Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-26
DESERT TOWN
FOR LA JUNTA
County Law and Order
League Has a Session
ROCKY FORD MOOSE
AND KID BAND
Visited County Seat Town on Mon
day ening-lnteresting and
Enthusiastic Meetings Held

Almost the entire automobile
population of Rocky Ford was out
of town on Monday evening, the
general rendezvous being La unta
where most of the citizens were
gathered upon one pretext or an
other, the most important being
the meetings of Otero County
Law and Order league and the
Moose lodge.
The meeting of the law and
order league was held in the base
ment of the new Baptist church
and amongst the 55 present there
were six from La Junta and one
from Fowler, but notwithstand-
ing the apparent lukewarmness of
the citizenship Of the county seat
town-caused it is believed by the
efforts of the "powers-that-be" to
infuse politics into the league-a
most enthusiastic meeting was
held and plans were set on foot
that Will assuredly result IN the
general betterment of moral con-
ditions in this county and it is
hoped will result in wiping out
the saloons at Swink, which is the
prime object of the league.
Pleading stress of business
affairs r. G. Todd rendered his
resignation as secretary of tire
league, and on motion the same
was accepted and George E.
Bryant of this city was appoint
ed to temporarily fill the position.
Membership cards, pledging the
signers to lend their assistance in
the campaign for cleaner county,
were distributed and received the
signatures of 81 of those present.
This was the initiative in an
''endless chain" movement that it
is confidently believed will in
crease the league membership to
500 at least before the next
monthly meeting, the secretary
being instructed to forward five
membership cards to each of these
signers as well as to all who had
participated in former meetings
with the request that they get the
the cards signed up and return to
him as soon as possible, when he
will send out a like number of
cards to the new sieners and in
this way the county will be
thoroughly canvassed by the time
of the next meeting, which will be
held in the Otero Agricultural
Club rooms of this city on the
evening of July 20.
A most interesting discussion
of w,ys and means to strengthen
the anti-saloon campaign was
taken part in by the men present
at this meeting, who represented
all political parties, and many of
them expressed themselves as
being opposed to any candidate in
the coming election that would
not come out STRONGLY in favor of
prohibition, and it need occasion
no surprise if a resolution is
adopted by the league requiring
an anti-saloon pledge from every
candidate upon the state and
county tickets.
Moose Make rlerry
Rocky Ford Moose to the num-
her of about fifty, attended by
their wives in many cases and by
the Rocky Ford Kid band, motor
ed to La Junta on Monday even
ing. where the degree team from
this city in ,ne most approved
style of the order initiated large
class of prominent citizens into
the mysteries of the organization.
After the iIitiatory exercises
the lodge room was set in order
and short program was rendered
followed by social dance, and it
is reported that this WAS one of
the most largely attended and
most enjoy able events in the his
tory of lodge circles in our neigh