Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-12
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.


Monday after a severe illness.
Guy Wood is the latest candidate for
the Democratic nomination for sheriff.
M, Wykle of Grand valley is conva-
lescent after long illness.
j. T. Lawless Of the Lamar Sparks
was among our callers last week.
Miss Laura Gates last week returned
from her eastern visit.
q. w. Gross has just returned from
Kansas City.
ANON Dueese of Chicago and Miss
Tuesday by Squire Clark Mt his office.
st. Clair Brown, an old typo friend, Of
Pueblo, is spending few weeks with his
sister, Mrs. Everhart.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Babcook Of
Hoehne, enjoyed tho sights on Water
melon day.
j. G. Davis of Ordway had full
holiday on Watermelon Day, arriving
here at a. m. after is mile drive.
John Martin, of tho La Junta Times
put in full time at the Fair and evidently
enjoyed himself.
Mr.. and Mrs Gale Fentop of Bloom
field, Iowa, are the guests of DR.. W. E.
Fenton.
Geo. r. Caldwell Of the Denver News
was doing business and seeing sights in
Rocky Ford last week.
The Misses Winchester have leased
Louis StumHfs house where they will
live this winter and attend school.
Miss Nellie Guthrie last week 70.
turned from vacation pleasantly spent
in Des Moines, Iowa.
M L. Meyer was called to La Junta
this morning to attend the funeral Of the
infant son s.. r. Mendlesen.
%. W. Hale of Eureka, KS, is Wis
itipg his brother I. D. Halo and dong
some trading in cattle.
There is joy unbounded in the house
Of Chas. Rocker. Cause-a boy, regula-
ton weight and handsomer than his
father.
Frank D. voorhees, left last evening
for Pine Ridge, South Dakota, where he
has position teaching in an Ogalalla
Sioux Indian school.
e. B. Sprague Of Colorado Springs
was last week the guest of NJ. d. L.
Haight and greatly enjoyed the novelties
Of the original autumn festival.
&C. Il. Muser of the Denver Evening
Post was among our visitor last week
and reports a satisfactory business for
his paper.
ALL. Kellogg is having his picnic
season in September, having invitations
to address the Kansas irrigation conven-
tion and also that at Albuquerque.
Mayor Gracey was unable to enjoy
the Fair by reason of illness, but he is
now able to run those new scales and
weigh ton of corn with but little effort.
Roy McCaskill and Ralph Meeker,
two of Pueblo's best boys, were last
week the guests Of w. H. McCsskill Of
Catlin, and did not forget tho Ford on
Melon Day.
in ordering the Enterprise Mrs. W.
E. Anderson writes as follows from Ros-
well, New Mexico: II am 100 miles from
q post Office but hope to get my mail o.
casionally notwithstanding"
Tho Denver Times was represented
in Rocky Ford by G. v. Barton who
sent that paper q lengthy and most road
able account of our fair and the great
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Smith Of Gree
ley, DIR. Marks Of Fort Lupton, and Mrs.
NJ. 9. Walker of Pueblo were the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs Geo. H. Taylor on Wa
Day.
Animas Democrat, was in town on Water
melon Day, keeping an eye on the very
large delegation which came from that
Mrs. Abbie Hopkins, whose home is
in Pueblo but who has been east for
three years, is the guest Of Mrs. Frank
accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. W. II. Ramsey and children
are visiting at Rocky Ford, the lady
being here for her health, and il benefited
will mike Otero county their future
Junta Tribune.
The Denver Republican publishes q
cut of Senator Swink, "The Father Of
Watermelon Day." ii the artist will
show himself in Rocky Ford we suspect
that the Senator would feel like hiring q
dozen small boys to bury him under a
pile Of aged melons.
Mrs. Stumpf, wife Of our estimable
blacksmith. Mr.. J. L. 6tumpf, in the en-
ploy of II. w. Vigar, arrived from Rocky
has rented tho Klet house and will make
it his home.-Las Animas Democrat.
Among our distinguished callers last
week was Gen. George West Of Golden.
In addition to being the pioneer newspa-
per man OF the state he is Senior Vice
Commander of the G. A. r. Gen. West
received hearty welcome from the many
comrades he met here during Fair week.
Mrs Martha A. Shute, secretary OF
the State Board Of Horticulture, was in
Rocky Ford two days last week working
up IN interest in the next fruit show to
open in Denver Sept. "a. She secured
the promise of very creditable lot Of
exhibits from Otero county.
%. H. P. Baxter and Rob't Gibson OF
the American National Bank, Pueblo.
and Chas Cast, leading lawper Of that
city, made good use Of their time on
Day, enjoying not only the
Fair but driving out to Crowley's Or
chard and also taking sight Of artesian
we'll No. Q.
H. s. Burk, our fellow citizen who
has been spending the summer in South
Dakota, enjoyed quite q family reunion
in Rocky Ford last week. He has two
living here, Mrs. q. M. Robins
and Mrs. J. j. Elser, who were joined by
four other children, j. T. Burk Of Har.
lin, Iowa, l.. A. Burk, a lawyer, of Ster-
ling, Colo, (who was accompanied by his
wife), Mrs. Platt Wicks of Pueblo and
Mrs. w. Fl. Ramsey of Sioux Falls,
South Dakota. It is not improbable that
q portion Of the visitors may become cit
izens of Rocky Ford.
LOST, between artesian we'll