The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

Roy Clibon went to Colorado Springs
Monday where he hopes to get position
in the railway shops.
Hill brothers, residing on ranch in
the Case neighborhood, bought fine
Jack OF Mr.. Wilson in Elbert last week
Shethard Kelley Of the Sidney neigh
borhood has bought the lease and im
proyements on the school section lying q
mile east OF town OF Jacob Epler.
). @. Reynolds shipped two cars oi
feeder steers to Oxford, Neb., Friday
and Barnes g. Kelley shipped car oi
fat cows to Denver the same morning.
A. G. Cornforth had the most valuable
horse on his ranch seriously injured IN
an unknown manner the other day and
sent word to DR.. Lamb at Denver, state
veterinarian, to come out and examine
the horse.
The entertainment by Mrs. Drums s
colored orchestra on Friday evening last
was very good, the singing OF MIR. and
Mrs. Gatewood being especially worthy
Of favorable mention. The entertain
ment merited a much larger audience
than was present.
Lewis Jewell lost one OF his best driv-
ing horses while in Colorado Springs
last week after making trip overland
to that city with several members OF his
family and his sister and her two daugh-
ters from Kentucky, Mr.. Jewell bought
horse to drive home.
The following Elbert county teachers
attended the fifth district normal insti-
tute at Colorado Springs last week:
Wtnhf tlltan Snarkman
Mildred Griffin, Maymie Molloy, Vivian
Shane, Daisy Gair, Minnie Mitchell,
Pearl Farmer, Minnie Reed.
The Rebekah social and card party
given on Wednesday evening Of last
week was a success socially and tinan-
cally, large number attending and all
enjoying themselves. Prizes for the sue
cessful players we're awarded to Mrs. ID.
d. Detwiler, Nellie Jewell and j. E.
Pope.
A new way of getting rid Of the pesky
fly is to get five cents worth Of sassafras
bark, boil small portion in water and
place in shallow dishes or saucers in
your room and the flies will leave imme
diately, provided you open the screen
doors and allow them to escape. The
pungent odor of the fumes is too much
for Mr.. fiy.-Exchange.
Report of sales made in the Rainbelt
through X. l.. CLOVIS land Office in Den
yer during the last few days: The Chill
ders 160 acre tract seven miles from Fon-
dis, to r. l.. Stone of Fondis; an 80-acre
tract two miles east of Hill Top, from r.
l.. Glow to Dan Mayer OF Hill Top; the
old Potter l60-acre tract three -fourths Of
a mile east of Hill Top, to Mr.. Gibson of
Berthoud; the Paul Fenner 40 acres
north OF Elbcrt, to Ira Hanes of Arvada;
the w, A. Chamberlain 160 acres near
Kiowa, to Charles Landberg Of Kansas.
There was an exciting horse race Sun
day afternoon on the straightaway race
course near Alfred Peterson's ranch, six
miles south of Ebert The race was a
quarter mile dash between Peterson's
bay mare, Dollie V, and Basham Bros.
big sorrel horse, Cloud, OF Colorado
Springs. Dollie was ridden by Gilmore
Jewell and easily ran away from the big
horse, winning without being pushed in
the fast time of 241s seconds. The race
was for 500 a side, and it is said that
the hackers of the Springs horse lost all
Of $500 on their favorite, Petersons and
the Elbert crowd getting most OF it. "A
crowd OF several hundred witnessed the
race, Elbert being almost deserted in the
afternoon.