Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-08-16
Anniversary Celebration Has
Been Called Off
UNITE TO BOOST
FOR BIG FIESTA
0oodIy Sum Subscribed for Home
Coming Day, But Most of 1t will
Go to Watermelon Fund

Rocky fOru, the gem OF inc Nocklcs,
The home of the Cant and the
Beet,
Choice pearl of the Arkansas Valley,
Sheds lustre of brilliance replete,
On farm-lands the pride of the ma
ton,
And founders the staunch and the
true,
The melon has made its name fam
Gus,
Then health to its founders and
you.
Chorus.
Then health to its founders and you
Then a health to its founders and
you,
The melon has made its name fam
Gus,
Then health to its founders and
you.
Rocky Ford, the haven of settlers.
The home of the Cant and the
Beet,
A diadem dropped in the valley,
Where prairies and mountains
meet.
From the states came the old prairie
schooner,
With its home seeker Gentle and
Jew,
The melon has made our burg fam
Then health to its founders and
you.
All hail, then, its broad minded spon-
sor,
A man of true merit and grit,
He guided the emigrant wagon
And was almost a "karson like
Kit"
Our swink taught the ranehmen their
duty, - '-is'1 - sSss,i ~ i,f,,.s,
And laid out a town fair to view,
The melon has made our town fam
Then health to its founders and
you.
Chorus.
They converted the waste of the des-
ert
Into gardens o'erflowing with fruit,
And appealed to a bountiful river
To spread out its waters to suit.
Our Swink was builder and states
man,
Rocky Ford is his monument true,
The melon has made its name fam
Gus,
Then health to its founders and
you.
L. X. Jones, 1850 Lafayette Ave,
Chicago, Ill.
At a called meeting of the
twenty.fifth anniversary commit
tees on Tuesday evening it was
definitely decided to call off the
coming home celebration, as it was
seen that it would interfere with
our big Watermelon day, coming
as it would but two days before,
and it was the opinion of business
men and townspeople that nothing
must be allowed to detract from
the success of our big festival
Almost $500 had been subscrib-
ed for the anniversary celebration
which it WAS decided should be
turned back to the subscribers,
who it Is expected will contribute
literally to the Watermelon day
fund.
As chairman of the home COM
ing day meeting, Mayor Coffman
has issued the following state
ment:
To the Citizens of Rocky Ford
A short time since. ! called meeting
OF the citizens to talk over the idea of
having Home Coming Week. and cele-
brase Rocky Ford's twenty-fifth anniver-
sary, September 3rd. At that meeting
all seemed to be heartily in favor Of it,
but on account of it being on the first day
of the fair the directors of the fair asso-
ciation refused to allow US to have the
picnic on the fair grounds, and as there is
no other suitable place to hold it, the COM
mittees have decided to declare the cele-
bration off. think the directors of the
fair made mistake, but they are the
power that rule.
believe that homecoming week for
Rocky Ford would have meant hundreds
of people from distance, that would
have probably attended the fair all four
days, and would have materially inereas-
cd the gate receipts, and much more than
reimbursed the association for any loss.
Besides the citizens, after giving and help
ing all these years to build up the fair,