Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-11-11

absent from meeting should feel under
obligations TO send an excuse.
When q man is young, be loves wo-
men; when he gets to middle age, he
loves oysters; in old age, be loves repose;
and, through all, he never forgets to love
himself, says learned lady writer.
1t takes touch Of adversity to show
whether man is man at all, Just as it
glories Of the trees.
from Woodward, Iowa, about two years
ago. He cums y sick man, but rented q
small tract and went to work. He
and his partner, Jas. Piper, have had
excellent success with cantaloupes aud
other garden produce. During the two
seasons they have made groes sales Of
produce to the amount OF almost $3,UOO.
As . sample Of their success, we will
mention their cucumber experiment.
From three-sixteenths OF an acre Of this
vegetable they sold s75 worth, being at
the rate Of S40O an acre. Having re-
gained his health, Mr.. Burrel will return
70 Iowa, where he will run 4OO.acre
farm. But We suspect that an Iowa win.
ter will cause him to long for Arkansas
Valley sunshine, and that he will be with
US again in year..
| Henry Dickes and II. II. Miller have
put new dray III service Oh our streets.
Frank Crowley aud I. d. Hale ad-
dressed large mass meeting OF farmers
at Holly last week and gave them much
valuable information. They did not for
get to tell the farmers down there that
cantaloupe growing was not perpetual
picnic, but had its lights and shadows,
its profits and losses, the same US any
other business. However, the Holly
farmers thought there was enough in the
business to warrant them to luy the basis
for an organization. Those present ut
the meeting agreed tO ralse l26 acres
next season.
| Much Of that good reading matter
has been called for by the triends OF the
Enterprise, but we have considerable
left. Twill help to protitably spend the
long evenings and all callers are well
come to the periodicals. us long us the
supply lasts.
| Mrs. Lee Bird few days since lost
the check book belonging to the Ladies'
Society. The finder please leave at the
bank or at the Enterprise Office.
The teachers and pupils who are
now scattered about town in all sorts Of
inconvenient rooms are watching the
progress Of the new school building with
much interest.
The sensational suit involving the
good name of j. @. Gracey was aban-
doned by the prosecution in the district
court this week and the defendent dis
charged. It is generally understood
that the suit had its origin in personal
bad feeling.
The Santa Fe railroad is suffering
from a car famine and is having great
difficulty in procuring enough box cars
to move the freight offered.
District court is in session this week
at La Junta, Judge Dixon on the bench.
The amount OF business is not large.
The official vote of Otero county,
Patterson valley school report and do
ings OF horticultural society crowded
out until next week. Enterprise is too
small.
| -Manzanola is hoping for the organ
ization OF a X. P. lodge. A. B. Wallis
Of Rocky Ford gave an interesting talk
there last week regarding the benefits Of
x. P membership.
Elder O. G. Pomeroy has left Man
zanola for Pueblo, his former home.
w: A. Colt ls yet importing lambs
from New Mexico,
"A little work on some of the towns
culverts might prevent suits for dam
ages
The longest runaway on record oc-
Cured in this vicinity last Saturday.
Constable Meador's horse while at VIM.
Egberts, 8 miles west OF town, broke
loose and ran with the buggy and did
not stop until he reached Rocky Ford.
The buggy was somewhat wrecked and
Mr.. Meador would be thankful if the
finder of the cushion and brown lap
robe would deliver them to him in
Rocky Ford.
Best line of Coffees in town