The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-10
Ebert, Colo, Thursday, Nov. 10, M
Local Happenings

| winter Is near.
w. G. Whiting is again confined to the
house suffering from complication of
diseases.
Mrs. ]. E. Pope returned home last
| Thursday from five weeks visit in
Southeastern Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Long went to Colo
RADIO Springs Wednesday, where they
will reside this winter.
Gene Cannon OF Ramah was in town
last week assisting during rush at the
Elbert Mercantile Co.'S store.
Miss Stella West, an Elizabeth teach
er, was an over-Sunday visitor here with
her sister, Mrs. Fred Fahrion.
John Wheeler came home last week
from Hot Sulphur Springs, where he has
been working for ditch company.
Stephen Fisher and family have moved
from the Richmond property into the
Oaks house in the south part of town.
w. s. Will came out from Denver and
voted He has been employed for sew
eral months at Republican headquarters
in Denver.
George Gardner of Leon, Iowa, a cous-
in of Lee Cannon, is the new book
keeper at the Elbert Mercantile com
pany's store
Abbie Rinnert came out from Denver
and voted in his home precinct-Kiowa.
Abbie is manager Of correspondence
school in Denver.
| Charlie Mathews has been going
around on crutches for several days ow-
ing to sprained ankle received while
jumping from wagon.
Alex. Elsner, who has been employed
by the Elbert Mercantile company for
the past two years, has severed his con
nection with that company.
A dance was held in Red Men hall
election night under the same manage
ment as the candidates ball. Forty-two
couples were in attendance.
w. s. Epler sold his livery business
last week to L. G. Jewell, who took I'M
mediate possession. The deal included
horses, harness, vehicles, buildings ard
ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleyborn Brazelton OF
Des Moines, Iowa, arrived last Thursday
and are guests at the home of their
Alex. Brazelton.
Mrs. L. L. Hull came out from Boul-
der Wednesday and will stay on their
ranch for few days. Mrs. Hull and
daughters are very much pleased with
Boulder as residence city.
The Record chronicles the death of
the eight months old son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Engel, residing east of Kiowa, on
October %. The remains were inferred
in the cemetery at Elizabeth.
Henry Matthews and E. W. Moulton
returned last week from Boulder county,
where they had crop of sugar beets
They report profitable season in the
northern Colorado beet fields.
i M. Beaudrey, living northeast of FL
bert, threshed out 500 bushels of oats
from nine and a half acres. For non
irrigated country this is the best yield
per acre reported at this Office.
Joseph Purden orders the Tribune
sent to his niece, Miss Florence Jackson,
at Covington, Ky. Miss jackson spent
several weeks here last summer and was
very much delighted with this country.
L. G. Jewell met with painful acci-
dent Wednesday OF last week while
threshing near Kiowa, having finger
caught between belt and pulley wheel
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bone.
J Mrs. L. G. Jewell received the sad It'd
} ings the other day of the death of her
mother at Center, Kentucky. on October
, 18th. Mrs. Jewell spent the summer
with her mother and only recently re-
, turned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Brazelton of the
Ramah neighborhood were guests at the
home of Alex. Brazelton over Sunday.
Their daughter Miss Addie is a stenog-
rapher in a real estate office at La Junta
and their son Louis is attending high
school in the same city.
The candidates ball held Friday night
was big success, fifty-six numbers be-
ing sold, notwithstanding the fact that
there was candidates ball at Elizabeth
, the same night. 1t is this intention to
! hold dance once month in Red Men
hall during the winter.
/ Mrs. Joseph Plant returned Sunday
from months visit with her son, JOS
eph II. Plant, in Denver, where a new
, girl made its appearance about month
| since. Mr.. and Mrs. Plant are the grand
! parents of nineteen people with one fam
lily, in Washington, yet to hear from.
Adolph Rinker unloaded five carloads
of sheep at this place Sunday and drove
them down east of Kiowa. The sheen
I were shipped in from New Mexico and
, there were 1,250 in the bunch, valued at
from $500 to 52.25 per head. 1t was the
tirst shipment of sheep unloaded here
: for number of years.
Agent Miller, of the Colorado & South
ern reports the following shipments from
Eibert station during the month of Oc-
tober: Cattle, "a cars; potatoes, 20 cars;
rye and oats, 8 cars; wheat, cars; total.
81 cars, an increase OF AZ cars over the
same month last year. Local freight
shipments during the same period
amounted to 1872 pounds.