The Glenwood post., 1906-04-28

Thursday. If the Rifle creamery re-
ceives the liberal support the Collbran
factory has had, it will be winner.
Plateau Voice.
Anthony Sneave unloaded twelve
cars of cattle here last Tuesday and
turned them on the range south of
Eagle. They were brought up from
Grand Valley where they had been
wintered. Eagle Enterprise.
The election held Saturday in the
Montezuma Valley Irrigation district
gave large majority in favor of issu
ing $795, 900 worth of bonds for the
purpose of buying the old irrigation
system and enlarging it to capacity
sufficient to CARRY water for the en-
tire valley. Star.
W. H. Jack, cartoonist who first
attracted attention by his work on the
Glenwood Post. is now with the Pueblo
Star Journal, and is making good
every day. His cartoons in the Post
were widely copied in the east. The
Star Journal was fortunate to secure
the services of such a valuable man.
Lamar Sparks.
| Ranches in our county continue to
sell at very good price, but the list
of ranches on the market for sale
grows smaller and it is more difficult
now than formerly to find suitable
ranch property that can be bought
cheap. Our land has not yet reached
the top price Is the opinion of we'll
posted men. = Eagle Enterprise.
Jas Nicholson one of the pioneers
of Plateau valley, having come here
over twenty years ago, left for the
Kalamath valley, Oregon, on Monday.
Mr.. Nicholson is we'll and favorably
known to almost everyone in the val
ley. We can only say that we wish
him every manner of good luck and
prosperity in his new home. .-Pali-
sade Tribune.
A few days ago a contractor on the
Moffat road was in Red Cliff en-
gaging men to clear the right of way
through the timbered districts. The
sawmills having shut down temporari
ly number of timbermen were idle
This morning Joe Metterhoffer. Dan
McIvre, E. F. Creighton and several
others left for Mccoy to engage in the
work. Eagle County Blade.
The peach trees throughout the
county present beautiful appearance
at present, being covered with bios
SONS which completely hide the limbs
There was no zero weather during the
past winter. and as result the peach
trees suffered no injury. Unless Sc
we're hailstorms or late freezes occur
the peach crop in Prowers county
will surpass any ever harvested -
Lamar Sparks.
South Rife is the busiest spot on
earth these days. and Road Overseer
Hammar promises TO get busy over
there in short time. The mud holes,
supposed to be an irrigating ditch,
and to carry off the waste water of Two
big ranches. should be put in shape
How about it, Mr.. Larsen2 And the
same question can be put to Mr.. Ham
mar as the representative of the county
commissioners. Rifle Reveille.
Arrangements have been made for
new cream route to Mesa and interven-
ing points, and the wagon will be
started just as soon as the cans ar
rive, which should not be later than
next Monday. Willis Hodgson has
charge of the route at present, and
will furnish man to run it. This
will be good thing for people living
down the creek, as it puts all in touch
with the creamery. 1t will also ma
terially increase the output of the fac
tory Plateau Voice.
The Pilisade Tribune has recently
built new Office, installed good
cylinder press, gasoline engine, an
extra printer and all sorts of new ma
chinery. 1t is now one of the leading
papers in Mesa county, ard is improv-
ing every week. And yet, it has been
but a couple of wears since the Pail
sade Courier had to shut up shop and
seek greener fields for want of suffi-
cient patronage to furnish a grubstake.
Verify, there are things doing at Pail
sade. Plateau Voice.
Rifle, for the first time in its his
tory, now boasts of fine, big church
bell, which was placed in position in