Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-07-04

ARKANSAS VALLEY NOTES !

| this week. He is interested in the Blue
Ridge reservoir ropostion.-Fowler Tri-
bune.
flanagan Brothers. leading shippers of
melons IN Swink, this week received their
first shipment of several carloads of melon
crates and will be ready for the biggest
seasons business in the history of melon
growing around here. says the Swink
Advocate. 1t is estimated that .here will
last year in the number of melons pro-
duced.
L. N. Hendricks, erstwhile lease agent
of the A. v. S. B. & |. L. Co., leaves to-
day for an extended tour of the mountain
regions, via auto. visiting friends in Colo
RADIO Springs. Canon City. Cripple Creek,
etc. YAM" as his associates call him.
has host of friends throughout the state.
but declares that he will maintain his
residence in Holly until the end of the
ohapter.-Holly Chieftain.
R. j. Walker. lately arrived from San
Francisco. will have charge of the sugar
boiling at the factory during the coming
campaign. Mr.. Walker is greatly inter-
ested in motor boating at Lake Meredith.
He has one boat now in operation and has
ordered another one. He is enthusiastic
about Meredith and thinks it should be
made great resort for boating, bathing
and fishing. Sugar City Gazette.
Sealed bids were received by the direc-
tors OF the Ordway school district until
noon last Saturday. for the construction
of the Ordway school building, and con-
tractors from all over the state made an
attempt to land the job. says the New
Era. When the bids were opened. it was
found that Frank Taylor, of Pueblo. was
lowest bidder, his figures being sls,5zo.
This does not include installing the heat
ing system. the board rejecting all bids on
that part of the contract.
Our esteemed brother of the La Junta
Tribune thus draws an envious COMPARE
son between his town and a real live
burg: Rocky Ford is progressing.
Morning, noon and night have been the
chief events in that burg, for these many
years. supplemented by an occasional
Watermelon Day. Last week they had
ehautauqua. and next week will have a
band festival. Outside of the every day
grab for the almighty dollar, morning.
noon and night are still the principal daily
events in La Junta. and will be until the
end of time unless we wake up to the
fact that there are things in life that are
really worth having. even If they 10 cost
a little time. effort and money!"
H. S. Fulkerson. wealthy sheep owner
of McClave. has let the contract for e.
$4,000 residence on his magnificent
ranch. W. I. Stickney, Pueblo architect
who drew the plans Tor the new home,
admitted yesterday that the structure
would be one of the finest ranch homes
in the state of Colorado. according to the
Lamar News. The Fulkerson home is
typical OF the advanced ideas and better
method OF living, and the vast improve
ment in ranch homes which are typical
of the present day Colorado ranch. The
Fulkerson home at McClave will have its
own electric lighting and steam heating
plant. Electric fans will keep cooling
breezes circulating in every room in the
mansion. and at night the outbuildngs
and corrals will be lighted by electric
lights.
In response to the call printed in last
weeks Sun, large number of our bus
mess men and citizens gathered in the
Miller-Legge hall Monday evening. to
discuss plans relative to holding a cherry
pie festival in connection with the dedica-
ton of the new $4,000 Santa Fe depot
The movement met with the hearty APP
proval of everyone present and a COM
mittee was appointed. which decided on
Thursday, July 10th as the date. The
depot will be formally opened during the
afternoon. and committee was appoint
ed to arrange suitable program. Cherry
pies are to be served free to all who are
our guests on that date An invitation is
extended to our sister towns throughout
the valley to attend the festivities on that
date and witness the dedication of the
new depot. -Manzanola Sun.
Preliminary steps loo king to the proper
dedication of Fowler's handsome new
depot were taken Tuesday evening when
there was mass meeting of the citizens
in the commercial club parlors, says the
Fowler Tribune. Manzanola will cele-
brate the dedication of their depot on the
10th of July. with a cherry pie feast. to-
gether with appropriate exercises. A
number of Santa Fe officials will attend.
and, as some Of these come from Topeka,
1t was thought wise to hold the Fowler