Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-29
'RADO, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1899.
I'VE ackpowlsdse the receipt OF very

cordial invitation to spend the 4th at
Cripple Creek. Among the dOings ut
the famous camp will be the burning of
3O pounds Of rel fire on the top Of
Pixies peak ON the night Of the 4th. The
light will be seen all over the eastern
part OF tbs state.
Geo Hammond IL making extensive
repairs on tho old exchange building
-P.v. MArsh. a High Line. Patterson
valley farmer, has one Of the finest fields
OF Spring wheat IN the country. He has
40 ncres from seed obtained from ths
San Louis valley, name not known. Il u
now over AZ feet higa and heavily
headed. lie expects to harvest in two
weeks and get u handsome yield
Texas is now in the midst Of canta-
loupe sMpments.
The pipe fos The enlarged water sys-
TEN has ull been received.
Various unavoidable causes havs
operated to make shis issue OF the Enter.
prise not up to the usual STANDARD oi
newsiness.
The Walnut avenue platform scales
are now on the road. They will be loca-
ted in trout Of Higgins livery barn.
Geo. Gross managed the IIickox bar
Der shop during the absence OF Mr.
Hickox ut the Rough kiders' reunion ut
Las Vegas.
As enroute from Wallace, Ks. last
week Glenn Jordan, eight year old son
Of W. J. jordan, fell from q horse aud
fractured the bones u one arm above the
wrist. The injury was partially treated
on the road bnt the boy fxed in good
shape by DR.. Fenton on arrival at Rocky
Ford.
The n. E. Ladies' Union social
Tuesday evening nj G. A. Il. hall was
we'll attended.
y. F. McCarty has resigned the man.
agement OF the Bingham ranch aud it is
now being run by Ezra Nuckolls, who
has the property leaaed for this season.
The Fort Lyon canal has been car
ryipg 1000 feet Of water this week, about
l:sJO feet being used by water.riRht own
Great Plains Company's ditch at Ga &C.
by.-Las Animas Leader.
There was wreck on the Santa Fe
last Saturday afternoon between La
Junta aud Rocky Ford, caused by a
broken journal on bog car. The track
was badly torn up, about l25 ties being
broken.
LA Junta 10 taking more interest in
the Maid OF Honor contest than Rocky
Ford. The Tribune reports the number
Of informal ballots received by two con-
testants. But perhaps the readers OF the
Enterprise are saving their coupons for
the final day.
Dodge Hale is instsucting the Texans
question II that will add to his reputa.
ton in the Lone Star state.
Don't let suckers grow on your box
alder trees. It spoils their Looks and
hinders the growth Of the trees.
Enterprise is all right but when
carried to extremes is liable to make
mischief. The La Junta Tribune re-
Gently published "a marriage the day be-
fore It occurred but made no.. more seri.
ous break than giving the marriage fee
to the wrong minister. In another mar
ringe notice the daughter Of Postmaster
Young was given i'll marriage to u Col
orado Springs gentleman, which Miss
Edith denies. It's all right to guess il
You guess right, faculty which the
Tribune does not seem to possess.
ID. P. Elliot has handed us a copy
Of the Topeka Daily Capital containing
an interesting account OF the rich gold
mines Of Costa R,ca where company Of
American capitalists are now reaping II
harvest. Col. johnson, well known from
his long connection with the Santa Fe
railway WIS one OF n party which re-
Gently visited the mines aud brought
back most encouraging reports.
mind your own business" is prov
erb which is quoted with kind OF vim
which Indicates considerable unpleasant
feeling. There is another sense than
that OF anger in which the proverb may
be used to advantage. 1t was illustrated
by story told us by Col. Lockhart OF
Colorado Springs few days since.
Years ago newspaper man started in
the hotel business in Rocky Ford. Mr..
Hopper. New Mexico stock man, who
had herd Of cattle in Otero county,
bargained with the hotel keeper to ex-
change four cows for board. The COWS
were OF the most worthless, ornery, Texas
variety-small, bnshy-headed, resembling
razor.backed hogs and wild as coyotes.
They had no more value for milking
purposes than quartet Of wildcats. 1t
required the skill of the boss cowboy to
lasso the cows. After much labor they
were delivered TO the hotel keeper who
put them in new barn. The next morn.
ing it was discovered that the cows had
got out through the roof and were AZ
miles on the road to New Mexico aud
were never seen again. You see it would
have paid the newspaper man to have at.
tended to his own business instead oi
trying to keep hotel-which is a business
requiring peculiar talent like peddling
lightning rods.
CThe man who sends mail ked copy OF
this paper to A. b. Gray, Denver, will
make the mistake of his life.)