Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-05-09
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

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| Geo: Maxwell made flying business
visit to Fowler Wednesday.
| Ono of the latest converts to bicycle
ism is our venerable friend, A. O. Conner.
Last Friday we received q pleasant
call from A. A. Hughes of Emporia, KS,
a nephew Of Mrs. w. R Gibson of Catlin.
Mrs. d. W. Barkley is spending this
week in Rocky Ford, prospecting for a
house to which to move at as early day
as practicable.
| Jos. Israel is spending a few days
with his many friends in Rocky Ford be-
fore beginning his labors as traveller for
q large Chicago house.
Work will soon begin on the extern
sion Of our telephone line westward, con-
Meeting Rocky Ford with Pueblo, Den
yer, and all the principal cities Of Cole
RADIO.
We are pleased to report that Capt.
Chas. Rouhnn has had his pension in
creased to SIG per month and will get
$500 arrears Things seem to be coming
his way.
H. I. Maxwell, G. Fl. Winchell, B.
o. Dye, W. @. Steele, E. j. Smith, I. D.
Hale, and DR.. E. w. Kearby-M. L.
Myer acting as guide to the party to La
Junta.
-Honors seem to be piling up on A.
L. Kellogg. He has just been reelected
a member of the executive board OF the
State Agricultural College and also one
OF the directors of the International
Mining exposition at Denver.
Our fellow-citizen, @. w. Fenlason
has just received an important and de-
served ppointment-that of q member
OF the board of examiners of the state
normal. The board consists of the state
superintendent of public instruction, the
president of the state Normal and Mr..
Fenlason.
Edward Howett, principal of tho
Girard, Ill, public schools. arrived in
Rocky Ford Tuesday morning to join his
wife and daughter who have spent the
winter in Rocky Ford for the benefit OF
Mrs. Howett's health. She has improved
SO much that the family will make Colo
RADIO their future home.
On Tuesday we had the pleasure Of
entertaining Judge Adams, wife and
daughter, Of Fairfield, ILL.,, who were en-
Pacific coast. A. drive was taken over
the country adjacent to Rocky Ford, in
cluding visit to the orchards Of j. G.
Kahn and Crowley & Son, and the Exper-
ment station. Judge Adams is large
owner of orchards in southern Illinois
and was much interested in what he saw
in this line In the Arkansas valley. The
party were driven over to Ordway Tues
day evening, they returning homo via.
the Missouri Pacific. Mrs. Adams is a
sister of the editor of the Enterprise.
In our last issue appeared an item
from the Catlin Fruit Grower speaking
of "Toramon Bros" having selected q
location for their brick yard. The man
the Fruit Grower was evidently obscure
and the proof reading defective, as the
proposed brick yard is to be put in oper-
alton by our energetic fellow-cltizens,
Larmore Bros. These gentlemen built
the first house ever erected in Catlin, the
adobe store room occupied by Beatty
Bros. s. Co.
The Rocky Ford Canning Co., has
just closed a contract with Lee Bird for
the management Of the plant during the
season. Mr.. Bird has had large exper-
fence in experimenting canning business.
The company has already contracted for
100 acres of tomatoes and wish to Sc
cure the product of another 100 acres.
Now is the time to plant in order to So
cure the high prices which prevail for
the early grown product for shipment
before the factory is ready for continuous
business.
"A. Nichols was last week running q
threefurrow gang-plow breaking up alf-
alta sod for corn. He plows to the depth
OF inches and harrows thoroughly. His
experience is that after four or five years
tho alfalfa produces hay rather than that
l.
to turn It under, get a splendid crop Of
corn and seed other land to alfalfa. Mr..
Nichols will this year put in go acres Of
corn on alfalfa sod and seed as much to
alfalfa in another portion Of his farm.
Tho experience of Arkansas valley farm
ers is that corn Tor any other CROP yields
enormously when planted on alfalfa sod.