Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-01-16
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PERSONAL
AND
LOCAL

In La Juntd.
G. W. Lewis and Mr.. Parmelee spent
Saturday in Pueblo.
G. w. Lewis attended to business in
the county seat on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat MeElroy arrived in
town yesterday from Maxwell. N. M.
j. w. Bowman left the first of the
week on a business trip to Syracuse,
Kan.
Miss Lottie Lopez left on Friday for
Canon City. to nurse sister who is
seriously i'll.
H. w. Lance is in Kansas City this
week attending a convention of the imple.
ment dealers.
Attorney Paul M. North on Friday last
moved his law Office to rooms IN the Hale
block over Ha rdey's store.
The Patterson Valley S. S. held a sue
cessful Cafeteria social in the school
house on Saturday evening.
DR.. Wolfe returned Mon nday IRON
Colorado Springs, where he had been
called by the illness of his mother.
Miss Mabel Keenan, went to La Junta
on Monday to take position as steno-
grapher in the county clerks office.
R. D. Thompson was appointed coroner
by the county commissioners, at their
meeting last week. to succeed DR.. T. B.
Wilson.
George Bernard was down from Colo
RADIO Springs last Friday and Saturday.
looking after his business interests here
abouts.
Mr.. and Mrs, c. Y. Boardman and Mr..
Parmeee of Chicago are the house
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Lewis.
David Whittenburg left Monday for
Brawley. Calf. where he will be associat-
ed with his brother Ernest in the canta-
loupe business.
Captain Will Guthrie Of the United
States army visited with his father. J. J.
Guthrie and other relatives for few
hours last Thursday.
The genial Jim Gallager is now to be
found behind the counter in Henry
Funk's establishment. lie commenced
his work there on Monday.
William Eiehleberg has been selected
as temporary chief of police to serve un
til such time as the city elects perma-
nent man for the position.
In the basket ball games Of last Friday
evening between the local and Manzanola
high school teams the Rocky Ford girls
were winners while the boys went down
to defeat.
On Monday evening the contract to
build reservoir number 5 for Lewis and
Cudahy was let to Pueblo firm Of con-
tractors. The price is said to be in the
neghborhood of $4,000.
J. C. Rex on Wednesday disposed Of
bis handsome suburban property in Gard
en- Place. A. T. Ratcliff Of Missouri was
the purchaser and possession will be
given January 20. The Rex family will
still live in Rocky Ford, for a time at
least.
A union rally in the interest of the
Hart and Magann revival meetings will
be held at l 80 o'clock Sunday even
ing at the Methodist church. There will
be several speakers. Come and hear
all about the plans of this great cam
paign.
In La Junta this week, Ira Todd was
convicted of hootegging on four counts,
and was fined $500 and four months in
Jail. His clerk H. C. Grogger was con-
victed on six counts, and was fined
$1,000 and six months in Jail. 1t is said
that both parties will appeal to the county
court.
j. B. Nichols of Bristol. Colo. who re-
Gently purchased the John Bass furniture
and hardware stock. will have assoeiat-
ed with him Mr.. Clark, a prominent
business man of Eads. Colo who will
have active charge of the business in
Rocky Ford. The inventory of stock will
begin next week.
j. j. Donelan. engineer for the Rocky
Mountain Gas Co.. accompanied by G. M
Culver, representative of the company,
reached this city yesterday upon right.of-
way survey of the proposed gas line. The
lines throughout the city will Immediately
be run. AMI it is announced that active
work on the pipe lines will begin just as
soon as the frost is out of the ground.
N. r. McCauley, editor and of the
La Junta Democrat. received telegram
on Wednesday from Washington that