The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-07
Local and Personal


estate security.-B. NJ. Maroon, Ebert,
Colo.
The regular meeting of w. r. c. No.
30 will be held in Elbert on Saturday,
March 8.
For Sale A few fresh mich COWS
G. f. Green, on the Joseph Oaks ranch,
three miles southeast of Elbert.
D. L. Epler went to Denver Saturday
and expected to go out into Kit Carson
county for brief stay before returning
home.
For Sale 49, Five bronze turkey hens
and one bronze gobbler of another strain,
all good stock.-J. w. BAXTER, Bijou
Basin.
Svensgard Bros & Moreland OF East
onville are at work with their steam
plow outfit in the eastern part of this
county, in the Mattison locality.
Wallace Whiting has opened second
hand store and general repair shop two
doors south of the Tribune office in the
room formerly occupied by Gates meat
market.
Always keep bottle OF /. w. HAIR
PER whiskey in sight. Good to look at
and good to taste; and what's more, a
benefit to your health. Sold by d. r.
Burnside.
The Butte school house, located half
way between Elbert and Elizabeth, near
the railway track, Is undergoing some
substantial improvements, n c luding
paint and plastering. a
Dairy Cows for Sae.--About 40 head
of choice dairy COWS, also lot Of year
ling and two year old steers and heifers
and about % head of coming yearling
calves.-B. M. NARRoN.
William Dittemore, who was called
here from Mayetta, Kansas, by the death
of his father, left here Saturday for
home. Will is engaged there in the lum-
Der and implement business and is well
pleased with his new location.
James Barnes arrived here last Thurs,
day and has taken possession Of the fine
home and property purchased several
months ago from f. w. Schenk. Mrs.
Barnes will arrive later, being detained
just now by the illness of her parents in
Kansas.
Mrs. A. G. Cornforth and daughter
Evelyn left last Friday via Denver for
Los Angeles and other California points
for two months visit. They stop at
Phoenix, Arizona, on their trip west to
visit a cousin of Mrs. Cornforth, and ex
pect to make the return trip by way of
Salt Lake City.
The Tribune has received bundle of
Spokane, Wash, papers sent by Master
Albert Green, who has our thanks for
the same. Mr.. Green writes to friends
here that himself and family are doing
nicely and enjoying good health, and
that they have concluded to remain in
Spokane for year at least.
p. Fl. Mulligan received brief letter
from his daughter, Mrs. Belle Moore.
stating that her husband had died at
Marshfield, Oregon, of lung trouble. and
was buried there under the auspices of
the Red Men. Mrs. Moore wrote that
she expected to soon leave Marshfield
for Los Angeles, where her brother, Fred
Mulligan, resides.
Milton Frazier has moved across tho
creek into the Oaks property and VS..
Porter has moved in the house thus va
Gated. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Taggart have
moved into Mr. Parkhurst's new bouse
and the cottage they have been occupy.
ing on James Barnes place will be occu-
pied by MIR. Reed and family, who arriv-
ed here Sunday from Allen. Nebraslxa
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Grin have moved from
the large Barnes residence and have
stored their goods until they can secure
a house.
Ranch butter is a scarce article in FL
bert just now, but creamery butter NAV
be had at 35 cents per pound. Although
butter is scarce and high in price, fresh
laid ranch eggs can be had for Is cents
dozen, potatoes s1O0 per hundred
pounds fancy patent -four s19o per hun
dred' And granulated sugar IS pounds
for s1.oo. The best cuts of beef can also
be purchased at 1913 cents per pound,
all OF which indicates very plainly that
living expenses in Ebert are not at all