Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-02-01

DR.. Aston Ellis, president OF the
state Agricultural college, will lecture at
La Junta on Fob. 8, and left it with F.
A. Huntley to arrange for lecture at
Rocky Ford during his visit to this part
of the state. 1t is hoped that he can be
secured for lecture on Feb. 8. He is
one OF the most scholarly of men and an
eloquent orator, and we trust that tho
citizens Of Rocky Ford and vicinity will
have an Opportunity. of hearing him.
The lecture will probably be in the inter
est of the public library.
The W. G. T. U. social at the home OF
Hon. ]. 81. Crowley last week was very
pleasant gathering. Considering that the
night was dark and the weather was
colder than usual, the attendance was
tage Home, Denver, was $14 The Rocky
Ford w. @. T. q. pledges $25 each year
to the Home, and have now made good
start on their contribution for 1894. The
cottage home is a refuge for unfortunate
girls, and is doing noble work.
Three of the La Junta tough cases,
which the county graduated" at the
Colorado Springs Kelley institute, have
returned to their cups. The county
should use more care in selecting the un-
fortunates for treatment for drunkenness.
Thorough bred buns, who have no con-
ception Of the advantages Of life of
sobriety, are Improbable subjects for
benevolent treatment. The only safe
guard for them is to totally prohibit the
manufacture, sale, importation and trans
Rev. John Brunton, tho engineer
preacher, of Pueblo, spent Sunday in La
Junta assisting Rev. w. l. Taylor in
revival meeting at the M. E. church.
Services were also held at the Santa Fe
hospital, in which all of the patients took
some part. Mr.. Brunton speaks highly
Of the hospital management. He will
return to La Junta next week for further
work especially among railroad men.
The Chieftain had a sensational dis
patch from Rocky Ford Saturday saying
that the lack of water in the Holbrook
and Catlin bitches was creating a sort OF
water famine for cattle-men, and that 500
head (of cattle, not men) were roaming
the streets Of Rocky Ford. The Catlin
ditch was Ehut down for short time
only, and the Chieftain's correspondents
brain must have been roaming wildly for
an item.
The Fair association will soon have
a meeting to arrange the premium list
for the fair of 1894, and otherwise plan
to have an exhibition far ahead OF all
previous ones. Tho valley is anticipat-
ing prosperous year, with plenty of all
farm products, including big yield of
fruit, and the fair of "a will be planned
on an extensive scale.
-Supt. Fenlason proposes to hold
teachers meeting at Rocky Ford, March
and 3, during which DR.. 2. X. Snyder,
president of the state normal, will be
present. The occasion will be an inter-
esting and profitable one and all teachers
In the county should plan to attend.
Judge Gibson was in town on Satur-
day to close his purchase Of the Gobin
100 acre farm, three miles southwest OF
town. The Judge will devote his fertile
acres to the growth of alfalfa, corn and
hogs, as leading features, with cattle and
poultry to engage his surplus farming
energies.
On Monday Senator Swink, vice
president OF the Fowler Farm and I'm
proveinent CO., filed for record an amen
ded plat of Fowler. The new survey in
cludes 40 acres instead of 2C0 as in the
first plat.