The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-23

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Post cards one cent each. City Drug
Store, Fred Long, Prop.
Mrs. Fred Long was Denver passen-
ger Thursday afternoon.
Geo. Nc. has some swell auto robes
The price is right. See them.
Geo. McKimmie and family spent a
couple of days in Denver and Melvin
this week.
Seed. Winter wheat for sale. For par
ticulars write or cali on Clint Whittier.
Cherry, Colo.
E. W. Grigs, principal of the Elbert
schools, visited with his mother in Den
yer Saturday and Sunday.
Watch repairing and Safety Razor
Blades sharpened, 25c and 35c dozen.
W. l. RIcHMAN. Elbert, Colo
Found, on the Bijou, lot OF money.
Owner can have same by giving full
description. HARRY COLLINS.
Mrs. j. D. Blakely was summed to
Denver, Tuesday, an operation having to
be performed on Mr.. Blakely ON account
of an abscess forming on his back.
S. w. Fickel, who has been visiting his
son John and family since August, left
on Wednesday for his home at Fairfield,
Iowa, intending to stop at Malvern, Iowa,
for a visit.
II you contemplate buying a cream
separator call at the Littleton creamery
and examine the machine they handle.
The Beatrice is decidedly the best sepa-
rator on the market.
M. E. johnson and family came in
from Weld county last Thursday and
visited at the W. H. Jones home until
Monday when they started on the return
trip. They made the journey ina COW
cred wagon.
James A. Boyce of Iowa, noted Chan
tauqua lecturer and college professor.
will speak at Bethel church, next Sun
day, the 25th inst, at IL a. m. Every
one IN this vicinity cordially invited to
go and hear him.
Messrs. d. A. Cox and Geo. Gresham
were capital city visitors several days
this week, the former attending the grand
lodge of the l. o. o. F., as delegate
from the Elbert lodge, and the latter
meeting with the secretaries of the diff
ferent local lodges.
The Bartel road gang pitched camp
Just north of town Sunday and are doing
some much needed work in this imme.
diate vicinity. The work that has been
done on the road between Elbert and
Elizabeth is spoken OF very highly by
those who have been over it.
Last Tuesday while hauling grain to
the thresher Glen Lundy's team became
frightened at the whistling Of the engine
and ran away, throwing him on pile OF
rocks, bruising him quite badly. DR..
Rogers of Kiowa was summoned and al
this time Glen is reported as slowly i'm
proving.
The little item which appeared in the
last weeks issue OF the Tribune and
which caused considerable comment was
not intended to reflect on the road men
or on the class Of work being done. Tn
article was instigated by a reported dis
crepancy in the amounts of some war
rants issued for this work and did not
criticise the work in any way.
The Republicans are centering all their
strength on the election Of their candi
dates for county clerk and treasurer and
are letting the balance Of the ticket go
by default. They realize that those two
offices are the key to the situation in the
Of county affairs. The can
didates for those offices on the Demo
cratic ticket are qualified, Mr.. Burnside
having proven himself SO in the term
that he is now serving, and as it has
been customary in this county to give a
faithful official a second term. the people
Of Ebert county owe Mr.. Burnside that
in recognition Of his past services.
Fred F Hee, candidate for state repre-
sentative from Arapahoe and Ebert
counties has never been seeker for po-
litical honors and was not aware Of his
nomination until three or four days after
it occurred, his friends fearing that he
would kick over the traces and refuse to
make the race. He is large ranch
owner and stockman, president Of the
state stock inspection board, position
which has no salary attached to it, and
his knowledge of the needs Of the agri-
culturist and his acquaintance over the
state peculiarly fit him for the position
to which he was named. We believe he
is the right man for the place and the
voters of Elbert county will make no