The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-01
ELBERT, COLO, FEB. l, 1905.
Local and Personal

/ Commissioner Mulllgan drove home
from town in new Balm wagon Satur-
day.
Mrs. Theodore Neuman went to Den
yer Monday to visit frieds for several
days.
Samuel Taggart was on the sick list a
couple of days this week, suffering from
a severe cold.
Benz. Sautter has returned to Elbert
and expects to take charge of the section
again today as foreman.
Mr.. and Mrs. h. j. Hawkins OF West
Liberty, Iowa, are here visiting Mrs.
Hawkins brother, f. A. Dotson.
Abner Knight and son, Floyd, of juno
ton City, Kansas, spent several days
here last week visiting Mr.. knights
mother and other relatives.
Mrs. b. n. Carney and daughter re-.
turned to their ranch north of Fondis
last Thursday after a two weeks visit
with Mr.. Carney at Fort Collins.
j. G. Foster will hold public sale on
the "old Sam Griffin ranch" IL miles
southwest of Elbert, Saturday, Feb. 10.
See sale list in another column.
Mrs. r. H. Denney, Mrs. A. q. Putnam,
Fred Fabrion, J. d. Blakely, l.. Gate
wood and John S. Evans were among
those going to Denver Tuesday morning.
Marion Allison of Boulder visited his
brothers, George and Millard, of Biiou
valley, several days last week. Mr.. ALI
son will probably buy ranch and locate
in this locality.
The entertainment given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ireland at the church Saturday
evening was very good but the attend
ance was poor and the w. G. L. U. ladies
came out about $3.50 loser.
Joseph Diamond received the sad word
Friday of the death of his mother at
Plattsburg, n. Y, after a brief lines,
aged 50 years. Mr.. Diamond has the
sympathy of many friends in his bereave-
ment.
| Don't keep your insurance policies,
deeds and other valuable papers where
they may be lost or destroyed by fire.
Better rent safety deposit box at the
Elbert County bank. 1t may save you
trouble.
Among those who went TO Denver Mon
day, some to attend the stock show
and convention, we're Mr.. and Mrs b. f.
Cook, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Cornforth, d.
l.. Epler, A. G. Putnam, w. /. Jones,
Alex. Brazelton, and others.
Walter Dittemore is having a serious
time with his left arm, blood poisoning,
resulting from a small scratch on his
finger, having set in. He is staying in
Elbert with his brother Curt and is con
stantly under the doctors care
Whisenand's Electric Superba, NOV
ing picture show, held forth at Odd Eel
lows hall Tuesday night and was greeted
with full house. Some of the pictures
were very good and some had better
been left out. A free dance was given
after the show.
n. f. Brown killed grey eagle Mon
day at Forest Glen ranch, the largest
specimen of its kind we have ever seen.
The bird measured seven feet from tip
to tip of wings. Mr.. Brown caught the
bird in steel trap and killed it by u
blow on the head
Charles j. Schrader, manager OF the
Russell Gates store at Limon, was in
town yesterday greeting his many
friends. Mr. Shrader has charge of the
annual inventory of the Eastonville store
this week, having completed the invoice
at the Peyton store last week
Mrs. N. G. Wheeler and son Joe re-
turned Sunday from Denver Joe met
with serious accident at the Denver
elevator one day last week, sustaining a
fracture of the bone in his right leg.
The accident was caused by a grain
truck falling on him.
Through the efforts of Mrs. j. C. Nov.
rey, Mrs. Taylor Green and the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Presbyterian church,
large new oak heating stove has been
purchased for the church, replacing the
old stove which has been in constant use
since the time the church was built.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Murray, five miles
west of Gilbert, entertained the following
, friends at dinner last Sunday: Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Epler, Mr.. and Mrs. d. q
] Epler, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Epler, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Clark, Misses May Remington
and Mamie Molloy, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Murray.
An interesting debate will be held al
the Sidney school house Friday evening
, the subject being Resolved, that "phe
Public School System of the United
States is Failure Affirmative. n. A
, Clark, James Cole, Carl Matthews; neg
ative, j. A. Gear, Eli Knowles. Car
Peterson. All invited to attend.
Baltz Gaylor concluded that Elbert
i was about the best place he knew of As
s business point and Monday closed q
deal with Jacob Epler whereby hs
: bought the blacksmith business and
! real estate which he sold to Mr. Eple,
about two weeks ago, and is again trans