The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

f. A. Dotson accompanied his nephew
to Pueblo Friday for few days visit
and business.
The Gates Mercantile company is NOV.
ing its large platform scales directly in
front OF the entrance to its new store
building.
4 Master Chester Smith returned home
to Denver last Thursday after six
weeks visit with his uncle, John Brazel-
ton, northwest of Ramah.
Miss Stella Porter of Calhan, former
employe in the Tribune office, spent sew
eral days last week visiting her sister,
Mrs. George Elsner, of the Comanche To-
cality.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Cannon drove over
over night with the Allbaugh family.
Came over to bid their Iowa relatives
good bye.
Mrs. Ida Elsner and daughter, Miss
Minnie, returned Sunday evening from
an extended stay in Denver, where the
latter has been taking medical treatment
with good success.
The dance and lap supper at Loughs
ranch southwest of Ebert will be held
Friday night, Sept. 6. instead of Satur-
day, as reported last week. Our mis-
take, John, and your treat.
August Neuman, who was operated on
at St. Joseph's hospital in Denver last
week, is resting easy and getting along
as well as could be expected So writes
his son Albert to the Tribune.
Mr.. and Mrs Grant Weetman, Misses
Emma Weetman, Elizabeth and Mollie
O'Hara and Robert Mcnamara, all Of
Denver, were over Sunday visitors at the
Mcnamara home south of town.
A. M. and j. l.. Petit, of the East
Bijou country, bought Case horse
power threshing outfit of j. ID. Blakely
last week The outfit is almost new but
has not been used much for several
years.
Clarence Williams, who is employed in
the Rock Island shops at Roswell as a
stationary fireman, was up visiting Ell
bert friends several days last week. He
likes the shop work much better than
ranching.
County Commissioner Jacob Brazelton
is building large addition to his barn
on his ranch south of town. The com
pleted building will be 30x60 feet, with a
large NOV of % tons capacity. There
will be stall room for 16 horses.
]. A. Melburn will leave Saturday for
Pueblo and after taking in the state fair
next week, will go to Virginia and spend
six or eight weeks at the jamestown Ex-
position. The Tribune hopes Mr.. Mel
burn will have pleasant and profitable
trip.
The Tribune family is indebted to
William Hanna of Bijou Valley and Mrs.
James Cole OF Sidney for generous sup
ply of sweet corn, and as consequence
usual the last few days. Mr.. Hanna and
Mrs. Cole are both natives of Iowa, the
great corn state, and the editor being
from the Hawkeye state also, they know
full well his fondness for the toothsome
roasting ear.
Threshing has commenced in this 10.
cality and the steam whistle can be
heard morning, noon and evening in the
surrounding country. Emette Blakely' S
wheat. in the Prosperity Ridge neigh
borhood northwest of Elbert, is reported
to have threshed out 30 bushels per acre
of excellent grain. This is big yield
for any non-irrigated country and leads
us to believe that a record breaking crop
of this cereal will be produced on the
Divide this fall.
n. C. Wheeler returned home Sunday
evening from three months visit with
numerous friends in Norton county, Kan
sas, his home previous to moving to Col
orado II years ago. Mr.. Wheeler comes
home considerably improved in health
as result of the rest and change of eli
mate and reports gain of II pounds in
weight. He has no desire, however, to
return to Kansas to reside. The corn
crop in northwestern Kansas, he says,
will be considerably below the average
owing to the dry season and hot winds.
His son John accompanied him home
! from Danyar