The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-08-04
Ebert, Colo, Thursday, August 4, 1901
Local Happenings

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Letters for Mr.. j. Mayhue and Mary
Gray remain uncalled for at the Ebert
postofiice.
Mr.. and Mrs William Jones and child
rem, of Denver, are visiting at the Burk-
hart ranch, northwest of town.
Ms. Lena Schimpf has had wind
mill put up on her residence property TO
pump water for irrigating purposes.
Mrs. Fred Dittemore and aunt, Mrs.
Rice, OF Marysyille Kansas, went to
Denver Sunday for few days visit.
DR.. f. II. Marcy OF Knoxville, Tenn, a
formeS resident and practitioner here, is
an Ebert visitor, arriving Sunday night.
James Knight, living southeast of Ell
bert, hauled out new Mccormick bind
err Tuesday to cut and bind his big crop
OF grain.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schillinger drove
to Colorado Springs Monday to visit rel
atives for few days and take in the big
Ringing show.
''Doden Mcnamara is out from Edge
water visiting his parents, south Of town.
| He is now proprietor Of prosperous
dairy business at Denver.
Misses Tina and Grace Griffin, Amy
Epler and Lulu Clibon went TO Colorado
| Springs Saturday to attend the normal
institute, in session there this week and
next
w. S. viii went to Elizabeth Monday
to take charge of the Farmers Bank for
month during the absence of Cashier
c. w. Reed, who has gone east on a
visit.
Charlie banks and family have moved
back to Gilbert and taken possession of
their home across the creek. Mr. banks
is engaged with threshing outfit from
Littleton.
A patched up team of alleged ball
players from Gilbert went to Parltsr and
played two games Sunday, losing both of
them by scores Of 81 to IA and to 1,
respectively.
Mrs. Mary Adams and daughter, Mrs.
Margaret Scholley, OF Denver, came out
| Tuesday and are guests at the home of
Captain and Mrs. Robert Johnston,
southeast OF town.
w. o. Hathaway, living east Of Gilbert,
in the valley of the Biiou, purchased a
new Mccormick binder this week. The
| Bijou country will cut more grain this
year than ever before.
The Ebert school board has secured
the services OF Miss Kate Maher of Ag-
ate, an Ebert county lady, to teach the
advanced grades in the Ebert school.
Miss Maher has taught in the Agate dis
trict and is highly spoken of in that
locality.
j. II. Jones was kicked in the back by
a horse at the livery barn last Thursday
morning and, in addition to having a rib
broken, was painfully bruised about the
body. He was taken to his home, four
miles north OF town, where he is getting
along nicely.
1t has been given out on good author
ity that the Colorado Il Southern will
| give the towns along this line of railway
better train service commencing August
18th. 1t is thought the service will con
sist of n train north in the morning and
south in the afternoon.
The following Ebert county teachers
are y attendance at the normal institute
now in session at Colorado Springs:
Misses NJ. j. Henry, Anna Carbrey, Cora
Wight, Lillian Sparkman, Vivian Shane,
Amy Epler, Lulu Clibon, Katherine Ep-
pier, Tina and Grace Griffin, Mrs. May
Atcheson Georgia, Messrs. Fred Long
and Ben Sparkman.
1t was announced during services at
the lanes school house Sunday that an
effort would be made at an early date to
raise funds for the completion of the new
Christian Union church, located about
six miles southwest of Ebert, just east
of the school house. 1t is the intention
to complete the editice and dedicate the
same before Christmas.
The Divide country of Colorado. in
GLIDING our own Ebert county, one of
the best farming sections of the country,
is fairly groaning under its burden of
plenty. All kinds Of crops are reported
to be the best ever known; all the ranges
are green with grass. There have been
plenty of rains, but no destructive
storms, and the people are happy.
A Texas editor hits the right spot
earth is the fellow who will sit around
and cuss his own town. If l lived
astride the north pole, | would call it
home and be ready to boost it up. If |
could not say anything nice about it, /
would say that my ice bill didn't come
high would not stay in town had
to cuss-not while the world is as big as
it Is now
Henry u. Wolf received the sad news
of the death of his little granddaughter,
aged five years, at the home OF Mr..
VOLTS daughter at Epworth, Iowa, last
Saturday, The little girl was the only
child-of Charlie Wolf of Denver, who
owns a ranch adjoining his fathers and
Is well known in this locality. Within
the past few years Mr.. Wolf has lost his
wife and four children-his entire fam
n.y.. The bereaved father and grand
father have the heartfelt sympathy of all