The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-10
Local Happenings

DR.. F. ]. Deaver, former citizen, was
! in town Monday.
!! Fred Dittemore and wife returned
from Missouri last Thursday.
Frances McCarten, OF the Comanche
country, was an Elbert visitor Monday
Mrs. Harry Decker and family Of Mon
ument are visiting relatives in this local
ity.
The robins have appeared in this vicin-
ity and all indications point to an early
spring.
Wallie Whiting and family have moved
on TO their ranch in the Prosperity Ridge
neighborhood.
A series OF revival meetings will be
held in the Elbert Presbyterian church
some time this month.
The strong wind last Wednesday was
hard on the winter wheat, blowing much
of it out Of the ground.
W. @. Whiting had relapse and has
been seriously i'll during the last week
He is reported slowly improving.
James Barnes of Beattie, Kansas, ar
rived last Wednesday and is visiting his
brother-in-law, ID. K. Burnside, and wife
J.O. Phillips Of Bijou Basin was IN
town Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips
have both been on the sick list since
their return from California,
J. G. Scott, great sachem Of the Colo
RADIO Redmen, was an Elbert visitor Fri
day and Saturday, and visited the Red
men tribes at Elbert and Eastonville.
There will be box social at the Sid
ney school house, south Of Elbert, Fri
day evening, March IL, for the purpose
Of raising funds to purchase song books.
All invited.
Messrs. Charles and Frank Conley, of
Washta, Iowa, have been visiting their
cousin, Arthur Meader, near Fonds, for
a week, and departed Monday for Colo
RADIO Springs.
Daily and Sunday papers, popular
magazines, and periodicals of all kinds
door to the postoffice. Leave your order
Saturday for Sunday paper.
"Jim" Hobbs was in town Monday
buying stock. He says the big fire which
burned over his sons ranch, near Falcon,
was started accidentally, and was not of
incendiary origin as stated by the Springs
papers.
wv. Schenk and Harry Lundy are
assisting Taylor Green with his new
residence. Mr. Green will have one Of
the incest homes in Ebert when com
pleted. 1t will contain nine rooms, bath,
closets, etc.
County Treasurer Long publishes call
in this issue for registered county and
road warrants issued prior to January l,
1904, and registered school district war
rants. These warrants cease to draw
interest after April 9th.
Williams brothers drilled twenty
six-foot well at the "D;ttemore" school
house last week and secured good flow
of water. They also drilled seventy
seven foot well for Howard Williams and
are now drilling on the Elmer Royston
place.
School report for district No. 90 for the
month ending March 4: Number en-
rolled, 13; average daily attendance, 93;
those neither absent nor tardy were Ida
Bumpus, Edna Bumpus, Josie Janner;
department of school, II. = MAuDE
SWEET, Teacher.
L. s. Harper, August Beuck and John
z. Sanderson, Of eastern Ebert county,
are among the delegates who have been
chosen to represent the Lincoln County
Cattle Growers association at the cat
tlemen's convention in Denver March IA
and 15. The headquarters of the dele
CATION will be at the Albany hotel.
A county Sunday school institute will
be hel5 in Elbert on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, March 20 and 80 Rev. j. c..
Carman, state superintendent Of Sunday
school work, and Rev. r. N. Wilson Of
Pueb,o will conduct the institute. All
those interested in Sunday school work
are earnestly requested to attend and
help by their presence.
Howard Williams has already sold
100000 pounds of spuds raised last wear
and has 25,OO0 pounds on hand. He
expects to farm on larger scale thar
ever this year, believing that careful and
systematic farming always pays whether
the season is good or bad. Mr.. Williams
is one of the successful farmers of the
Divide and has great faith in this coun.
try as an agricultural section.
John G. Sherwood, the notorious safe
blower, who was convincted, along with
others for cracking two safes in Cannon
Bros store three years ago served his
time, was released, and was arrested
again Friday, in Denver, on charge of
burglary. Sherwood petitioned for
pardon, claiming he was innocent OF the
crime for which he was convicted. hut
his recent actions do not bear out his
statement.
The Name Witch Hazel