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Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
ON THE GRIDIRoN
Last Game of Season Won by
Rocky Ford High

On Thanksgiving day the High School
ended its foot ball season by defeating tn e
Alumni to the tune of "a to o. The Alum
nj trained hard and felt confident Of an
easy victory. Although they played hard
and until the last minute they had to ae-
knowledge the superiority of the school
boys as masters of the game.
The High School received the kick off
and Immediately began to advance the ball
by open plays and forward passes with
nicetyand precision that surprised every
body. 1t soon became evident that their
speed and wonderfully planned plays
were too much for the Alumni. Culp made
perfect pass to Lawrence who carried
1t across the goal for touch down. Smith
kicked goal and the High School received
the kick off again. The first quar- ter end
ed with the score 6 to o and the Alumni
supporters feeling blue.
Atthe beginning Of second quarterLaw-
renee received perfect pass from Culp
and ran SO yards for touch down; goal
was missed. The School again received
the kick off and after series Of passes
and line plunRes Culp passed to Swink
who carried it across the goal line and
then kicked goal. The first half ended
with the score IL to o.
At the beginning Of the second half the
School kicked off but soon regained the
ball and advanced it by line plunges
and end runs. Ritehie going through the
line for touch down. Swink again kick
ed goal. The School received the next
kick off and culp passed to Swink. who
made pretty SO yard run for a touch
down, but missed goal. The Alumni chose
to receive the kick off and the third per-
iod ended with the score % to o.
The fourth quarter the Alumni held
hard but the High School was determined
to have one more touch down and Culp
plunged through the line for the goal line
in the last minute of play. Swink again
kicked the pig skin between the posts and
the game ended with the score "a to in
favor of the High School.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
VIII Feed 1000 Sheep.

c. S. Culp returned home on Sunday
from Albuquerque. where he had bssn
upan one Of his periodical trading sx-
petitions on the stock market. He was
accompanied to this city by August Ssis.
who has the distinction Of being the only
white citizen Of lsletta. N. M. and after
making arrangements To feed their sheep
on the Maloney place. tho two gentleman
left on Wednesday for New Mexico to
start their herd Of 1000 sheep this way.
The first consignment is expected about
next Tuesday.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
CATLIN CANAL co.
Holds Annual 7eeting in this City on
MOnday

The annual meeting of the reorganizsd
Catlin Canal company called the stock
holders out in force to Odd Fellows hall
on Monday afternoon.
Officers reports showed the affairs Of
the company to be progressing very salts
faetorlly and the stockholders expressed
themselves as well pleased with the
outlook for the next year under the fol-
lowing newly elected officers;
President-J. W. Beatty
Vice President-J. E. Gauger
Seeretary-J. N. Beatty
Direstors-D. D. Wiley and Claude
Marshall.
1t was decided to levy an assessment OF
rs cents share for improvements. and
that fractional shares be assessed at the
same rate as full shares,
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08

The annual business meeting Of tbs
First Baptist church was held Wednesday
evening. There was very good attend
ance. Refreshments were served by the
ladies'. The secretary Of each organi-
zation gave report and furnished the
facts that showed that each department
is in healthy and progressive condition
All bills have been paid leaving balance
in the treasury.
The contributions for benevolent and
missionary objects also reached an amount
that was very ereditable.
There were quite number Of Access
sions to the membership and the church
sntsrs the new year with . bright outlook
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
Box Supper at Lafayette.

A very pleasant time was reported by
all who attended the box supper at the
Lafayette School last Friday evening. by
the newly organized Sunday School there
for tho purpose Of raising funds for
Christmas tree. The Sunday School re-
allied oversee. A cake was voted to the
most popular girl present; bringing
S22.8o. Miss Cora billiard winner. The
boxes sold for from so cents to SIS. 90
Mss Dillard's bringing the highest,
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
ODD FELLOWS
Elect Officers. Initiate Candidate and
Have Oyster Supper

The largest gathering Of Odd Fellows
that has assembled for regular meeting
of Rocky Ford Lodge. No. 81. for several
years was that Of Tuesday evening, and
In consequence this was very enjoyable
meeting for the brethren Of the three
links.
Officers for tho ensuing year were
elected as follows;
N. GA. H. Peterson
v. CIV. E, Brown
Seoretary-John Ritter
Treasurer--H. |. Jamison
A candidate was initiated in the first
degree and the meeting wound up with
splendid oyster supper.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
B.P; FI9!l Ks H95R H9dno,,,
Memorial Services Call Out
Large Gathering
ELOQUENT GRAFTON
AND TOUCHING EUL0CY
In Honor Of Memory Of Departed
Brothers of Whom There Has
Been Two During the Year


Been Two During the Year
The auditorium was filled and
but few vacant seats were left in
the balcony of Grand opera house
at 8 o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
when Rocky Ford Lodge, No.
1l47, B. P. o. E., in company with
every lodge of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks through
out the land, met to pay tribute to
the memory of their departed
brothers.
The services this year were
most impressive and the listeners
all were visibly affected as the
members of Elkdom proclaimed
that their brothers "though gone
are not forgotten" and that re-
membrance of a brother whose
"faults are written upon the sand
and his virtue inscribed upon the
tablets of love and memory" still
lives.
Beautiful orchestral music be-
gan the service and was followed
with the memorial ritual Of the
order impressively delivered by
the officers of the lodge. Then
came an affecting solo, ITO Mind
Worn and Weary" by Frank Hart
and "Auld Lang Sync" by the au-
dience, and invocation by the chap
lain. A. quartet consisting OF Mrs.
Sigman, Miss Sheldon. Messrs FL
ser and Hart, beautifully rendered
"Jesus Lover of My Soul"
To the memory of the three de-
ceased brothers-W.H. McCaskill,
j. +. McKelvey and S. j. Robin
son-Past Exalted Ruler Henry j.
Sprinkler delivered eulogistic ad-
dress that stirred the hearts of
the audience and was especially
appropriate and fitting.
Miss Sheldon, in clear and mel
law tones perfectly rendered "How
Lovely Are Thy Dwellings"
The memorial address was de-
livered by Hon. James A. Orr of
Colorado Springs. His address
was in general terms of tribute to
the memory of departed brothers
everywhere, aud of the beautiful
expression that the vast armv of
American manhood comprising
Elkdom annually gives of the
sublimity of virtue, love and char
ity.
"Come Ye Disconsolate," by the
quartet, the closing ceremonies by
officers of the lodge and benedic-
ton by Rev. sOrton brought the
impressive memorial services to
close.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08

Perry Robards and wife will leave
the first Of the week for Kansas whore
they will spend the remainder Of the
winter.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
HOLD-UPS ARE
CAPTURED N
Forgers, Toughs and Mexi-
cans Wax Bold
BUT OFFICERS
Il GATHER THEM IN
and Most of Them will Have An OPP
portunity to Explain Their Grim
inal Acts In District Court.


For the past week the police
department has been doing very
efficient work and scarcely a day
has passed that questionable
character has not been arrested,
with the result that several of
these undesirables will rest in dur
ance vile in the county bastlle un-
til such time as the district court
may pass upon their illegal acts.
The first victim of the police
drag net was taken in on Thanks
giving night because he happened
to have more new hardware than
one person should carry about,
and inquiry disclosed that the fell
low was wanted in Pueblo for al
legged completely in cutlery rob-
berry.
Then on Friday morning the
officers took in charge couple of
young toughs who were identified
by McFall as the parties who held
him up while he was returning
from Newdale on Thanksgiving
night. After a preliminary hearing
the would be hold-ups were re-
4 manded to the district court.
J On Friday evening a fellow
named Ellis DeGeer, formerly of
Box Springs but lately living near
Orbway, was arrested for forgery.
At his preliminary hearing before
Judge Fenlason next day the evil
dence disclosed that he had at
tempted to cash checks upon D. V.
Burrell at Sherman's cigar stand.
the Peoples Home and First Nat
ional Banks. At the latter place
the fellow was especially bold and
came back the second time to have
the cashier honor check, and this
proved his undoing, as the bank
had informed Mr.. Burrell of the
first offence and he was on hand
with an officer when DeGeer
made his second unsuccessful call.
When searched at the police sta
ton checks were found for a
mounts varying from 50 to $65
apparently drawn by d. V. Bur
rell upon the Rocky Ford National
Bank; So DeGeer pleaded guilty
of attempting to pass the checks
but claimed the forgeries had been
done by person named White,
and he WAS remanded to the dis
erict court to determine the degree
of his guilt.
And on Sunday night Mrs. Karl
Weld noticed couple of Mexicans
hanging around in front of the
Rocky Ford Bakery as she was
preparing to close, SO she tele-
phoned the police station and with
night Marshal Lane framed up a
plant on the suspicious characters.
Giving the night Marshal time to
hide in an alley off Main street
Mrs. Weld ostentatiously emptied
the contents of the cash drawer
into her hand bag and locking up
the bakery started for her home
on South Tenth street. Sure
enough the Mexicans followed her
and as they passed the allie the
Marshal extended pressing in
vitation that they visit the police
station. In Judge Fenlason 3
court on Wednesday they had
their preliminary hearing and
were bound over to the district
court,
Sunday night Bill Hendricks,
an irresponsible character, was
caught dead to rights by Marshal
Strong while purloining coal from
a car in the Santa Fe yards. In
Judge Chrittou's court he was fin
ed S5 and costs,
Early in the week George Per-
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
A Fox's Strategy.

A Virginian who is fond of studying
wild animals in their natural surround
ings once had an opportunity of seeing
for himself an example of the cunning
for which the fox mas become proven
bal
As the amateur naturalist was stand
ing near the bank of b river one win
ter day be saw fox run out upon the
ice and make straight for hole. At
the edge of the opening he stopped.
turned. followed his tracks back TO
the bank. ran down the stream and
paused to await developments.
In a little while dog came tearing
out Of the woods with his nos2 close to
the ice and snow. He ran along the
ice with his head down. following the
scent until he reached the opening. 1t
was then too late to check his speed:
he plunged into the water and was
lost under the ice.
The fox meanwhile had waited in
plain sight to watch the effect of his
little trick. After the dog came into
view the fox remained perfectly mo-
tionless until he saw his old enemy
disappear. Then with a look on his
face which seemed to combine good
natnred grin with mild contempt he
went ponchalantly off about his bust
-Harper's Weekly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
IS THERE A HELL ?

Crime-punishment.
That is the inevitable law Of nature
"Crime and punishment grow on the
same stem"
Society may or may not punish a
crime; nature always Furnishes.
Nature Furnishes in many ways. one
of which ways is remorse, and if the
criminal is so hardened that he is not
troubled by remorse the punishment
may be in another form--fear and hor-
ror.
Such is the punishment suffered by
Harry Orchard
Harry Orchard! The name is a syn
onym for skulking, brutal slaughter,
dynamite deviltry. wholesale murder
He confessed to the killing of twenty
two men and told the story with Il
smile on his face
The cold biooded recital Of his hide
Gus assassinations as told on the wit
ness stand in his trial at Caldwell,
Ida, in 1905 shocked the civilized
world.
And now?
In his cell in the Idaho penitentiary
Orchard pays the penalty.
After FIVE years this whilom big
chested stolidly built miner without
nerves is a broken, cringing craven,
the one plea of whose guilty soul is
always;
keep me in prison"'
In his immurement this multimur-
derer fears most of all the stroke of
the avenger Above all things he
breads the thought of liberty,
Just whom he fears or what he only
knows Whether or not his fears are
justified, this is true-every shadow is
haunted by the invisible menace.
The unseen terrors of retribution
have taken hold of him. ~
Under the fear of that nameless
vengeance his bravado has broken
down
Who seeks him2
1t matters not. Whether his real
enemies wait their opportunity or
whether it is his fancy that people all
the elements with terror, what moots
it?
There is no sweet oblivious anti
dote" to his written trouble of the
brain"
Nature Furnishes
Like Millions Satan, Harry Orchards
tortured soul cries out: (which way L
turn Is hell, MYSELF am hell"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
OVER THE PHONE.

Eight-year-old Alonzo Cummings of
Terre Haute, Ind, was hurrying to
school when the poor lad was struck
down by a street car.
Taken to a hospital, 1t was discover
ed that his arm was badly mashed
and that amputation would be neces.
sary
Just before he took the anaesthetic
for the operation Aionzo asked to be
allowed to say a prayer he had been
taught in Sunday school.
And so while the surgeons waited
and the nurses bowed their fearful
faces the little fellow recited to its
amen the petition he had learned.
Then. turning to the nurses with
smiling face, the boy said:
Now I'm ready"
An affecting incident surely. But
why and how was it? Why the child's
strengthened spirit? Whence came
the light on his face? Was it merely
the reflex influence of his prayer
the reaction from a mental attitude?
Somehow that does not explain
1t lacks something
There was the great Leo Tolstoy, In
his last interview with his niece. re-
Gently published. he was asked what
to him was the greatest thing in the
world Answering. he said in sub
stance
+The most wonderful thing is prayer
the fact that mortals may make
close connection with the spiritual
world
Is it not so?
If one may by means of some mys-
FERROUS telephone call up and talk with
spiritual personalities, is it not won
derful- incomparably more wonderful
than any wireless telegraph?
Not that every mnmbled ritual or
verbal recital is a prayer. Most of
them are not Some of them are little
less than blasphemy The poet says
that
Prayer is the souls sincere desire
Unuttered or expressed.
The cry of the publican, God be
merciful to me, sinner, was a
prayer. WI lie the NeIDOSe TeclI6i VI lhS
Pharisee was merely public re
hearsal.
Tyndall prayer tests?
Say what you will, is it not natural
that in a crisis the human spirit should
call up its kin?
Simply because your spiritual termi-
nal facilities may be poor how do you
know that Alonzo Cummings message
was not heard at the other end of the
telephone?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
sHERTFF's SALE
icasian, February 20, 1911.

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Prayer is the souls sincere desire
Unuttered or expressed,
cYNrHIA wESToVER ALDEN.

There was Il girl in New York named
Raehel
When fifteen months old Rachel went
blind because Of an attack Of measles
which was not properly looked after.
Her parents were poor, and the city
took charge of the blind baby, sending
her to Randall's island.
They said the girl was idiotie.
And along with seventy-two other
blind babies, nearly all Of whom were
catafogued as weakminded, Rachel
had place But
There was woman.
Her name? Cynthia Westover Al
den, founder OF the international Sun
shine Society
Although she was no doctor, Mrs.
Alden got the notion into her head
that Rachel was not idiotc.
she got permission to take the blind
little girl away
And then Mrs, Alden provided wise
teachers for Rachel. who sought al
ways to wake up her mind.
You see, Rachel, being blind had
never exercised Der muscles very
much. she was usually tied in a chair
lest size hurt herself And she had
never used her senses more than neees-
sary
It was slow work at first. but Mrs.
Alden persevered.
That was seven years ago.
You should see Rachel now. She
plays the piano beautifully. She reads
everything she can get her fingers on.
She converses intelligently. In short,
she Is as bright d blind girl as you
could wish to know
And since chat time the Sunshine
society has taken eighty-tvo blind
babies from the institution, only one
of whom turned out to be an idiot.
Think Of IT.
For years those blind babies had
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
why r
u photograph:

"a photograph.
The dry snow swiris around the cor
Uaeas of the avenue aud flies In eddies
about the pavement The storm hides
aU but the first story of the skyserap-
aaEs
an the crowd. but not OF It, is a poor
creature Her face is that of a middle
aged woman who has seen better
days"
UiGzaing2 1t is thin fabric pathet.
kcalIy sthin for such bitter day. And
low ent shoes and thin stockings.
Raee and hands are blue with cold.
Eyes are full Of tears. caused by the
wind
On her arm is one of those large old
Fashioned shopping bags Through the
rents may be seen the contents pieces
OF skadiing wood.
usw painfully slow she walks and
EaoW carefully she crosses The street,
.gearfni IF the automobiles! The poor
ching is evidently i'll or weak. possibly
gsofh
A piece OF wood has fallen from q
vxagen ard lies near the pavement.
sasaIIag look about her as IL to say,
WIZ ang one grudge me this?' she
slowly stoops to grasp the little stick.
eyes follow her curiously as she
abuaies down the avenuea distress
TuE IsnFe.
"a rent photo?
Jusf IS the human lenses caught It
4an6 wade the negative on the retina
saf The eyes
Bns ii Is not sill.
4 izsas, 10 u ii ettiel i5itasts
vnnan whose plying eyes have fol
g1sseA the half frozen figure hastens
afts3 her and forces into her blue
mantls u ten dollar bin.
fVhereat for the miserable woman
sare opened the gates of heaven.
But
when the $40 is gone? And there
are thousands Of her
On. yes. know you talk to me of
qaperproduction and lack of proper dis
ssYibution and tariffs and lack of thrift
sand liquor and charitable societies and
yEhat not. But
You have NOT touched the spot.
Why. 1911 years after Christ. are
mOss real photographs possible? Why
aE II nobody's business to help those
ppra most need help? Why does the
world turn away from ''the least Of
ghese
xFhyg
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
SHERIFFs SALE.

No I4,o53-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis-
lana: Joseph Rubenstein VS.. H. w.
Leverett.
BY virtue of writ of heri faGias to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
sh, Louisiana, IN the above numberfd
and entitled suit, have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction for cash
and according to law, at the PRINCIPAL
front door of the court house of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, during the legal
hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, APRIL I, 1911,
Lots twenty-three and twenty-four (z3
and 24) of the Hicks subdivision of 10
acre lot twenty-five (25) of the City of
Shreveport, Louisiana, as per convey
ance book r, page ~, together with all
the buildings and Improvements there
on. Said property seized as belonging
to said defendant and to be sold for
cash and according to law to pay and
satisfy the debt as specified in said writ
say in the sum of two thousand dollars
with eight per cent per annum interest
thereon from June s, 1909, and ten per
cent on said principal and interest as
attorneys fees; fourteen dollars with
legal interest thereon from June 8, 1900,
and nineteen and 5000 dollars with
legal interest from August "a, 1910, and
all costs of this suit.
]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, February 26, 1917.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
To Care For the Worthy Helpless.

a. private association of wealthy and
well known women of New York, with
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and
Miss Dorothy Whitney at their head,
has been organized to care for and pro-
tect little girls of the Protestant faith
who are likely to become public wards
of the city.
Instead of sending them to public in
stitutions and similar charitable places,
where they are treated as collection
of humanity, these women phiianthro-
pists will try to keep as many of the.
girls as possible in the better sur
roundings Of home life, provide them
with clothing and food and afford them
an equal chance with their more fortu-
nate sisters to get at least a primary
education
To keep the poverty stricken but
worthy family with young daughters
from being separated and the home
broken up will be one Of the first aims
of this private beneficence.
In the ease ef 4sseEtii sEfii&4ae>FEt -<sa E
parents where the husband, because of
illness, may not he able to support his
home and young daughters such aid
will be given as to enable them to keep
up the family ties. their little home
and keep their girls under their per-
sonal care.
Mrs. NJ. w. Evans, formerly pro-
baton officer for the ChiIdren's So
ciety in the children's court, has re-
signed her position to take charge of
the new welfare work for girls.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
SHE IS RICHTFUL
QUEEN OF FRANCE
At Least That Is What the Roy
aEsts Consider the Duchess Of
Orleans-Mrs. Mead One Of
the Worlds Peace Leaders.

Y F the French were to decide sud
denly that forty years of repub-
lican government in an unbroken
stretch were all they cared for
(this year will occur the fortieth an
niversary of the establishment of the
third French repubIic) and wanted to
call back to the throne the Bourbons,
of whom they tired more than once,
the lady who would reign on the throne
of Marie Antoinette would be Mary
D0rothea, now Duchess Of Orleans.
She is the wife of the Orleanist pre-
tender to the throne and is an Austrian
archduchess, or princess of the i'm
perial Austrian house, by birth. She Is
a second or third cousin of the aged
Emperor Francis Joseph.
The Duke Of Orleans and his wife
make their home in beautiful coun-
try mansion in Worcestershire, Eng
land. They maintain semiregal state
and mingle very little with the county
gentry. They entertain only royalty or
members of the highest nobility, for
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26

the Duke of Orleans has the true
Bourbon sense of his own Importance,
while his wife does not forget that she
is a Hapsburg, which means member
of the proudest royal house In Europe.
An interesting feature OF the Or
leans house at Wood Norton is the gate
which is opened only for the admis-
sion of royal personages. 1t was
through this gate that ex-King Manuel
Of Portugal drove when he went to
Wood Norton after he lost his throne.
The Duke of Orleans is his uncle