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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17
yun Buskirk in the Hoe business

DR.. Van Buskirk and his nephew Still
well Van Buskirk last week received from
the New York Berkshire Farm three of
the finest registered Berkshires that have
ever come to Colorado. The doctor has
been for several months trying to locate
some prize winners in this line and finally
found them at the New York stock farm.
Hog men that have seen these Berk-
shires make the claim that they are as
near perfect as it is possible to grow
them. The sire of the doctors male hog
weighs 0l0 pounds and the gifts dam
weighs $40 pounds. These valuable
hogs have been sent down to the doctors
south ranch. where his nephew recently
located. having moved here from the hog
and corn section of Illinois. Van Bus
kirk is now negotiating for some register
ed Percheron mares and says when he
gets his stock in shape that he'll not take
back seat from anyone at our county
and state fairs.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17

if you do and damn you if
you don't. Here they give a man
a chance to make good. No. sir,
Rocky Ford is good enough for
me, | don't want to go to Den
ver."
Promptly at 1870 the banquet
ers left for Grand opera house
which was packed to hear our dis
tinguished visitor Robert w.
Speer, mayor of Denver, whose
talk was upon Municipal Affairs"
He made a strong plea for citi-
zens to uphold city officers; saying
that when they do this they get
the best results. "Fault finders"
he said, "bring about stagnation
in business and progress. They
are usually those who have made
failures in their own business.
Honest criticism is good for all,
but continuous carping is dis
couraging and oppressive. 1t is
hard to govern cities. Men will
differ in opinion, and you cannot
rule the people by using a club"
He said he would like to de-
port about a carload of grumblers
and fault finders from Denver, and
throw in a newspaper or two. He
cited an instance of a city in Ger
many that conducted its own daily
municipal newspaper at profit
and told of valuable experience
gathered in his European trip.
About $50 the meeting closed
and the visiting mayors caught the
evening trains for their several
homes, all voicing their thanks to
Mayor Coffman for calling them
together, and to he and the citi-
zens of Rocky Ford for the splen-
did welcome and hospitable treat
ment they had received.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17
BEET GROWERS
Have PAY day
And Find Their Staple Crop
Breaking Late Records
$3.50, 900 DISTRIBUTED
TO A. B. S. co. GROWERS
Returns Show Benefits of Intensive
Farming and Prices Based on
Sugar Content

On Wednesday, Nov. is, beet growers
with the receipt Of checks in payment for
their October beets, the handsome sum of
s2so.oOo being distributed by the Am
erican Beet Sugar Co. to the growers for
the local factory.
According to the returns the yield this
season is somewhat in excess of former
years, due IN great measure to the fact
that the farmers are realizing the value
of intensive farming and that it pays
much better to properly cultivate smal'
tract than to plant large acreage and
be unable to give it the proper attention.
Messrs Fullmer and Kitchen may be
instanced as good examples Of this fact:
Each of these gentlemen had less than
ten-acre tracts of beets on their Garden
Place farms. and the returns show that
their average tonnage is over 26 tons to
the acre. As production of l8 tons to
the acre has heretofore been common this
is a gratifying increase.
Under the graduated scale these grow
ers-along with many others-are aver
aging better than Sc ton for their beets'
and this will bring their receipts up very
close to the state record price Of $l6l
an acre.
Amongst the farmers who will here
after play the graduated scale for
winning is C. w. Johns of Newdale. Mr..
Johns has this season grown his beets
under the two-price contract and is re-
ceiving Sc ton. but the returns show
that his beets would have averaged 81
or better under the graduated scale.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17
A. Y. RAILWAY,
i Light g f'i & POWER CO.
FileIncorporationP Papers with
Secretary of State
INCORPORATED FOR
TEN MILLION DOLLARS
lnteEirban Line from Canon City to
DC State Line Amongst the
Plans for the Future

With the purpose in view of connecting
the towns of the entire Arkansas valley
with railway and electric transmission
lines. the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light
and Power company filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary of state
on Tuesday The company is incorporated
for Slo.ooo.ooo and the home office
will be in Pueblo,
Articles of incorporation also will be
fft il five counties of this section of the
state. IN which the company proposes to
operate. including Teller, FL Paso. Fre-
mont. Pueblo and Otero. The incorpora-
tors of the company are w. F. Raber
general manager of the Pueblo and Sub
urban Traction and Lighting company
F.W. insult and T. H. Devine.
The Arkansas Valley Railway, Light
and Power company is Incorporated for
period of twenty years. with Slo,ooo.-
600 capital stock. The stock is divided
into 100000 shares 10000 IN prefer
red stock and 10000 shares to be known
as common stock. The par value of the
shares will be Sloo. The directors of
the company for the first year will be W.
F. Raber. F. w. insult. T. H. Divine. H.
c. Baker and E. D, Spruill.
In tine articles of incorporation that
were placed in the hands of the secretary
Of state the company reserves the right
to own and operate power plants TO
construct and operate power lines.
telegraph ard telephone lines and to sup
ply light, heat and power. electric and
natpA n gas and various other depart
ments which are set forth in elaborate
detail.
At the present time the company has
plants at Pueblo, skacway, La Junta and
Rocky Ford. Transmission lines will
supply Fowler. Manzanola and Swink
with electricity for various purposes.
Byllesby & Co. recently secured an
option on the Canon City Light and Power
company's holdings at that place, and it
is expected that the new company incor-
pcrated Tuesday will take possession in
the near future as soon as some details
can be arranged.
It is said to be the idea of the incorpor-
ators of the company to construct an
interurban line from Canon City through
Pueblo down the Arkansas valley practi-
cally as far as the state line connecting
all points along the valley.
The plans for this venture are not
complete at the present time and it is
expected that it will be several months
before any definite action will be taken
in this direction.
The power feature will prove of great
interest to the inhabitants along the valley
because of its far reaching effects. Trans
mission lines running out from Pueblo
and the other plants of the company will
invade various districts where power is
desired by the tillers of the soil and ii
will make possible many irrigation ven
turefSsow impracticable.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17
Thanksgiving Service

The pastors Of the city have decided to
try this year the custom followed in some
other places of holding Thanksgiving
service on Wednesday night, thus giving
business men and everyone better
opportunity to attend the service. The
Thanksgiving service will therefore be
held Wednesday evening, Nov. 2e. in the
M. E. church, Rev. Beaver of the Baptist
church preaching the sermon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17
CHARLES D. WILLIAMS

One of the Oldest pioneers OF Rocky
Ford, passed away quite suddenly on
Wednesday morning, leaving an aged
helpmate to mourn his passing. Mr..
Williams was 80 years old. ana nao oeen
FurSal services will be held at the
home his friday afternoon by Rev.
Beaver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17
GREAT GATHERING OF
ARKANSAS VALLEY MAYORS
With Some State Officers Thrown in For
Good Measure.
Every Town in the Valley Present Excepting Mayor
West of Pueblo, who Called Back on Import
ant Business as He Boarding the Train

The Enterprise herewith extends to Mayor Coman the hearty
the people Rocky immense
that attended the first conference of that has been held
state the Union of which
we have record
his initiative that the of the Arkansas Val
this city conference and it speaks
well Cman popularity and that not
only every mayor valley excepting present at the
meeting Friday of the capitol city, the state treas
of the late legislature graced the occasion with
their
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17
Married at Castelar,

Rocky Ford friends Of the Masters
family have received the following we'd
ding announcement; MRS. Effie r.
Masters announces the marriage Of her
daughter, Effie Mildred to Mr.. William c.
Handley on Wednesday, Nov. /. at
CASTELAR,, Colo"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-17

urer and members OF the late
their presence.
The business proper of the meet
ing was transacted at the midday
lunch at the Ell CAPTAIN, when
matters of import to the different
city executives were discussed and
they one and all received pointers
from their fellows that are likely
to result in many changes in civic
government that may prove of
great and lasting benefit to the
several communities.
Following lunch the members
were loaded into automobiles and,
with members of the Rocky Ford
Business Mems Club to point out
the places of interest, they made a
tour of the surrounding country,
looked in at the A. b. S. Co. sugar
factory, with its beautiful little
park and club room for the en-
ployes, and wound up with visit
to Senator Crowley's orchard,
where they were regaled with
some of the choicest fruit of the
the Arkansas Valley and its pro-
duct-sweet cider nectar fit for
fine GODS" as one visitor aptly re-
marked.
Even the near cyclone that was
blowing did not dampen the ardor
of the visitors, though it cut short
the sightseeing trip, and at an
early hour the party returned to
the Business Mems clubrooms,
where they were met by throng
of representative citizens and a
couple of hours were socially
spent in making the acquaintance
of each other, and getting further
information upon questions Of in
terest and importance to the diff
ferent city heads.
At $50 p. m. adjournment was
taken to the Ell Captain hotel,
where the visitors and prominent
business men and citizens to the
number of so were the guests OF
the Rocky Ford mayor at one OF
the most elaborate and appetizing
dinners that has ever been spread
in this city.
Mayor Coffman was toastmaster
and assigned toasts to the several
mayors, starting with J. f. Nc
Murtry of Holly y;sthen came j. g.
Davidson of Las Animas, G. M.
Lee of Lamar, DR.. Kearns OF La
Junta, j. E. Williams of Sugar
City, Fl. G. Yiedemann of Ordway
Senator Crowley for Crowley
county, F.P. Smith of Canon City,
Senator Irby for Mayor Speer OF
Denver, W. J. Mcdonald Of
Fowler, NJ. d. Lyles of Manzan.
ola and G. M. Coffman of Rocky
Ford, whose toast to the Arkansas
Valley was as follows:
From portion of the Great
American Desert the labor and
ingenuity of man has made of
the Arkansas valley dream of
beauty and wealth.
"The green fields of alfalfa
and the perfume of the fruit
blossoms in the spring. The lu-
cious Rocky Ford cantaloupes and
water melons in the summer and
the great crop of apples, fruit
and sugar beets in the fall.
Under the shadows of the
distant mountains and above all,
the glory of our sunshine and
pure air have made this valley g
paradise"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
"pledge Number Two"

The ''pledgers" have been ushereA
into fame second time by the work
Of their genius, which they are
calling pledge Number Two" As
a little diversion, permit the Tele-
gram ito state here that they them
selves recognized that it was not a
number one pledge and it may be
stated with safety that NY the time
they get done pledging, the ''procla
nation" will he at the very bottom
of the scale OF grades.
In the second manifesto, however
insurrectory, the 'pledgers" under
take to make the impression that
the fire department is operated in
an expensive manner. In order to
do that it goes back to the begin
ming. adds up the expense year by
year and flashes the total on the
public with the hope OF startling
some one into voting against city
government that the ''pledgers"
own mouthpiece has pronounced as
all right. Such juggling OF figures
Or misuse OF them will deter no one
from supporting the administration
The edict as to what the voters of
'C,arksourg must do, christened as
pledge Number Two appears &c
be oased on a plan OF campaign that
has only one fitting name-a gueril-
Ia warfare in politics. 1t is not a
pronouncement OF those seeking lib
erty but one that indicates that the
purpose is merely to break away
from a good government to appease
Office hunger.
There is really nothing said in so
many words used, Procrastination
is the key note of the "pledgers" as
given in this second Magma
Charta." The ''pledgers' promise
to furnish a modern fire department
| in five years-a long time to wait.
The city administration is gathering
information and laying. plans for
the purpose of establishing mod
ern fire department the coming sum
mer and has no intention Of wait
ing five years to build 1t.
If the next parchment" to be is
sued 5y the "piedgers" says as lit
tie as the first and second, they
may as well save themselves the
time. worry and effort necessary to
say nothing in many words.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
~ e rs q
FOR HIS OWN DEA tn
rom their Tins tor The Temperance

from their iips Tor the temperance
cause. They did not let period Of
only twelve months pass before
dropping theia plaintive pleadings
for what they loudly proclaimed
last year good and righteous cause.
It took only short space OF time
for these seiIeming and selfish
Democratic machine men to reverse
Themselves, by coming out for a
wet town.
Yet, they are unwilling to abandon
their artidce. They know they
hoodwinked and tricked, many tenn
perance advocates last year and they
believe they can do it again this
year. To carry out this design they
are again proclaiming loud and long
what they would do in regulating
the conduct of the saloons were
they delegated by the voters to man
age the affairs Of the city. They say
now do not abandon the sa-
looms. Last year they said drive
them out. What Is to be expected
from persons who SO quickly re-
verse themselves? What political
stamina have they? Why should
they expect the people to believe in
them since they have shown them
selves as ehangeaIble as the moon?
The same motive prompts them
this year that prompted them last
year, namely. to use the good citi-
zeaship OF clarksburg, If possible, to
grab public Office. Their methods in
trying to hood@inii voters are SIM
liar to those of last year. But, in
stead of making great outcry
against the saloons, they are making
1T against the condition OF the
street, where several OF the saloons
are located, in the hope that they
will fool voters into voting their
ticket.
Those these Democratic politicians
counted last year, however, are
thoroughly posted on as we'll as
thoroughly disguised with the Dem
ocratic city machines tricks and no
one need set them down as ones TIC
be dmped again this year, for they
are not going to be made the butt
of any more Democratic machine de-
signs. Many of them say so them
selves and they ought to know.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
Says the Coroner's Jury That
Probes Into Manner Of
Accident.

UT. CLARE. Mar. 2s stewart
and Wilson. owners Of the gas we'll
on The Emory Brand lot, are stfli
havinS trouble that is calculated to
discourage the most patient indi.
ytdual Owing tola large amount OF
water in the hole. it has been inl-
possible to turn the current in the
line, and Monday morning while
workmen We're making some adj
justments the camps slipped and
sixty joints Of casing were plunged
into the we'll and telescoped. This
viii require a fishing job that may
last several days.
There is much complaint that
other wells in this field are not
working satisfactorily. The PRES
sure does not appear to he regular,
and the wells require almost con-
slant care.
A .coroner's inquiry was held here
Tuesday afternoon 1or the purpose
of learning the facts as to the
death OF Charles Joseph, who died
Saturday from injuries sustained
in the Cooke mine the same day
Comfy Coroner S. NJ. Mason and
Deputy Mine inspector Frank Par
sons conducted the investigation.
and Vincent E. Cooke locked ate,
the interests of himself and Others
who own the mine. "A jury was EN-
paneled composed OF w. p. Week.
ly, Thomas Price. Morris Picket, Ira
Kay, Leman Knight and Adam Hal.
terman. Several witnesses were ex-
amined, and the verdict was that
Joseph wes responsible for the acct
dent. From the evidence it was
shown that he mad disregarded the
instructions OF the mine foreman,
H.. S. Huber.
The Hope Gas Company is remov-
ing the rig from the well on the
Holden farm to a new location on
possible to turn the cururent in the
Mrs. p. NJ. Rogers and Misses
MABEL and Minnie Wolfe were shor
pers in Clarksburg Tuesday.
Attorney ". G. Smith, OF Clarks-
burg, was business visitor here
Monday. 4
Mrs. Isham Keith has returned
from San Antonio, Texas, where
she attended the funeral of her
father, Captain Wa.H Hall,
5. c. l. Farnsworth is here from
Buckhannon, looking after his gas
interests.
w P. Weekly was transaotins
business in Buckhannon Monday.
Eary Weekly, who formerly re-
sided here, is reported to he very Ill
of pneumonia at his home at Lost
Greek. s
ROSS u. Stout, %: Quiet Deli,
is here looking after business inter
ests.
Howard Maxwell has not resumed
his studies at the West Virginia
Business College on account of ILL
ness.
Mrs. Earl Rogers is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stone, at
Ruckhannon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
Representatives GovernInent.


The Exponent declares that II IA
vors a condition by which the Affairs
o. the city are administered by
mon who are selected as repre-
sentatiyes OF the people" The Ex-
pouents desire is evidently gratified
this year as 1t says in Spreading of
Mayor Frank R. Moore as the best
mayor the city ever had:
"He is Just to the most minute
detail, and never suffers himself to
he influenced by his friends or his
personal IDEAS"
II this does not convey the idea
that Mayor Moore is representa-
tive OF the people, the kilograms
name is mud. Thus in connection
with what the Exponent says it ia
vors, Mayor Moore is Its ideal.
The Exponent further says OF
Mayor Moore:
'tBvea the residents of the city
who are not OF the same political
convictions cannot help admiring
the methods OF the mayor
II Mayor Moore's methods were
mot Representative OF the people"
there would be none OF an opposite
political faith to admire them.
Here again the Exponent aclnowl-
edges that he Is a representative
mayor.
Pursuing this subject OF Mr..
Moore as a mayor, the public finds
the Exponent declaring as FOL
lows:
1T is unanimously conceded that
he is the best mayor Clarksburg
ever had"
If Mayor Moore was not repre-
sentative Of the people," there
would net ne unanfmity of senti-
ment as to his being the hest mayor
clarksburg ever had. Again the
Exponent admits that Clarksburg
has just such a mayor as it de-
Clares 1t favOrs.
Again, as previously pointed out
by the Telegram, the Exponent says
complimentary things about Chief
of Police Harry 4. Brooks and his
assistants. 1t declares:
Chief OF Police Brooks and his
assistants are very alert
1t certainly does not wish to con-
yey the idea that the people do not
regard that characteristic as being
representative? II 1T does want
to make such impression now,
it will learn 10 its sorrow on elec-
ton day that the people are more
alert than it is to what they believe
is representative OF them.
Again, the public reads the fol-
lowing by the Exponent regarding
the chief of police:
"He certainly should be esteemed
for mis- provtdent methods"
Read that again. The word, prov
ident. is used. 1t means foresee-
ing, careful, prudent, economical.
Certainly, the Exponent would not
have the public believe that it ia
vors a bonehead chief, one who can
not see ahead. one who is careless.
imprudent and profligate? No, IL
says Chic. Brooks and his assistants
are all right, and if they are that,
they are representative.
And, after all Clarksburg has Just
such government as the Exponent
favors for Clarksburg. Then, what
Is the use of saying more?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29

Mr. Dunfee's platform did not
suit the head of the smomers
ticket and so sommers called Dun
lee off and has gone to writing plat
forms himself. He has issued pledge
Number Two" IN which he promises
10 furnish a modern FIRE department
within five years. The present ad-
miniStration is already working on 4
proposition to give the city such a
IRE department next year as the
business men OF the city ask for. Mr..
scnimers ought not to defer such
important matters SO long.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29

ri tie ontnef tand ate lIld Teal-
81 you'd give tlie gna
Ipase u that II paper Consi era,ie
B ace WITH his picture. Be that Is II
may there are several who are de-
nnanding to know what he looks ike
any way and they are at loss to
know why the exponent is ashamed
to publish his picture.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
INTERMENT NOTICE.

The funeral sermon Of Gonsueila
Dougherty will be preached at 2
o'clock Thursday at Mt. Zion Baptist
church by the pastor, W. 7. Kenney.
The funeral street car win start
from the church for Elk View ceme-
terry promptly at 3:15.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
No Duping This Year.

Last year certain Democratic ma
chine leaders in Clarksburg with
the hope of getting into power
courted those opposed to saloons to
the extent of subscribing to resO-
tuition promising to put the city dry.
Like wolves in Sleeps clothing these
same Democratic politicians paraded
gorgeously their never dying love
for the dry" cause. Their prayers
were long and loud. 1t is no Won
der at all that the plaintiye plead
ings OF these same Democratic ma
chine members went unanswered.
Time has shown that they were not
connected with the dry cause for
the good of the cause but associated
themselves with it for purely per-
sonal political prererment. Their
affection, however, last year was
strong enough to hoodwink and trick
goodly number OF the citizenship
of Clarksihurg that is opposed to the
sale cf intoxicants.
But, as has been stated before by
the Telegram and shown to be pos
tive fact, when they failed to Gle
vate themselves to Office by using
the actual and honest dry" forces,
they fastened to change their attl-
tude on this question and no more
long and loud prayers are heard
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29

The city levy, not including that to
take care of the bond issue, is only
twenty-etght cents on the hundred
dollars, the lowest ever known. al
though writer in Pledge
Number Two" artfully tries to
leave the oppression that it is forty
four. cents.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
CLUB MEMBERS
Are Beyond the City OF Weston Fish.
ing Tor Pike.

The combalsom Fishing Club COM
prised of number OF local nimrods
is represented today at point be-
yond Weston by Wilbur Cork, Homer.
Graper, Edward Keohlar and Dow,
Davis. They went prepared to fish
70. pike but took various other kinds
of bait. The party viii return to-
the city In a. day or two.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29

What will happen to that sommers
ticket election day will be a plenty
but not at all pleasing to that
ticket,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-29
AK. THORN & co.
BONDS
EMPIRE

Buy your bonds from us,
place them in your safe or
bank, then all you have to do
is to clip off the interest cou-
'ons every six months, present
them to your bank and they
will be promptly cashed.
No worry, no anxiety, no
loss Of sleep because of the I'M
certainty that attends some
other forms Of investment.
Mr.. Russell Sage, that able
and far-seeing investor, was a
large buyer of bonds. and he
became one of the richest men
of the age.