Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-24


new signs to the breeze last wesk.
The time has now come to lay aside
you fur hat and invest in straw tile.
Never before were the alfalfa fields
so luxuriant and forward.
The Olney school district voted in
favor Of free text books almost unani-
mously.
Unless the coal miners strike is soon
declared "off" there will be a coal FAM
inc of widespread proportions,
Idle people are not plentiful in
Rocky Ford and vicinity; there is work
for all who want it.
IN. W. Terry & Co. have commenced
the manufacture OF brick near the stock
yards, Fred. Cheek, of Pueblo, in charge.
If you have not cleaned up both
front and back yards now is an excellent
time to do SO.
Some very warm days have dis
tinguished the spring thus FAR, but taken
altogether the weather has been quite
pleasant.
What shall we do on the glorious
fourth-have celebration Of our own
or go and drink red lemonade at the
nearest celebration?
The De Seeley House is now in tip
top order Throughout and is having an
excellent run of business. Father Atkin-
son is daily searching the markets for
whatsoever is toothsome.
-Orcharlists have been spraying apple
trees everywhere. That's right-fght
the pests while they are few and an i'm
mense amount Of labor will be saved for
the future.
Roses and other flowers are plentiful
and the young men can be iberally pro-
vided with button-hole boquets when
wanting to impress the young ladies fav
orably.
No country has better roads than the
Arkansas valley. Nowhere else does a
man get so much returns from the in
vestment in horse and buggy. having
11L months Of good driving in the year.
The social given by the members of
the Christian Endeavor Society at the
residence of Rev. w. Mayo last Friday
evening was we'll attended and very en-
joyable gathering.
As the past winter was too mild for
the home manufacture of ice, that which
our dealers are now selling was imported
from the mountains. It is good, but the
price to families has not yet been made
public.
e. s. Rickard has started new man
ufacturing enterprise-the production Of
stencil plates and providing our business
men with sign boards with which to or
nument the fences and barns throughout
the country
The spring meeting of the Gray
Park Driving Club, Trinidad. will be
held May 25th and 26th. The Santa Fe
will sell round trip tickets for one fare.
W. P. DearinR has our thanks for COM
plimentary ticket.
Squire Robins had triangular, &C.
centric and badly muddled law suit last
week. The principals to the suit were
I. Dennes, w. B. Goblin and I. B. Will
son. The suit was thrown out Of court
on various Irregularities, but will prob
ably come up again.
Rocky Ford has republican club,
a democratic club and a populist club.
What has La Junta got? The probabil-
tiles are that the Rocky Ford clubs will
La Junta delegations into line as usual.
Advertiser Forum.
-Housekeepers complain that flies
nave come earlier ana In greater quauh-
ties than last year. But this may be a
mistake, as it is awfully hard to rememb-
er such things for twelve months. But
suppose they are more previous and more
numerous, is it q good or bad sign?
When leaving the Nepesta cemetery.
last Saturday the editor of the ENTER
PRISE accepted r. l.. Kings invitation to
ride to Fowler, and the drive took us
through beautiful and rapidly develop.
ing section of Otero county. On the road
we found r. o. McClain and B. F. Pow
ell busy measuring the volume OF water
which NJ. X. Hutchinson was receiving
from the High Line. At Fowler we took
q substantial batching supper with Geo.
and found J. s. Gilbert SO busy in his
blacksmith shop as to be working until
sundown.