Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
A SUCCESSFUL HOUSE,
Sketch of the Hardware and
Implement Firm of
Ellingwood & Hauck.

Ellingwood & Hauok.
Tho firm of Ellingwood & Hauck
was organized in October 80 for
the purpose of doing business in
Hardware and Implements and
conducting Blacksmith and
Wood Work shop, and has for the
past year handled considerable
alfalfa seed, grain and other
farmers produce. H. E. Elling-
wood is native of Indiana and
served and apprenticeship of six
years as a "Hoosier School Master"
after which he came west and
served as Manager of Hardware
and Implement House in johnson,
Kansas, for four years, in which he
was interested. He came to Rocky
Ford in March 80 with a small
stock of Hardware and Implements
and afterwards formed the partner
ship with Mr.. Hauck.
F. Y. Hauck is a native of PENN
sylvania and is of German de-
scent. He served an apprentice
ship while young, as a machinist
and blacksmith, in which line he
became quite proficient and espec-
tally as horse shoer, and in more
recent years he has shod some of
the best track horses in the state
of Colorado. In '92 he took the
premium at the State Fair for the
Best and Finest Case of Hand
Made Shoes. He receives orders
from all over the State for hand
made shoes for racing horses which
is quite source of revenue to tho
firm of which he is member.
Ellingwood Il Hauck have risen
by close attention to business and
just and courteous treatment Of
their trade to be one of tho largest
and best known firms in the Arkap-
sas valley in their lines. They oo-
cupy double store building on
North Main Street known as the
Carlton Block, which they bought
three years ago. The north room
is occupied with stock of Gen.
eral Hardware, Tinware and
Stoves. which is always in good
condition and conveniently ar
ranged for handling and showing
their merchandise. They handle
the Great Western Line of Cook
ing and Heating Stoves manufao-
tured at Leavenworth, Kansas, and
the Quick Meal Gasoline Stoves
both of which have gained very
large sale all over the West, based
on their high qualities for cooking
and heating and are general fav-
orites with all who use them. The
room south Of the Hardware de-
partment is used as a sample room
for the sale of Spring work which
includes full line of Top Rsggies,
Spring Wagons and Open Bnggies,
manufactured by the John Deere
Plow Co., of Kansas City, Mo.
The John Deere Plow Co., and
the Deering Harvester Co, have
been closely linked with this firm
since its origin, as they thought
that the first step to meet with the
of the farmers was to
furnish them with the very best
Implements that could be bought,
even though they did cost little
more than cheap line of goods.
The sale of these goods and the
favor with which they
have been rereived by the farmers
Of this vicinity attest their judg-
ment in this selection. .l
The best farmers like the best
kind of Machinery that ,can be
purchased, and the large number
of John Deere Plow and different
kinds of goods manufactured by
this firm, and the Deering Binders
and Mowers which have been sold
by Ellingwood & Hauck here ut
Rocky Ford is some criterion as
to their excellence. The Ball and
Roller bearing Binders and Now
ers manufactured by Deering Har-
vester Co., seemed to have revolu-
tionized the mower and binder
business and to have solved the
question of draft permanently and
oosAoAoSeoAAy5 90 tllSSe fO1l6r ana
ball bearings have cut down the
draft almost one-third over the
old style bearings. The wagons
handled by Ellingwood 6 Hauck
are all manufactured especially for
this dry climate which requires
that they not only be built out of
good aud well seasoned material
but that the wheels be carefully
boiled in Oil and that all the paint
ing must be of the very best kind
to stand this dry climate.
There is one person who is very
closely connected with the firm Of
Ellingwood & Hauck and who has
added very materially to the pro-
gress of the firm, and that is
Walter J. Calkins who has been
with them for almost six years and
who has made many friends for
the firm and has gained not only
the confidence of the firm but of
all who have come in contact with