Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-01
For State Senator.

One of the most important posi-
tons to be filed at the coming cleo
ton is that of State Senator from this
district. The office-always an im-
portant one-is particularly so just
at this time. because of 4 combina-
ton of circumstances. the proper ad-
justment of which for the future well
of men well qualified in the issues
which will come before the state leg
islature.
This district, composed of Otero
and Crowley counties, has on the Re-
publican and Progressive tickets the
name of F. NJ Weiland for State
Senator. The Tribune conscientious
ly believes there is not another man
in the district better qualified to fiji,
the office of State Senator than +. NJ.
Weiland, of Fowler.
A few words of introduction may be
necessary for the benefit of recent
corners in the district, although Mr..
Wciland is SO well and favorably
known to all the old-timers that no
introduction is necessary to them.
+. NJ. Weiland arrived in Pueblo
by stage route April 81, 1879, and for
more than forty years has been res
ident OF the Arkansas Valley. He en-
ragged successfully in merchandising
and farming since coming to this
state, and for twenty-five years has
been a practical irrigation and ditch
man. Twenty years of this time Mr..
Wciland has been secretary of the
Oxford Farmers Ditch Company, and
connected actively with its mango
mept. He was county commissioner
for Otcro county for three years.
during which time the court sousc and
three county bridges were built. two
across the Arkansas and one across
the Apishapa.
We simply mention these things to
show that the Progressive and Re-
publican candidate for the office of
State Senator is a man of business
ability, and one who has not only
made a success of his own business.
but a man who has closely watched
the affairs of state and kept in touch
with the interests of the Arkansas
Valley.
One of the most important matters
which will come before the state leg
islature in the near future is the ques-
tion of water rights in Colorado. Only
those. perhaps. who have made study
of this question. realize its full import
ance. Farmers. and the citizens in
general, regardless of political faith.
realize that men must be sent to the
state legislature who are well posted
in the water question and who are
best qualified to successfully handle
the issues along this particular line
which viii demand the attention of
state officials.
Mr.. Weiland has been in close
touch with all matters of this kind.
his son, Bert Weiland. being engineer
for the Arkansas Valley Ditch asso-
ciation. The people of Otero and
Crowley counties can not do better
than to entrust the interests of the
valley to a state senator such as +.
NJ. Weiland would make. He is a
sober, industrious deep thinking 'citi-
zen. and one best equipped for. the
position of state senator because of
his long residence in this district. and
especially because of his being thor
oughly acquainted with the water
situation-a question which will have
much to do with the future welfare of
the valley, as we'll as the state in gen.
eral.
We know what Mr.. Wciland rs. and
the voters of this district will make
no mistake when they send him to
the state observation-disclosures Trib-