Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23
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Springs on Wednesday.
DIR. Fenton and son, Ward, spent
Sunday in Colorado Springs. 4
Fred Knause returned yesterday
from months stay in Hot Springs,
Ark.
Rev. Sly of Denver, occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist church on Sum
day.
Miss Nell Fyffe left on Saturday for
an extended visit with relatives in
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Ray Kerney and Miss Eva
Goblin went up to Pueblo yesterday to
hear Harry Lauder
Myron Baxter came up from Lamar
on Tuesday and will spend week visit
ing with home folks.
Morris Meyer came down from Dem
yer on Wednesday on business and
pleasure trip combined.
E. w. Casebeer left Monclay for Cal
ifornia, where he will go into the stock
feeding business at Brawley-
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Sinclair of Ash
lrnd, ILL.,, were the guests of their
niece, Mrs. Ed Sever, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claremont Sleeth are
the proud and happy parents of a baby
girl, born Wednesday at their home in
Swink.
The many friends of Mrs. ID. H.
| will ha ,la 80 hot
she is recovering from her recent
severe illness.
T. R. Gilmore and wife left Sunday
for Nebraska, having disposed of the
Gem theatre, as men toned in last
weeks Enterprise.
c. b. Sherwood is having consider
able trouble at Lake Meredith, on ac-
count of an accident which washed two
of the dams out.
H. G. Carter and family left on Sat
urday for Chicago, having closed the
seasons cantaloupe business of the
C. II. Weaver Co.
DR.. Carlisle Pollock arrived Tuesday
from st. Louis and is visiting his par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. S. H. Pollock and
other Rocky Ford frier IDS.
Mrs. Platt Russell arrived on Tues
day from Salt Lake City, Utah, and
will make an extended visit with her
sister, Mrs. Ford Stew ard.
In runaway last Saturday after
noon Courtney Diehl was thrown from
a wagon and besides Il thoro shaking
up had his shoulder bone dislocated.
S. E. Lyon let a can of cream drop
on his foot last Wednesday and in con-
sequence is incapacitated from his
duties in the Wells Fargo Expire IS
office.
To John S. Johnson of Weitzer is
given the honor of the largest sugar
beet SO far this year. 1t weighs nine
teen pounds and four ounces, which is
going some for beet
While l.. E. Brown of Las Animas,
was loading the last car of Casabas, he
had the misfortune to sever the last
two fingers of the left hand as he was
engaged in saving crate heads.
Rev. Kimball, former pastor of the
NJ. E. church in La Junta, but now
of st. Joseph, Mo-, accompanied by
Judge Miller, spent Monday in our city
the guests of DR.. S. B. Warner.
Two recent cases of forgery here In
Rocky Ford demonstrate the necessity
of banks and business firms being more
rigid in requiring strangers to be iden-
titled before cashing checks for them.
Temperance headquarters have been
established in one of the rooms N the
Moore-Gobin block, where all VIII be
welcome and literature bearing on the
dry campaign can be obtained free.
Mrs. c. l.. Lawrence returned Tu es-
day from a visit with her son, Dean, at
Boulder. Mrs. Lawrence's visit WI S
interrupted by message telling of the,
disastrous fire at her home on Satur-
day evening.
After the front page of the Enter
prise was off the press it was learned |
that thru an error in the copy sent us |
in the date of the dry parade, which
takes place on Saturday, Oct. 81, in
stead of Friday, Oct. 80.
Pete Robbins has his live stock, i'm
plements and household goods up for
sale and will move to Kentucky i'm
mediately after the sale, which takes
place on Nov. 5, at the Van Buskirk |
ranch, five miles west of Rocky Ford |
E. S. Woodside and Charley Goverau
went up to Denver on Monday, where
they will represent the local |. o. o. F. |