Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-10-15

DR.. Williams attended the Festival of
Mountain and Plain and reports q very
pleasant time.
Chns. Comstock and Warford Lackcy
were down from Olney taking in tho
sights OF our city.
Harry Gull, the genial general mana
ger Of tho @. F. & L. q. Co., was in town
the first Of the week.
F. A. Hodge and L. w. Waller re-
cently drove up in tho vicinity OF Olney
looking after some Of tho @. L. s. w.
Co.'s many farms.
Mr.: Fowers, representing tho Tennent-
Stribling Shoe Co. Of st. Louis, was in
town this week interviewing our merch-
ants.
James Trainor, Jr., took the train ON
the 9Th for Fremont. Neb., where he will
attend school this winter.
County Superintendent Biggs was in
town Friday last.
P.J. Reifel was over from Rocky Ford
recently.
Boon Best passed through town on the
eth on his way home from the roundup.
D. W. Parker of Olney, the enterpris-
ing Otero county tree man, was in town
this week looking after his interests.
Elmer Watson drove over from the
Ford the first OF the week and brought
some tools for the artesian we'll.
Sam. Trent, McCord- Bragdon's popu-
lar salesman, was in town on the 9Th.
H. J. Reberger now occupies the B. e.
Green residence in the Mock addition.
Cleo. Gibson who formerly worked fol
the @. L. & W. Co., has returned after q
few weeks sojourn in Kansas.
O.P. Adams and Ed. Scra8ord start
ed for eastern Kansas by the overland
route. They arc going down east to
gather corn this fall and winter.
The literary Society on Saturday even
ings is q great success and draws i'm
mense crowds.
Geo. Dennis and family are now nicely
located on Sherman avenue in the H. O..
Miller residence.
Messers Seguipe and Swires discussed
some very fine music at the literary Sat
urday evening.
p. @. Dunlap and Carl Lindquist are
plastering the Auckland school house.
They are fine workmen and please all
whom they labor for.
Miss Lizzie Cardwell has been visiting
Mrs. Lee Edgar during the past two
weeks has returned to her home in Pue-
bio.
Among our recent visitors to Rocky
E<rl hvvo Ian
recall the names Of VIM. Egbert, Al. Sc
guine, Rich Adams, A. Gray, J. W. Ru-
BE, Mr.. and Mrs. Lindquist.
The Ordway NJ. e. Sunday School is
preparing for Harvest Home Festival
to be held Sunday morning, Oct. 25.
Rev. Corey of Pennsylvania has been
secured by Presiding Elder RAIDER for
the Ordway charge. he will preach his
first sermon Sunday next. His family
are expected to arrive in few days.
The Sunday School and Epworth
League meetings have been we'll attend.
ed although there has been no regular
are TO have a pastor it is hoped that al !
will rally around him and enter into the
work with renewed energy.
The Junior League has been reorgan-
lied under the direction OF Miss Nellie
Olmstead.
The Ordway school has large attend
ance and Miss Olmstead reports more
pupils in her room than last year.
There was fine rain last Friday night
which has freshened up the grass and
made the alfalfa fields look very green.
Farmers have been taking advantage
OF the fine condition of the ground
caused by the recent rains to plow, and
SOW fall wheat, some Of which is already
up.
A. w. Ruble was out hunting Monday
and killed six wild geeese and coyote.
Several parties came down from Pue-
bio Saturday evening for days hunting.
They succeeded in killing IS ducks.
Miss Mable Sharpe went to Pueblo
Tuesday morning for visit with friends
and relatives.