The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-08-15
SUNDAY A Big
DAY IN DENVER
THE lid" IS OFF There
COLORADO HARVESTING BUMP
Err CROP-DIVERSTFIED
FARMING PAYS.
Editorial Correspondence

choose to put it-what is called
"wide-open' Sunday. While tn
churches are numerous and handsom
and seem to be we'll attended, the ma
jority of the people apparently re
gard the Sabbath as day of recrea
T ton rather than worship. Sunday i
the big day at the theaters, summe
gardens, baseball grounds and parks
and thousands congregate at each o
these places of amusement. All of TIL
groceries and smaller stores also re
main open on Sunday.
Speaking of baseball, Denver il
Jcrazy over the national game jus
now. The local team, which won thu
pennant last year, is leading thu
Western league again this year. At {
double header with Des Moines the
other day, there were over 5000 in at
tendance. l saw the first game, bu,
left before the second, and thereby
missed seeing Leonard, Denver's 49,
year-old pitcher, establish seasons
record by striking out II men, allow
ing only two hits, no runs and no
bases on balls.
The climate of Denver is delightful,
but l notice from the weather bureau
reports that the hot wave left Arkan-
sas on the same day that we did, the
temperature at Little Rock being act
ually lower on several days than it
was in Denver. But the air here is
fresh and exhiliarating and the heat
never oppressive.
While thunderclouds come up near
ly every day, there is seldom more
than few drops of rain. No vegeta-
ton grows without irrigation, the an
nual precipitation being less than
one-fourth what it is at home. But
on July IA Denver got whole two
years supply of rain in 20 minutes.
A cloudburst occurred, nearly three
inches of rain falling in that brief
time, and damage to the extent of sew
eral millions of dollars resulted. The
signs of the storms ravages are yet
to be seen in many places.
The rain, however, which spread all
over eastern Colorado, was received
with great thanksgivings by the farm
ers, whose crops have been complete
failures for two years. According to
the papers, bumper crops of alfalfa,
the principal feed crop, corn, wheat,
potatoes, cantaloupes, as we'll as OF all
kinds of fruits, will be made So prof
liable are these crops that if one is
made only every other year the people
do not suffer. 1t strikes me as sig
nifcant argument in favor Of diversl-
fled crops in our own country, where
|such a thing as complete failure is
absolutely unknown. The value OF
|Colorado's agricultural products this
years is estimated to exceed $500, OOO,-
1000. This is four times the value of
Arkansas cotton crop. And the num-
her of farmers in Arkansas is proba-
IDLY four times as great as in Colora-
do, where more than half the inhabi-
tants live in cities. Denver alone con-
tanning nearly third the popula-
ton of the state. If one wide waste
of arid plateau the farmers in Colora-
do earn something like four times per
capita more than Arkansas farmers,
| it certainly would seem that, favored
by abundant rains, long growing sea-
sons and mild winters, intelligent dl-
versification will some day create for
Arkansas farmers an undreamed of
wealth.
Politics is an absorbing topic here
and the boiling fashion established by
the Republicans has extended to the
Democratic party. The latter met to-
day in their state convention, or "as'
sembly," as they call it, at Pueblo
and at this writing there is every In
dication of a split. The trouble i;
over contesting delegations from Den
yer, whose representation holds the
balance of power in the convention.
have not succeeded in getting in thu
merits of the case, and the details
Interest no one in Arkansas if l wer'
able to give them. The Republican,
are split wide open and so great is tn
: breach that everyone seems to believ
the Democrats, in spite of their fac
tional differences, will elect their stat
ticket this fall. No one APPARENT,
thinks Taft has the slightest chanc
in Colorado, and the information
have been able to gain indicates Viii
son has better show than Roosevelt
The Bull Moose party, however,
strong, the leader in this state bein
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of juvenil
court fame, former Democrat.