The Elbert County tribune., 1906-11-01
Local and Personal

John A. Dunn, residing northwest OF
town in the Prosperity Ridge neighbor-
hood, is new Tribune subscriber.
Mrs. B. Grebe left on Sunday via Den
yer for FL Paso Texas, to spend the win
ter with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harry
Grebe.
Mrs. e. Blanchard returned to her
home near Cameron switch Monday
after four months pleasant visit with
relatives in Canada.
Fred Dittemore and son Leonard left
Tuesday morning for South st. Joseph,
Mo-, for two months visit with relatives.
Mrs. Curt Dittemore accompanied them
to Denver.
Miss Ethel Hawkey OF Paonia spent a
week here visiting her cousins, Mrs.
Fred Fahrion and Mrs. G. M. McKimmie,
leaving last Thursday to visit relatives
near Parker.
Charlie Matthews came in from Wyo-
ming early last week and was snowbound
and had to remain IN town until We'd
nesday before he could get out to his
ranch south of town.
w. l.. Foster OF near Elizabeth, demo
cratic can didate for county commissioner
from the first district, was In Elbert
Tuesday interviewing the voters and
passing the cigars around.
l.. w. Parkhurst has rented Taylor
Green's residence in the south part OF
town and took possession the first OF the
week. Mrs. Parkhurst, who is unable
to get around much yet, is steadily i'm
proving in health.
= Mrs. Eliza Denney returned home Sat
urday from six months visit at her
former home, Carrollton, Ohio. She
was accompanied home by her sister,
Mrs. Mary George, OF Carrollton, who
will spend the winter here.
The following Elbert people went to
Denver Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Taggart, Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Blakely, Mr.
and Mrs. w. N. Clark and two children,
A. G. Cornforth and daughter Evelyn,
Joseph Wheeler, j. E. Pope. 1t
Owing to the bad condition OF the
roads since the snow storm, Chairman
Samuel Taggart has written requesting
the state central committee to cancel the
political meetings which we're to have
been held this week at Elbert, Fondis,
Kiowa and Elizabeth
bert relatives for a week, left on Sunday
for his home at Ogden, Utah, where he
is engaged in the meat market business,
being interested in two shops in the
Utah city. Mr.. James will read the
Tribune for the next year.
A. q. Putnam made big shipment OF
cattle to Denver Monday evening, a spe-
cial train being made up here. The
h, II II
feeders and cows. A. G. Cornforth and
james Barnes shipped carload Of cat
tie each into Denver Sunday.
Mrs. ID. T. Cort of Elizabeth, demo
cratic candidate for county superinten-
dent OF schools, requests the Tribune to
state that she has been prevented by
the recent storm and bad roads from
seeing many of the voters of the county,
but will endeavor to see as many of
them as possible before November G.
John Murray and family, five miles
west of town, have been enjoying a visit
from Mr.. Murray's brother Will, OF Yam
hill county, Oregon, for couple of weeks
MIR. Murray departed Tuesday for home
famhill county is south of Portland in
the famous Willamette valley. Mr.. Muir.
ray lives in the foothills OF the Coast
range, nine miles from McMinville, the
county seat He thinks Oregon the only
country.
MIR. and Mrs. Taylor Green and son
Albert left last Sunday for Spokane
WASH, to spend the winter. They ex
pect to visit the families OF j. B. King
and f. n. La Veil, formerly Of Elbert, for
some time, ard if the climate agrees with
MIR. Green they may locate there per
manently. Their many Elbert friends
wish them pleasant journey and hope
that Mr.. Green's health will be improved
by the change.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Dittemore will move
next week from their ranch southwest
of town to Colorado City, where they
have purchased nice four room cottage
and three lots containing almost an acre
of ground. These good people have
done their share OF the hard work on a
ranch and will enjoy a well earned rest
in the city. Mr.. Dittemore has rented
his large ranch and home for year and
sold his stock to his two sons, Fred and
Walter.
Mr., and Mrs. J. &. Mowrey returned
to Ebert Friday from a trip to the
Northwestern states of Washington and
Oregon. They visited relatives near
Tacoma, and enroute home they stopped
at Spokane, where they visited the fam,
lies Of OFT Wilson, j. B. King and F. N
La Veil, former well known residents OF
Elbert, whom they found enjoying good
health and prosperous. The Wilson and
King families, through Mr.. and Mrs
Mowrey, sent their kindest regards to all
their friends nt Elbert. Mr.. Mowrey
brought home with him several samples
of magnificent apples grown in the
"Palouse' country of Eastern Washing
ton. They were bea,tties.