Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-19
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weeks stay in Denver.
Jos. H. Price made business trip to
Denver on Wednesday.
Will Sewers and his father were over
from Ordway on Monday.
G. H. Blakely returned Monday from
a few days visit in Denver.
M. F. Rich moved into the Anderson
property on South Main street on
Tuesday.
B. F. Zimmerman of yWeitzer, was
business visitor in Rocky Ford on Sat-
urday.
Mrs. Florence Sharps left Monday
for an extended visit with relatives in
Ottawa, Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wood Peery return
ed Saturday from two weeks visit
with relatives in Oklahoma.
| Miss Lucille Crotts was the guest of
Miss Eva Marshall of La Junta the
fore part of the week.
John c. Vroman, Jr., was down from
Manzanola last Friday attending to
business matters in this city.
Mrs. Pigg came down from Canon
City on Thursday and is the guest of
her daughter. Mrs. C. ]. Cover.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. n. Robbins are the
proud and happy parents of baby
daughter born Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Wilson of Las
Animas spent Sunday with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. keenan,.
| Two carloads of sheep from the
American Beet Sugar companies feed
yards, were shipped to Kansas City on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coppinger and Miss
Margaret Ford of Helper, Kan, are
the house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Coleman.
H. D. Garwood and A. S. johnson
went up to Pueblo on Wednesday to
attend the convention of the State
Hardware association.
Sol Wolfe and daughter, Miss
Audrey, came down from Colorado
Springs on Wednesday for few days
visit with DIR. and Mrs. R, E. Wolfe.
In the basketball games played in
this city last Saturday evening between
Lamar and Rocky Ford, the home
teams won both the boys and girls
games.
Will Guthrie, lieutenant in the
U. S. army at Washington, is an hon.
ored guest in our city, where he spent
his boyhood days. Lieutenant Guthrie
is visiting his father and other rela-
tives.
Jorgen Jorgenson finished moving his
farm machinery and household effects
to his recently purchased ranch near
Las Animas, last week, and on Friday
he left with his wife and family to take
up their residence in their new home
where The Enterprise will keep him
informed of all the happenings in
Rocky Ford and vicinity.
| Prospective buyers from nearby
towns, and some even from Kansas,
were present on Saturday and made
things lively for time at the bank
rupt sale of the Holsum grocery stock
and store fixtures. The highest bidder
was ]. P. Pinkham of Hartman, whose
bid was $1,000 but the judge of the
bankrupt court has refused to accept
it and the stock is still in the hands of
Paul M. North.
| Amongst those who last week jour-
ned to the county seat for the purpose
of procuring permits to wed were:
John P. Becker of Rocky Ford and
Miss Lizzie Grassmick of Hendricks
Colo, Charles H. Jackman and Miss
Bonnie E. John, Arthur Viles and Miss
Viva Roberts, J. L. Ascherman and
Miss Mary Roe, Arthur B. Pugh and
Miss Bertha Edna Allen, Walter E.
Grogan and Miss Ida L. Smith all of
this city.
There appears to be set of boys in
the high school who would scorn to
take anything not belonging to them
but who think that the most desirable
thing in life is to confiscate the re-
freshments from another class party.
On Monday evening the boys were
caught before they appropriated any
thing, which SO enraged them that
made themselves obnoxious and raised
such a disturbance that one of the
neighbors called up the marshal. The
boys had hearing in court on We'd
nesday, but their cases were continued
until Saturday, when they will have
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