Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-10-30

GENTLEMEN THE JURY
The minded and the honest-hearted belev-
In square deal', you who empaneIed by your
legal and citizens Otero county:
We brief of the record of the Honorable
George swlnk, Republican Candidate for the office of
Senator, and ask for unpreudced verdict
Tuesday next.
0entIenssn Of the JHsJ:-
This form Of address not only pertinent election
ea but has been made peculiarly this by recent fire.
and gandoqusnt directed at the prdces Of
the crowd outside the jury box.l
figure stands the bar Of public opinion there
however, Of his free notion and the rugged dignity Of
wsatusd manhood, submits record Of thirty indus
us effort for the upbung Of the wealth and the character Of
the community in which he has dwsit
To make two blades Of grow whore only before
has BEEN worthy ambition all ages
the To do that after the most selfish fashion
tribute the general good To share that growth large and
liberal with fellow laborsrs enlarge the spirit
and snhanes the bounty Of the original Creator 10 nssdu to
into detail with the electors Of osro county order
Of George Swnks contribution the development
agricultural vallsyp
We think not And yet there OF short ms'oy and
who comparatively newcomers to whom brief story
Of his accomplishments will not b without interest
mans greatness should b measured rather by mta
tons than his opportunities aad biographical data Of Mr.
Swnks boyhood cannot fail impress the reader with the
vcon that required indomitabs will and industry rise
above the limitations in which he started as boy.
He born farm HardsnburR. Kentucky. in the
year 1885, HIS Of Pennsylvania Dutch stock who
early emgrants slope of the Aegane In
1910 his emgatsd the Of the
Illinois, The necessity Of helping hew a
wilderness for the family limited his school attendance
Of six each The only
and above board and clothes the
his of rather silk pattern Those who
know Mr.. Swnks general Indifference apparel
will be surprised know that the
He whitfield hickory axhande to his marriage license fee.
married the What became Of the silk
pattern Mrs Swnk might possibly relate The wedding
walk foot several miles to the modest farm dwelling
that he had rented to begin his in The obga
he then early assumed full grown he
large family
intelligent and honorable citizenship.
The spirit Of tho his by long inheritance
strong his blood and while yet lin 1870 he
his westward and following the old Santa Fe
arrived in the Arkansas Valley From Kit Carson
old Rocky Ford he made the journey paying
"freighter the of So his Gpsack prairie freight
schooner
II the limitations boyhood great surely the lta-
domiee arid stretches of these plains
greater and only with vision could have had the
optimism them the Rocky Ford of today Mr. Swnk
back for his family and had modest CABIN ready
them when they arrived.
you reader sueeinet history things that
followed making Of the Rocky Ford of today
story development agriculture Arkansas
Valley by George W. called before the
Committee the Philippines Washington February
1906 when proposed to abolish the duty Philippine
sugar officially down in
brief and unganhsd story Of the rise of agriculture
Arkansas Valley the Of the fs irrigation ditch by
corporation sparse settlers along bank the
planting garden sssds: Of the discovery Of the adaptaby
melons and the gradual Of ndusy
story the slow but Transformation Of the
waving Of bossomng alfalfa; Il plain recital
crude diary notes Of the who during his term in the State
Senate introduced bill to appropriate $500 for the Of
testing adaptation Of Colorado soil sugar bsss
down but laughed by his fellow senator's
with pstsnt faith and endurance
ported $500 himself Germany: distributed
gratis among samples product ship
ped them Washington for analysis; went before
convention Nebraska and threw the bsss and their analysis
tables their and compelled recognition
virtues Of Colorado sell producer. II story
should only command the respectful admiration
electorate. but ought to supply inspiration every
wed pupil public schools long after the cheap suss
and small anmosiss incidental to political campaign
passed into silence and pathetic ineonsequsnee
General Palmer said Of story the
Senate committee "swnk statement Of the
sa7ed the day
What Mr. Swink has done in time past in his capacity
member Of the legislature would make long story
widely read the heat Of campaign That he has
defatgaDy the halls Of legislation he has in the