The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-15
ELBERr, COLO, FEB. Is, 1906.
Local and Personal


per barrel, cash.-Jacob Epler.
Miss Georgia Oden of Colorado
Springs was the guest of Ebert friends
Sunday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Whiting.
Sunday, Feb. IL. 1906, at the home Of
MIR. Writings mother in Ebert. Il daugh-
ter.
Gilmore Jewell has leased the 24O acre
ranch south Of town occupied for the
last two years by T. j. Hobart, and will
move on to the place soon.
Russell Gates Mercantile company, or
ders the Tribune sent to his father, W.
b. Dameron, at Hereford, Texas.
Mrs j. w. Pressly of Elizabeth was in
town last Thursday in company with
Mr.. Pressly's sister from Illinois, who is
visiting at the Pressly home in Eliza
beth.
We have 100 Mems Dress Shirts which
formerly sold at rs cents and Sl.00 each:
we are now closing them out at the re
duced price OF 35 cents each.-The Rus
sell Gates Mere. Co.
A large crowd of people attended the
Foster sale Saturday and good prices
we're obtained throughout Mr. Foster
does not intend leaving the ranch at
present, the sale being held to dispose
of his surplus stock.
Mrs p. H. Mulligan has left California
and is spending the winter at Morenci.
Arizona, with her son Gus. Mrs. Mul
ligan's health is improving right along,
which will be good news to her many
friends in Elbert county.
The building committee of the u B
parsonage has made some changes in the
new building and six-room house will
be built with two rooms upstairs. Work
is being pushed as rapidly AS possible
one day last week there being 10 men at
work on the building. FL
Our Spring and Summer samples of
tailor-made clothing from the celebrated
houses of Lamm u Co. and Ed V. Price
have just arrived and are on display at
our store, and we ask you to bear in
mind that we guarantee workmanship
and u perfect tit.-The Russell Gates
Mere. Co.
Have you paid your taxes for 1905 to
the county treasurer? If not better at
tend to the matter now The first half
is due March l, and draws interest at
the rate of IL per cent after that time
The last half is due August |, and draws
interest at the rate of 10 per cent after
that date.
Gottlieb Ehring has Just completed
two-room house, 16x24 feet in size, and
barn 16x40 feet, on the 960 acre Guild
ranch he purchased last fall, located due
east from Elbert. The new buildings
are located near Comanche creek which
runs through the land. Joe Helgetb
Jr., was the boss carpenter on the job
II. J. Hobart and family left last weel,
for Hulett, in northeastern Wyoming
near which place they expect to make
their home. Fred Hobart has taken
homestead near Hulett and his brother
George expects to do likewise next fall
when he attains his majority. Mr.. Ho
bart and family are good citizens aud
the best wishes of many friends go with
them to their new home.
NJ w. Craft, who has recently located
in Elbert and engaged in business, is "A
song writer and musician of consider
able ability. Mr.. Craft is the composer
of starlight OF My Colorado Home. =
and "1'll Wed You Meath the Western
Skies of Blue" the first named song now
being in the hands of the publishers
He is also an expert with the guitar and
is quite vocalist as we'll.
The potato market has dropped 10
cents per hundred local buyers paving
from 70 to 80 cents yesterday. At Gree
ley Monday large white pearls were only
quoted at 90 cents. 20 cents lower than
this market. 1t is thought that fully
one half of last years potato crop in this
section is still in the country, many hold
ing their spuds for better prices which
they feel confident will prevail before
another crop is grown.
The Tribune job department has just
added dozen fonts of new type faces
to its already complete equipment and
Is especially well prepared for printing
invitations of any kind. business and
calling cards, tickets, and all kinds com
mercial printing. Our job artist Is a.
printer with almost 70 years experience.
We use the best grades of paper ana do
satisfactory work. Leave your next or
der for Job printing at the Tribune
printery.
The oldest inhabitant cannot remem-
Der when we had nicer winter than
this. There has been practically no
snow and the cold snaps have been few
and far between. There has not been
all told more than three weeks Of cold
weather ana not more than one week of
severe cold. During the greater part Of
the winter men have worked outdoors
with their coats off, and almost every
day you'll see people on the streets wear
ing low shoes. During the past month
on several occasions the writer has no
ticed that the thermometer has register
ed 50 degrees above zero, in the sun
Colorados climate during the entire
year Is one continuous round of balmy
sunshiny days. The percentage Of