Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-05-15


the residence Of the BRIDES mother. Mrs.
Alma N. Cheney. Thursday evening.
May 2ls,,
F. d. Pas,Ofius and Jas, 4. L0eshar,.
Of colsa ado Springs, spent Sunday in
Lamar looking al the boom Of which
they reaped the first bsEefils-Las kni-
mas Democrat.
The telephone is a valuable Invention.
We could no, enjoy life without il. New
es,heless. il has its disabilities In the
daily papers we often A0,s special dis
patches from this section Of the state. in
which the wrong spsil.lg Of names indi-
Gates that the news Mas sent in by ,sle-
phone. In the con- sfssIioa OF some
persons il is ffeaueh,lJ diitieal, To dis
,ingussh certain letters, as the words do
no. always come over the 0ife clearly.
The Enterprise had an example of such
an error las, week. The personal COL
unh contained a no.ies Of the presence
in the city Of Mr.. and. Mrs \. Liningsf.
old friends Of o. q. Crawford. In the
item ], was stated that Mrs. Lnlnges
enjoyed nigh standing as a musician.
The information reached US over the
telephone and our iniO'man, says ,ha.
the word physician should have been
used. Mr.. and Dr., Lihingsr arc now
making a tour Of the Stale ~i,h view
Of locating.
Mrs.. Cal Abel is agaia able To look after
business
4 genuine surprise Nas sprung on Mrs.
Luther Melton on the occasion Of her t7,h
birthday las: Friday evening. Tho gath
efing Was under the direction o. the
Rebesshs and was worried up so quietly
,ha, Mrs. Melton had no, the sIigh,as,
hint Of the coming hoe, oi friends The
evening was span; In social intercourse
add sundry games un,ii ! O'Clock when
sine supper was served. ks tho guests
numbered 20 Il will be seen ,ha, Mr.. and
Ms. Mel;on's now house was well filed.
@. W. Goss. wiie and daughter lot, on
Wednesday far an extended trip on tho
Pacific coast
Mrs. O. q. ,Diehi will leave In a sa~
days for sisi, with Mr. Diehrs relatives
a, jonesbofo. Tom.
Mrs. NJ. S. cansay leaves tomorrow
NOR with her daughter
Sol 7. Wolfe arrived homo on Saturday
after visi, o! two weeks a, hi, old home
Sullivan. Ind.
Wesley Morgan. wife aud daughter Of
watsoka, ILL.,. arrived hero last ~eok with
a view 10 locating for tho purpose Of
farming. Mrs. Morgan IS sister o! Mrs.
]. J. Browning.
Ben Rcad has recently returned from
a sosan months stay near Roswell. N. NJ.
where no was with Chicago company
which fed $4,000 sheep for tho eastern
markets.
William Dukes entertained number
Of his friends last Friday night, Tho
time was spent in playing games. after
which refreshments wera served. Ey-
crybody spon. a ycry pleasant evening.
Miss Olive Barnes entertained tho
finch club las. Friday nigh; and very
enjoyable evening was spent
Miss Alice Cook entertained few Of
her friends in very enjoyable manner
Friday evening.
J. n. Award was down at Holly a few
days this week looking after real estate
interests.
I. D. Hale will leave in few days for
Indio. Calf. to look after n. Woods can't
aloupe business. For two years Mr..
Woods has made a great success in
raising Rocky Ford cantaloupcs below
tho level Of the sea and will continue the
business this year under MIR. Hale's d-
reetion. The netted gem must be a
wonderful melon. thriving as It docs at
such diverse attitudes. Tho eantaloupes
raised at lndio are grown almost one
mile below those produced at Rocky
Ford.
Elmer Corners pneumonia has let go
to such an extent that he was able to be
in his Office Wednesday.
c. W. Johns. who has had charge Of
the beet eompany's east ranch, will ac-
company l. D. Hale to the Pacific coast
next week.
A. J. Sampson who has been looking
after Mexican labor at Albuquerque. is
home for few days.
Mrs. j. H. Price has returned from a
visit in Denver and Pueblo.
Rev. Wilson Mills is among the grippe
sufferers.
The Christian Endeavor social held on
the lawn at G. M. Halls Tuesday even
ing was well attended considering that
the temperature was not perfectly adapt
ed to outdoor festivities. The result was
a good time and $500 profit.
G. E. Studebaker left on Wednesday
for Bellfountain, Ohio. to attend the gen.
eral conference of the German Baptist
church.
Miss N. V. McGrath of Pttsburg, Pa.
who has been visiting the family of H.
Amos, was called home few days since
by the serious illness of her mother.