Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-10-05
PERSONAL.

Junta business men on Friday.
C. G.. Ament returned yesterday from
a visit to Denver.
W. @. Steele was on the sick list few
days since, but has fully recovered.
Mrs. NJ. e. Springer returned from q
two months visit in eastern Kansas, last
evening.
8. I. Maxwell, who has been spending
a month with his wife in Iowa, returned
to Rocky Ford Sunday.
W. E. Anderson is at Boulder attend
ing meeting of the regents of the state
university.
Hon. Platt Wicks was with us few
days ago looking after his judicial can
didacy.
+. A. Sabin and Under Sheriff Gem.
NELL passed through the Rocky Ford
country on Saturday en- route to Ordway.
w. E. Anderson returned on Saturday
from an extended trip to Kansas City
and Warrensburg, Mo.
John Gracey is in Denver this week as
representative to the grand lodge,
I. o. o. F.
Mrs. G.. P. Salyer is the representative
to the grand lodge, Daughters of Rebec-
kah, now in session in Denver.
@. L. Kiser, formerly of La Junta, is
now editor of the West Indianapolis, Ind.
News.
G, P. Salyer, Frank Jordan and ]. s.
Scott left Tuesday for ten days hunt
in the cedar country.
Among our visitors from La Junta on
Tuesday were Gerald Doughtery, Andy
Myers and Joe Furry.
Elmer Conner, Walter Calkins and Jno
7. Wasson, Jr., started on Monday for
Holton, Kans.. to attend commercial
school.
J. E. Godding, cosmopolitan, spent
twenty-fours in Rocky Ford last week
when he skipped to Longmont, returning
here yesterday.
Del Bartholomew, one OF Otero's lead.
ing Republicans, was industriously look,
ing after the party's interests in Rocky
Ford last Saturday.
This column should have reported last
week the birth of girl to Mr.. and Mrs
r. s. Stearns. Congratulations yet in
order.
Frank Bingham arrived from Kansas
City Monday aud reports having made q
good sale of the train load of fat cattle
taken there last week
W. E. Doyle Of Pueblo has been look.
ing over the Rocky Ford country with a
view of finding place to feed a large
bunch of cattle.
Miss Birdie Kissenger and Mr.. Louis
A. Humphrey, both OF Catlin, were mar
ried at La Juuta on Tuesday by Rev. w
W. Dowd.
Rev. Thomas Wiltsce OF the Tempas
creek country made us call on Satur.
day and reports peace aud plenty in his
section.
Rev. George II. Taylor left on Satur-
day morning for Canon City, where he
will preach to the Unitarian brethren for
two Sundays.
A. L. Kellogg left Saturday evening
for Ft Collins to attend the regular
monthly meeting OF the executive com.
mittee OF the state agricultural college
board.
Mics Luella Moore, who has been
spending the past month with the family
OF G. w. Gill, left for Pueblo Saturday
morning where she began teaching in the
Fountaine school on Monday.
G. o. Emerton of La Junta and H. NJ
Fosdick of Fowler were attracted to
Rocky Ford on Saturday by the annual
election of the Arkansas Valley Fair as.
sociation.
Miss Clara Adair departed on Satur.
day for Nine Mile, where she will teach
for several months. (Nine Mile is some
times spoken OF as Higbee, that being the
nearest post office.)
Cadet Holley, son of H. 8. Holly, a
pupil in the Jarvis Hall military acad.
emy, Denver, has splendid record Oh
the monthly reports. His grading is
from IS to 95 in the various branches
The grade Of IS indicates very good and
95 very excellent.
Horace Knight spent Sunday in Pueb-
10 on business of unusual importance, j.
e., to welcome the birth of niue-pound
girl. Mrs. Knight has been spending
several weeks with her mother, Mrs. T.
B. Oldham, in Pueblo.
DIR. Chas. Rayhill OF Belleville, ILL.,, has
been the guest of John Vroman, Catlin,
for several weeks. He was in Rocky
Ford few days since and renewed his
acquaintance with Mrs. W. E. Anderson.
He and Mrs A. graduated in the same
class IA years ago and had not met since
until last week.
G. c. Washburn Of Rocky Ford Is in
the city to attend the Republican judic-
ial district convention this morning and
Will then go to Denver to the meeting OF
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows.-Ch,ef-
tain.
NJ. Badger has just returned from a