Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-02

rum ihoh'h slsiI IN Denver.
Alderman Merke and family are SPEND
week or two rusIiesting in and around
Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Ed sssnger Of Garden City. Kan.
is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
W. Powell Of North Thirteenth.
Mrs. Jennie MCGEE and daughter. Miss
Lena. departed yesterday for . months
visit with relatives at Blackwell. Okla.
Psrls B.ostss and family Of Alton. ILL.,.
relatives Of Mrs. p. X. Blinn. have lately
arrived in Rocky Ford and are expecting
TO make their home among us.
II. N. ingraham is thinking Of taking
his summer vacation in . trip through q
part Of the country thathe as real estate
dealer would like 70 know something
about-oklshoma.
Contractor Brown began his contract
Of extending the city systsm Of water
mains on Wednesday morning last The
work was begun with laying Of four
inch main over on 18th street.
The saylsr Drsdgs q Construction Co..
which has been doing the work here Of
snlareing the otsro canal. has received
the contract for Ike enlargement Of the
lower 10 miles Of the Amity ditch.
c. G. Carleton. wife and two sons. ar.
rived from Plant City. Fla. last Friday.
Mr.. Carleton will have charge Of the
Rocky Ford Office Of olivst Bros.. dis
tIibutors Of vanBuskisk's Melted Rock
eansaloupsa
Or. Wolfe reports that Ruba crull. the
ono Of the two women most severely In
lursd by tho runaway reported last week.
has passed tho danger point and 10 az
paessd TO recover. 4 severe congestion
Of the brain was thrsatsned.
Mrs. II. A. pawisy entertained two or
three Of her friends At birthday dinner
party on Wednesday svsning. They were
ali ladies. and the Enterprise has bssn
unable 10 ind out the ages Of any Of
them. Il 10 not even safe 10 say that
they are past The swsst-sixtssn limit.
Mrs. F. N. Hinss returned home on
Wednesday from . six weeks visit with
relatives in Kansas She was accom-
panied BY her sistss-in-law. Mrs Ksts
sappingtoa snd granddaughter. Miss lnsz
Brownsll. Of Kingmsn. Kan. who will
spend several weeks Ia Colorado
". c. stssls writes home from Spe-
kane. WASH. that hs and Robbie have
decided 70 prolong their vacation week
or two In view Of = very attractive
camping trip that the brother he is visit
ing has arranged 70, into The lake region
Of the Cascade mountains.
Charley Cartwright was down from
Colorado Springs the last Of the past
week for visit with the home folks. He
says he 10 getting good deal Of fun as
well as profit with his auto. carrying
tourists into the Manitou and Cheyenne
Mountain gorges, and Is successfully dodg-
ing bad case Of hay fever.
Tho Lamar fair is being actively
worked up by tho citizens interested is
the projeet. Some Of them arc making
a tour Of tho Valley on an advertising
mission. and they report that tho farmers
Of tho lower end Of the valley arc making
active preparations to contribute some
thing to tho exhibits.
Blu. Dye and Prof. Carpenter Of the
State Agricultural College. eamo down
from Collins Monday and spent day
ovor atDyesLaks. Tho eminent author
ity on Irrigation has some views about
what that lake might be made in tho way
Of tributary beauty spot to Rocky Ford,
but he is not giving thom out for publiea-
ton.
A brief letter from Miss Mario A. Dean,
late OF tho Rocky Ford school teaching
staff. to friends here. brings the sad news
Of the death Of her sister by typhoid.
Two little girls left are especially COM
mittod to Miss Deans caro- and she will
abandon school work to devote herself to
this unexpected charge. A wide circle
Of local aequaintanees will sincerely sym
pathize with Miss Dean in her great be-
reavsment. Her letter is dated at Kill
dora Oil