The Glenwood post., 1916-12-23
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Mrs. Nichols crocheted centerpiece
was won Friday afternoon by Mrs. L.
P. Wasson of Cardiff. 1873 was the
lucky number.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lake is spending the
holiday season with friends in Colorado
Springs and intends visiting in Denver
and Pueblo during the remainder of the
winter. There is a report that Dan
Cupid has been quite busy in this d.
rection lately.
A colony of Russians left New Castle
on Wednesday to work in the beet
fields next spring at SCOTS Bluff, Neb.
The outfit consisted of one car emf
grant movables containing ten horses.
Incidentally they had about forty kids
to pull beets for them when they get
settled.
The Vulcan mine is gradually increas-
ing its output and as soon as they get
the new drift in working condition,
which will be in about month, it IS
expected they will output from Is to
1s cars daily. This will help our sister
town, New Castle, materially ,as they
will employ quite a few additional
miners.
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Miss Elizabeth Elliott, teacher Of the
primary department of the Rifle
Schools arrived last evening and will
spend the holidays with her parents.
She was accompanied by Miss Inez
Byers, teacher in the Rifle high school,
who continued her journey today to her
home in Poncho Springs for the Christ
0as vacation.
The ranch this side Of New Castle,
commonly called the Vulcan ranch, Of
which Messrs. Darrow, Parks and Lu-
cas- are the principal owners, was leased
for a term of five years to some Rus
slams. They are expected to 60 after
this property in a manner that will
materially help them and the owners.
They expect to put in quite an acreage
of potatoes, sugar beets and grain.
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A report reaches Glenwood via Meek
er to the effect that ]. Frank Squire,
former register of the U. 8. land office
and later police magistrate of Glen
wood Springs, had cut both his wrists
with knife. The Post has not beel
able to verify the story as to the ex
tent of the injuries or as to any of
the particulars. Mr.. Squire left Glen
wood few months ago and secured
position in an office at the stock yards
in Denver. ..,-.-. = i..-- ss
Johnnie Williams, the Shanghai, from
Snowmass, is down for few days
recreation, and incidently to make life
miserable for Jack Brunton, Billy Tag
CERT, John Wilson and the rest of the
bunch. At last accounts he was sue
ceeding. Talk about a good bunch If
fellows They are here with the goods.
Loyal to their friends, loyal to the COM
munity they live in and they will share
their last cent with friend. They
are top notchers in that line.
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D. s. Bruce of New Castle, while re-
turning from a trip to Kansas was
caught in Denver the first of the week
by skiddng automobile and crushed
to the pavement. He reached Glenwood
Tuesday morning and by the aid of
crutches was able to make his way TO
the Hotel Glenwood, and a little later
was taken to the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Glenn Baillie, in North Glenwood.
DR.. Stewart was called and he found
that the ligaments had been torn from
the knee cap and the leg was badly
bruised. He is considerably improved
at this time and hopes to be abe to re-
turn to his ranch home in the near
future.
Billy Taggart Of Aspen, all around
good fellow and one of the partness Of
the Aspen Mercantile company, is eer-
tainly some plunger. He called at the
Midland Offices here and wanted to
know how much he had to put up to
have sleeper placed at Aspen for ths
convenience of those attending tis
stock show. General Agent Keck ad-
vised IL would taxa n tickats At Al2
each. He wrote out check for $2l6
and said, "Order me one; I will see
that it is filled top and bottom"
That's going some, but, incidentally,
he knew that the Aspen people would
stand behind him, and he will have no