The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
ELBERT, COLO, MARCH Is, 1906.
Local and Personal

Household paints in all colors at the
City Drug Store.
A. g. Cornforth was in Denver Mon
day and Tuesday.
j. D. Holden is new employee at the
Elbert cheese factory since Monday.
Dotson & Co. have recently added a
fine new covered carriage to their livery
outfit
Sam Taggart, Fred Fahrion and Post
master Purden were in Elizabeth Mon
day on business.
Miss O'Hara of Denver is visiting with
her aunt, Mrs. f. j. Mcnamara, and
family, south of town.
Owing to the disagreeable weather
there we're no preaching services at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday.
Mrs. George Fahrion and Mrs. William
Brown drove up from Kiowa Saturday
to attend the meeting of the w. r. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Craft, recently of
Denver, are now residents of Ebert
having rented the Frick property near
the depot.
Miss Julia Kvale, sister of Mrs d. L.
a friend both of Cripple Creek, spent
last week at the Baldwin home, north
east of Ebert.
Come to the farmers institute next
Wednesday and hear many live topics
discussed, all of much interest to every
resident of Elbert county. Bring your
neighbors with you.
John Brazelton came out from Denver
last Thursday evening and in company
with his brother Alex. drove over to
their brother Jake's ranch, 20 miles east
of Elbert, on Friday.
b. NJ. Maroon has put down a good
plank walk in front of his real estate
office and Gray's bakery, an improve
ment that other property owners along
that street would do well to follow.
Jacob Epler is having his two store
buildings adjoining the l. o. o. f. hall
remodeled and is making a seven room
house out of them. f.. w. Schenk aud
Charlie Harding are doing the work.
John A. Gear, james Cole and Frank
Mcnamara were in Kiowa Tuesday, Mr..
Gear making final proof on his home
stead, six miles south of Elbert. Messrs.
Cole and Mcnamara we're his witnesses.
Mrs. Julian Cannon and daughter
Mary came up from Colorado Springs
Saturday and visited with Mrs. Gam
mons sons, George and Charlie, of The
Elbert Mercantile Co., until Sunday
evening.
Miss Millie Griffin left on Saturday
evening for Florence for an extended
visit with her grandparents. Her sister
Grace and brother George have been in
Florence for some time with their grand
parents.
Owing to the rapid growth of popula-
ton in the vicinity of Ramah, the school
district has decided upon the erection of
new school building to accommodate
100 pupils. The building will cost $1,000
when complete.
The finance committee of the farmers
institute needs more money to defray
the expense of the institute and anyone
interested can pay their 80 cents or one
dollar to A. G. Cornforth, chairman, or
leave at Tribune office.
Miss Florence Detwiler of Brecken.
ridge, who has been visiting with her
brother Dan and family, north of Ebert.
| for a month, left for home Tuesday
morning. She was accompanied by her
little niece, Minnie Detwiler.
The local lodge of Rebekahs is making
preparations for big time at their
dance Saturday night. The hall will be
decorated in green in honor of st
Patrick, who drove the snakes out of
Ireland. large crowd is expected to
be present.
Jacob Epler bought the Gaylor black
/ q gh nd a.. m.
day and took possession of the shop
Wednesday morning. 1t will be remem
bered that Mr.. Epler bought this same
property some time ago and the next
week sold it back to the former owner.
ID. h. Burnside has bought Mr.. Gaylors
line roadster stallion.
A. q. Cornforth has received four fine
black langshan cockerels, George Nc
himmie two rose comb minorca cocker
els, and j. e. Pope one black langshan
cockerel. Several other chicken fanciers
have received some fine birds and the
raising of pure bred poultry will be car
RED on in Elbert and vicinity on larger
scale than ever this summer.
There are number of youngsters in
Elbert and vicinity who are not attend
ing school regularly, and some not at all.
whenever parents keep their children
out OF school for no better reasons than
some that have been given to the writer.
lt is high time the proper authorities
take hand III the matter and compel
them' II necessary, to place their child
rem in school.
} Commissioners Mulligan and Olson
wore over at Fondis Saturday and gave
orders to cut out n dance that was, to
have been held that night. Scarlet fever
mas again broken out in the Fondis
: neighborhood, Mrs. Ed Bumpus and
family being quarantined, and the com
mlssloners are doing everything possible
to stop the spread of the disease and
thereby save the county considerable ex-
pense.