Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-03-12
.Hilaker's ads. are always attractive

--Hilfker's ads. are always attractive
in that new border.
Monday morning Geo. Daring, 81.
completed for tho Rocky Ford Grocery
Go. one Of tbs largest and finest cellars
in town.
"A number Of Colorado Springs par
ties are in town on joint hunting and
real estate mission.
,-Cheneys grocery has been making q
through the postoillce.
AT Bowman's sale last Saturday
horses sold at very low figures.
-Auctioneer Green is we'll pleased
with the prices obtained at tho sale on
Monday. The average was higher than
anticipated.
"A. NJ. Jackson's transfer line has re-
also a new tank for hauling artesian
water.
j. G. Davis OF Ordway, was over
last week complaining that there is far
too much irrigation of the roads in that
section.
R. @. Maltby recently traded nm i'm
proved and an nnimproved lot in Rocky
Ford to Ben Hines for q 80 acre tract
two miles northeast Of town.
Mote ]. ". Phenicie's new I'D. in O
new border also his big stock.
The Ladies' OF the Relief Corps will
meet ut q. A. Il. Hall tomorrow ut 2 p.
m. for organization, All loyal ladies are
invited to be present.
B. o. Dye has greatly enlarged his
hot house and will grow large amount
Of tomato and other plants.
-Ellingwood & Hauck have been and
are yet doing a largo business in alfalfa
ket for all they purchased from the farm
ers but have bought Of other dealers to
fill their orders.
AT q recent meeting Of the Rocky
Ford Canning Co. it was decided to con-
tract for 200 acres OF tomatoes Mt 40 cents
per 100 pounds. 1t is probable that
some beans will be canned. At meet
ing to DO held todny a superintendent
will be selected and other arrangements
perfected for season Of active business.
Our thanks are duo the State Agri-
cultural college for bulletin No. 33, being
an exhaustive examination OF tho ques-
ton of Seepage or Return Waters from
Irrigation. Those interested in this i'm
portant question should address the
director Of experiment station, Fort Col
Inns, asking for copy, which will be
sent free.
The new firm of Price s. Lance
make use Of our space this week to intro
duce themselves to the people Of tho
Rocky Ford country. Both gentlemen
have had long experience in merchandis-
ing and will conduct store that can
not fail to add to tho attractions Rocky
Ford possesses as trading point. Their
store will surely be jammed on the OPEN
ing days.
g. L. Delhi has sold his watchmnk-
ing and jewelry business to NJ. Swartz,
late of Denver. Mr.. Swartz has for sey-
eral years been IN expert repairer for
some OF the largest jewelry establish
ments in Denver and knows all about all
kinds Of watches. See Mr.. Swartz's card
in advertising columns.
DO you love pancakes2 II 80, there
will be chance for You March ID. The
Ladies Society are going to give a pam
cake social Wheat and corn cakes will
be served with the best Of butter, syrup
and honey. Hot coffee goes with the
cakes, all Of which and q good social
evening for 10 cents. The social will be
at the home Of d. w. Barley. and the
ladies hope that the unique character Of
the entertainment will attract crowded
house.
O,r off3oo ,r;n 5o,rs ,,,o,o xrosbad tha
other day. The memory OF contempora-
ry man runneth not back to the time
when such cleansing had been .previ-
ously performed. So clear did the win
dows look that we imagined that the
glass was broken out. So intense was
this illusion Of the Imagination that the
office force caught severe cold from the
exposure to drafts. II you
don't believe it, come up and we'll show
you the bottle which contained the medi-
cine used to break up O last winters
cold.
Among the new advertisers in the
last weeks Enterprise and in this issue
Green, auctioneer; Mrs. l.. L. Rodeck,
milliner; J. A. johnson, hardware; NJ.
Swartz, matchmaker and jeweler;
and Price & Lance, successors
to Maxwell Bros. The Enterprise offers
to advertisers not equalled by
any paper in the county. Its strong
points are its general circulation all over
the county and among the best class Of
and now comes the
Rocky Ford Grocery Co. 10 join our
advertisers.
"A Demorest Silver Medal Contest
will be held at tho NJ. E. church Tuesday
evening, March 18th. The contestants
will be Roy Elser, Misses Stella HE2on,
Emma Brown, Jennie Winchester, Maud
Larmore, Agnes Clark and May Irvino.
The young speakers are making careful
and most interesting md
instructive evening is assured. Go and
hear them and encourage good cause.
Admission 10 cents.
james Butterfeld of st Joe, Mo-,
last week purchased 20 acres of fruit
land through Gibson & Fenlason. The
tract is near T. FL. Orcutt's Just west Of
town. On Tuesday the Newton Lumber
Co., was sending out large bill Of
lumber to be used in six room house for
which carpenter Hines has the contract.
Mr.. Butterfield is attracted to Colorado
by our grand climate, which recently
cured his daughter whose case was given
up ms hopeless by eastern physicians.
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