The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-09
Local and Personal

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Mrs. A. H. Chapman of Pueblo is here
visiting at the home of her brother,
Frank Dotson.
You will find A. G. Putnam doing
little business in the real estate line.
Write or see him at Elbert. Colo.
Mrs. John Borland of Putnam county,
Mo, and Miss Jane Bass of Colorado
Springs are guests this week at the Bass
home in Prosperity Ridge.
Joseph Eisenberg is painting the Ell
bert school house, inside and out. New
floors will be laid in the building before
school commences in September
Miss Ethel Putnam went to Deer Trail
Monday to visit the Misses Katie and
Dora Maher, former teachers in the Ell
bert school.
Mrs. G. G. Hyerstay and sons, Paul
and Russell, and Mrs. Lottie Joseph and
daughter Gertrude, all of Denver, are
guests this week at the Schenk home at
Edgewood.
Mrs. L. E. Totten and daughter Hat
tie. of Denver, and Miss Edna Lindahl
and Glen Hyland, of Haddam, Kansas,
are guests at the Brace home, two miles
west of town.
Better hurry if you want some of those
choice lots fronting west on Broadway,
in SCOTS addition TO Elbert. The best
building sites in Elbert. See A. G.. Put
nam, real estate dealer
Mart " Sides, for a number of years
resident of the east end of the county
near Bland, has recently moved to By
ers, in Arapahoe county, where he has
purchased II hotel and saloon.
j. d. Lough is building new five
room house on his ranch eight miles
southwest of Elbert. j. n. Davis of FL.
bert and S. w. Bowling of Bijou Basin
are doing the carpenter work.
The Colorado Telephone Co. have
moved their switchboard and central
station here from the Ebert Mercantile
company's store to the Cottage hotel.
The change was made Tuesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ray REGISTER arrived
here from Munden, Kansas, last week
and are visiting at the home Of Mr.. Re-
gester's mother southwest of Ebert.
They expect to go to Greeley soon to re-
side.
Mr. and Mrs E. M. Cole of Fort Col
lins are visiting Mrs. Coles sister. Mrs.
May Corkett, in Bijou valley this week.
Mr.. Cole is president and general mana
ger of a construction company ut Fort
Collins.
| A medal contest will be held at the
Sidney school house, five miles south of
Ebert, next Tuesday evening, August
| IA. The contest will be in charge Of the
Ebert w. G. L. U. and an interesting
program has been arranged. Admission
Is and % cents.
Last Sundays Pueblo Chieftan pub
lished a picture of Margaret Dotson, the
beautiful little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
F. A. Dotson OF Elbert. Little Margaret
spent several weeks recently in Pueblo
with her aunt, Mrs. A. II. Chapman and
was a great favorite there as well as here
in Elbert.
A. G. Putnam reports the following
sales of lots in Scott's addition to Ebert:
j. A. Boston. lots l, 2, 3 and A; Julia h.
Lamb, lots 30 and 36; Harrison Collins,
lots 20 and 2l; all facing west on Broad
way. 1t is the intention of the pur-
chasers to build homes on their lots dur
ing the year.
Satantee Tribe No. 81, l. O. r. NJ has
elected the following officers to serve for
six moons commencing July 1st: Sa-
chem, Paul Helgeth; senior sycamore
John Clibon; junior sycamore, Arthur
Peterson; prophet, Earl Oaks; chief of
records, A. Neuman; keeper of wampum,
Joseph Helgeth; trustee for Is moons, f.
j. Mcnamara.
This portion of the Divide country
received thousands of dollars worth of
benefit to growing crops by the copious
rainfalls of Saturday night and Sunday
afternoon. Saturday nights rain was
1 no haa inGt mn hnu hal
Portions of the country were pretty dry
but the rains extended over a considera-
bic area east of the mountains, and
from Denver south To Colorado Springs
J. j. Ramsey. an attorney at law, has
moved here with his family from Colo
RADIO Springs and rented the Green prop
erty in the north end. He will open an
office in the Maroon building. Mr.. Ram
sey concluded to locate here after look
ing over the field at kiowa and Eliza
beth. He is the only resident practicing
attorney now residing in Elbert county
with its 1000 inhabitants, What better
recommendation could intending set
tiers wish than this-one attorney in a
county of four Thousand prosperous peo-
pie.
Joseph Eisenberg probably saved the
northbound G. S S. train from being
ditched Monday. Joe was driving up
from Elizabeth and when he reached
the railway near the Cameron school
found dead COW lying across the track,
where she had been struck and killed
the previous evening. Knowing that
the train was about due Joe walked
down the track and when the train came
in sight he tagged it and the dead COW
was removed. At this point of the road
northbound trains generally travel at
high rate of speed, and this particular
crossing being on curve, there is little
doubt that Joe's prompt action prevent
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