Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-25
ENJOYS HOSPITALITY
Continued from First Fas .,

ltalkS are naue by the Qfuerent MEM
bers on topics assigned in advance.
tive, but it gives the factory men the
necessary confidence in themselves to
help them push out.
The making of beet sugar, any
sugar, is mechanical process, after
thc agricultural part of the work has
been performed. of course. but even
granting that the work is done by
Imac chinery, even the most modern and
expensive piece OF equipment can fall
short of doing its best when the man
in charge OF it falls short of putting
Ihis best into his part of it, Co-opera-
I|tion is the keynote at Rocky Ford
and this cooperation is gained by
keeping the men interested in their
work and interested in their own part
i'm the success Of the business.
The men in the yard are encour-
hged to see the factory. The men
lIwho feed the bcets into the flume are
Inot content to bid goodbye to the
lbeets as they drop into the current;
'they are encouraged to realize thai
inside the walls the bccts are washed
and elevated to the regions above.
The man just inside the walls who
stops long enough to wonder what
ha ppens in the regions above" and
then stops little longer to investi-
gate is on the ri,.ht track. He will
aiways find enco' ragement when he
undertakes investigations OF that sort.
The man who mentally follows the
heets from the slicing machine and
who makes it his business to study
the workings OF the diffusion battery
is making step upward.
Every factory employe is eligible
hor in the Enre,ueus f-lt,h
who attends three consecutive meet
ings and is elected thereto. The
meetings are for mutual benefit and
the earnest study and attention given
tc proposed improvements has result
ed making the Rocky Ford factory a
high spot in the beet sugar industry.
There are reasonable dues attached
to membership in the club and what
is done with the money can be attest
cd 10 by more than one person. 1t is
whispered. even, that sometimes Wis
its a.c made outside the club mem
bership and outside the factory en-
ployes. Sometimes a load OF coal or
basket OF provisions finds its way
to needy doorstep in Rocky Ford
and no one but the committe who at
tended to 1t ever knoSs from whence
it came.
L! w III L tnc " oh thS WIN
ers at a beet sugar factory have or
dinarily enough to occupy their
hands and minds but there is long
interim when the banks of machin-
cry are idle and this is. in a way,
playtime for the factory men. The
ordinary snail town, even western
small town, is rather deficient IN
ii .te killing ar,;,rins The manage
meat of the .Anu;e;n Beet Sugar
Company recognized this and has
brough. within the reach OF its en-
pIoycs and the members OF their fam
lies means ior recreation, The old
,dage hat 81 work ard no play
makes Jack a dull boy has more
than grain OF truth in 1t and for the
sake of that grain the company has
established playground on its hold
ings adjacent to the factory. his
playground is free to employees and
their families. There is degree OF
fairness and democracy about tile
conduct OF the grounds that is typi-
cal of the entire organization. FOR
instance. the manager himself would
not, by virtue of his rank and author
ity, usurp the tennis court. He takes
his turn just as any of the others.
The pack OF bounds kept at Rocky
Ford for the use CT the men is rather
mroc than a slight departure from
the ordinary conduct of an American
manufacturing institutions. Dogs are
not usually considered part and par
eel of the equipment OF even a beet
sugar factory, but these particular
dogs have furnished more than one
DAYS amusement and recreation Tor
the men.
Among other things dug up for the
writer's benefit while in the valley
this fall was coyote hunt. Truth
compels the admission that II 1t had
not been for the presence OF sure
shot in the party the only thing taken
home to tell the story of the hunt
would have been ahandful OF blood
soaked ground ptGo somebody's pet
cat had been absorbed into the works
OF the hounds.
The expedition, including the
hounds. set sail in three automobiles.
1t consisted OF Mr.. and Mrs. Freder-
ick Noble. Mr.. and Mrs. L. II:
Gerecke. the chauffeurs, five small
citizens who have not yet cast their
first vote, the dogs, and the editor.
The dogs were transported in huge
car and were forcibly detained there
in by the manager himself. who was
master OF the hunt We seem to have
seen pictures OF hunting expeditions
but this was the first one on wheels
Others that we had read about
seemed to start out on four legs. In
stead OF thoroughbreds, this expedi-
tion used an Apperson, a Buick and a
big French car. Incidentally. the man
ufacturers OF these cars might ia ke
notice that a car used for hunting the
elusive coyote over sage brush and
hills OF varying degrees OF bumpiness
might be said to have proved their
merit. Somebody was heard to re-
mark that the hunt could also serve
ne :, dose OF liver medicine.