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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
Bctrothal Secret Out.

Miss Cora Stephens entertained the
Entire Nous Club Monday afternoon at tho
home Of her sister. Mrs. J. F. Mekelvey.
and rake the entertainment. the occa-
sion for tho public announcement Of her
betrothal. much to the delzh. and graft
fication Of her girl friends. In the dec
grafton Of tho McKelvey home for the
meeting the green and white colors pre-
vailed and the three-leafed shamrock
gave way to the four-leafed clover. as
the sign Of good luck to the bride-to-be.
The game Of the day was the hunting Of
the elover-leaf booklet announcing the be-
trothal Of Miss Stephens and Mr.. Henry
Miller, Of Gordon Ncb. The needle.work
task Of the day for the Club was the EN-
broidering by each member Of her in
itials upon piece Of blue ribbon. which
ribbons are later 70 be a club memorial
pillow for the bride. There were other
features. The refreshments served were
we'll characteristic by the cuisine when
presided over by Mrs. MoKslvsy and her
sister.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
Mrs. Richards AntI-saIoon Talk

Mrs. Florence D. Richards. represent
ing the Anti-Saloon League Of the state.
failed to reach town in time to fill her
Monday night engagement. but she ap-
psared Tuesday evening. at the M. E.
church. A very small audience greeted
her. perhaps by reason Of the disappoint-
msnt Of the previous evening and the re-
ports Of her failure to arrive. Mrs. Rich
ards Is a foreible platform speaker. with
. remarkable voice for public speaking.
and Is one Of the able National lecturers
Of the W.C.T.U. As q mere matter Of
platform ability In lady. those who did
not hear her missed treat, while as an
anti-saloon advocate she was "loaded for
bear" The gist Of her talk Tuesday even
ing was the story Of what had been done to
70 the saloon in her own town Of Leipse.
Ohio, and much aid and comfort she sup
Piled the enemy Of that institution who
got out 10 hear her.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
AQUA PURA As YOU WANT IT
City Council Receives Proposals for
Supply Of Pure Spring Water.

HIM. Fosdiek and w. a. culp. two
directors Of tho Pure Spring Water Co.
Of Fowler. were in town Monday talking
up with our citizens. tho introduction Of
their water supply into Rocky Ford.
Thsy mot tho city council for a lit,io
while Monday night and made some pro-
positions which tho board promised TO
give some consideration 70 at a later da,o
They have threo propositions: Ono Is
To pu, their spring wa,ar into our city
pipc Inc and guarantee fxod minimum
supply at ratio per gallon to DO agreed
upon. Another Is to simply Pipe tho
water TO si,e TO DO furnished by tho
city and establish standpipo from which
tho city may draw water In tanks To city
consumers and pay tho company roy
atty on tho number Of tanks taken. a
third proposition Is for tho Spring Water
Co. to furnish all tho delivery equipment
and pay tho city percentage on tho
water they deliver to city consumers.
Tho Company now has nino miles OF
pipo laid from tn o springs eastward
They arc laying six-insh visrihcd sowt r
pipc as tho main eonvoyor. Thoy have a
righ. Of way from tho county eommis :
sioncrs and will cross the riyor on tho
Manzanola bridge and shan follow tho
main road eastward. going perhaps az
far as La Junts. Tho town Of Mama :
nola is negotiating for 10000 gallons
pOr day. and thoro will probably bo man y
customers for tho water all along tho
route. The promoters declare they have
a practically unlimited supply and efFer
to guarantee tho towns taking IL any
certified quantity.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
BADLY HURT
Harold Burreii Run Over by Wagon
aud Severely Injured.

Last Saturday Harold Burrell. the To-
year-old son OF D. v. Burreil. aoeompa-
MED his father in trip over north Of
Sugar City where Mr.. B. Is overseeing
extensive planting work. He left Harold
in the field and returned to Sugar City.
A wagon load OF farm machinery weigh
ing 1890 pounds was being driven thru
the field and Harold got between the
fence and the loaded wagon. The driver
did not sec tho boy. who. in turning to
escape the team was crowded be-
tween the fence and tho wagon and
went down under the wheels. One wheel
passed over the lads body. lengthwise.
bruising him from head TO foot and espeo-
tally dishguring his face. Tho accident
happened upon newly plowed ground
and the driver hastily cramping the
wagon when he saw tho accident lifted
some Of tho pressure of the wheel that
was over tho boy, else life would have
been crushed out Of him instantly. He
was taken hurridly to Sugar City and
medical attention given him and later an
auto with two physicians. his mother and
= nurse. were sent from Rocky Ford. In
the meantime stimulants sustained tho
boys vitality and after consultation Il
was decided to bring him homo At onee.
tho party arriving in tho night. His
wounds were dressed and on Sunday
morning he was resting quite comfort
ably and tho hope that no serious inter-
nal injuries have been sustained is on
tertained.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
Woman Social Times. -

The members Of tho Yeoman lodge
gave Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Reeg. Of North
9th St. surprise Saturday night. Mr..
Reeg and family will shortly start for
their new home in the Big Horn Basin.
wyo.. An enjoyable time was had. Ice
cream and cake were served. At a late
hour the guests departed wishing tho
Reegs the best Of luck in their new home.
The Yeoman lodge also gave Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Kellogg a surprise at the homo Of
Jason Watson on So. 18th st. An enjoy
able evening was spent there with games
etc.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22

The Enterprise gives below full re-
port Of the action OF tho two conventions
which assembled last Saturday to name
tickets for tho filing Of civic offices at
the coming municipal election.
It was found that under recent amend
msnts to tho municipal elections act that
the Offices Of city magistrate city attorney.
city marshal. city engineer and street
commissioner ceased to bo elective Offices
and became appointivo by tho council. as
In former years. Only city clerk and
city treat sr remain to be voted for
along w.. tho aiderman'e board.
Tho tickets have since been duly filed
with tho city clerk and tho indications. at
this writing. seem TO DO that the people
will have a choice OF mon on election day.
This however is not authoritative. rs tho
law allows six days In which TO flo do
elnations Of nominations,
Tho "Citiyens" fling committee oxpor-
fenced some difficulty in getting their
tekc, filed. Vim. Green first appeared
At tho elorks Office and upon tho preson-
tation Of his lis, Of nominees was shown
that |, was defective In form. 10 re.
tired. and later NJ. S. Martin brought the
tieke, to flo. It was still wanting in
some legal features. and he retired for
q. amendments. Finally w. 3. Goblin wen;
l ,ver tho paper and .hen placed Il on file.
: Il 10 said that tho failure TO hold bona
fds ward nomination meetings and fur
LIB formal credentials from officers o!
such meetings makes tho ticso, void un-
der the present law.
Rumors on tho stree. wora TO tho
effect that Mr.. Stras,on had declined
tho nomination for Mayor given hun on
tho"Ci,izans' ticket. He was tnit ~ thct@
and replied that ono could hear anything
on tho street. Hence It Is assumed tha;
Mr.. Stra.son's nomination stands. Horace
Amos, "Ci;ixons' nominee for Alderman
In 2nd Ward. has filed his intention to do
cline with Clerk Mskolyoy, but has no,
flod tho deelna,ion itself. as yet.
On tho ''No-Lieenso" ticket r. Y. Hsuek
had Il told on him that no declined to run
for Alderman in 2nd Ward. but person
al interview assures tho Enterprise tha,
Frank will bo thorc on election day. bar
rim death and taxes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
NOLICENSE TICKET
The Prohibitionis,s Hold Convention
and Name Their Men,

The friends OF the pronounced No
License policy publicly announced a
civic convention for last Monday af-
tcrnoon at K. p. hall, but finding there
was room for doubt about that date
giving the necessary fifteen days
prior to election for filing the ticket,
under the ambiguous reading Of the
Dalcction law, they changed their plan
and got together on Saturday even.
ing in the basement of the Methodist
Church and put through their ticket
in time to file it with the city clerk
Saturday night.
Word went round and with the aid
of telephone connections good sized
meeting was called to order, despite
the change of place as well as time of
meeting.
The. meeting was called to order
and on motion c. F. Evans was made
chairman and J. E. Lawson named for
secretary.
Mr.. Evans said that afternoon the
Wards had held their separate con-
vcntions and named their candidates
for aldermen and they were good
men, who would be sure to maintain
just the kind of government we had
had for the past four years. We had
the cleancst little city in Colorado and
it was something to be proud Of.
Few realized what the work had been
to maintain this condition in our city.
1t was easy for the citizen to step
up and vote a ticket but It was not
SO easy to do the work of the city.
He regretted that we could not have
just the same men in office again.
But some could not continue, for var
;ous reaeone Thefefore new men
had to be chosen. He then read the
credentials from the different Ward
conventions and afterward the list Of
nominees for aldermen. They were
as follows:
Ward No. II. E. Gauger and H.
]. Sprinkler.
Ward No. a-F. Y. Houck and
Fred Merk.
Ward No. 3--John Ritchie and
\ Chas. H. Baldwin.
The report was approved and Mr..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
CITIZENS TICKET
Some of Our Citizens Get Together
and Name a Citizens Ticket.

A convention called under the title
"Citjzcns Convention" was held in
the hallway of the Godding building
Saturday afternoon. Present and vot-
ing, w. B. Goblin, VIM. Green, Andy
Nicholes, G. A. Daring, Paul Ken
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22

J. c. Haffner. superintendent Of build
ing for the Cement Stone Co., had his
hand badly crushed at the plant last
week.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
Rcv, Bjuhm's Lecture.

Tho fourth lecture in tho Presbyteria
Ladies' Aid course was given last Frid ay
night. Rev. Conrad Bluhm Of La Junta
was tho lecturer and his subject was
The Martyred Queon;" who proved to DO
as tho lecture proceeded. tho Empress
Josephine Of France. Tho lecturer do
fined her as In his estimation tho greatest
woman Of history. and his reason for so
viewing her seemed to be her great fidol-
ity to tho two men she married. Count do
Beauharnais frs. and afterward Napoleon
Bonaparts. The speaker gave biograph-
ieai sketch Of tho life Of the unhappy
woman. who through all the vieetssitudes
Of her notable career kept her devotion
to the men who passicnately proc
their affection for her at the outset and
then treated her with eontumely. The
audience, though not so large as others
gave the speaker an attentive hearing.
E. E. johnson. who with his invalid wife
has been wintering among us. left for
Colorado Springs and Denver this week.
and later they 60 on to their home. Iowa.
But they will come back to US in the fall.
and perhaps to stay. being greatly in
love with our climate and Mrs. J. much
improved in health.
The midnight Flyer" which will be the
attraction at the Grand on next Monday
night. March 25th. Is one Of those breezy.
efferveseent and mirth- provoking plays
that has made record second to none in
the melo-dramatic field. When there Is
not thrilling scene or wonderful mechan-
cal effect. there is lively specially or
some rollieking comedy. all served with a
dash and 90 that makes the piece one Of
the best shows that will bs sssn here this
season.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
How Docs This Strike Your

Someone who subseribes himself as "a
Subssribor" sonds tho Enterprise COM
muniea;ion which sounds like a campaign
oshoria,ion JUS, now. Tho following OK
tracts practically cover tho whole story:
Arc YOU your BROTHERS koop-
or9 Then make laws that will make
Il oas'or for US TO do right and live
uprigh, Christian Lite: and cause II
to be harder to do wrong and evil
things.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22

tits timo to wake up and make
yourselves formers Of good people in
stead Of waiting until thy brothers or
sisters arc in wro,ehod low life to
REFORM them from this position.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22

Havo you graduated out Of tho
Bible9 Have you learned all you
can from the only book of truth? No?
Then why not bo in Sunday SCHOOL,
It is a place for old. young and mid
die aged.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22

The writer apponds some "maxims'
that are quito as good and perhaps not SO
original. and wo prin. thom:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22

If you wish to have friends. be
friendly.
There Is no beautifier Of the COM
plexion or form or behavior: like tho
WISH to scatter JOY instead Of sor-
row around US.
There is in every true woman's
heart a spark Of heavenly fro which
lies dormant in the broad day light Of
prosperity. but which kindles up.
beams and blazes in the dark hour Of
adversely. n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-10
MAIL ORDER EVIL
iYs RISE rs NOT THE RESULT Or
LEGITIMATE DEMAND.
DUE ENTIRELY TO GREED
And II Feeds Upon the Prosperity
OF the Country Te~ns-A
Menace 10 the
Nation.

tcepyEishtsi. baa by Alfred C. ciarsJ
As the years go by Nc are more
than ever brought face To face with
the vital question OF trading at home,
Dasing the pas, decade the habit Of
BUYING goods abroad has grown to
such proportions that the eountEy
merchant may well feel alarmed ~
tho probable outcome unless something
ID done 10 fogestail the great calamity
which will surely result thsfefEo,n-
Trade conditions 75 years aEo were
satisfactory, Al that time catalogue
houses were eHliEeiy unknown aad
eountry merchants were -monarehs Of
all they surveyed" SO 10 speak. in the
lines represented. and the people Ssse
prosperous sad happy, Perhaps ro,
SO much because they generally had
money enough TO meet their wants.
but because OF tho eoa,cntm.at that
prevailed throughout tho country ~
that time. Tho farmers raised good
crops. EcneFaIiy. and received good
prices for shat they had To sell. They
sold thelE surplus s,ar To tho local
merchant Aad bought what they
wanted: and ;his Was the height Of
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-10

Il shouldn't say SO. I'm q great es-
esption.-and-I really shouldn't be
talking 10 you Al all. It's against the
rules. And Nc don't encourage smok,
ing
The chaplain dossa't smoke. ! sup
pose"
NO, in chapel; ! believe il isn't
done. And se rarely see him any
2hsre else"
She had idled with the paddle SO
far. but ROW she lifted her eyes and
drew back the blade for a long stroke
'-Bul in the wood.-,his morning
by the waii."
hate myself To this day for having
so startled her. The poised blade
dropped into the ~a.sE With splash;
she brought the canoe tribe nearer
10 the wharf with an almost impes-
Iesptibis stroke. and turned toward me
sith xondeE and disniay In her eyes.
$50 you are an eayssdropper and de
teetiss. are youf ! bes that you will
give your master nay compliments. ]
really o1s you an apology: ! thought
you were a gentleman she exclaimed
sith ~ithefing emphasis. and dipped
her blade deep in night.
called. stammerins iaeohsEsntiy.
after her. bu, her light arsosy skinned
the water steadily. Ths paddle toss
and fell with trained precision. making
scarcely ripple as she stole softly
a~ay toward III. fairy towers OF the
sunset. stood looking after her,
soadei with ssitcontsmpt. 4 glory OF
purple and searls, and gold iiii.i the
west. Suideniy the Aind moansd in
tho wood behind IN. line of cottages.
swept over IN. and Eippl"d IN. snrtae.
Of tho lake. I watched Its nisht until
II caught her canoe and ! marked the
rimsy crafts quick response. as the
shaken waters borv her alert figure up
ward on the swell. her blade stiii main
tanning its regular dip. until sh. dis
Appeared behind little peninsula that
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-10

their ambition. hence the contentment
that prevailed.
But in after years. when cities
grew and trade expanded. tho mer-
chants OF these cities not being con-
tent with conditions OF trade. devised
plans by which they might reach out
for more business. Advertising In the
newspapers being n cheap way of
putting the merits of their goods be-
fore the people. this plan appealed to
them and It was adopted. At first they
operated on n small scale: then, as
the merchant saw the opportunity for
making 1t pay. he added to his adver-
tising fund. And so It has continued
until to-day millions of dollars are
annually sent to mail order houses by
the people OF the United States.
The best and most effective way to
throttle the catalogue house has been
q question uppermost in the minds OF
country merchants for several years
past some advocating one plan and
some another. There are several plans
which might be presented to induce
the farmer to buy at home. In the
first place his pride might be appealed
to. There are very few farmers who
own their own farms but that would
be interested in building up his own
locality. He realizes the fact that If
his farm is to bo valuable it must be
farmed in the most scientific manner
and all buildings. fences. etc., must be
kept up in the best possible shape.
and above all the farm must be To-
Gated not too far from some good
town, for we all know that farm land
brings much better price when near
to some good town or village. 1t Is
not hard to get the farmer to realize
this, for IL he ever sold any farm land
or tried to sell any, he knows this to
be fact. Well, then, after he has
realized this fact. the thing for him
to do is to patronize his home mer-
chants and business men, 80 they may
be able to build and maintain a good
town.
Public schools are much better in
the towns than In the country for the
reason that where the population is
most dense, there is more taxable
property to the amount of territory
covered, hence there is more money
collected for school purposes, and as
a result more and better teachers are
employed. All this is Of the highest
importance to the farmer, as most
farmers who are Of any Importance in
their profession are interested in CIV
inc their boys and girls = coed educa-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-10

my graRdfather's strange house had
been chosen for the Investigation
Clearly MAS not prepared 10 close
the incident. but the idea OF fTighten'
lag nay visitors appealed 10 my senss
Of hamor. tiploed TO the front stair
Nay. ran lightly dONns found the front
door. and. from the inside. opened and
slammed il. ! heard Instantly a hnr-
ried seampsr above. and the heavy fall
of one who had stumbled in the dark.
sFihhsd with real pleasure at the
sound of the mishap. haslened to the
great library. which Was as dark as a
well. and. opening one Of the long win
do9s. stepped out On the balcony, Al
once from the rear of the house came
the sound Of s,eaithy step. which
Increased To run at the rayine bridge.
I lislensd To the flight u the fusiIisr
through the wood until the sounds died
away toward the lake.
Then. turning To the library sihdo~.
I saw Hates. With candle held above
his head. pserins about
Hello. Hates" I called eheeFfG.iy.
7 just got home and stepped out To
see II the mson had risen. don't
believe know where TO look for u In
this country
iie began lighting tho tapers with
his usual deilbeEatioa.
.'It's u trine early. I ihink. sr.
About eight O'Clock. should say. vas
the hour. Mr.. Gisnarn."
There Was. OF course. no doubt what
eyer that Bates had been one Of the
tnsn ! heard in my room. II vas
wholly possible that b. had been CON
PEELED To assist in some ia~isss act
against his will: bu, ~hy. II he had
been forced into aiding a criminal.
should b. not inyok. my own aid Ia
protect hims-iff ! kicked th. loss
IN tho fir-piae. impa,icniIy at my ua
certainty. tn. man slowly lighted
tho many candles In IN. sr-a, apart
mcat. Ho Was certainly a deep one
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-10
CHAPTER VII.
The Man on the Wall.

was so thoroughly angry with my
self that after idling along the shores
for an hour I lost my way in the dark
wood when landed and brought up at
the rear door used by Bates for COM
munication with the villagers who sup
piled us with provender. l readily
found my way to the kitchen and to n
flight of stairs beyond. which connect
ed the first and second floors. I STUN
bled up the unfamiliar way In the dark,
with. fear, a malediction upon my
grandfather, who had built and left in
complete a house SO utterly prepos-
ferrous. My objectionable fling at the
girl still ranked; and was cold from
the quick descent of the night chill on
the water and anxious to get into some
comfortable clothes. Once on the Sec
ond floor / was sure of the location of
my room, and ] was feeling my way
toward 1t over the rough floor when l
heard low voices rising apparently
from my sitting-room.
1t was pitch dark in the hall. l
stopped short and listened. The door
of my room was open and faint light
flashed once into the hall and disap-
peared. 1 heard now sound as OF
hammer tapping upon woodwork.
Then 1t ceased, and a voice whis-
pered:
He'll kill me If he finds me here.
I'll try again tomorrow. l swear to
God I'll help you, but no more now
Then the sound of scufIle and
again the tapping of the hammer.
fter several minutes more of this
there was whispered dialogue which
could not hear.
Whatever was occurring two or
three points struck me on the instant.
One of the conspirators was an unwill-
ing party to an act as yet unknown;
second, they had been unsuccessful
and must wait for another opportu-
nifty; and third, the business, whatever
1t was, was clearly Of some Importance
to myself, as my own apartments in
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-10

, say: "Come to Smiths to trade.
cheapest place on earth" He must
describe his merchandise as ho would
in private conversation over the coun.
ter to a customer. and then quote the
price. This will nearly always act as
clinchcr and will at least put him
on n standing with the catalogue
house. In fact II will give him an ad.
vantage over the catalogue house. for
in almost every case he can sell the
same grade of merchandise cheaper
than the catalogue house can sell 1t.
This is not mere theory but n state
ment of fact. for the reason that the
country merchants business is oper.
ated at very much less expense than
that of the mail order merchant.
There are thousand and one items
of expense which the city merchant
has to meet that are entirely unknown
to the country merchant.
The time is rapidly approaching
when people who patronize mail order
houses will be looked upon as soon
ers" by the solid and influential citi-
zens of all commonwealths and will
Suhel az thCii hohdos
Cities and towns are built by COM
bined efforts of the residents thereof;
not by foreign capital. So too are our
churches and schoolhouses built. It
may be true that in many instances
eastern capital has been employed to
make improvements in the west, but
always with good round interest to
the lender of the money. No one ever
heard of q case where an eastern man
or firm contributed to western enter
prise for the fun of the thing. Nor
did you ever hear OF a case where any
mail order or catalogue house ever
contributed to any church building
fund. Nor yet did they ever build or
help to build any of our schoolhouses.
You never heard of case of this kind
and you never will. All these eastern
sharks care for is your dollar, and
you know It, and when they have got
ten that they have no more use for
you. Then why should you patronize
them? You can go to your home mer-
chant any day in the year and II you
ere short of change, he will extend
you credit. If you are sick and un-
able to work the home merchant will
see that your family is provisioned
until you get on your feet again. lie
will do all of this and at the samo
time furnish the same grade of goods
at the same or even at q less price.
Will the catalogue merchant do this
]. p. DEL.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-10

Ths May N0mPaRy OF OsnTeF, who
ere the largest mail order OutfitIegs
In the wesI. have just completed a
nss eaIalOs describing ami illusirat-
ing the many Zines Of hish grade. 10.
priced merchandise carried in thcir
.seautiful new building Al SiHiesRta
sud Champ;s streets The May Com
psny say they nill send these eaia-
les anywhere upon request. free Of
charge, There are many things in this
leH eatalOs sure I1 inieTss, people
whO appreciate quality. siYls snd true
economy.