The Elbert County tribune., 1903-10-22
Local Happenings

| MrS- a. u. OornioItH was u passenger
to Denver Tuesday.
Mrs. 9. l.. Dickerson OF Denver has
been guest at the Schradcr home dur
ing the past week.
Frank Dotson went to Pueblo Monday
to visit for few days and see the sights
Of the Smoky City.
Il pension of $500 per month has been
granted to Henry Limbaugh, a saloon
keeper Of Monument.
"Jim" Hobbs and Jack Dawson shipped
five carloads of cattle Wednesday from
Eastonville to the Denver market.
Birks Cornforth came out from Den
yer last Thursday and is visiting his son
A. q. and family at Forest Glen ranch.
Charles F. Lindsey drove up from XII
owa Monday and went to Colorado
Springs, returning Wednesday morning.
The ladies' aid society about twenty
strong drove to Kiowa last Thursday and
spent delightful day with Mrs. Frank
Long.
A large crowd attended the dance held
in Dan Eplers new barn Friday night.
The dance was given fol the benefit of
the w. II. C.
Taylor Green went to Fort Collins
Sunday to attend meeting of the grand
lodge |. o. o. F. Abbie Rinnert repre-
sented the Ebert lodge.
M..t Gn.r.,, ,n,,. So frD,.. I-I...
beth Sunday and is putting up couple
of wind mill towers over west on the old
Griffin place, for the Gates company.
Rev. A. ]. Garrison of Denver will hold
services ut the James school house next
Sunday morning and evening. Every
body invited to attend these services.
A dance will be given at the home of
Alfred Maui, ten miles northeast of Ell
bert, on Friday night, October 30, for the
benefit OF school district No. 80. All are
invited.
W. II. Greaser completed the work on
j. @. Mowrey's new cottage Tuesday and
turned the keys over to the owner. f.
e. Durray and wife will occupy the new
dwelling.
W j. Watts went to Denver Tuesday
to appear before the medical board OF
pension examiners relative to an applica
ton for a pension which has been pend
ing for some time.
Il. S. Rasey, who recently moved here
from Holly, has leased and taken pos
session of the Rupert ranch, seven miles
north of Elbert. Within the next two
or three months he expects to milk thirty
COWS.
Usage Council No. A, Degree of Poca-
hontas, will give box social and enter
tainment at Odd Fellows hall Saturday
evening Halloween, Oct. 81. Everybody
invited. Ladies' please bring well filed
baskets. BY order of committee.
Quarterly meeting of the United
Brethren church will be held Saturday,
Oct "a, at the residence OF the pastor in
Elbert, at . p. M, and Sunday at Bethel
church in Prosperity Ridge. Presiding
Elder Cornell will preach Sunday at IL.
The Gates creameries at Eastonyille,
Elizabeth and Kiowa have discontinued
the making of butter and are shipping
their cream from the two last named
points to the Beatrice Creamery Co. at
Denver, successor to the Littleton com
pany.
Rev. y. c. Smith, an evangelist from
napnar Nraanhal
the Presbyterian church Sunday night.
He also declared the pulpit vacant Rev.
Smith will preach in Elbert again next
Sunday and Monday evenings. He is
not n candidate for the recently vacated
pulpit.
Mrs. A. Ryder and daughter Miss Lulu,
of Monrovia, Calf, spent several DAYS
here last week, guests at the A. G. Put
nam and Ed Clark homes. Mrs. RYDER
is a sister of Mrs. Ellen Clark and Mr..
Putnam. Miss Louise and Master Nor
man Carver, of Castle Rock. were also
guests at the Putnam home several days
last week.
You men folks around town who have
been eating cold dinners once week all
summer while your better halves have
been eating big dinners of fried chicken,
turkey and pumpkin pie at the ladies'
aid "doins" in the country-just keep
stiff upper lip and say nothing-your
time is coming, and soon, when you can
even up old scores. NUNS the word.
This is official
A II. Barrett, secretary of the Farmers
Telephone company, was a caller at the
Tribune Office Monday. The company
operates principally in northern Ell Paso