The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-31
THURsDAY.........MA MAY 81, 1906.
Local and Personal

John Mitchell was in Denver over
Sunday.
All the popular favors in soda water
at the City Drug Store.
Attend the meeting OF the Commercial
club tonight at the Beulah hotel.
Mrs. r. II. Denney and son went to
Denver Sunday to visit relatives.
Joseph Diamond will have public
sale of farm machinery, etc, Saturday,
June 8, in Elbert.
| Mrs. Symms and children, of Easton-
vile, we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Diamond Sunday.
Special Sale.-Mens and youths suits
Divide Supply Co.
Mrs. George Gardner and son and
Mrs. Curt Dittemore went to Denver
Saturday for few days visit.
When man goes out to buy a horse
nowadays he has to take along 800 or
more or he don't get much of a horse.
Try our Morning Glory, Arabia's Chief
or Capitol coffee. These brands all ap-
peal to lovers of good Coffee Divide
Supply Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Harding will
move to Monument next week, where
Mr.. Harding has good position in
meat market.
N. f. Brown found the gold watch
lost by A. G. Cornforth several weeks
ago, and A. G. is as tickled as the boy
with his first pair of pants
Howard Williams of Southeast Doug.
las county has returned to Denver for
treatment of his diseased feet which OF
late have been bothering him greatly.
The members of the Ladies' Fancy
Work clnb, new society in Elbert, en-
tertained their husbands at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. X. II. Denney Friday even
ing.
The little Misses Lola Mann and Will
liams accompanied Rev. Pressly upfrom
Elizabeth Sunday and spent several
days here visiting with Mr.. and MIS-. j..
E. Mayer. 80
Ed Grin is assisting in the Divide
Supply Co.'S store this week in the ab-
sence of Sam Taggart who is doing some
surveying in the country northeast Of
Elizabeth.
Mrs. Catharine Anderson and baby
for an extended visit at the home OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Morgan,
north of town.
Mrs. Loren Chapman and son return
ed to- Breckenridge last Thursday after
spending pleasant month with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Corkett,
in Bijou valley.
John Hoover, who recently bought the
Fred Dittemore section west of Elbert,
left on Sunday for his home near Vim
cennes, Indiana. He expects to return
about August LIST with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Carver of Steam
boat Springs came in Saturday and re-
manned until Monday visiting the for
mer's mother, Mrs. l.. Carver, and sister,
Mrs. A. q. Putnam, at the home Of the
latter.
Mrs. Ida Elsner is building another
house on her place northeast OF town, in
the Comanche valley. The building is
one story, 16x24 feet, and we suspect
that ere long it will occupied by a
newly married young couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Knowles of North
Ell Paso county went to Denver Saturday
to consult specialist regarding Mrs.
Knowles health, which has been serious
ly impaired for some time. Mrs. Jacob
Epler accompanied them to Denver.
Miss Evelyn Cornforth received bad
ly sprained ankle Saturday while about
to mount her pony from a fence. Her
ankle was caught in crack in the fence
and she fell backward to the ground
from the pony. 1t will be several weeks
before she will be able to get around
on both feet.
Rev. J. w. Pressly delivered a splen-
did memorial address Sunday morning
and it is to be regretted that the congre-
CATION was not larger and that the G. A.
r. and w. r. @. took SO little interest in
this sacred service. One lone member
of the G. A. r. and less than half
dozen Of the w. h. G. we're in attendance.
The northbound G. Il S. train was
wrecked about midway between Eliza
beth and Hilltop on last Wednesday,
caused by spreading rails. None of the
passengers were injured, the coaches re-
naming on the track. On account
of the wreck the southbound train was
about six and half hours late that
evening.
Among those from other towns who
were here attending the Decoration day
exercises were Mrs. d. L. Cort and
daughter Isabel of Elizabeth; Judge
and Mrs. Geo. Fahrion, Mrs. VIM. Brown
and l.. w. Parkhurst, of Kiowa; Mr.. and
Mrs. James III. Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. II. Georgia and Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Harper, of Fondis.
Findley Dutfield of Denver, state agent
of the Central Life Assurance Society of
the United States, of Des Moines Iowa,
was in town several days last week and
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