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Rocky Ford Enterprise.
TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAH
OUR MAYOR
IS BANQUETED
Love Feast in His Honor
Tuesday Evening
PRIOR TO DEPARTURE
FOR INDEFINITE STAY
Aldermen, City Officials, Ex-Mayor,
the Press and a Few Friends Give
/layor Fitting Send-Off
Emulating the example so wor
thily set them by our honorable
mayor, and in expression of thei r
appreciation for his most valuable
assistance in the conduct of city
affairs, the members of the city
council on Tuesday evening tend
ered a banquet to "Mayor Coffman,
who with his wife leaves this week
for an indefinite stay in Southern
California.
The banquet, or love feast as it
might perhaps be called, was held
in the Gobin cafe and was attend
ed by the aldermen and city offici
als, Ex-Mayor Pollock, represent
atives of the local press and a few
warm personal friends of Mr.
Coffman, numbering twenty in all,
who with the guest of honor en
joyed a splendid banquet prepar
ed and served in the tasty manner
for which Mrs. Laura Bowman is
justly noted.
Following the feast of good
things came a feast of speechmak
ing, of which the opening remarks
by Toastmaster Z. T. Roberts gave
the general trend and purpose, as
follows:
Gentlemen of the Council and Friends:
I hope you are friends of the Council
as well as of Mayor Coffman. Even a
councilman likes to feel that there is
some one whom he can call a friend.
Some one who can, with a clear con
science grasp his hand and offer him
honest congratulations on some measure
he has carried to success, or commend
him for a stand he has taken, which
though right has lost him business and
the companionship of those whom he had
counted as friends.
We are assembled here to do honor to
one who has been a loyal citizen among
us for the past six years. One who has
always carried his share of the burden
in everything that was for the public
good. In politics of the county and state,
in affairs of the city, in lodge, or in church
circles. Mr. Coffman has gained the rep
utation of being a worker who does
things, and in the doing of things, in
spires others to greater efforts. There
are but few men who can set such an
example as this and it is for this reason
that his place will be hard to fill in our
community, whether his stay away from
us be.long or short.
Mr. Coffman however, has his peculiar
ities, nqne of which are of a very serious
nature. For example he seems to en
joy attempting to walk over harmless
automobiles, which happen to be in his
path. He has a weakness for church
suppers and mayor's dinners, he likes to
boss the political or good roads conven
tions, and in fact, I believe he enjoys
being mayor. But, no matter whether
at a prayer meeting, at a prize fight, or
presiding over his bunch of councilman,
he is always the same serious faced
judge of affairs.
Knowing him as we do, it is not hard
to predict what his course of action will
be when he establishes himself in some
new place. He will first register at the
Elks Club, and tell them that they have
the finest club rooms outside of Rocky
Ford, that they have the best bunch of
fellows he can ever hope to meet, out
side his own herd. Next he will annex to
himself the Methodist church and the
Ladies Aid Society; then he will attend a
meeting of the city council, present his
credentials, and find out "how the frog
ate the ca bbage,” and report back to Joe
Price. You may depend upon one thing,
that if he finds anything good in that
town that Rocky Ford has not, but can
have we will find out all about it and
how to get it:
Although we are met here to be soc
iable and.to honor our mayor, I am sure
it would not be in keeping with his wishes
if we did not take advantage of the op
portunity to, in a measure discussques
tions which interest us all as citizens of
Rocky Ford. We will not go into this
deeply, and I ask that the speakers /eel
free to deviate from their subject as
much as suits their fancy.
I wish to warn you all. however, in
considering what we wish for Rocky
Ford and her future, to be governed as
was the little girl who went into the toy
shop with her mother: She said,
"Mamma, may I have anything I want?"
Her mother’s reply was. “Yes. child, but
don’t want anything you cannot have."
(Continued on Fourth Page)
FATAL KICK FROM HORSE
I. T. Heathman Early Sunday Morn
ing Succumbed to Injuries
Received Friday
At 1:45 on Sunday morning Ike T.
Heathman, the well-known baggage and
transfer man, passed away, after linger
ing in an unconscious state from 5:30 on
Friday morning, when he was kicked
in the head by one of his horses.
Mr, Heathman, it seems was in his
staole yard caring for his horses on Fri
day morning, when one of them wanted
to take a roll in the mud and Ike ran
forward to scare it up, when the animal
turned and playfully kicked out toward
him. From the appearance of the wounds
it is thought that the poor fellow was
struck by both feet on the head, as his
jaw was broken at the point of the chin
and the back of his head was badly
crushed. The latter injury is the one that
proved fatal as it caused a blood clot to
form at the base of the brain and surgic
al aid was unable check the consequent
paralysis resulting in .his demise early
Sunday morning.
Ike T. Heathman came to Rocky Ford
a little over two years ago, and at once
engaged in the transfer business, in which
he was successfully engaged at the time
of his fatal accident. He was 36 years
of age and besides his wife left a father
and brother who came up from Shelbina,
Mo., to accompany the remains to the
old family burying ground.
Funeral services were conducted in the
Ustick Undertaking Co. chapel on Mon
day afternoon by Revs, James and Goff,
after which the remains were conveyed
to the Santa Fe depot, attended by his
fraternal brothers of the Odd Fellows and
Yeomen lodges and many sympathizing
friends.
PIONEER RESIDENT DEAD
A.L.KellogK, First County Treasurer
Is Summoned
At the Pollock hospital about 4 o'clock
on Tuesday afternoon Aaron L. Kellogg
passed away after a six month’s struggle
with paralysis. For some time his phy
sician had held out no hope of his recov
ery, and his son Addison and daughter
Gertrude had been summoned, from-their
homes in Kansas City and Grand Junc
tion, and with his wife and daughter Veda
were at his side when the end came.
A. L. Kellogg was born in Whitehall,
N. Y„ 75 years ago. In 1886 he came
to Rocky Ford and homesteaded a quar
ter section on the hill adjoining Reservoir
park, one-half of which together with city
property was in his possession at the
time of his demise.
Mr. Kellogg was prominently identified
with the early political history of this
section, as he was the first treasurer of
Otero county and for eight years served
as president of the state board of agri
culture. He was the first cashier of the
Farmers 4t Merchants bank of this city
and during the incumbency of Mayor
Pollock capably filled the position of clerk
in the water commissioner's office.
For 40 years Mr. Kellogg had been an
elder of the Presbyterian church, and on
yesterday afternoon funeral services were
conducted in the sacred edifice of his
faith. The funeral sermon was preached
by Dr. Warner of the Methodist church,
because of the absence from the city of
the regular pastor. Dr. Weaver
LINCOLN DAY BANQUET
Will Witness Great Gathering of
Republican Clan in Denver
Albert B. Cummins, United States
senator from lowa. Clyde C. Dawson of
Denver, Halstead L. Ritter of Denver, as
speakers, Jesse F. McDonald of Leadville
as chairman. Judge John Campbell of
Denver as toast master, and Dr. Wm. F.
Slocum of Colorado Springs to deliver
the invocation, comprises the list of en
tertainers on the program of the Lincoln
Day banquet which is to be given under
the auspices of the Republican party at
El Jebel, Temple, Denver, on the evening
of February 12th, It will be the open
ing meeting of the 1914 campaign to win
Colorado from the control of Democracy.
The entertainment will be preceded by a
banquet which will be $2.00 per plate
and one of the best repasts ever served
in the city.
There will be no invitations issued.
Every resident or visitor in the state will
be welcome. The Progresssive Republi
cans. The Regular Republicans, The
Stand-pat Republicans and in fact all
kinds of Republicans have agreed to get
to work and make of it a complete suc
cess. A look at the program of speakers
will show that every wing of the party
has been recognized. Another look at
the several committees that have been
appointed to complete the work of hold
ing the banquet will show that an honest
effort has been made to make the entire
evening as representative of all who op
pose Democracy in Colorado as it is pos
sible to do.
Senator Cummins is one of the best
known men in public life to day as well
as one of the best orators in the country.
His presence on the program means that
the meeting will be a success.
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1914
Southern California
===Playground of
the Rich
My Dear Monkman:
I suppose it is about time I was “doing
a little piece for the papers” if I am to
continue to stand in with the newspaper
fraternity of my home town. And sure
it isn't a want of something to write
about that should make one remiss in the
matter of correspondence from San
Diego. The city may be dead as the
proverbial door nail as to trade and com
merce of the common and regulation
sorts, which it is; but along other lines
there is nearly always "something doing.”
Southern California has been aptly dub
bed by somebody “the playground of the
rich." The happy phrase maker might
have added that it was also the "hospi
tal camp of the sick” and “the bivouac
of the dead”. The relation of the phrases
may not be apparent at first thought, be
cause while many of the rich are of the
class who have bankrupted their health
by indulgences elsewhere and come here
for the climatic and other comforts the
vicinity affords, there are many who
have pawned their last resource to get
into so mild and equable an atmosphere,
in hope of recovery of health. But as a
bivouac of the dead it seems to show
little respect of persons. It gets both
rich and poor.
It is as "a playground of the rich”,
however, that Southren California in
general and this city in particular excels.
One has but to read the “sassietv" col
umns of the daily press to learn “who’s
wno,” and how hard up they are for
something to do. There is to be a "Turk
ish ball” at Hotel del Coronado a few
days from now. I have not been invited,
but 1 learn from the local press that the
occasion will be graced by the presence
of the Count and Countess Chatouleno
and the Due de Richelieu and his Duch
ess and other ducks and drakes of pedi
gree stock. And I am furthermore in-
Torfiiedthat truck loads of trunks filled
with dainty and more or less decollete
gowns have been going over the ferry to
the high fashion hostelry for several
days; and all the capable seamstresses
of S. D. are in requistion, making togs
for the social crush. So you see "a play
ground for the rich” does contribute
something in the way of a “workyard for
the poor." And is this not a great vir
tue? At all events, there are many who
never get farther in their study of polity
cal economy than to so esteem it, and
pronounce econiums on the rich folk who
give the poor folk a job.
In this connection one might write with
interest of the army of unemployed that
is just now beseiging the California
cities or marching through the state of
California insisting that a chance to work
be given them. But why single out Cal
ifornia for interesting comment on this
theme. Has not Colorado its Trinidad
and Michigan its Calumet. And do we
not read that in Germany the city of Ber
lin alone has its 100,000 unemployed
calling for work? There be those of
course.wno tell us that the Democrats
are to blame for all our troubles. Well
doubtless there are some democrats in
Germany too. Wherever there are aris
tocrats we are sooner or later to have
democrats. They follow one another as
instinctively as day follows night; and
the only way to improve matters would
seem to be to even things up better. But
there! 1 must stop or 1 shall be accused
of encouraging Socialism, when I only
meant to say a good word for Wilson.
But I shall not be altogether “chang
ing the sjhjact” if I revert to the fact
that "social" San Diego, or to be more
explicit, San Diego's social sst has one of
WILL HAVE TO GO SOME
If They Should Taka This City as a
Pacemaker
Bro. Mason of the La Junta Tribune is
again trying to infuse some life into his
sleepy old burg by administering such
pokes in the ribs as the following:
"Rocky Ford is agitating the questions
of ornamental street lighting paving
Main street and a milk condensary for
that burg all at one and the same time.
Rocky Ford is always agitating some
question that has for its object the better
ing of conditions in the town, and the re
sult is that she usually gets most of the
things she goes after. It would be a
good thing for some of the business men
of La Junta to become inoculated with
some of the virus that permeates the
systems of the Rocky Fordites. If they
did this old town would sure go some.
The trouble with La Junta is that we do
not appreciate what we have, or our
opportunities to acquire every good and
perfect thing that makes for the highest
ideals in civic life. If Rocky Ford had as
many things to crow over as La Junta
already has she would go plumb crazy,
Our Old Friend Taylor Also I
Dubs it the “Hospital Camp |
of the Sick and Bivouac of •
the Dead." J
its gnest assets in the military eclat that
it gets from the Navy anchorage afforded
by its fine bay. She can almost any
day find a social lion in Captain Tom or
Lieut. Dick, or even Corporal Harry, if a
little pushed to it. You should have read
the roar that went up from the leading
daily paper of the city, (which, it might
be said incidentally, seems to be the
palladium of all the liberties or the free
and easy set of S. D.) when President
Wilson called down the Carabas club for
its ribald mockery of his Administration’s
policy toward the Filipinos. You could
not have failed to see that here indeed
the Chief Executive of the Nation was
treading on somebody’s especially pet
corn: that here in S. D., as hardly any
where else in the country, there was a
special element to be defended; to have
the wounds of that Presidential repri
mand well salved. Little sympathy in
deed does the Dove of Peace policy get
in this quarter, for we need the gun boats
to draw the idle rich crowd and build a
city. One that shall be not only as beau
tiful for natural situation and as salu
brious for climate as the Naples it is so
often likened to, but also as rich and as
rotten.
But here I am again, up against the
beautiful economic order of our twen
tieth century civilization.
And why should I when there are so
many other interesting and more popu
lar things to write about? For instance,
here in S. D. bay. on North Island, we
have the greatest aviation feats of the
world pulled off almost daily. It was
here that Beachey entertained the crowd
on Thanksgiving day by doing a loop the
loop stunt in a flying machine for the
first time it was done in America, and it
is here that we have everyday perfor
mances of somewhat less daring sort by
members of the U. S. aviation corps of
the government station on the Island.
Yesterday from the windows of our room
we watched a flight over the city and
across the bay, made at a height of about
3.000 feet, that was done with all the
steady grace and beauty of a bird-
Travelling 70 miles an hour as he pass
ed, the birdman checked his speed and
settled down upon Point Loma, then rose
again in flight and settled upon the wa
ters of the bay, skimming over the sur
face as nracefully as a kingfisher look
ing for an unwary herring.
But lest my readers suppose that when
we revert to aviation we are up entirely
out of the atmosphere of the exclusive
society circles of S. D. let me tell them
that the latest thing is a flying machine
ferry between the Nortn Island Aviation
Camp and the Hotel del Coronado, and
that the carrying of pretty girls in short
flights between the two points is the fad
of the hour. The second day of the in
auguration of this ferry service the local
press reported as many as 25 young
ladies holding reserve seat tickets so to
speak—rthat is waiting their turn- for the
trip in the air ship. I always knew the
dear girls would do almost anything for a
chance to sit alongside a pair of should
er-straps, but upon my word I didn’t
think so many of them "had the nerve ’
that this displays. I'm proud of them.
It excuses a whole lot of frivolities with
which they seek to kill time. In fact I
can forgive them about everything, ex
cept it should be initiating that eastern
' lady of leisure” who was reported the
other day as dressing her poodle in fash
ionable attire and giving a dog party for
it. What a dog-goned shame that any
woman could be so shallow. G. H. T.
San Diego, Cal.. Jan. 14, 1914
DAIRY AND SILO TRAIN
Will Make Tour of Arkansas Valley
in February
The dairy, silo and forage crop demon
stration train, operated by the Santa Fe,
in connection with the Colorado Agricult
ural College, will leave Denver for a tour
of the Arkansas Valley. Feb. 16. The
train will consist of seven cars fitted for
demonstration and exhibition purposes
and will make stops at 'practically every
station in the valley.
The train will be equipped as follows:
1. Horse car for live stock, feed and
storage.
2. Flat car for exhibiting live stock
and a platform for open air meetings.
3. Baggage car for silo materials,
feeding rations, silage cutter, milk tester,
dairy machinery, forage exhibits and
chart display.
4. The lecture car for men will be
well equipped with chart materials.
5. Same.
6. Lecture and exhibit car for home
economics.
7. Living car.
BEETS ARE ALL IN
Bad Smash-Up Does Not Stop Fact
ory and Campaign Will
Last to Feb. I
Despite the partial wrecking of the
Rocky Ford sugar factory last Thursday
afternoon, when one of the 250-horse
power engines left its foundation through
faulty constructions and caused an ex
plosion that made the huge plant trem
ble and threw massive castings and de
bris about the dynamo room, the big
factory is merrily grinding away as though
nothing had happened, and should nothing
further occur to prevent will continue at
top speed until Feb. 1, when it is estimat
ed that the longest campaign for this
factory will end.
The accident was the worst that has
ever occured in the Rocky Ford factory
in the way of damage to machinery, but
luckily every employe escaped without
serious injury, and as the load of the
wrecked engine was soon distributed to
the four others, it caused a shorter shut
down than would many another that
would do much less damage to the plant,
as everything was going again in less
than half an hour.
DROPS DEAD
W. T. Swearingen, a Contractor, was
Stricken on Monda^
At the home of Ed Gibson, about six
miles south of this city, on Monday morn
ing, W, T. Swearingen, of the contracting
firm of Suter 4s Swearingen, who re
cently bought the John Williams carpenter
shop on Main street, passed suddenly
away as a result of a rupture of the heart
Mr. Swearingen was engaged in push
ing his motorcycle through a soft piece of
road when he was seen to fall over on
the ground by Mr. Gibson, who at once
went to his assistance. Realizing that the
man's condition was serious Mr. Gibson
took him to his home, where Mr. Swear
ingen complained of feeling cold and died
while sitting by the stove and before
medical attention could be secured.
Coroner Thompson was summoned and
had the remains brought to this city
where they were prepared for burial and
on Monday evening were taken by a son
to his home in PueblQ.
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Present Prices of Cattle Make High
Record for January
Kansas City Stock Yards, Jan, 19 —
Cattle of all kinds sold steady to 10 high
er last week, except that canners held
barely steady. The cattle market is ipa
healthy state, and conditions are strong,
but the fact that a large share of the
killing cattle are short fed, and low dress
ers, making beef cost high on the hooks,
together with mild weather prevailing,
prevents substantial advances in the
market. Receipts to-day are 14000 head
market steady, with strong spots on cows
and on stockers and feeders. Sugar mill
steers brought 87.25 to $8.30 to-day,
Oil mill steers, in both native and quaran
tine division, $6.75 to ?7,55, best veals
sll. In view of good feeding weather,
reasonable price of corn, and reluctance
of the beef cattle market to make good
advances, though present prices are
highest on record for January, commission
men are advising owners to hold cattle,
and make them good, particularly when
there are hogs in the feed lot. Hog prices
are strong to 5 higher to-day, following a
10 to 15 cent net rise last week, receipts
9000, top $8.42/4, bulk $7.95 to $8 40.
Sheep and lambs sold well last week,
but the market is 10 to 25 lower to-day.
Receipts .are- moderate here. Packers
are prophesying liberal general receipts
and a soft market for some weeks ahead.
Ewes sold around $5.30 to-day. weath
ers $5.60, yearlings $6.40 to $7.00.
J. A. Rickart,
Market Correspondent.
AT THE STOCK SHOW
Rocky Ford is Well Represented in
Denver This Week
C. F. Burke, who last week represent
ed the Otero Agricultural association in
the Farmers Congress at Fort Collins, is
this week upholding the reputation of this
section of the Arkansas valley with his
blue ribbon herd of Duroc-Jersey hogs at
the National Stock Show in Denver.
Rocky Ford is well represented at the
big show, the following being amongst
those who are spending at least part of
the week in Denver: Messrs and Mes
dames Clint DeLong, Joe Effner, Frank
Ritchie, C.S Culp, F. W. Osborn; Mes
dames G. W. Swink. W. J. Brown, Chas.
Cornelius, Hannah Corner. Cora Vallan
dicham, Dora Harley; Messrs T. J. Smirl,
Wiley Robertson, B. W. Hopper. Dean
Stanley, I. D. Hale, H. A. Dawley, J. H.
Price, Jos. Duncan, the Cothren Bros.,
Clarence Harley, G. W. Lewis. Leland
Lewis. Geo. Cameron, and C. Govreau.,
L. R. Ermeling. representing M. Baker
4c Co., Inc., of Chicago and other fruit
distributors as far east as New York
City, spent Wednesday in this city with
his old friend I, D. Hale, with whom he
was formerly associated in the old H.
Woods Co,
NO. 34
ENTHUSIASTIC FOR
MILK CONDENSERY
Agricultural Association Com
mittee Meets Factory Men
FARMERS COMMITTEE
CONTRACTING FOR COWS
Enthusiastic Support Given Proposi
tion by Farmers, Business-men
and Citizens Generally
The meeting of the Otero
County Agricultural association
held Saturday afternoon was the
largest in attendance of any for a
long time nnd was good evidence
of the interest taken by the far til
ers and other citizens in the pro
posed milk condensery.
Claud Swink of the American
Beet Sugar Co. gave an interest
ing talk on the “Conservation of
Moisture,” during which he gave
the farmers some excellent advice
regarding the preparation of their
labd for the coming yoars’s crops.
The question of a milk condeu
sery was the all absorbing topic
and after some very interostiugjro
marks by Mr. Sherwood, who
strongly advocated the proposed
movement, the meetiug got down
to business nnd after some dis
cussion elected W. B. Mandevillo
nud J. M. Shnulis a committee to
visit Chicago and confer with
Libby, McNeil & Libby, with
whom there has been considerable
correspondence.
A committee of ten from the
association was chosen to visit the
farmers in this vicinity for the
purpose of ascertuiniug the exact
number of cows uow kept and the
number that would be kept should
the prdposed plant come to Kocky
Ford, the committee being J. C.
Fleming, William Morrison, W.
H. Allen, G. I. Miller, L. W,
Babcock, Harry Badger, H. J.
Chrane, C. F. Burke, Boy Seemnn
nud W. R. Sneath, In addition
to this committee each bank will
be represented on the committee
and the grocer's association will be
asked to select five members from
the business men.
Mr. Mandevillo assured the
meetiug that there would be no
trouble in financing the proposi
tion of purchasing cows, and a
committee consisting of W. H.
Allen, J. M. Shaulis and J. C.
Fleming was appointed to con
fer with the other bankers upon
the question of fiuauces.
The sum of $125 was subscribed
by those present toward defraying
the expenses of the Chicago com
mittee.
Word was received from the
Cheraw district and also from
Holbrook to the effect that a large
number of cows would be sub
scribed if the proposition was a
go and already a larger supply
could be furnished a factory than
is being furnished the one at
Lamar.
W. 11. Dye, J. H. Crowley, J.
B. Lacy. A, L. Hadley and C. J.
Cover were appointed a committee
to meet the committeo from the
grand lodge of Moose, who will
visit this city iu the near future
with a view to choosing a site for
a national sanitarium for the
order.
The Chicago committee left
Monday morning to meet with
Libby, McNeil & Libby in an
arranged conference, and a report
will be ready for the association
at asp ecial meeting that has been,
called by President West for to
morrow (Saturday) afternoon.
At this special meetiug the
farmers committee will also be
ready to report, as they are
already interviewing the farmers
and are finding them all enthus
iastic over the prospects of the
establishment of a milk conden
sery ami ready to sign up a con
tract to keep a bunch of cows.