Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16

with view OF trying to have the thieves
brought to justice.
-Larmore Bros are at work on the
school house in Patterson valley.
Several matters in type for this issue
| are crowded over to next week.
"A. P. Kouns has our thanks for a
sample of the last car load OF melons he
shipped to Denver.
Sec. Hall has Just received fino lot
of regular circus posters for advertising
the coming Fair.
An amatuer nine, known as the "Nev-
re- Sweats" will tomorrow play the "Max-
well Blues"
Among new advertisements this week
will be noted that of the Peoples Meat
and Produce Co.
Dan Scott has resigned the position
Of. Marshall and 1. h. Adair has been ap-
pointed to I'LL the vacancy.
Execution has been issued against
r. v. Waterman to collect his imposed
fine of 800.
j. W. Phenicie was unpacking large
lots of goods the other day filling up his
new md larger quarters.
.Shaeffer, the Trinidad commission
man, was here yesterday after melons and
tomatoes. He found both.
The Canning Co., will begin opera
tions next Monday on q magnificent crop
of tomatoes.
| "A wag says: "Some men, who marry
and settle down, would have done the
world more good had they remained
single and settled up"
DR.. Fenton's newly purchased store
building has been removed to the rear OF
the lot and Larmore Bros. are now at
work on the wall of the new brick room.
ALI members of the Hauck Hose Co.
are requested to meet at the hose house
Friday evening, Aug. IT, business OF i'm
portance. NJ. E. Springer Sec.
-Maxwells must have glove trade
hard to exceed. Last week they received
an invoice of one kind of glove, q good
buck, which amounted to 1924.
| "A meeting was held at the M. E.
church Monday evening to arrange for
dinner on Watermelon Day under the
auspices of the church and Epworth
League.
The knowledge Of parliamentary law
|
ing put to good use in protecting the pol
icy Of the majority as declared at the last
municipal election.
Exchange building of w. E. Anderson for
the term of one year. beginning Sept. LIST
and will conduct a general grain busi-
ness.
| j. W. Popenoe, the artesian we'll dig
| "a l. UoEo
melon Day to see what the prospects are
Ford well.
| Jos Israel denies that these No. 81
foot prints were made by him, but were
ing the Golden Rule early yesterday
morning.
1t is cheerful sight to see the depot
platform crowded with baskets and crates
of tomatoes and cantaloupes for shipment.
Both these vegetables are remarkably
fine this year and very abundant.
Envelopes with return card Except
name) on one corner, and Fair and
Watermelon Day advertising on:the back,
for sale at the ENTERPRISE Office. Price
20 cents per pack. Use them and adver-
tise our famous festival
| B. F. Powell was in town last Friday
and reported the High Line temporary
dam completed and full head Of water
in the ditch. While some of the High
Line farmers, at the lower end of the
ditch, have kicked considerably at the
lack Of water, the fact remains that the
crops under this ditch are uniformly
good.
| u. F. Kimbal one Of our late Kansas
visitors writes as follows: II have been
very much surprised in my visit to the
The soil produces large crops Of all kinds
Of fruits, grain, and vegetables. The
people are energetic, social, and enter
prising. No one will regret it should he
locate at Rocky Ford"
"A drunken row took place at Water
mans last night. Manning cut Hynes
with knife in the left breast, striking
a rib and inticting a severe wound.
Hynes secured car link but 80 weak
was he from loss of blood that he was
only able to give his assailant two slight
blows on the head. Manning under ar
rest-trial this p. m.
Melon shipments are beginning in
earnest, six cars have thus far been sent
to Denver, Colorado Springs and noun
tain points. The shippers have been
kouns Bros, and A. U. Conner who has
shipped for himself and Messrs Badger,
Brannon, Smith, Green, Bowman, Todd,
Samples, Deweese and Rolander.
Hon. j. G. Bell has our thanks for
q copy of his bill just introduced in the
House, to prevent the monopolization of
patented inventions. The bill provides
that the maximum royalty which shall be
charged on any invention shall be ten
per cent Of the actual and necessary cost
OF its construction. The passage Of this
bill will be in the interest of the whole
people.
The growing Of onions ought to be a
profitable business in the Rocky Ford
country, judging by what @. j. Samples
has done this season. The specimens
left at the ENTERPRISE office are of re-
markable size to have sgrown from the
sentura eoEsbtes P the ArRense
valley are just beginning to be under
stood, and that the next few years will