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Elbert County Tribune and ELBERT COUNTY BANNER Official County Paper TRIBUNE: VOLUME XXXV. BETTES DAYS FOE PUBLIC UTILITIES Whatever Injustices or imposit-* tios the public may have suffered in . the past by reason of the one sided bargains driven by the utility cor-', porations and the highhanded meth-L ods by which some of them enforce! their contracts and squeezed out of them every possible cent of profit, no 1 , one will deny that the more . e.ont! situation has represented too g r eat a ! reaction from the old order, end many of the corporations have come unu conditions where they were un able to make a decent living. Happily another change is now in f progress—a reaction from the reac- ( tion: .*nd sensible iffi *ls and coni- * munities are recognizing the fan t that these public service concerns * must be allowed to get something out of their activities—lf not to the ex- f tent of assured profits, at least to the extent that will save them from insol- i vency and at the same time enable t them to keep the service efficient j j It is an economic axiom thafwhen a business stops growing it begins to i die, just as it is of man that i when ho ceases to progress his retro- c gresoion is under way. I So. if the public utilities of any t community are not keeping up with i the needs of that community, and t therfore hindering its development 1 and convenience, everybody should t be at once interested in ascertaining i """" ... - ! i —■asm ■ mmt How About That ; PUMP 1 Need some pipe or pipe fittings? 1 We can fit you out completely with everything in the way of pipe,pumps and Fairbenks-Morse engines, out of ! < our stock. You don’t have to wait 1 until we order it from Kalamazoo or some other place equally distant. TIRE BARGAINS THIS WEEK. 30x3 Michelin Casings $l5. 30x3 Batavia Casings 12. 30x3 1-2 Batavin Casings _l5. NEW GOODYEAR PRICES. 30x3 1-2 Single Cure Non-Skid 18.50 32x3 1-2 Diamond tread 25.30 33x4 . . Diamond tread 35.35 Ahl M otor (Q. Tractor Co i Elizabeth Colo. . ~ L__l - -- r " ' ■ " * “The Good Goods Store.” Now Is The Time To Buy Your Xmas Goods Everything we could obtain in special novelties and practical gifts. Linens, ribbons, caps, china, cut glass, toys, books and so on.—to meet your desires - am ■anT.nx-. Let us help you with your Christmas lists—lt is our desire to give you the best of SERVICE and I MERCHANDISE. ELIZABETH MERC. COMPANY Elizabeth, Colo. NUMBER 52. Devoted to the Interests of the People of Elizabeth, Elbert, Elbert County and the Divide Country. jtfie cause of the delinquency and as-': stating in its cure. Out of this new' J conception of service and coopera-' I tion has grown tlie idea of partner ship between the public and the , utilities companies, the sense of give | and take—a principle that is gaining i ground all the time, and that Is con-, 'Sequently improving the outlook for ,all concerned. —Salt Lake City I)es- j ert News. SEED CORN SHOULD BE SELEC TED EARLY AND DRIED THOROUGHLY. “ How will we take care of our ‘ seed Corn?" is a question so fre- 1 J quently asked that the editor refer- ' ro d the question to the Agricultur- 1 al College. Professor Alvin Kezer of the Agronomy Department says: * ‘One of the biggest essentials in f getting good seed corn is to get n ! ( corn which will of a certainty ger-j minnte and grow. Of course, there are other considerations, such asj, getting well bred or registered seed ! getting the right variety in order to get the highest yield, and a va riety which will mature. But those t are different questions. - , "No mutter what the variety, if the variety is to bo grown, the'seed I must be cared for. The seed prefer- ( ably should be selected In the field 1 before heavy freezes come. It should * then be dried out thoroughly. This i may be done by hanging up on i ELIZABETH. COLORADO, fiOV.. FRIDAY. 3. 1920. OUR MOTTO: JUSTICE WHERE VER IT MAY LEAD. J strings or other hangers or putting j up on shelves in a room with heat or •n a dry. well-ventilated.fuirly warn/ !id cr Corn containing c ruiderabla 1 •moisture will have its germination! and vitality or vigor very material ly injured by freezing when the moisture is in the corn. Dry corn 1 1 will stand almost any amount of freezing without injuring the seed. " Experiments have shown that' seed which was gathered early and 1 thoroly dried out will stand very ' unfavorable field conditions when I planted in the spring, such as cold! wet periods after planting. The strong, vigorous seed made by early gathering and dryiug out will stand bud weather conditions and come , thru without rotting. where seed , which has been partially dumaged by freezing when it contains 1 too much moisture will rot in the i ground. Now is the time to give this extra care to tlie seed corn. It may 'make the difference next spring | between a good Btand and the neces sity of replanting." LUMBERMEN STATE FACTS. In commenting on the lumber sit uation two prominent western mill men make the following statements: A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth Kelly Lumber company, Eugene, Oregon, and vice-president of the ; West Coast Lumbermen's association -says: “The result of the election, in I my opinioji, will not have any Immed J late effect on business- Manufac turers should defote their energy to - (getting the industry on u stable baa- I is, and to do so should at once limit i production to demand and then re duce costs, increase efficiency in all y departments, improved selling meth- ] [ods and center on details of business 1 which we have all neglected for the ( last two years. Careful manage- i inept will be recurred for the n&XX ! year or two." \ T. A. McCann of the Shevlin-Hlx jon company, Bend, Oregon, expresses his view as follows: "It is our be lief that t)«e causes for the present low market with practically no de mand are deeper seated than the election. That Was discounted long ago. We canot continue to do busl ness on u top-heavy credit structure, with commodity prices so high that imagination never dreamed of them. When our stock reaches normal we will shut down till the demand warrants resumption of production, which will probably be übout March 1. The revival of building depends more on the confidence of the buyers I than on lumber prices, and that will mean a material lowering of other items that enter Into the cost of building besides lumber, and also a better day’s work from labor at reasonable wages. All predictions are guesses rather than based on : ( facts, as we are traveling on almost unahartered seas these days, with ( dal fur bed rate relations and opera ting "conditions vitally affected by ■the eight-hour and ten-hour day," J These men have hit the nnil on the ' head. Public confidence must be ! restored to encourage national buil ding activity. S j The scandal In the budding trades ! which 1b now being exposed in New will go n long way to.var.l .•'•fnging about readjustment 'the I lumber Ju a building 's sn all I': tompar<» » . t* the cganiz*l n.. that ip? a'crag buli'• r has had to submit to In the shape of bribes to labor contractors. loafing on the Job. stolen time and Ineffi cient help. It rests lurgely with labor itself to restore building activity In this country by showing that it is ready to Work" instead of strike on the • Job. DIED Mrs D. C. Corbett, on the after noon of November 25th, In the hos pital in Denver, after a lingering illness. Burial was made in Elbert Cemetery. Monday. November 29. Mrs. <\ a Melburn, on the evening of November 25th,.died very sudden ly of heart failure, at her home Routh of Elbert. Burial was made in the Bluff Cemetery. Obituary wil be printed next week. Mrs. Caldwelder, who has been visiting at the Alex Brazelton home, is now visiting the Watts family of near Monument. Mr. and Mrs Qus Wheeler of Den ver Sundayed with relatives west of filbert. Mr. Daisy of Ramalt has purchased thej school section, adjoining the Ebkl-off ranch. Little Dorothy Brown fs now con valescent, after her serious illness. We Now Offer the Famous TITAN 10-20 Tractor on a New Time Payment Plan This new plan is temporary, to relive the present unusual financial situation, and is therefore sub ject to withdrawal at any time. We also guarantee you the benefit of possible lower prices. With every Titan I 0-20 tractor purchased from us between now and May 1, 1921, we will give our written guarantee that if the International Harvester Company of America reduces its prices on I itan I 0-20 tractors on or before May 1, 192 I, we will refund the purchaser the amount of such reduction. Why wait? You can t lose by ordering now. Come in and see us. RUSSELL GATES MERCANTILE COMPANY ELBERT, COLORADO BANNER: VOLUME XXXIV. NUMBER 18 T ~ ~~ Some think of the IMMEDIATE SALE! I We think of the Future. | No sale is complete unless you are entirely satisfied. Our line of lumber and hardware is com plete and we have a nice line of furniture, matterses, stoves and ranges at the right prices. . ... * Jtu A trial is all we ask. We will not worry about the future. i ! The Eibert Lumber Co. W. E. Kellogg, M’gY« Earl McCauLey, Orly Crouch Elbert, Colorado. Largest Circulation