Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-01


Investigation vs. organization
succinctly expresses the stand OF
the opposing forces. aud the form
er is bound to win. "There's been
reason" as the taxpayer knows
full we'll, for the exorbitant tax
with which he has been burdened,
as ell as for the ominous words
with which the county warrants
have for some months been in
dorsed, "No funds, and drawing
& per cent interest,"" and the in
vestigation has disclosed that rea-
son to such an extent that the in
telligent taxpayers propose by
their votes next Tuesday to show
the organization gang that they
will no longer have the opportun-
ity to "feed at the public crib"
In contradistinction to the DEM
ocratic showing the straightfor-
ward and manly pledge of the
Republican Progressive candi-
dates that they will, if elected,
work for an efficient and econom-
ical administration of county af-
fairs. is steadily winning adher-
ents, and the prospects are exceed
ingly bright that they will be CIV
on an opportunity to make good"
At the Grand opera house last
evening a Progressive rally was
held that surpassed anything of
the kind 30 far attempted this
campaign. Clarence P. Dodge
and Ben Griffith, the Bull Moose
candidates for. U. s. congress and
attorney general respectively, were
the principal speakers, and arous.
ed great enthusiasm amongst the
hearera
And tomorrow Saturday even
ing II Progressive-Republican box
social will be held at the Lafayette
school house, at which all the
county candidates will be present,
together with party leaders, and
there will be some speaking, plenty
of music by Bsiley's orchestra and
a general good time all around.
Then on Monday night, Nov. 4,
the last gun of the campaign will
be fired in the Grand opera house,
by two of the best speakers in
the state-Hon. Frank G. Cloudy
and g. A. Ballreich, Republican
candidate for congress in this dis
trict, who islands for Colorado
and the protection of her indus
tries, such as sugar culture. sheep
raising, mining, manufacturing,
etc"
The following from recent speech
by Mr.. Ballreich, shows where he
stands upon matters of irrigation:
The most important question touch
ing Colorado today, is the Kansas
Colorado water suit. By this suit
parties in Kansas are seeking a de-
cree from the Federal Court for $50
cubic feet of water from the Arkansas
River, to be delivered at headgates
about ninety miles east fthe Colo
RADIO line. The date of the appro-
priation, as claimed, is 1881. Our en-
gineers and water experts working on
the case tell us. that on account of
loss in transit, it will take 1900 cubic
feet of water at the Union Avenue
bridge in Pueblo, to deliver $50 feet
to said headgates in Kansas. The
normal flow of the river is not half
that sum. Thus it follows that if the
decree is granted all water users in
Colorado who take their water from
the Arkansas River and its tributar-
ies, will be cut out, unless their re-
spective DEGREES bear date prior to
1881. Do you know what this means?
Think moment, for it means no
more or less than devastation of
the valley. and the return of thou
sands of acres to barren waste.
Our last Democratic Legislature.
through political chickering's. failed
TO furnish an avilable cent to help
fight this battle. 1t is battle for
the sovereign power OF the state. is
;nyoived and the state stands to lose