Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-16

Mrs. Mabel Connely. of Kansas City, is
visitor at the W. R. Hardey home this
week.
Mrs. Paul Hardey is down from Denver
this week, visiting Rocky Ford relatives
and friends.
The Misses Davies and Kelso. "hello
girls" at the telephone exchange. spent
Sunday in Colorado Springs.
Robert Voegtle. the shoemaker at
Hardeys, left for Durango on Monday, to
try his luck in the San Juan county land
drawing.
Mrs. J. H. Smith of Washington. Kan.
arrived on Saturday for visit with her
mother, Mrs. Annie B. Elser. and Rocky
Ford friends.
Harry Braden and wife returned last
week from pleasant visit with relatives
and friends at the formers old home
near Pittsburg. Pa.
Fred Knause returned Sunday from
Las Animas. and reports that the bar
bering business down there was not what
It had been cracked up to b.
County School Superintendent Phillips
got home Sunday from Greeley and Dem
YER where he had spent shout two weeks
in attendance at tho State and National
Educational conventions.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Powell Of Belliower.
ILL.,, who have been visiting the latter's
niece, Mrs. Homer Kinney. and at the }.
F. Ritehie home. left for Colorado Springs
and Denver on Wednesday.
L. E. Gallegos. who met with severe
injuries by falling from hay stack some
three weeks ago. is slowly recovering
and his physician has hopes that he will
be able to be about again in a short time.
The Enterprise acknowledges pleas
ant call from H. c. Williams. telegraph
editor Of the Pueblo Chieftain. who spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in this city with
his boyhood chum and college mate. L. E.
Wise.
Mesdames A. S. johnson and g. W.
Lewis left on Sunday for Los Angeles.
They will spend the summer at Ocean
Park and other California resorts. and
will return by way of Seattle before the
close Of the Alaska Yukon exposition.
Clark Smith. the young man VINO has
been manipulating the leaden messengers
Of thought in the Enterprise office for the
past several months. left on Monday for
Spokane to accept a position as manipu-
lator Of a telegraph key on Jim Hills
Great Northern railroad.
Walter Dubree. the LaJunta architect
was UP this week and found everything
going along nicely upon G. M. Halls
handsome $1,000 residence on Walnut
avenue. Should nothing interfere to re-
tard the new building will be ready for
occupancy by the last Of the month.
According to latest adviees Mayor Van
Buskirk will reach home about next
Friday. This was the news contained in
a letter from Grants Pass. Ore. and the
Mayor reports that Mrs. Van is quite
anxious to get back to Rocky Ford and
once again enjoy the comforts Of home.
Rev. Beaver. of the Baptist church. left
last Tuesday night for few weeks va
cation at Hutehison. Kan. Chicago and
Saginaw, Mich. In the latter city he
will supply the pulpit for two Sundays in
the new $4,000 edifice recently built by
his former congregation on Michigan Ave.
George A. Jones returned Sunday from
Brawley. where he has been inspecting
for the past several weeks.
He says the melon season is over in the
Imperial Valley. and other Fordites who
have been busy down there during the
shipping season may be expected back at
any time.
w, r. Nelson and wife from Superior.
Iowa, arrived last Thursday night. and
will spend few weeks visiting his pa
rents. Mr.. Nelson was on his way to
Idaho. and left for Harrison on Tuesday
accompanied by his brother. E. E. Nelson.
and together they will enter some good
farm land in that state.
p. 3. Giltner departed on Tuesday for
Superior. Neb., after a two weeks visit
with the Enterprise man. Mr.. Giltner.
like all others visitors, was greatly taken
with our beautiful and fertile country.
and we will not be surprised should he
shortly return and make his permanent
residence in the Arkansas Valley.
Through the agency Of the Rocky Ford
Auto Co., another Of our prosperous
farmers-Gso. B. Curliss-is the proud
possessor Of an automobile. The ma
chine-a Maxwell runabout-was pur-