Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-06-17
orERo COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
ORDWAY.
N r. CHURCH, Rev. @. W. Corey. Pastor.
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Andrew Cant, President of the
Colo. L. 4 w. Go. has been visit
ing Ordway the past week. Mr..
Cant says he never saw the coun-
try look 80 we'll as it does now.
He assured your correspondent
that the Twin Lakes were secured
and that there was no doubt Of
the water supply for next year.
Charley Farra, son of Ed. Farra,
had his arm broken by being
thrown from a horse last week.
A severe rain storm, which
northwest of Ordway amounted to
a cloud burst, visited US last Fri
day evening. No damage report
ed beyond broken bitches.
Rev. G. w. Corey and Lew
Walters boys hauled in about 200
pounds of carp last week.
Fishermen from La Junta and
Rocky Ford visited Lake Henry
several days last week.
F. A. Hodge visits the San
Louis Valley this week where he
will purchase at Crestone a car
load of bulls for his immense
herds of critic which he has pas
tured in western Kansas.
Jim Racey is painting the town
white. He has painted Mr..
Green's residence, Mr.. Shumate's
store and is now busy ON Mr..
Green's store.
All preparations are ready for
the town picnic at Beaty's grove
on Thursday. The whole town ID
planning to go and all are assured
a good time.
Haying has commenced, like
wise the regular afternoon showers
which seem to invariably set in
Just when the farmers wish to
make hay.
A cloud of wind and dust which
took the form of a cyclone was OBJ
served one day last week many
miles northeast of Ordway. It
has been reported that many cat
tie were killed by this cyclone.
D. G. Dudley, Superintendent
of the Deaf, Dumb & Blind Insti-
stute of Colorado Springs has
been visiting Ordway the past
few days.
The Twin Lakes Reservoir Co.
was organized a few days sin ce
with Henry Koons, J. A. Roberts.
Andrew Cant and w. L. Hart
man as directors. The capital
stock is 100000.
On Sunday June 9th the quar-
terly conference will be held at
the church and DIR. RAIDER will
preach,
G.. w. Keller of Denver is
stopping at Hotel Berando.
Sunday June 18th was another
red letter day in the history of
the Ordway NJ. E. church and
Sunday school. It was Children's
Day. This month of roses and
singing birds, when prairies are
clothed in their fresh verdure and
dotted with 80 many beautiful
flowers seems particularly appro-
pirate for a children's service of
praise. As usual the church was
decorated with flowers and the
number of seats inadequate to ac-
commodate the large audience.
After an organ voluntary and
prayer there were songs and reci-
tations. One of the pleasing fea-
lures of this flower service was an
exercise by twenty-five boys and
girls. After recitation, "A call
to the flowers, the children
m arched up to the platform sing
ing a professional song. They
formed in two semicircles and
then each in turn recited or sang
about the flowers he or she
carried. Six in the centre of the
back circle carried each letter
trimmed with flowers which were
hung in order under the words,
"To Our God"( already on the
wall forming the word "Praise".
The children did their parts
we'll and spoke distinctly. Three
of the smallest sang a song of
daisies and two others sang of the
blue forget.me-nots. At the close
of this song they all marched back
to their seats singing and leaving
their flowers at the altar.
There was a recitation by three
very tiny girls and a duet by two
older ones and then a talk by the
superintendent. He told Of the
origin of the Sunday school and
the growth of it since 1910 SO it
has become power for good. He
referred to the time three years
ago when the church and S. s.
were organized and said there was
a gentleman from the east present
at that time who encouraged them
to build church. He said, "The
gentleman is here today and when
l asked him to soy a. few words,
he said, %, I can't, but I said, i
think you can if your name is
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