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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
GEN e RAJ.

Miss Marie Schmaltz of Detroit Is
possessor of the first harem skirt to
make its appearance in southern
Michigan.
The strike against the Adams Ex-
press Company in New York, which
directly affected the wells-Fargo Com
pany has ended.
From Paris comes news that Flying
Fox. the great race horse Edmond
Blanc purchased some years ago for
100000, is dead.
The club house and outbuildings Of
the Hyde Park Country Club. a promi-
nent golf organization OF Cincinnati.
burned. Loss $4,000.
Safe-blowers set off five charges
of dynamite in the Bank Of Curryville.
Mo-. wrecked the building and safe.
and escaped with $4,000.
State Senator John Broderick was
found not guilty by jury in the San
CANON county. Illinois. Circuit Court.
on a charge of bribery. The jury was
out twenty minutes.
A dynamite bomb partially wrecked
a storehouse of the Chicago Telephone
Company and caused a panic amcng
seventy-five non-union linemen. who
were asleep In the building.
Judge Carpenter in the United
States District Court in Chicago, In
refusing to Quash indictments against
ten Chicago packers placed a limit on
the freedom from liability granted the
packers in the Immunity bath" given
by Judge Humphrey in 1906.
Fourteen hundred telegraphers in
the employ of the Illinois Central rail.
road between Chicago and New Or.
leans threaten to strike as the result
Of a refusal to grant a 25 per cent
increase with thirty cents an hour for
overtime.
That more than thirty men have
been killed and many of them are
buried beside the railroad tracks is
the report received from a prominent
citizen Of Somerset. KY. the center Of
the strike district on the Cincinnati.
New Orleans & Texas Pacific rail.
way. between Lexington and Chatta.
nooga.
Jackson Titterton. aged "a. the larg.
est man In central Illinois. died at his
home in Alsey. III. Mr.. Titterton
weighed $50 pounds and measured
thirty-six inches from shoulder to
shoulder. He required a special bed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

Only an optimist enjoys being
fooled II he knows 1t.
How we delight to see a loafer ge.
his tire punctured!
The more money you have the
more things will come your way.
A man admires a modest girl al
most as doesn't the other brand.
Believe only half you hear-then
proceed to forget two-thirds OF that.
All men are born honest. but 1t re-
quires constant practice to keep that
way.
A girl may not enjoy flirting unless
she knows 1t makes some otherNHri
miserable.
Many a woman who claims credit
for her husbands success In reality
acted as Handicapped.
We are unable to recall the names
Of any Of our acquaintances who are
too respectable to enjoy life.
Mark Antony: 81 didn't know 1t was
SO late. Cleo. I must be going"
Some men would be brighter X they
were to reflect more and some would
reflect more II they were brighter.
No. Cordelia, an office seeker isn't
a man who runs for a postoffice In
order to mail his wife's letter to her
mother.-Chicago News.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
FOREIGN.

Russia is on the point OF addressing
to China an ultimation. fixing a date
for entire satisfaction of her de-
mands.
China's reply to the Russian ultima.
tum dealing with the treaty of 1881
mas been delivered at st. Petersburg.
1t complies with Russia's demands.
Admiral Togo. who won the great
naval battle OF Tsushima. writes that
he will tour the United States after
acting as one Of Japan's representa-.
tves Of the coronation of King George
Aviator Louis Breguet made rec.
ord performance at Douai. France,
when he carried eleven passengers
two miles in his monoplane. The
flight was made at a height varying
from so to rs feet.
The negotiations for the loan OF
$50. 100000 to China by an American
group OF financiers have reached a
final stage. all points ut issue having
been agreed upon. II is expected that
an imperial edlct sanctioning the loan
will be issued Immediately.
Wall Street is convinced that
George Gould has lost control OF the
Missouri Pacific and Denver & Rio
Grande roads. with the Iron Mountain
In doubt. MIR. Gould has resigned as
president of the Missouri Pacific and
directors promptly elected him chair
man OF the board.
The Diaz cabinet has resigned
Following n meeting OF that body
every minister rendered his res
ignation to Gen. Diaz. None of the
designations has been accepted bu:
on excellent authority 1t is said that
but two of them-possibly not more
than one other-will be asked TO re
tain his portfolio.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Novel Irrigation Project.

Greeley.-One Of the most novel as
well as economical and feasible irri-
cation projects. 1t is said. by which
10000 acres in the vicinity Of Grover
will be irrigated. will be carried out
II negotiations pending are completed
for the purchase Of the plant Of the
Home Gas & Electric Company here.
by Grover men. They plan to move
the plant to land in the vicinity Of
Grover and use 1t to lift water from
underground streams for the land. 1t
is proposed to form an irrigation dis.
trict and bond 1t for IS an acre. which
will pay for and install the plant.
There are thirty gasoline engines used
In the Grover district for pumping.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Organize Corn Club.

Colorado Springs.-Thee good re-
suits following the recent trip of the
Dry Farming special over the Rock
Island lines In the eastern part OF
the state are already manifesting
themselves. Following the suggestion
OF H. NJ. Cottrell. the Rock Island ag-
ricultural specialist. a corn club is to
be organized at Yoder. The club will
make an exhibit of corn at the Dry
Farming Congress to be held here
next October. Each farmer in the
club has promised to set aside an
acre OF his best land and will plant
corn on this. Any method Of culture
can be used. and cash prizes will be
offered by the club for the best corn.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Free Side Trip Given.

Denver.-A radical departure from
existing conditions in railroad rates is
contained in an announcement made
by the Union Pacific to the effect that
the Hartman lines will hereafter give
without extra charge a side trip from
Portland to Seattle on all tourist or
convention tickets issued in Denver
or Cheyenne or east Of those points
to Portland. The side trip will be
given free to purchasers Of round trip
tickets from Denver to San Francisco.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
SPORT.

Gym Henry. the Texas sprinter, will
be member of the olympic team that
goes to Sweden in 1912. '.-
Roy Toliver Of Fort Collins defeated
Frank Brown, champion of Wyoming.
in two straight falls Of three minutes
each in Cheyenne.
Frank Gotch, worlds champion
wrestler. threw Fred Beell of Wis
consin twice in good finish match
at Wichita, Kan.
George Hackenschmidt, the Rus
sian lion," will sail for England March
20. after farewell handicap match at
Hoboken. the night of the 2Sth.
After a gruelling fight for twelve
rounds. Hugo Kelly Of Chicago. claim
ant for the middle-weight title, won
over Bill McKinnon of Boston, in the
latter city. 0a.
Frank Gotch easily won a handicap
wrestling match at Topeka, from
Charles Peters Of Council Bluffs and
James Asbell of Kansas City. Mo. He
threw Peters in twelve minutes and
Asbell in sixteen minutes, both were
half nelson's.
While endeavoring to score in a
practice game at Hot Springs. Sever.
old. Of the Cincinnati Nationals. ran
into Catcher T. Clark Of the second
team, with the result tina. Clark is in
a hospital. suffering with concussion
of the brain.
Announcement has been made that
Abe Attell. featherweight champion
pugilist. and Johnny Coulon. holder OF
the bantamweight title, would meet
in New Orleans on April 9th In q
twenty-five round bout. The con
ditions call for 116 pounds. ringside.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Move to Plant Trout.

Denver.-Requisition have been
made by the supervisors Of twenty of
the national forests within the Second
United States forestry district. with
headquarters in this city. for 10000.
900 trout fry. Efforts of the state to
restock high altitude streams and
lakes will be greatly enhanced by the
cooperation OF the forestry officials.
Some of the Colorado lakes and
streams deep enough SO as not to
freeze through entirely in winter and
shallow enough in places to protect
the young fish are suitable for spawn
ing stations from which fry may be
secured to replenish other streams.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

Keep an eye on the man who tries
to flatter you.
More people have the gift Of gab
than the gift Of silence.
Don't go too fast. young man. even
II the road Is smooth.
II a man has a bad reputation, It's
easy for him to live down to It
The essentials to domestic STRIFE are
a fussy husband and a nagging wife.
1t makes a mother mad II her sons
wife is deeper In the social swim than
herself.
While a steel band may be stronger
than a brass band. the latter Is more
successful In holding a crowd.-Chi'
cago News.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Double Track Finished Soon.

Pueblo.-Within five months traf-
fic will be started over the new dou.
BILE track between Pueblo and Walsen-
burg. being constructed by the Den
yer & Rio Grande and Colorado South
ern railways. This is four months
sooner than the contracts call for.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Western slope Congress.

Delta.-Condemning the Moffat tun-
mel scheme. demanding that the Leg
islature pass a railroad commission
law with a rate fixing feature. de-
manding preservation Of power sites
by the government. and protesting
against diversion Of Western Slope
water across the divide. the second
annual Western Slope Congress closed
its sessions here.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Bond Election Ordered.

Grand Junction.-The city commits
sioners have decided to call special
bond election next month on the ques-
ton of voting $4,000 to cover the ex-
penses of the Hannah Creek water
suit. The court costs will be about
$4,000 and drilling of two artesian
wells will cost about $4,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Soldiers Preparing fer War.

Galveston, Tex.-Ammunition Is be-
ing loaded aboard the scout cruiser
Salem. the gunboat Tacoma and the
three transports in port. Every prep
aration is being made for war even
though the mobilization Of troops and
war vessels results in nothing more
than war play.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO
ALL COLORADO
Pc EOPlE
Boy Shoots Dog Catcher.

Pueblo. : Matt George. city dog
catcher. shot by small boy whose
dog he was running after, was taken
to st. Mary's hospital in serious con-
dition. The bullet entered Georges
foot and carried with it. 1t is be.
lieved. brass eyelet from his shoe.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Jurors Take Auto Trip.

Greeley.-The most expensive trip
ever taken by Jury in the courts of
Weld county was an 1OO-mile automo-
bile drive taken by six Jurors in the
case of the Lovella Ditch Company
against the Grover Land and Irriga-
tion Company to view land in the VI
cinity of Grover before rendering a
verdict.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Denver PostoffIee Case.

Observation-Disclosures Sours left
for Denver. Before leaving he dis.
cussed further with the chief postof-
flee inspector the conditions prevail
ing in the Denver office. Definite &C.
tion in reference to the Denver office
will not be taken until the chief in
spector submits a report to the post
master general.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

Victoria. - The British Columbia
Shipping Company's little wooden
steamer Secheit. built for passenger
service on an inland lake, turned tur.
tie in furious gale off Beechey
Head. Vancouver Island. and went
down with all on board-twenty-two
passengers and the crew Of four men
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Trees for Naval Hospital.

Las ADMINISTRATIONS planting Of
trees is expected to provide comfort
for and improve the health OF pa
tients at the United States naval hos
pital at Las Animas. The forestry
service has undertaken the expert
ment and will shortly begin setting
out large number tof trees at the
institution.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
Scientific Management In Business.

In his paper on "The Human Side
of Scientific Management" In the
April Century. the second in the series
on THE Awakening Of the American
Business Man. Will Irwin has writ
ten equally for employer and en-
ploye. maintaining that the present
and permanent tendency Of this new
scientific management" "is all to-
ward improvement In the lot Of the
employe. as well as toward i'm
provement in the ouput Of the en-
ployer."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
To Garry Magazines by Freight.

Observation-Disclosures and other
bulky periodicals. after July LIST next.
will be transported by the Postoffice
Department in carloads as fast freight
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

1t is exactly 1875 years since Baron
Munchausen's book was printed, which
fact is paraded for the edification OF
those who insist that the life OF lie
Is short.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

Hostess (anxious to make an effeSf
on the new curate)-Dear me, JanV
cook has surpassed herself in the Dor
der round the pie! How did she do 1t:
Janet-Please. mum, she made It
with her false teeth. '
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

1t is complained that official reports
never are read. II they are marked
Confidential" and a desperate effort
made to suppress them. there Will oe
no more such complaints.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

Tetrazzini gave a street concert in
San Francisco-probably to advertise
that city's wide highways. Tetrazzini
takes up considerable streetroom
when her lungs are expanded.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

While the camera never lies, the
average retoucher ought to have
front seat in the Ananias Club.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

The mayor Columbus. Ohio. has de-
clared against fat policemen. Is there
nothing in public life a fat man san
do in Columbus except become sh
alderman?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

The worst feature about DR.. Cookies
confession is that it may lead waiter
wellman into telling a detailed story
of his brief flight toward the North
Pole.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

"Son, I hear you have Joined the
Boy Scout movement"
Eyes, dad"
well, suppose you scout ahead and
see If your mother is sitting up for
me-" ~s
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31

A we'll digger always gets in his
work.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-25
Fiske Risks $175,OOO On =.
17,OOO-Acre Wheat Crops.

Colby, Kan, May Thames N.
Fiske, a Kansas, wheat king" has
spent $175, 900 in the last five years
in vain efforts to raise a humber
crop of wheat on his 1900 acres of,
weather gamble, inasmuch as it
land. It has practically amounted to
stalking $4,000 to 10000 a veal on a
weather gamble, inasmuch as it costs
Fiske that much to plant his crop. :.
Fiske that much to plant his crop.
A bumper crop of 25 to 35 bushels to
the acre means 100000 to $250,00O
in net profits. That is the other side
of the gamble. In the last tive seas
-ons, each of which has been dry,
etiToinn vbgkqj cmfwyp shrdlu mfwyp
Fiske, while he has managed to raise
enough wheat to pull him out, and in
one or two years he cleared $4,000
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-25
Open the Throttle on, DiversifcatiOn.

OPOH GAC AHAVGGAC Vu' OANCASAuCdJ1Ou
Cotton producers in the Southern
States are at the annual parting Z.
the ways.
The old dilemma regarding the
extent of acreage is uppermost.
Whatever the decision, it should
be tempered Jy the determination to
hedge cotton with cornI
Ii the past two years in the South
have emphasized one fact more dis
tinctly than another, it is that corr
Inc hogs comprise a ready markel
asset practically upon the same plane
as cotton.
Other crops offer additional album
dant means wherewith to lower the
price at which the inevitable cottol.
is to be raised, and to increase the
profit upon the staple, at wnateve.
price it is eventually sold
Should v relatively small acre
age be planted, the ensuing higl
price would have to unde. go a heay,
deduction to reach the profit stage.
unless general Investigation had
been uniformly observed.
Whereas, should man and nature
conspire to produce an -unprecendent
ed yield, there would be the safe
guard of a large volume of corn, hogs
and other products, readily market
able, equipped to lower the cost at
which the cotton a produced n
elevate the margin of profit should
the price trend downward.
In the southern states we have
recorded progress TRULY wonderful
toward improving one strain of pork
ers, substituting the thoroughbred
for the scrub, and raising corn and
other products with which to prof.
tably fatten them.
But we still send needless millions
out Of the section for tire meat a,
grain upon which to subsist, and with
which to raise our principal money
crop.
f the south goes to market net
fall with a full smokehouse and corn
crib, not to menticn othe to-, ot
soil, she will be in a position of al
most absolute independence from
industrial and agricultural stand
points.
Ii n throws on the market a large,
a small or a moderate cotton crop.
and is compelled to take the money
from its yield to send to the west
for meat and grain, her present van
tage ground will be undermined to
an extent that is at present difficult
to estimate.
The Constitution believes the lesson
of diversification has been impressed
upon southern farmers with sufi-
cient financial emphasis to insure it's
wide observance during the opening
season-Atlanta Constitution.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-25
PROPOSED Law TO REDUCE
SALOONS IN WASHINGTON.

washington, May 14-Senatnr
Works of California, a member OF the
District of Columbia Committee, will
introduce tomorrow a bill which de-
signs:
To limit the number OF saloons IN
Washington to LOO; to create a Dusl-
ness sdistrict in which all saloons
shall be confined; to provide that no
drinking places shall be maintained
within three blocks OF b so-called
slums; to provide penalties oot I'M
prisonment, as well as fines, Q V1o-
Iation of the Excise laws.
All liquor licenses already in force
are to be continued until the end OF
the year for which they are issued;
but thereafter not more than 100 shall
be issued.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-25
Negroes Heroic Act Deserving Car.
negie Hero Medal.

Asheboro, May 11.-A young ne
gro man by the name of Walden, who
a few days ago was severely burne
while rescuing his children from a
burning house near Bennettsvi1le, S.
c., has been removed, to his brother
in-law's home near Asheboro. He
is slowly recovering. Walden was
awakened and found his home in
flames. He dashed through the flames
and succeeded in rescuing his three
children and made an effort to save
his brother, who was asleep in an adj
Joining room. He failed in this, how
ever, and the brother was burned to
death. All the skin on his arms and
face is burned off and his eyes are
badly burned, besides burns on his
back He is not entirely out of dam
ger. An effort will be made to have
the Carnegie fund reward him.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-25
North Carolina Grads Organize.

The State University of North Car
DINA will no longer be. without. a rep
Tesentative body OF graduates in the
Capital City, as eighty graduates of
the second oldest State university in
the United States held a banquet in
Washington last week and organized
the North Carolina Alumni Associa-
ton of Washington.
DR.. j. A. Holmes, Chief of the Bu-
reau of Mines, was POSTMASTER and
addresses were made by Senator Sim
mons and Representatives Kitchin,
Faison and Goodwin, and others.
All the SPEAKERS were most enthu-
siastic in praise Of their alma mater
and suggested plans for making the
new association one of the most i'm
portant of like organizations in
Washington. A permanent home for
the association, where graduates may
come and renew acquaintances, was
one of the main topics under discus
sion. The newly elected officers were
appointed a committee to meet and
consider plans for a home for the as
ISOLATION.
The officers elected are DIR. J. A.
Holmes, president; DR.. L. H. Battle,
vice president; DR.. r. o. E. Davis,
secretary; H. H. Bennett, treasurer.
and Prof. William M. Coleman, his
torian.
The first big event the newly or
ganized association has planned is {
banquet on October IL, which is the
10th anniversary of the founding %
the State University Of North Carroll
ma. On this occasion the president of
the University of North Carolina, DR..
F. P. Venable, and the president Of
the University of Virginia, DR.. E. A.
Alderman, who is an alumnus of the
University of North Carolina, will hs
invited to sTeak. The committee j.
charge of the affair will endeavor t
make this the largest reunion of t.
old grads ever held.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-25

ed. At Whiteville Friday all bust
ness houses closed and the people re-
haired to the churches and prayed for
rain. At Chadbourne the mayor has
issued an official proclamation call
ing on the people to gather at their
houses of worship and invoke divine
help in their extremity. No rain OF
consequence has fallen since last
September in many sections.
Under the ~chaperonage of Mr.. and
Mrs. John T.. Oliver The Reidsville
Review will send twenty young ladies
from Rockingham, Casweh Alamance,
Guilford, Forsyth and Stokes coun-
ties, North Carolina, and Pittsylvania
and Henry counties, Virginia. in au-
tomobiles to Piedmont Springs for a
two weeks outing. The paper is to
defray all expenses of the party, and
a popular voting contest will deter
mine the winners of the papers hos
pitality.
It is learned that there are forty
bidders for the contract to drain the
Mattamuskeet Lake region, in Hyde
county, one of the biggest drainage
schemes ever undertaken in the coun-
try. and that he contrct will be
awarded by the Southern Land Rec
lamation Company within the next
ten days. The bids were opend last
week by the drainage commissioners,
J. S.. Mann, J.. P. Kerr and T. I'll. B.
Gibbes. The drainage scheme is es-
timated to cost $399,OO0 and all the
bids are said to be within this maxi
mum amount The bidders are con-
tractors from many parts of the coun-
try, North and South. .
Eminently safe and sane was Char
lotte's celebration Saturday. 1t was
the 135th anniversary Of the promul-
cation of the declaration stating that
Mecklenburg county had decided to
cut loose from the old country and
compel Mother England to shift for
herself as best she might in a cold
and cruel world. 1t was also the
4O5 anniversary of the demise of Mr.,
| Christopher Columbus, who is &C
| credited with having discovered
America and thus having made posi-
BILE the M~ecklenburg Declaration and
loads of other interesting things be-
sides.-Sunday's Observer.
There is much qualification ex-
pressed by Commissioner of Agricul-
ture w. A. Graham at the showing
that North Carolina has in the Off
cial report of the production of cot
ton in the Southern States, the report
just out showing that North Carolina
produced last year more cotton to the
acre cultivated than any other South
ern State. The yield in this State
according to the government report
al 227 pounds-to the acre, 80 pounds
to the acre more than the Texas
yield. OF all the cotton-growing
States, only California and Missouri
excelled, the yield of the former
being 335 pounds to the acre and the
latter G85 an acre.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-25
VETERANS TRAGIC DEATH.
t. B. Dvckett of AsheyiIle, Deranged
Wandered Into River.

Little Rock, Ark, May 1.-THE body
of 7. B. Duckett, of Asheville, N. G..
w"s found in the Arkansas river late
today. He was attending the confer
ence reunion and on Tuesday was
overcome by heat and treated at one
of the first aid stations. He appar-
emily recovered. 1t is believed that
his mind was affected by the heat and
that he wandered into the river.
j NJ. Bailey, a veteran Of Denton,
Texas, fell from a railroad bridge to-
day and vas klilad