The Elbert County tribune., 1904-08-11
Local Happenings

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Lee Ramsey of Denver was an Ebert
visitor Saturday, on business.
Albert Neuman and Dewey Foote were
among those who went to Denver Sun
day.
Mrs. N. t. Reno and Mrs. George Ma
guire drove up from the county seat Sat
urday.
Miss Maud Lecky OF Denver is out Wis
iting her mother, Mrs; Webb, near Biiou
Basin.
Mrs. C. M. weyand and children, Of
Denver, are guests at the Strachan home,
northwest OF town.
County Treasurer Frank Long has re-
cer.ly completed fine residence on the
site Of his old one at Kiowa.
Miss Jane Bass, who has been visiting
her brother, w. II. Bass, returned to
Colorado Springs Tuesday.
Miss Amy Foote is visiting her father,
Lon z. Foote, at Hugo, where Mr.. Foote
is register ui the U. S. land Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. ID. Detwiler and child
rem and Jacob Dietrich went to Denver
Wednesday OF last week to see the big
circus.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kortlander, OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, are guests at the
home Of the latter's sister, Mrs. +. w.
Schenk.
FIJI. McNamara, W. H. Bass, John
Tamney, and j. Z. Dittemore and son
Fred purchased new binders in Gilbert
last week.
j. E. Rhudy Of Troy, Kansas, arrived
last week for visit with his brother
Jack and family, eight miles west OF
town. He is accompanied by his daugh-
ter Mabel. w
G. M. Bodett, recently Of Boston, has
accepted position with the Ebert
branch Of the Gates Mercantile com
pany. Mr.. Bodett and wife arrived from
Denver Sunday night.
Gilbert County Post, G. A. R., and the
w. r. Z. will meet at Elizabeth Satur-
day. The president of the Corps, Mrs.
Gleason, requests all members attendigg
to bring well filled baskets.
Russell Gates was in town Friday. Mr..
Gates is greatly encouraged over the
crop prospects and says the country
never looked better to him during his
many years residence in the state.
Alex. Brazelton trapped raccoon the
other day and brought the pelt to town
as curiosity. Many native Coloradoans
never saw raccoon, and this is thought
to be the first one caught in this locality
in recent years. g.s
c. E. Hobart has gone to Eastonville,
where he assumes the management of
the Gates Mercantile company's store.
MIR. Hobart came here from Ramah
about June 1st. Ebert loses a good
family by the change.
There will be an entertainment and
box social given at the "Will Dittemore"
schoolhouse Saturday evening, August
l3, for the purpose of raising funds to
purchase dictionary for the school.
Everyone cordially invited.
Joseph Diamond brought in samples Of
white grape currants Saturday which
compared very favorably with anything
OF the kind we have seen grown in the
irrigated districts. He remembered the
editc. with some Of the choicest.
]. H. Humble of Cincinnati arrived
last Thursday and spent an enjoyable
week visiting his cousin and boyhood
chum, J. II. Purden. Mr.. Humble, with
other Cincinnati people, is interested in
some mining property in the Idaho
Springs district.
James Lower and daughters Lille and
Adie arrived last week from Etiingham,
Kansas, and are visiting at the home Of
his sister, Mrs. j. Z. Dittemore. Mr..
Lower COMES from the wet part Of the
Sunhower state, where he states that
crops in many localities are almost
total failure owing to the great amount
OF rainfall and floods.
The Ebert ball team went to Kiown
Sunday and scalped the Indians Of that
village for the third successive time.
The score was II to 10, and the game is
said to have been good one notwith-
standing the large score. The features
OF the game were McKimmie's home run,
on which Purden also scored, and the
striking out Of Lou Maloney, Kiowa's
pitcher, Tor the first time in his base ball
career OF fifteen years. A large crowd
witnessed the game