davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21
FATAL ACCIDENTS
In Which Rocky Ford People Are In
terested-Mrs. Berg Shot Herself,
Dave Pruitt Gored by Bull

The B. F. Umbarger family was
grievously shocked late last week by
message from Berkeley, Calf, terse-
ly telling that Mrs. Edwin Berg had
been killed by revolver shot last Fri
day night.
Later news told that Mrs. Berg was
engaged in packing suitcase when
she accidentally discharged a revolver
as she was taking it from the case,
the bullet causing her instant death.
Mrs. Berg was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Umbarger, and besides
the relatives in this city leaves hus-
band and infant daughter, to whom the
sympathy of their many friends is being
extended in their sudden affiiction.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21

prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
Several typical designs Of farm Ice
houses which dairymen may find eco
nomical have been prepared by the
dairy division of the United States de-
partment of agriculture. Men of ex-
perience often have different opinions
regarding the exact details in the con-
struction OF such buildings, but 1t Is
believed that II the instructions and
designs given are followed salts
factory results will be obtained.
Pole Observation-Disclosures
Floors-To consist OF ~ inches of
coarse gravel tamped into place as
shown In drawing.
Walls-Set up posts about three feet
centers, as indicated on drawing. ex-
tending three feet in the ground. and
capped by plate made up Of two
pieces of 2x4. Sheathe the inside with
one-inch boards. The posts and boards
below the ground line should be treat
ed with some preserving compound.
Ceiling-No ceiling is provided.
Roof-The same type of roof may be
employed as with the framed houses.
Doors-A door may be provided by
cutting out the boards between two
posts In the end Of the house and clos
ing the same by placing short boards
across the opening on the inside and
packing sawdust against them to hold
them in place.
Drainage-Drainage to be provided
for by sloping the floor toward the
center OF the house so that the water
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21
MARKET REPORT
Cattle, Sheep and Lambs Are Stead.
and Hogs Are Going Up

Kansas City Stock Yards. Jan. IL.
Cattle sold stronger last week. beef grad
es ! S to so higher. and stoekers and
feeders o to 25 higher. Receipts were
very light after Tuesday. storms inter
ferng with railroad service. Receipts
today are 5000 hoad. and there is a
good market.
A train Of choice Colorado yearlngs
and twos sold at S6.z5 to Sz.55.
Colorado feeders brot sz.l5 to $3.50
Three lots Of Colorado yearlings sold at
81 65. from Olathe. Lamar and Delta.
respectively. A load Of l2o2-lb. fed
steers from Hugo brot SO and Colora-
do COWS sold at Sc to $3.50. heifers ST.
25. bulls $3.50.
Hogs sold S to ! o higher receipts 49,
900 head. Chicago had heavy run. and
market reported steady. but competition
soon put prices up S to 10 cents here.
top sz.2o. bulk se.s5 to sz.l5. The
feeling prevails that every liquidation
has run its course. and stronger prices
are expected. Outlet for fresh PORK and
pork product is wide open and packers
cannot conceal their desire for hogs. and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21

mistake was made when the mid
dleman was allowed to 60 into the
fields, as he believed that the
growers knew how to grow the
fruit and when to pick it, and he
believed further that only Ameri-
can citizens should be allowed to
ship and that every shipper should
be made to stand behind his own
shipments. lie told of how the
Japs after signing with one as
sociation had purposely picked
their melons green SO that they
would be turned down by the as
sociation and which were sold to
a Jap buyer for cash.
Mr.. Baxter did not believe it
possible to lesisla!e against any
class of people,, and again urged
the method of state and federal
inspection as at least partial
remedy. and thought that it was
every mans business to see that
nothing but good stuff WAS ship
ped, and to have it fixed SO that
not even the cash buyer would be
allowed to ship green fruit.
j. o. Wood of La Junta, who
has been interested III the canta-
loupe business for many years and
who is one of the prime movers in
the La Junta association which ID
independent of any middlemeD,
was the next speaker and before
he finished his remarks he had
given the Rocky Ford growers
some eye-opensrs that had set
ever man in. thereon to thinking.
Knowing that there were II lot
of people from Missouri in this
section Mr.. Wood came prepared
to back up his statements with all
kinds of proof. The speaker was
confident that the only salvation
for the industry is in the growing,
shipping and selling of the canta.
loupes grown IN this section with
out the assistance or dictation of
the middleman, and he knew from
experience just what he was talk
ing about, for the La Junta assoc
iation had practiced this with the
greatest success. He stated that
any of the commission houses
would be glad to handle the SELL
ing end for small commission
and that every cantaloupe that was
shipped in good condition could
be disposed of without trouble and
that the saving made in handling
the shipments would bring to the
growers double what they are now
receiving. Mr.. Wood told of
several ways in which if the grow
ers were all together much money
could be saved, in crates, i'll nails,
in paper for wrapping and other
things. "Under the present meth
cd of handling the crops, said
the speaker "The associations do
not receive the damage money
which is paid by the railroads on
lots of cars during the season and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21

While employed about the A. B. S.
Co. dairy on the Center ranch near La
mar on Sunday David Pruitt was at
tackled by mad bull and was gored and
trampled to death.
There were no witnesses to the ac-
cident, but it is supposed that Mr.. Pruitt
had gone into the corral in order to
dreak the ice in the water trough when
he in some way angered the bull. with
the result as noted above.
David Pruitt was former resident
of this city and was a member of the
Rocky Ford lodge of Modern Woodmen.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21
HOOSlER REUNION

All former Indianians are
requested to make every pos
sible effort to meet in re-
union at the K. of P. hall in
Rocky Ford on February H.
1916.
We want all to come with
baskets well filled with eat
ables prepared as they used
to prepare them back in old
Indiana. An interesting pro-
gram will be ready for the
day.
Remember, Indiana is 100
years old this year aud we
want to have a grand reunion.
Tell your Indiana friends
about it.
BY order of Committee
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21

Continued on Last Page
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21
Framed Ieehouse-uninsuIated-Fis.2 2

the market is creeping upwards steady.
Sheep and lambs sold steady. after
signs of weakness at the opening. rec
eipts 5000 head. Pea fed lambs brou-
eht $1,000, top ewes 81. The common
price last week for good feeding lambs
81 to 60 lbs. was SO is.
Dealers expect temporary break in
prices. especially If Northern Colorado
loads freely. altho that is the only region
capable Of furnishing enough of supply
to create an impression.
J. A. RIcKART, Market Correspondent.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21
is MAKING GOOD
Former Rocky Ford Boy Becomes As
sistant Cashier of Bank

The Brawley (Calif.) News of last
week bore the following news of pleas
ing interest to the many Rocky Ford
friends of Neil Combs, a graduate of
our high school.
In recognition of faithful and eff
cient service the board of directors of
the First National bank promoted
j. Neil Combs to the position of assist
ant cashier"
Neil also appears to stand well with
businessmen of Brawley, as at the an
nual meeting of the Brawley Merchants
association the first of the year he was
elected to the position of secretary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
Head Hunting Haidas Of the Queen
Charlotte IsIands.

There is much promise, and not for
missionary readers alone. in the sub
title which the Venerable W. II. CoL-
r.IsoN. .Archdeacon OF Metlakahtla.
gives his volume In the Wake of the
War Canoe (Dutton): "a stirring
record Of forty years successful labor.
peril and adventure among the savage
Hbdian tribes Of the Pacific coast. and
the piratical head hunting Haidas Of
the Queen Charlotte Islands. q. c."
Even though the Lord Bishop Of
Derry ssure us. in an introduction,
that the book should be the most
popular Sunday school premium Of
the season. 1t Is a story for civilized
heather to enjoy.
The author was a pioneer mission
AIRY in the Queen Charlotte Islands.
The Haida tribes i~nhabiting those ISL
ands and the Prince OF Wales Island
off the southeastern coast OF Alaska
were a savage and primitive people.
They were bold sea overs. and the
sight of the approaching sails Of their
fine big war canoes struck terror into
the tribes along the neighboring
coasts exposed to their p%lunderlng
expeditions. They were tall men. Of
faircr ompleNion-when not covered
with war paint--than the Indians OF
the mainland, and they spoke a
harsher tongue.
In 1876. when the author first Wis
tied them. their hunters were armed
Will long barrelled Hudson's Bay Com
pany ~flint!ocks. which had replaced
their aboriginal bows and arrows
spears and harpoons. Later they used
rifles with percussion caps. but nowa-
days every Indian hunter carries a
high powered modern repeating rife.
They say they succeeded better In the
hunt when they used the native
weapons; but whereas In earlier days
sea otter and fur seal abounded In the
channels and inlets among the isl.
ands. they have now ia be sought far
on shore In the open sea and the rea-
son for the lessened reward OF the
hunt il not that which they profess
to believe in. When Capt. Meares
explored the coast In 1888 and 1889.
II score or two Of fine furs could be
had from the natives in exchange for
Il few beads or Il handful Of nails.
The missionary was worldly enough
to take advantage of the superiority
of his Own tircarm in impressing the
natives with "A proper sense OF the
white mans powers. He had a Snider
rife, which the champion marksman
of the tribe. Nugwats Kippow,
Father Of the Wolf" protested to
believe to he M better than the In
dians' guns. The tribesmen. having
great faith in the judgments Of
Father of the Wolf. shared his con-
tempt for the missionary's weapon
After Ca |uctiEg morning prayer, lie
accepted t!.etr invitation to witness a
trial OF their skill. For a target, a
whiteA clamshell u fastened to a
tree Trunk. at a distance of about
$50 Yards. The natives fired in turn.
and 81 missed. Then they CHALLENGED
the white man to do better. His arst
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

original texts; 1T transformed me-
dipval Confucianism into an immedi-
ate working principle for the individ-
ual." Its tendency was Individuals
tic. and Of course Incurred the
hostility of a Government which SUBJ
sisted upon the communicate spirit In
It's subjects. Nakae vas considered a
spreader OF t~reacherous doctrine. He
never had at one time more than
thirty-fve or forty pupils. but his
school was the centre for one OF the
three influential divisions Of politico-
philosophical opinion.
Comment upon the education Of girls
In Old japan has emphasized their
training in.the art of flower arrange
ment. and passed too lightly over more
essential matters. Westerners must
admire the carefulness with which
these girls Of the Orient were In
structed In the duties Of wifehood
and motherhood instead Of being left
to learn through hard experience the
penalty for error based upon ignor-
n But women Of the West must
regard with horror the frank view
that woman's "!uferiority to man Is
attributable to her five particular in
firnities. indocili:y. discomfort. SLAM
der. jealousy and Stiffness"
MIR. Lombard describes both the the
cries and the practices Of Japanese
education previous to the Meiji era.
and he Ia at pains to make clear the
graduated nature Of the transition
from one era to another. thus avoid
ing the fault Of Misrepresentation and
artifciality. He emphasizes, at the
end Of his book. the influence exerted
upon the nation by the increase of
study by young Japanese 'in the uni
versity Of the world" and regrets her
inability to make herself better UNDER
stood: "Her language. written charac-
ter and native reticence combine to
check the development Of that power
which comes only from honest self
expression. Apparently she cannot,
or will not. interpret herself 60 the
world. Her best interpreters have
been her foreign lovers" We should
know better how to govern IA senti-
ment toward the japanese people II we
had the certain answer to the question
inspired by the phrase. cannot. or
will not" make herself known.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
KEEPING UP WITH THE LIT,
ERARY GAME.

THE Poetry Review Of America" q
monthly periodical devoted to the in
terests Of American poetry in all its
phases. will begin publication May I.
The subscription price is 81 a year,
and the magazine Ia to he published
In Cambridge. Mass. Among the con-
trihutors tn the first number will he:
Louis Cntermyer. Sara Teasdale. Amy
Lowell. Amelia Josephine Burr and
William Stanley Braithwnite.
That the apostrophe, like the
hyphen. Is a recen intrusion Is the
statement of Francis O Sullivan
tighe (sic). author OF the new Irish
romance, THE Portion Of a Cham.
pion" (Scribner).
THE o." he says, lis not a con.
traction Of of as popularity sup
posed. 1t is a corruption Of the Irish
'ua' meaning the descendant Of
Also the 20 should not be capitalized
except when the Christian name 10
omitted"
The word "tighe," following the au.
thor's name, signifies 'of the house."
and It Is the traditional designation
Of his family as distinguished from
others of the O Sullivan clan. In pri-
vate life the author is just plain Sui.
Ivan. but he thinks that to print II
so on the title page Of his NTH ven.
tury romance would he anachronism
Charles Hanson Townc. whose nov
collection OF poems, To-day and To-
nNnrrnvy'b iIl,roN ma "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

The descriptive adjective used by
FRANZ ALANsoN LOMBARD. professor IN
Doshisha University and lecturer in
the Imperial University at K.o,o, in
the title of his book. Prc-NciU Educu-
zion In japan Ukyo Bun Kwan, Meth
odi3t Publishing House, Tokio). is not
so expressive to American readers ~
the term "Old Japan" would have been,
but its use avoids h suggestion, by
contrast, Of the phrase New Japan"
which the author considers misleading
because 1t carries implication of an
lmpossibly definite dcmarcation be-
tween two eras in one national life.
The forms "Old Japan and New
Japan reflect rather the changes IN
Occidental knowledge Of Asia's eastern
vanguard insular nation than changes
I'm the Japanese people. In the hiss
tory NJ peoples Of greater propin1ultv
a. d more Intimate association we rec
ognize the universal parallel TO our
" national experience of continuous
identity through the programmes of
successive cras. but for japan we pro-
vid an exemption from the natural
law. w do not so SHARPLY dichoto-
mize the Anglo-Saxon and the modern
Englishman, the tribal and the impc-
rial TeutOn, the Frenchman of to-day
and the Gaul, his ancestor; the mod
ern Greek and the ancient HELENE, as
we do the pre-Meiji Japanese and the
twentieth century Yankee of the
East"
Neither the visit Of Commodore
Perry. nor the Restoration Of 1868, nor
tho rnngtifntinn UraptnI IYr Ntn,i.
TeIno in 1889 marks n boundary in
chronology between two Japans, The
almost mythical Japan of the Sho-
gunate. land of travellers tales, out
landish legend and comic or romantic
rhyme, belonged to IA people of strong
na~tionalistic tendency. Even the ages
OF loose tribal organization I'm japan
arc not Of the remote antiquity in
which they swim in the murk of IN
choate historical knowledge. And. on
the other hand. the Japan that
whipped Russia and entered the field
OF modern international trade ana poll
tics IN logically. In its now NATIONAL
lied and politically prevalent Mikado-
ism. logically bound up with the Japan
of the old Samurai.
Japan and the United States are
brought into relations which It seems
nus become increasingly intimate.
The ocean which sewers them physi-
cally unites them In commercial in
tercst. Whether the existing and en-
banding relations shall continue
friendly and develop to mutual ad-
vantage Or shah evolve into hos.
tiiity. even peLhaps armed hostility,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
there the earth shell has failed 10

there the earth shell has failed 10
Withstand It's various stresses.
The art lover loves also the hills,
for their drawing" Here all Is fluent
rhythm; o faultiess regularity but
harmonious sequence. whereas "the
abrupt line Of a splintered mountain
the more sparsely covered hills show
best the lines of beauty. THE heather
Of the Scotch hills or the grass Of che
English hills does not percepti5ly
check the flow Of the lines, but the
trees of the Harz or the Catskills
mufie and confuse" Consistently car.
ried out, this idea would uphold a Sc.
ries Of bare knobs AS most beautiful.
and rebuke the a~ppreciators of color,
light and shade as well as OF line.
Beauty does not go with badness, IN
the common view.
But Prof. Van Dyke moves on from
line to mass and surface: THE heather
OF the Grampians In early September
In the added note Of color splendor
upon fine form and beautiful linear
pattern" And we conclude, from The
whole analysis. that the best hills are
the American; for In the winter time
they are bare, In the summer they are
shaded. and In the autumn they show
the richest panorama Of colors In the
world. DR.. johnson thought noun.
tains SO much hopeless sterility dis
missed by nature from her care" but
the author of this book. expressing
amazement at "the cockney limitation
Of that thought" admires them as ma
lures most brilliant paintings.
Prof. Van Dyke has effected an
admirable copbination Of seemingly
inharmonious elements: his science
and his art unite without a suture.
He analyses without being dull. He re.
cords impressions without affectation.
and obtains literary decoration with.
out a suggestion Of the dictionary CT
quotations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
Nears Of

A Russian. and a Russian only.
would dare write n large volume Of
three hundred and forty pages record.
ing the impressions Of his first eight
years in the world. This has been
done by SERGE AKsAKorr In his Years
Of Childhood. now translated into
Green and Company. At first the
reader feels that the boob can only
he a contribution to child psychology
and At material for James Sully to
work upon. Before the end. however,
the Russian has justified himself and
the book Is worth reading not only as
"a novel OF and customs but
as characterization. There 10 no plot
or invented story. but the minute de-
tails, heaped upon one another. give
not only a vivid picture Of a country.
an age and a society. but Of individ-
uals. till the reader finds himself as
closely bound UP in the fate Of those
individuals as in any hero or heroine
OF romance. The chief figures in the
narrative are the father and mother
of the author. The author vas born
at Cfa. in the district Of Orenburg. in
1871. At the time his father held
office in the town and his grandfather
owned large estates in the country. to
which the author late. Eel, heir.
The book forms an interesting ION.
trast to Gorky's "My Childhood"
which describes the violence. igno-
rance, sordid misery Of the peasant
clasr. with bright CLEANS Of amazing
intellectual energy breaking through.
Aksakof. on the other hand. belonged
to the upper classes. n while the
life he describes Is somewhat lacking
in refinement and delStacy. IL. at least.
let's us see the great gulf that existed
between the conditions Of the upper
and the lower classes.
Aksakorf died in 1859 and there IL
no note OF revolution in this volume
which carries the author, a delicate,
imaginative. im~pressionable child. from
his very first memories to his eighth
year. From babyhood. practically. he
was interested In literature. His repu.
tation. which stands very high in
Russia, is founded chiefly upon his
two volumes Of memoirs. the present
n and another called "A Family
History This latter volume begins
with his grandfather and carries the
author through his college days, so
that the translated volume would
chronologically belong in the middle
" the other one. Maurice Barring
says Of Years Of Childhood:
The pictures OF nature. the portraits Of
the people, all the good and all the had
OF the good and the bad old times pass
before one with epic simplicity and the
magic Of . fairy tale. One 10 spellbound
by the charm. the dignity. the good
nature, the gentle, easy accent of the
speakcr, in whom one feels convinced that
there was nothing common or mean. who
WAS a gentleman by character as well as
by lineage, one OF Sod as we'll a. Of
Russia's nobiemen.
The present volume is quite en-.
thralling enough to make its readers
hope for a translation OF the authors
other volume Of memoirs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

shot. carefully aimed, found It's billet.
Father OF the Wolf threw his own
gun down In disgust. and g to his
hunting lodge to sulk. Trivial as the
incident was. it ave the missionary
an influence with the Indians which
a dozen might not have won
for him. Father Of the Wolf became
one Of his most faithful friends and
cOOperatOrs.
When the white man. addressing
the men Of the tribe In the chiefs
house. announced his desire 60 open a
mission among them. his reception
was polite but not enthusiastic. one
Of the sub-chfefs said: you can lead
our children in the new way. hut we
do not desire to abandon the customs
Of our fo~refathers. We cannot give
up the old customs. Tho Scanawa
tpresiding spirit of our medicine men
Is strong; stronger than the words Of
the Great Chief above. so you will
have no power to change them. II
would not de good for you to try.
The YETI haada' had better return
10 his own people, Hut the permits
sion to teach the children of the tribe
was c"couIasihs. eve" 'no"sn many
.. t"e people u especia'iy 'ne nheui-
cine NEIL resehted Tue "c'ioh Oh the
council in granting 1t.
i"c ou'uIns y 'ne MISSION mousse
was attended by a peculiar difficulty.
| The Haidas were not accustomed to
such labor. but at last with the help
Of a number Of young men Of the
tIioe 'he ciea!ins was mace. IIch
the logs were he"h nat on TWO sides'
anu .ne work oi sawins began. Inc
missionary instructed the indians now
10 "a" eacn log straight DOWN 'he
centre SO Una tne sa"h SIDES couid
De turned inward 10 give a smooth
.ne sawyer were seiAed with h"mor-
rhase' caused ny the ON
tinuai up ana down mo'ioh OF the
arms ac''ns upon the lungs lhat
was 'ne opportunity Oh the mediclhe
n,e"' always hos'i'e' anu 'hey TOOK
advantage OF IL by assuring the sur
ierihs "orNrhen Una 'ne missionary
"as us'"s soroer! upon 'nefn.
"hen the aiHc"ities win the ianor-
ers were AT ias, setl'eu' a new d.Hh-
.u''s a'ose !" u mater d peIsuau-
uns '"en' 70 resi- Vi" .he sapoath' 10
''en, o"e uas nau oeeh 'ne same as
another' me oahee mouse had peen
p'ep"'.u ~" Tue n''ss.." services
VINE .he rouse was pu''uihe' ana tne
n"'ss'o"aI! arranSed 10 "oat over II
;" "a'uroa! d s"'aiI nag anu OH SUM
"ds arg one Inc Inuiahs came
10 can saturuay i'tie sunday ana
SUNDAY 'he resi- Gay.
neioIe ne MISSIONARIES came 10 inc
,s"ne"-a, iru,ans' on t"e H'a'hianu'
."r9e "a'i,.s "au ea'heo from Inc
.ur RACERS 10 aes'sna' sunday as
'ne otrss usy' C"r's'h'as tney
eaieu Me'aiN." "ai-kahooth' u
go. uress ua!, Hho rom tneir
,es we, IL wa! '"e iia'oas
""u ."us"' '"e 'oea vi OBSERVING
Spee'ai ua's o' special costume.
"ne" '"e "rs' h'ee''hS was he!u
)" ~ !" = was a s.ra'ise1s
20. 20" 'i'a asse"'oieu' oie
80 20" a u'oS'"'s so"n Win u
80 go pawn. "S VINE wore
o.e". oun''pa"e i"s'e.e" "pout
Nl ~ s',u'e vi IoPe' u son OF
oueoi Nv ,".eiS "au picheu up some,
"a',eauin urts tr'h''heo
VIII s''a'i e's ""ieh 'ihKieu as ne
"a'N.u' ~" oo chiei hau an al