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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-05-05

Ladies Combination Suits at soc. 75c.
S1.OO, SIPS, $3.50 and $500 each.
Ladies Petticoats at soc, 75c, S1.O0.
$3.50 and $500
Ladies Drawers at 25c, soc, 75c
and S1.00
Ladies Corset Covers at25c, soc.
and $100
Ladies Gowns at soc, 75c, $1.OO, $3.50
and $500
Ladies Princess Slips at S1.OO, $50
and $500
Brassiers at Csc, soc and S1.OO
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-05-05
Apron Ginghams
Dress Ginghan1s

1850 yards Dress Ginghams, 1Oc
quality, at 1-3c
1 ,46O yards Dress GiEghams, 12bc
quality, at ..............1 loo per I'd
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
FARM FACTS
By Peter Radford National Lecturer Farmers Educa-
tional and COOPERATIVE Union of America
Where there is silo there is prosperity.

Whereth is slo hereis prosperity.
of rural dis
tricts
relating wholly
of
through farming the
create of
is marketing when small
brings more money a bouniful
lnin prejudice
men must fields
gardens
S
give consideration of
the facilities his
hat is nova afforded corporations
confronting the nation and
afordng borer facilities
high
now vitality of agriculture
of akeng farm products it possible
United
arve the of product market.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
..1. E. CONFERENCE
Is Attracting Many Of Our People to
La Junta This Week

The ffty-second meeting of the
Methodist annual conference of Colo
rado was opened at La Junta on We'd
nesday morning with Bishop E. H.
Hughes of San Francisco presiding.
The business sessions are being held
in the forenoons and the afternoons
and evenings are devoted to the various
anniversaries. On Wednesday the Con-
ference Claimants, Sunday Schools and
Home Missions anniversaries were
held. On Thursday the Woman's Home
Missions, Temperance, Freedman's Aid
and Education anniversaries.
Today will likely see the largest at
tendance from this city as the Woman's
Foreign Missions, the Layman's Hour
and the Methodist Brotherhood anniver-
saries will be observed, concluding in
the evening with lecture by Bishop
Hughes on "The Children of the
Manse."
On Saturday evening the University
of Denver banquet will be given.
Sunday morning Bishop Hughes will
preach and ordain the deacons. At
three o'clock a memorial service will
be held and the ordination of elders.
In the evening the Foreign Missionary
anniversary will be addressed by DR..
E. G. Fulkerson, returned missionary
from China.
On Monday forenoon the closing bus
mess session will be held, at which the
appointments of the preachers for an
other year will be announced by the
bishop.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
CENSUS DEPARTMENT
Has Issued Bulletin Showing Own
ership of Otero County Homes.

The United States Census Depart
ment at Washington has just issued
a bulletin dealing with the ownership
Of Otero county homes. The import
ant facts contained in the bulletin rel
ativc to this county are as follows:
There are 45S6 homes in Otero
county OF this number l462 are farm
homes. -Four hundred and forty-hve
of the farm homes are owned by
their occupants and are free of mort
gagged incumbrance. The mortgaged
farm homes number 40S. Renters oc-
cupy 564 farm homes in this county.
Out OF total OF 4586 homes in the
county 3l24 are urban homes. There
are 1851 urban home owners iii the
county. OF this number 4Sl are mort
gagged.
Eight hundred and seventeen OF
the urban owned homes are Tree OF
incumbrancc. There are 1863 rented
urban homes in the county.
The census enumerators were uh-
able to secure data pertaining to the
ownership of a small percentage OF
both the rural and urban homes in
this county
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
CUBS DEFEAT LAS ANIMAs
Locals Take Final Game of the Sea-
son on Local Diamond-Lamar
Takes Two from La Junta

The Cubs took the last game on the
local lot last Sunday from the Las An
imas team by a score of S to l. The
contest was pulled off in rapid style
but one hour and twenty five minutes
being required to play the nine inn
ings.
Dunlap was in rare form, allowing
but three hits and whiting thirteen
batsmen and incidentally but two balls
were knocked out of the infield.
Renel also pitched fine game but
poor support in the early innings lost
him the game.
The season closes next Sunday when
the locals play at Las Animas and a
victory for Rocky Ford means the pen
nant regardless of the result of the
game between Lamar and La Junta.
The score:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
BIG r1USICAL EVENT
"The Candy Shop" VIII Open the
Season at the Grand

A rapid fire succession of clever
musical-comedy and vaudeville special
ties will be offered in the seasons fun
and song show hit, 1.-THE Candy Shop,
which opens the season at the Grand
on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
In its present shape "The Candy
Shop" may be truthfully described as
a new confection, the flavor of which
is quite as infectious as it is delicious.
From theatrical viewpoint the play is
strictly up-to-date musical revue in
which the song numbers, dialogue and
bits of stage Cuisines" are entirely
new and impelling.
In the first act William Rock and
Maude Fulton, who head the list of en-
tertainers and who are universally
recognized as the cleverest and great
est of American travesty stars, present
their nationally famous burlesque on
"breaking into vaudeville" and later
on in the cabaret scene that concludes
the second and last act, their crowning
triumph is burlesque on Nine. Sarah
Bernhard, the eminently celebrated
French tragedienne.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11

moved to this city from Missouri and
established the Bonita Mercantile Co. in
the Oddfellows building. Mr.. Bonita
had come to Rocky Ford in the hope
that his health might be restored, but
his hope was not fulfilled and for sew
eral years he had travelled extensively
in search of health without any better
results.
He was so years of age, and leaves a
widow, brother, George Bonita, who
resides in Ohio, brother-in-law, Mr..
Smith of California, all of whom were
present when the end came.
After short service in the Ustick
chapel by DIR. Warner the remains were
on Wednesday afternoon shipped to
Leevenworth, Kan, for interment.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
BooTLEGeERs IN TOLLS
Barber flakes His Getaway Leaving
Shop in Hands of Marshal-Mex-
leans Caught with Goods

Last Friday night the Railroad ave-
nre barber shop conducted by Andy
Smith was raided by the police who ar
rested the proprietor on the charge of
bootlegging.
Upon turning over the key to his
shop as security for his appearance
when wanted the barber was released
by the marshal, and as he hasn't been
seen since there is good reason to be-
lieve that he has made his getaway
and our population is less one of the il
lustrious Smith family.
That he is not likely to return and
the marshal may have to sell the shop
and fixtures to meet Smiths forfeited
bond was plainly shown when the Off
GERS searched the shop, for they found
enough wet goods stored about the
place in whiskey bottles and TASKS TO
start good-sized booze joint up in
business.
On Tuesday night another raid was
made by the police upon a Mexican
shack at the corner of Chestnut avenue
and Fourth street and the proprietor of
the place, Jesus Alvarado by name,
with another Mexican named Fostina
Falavai, were taken in charge for boot
Logging.
AS the officers found a couple of
cases of beer and couple of gallons of
whiskey in a cellar which could only be
reached by a trapdoor hidden by the
Mexicans cot they had the hombres
dead to rights and they and the wet
goods were taken in charge by the
police.
They were given hearing by Judge
Green on Wednesday and evidence was
adduced that they had been selling the
booze to anyone who had the price, Sc
they received the limit in the way of q
fine, 500 each.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
BOOZE MUST GO.
Better Class of Business Men Realize
That Saloons Ruin Business.

Denver, Colo, Sept. S.-.Thc west
ern office of the Rice-Stix Dry Goods
Company OF ST. Louis is. located in
this city and is in charge of Mr.. Will
{. McCarty.
Mr.. McCarty has just given out 4
statement which cNplodes the shibbo-
lcth that prohibition kills business
into Smithercens.
II have recently made business
trip through the western portion OF
the state and everything looks very
favorable for the election in Novcm-
bcr.' says Mr.. McCarty. The better
class OF business men everywhere in
wet as well as dry towns realize that
their success will always be limited
as long as there are open saloons in
their towns.
Our people in ST Louis (Thc Rice
Silk Dry Goods Coz are recognized
as being among the largest in our
line of the business world. and our
credit department figures that 4 man
with the same amount OF ability and
capital in a dry town is entitled to
from 25 to 80 l-3 per cent more cred
ii than il he is doing business in wet
territory.
"Our most prosperous merchants
and best accounts are those in dry
towns.
In the fourteen years that have
had charge OF the Colorado. New
Mexico, Wyoming. and portions OF
Kansas and Nebraska territory for
the various large wholesale lines |
have seen hundreds OF towns go dry.
and without exception there has ncv-
er been one OF them where business
has not been better and merchants
able to meet their obligations more
promptly within thirty days after the
town has gone dry.
when a good business man is
looking for a permanent location, lie
never selects a wet town. We have
a merchant on our books at this time
who owns number OF large retail
stores in dry towns, who says lie will
open from four to six stores in Colo
RADIO this year ii the state goes dry,
in towns where there are now sa-
looms"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
r - = + = = = + + + + =
Probable State Nominees

The two state tickets this fall
will be as follows:
United States Senator-Charles S.
Thomas, Democrat. DR.. Hubert Work
Republican.
Congressman Third Dis.riet-Edward
Heating. Democrat. Fred Stanley. Neil
Mclean or E. j. Boughton. Republican.
Governor M. Patterson. DEM
ocrat. George Carlson or Samuel Mich
olson. Republican.
Lieutenant Governor-John J. Tobin.
Democrat. Marshall B. Smith. Republic
can.
Supreme Justiee-James H. Teller.
Democrat. John Campbell, Republican.
Secretary Of State-Thomas M. Hunt
err, Democrat. Jno. E. Ramer, Repubi-
can.
State Treasurer-Roady Kenehan,
Democrat Lewis c. Greenlee, Repuoli-
can.
State Auditor-Charles H. Leckenby,
Democrat. Harry E. Mulnx. Repub-
lican.
Attorney General-Fred Farrar. DEM
ocrat. W. B. Goblin or Rees D. Rees.
Republican.
Returns Still Incomplete
Contrary to expectation it is
taking much longer time to re-
ceive complete returns from the
primary than it would from gen.
eral election where scratched tick
cts are to be met with, and about
the only certainties are that DR..
Work has been chosen rs the Re-
publican nominee for the Uuited
States senate, and that Ed keat-
ing and Tom Patterson are the
Democratic nominees for con-
gressman and governor.
The latest report from Denver
is that Geo. A. Carlson is leading
in the Republican race for COVER
nor, and claims that he will have
majority over Nicholson of
2,7OO, although Nicholson claims
that the outlying precincts will re-
duce the majority and might pos
sibly nominate Nicholson.
Marshall B. Smith has been
nominated for lieutenant COVER
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
DIR. WORK FOR
j. 5. SENATOR
Fred Stanley Will Take Ed.
Keating's Place
VERY CLOSE FIGHT
FOR GOVERNOR
doudy Polls Heavy Vote In Sugar
Districts, Carlson Runs Best In
North and Nicholson In Denver

+ The claim that the people
wanted TO participate in the
selection of candidates was
+ proven false at the primaries
r on Tuesday by the fact that
: not over twenty-five per cent
of the total vote of the state
!. was polled, after most
= strenuous campaign by sew
+ eral candidates had appar-
+ emily aroused the interest of
the people.
+ Such a condition is the
i strongest indictment that
:. could be written against the
( present primary law, and the
law has also been made far
= cial in many instances that
r are coming to light where
= even lifelong party men have
= taken advantage of its sec
!. recy to register their votes
:. against obnoxious candidates
+ of another party.
AS there was no factional
: feeling against the Republic
!. can candidates-who were
r all so able that it mattered
Z little which were chosen
+ many members of this party
+ took a hand in Democratic
: affairs, which accounts for
!. the fact that certain coun-
+ ty aspirant for denomination
+ was defeated and our honor
able windbag who misrePre-
+ sents his constituents in the
r nations capital pulled thru
= by the skin of his teeth
!. and the saloon vote of Pue-
r bio.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
DEATHS HARVEST
Rocky Ford Merchant and Young
Married Woman Are Called


The dread angel of death has been
unusually active in this city during the
past week. at least six having answer
ed the summons, amongst them being
infants of tender age, young people and
others who had reached the allotted
years of life.
HATTIE f. wIGGINS
The widow of Finis Z. Virgins, an
old and esteemed resident of this city,
died at her home on North Fourteenth
street last Thursday afternoon.
The deceased was 62 years of age and
leaves four sons-Mark and Carol of
Larned, Kan, who were here to the
funeral, Leonard and Finis of this city
and one daughter, Mrs. Irene Fuller
ton of Rocky Ford, to mourn her loss.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. James on Saturday afternoon and
interment was in Valley View cemetery.
FERN BACON
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Bacon succumbed to an attack of
cholera infantum on Saturday evening
after an illness of about twenty-four
hours.
Funeral services were held in the
Thompson-Claypool chapel on Monday
afternoon by Rev. Dugan, and were at
tended by many sincerely sympathizing
friends of the bereaved parents.
10y PREssNAL
The two-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. Pressnall on Sunday morning
succumbed to complication of pneu-
monia and whooping cough after brief
illness.
Funeral services were held at the
Pressnall home on South Fourth street
on Monday afternoon, Rev. Roy Miller
officiating.
MARY CREIGHTON
The 1s-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Creighton passed away at
the home of her parents on Sunday
afternoon. Deceased had for some
years been sufferer from the dread
white plague, but her death was some
what of shock as she had apparently
been no worse than usual the day be-
fore.
A short service was conducted at the
home on Washington avenue by Father
Neenan and on Tuesday the remains
were shipped to the old family home in
Decatur, Ill.
MABEL CoTHREN
The most lamentable death that The
TIT Lp, 20, ;, Of
Mrs. Fred Cothren, which occurred at
her home in Fairmount at an early hour
on Tuesday morning
Ever since the birth of her child on
July Is Mrs. Cothren had been ailing,
but she appeared to be getting better
and had been to town for treatment
on Monday, so the news of her demise
came as great shock to her many
friends.
Mabel West, the deceased, was but
On Feb. %, 1912, she was united in
marriage with Fred Cothren. Besides
her husband and infant child she leaves
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. F. West,
and brother oney to mourn her sudden
and untimely demise.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home yesterday afternoon by DR..
Weaver and interment was in the La
Junta cemetery.
JOHN l.. BONITA
At his home on North Fourteenth
street John l.. Bonita passed away on
Tuesday afternoon, after lingering
struggle with Bright's disease.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
AFTERMATH OF
VALLEY FAIR
A New Record Set For Our
Big Festival
-EXCELLED ALL OTHERS
IN EXHIBITS AND INTEREST
on Watermelon Day
was Several Hundred Larger
Than Ever Before

+ The total gate and grand 4
stand receipts for the Arkan- 4
= sas Valley Fair this year =
+ were $9,635.45. The receipts :.
: for the first day of the fair I
= and upon Watermelon Day 4
were larger than those of 4
=. last year-the former big ;.
= yearly about 5000, but :.
+ they fell off little on We'd 1
y nesday and Friday and so
will make about an even I
: break with 1913.
= Paid admissions for Wa 4
? termelon Day exceeded 1913
. by $92.75, and the attendance :.
I. for the four days was rs fol- 4
+ lows: 4
= Tuesday y-- 1921
:. Wednesday ---- 5,1O2
/ Watermelon Day y----14,S26 .
+ Friday ----- 5,7O3 I
+ Payment of premiums to 4
+ the fortunate exhibitors is
: now under way and Secre- :.
= tary Pollock and corps of as I
sistants are being kept SO 4
. busy that it will be impos- I
= sible to give a detailed state
= ment of receipts and expen-
= ses for several days, but the 1
: secretary gives assurance l
that there will be sufficient .
= surplus this year to justify
= the statement that the 1914
= fair was the most successful .
: that has been held. 1
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11

nor over Moses Lewis and Jo I'm
L. Ramer has been nominated for
secretary of state over Adolph
Unfug.
The fight between L. G. Green
lee and Allison Stocker for state
treasurer will require the official
count.
r. d. Rees for attorney general
carried the city of Denver by over
5000 and is running Goblin a close
race which will require the official
count to determine. Rocky Ford's
candidate went to Denver with a
majority.
In Otero County
Locally the Republican vote
was very light, as there were no
contests on the county ticket.
But 600 Republican ballots were
cast, and of these the Arkansas
Valley candidates, DR.. Work and
w. B. Goblin, received over two
thirds.
On the Democratic side the
great fight was between G. G.
buchanan and j. A. Gauger for
county assessor, s. S. Phillips and
j. l.. Kellogg for superintendent
of schools, Il. d. Thompson and
FL. ii. King for coroner, the first
named for each Office being
chosen.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11

Ihe twenty-thlrd annual Arkan-
sas Valley Fair closed on Friday
last with n crowd in attendance
that gave great satisfaction to the
board of directors, although it
seemed rather small after the big
jam of the preceding day.
Friday, the last day of the fair,
has come to be looked upon and
is advertised as Home Folks day,
when our people may get out and
see the exhibits they have hereto
fore been unable-because of the
welcome that they have been ex-
tending to visitors-to give the at
tention they would wish. But the
attendance on last Friday must
have included many visitors as
well as the home folk, for there
was Il crowd present fully as large
as that of the "big day at most
of the county fairs throughout the
country.
The majority of the visitors
were there mainly for education
and information in some special
department, and they had an ample
field for investigation, as there was
more varied.display and the ex-
hibits were far greater in number
and better filled than ever before,
according to the report of Secre-
tary Pollock.
In every department, excepting
perhaps those of horticulture and
honey, the displays were excellent
showing that the ARKANSAS Valley
farmer has awakened to the fact
that the premiums he may receive
are only small portion of the re-
turns he gets for exhibiting the
products of his field, farm or ranch
In comparing his best stuff with
those of others he is quite likely
to get some pointers of immeasur-
able value, and at the same time
he is contributing a boost to the
agricultural progress of his COM
munity.
1t has been claimed by residents
of other states that wheat, barley,
oats and other grains could not be
Continued on Last Page)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
AUcTIONBERS MEET
And REFLECT the Genial Fred Presi-
dent of State Association

The State Auctioneers association on
Saturday last concluded well-attended
and highly successful annual convention
in this city, the concluding and most
enjoyable part of the program being a
banquet of unusual excellence at which
our genial Col. Perdue was toast
master.
The sessions were held in the Elks
Home and considerable business of inn
portance to the profession was trans
acted.
Perdue of this city was again chosen as
president, E. R. Austin of Fort Collins
as vice president, and W. A. Davis of
Delta as secretarN-treasllrer
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11

Summary : lWo-base MT, SMITH.
Struck out. by Dunlap / ). by Renel z.
Base on balls, off Renel 5. Double
plays. E. Love and Johnston, Samuels
and Lindner, Smith and Cup. Time
l:25. Umpire, Morgan.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
Lamar Beats La Junta Twice

Lamar easily took both ends of a
double-header from La Junta last Sun
day by scores of to and IL to 2.
This makes the race closer but the
only chance Lamar has for the honors
is to beat La Junta again and for the
locals to lose to Las Animas. Then the
two teams would be tied up and a
play-of would be in order.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-06
BY THE LONE, LoRN BACHELOR
Unfortunate Man Records His AnImos.
lty Against the Inventor Of
Pickle Dishes.

From a Missouri town came a we'd
ding invitation. "Mr. -" was
the inscription on both envelopes and
as it was tossed to the hapless heap
on my dresser pondered over my
bachelorhood. A food Of memories
were revivifed by the dainty en-
graved cards - memories of soft,
white hands that for the moment at
parting had so often rested in my
own-memories of the long and
lonely years that lie between, and
fragrant dreams Of what might have
been.
| was not surprised at the formal
wedding announcement. She had
limited as much when, with the pre-
negative Of long acquaintance, l had
queried as to the ring glittering from
her hand. "He's dandy chap" she
said, you'd like him."
'Dandy chaps" they are, indeed,
those winners of women's hearts,
dandy chaps and theirs the reward !:
theirs the joy of living. The open
hearths of their own fresides, the
comforting companionship when the
days work is done. l mutiny in
sheer envy. Their footsteps echoing
on the walks fall upon ears listening
for naught else, while my welcome
is only the mechanical smile of the
key clerk as he hands me the sesame
to a lonely room. Realization pals
me.
"It's a lonely old life" I muse
half aloud, then, retaining from the
pile of junk the wedding invitation
and scanning the lines, Oh the
man who invented pickle dishes p
Kansas City Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-06
VICTORY OF 1912.

( One hundred years ago occurred
the engagement between the Ameri-
cans and the British at Sandy creek,
near Sackett's harbor, on Lake On
tario. In the early morning a hotilla
of 16 barges, laden with naval stores,
was discovered at the mouth Of the
creek by the British squadron which
was blockading Sackett's harbor. A
boat party from the feet, attempts
ing pursuit, became entangled in the
marrow creek and was attacked by a
force Of Americans with some Indian
allies. After a desperate resistance,
in which they lost 20 men in killed
and wounded, the British force was
overpowered and 140 made prison
ers. These were with difficulty saved
from massacre by the Iroquois, by
the vigorous interposition of the
Americans.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-06
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-06

The French embassy in London has
been informed of the declaration of
Italian neutrality and that Italy
probably will call out one or two
classes of the army, but with no ag-
gressive idea. 1t is stated that Italy
does not intend to reinforce her
troops either on the French or Aus
trian frontiers. 1t also is announced
officially that Turkey will proclaim
her neutrality.