in doing it have so
reduced the powers Of reproduction
as to make the product Improbable.
In order to overcome this tendency
great care should be exercised III the
selection Of the brood sowS for the
wear following. Go carefully over the
old s0ws and discard those which have
produced the small litters. the ones
which have been such poor suckers
as to be unable to raise Il good lite" of
pig, the cross. nccvo,.s sOws. which
are always getting excited and killing
their pigs.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
RINGING THE PIG.
A Plan That One Breeccr Finds Easy
and Convenient.


Having decided that it is best TO
ring. we proceed to contrive Il way
to ring easily. not having con
venient way 10 ring cause; the wo.h
TO he NEGLECTED. and the result is that
great deal of damage is doe. As
once ringing III life will not -, er, it
is necessary TO arrange Il way that viii
always be ready ard handy. The
hogs EOSe grows cut az Go our finger
nails. 50 rings seldom stay il more
than Il year. and usually three ringings
a yea: are necessary
For pigs that can lie held nothing is
necessary unless it be pair of tOn%s,
which makes tie work much easier
Dent throw The pig ana have two mon
g21 cH him with their knees. This is 1t
hard way cn tie pig; it is more tire
some TO the man and is slow way
Set the Pig Up. held the GnOut with the
t0E@S and sock il the rings. For big
hogs we have t"ied great many was
We used to gather in the ncighDOrS to
hold what we were afraid to tackle.
We have tried other ways. among
them The StaHchiOn. This is Il very
good way, but the plan that we find
most convenient and like best is t. use
plain crate. Ours is about FIVE and
ha!f feet long. three and half high
and just wide enough for a grown
hog. 1t has neither top nor bottom
One end is left open at the E0ttOm for
entrance. The hog is run in Il board
put behind and one above him to keep
him in. For Il holder the quickest one
l have tried, and which is sufficient in
case Of ringing, is a trunk rope Make
a nOCSe Is enc end by means of Il
small harness ring or link. This rope
is easily got into the hogs mouth.
Two men can co the work.
Rings should be inserted vertically in
the center CT the snOut. 1t is not naces-
sary to fill the snOut with rings. \
hos can root with rings in the side Of
his nose if there is none in the middle.
| always Use the fshhOOk rings when
l can get them, as they give better re-
suits and stay in longer. | have never
known any i'll effects to come from
ringing, but, on the contrary, have
known it to be 4 benefit to pigS-E
j. Reed in COleman'S Rural.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
THE SHEPHERD.

1t is not hard to fatten sheep but
fattening is not fitting as the term is
understood by twentieth century ex-
hibit0rs.
Give the breeding ewes wheat bran
1t will make the lambs strong.
If the sheep have been on Il dry,
short pasture care should be taken not
to turn them on Il new pasture when it
is wet. There is danger that the sheep
will get hoven or bloat
Stick to the ram that is Impressive
and doing good service Such are not
to be picked UP every day. We read
Of rams in England that have done
eight years satisfactory service
When Il lamb is sixty days o,d it
will begin to stretch out and look lean
unless it is fed all it will take of SuitH-
BILE food.
Sheep have very delicate stomachs
and so have lambs. An excess of food
at one time WI always disagree with
them
The young exhibitor should not buiid
castles in the air, but should work
hard, try and find out his weaknesses
and be content with reasonable success
for a time at least
Do not try to keep too many sheep in
one pasture. They will gnaw the
grass roots.
Have some way of marking your
sheep. especially if there are other
sheep in pastures that join yours
Don't make a poultry house out Of
the sheep barn.
The best way to keep your flock up
is to add new blood to it once in awhile
by buying stock from some progressive
neighbor'S farm.
SG.Ie sheep have much moe vigor
when ol! than others. but it is never
safe to buy q sheep that is more than
six years old You can't tell how soon
it may fail and make you lose what
you paid 70" it,
\ pound or quart Of oats and corn
fed daily to sheep will be foU1d good
ration where hay is scarce or poor in
quality.
Another good ration can be found in
feeding plenty Of clover hay with about
two gills of corn per head daily.
Corn should always lie carefully fed
to Sheep rs it is liable II cause them
to lie fevcrish.
\ good way-to get into sheep cheap
~ is to take Il small flock on shares Of
a neighhor who has more than be can
we'll pasture. says the Farm Journal.
They will soon double up and bring
you a good flock without paying out
much if any mOrGy
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
M. V. Nicholson is in Omaha

NJ. V. Nicholson is in Omaha
on business.
Messrs. Wasmund and Leach,
teachers on the reservation. are in
town this week.
WANTED-A cook and kitchen
girl at the DOnoher Hotel, refer
ences required. Good wages to
right parties. 81
If in need of dental work see
DR.. Ayers at the WOodlake hotel
Aug. 26, as his prices are right
and his work is right.
The friends of Chas. Peddicord
will be grieved to learn that his
case is growing worse and may
prove fatal at any time.
Atty. r. G. Easley started for
his old home in Orleans in Indiana
to visit relatives. He was ac-
companied by his youngest daugh-
ter Ruth.
Supt. L. K. Travis drove down
from St. Mary's Mission with an
empty rig, probably to meet some
visitors. He was very busy and
we didn't want to stop him to in
quire.
Several of the farmers have been
hauling in their wheat the past
two or three weeks as the promise
for good new crop became as
sured. The oats seems to be a
fair crop and some exceptionally
good. Winter wheat was pretty
good but the spring wheat is not.
Corn was poor stand in many
fields but the stalks are large and
heavy ears indicate a good quality,
though the average yield will be
scarcely more than a half crop,
which means 20 to 80 bushels per
acre if the present dry weather
and hot days does not cut it short.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
NOTICE.

Parties wanting wiring done or
needing repairs to their light ser
vice will please phone No. 8 or
notify the Office by noon and their
wants will be promptly attended
to. Grain or feed order should
also be placed at Office to insure
prompt delivery.
Anyone noticing street arcs not
in working order will confer a
favor by notifying US.
6tf S. Z. GILMAN.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22

u. y. Weather Bureau Report
for week Ending Aug 81.
Daily mean temperature IS
Normal 71o.
Highest 1909; lowest $50.
Precipitation 90 of an inch.
Total precipitation to date 1915
inches.
The average for 19 years for the
same period is 1885 inches.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-08-22
More Local.

Try Kazda's barber shop. If
Baby go-cart for sale at Bethel
hall. 80 2
Mac Cramer put on new de-
! livery wagon this week.
T. c. Horribly is rebuilding his
coal house at his residence this
week.
Geo. Tracewell's little boy, who
was quite sick last week, is i'm
provingS
i Wanted-A girl to work for her
board and go to school. Inquire
at Chicago House. 80 9
DR.. Ayers, the painless dentist
of Longtime, will be at Woodlake
at the hotel Monday August 26.
Mrs. Edith Marvin, formerly a
teacher in the Valentine schools.
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. L. G..
Sparks
Mrs Jas. Galloway and children
r;turned Sunday from visit of
several weeks at their ranch near
M;Cann.
Miss Minnie Hornback went up
to Rushville Monday morning to
visit her sister, Mrs. Mcbride,
and family.
Geo. Fl. Horribly has gone east
to visit the jamestown exposition
and to attend. to other business
while away.
For rent-Two rooms, furnish
ed or unfurnished. Inquire of
Mrs. NJ. R. Harden, opposite the
school house. 80 9
DR.. Ayers guarantees all work
and is always glad to make right
any mistake he may make. Don't
fail to see him. 80
Mrs. Bessie Shaw went up to
st. Mary's today to assist in TAX
ing care of the visitors at the con-
vocation this week.
Del Sherman, Len Bivens, and
Geo. Hunter returned Tuesday
from their visit with Charley Wat
son at Rawlins, Wyo., and other
western towns.
Nearly all of the teams in town
we're brought into service this
week. hauling visiting delegates
to the Rosebud Convocation Of the
Episcopal church among the In
dians.
Mrs. King took her daughter
Katie to Hot Springs Sunday
night where they hope to benefit
her health. Katie has been grow
ing weaker the past two or three
years and has found no remedy.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Pettycrew.
Miss Driscoll and L. G.. Sparks
expect to 90 Friday to the convo-
cation near St. Mary's school on
Rosebud reservation. Also num-
ber of others are contemplating
going.
The alternate hot weather and
cold during this season and last
spring resembles the summer of
1879 when at times during the
summer evenings an overcoat was
needed and many of them were
kept on handy hooks for use most
any old time. Then, again, the
weather was so hot that one never
knew what was needed in clothing
for a journey.
Sam Thackrey had the misfor-
tune last Sunday while enroute to
Valentine to lose his coat which
he placed in the basket over his
seat, either on top Of, or another
similar coat was placed on top of
his. by stockman, j. II. Parker,
of JJon1opcc, Nobr 1ubo rrot ~
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ooncerne3 !, without Government aid.
on the other hand. it is clear that
the work can be undertaken on broad
lines only by the general government,
and certainly the amount involved is
so stupendous as to deserve the ac-
tive corporation OF all the people.
Fortunately. in their work in East
ern North Carolina the government
experts have the advantage Of valu-
able object lessons. Here and there
throughout the eastern part of the
StatG~are exceedingly fertile and very
productive farms that have been re-
claimed from sWamDs. Such farms are
found IL the vicinity o. NcrfolE and
Suffolk. Va. on botn sides of the State
line, and are rep@rued as the most de-
Sirable agricultural lands III that sec
tiou. Similar properties are located
il tho vicinity OF Ee1hayen, n. c., Pan
tego. ~. c., ana Roper. y. G. Some
Of them are properties of large acreage
and al Of them are WOnCerOuSlE rlcn,
producing Notwithstanding crops.
When one visits these farms III the
growing season and sees the splendid
crons raised OF them, the figures
ct-cye quoted seem conservative rather
than an over estimate Of h results thai
nglse follow & general movement for
YGG}aiining sWanp-lands.
Not only can the ordinary swamp
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

a.amt. ..ud Gra~age in the SCAT"
f,;s. nrw rcrarr.rl cousi#e %Gtc @.
,=-t..r t.~m gte genera s-otaEriHt3l
1T the las, ae. sion ~ ConoEes, "'&
t. re,t al r.ro oy "" prior ses.H'S-
i5Is aerc Introduced carr fag ltF-
I1,.T.ur tons Tor this wotIe Iier"
III rai.aa Of passage. but tae tajte@
~tta-e- t.a.ar;raeut OF Agriculture ~
d. ap. CREATION Of aaeat 81 5000
t~fr4at,. -.at j.. avaitah-a r.: r-
hid drainage purposes b fooncE
/ .~ut. fer the most part IN I"
'a.~, ..- est cation - the suffice.
.rs,. experts -eut oef ~ the
Ie;-ftl....s. some cf i. however, IS
r-ea IN actual drainage operations.
IN HYDE county, North Carolina, an
trea Of about 10000 acres Of rich
twamp-Iand is being drained under
he advice and supervision Of men sent
4here from Washington. d. {. The