The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-25
LOCAL AND Personal

compliments OF the season.
The Friday club will meet with Mr..
and Mrs. b. M. Maroon New Years eve.
Mrs. l.. Carver and Miss Ethel Put
nam visited in Denver several days last
week.
Prin. J. A. Miller and family are occu-
pying the Mowery residence in the south
end Of town.
Mrs. Alex. Brazelton, Miss Clara and
Master Ralph went to Denver Thursday,
returning Sunday.
Adam Mitchell came home Saturday
from Lake Cheesman where he has been
working ON the big dam.
George Gresham. living west Of town,
will read the TRIBUNE and the Weekly
Inter Ocean during 1903.
The Ebert Mercantile company ship
ped three cars of seed potatoes from
Monument last Thursday.
Jarvis Richards OF Kuhns's Crossing
was in town Monday night and Tuesday
doing some Christmas shopping.
A. S. Bissell OF Denver is visiting at
the home OF his mother and sister, ten
miles east OF town, in Bijou valley.
Edgar Hull, who has been attending
the State Agricultural college at Fort
Collins, is at home for the holidays.
Mrs. Sa.-uel Taggart was a passenger
on Tucsday mornings train to Denver,
where she will spend month visiting.
County Clerk Lindsley was on the sick
list last week, suffering from severe
cold, but was able to be at his Office the
latter part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolf of Denver
are visiting at the parental Henry z.
Wolf home, northwest of town. Mr..
Wolf is railway engineer, employed by
the Colorado & Southern.
Mrs. George Corkett, Miss Gill of Den
yer and Bachelor Henry Holly were en-
tertained at dinner Sunday by the
Messrs. Olson at Bachelor ranch in Bijou
valley, ten miles east Of Ebert.
This is the season of the year when
the newspaper man is made happy by
the numerous calls from CHEEKY sub
scribers who have kind words and the
cash for the paper. Even an editor has
his joyous period.
L. G. Jewell closed his thrashing sea
son last week at Joe Cooks ranch, north
east of Kiowa, on the Comanche. and
hauled his outfit home Friday He re-
ports fair seasons work with some
corn yet to thrash.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Gatewood have
moved into their new residence recently
completed. The building is 14x2i with
an "l' 12x1i feet, all a story and half
high. 1t lis one of the neatest and best
built homes in Elbert.
Last weeks snow storm was much
more severe east of here than in this i'm
mediate vicinity Mail-caTrier Speck the
day after the storm reported the snow
two feet deep in many places between
Elbert and Fonds.
George Huber, the photographer, OF
Elizabeth, was in town Tuesday de-
livering some view work. George is a
real artist in his line, and the work he
delivered here this week was as fine in
every respect as we have ever seen.
The holiday trade in Elbert has been
very good this year, all of our merchants
reporting a good business. The stores
have been handling good sized crowds
for the past week. More holiday goods
were displayed by our merchants this
season than ever before.
The bazaar held three days last week
under the auspices of the Ladies Aid
society was a most successful one. the
ladies realizing about forty dollars from
the sale of the fancy work and many
pretty novelties contributed. The ladies
hope to make the bazaar an annual event
hereafter.
A good sized crowd attended the tur-
key shoot held k>re Monday. Fifty-four
turkeys and one goose were disposed of.
DR.. Denney carried away seven and B.
M. Marion five turkeys, and George
Smith won the goose-a toy one. AL
Cornforth and Sherman Epler had charge
of the affair.
Joe Brazelton, Ralph Graham and
Carl Rhudy drove twenty miles east to
Jacob Brazelton's one day last week for
a visit and rabbit hunt Louis Brazel-
ton joined them and as the result of one
days hunt ssa.e party reports a total of
no jacks and cottontails killed. The
boys rode around in a wagon from which
they shot number Of the animals.
C.B. Hollems, of the Fondis neighbor-
hood, marketed choice lot of dressed