Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-08-13

ARKANSAS VALLEY NOTES
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Jas. Burnett snd family were over
Sunday visitors in Rocky ord.-Granada
Leader.
DR.. Loriner and daughter motored to
Rocky Ford Monday on buslness.-Crow-
ley Courier.
Mrs. Chas Recker and little son of
Rocky Ford spent Sunday in this city
visiting at the home OF ner brother. L. E.
Loye-La Junta Press.
L. J. Allen and wife motored down to
Rocky Ford Sunday and were accom-
panied home by Mrs W. T. Smith. who
spent day or two here the first of the
week.-Fowler Tribune.
Wool buyers are in town this week
dokering for wool. The estimated clip
for Bent county this season is 100000
pounds and the price is ranging around
% cents.-Bent County Democrat.
MIR. and Mrs. E. E. Jones and family
motored to Rocky Ford Saturday and
were over Sunday guests of Mrs. Jones'
brother, J. M. Baker, and family. Sugar
City Gazette.
Messrs. J. M. Schuth. Frank Conlon.
P. J. Dahm and Frank Hedges went to
Rocky Ford Tuesday night to attend the
meeting of the Rocky Ford Lodge No
ll4z B. P. o. E. Messrs. Dahm and
Hedges were candidates for member
ship in this order and were initiated at
this meeting.-Sugar City Gazette.
This week will close the cherry harvest
for the season of 1915 says the Manza-
nola Sun. This has been a profitable
season for the Manzanola fruit growers
and the fruit has yielded about So per
crate throughout the season. The ex-
perience of our fruit growers has been
tha. cherries are one Of our most profit
able fruit crops and, we believe, the time
is not far distant when many acres of land
now in other crops will be devoted to
cherry production.
DR.. Samuel and family left Tuesday
for their new location at Rocky Ford.
DR.. Samuel has been located at Fowler
nearly three years and has made an
enviable reputation as good dentist. and
he and his wife have made hosts Of
friends and will be very greatly missed
among the best society of Fowler. Rocky
Ford gains a family. which is valuable
addition to their citizenship also good
dentist who will soon build up good
practice. Fowler Advertiser.
J. G. Lii, representative OF the office of
Sugar Beet Investigation of the bureau
of plant industry at Washington, was
here this week, and in company with j. G.
Close and Col. j. B. Wadlington, made
visit to fields in various portions of the
district. Mr., Lii was agreeably surprised
to find beets SO fine over here. He is
located at Rocky Ford and has not had
the opportunity to inspect this section
before. He found beets free from disease
and conditions excellent. Ordway New
Era.
In a few years one will be surprised at
the number of local industries that have
sprung up in the valley and are increas-
ing each year. At Manzanola they are
building an alfalfa mill. Wiley will have
a creamery. Rocky Ford and Fowler
each have creamery. La Junta has two
and Lamar a condensery with pay roll
of ten thousand dollars month and in
creasing. The A. B. S. Company will
erect alfalfa mills on their big farms and
several of these mills have been oper-
ating at profit for several years. Some
day soon the Arkansas Valley will be
recognized as the richest dairy and farm
ing community in the state.-Bent County
Democrat.