Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-07-12
County Correspondence.
Interesting Local and Personal
News from all Portions OF
Fruitful Otero. County.
ORDWAY,

Special Correspondence of the ENTERPRIsE.
All who were on the sick list are now
convalescent.
E. H. Van Orman is shipping butter to
Cripple Greek.
Gross receipts 4th Of July celebration
1890
G. Kelly visited his tree claim in Kiowa
Co., week. He reports 1000 trees in fine
growing condition.
The Ordway house is still unoccupied
and sleeping accommodations are limited to
lamp posts and barbed wire fences.
Mr.. Schnell, Of Pueblo is plasterine
the church which will be completed this
week.
"Hotel Freeman" was nearly swept
away by the flood. Fried chicken has dis
appeared from the bill Of fare and the
chickens from the face Of the earth.
A generous supply OF the necesasaries
and luxuries of life were donated by the
friends and the pastor and wife went
home highly gratitied to be among such
a generous and appreciative people.
The Ladies Aid Society have ordered
of Frank Pryor, Pueblo, two dozen ad-
ditionAl chairs to accommodate the Sunday
evening congregation. (We had to sit
on the lumber pile last Sabbath eve;;-
ing9
during the past week. Weeds are devel-
oping wonderfully. Alfalfa and other
fair to have an abundant harvest.
Fred Warren's house will be ready for
occupancy in few days. He is anxious
to get moved. He thinks four miles is
too far to travel for his meals and do a
days work besides.
We expect to enjoy the benefits OF n
superior course of lectures in the near
future. The lecturers in view are Revs.
r. A. Carnine. d. L. RAIDER, r. Il. Vic
ent, s. B. Warner, and Prof. A. B. Hyde
of the Denver University. Such a
course Of lectures will be rare treat for
the intelligent people III this portion OF
tho Arkansas valley.
A surprise reception was rendered
Rev. and Mrs. Keator Friday evening.
They were requested to attend special
committee meeting at the church and
when they arrived found very large
crowd Of friends, raising the inquiry,
where could they all have come from in
this newly settled country? After re-
treatments w. 8. Green made short ad-
dress of welcome in which he mentioned
the discouraged condition of the work at
the beginning of the year, and the pres
ent prosperity, Of which the church they
then occupied was substantial evidence.
In the name Of Ordway and vicinity Mr..
Green extended hearty welcome to
Rev. and Mrs. Keator and expressed the
hope that they would remain for the full
term of five years. The people rejoiced
in having such an efficient pastor and
one who was 80 ably assisted by his wife.
Bro Keator in reply said that while he
did not wish to dictate his appointment
to the bishop, it was in his heart to re-
turn to Ordway, and that he and Mrs.
Keator were very glad that their lot had
been cast with the Ordway people for an
other year at least. While Ordway at
present, did not have as large popula-
ton as some eastern cities, it certainly
resembled one Of them in that it was a
magnificent distances" He believed
that in the near future Ordway would be
the center of a large and thriving pop
ulation and hoped the church would be
q center of moral and religious influence,
building true citizens and christian char
acter, etc.