The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
LOCAL AND
Happenings of Local Interest
During the Week.

DtnVer tnlS WEEK..
f. A. Dotson and family have moved
into Mrs. Aux's property in the south
end.
Miss Clotelle Burkhart went to Den
yer Tuesday to spend week with
friends.
Rev. and Mrs. j. P. Hutchson and
family moved to Colorado Springs Mon
day to enable their son Homer to attend
high school.
Samuel Kirk OF California, a nephew
OF @. f. Green residing southeast Of
town, arrived here yesterday for two
months visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Peterson and two
children came up from Colorado Springs
Sunday for two weeks visit with nu-
merous relatives and friends in this vi
cinity.
Mrs. Rachel Knight returned from a
visit in Denver last week. She was ac-
companied home by her daughter, Mrs.
David Laird, who will remain several
months.
This is the finest weather for harvest
ing we ever saw, and there never has
been a time in the history of this coun-
try when the farmer was buster than he
is today.
W. S. Hale of Almena, Kansas, an old
friend and former neighbor of the Rood
family, came in Saturday for an extend
ed stay in this locality, with which he is
already well pleased.
Mr.. Walter II. Davis and Miss Mariet-
ia Clibon, the latter former resident of
Prosperity Ridge neighborhood were
granted marriage license Wednesday,
Sept. 28, at Denver.
j. A. KERN and b. F. Cook will leave
for the Williams Fork district in Middle
Park this week to do assessment work
on a number of mining claims. They
will go via Georgetown.
Among the Elbert people who spent
Carveth, Nellie Jewell, Rose Prock,
Messrs. Atkinson, John Allbaugh, Will
Stoddard, G. NJ Bodett.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Joy, who have been
here visiting the formers cousin, Mrs. j.
c. Mowrey, for several weeks, left for
Colorado Springs Monday and from that
city will return to their home at Waver-
ly, Ills.
G. E. Morton of Denver has taken a
position as salesman in the local store of
the Gates Mercantile company. His
wife and two little children arrived
Tuesday and they will reside in Mrs.
Mowrey's cottage in the south end
Miss Amy Epler went to Lafayette
Sunday where, on Tuesday, she entered
upon her duties as teacher in the pub.
lie schools of that thriving town, this
being her third term in the Lafayette
schools. Prof. G. H. Shay is principal of
the schools there this term.
The following new subscribers have
recently been added to our steadily
growing subscription list A. AuIes-
brook, w. E. Davies, W. NJ Gile, ]. B.
Monett, Thomas Wray, Elbert; M. Hud-
die, Eastonville; j. L. Petit, Ramah
Mary e. Wray, Shady Plain, Penn.
DIR. Denney and A. G. Cornforth, two
enthusiastic nimrods, drove over into
Douglas county Monday and cast their
flies in historic Cherry creek, remaining
over night. They brought back some.
thing less than dozen speckled beau
ties, and nary tale of the biggest one
Of the bunch getting away.
Gus Mulligan came in Saturday from
Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico, where he has
been engaged in constructive work in
the mining district for several years and
is pretty well pleased with that country
from business standpoint Gus is lust
recovering from severe attack of ty-
phoid fever and came home to rest up a
bit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Cannon, who
have been the guests of their daughter,
Mrs. W. A. Allbaugh, for several months,
left on Sunday for their home at Leon.
Iowa. Their grandson, Roland All
baugh, accompanied them to Leon where
he will enter the high school and finish
the course the coming term. Mrs. All
baugh and son and Mrs. Gardner and
son accompanied the party to Denver.