Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-03-19
On Sunday Santa Fee train killed
and crippled ten head OF cattle ct tho
Timpas creek bridge.

and crippled ten head OF cattle ct the
Timpas creek bridge.
At their last meeting the Commas
instructed Road Supervisor Waddingtoh
to suppress those persons who were hnui-
ing sand from the road near d. NJ. FOE
dicks.
Martin & Rice's livery stable have
lo.eIy had constructed by Geo. Daring,
ST., an excellent boat. 1t is kept on
DYES lake and is found to be most use
ful to duck hunters, The boat and the
livery rigs make combination attractive
to our sporting visitors.
The Knights Of Pythias are talking
of institutinr n lodge of Rathbone Sis
ters. This order stands in the same rela-
tion to the X. P. fraternity that the
Eastern Star does to the Masons or the
Rebekahs to Odd Fellowship. The
wives, mothers and sisters OF the Knights
arc eligible to membership.
Milton Reynolds would like to know
where ten Of the G.. A r. chairs may be
found. They have been taken from the
hall by parties unknown. They are
marked G.. A. Il. in pencil. II they have
been honestly removed, their return is
| requested.
1t has been determined by the town
council to replace the bridges near the
Presbyterian church and the English
Ilambor Cos yard with new and i'm
proved structures. The bridge on Main
street will be repaired.
Mrs. H. s. Holly, the owner Of the
Ger5ing meat market building, ID think
ing of moving it to another lot and build
ing good two-story brick on the site.
The town council has appointed n
committee to consider tho advisability OF
moving tho crane OF the artesian well
from its present location on Main street
to the banks Of the Rocky Ford ditch.
The depot platform Wednesday
morning was literally covered with boxes,
bundles and bales Of new goods, marked
Price & Lance.
The Otero County Nursery and Or
chard Co. is doing a full share in adyer.
tising tho Rocky Ford country. Mr..
Gibson has handed us copy Of tho Co.'f
latest advertising matter, l6 page pam.
phlet containing complete description
Of the resources Of the valley and fully
illustrated with half.tone cuts. Sucf
publications. arc not only helpful to the
valley, but should be profitable to to the
company issuing them.
Let rs suppose the organization OF q
new real estate firm composed OF tho fol.
lowing gentlemen: Judge Russell, Rev
J. II. ketchum (who purchased part oi
! the Platt Russell place., Emory Robh
and W. @. Steele. The style OF the firm
changing the spelling slightly. would be
! Rustic, Catch-'em, Rob & Steal. We
! don't claim to have invented this combi.
nation. AS the item comes to us from q
dealer in realty We give IL n Dlore in ori
columns Notwithstanding tho slanderout
sound OF the aggregation.
Rocky Ford has the promise of nm
other new business enterprise. II. W.
; Hawkins, late OF Salida, has about deter.
mined to open general department
store. Mayor Gracey proposes to erect q
building for his use adjoining the post.
office. Mr.. Hawkins present plans are
to open for business rs soon as the build
ing is completed-about July l. Rocky
Ford has never had Just such store MS
Mr.. Hawkins proposes to run and he will
doubtless make it SUCCESS, as has been
done in other towns.
Recently the Home Garden Place
Co. made proposition to sell their arte.
sian well to the town council on the fol.
lowing terms: $4,000 and retain 2lai
, inches OF water. The offer was rejected
, and tho following proposition made:
Would purchase the well for 50 900 sub.
iect to free water to 81 consumers for 10
years for dwelling, stable and lawn pur-
poses, subject to the ordinances OF the
town: Payments to be made as follows:
S2OO0 cash, 81 900 in one year at per.
cent interest. We learn that this will
be nccepted by the Home Garden Place
people.