Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-11-27
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La Junta on Wednesday,.
j. w. Bowman returned Saturday
from business trip to Colorado
Springs.
Mrs. E. l.. Robb returned Sunday
from few days visit with friends in
Lamar.
Hez Enyart got mixed up with an
automobile Thursday night and was
badly injured.
Sol Wolfe is down from Colorado
Springs this week visiting his son, DR..
r. E. Wolfe and family. wu,3 il,, /,
w. B. Leonard returned to his home
in Lamar on Tuesday, after visit with
his friend, M. U. Randel. y .
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Goblin were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Broom
field in La Junta, last Sunday. .e-
Mrs. R. S. Beall came down from
Fort Collins on Wednesday, and will
spend Thanksgiving with Rocky Ford
friends. H.-.
E. S. Woodside and Bert Carter went
up to Pueblo on Wednesday, where the
latter had business at the U. S. Land
Office. Fl.
Mrs. Grin Carman of Flagstaff, i,
Ariz., arrived in the city on Friday, to
be present at the funeral of her broth
er, Guy Bennett.
Dan Kurtz, one of the lucky pros
pectors who has struck it rich IN
Alaska, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. L. Lawrence the fore part of the
week. ..r. r..
On Saturday evening about 9 o'clock,
fire broke out in the Jones house on
North Main street. Considerable dam
age was done to both house and con-
tents. ..| 'Isu tfa
Dick Dye, Southern Colorado repre-
sentative of the Kansas City Life lnsur-
ance Co. has his office with Ustick & Co
9l8 Elm Ave. Miss Sayers will attend
to any Office business. Phone Ford 5.
DR.. E. N. Stout was called to Fow-
Ter on Monday to investigate supposed
case of foot and mouth disease. After
carefully testing the case the doctor
found that it was not the dread dis
ease.
Hon. A. j. Sullivan of Basin, Wyo.,
speaker of the house of representa-
tives at the last session, was an honor
ed visitor in our city this week, being
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. M. U. Ran
del.
T. Y. Northern had valuable horse
so badly cut by barbed wire on Friday
that he had to be shot. The animal
was in Harrison's pasture and became
entangled in 300 yards of barbed wire
that Mr.. Harrison was hauling behind
the wagon.
Mrs. Fannie Gerbing returned last
Friday from an extended visit with
relatives in Texhoma, Okla. Her
many friends will be pleased to know
that Mrs. Gerbing's health was
materially benefited by the stay in
Oklahoma.
The happiest man in town these
days is Frank John, all because of the
arrival of Miss frankie Elva John at
his home on Nov. "a. The little miss
is buxom girl of ~ pounds and is
surely good cause for the celebration of
Thanksgiving by her proud parents.
The many friends of Prof. G. W.
Worcester will be grieved to learn of
Mrs. Worcester's death at Fisher, La,
on Nov. 16. While she has been SER
iously i'll for many months the end
came suddenly. Mr.. Worcester and
his daughters have the sympathy of
their Rocky Ford friends in their sad
bereavement.
The building for the creamery plant
was finished Friday and is one of the
best in the city. The machinery is
arriving this week and it is expected to
have the plant in working order by the
| first of the year. When in running order
the plant will represent an expenditure
of $40, 900, and will be one of the most
up-to-date plants in the state.
N. J. Nelson is the proud possessor
of a five-passenger Overland automo-
bile which is equipped with all the
latest attachments. The Enterprise
editor on Saturday had the pleasure of
ride in the new car-the first passen-
ger with Mr.. Nelson at the wheel and
we can endorse his claim that the car
is one of the finest in the city.
The Methodist church was filled last
Sunday afternoon with company of
people who came to pay last token of
respect to Guy Bennett, the young
soldier who was so suddenly stricken
down in the Phillinine Islands nIlar-