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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20

A very promising strawberry crop
was cut short by drought and extreme
heat following the unusually cool and
moist weather of late May, says Rural
New Yorker. The early pickings came
soft and light In color. striking an un-
receptive market. glutted with low
grade southern berries. Fair fruits
realized less money than at any sim
liar time for many years. Quality and
prices steadily improved. however,
until the full effects of the hot wave
became apparent in lessened size and
impaired flavor. The average yield per
acre of good commercial paintings for
the season would probably not reach
5000 quarts. and the average price Of
first-ciass berries cannot be estimated
at more than seven cents the quart,
thus bringing possible profits to very
moderate figures. The variety Sue
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20

parent in the green.tipped and unat.
tractive fruits as they appeared when
packed for shipment. Strawberries Of
this class must make good" every
year TO retain their popularity. Presi-
dent finished its handsome fruits as
well as usual. but the weakened plants
produced only n light crop. Candy in
heavy soils ripened n profitable crop.
notwithstanding the intense heat pre-
yailing at the time. While rarely n
bountiful yielder. and too sharp in
quality for many palates. Candy re-
mains one OF the most satisfactory and
dependable late strawberries for the
grower who plants in moist. rich soil
and affords proper cultivation. Intro
duced in 1854 as n cross between Glen.
dale and Jersey Queen. IL holds its
own In this locality rs the flrmest.
handsomest and most generally desira-
BILE OF late varieties.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20

cess proved a heavy cropper. perfect
ing its berries better than kinds ma.
turing later. Probably greater revenue
is to be credited to this productive
early variety than rn any of the later
ones. Notwithstanding the low prices
prevailing at the beginning Of the sea
son. as 1t has been the most generally
planted. II is admitted to be too soft
for shipment. but is locally liked for
its good size. fine color and satisfactory
quality. The plant is n most thrifty
and healthy grower. The bloom is
staminate. furnishing abundant pollen
for other sorts as well. and there are
always plenty OF strong runners. max.
ing propagation easy and certain.
William Belt shows increasing weak
ness in plant. but the berries are as
well liked as ever. surprising all other
established kinds for table quality. II
will be long planted. but is not likely
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
is NEW PREMIER OF FRANCE.
Aristide eriand, Has Risen Rapidly
to Foremost Place in the Euro
pean Republic.

Paris.-Aristide BRAND, successor
to Georges Clemenceau as premier Of
the French government, was promot.
ed few months ago from the office
of minister of public instruction and
public worship to that of minister of
Justice. He was considered for some
time the natural successor of Clemen-
ceau in the event of that ministers s
suddenly relinquishing his leadership.
NJ. BRAND is one of the strongest men
in French public life. in the opinion
OF many observers. He is an orator
of extraordinary power and persua-
Siveness and has been In parliament
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20

ty. " c.. in 1862. educated at La
Grange academy and the University
OF North Carolina. and began his
teaching career as principal of La
Grange academy in 1881. From 1889
to 1898 he was professor of the Eng.
lish language and literature in the
State Normal and Industrial college
of North Carolina and from 1903 to
1905 was secretary Of the Association
OF State Superintendents of the
Southern States. His home Is in Ra.
leigh.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
Use of Manure.

The Maryland experimental station
shows by repeated tests that fresh ma
nure spread in winter did not give as
much increase rs the same amount
rotted and plowed down in the spring.
Turning the manure while rottinE was
better than leaving 1t without being
turned. Commercial fertilizers plOwed
under in the spring invariably gave
larger yields than when sowed on the
surface just before planting.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
HEADS EDUCATORS SOCIETY.
New President OF National Assoeia.
tion. James Y. Joyner. Halls
From North Carolina.

Denver. j James Yadkin Joyner.
who was elected president OF the Ma
tional Education Association at the
recent convention in this city. has
been superintendent OF public in.
struction in North Carolina since
1902. He was born in Davidson coun.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
The Bumble Bee.

The humble bee is 4 friend OF the
farmer In sections where Cloverseed
crops are depended @pon the value Of
the humble bee as an agent In fertiliz-
ing the clover blooms is fully appre-
ciated. \ knowledge should .e had
OF the useful as well as the destructive
insects. which would prove that the
farmer has quite a. many good insect
friends as he has destructive ones.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
A Vine Cutter on cuI,Iva,or.

old wagon tire. three feet long. as indi.
Gated at 4 and attach 1t to the beam
of the plow close to the arch.
This cutter should be bent out
from the beam so as TO be in line
with the first. or inside shovel.
Three holes should be drilled in the
bar of the cutter so that It can be
adjusted to set deep or shallow as
desired.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
Home SURROUNDINGS

The environments OF your hom"
may not be just what you would like.
but there are few farms that cannot
be made beautiful by the right appH.
cation of labor and skill. Study your
case and do the best you can with
the means at your command. and you
will see how your home can be made
attractive. Trees. vines and flowers
can be made to work wonders.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
Ex.es Copy Of wr.ppr.
Prepared for the Worst.

"How long had your wife's first hus-
band been dead when you married
herr"
About eight months"
only eight months? Don't you
think she was in a good deal Of a
hurry"
"Oh. I don't know. We had been
engaged for nearly two years"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
VINE CUTTER
ON CORN PLOW
Prevcnts ClosGinG Of ShovcIs and
Also Breaking orr or Cover
inG Up OF Plants.

To prevent the cloggInG of the
shovels on a corn pillow and also the
breaking of or covering up OF the
corn while plowing. bend n piece OF
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
Ask Your orussi,. for Aliens roo.-ea,s.

'I tried ALIENS FoOT-EASE recent
~. and have just bought another supply.
1t has cured my corns. and the hot. burn
ing and itching sensation in my feet which
was almost unbearabie. and 1 would not
be without IL now.-Mrs. w J. Walker.
Camden. y. j." Sold by all Druggists, SC.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For chra-en teethrs softens the eurus reduces IN
esmr atio aays pain. wind collie 2,e bott.s-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20

Time will tell-unless the gossips
beat II under the wire.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
An Aroive Cowherd,

Argus was boasting OF his 100 eyes.
Think of putting on so pairs OF
goggles when you want to motor" We
cried.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20

Too many men try to build a sky
scraper on n one-story foundation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
DAISY FLY KILLER ..;::s.. s,ss:s .ssT9sS .ss 9ii'

pteC~ slyNu~N
attracts and Kills
all niss- Neat,
ciean.ornamentAi,
convenient. cheap.
Lssss IN seasss. Can
not SPIN or tip
over. will no soii
orinjurrAnythlnx.
Guaranteed enec-
tive. OfsiiAesisvs,
or sort prrpltdfov
zoe. HsrsidAsaers,
$50 D. ksib A,ssss,
hrvsAiys. Ss- YsrA.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-08-20
THE FINEsr FARRIC

IL eoars~ compared with the lining OF the bowels
when irritatsd ~e have pains. diarrhca. cramps
haieyer the cause take Palnklller l'erry Dayisl-
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section OF the country. has its draw
backs. 1t is not as familiar with open
plumbing and window screens and the
casual laws of modern sanitation as the
oppressed traveller would like. Its cook
ing is vastly, aye hopelessly, overest-
mated. and the recently discovered Amea,l-
can variety of the hookWorm has haif
Nelson on the poor white calss.
Also it sends to Washington some mem
berS of Congress who might more profit
ably improve their time hOeing, in one
gallused freedom. the garden patch. at
home: others who think the prlnc!pai
qualification of profound craftsmanship
is the possession of a frock coat and a
black SLOUGH hat, and still some more who
are democrats because their fathers and
their srandfathers were. and who make
the fact which was certainly none of
their business at the time, the sole de-
Tense of their political position. But tins
can be overlooked. The cast aud the
north and the west can furnish some dis
tinguished samples of craftsmanship, TOO,
without half trying.
IF the south has its drawbacks it also
has some Wondrous compensatlons.
There's Atlanta, for instance. That town
Is hummer, municipal live wire. a
civic cyclone. II compares with the aver
age of cities in all sections of the United
States as the average hustling drummer
sizes up against village storekeeper.
Atlanta is awake every minute of all the
time, and on the job, too.
For instance. If there is something to
be done, Atlanta does it. She doesn t
think about it and talk about it and con
slider it. She just does it. The .jawing
may come later. but the thing is done.
If there is money to be raised for any
proposition involving the present or fu-
ture of the city, Atlanta raises it. She
doesn't thing about raising it or talk
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the ultima thule In the way OF names
What?
Now. however. we. are at the other eN-
IRENE Gwendolyn is in our midst. with
Pearl, Mildred. Mae, Edytha, Mayme ana
other remarkably spelled efforts all as
popular as can be. Any modern !ounS
person. christened by doting parents VITA
some nowadays Objectionable combination
of letters promptly changes II. Names
used to mean something. Now they are
merely ornamental or INTENDED 10 De
Yet some of those old names are charih-
ing There's Jane. for instance. There
aren't many of them nowadays. Inc Az
erage modern up-to-date maiden Win tnc
name Jane attached to her person would
nave il modified to Janet or Jewell or
Juietta or Julienne or something hke
that inside Of no time. YET can
imagine a more attractive name than
Jane, or d girl named Jane oei'S any
thing but attractive.
Perhaps il is just notion 1 nave. nut
ii seems to be a pretty good one at that
I'll wager "A girl christened Jane and With
sense enough to leave II stay that way
without the addition of any modern sNl-
Liable attachments, would be worth know
either but would let her hair. fuzzy, sun
lit hair wave and curl and snuggle down
over her forehead
And she'd not wear one of those high
starchy collar things. but something Just
low enough to show a modest amount or
neck And she'd have the serenest eyes
you ever saw and a voice like a thrush.
And she'd he small and feminine from
top to toe and quite adorable
Here's to Jane wherever she is and
whoever she may be.
IRVING c. NORWOOD.
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about raising it wonder whether it can
be raised She just raises it.
If there is anything on hand that the
business men of the town. by getting to-
gether, can accomplish, they get together.
They don't talk about getting together,
Or wish they could get together or Won
der why they can't get together. They
get together and that's absolutely all
there is to it. Now all this may sound
sort of easy-but 1t ism t. Experience IN
all sections proves that.
Leaving New York out of the question
and New York really is in a class by
herself-there isn't city in the United
States that can and does do things. big
things. little things. all kinds of things
as long they mean something to the
city. it's present and future. it's interests
and its population, quicker and more COM
pietely than Atlanta.
Figures are dry: facts-particularly
those of the commercial-progress variety
are not wondrousiy interesting. But
here's little recent occurrence down
there that indicates what sort Of a. hus-
Ting, busting, far-seeing sort of a city
Atlanta is Atlanta decided to put up a
laundering big building of some kind. 1
think it was church, but it doesn't mat
ter. 1t might as we'll have been an alb
batoir or a schoolhouse. theater, or
any old thing. If Atlanta thought she
needed 1t. she'd have it. Anyhow, the
leading citizens got together and decided
to have this building
Bling. The money was subscribed. Bling!
1t was collected. Then the leading citi-
zens got together to decide on details.
Nobody suggested that the building should
be of the most modern, up-tO-date kind of
construction. That was taken for grant
ed. But one of the leading citizens up
reared himself and said:
Here, everybody, let's look ahead bit
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ed to make us lose self-reliance and mu-
nicipal courage and initiative. and re-
suits in our being all too dependent upon
this legislative parent. whose makeup
and disposition are constantly changing.
But, anyhow it wouldn't be bad
thing at all. at all to follow the pattern
cut by hustling. busting, wideawake,
Observation-Disclosures Atlanta.
Il X
7 HAVE heard Of people who had Saro-
! metrical toes or thermometrical elbows,
or who could predict rain or fair weather
by the condition of a misery In the
back, but III be blessed if 1 ever heard,
until recently. of anybody who could fore
tell frost by looking at his hair. But just
before the recent few days of snappE
weather | was in a BARRIERS chair having
things done to my countenance when
most idiotic conversation fell on my ear
"Ah.'' I heard the neighboring barber
say, II see we're going to have a big
spell of cold weather
The man in the next chair raised up and
looked at himself in the glass.
"Not very much just yet he said as
he sank back. THAT lock is very sensi-
tive to the first frost, and it isn't stand
ing up much This will be just couple
of days of snappy weather and then
lull."
"Your hair certainly is hard to trim in
the winter the barber remarked, after
a while.
YES" said the customer. you're right.
I've tried everything-pomade, bandoline,
oil, dozens Of preparatiOns-but there ism
anything made that will keep my hair
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MIR. JOBSON TALKS ON HAIR DRESSING

Pm talking about that exaggerated
kidney stew that you've got slapped onto
the back of your head grumped Mr..
Jobson. ".And you know that that's what
I'm talking about"
"Oh. it's my puffs you're talking about
said Mrs. Jobson with assumed careless
ness, giving the ,puffs series of little fe-
line dabs. u thought you'd like them.
ing. aren't they?
"Oh, you thought I'd like EN-, hey? In
fact, you knew I would. did you?" grump-
ed Mr.. Jobson. well. I'd like to have a
look at your thought works. 1t must be
as complicated a plant as a nail fac
tory
'Er-the. perhaps YOU really do not
particularly care for my puffs?' inquired
Mrs. Jobson. knowing. of course, just
what the answer was going to be as well
as she knew she was alive.
Do not particularly care for your
puffs, madam is one of those en1asculat-
ed milk-and-watery definitions that
wouldn't be guilty of for new ten-thou-
sand-dollar note" said Mr.: Jobson- DO
not particularly care for them would sort
of denote that T did care for 'em maybe
a teenchy little bit: that l had kind of a
holdout with regard to them; or that per-
haps / even mildly approved of them
The simple fact i'm the situation, however
is this: I despise those things; l loathe
them: I hold them to be despicable and
loathly and reprehensible. They are worse
than that. They're idiotic. They're
But Mrs. Jobson ventured to inter-
pose. call of the women are wearing them,
and
"Uh-huh-you can't tell me what all or
the women are doing, for ] know too
blamed we'll what they are doing" groWl-
ed Mr.. Jobson. For one thing. in the
United States they're running things to
suit themselves. They're riding down
everybody that disagrees with en-
They're bullying the world. They're try
ing to domineer over the universe. They're
making us into nation of bedlamites
Don't you try to tell me what women are
doing. I've got eyes / haven't any con-
troll over what women are doing, but I've
got a little bit to say about what one
thinks she's going to keep me i'm a con-
slant state of latheration and loathiness
by nudging around my home with about
fourteen pounds of deceased hair plas-
tered all over the top Of her head,
why
Well. YOU can about guess the rest OF
what Mr.. Jobson said. Mrs. Jobson, know
ing her little book discarded the puffs for
a while, and did her hair up in most out
Iandishly Old-fashioned way. One evening
She went to the theater with Mr.. Jobson
with her hair parted in the middle and
plastered down her head. She was
willing to look entirely out of the hirsute
fashion for that one night for the sake
of the result that she knew would even
tuate.
1t eventuated. All of the women in the
theater had their puffs on. Mr.. Jobson.
sitting back of the little sea Of slick puffs.
began to bob around in his seat and to
cast sideong glances at Mrs. JObson. He
took in her plastsred hair out of the tail
of his eye. and his expression as he did
SO was distinctly approving.
When they got home from the theater
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WEEKS GOSSIP AT ATLANTIC CITY

pleasant little chatter upon me or the
subject of the hullabalOo life he is now
leading. He looked very tired after the
banquet and lecture. and he admitted that
he was tired-'.dog- tired" he expressed it,
Il did not know that it was possible
that | should ever experience such utter
physical WEAKNESS as ] have several times
experienced since my return from Copen-
hagen, he said. 1.-The excitement. l sup
pose. has good deal to do with this.
Additionally. l am not good traveller. l
could sleep far better i'm a snow fgloo than
can sleep in a Stuffy sleeping car. [
read the other day that President Taft
had to bandage his right hand and for
swear EandShakng until the wrenched
digts regained their normal shape. I can
sympathiZe with him. ! am becoming
convinced, though. that my right hand
never will regain its normal shape. 1t is
now mere distorted mass OF bones lga-
ments and flesh. It aches increasingly.
But ! cannot withhold it from the good
fellows who hold out their hands. | was
without a human being of my own kind
to shake hands with for go long time
that I have not been able to get too much
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,siuce the announcement of the discovery
of the pole, first by DR.. Cook and then by
Peary. has EXPRESSED his utter ana m
eradicable incredulity as to the null Dr.
ness . -.
This rugged old boy was the skipper OF
various Whalers in the arctic Tor many
years on end. and now he Is taxing ne
easy and smoking his pipe IN the 'oh'o
of his children here.
ct can't be did, was what he repeated
over and oyer again when the pole dis
covery was the topic. They nam no
body that can do it. They hain't no
body can git through the ice. or Owe.
it. l seen too much a,o them menus, ,es'on Amt
ary one O. 'em--Cook Or Peary-sot any
ways nigh tn pole. They !es dream.
ed tibet they did. Nohody'h ever gu
me t. blieve tibet any o EN- sot ln M. :,
Not much. 1t jes can't be did. thet S'i..
Well. the local newspapers nave neeh
printing the old hoy's animadvers,ohs
right along with humorous comments
and he has been delighted at the at
tention paid him. One of the newspapers;
lust to see what effect DR.. Cook would
have upon his incredulity, secured him a
seat to attend DR.. Cooks lecture on the
pier
The er-haired. ruddy-faocd old CHAP
making a sounding board of one of his
hairy hands at his ear. the better to
listen. followed the explorer through MS
lecture with an expression that graduaii!
became chagrined and then outright
sheepisls.
paper man who'd taken him TO the lee
t,re inquired as the explorer wound up
his lecture and retired from the platform
Are you disappointed in the lecture?
There's plenty TIL matter, acknowl-
edged the Old boy, bravelv. There's so
much tn matter tibet I've got t eat dirt
an I'm a-soin' t. do it. That feller.' In
Gicating DIR. Cook as the explorer came
down the steps from the platforms tibet
TELLER hez been t. tn pole all right l
take it all back. He shore has been t,
tn pole Res' thing I can do from now
on is t keep my OF fool mouth s1et
There was a laugh all around, asd
with the explanation that he had only
then Just become convert. and DR.. COOK
held the old fellow aside for few min
utes and engaged him in conversation
about the arctic which caused the an
tiaue ex-skipper to slap his thigh pro-
digiously and laugh until his face beca me
empurpled l don't know what DR.. COOK
said to him, and the old boy wouldn
repeat it; but I've guess that Dr. COOK
was saying a little something or other
about some other skeptics he'd encoun-
tered or knew about
An American lady staying here whose
husband is colonel i'm the British army
was presented to DIR. Cook among the
invited guests at the Marlborough-Bien-
helm.
Doctor she said to the explorer.
with a twinkle i'll her eye, my husband,
an Enelshman. quarreled with me and
declined to speak to me for four days
after your announcement that you'd dis
covered the pole. because. of course. an
Englishnan hadn't discovered 1t first
For this breach in my family am | not
entitled to some unusual reward?'
DR.. Cook took from his buttonhole the
ye1inu- that SO,nehOdV had placed
there and handed it to the lady withs a
smile.
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Let's not only build a building for today.
but tomorrow: This is going to be struc-
ture that will last We don't want TO be
fixing it over in few years. Let's build
it not only for now but for then.
Whereupon everybody else agreed They
didn't get enthusiastic or consider that
the citizen who had put the proposition
had done anything in particular out of
the ordinary. They just registered their
o. X. and let 1t go at that.
And now, what do you suppose? Why.
the roof of that building is to be one
big landing stage-for airships and aero
planes and all sorts of air craft. There
are to be htching posts for dirigibles and
stalls for biplanes and monos and what
not, all open to the sky by day and
brightly Illuminated by electricity at
night. That landing stage won't be need
ed for several years. not generously, at
any rate But when it is needed-and
enough to believe the time won't be very
Longevity, there ii will be. all ready for
use That's the way they believe in doing
things down there.
Many many cities in this land Of ours
might to their lasting benefit, pattern
after Atlanta. 1t may include a bit OF
heresy but sometimes it seems as though
of dynamite to start any movement for
the general good in this fair city OF
Washington. Maybe it is because Father
Congress is always at our elbow, eau
tioning counseline, warning, frett1ng,
growing, dolefully predicting. Perhaps II
is because We have got too much In the
habit of waiting for the boost from our
fond parent, for the word that spells ap-
prevail and that promises or threatens
to promise assistance of a financial ma
ture.
Perhaps it is because all this has tend
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and a maiIet to drive In The sung. TIC
editorial was illustrated by picture of
certain lecturer, a man who gives
.travelogues, whose raiment was bit
fiasiry. In essence Mr.. Brisbane's con-
clusion seemed to be that the man who
in any way departs from convention or
smuggest usage in the matter Of the
clothing he wears is bonehead prma
facie a sapconk per Sc, pulphead prin-
cox and various other inconsequential
things.
when | read this somewhat too tumultu-
Gus editorial of Mr.. Brisbane, consider
ing the minorness, so to speak, of the
subject. The reason why / couldn't re-
press the laugh was this:
In the summer of 1892 in Chicago |