Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-03
THIS IS THE TIME
OF GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Lse Us Work Togsthss 70 Fuisil the
Absedast Promisss that This
Win 10 Q Banaor Year
he time Of good resolves 70 hors-
what psv ones can our minds svolvef
supposs. my dear. that 90 this year
Rssolve TO keep each rood resolve

With the staeeato rattle Of firearms
snd the piercing shrill Of steam whistles
domisatsd BY the siren At the factory the
Old year was spssdsd hence and the new
year welcomed with . noise and selat
that made most svsryoas sit up and take
notice." He vas indeed - dead ons'
who did not hear The din.
Psrhays the year Just passed has not
wholly fulfilled the promises with which
Il was u,hsrsd IN. but there are many
reasons Why ws dwsllsrs Ia the Arkan.
sas Valley should feel very well satisfied.
especially when We contrast our eireum-
stances with those Of less favored locali-
ties. We have had good year. our far
msrs have had reasonable returns for
their labor and our business houses have
suffered 50 little from the business de-
preston prevailing In the east that they
have hardly known Of panic except by
report.
That 1907 has bssn fairly prosper
Gus ono In Rocky Ford d psrhsps best
evidenced by brisi resume Of the build
Ing activity during the year:
OF business blocks that have been
erected The Entsrpriss calls attention TO
the handsome and substantial Goblin
block on Elm Ave-. = two-ssory brick OF
sig f,ne sore rooms with large hotsl ae-
eommodaticns on the second floor: tho
Manning building on South Main with
two stores on the ground floor and hotel
above: tho ST. John building on tho oppo-
site corner. also containing two stores
and quarters for tho Rocky Ford hospital
on tho second floor: tho Tsnnoy building
three doors further south. housing
photograph studio and doctors Offices:
and tho mammoth throo-ssory Check
block in course Of erection next door
Then wo have within the year opened a
pretty now passenger depot and a church
sdifiea-,ho FIRST Pfesbyserian-whish
would be a credit to city twice tho sise
OF Rocky Ford. and besides our now High
Sehool-os which reeon, mention was
made-is now roady for tho roof. and
work has bcon commenced upon tho now
Co!ored Baptist church. OF now resi-
dsneos there arc al least score. among
st them those Of Drs. Wolfe and kendig.
Mss,rs. Fluke. Goblin. Kleinfelter. Meyer.
Robb. umversaw. Daring. Soupssot Nc
phsrson. Little. chrit,on. iyoy. Ford.
Wiley. Hunt, Burns, 5urson, Elliot. Kim
zsy. Coffman. Ingraham. tho Methodist
parsonage. the Christian Parsonage
and three or four now dwellings in Herd
man addition. and lastly though by no
means least, tho presantious Cunningham
1bunealow.
As finale tho Enterprise will speak
Vrefly upon tho agricultural outlook.
Farmers Of this section who by means
Of irrigation make the growth OF good
crops practically certain. can look with
eausnini,y upon conditions like those
which develop in the east, A section
which produces commodity like bee.
sugar Is independent 1t can depend up
on its farmers with more confidence than
one devoted to the production Of none but
staple erops. The farmers have certain
ly found the growing Of sugar boets prof
table and will not neglect their oppor-
tunities. The Enterprise prophesies that
more farmers than ever before will sign
contracts for beet production this year.
that the factories will be supplied with
plenty Of material. and the production Of
sugar~will bo greater in 1908 than IN
the year just closed.