Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-03-06

Harvey maltby and family Of Holly are
visiting Rocky Ford relatives this week.
L. E. Rollsn left on Tuesday for Kings
ton. Calf. for future residence.
Hon. W. B. Ebbert is in the far east to
aid in financing the Manzanola sugar fac
tory.
Jstsr Arnold. Frank Grove and Carl
Miller are investigating the Big Horn
country.
J. IN. Kinney and c. J. Cover left yes
terday morning for cimmauon. Ks. 70
look after large real estate interests.
Bert Hopper returned few days since
after winter spent near Brownsville.
Texas. caring for large bee interests.
Joe II. Price lsi, on Monday on an
eastern purchasing trip. Before return
ing he will visit his old home. Mt. Erie,
H.. and in driving over muddy roads from
thence to Fairfield he will doubtless stop
a, the bridge and get drink Of Elm river
water 10 remind him Of his boyhood days.
G. W. Lewis and Dodge Hale take in
half the extent o! the union IN their broad
gauge real estate dealing. having recent
ly purchased several hundred acres o!
land in the Imperial Valley. Calf. that
region below sea level from whence the
first Rocky Ford ean,alaupes" reach the
eastern market.
Up 10 date the fruit crop Is rniniursd
and the prospects good for very large
yield the coming season. o! course there
is ye, time for injury from frost bu, the
chances arc against that calamity. as q
fruit shortage for TWO successive years
would be an unheard 0! incident in the
Arkansas Valley.
Leon Des Larses. for long time a
valued employe o! tho Enterprise Office.
is row located a, Oregon City. Oregon.
where he and his wife. formerly Miss
Jean Allan. are having excellent success
In their iayori,e line OF music. Copies o!
tho Oregon City Journal show that they
are both quite prominen, in musical Cir
eles. Many Rocky Ford friends will be
pleased TO hear Of their prosperity.
The Arkansas Valley Beet Sugar
Manufacturing Co. is the name Of Man.
zanola's proposed sl.ooo.ooo corpora
ton. and has the following directors:
Jasper n. Beatty. Horace 3. Dye. Eugene
Brewer. T. J. Stanley. J. N. Johnston.
Geo. W. Hailows, Dan W. Sheldon. W.
Cloves. W. q. Ebsert. W. H. meCaskill.
T. J. Barlow. J. F. Legne. Frank Hayes.
Jr. The contracts aggregate 10000
acres OF bee,s a, SIS per ton for s years.
Or. Polloek's hospital has been the
scene o! tho nativity o! many handsome
babies. as we can prove by the proud
paren,s-esp.eially where the infants
were the ars;-born Of the family. But
the climax seems TO have oeon reached
or s'co. 2e when Mrs. a. o. Rumble gave
bi.,n 10 Ave pound girl OF unusaa
beauty. This exceedingly mini,dre speei.
mon o: humanity is in every way fsl!j
developed and eauisiieiy formed. and de-
elared oy all lady visitors 10 be perfect
ly lovely"
A. L Kenyon. friend Of C. ]. Cover
who comes recently from Lima. Peru
has been paying him few days visit
Mr. Kenyon IS an engineer and has beer
engaged IN heavy constructors work do"r
il South America. He samo home b.
the way Of Panama and stopped 70 Sc:
tho construction work on the grea. inter.
oceanic canal. He says the way they
are making the dir, fly on tha, big d'ef
job is something even to an experienced
engineer. |, is fine example OF wha
modern mechanism can do in his part.eu'
lar line.
Ever since the frs. Presbyterian Ladie.
Aid chicken pie social. almost doze'
years ago. the annual recurrence OF thes'
toothsome feasts has been locked forwers
to with great expectations. Neither pol
itieal nor religious affiliations have in
terferred with Rocky Ford's love o
chicken pie. The chief difficulty exper
fenced by the ladies has been providing
enough pies for the hungry throng whieE
which crowded the ante-room of the din
ing hall. The pies may not have inereas
ed in quality each year but the crowds a
the chicken feast OF Friday evening las
would Indicate such culinary progression