The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
Local Happenings

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Tuesday and Wednesday.
Eggs are down to 1913 cents per dozen,
the lowest figure in several years.
Per,ey Foote was in Denver last week,
seeing the races at Overland Park.
| Mrs. Logan of West Virginia is guest
at the home of her brother, A. Il. James,
west of town.
LEAVE your order at the Tribune news
stand for Denver and Colorado Springs
Sunday papers.
Mrs. Elsie Craig of Lincoln, Neb., is
an Ebert visitor, guest at the home of
her uncle, j. A. Nelson.
II you have friends visiting you or
know of good news item, call at this
office and tell the editor about it.
Mrs. Samuel Taggart returned home
Saturday from Denver, where she has
been visiting her parents for some time.
Epler, Brazelton q Co. are putting in
platform scales and getting stone on the
ground for the foundation for ware
house.
| j. M. nupuy Of Corning, Kansas, was
in town Tuesday, between trains, and
made brief visit with a former Kansan,
John Q. Brace.
Mrs. George Kelton is building 16x24
one story house near the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ida Elsner, northeast of
Ebert, on the Comanche.
Lewis Brazelton came over from the
ranch last week and is now permanent
fixture with Epler, Brazelton & Co. as
a clerk. This paper believes Lewis will
make good salesman.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Hig-
gins of Denver died Sunday, July 8, at
the home OF Mrs. Higgins's father, Carl
Schultz, southeast of town, and was bur
led Monday in Elbert cemetery.
.Pratt's Food for Horses, Cattle, Hogs
and Sheep is unexcelled as a tonic ard
regulator and will keep your stock in
good condition the year round. We sell
Iit.-Russell Gates Mercantile Co.
This portion of Colorado was benefit
ted by good rain Friday night and Sat
.urday which extended all over the di-
vide country The rainfall was worth
thousands of dollars to growing crops
/ A ball team calling themselves the
Case baseball nine played here Sunday,
the score at the end of the ninth inning
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good practice game for the home team.
Misses Anna Russell and Anna Will
liams, of the Cherry creek neighborhood,
left Denver on July End for Portland,
Oregon, and stopped at Payette, Idaho,
for a month or six weeks visit with
friends.
Our old and valued friend, T. J. Rick
etts, of Denver, who with his wife is out
on their ranch in the Fondis neighbor-
hood for a few weeks, was in town last
Thursday and made the Tribune pleas
ant call.
If your poultry is not doing well, try
mixing little Pratt's Poultry Food with
their regular rations, or if colds or roup
. affect your flock, use Pratts Roup Cure
Both for sale by the Russell Gates Mer-
camille Co.
; Crops of all kinds in this vicinity are
in good condition and the hay harvest is
now under full Roadway with an excel
lent crop. The outlook for prosperous
year for the people of the divide country
could hardly be better
The ladies' aid society of the Elbert
Presbyterian church will hold an ice
cream social tonight in Odd Fellows hall.
serving ice cream, Strawberries and cake
Come out and patronze the ladies and
help along good work.
Gilbert Summersett of Denver, at one
time one of the publishers of the Trib
une, came out Tuesday evening and
spent day or two visiting old acquain
tances. Mr.. Summersett is now employ
ed on the Denver Republican as limo
type operator.
Vincent, the seven-year- old son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. F.. Walker, of the Table
Rock neighborhood, met with serious
accident by falling from buggy. His
left arm was dislocated and slight frac
ture sustained as result of the fall. He
is now getting along nicely.
The Colorado Springs Evening Tele-
graph has changed management and is
now being published as an independent
newspaper. The paper has been greatly
improved under the new management
| and is now the newsiest daily Colorado
Springs has had for some years.
A call has been extended by the Pros
| byterian church to Rev. j. w. Presslv
1 of Derby, Iowa, who preached here about
three weeks ago. Elizabeth Presbyter-
lans have also extended call to Mr..
] Pressly, who seems to have made fay
orable impression at both places.
| Usage Council No. A, Degree of poca-
hontas, has elected and raised up fine
following officers to serve during the last
SIX moons OF the present great sun: Po-
cahontas, Mrs. Mary Mcguire; prophet
ess, Mrs. Bacia Grebe: Winona Mr. Pa-
becca Edinger, Chief of Records. Mrs.
| Johanna Beckman; Keeper of Wan,nnn,
1 | Mrs Mary Knipht