Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-11

/ celebrated Rocky Ford Melted Gem. n
car Withhold about $50 crates. making a
total Of 2.57l cars. Last year the ship
ments aggregated a6Q cars.
! While the above total is based on tho
estimates given by tho various assosia-
Iions 1t is doubtless much too large. 4
/ gentleman who las given tho situation
careful eanyassing estimates that the
acreage OF the valley will be somewha,
less rather than over 5000 acres.
Sales OF Fat Lambs and Cattle.
Las, week the Enterprise noted the
shipment OF a number OF cars Of fat sheep
and cattle TO Kansas City. Tho shippers
have returned and report receiving fair
prices. Here arc some OF the sales:
G. W. Swins. ewes, averaging 81 and
SO pounds Ss2o and S+.25 per 100.
Lambs. 76 pounds. brought $3.50. which
was tho top OF the market.
Shelton l. Caldwell. ewes. a. pounds.
s+.l5.
F. NJ. Harsin. Lambs. ss pounds. $500.
Tho wor. Of Street Supervisor Dukes
in cleaning tho streets and alleys Is no,
having tho cooperation Of some Of our
citizens without which much OF his labor
is wasted. oni particular alley was fo-
eently made as nea, rs pin. bu, two
days had not elapsed bsfara piles Of old
paper boxes, ashes and trash made u rn-
slightly. Every citizen should take moro
pride in the cleanliness Of tho city than TO
thus destroy ali tho coed work Of tho city
officials in an endeayor 70 keep Tho streets
and alleys in a presen;sble condition.
Food Inspector Taibo; Is showing COM
rnendablc energy In the discharge Of his
duties. 4 few days since ho heard shs,
a fat steer afflicted with tho "lumpy iaw''
was abou, TO be bs;eherot and sold 70
Rocky Ford's citizens. Ho went and saw
the animal and told tho owner ;ha. no
had better kill the steer and burn',he car
eass as tho meat would surely be con-
demnsd u placed on the market.
The gathering and burning Of trash at
this season Of tho year Is moSt eommends-
bic. But good deeds may DO performed
in wrong way. After you have rnado a
bonfire Of tho debris about your premises
don't fail to SEQ ;ha, tho fro does no dam
age to your neighbors. All such fires
should be watched during their progress
and al nigh,fall should DO thoroughly oS-
;inguished. This caution is especially
timely in these times Of high winds
The quarantine a. Higbeo was declared
of last Sunday, and Dick King was sent
out to fumigste tho residents who have
been afflicted. He used two hundred
rounds Of sulphur and five gallons Of for
maldyhyde. and the fumigation doso ad-
ministered ought TO be enough to last tho
infected for a while at least. The county
has been feeding eighty-two people In
HiEboo for the last month, tho expense
incurred being in tho noighborhood oi
i lSlls.-La Junta Tribune.
II you have given the city credit 70,
the construction Of that excellent cement
sidewalk built by Diehl along the Matr
street frontage Of the Gibson Lumber
Co.'S yards. you should amend your posi-.
ton as that work has beon done at The
expense Of the Gibson Lumber Co. Wher
similar work shall have been dono on ht
east side Of Main street and tho Santa
Fo rots in tho brick crossings for which
material Is now on the ground, Rocky
Ford's principal th5ruughfare will be ont
at which we can point with PRIDE
. Prof. Abbott. Of tho State Normal a
Greeley. gave an interesting lecture bo.
fore the teachers and few citizens a
Liberty building yesterday afternoon. Hi
+ lecture was on the new and wonderful
| mineral. radium. Illustrated with a speci
, men of the most valuable metal known
the present market price being $4,000,
600 per pound. The specimen exhibited
by Prof. Abbott weighed about one
thousandth Of a grain. The brillian
emanations Of light Tor something akin 4
: IT, were plainly visible and gave the as
/ sembled company better idea Of thi
new force than they possibly could hav
had without Prof Abbotts demonstration
Friday night about 9 o'clock, when tn
wind was quite high. tho water work
7 whistle sounded fire alarm. The caus,
of the alarm was lot Of burning vast,
, paper in the alley west Of the Tribun,
+ office. which for safety had been covered
, with large iron tank or ash can. Blu
the brisk wind famed the flames anew
land the burning paper few over the ad
jacent buildings in an alarming manner
. Fortunately the fire was soon cxtinguisheC
or a disastrous fire would have resulted
The Methodist ladies will give one o
their ever popular suppers on Thursday
March 81. Look out for something gooc
to cat and something entertaining besides
J Burreli's proposition on growing seeds
will please you. .. ..