Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-07
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Mrs. Frank Green was a La Junta
visitor on Tuesday.
George McCauley and wife of La
Junta were Rocky Ford visitors last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dudley are the
proud parents of baby daughter born
on Sunday.
Bud Hall returned Friday from
visit to his homestead near KuIch,
Lincoln county.
John Jackson returned Friday from
a term in the Illinois State University
at Bloomington.
Messrs and Mesdames Geo. Maxwell,
Carol Brdden and Hattie McCaskill
motored to Lamar on Sunday.
A. ]. Winters and sister, Mrs. Mary
Cope, leave today for an extended
visit at Solomon and Selma, Kan.
G. w. Lewis returned the first of the
week from short business trip to
Kansas City, Chicago, Omaha and
Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Leecing left
Monday for visit with relatives and
friends in Sedalia, Mo-, and Ames,
Iowa.
Mrs. Katherine Goblin and daughter,
Mrs. Jeffry, left Wednesday for a j
weeks stay with relatives in Newton,
Kan.
1 Mrs. l. d. Hale left Wednesday night |
for Newton, Kan, where she will
spend a month with Mrs. H. j.
Sprinkler.
Mrs. Sophie Stare returned to her
home in Mendoza, ILL.,, on Thursday
after few days visit with her sister
in-law, Mrs. L. R. Fenlason.
Jess Willard passed thru Rocky Ford
on the noon train on Wednesday and a
big crowd was on hand to see the |
heavy weight champion fighter.
Miss Bertha Avery returned Tuesday
night from six months stay in River
side, Cal. Her mother and sister ex-
pect to return about the end of the |
month.
| A wireless from Ordway yesterday
gave the information that the fire-bug
arrested in this city couple of weeks
ago had been found guilty and sentenc-
ed from three to eight years in the
penitentiary.
Harry Drybread and wife of Greeley,
Iowa, who have been upon an exten-
sive western trip, left for their home
on Monday, after weeks visit with
the latters sister, Mrs. C. H. Badger
and family.
Jas. Cullison returned Wednesday
from Alton, Iowa, where he went to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Cullison's
sister. He stopped off in Omaha on
the return trip to visit a brother who
is in the produce business there.
Roy Lee, formerly of this city but
who has been living in Pueblo for some
years, was a business visitor in the
city on Monday. Roy is now employed
as travelling salesman for the Colorado
Packing Co.
The remains of J. E. st. vrain-the
travelling man who was found dead in
his room at the Ell Capitan-were
shipped to his home in Los Angeles on
Friday. They were accompanied by
H. II. Bell, "a brother-in-law of the de-
ceased.
Mrs. Ford j.. Steward on Tuesday re-
ceived a message from San Francisco
telling of the death of her brother by
being accidentally asphyxiated by gas.
Mr.. Hornback was well known to many
in this city. who will deeply sympa-
thize with Mrs. Steward.
Lee klinefelter was a visitor among
his old Rocky Ford friends the first of
the week. Since graduating from the
Agricultural College Lee has been
teaching on the Western Slope but
after visit to the Panama Exposition
he will take up splendid position in
Fort Collins.
John l. Cochran, former principal of I
the Liberty school, and his wife will
give an entertainment in the M, E,
church next Tuesday evening. Mr..
Cochran always delighted his Rocky
Ford audiences and since leaving here
has been on the Lyceum platform and
has added many new features to his al
ready enjoyable repertoire.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Wheelock ex- !
poets to leave within few days on an
extended visit with relatives in Cali
fornia and will also take in the big
fairs. This will be the first summer in ,
twenty-five years that Mr.. Wheelock 6
has taken vacation and he expects to !,