Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-21

change which we have noticed speaking
favorably Of the late proposed prize fight
The Enterprise OF next week will
contain full page Of excellent illustrat-
cd Thanksgiving matter.
Lamar has a Rabbit Day Associa-
tion which is already planning for anoth-
er Of their grand hunts
j. E. Musser has lately put in a SELF
| measuring aud most convenient, labor
saving tank for retailing coal oil.
The Knights of Maccabees will dance
at Rockers new hall next Wednesday
evening.
The weather Of November, 1896, will
be remembered as one OF the most pleas
ant features OF the rapidly dying year.
The Bent-Otero improvement COM
paDy last week purchased 40 lambs of
H. @. Abbott, which are being fed on
their ranch near Catlin.
The NuckolIs Packing Co.. Pueblo,
is now slaug ghtering six carloads OF cat
tie and two Of hogs daily.
The Santa Fe sent a train load Of
cattle east on Monday TO which j. W.
Potter contributed ono car, H. Best three
and Frsnk Bingham eight.
-Seoator Swink has been doing som Q
real estate business lately. selling acres
to VIM. Caufeld for $3.50 and trading an
his house in town.
Tho card.of Horace Knight & Co.,
commission merchants, Victor, Colo,
will be found in another column
Read it and see il you can't do some
business with them.
One thing boy should get into the
h abit of doing is to be quick, not to go at
his work in listless, half-lifeless sort of
way, not caring whether he docs much
or little, only desiring to pass away the
hours until time to quit
The Knights of Pythias in Rocky
Ford are having good growth. At
their meeting next Monday evening a
number of La Junta Sir Knights will
come up to assist in comforting degrees,
the work to be followed by supper Civ
Ell by tho ladies whose husbands, sons
and s'7eethearts belong to the Knights.
The potato crop in the United States
this year is the largest ever known. The
acreage has increased out OF all propOr-
tion to the demands OF consumption, in
response to i'll advised suggestions from
high official sources. coupled with nat
ural desire to replace wheat in the north
west with some paying crop.
"A farmers methods OF farming can
be pretty fairly estimated by hunting up
his plows and harrows, his drills, rakss
and binders in the winter time. If these
are found in the fields or even in the
and rain and sunshine, You may pretty
certainly conclude that the farmer is not
u good model and is not getting along
very we'll financially.
Mr.. Lenox of Colorado Springs was
ranch In FGrmouAt. The supply was
not deemed Sufficient and the present
flow Of water will be cased of and the
we'll drilled into a deeper strata Of sand.
stone. Ihe water found is different
from that in the Rocky Ford wells, being |
cold. It is evident that it comes from q |
different strata Of the Dakota sandstone. |
The Colorado Orchard Co. have Just |
received at Catlin an invoice Of 35,OOO |
standard apple trees, which are being |
heeled in for early spring planting. This |
is the first shipment OF a recently placed |
order for over 100000 apple trees alone |
by this company, all Of which will be |
used in planting the numerous tracts |
sold by them in the vicinity OF Catlin, or
rather Manzanola, as the latter will be |
the name recognized by the postoffice de- |
partment after the first Of the year.
-Spotters in the employ Of the Santa |
Fe Railway company are keeping close |.
watch upon the trainmen to see whether
they are in the habit ofIindulging in in
toxicating liquors. so many men have
lost their jobs lately because they were
Al s,4k I, la - II
SALOONS that railroad men are unwilling
to risk the consequences Of visiting such
places. It is evident that the company
wants none but sober men in it's employ,
aud the close espionage OF the hsunts Of
trainmen is making the latter very care
ful.-Pueblo Opinion. 'H
Col. Lockhart was in Fowler and
Rocky Ford this week, having been ab-
sent from his ranches in this locality for
q longer time than usual. He is arrang-
ing for extensive feeding of calves at /
Fowler. The contents Of the new silo,
built this past season, and containing the |
grass from 65 acres Of alfalfa; viii be
largely used in .fatteaing the calves.
Col. L. is confident that his proposed
use Of ensilage will prove great success
and II It does he will bnild q number of
slos next season. He is enthusiastic in
AeB0AA ~ - SaReAAVby w my
Bowman / Young, tho heads and
front Of y worthy and very popular MIN
strel show, have invaded the city and
opened what will no doubt prove a sue
cessful engagement at the Capital Opera
House last night. The minstrel has
been considered a ''bnck number" in In.
dianapolis but the radical departure from
the ..old times' and the introduction of
new ideas and unique stage settings have
rendered the present attraction . mGsf
entertaining and creditable creation.
THIS particular troupe has made one
week stands in all Of the large cities
throughout the east and arereputedtO
have never played to vacant seat dur
ing the season. This paper must, with
the other heralds of this, section. pro-
nounce the Bowman & Young combina-
ton world beaters in their line and com.
pliment them OIL their ability to please
the theater.going public Of this city,
Indianapolis Times, Oct. ., 1896.
Opera House, Rocky Ford, Nov. o..
Reserved seats at Kearby's, 50 cents.
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