Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-09-07
Personal.
Guy Woods in able to be out again.

over the arrival OF Il fine nine-pound boy.
A new babe has come to bless the home
of DIR. and Mrs. W. b. Smith.
Harry Weller OF Walscnburg is visit
ing old friends in Rocky Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Slane left Tuesday
morning for Arkansas City, Kas.
A. G. Conner made business trip to
Florence Saturday.
DIR. Kearby rcioices i'll a reunited fam
lily, Mrs. X. and the boy arriving from
the east last Saturday evening.
H. L. Brannon has been in Denver for
u week or more looking after the sale Of
large shipments of melons.
Alderman E. Il Davis, OF Las Animas,
ouce OF Rocky Ford, is now the guest OF
Judge Goblin.
Hon. Plat Wicks has been with us for
severrl days, looking after his rancho
and the judgeship.
Horace Knight OF the Otero County
Exchange is regular bonanza mine for
agricultural news items.
Harry Maxwell took part in tine
Labor Day bicycle contest in Pueblo
on Monday.
A. R. Black, formerly OF Lamar, now
of Canon City, was gnest of tho West
House Satur lay.
Alex. Best, one of our most successful
farmers, left n few days since for Chicago
accompanied by his family.
H.B. Dye and wife spent Saturday in
Pueblo buying furniture and carpets for
their new home which they are now fur
nishing for early occupancy.
J. A. Ligon, representing Irwin Bros.
& Co., live stock dealers, Kansas City, is
rustling business in this vicinity and
getting it.
Chas. johnson, foreman of the Bob
Creek ranch of the Otero Fruit and Land
company, is absent for month at tho
Columbian exposition.
P. j. Reifel is resting from his labors
for the Deering machines and renewing
the acquaintance OF many old friends in
Rocky Ford.
G. d. Steward of Rocky Ford was in
town Monday. Charley wants to be sher-
if, and probably will he if not handi-
capped.-La Junta Tribune.
Col. J. N. F.nton is down from Rocky
Ford today, presumably to nurse his
boom for the Republican nomination for
the Office of slier1tf.-La Junta Call.
w. B. Robb made the ENTERPRISE a
lively call last week, and his invitation to
take a country dinner with him will be
accepted soon.
Geo. b. Cheny, who has been relieving
the manager of tho postal telegraph Of
flee at la Junta for the past two months,
is in Rocky Ford again.
Henry Hutton of the Buffers Canning
c., Denver, was enjoying Rocky Ford
scenery few days since with his friend
DR.. Kearby as guide.
The delegates from Rocky Ford to the
Democratic county convention are: Dis
trict 3-J. X. Dye, A. p. Kouns and H.
]. Rebcrger; District 4-Polk Salyer, b.
U. Dye and John CouGhren.
DIR. A. d. Marks left on Monday for
the sunny south. The doctors removal
is for the benefit OF his wife's health.
Rocky Ford society much regrets to lose
pr. and Mrs. Marks.
j. W. Eastwood, formerly of Rocky
Ford, still continues his interest in
preachers and good works. as proved by
his sending the pastors of our two
churches fine boxes of fruit from his
home in Phoenix, Ariz.
Asa Haines says he made the mistake
of his life when he sold those 800 horses
a few years ago and went into other bus
iness. His horses were high bred and
frequently netted him 800 each by the
car load. Mr.. Haines is yet a prominent
horse broker.
We accidentally ran across an old Pu-
eblo neighbor on Saturday, o. s. Barton,
who has fine large ranch four miles
north. Mr.. B. is now cntting his third
crop of alfalfa, 30 acres, and will get a
large yield of seed. 7ts"
g. w. Prtchard, of Bingham's ranch,
made us call Saturday evening. Mr..
Pritchard is pioneer in several direc-
items. He was the first street car driver
in Pueblo, was on tho police force there
at an early day, and has the honor of be-
ing a subscriber to the ENTERPRISE ever
since it was founded.
Col. J. n Fenton and his girl were
down from the Ford today, and the
CALLS society reporter was at once sent
to the Office of the county clerk on a
tour Of inspection. He learned, however
that the last marriage license issued was
to Dodge Hale, and he went away very
much disappointed.-La Junta Call.
Mr.. Louis Kells, special agent of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company OF New
York, arrived in Rocky Ford this week.
Mr.. Kells intends remaining some time
in Otero county for the purpose Of pre-
senting the excellences of the "Grand
Old Mutual Life" the largest company