The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-12
Gilbert events
A srist ss..sry OF Local fiae
Do'Es urins the Past week


Mrs. Alice Kent end son John arrived
in Elbert Saturday the 9Th from Gree.
ly where they have been visiting his
sons Will and Robert Kent. Robert ac.
companied them to Elbsrt, they will vis-
1T her son Charles Kent and family.
Mrs. Ken. will stay month or six
weeks, Robert and John will return to
Greedy where they work in the gas fac
tory. Robert has been working in the
gas plant for two years and John has
worked there month. Mrs. Kent will
go from here to Florence where she will
visit two sisters aud brother before
leaving for her no ne in Oklahoma.
The owner Of the gray trotting colt
which Paul Jones SOLD in Denver last
winter recently refused cash offer Of
$1,000 90 for the horse This seems to
be about record price for an Elbert
County horse.
Since that time, this colt, with less
than months training has made race
record OF 2:l6 on a half mile track
which performance has rarely been dup
Heated under the same conditions any
where in the world.
This horse was bred and raised in
Elbert by j. e. Mayer who has coup
le more colts Of the same straip.
Mrs. M. d. Fillmore, the hair special.
ist OF Denver will be in Elbert next
week tJuly l5) to make such switches,
braids and puffs as the ladies desire.
Dentist Coming
DR.. Henderson, Dentist, will be at
Ebert, Fridays, July 10 and 20; Eliza.
beth, Saturday, July 20; Kiowa, Sstur-
day July, 81.
| LOST-A book, papers and railroad
ticket, finder please leave same at the
Tribune Office.
| rhe Indies Aid Society will give an
Ice Cream Social all day and evening,
Saturday, the 10th, in the old Gam
mon Building. Everybody come
| A Sociability auto tour has been ar
ranged by Mr. A. @. Cornforth Of this
city and Mr. Fred Weies Of Elizabeth.
The tour is to start at Elbert a. nine
o'clock Sunday forenoon and tour from
this place to Palmer Lake, Castle Rock
Elizabeth and will return to Ebert the
same evening. All autoes are invited
to go. This is purely a pleasure trip.
| MIRA. z. Harmon and Mr. Swift came
down from their gold mine near Empire
Colorado and spent few days with
homo folks. They returned to Empire
Saturday morning.
Mrs j. r. Close returned Wednesday
evening from few days visit with her
sister Mrs Reed of Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs J. e, Barnes returned
home from Denver Wednesday evening
whore they were visiting.
Sherman Epler is spending this. week
in our berg.
While on our trip to Steamboat
Springs, Ye Editor met Mr. John E.
Pope and wife. They send their regards
to their many Elbsrt County friends.
4 Miss Mary Jones was passenger to
Eastonville Thursday evening and will
visit her sister Mrs Chas Harding Of
that place for couple Of weeks,
Mr. Emiel Pauls was in Ebert Thurs
day, he is on his return to Mattison
from Kiowa where he met with the
county commissioners.
A. G. Cornforth was in Peyton Fri.
day evening and reports heavy rains
in that section.
Edward Epler Of MtCarmal Ill is vis-
iting his cousins j. I. and W. 8. Epler
this week.
A fire, supposed to have originated
from defective flue, burned the Will
son house, formally known as the Hath
away place eight miles east Of Ebert
to the ground. Saturday evening Mr.
Steburg is living on the place.
G. E. Danks, the thrashing machiene
man, returned from New Mexico Tues
day, to put his machine into. workin
order. He expects to commence thresh-
ing at Littelton soon.