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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16

Don't Trifle With Such Subject
~I have just read q trivial sugges-
ton as to how to keep the necktie in
place. That Is a subject that ought
not to be trthed with Somebody
ought to do series Of articles On It
t-Cyntc IN American Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.

II advised the boys when they en-
listed for the Spanish war TO take
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with them. and
have received many thanks for the a.
vice given" writes J. e. Houghland.
EIdou. Iowa. mo person whether
travelling or at home should be without
this great remedy. For sale by all
Dealers.-Adv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
Recipe for Happiness.

DO not give up. Do not allow the
black waters Of melancholia toSe,ose
over you. Hold your head high: Live
your Life beautifully In the face OF
failure, loneliness and contempt. Hap
piness Is high art. Be sreat arkiae
Woljeska.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
Dancer Of Loose Wire.

Don't have any loose wires lying
around the farm anywhere, especial
iy where the colts and horses run. 1t
only takes two seconds to knock
hundred dollars off the value Of the
horse
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
YOU WILL KNOW

just what you are doing. just.
how much you pay out, what
your surplus is, if you have q
commercial bank account. The
check book is a ready guide; one
glance at 1t tells you how you
stand. Get this guiding record
by opening an account with our
bank at once. You will receive
good treatment from us.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
Delivery Of Milk.

AS good pure milk finds the most
ready sale Of any farm product 1t is
Of paramount Importance that it
should be delivered in the best pos
sible condition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
An Ideal method OF treating seed ears
BY strinsins them Immediately
after they are gathered.

seed corn. The process Is too i'm
portant to be conducted incidentally
while husking. When selecting seed
corn give the process your entire at
tention. Get the very best that is to
be had and preserve it well, and your
increased yields will return you moro
profit than any other work you caa
do on your farm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
Many Have Tried.

No man has ever gained distinction
because Of the excellence Of his jew
elTy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
Success of Hay Making
Depends on the Saving of
Alfalfa Leaves ~ II

plete the field curing and also for con-
venience in pitching.
Properly made cocks will turn water
in measure if they are put up green
enough, but if too much green hay is
put in cock it will settle, so as to
exclude air and check curing. The
cocks that are first to be stacked should
be smaller than those that will stand
longer in the field. If this is done
stacking can begin sooner and the hay
hauled later will be in better condition.
Just how green hay can be put into
the stack will depend on variety of
conditions. 1t must be pretty dry where
a large force rapidly puts it in the NOV
or short stack; with long stacks where
the hay is spread out considerably be-
fore it is covered it can be much green
er, especially where as in the open field
or hay barrack there is free circulation
of air. A good barrack that will keep
the hay dry during and after stacking
is of great advantage. Where no pro-
lection can be afforded finished stacks
it is better to build rounding tops, kept
very full, than to carry alfalfa to a
peak with long exposed slanting sides,
which almost invariably settle and admit
driving rains. Whenever possible finish
the stack with very green hay, which
will settle and pack into fair thatch.
A stacks resistance to water penetra-
ton also depends on starting it narrow
at the bottom, carrying up this narrow
foundation eight to ten feet, or even
more, and then widening the stack as
much as possible. As the stack settles
the narrow core, if the center be kept
full, will cause the center TO be from
two to three feet higher than the sides,
which may be distinctly seen when we
expose cross section by cutting down
the stack. The sides will settle almost
to the ground, forming caves that shed
the water. 1t is, in fact, impossible for
water to run into such stack for any
distance, though some alfalfa will be
spoiled on top without artificial protec-
ton.
Starting the stack narrow saves the
stacker a great deal of after work and
worry in keeping the middle full when
he is crowded to the limit with more
Lay than he can handle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
CLINE WAS THERE
UpIiolds Colorado In Western Inter-
collegiate fleet at Chicago

| A Chicago dispatch of last Saturday
bore the following news to Carl Cline S
friends who were eagerly awaiting re-
turns from the Western Intercollegiate
track and field meet:
"For the first time in the history of
the Western Intercollegiate track
athletics, representatives of the Rocky
Mountain conference appeared today
as prominent contenders for honors in
all branches of track and field sport on
Marshall field. Lyle Bingham, the
great weight man of the University of
Denver, took rank as the foremost
field athlete in the west when he won
first place in the discus and hammer
throw and tied for individual honors in
the meet.
MAC" Davis of Colorado college
tied for second in the high jump; Carl
Cline of Colorado took third in the 40
yard dash, and the Centennial State
quartet ran second in a record break
ing relay. All told, the Colorado ath-
letes wrested ~ points from the
picked men of the colleges from Chica-
go to the coast.
Stegeman of Chicago, an outsider,
according to critics, caused a sensation
in the 44O-yard event by jumping out
in front The Maroon figured that his
only chance was to dash away from
the speedier men, such as Sanders and
Henderson, but Carl Cline of Colorado
university overlook him on the back
stretch of the quarter-mile track and
ran abreast with him to the last turn.
Then both were passed by the Illini
stars, and in gallant race Henderson
nosed out Sanders, winning in 80 sec
onds.
Colorado came near upsetting the
forecasts on the relay. The Western
ers were step by step just behind the
Illinois quartet until Henderson shot
away in the third relay with an advan-
tage of nearly 10 yards. Sanders
started the last quarter, and then
Cline of Colorado began to close up the
gap. On the back stretch every step
counted small gain for the Western
man, and on the last turn he was just
at Sanders heels. Then Sanders cut
loose his best speed and won the race
for the Illini, tied score being the re-
suit. Goelitz was in the Illini team,
and as his eligibility has been ques-
toned, it is possible the result of the
relay will not stand.
The final score was:
Illinois 45 7-12, Leland Stanford 231s.
Chicago 2OJs, Wisconsin 194, Denver
TO- Colorado 6, California 6, Perdue 5 8,
Ohio State AS, Northwestern AZ,
Minnesota 3, Notre Dame 3, Iowa 2jS,
Lake Forest 2, Coe 2, Drake 2, Nilsson
ri 2, Kansas 2. Colorado college ! 4,
Oberlin 4 and Nebraska ="
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT
$375, 900 Dam Across Apishapa Plan
ned to Impound Water for Omar
and Van Skike Districts

One of the largest deals of its kind
consummated in the Arkansas valley in
several years, was that announced on
Monday which assure the construction
of a 1915, 900 dam across Apishapa creek
about twenty miles south of Fowler,
and the consolidation of the Omar and
Van Skike irrigation properties, en-
bracing 10000 acres of some of the
most fertile lands in the Arkansas
valley.
Notes and trust deeds to cover the
1915, 900 bond issue, from the proceeds
of which the dam will be built, are now
on deposit in the Fowler State bank.
They will be accepted by the Holmes
Construction company of Denver, the
dams contractors, and the work of
construction Immediately commenced.
When completed the dam will be l40
feet in height and will impound 1000
acre feet of water. The contract pro-
vides that it will be ready for use by
June l, 1915.
The Omar irrigation district was
started hve years ago. Inc van Sklke
district, promoted by a private concern,
was organized at about the same time.
For the purpose of consolidation the
projects are admirably located. In one
place the bitches approach each other
as nearly as mile. The present re-
organization provides for the creation
of new holding corporation, to be
known as the Apishapa Consolidated
irrigation company, and for the bonding
of the 10000 acres embraced in the
two former projects on basis of S25
an acre.
The headgate of the project will be
used to draw the water from the Api-
shapa and all of the land will be suppli-
ed from the central distributing station
at the dam.
The dams capacity will be such as to
preclude the possibility of water short
age. Forty or fifty settlers with their
families, each of whom has proved title
to 32O-acre desert claim, now popu-
late the two districts.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
POULTRY SHOW
Will be Held in This City the First
Week in December

At the meeting of the Rocky Ford
Poultry association last Friday even
ing, after considerable discussion, it
was decided to set the date of the sec
ond annual poultry show upon the first
week in December. Committees were
appointed to assist the association off
cials in arranging for suitable quarters
for the exhibition and to make all
necessary preparations.
At Friday nights meeting arrange
ments were also made for a series of
meetings to be held on the first Tues
day in each month, when some particu
lar breed of fowl will be exhibited and
practical demonstrations will be made
by expert poultry fanciers of the birds
superior characteristics and of the
points that are counted in judging, so
that the members of the association
may know for themselves whether
their poultry stands show of being
premium winners.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
HOW TO
STACK
ALFALFA

Hay cut at the right time and well
cured has at least twice the value of poor
hay. With alfalfa we should also have
regard for the succeeding crop and cut
at the time when the buds are starting
from the crown, for if we cut too soon
we are apt to get branch growth
rather than one from the new buds.
If we cut too late the buds have often
receded and the plant started on the
way to seed making and the crop will
be at a standstill, the ground baking
in the hot sun before the plants again
start to shade it.
Cultivating alfalfa very much stimu-
lates good growth from the root and
especially improves the quality of the
second crop, which is apt to be inferior.
haymaking. We must still use every
endeavor after the plant is separated
from its root to have the evaporation
through the leaves continue to dry out
the stem, or we shall have slow curing
and before the stems dry the leaves
will shatter.
The side delivery rake throws the hay
in light windrows which the wind and
air can penetrate and as little as possi-
BILE of the grass is in contact with the
damp ground so that this implement,
used almost directly after the mower,
is an immense advance on the old rake,
which could not operate without waste
until the hay was fairly dry and often
packed it in rather tight bunch, hard
for the air to penetrate.
The side delivery rake comes as near
giving us the advantages of the hay
tender as we can get in this dry climate,
where hay curing often progresses sc
fast that the leaf is dried out before
the water has been evaporated from the
stem.
This condition is what we need chiefly
to guard against in haymaking, or the
stems of the plant will be unfit to stack
long after the leaves have begun to
shatter, and they constitute the most
valuable part of the hay. Cooking hay
is resorted to after windrowing to com
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Annual Convention will Attract Many
to Denver Next Week

There are 10000, 600 Sunday School
scholars in our country. Of these
125, 600 are in Colorado Sunday Schools
The state convention to be held in Dem
yer on June 16, II, and Is, will be of
interest to all the schools in the state.
The committee has been in touch. with
upward of 1000 Sunday Schools super
tendents, located all over the state,
during the last monthly mail as well
as by 100 papers, which have been Civ
ing out information.
Indications are for very largely
attended convention, Colorado is a
leader in some lines of Sunday School
work, such as High School Bible study
training schools for fitting teachers.
These interests, as well as the all
around work of the Sunday Schools,
will be advanced at this years conven-
ton. Splendid talent has been secured
for the program.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs
Elect Officers and Arrange foI
Annual rlemoriai Exercises

At the semi-annual election of Valley
Lodge No. 9s, X. of p, on Monday
evening the following officers were
chosen:
C. C.-R. ID. Thompson
V. C.-Harry Allderdice
Prelate-C. B. Govreau
NJ. at Al. C. Mahoney
|. G.-Amos Bum
o. Crank Rowan
Arrangements were also perfect ed
for the annual memorial service of the
Knights of Pythias, which will be held
in X. of P. hall next Monday evening
and will be semi-public in character, all
Pythians, families and friends being
invited. The memorial address will be
delivered by Hon. Chas. A. Ballreich of
Pueblo, and other outside Pythians who
will take part in the exercises are Rev.
jenkins of Fowler and Rev. Hart of
Manzanola.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
COLORADO BAR
Would Eliminate the Selection Of
Judges from Politics

At meeting in Denver on Monday
of the Colorado Bar association resolu-
tions were adopted looking to the nom
ination of judges who shall be the nom
partisan choice of the lawyers of the
state. The plan is now being carried
forward for the selection of candidate
for Justice of the Supreme Court; and
upon this selection, the candidate will
be presented to the people this year,
regardless of party lines, by asking all
the political assemblies to approve the
selection and by other means.
The vote to select the candidate is not
confined to members of the Colorado
Bar association but is open to all prac-
ticing lawyers in the state. The acti-
vities of the association in this matter
are directed only to aiding the people
by presenting a candidate known to the
lawyers themselves for his ability and
integrity.
The plan has worked with great sue
cess in states other than Colorado and
in Denver in the selection of the present
District Judges. The Bar association
hopes that its work in the present in
stance may be of service to the state,
and it surely will be if even the first
paragraph only of the resolutions is
carried into successful operation. This
reads: mo member of the bar shall in
the first instance offer himself as a
candidate, but kevery member must
be deemed possible candidate. Sort
of making the office seek the man.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
NOW UP TO SANTA FE
Petitions Bearing Thousand Sigma
lures Presented Company Asking
Rebuilding of Valley Line

At the headquarters of the Otero
County Agricultural association salts
factory reports are daily being receiv-
ed from the committee having in charge
the petitions to the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe, asking the company to re-
open its Arkansas Valley branch line to
this city, commonly known as "The
Sugar Beet Road. On Wednesday it
was reported that six petitions, each
bearing 100 or more signatures, had al
ready been turned in and from the
amount of interest being taken all along
be over thousand signatures when the
petitions are presented the company
the last of the week.
1t will then be up to the company
whether it can any longer afford to
ignore the request of such "A large body
of patrons, and upon the company's de-
cision will rest the question whether or
not the matter be brought to the atten-
tion of the railway commissioners, as
the people of the Holbrook country are
very diiSiouS W nave railway coil1ltcllO1
with Rocky Ford and the business men
of this city have at last awakened to the
fact that they are being deprived by
the abandonment of the road of vast
amount of trade that legitimately be-
longs here.
Not only have these people a just
cause for complaint at the treatment
accorded them by the Santa Fe, but
farmers along the unused portion of the
line are deprived of valuable strip of
land along the right of way that not
only is lying idle but is allowed to grow
up in weeds and thistles to the constant
menace of their cultivated acres, so
that if the company does not propose to
rebuild it would be only just to the
property owners to let this fact be
known so that steps might be taken to
reclaim the land.
1t is confidently believed that the
Santa Fe officials will promptly investi-
gate the complaint, when it is certain
that they will conclude that they have
too much at stake to abandon this
piece of road and will take steps to
rebuild in the near future.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
FULL BERRY BOXES
Provided for by Ordinance in the
Cit Of Leadville

The Leadville city council recently
passed an ordinance in regard to the
full quart and full pint measure for
berries. The council also instructed
the marshal at Leadville to see that it
is enforced.
The passing of this ordinance should
be of interest to the growers of small
fruit in this vicinity. The standard
adopted at Leadville is known as the
dry measure or full quart. The
measure used around Rocky Ford to a
great extent is the liquid measure or
short quart or pint.
All berries shipped into Leadville
which do not come up to the dry
measure will be subject to the penalty
which the city council has bestowed
upon such an offence.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
Talk with Us about Figures on Your next Job Of Printing

and the lecture was very interesting as
well as instructive. The first pictures
shown were some of the picturesque
mountain scenes in our own Colorado,
which Mrs. Harbert says surpasses
any of the mountain scenes she saw
during her travels through Europe. By
her pictures and her lecture she con-
Quoted her listeners through Belgium,
Holland, France, Russian Poland, and
other countries through which she
Travelled while on her trip to attend the
International Convention, of Farm
Women at Client, Belgium, last year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
0TERO Law and
ORDER League
Holds Important Meeting on
Monday Evening
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
is APPOINTED
And Funds Are Provided to Begin
Vigorous Campaign for Dry
and Orderly County

Pursuant to wireless call from
Chairman Perdue and Secretary
Todd of the Otero County Law
and Order League nearly one
hundred earnest advocates of the
cause assembled in the Otero Ag-
ricultural Club rooms on Monday
evening to perfect the organiza-
tion and make plans for its con-
duct.
AS frankly stated by the chair
man in his opening remarks, the
primary purpose of the league is
to eradicate the one foul blot upon
our county's fair escutcheon by
eliminating the saloons of Swink.
1t WAS the consensus of opinion,
as expressed by the several speak
ers who addressed the meeting,
that the best means to rid the
county of these booze joints was
by the ballot box, if a fair and
honest election could be provided
for, and so an executive commit
tee, consisting of the chairman,
Messrs. Latson, Ascherman, Bonn
gardner and Morrison, was ap-
pointed to investigate and devise
some method of Safeguarding the
polls.
Evidence that those assembled
were in earnest in their advocacy
of the Law and Order league and
its purpose was adduced when the
hat was passed to defray the pre-
liminary expenses and over $500
was subscribed. This is but the
nucleus of fund that it is hoped
will be secured by a force of SOL
icitors who will in the near future
canvass the county asking pledges
of moral and financial support to
the cause.
AS The Enterprise has frequent
ly pointed out it is a shame and
disgrace that the people of Otero
county have to tolerate saloons
within its borders despite the
overwhelming "dry" vote of the
comfy. but unfortunately we have
neither state or county option, Sc
the question must be fought out
in the one "wet" precinct, and it
is proposed to see that only legal
and duly qualified voters shall
have their ballots counted this
fall, when the wet or dry question
is again an issue.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
DROWNED IN TIMPAS
Young Robert Todd Of Swink Gets
Into Water Hole

Robert Todd. the 11-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Todd of Swink,
was drowned on Saturday afternoon
while swimming in Timpas creek, near
the place where it flows into the
Arkansas river.
The boy with several others had been
in the habit of swimming in the small
creek but must have got into a mud
hole too deep for him and became
frightened.
A score of men searched for the body
for about two hours and finally found
it in "A hole about seven feet deep.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
nay it Greet the Rising and Salute
the Setting Sun and Float All
Day Long

Agreeable to custom The En-
terprise reminds its readers that
Sunday, June IA, will be the one
hundred and thirty-seventh ami
versary of the adoption of the
stars and stripes as the flag of our
country. The simple announce
ment of Flag day as national
anniversary would seem to make
unnecessary any further reminder
to secure the widest possible OBJ
servance this year
On the i4th day of June, 1777.
Congress enacted "That the flag
of the thirteen United States be
thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white; that the Union be thirteen
stars, white in blue field, repre-
senting new constellation" The
number of the stripes having been
increased by the admission of new
states, the possibilities of the ma
tion's future development dawned
upon our fathers, and the original
thirteen stripes were unchange-
ably restored by act of Congress
on April 4, 1918, when it was en-
acted: THAT from and after the
fourth day of July next, the flag
of the United States be thirteen
horizontal stripes alternate red
and white; that the Union be
twenty stars, white, in a blue field,
and that on the admission of a
new state into the Union, one star
be added to the Union of the flag;
aud such addition take effect on
the fourth day of July next sue
ceeding such admission"
Since the struggle of lS6l-1S65,
the flag has become the symbol of
a mighty nation. 1t has been
carried to the utmost parts of the
earth, carrying liberty wherever
it has been thrown 10 the breeze.
The stars and stripes, within
the recent past, have come TO
possess new beauty for friendly
eyes and new terror for the foes
of liberty.
All American citizens are again
earnestly invited to join in the
public recognition of the birthday
of the emblem of our nationality.
Amongst patriotic societies the
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks are most regular i'll their
of this anniversary,
and in Rocky Ford on Sunday af-
ternoon the fine Elks Home will
be thrown open to the public, TO
whom a general invitation is ex-
tended to join the members in ap-
exercises, which will be-
gin at 30 p. IN.
Let us on Sunday, June II,
from one end of our land to the
other, fling the stars and stripes
to the breeze. May it greet the
rising and salute the setting sun,
and float all day long from every
public building and private resi-
dence throughout the entire land.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
Demand for Farm Labor

Haying is now on in fnll blast and
farmers in this vicinity are finding it
hard TO secure labor. The secretary of
the agricultural club could have easily
found work in the alfalfa fields for so
more men on Wednesday, so he reports.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-12
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
Delights uood Sized Audience at the
Grand Last Friday

Mrs. Belle van Dorm Harbert of
Manzanola, president of the Interna-
tional Congress of Farm Women, de-
livered an illustrated lecture at the
Grand last Friday evening.
There was "a fine audience present