Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-04
ARKANSAS VALLEY NOTES.

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trip to Roc Ford last Thursday
Cheraw Clarion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dent, of Rocky Ford. are
guests of X. G. Dobbins and family
Las Aoimas Leader.
Mrs. Fred Knouse and Mrs. Ernest
Belew of Rocky Ford were guests OF
Mrs. M. j. Higgins the last of the week.
Las Animas Democrat.
W. A. Campbell returned to Rocky
Ford or Sunday after few days Visit
with his brother L. M. Campbell. who
has been very sick,-Lamar News.
Some of the early beet fields are being
attacked by worms. but it IS not anticl-
pated any serious damage will be done
to the crop. says the Saocharine Gazette.
DID. Wiley and j. A. Gauger were up
from Rocky Ford Tuesday attending
meeting of the board of directors of the
Catlin Canal company.-Manzanola Sun.
Mrs. C. M. Lee and son Russell left for
Rocky Ford, Sunday. for a short visit
with friends. Mrs. Lee will also visit
relatives in Pueblo and Denver before
returning Register.
Mrs. Anna Harris, wife of Bob Harris,
the Rocky Ford negro who killed Mar
shals Craig and Ripper on the night OF
July q. is i'll at the county Jail with ty-
phoid fever-La Junta Tribune.
A calculigraph has recently been in
stalled in the central office of the Big
Bend Rural Telephone company in order
to facilitate the keeping track of the time
consumed by each toll call, says the
Wiley Journal.
The Arkansas Valley Call of Holly.
changed hands last week. o. w. Neis-
wanger. an experienced newspaper man,
is the new editor and publisher, and his
first number gives promise that he will
get out live. newsy paper.
During the month of July there has
been so much water in Holbrook ditch
that most. of the natives of Missouri of
that section have contracted fever and
ague. As they are used to the affiietion
they are not inconvenenced to any great
extent. says the La Junta Tribune.
Saws the Fowler Tribune: Fred john
son was up from Rocky Ford Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Brand of Rocky
Ford, were guests of |. A. Emerson and
family Sunday. M. W. Reavis and fam
ily moved to Rocky Ford Tuesday, where
they will make their home for six months.
Emory Fuller, who with his father,
Chas, Fuller. was in the backsmithing
business in Manzanola until few months
ago, was struck by lightning and instantly
killed Monday while in camp. He and
his parents were making an overland trip
to Texas. The deceased was 50 yeare
old.-Manzanola Sun.
Preparations are being made to start
the alfalfa meal mill at this place next
week. A large amount OF hay has been
purchased and larger tonnage of meal
will be ground here this year than any
previous year since the mill has been in
operation. The hay is all in excellent
condition for grinding and the meal will
be number one in qUality.-Hartman En-
terprise.
Because the people Of this city are will
ling to have the law take its course Editor
johnson OF the La Junta Free Press
gets off the following: "Pueblo police
are now on hunt for a negro accused
by white woman of a brutal assault.
We suppose if he is captured the state
militia and U. S. army will be called out
to care for him. and he will be quickly
rushed to Rocky Ford. Any fiend would
be safe there"
Luther Dennison of Hasty paid us a
visit last week, says the Bent County
Democrat, Mr.. Dennison says the crops
IN that section are looking exceptionally
well, and that the second and third cut
ting of alfalfa will be large. He has con-
tracted his whole crop at SlO.5o on
board the cars, which, with the size crop
he is securing, will mean big profit per
acre. The general average in wheat IN
his section will be around 40 bushels to
the acre, although a few who have
threshed report as high as So bushels.