The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-13
Local and Personal


The Sunday school convention has
been indefinitely postponed on account
of the state workers not being able to be
present.
F'lour-Try our Golden Rod, high pat
ent, and White Rose -four; every sack
guaranteed. None better-The Divide
Supply Co.
Lewis Brazelton and George Lundy
went to Fort Collins Monday to attend
the Farmers Short Course at the State
Agricultural college.
Notice.-All persons knowing them
selves indebted to me on account are re-
quested to pay the same to d. h. Burn
side.-W. N. Clark.
Send the Tribune back east to some
of your friends as a Christmas present.
Nothing of an equal value would be
more highly appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Epler entertained
a number of relatives and friends at din
ner Sunday at their pleasant home four
miles southwest of Elbert.
There will be box social and enter
tainment at the "Will Dittemore" school
house, northwest of Elbert, on Friday
evening, Dec. 81. All are cordially in
vited.
Bridge men are repairing and building
new bridges all along this line of the
Colorado & Southern. The old bridges
are unsafe and some Of them look to be
dangerous.
Mrs Alex Brazelton and mother re-
turned Friday from Monument where
they had been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
viii Watts and family since before
Thanksgiving.
F.. M. Mackie and sons and Rufus
Loper are putting up l.. w. Parkhursts
new residence this week and are rushing
the work on the building. The struct,ese
is 14x26 feet, story and half.
c. P. Heintz OF Concordia, Kansas, ar
rived here Tuesday evening and went
over east into the Fondis neighborhood
to visit his father-in-law, Vinton Taylor,
and other relatives for week or ten
days.
Miss Bessie Grow OF Prosperity Ridge
entertained party OF friends Wednes-
day evening of last week in honor of her
friend, Miss Foster. Those present re-
port that they were delightfully."- enter
tanned.
j. r. Dininny of Bijou Basin was
caller at this office Tuesday and ordered
bills printed for the M. w. OF A. dance to
be held at Peyton New Years eve. Mr..
Dininny also had his name enrolled as a
regular subscriber of the Tribune.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Salt, from east of
town, left yesterday morning via Denver
for Cincinnati, their former home, to Wis
it relatives. This will be their first trip
back to Ohio in IS years. They expect
to be away six weeks or two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Epler and Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Epler and daughter Ruby
expect to leave on next Monday for Pasa.
dena, California, where Mr.. and Mrs.
o. r. Long reside. They will probably
remain in the Golden state three or four
months.
Christmas Gifts.-We have nice line
of goods suitable for Christmas gifts.
Handkerchief suspender and necktie
boxes, fancy handkerchiefs, ties, etc, to
put in them. Also nice line of jewelry,
always acceptable and useful.-The Di-
vide Supply Co.
w. N. Clark met with serious mis-
hap while in Denver last week, stepping
into an open elevator shaft and falling
10 feet to the basement floor. Fortu-
nately he lit on his feet, but he was bad
ly bruised and shaken up from head to
foot and is still very sore from the effects
of the fall.
A very successful bazaar and supper
was held in Odd Fellows hall last Thurs
day by the Ladies' Aid society, the
ladies disposing of everything they had
for sale at the bazaar. The supper,
which was a most excellent one, was also
well patronized, the total receipts of the
day amounting to about $40. The ladies
are to be congratulated on the success
of their undertaking
A resident of the Bijou Basin locality
informs the Tribune that there is a
strong possibility of the Basin postoffice
being discontinued. Mrs. B. A. Banta,
for number of years postmistress at
that point, who is now visiting in Cali
fornia, has sent in her resignation, to
take effect Dec. 15, and so far no one
has been found who will accept the office.
Should the Office be abolished the great
er part of the residents OF that locality
will get their mail at Peyton, SIX miles
southwest of the Basin postofiice.
Maroon & Ramsey report the following
sales of real estate made through their
agency this week: The w. II. Bass 800
acre ranch five miles northwest of Elbert
to Lewis Rigg, an Illinois ran. Also,
the j. @. Brace place two miles west OF
Elbert, consisting of 290 acres of the best
farm land on the Divide, to William
Renken of Hebron, Neb. The Brace
land sold for $40 per acre. J. J. Ramsey
bought of w. F. Auld 200 acres in Bijou
Basin (El Paso county joining Mr.. Ram
sey's large ranch located lust across the