Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-07-19

Vim. Weiderman was arrested for
cruelty to his horses few days since.
AT a trotting race at La Junta on
Monday Doc Sears horse beat the foA-
worthy horse, but not easily.
Chairman Green and ]. P. Stevenson
are this week engaged in dipping their
1850 sheep.
Terry 4 Co., are preparing to burn
their brick kiln with mixture OF ceoaf
and coal.
g. H. Thomas keeps his livery stock
in good shape by selling his older bug
gies and buying new. He just last week
played trick Of that kind
The first ripe tomato Of the season
comes from the splendid garden of Sam1
Herdman, and was gathered last Mon
day.
Cheney & Connor have begun bus
iness right by starting with q new, neal
delivery wagon, purchased OF ElLngwood
& Hsuck.
e. @. and W. B. Goblin will occupy
the north room of their building as law
office, the other will be rented to s. X.
Brown, for a tailor shop.
Milton Reynolds hu bbarb squashes
not only grow all over the neighbors'
land but the stalks thereof are three feet
in height.
SEQ Cheney and Connor's new ad-
yertisement and call and see what they
can do for you. They propose to run the
business in a way to win their share OF
the trade in their line.
"A splendid rain visited large por-
ton of the valley last night, and was es-
pecially valuable to the small minority OF
farmers who are short on ditch water.
The maudamus case, begun by r. V.
Waterman to compel the Town council
to issue license, was to have been tried
before tho county court yesterday, but
has been postponed until tomorrow.
The demands on our livery stables
exhaust their rigs, especially on Sundays.
II you want to take your best girl out
for ride Sunday evening, you'll have to
speak to Haines or Thomas several days
in advance.
C. R. Buckley informs us that the
breaks in the Otero canal have all been
repaired and that the washout around the
headgate will be fixed this week, and then
the canal will be in better condition than
ever before.
Arkansas valley landscapes never
presented finer appearance than now
Where crops are growing they are in q
most thrifty and prosperous condition,
while the uncultivated plains and even
the so-called sand hills have coat OF
green making very pleasant picture.
"A. P. Kouns is shipping large guam
titles of the very finest Of roasting ears to
Colorado Springs. That aristocratic
city demands the best Of everything, and
Mr.. Kouns is seeing that our high-toned
English citizens do not lack for the great
American roasting ear.
j. A. Mooney living q few miles
with shooting five Of his horses, and that
riding. There il evidently some neigh
borly friction behind this shooting busI
ness of which the ENTERPRIsP has moi
been informed.
The Patterson Hollow school house, il
district No. 19, was last Saturday award
ed to Larmore Bros. for the sum OF $3.50
The building is to be of brick, "a by 36
and the bid includes outhouses, cistern
etc. At the last school election the dist
riot voted $1,000 in bonds for improve
ments.
Geo. Tilbury added to our agricul
tural museum last week by contribu
ton from Lee Birds orchard. This las
specimen is branch from plum tire.
and the fruit crowds the limb in sucf
clusters as to suggest prolific variety o
grapes rather than plums.
The Rocky Ford mill has had ,
season Of rest during which the machin
cry has been thoroughly oyerhauled ant
put in good shape for another busy yea
as soon as new wheat is in the market
| New machinery is being added to keel
the mill up to the front as to late i'm
lprovements.
August LIST, will see several change
Of place of business. ]. W. Phenicie ha
leased the building now occupied by tn
Golden Rule and will move thereto il
about ten days. About the same tim,
the postoffice will move to the new build
ing now approaching completion adjoin
ing Mr.. Phenicie's new location. Th'
Golden Rule will move to
Postmaster Salyer has pinned up il
a conspicuous place letter held for post
age. It contains a stamp cut from ,
stamped envelope, which is not recog
nized by Uncle Sans officials when de
tached from original place. Stamped en-
velopes spoiled in addressing are re
deemed at the post Office, but the stamp
thereon are not transferable.
| g. A. Kilgore has received a lette
from DR.. Roberts, Of the Invalid Ait
Society, who expects to be in La Junts
in about a week, and confer with ou
citizens further on the sanitarium ques
ton. DR.. Roberts has been travelling il
California and New Mexico, in the inter
est of the Invalid Aid Society, for severa
weeks past.-Tribune.
| The Swink- Weiderman litigation
has taken another new phase. Distric
attorney Gibson has directed that al