The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-28
ELBERT, COLO, DEC. %, 1905.
Local and Personal

: Get ready for the Rebekah dance, at
Red Men hall, Elbert, New Years night.
i Tickets S10O All invited.
The Tribune wishes all Happy New
Years. May your resolutions be good
ones and faithfully adhered to.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Bec,man,
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1l-podnd girl.
Mother and daughter are reported doing
nicely.
A marriage license was issued at Colo
rado Springs Tuesday to Leo g. Davis Of
Silver Plume and Miss LAURA M. White
of Eastonville.
Joel Carter of Lucerne, Mo- visited at
the Bass home in Prosperity Ridge this
week, going to Colorado Springs Wed
nesday evening.
Miss Anna Orin came home from Eliz
abeth, where she is employed in the
Farmers bank, and spent Sunday and
1 Christmas here.
Misses Katie and Dora Maher, FL
berts popular school teachers. are spend
ing their holiday vacation at their home
near Deer Trail.
Mr. and Mrs. viii Watts and children
Of Monument spent Christmas and sew
eral days this week at the parental Braz-
elton home southwest of town.
A. G. Cornforth and Alex. Brazelton
are putting up ice from kiowa creek for
next summers use. They are getting an
excellent article Il to IA inches in thick
ness.
j. f. Strachan of the North Bend
ranch, has bought the Young ranch con
sisting of 100 acres adjoining his place
on the north. The consideration was
Sl400.
Mrs. j. l.. Dixon and sons, James and
William, living live miles northeast of
Fondis, went to Colorado Springs Wed
nesday evening to spend several days
with relatives.
Born, to MIR. aud Mrs. Allen Carnahan
five miles north OF Elbert, Tuesday, Dec
26, son. Mother and boy are getting
along nicely aud Al. was able to come to
town the next day.
Christmas was beautiful day-as
near perfect as could be desired. Sum
mer clothes were much in evidence and
men going around with their coats off
was common sight.
Frank D. Ball of Castle Rock was in
town Thursday in the interest OF The
Dry Farming Magazine, new monthly
to be published IN the interest of dry
farming by the Campbell system.
Benz Sautter came in. Saturday from
Topeka, Kansas and is spending the
week with his family here. Mr.. Saulter
is employed by the Union Pacific railway
as foreman Of construction crew.
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of The Denver Post, Denver Republican
or Rocky Mountain News. Price, only
. cents. Issued next Sunday, Dec. 81.
Mrs. Emma Aux, daughters Minnie
and Ariel and son George came out from
Boulder Saturday and are spending the
holidays with Mrs. Aux's parents, Mr.
and Mrs Il. e. Baldwin, and other rela
tives.
: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fahrion and Frank
Fahrion spent Sunday and Christmas
with their parents, Judge and Mrs.
George tahrion, north of hiowa, the &C
caslon being the customary annual re
union of the Fahrion family.
Mrs. NJ. B. Matthews and Mrs. L. W.
Moulton and daughter Mona went to
, Loveland Saturday to be present on Sun
day at the marriage of their niece, Miss
WInifred Bell, daughter of George L.
Bell, well known here as a former resi-
dent.
,, Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Hyerstay and two
little boys and A. Hyerstay, of Denver,
spent Sunday and Christmas at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. +. W. Schenk,
the latter being a sister of the Messrs.
Hyerstay. Mrs. Hyerstay and children
are spending the week here.
Friends here have received word of
the death of Mrs. George McCorlsle, for
merly u resident of Elbert, at Dyke, Ar
chuleta county this state. The cause
. of death was gall stones. Mrs. McCor-
iSle was sister of Mrs. William Tamlin,
of the Fondis neighborhood.
James Knight last week sold his 200.
: acre ranch and the 100 acres adjoining
e belonging to his mother, both located
: five miles southeast of Elbert, to Fred
+, Bietch, who has been on the Boot ranch
on Running creek for some time. The
|, consideration for the 800 was $500 per
: acre.
t The Red Men gave one of the most
: successful dances Christmas night that
!, the tribe has ever had. Sixty seven
numbers were sold and in everything
> put tne music, wnich owing to the non
E appearance of the first violinist. was not
I hup to standard, the affair was a decided
; success and netted the tribe neat sum
Among those from Elbert and vicinity
c who went to Denver to spend Christmas
were Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Taggart Mr.
and Mrs. g. Nj. Bodett, Mr.. and Mrs. ]
Il. Pope, Miss Lula Clibon, Messrs. Ro,
Salt, VIII knight, John Mitchell. w. S
Balm. Raymond Jacobs. Mr. and Mrs
d Hugo Kruse and son were among thost