Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-09
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Carl Davis of Wiley spent Sunday call
ing on Rocky Ford school teacher
Lamar Daily news.
Miss Hawley visited with Mrs. Claude
Swink at Rocky Ford last Saturday and
Sunday. Sugar City Gazette.
VIM. Hickman, prosperous farmer of
the Holbrook country, has bought an in
terest in the Beaty-Reynolds Trading
company at Swink. according to the Ad-
vocate.
| Dran Mrs. Hugh F.Lorimer of Oxford
Ohio, are here with view of locating
somewhere in the valley. They like this
section of the state and will probably
locate in this county or at Rocky Ford
ordway New Era.
Mr.. j. L. Robinson and family and
Evelyn Bornster who had been visiting at
the home of Mr.. Robinson for several
weeks left Wednesday morning for Rocky
Ford. From there Mrs. Ivan Lewis will
accompany them to Colorado Springs
Holly Cal.
Fourteen silos have been installed in
the vicinity of Wiley during the past sixty
dnys. Nine of these silos are-wood and
five cement. The dairy industry in this
vicinity, within the next year will have
assumed enormous proportions. Our
farmers expect to almost double. the re-
venue derived from their farms through
this new industry Wiley Journal.
. Andrew Anderson, on the Kinderman
ranch. had collar bone broken Wednes-
day, when he was thrown from beet
wagon, He was riding on the seat. when
the wagon suddenly bumped into small
lateral. The iolt threw Mr.. Anderson to
the ground, and he alghted on his shulder.
with the result as ahuys stated. He was
taken to Rocky Ford. where DR.. Pollock
and DR.. Meador set the broken shoulder.
Fowler Tribune.
Says the Lamar Daily News of last
| Friday: About twenty five business men
gathered at the Commercial Club last
night and for two hours discussed matters
of general interest. The sugar beet
situation was considered and the prevail
ing sentiment seemsd to be that il the
Amerioen Beet Sugar company should
conclude later in the fall that it would
specify open delivery on 1915 contracts
| that a very large acreage would be
grown in this vicinity"
The Swink sugar factory began grind
ing beets early Monday morning, and is
working smoothly on what will be Accord
| ing 10 the officials, the longest campaign
| in the history o. the factory. The chemi-
cal tests in all fields throughout the Holly
company district are little oetterthan last
year, and it is the opinion of the agricult-
| urists that the average of sugar content
| will be little better than last year. The
greater part of the bsets which are COM
ing in are extra largo as an average and
are weighing out well -Swink Advocate.
The National Sugar Manufacturing
company started their campaign OF this
year Thursday. The outlook for a bumper
campaign is the best it has been for
many years and there is no doubt it will
be up to the expectations OF all the Off
ciaIs of the factory. The acreage is
larger than it has been for years and the
per cent of sugar as good or better.
working twenty-four hours each day with
two shifts. This means that about 500
more men have employment and will
have for ninety days.-Sugar City Gazette
J. o. Wood. who has been representing
the members of the La Junta Cantaloupe
Association in Chicago and New York
and otGer eastern markets, since the first
shipment was made, returned home last
Sunday morning. Mr.. Wood is no. very
much entnused over the prospect. He
had ninety-five aores'in cantaloupes and
shipped 10000 crates. and says he will
be satisfied. although not contented. if he
averages 20 cents per crate. This will
be enough to pay for the crates and ex-
pense of shipping. but that's ali.-La Junta
Tribune.
The first load of apples for vinegar
manufacture was received at the Jones
Bros. factory. Wednesday afternoon.
The last OF the machinery was Installed
that evening and everything is in readiness
to begin grinding, which wiIi not be de-
layed later than tomorrow or thu first OF
the week. reports the Manzanola Sun.
Mr.. Jones announced that it is sthe / =
tentiou Of the company to enlarge the
factory here, another season, and install a
preserving plant, capable Of handling all
the cherries grown in this section of the
valley. in quantities sufficient for the needs
OF their five factories located in different
parts Of the country.
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