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from knightly. But in the main their
scheme of charity and vision of "a city
built by gentlemen for gentlemen was
knightly in it's character and. under some
buildings and swept the seas clean of
pirates who preyed upon the Christian
mariner. To those who care to wander
through the fields of literature. unhurried,
glad to find here and there some dainty
flower or rugged oak outstanding from
the plain, the history of these knights
who were real men and men who were
real knights, will prove a source OF never
ending interest.
The chief attraction of this bit of earth
lies not in hoary monuments or OutWorn
gods, in flaming flowers or froWning fort
resses Her knightly history. her great
fertility. her sieges. old and new Her
deathless glory lies in two short chapters
from the book of acts. in which lands
man tells a sailors tale so truly that a
sailors heart beats fast, his pulses quick
EN- and his breath comes short, as he
reads through this thrilling narrative.
The cultivated physician. st. Luke, has
told the story in such noble prose that
paraphrase seems an impiety. But lest
you have no Bible near at hand we may
retell the tale.
st. Paul. the prisoner of Rome. on an
appeal to Caesar, starts toward that cen
ter OF authority. as one of band OF
prisoners. under the care of Julius, q cen
| turion. Days-weeks-go by. in which
they skirt the shores of Asia, from Joppa
to far-famed Myra, around the eastern
end of Cyprus, and then west. Here they
change ships; taking a corn ship bound to
Italy from Alexandria. which doubtless
had sailed due north to make exchange
| of merchandise. Again they meet head
| winds and winter comes apace. Safe un-
der Crete, they find harbor which bears
the hOspitable name of THE Fair Ha-
vens." but lured by a soft southern
zephyr, in spite of Paurs protest, they
sail away. hoping to find a more commo-
dious winter harbor.
AS the blade leaps from the warrior
sheath, so from the sultry softness OF
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Sen Members

4fIFTY new members will be received
~ into Mckendree Methodist Church
October 6. The new acquisitions to the
congregation will be the result, it is de-
clared, of the efforts of the new pastor
Rev. L. Morgan Chambers, who on COM
ing to Washington some weeks ago be-
gan vigorous campaign for new MEM
bers.
School and the Open Door, or Re-
ligion in the Public Schools is the sub
ject which Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson is
to take for a sermon at IL o'clock today
to public school children in Bethany Bap-
tist Church, Rhode Island avenue and
I'd street northwest.
X x X x
Mrs Charles G. McRoberts is to take
up the work of choir leader of the Church
of the Ascension October 1. Mrs. Nc
Roberts was formerly Miss Virginia
Goodwin.
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for the Need6Wok This Beautiful Design Can Be Transferred by
Some AnbantaQeS of Cburrb Alen1bersbip.
BY REV. DIR. ROBERT HUNTER.

HE church stands for life character human sympathy and
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An Old Economic Problem.

The thoughtless. careless crowd. bent
only on one object at time. had forgot
ten to provide for it's next meal in pursuit
Of Jesus. 1t had been so engrossed with
His teaching that it had given no hec- to
the claims of the body. So Jesus, as the
dominant spirit of the situation, and in
lesser degree His anxious apostles, were
confronted by the fact that here was a
crowd of 5000 persons with nothing to
eat. The careful business man in the con-
pany had figured out that 1t would take
$33 worth Of bread to satisfy that hungry
host-and $33 was more than the pooled
resources of the Christian Church at that
time. The sum seemed small for such a
large provision. but it was only bread
that the people wanted-the large fiat
loaves such as are still eaten in the Holy
Land today. and may be bought two for
a cent
The selfish. easy way out OF the predic-
ament was pointed out by some of the
apostles-send the hungry hordes away.
let their plight be upon their own heads,
we wash our hands of them. their hum
ger is their own fault. they are too shift
less to look out for themselves. and there
fore they deserve to suffer. The arEU-
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The Curious Crowd.

Much is said about the business Of a
city, but it is noticeable that whenever
any accident out Of the ordinary occurs,
be it the digging of a foundation for a
new building. the plight of a cat up a
telegraph pole or the breaking down Of
an automobile, the crowds seem to have
ample time for the spectacle. Let a great
man come to town. and behold the multi
tude that throngs him! The questing Of
these multitudes in Galilee for Christ is
eloquent with the eternal lesson Of the
need for more and worthier life interests
in the average breast. Half the evil of
our time is not the result Of premedi-
tated vicioushess. but consequence of
the eagerness for adventure. for new
knowledge, for fresh interests. for ex-
citement and diversion. 1t is the empti-
ness of life that fills the newspapers
with scandal We can scarcely too often
quote the words Of Tennyson:
IT'S life whereof nerve art scant,
oh. life. not death. for which we pant:
More life and fuller that We want
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Our Daily Bread.

The wonder of life's everydayness awes
the reverent. We are constantly in the
presence of miracles: A dock strike i'm
terrupts the steady flow of food supply
to a metropolis. and then men perceive
for the first time the marvel of the or
derby distribution of food I'm our civiliza-
ton. Follow aught of life back far
enough and we find ourselves receiving
our daily providences from the hand OF
the Father. Maltbie d. Babcock's beau
tiful lines. Our Daily Pread.'' convey
the lesson:
Back Of the loaf Is the snowy 6our,
And back of the -four the mill:
And back Of the mill is the wheat and the
shower.
And the and the Fathers will
Christ the Satisfier energies in grandeur
from this lakeside scene. He meets the
needs of man. He offers himself az the
bread of life. In reverence we find our
selves repeating the words of Mrs. Mary
A. Lathbury:
Break Thou the bread Of life. dear Lord, to me.
As Thou didst break the loaves by Gslilee."
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them the love of ALL and left behind a
church of Jesus Christ, is but a fitting
close to such a wondrous tale. And from
that hour to this some form of Christian
ity has chung to the rude rocks and ver-
dant slopes Of Malta. fairest island Of
the sea.
AS We rove over this rocky citadel and
marvel at the fact of its fertility. when it
possesses neither river. brook or lake: as
we delight ourselves with the kaleido-
scopic variety and interest of this bit Of
earth, we are impressed by nothing more
than this-that after all her strange v;cis-
STUDIES. her standards and her temples
have passed to Christian hands.
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TTNFoRTUNATELY punchwork en-
~ broidery shows none of its lace.
like stitches. merely what might
be called the skeleton frame which when
worked has all the appearance OF a fine
and very expensive lace pattern.
Now that fall is here with its inccssans
demand for something lively in waists one
can use this pattern with very good re-
suits on white goods. any soft meshed
silk. the thin colored cottons or sheer
fabrics which will bear the frequen. ply.
ing of the large needle through the min.
iature dots.
Work the center of these patterns, that
is. the punchwork pattern, first. Get the
short rather blunt needle tie your linen
thread to the extreme end OF the needle
eye. and when a new thread is needed tbs
the second firmly to the end of the last
thread A weaver's knot is best for tho
purpose. 1t cannot come united and can
he slipped closely
Dampen the work. lay II face down.
ward upon a Turkish towel and press on
the wrong side. The contour OF the OUT
side edslng is then restored. Go over
this broad portion working over and over
the design as in winding a thread around
1t. Slant the stitches at the right angle.
Outline the small four-leaf flowers after
or just before making the punchwork,
possibly 1t ought to be done first. Tho
whole Of the pattern can be done in col.
ored linen or silk floss: the latter must,
however, be smooth and rather tight like
the linen thread. This will make hand.
some Christmas waist for mother. sister
or friend
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until 1t has tor ages supported one of the most
dense agricultural populations upon the face OF
the earth.
How early in the gray dawn of civilization
the Arabian or Phoenician explorer discovered
its fine harbors and left the customary colony to
guard them we cannot tell, but it must have been
at very remote period, for when the mists of
tradition give way before the sun OF history
nany-harbored Malta is known to all the mar
liners of the great middle sea- There is little
doubt that Malta is the island which Homer had
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Trustees Of the new Chevy Chase Meth.
odist Episcopal Congregation have been
laski. Frank Simpson. e. J. GLEASON, II,
E. Troth. ST.. w. G. Carter. Alexander
Ashley. d. j. Courtney and g. w. f..
Swartzell.
lected as the pastor. Mr.. Bielaski SEQ.
rotary. and Mr.. Simpson treasurer, OF
the regation.
The stewards are H. e. Troth IT.. Ezra
Troth. Norris Shaffer. Godfrey Day. Mr..
D. ]. Courtney. Mrs. A. B. Bielaski. Mrn.
Onutt and Frank Troth.
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monern 9ourneps to anrient
5trineS==== @alta.
Bp Reb. Samuel 0@. @rafflin.

@XTY miles south of Sicily nine hundred of Gibraltar
90 and twelve hundred of jerusalem Graded
II that highway of the ancien the Mediterranean
Isle of Malta. About miles long broad
rocky barrennes has yielded persistent energy man
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the feeding OF the
200. He had like
minded prototypes
in the first COM
pany Of J e s u s.
fri e n d 8. They
wanted to send the
h u n g ry h o r d e
away to shift for
themselves. N o t
so with the Master
himself; He never
did confine himself
to pr e a C h i n & a
IS 1 m p ! e gospel"
He cared for mems
bodies as we'll as
for their souls.
Much of His min
iStry was in re-
Spouse to physical
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le New Process Without Using DID, Tedious Tracing Paper Method
Tbe Hungry multitune.

~ HE person who thinks that the Office
III Of religion is confined to the
~ preaching Of "the simple gospel
will have to cut out ofais Bible the story Of
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need. When he came upon an economic
problem. he met it.
The truth cannot be escaped. as we
study this miracle, says a writer on
the Sunday school lesson for today,
the only one that was reported in all
four gospels.sa token of it's unique i'm
portance, that the mission of the church
is to all men and to all of man. The
economic conditions of our time the
living wage for every worker. the purity
of the food which the people eat. play-
grounds for city children, the improve
ment of present social conditions-all
these, and score of allied problems
are within the sweep of the church S
ministry. They are the inescapa BILE
tasks Of twentieth century Christianity.
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ments sound familiar, do they notc Bue
| they were not such as Jesus Needed.
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Hannibal was here: Cicero loved this
bonny bit of land: the Caliphs held it. so
that today the speech Is half Arabian:
Sicily was long its overload; the Crusaders
had IL for time: Napoleon took ii with
bloodless siege, and. last of all. England.
in 1850 took 1t from the French. and from
that hour has strengthened her hold upon
the restless east by making Malta the
greatest naval base in the Mediterranean.
As we wander over this wonderful little
falryland. whose fertility guarantees
three crops year, three wonders will
impress US at every step. Her past is the
unfailing delight Of the archeoiog;st and
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mind and upon which he wrecks his hero Ulysses the Ogysa
OF the Odyssey Hence the nymph Calypso aved her lovely form
these blue bays inhabitants
where she and Homers hero dwet.
Coming down the long centuries Malta, Meita,
the
always the prize habors sheerng Of
great nation and its citade standing
hercest seges OF which have OF
be borne mind the siege of history the
when Rome took Malta from Carthage thus adding
sailors OF that island her growing naval power
when the Turks in 1906 beseged the Knights of St John losing
10000 fighting men, while the knigty garrison reduced from
OF the nations and who have been
history OF this ancient shrine make but brief
Homer truthful lay believe
early hero here shpwrecked nearly three
and Phoencian colony about that
OF Hiram King OF Tyre here and from earliest
whoever for the held this isle buded temple his god
the easily worked sandstone OF the island yielding readily their
In other place the whole earth do the
temples of Mekart the Tyan Baa Juno wife of Jupiter
mosque and Roman Cathedral stand side by side with magn6
modern churches all wrought from the material
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the antiquary. Here are Phoenician in
scriptions side by side with gigantic stone
monuments of much the same workman
ship as the Egyptian pyramids.
Fossils abound. and early Christian cat
acombs. like those at Rome. stand side
by side in the rocky underworld with
the caves where dwelt the slaves Of the
knights. If biologists are right this
island and its little neighbor, Coco, are the
last Of what was once chain Of noun.
tains stretching from northern Africa
and the flora and fossil remains all bear
mute testimony to an African ancestry
Thus Malta links the present to the past
and each explorer OF her wealth of lore
finds some rich mine Of thrilling inter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
PREPARE FOR JOYOUS TIME
At Denver Festival of Mountain ant
Plain, Oct. Is, 10, IT, I8.

From the opening feaiure,-a mann
moth parade depicting the wealth
and increase OF Colorado's industries
and resources, to the grand masque-
radc ball in front oil the state capitol
which will bring the four days of fes-
tivities TO a joyous end. the 1912 re
storation OF Dcnver's famous Festival
OF Mountain and Plain OctobcrsI5 10
IS will be rcplcte with variety oi
entertainments OF unfailing interest
to every visitor.
The largest dance orchestra ever
assembled in Colorado, composed oi
musicians from all OF the IS bands to
be in attendance at the festival, will
play the musical program for the bal
masque on the largest dancing floor
ever built in the state. The out-uf-
door dance floor will be laid on the
capitol grounds facing an enormous
grandstand and will cover I5.ooc
square feet.
The ball will be preceded by pa
radc OF maskers from , to 4 O'Clock
and promiscuous masking and coniet-
ti-throwing from ! to 8 o'clock the
afternoon OF Friday. October IS. The
award OF the numerous cash prizes
offered for the most attractive and
unique costumes worn by individuals
couples and organizations will be
made at the close of this parade
which will cover the principal Den
yer downtown streets.
Invitations to participate in thi.
prize contest have been sent by the
festival committee to every organiza-
ton in Colorado OF which the name
could be ascertained. Every organi
zation is requested to consider itseli
cordially invited to enter the contest.
and is asked to communicate with
the chairman of the mask day com.
mittee
Ten blocks on Sixteenth street have
been set aside for the promiscuou,
masking and confetti-throwing and
this main business thoroughfare will
be mass of brilliant color, and
Mardi Gras action.
The queen of the festival will be
crowned the evening of the opening
day. The board OF commissioners oi
every county in the state has been
asked to cooperate with the newspa-
pers in selecting the prcttiest and
most popular young woman in each
county to attend the queen as a maid
of honor. These maids OF honor will
be the guests of the festival manage
ment throughout the four days. A
prize is offered the first maid OF hon
or certified.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Rocky Ford tiigh School Team VIII
Play Ten Games

odtuCo
Coach Morris of the Rocky Ford high
school spent Saturday afternoon in La
Junta attending the annual meeting Of
the Southern Colorado Northern New
Mexico Athletic lea que, at which time
arrangements were perfected for the rap
idly approaching football season.
Seven schools were represented at the
meeting. namely Lamar, Las inimas. La
Junta. Rocky Ford, Trinidad, Walsenburg
and Centennial of Pueblo, Because oil
the smash-up Of the Colorado lnterschol-
astie association, to which Centennial has
heretofore belonged. they applied for ad-
mission Of their football team 10 this
league-of which their baseball and
basketball teams are already members
but this was denied them at Saturday s
meeting by a tie vote. Z - z '''a-=------s-a
An effort was made by Lamar to have
the rule amended placing limit OF
twenty years on the ape OF player, bu,
this was denied by the league.
Following is the schedule for our foot
ball eleven, as arranged to date:
Sept. 2z-With Rocky Ford Alumni
Oct. 5-With Centennial of Pueblo
Oct. I2-With Las Animas
Oct. l9-Open
Oct. 26-With Lamar
Nov. 2-With Las Animas
Nov. with La Junta.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
Will Encourage Small Farms.

Fred Noble. OF Rocky Ford who has
been made the general manager of all
the sugar factories of the American
Beet Sugar Co. m this valley, was in
town the first of the week consulting
with local manager Swan, and com
pleting arrangements for the opening
OF the big Las Animas plant at an
early date. says the Bent County
Democrat. Experiments have proven
that no section OF the west offers bet
ter opportunity for beets than the Ar
kansas valley. Nowhere can a larger
tonnage be raised or with bigger per
centage of saccharine matter. That
more acres are not devoted to beet
raising in this valley is due to the
fact that we have not enough small
farmers in the valley. In the future
it will be Mr.. Mobiles object to secure
the best class of tenants for lands in
this valley. and aid them wherever
possible in getting started. We have
in the valley today thousands OF acres
OF lands that are being carelessly ham
died. They are in the hands OF large
owners and cultivated by shiftless ten
ants. So far as Mr.. Noble and the
great company that stands behind him
are concerned. they will seek to get
different class of tenants in the val
ley. and where these people need
some help to get started the sugar
company will aid them. This plan
will be OF vast service to every section
OF the valley.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
Farmers Club Meets Tomorrow

Secretay johnson of the Otero Agrieul-
tural Club has issued the following notice
to members:
"The regular meeting of the Otero
Agricultural Club will be held Saturday,
Sept. 2s. Topic for discussion will be
"The Harvesting of Beets and Their Dis
eases" D. L. Joehnck. W. H. Allen. S. A.
Taylor and Will Morrison will talk fifteen
minutes each.
Also Hon. l. C. Paddock will be with
US and give US an interesting talk, Mr..
Paddock is president of the State Bureau
of immigration.
Every memb,r is urged to come and
hear the report Of the committee that
took our exhibit to'the State Fair"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
NO MORE CANTS
Season is Over Excepting the Seed
Harvest


Harvest
The freeze of last Saturday night pu,
an effectual auietus on the cantaloupe
harvest in the Arkansas Valley, after the
shortest but most successful season on
record.
Although the shipments from this point
exceed last years total. reaching over
200 cars. it is estimated that the total
shipments from the entire Arkansas
Valley were about the same as last year,
but the price. held up splendidly and as
a consequence the returns to the growers
will be correspondingly larger.
The good prices received this season
has been due to the superb quality of the
melons, combined with the plan adopted
by the commission men for avoiding the
''glutting" Of any market by having their
traffic men IN Rocky Ford and routing all
cars from this point.
Young & Mathis on Tuesday paid off
their force and the big gang pulled out
for their South Carolina homes; nothing
but their office forces remain with C. H
Weaver & Co.. C. A. Coggns. Crutch-
field & Voolfolk and other distributors,
and it will be but a few days before all
cantaloupe offices in town are closed and
the melon business again becomes but a
pleasant memory to all but those who are
engaged in the seed business.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
SEPTEMBER RECORD BROKEN
Annual Fall Equinox Brings Freakish
Weather This Week.

From all indications there appears
to be no end of freaks that the
weather can present, and an unlimited
number of records to be smashed, ev-
identity with a result in view of max
ing the year 1912 the most remarka-
bile i'll many respects in the history
of this part of the state.
AT 6:45 o'clock Sunday morning the
temperature slipped and fell to 2S de-
grees above zero, establishing a new
mark for the month OF September in
this region. And a couple of hours
later it was as balmy and warm
under the rays OF the sun as anyone
could wish.
Tuesday was another freakish day.
Dawning bright, clear and warm our
citizens were induced to go to their
work in summer garb. By noontime
the storm clouds were shedding
moistsre and umbrellas were in or
der, and by evening the temperature
had lowered and winter overcoats,
arctics and gloves were necessary ar
ticles of clothing.
But the equinox was the cause OF
it all.
Sunday night and Monday were ex-
actly equal in length, for Monday
marked the annual fall equinox.
From that date on Suntl Dec. ~,
when the shortest day OF the year will
have arrived. the nights will continue
to get longer, cutting little slice off
of each afternoon and morning.
In connection with the same ii
might be mentioned that the usual
'equinoxial storms are predicted.
But they are not necessary adjuncts
to the equinox, according to Dean
Howe, of Denver University. He
says that they are merely popular SUI
perstitions and that the equinox has
nothing whatever to dc. with the
weather.
Regardless OF the denials of sci
ence. however. the storm king gener-
ally puts in his appearance at about
that time every fall and it will be
mighty hard to make many believe
that there is no connection between
the two.
From now OH until Old Sol will
soar farther south every day until
Dec. 2a. when he will tarry i'll the
heavens for brief day, then start
his merry way northward slowly
bringing with him a return OF the
good old summer time.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
Baptists fleet at Las Animas

Rev. A. H. Beaver, T. F. Dobbs and
Miss Cora Blinn left for Las Animas on
Tuesday.to represent the Baptist church
of this city in the forty first annual meet
ing of the Southern Colorado Baptist
association.
Rev. Beaver was upon the program to
deliver the response to the address OF
welcome on Tuesday evening. and MISS
Blinn had paper on "Noman's Work
for the Home Land" at the afternoon
session yesterday,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-27
Tried to Make dood Indian

Sheriff Potter on Saturday took Leoni-
das Lopez to the county jail. to serve out
t,e sentence OF two months at hard labor
together with the costs amounting to
about half a month longer, imposed upon
him by Judge Chritton.
Lopez is the Mexican who with tar
get rifle attempted to make a good
Indian" out of young buck at the shoot
ing gallery Friday night but was captured
before he had done any damage.