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©lie ©ntcvprtee. p. y.mujT, mm. KUIDAY, JAMAItV IH, lUU7. •übM/lptlon bm Oh foot Mi Months .••••••••••••••••••• Tfcr— Mo .Um 46 Official Ps+*r fee OUre Ceuwty. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE Denver, January 14. Senator Crowley exploded a bomb in the senate Friday, the explosion being in the »hape of resolution of inquiring into Simon Quggenheim's senatorial campaign. The resolution recited the current ru mors regarding Mr. Guggenheim’s use of money to advance his prospects for the U. S. Senate. One Republican senator said ho wanted to use profane and vitri olic language to express his opinion of the resolution, but was restrained by the presence of ladies in the senate chamber. Had he not been cramped in the use of words he might have said things which would have precipitated a scrap with the inquisitive horticultural senator from Otero. The Crowley resolution was laid on the Üble by a party vote, and remem brance thereof was expunged from the record. e e e Representative Fetxer has introduced a bill to prevent hazing in collegee. Hazing is a cowardly practice and has the same useful relation to education that lynch law has to the administration of justice. Both are an abominhtion. e e e Meea county visitors to Denver caustic ally criticize their representatativs. De Long, far introducing a bill tor a SIO,OOO statute to Wolcott when hie energies would be better employed in efforts to relieve Orand Junction of oppressive rail way freight discrimination. Freight go ing through Grand Junction from Chisago to Salt Lake is carried to the city of Mor mons (and thinly suppressed polygamy) for $ 1.70. while if the shipment Is stopped off at Grand Junction its merchants are charged $2.65. This Is only a sample of prevalent robber-like discrimination, which is the duty of the Inter-State Com mission to abolish. see Nearly 100 farmers, officers of irriga tion companies, attorneys, end members of both branches of the legislature met at tho Savory hotel on Thursdy to dis cuss mean* for preventing pernicious leg islation in irrigation matters, and also to hear each others* opinions on desired amendments to the present irrigation laws. Hon. W. B. Hbbert of Rocky Ford presided. It is tho purpose of the water users to work for tho passago of bills fa vorable to irrigation rights and to stren uously oppose bills of a naturo detrimen tal to the rights of tho water users. The meeting oloctod an executive committee of three, consisting of F. A. Meredith, of Denvor. for the nortnern district; J. W. Beaty, of Otoro from the southern district and F. C. Goudy. representing tho west ern slope. It will bo the duly of this committee to keop a close watch on all irrigation bills introduced in either house and to sound the alarm to all the mem bers of the organization represented in the mooting. • • • While Mayor Speer's administration has been ;commen«lablo in some features it has been as bad as tho worst in other di rections. In his official action relative to the moral ity of the city Mayor Speer has been ac tively on the sido of the forces of evil. The inauguration of a governor with high ideals on moral questions gave hope to many good citizens that his position would enable him to wipe out many ovils which Mayor Speer is allowing to exist in defiance of his oath of office. A few days ago Gov. Buchtel was ap proached on this subject and his reply was that he wax governor of Colorado and that Denver's special charter pre vents him taking part in the affairs of the city. The News is not satisfied with this po sition ef Gov. Buehtal's and insists that he use his power to suppress open gam bling, wine-reome which are the ruin of +++♦♦♦♦♦♦++♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : Do you want I Cheap Land? ♦ * ♦ ♦ * * ♦ ♦ J We have 3 fine tracts joining J J Wietzer. Full water rights in J ♦ Catlin Canal. Must be sold + ♦ ♦ ♦ at once. J ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ * Call on or address J : J. W. YOUNG & COMPANY : 4 ♦ ++++++++44444444444444444444444$ young girls, prize fighting end other evils. i The News doubtless has two motives- . The good of the city and the embarrass ment of the administration. Thia Incident this early in his administration should be a warning to our Methodist governor not to expect two yeare of rose-embowered picnic in hie high executive poeition. He has started out well. Hie inaugural in sisted upon the legislature enacting much legislation demanded by the people and the platform of the republican party. And he is to be commended for refusing to listen to sentimental place for n stay of axecution in the case of that worst of brutal murderers. McGsrvey. Aftsr the courts hsve givsn much Ume to a crim inal matter and the accused has had an able defense it ie presumptuous for one man. even a governor, to etep in and nul lify tho paine-takmg work of that branch of the government whose special duty is the administration of jnstice. • • • Denver has a wonderfully elastic pol itical conscience. Last week a large number of business men gave a banquet to Mayor Speer at which hie administra tion was highly praised. Every citizen of Denver who has (he brains and enter prise to win a place among business insn knows, or ought to know, that Mayor Speer stole the office he now fllle; that Hon. J. W. Springer wae honestly elected. Yet Denver business men ara so harden ed by continuous election fraud that they met to honor the incumbent of a stolen office, and thia without any sense of en couraging one of the worst of crimes— the corruption of elections • e • Next week a largely attended "dry farming" convention will be held n Den ver. These gatherings for the purpose of exchanging information and experience are all right, but there ie great danger that "dry farming" enthusiasm will induce many mao to ombark la tho beabiooe on a large scale and meet with disappointment and lota. There are evidences that railways owning or traversing large of land whteh must bo dry farmed if at all are largely instrumental in working up the interest in this new branch of agriculture. Dry farming ia all right, but it needs to be taken with moderation and in homeopath ic doaoa. see H. R. Antes of Montezuma county does not limit his usefulness to attempts to benefit the Navajo* and raise the finest apples in Colorado—the profits of his or chard being appropriated to tho support of tho Navajo mission. Mr. Antes is a public-spirited and enterprising citizen on gsnoral principles and is alivo to all the movements calculated to advance tho in terests of Montezuma county. This was evidenced by his activity among notable people in Denver this week, he inter viewing railroad and beet sugar magnates with a view of getting them interested in his portion of southwestern Colorado. He had two interviews with high officials of tho 1». & R. G. railway to impress upon them the magnitude of the undeveloped resources of the Montezuma valley, which under the vivifying and developing influ ences of railway facilities would rapidly provide large and profitable businoss for the railway. Mr. Antos' representations favorably impressed the officials and may be the entering wedge for an investiga tion of tha Montezuma valley as an invit infi field for railroad extension. But this is not possible he was told, in tho present con ition of the valley's ditch and irriga tion mattars. which absolutely forbid the investment of capital. Gotting a cold bath from thq railroad people did not discourage Mr. Antes from tackling a beet sugar proposition. In company with the Enterprise writer ho called upon Mr. E. C. Hows, general manager of the American Beet Sugar company's many factories, at his office in the Sugar building. Mr. Antes was most cordially received, and. map in hand, pre sented the geographical situation and the advantages in soil, and climate which the Montezuma Valley possessed for the growth of sugar beets. He found Mr. Howe to have a good knowledge of that portion of tho state from reports filed by the company's experts who had mads an examination a few years ago. No en couragement was givsn Mr. Antes as to ths building of a sugar factory. Mr. Hows advancing a number of reasons why ths further extension of the beet eugar indus try was impracticable at this time. The first handicapping feature of the eutlook was the reduced tariff on sugar from Cuba and the Phillipinee. with free eugar from Hawaii and Porto Rioe. Not only to. but tho Cuban situation threatens to take on a more damaging phase, as heavy capitalistic influences in New York are active in promoting a movement tor the annexation of Cuba, or such protectorate by tho United State ae shall secure a yet lower tariff on sugar. These tariff condition have conspired to make the price of sugar unusally low and and no conservative capiUHst would to day invest in a sugar factory. Only ono plant was now undor construction in the U. a and that was under way only be cause contracts to that effect were Al tered Into a year or more ago. One fac tory in Nobraeka had gone into tho hands of a receiver, and losses by others are greatly disappointing to tho men who were induced to put monoy in them by the promtaeof assured profile. Tho price of sugar is now ono and one-half cents per pound lese than it wae when the Rooky Ford factory was started. This year that factory will probably mako 560.000 bags of sugar. A shrinkage of $ 1.60 per each would moan a reduction of half fa million dollare in tho market value of tho pro duct of on# campaign. Only reduced cost of manufacturing enables the com pany to stand such a great reduction of earnings. Another discouraging feature of the business was the lower per cent of eugar content which has characterized the beets for the paet three years. This was part ly due to the plowing up of much alfalfa land for beets, a proceeding which while producing a largo tonnage also gavo as low per cent of sugar coolant. Tho con tinuous planting of beets on the same fields bad tha came effect. He wee of tho opinion that tha northern factories would bo oompellod to amond their contracts so as to include siloing, as enormous losses were incurred in piling up immense quan tities of baste unprotected from a frett ing temperature. AU things considered the present was a critical period in the beet sugar bueineea and waa no time to consider the building of new factories. But if these conditions were not existent the Montezuma valley wae eot ripe for a factory. It Is a mis take to build a factory except in the midst of a thickly settled farming com munity. where beets sen be grown in small acreages by individual farmers. No crop mere handsomely responds to careful intensive culture than sugar beets. The more intelligent lrbor expended on the crop at the right times the greater the profits to tho grower. While emphatically ' turned down" ae to any early hope of a factory Mr. Antes tendered a vote of thanks to Mr. Howe i for his courtesy in making such a dear end satisfactory statement of tho situa tion. During his stay in Donvtr Mr. Antos took occasion to renew his old time friend > ship with Gov. Buchtel end Senator > Crowley, end to make a number of new acquaintances among influential mem members of the gonoral assembly. T. M. Patterson Is now a private citi zen. Simon Guggenheim being elected his successor on Tnosday by a practically unanimous vote of the Republicans of both houses, thoro being only two pro tosting Republicans. Tho Fowler Pure Spring Wator Co.. seems to bo hurrying its piping job with a view to gotting tho water down to La Junta beforo tho now liquor license year begins, so the town will have one less ex cuse for going "wet" next election. IfocVy Ford is having a mild attack of ths roller skate fever. Like chicken pox and measles it is largely confined to the youngsters. Rather remarkable how dead the fancy for roller skating did drop. Per haps it was becauso we had it so bed while it lasted. An unsigned communication landatory of the retiring pastor of the Christian church. Rev. Nelson, comes to tho En terprise sanctum. Although it does not conform to the rule requiring the signa ture of the writer there is nothing In it that would offend the least fastidious re cipient of fulsome flattery and we would print it but for tho fact that tho Enter rise has already given the genial gentle man all the halo he can etand up under for the present. Methodist Protracted Meeting. Protracted meetings will be begun in tke Methodist Church on Sunday evening. January 27th. These meetings ha vs planned for a long time, and the assist ance of the noted woman evangelist. Miss E. Stafford Millar of Australia, has been secured. Miss Millar is a magnetic speaker, and at the preeent time is son ducting a mission in St. Paul Church Pueblo, from which place she will come to Rocky Ford. Kansas Reunion. Our Annual Kansas Reunion will be held in K. P. Hnll on Saturday. Feb. 0. Come early and don't forget the basket. 54-6 Secretory. Card of Thanks. I take this opportunity to thank the friends and neighbors for their assistance and sympathy during my wife’s sickness and death and for the friends that wars at the funeral and accompanied the re mains to their last resting place. Milton Reynolds. Shakespeare at The Grand. Jan. 50. King Richard ths Third by John Griffith. A crowded house certain. Good apples at a low pries. Phone Blue 204. 34-35 p FOR SALE—A good seven-room house cheap. Possession given at once. Easy terms. —Coffman A Bowman. Furniture for Sale. Furniture and furnishings, including beds ami bedding, carpets, dishes, heat ing stoves, window shades, sufficient for an 8 room house. The house containing the furniture is for rent to party buying the furniture, and is arranged for roomers, with bath in connection; is centrally lo cated and in good condition, enquire cf B. G. Wilson over Lewis Bros. & Johnston son Hardware Store. 34-It W. R. C. held their monthly social at at ths home of Mrs. George Todd. Wed nesday. There were forty present, in cluding eight comrades. Had a very so cial time. The Corps members presented their pest president with a token of their appreciation of her services, which she received with thanks. Next social will be at the home of Mrs. Robb. A general in vitation extended. " Press Correspondent. Tuesday the American Beet Sugar Co. distributed among the farmers checks aggregating $ 176.000. making a total of $700,000. paid for beets this campaign. Several growers in the vicinity of Rocky Ford received checks of over sl,ooo— additions to the bank account of a farmer, or any other citizen. Hog Sale. Look out for C. F. Burke’s sale of thoroughbred Du roc Jersey male hogs on the street* of Rocky Ford. Saturday. Jan uary 19, at 2 o'clock. Kruger. No 48981 winner of 9 blue ribbons at 2 years old will go in this sale. M. S. Martin, auc tioneer. Notice of Adjustment Day. K»i MU’ 111 Alfrevt M J«ckM»u llk< UMtlriHltfnoil. having appointed «Mvuim of lira Ratal*) of Alfred U Ja<‘k«on. late of lira county of Otcfo. and atntc of t*• dorado. iKwnaL hv» «* by «nr* notlct) that *tra will appear before* i lo* County'Court of Otero On, at lira court honrain l.aJuuta. lo Mid count von Monday lira lib day of Frb’rr, A. IK. IMS*, at lb«* hour of II o'clock a. in., of aaid day. at which time all prrMina hat IUX claim* avalnat -aid fatal* ar»* noilttol and r«|Ur»l«l tu attend for lira purpora of bavtmr lira -amt* adjusted. All prreoiui Indebted to aald ralaW* are requcal ed to make immediate payment to the under* flat**! at La Junto. Colorado, tel* tod day °ntill*7airtioa! SiwulrU for Ike estate ot C S Alfred M. Jaekapn ORDINANCE NO.121. An Ordinance Granting Printed an te the Celernde and Santera TalapNana and Telegraph Camp any. Me Sue* ■■seers and Assign* te Canetmst. Operate and Maintain lie Ueee ef Telephene and Telegraph, Alee* Along. Over and Under the Nm* ways, • treats and Alleys ef the City ef Reeky Fard* Canty ef Otar* and State ef Celernde. DB IT ORDAINBD BT THS CUT COUNCIL, or THB CITT OF KOCKT FORD: Section 1. That The Colorado end Kao tern Telephone and Telegraph Company. Its successors end assign* be and the earns Is hereby granted the right, privilege and authority to con struct. operate and maintain Its lines of telephone and telegraph. Including the nemumry poles, wires and fixture* upon, along, over and under the high ways. streets and alleys of the said city of Rocky Ford, upon the terms and condition* hereinafter provided. Section 2: All poles shall be erected under the direction and supervision of (lie Mayor and Streets and Alleys Committee, and all street* or »lde walk* that may Ira dl*turbed or dam ngr.l In the «on*tru«*tlon of the said line* shall be promptly replaced and repaired l»y the aald company n» It* own expense and to the satisfaction of the said Mayor and Btreels and Alleys Committee, and all pole* shall !>** neat, symetrlcal and so located as not to Interfere with tho public use of said highways. Seetlon S: Said Company shall bs •object to nil ordinances now In force or that tn-»y be hereafter passed, rel ative to the use of the public high ways of the said City of Rocky Ford. Section 4: In consideration of the rights and privileges her«4n granted the said company shnll furnish free of ..rat to the raid city of Rocky Ford apace for Its lire alarm and police tel egraph wires upon nil poles erected under this ordinance. Section G: Nothing In this ordin ance contained shnll be construed to crant to the said Compnny an exclus ive franchise and the said city of Rocky Ford hereby reserves the right o grant a like consent to any other ompnny. person or persons for like purposes. . „ Section «: Paid company shall hold snld city of Rocky Ford free and harmless from all damages or claims for damages arising by reason of ths erection or negligent maintenance of •aid poles. Slate of Colorado. ) County of Otero. )ns City of Rocky Ford. > _ . ... I. E. 1.. MrKelvey. City Clerk of the City of Rocky Ford. Otero County. Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing I* a true and correct copy of ordinance Humber 12t. entitled "An Ordinance granting permission to the Colo rado and Kastern Telephone and Telegraph Company. It successors and assigns to con struct. operate and maintain Its lines of tel ephone and telegraph upon, along, over and under the highways, streets and alleys of the city of Rocky Ford. County of Otero and State of Colorado.” duly passed at a regular meeting of the city council of said city of Rocky Ford held In said city on the four teenth day of January A.D. 1907.* majority of the whale number of said city council concur ring ta the paeaage thereof by the folio wing T Yms.—BelfhL Amos, Morrow. Lawson; Nays.—None: Absent.—Hlekox sod McPherson. 1 further certify Hfiht said ordinance was Introduced and read for the tret time at a regular meeting of said city council held In •aid elty on Monday the Mth day of Wovem her. A. D. ISOS, and that It was passed oa Its flres reading on said date by the elty council ° Vtortbertbat notice on the part of said The Colorado and Eastern Telephone and Tele graph Company to apply for said ordinance published for a period of three consecutive weeks the Bret publlektlon of sold notice having cm the Sib day of November A. D. IMS. end the lest publication on the Md day of Novem ber A. D. 190 S. said publtcatlom having been made lu the Rocky Ford fcterprise a news paper or general circulation Inenld county {lS Wished In the city of Rocky Ford and that said period of publication was immediately prior to the aforeeatd regular meeting and the said introduction and reading of said or- J Tbatsakl ordinance was read the second time and passed lu second reading at a reg ular meeting of said city council held on the Fourteenth day of Jauuary A D. 1907. the *ame*bavlog beeu prevlouMy three consecutive weeks In the said Rocky Ford Enterprise, the first publication thereof ns a proposed ordinance having been In the l««ueof said newspaper on the thirtieth day of November A. D. I**- and the last pnbllcatloo thereof having been In the issue of said news pap-r on the Fourteenth day of December. \ D Th»« after reading and passing sakl ordinance on It* sewnd leading the Mid oltv council by motion duly made, seconded and carried at Mid meeting suspended the rule* of said city council and placed said or dlnanee upon Its third reading and final pas sage and passed the same as hereinbefore **ln°wituess whereof I do hereby alfix my band and official seal to this certificate and attestation this 14tb day ol January A. D. K. L McKKLYEV. City t'lerk of the City of Rocky Ford. Nolle, ol S*. o< R«al Extra Noth', i. huot uivbm. IX.t w pumi mow **f an order and decrew of asie made and entered for Ike Judge of t'/ouutr Court of tha Count v of Otero la the Stale of Colorado, on the Vtb day of January. Itwi. In the matter off a Retain of Samuel 11. Kingery. decemrad. uuder and by virtue of said order and 4e eree the undesigned Administrator of Mid Re- 1 late Will Mill at |irlrale sate subject to conflr luatton by the Court, the following described I real estate situate, lying and being in the County of Otero and Plate of Colorado, to wn: Lots Four (l> and Five«») tn Mock Fourteen (It), lu lira second filing of the town, now City of Itueby Ford, as designated by the re corded plat of said second filing. HaUI sate will be made on Thursday. Janu ary XI. lull, at the hour of in o'clock In ihe foreman*, at theofitee of M.H. Iteatl. uo Mala street lu Rocky Ford. Colorado. Terms of Hale: CAHII. /Charles II- llushaw. Administrator of the R»late of Pamuet 11. Ktogery. Rated January Sib. IMI. »» SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT. Of the Comlitiou of the State Bank of Rocky Ford Rocky Port!, Colo., at the close of btuinesa Monday, Jnn'y 7. »9°7- axsot'Heca. Loans and dUcouui. SMATOLIS Overdraft* LTIJJfi Furniture and natures. WCJI Real estate CLP Kt peases * pa u Rue from Maibmai ami Hints bank*. HkMRt Cash ami cash Item* hjlksl Total jaa.mM utnuviu. capital stock paid 1a... ~..i Surplus fund XSAOM# Undivided profit*. Du* depositors »W, 10X01 Rediscounts lajxXMP Total .ttOMHAI L R. J. Smith. Cashier off tho above named , bank, do sotamnly swear, lo tha beat of my knowledge nod belief, that the above lo h talk true and complete statement of the if , fairs of said bank at the aloon of business on Monday, January 1. A. D. MV. R. J. Smith. Cashier. •absented and sworn to before am this jJra.ra. « W. E. Anlwh, W. L R.y.lU. Proprtotor. ISsi Plrab». THE SANITARY PLUMBING SHOP. Mrabtec. Mrata*. MmHMIS. Ttalate lro« Wortu Pump*. Tula, Wtod flllta. Ml. Els Av*. PhoM Whit* IN. DR. Z. T. ROBERTS, DENTIST. Somnoform. Gu uMd in Extracting. ptioxK vrurr*. xu. KI M/IV-CovKR Ill'll.Dl NO. Hour*:—B-12 x. m. t-6p.ni. DR. R. L. BROWN. DKNTtBT Crown and Bridge Work and fine Gold f —i Filling a speciality. Hale Block Rocky Ford Off. ff. M. POLLOCK, OKNTtBT SOMNOFORM th« latest anaesthetic, or Nitrous Oxide Gas used in extracting. GEORGE R. DARING General Transfer and Team Work Artesian Ice end Water. Feed. C«h dealer in Canon City Coal. ROCKY FORD, COLO. Fenlason’s Real Estate BARGAINS. 40, So or iso acne of land under Holbrook ditek, near Swink, aery cheap. j to so acres, Catlin and Timpa water, ooe-eigkth mile xonth of Swink, cheep. 80 acres, 50 acres good land, Catlin water, a miles south-east of Swink. Will trade for Rocky Ford property. a$ acres, Catlin water, 3 miles west of Rocky Ford; two-story frame, eight room dwelling; three acres fruit, all kinds. Very cheap, $4,500. Any amount of money to loan. Cheapest rates on real estate. La Ra FEN LA SON , Rocky Ford, Colorado. Camaat Tiling. I* is and i$ inch. Prices low. E. E. Swink, car# O. C Print*. K. and L. off 8.” Council meets on tile First and Third Thursday evening off each month. Visiting members welcomed. ; SS-tf Real estate dealers will find at the Enterprise office a variety of blanks which will he useful to them in these days of activity—options, agreements for the purchase and sale of real es tate, elc. If we have not the blank you want we can soon print it. ii < • i> <i <> <i ii < i i i 11 ii < » ii • > ii ' * i. « > <i 11 .. < • jj Beet |;: Campaign 1.. <» i is bigger and bet- ; i ; ter tnan expected, : just like ! BUCK&PAP i<! « » 1 j j :; 'ii «• i i. '' *ii «* i. <■ «i '' i<i j i ii ii i \ mintmif ttiiimttt 1 ARTHUR J. CASEBEER ATTORNEY and Counsellor at Law SL JSIS. XO>. aO7. I’hono Main .no »trA Hit. FUtOLO. Cel. Fred A. Sabin. « B 8. Beall SABIN & BEALL I Attorneys & Counsellors era../ Kooky Ford ond Lo Junto Henry d. Sprinker. BXCLUSrVK Undertaker and Embalmer i Parlors on Elm Avennc. Rocky Ford, Colo. DR. S. M. KELLOGG. Osteopathic Physician Graduate of tho American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo. 203 South Main, Over Opera house Drug Store. Nocky Ford, - Colo. *