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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1903
Page
1
Rocky Ford city council debate highlights urgent water and sewer needs as growth accelerates. Proposal urges 5 percent bonds to retire debt, fund a city owned sewer system, and expand mains to serve all residents with metered artesian water, projecting long term savings and enhanced property values.
Report from La Junta Tribune notes the oil well south of town had its water flow challenge at 1,700 feet after removing casing. Ten water flows disrupted drilling, first at 450 feet, second at 766 feet, with eight more veins in the next 1,000 feet. The water surge may benefit La Junta or the nearby Otero canal due to abundant soft water.
GREATLY ALARMED Mr. H. P. Burrage a Greenville law student suffered a four year cough he feared consumption after trying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy he reports a remarkable change and says two bottles of the twenty five cent size permanently cured him sold by all druggists
At Friday evening’s school board gathering, Superintendent Bolles was re elected. The vote on teachers is pending until all positions are filled with several current staff unlikely to seek re election. Rocky Ford streets were quiet as farmers’ transport waned while water usage surged for irrigation. Oil drilling progresses with Boone Basin Oil Gas and Coal Co led by John E Godding hopeful for major results. The Arkansas River bridge project proceeds well for Holbrook residents.
The page lists multiple local ads including alfalfa plows, beet cultivators, wagons, and hay gear from J. M. Shanks and R. W. English Lumber Co. Also promotes BEE supplies, meat market notices for Gerbing and Talhelm, calf buying by O. B. Stauffer, Chamberlain's stomach tablets, White's Cream Vermifuge, a hay contract offer for Native and Alfalfa hay at Boston Farm, and Santa Fe colonist ticket sale to California from Rocky Ford via F. G. Curran.
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