The Glenwood post., 1917-03-10

ing slowly and his recovery is assured.
This will be welcome news to his many
friends in Glenwood and Carbondale.
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The county commissioners have bee i
in session all week, this being their
regular monthly session. Their time
has been taken up principally in con-
sidering and allowing bills, nothing in
the way of business of especial i'm
portance having come before them for
their consideration.
The many friends of Mrs. Ross Mason
of Antlers will learn with regret that
she is critically ill at the hospital in
Grand Junction. Mrs. Mason was opcr-
ated for appendicitis last week and a
second operation was performed MOI
day. Latest word was a slight i'm
provement.
County Treasurer MacRae last Mon
day sold for taxes .he New Castle
Democrat newspaper office, taxes being
delinquent since 1904, the amount ex-
elusive of interest and penalties, being
$116.35. F. D, tBuff) Pierce is tn,
owner of the property. s. R. Stewart
of Garfield creek was the purchaser.
Miss Alva Won der Linde arrived
from Denver Sunday to act as a special
in the Holy Cross forestry office for the
month of March, and is a guest at the
Williams. Leslie T. Mahurin of the
local office has gone to Denver to fill
Miss Linde's place in the office of ac.
counts in the forestry department there.
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The Glenwood Reading club met at
the home of Mrs. H. v. Davis Monday,
spending a both profitable and enjoy
able evening. Mrs. Overlook presented
q paper on "Dry Farming VS.. Irriga-
tion, - Mrs. Clark's subject was elm
dustries and Products,' and Mrs. Sill
yer, gave readings from John G. Whit
tier
Mrs. B. NJ. Hedge, great commander
of the Woman 8 Benefit association for
the Maccabees, was here Monday and
Tuesday comforting with the sanitar-
ium trustees in regard to caring for
the sick of their order. A special meet
ing was held and Mrs. Hedge returned
to her home in Denver Tuesday after
noon. ....
Last week the state veterinarian halt
ed sale of dairy cows at Rifle because
the stock had not been tuberculin tested
before being offered for sale, as pro-
vided by state law. This seems to be
an important requisite and should be
given attention by all persons bringing
stock into the state and offering same
for SALE
One of the convict road teams ran
away Wednesday and shook things up
at lively rate for awhile, including
two of, the boys from the camp who
were coming down for load Of sup
plies. The team went back to the
camp alone and the boys hobbled along
behind them, somewhat the worse for
their experience.
sT,p,o, ~ Pnon craak won't
before the board of county commission
ers with the claim that should the bill
creating new county be carried it
would work hardship on School Dis
trict No.. 5 inasmuch as it would re-
move all their taxable property and the
district is looking anxiously to the de-
feat Of the bill.
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Mrs. Annie Franger of 1907 Grand
avenue was the victim of clothesline
thief Wednesday. Mrs. Franger works
nights at the Commercial restaurant and
during her absence some sneak cleared
her line of clothing and household
linens worth fully $50. He left gun
ny sack, but omitted the formality OF
attaching his name to the same.
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Henry verdeick has purchased seven
head 81 purebred Holstein COWS from
Mr.. Bewsher Of Rifle, These cows were
shipped from New York state and, one,
animal. weighs l,4oq pounds and gives
10 gallons Of milk per day.. Mr.. ver'
deick Is now looking far six or seven
head II thoroughbred Jersey stock, but
only. the best IN, the market will answer.
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W. g. .Johnasa..of Divide creek, who,
while in, ths-sity Tuesday, called at
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