Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-12-07
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PERSONAL.

D. w. Burt is home from his extended
hunting trip in the Panhandle.
Chas. o. Vogan Of Ordway was in town
on Monday on an alfalfa seed deal.
Rev. G. H. Taylor, after several weeks
illness, is slowly recovering.
Mrs. M. J. Cleary left last week for a
visit at her old home, Belle Plains, Iowa.
P. ]. ReiAe was among his old friends
in Rocky Ford last week.
H. M. Fosdick of Fowler was an in
terested attendant at the horticultural
meeting Saturday evening.
H. g. Burk left few days since for
Pueblo where he will spend the winter
with bis son-in-law, Hon. Platt Wicks.
Lawrence Tewes had an arm broken a
few days since by being crowded against
by horse in a stable.
W. E. Anderson made flying trip to
Springer, N. M. and bought another herd
Of cattle few days since.
George Atkinson Of Texas, a cattle
man, has recently become citizen of
Rocky Ford.
R. W. Steele, of Denver. of the Otero
Fruit & Land Co., made Rocky Ford q
brief visit few days since.
Louis Kells left for Denver Sunday,
leaving the Mutual Life's interests to be
cared for by l.. r. Fenlason. He was
accompanied by his young brother.
Lee Bird, of Tecumseh, Neb.. who had
the contract for the construction Of our
among old friends here.
The Maxwell -Egbert-D Dye hunting par
ty returned Friday from the oedars with
no great stories of success to relate-lots
of sport but little game.
H. E. Ellingwood and Mr.. Homer are
spending several days at the Forder
ranch, 50 miles north, shooting ducks,
geese and antelope, and will probably lay
In their winters supply OF meati
Companions Smith, Winchell, Kearby,
Pearce, Fox and Steele drove down to
La Junta Monday evening to attend the
Commandery meeting, returning the same
night.
b. 8. Holley; g. D. Gerbing and VIM.
Gerbing spent Thanksgiving in Pueblo
inaugurating the new and very extensive
Columbia L. 4 @. meat market, and they
did it well.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Mason of Amherst,
Wis, are the guests of @. G. Washburn,
Mrs. Ms father. They will make Rocky
Ford their home, and Mr.. Mason prom
ises to be valuable addition to our List
Of good farmers.
R. o. McClain Of Catlin, whom Hon. J.
II. Crowley says knows more about fruit
culture than any other man in the coun-
ty, was in town on Monday and proved
that he knows something about good
newspapers as we'll as fruit, by subscrib-
ing for the ENTERPRIsE. In fact, its
soon going to be fashionable in Otero
county for every farmer to have the En-
TERPRIsE in his house.
Mrs. George Egbert, living in the up
per Tempas country, was most agreeably
surprised by a crowd Of visitors number
ing thirty-seven on Saturday Of last week.
II was the occasion Of her fifty-second
birthday and the friends and neighbors
came in to help celebrate it. They came
with baskets well filed and gave her q
complete surprise. After enjoying q
sumptuous repast the ladies spent the
afternoon in the most pleasant manner,
returning to their homes feeling il was
good to have been there. In the even
ing about 125 young people came in and
had good time until II o'clock in social
conversation, games and other enter
tainment9,