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Measurement Of Rio erande Flow.

State Engineer c. W. Comstock has
established seven photographic sta
tIons to ascertain the exact flow of
water in the Rio Grande.
The federal government is planning
to build reservoir at Engle in New
Mexico to irrigate a large section OF
country. A treaty with Mexico pro-
vides that a certain amount Of water
shall flow into Mexico. Because OF
this treaty and the New Mexico reser-
voir scheme. the government Is hold
ing up some OF the reservoir filings
in the San Luis valley despite the
claim OF residents that they are en-
titled to the water OF the Rio Grande
river. and that no diminution Of flow
In the river would follow further use
OF its waters in that section. Com.
stocks data will be used to contra
vene the attitude Of the federal Of
ficials.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Barney Oldfield set four new worlds
records on the state fair track at Mil
waukee Tuesday. In the twenty-five
mile race against time Oldfield trav-
eied the distance in 22:47. beating the
record which was held by Ralph de
Palma. In this race he travelled the
90 miles in new time. setting a mark
Of 1915 1-5. This mark also took the
record from de Palma. he having held
the record with the time 1890. which
he made at Grand Rapids, Mich. The
is miles was made in 1874 "a. Old
field also set new mark for one hour
event. travelling sixty and one-half
miles during the hour. beating the old
record by one and one-half miles.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
POLITICAL.

Democratic state convention closed
at Rochester. n. Y. Friday night. nom
mating John A. Dix. chairman OF the
party's state committee, and n veal
thy Washington county business man.
to run on progressive platform Of
the widest type.
State Senator d. T. Holstlaw,
of Iuka, one OF the fifty-three
Democrats who voted for Senator Will
liam Lorimer. on the witness stand
before the senatorial investigation
committee testified that after he had
voted for Senator Lorimer, he received
s2.500 and that he supposed the mon.
ey was paid because OF his vote" The
state senator, who until recently was
a banker in Iuka and had some prom.
inence in the Baptist denomination,
was the second legislator to tell the
committee that money was paid be.
cause OF vote for Lorimer.
The public announcement of the
candidacy of Senator La Toilette for
the Presidency will be made during
the winter. 1911.
The Republican state convention at
Saratoga made Henry l.. Stimson OF
New York its candidate for governor
The nomination OF Mr.. Stimson was
one more victory for Col. Roosevelt,
who personally led the fight for the
nomination of his candidate. complet.
ing the unbroken series OF triumphs
from the moment the convention was
called to order Tuesday afternoon un.
til Its final adjournment.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has appointed DR..
Frederick A. Cleveland director OF the
Bureau of Municipal Research OF New
York to investigate the expenditures
in executive departments.
In receiving the delegates to the In.
ternationai Prison congress In the
East room OF the White house Thurs
day. President Taft cautioned them
against making prisons SO comfortable
as to furnish a motive for violating the
law and also warned against associat-
ing prisoners who were mere offenders
with hardened law breakers.
In order to prevent corporations.
firms and individuals from borrowing
to the extent OF their credit in their
own cities. then going elsewhere and
doing the same. Comptroller OF the
Currency Murray has decided upon the
establishment OF n central credit bu-
reau in Washington in which will be
recorded all such borrowings from ma
tional banks.
The first definite results OF the pres.
ent cabinet sessions in Washington Is
the announcement that President Taft
has issued an executive order extend
ing the civil service to all assistant
postmasters. The President will also
recommend to Congress that he Sec
ond and third class postmasters be
placed under civil service. This ac-
ton is In line with Postmaster General
Hitchcock's recommendations. Some
5000 assistant postmasters are af-
fected.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
FOREIGN.

William R. Hearst, in an interview
in Paris, says positively that he will
not be a candidate for governor this
fall.
More violence characterized the
meetings Of police and rioters In the
Moabite precinct Of Berlin Tuesday 'ev-
ening. Many were injured.
China may abolish the official
headsman. So said Wen Chewing
Low. who with Shih, Yins Hsu
presiding Justice Of the high court OF
Mukden. arrived Monday from Europe
as delegates to the international pris-
on congress to be held in Washington.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Socialists Use Schools.

Milwaukee.-Taxpay are up in
arms against the proposed plan Of So
cialists to pse the public schools as
rallying centers for the Socialist
cause. The latter have been holding
their meetings in halls connected
with saloons. but by utilizing the
schools they will save tidy sum in
rent. lights and janitor service, and
the public will pay the bill. Inasmuch
rs the matter has been put up to the
city attorney. who Is a strong Social
ist, 1t is supposed some law will be
found permitting the use of the
schools.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Booster Secretaries Organize.

Pueblo.-The secretaries Of all Colo
RADIO commercial organizations met
here Wednesday and organized state
body for the purpose Of boosting Colo
RADIO. ]. II. Jenkins Of Pueblo was
elected president. T. H. Balm Of Lamar
first vice president, F. DeLand Of Den.
yer second .vice-president. T. F. Ma.
honey of Grand Junction third vice
president. and H. s. Maddox Of Canon
City secretary and treasurer. The or
ganization will meet in Denver when
the new chamber Of commerce there
opens. and will have charge OF the ex-
ercises. 1t will thereafter meet quar-.
terIy in different cities of the state.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07

q tumor caused Dy Iuptuie: "roUo
to let discouraged but to take Lydia
=. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
i did take it and soon the lump In my
side broke and passed away."-Mrs.
R. R HUEY, 713 Mineral Ave-, Galena,
Kans.
pound. made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ton, and nervous prostration. 1t costs
but trifie to try it. and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
Ifyou want special advice write
fofit ttoMrs.Pinkham,Ly Lynn, Mass.
II Is FREQ and always helpful.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Now They Sleep Inside.

George II. Beattie. jeweler In the
old Arcade. and L. E. Ralston. auditor
Of the News. have Jointly and several.
ly decided that sleeping out in the
open Isn't all that 1t has been declared
to be. says the Cleveland Leader. They
were both In a deep snooze out ut the
Beattie farm. near Chagrin Falls. the
other night. when q runaway team
from the county fair city turned into
the lane leading up to the Beattie es-
tate and came along ut full speed.
Sound asleep. but dreaming OF I'm
pending danger. Ralston rolled out Of
his cot toward the north. and Beattie
from his cot toward the south. The
runaway horses dashed between the
sleepers. overseeing everything In the
way. but missing Beattie and Raiston
by margins too narrow to be meas
ured. Since that night Ralston has
slept In his town house and Beattie
has found shelter under the ample
roof Of his house on his big planta-
ton.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
FIirtIno With Fashion.

That innate tendency on the part
of the fair consumer to fiirt with fash.
ion. playing fast and loose with vari-
GUS commodities. is responsible for
the uncertainties that have prevailed
during the month. There was such a
lack Of confidence as to the ultimate
acceptance Of the various lines pre-.
pared by distributors and consumers
that buying was somewhat minimized.
Prosperity or adversely has nothing to
do with the millinery business. FASH
ion alone makes or breaks.-Mlllinery-
Trade Review.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Beet Sugar News.

Figures compiled by the Great
Western Sugar company Indicate that
the best crop this fall will be worth
to the farmers approximately $4.l25 :
900. and a like amount will be paid for
labor and supplies. making 900
to be distributed by the sugar in
terests.
The best crop has begun to move to
the several factories. in the state.
Some factories are already slicing,
and the plants In northern Colorado.
the las. to get under way. will begin
their campaign Oct. 10. 1t is esti-
mated that Colorado's crop this year
will amount to 100000 tons. Manu-
factured into sugar 1t will produce
about 150.O00.o00 pounds. or about
enough to supply the people Of Den
yer for a year.
The San Luis Valley Beet Sugar
company has been organized with a
capital of $1.5OO.0O0 to build factory
worth 100000 at Monte Vista. It is
said this concern will be Independent.
The capacity Of the new factory will
be 600 tons per day, and 1t will be
ready to handle next falls crop.
There are 1900 acres OF virgin
ground in beets In the Pleasant Val
ley Immediately northeast of Greeley.
averaging better than the beets grown
in the older district. Some of the
newer ground will yield rs tons of
haets IN the acre this wear As the
company is paying IS per ton for the
beets. this indicates a gross return Of
S125 per acre to growers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Race Feeling Intense.

Trinidad.-Friday posses. both Off.
cial and volunteer. were securing the
city and neighbornood for the negro
who held up ten citizens IN different
parts OF Trinidad Thursday night.
This. coming on the heels OF the at
tack of the negro Henry wortham on
a girl. has caused intense feeling
against the negroes. who are badly
frightened and would give the officers
assistance II they did not 'ear to of.
fer II. As n consequence all are eith-
er in hiding or are keeping oil the
streets.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Dynamite Caused the Explosion.

Los Angeles.-A. J. Burns. formerly
connected with the San Francisco
graft prosecution and now head of the
secret service Of the American Bank
ers' Association, and NJ. J. Moran of
the United States secret service in
spected the ruins OF the Times office
Sunday and declared 1t their opinion
that the building had been destroyed
by n charge OF nitro-glycerine.
Five OF the nineteen bodies sup
posed to be buried under the ruins
have been recovered.
Three arrests have been made.
Among them Martin Eagan. an al
legged anarchist.
Total amount Of rewards offered for
apprehension Of the perpetrators by the
city. newspapers and labor organiza-
tions Is sis.5oO.
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Why He Wouldn't Hurry.

were late. Several Of the party were
worried and one remarked; The au.
dience will be waiting" WELL" OBJ
served the old pastor twho was to
preach that forenoon), don't let's fret
over 1t II we are a little late. II re-
minds me of the man who was being
taken to execution. His guards were
greatly exercised over the fact that
they could not possibly get there on
time. Never mind.' said the poor fel-
low. philosophically. Don't fuss over
It. The people can wait. There'n be
nothing doing till get there -
Christian Herald.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Goo Kim Come Back"

Buena Vista.-Enforcing her 1e-
mands with a threat to shoot. Mra.
Dolly Winters. wife Of a railroad fir,.
man. halted fleeing Chinese convict
on the road Friday. pressed the rifle
against his head and forced him 70
stand still while she tied him hand
and foot. and then throwing him into
a farm wagon she took him TO tle
county Jail
The prisoner is Goo Kim. member
of a road gang working near the cit.'.
who. with Frank Hassen, eluded the
guards and started westward to ex-
pected freedom. f..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoIN6s ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN.

The plant of the American Olive
Company at Los Angeles burned We'd
resday night. Entailing a loss OF
$450,000.
The state of Missouri has a popula-
tion Of 3,293,33 according to the Cen
sus Bureau. This is an increase OF
1S6.67O.
Another Of the serious fires which
have almost wiped out Estancia, eigh-
ty miles south of Santa Fe. in the last
two months. occurred Friday.
T. B. Skidmore, q school teacher Of
Rio Grande. Tex. 40 years old. was
shot twice and probably mortally
wounded Friday by Harold Green at
the latter's home at Los Angeles.
An active campaign will be started
at once by the Modern Woodmen of
America to raise 100000 for construc-
tion OF an administration building for
their sanitarium near Colorado
Springs.
The ranges Of Wyoming which re-
mained in parched condition
throughout almost the entire summer.
have taken on new life as q result Of
recent rains. and grass is again grow
ing under the stimulus OF a mid-sum-
mer sun. Cattlemen are jubilant.
Announcement has been made at
Topeka that President Ripley. repre-
senting the Atchison, Topeka & San
Ia Fe Railway Company. had made
gift to the Presbyterian Synod OF New
Mexico. OF the Montezuma hotel and
/ 500 acres OF land at Las Vegas. for
Presbyterian college.
Remarkable earth disturbances
continue north OF Flagstaff. Ari-
zona. extending through to the
Grand canon. J. b. Chaves, n
well known stockman living at Cedar
Wash. brought in his family. and 9TH
ers have since followed. all much
alarmed. Chaves' adobe house was
shaken from its foundation. the corner
cracked and the chimney toppled off.
Lava stone weighing many tons were
torn from the lava beds and crashed
down the mountain side.
The American Mining Congress be-
fore adjournment at Los Angeles
elected officers and adopted several
resolutions. principal among which
was one calling upon Congress to
instruct the department Of Justice
to investigate all grands involving oil
or other mineral lands and where IL
is found that public lands are held un-
der grants that should vest in tho
United States proper action be taken
to recover the same. b. A. Fowler Of
Arizona was reelected president. Ari-
zona was chosen for the 1911 conven-
ton.
The building occupied by the Times
Publishing Company at Los Angeles
was destroyed by fire Saturday morn
ing and there is heavy death list.
The fire was preceded by an explo-
sion and Immediately the building was
enveloped in flames. Within a few
seconds from the time Of the explo-
sion the entire building was a fiery
furnace. Crowds that gathered early
say they saw men fall back from the
windows into the flames. Others
leaped and were injured. The Times
plant was run by electricity through
out and as far as known there was no
steam boiler Of any kind in the build
ing. The estimates OF the loss Of life
are over twenty-five. The flames fol-
lowed the explosion SO quickly that
those in the building had little chance
to escape.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Detectives Searching fos stree. singer

Denver.-Private detectives have
been put upon the trail Of 15 year-old
Ronald Donovan. the boy street singer
who disappeared week ago last
Wednesday. The Volunteers Of
America will aid in the search for the
boy who has sung in their ranks on
the street corners Of all Of the larg-
est cities in America.
The Denver police and the police of
all Colorado cities are searching for
the boy. who. 1t is thought. has been
spirited away for pecuniary gain by
daring didnapers. 1t was reported
he had been seen in Colorado Springs.
but the police have been unable to
verify the rumor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Counterfeit IS. and $40. Circulating.

Counterfeit $5S and $10s Calculating.
New York.-John Z. wilkie. Chief
of the United States Secret Service,
has sent broadcast throughout the
country circulars warning all persons
against two $40 and one new IS ma
tional bank note counterfeits. The
$40 bills are counterfeits of the Home
National Bank OF Staunton. Tex. and
the Pasadena National Bank Of Pasa-
dena. Calf The IS bills arc counter
feits Of the issue Of the Home Ma
tional Bank OF Holyoke, Mass. Eacn
OF the counterfeits show many faults
in the workmanship.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Circus Men Riot.

Augusta, Cain a riot on the Ha-
genback & Wallace circus train en-
route from Columbia to Augusta Sun
day morning three men are known to
have been K,lled.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
pavy Jcnes' Locker for Twenty-nine

New vork-Captain Rodgers Of the
battleship New Hampshire places the
number OF sailors who perished Sat
urday night by the swamping Of a
barge at twenty-nine. Others are
missing. but It is supposed that they
merely overstayed their shore leave.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
Taft to Beverly to Recruit.

Boston.-President Taft, on his
way to Beverly for two more weeks
of vacation. passed through Boston
Sunday from New York.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07

ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLydiaE.P .Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound

Galena, Kans. year ago Last
March I fell, and few days after
there was soreness in my right side.
bothered me so much at night I could
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07

not sleep. 1t kept
growing larger and
by fall 1t was as
large as q hens egg.
I could not 60 to
bed without q hot
water bottle applied
to that side. I had
one of the best doc
tors in Kansas and
he told my husband
thatIwould have to
be operated on as 1t
was something Ike
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
COL LoRADO NEWS
Gathered From
All Parts of the State
COMING EVENTS

Oct. 6-s-Lincoln county fair at Hugo
OCT. 17-STREETS OF ALL Ma
TIoNs, AUDITORIUM. DENVER.
Nov. 8-State election.
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Zne S0X IRE
a. 2lNL-eH Is me

We, :ae ttu.c was when tho harvest
iu,, and marketing of tho cranbcrrieS
was an undertaking that enlisted the
,ervires of snail army of Ameri'
cans every autumn. Take for in
stance the situation IN the Ola Gays
on Cape Cod. Mass. which was thch
as nov the greatest cranberry distfic'
The whole countrywide turned out 10
pick the rranbcrrics-picking ihsm py
nand. orc by one. just a. you mlsh'
nick Strawberries or raSrbcTrics- The
,eonlc also came IN jrOvcS from the
nearby towns. whole families coming
from the cotton manufacturing cen
tors and other New England indus
trial communities. where work was
slack or tho mills we're likely shut
down ;cmporaTiiy at that season ~
the year. and those recruits from the
cities liked in tents or .-piiaScf on
The hogs throughout tho picking sea
son. thus combining the period ~
work with camping vacation IN
those DAYS even The women IN the
ncighborhOod Who we're not spy
enough 10 90 in for tho picking were
wont TO assemble 10 do the lighter
work Of sorting the bcrries. and The
scene presented was M; unlike tnat
AT tho provcrbiai New England quilt
/ Ing bcr or sewing circle.
The scene on typical cranberry
. bo- To-Day - vastly different from that
Of fov years ago. The pickerS stu
live on tho hogs. manv % them. Tor
Il o ? sort of unvritfcn la~ N TIC
cranberry country that Srowcr must
provide shelter Tor hts pickers u they
desire u. bat The quarters arc today.
~ many Instances. shacks cr barracA
, Tic structures. into which Inc pickert
arc crowded Ike railroad construction
ranzs Hriar IN Old boz cars. rafhcr
q han ihc neat camps thai prevailed tn
D tho Old days rhcn each family elvrisd
IN g. individual cottage 81 tent The
secret Of The nov order ~ things b.
found IN tho nov ~iemeni - labor
I that has appeared and has gradually
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pound and 36-poaind turkeys which
have been sent as Thanksgiving pres
ents now and then. to the president
of the United States. has influenced
other farmers to try and emulate the
Rhode Islander who. for third OF a
century has been sending his prize
birds TO the White House al Washing
tom and. incidently, is never done
by Dragging in the newspapers about
their size.
II must be admitted: however, that
the bronze turkey holds the post Oh
honor because of its size. its rich
plumase and. according 10 many cpl
cures. It's flavor as well. No doubt It's
size-,ts standard weight ranges
from lG to SO pounds--is to be attri-
buted 10 the fact that this variety oil
turkey originated from cross De
tween the wild and the tame turkey:
For that matter. the wild turkey oil
North America was the ancestor OF
the present day domestic turkey, but
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-sSSS(SSsSS : So. z,.-I.-.-

Of our Srcat-grandfathcrs. but IN all
the operations OF gathering. SORTING
preparing aud shipping the crsnber-
rjcs TO market the past few years has
witnessed great changes And now
this present year is even to see
change in the form In which some OF
the craaberries will reach our kitchen
for. ne IL whispered as trade secret-l
that has up to this time been closely
guarded. the eyaporatcd cranberry
will loon make its appearance and ere
long will he crowd:BS the dried ap-
pics and the evapcrstcd peaches on
the grocery shelves
In one sense the new era in the
cranberry industry has bceu brought
about By exactly those same forces Oh
progress that have been Tcvksng
things in very other sphere. u IS
lust one more expression of the ten
dcucy of The age 20 have machine
work displace the old fashioned hand
labor Machines have been perfect
ed for picking and sorting and sspar-
afinr the cranbcrricf until ]. has
cnuc about that human hands scarce
torch the berries from the time they
leave the boys as the cranberry
patches are called. until hey arrive
IN the Kitchen Of the ultimate con
xurncr.- The machines are doing IN
the cranberry industry Just what they
have 1ircady done in hundred and
ono other srciions Of the work-adav
worisLtbcx have saved limo ana
labor ard Indirectly ihcy have r.
ducsd expen. -. Nth thr Incidental
result That lhcy have cnab'cd ? -cran-
berry hrlt~ ~ limited size ~ ~ ~.
GREASE ~ yield as 10 care TOT The Dol
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rics 10 not look a. the casual glance.
like such formidable pieces Of agi'ar-
afus. aud yet u has been found that
in most instances IL requires a man ;
strength 70 Weld these continually All
day long. n
What = more. the women ono does
sec nowadays. on the cranberry bog
knrciiug among the tangled vines
with their wealth ri red berries. arc
almost exclusively forcigncry-s,urdy
rcprs Senfaiiscs II the sex who have
the m 5siauc and have the training 81
The ueaxauI woucn II Europe and
rost Of whom probably worked IN the
held, on tho Continent ere they cmi-
GRATED ~ the New World. Native
kn,crscan warscn and children have
hoen almost wholly driven out ~ the
cranberry picking industry except on
the small hogs where the owner and
his family ar coieric % HIS nciEhSor
folk take csrc II the crop IN The old
fashioacd way.