Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-24
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: ARKANSAS VALLEY NOTES !


Lacol Holstein statesmen have been
lowering about Manager Fred Noble
OF Rocky Ford tcnderly for the past
ten days, but yesterday Williams &
Son succeeded in selling the Amer
lean Beet Sugar company II head
of prime animals recently brought
here. says the Lamar Daily News of
last Friday.
the ETolbrook hcadgatc, has new
motor boat for riding the ditch, which
was received Wednesday. The boat
is constructed of pressed steel and
measures sixteen feet in length. 1t
is driven by a detachable Evinrude
motor capable of developing about
eight or ten miles per hour. The
new boat was purchased by the ca
nal company and will be of much
benefit in riding the bitches as Il
number of miles at the lower end
of the division could hardly be made
with team.-Manzanola Sun.
The river continues to furnish wa
ter in way that brings JOY to the
hearts of all irrigationists and farm
ers alike. This week, for instance,
the Fort Lyon canal has been enabl-
ed to take 76l feet, a most unusual
occurancc during the month of July.
the real low water month of the
season. 1t all spells prosperity with
a capital "P,' not only for the farm
er, but for all interests OF the val
| ley. Some bumper crop this year OF
Our Lord, A. d. 1914. Can we sur
vive it? Well, we'ss certainly try in
these very prosperous % Democratic
timcs.-Las Animas Leader.
Railroad business on the Santa Fe
during the remaining months of the
present year is going to be exceed
ingly good, and that is going to help
some Kansas has the biggest wheat
crop in the world, and probably the
| greatest the state will ever know and
sixty per cent of it will be handled
by the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe will
| make a specially OF storage in tran
| sit this year. and will store the crops
| in grain elevators for the farmers
until markets can be found in or
der that the cars may return to the
wheat fields where they will be
needed. This is going to be great
year for the Santa Fe.-La Junta
Tribune.
Two trains have been. leaving this
| community daily, ladened with baled
alfalfa hay for eastern markets. This
move has been on for several weeks
and from the looks OF things now it
| will continue for some time yet. Most
of the farmers in this community
are just finishing up their second cut
ting of hay while there are some who
have been so busy with other crops
that are just starting in on their sec
ond crop of hay tIay balers have
been running full blast save for the
lack of help in one or two outfits.
and with the mill which will begin
grinding in about two weeks. hay
| will be moving out this aerritory
at a pretty rapid rate.-Wiley Jour
nal.
| What is probably the most unique
civic improvement made in southern
| Colorado, if not in the entire state.
during the present year was COM
pleted this week by the G. H. Brown
company. The east side OF Main
street between Olive and Elm now
boasts OF a uniform portico extending
the entire length of the block. The
| varicgatcd cloth and metal awnings
formerly in use have been rclegated
to the scrap heap and in their place
is permanent and ornamental struc-
ture that will last as long as the
buildings.
Lamar points with pride to the long
est arcade in Colorado as her own
distinctive property. She has shown
the rest of the cities and towns how
to do things that are out OF the or
! Jdinary-I amar Sparks.