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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-05
90 AFTER rlOOSE HOnE
Commissioners Contribute to Fund
to Bring National Committee Here


On Tuesday morning committee of
Rocky Ford Moose appeared before the
board of county commissioners with a
request that financial assistance be given
them in the effort to have the national
committee having in charge the location
of tubercular sanitarium for this
great order pay visit to this section
of the Arkansas Valley so that they
might satisfy themselves that we have
the finest climate and the best location
in the country for the proposed $1,000,
900 home.
So convincing was the argument ad-
vanced that this was a project that
interested the entire county that the
commissioners agreed to assist to the
amount; of 500. The Rocky Ford Moose
lodge has agreed to provide like
amount and the city council this even
ing will be asked to join in the good
work for similar sum.
1t is proposed to have a committee of
FIVE from the lodge here meet the
national committee in Denver on June
% and if possible persuade them to
make trip in automobiles down the
Arkansas Valley to the Fort Lyon
naval hospital, and if this can be ac-
complished there is every hope that
Rocky Ford will be chosen as the site
of the proposed national sanitarium.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-05
PAY TRIBUTE
TO DEPARTED
Rocky Ford Veterans and
Patriotic Citizens
FITTINGLY OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
Graves Decorated with Flowers and
Exercises of the Day Are
Largely Attended

Reverentially the survivors of
the civil war in Rocky Ford on
Saturday last paid tribute to their
comrades who have answered the
summons of the Great Command
er, while hundreds of citizens
watched the carrying out of Mem
orial Day rituals and paid a full
need of honor and respect to the
old veterans as well as those who
have gone before.
Members of the Grand Army of
the Republic, their wives, widows
and families, Spanish American
war veterans, city officials and
citizens generally, with the Rocky
Ford kid band, congregated at
L. o. o. f. hall on Saturday morn
ing and in the automobiles gener-
ously contributed by our people
they all found room to ride to
Valley View cemetery, where the
beautiful and touching memorial
ceremonies of the G. A. X. and
w. II. @. were carried out and the
graves of former comrades who
had participated in the great con
flict were strewn with beautiful
emblems of remembrance and
love.
In the afternoon the G. A. Il.
and associate orders as well as
larger number of citizens than
even the morning exercises had
called out-because of the general
closing of business houses for a
couple of hours in response to the
mayors proclamation assembled
in Grand opera house, where
program appropriate to the occa-
sion was carried out.
The speaker of the day WAS
Rev. Langley of La Junta, and he
delivered an eloquent tribute to
the Grand Army of the Republic,
the noble purpose for which it
was organized and the laudable
deeds it has accomplished.
In song and speech 1t was fit
tingly told that the old soldier de-
serves all the consideration that n
grateful country can bestow on
him in his declining years. He
made sacrifices for the flag, and
his sacrifices will not be forgotten
even when he has passed away.
When the last wearer of the blue
is gone Memorial Day will still be
observed, but the active partici-
pants inthe days services will he
those who appreciate what the old
soldier has accomplished. Mem
orial Day will continue while the
nation endures.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-05
VALLEY DITCH ASSOCIATION
Elects Fowler Man on Executive
Board in Place of G. NJ. Hall

At meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Arkansas Valley Ditch
association in La Junta last Friday G.
NJ. Hall rendered his resignation as a
member and as president of the associa-
tion, and the same was perforce accept
ed with many expressions of regret
from the committee, upon which every
irrigation company in the valley has
representation.
According to rule the vice president,
C. r. McHarg, was advanced to the
presidency, and T. J. Barnard of Fowler
was elected to fill the vacancy in the
executive committee.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-05
STRONG ARGUMENT
Against Growing BarIy CantaiOupes
of Inferior Quality

The following article is reproduced
from the Brawley News of May l6 as
note of warning to growers in this
vicinity who have been importuning
the distributors to be allowed to plant
the Early Waters strain of canta-
loupes:
"Noted cantaloupe men tell of the vast
output of 1914 crop of cantaloupes from
the Brawley district, which is now on.
and by the time this is in print will be
loading by car lots. While the canta-
loupe industry in Imperial Valley dates
back 10 years and net results have
been very satisfactory and were making
a name and fame for the valley, but
mama did not keep up prices. The result
is well remembered. Hundreds of mex
perienoed persons decided to take ad
vantage and come to the valley and
plant any kind Of cantaloupe seed and do
any kind of Grating and after one crop
they could retire. The crop was adyer-
tlsed and placed upon the market. but all
efforts to move it fell short of profitable
success and the outcome is a matter of
general knowledge today.
The reason for the recital Of the his
tory of cantaloupe growing in the valley
is to call your attention to the fact. that
name or fame will not any more sell our
cantaloupes. Dealers can be hit once
and no more and we found that the
melons merit is the only measure OF sue
cess. Each grower should personally
act as his own inspector and be certain
that only good well netted melons go in
the center of the crate. This is one rea-
son retailers charge such big prices for
the melons so as to cover loss on poor
stuff put in many crates. If all crates
were of good deep meated melons and
the big hollow and thin meat kinds such
as the old Waters strain were totally
eliminated, good markets could be held to
a good price for the entire season.
The Crutchfied & Voolfolk firm who
are one of our big distributors if not the
biggest doing business in the Imperial
Valley have very strongly expressed
themselves in making this years contract,
as to the Importance OF a uniform, heavy
meated melon as we'll as better grade
and pack. entirely trying to shut out all
inferior kinds sucn as has been put on
the market heretofore. No matter how
early the melon. nor how good the de-
mand. the trade must have good melon
of carrying, heavy meated quality. and
our success in marketing depends on the
quality of the melons we offer"
A great deal more has been said in
the article on same line, and contribut-
ed to by every big shipper in the I'm
perial Valley, but we copy enough to
show plainly that only quality will
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-06-05

v,unt IN the markets in the future.
While it comes late, as our cantaloupes
are planted, it shows the wisdom of our
different boards of directors upon in
sisting that we plant only one uniform,
heavy meated strain of good quality, as
few days back or forward make no
difference if the quality is right.
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HIT THE SPOT.
Postum Knocked Out Coffee Ai!s.

There's a good deal OF satisfaction
and comfort in hitting upon the RICH:
thing to rid one of the varied and
constant ailments caused by coffee
drinking.
Ever since I can remember"
writes an Ind. woman, my father
has been a lover Of his coffee, but the
continued use Of it SO affected his
stomach that he could scarcely eat at
times.
Mother had coffee-headache and
dizziness. and If l drank coffee for
breakfast l would taste 1t all day and
usually go to bed with a headache.
One day father brought homo a
pkg, OF Postum recommended by our
grocer. Mother made it according to
directions on the box and it just hit
the spot" 1t has a dark, seal-brown
color. changing to golden brown when
cream is added, and a snappy taste
similar to mild, high-grade coffee, and
we found that its continued use speed
lily put an end to all our coffee ills.
That was at least ten years ago
and Postum has, from that day to
this. been a standing order Of fathers
grocery bill. .
When / married. my husband was
q great coffee drinker, although he
admitted that it hurt him. When I
mentioned Postum he said he did not
like the taste OF IL. l told him I
could make it taste all right. He
smiled and said, try it. The result
was a success. he won't have any.
NNNg SrH-SE.sSM" 80.
Name given BY Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
postum now ONE In two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
bolled-l5c and 25c packages.
irstant Postum-is a soluble now.
der. Made in the cup with hot wa
ter-no boiling-30c and soc tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds IN
about the same.
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T. was quickly ended for him.
bat the poor omar was left 70 bear II
all the years | fancy she would never
wholly get over #. never be able 10
forget him, though she tried
Shirley made some reply tina. was
lost in the whirring wheels. The 9th
er's words seemed almost an echo Of
what she herself had been thinking.
Maybe she married after a while.
too 4 woman must make a life for
herself, you know. II she lives here,
IT VIII be sad for her, this opening Of
the old wound BY Johns coming. .
And looking so like his father
Katharine paused. There was a kind
Of eXhilaration In this subtle batting
Shirley stirred |uneasily. and In the
glimpsing light her face looked trou-
bled. Katharine's voice had touched
pathos. and in spite OF her distaste Of
the subject. Shirley had been entering
into the feeling Of that supposititious
woman.
The Judge. on the front seat. was
telling a low-toned story over his
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lTCHED AND BURNED

Sherwood, Mich.-"My baby was
about six months old when he first be-
gan TO break out with little pimples
on his head and face. Then they would
run water and keep getting worse I'M
til his bead was a regular sore erup
ton and water would run and stream
from it and his face also. His whole
body was affected. They were little
white pimples which itched and
burned something terrible. His cloth
ing seemed to i~rritate him and it was
almost impossible for him to sleep at
night. They also d"isfgurcd him as
they were on his face.
I'VE tried medicine but without sue.
cess. The trouble must have lasted
three or four weeks when | thought
would try the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. ! would battle him with warm
water, as warm as he could stand and
Cuticura Soap, then apply the Cut.-
cura Ointment. The very first time
that l did this 1t seemed to relieve
him as he slept well and inside of'two
weeks he was completely healed"
(Signed) Mrs. L. White, Jan. %, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
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Beauty Rules for Summer.

Avoid heavy and very rich meals:
light and digestible fare is required.
consisting chiefly Of fish, eggs, poultry,
salads, cheese and fruit, sweets made
with milk, cream and eggs, and
so on. mostly cold, though too many
ices should not be taken. They are
responsible for most summer mall
dies. Iced drinks should also be taken
in moderation; and the refreshing
lemonade or cups" made with light
wines, hook, moselle or with light
sirups, are best. If spirits are taken
at all it should be i~nfrequently.
The face should only be washed
with soap and water last thing az
night, but It is very refreshing to
spray it and the back frequently with
rose OF elder-GoWer water TO which
simple tincture Of bonzoin has been
added, drop by drop, in the proportion
Of ono teaspoonful Of the tincture to
a half pint of rose water. Dry with ;
soft handkerchief. then apply a little
~non-fatty face cream, smooth this OF
with the handkerchief and dust on a
little good powder. The face wash
mentioned is wonderfully cleansing,
and, with the cream, provides a grea,
protection against freckles ana sun
burn.
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him Every sound OF his voice, every
sight Of his face, will be a separate
stab, on. his mere presence viii be
enough for Judith to bear. But With
her heart in the grave with Sassoon,
what would love between Shirley and
young valiant mean to her? Think Of
IL"
lie broke off. and there was q blank
Of silence. in which ne turned with
almost a sigh. Then Katharine saw
him reach the bench with a single
stride and drop his hand on the bowed
shoulder
"Bristow," he said bruskly. You're
ill., This COMPOUNDED p|hilandering at
your time Of life"
The majors face looked ashy pale,
but he got UP with a laugh. 'Not L."
he said Il was never better in ny
life We've had our mouthful Of air
Come on back to the house
"Not much grunted the other I'm
going whore We both ought to have
been hours ago He threw away his
cigar and stalked down the path into
the darkness.
The major stood looking after him
till he had disappeared. then suddenly
dropped on the bench and covered his
face. Something like a groan burst
from him.
My God'' he said. and his voice
came to Katharine with a quaver Of
age and suffering very different from
the jOvial accents Of the ballroom-"il
! were only sure it was S~assoon!'
Presently he rose, and went slowly
toward the lighted doorway.
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CHAPTER XXVl-continued.

"Bristow. shlrley's a magnificent
girl"
Finest In seven counties" agreed
the majors bass.
Whom do you reckon she'll choose
to marry?"
Chilly Lusk. OF course The boys
been in love with her since they were
in bibs. And he m as near being
fit for her as anybody"
Hump" said the other %sardonical-
~. 40 man I ever saw was half good
enough for a good woman. But good
women marry just the same. 1t isn't
Lusk. used to think it would be,
but I've got a pair Of eyes in my
head. If you haven't. It's young Val
liant
The pearl fan twisted in Katha.
rlne's fingers. What she had guessed
was an OTen secret, then,
The major made an exclamation that
had the effect of coming after a jaw
dropped silence. II never thought
of that
The other resumed slowly. some
what bitterly. it seemed to the girl
listening. IF her mother was in love
with SassoOn-'
Katharine's heart beat fast and then
stood still. Sassoon, That was the
name OF the man Naliant's father had
killed in that old duel of which Judge
Chalmers had told! IF her mother
Shirley Dandridge's mother-"was In
love with Sassoon!' Why"
Was she?'
The majors query held a sharpness
that seemed almost appeal. She was
conscious hat the other had faced
about abruptly.
I've always believed so, certainly.
If she had loved Valiant. would she
have thrown him over merely because
he broke his promise not TO be a party
to a QUARREL
You think not?" said the major
hus6ny.
Not under the circumstances. Val
liant was forced into it. No gentleman.
NJ that day. could have declined the
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SYNOPSIS.

John valiant. a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers tJdf the valiant cor
poration. which bis father fouudfi ana
which was the principal source" Or hi1
wealth. ras failed He voluntarily turns
over Ills private fortune 20 thr receiver
FOR the corporation His entire remaining
possessions consist or an oId motor car p
white bun dos and DImorH coHri. q neg
lcCted estate In Virginia ON the WAY -
Damory court he meets Shirley Iland-
ridge. an authenticated beauty ana o."
cidey that he is goinG 20 Ike Virginia lii
mcHs'lv. Shirlcy's mother, Mrs i''hH-
ridga. and Major BristOw exchange rem
iuisCcDCeS during which II is revealed
that the major. V1Iiants father, ana y
man named SasSOOp were rivals Tor me
hand ~. Mrs. Dandrdge I'm her youth.
Sasscou ana Valiant fought q dhri on hr.'
account INA which the former vas kIlI"d
Valiant finds Damnrv court OvergroWu
win weeds and cr""p'r and decides TO
rch1biiitatn the place. Valiant save
Shirley from the bite OF q snake. Whl'I'
] ties him. Knowing the deadllnr or me
bite. shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his NE. valiant learns
for the first time that his father I'tt Nir-
ginia on account ~ duel M Wlloh DOC
'0r SouthalI and Major Bristow acted aF
become good friends. Mrs pInd'IIk'
fainfs when she meets Valiant for tn"
first time. Valiant discovers that ~" ha"
- fortt ne IN old walnut trees Tho T"1fI,
tournament. a survival Of the jolsting or
feudai times. is held ~ DamorT coirt ~
the last moment Valiant takes the place
Of one or the KNIGHTS. who - SICK. anu
crters the lists. he wins and chooses
Shirley Daudrigc as queen OF beauty 10
tho dlsnav OF Katherine Fargo. , former
cotheart who is visiting in virginia
Tho tournament ball al bamorV Cnut'
dra KS the elite OF The countryside. SbIT-
ley Is crowned by Valiant as queen OF
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley OF his love
thcT become engaged.
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meeting. He covld have explained II
to Judith's sa:isfactfon-a woman
doesn't need mici evidence to justify
tho mar she's IN love with. lie must
bare written 5er=he couldn't have
Lone away without that-and II she
mad loved him, shc would have called
MIN back"
The major male no answer. Katha-
rine saw a cigar fall unheeded upon
the grass, where II lay glowing ike a
ipanther's eye.
The other had risen now. his stoop-
I'D figure bulking in the moonlight.
Ills voice sounded harsh and strain
I'd: II loved Beauty Valiant" he said.
4:nisd, his son T. IL $40 ae-rbhy
go re to think of Judith. too. She faiu..
cd, Bristow, when she saw him--Shlr-
ley told rue about II. Her mother has
ma de her think It was The scent OF the
ro, "a! He's his fathers living image.
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Lausanne. The first of these cam,
from the Caucasus, but no orr ven
lures to guess as to how the lake
jewellers came to have it.
Many mills have been found suited
10 make a coarse meal Of the grain.
and even fragments OF the bread have
been kept in the clay vessels tina: es
capped fracture.
1t Is due TO the lake dwellers' Gus.
tom of building their houses on giles
that we know SO much about them
The mud beneath their huts made ar
excellent trap to preserve things for
the modern scientist.
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STILL GROW ANCIENT GRAIN
staff o. Life Made Use Of by Cave
DwelIers Is Cultivated Today in
Switzerland.

How old is bread? Disgruntled
boarders may have theories upon the
age Of the particular bread served to
them, but that is beside the question.
So long as records of civilized man
go back bread has been the staff Of
life. 1t is somewhere in the history Of
prehistoric man that man first learned
to grind his grain. make dough and
bake II on hot stones.
In the time or neolithic man. when
one branch of humanity for defense
.EeN<~sR r. Ss~e ss~su
and huiit huts on their tops. bread was
made. That much at least Is certain.
These stone age p~rogressives had
learned to reap grain and probably TO
cultivate IL in a rude way. They pos
sessed wheat OF several varieties. bar.
ley, rye and other kinds. Curiously
enough. two % these prehistoric varie-
ties are still cultivated In Switzerland
not far from where the lake jewellers
lived
These are the bic mottu. still grown
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English GREETINGS.

Erasmus. coming TO England in Hen
ry Wills time, was struck with TIE
'>sA~~ $50 '".<~~ -~..>-.~>
ay, and bad, too; but he most admired
the good ones. Other nations ask in
their greetings how a man carries
himself, or how doth he stand witt.
the world. or how doth he find him
self: but the English greet with a
pious wish that God may give n a
good morning or a good evening. good
day or golden" rs the old writer's
have It; and whe> We part we wish
that God may be with YOU" though
we new clip II into "good-by."-Fris
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"'f HaAd7 were not ana heT eyFIidS
burned Finally she reused herself.
I"ahH you, HmmaI'he she sald
'h p urea voice. good night now, N
gong 10 sleep, n you must 90 10
DeI too
Hut alone In the warm wan dark,
Shirley lay staring open-eyed at the
ceiling. Slowly tho terror was Selling
upon her. the dread. nojseless and in
tangible folding her in the shadow OF
us numbing wings. Was her mother
me Ii over whom that old duel had
been fought? She remembered the
cape jessamines. Was the date Of
that duel-of the death Of Sassoon-
ODD" anniversary her mother kept?
She sat up in bed, trembling. Then
she rose. and opening the door with
caution. crept down the stair. sliding
her hot hand before her along the
cool polished banlster. As she passed
through the lower hall. a hound on the
porch, seeming her. stirred, thumped
his tail on the flooring. and whined.
Cropping her way TO the dining-room,
She lighted a candle and passed
through d corridor into a l|ow-cciling-
ed chamber employed as a general re-
c@pfacle- 80 glorihed garrett, as Mrs.
cambridge dubbed il.
II showed a strange assemblage, 4
roU Of chests, stored with winter
clothing. gave forth a clean pungent
smell Of cedar. and at one side stood
an antique spinet and a worn set Of
horsehaIr furniture.
Shirley had turned her miserable
owes ON a hook-sholf alone one wall
The olunos n contained had been
her fathers and among them stood
a row Of tonnes taller than their fell
lovs-tha hound numbers of = county
r~e,ysnauor hoofoniuo bafore tho war
The back of each was STAMPED with
the wear She was d~ociDhering these
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Have Something Better.

Don't you suffer extremely from
lassitIde here" asked the city visitor
of a yillager back in the swamp coul-
try.
Never heerd o. nobody havia' SIGH
a disease. Tn wust we has here "a
fever an agy."-Livingston Lance.
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Marital ~ReciDrccitv.

He-My dear. | have invited m,
mother to spend the week with rs.
She-Oh, James, I'm not prepared
for company. Why did you ask her
now?
He-Because am determined you
shall not have this motder-in-!aw Joke
all to yourself.
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CHAPTER XKVlf;.
The Awakening.

The AHakenlnG
The sun had passed the meridian
next day when valiant awoi.e. from a
sleep as deep as Abou ben AGhem's.
yet one crowded with flying ,iptoe
dreams. The one great fact of Shir-
Iey's love had lain at the core Of all
these honied images, and his mind
was fun Of it as his eyes opened. wide
all at once. to the new day.
He looked at his watch and rolled
from the bed with a laugh. Past
twclye," he exclaimed. Good hpav,
ems, What about "a. the work | had
laid out for today?"
Presently he was eUlashiny in the
lake sboctjng unoar his cured hand
uuorriDg lets Of water at cram, Who
danced about the rim barking. now
yant,rirg - wet q valorous raw now
scrambIing nm the hank 10 ezrape the
o.atorv iayaline
valiant coro nm tba terracos with
his blood houndiag 70 2 new raD,ura
Croeoing tho Garden he ran olickIv
- the littIa close which bal5 the SIM.
.dial and nruad q SINGLE er.a, raesjon.
qoo.or lie etood . momort boldino
- 20 ht. f,ca bie rce4rile catcbtrg tic
fsi,t elusive rerfuno Orpv lost nirhr
rrdor tho moon la had sto,d thoro
Win Shirley fl, his arms \ ausb Of
80 ntaIio,at Ma sa.oot,o,s - ~, nor
49,, ,o,.ad o,or rim IL, foo