Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-08-02
ARRANGE FOR
WATERMELON DAY
This Years Festival Bigger
and Better than Ever
THERE WILL BE PLENTY
OF "SWEET JUICE BOXES"
And Larger Crowd Is Expected to
Partake of Our Hospitality
Committees Appointed.

Committees Appointed.
At the first blush the PROPOSE
ton of celebrating the twenty
fifth anniversary of the founding
of Rocky Ford seemed splendid
stunt, and-as reported in this
paper last week everyone was
enthusiastic over the proposition
rs brought forward at the mass
meeting, but sober second thought
brought the realization that TO
pull off the "home coming day"
celebration during fair week and
within two days of Watermelon
day-the greatest and most sue
cessful festival in the West
would have reactionary effect
upon the latter, and as business
men and citizens, as well as the
fair association, are determined
that nothing must interfere with
the growth and success of Water
melon day, it was virtually de
cided at the citizens meeting cal
led by Mayor Coifman last Thurs
day evening to arrange for Water
melon day, that the home coming
celebration should be dropped fol
the present.
This decision was reached after
hearing the report of the citizens
committee appointed to confei
with the fair directors, who sub
mitted the following resolution:
THAT it is the sense Of this board that
the fair association donate to the city Of
Rocky Ford free of charge the use of the
fair grounds on Tuesday. Sept. 8, on the
occasion Of the celebration of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the founding of the
city of Rocky Ford, the same being tie
first day of the twenty-first annual fair
of the association; on which day there is
to be free admittance to the grounds al
the gate and the advertised program Of
races and attractions given with charge
of 25 cents admission to grand stand or
quarter stretch. Said offer being condi-
toned that the citizens committee guar
antee that the fair association will not be
asked to contribute to the cost of the
watermelon pile or to any overdraft TO
the watermelon day fund for this year"
To many the information con-
tained in the above resolution was
somewhat of surprise, as they
had supposed that the melon pile
was contributed and paid for by
the people of Rocky Ford, and
when they learned that the fair
association last year put up about
S7O0 to supply the deficiency in
the watermelon fund, it was de.
cided that the association should
not be asked to bear an added loss
that would be occasioned by Civ
ing free admission to the grounds
on home coming day.
The Watermelon day meeting
was presided over by Mayor Cotf
man and G. NJ. Hall was chosen
as secretary. and after discus
sion that brought forth the uni
versal opinion that the prospects
were exceedingly favorable for a
bigger and better Watermelon
day than ever before, it was ell
Enthusiastically decided that the
melon pile should be proportion
ally larger than ever before, and
that an energetic campaign be
made to raise the finances for the
melon pile, and SO bear out the
idea generally held that the mel
ons are donated by the people of
this city.
The following were the COM
mittees appointed:
Executive-W. c. Steele, chair
man. and the chairmcn of the several
committees.
w. Peery, w. Allderdice. w. L.
Jackson, Clarence Govreau, A. ).
Johnson, Geo. Bernard, Geo. Bryant,
Ben Stauffer. II. b. Mendenhaii.
chairman: T ". R. Bi.h, ]. c. Vaughn,
T. +. Dobbs, w. +. Green. Henry
lari., w awsan IL Award