Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-08-06
ARRANGE FOR
Watermelon DAY
At Enthusiastic Meeting Held
on Monday Evening
PARKING PRIVILEGES
FOR AUTOMOBILE PARTIES
Rocky Ford VIII Be Dressed in Best
Bib and Tucker for Our
Big Festival

Big Festival
More genuine enthusiasm was
manifest at the Watermelon Day
meeting last Monday evening
than has for many years been
displayed, and it was the con-
census of opinion that our
festival of nation wide repu-
tation would this year draw a
greater throng than ever before
because of the ''See America"
spirit SO widely prevalent that is
bringing thousands of visitors
from the East in comparison with
the hundreds of former years.
As one example of what may be
expected M. U. Randel, publicity
man for our big fair, reported
that there were five thousand
automobiles parked in Cheyenne
on Frontier Day, which is the
oaly rival of our Watermelon Day
in national fame and attractive
ness to the great mass of people.
To care for the greatly increased
number of auto parties that may
be expected was the immediate
business of the citizens assembled
at the Watermelon Day meeting
and it was made the duty of the pub
lie comfort committee to ascertain
and make list of all vacant lots
and plots of ground about the city
that may be used for parking
autos during fair week.
Another matter of import that
came up for discussion was that
of cleaning up the city for our big
show. With supreme pleasure
our people can now call attention
to Main street as the finest main
thorofare of any little city in the
land, and we may also point with
pride" 20 our excellent cluster
light system which will by fair
time light up the entire business
portion, but we are not SO proud
of ;other portions of the
city where the weeds have been
allowed to take possession and
now present an unsightly appear
ance.
As a matter of civic pride, as
we'll as for their own cleanliness
and benefit, the careless citizen
who has neglected his premises
and the alley and street adjoining
was urged to get busy at once and
clean up,and the city powers-that-
be were urged to see to it that
this be done and that the proper
authorities be instructed to enforce
the cutting of weeds and general
cleaning up of all streets and al
leys, ditch banks, vacant lots, etc.,
in good time for the big Arkansas
Valley Fair.
According to established pre-
cedent, which makes our mayor
the permanent chairman of our
Watermelon Day organization,
Mayor Roberts presided at the
meeting Oh Monday evening. L.
r. Pollock was elected secretary
of the meeting and the following
COMMITTEES were appointed.
Executive Committee Mayor z. T.
Roberts. chairman. and the chairman of
each of the other committees.
Finance D. Hale, chairman; H. D.
Garwood. Chas. Goyreau, A. S. johnson,
Clarence B. Govreau, S. A. Mathews,
H. E. Allderdice, Otto Ferril.A. F. Ander-
son, H. B. Mendenhall, D. L. Fleak, 1.-TWO
vacancies to be filled by the members of
this committee)
Public Comfort-W. C. Steele, chair
man; j. E. Lawson, J. C. Vaughn. W. F.
Green, J. E. Bailey. J. L. Miller. R. D..
Thompson. A. E. Coleman. E. r. Boggs,
and J. A. Robinson.
Musio-E. C. Shelton, chairman; L. E
Wise, G. ]. Lackey.
Grounds-Chas Recker, chairman; W.
3. Goblin, W. H. Allen, j. W. Williams.
J. B. Hunt. Geo. Teats, 7. J. FAIRIES, G.
], Cover and W. J. Brown.
Decorations and llluminations-J II,