The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
MARCH IA, 1907
Local and Personal

estate Security.-D. VI. Ndfron, ElDert,
Colo
Mrs. Fred Long and Miss Cora Long
are visiting friends in the capital city
this week.
Elmer Watts came up from ManzanoIa
last week and spent several days here
visiting friends.
Carl Driever has returned home from
Denver and will assist his father on the
ranch east OF town this summer.
I. S. Cunningham has opened bar
Der shop, the second one in Elbert, in
the north room of the old Gates store.
Gottlieb Aldinger was up from Eliza
beth last Thursday evening attending a
meeting of the local lodge of Red Men.
Just received, large assortment of
paints for interior painting; also varnish,
varnish stains and floor dressing
Drug Store.
Mrs. Sam Taggart enjoyed visit from
her father and sister, B. F. Jones and
little daughter Ruth, from Denver, over
Sunday and Monday.
Charlie Danks is breaking 30 acres of
the Kunze land on the hill west of town
with his steam plow and has number
of other jobs under contract.
Jacob Hite and family have moved to
Elbert from Russellville, ILL.,, and have
rented and moved into the cottage on
the James Barnes place for the summer.
The Tribune has supply of garden
seeds sent us by Hon. H. M. Hogg for
free distribution among our large family
Of readers. Call and get an assorted
package.
Will Morgan returned to Denver Mon
day after spending two or three days
at the home of his parents north of town.
Will has been employed on the Moffat
road for some time.
Dairy Cows for Sale.-About 40 head
of choice dairy cows, also lot OF year
ling and two year old steers and heifers
and about 25 head of coming yearling
calves.-B. M. MARION.
Mrs. John Murray returned home on
Tuesday evening from delightful three
months visit with her daughters at San
ta Barbara, California. She returned
much benefited by her trip.
Supt. Kruse of this county and Supt.
Heath of Douglas county went to Colo
RADIO Springs Monday evening to attend
a meeting Of the county superintendents
of the Fifth Normal district.
Conrad Peterson has been a pretty
sick man for the past week, suffering
from an obstruction of the bowels. His
condition has improved somewhat dur
ing the past few days but he is still quite
ill.
Owen Lamb, six miles east of Elbert,
has lost couple Of good horses recently
by disease which attacks the head of
the animals. MIR. Lamb tried numerous
remedies but nothing seemed to give any
relief.
l.. q. Jewell made a trip down into
New Mexico last month to investigate
saw-mill proposition near Espanola He
found fine body of timber but too diff
cult to get at to be profitable to locate
mill there.
l.. G. Jewell has purchased new
steam plow and disking outfit and has
contract to plow and disk 100 acres of
new land on the big ranch of w. S.
Thompson, twelve miles east of Elbert in
the Biiou valley.
IL. Dotson of West Liberty, Iowa, who
has been here for several weeks visiting
his son Frank, left for Pueblo Monday
evening to visit his daughter. Little
Marguerite Dotson accompanied him for
two weeks visit.
MIR. and Mrs John W. Highly were in
Elbert Monday on their way home from
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. John BrazeIton
on their ranch near Ramah. MIR. Highly
is in the mercantile business at Monu-
ment, where he has resided for many
years.
Messrs. Lambert and Williams were
out from Denver Sunday looking after
their ranch west of town. Lewis Monett
mas charge OF the place and he has 215
acres now ready to seed. Most of this
VIII be sown to wheat, oats and barley,
reserving few acres for potatoes.
Lewis Brazelton was agreeably sur.
prised Saturday evening by number of
friends, the occasion being his twentieth
birthday. The evening was PLEASANTLY
spent playing games, peanut hunt af.