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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
3
The Rocky Ford Enterprise announces a page size increase from a pix-column to seven columns to meet advertising pressure while preserving local news. The paper doubles in size under current management as readership and town growth accelerate.
The Colorado Governor proclaims April fifteenth Arbor Day urging statewide observance. Rocky Ford residents discuss converting the front of the Gents Fe railway station lot into a small park with trees and flowers to attract travelers and boost local pride, asking for A T and S F A RCo consent and community effort. A landscape gardener is rumored to be available to submit a proposal for the project.
A movement by prominent Rocky Ford citizens to consolidate Dodds' Commercial School with a new Rocky Ford campus. The plan adds a teachers' normal course and telegraphy department and seeks $2,500 in building funds. over 197 have pledged and enrollment already numbered forty in one month. Pipinkerton's drug store receives new wallpaper.
The executive board of the Arkansas Valley Fair Association meets to discuss improving grounds and buildings. A proposed Main street entrance would be an architectural gateway and showy arch, housing offices and conveniences, attracting visitors and guiding crowd flow.
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