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| D. ]. Fitch removed his family from
Rocky Ford on Wednesday and will go
| into business here.-Ordway Call.
Judge and Mrs. C. B. Stewart returned
Sunday from ten days visit in Cheraw.
Rocky Ford and other places.-ordway
New Era.
Says the Lamar Daily News of last
Friday: Henry Davidson left for Rocky
| Ford this morning. He went overland and
| will probably be there for about six weeks"
| Up in Fowler. the city that boasts OF its
pure spring water. the Tribune pencil
pusher gets off the following: Summer is
over The girls are wearing thicker ward
robes, and the observing will miss some
or the familiar figures in the City of Aqua
| Pura."
A. L. Hardley and family of Rocky Ford.
were visiting with friends IN Swink Mon
day says the Advocate. They leftTuesday
afternoon for southern California, where
they will make their future home. The
well wishes of their many friends 60
with them.
Preparations are being made for again
taking up active work. at the oil well
northwest of town. A. j. Heiter and P. S.
Roy, experienced oil well promoters and
engineers. are taking up the work, and
express themselves as confident of success
| in their efforts to find OIL Fowler Tribune.
The big dredge operating in the Fort
Lyon canal. widening and deepening that
great irrigation ditch. is now at the Lone
Tree. and making progress at the rate of
two miles a month which is very pleasing
to Engineer Ben Powell. He is now only
about five miles from the reservoir and
some time in December he expects to
complete the job.-Las Animas Democrat
CoronerTompson was called to LaJunta
last Thursday night tc :;sw the.l emains of
a man named Lemon. who died at 4 hos
pital in that city from the effects of fail
received at the ranch of T j. Bernard at
Fowler where he was employed. The ac
cident occurred Septic. Nothing is known
of the relatives Of the dead man and the
body was buried at La Junta.
| Says the LaJunta Democrat of last Fri
day: "FostmasterMR r. McCauley received
telegram this afternoon from Congress-
man Heating in Washington announcing
that La Junta had been granted another
rural route. This will be route No. 4 and
will be the means OF serving large
number OF farmers west and south Of this
city who heretofore had to come to the
postoffice to get their mail"
| After lull of two weeks the move
ments OF hay to eastern markets has
taken on new lease of life and baled
alfalfa hay is again rolling gu. of Wiley
at the rate Of several carloads a day. A
conservative estimate places the amount
of hay that. has moved from Wiley to
eastern markets since June = at 400
carloads. This does not include the heavy
shipping of alfalfa meal which has been
moving out of Wiley daily since Aug. lst.
Wiley Journal.
The first load OF sugar beets hauled to the
| factory at this place was Thursday Of
this week. 1t will be about a week until
J the factory starts running as they have to
have a largo quantity ahead to keep them
going. This will mean that the factory
will be working full force night and dav
commencing about the first of October
and VIII last about ninety days this year.
! 1t will be the longest campaign in years
and the heets are much better this year
than last..-Sugar City Gazette.
Thirty crates Of eantaloupes and
number Of water maons were shipped to
the Denver Chamber of Commerce, We'd
nesday. upon request of Mrs Emma
Tolman East. who has charge of certain
publicity work in connection with that
organization. The melons were to be dis
played 10 the Chamber of Commerce
room as Manzanola products and today.
the date of the opening of the Fall Fash
ions show, are to be served to the com
merce club visitors. Advertising of this
nature is Of direct benefit to our COM
munity -Manzanola Sun.