The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-08
Ebert, Colo, Thursday, Dec. 5, 1904
Local Happenings

L. H. Rubeck OF the Fondis locality
was caller at the Tribune Office Mon
day.
!, Taylor Green has been doing good
job papering the lodge room in l. D. O..
F. building.
Mrs. L. V. Hiatt left for Winterset,
Iowa, Monday, where she will spend the
winter with friends.
Mrs. l.. L. Hull returned to Boulder
Wednesday after stay of several weeks
on their ranch west of town.
Mrs. Redecker, who has been teaching
in the Lundy district, seven miles east Of
town, resigned her position last week
and returned to Denver.
Jacob Epler has sold the Ira Caldwell
quarter section to Stephen Wynn, a
young Kentuckian, who has leased the
place for year to Charlie Kent.
John Schenoweiss and Charles Bruce
were out from Denver week visiting at
Alfred Maul's, where social dance was
given in their honor on the night Of Nov.
25th.
Mrs. A. G. Corhforth and daughter
Evelyn are spending the week in Den
yer. Mr.. Brks Cornforth returned to
Denver with them after weeks visit
with his son and family.
Read our offer of the Farm & Fireside
| free to cash in advance subscribers. This
is the best proposition we have ever made
to our readers. 1t wont last long, so
take advantage of it this month sure.
L. G. Jewell & Son, the liverymen,
have new advertisement in this issue.
| The new proprietors are starting out
with good business and will undoubt-
edly make success of their venture.
The last dance of the year will be given
in Red Men hall Friday night, Dec. 23
There will be good music and a good
supper Clarence Williams, John Hell
geth and Otto Wisco are the committee
Scott Ramey's team ran away Monday.
becoming scared at the southbound
train, but the horses were caught by Ell
more Jewell on horseback after crossing
the railroad track north of town. No
damage was done.
Eli Knowles, OF near Eastonville, pIr-
chased four shorthorn bulls, John Mel
burn one, and Thomas Cantril one bull
and twenty head of fine heifers, all
choice stock, from A. G. Cornforth of
Forest Glen ranch, this week. a
The delinquent tax sale will take place
Saturday, Dec. II, at the court house in
Kiowa. The delinquent tax list, as pub
lished elsewhere in the Tribune, contains
l67 descriptions of property advertised
for sale for the unpaid taxes of 1903.
w. S. Epler has purchased the resi-
dence property of L. w. Hill, east of the
creek, and will improve and rent the
house. Mr.. Hill and family expect to go
to Portland, Oregon, to reside, having
closed out their restaurant business.
The potato market continues tending
downward and no one pretends to know
when the bottom will be reached. Buy
ers are paying 35 and 40 cents, the top
price being paid for seed. At Greeley
spuds are quoted at 80 cents per hun
dred.
Elmer Watts came in Saturday even
ing from Telluride, where he has been
working in the mines for some time He
likes mining and that part of the state;
says there was no snow when he left
there, though he was working at about
timber line.
Next Saturday, Dec. 10, will be held
the regular meeting of the w. r. G. and
G. A. r. Post, at Gilbert, at which time
the annual election of officers will occur.
The ladies of the corps will serve dinner
and nominal charge of fifteen cents
will be made to all.
This has been the best year for the
oat crop ever known in the divide coun-
try. Oats have been averaging from 80
to 100 bushels per acre and 40 pounds is
about the average weight. j. ID. Lough,
living nine miles southwest of Elbert,
has Just completed his threshing and
has 5000 bushels of oats One small
! field of seven acres threshed out 700
bushels, machine measure, or 100 bush
els per acre.