Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-03-22
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Mrs. S. A. Allen is visiting Wisconsin
relatives.
@. g. Ament and wife spent Friday in
Pueblo.
]. A. Bent was in town Saturday SELL
ing St. Joe shoes.
H. W. Adsmond, recently of Catlin, is
now a resident Of Rocky Ford.
]. B. Craig and family of Catlin have
just become residents of Rocky Ford.
G. Lankford, leading stockman of
Boone, was in Rocky Ford on Tuesday.
b. Hale, of Canon City, has lately
moved to the Jas. Cave place east of town.
Mrs. Ola Nelson, of Catlin, was the
guest of Mrs. DR.. w. l.. Fenton on Sat
urday.
Rev. F. A. Lawson and DIR. W. W.
Reed OF Fowler spent few hours in
Rocky Ford Monday.
G. H. Blake, the rustling continental
oil man, Of Pueblo, was looking after his
interests in Rocky Ford Monday.
Col. J. A. Lockhart, of the boundless
west, left Rocky Ford for Pueblo Friday.
OF course some cattle deal on hand.
Mrs. J. w. Lewelling, of Denver, came
down last week to look after real estate
interests near Rocky Ford.
G. M. Dameron and Doc. Sears Of La
Junta and Geo. Peck of Las Animas sup
ped at the De Seely house Sunday even
ing.
W. E. Anderson is now at Hillsboro,
New Mexico, en- route home from Califor-
mia. He may return during the present
week.
johnson, who has been a resident
OF Rocky Ford for some months, recently
moved to the H. W. Adsrnond place near
Catlin.
I. d. Chamberlain, editor of that able
populist paper, The State Guard, Pueblo,
was in Rocky Ford Tuesday, presumably
on political mission.
David Call has recently returned from
Which sensible action is duly approved.
Our congratulations herewith.
Chas. B. Ragsdale, Ordway's pushing
merchant, was among our visitors Tues
day, and incidentally did some good 30
icitng for the Ladies' Aid Society.
F. A. Hodge, Of Ordway, and W. G.
Bradbury of the Boston Farm and Den
yer. were in town on Monday, en- route
home from tho Price & McGavock stock
sale.
Social courtesies were exchanged be-
tween Arkansas valley Celestials last
Sunday, Mr.. Quong of La Junta paying
a friendly visit to our fellow-citizen, Mr..
Gee Cling.
Last evening the dining room of the
De Seely House was cleared of tables and
given up TO the young people for dance.
A piano furnished the music and q good
time is reported.
Miss Belle Roberts Of Ordway and Miss
Ena Brush of La Junta were guests Of
the De Seely house Tuesday. The for
mer spent several days with her friend,
Miss Alice Atkinson.
Mrs. D. L. M. Haight and daughters,
Mrs. Frank Soule and Miss Blanche
Haight, are guests OF the West hotel dur
ing the building Of Mr.. Haight's dwelling
on the ranch west Of town.
D. w. Barkley and wife celebrated
the twenty-fourth anniversary of their
at Pueblo last Friday evening.
TO assist in the observance of the happy
D. G. B. MacNeil, w. X. Reese and s.
Aldrich, all Of Colorado Springs, recently
spent several days here enjoying the fine
duck shooting on the lakes in this vincin-
ity. They made the West house their
They bagged 18 ducks
the last day and propose to return in
few weeks for snipe hunt.
J. @. Fox, OF Iowa and Rocky Ford,
visited Denver during the late war. It is
safer for Mr.. Fox to go to Denver during
a gubernatorial conflict than to get be-
yond the Kansas line, because an eastern
trip gives him an attack Of his old
trouble, asthma, from which he is per-
fectly free us long as he breathes Arkan-
sas valley air.
Dick Herrick, one Of the old-time rus
ling editors of the ENTERPRISE, is now
clerk of the board Of Public Safety, in In
dianapolis. We don't know just what
that board is, nor what Mr.. Herricks du-
ties are, but we are confident that he has
got one Of those soft snaps which news
paper men 80 generally deserve and 30
seldom get. Z
Milton Badger had planned to cele-
brate his sixtieth birthday on Monday
last. But his many friends connived with
his family and arranged to have q surprise
for him on the Saturday previous. Mr..
Badger was sent to town on some impOr-
tant mission early Saturday morning and
when he returned at noon he could scarce
ly see his home for the horses and bug
gies, and the house was packed like a can
Of sardines. On taking the census it
was found that 10 guests were present,
all Of whom partook Of a substantial din
ner. The average age of those who occu-
pied the first table was 52-which how
ever is partially estimated, as two of the
ladies refused to give their ages-a most
unexpected position for them to take
in these days of equal suffrage. Mr..
Badger moved to Otero county from Sui
livan county Ind, six years ago, and is
too much in love with his new home to
have any desire to again become Hoos-
ier.
commissioner Washburn says he has
the largest and finest cistern in the coun-
ty.
AT the recent Rocky Ford ditch
meeting it was ordered that the ditch be
put in shape for the summer.