Rocky Ford enterprise., March 08, 1912, Image 4

About Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950

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FENLASON
Fire Insurance
I received an advertisement
from one of the nine greatest tiro
insurance companies in the United
States. Looking at the list I find
that six of these are represented
in my office. This plaiuly tellß
you where you should have your
Fire Insurance written. The in
sured should always read the
printed part of his policy, then
look at the policy au<l see if the
agent has complied with the re
quirements.
To Trade , Brick 4-room
mercantile building at
SwinU, rents for $3O per
month, mortgaged for
$l2OO, trade for Rocky
Ford property.
To Trade, Eighty acres in
fine cultivation, 6 shares
High Line, good 4-room
house, mortgage for $OOOO
property worth $12,000.
UO Acres, full Catlin
water right,one mile from
town,very desirable to cut
in 5 and 10 acre tracts
$250 per acre
90 Acres, 2 miles from
town, full Catlin water
right, $12,600.
160 Acres, 8 shareslligh
line, 5 miles from town
$13,000
7 per cent and 8 per
cent money to loan in
any quantities.
LR.FENLASON
Rocky Ford, Colo.
Hear the Wehrmann's at the
Presbyterian church, Tuesday
eAening, March 12, Tickets at
Red Cross Pharmacy. Adults
50c, children 25 c,
EQUIPPED for BUSINESS
We have just completed our New Elevator
and have moved our grain and feed to our
Main street location. Mr. Frank John,
who has been with Jackson & Lawson the
past five years, will be in charge of our
Warehouse and Elevator. We are in a
position to furnish you with any and all
kinds of Feed in any quantities. We have
on hands Idaho and Nebraska
White Oats, Spring Wheat and
Barley for Seed.
AND DON’T FORGET
We Handle
Fowler and Artesian Water
Rockvale Lump and Nut Coal
Alfalfa and Prairie Hay, Straw
Kaffir Corn, Barley, Oats, Corn,
Corn Chop, Shorts, Bran, Wheat
Courteous Treatment Quick Service Right Prices
G. E : BRYANT
©lie ©ttt evpvise.
WILL R. MONKMAN. Publisher.
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1912
Subscription Rates.
One year
Si* Months 75
Three Months -40
Lest we forget: The present adminis
tration, if all depts are paid, will cost as
much as the combined cost of the Buchtel
and McDonald adminstrations. The first
class (payroll) appropriations are as
large as the combined first-class appro
priations of Buchtel and McDonald, Is
Colorado receiving twice as good govern
ment in return as she did under either of
those two men? Can a state be consider
ed as having a good adminstration when
her individual citizens are compelled to
take up cash collections in order to keep
her educational institutions going?
"Dad” Sherman of the Yampa Leader
has the following fling at a friend;
"C. H. Ballreich a Pueblo attorney, is
out after the republican nomination for
congressman in the second district. The
writer knew Charley in lowa away back
in the 80’s, when, as a barber, on the
morning following each occurring election
he would charge democrats a nickel
extra for shaving their long faces. In
those days we labored under the impres
sion that friend Ballreich had been
nurtured on democratic milk and would
adhere to his early training. However,
we long ago learned different and since,
as a matter of custom our republican
friends must offer a lamb for the slaugh
ter, let it be Charley,"
Demands are coming from all over the
state for presidential primaries. The state
central committee refused to order
them on the occasion of toe committse
meeting, but now demands are being
made to the various county chair
men. There are two kinds of primaries
being discussed. One, the direct
primary wherein votes will be cast direct
for the nominee for the presidency. The
other,is to allow each precinct to nomin
ate a Taft, a LaFollette, a Cummings
and a Roosevelt delegation to the county
convention. Then allow the Republicans
of each precinct to elect the delegation
they desire to represent them in the con
vention. The chances are that both plans
will be used throughout the state.
Both sides say they are not afraid to go
to bat on primaries either way. But both
sides are sparring for their particular way
to go to bat.
At the present time the state officials
and the civil service commission are en
joying a Bryan-Harmon fight over the
payment of the employes in the state in
stitutions, The last legislature refused to
appropriate any money for the civil service
commissioner. The commission refuses
to O. K. salary rolls until its own expens
es are paid. The auditing board appro
priated a few hundred dollars to meet
those expenses. Treasurer Kenehan re
fuses to pay this money on the ground
that had the legislature wanted it paid it
would have appropriated it. The law
forbids the payment of any salaries not
O. K.’d by the civil service commission.
In a number of towns where state insti
tutions are located, the banks have paid
the pay-rolls, supposing that they would
go through the same as usual. Instead,
the vouchers were returned marked "no
funds" and the banks are urging payment
either from the state or from the employes
whose salaries they advanced.
Just another illustration of Democratic
bust ness methods.
On Their Wedding Trip
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Morin, of Stock
well, Ind., were honored guests at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Stout last
week. They are on an extended wedding
trip to California and other western points
and stopped off to visit Mrs. Stout, who
is a life long friend of the bride.
Stock is Moving
Twenty-one carloads of stock left this
city on Sunday for the Kansas City mar
ket. In the consignment were 5 cars of
cattle and 3 of sheep from W. H. Allen, 5
cars of cattle from C. L. Govreau, 4 cars
of cattle from A. L. Hadley and two of
from Wiley Robertson.
No Farmers fleeting Saturday
Members of the Otero Agricultural
Club are hereby notified that there will
not be a meeting of the club tomorrow
(Saturday) afternoon.
J. M. SHAULIS, Sec.
Ingraham and Whitlock have joined
forces in the realty business and are in
stalled over Bernard's grocery at 309 N.
Main St. and will continue together the
work they have been doing separately,
such as wiiting Fire. Life and Accident
insurance, making loans and collections,
making conveyances and taking acknow
legements for all legal papers and will
carry a good list of real estate and
business exchanges.
Those 'ndebted to me are requested to
call and see me in the room one door
east of my former location on Elm avenue
where 1 will have my office until my bus
iness is settled.
Henry J. Sprinker
ALL that we know by the
name of Progress is just
the Realization by the many
of the Ideals of the few.
—G. H. T.
CHILE-CON-CARNE.
By the Contributing Editor.
I have been thinking for some time of
writing an "Open Letter" to our Theo
dore; but on mature consideration it
seems hardly worth while. In the first
place he isn’t on the Enterprise sub
scription list; and if he did get it I don’t
suppose he would take the trouble to
answer it. Most of those ‘open letters’
that Carrie Nation wrote him on the
front page of her paper, more than like
ly went unanswered. Theodore is one of
the fellows who does not take kindly to
advice. He would much rather give it.
Some people seemed to think that
Theodore was troubled about whether
his party wanted him or not. That was
not the case. He just wanted to know
how many of the people wanted him. It
didn’t make any difference to Teddy
atiout the party in Chicago in 1904.
It simply had to take him. Of course he
knows that a man rarely holds the
same hand twice. And if he does the
tricks may be played to him differently.
But this time they can have him if they
want him. His political enemies have
badgered him to be more explicit—to
come out of the woods, as they express
ed it, A good many of his political
friends seemed to be looking for him.
He has simply put himself where all of
them can find him. Nothing inconsistent
about that. What be said the night after
his election in 1904 was just a plain no
tice to the professional politicians and
the vested interests that they needn’t
try to put any next term strings on him.
Theodore has not had two terms yet—
only one and piece of another. And that
piece, why he was just trying to hold
himself down to McKinley’s titne-serv
ing gate. He didn’t let himself out till
the people endorsed him.
But what I wanted to speak to Theo
dore about was his speech to the Ohio
Constitutional convention. The speech
on the whole was fine. And it hadn’t so
many strings on it. I have been stand
ing by Theodore when many better Re
publicans and worse Democrats than I
am were saying harsh things about him.
I have always held that he was of a re
tiring disposition, and I still think,so in
spite of his recent announcement that
his "hat is in the ring." I never felt that
Theodore was called upon to efface him
self politically after he retired from the
Presidency. And he seems to agree with
me,
\
In that Ohio convention speech I find
less support for my contention that our
ex-president is of a retiring nature. It
is only given to a few orators to be an
ultra radical at one end of a parapraph
and an ultra conservative at the other.
Most men of note are unwise enough to
stand on either one end of the plank or
the other. Theodore has the art of tipping
the plank till it all but touches the
ground, and then running back to the
centre so quick that nobody seems to
catch him at it. is what I would
call the graceful art of retiring; done to
a finish. It is after the manner of Mark
Antony’s "these are all honorable men,’’
and done with about equal finesse. Now
he has the crowd about where he wants
us. The American electorate doesn’t dif
fer so much from that crowd that as
sembled in the Roman Forum. Theo
dore probably discovered this when he
came up the New York harbor from his
African hunting trip. Nobody knew
what it was all about, but they threw
up their sweaty night caps jtst the aame.
And yet I take it that Mr. Roosevelt is
entirely sincere. He wants to be a good
democrat. Not a democrat with a big I).
That would be horrid. But a democrat
with a little d and a big R. He is not to
be condemned for this. We have not a
few people who want to be republican
democrats, and you can’t tell at which
end to put the capital letter on them.
Mr. Roosevelt’s distinguised opponent in
1904 was one of that sort. A fine man—
Judge Parker —but just a democrat by
label and an aristocrat by instinct. Theo
dore is a Republican by label and a
democrat by iustinct. That’s the way
Political Machines get the politicians
mixed and crossed in their nominations.
Mankind is made up of just two kinds
of political people —aristocrats and dem
ocrats—those who think God made the
people to be ruled, and those who
think he meant them to rule themselves.
Some men who are instinctively demo
crats may have such good luck in being
born Irich or getting riches that they
want to affiliate with the aristocrats.
But they are out of place there, and
everybody who knows them intimately
know* it. We may sort these two kinds
of people up into parties and call them
Whigs and Tories, Radicals and Liber
als, Federalists and Republicans, Re
publicans and Democrats, as you like,
but when they are all tried-out they are
just Conservatives and Radicals of vary
ing degrees.
(Continued Next Week)
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Be A Republican
For the success of an/great movement
the application of true principles in public
life. It is necesiary to have organization.
A mob is never successful against a much
smaller well organized army. This truth
is the reason for organized political
parties.
Without some fundamental principle to
strive for, there can be no permanently
successful party organization. *
The Republican party was originally
organized to prevent the spread of slave
ry; to restrict that institution and to
place it in the way of ultimate extinction
to place human rights forever above and
prior to property rights.
We of the progressive element of the
Republican party believe that we truly
stand for these fundamental principles
of the fathers of the party. But for the
unfortunate fact that the reactionary
faction of the party has obtained
control of the party organization in the
state, we would use no adjective to
qualify our republicanism. True republi
canism means progress.
On this ground,that we are the real Re
publicans, the real thing, we appeal to the
voters of the party. We believe that nine
tenths of the voters are at heart in full
sympathy with us. Only by the force of
the mighty corporation influence in
matters social and political, and by the
neglect of the average voter who has
personal affairs to look after has the
present small "stand-pat” faction ob
tained control.
We are not in this struggle for any one
candidate for any office: we are not ask
ing that we be given the Post Offices of
the land, or positions as sheriffs or what
not, we are striving to restore the party
to its old principles. Whether our platform
isee last weeks Enterprise for the plat
form Islands for the welfare of the peop'e
the placing of "human rights above and
prior to property rights” we ask you to
judge.
As a compass and guide in judging our
platform we would suggest a study of
Lincoln’s writing. Read his debate with
Douglas, his Cooper Institute speech, and
others of his papers. All of these can
be found at the Library.
No one dares question Lincoln’s repub
icanism, No one but admits that Lincoln
was one of the wisest statesmen of all
time. We ask to be judged by his teach
ings and not by the rantings of the mis
named Denver Republican.
We are for government “of the people,
by the people and FOR the people.”
TRUE REPUBLICAN
Hav for sale. Phone West 210.
Lost—Rubber tire from new buggy.
Finder will piease notify Jas, Butterfield.
Lost —An oval shaped gold ladies locket
between Grand opera house and Garden
Place. Reward for its return to this office.
We invite you to inspect our new
Spring lines of ladies coats and suits. We
are representatives of the Printzess gar
ments which stands for the foremost in
style, fit and quality.
THE MORRIS DRY GOODS CO.
IN THE SOCIETY WORLD
A number of young people surprised
the Misses Clark with a farewell party
on Saturday evening. Games were
played and light refreshments were
served.
• • •
The Country Club had an enjoyable
meeting with Mrs. J. B. Hunt on Wed
nesday afternoon.
• • •
Miss Marie Powell delightfully enter
tained at a "china” shower in honor of
Miss Sylvia Bacon, on Tuesday evening.
Dainty refreshments were served.
Mrs, Frank Hamer entertained on Tues
day afternoon a number of girls from
four till six in honor of Fern Clark. A
most enjoyable time is reported to have
been spent by the young folk.
• • •
Miss EvaGobin enjoyably entertained
the Mu Ta Delta young ladies at her home
on Tuesday evening.
• • •
Miss Edna Whitehead very enjoyably
entertained a few of her friends at din
ner last Friday evening. The occasion
was in honor of her eighteenth birthday.
The Woman’s Clnb met in regular
session last Saturday afternoon, and in
spite of the inclement weather there was
a good crowd in attendance. The Roll
Call was responded to by Scottish
Quotations. Mrs. Maxwell read a paper
on "The Highlands and Islands of Scot
land", Mrs. Taylor gave a paper on
"Heroes and Heroines of Scottish History
and Mrs. Monkman gave a review of the
’’Bonnie Brier Bush”.
On account of conflicting date it was
, decided to indefinitely postpone the
lecture by Mrs. MacFarlane.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Pueblo, Colo„
February 6,1912.
Notice hereby riven that Geonre 11. Bnr
■•**«. of I.H J mi lit. Colorado, wlio, on August h.
1910. in in I•• Homestead Entry, Ne. U 11216, f (ir
Township 21 S., Range Ml W.. 6th Prin. Mer
idian, lias tiled notice of Intention to make
Final Comminution Proof, to establish claim
to the land above deffcrllied. before the Clerk
of the District Court, at l-a Junta. Colorado,
on the ltuh day of March. 1911.
Claimant nainen as wlinr»m-«: E. G. Allan,
M. Carton and N. 11. Brisco of I,a Junta. Col
orado. A. E. Coleman, of Uocky Ford. Colorado.
Not coal land. J. W. HAWLEY.
Feb 16-Mar 15p Register.
Report of the Condition of the
Farmers & Merchants Bank
at Rocky Ford, in the State of Colo
rado. at the close of business on the
20th day of February, 1912:
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts s27.«.Vino
Overdrafts (85. fl
Other Bonds. Stocks ami Securities :tl.:«ct’6i
r urnlture and fixtures 2.299.<m
Due from Bank* or Hankers . 15. 1X12.15
Checks ami Cash Items yj -*o
Cush on Hand 13.128.77
Tota * t92.1ff.24
LIABILITIES
C.p«t.lStock $10,000.00
Undivided Profits (less expense' and
taxes paid) 68.18
lime ( crtiti'-atcs of Deposit . 11.P.Y, fi‘.
Individual Deposits 70,140.32
To, *l fP2.1ff.24
STATF. OF COLORADO i au
County of Otero (
I. A. J. Stewart. Cashier of the nbovo
named bunk, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is truo to the best of iny
knowledge and belief.
*.. . „ A. J. BTRWART. Cashier.
Attest, 11. A an Dunkirk. President
Subscribed and sworn to before mo till*
fth d» of March 1012.
lexAt.l Mary J. Anderson.
. . Notary Public.
My commission expire* Feb. if. ivif.