The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-28
THURSDAY. ........... FEB. %. 1907
Local and Personal

Jack Mellor came up from Elizabeth
Saturday evening and remained in town
over Sunday.
There will be Catholic services at Kio-
wa on March 3 at 10 a. IN. and at Eliza
beth at IL 30 o'clock.
John Mitchell came up Sunday from
Lafayette, where he has good position
with mercantile company, and remain.
ed until Tuesday morning.
L. W. Parkhurst has built second
house on his lots in Scott's addition-a
two.room cottage, 14x20, in which he and
Mrs. Parkhurst will reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Long spent Sunday
at Kiowa with Fred's parents. Frank
Long has been having serious time
with an attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Lucy Whiting and Mrs. Elmer
Dickerson spent Thursday and Friday
in Elizabeth visiting Mrs. Mary b. Mat
thews and Mrs. Ella B. Moulton.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Taggart were Den
yer visitors over Sunday. They will
move this week into the new residence
recently erected by l.. w. Parkhurst.
Carl Mathews came up from Colorado
Springs Saturday, where he is attending
business college, and spent several days
at his home in the Sidney neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Dameron left on
last Thursday evening for their new
home at Amarillo, Texas. They take
with them the best wishes of many Ell
bert friends.
Elliott's saw-mill, located mile south
of town on Jacob Brazeltons ranch, is
shut down temporarily but will probably
resume operations next week. Cal Ell
lott has again taken charge of the mill.
The Elbert schools enjoyed vacation
last Thursday and Friday account ~
Washington's birthday on the 22d, and
Lincolns birthday on the 18th, which
was not observed by the schools at that
time.
A. G. Putnam returned home last week
from the San Luis valley, where he has
been buying cattle since early in the
winter. "Put" thinks the San Luis val.
ley great country for the raising OF cat
tie and hogs.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. T. Reno came out
from Littleton Saturday and are visiting
this week with MIR. Reno's daughter,
Mrs. Elmer Royston, and family, west of
Elbert. Mr.. Reno is still seriously Grip
pied with rheumatism.
D.B. Campbell, who has been farming
the Stark place southwest of Elbert near
Cherry creek, has leased the Fraker
ranch consisting of $50 acres in Ell Paso
county near the Table Rock church.
Homer Roberts has leased the Stark
ranch.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Chairman, who
have been visiting at the Alex. Brazelton
home near town for several days, return
ed to Florence Tuesday evening. They
came to see Mr. Charman's mother, who
is slowly recovering from recent stroke
of paralysis.
The Stoker brothers, who have had a
lease on the Upton ranch for the last
three years, have purchased the Fcx
ranch, consisting of $40 acres in north
Ell Paso county, about IL miles south
west of Elbert. They will take possess
ion this week.
The following realty sales are reported
by Maroon g. Ramsey: The Smalley $780,
ranch northwest of Elbert to w. S. Por
ter, who afterwards sold the place to
Simon Skovgaard of Greenleaf, Kansas.
Also the 4s0-ac ranch in Bijou Basin,
known as the Bowling place, to w. S.
Porter
Wesley Galley will hold public sale
Friday, March l, on the Kirk Stoddard
ranch in north Ell Paso county, Is miles
southwest OF Elbert and II miles north
west of Eastonville. On Saturday.
March 2, Mrs Lillian Foote will hold a
public sale on her ranch one mile east of
Eastonville
The crocuses are blooming, the grass
is showing green, farmers are working In
the fields, plowing, and some are sowing
wheat, and there are many indications
of any early spring. The first rainfall
since early in October fell Saturday even
ing and was followed by light snowfall
which barely covered the ground.
Reports state that the Gates company
will build $4,000 Touring mill and
grain elevator at Calhan. There is n
party right now figuring on putting in n
2o-barrel mill at Elbert, but as it Is NOT
certain that the plant will be built the
Tribune has been requested not to give
the matter prominence. As soon as we
are assured that the party means bust
ness we viii inform our readers fully re-
garding the proposed mill.
Albert Neuman, chief of records of Sa.
tanta Tribe No. 81, Red Men, received n
telegram Wednesday morning from
Marshfield. Oregon, informing him of the
death on Tuesday OF II. A. Moore. n
member of the local tribe of Red Men
MIR. Moore was former resident of the
county aud was for several years man
niger of the Fondis cheese factory. He
was on-in-law Of Ex- County Commis.
sioner Muliigan. We have no particu-
lurs.