The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-19
EBERT, COLO, OCT. 10, 1905.
Local and Personal

w. A. Melbourne had his foot badly
injured last week by horse stepping on
it.
ing in the local store of the Russell
Gates Mercantile Co.
Samuel Taggart is surveying and stak-
ing of the lots in Scott's addition, the
property of A. G. Putnam.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Peterson,
seven miles southeast of Ebert, Sunday,
October l, bouncing boy.
Miss Anna Grin, who has position in
the Farmers bank at Elizabeth, spent
Sunday at her home in Elbert.
Charlie Danks shipped his threshing
machine from Sullivan and is working
in the country tributary to Elbert.
We have more complete stock of
lumber and building material than ever
before.-Russell Gates Mercantile Co.
Mrs. Rachel Knight has bought lot
from Joseph Oaks in the south part of
town and will probably build this fall.
At our store you receive "Honest
Weight, "Full Measure" and courteous
treatment = Russell Gates Mercantile
Co.
A. G. Putnam shipped two car loads
of cattle to Denver Monday. "Put" is
buying a lot of stock all over the divide
country.
How's your stove performing? We
can sell you one that will do the work,
and at a Denver price.-Russell Gates
Mercantile Co.
Mrs. Louisa Carver, Mrs, A. q. Put
nam, Mr.. and Mrs. b. M. Maroon and
Miss Carrie Schimpf were Denver visit
ors several days last week.
A. G. Putnam shipped eight cars of
mixed cattle from Elizabeth on Wednes-
day of last week. The best cows ofifie
lot went to the packers at $3.50 per hun
dred
Henry Buckhorn, for a number of
years citizen of the Prosperity Ridge
neighborhood, left last week for Lucerne,
Mo, to visit his daughter, Mrs. John
Campbell.
George Jessop, who has been living on
the Mcnamara homestead, four miles
south of town, has moved into the house
on the Cornforth ranch near the Sidney
school house.
James Irwin of the Biiou valley, east
OF town, is suffering severely from an ab-
cess in the palm of his right hand. The
abcess was caused from n blister and is
a very painful one.
Rev. Herbert f. Jones of Denver will
preach at the new Christian church,
southwest of Elbert, next Sunday, Oct
%, morning and evening. All are in
vited to attend these services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Corkett of Min
neapolis, Mimi, are the proud parents of
son, born on October TO- Grandma
and Grandpa Corkett, of Bijou Valley,
are quite elated over the event.
Mrs. Mary Schiesser has purchased a
lot in Scott's addition from A. G. Put
nam and will build small house there
on. We understand that Mr.. Putnam
has several other lot sales in view.
| Lndies-Can you make an underskirt
for 80 cents? We have them ready made
at prices ranging from 30 cents to 81 10.
The best we have ever seen for the mon
ey.-Russell Gates Mercantile Co.
The Elbert Mercantile Co. has recent
ly made some substantial and needed
improvements in their store room, a lot
of new shelving, and a ladder operating
on rollers, for reaching goods on the top
shelves, being the most noticeable.
The county commissioners adjourned
last Thursday after transacting import
ant business, which they will no doubt
make known in full to the public when
the proceedings of the October session
are published. The board will meet
again on November 6.
Miss Amy Foote, in connection with
her attendance at the State Normal
school, is teaching class in English at
Greeley. This paper propheses that
when Miss Amy completes her school
work she will be admirably fitted for a
teacher, which vocation she proposes o
follow.
Walter Nelson, an experienced baker,
expects to open bakery and restaurant
some time next month in the building
west of Epler's store. We believe bus.
mess of this kind will command nice
trade from the start in Elbert and hope
nothing will prevent Mr.. Nelson from
carrying out his plars.
Mrs. B. f. Cook, delegate, Mrs. j. II.
Purden, inside guard grand lodge, Mrs
Is. Gaylor, representing Rising Star Re-
bekah lodge, and John f. Epler. delegate
from Elbert lodge |. o. D. f., went to
Rocky Ford on Saturday to attend the
annual meeting of the grand lodge in
session at Rocky Ford this week.
A cold snap struck the Divide country
on Wednesday night of last week and
the people experienced the first real
touch of winter. The cold came on sud
denly and potato growers were the losers
thereby, many spuds being frosted in
sacks in the fields, and some we're frozen
in the ground. The loss will not be
heavy.