Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03
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H. j. Black is spending the week
with relatives and friends in Central
Kansas.
Mrs. J. l.. Bonita and nephew, Buford
Mcdonald, spent Sunday with friends
in Beulah.
Wharton Cover left on Saturday to
spend the summer with relatives in
Canon City.
Miss Josephine Gerringer of Manzan-
ola spent last week in this city with
Miss Florence Cation.
E. l.. McKelvey and family returned
on Monday from an auto trip and out
ing in the mountains.
Joe Lacy returned from Chicago on
Tuesday, to accept position with the
Maxwell-Fleak Clothing Co.
Misses Ruby and Ethel Allen of Ran
toul, ILL.,, are summer visitors at the
home of their uncle, P. Mounts.
Mrs. C. j. Cover and Mrs. H. B.
Mendenhall left the first of the week
for summers outing at Stratton Park.
Mesdames II. l. Jameson and H. M.
Ingraham were up from La Junta and
spent Wednesday with Mrs. James
Piper.
Mrs. Tredway of Fort Collins arrived
on Sunday for visit with her mother
in-law, Mrs. Hogan, and Rocky Ford
friends.
Ralph Smirl returned home on Friday
from Nashville, Tenn, where he is a
"junior medic,' in Vanderbilt Uni
versity.
Wayne Wilson was up on Sunday
from Las Animas, where he is now
employed as linotype operator in the
Leader office.
Leroy b. Elser returned on Tuesday
from an enjoyable vacation visit with
relatives and friends in Minneapolis
and Sioux Falls.
Miss Effie Schuyler of La Junta is
the new stenographer in the real estate
Office of Fenlason & Bowman, where
she started work on Tuesday.
Lester Hallows and family are spend
ing the week in Colorado Springs, en-
joying Fourth of July outing and
attending the great Sunday meetings.
Manager Noble of the A. B. S. Co.
had as his guest the fore part of the
week gentleman named Allan Free
man, who is connected with the Schuler
& Son Beet Seed Co. of San Francisco.
The Sunday services at the Methodist
church will be as follows: At IL a. m.
sermon by the pastor, s. b. Warner,
on "a Serious Question" In the even
ing at 8 O'Clock Rev. d. w. James will
preach at the union service.
John Ritter and Melville Walker leave
this evening for Denver, to represent
the Rocky Ford rural mailmen in the
annual convention of Colorado Rural
Carriers association, which meets in
the capitol city on the Fourth.
J. W. Bowman reports real estate
deal this week by which S. C. Warren
of Weitzer became the owner of A. d.
Isherwood's 16O-acre farm in Holbrook
and Mr.. Isherwood is now in possession
of the Warren 20-acre tract in Patter-
son valley.
John Blinn, the transfer man, requires
no steps to reach the seat of Auto
Truck No. these days, as he's step
ping high since the receipt of news
from Pueblo on Wednesday night that
the stork had called on Mrs. Blinn with
a fine baby boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Boyd came in on
Missouri and Oklahoma, and are now |
convinced that this part of the Arkan-
,as Valley has just little better eli
nate, crops and in fact everything that
makes life worth living than any other
section in the West.
P. X. Blinn, superintendent of the |
state experimental station in this city,
and an alfalfa expert of repute
throughout the West, this week accept
I'd an engagement to accompany a
Santa Fe demonstration train and lee
,ure upon his favorite topic upon a
rip through Texas the latter part of
August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Robins of
N. Y, arrived on Tuesday
20 spend the summer vacation with the
formers parentl, Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ.
Robins, and Rocky Ford friends. Mr..
Robins has filled the chair of compare
tive religions in the Rochester Theo-
logical Seminary for the past year and
mas given eminent satisfaction.
Leslie Eldridge, Young newspaper