The Glenwood post., 1912-04-13
Correspondence
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RIFLE


days this week on business.
James McLearn, Sr., is in Glen
wood this week visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Horan.
1t is reported that Miss Jeequelin
Wiseman, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Wiseman of South Rifle, WIS
quietly married to Il Mr.. Carr last
week and has gone with her husband
to Wyoming to make her future home.
j. Iii. Brown, local representative OF
the Grand Junction sugar factory, has
purchased a Flanders 90 runabout. The
machine is beauty.
Rifle will be the center of the auto
mobile business for Garfield county
this summer. Bucks, Fords, Reos,
Flanders, Mentz and several other
makes are represented on the streets
Two fully equipped garages will soon
be in operation. The long familiar
sight of the Rife and Meeker stages
will soon be thing of the past and ia
their place win be motor cars.
Mrs. al Buck, during an intermission
at the dance last Friday night, slipped
and fell on the floor. The shock of the
fall rendered her insensible for a time
and her chin was badly cut.
Page Munro, superintendent of the
local electric light plant, is seriously
ill at the hospital in Salida. The last
report was that he was holding his
own.
An extensive system of iron piling
has been put in along the river bank
near Rifle Aorth of the headgate of the
big Havemeyer irrigation canal. l.
consists of fiat pieces of iron IL inches
wide and 80 feet long with their edges
so arranged that similar piece can
be dovetailed into them, forming one
solid facing of iron. Above normal
water mark this facing is of heavy
planking. The same system was used
in making the cofferdam around the
sunken battleship Maine in Havana
harbor when that historic ship was
raised recently.
Mr.. Perry Spurloek received his new
Case care Wednesday for use in the
Rifle Meeker transit business. 1t is
five-passenger car of high power.
j. G. Marelick is visiting his brother
in-law, G. o. Beale. Mr.. Marelick is
the general sales agent of the J. !.
Case Threshing Machine company.
Chas. Wilson of Divide creek viii
soon move to the Prefountaine mesa to
take charge of his brothers. ranch.
High School Inspector Williams cf
the Boulder university visited the Rife
schools yesterday.
Mrs. Alice Clark spent Sunday in
Grand Junction.
Mrs. Alice Clark was in Glenwood
Monday attending the funeral of Mrs.
N. Il. Graham.
Mrs. Weynick, wife of Cashier Wey-
nick of the d. & r. G. Ry. Co. in Rife,
is ill with appendicitis and their daugh
ter, Therma, is i'll with pneumonia
Mrs. Tom Hickman and daughter,
Leta, leave Monday for Oregon hoping
the change will benefit Mrs. Hickman S
health.
C. l.. Todd has returned from Victor
where he visited his brother who IS
very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. McFarline, Mr.. ana
Mrs. J. l. .Cochrane and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. +. Stauffer attended the Sunday
school convention in Clifton Wednes
day.
Gertrude Todd is i'll with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Chas. Austin, who has been
very ill, is improving.
Mrs. Herwick and younger children
leave Monday for Oregon. Mr.. Her
wick and son, Clarence, will follow
soon. They have sold their ranch
south of Rifle and will make Oregon
their future home.
Mrs. Fred Munro and Mrs Braswel
delightfully."- entertained a number Of
ladies at the formers home last week.
The afternoon was spent in embroidery
work. A dainty luncheon was served,
the tables being decorated with carna
tions. Each guest was presented with
carnation as souvenir.
Four Buick ears arrived in town
Thursday. They belong to Hamp
Haley, Dick Mayor, DIR. Smith and Leon
Clough. The cars present fine ap-
pearance.
ROAM CREEK