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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
4
Rocky Ford lamb feeders command higher prices in eastern markets due to alfalfa grazing and a feeding mix of more hay and less corn. This produces finished lambs with ideal fat and flesh balance, yielding high quality mutton prized by buyers.
Annual meeting of the Rocky Ford Brick and Tile Co. will be held Friday February 1 for election of directors and other business. President F W Cheek signs notice. Advertise in the Enterprise for purchases.
Seed catalog offers top varieties for home and market gardeners with years of experience. Order by February 10 to receive the benefit of these very low prices.
The article covers ongoing revival meetings at multiple churches after last Sunday's attendance gains due to Baptist pastor's wife illness. It notes upcoming sermons and a Woman's Missionary Society program. It also reports the death of Alice Belle Walker, wife of Rev. Romanzo S. Walker, in Rocky Ford, and shares a long tribute praising her devout life, faith, and family role.
The Gladstone railway line upgrades include a removed right-of-way fence and a new fence between main track and siding. Local items note travelers, births, illnesses, and community events including cantaloupe and watermelon returns and a Coon act set for Rocky Ford with performers such as Albert Conner and the Clorindy chorus.
Wa. R. Flack an electrician at the sugar factory died Sunday of acute peritonitis at age 25. His former home was Canada and his uncle Wm. Stevenson was notified. the body was prepared by Undertaker Sprinker and sent to Brentford Ont. with Stevenson.
Real estate activity continues as Adam Kirk builds a cottage on his ranch south of town and Paul Barr constructs a new home on West Swink Avenue. The Valley Hotel excavation nears completion while J F Roth builds a dwelling in southwestern Rocky Ford. Fennason and Cretcher report multiple property sales including 160 acres sold to J H Award for 5000 dollars and other parcels along Walnut Avenue Main Street and near the river. A Colorado tax note discusses large untaxed personal property and urges full assessment at cash value to fund state government.
In the district court Pueblo county Colorado the Bessemer Irrigating Ditch Company petitions to change priority of water rights and conjoins notice of a hearing set for January 21 1901 at 10 a m. The hearing covers diversions from the Arkansas River basin with notice to all ditch canal or reservoir owners and requires publication posting and service of copies to interested parties in the district. The proceeding seeks to reallocate flow between Cape Ranch Ditch Wheel Ranch Ditch and Bessemer Ditch under the case filed December 1900.
Fragmentary text indicates a business statement repeating that the company is not shutting down. The readable portion offers no clear date location or further details beyond the assertion.
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