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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
THE FAR WEST AROUSED
The People Protest Discriminate,
Against Their Products

the Underwood tariff bill providing placing
lon the list the merchanabe products the Far West while
leaving substantial duties practically everything that the of
this section be generally understood the
of all citizens emphatic
Machine politicians alarmed at the detection ef the
desperate attempts que the uprising but with
scant evidence of
speech Newlands the senate which he
the members of his the Democratic of the
while prepared accept moderate reductions their
would rebel the discrimination the pend
BILL have been conservative statement of the
At has brought forth ringing from the people
region The independent Denver Times
Senator Newands in the protecting the West against
the assaults the party which aiming please the
East at the expense of the Western e points that this
we'll be extended to other matters than that of the
tariff The Times concludes another strong editorial utterance
that he West something
regarding tariff bill and its voice will be heard despite the clamor
of the hour"
Senator Newlands' state the feeling against the Under
wood bill higher probably than other of the Western
states Nevada three wool and meatsa
slated for the free list and in of the state the people
protesting against the injustice Of being compelled sell in free
trade market while continuing to buy protected market
examination of the editorial columns the Democratic
Montana shows that they supporting Senator Walsh his
opposition the feeg the states products and
standing loyalty by the pledges which he made
the of his campaign for election
Evidently the West is alive the meaning of the Underwood
bills of it's products and is in mood to demand that the
Democratic party live its platform and campaign promises in
his matte of tariff
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
CERTAIN SETTLRS COMING
riany Turnfest Visitors Will Locate
Permanently In the West

Visitors to the great international Ger
man turnfest, which is to be held in Dem
yer June 25 to 2e. already are beginning
to arrive from all parts of the world.
When the festival is ready to open there
will be moro representatives from foreign
countries than were ever before gathered
in the West. The assemblage will con-
tain the largest number Of German peo-
Pile ever present at public affair.
Some of these people will locate per-
manently in the West. They have been
attracted by the enormous amount of
publicity given the 1918 funniest. The
climate, resources and other features of
this section Of the United States have been
blazoned to the whole world in such an
attractive manner that great many
people will take advantage OF the low
rates to the turnfest to come out and in
spect the Western country.
From Texas and other southern states
many visitors are already beginning to
arrive to the great Teutonio festival. Dem
yer is beginning to decorate for the oc-
casion, and shortly the great gathering
will be in full swing.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13

California groves will come into di-
rAst competition with the cheap i'm
portations from the Mediterranean,
Cuba and other tropical and semi
tropical countries.
The one great staple for which
there is a constantly expanding mar
ket is sugar. The United States i'm
ports at the present time nearly p
100000 tons of sugar per annum from
foreign countries, practically all from
Cuba. Sugar is a staple for which
there is always a market, and if nee
essary it can be stored for long per-
iods with little deterioration. Fur
thermore, beet sugar is finished pro-
duct representing only about fifteen
per cent of the weight of the raw ma
terial from which it is produced
whereas, in the case of fruit, alfalfa
and grain crops, high freight charges
to the Eastern markets must be paid
on the entire weight Of the commod-
ity just as it comes from the orchard
or the field.
1t has been demonstrated by years
of experience that no section of the
United States, in fact no country in
the world, is better adapted to the
cultivation OF the sugar beet than are
the irrigated lands of the West. The
production of sugar beets under irri-
CATION for the first time in the world 5
history was commenced in Utah in
1891, and SO successfully has it been
done that seventy per cent of the to-
tai beet sugar output of the United
States is now produced in the West
ern states under irrigation.
1t has been demonstrated also that
the cultivation of sugar beets in rota-
ton with alfalfa and grain crops in
creases the yield of the latter to such
an extent as to make the production
of cereals profitable. even with the
high cost of irrigation. The result is
that while few new beet factories have
been built within the past FIVE years,
the beet acreage has increased twen-
ty-five per cent, and in some locali-
ties the factories have been compelled
to turn away contracts for beets.
If sugar is placed on the free list,
either now or three years hence, as
proposed, it will give the eastern cane
refiners, who import and now pay
duty on their raw material, the abso-
lutte power to depress prices below
the cost of the production OF sugar
beets as well as Louisiana cane. This
they are anxious to do, as they are
didTIncu dI tllc llClOdSuiiiclit VI DSCi
sugar in the eastern markets. For
several months of each year, when
beet sugar comes on the market
these big refners either have to re-
duce the price OF refined sugar, OF
withdraw from the trade altogether
until the beet sugar is disposed Of, all
of which tends to the lowering oi
prices to the consumer.
FVee sugar in three years will be
just as effective a death warrant foI
the domestic sugar industry as
though the execution took place i'm
mediately. the only difference being
that more time is allowed for the
funeral arrangements. While the cosi
of production is gradually decreasing
and would further decrease with {
larger output, three years will make
no appreciable difference under ex
| isting conditions. At the present time
the eastern refiners are utilizing less
| than half the productive capacity o.
their plants and it will be a simple
matter for them to deal death blow
1
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
BOOKS WILL SOON CLOSE
Old Rocky Ford Melon Growers
Association Has Good Acreage

New farmers in this section and those
eantaloupe growers who have not signed
for this seasons crop are advised to get
busy right away il they wish to have an
assured market when their melons have
to be shipped And they are also advised II
they can do so. to sign up with the Rocky
Ford Melon Growers association, which
has been in business for fifteen years. has
never had failure and consequently has
a reputation second to none.
According to the report of Secretary
Fleming, this old reliable association has
already made contracts with moro MEM
bers than it had last year. which already
assures an increased acreage for thislyear
and his assertion that the books of the
association are almost full and must soon
bs closed has led to the unsolicited warn
ing given aboue.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
BAND FESTIVAL
In This City on the Fourth Of duly
the Greatest Ever


All arrangements for the Fourth Of
July band festival are nearly oompIeted
and there is every promise Of the biggest
event that this city ever saw.
The day will be filled with sports and
musical treats and there will be no dull
moments from start to finish.
Now that it has become generally
known that the gate proceeds are for the
purpose Of giving summer concerts in the
park and that every dollar realised will be
expended in that way. everybody is boost
ing which assures the success of the af-
fairs.
Nearly every town in the valley will be
represented by its band and as Rocky
Ford will have the only real attraction OF
the Fourth every one in the valley will
head this way.
A list Of attractions will be given next
week,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
HAS RECORD.
MAKING OATS
From Seed Grown on Club
Demonstration Farm
PRESIDENT DYE TELLS
HOW TO STACK ALFALFA
Turner Indorsed by Agricultural As
sociation for Commissioner of
Valley immigration Bureau

The regular meeting of the
Otero County Agricultural Asso-
citation was held Saturday after
noon, and while no regular subject
was up for discussion, the question
of fall rye for fertilizer and the
care of the alfalfa crop were both
discussed at some length and
many ideas end experiences ex-
changed which were Of interest
and value.
j. NJ. Shaulis introduced a res
olution endorsing N. L. Turner
for the position of Commissioner
of immigration for the Arkansan
Valley Immigration Bureau and
the resolution was adopted.
AS is usual through the summer
months, when all the farmers are
SO busy, the special meetings will
be discontinued and only the reg
ular meetings on the first and
third Saturdays of each month
will be held.
E. S. Woodside invited the
members to visit his place and
take look at his field of New
Senator oats which are said to be
the best ever seen in the county.
They are from seed raised by the
association and the field is planted
instead of being sown, the grain
being drilled iu rows Is inches
apart. 1t is estimated that the
yield will be near ITS bushels to
the acre and the field is attracting
no end of attention.
President Dye spoke at some
length on the stacking and baling
of alfalfa and contends that by
ventilating the stack in n manner
which he described the hay can be
stacked the day after it is cut and
there will never be any danger of
its heating. Mr.. Dye also gave a
description of method of baling
hay and leaving ventilation in the
bale and he claims that all alfalfa
baled in the field should be treat
ed in this manner.
An invitation with banquet tick
cts was received from the Pueblo
Commerce club to attend the meet
ing of Tuesday night and several
members will attend the meeting.
The subject for the next meeting
of the association will be announce
ed later and the meeting will be
held Saturday, June 21.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES
Woodmen Decorate Graves, Pythians
Have Lodge Program, Odd Fell
lows Will Observe Next Sunday


On last Sunday afternoon Rocky Ford
Camp. 1876. w. o. W., abserved Wood
men annual memorial day. At 1850 the
neighbors in large numbers and bearing
beautiful flowers assembled at their lodge
room and from there marched to Valley
View cemetery, where the regular ritual
istic services were conducted under
charge of Consul Commander Amend and
an orchestra directed by George Brown.
An affecting funeral grafton was deliver
ed by P. c. c. Minor and the graves Of
the ten departed members were suitably
decorated.
The spacious castle hall Of Valley Lodge
No. 80. X. of p. was well filed on Tues
day evening for the memorial exercises.
which were this year a departure from
the usual plan and were thought by all
present to be more thoroughly in keeping
with the purpose Of the day. Instead Of
setting apart Sunday when the mem
bers should listen to a sermon at one Of
the churches. the Rocky Ford Knights Of
Pythians this year followed out the reg
ular memorial ritual augmented by speak
ing and song. which made Of this most
memorable occasion. District Attorney
Davidson. member of Pueblo Lodge. No.
SO, delivered a splendid oration. while
Rev. Hart Of Orchard Lodge No. loz.
Manzanola, and Rev. Jenkins, Otero
Lodge, No. 121. Fowler had the opening
and closing prayers. Two solos by Miss
Beaver and trios by Misses Beaver. Ford
and Goodner. with Mrs. A. H. Beaver as
accompanist. composed the musical part
Of the program. which was greatly ap-
preciated by every hearer.
The members Of Rocky Ford Lodge No.
81. l. o. o. F.. are requested to assemble
at Odd Fellows hall next Sunday; June
is, at 1880 p. m.. prepared to march to
the cemetery to decorate the graves Of
departed brothers. Also at z:5o p. m. to
form and march to the Presbyterian
church, where memorial sermon will be
delivered by DR.. Weaver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
LOCALS WIN GAME
Take Exciting Contest from the Rex
Athletics Last Sunday

After several weeks Of makeshift line
ups. the locals were able to put real
team in the field last Sunday. and treated
the fans to some real base ball. taking
the Rex club into camp after a close and
exciting struggle by score Of 4 to 8.
With Maxwell at the first station. Co
bin at short and Ralph Swink in the outer
garden. the defense was materially
strengthened. and the entire team dis
played reversal Of form that was very
pleasing to their supporters.
Bernard was on the mound and pitched
good. steady game. tightening when
danger threatened. and yielding not a sin
gle pass,
Comiskey. for the visitors. also pitched
good game. but was inclined to wildness
at times.
Claude Swink did deadly work with
the stick and drove in three runs and
scored one himself by some good base
running,
Maxwell covered first in excellent style
and Ralph Swink brought the fans to
their feet with fine running catch In
center field.
Eddie Smith took care of the hot COR
ner in good style. and the entire team
played real base ball at all times.
For the visitors, MoGraw and Kuhn
featured with their hitting.
Next Sunday our old rival Las Animas
comes to town and they are coming in
force.
A special train will be run. arriving
here about o'clock. and about 400 root
ers will be on board to root for their ia
vorite athletes.
So it is up to all loyal Rocky Ford fans
to be on hand next Sunday afternoon
prepared to cheer our boys to victory.
The absence Of Quibk from the local
lineup is to be regretted. but strong
team will oppose the invaders, and nc
one need fear the result, for we are 60
ing to take the measure Of the Bent
county lads and do it in a manner that
will leave no room for argument.
The following is summary of las'
SUNDAYS game;
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
YELLOW PERIL GHOST
Responsible for Refusal of Jap Pool
Hall Licenses In Rocky Ford
Says Attorney

The recent uprising of anti-Japanese
sentiment in California has reaehedRocky
Ford. according to charges made by F. R.
McAliney against the mayor and council
OF this city in the district court at Pueblo
on Tuesday. Mr.. McAliney declared that
it is simply a yellow peril" ghost that has
moved the Rocky Ford lawmakers to denv
two enterprising Japs license for a. pool
hall.
The hearing was on motion brought
by the city to amend the original petition,
The motion attacks the character of the
petitioners for the license, Y. Nshawa and
Ben Kinugosa. The trial on the merits
has been delayed from time TO time for
the past three months, according to MIR.
MoAliney, attorney for the Japs, by various
and sundry tactics of Rocky Ford's legal
representatives, and in the meantime the
Japs are paying $50 month rent for the
hall, wondering what the outcome will
be.
"The only reason the license was not
granted was because the petitioners are
Japs." declared Attorney McAliney. 81
under stand since this matter has been
pending. the city has granted license to
some Americans to run pool hall in this
very place Of business. The original
grounds for not issuing the license to the
Japs were so deficient, that now as an af-
ter thought the city endeavors to blaoken
these Japs' regulations by mere hearsay
evidence"
Oratory with side lights on anti-alien
feeling and the psychological distinction
between character and reputation flew
thick and fast for several hours. Judge
Rizer took the case under advisement.
Attorneys for Rocky Ford were. H. M.
Minor. city attorney and Fred Sabin Of
La Junta.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13

An tnfuCuOn ON Weoteru St1too
The proposal to remove the dut,
on sugar involves the infiiction upor
the western states of losses greater
than are to be measured by the des-
truction of their rapidly growing su.
gar beet industry. The results al
ready obtained prove that his crop i:
particularly well adapted to cultiva
ton on the reclaimed lands of these
states and the extinctio of sugar beet
culture will deprive this whole terri
tory of one of the most fruitful agen'
cies for its rapid and prosperous de
velopment. In this connection we
take the liberty of calling certain fact:
to your attention.
The last census showed that the
eleven westernmost states had in
creased 66.S3 per cent in population
within the last decade as compared
with the average increase of 2I.6 pei
cent for the entire country.
The greater proportionate increase
in the western states is largely due &c
the rapid advance made in irrigation
through private and governmental
agencies. In the Pacific coast states
great tracts of land formerly used fol
ranching or grazing purposes are now
being subdivided and brought under
intensive cultivation in orchards
vineyards, alfalfa, sugar beets and
other crops.
The United States reclamation ser
vice, only yet in its infancy, has TWEEN
ty-fve great irrigation projects com
plete or in course of construction
When fully completed, these project:
alone will bring 100000 acres under
a high state of cultivation, an area
larger than the improved lands OF
New Jersey or Massachusetts,. II
must also be remembered that one
acre of this irrigated land has a pro
ductive power of double the area ot
the best non-irrigated lands in Other
sections of the country. The posi-
bilities of agricultural development ii
the great West are almost limitles:
provided an outlet can be found fol
such products as can profitably be
grown under intensive cultivation
subject to high marketing charges.
The opening of the great Panami
canal and the great exposition to BIZ
held at San Francisco in 1915 doubt
| less will attract many thousands o.
| will also provide facilities for the i'm
l
the Old World. Already, it is said
arrangements have been made for tn,
transportation of large numbers o
people from the shores of the Medit
erranean to the Pacific coast.
The one great problem in connec
ton with the development of th'
West is transportation to the grea
consuming centers of the East. Lo
cal consumption of general farm an'
garden products must necessarily b.
limited for many years except in thu
vicinity of the large Pacific cities. Al
export crop must, therefore, be pro
duced-one that will find ready mar
ket at destination. Thousands o
acres are going into fruit from th'
citrus groves of California to the ap
pie orchards of the Northwest
Where is the market to be found TO
this increasing production? Surel,
there is limit to the amount of frui
that the American people can con
sumo. Even last year saw an over
production of the apple crop o
Washington and Oregon. Further
more, with the proposed heavy GU
in tariff rates, the products Of tn
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
Discuss Freight Rates on Stock

The cattle and sheep feeders Of the
Arkansas Valley are called to meet in
La Junta at 10 a. m. next Friday, June
20. to discuss the matters Of oyercharge
Of freight rates and minimum on cars.
Every feeder is being earnestly urged to
attend.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13

Earned runs, Rocky Ford 2. Pueblo 1; two
base hits, @. swink. 4. swink, McGraw; dou-
bic plays, Davidson. Spencer and McGruw.
G. Swink. Maxwell and Smith; struck out. by
Bernard 3, by Comiskey 3; base on balls. on
Comiskey 8; Wild pitch. Bcrnardi hit by
pitcher. Yant; time. i;j0. Umpire, knausc.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-13
FLAG DAY

Tomorrow Evening
Herewith is the program Of the Flag
Day exercises. which will be given in
Elks' hall. by Rocky Ford Lodge No.ll l4z,
3. H. o. E. tomorrow Saturday even
ing, June 18th. to which everyone is cor
daily invited:
Musie-"Star Spangled Banner.
The sun., 1913-10-12
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fIcttc,l until one ,ny vo,,.,l if uu , lin, ,i,, I
was lonely, su', that Lu,riI1. c,,. ,.i,,n fan, q,
wife to make, Thoi her Lu.houI v,. L,ro,, So
a, soon A. found Lc WA, ri,,ir,, for hi, bn.,h,lI
and GOLF anal ,Iin.. ,r,. ~, nav, ,,l H. , ,, ~ 1
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When | m with my W.T., II l, t,,,..j l',' I,i
and miserable; oud when m AWAY from, l,r feed
guilty and miserable TLo, : Iuv L,,,. m a.,
Unmarried Husband. two word. tIot Lou' fl ,s,.l
other. and IN beginning ,o 81, that beto,, Lnu |
shall have TO cul one of them ont. | >Lnu r,I.r
have To- get married or uuj, h,.i,,- - husband
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IIkE uv>elf h, live. in New No,k vi..,,. ~, L,.
IL an auartlucl1 uutuvn and an ,o,r ,.,. ,L,.
Bat,cry II he were married j., ,,r, -. ,,.ll ~ IN
tlcorv he would look forward every o, to the bonr
of +. NJ. 4, n matter of to, i kun,y h., y,,llJ
rather >tay AT I'm, Office a, uiulr than 90 home And
prc,,ic>, baby | ever saw.
seymour one of those ab.lrac,pl ucnl,r>: " lie
hi> wife, i built nor,. ON the cricket ,tyc ~, ,.n
her tWittcriug away. telling of ,omcthiur a,lu,il.s
that lapIcucd to her While she WA, shopping. when
all al once she would see thai SEYMOUR, attention
WAS Il thousand mile, aWav and th, distance, iycr,a,
n,g every minute seymour. Won will understand.
was thinking of some detail Of h> business a new
circular letter or a new selling argument. or some
Thin. of that sort A. soon a, he cuuld he woald
cNc,l>c himself and write down the ideas that had
just flooded in ou him. II hi- wife had quests she
could finish her story 10 them II there was NO one
,l>, there she could tell it ro Baby.
The bJ,l.c>> gr.w ON Seymour, H., got the million
The sun., 1913-10-12

tAT kN-1 weeks ! have been rejecting upon my
1N.VrcL double faced position in >ucicty. am
IS2S%S$S>,J married - and yet single. am single
<z8cd& and Yet married. 1t is only recently
@.TTrHsS that | solved the probrm and that :
the answer. | belong to Il LARGE and
CO CROWN. army which can only be de
~ciibcl H. tie l,-iou of Unmarried Husbands.
since | arrived at iii- couclu>iou have taken
pains to- anal llc the married lives OF the men know
best. When We were all >n.l, together We were
happy crowd Bat LOW that We are married. some OF
IL are happy and the others are not. Why are
these latter unhappy! Because. in nearly every in
stance. they under the same handicap A. myself.
They. too. Unmarried Husbands.
To take my own case first. before ! was married
| was Il regular patron of baseball. except those
afternoons when a tall-cudcr was in town. Then
usually played golf IN the evening | liked To walk
around the city like another King James. but minus
the crown and the Scotch. | looked forward to the
football season like bridc-ccct looks forward t"
June
And then married Ray.
Now Ray i altogether different Perhaps that :
why said II will for they claim that oppo>i'rS
attract each other II they do. it seems to me that
there has been sort "i raw deal somewhere. NJ
least it proved 50 in my
For self. am about A. literary a. brndlc
bull. but Ray i the @ill VIII" lu 't in "literaue.
We hadn't been married long when ! saw that We
weren't pulling we'll together ! tried TO get Ray
Io 20 the ball games with me. but she was always
more interested in books and such things. So tried
10 stay home and read too.
OK Ray, advice started ON Boswell Johnson.
~ kmg Rrlcc'> spider quit cold. compared To ne.
| would read awhile and then my mind would wander
of To- the game. ! could see Evans du>tmg of the
home plate with hi, little whi>k broom. | could see
Tiny rc>rcau or The Ruhc rolling over towards the
box. Thea | Il 4l my teeth and read again Ru
the book could Mt hold me minute. Instead would
be wondering what happened To the first man M. and
who Wa> pitching and who was PLAYING short. Then