The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-08
EBERT, COLO, FEB. s, 1906.
Local and Personal

papers at the Tribune Office.
Earl Oaks and Clarence Williams have
leased Joseph Oaks ranch north of town
for one year.
Ray REGISTER came up from Pueblo
Tuesday morning for visit at the home
ranch, southwest of town.
Dennis O'Neal of Beattie, Kansas, a
nephew of Dick Burnside, is an Elbert
visitor, guest at the Burnside home,
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nelson,
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1905, son. Mother
and boy are reported to he doing nicely.
The Colorado Telephone company are
building "a new line from Elizabeth to
Kiowa, and also one from Parker to Den
yer.
Mrs Ella e. Tripp Of Fondis and Ed
Dietrich, Nj. w. Craft and G. f. Green,
all of Ebert, are new subscribers to this
paper.
Joseph Oaks, Jr., and wife returned
from Denver last week to their ranch
southeast Of town, Mrs. Oaks health
being much improved.
Alex. Brazelton was kicked by horse
Wednesday, while unloading milk at
the cheese factory, and was painfully
bruised, but no bones broken.
There will be another of the series of
free lectures at Eastonville Saturday
night, Feb TO- Judge Cunningham Of
Colorado Springs will be the speaker
Robert Mcnamara came out from Den
yer Friday for visit with his parents
and sisters south OF town. "Dode' has
cnarge Of two express wagons in Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cantril return
ed home from Excelsior Springs, Mo,
Wednesday evening of last week. Mrs.
Cantril is considerably improved in
health.
c.. w. Reed and William Boston of
Elizabeth were in Denver last week at
the stock show and bought bunch of
range horses. Hon. N. l.. Gleason was
also in to the big, show.
c. f. Green. of the Table Rock neigh-
borhood, has leased j. f. Neely's 660
acre ranch, southwest of Elbcrt, for
year and has moved on to the place Mr.
and Mrs. Neely will move to Colorado
Springs.
Young Men-The Moler Barber Col
lege, Denver Colo, certainly offers "A
splendid chance to learn the barber trade,
Just now. Their scholarship can practic.
ally be earned before completing. 1t in
cludes tools, board and positions. Write
them.
Among the many people from Ebert
and vicinity who were at Denver last
week visiting and attending the Western
Live Stock Show, were w. o. Hathaway,
j. IL. Lundy, Purley Foote, e. w. Merri-
man, Mrs. Carl Schultz and daughter,
George Mcguire, Frank Long.
The Ebert Mercantile company have
Installed new gasoline light plant in
their store, consisting of four 800 candle
power lamps 1t is claimed that one
| gallon of gasoline will run the four lights
for "a hours The system appears to be
n good one and so fas works very salts
factorily.
| Valentine Social will be given by
the Junior Christian Endeavor Society
on Tuesday evening, February l3, at
| Odd Fellows hall. There will be a val
entine box and short musical and liter.
AIRY program. Ice cream and cake will
| be served for 10 cents A cordial wei
come is extended to all.
The Tribune was misinformed last
week when it stated that Fred Fahrion
| had been retained for another year as
| local manager of the Russell Gates Mer-
camille company. Messrs. L. G.. Dam
eron, book keeper, and &. NJ. Bodett,
head salesman. have been appointed local
managers by the company to succeed Mr..
Fahrion.
Gus Osterman, who has had charge
of Tom Cantrils ranch during Mr.. Can
tril's absence, had bad runaway Wed
nesday of last week while driving to
town. In the mixup one of the horses
broke leg and had to be killed The
accident was caused by clip coming off
the singletree, allowing the tongue of
the vehicle to drop 20 the ground.
William Chidester of southwest Lin
coin county was in Elbert Monday visit
ing the Cannon brothers. Mr.. Chides-
ter was formerly resident of jefferson
county, Iowa, coming to Colorado about
three years ago. He called at the rrib-
une Office and told us how much he ad-
mired the beautiful pine trees growing
around Elbert and said that there was
not tree growing within 30 miles of his
ranch. Mr.. Chidester is an old friend of
Rev. A. Jay Garrison, whom he visited
while in Denver last week.
George, the u year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Boston, met with a serious
accident at school last Friday, sustaining
badly broken left arm as result of
falling off "teeter" board. Both bones
were broken inst below the elbow. In
dications of blood poisoning having ap-
peared, the injured boy was taken 10
Denver on Monday for hospital treat
ment. He was accompanied 10y his faith
er and mother and DR.. Denney, the at
tending physician. George is one of the
brightest and most popular boys of the
Ebert schoofand his schoolmates hope
to see him with them again before the
close Of the school term entirely recov-
cred from his injury.