Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-09

If You have good item call at the
office and give us the facts.
Mrs. Gerts new brick dwelling
house Is making good progress.
Mrs. Martha Washington has moved
to the Jones building. See her card in
another column.
How eastern people would boast il
they could have week Of this glorious
weather.
Tho W. @. T. q. ladies hope for q
good attendance ut their social tea TO-
morrow (Friday) evening.
S. R. Herdman has recently greatly
improved the looks Of his home premises
by tasteful painting.
-Isaac Adair is planning to commence
the erection Of brick dwelling at o not
Tar distant day.
@. @. Baker has recently increased
his landed possession by purchasing five
acres Of Senator Swlnk.
W. L. Harris has added q lunch
counter to his confectionery stand and
made other improvements.
"A. McClelland, prominent Pueblo
capitalist, was in Rocky Ford ON Tues
day, looking after real estate interests.
The town Of Catlin is nomor Man.
xanola is now the lawful name OF the
town and post Office. Remember this in
directing your letters.
-Chas. Rocker is going to handsomly
furnish his second story for lodge pur-
poses. What order will occupy it has
not yet been made public.
We arc pleased TO report that Will
Swink is able to be ON the streets on
crutches. He is more rapid than some
others who have fractured bones.
-Hez Enyart's five dogs captured q
large wild cat just across the river on
Monday. We understand that they did
the work q volunteer job and all alone.
The Rocky Ford Melon. Vegetable
and Fruit Growere Association viii meet
at g. A. r. hall January II, for final
settlement e. s. FKAR, Pres.
--Remember that Chancellor MoDow.
ell lectures tonight. Subject, To-day
and Tomorrow" You will make O great
mistake II you fail to hear this most able
lecture.
You viii be welcome al the Swink
Hotel hall tomorrow friday evening at
the social tea to be given by the w. G,
T. y. ladies. Go, help them and have q
good time.
Maxwell Brothers were last week
prospecting in the mountains, presum-
ably for q new location, as their store
here will soon be closed out. Sorry TO
have them leave.
BRO. Thorndyke, the eccentric, who
alleges weekly in big type that he pub
lishes tho "ouly truthful paper in Colora-
do" showed much enterprise In his big
New Year's edition.
8. W. Greasy 10 anxious for the COM
pletion Of the barbed wire or some other
telephone to Pueblo, as its use would
greatly facilitate the transaction Of his
business as water commissioner.
The weather of last week was the
regular Arkansas valley variety. mild and
the Rocky Ford country its reputation
for the finest climate on the continent.
1t is rumored that W. r. Gibson OF
Manzanola and L. r. Fenlason are to
start new paper in Rocky Ford. II is
to be handsome real estate journal and
be published monthly.
"A raised headgate and floating ice
forming dams, caused the Rocky Ford
ditch to badly food our streets on Sat-
urday night and Sunday. The overflow
was widespread and caused some very
muddy streets.
Mrs. o. S. Fowler will lecture at the
Baptist church Sunday evening on the
subject, "What is Man." Mrs. Fowler u
the widow Of the celebrated O. 8. Fowler,
who may be SAID to be the father Of the
science Of phrenology.
-Messrs. Lester, Nichols, Harsin,
Mumford and Blinn are going to quit
drinking ditch water. They have pro-
vided q wagon and tank for their Joint
use and will keep their cisterns filed
with Rocky Ford's splendid artesian
water.
This present gracious twelvemonth,
known a. Leap Year, is popularly sup.
posed to give the young women the right
10 propose to the young men. The OPP
poftunities Of 1895 should be improved
a. eight years will elapse berore another
Leap Year will roll around.
in the case Of Geo. Hammond vs. A.
cClellen Of Pueblo before Justice
CLARK, by Jury, on Wednesday, verdict
was rendered in faveor OF the defendant
Uhe attorneys were W. B. Goblin and
Judre Gallegar for the defendant and r.
8. Beal for the plaintiff.
Quite number of our subscribers
who have paid during the editors disa-
bility have doubtless noticed that the
dates on their address slips have not
been changed. The credits have all been
properly made and the correct dates will
soon appear on the little alps.
On Monday last the La Junta
Watermelon was enlarged to q five col
umn folio. New blood has been infused
into the Office in the person Of A. L.
Runyan, formerly with the Pueblo Chief.
tain. The new management promises to
make paper which shall be worthy the
prosperous city Of La Junta.
The W. O. T. o. ladies will give a
social tea at the Swink Hotel Hall, Fri
day, Jan. 10, beginning at 6 O'Clock p. m.
The receipts TO 60 to the benefit OF the
Cottage Home department. Admission
rs cents. Children under IL years 10
cents. This is for worthy cause and
deserves the patronage Of all.
-Heretofore the morning dailies have
enjoyed the monopoly Of the enormous
New Years editions, but the Denver
Times this year concluded TO try what an
evening paper could do. It published 80
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