Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-28
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Saturday on canal business.
Miss Page was last week the guest OF
Misses Haviland and Burnett, La Junta.
Mrs. Henry Bowman last week pre-
sented her husband with fine girl babe.
R. T: CrossleY who was poisoned by
Spanish Flies, is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bidwell welcomed
the arrival Of new girl babe few
days since.
Mis- Aggie Lyon has resigned her place
in Phenicie's store and returned to her
home in La Junta.
Mrs. J. N. Beatty was in town yeeter-
day in the interests OF Catlin's Fourth of
July celebration.
F. A Huntley, supt Experiment Sta
ton, left on Tuesday for flying trip to
Denver and Pueblo.
Mrs. w. W Thomas, Of La Fountain,
KS, is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. 2. Tuttle.
Miss E. G. Quiner, Of Denver, has re-
turned home after q visit with her sister,
Mrs. Frank Bingham.
Rev. H. r. Antes left for his new
charge, Glenwood Springs last Thurs
Mrs. Judge Goblin left last Thursday
for q visit with relatives at Cheney, KS,
accompanied by Mary and Paul.
H. NJ. Hall and family, Of Rocky Ford,
are visiting Mrs. Halls father J. A.
Smlth.-Chieftain of 22nd.
Miss Beulah Haskins, of La Junta,
one of the recent recent graduates Of the
La Jun;a high school, was last week the
guest of Mrs. I. d. Hale.
WILDER Thomas representing the Dem
yer News, was in town last week looking
after the financial interests Of the News
in this locality.
Mrs. Gillett returned to her home in
Indianola, Neb., last Thursday, after a
visit OF several months with her daughter,
Mrs. H. I. Maxwell.
Mrs. 81. P. Allen, of Honey Grove,
Texas, (a year ago Miss Ollie Seely, Of
Rocky Ford, is visiting her parents here
accompanied by a young daughter.
James E. Gwin, who has been spend
ing a month with his cousin, r, b. Beall,
left for Central City Monday for stay
with relatives there.
Mrs John Bush started Tuesday
morning for visit with her mother at
Greenwood, Colo, accompanied by two
children.
L w. Larmore was called to Pueblo
Tuesday by telegraphic news of the SER
ious illness Of his daughter who has been
there some weeks for medical treatment
this week by G. NJ. Hail. Chairman
Green, G. @. Washburn and c. w. Fen.
lason, all delegates to the Republican
State Leagne Convention.
W. E. Anderson left for Denver on
Thursday, presumably on mining busi-
ness, but while there will give some at
tention to Rocky Ford artesian well af-
fairs.
One personal item given last week was
incomplete and we repeat with slight
variation: Boyd Irvine, mother and
sister, May, arrived from the east last
week.
II. B. Dye, wife and baby visited Cat
tin last Thursday to attend the Y. P. 8.
@. E. social, Mr.. Dye going from there to
Ordway on harvesting machinery busi-
ness.
g. II. Blake, the oily Continental
agent, Of Pueblo, was with us last week
on one Of his regular tours for the pur-
rication.
J. 8. Seely on Friday found a horse in
danger from strangulation from entang
lement IN his halter. In relieving the an
imal he received severe kick, making
him quite lame.
Mrs. Eva Antes, who has been visiting
among her many friends here for the past
week, will start for Glenwood Springs
to-day. Bro. Antes writes that he is
we'll pleased with the appearance Of his
new charge.
E. r. Cowles representing H. W. King
4 Co., clothing, Chicago, was here with
many big trunks Monday. MIR. O. claims
to represent the best house west Of N. Y.
and to sell more goods than any other
drummer in his line. Maxwell Bros.
bought bill as usual.
Our list of those attending tho La
Junta commencement exercises was in
complete from the fact that the names Of
Misses Hannah Swink and Della Badger
were omitted by our informant. (Moral-
Always tell the truth and the whole truth
especially to a newspaper reporter)
It was not Sam Miller who last week
from Louisiana, but W. NJ.
Miller, who left Rocky Ford last October
for southern trip. His farm here is
rented this year but he will run it next
season. Mrs. Miller is in Fayetteville,
Ark.
H. M. Fosdick, of Fowler, was in town
on Saturday. He says that he is one Of
the worst sufferers from the food in his
For ten days he was on
an island made by the washing OF the
Hood, and the situation l6 Dut nttle I'M
proved now. A very shaky make-shift of
q suspension bridge is his only means of
with the outer world.
Mrs J. M. Little recently received
letter from Mrs. Betty Wheat, now visit
ing near Kansas city, Mo. Mrs. Wheat
writes that one Of the children has been
having an attack of chills, which she
thought would require her to shorten her
visit, but the child is better and she will
remain while longer. She says that it
is great satisfaction to know that she
has home in this land Of sunshine.
Jas. Stanton, of Catlin, made us short
call on Friday and reported that he was
being visited by his sister, Mrs. 1. B.
Varney, Of Los Angeles, Cal. Although
Mrs. Varney has lived for some time on
the greatly doomed Pacific slope, she is
with the advantages which the
Arkansas Falley has over the thirsty
land of Los Angeles. She is so much
pleased with the country that removal
u contemplated,
Tho Populist State Convention will
be held at Pueblo, Sept. 4th.
Rocky Ford's delegates to the Re-