The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-05
Ebert, Colo, Thursday, May 5, 40.
Local Happenings

Tuesday evening to take treatment for
asthma, from which she has been great
sufferer.
J. II. Purden started for Glenwood
Springs Tuesday evening to attend the
congressional convention which met
there Wednesday.
Elmer Watts left for Manzanola Wed
nesday, where he will spend the summer
with his parents. The Foreman boys
will look after his crop on the Young
ranch.
T. II. Mulligan and J. II. Lundy, OF
the Comanche, Robert Larson, Gottlieb
Schneider and E. j. Merriman, Of East
Cherry creek neighborhood, have recent
ly put telephones into their homes.
Owing to the heavy rainfall on Mon
day in a number of districts there were
no scnool elections held. Some Of the
districts will hold their elections next
Monday and others will let the old Off
GERS hold over.
w g. Whiting bought the old Maxson
property last week and will make some
neeGcd repairs on the house. Mr.. Whit
ing got real bargain in this property,
paying $50 for 50x150 feet Of ground and
tive-room house.
Hon. b. c. Hilliard was elected school
director for the five-year term at Denver
Monday, after the hottest campaign ever
waged there. The people Of Denver are
to be congratulated on their choice Of a
good man for the office.
Alex. Brazelton was elected treasurer
Of the school board at Mondays election,
receiving 16 out of total of 3S votes
cast. j. ID. Blakely received IA votes.
The text book question was not voted on
but may be brought up later.
Mrs. Iona A., wife of NJ. A. Atnip, died
Sunday morning at her home, 800 West
Huerfano street, Colorado Springs, of
puerperal peritonitis. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon at the Springs.
The husband formerly resided southwest
of Elbert.
Mrs Hannah Cochran, mother OF Viii
liam Cochran, living near Fondis, left
for Rifle Tuesday evening, where she will
make her home for the present with her
son, j. l.. Cochran, and daughter, Mrs.
+. b. Hall, who recently moved from the
Fondis locality to Rifle.
This office has received box OF beau
tiful flowers - American Beauty roses
and carnations, with the compliments of
William Clark, florist, OF Colorado
Springs. We can recommend this we'll
known firm to our readers who want any
thing in flowers or plants.
Merchants should be more prompt in
presenting their bills. A druggist
brought young man in this town bill
two years old today and the first part of
the bill was a charge for a box Of choco-
l.t a,,l tl,a lat Il y,
for one nursing bottle. How time does
fly.
l.. G. Dana, postmaster Of Colorado
Springs, will read paper on the Rem
iniscences of the Battletields of Gettys-
burg, Chattanooga and Chickamaugua"
ut the meeting of Elbert County Post,
G. A. r., at Elizabeth Saturday, May IA.
An interesting program will be given in
connection.
About two inches OF water fell through
out this section of country during the
rainfall which commenced Sunday even
ing and continued until early Tuesday
morning. The rain was of great value
to the country and came in good time
for spring work. The rainfall was gen
eral throughout the state.
William Dittemore, accompanied by
his brother-in-law, j. NJ. Goheen OF Yer
million, Kansas, left last Thursday for a
two months visit with relatives in north
west Missouri and Kansas. He will also
make trip into southern Iowa. This is
his first visit to Missouri during warm
weather in twenty years. Mr. Dittemore
had sixty acres of wheat and forty acres
of potatoes in the ground before starting
on his trip.
The Rock Island railway has filed for
record with the county clerk and record
er a mortgage for S163,000,0OO, drawing
four per cent. This mortgage is being
recorded in every county in the United
States where the Rock Island has track
age. The recording fees in Elbert coun-
ty will amount to more than sixty dol
lars and it will take more than two weeks
time to put the document on record.
Purley Foote returned Friday from
California, where he spent the winter
He was at Los Angeles on January 1st,
when Southern California was shaken by
an earthquake, and received the worst
scare of his life. He also spent month
in San Francisco during the rainy sea-
son when it rained every day but two
during the month. Notwithstanding ali
these drawback Purley likes Southern
California and may return to that state
and maxi, his home there.
The action brought by Mrs. Dora
Clark against the Great Council Of Colo
rado OF the Improved Order of Red Men
has been settled out of court and stip-
ulation was filed with the clerk of the
district court of El Paso county on Tues
day OF last week dismissing the case at
the cost of the defendant 1t is thought
by this action that the Great Council
has compromised with Mrs Clark in the
matter OF the payment of $1,000 insur-
ance on the life of her late husband. C.