The Elbert County tribune., 1903-01-29
LOCAL AND Personal

county.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Epler,
Friday, January y, nine and half
pound girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dietrich have re-
turned from Denver and are again living
on their ranch, west Of town.
j. II. Jones sold two thoroughbred
1horthora bulls last week to Mr.. Elliott
living in the northern part Of the county.
near the Arapahoe line.
j. E. Dittemore has rented the greater
part of his farming land to George Jes.
sup for one year. Mr.. Dittemore will re
main on the farm and take life easy.
Charlie Gammon of Ramah is an ac
commodating new clerk in the store Of
the Elbcrt Mercantile Co. He is a son
of Mrs. Roxie Cannon, member Of the
company.
L. II. Rubeck and Milt Forster, Of the
Fondis community, and J. f. Campbell.
who lives on the UsticlS ranch in Pros
pcrity Ridge, are new subscribers since
our last issue
Rev. +. b. Gramcko's household goods
arrived Tuesday from Denver, accompa.
MED by two of his sons, Gustave and
Walter. The other members OF his fam.
lily will follow soon.
Some OF the young men living along
Comanche and Biiou will give dance in
Biiou hell on the night of February 18th
On the night of February 20 another
dance will be held in Ebert
d. Il. Eikenberry OF near Fondis was
n caller at this office last Thursday. Mr.
Eilxenberry and Charlie Dockum came
over after lumber for Fondis' church,
which they say is nearing completion.
w. H. Walker went to Denver Tues
day and returned the same evening with
Mrs. Walker, who has been in hospital
there receiving treatment for broken
limb. She is still very lame and walks
with great difficulty.
Elliott a. Son have moved their saw.
mill from the Stevens ranch, in Ell Paso
NhhiANs W Ah' thtAipii Iiattr 6tNth
northeast of Ebert, where they will re-
main couple of months. They will en-
ploy from four to six men, "A
Colly, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. L.
Belcher, living ten miles northwest of
kiowa, died on Wednesday morning,
Jan. n, OF kidney trouble, and was buried
in Elizabeth cemetery. The young man
was nineteen years of age. The Belcher
family recently came to Ebert county
from Kansas.
The Red Mems dance held last Friday
night in Odd Fellows hall was attended
by more than fifty couple, and was a big
success both socially and financially
The Dietemann brothers of Kiowa, as
sisted by George Mckimnie and his
banjo, made excellent music The re-
coipts were about $40.
The following persons from the Fair
view neighborhood were entertained at
dinner Wednesday of last week by Mr.
and Mrs. l.. w. Hill: Misses Katie and
Minnie Kathiens, Anna Skow. Vivie
Shane, Sophie Nicholson, Messrs. George
and Michael Kathrcns, William Shane,
Charlie Skow, Simon and Harry Nichol
son.
Hugo john recently received fiatter-
ing letter from an old customer, request
ing Mr. John to make him pair of boots.
and offering him a fancy price and all
the time he wanted in which to do the
work. When Mr.. John first came to
this section of Colorado he made boots
for ranchmen over all the Divide, but Of
late years he has not paid much atten.
tion to custom work.
Thomas M. Bell, father Of Mrs Henry
Mathews and Mrs. Il. W. Moulton, died
in Denver Wednesday, Jan. n. from in.
juries received from being knocked down
by street car on Sixteenth street about
two months ago. He was veteran of the
civil war, having been a sergeant in the
l02d Illinois infantry. He was eighty.
two years of age. His two daughters
and Il. W. Moulton were in attendance at
the funeral
Good hay is selling in this market at
s12 and sl4 a ton and will doubtless 20
still higher. Oats are retailing at sl.15,
corn at 20 cents and bran at sl.lo per
hundred pounds, sacked. There has
been big slump in the egg market
caused by the spring like weather. and
local dealers are paying is cents per doz
en-. Good table butter sells readily at
20 cents pound. Potatoes are retailing
at cent pound in small quantities.
James Il. Gaule, young attorney at
law, recently from Chicago, was pleas
ant caller at this office Monday. Mr..
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