The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-12-16

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TIE MEEKER HERALD,
Mcckrr, Colorado.
HoNGE N EVVS
We hear of a great deal in the way of
permanent Improvements being planned
for next spring.
\ week from Monday is Christmas.
Don't fail to attend the dance at court
house hall that evening.
The demand for two, three and four
room houses still continues. This
speaks well for Meeker's future.
Salty says JOHNNY Gebhardt has an
invoice of sorghum over at Rifle which
he wishes TO dispose of at bargain.
Rube Ball. the popular host of the
Mceker hotel, is preparing to give his
guests an elegant dinner on Christmas
day.
Many are the preparations for the
masquerade on the evening of January
LIST. \ goodly number of original cos
tunes will be displayed.
Walter james, OF AXial, registered at
the Miller House Wednesday, en- route
home from Denver, where he disposed
of his beef at good prices.
The bulky Columbian stamps are now
to be disposed of in preference TO the
ordinary, common sense variety, so the
postmaster general has ordered.
The Euchrc club met at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. +. L. Sheridan on Tues
day and spent an enjoyable evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Moulton will entertain
the club next Tuesday evening.
The tendency among our large cattle.
men is to work into steers as it has been
.sss.s' fssss's.. $1,000 ss.ss'S $500
n paying Investment in this country
the loss among cows and calves being
too heavy.
The Methodsts had an entertainment
Monday evening to raise funds for a
Christmas tree. The program included
songs, recitations and tableauX, and the
admission being but ten cents a large
crowd was IN attendance.
Robert Hickman was up from
Rangely yesterday and reports three
game wardens making it hot for the
MoTmons along the border, but that the
Indians are still doing pretty much as
they please IN the Douglas creek region.
\ radical change in the temperature
has taken place within the past twenty
tour hours. The clouds, which have
been lowering around for two weeks
past, are sojourning elsewhere, and this
morning the mercury was from four to
six degrees below zero.
Cy Hartzell returned from White
River City early in the week after finish
ing the plastering on Merchant Old
lands residence. Mr.. llartZell will
probably locate permanently in Meeker
as there Will be plenty of work i'll his
line in the near future.
Tho residence Of Mr. and MrG | 1
Devlin was the scene of very pleasant
social gathering last evening. Dancing
and card playing were the principal
features of the evening, and about mid
night the wants of the inner man was
satisfied by an elegant spread. 1t was
after O'Clock this morning when the
guests took their departure, one aud all
showering merited praise upon host
and hostess ON the success of the affair.
According to outside reports Meeker
seems to have escaped number of
snow-storms within the past ten DAYS.
Along the continental divide the rail
roads are having hard time in keep
ing their tracks clear, and the snow is
pliIuS up III tut ulu-idShloueu way oH
Thurday the ground in this locality was
almost bare, and the roads were getting
dry, but that evening a blizzard came
up and an inch or so of the beautiful
was scattered.
1t is all right to exempt women from
jury duty, the payment of poll taxes and
the bearing of arms in case of war, but
the world cannot get along without
them in the infantry recruiting service,
says the Fort Collins Courier. In that
line of duty they are simply unsur
passed and unsurpassable-tha is the
most of them. The only substitute n
woman can offer for that branch of the
seryica is-anntbar yrOmon rbarafora