The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
THURSDAY
Local and Personal

A.G. Cornforth shipped car load OF
baled hay to Colorado Springs parties
last week.
B. NJ. Maroon shipped a car load Of
cattle to Denver Sunday and Rosenbaum
Il College shipped load in Monday.
Remember the entertainment given by
home talent in Red Men hall Saturday
evening, May II. An evening OF pleas
ure and profit. Prices Of admission, %
cents. Take the entire family.
Potatoes are away up in price and are
scarce in this market, retailing at Sl50
per hundred. The Denver papers quote
them at 300, retail. There are very
few potatoes in the Elbert country for
sale at any price.
Miss Caryeth OF Louisville, an exper-
fenced and obliging saleslady, has taken
position in the local store Of the Gates
Mercantile company, succeeding Mrs. j.
III. Lundy Jr, who has given up her po-
siton in the store.
Rev. Mr.. Farmer, a student from Colo
RADIO Springs, and former teacher OF
the Ramah school, held services Sunday
in the Christian church southwest OF
town. He expects to hold services there
regularly during the summer.
L. G. Jewell was compelled to shoot
one of his big sorrel horses last Thurs
day. The animal was kicked by another
horse and its leg broken. Losing most
any kind OF good work horse nowadays
is about the same as losing hundred
dollars.
The following eighth grade pupils OF
the Elbert school passed the examina-
tions successfully and were granted di-
plomas by the county superintendent OF
schools: Crystal Blakely, George Bos-
ton, John Blakely, Opal Epler, Flora
Hoover.
Mrs. A. G. Corn7orth and daughter
Evelyn returned home last Friday morn.
ing from delightful two months trip in
the southwest, during which they visited
friends in Phoenix, Arizona, various
places in Southern California and Salt
Lake City.
Mrs. Elmer Royston, residing eight
miles west Of Elbert, was taken to Den
yer Saturday by her husband and placed
in hospital for treatment. She has
been i'll for six weeks with stomach trou-
ble and is in serious condition. Mr.
Royston's sister, who came here recently
from Missouri, is keeping house for him
and caring for his four children during
their mothers illness. -
During the last week this locality has
had six or eight inches more snow and a
soaking rain. Not since the spring OF
1900 has the divide country had SO much
moisture in three weeks time. Ranch
men report that the early planted grain
has not been damaged yet to any extent
by the excessive moisture, and potato
growers contend that the wet condition
of the soil will destroy the destructive
potato worms which played havoc with
the potatoes last season.
The musicale given last Wednesday
evening under the direction Of the Re-
bekahs was great success in every re-
spect and those having the affair in
charge are to be congratulated. Every
number on the lengthy program was
good one and received hearty applause.
Many we're agreeably surprised at the
splendid talent possessed by the Elbert
young people and some of the older ones.
Practically every seat in the house was
filled and the receipts amounted to al
most thirty dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Cannon and
baby have moved to their new home on
the ranch three miles north OF Calhan,
where Mr.. Cannon, with his brothers,
will engage extensively in stock raising.
The Gammons have recently purchased
some 1900 acres more land in Ell Paso
county between Ramah and Caihan and
now have something like 5000 acres OF
decided land and four school sections.
their holdings extending along Big Sandy
creek a distance of ten miles. Mr.. and
Mrs Cannon are good citizens in any
community and will be missed in busi
ness and social circles here in Elbert
According to the Range Ledger, dur
ing the month of April there were 451
homestead entries, II desert land filings
and 43 cash entries made at the U. S.
land Office at Hugo, making a total of 51l
entries and involving total of 74,12O
acres OF land. The total cash receipts
were sl0,527.S2. The total number of en-
tries for the first four months of 1907, is
1871 homestead entries, or an average Of
about 46S a month. Since June 30, 1906,
the total cash receipts have been over
S9O,OOO, or an average of about $4,000
for each OF the nine months. The Range
Ledger believes this record is equa!ed by
no other land Office in Colorado and by
few in the United States.