Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-09

Maxwell Bros. were receiving lots
of new goods Tuesday.
The now post office, is handsome
building, and will be occupied in few
days.
The English Lumber Co., sells the
material and Futile & Son are to build
new barn for the Swink hotel.
s.. Z. Brown, tailor. will soon move
to the south room OF the Goblin build
ing.
Among the new advertisements this
week that Of the Price-Draper Clothing
Co., La Junta, will be noted.
j. W. Phenicie celebrates his remov-
al to better quarters by new card which
will be found in another column.
An open air concert by the Water
melond Band was pleasant feature Of
last Saturdays history.
%. N. Shelton is preparing to open
a new meat market one door south OF
Cheney & Common.
The office watermelon knife was used
the other day on a juicy sample from @.
d. Rolander's patch.
DIR. Fenton is doing wisely in NOV
ing his frame building to the rear and
erecting brick store room in front, so
feet deep. Larmore Bros have the brick
now on the ground for the work.
Tho Democratic County Central
Committee met at Rocky Ford Saturday,
abolished the primary system, and select
ed the following delegates to the State
Convention: Fred. A. Sabin, Orren Gem
mill, B. U. Dye, w. II. McCaskell.
Tuesday Rev. D. w. Burt placed
on the editorial table handsome apple
from the orchard of 8: J. Graham, Cat
lin. It measured 1211 inches in cir
cumference. MI. Graham has bushels as
fine as that sent to us.
The Russian thistle is gaining a
strong foothold in Rawlins county. Near
Atwood is an 80 acre field that is com
pletely covered with the pest. The
eradicate the weed.
Envelopes with return card Except
name.) on one corner, and Fair and
Watermelon Day advertising on.the back,
for sale ut the ENTERPRISE Office. Price
20 cents per pack. Use them and adver-
tise our famous festival.
Last Thursday evening four cars
were burned at the stock yards. Opinion
is pretty evenly divided us to whether the
fire was the result of spark from pass
ing engine or was caused by an incen-
diary. Prompt, energetic work OF many
citizens saved the road from much great
er loss.
B. o. Dye yesterday planted two
rows of wildgoose plums around the lake
across the river. In September he
will plant another double row of the
Chickasaw plums, which will mako a
total OF eight miles Of plum trees on the
margin of this beautiful lake.
%. @. Washburn has oats on his
ranch under the Holbrook ditch the heads
Of which measure "a inches long. The en-
tire straw is about feet long. Where
and half head? Mr.. Washburn promises
oats.
Joe. Elmer and Billy McCaskill have
a 30-acre field OF corn near Rocky, Ford
would certainly compare favorably with
any Kansas or Missouri corn we ever saw.
It is now nine or ten feet high, good
stand and very thrifty in appearance. 1t
is growing on "alfalfa sod, that is, alfalfa
ground plowed under.-Tribune.
We have received long communica-
ton from La Junta unaccompanied by
any name as an evidence OF good faith.
From the standpoint Of the writer the let
ter is in the interests OF the people, but
from the outlook of non-partisian paper
it is directly for the benefit OF we'll
known citizen. We should be pleased to
confer with tho writer, and this is the
only way we have Of reaching him,