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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-29

Mrs. George Jones was visitor ia
the county seat on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. C. Maxwell return
ed yesterday morning from two weeks
visit in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. ID. Hale spent the
week end at Colorado Springs with their
daughter Miss Gladys.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Price returned
Tuesday from few days visit with
friends in Pueblo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dye are rejoic-
ing over the arrival of nine pound
baby boy born on Friday night.
Dean Lawrence and Earl Dawley left
Saturday night for Detroit to enter the
Michigan state automobile school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cornelius re-
turned last evening from an extended
visit with relatives in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lowe, of Warsaw.
Ill. ARE the guests of the formers sister
Mrs. T. J. Hill and niece, Mrs. F. Y.
Hauck.
Mrs. ID. X. McFate and Miss Sadie
Sheath are in Pueblo this week the
guests of their sister Mrs. William
Walter.
DR.. Savage and Cecil Snow are enjoy
ing furlough with the home folks
having arrived from Rifle Range on
Monday.
The stork paid its initial visit to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Courteny Diehl
on Saturday morning leaving a fine
baby girl.
W. T. Walker returned to his home
in Las Animas the last of the week
after visit with his daughter Mrs.
Bert Dawley.
Miss Ruth Stuntz came down from
Colorado City on Friday and spent the
week end with her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. G. II. Stuntz.
F. E. Baker. general agent for the
Cox Farm accounting system, returned
Saturday from a couple of weeks visit
at his home in Greeley.
Carol Braden went up to Denver FRI
day to meet his wife and accompany
her home after an extended visit with
her sister, Mrs. Bob Craighead, in Fresno
Calf.
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| j. w. Phenicie returned Monday from
a months visit with relatives in Kansas
Miss Lou Boley is in Las Animas
this week visiting the family of C. E.
Liggett.
Donald Stratton left Monday for Rifle
Range after five day furlough with his
parents.
| Mrs. Daisy b. Galloway was in town
Tuesday transacting business and call
ing on friends.
Charles Mathis left Wednesday night
for his home in Blackville, S. c.. after a
prosperous season in cantaloupes.
Mrs. Virgil Smith underwent an oper-
alton for gall stones at the Physicians s
hospital on Monday. The patient is
doing nicely.
Messrs. and Mesdames Broomfield and
Harding motored up from La Junta on
Sunday and spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Cameron.
Mrs. Woods and daughter, who have
spent the last four months at the Ras-
mussen and Nelson homes, left yester-
day for their home in Minneapolis.
Judge Minor was taken seriously i'll
on Saturday and is now at the Pollock
hospital where his many friends hope
he will find relief and soon be able to
be about his duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. S. Dawley and two
daughters and Mrs. Burdick, of De Smet
S. D., stopped over for weeks visit
with the formers brother, "A. Dawley
and family, while on an automobile trip
to California.
Fl. b. Mendenhall returned on We'd
nesday from a fe " days visit with his
parents in st. Joseph, Mo-, and a short
business meeting with some of the
bankers who are attending the Nation
al Bankers convention now in session
at Kansas CITY.
Mrs. E. L. Eden came down from
Pueblo last evening to join her hus-
band who is cashier in the office of the
A. v. r. l.. & P. Co. They are now
nicely located in the house formerly oc-
cuped by Mr.. and Mrs. d. o. Thomp-
son.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-29

Night Marshal F. W. Campbell is a
happy man these days as his wife and
baby arrived Friday from Steamboat
Springs to keep house for him.
Garland Shelton and his sister, Mrs.
Merle Wachtell, of Toledo. Ohio, arriv-
ed on Friday and will make an extended
visit with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. C. Shelton.
Mrs. A. s. johnson accompanied her
daughter Christine as far as Kansas
City on Sunday on her way to Godfrey,
ILL.,, where she will again enter Mont
icello seminary. Mrs. Johnson will re-
cuperate in Excelsior Springs for
few weeks before returning.
Miss Margaret Young and niece,
Melvina Barbour. left Tuesday to con-
tinue their journey to San Diego, CAL,
after a few days spent with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Haffner. They had been on an
extended visit with relatives in Illinois
and their many Rocky Ford friends will
be ,glad to hear that Miss Melvina's
health is so much improved that she is
now a fat rosy checked girl.
Candidates are now ripe. Amongst
those of the Republican persuasion-th
only kind with which we are familiar
who have visited The Enterprise this
week are: Charles NJ. Rose, our aspir-
ant for district attorney; K. c. Inge,
for state senator; r. ii. Mueller, for
representative; w. B. Winchell, county
clerk; II. W. Allen, county judge; Mrs.
Clara Lyles, superintendent of schools;
and of course our local man and constant
caller, A. Latson, the next treasurer of
Otero county.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-29

Mrs. Fannie Gerbing is spending the
week in Las Animas.
Mrs. G. W. Lewis spend Saturday
with her son Leland at ColoradoSprings
DR.. and Mrs. Van Antwerp returned
Sunday night from business trip to
Denver.
Mesdames SUDDEN and Moffitt of Che.
raw were shopping visitors in our city
on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Royal returned
Sunday night from a few days visit with
friends in Las Animas.
Mrs. G. w. Lewis and daughter Louise
left the first of the week for few weeks
stay at Excelsior Springs.
Hunter Cover came down from Rifle
Range on Saturday and is assisting in
the Rocky Ford National bank this
week.
Mrs. George McCauley was up from
La Junta on Monday, to attend meet
ing of the Otero County Ministerial as
sociation.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. o. Thompson moved
to Cripple Creek on Tuesday where ID.
o. will go into the undertaking bust
ness with r. d. Thompson.
Harry Mccormack left Saturday for
Rawlins, Wyo., where he has accepted
a position with the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Co. at an in
creased salary.
B. S. Whitney, formerly with the
A. v. r. L.. & P. Co. in this city but
now associated with the Sunville Bak-
ing Co. of Pueblo, made business
trip to Rocky Ford on Monday.
S S.Bailey, secretary of the old Melon
Growers Association, reports that all
growers this year are leaving the Office
with broad smile on their faces. This
has been profitab BILE year to most of
the growers.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. U. Randall came in
Friday night from Worland, "the future
Rocky Ford of Wyoming" Mortuners
friends will be interested in the fact
that he made the race for the Republi-
can nomination as state senator and
was defeated by but sixteen votes out
of over 23OO.
Mrs. Florence Sharp was called to
Coffeyville. Kan., on Monday on account
of the serious illness of her mother,
Mrs. Edwards, who is nearly ninety
years old and is one of the few who
draw widows pension from the fact
that her husband was veteran of the
Mexican war.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-29

E. F. Burnett Optometrist. The man
with the chart method of examining
eyes for glasses will spend the fall months
in the Arkansas Valley. II your eyes
need attention at this time it will pay you
to wait for this high class optical work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-29

DR.. J. H. Samuel. Dentist. Office over
Rocky Ford National Bank. Office open
Saturday evenings. Phone Ford go.
Residence phone West l4l
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-29

For Rent-One nicely furnished room.
modern. two blocks from Main street.
Phone West 28l. Left
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-29

Saxon Roadster for Sale. In fine con-
dition. $500 cash. Call evenings. A.
G. Wagner, 4o5 So. 18th St. -l8p
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possible It seemed to devise any
scheme that could be carried out in
time to help Rhinelanders fight that
night at Oceansido.
But what Helen could noe devise
herself, was being already devised for
her. Following UP what Spike-an
unconscionable liar-had declared a
fattering reception of the picture,
Seagrue resolved to seize moment
while the going was good to forward
himself with Helen.
She was studying the telltale print
when she heard footsteps and, startled,
looked out. Seagrue was coming up
the platform. She felt frightened
Could he possibly have realized his
blunder and come to demand the re-
turn of The picture She was resolved
she would not surrender it in any
event. Force, she was hopeless of
as a possible aid in her difficulty.
Stratagem and a woman's weapons
alone remained to her.
Her wits rapidly cleared. She
snatched the photograph. Seagrue,
opening the door, caught her, picture
in hand. He walked forward pleased.
1t was not hard for Helen to counter
felt an embarrassment; nor was it in
the least unbecoming to her. To Sea-
grue her look came like a burst of
sunshine after many chilling storms.
what do you think of my construc-
ton headquarters? he laughed.
Helen's gaze rested modestly on her
table She seemed to contemplate the
picture with a quiet pleasure. Then
she looked slowly up at Seagrue.
"This doesn't show very much of the
camp-she drawled the words the
very least bit-"you are awfully busy
over there, l suppose"
Never too busy to welcome our
friends. Come over sometime"
what, to construction camp?"
asked Helen, feigning just enough
amazement.
'Why not? Talk about Rhineland-
er's steam shovels! I'll show you
shovels that can do everything but
vote. Come on along"
For an effective moment she hest.
tated. II couldn't possibly" she de-
clared with decision, but she allowed
note of regret to linger an instant
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in the tone of her explanation and
glanced around. "No one here, you
know
well, but what time do you get
off?" asked Seagrue feverishly.
ooh, not for long time yet
His hopes were burgeoning fast.
''See here, Helen; come over and take
a camp dinner with me. Come, do.
I'll show you what can be done with
out preparation"
She regarded him with an express
sion that indicated how completely
such proposal shocked her. She
struggled an instant with the thought
of it. Then she rejected the invita-
ton: yet with enough indecision to in
vite a renewal. For the moment Helen
was a heartless angler, and Seagrue
deluded by vanity was unsuspectingly
playing fish. Before he left-in the
highest spirits he had known for many
a day-he had, to his establishment,
secured Helen's promise to dine with
him that night in camp. And at the
appointed time she was ready.
The night was warm and a moon,
rising full and into clear sky, flood
ed the landscape And after Helen's
uneasiness at the strangeness of her
situation had worn off, she was able
throughout the trying hour with Sea-
grue in his hut to wear her mask OF
languid interest successfully. The ia
BILE was served with surprising delica-
cies and a plentiful array Of wines
was in evidence. Yet, to an innocent
intriguer, whole hour never went so
| slowly, nor was appetite ever more
reluctant than that of SeagrCa's guest.
Though she went through the form of
eating and assumed carefree air, his
| food choked her. His wines she per-
sistently declined; but that did not
| dismay Seagrue. who drank quite
! enough for two.
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threw himself viciously against it.
The lock held, but she must get away
at once. There was window in the
freighthouse, and she ran into the
freightroom. Seagrue had snatched
up stone He reached the operator
window, only to see Helen, who had
sprung through the freighthouse win
dow, running up the track. He fol-
lowed her at top speed. Intent on es-
Gaping, she gave no thought to where
she was running; it was only to get
away from her hated enemy and save
what she had so hardly regained. Hell
ter-skelter through a grove of scat
tered oaks that fringed the hills above
the sea, on and on she ran, until
breath and strength were deserving
her, but at every turn her detested
pursuer was fast upon her heels. Be-
tween his lunging footballs she could
hear his painting threats, and the clear
ness Of the night gave her little
chance to elude his savage pursuit.
She realized she was running across
what had been her own fathers estate.
The ocean spread suddenly below her.
She had reached Signal bay and the
precipitous cliffs that frowned high
above it. Like a frightened fawn she
ran up the rocks and down. only to
hear Seagrue breathing maledictions
close behind, and with the distance
steadily lessening between her and
certain capture. Brought at last to
bay, she darted down the cliffs to find
a hiding place. Not nook or Granny
offered hope of concealment, and
misstep where she trod meant certain
death. Painting and bewildered, she
heard Seagrue climbing down the
ledge on which she had found mar
row foothold. Her escape was cut
off, and Seagrue descended triumph
antly toward her. She warned him
back.
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Where could the survey be, now?l
was the question recurring always to,
Helens mind. Toward the close of
the dinner, Seagrue, rising, unlocked
his desk for a flask Of Chartreuse.
There, lying in the corner exactly
where she had seen it, Helen again be-
held the survey, blue print beside
it. ~Seagrue was pawky enough to-
close and lock the desk after he had
taken the flask out How, she asked
herself, was she TO get that desk open
again?
Seagrue dismissed his serving man,
and this did not allay I1elen's uneasi-
ness for herself She did not want
to be left alone a minute with him.
now; things were getting too compli-
Gated But could she in some way
get into the desk?
Rising, she said she would clear the
table little. Taking hold of the flask
he mad just taken from the desk and
holding out her hand with a smile she
asked him for his keys. Seagrue was in
uO pOSIClOA " 1CluoG ~ luCIlhe1IC q ~
quest. With an air of camaraderie he
handed them over and Helen pushed
back the cover Of the desk. But as
she did so Seagrue. threw his arms
around her She struggled indignant
ly, but could not get away. For a mo-
ment there was q fierce struggle.
Then with a superhuman effort she
tore herself free, caught up the first
thing she could lay her hand Ont
happened to be bronze match tray
and struck Seagrue across the fore
head.
He went completely over, leaving
Helen horror-stricken at what she had
done She listened Outside she
heard no sound. Selling the blue
print that lay under her hand, she
gained the door and ran out just as
Seagrue regained his feet. She had
resolved to flag the Limited. Hardly
touching the earth, she dashed to the
station, hurried to the key and tele-
graphed Rhinelander:
"Have blue print of survey. Will
be on Limited. HELEN
1t was not too soon. Through the
window she saw Seagrue rushing down
the platform. She slammed the office
door shut, and locked it. Seagrue
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which had come in time to rescue him
from complete defeat. But Seagrue's
henchman, Capelle, conniving with the
disaffected element in the directorate,
was pushing to vote with every pros
pect of~success the resolution to stop
work.
What have we got to go on?" he
demanded, facing Rhinelander down.
You know as we'll as / do we are
throwing hundreds of thousands into
project absolutely uncertain. You Of
fer a telegram. What good is the
telegram? Where can Helen Holmes
get a survey at an hours notice that
would justify us in keeping on?"
Beside the engine Of the limited the
conductor and Seagrue were volleying
sharp and suspicious questions at the
fireman. He told, reluctantly, of the
mysterious launch and of Storms ex.
change of signals. No more was need
ed to infuriate Seagrue, who now IN
derstood the connivance. Storm
crawled out from under the engine
and Seagrue met him with an abusive
epithet. The stalwart' engineman
promptly knocked him down. The crew
dragged the two men apart and the
conductor ordered the fireman to take
the limited in, Storm, with folded
arms, refusing to lend further as.
sistance. But despite his stubborn,
ness the big train pulled into Ocean,
side just after Helen stepped from the
deck of the speed launch to the dock.
She ran all the way up the esplanade,
survey in hand, to where she could
catch taxicab and drove hard for the
.Tidewater building. There she alight'
ed only to be confronted by two men
-Seagrue and ans officer Seagrue
pointed to Helen: There she is!
There are the documents she stole-in
her hand. Arrest her!"
Before Helen could collect her
senses, the officer had seized her and
Seagrue had snatched the survey.
Stop she cried, that is my prop
erty, stolen from my father l, not
he, am it's rightful owner!"
While she protested, stormed and
iwept tears of humiliation and anger,
Seagrue was producing papers to con-
vince the slow-witted official that the
survey belonged to him and that Helen
was the thief. In spite of all she could
say, he won out. Indeed, the guardian
of the law was ready to take Helen
to the station when Seagrue magnani.
mously interviewed, told him to let her
go and said he was satisfied to recover
his property.
Upstairs the directors were closing
their protracted session, Rhinelander
vainly trying to hold them together I'm.
til his ally should appear. The sound
of an opening door raised his hopes.
Helen rushed into the room and has
tened to his side.
"The survey-where is it?" he cried,
reading bad news in her face.
She told him Of her batt1e-of how
she mad been robbed at the very foot
of what were once her fathers stairs.
Everyone listened. Then half a dozen
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SYNOPSIS.


Little Helen Holmes, daughter of Gem
eraI Holmes, railroad man, is rescued
from imminent danger on scenic rail-
road, by George Storm, a neWsbOy. Grown
to young Womanhood Helen makes a spec
tacular double rescue of Storm, now a
freight fireman, and of her father and his
friends, Amos Rhinelander, financier, and
Robert Seagrue, promoter, from a threat
ened collision between a passenger train
and a runaway freight. Safebreakers en-
Yer, interrupted by Helen while stealing
General Holmes survey plans of the cut
off line for the Tidewater, fatally wound
General Holmes and escape. Storm and
Helen chase the murdererS on light en-
CINE and capture them. Spike has hidden
the plans and manages to inform Seagrue
tate badly involved by his death, Helen
goes to work on the Tidewater. Seagrue
helps Spike to break Jail and uses him
to set fire to a powder train hauled by
Storms engine. Helen saves Storm from
horrible DEATH
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men began ta1king-some for, some
against crediting what they had just
heard.
Rhinelander put his arm around the
despairing girl. "No matter. We know
now who has our property, gentlemen.
Well get it yet
Capelle, laughing furtively, left the
room to report to Seagrue. The chair.
man raped for order. Rhinelander,
trying to comfort Helen, took her to
her taxicab and they drove back to the
launch together. DaZed, furious at her
misfortune, Helen met another sur
prise at the pier. Storm, awaiting
her return there, helped her to alight
from the taxicab. She could only re-
gard him breathlessly. He laughed in
his reassuring way: Its really |, he
said to her, offering his hand. I'm
discharged-but / told the superin
tendent l might yet live long enough
to discharge him. What do you think
he threw back at me? 4 hope if | ever
deserve it as much as you do, you will
discharge me- l guess it was com
ing" concluded Storm good naturally.
"But I've got a marine license and I'm
going to run your launch to Signal bay
for you. Got plenty of gas in the old
tub, Helen"
His robust humor was infectious,
With Storm at the drivers wheel, they
soon reached the offing in the launch
and were discussing the exciting
events of the night when Helen's eyes
fixed on the canvas covering the deck
of the boat. 1t was on this she had
laid the blue print to dry and the i'm
preston had been definitely trans
ferred. She seized her uncles arm,
pointed and explained. Rhinelander,
jerking a knife from his pocket, cut
the canvas from the deck and showed
it to Storm, who headed the launch
in a great foaming circle back toward
Oceanside.
The directors were preparing to go
home when three half-crazed people
dashed into their room. Rhineland-
er, Helen and Storm told their
story and showed their find. Ex-
cited in spite of themselves, the lis
teners crowded about the table. They
inspected, objected and argued. The
evidence was indisputable and the
chairman called the meeting to order
and asked it's sense. Sympathy for the
plucky daughter Of their old president
was perhaps not wanting in influence
ing their action; at all events, almost
before Helen could realize it was be-
ing done, a resolution declaring their
support should not be withdrawn, was
put and carried. Bowers, the chair
man, clinched his own feelings by
catching Helen's hands and congratu'
lating her.
Seagrue-p1eased with what he be-
lieved his escape from serious COM
plication-was bound for his camp on
a returning train.
Helen, with Rhinelander and Storm,
was again aboard the launch. They
were speeding contentedly back to Sig.
nal bay.
(TO BE CONTINUED.l
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GETTING READY TO
BEGIN SESSION OF
CIRCUIT COURT

Monday morning at 10 o'clock, the
fall term of the circuit court will be
opened in Pensacola, with Judge A.
G. Campbell presiding. The sessions
of course will take place in the county
court house building at the corner of
Chase and Palafox streets, and it is
expected the term will go over for
two to four weeks.
On Monday the grand jury will be
empaneled from a large number of
veniremen who will have been served
before that date, and in ample time.
to appear before the tribunal. This
grand jury, it is asserted, will prob
ably be called upon to probe three
to five cases of homicide which have
taken place within the jurisdiction Of
the court since the last investigation
of the grand jury. There are two per-
sons in the county jail under charges
of murder, and several other cases
have occurred, which may be brought
to the attention of the body by the
state solicitor.
Outside of. the several cases of al
legged murder, the court will hardly
be called upon to take up any crimi-
nal actions, since the court of record
handles and disposes of matters be-
low the grade of felony which may
be punishable by death.
The civil docket is not as cumber-
some as has been the case in terms
of the past, and there are several
cases which may require several days
to adjudicate, but there are quite a
number of lesser contentious, all OF
which, it is said, will probably. be dis
posed of at the next weeks term.