The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-18
THURSDAY. OCT. 1s. 1906
Local and Personal

DllzaDetn over sunday.
G. M. Bodett of the Gates Mercantile
company was on the sick list several days
this week.
Prof. Treadway and Ralph Chandler
we're in Colorado Springs over Friday
and Saturday.
Mrs. r. fl. Denney and son Robert
were passengers to Denver Friday,
where they visited relatives.
Mrs. George Gardner and son, Misses
Clara Gardner and Jennie Hickman
spent Tuesday in Elizabeth.
Mrs. j. A. Lesenea, who has been visit
ing Mrs. George Corkett east of town,
returned to Denver Sunday.
H. c. Matthews, having sold his ranch
southeast of Elbert, will hold a public
sale on Wednesday, Oct. 81.
John Hoover is building large two
story barn on his ranch west of town.
Joe Helgeth, Jr., is the boss carpenter.
sl50 cash pays for the Tribune for
the remainder of 1906 and to January l,
190S-141s months for s1.50 Old or
new subscribers.
Joseph Oaks will give candidate
ball in Red Men hall tomorrow night,
when number of the county candidates
are expected to attend.
Will Dittemore. eight miles west OF
Elbert, has rented his big ranch to O. S.
Stewart and Ed Dunn and will leave
with his family early in November for
Mayetta, Kansas. He will have public
sale on Nov. 8.
j. j. Ramsey has traded some town
property at Sugar City for the Hardy
686- acre ranch in Biiou Basin, now occu
pied by S. W. Dowling. This land is
just over the line in El Paso county and
is good property.
Ralph Chandler, young man. from
| Pittsburg, has been an Elbert visitor for
several weeks, and expects to leave this
week for the Ben Mourning ranch 10
miles north of kiowa, where he expects
to spend the winter.
"Jim" Hobbs, well known in Ebert as
one of the "old- timers" of the Divide
country, was nominated for county COM
missioner last week by Ell Paso Demo
Gratis to represent the district comprising
the east end of the county.
The county commissioners adjourned
their October meeting Saturday after
being in session two weeks. The last
three days of the session were spent in
different localities examining the claims
of a number of road petitioners.
The farmer who markets his grain in
Elbert this fall gets the very top of the
market. If he don't it is his own fault.
Competition among the local grain buy
ers is very keen and the farmer who
raises the grain is the one who reaps the
benefit.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Mulligan, Mrs. j.
III. Purden, Mrs. John F. Epler and Mrs
| b. Gaylor, of the Elbert lodge, j. j.
Kruse of Elizabeth lodge and Fred
Bachman of Kiowa lodge went to Flor
ence Sunday evening to attend the
grand lodge of the l. o. o. f. of Colo
RADIO.
Rev. j. f. Walker of the Table Rock
neighborhood was in town Monday and
informed the Tribune that he had been
assigned by the recent conference at
Denver to Nyburg. in Pueblo county,
were he will take charge of the Free
Methodist church. He expects to leave
the Divide in about month.
Justice L. w. Parkhurst of Kiowa re,
turned from Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday
accompanied by Mrs. Parkhurst, who
|
ital for several months. Mrs Parkhurst
is improving slowly in health, but it is
hoped that now she is back in sunny
Colorado she will mend rapidly.
County Supt. j. j. Kruse went to
Colorado Springs Sunday where he will
endeavor to have the county high school
case brought to Elbert county for trial
| 1t will be remembered that the attorneys
in this case recently brought suit against
DIR. hruse, as member of the high
school board, for $1,000 for legal services
alleged to have been rendered.
Jacob Hefiiey, of the Fairview neigh
/ borhood, northeast of Elbert, was IN
town Monday and brought in the follow
ing crop report to the Tribune: Andrew
Skow threshed 1910 bushels of wheat
and rye from 90 acres. Mr.. Heffiey
threshed 1420 bushels from ITO acres.
and b. II. Gleason and John Rinnert
threshed 1910 bushels, averaging 30
bushels per acres. Fred Weiss outfit
threshed for all the above mentioned
ranchmen.
The members of the "Stitchery" club,
an organization of young married ladies',
and their husbands perpetrated happy
surprise on Mr.. and Mrs Ed Grin Monday
evening, Oct. 10, the occasion being
their first marriage anniversary. Mr..
and Mrs. Grin were in bed when the
party arrived, but were routed out in
short order and delightful evening was
spent by all. The club brought along
with them light refreshments which
were served, and at late hour all de-
parted for home after wishing Mr.. and
Mrs. Grin many happy anniversaries of