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VOU XXXVI
WILL ELIZABETH CO-OPERATE
IN PLAN FOR NATIONAL
HIGHWAY
The following plan for placing Par
ker, Hill Top, Elizabeth and Kiowa
on the natfonal highway . taken from
the Parker Post, should be read with
much interest by the people of
beth, and especially by our business (
men, as such a road would mean more,
business for each town along the
highway. This would be a more favor-'
able route to the tourists than the
old one. due to its scenery and its sav
ing in mileage, and we believe \
through proper action and coopera
tion between the towns along this
route, this highway can he realized.
There would only be about sixteen
miles of road to grade near River
Bend and with a little improvement
on the remainder of the road, it could
be put in good condition. It will be
to the interest of every business man
In Elizabeth, likewise every business
man in each town along the line, to
get back of this movement and work
for this road. It will mean morei
business for you, it will mean a better
route for the tourists and it will menn
a big advertisement for this country.!
Read what the Parker Post says, and
then "let’s go!”
“Good roads are the blessing of pres-j
ent day life. They radiate from every
center of population and come more
and more into use as highways of
travel by the tourist out for sightsee-j
ing and pleasure, the homcseoker, the
healthseeker, the mechanic looking
for new fields of work, and every
manner of man and citizen passing
to and fro.
“The main auto highways are car
rying vast numbers of cars and peo
ple. The town along these highways
profit thereby to an extent hardly
realized by the more unfortunate
towns that are not so situated as to
Bhare In the profits of this travel.
"And there is a goodly stream of pro
fits flowing from this source to tho
pockets of the garage men, the butch
er. the baker, and every other busi
ness man w'ho can supply the varied
wants of the automobile traveler.
Even the so-called "tin can tourist”
leaves a goodly stream of money be
hind as he travels along with his
flivver piled high with camp para
phernalia.
“Parker is one of the unfortunates
in this respect now. but The Post has
a suggestion to offer along this line
that, with proper co-operation of all
concerned —and that means other
towns along the route, may material
ly benefit by turning a portion at lea3t
of the travel this way.
“A look at the state map shows that
the main artery of travel begins its
long circular swing to the northwest
and to Denver at River Bend, a small
town in the eastern part of Elbert
county. A county road leads straight
w'est from this small town into Kio
wa, the county seat, from Kiowa to
'Elizabeth, to Hill Top, and from Hill
Top to Parker a road has been author
ized and is now being graded to par
allel the railroad, thus eliminating
some of the heavy grades of the pres
ent road. From Parker to Denver,
over the state highway.
"Judging from map distances, we
would say there would be a great sav
ing In mileage over this route, and be
sides the scenic beauties of this route
ns compared with the uninteresting
plains country of the present high
way, would more than repay the trav
eler for a much longer route.
Is the matter feasible?
“We would say yes. The reads are
-lready made. Improve them to a
standard that will invite the tourist.
Post the route thoroughly with sign
i/oards and the tourists—many of
them —will come this way. The na*
trral beauties of the route would Boon
become known and the cars will roll
in ever increasing numbers, in C'e
jwns along the rout • desiring ’o de
rive the most benefit from this travel,
it would be necessary to establish
camp grounds offering such facilities
n B wood, water, comfort stations, etc |
ard every business In the town will
benefit directly or Indirectly by every
tourist that comes in.
‘ It will require organization to raise
the necessary funds to properly pro
mpt© the route. Kiowa, Elizabeth and
Parker are the principal places on the
proposed highway and by these three
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Elizabeth, Elbert, Elbert County and the Divide Country.
1
. towns getting behind the movement,
can undoubtedly force it to a success
ful conclusion, and place these pro
gressive communities on the great
. national highway system.
! Who’s for it?
,( Let’%,go! ■
Parker Bank
Looted of $10,000
About four o'clock Tuesday evening
three armed bandits looted the Park
er State Bank of SIO,OOO. It was re
ported that they weie headed this
way when they left Parker, and im
mediately after receiving this report
our citizens began to prepare to meet
them, some of them watching high
way No. eight for any suspect while
others boarded the train as it pulled
.Into Elizabeth to make sure they had
not boarded same.
| Sheriff Oeo. Nicbs'on and Deputy
j Sheriff August Deepe arrested two
jßuspects near Watkins lute Tuesday
(evening but were released Wednes
jday morning when Miss Shultz, clerk
( of the bank, failed to identify them.
(Sheriffs’ posses of a number of coun
ties have been on the lookout for the
j bandits.
j Miss Shultz states that two men.
|one dressed in overalls and the other
In a khaki suit, entered the bank fate
Tuesday afternoon, and thnt the
cashier, F. B. Hood, was in the back
room attending to some business. She
was ordered to keep quiet by tho men,
and after they had taken SIO,OOO
they locked Miss Shu'tz in the vault
and ran out to meet a partner who
was waiting for them in a Ford car.
An alarm from the vauit soon at
tracted Mr. Hood's attention, and lie
immediately released Miss Shultz and
notified the sheriff’s office.
From last reports, the robbers had
not been captured.
DON’T SPOIL YOUR CHRISTMAS
W e recently told Elizabeth citizens
how they could add to their Christ
mas hnpplneea by doing their nhop
ping early.
Now we want to take a moment to
tell you stiij another way to make the
occasion a joyous one, both for your
self, for those to whom you give, ard
for your neighbors. And that is the
simple proposition of buying the gifts
you expect to buy right here at home.
You’ll doubtless see many tempting
offers in big city papers, and some
times you’ll form the false Impression
that you can’t get just what you want,
and that it won’t be ns nice as you
want, if bought here at home. Tear
any ad that attracts you out of the
paper and take it to a home merchant
and he’ll quickly convince you of your
error. It may not be right there in
stock, but nothing will please your
home merchant more than to order
that particular gift for you, and at a
price in keeping with the one you see
advertised.
MR. AND MRS.
What wonderful thoughts come up
when these two abbreviations are
printed in a news item—what intense
human interest they protray. In pa
pers printed in towns like Elizabeth,
they take the one big place in all
items, from the simple visit to rela
tives to the larger matters of human
life. “Mr. and Mrs." —the great news
Item of the universe, the brlngcr of
recollections to the man far from
home, who takes his old home-town
paper, and reads tho items of Mr. und
Mrs., and lets his mind wander hack
to the days when he knew the Mr.
in knee pants and tho Mrs. in short
skirts —even shorter than fashion has
decreed for her in recent years. It’s
the ho"*' town paper unere the real
Mr and Mrs. ite-is are printed—and
to receive the l.ome-town paper week
in and *v?-V mm !• to know the g.*»:.t
jhappenings of those you wouldn’t for
get for all the world—the boys and
(the girls you now know as Mr. and
Mrs.
I
; What’s the use of going out of your
way to borrow trouble when you can
get it given to you by tb© ton?
ELIZABETH. COLORADO. FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1921.
OUR MOTTO: JUSTICE WHERE VER IT MAY LEAD.
Buckwheat Cakes
$293.00 Realized
From Bazaar
Tile Ladies’ Aid bazaar held at the
Elizabeth Town hall yesterday proved
to be a big success. The ladies of
Elizabeth deserve much credit tor tbe
beautifully decorated booths, the
neatly arranged and large variety of
articles for sale, the bonteous dinner
in the evening, and in the complete
success of the bazaar. Articles were
sold from the different booths
throughout the day and at the noon
hour quite a numberof people dropped
In for their lunch. From six o'clock
until eight-thirty the hall was
crowded with people who came to par
take of the bounteous dinner pro
vided by the ladles, to purchase fancy
work, aprons, candy etc. from the dif
ferent booths and to enjoy a good so
cial time - fh® attractive fea
tures of the evening, aside from the
dinner, was the fishing pond, quite a
number engaging in tho sport of fish
ing. The total amount realized from
the bazaar was $293.00.
RETURN FROM CAMPING TRIP
Elmer Cogswell and Elmer Potter,
returned last Friday night from their
?1x weeks camping trip to the south
ern part of the state and New Mexl-J
co. The first stop on their trip was
at Walsenburg. From here they went
to LaVeta where they spent a little (
time in going up LaVeta Pass and en
joying its scenery. Their next stop
was at Pagosa Springs. Here they
met two old Elbert county friends,
Bert Brooks and Geo. Fabrion, who
are in the meat business in Pagosa
Springs. From here the boys went to
Durango and Cortez. Montezuma
county. They spent about throe
weeks in and around Cortez looking
over the coun ' *y. They report good
crops around Cortez, especially spuds.
They state that some government
land is stiij open for homestead
ing yet, but that oil companies have
leases on a large acreage of the land.
They left Cortez on the 18th for Gal
lup, New Mexico, a distance of 150
miles, on which trip they encountered
some very ba<i roads. At Gallup they
had their first experience with the
Indians, buying their provisions and
etc. from them. After a short stay
here they went to Albuquerque where
they spent a day before starting on
their return trip home. On their
homeward trip they came through
Las Vegas, Raton and Trinidad, arriv
ing home Friday night. They state
that the SantaFe is planning on build
ing a road from Gallup, New Mexico,
to Durango. On the whole the boys
enjoyed their trip very much and are
planning some on making the trip to
Cortez again next summer.
SUNDAY SCHOOL SENDS GIFTS
The boys and girls of the Presby
terian Sunday school of Elizabeth did
well In contributing gifts for the In
dian children of the Kirkwood Mem
orial school at Ganado. Arizona. The
box of gifts was packed and sent
Tuesday and will be received by the
Indian children as Christmas gifts
from our boys and girls.
Farmers in this country are pretty
'safe now in raising anything but a
bank check.
District Sunday
School Convention
An afternoon meeting of the West
ern District Convention was hold In
the Elbert Christian Church Sunday,
November 27th.
The meeting was opened at 2:00
o'clock by u devotional service led by
C. M. Minson, superintendent of the
Christian church.
The solo by Mra Axton, song by the
choir, and quartette by Jamie Foster,
Ila, Hazel, and C. A. Morris were ap- ,
predated by tho congregation.
Mr. Allison of Elbert and Mr. Coon
radt of Elizabeth gave fine talks on
the subjects, “The Importance of tho (
Sunday school to the community’’ and
“Loyalty to tho Sunday school." We (
wero also favored by a short story |
told by Leonard Coonradt, a small boy
of Elizabeth. j
Rev. Millar of Elizabeth and Rev.',
Hadden of Kiowa gavo fine addresses
pertaining to Sunday school work. I,
The next convention will be held {
at Elizabeth. |.
The motion was made and carried ,
| that the old officers continue for nn- ,
other year. As there was a vacancy ,
in the office of vice president, Mr. Min- (
son wns elected for the coming year. |
j A large crowd attended this conven
tion. The three towns in the Western ,
District were well represented. The [
date for the next convention will be .
announced later.
FLORENCE LITHERLAND, Secy. 1 ,
Garages
Consolidate
The West Side Garage has consoli
dated with th© Morlin-Metzger Motor
Company, the change to take place
December sth.
We understand that Jess Knapp
will have full charge of the shop and
repairs, Mr. Morlan and Mr. Meti-p
ger devoting their time to the selling
of cars, tractors etc.
It is believed that In the merging'
of these two firms the customers of
these flrma will receive better serv
ice and will derive greater benefits
than formerly. Read their announce
ment elsewhere in this issue of the
Tribune.
ANOTHER FIRE SCARE
A fire broke out at the Harry Chris
tensen hom© about five o’clock Thurs
day evening, but was soon extin
guished after some of our citizens
reached the scene of the fire. Mrs.
Christensen had Just filled a lamp
with oil from a pitcher and upon
lighting th© lamp, the oil remaining
in the pitcher somehow caught fire.
Mrs. Christensen immediately started
for the door with the blazing contain
er to throw it out, but the door being
rather hard to open caused Mrs.
Christensen to receive a severe burn
on the hand and the fire reaching to
some clothing near the door. As
soon as help had arrived the fire was
at once put out by removing the burn
ing clothing.
One of the hardest things In the
world to do is to get Into a barber]
cliair for Just a shavo and got out of
the chair with Just a shave.
FARMERS WILL MEET ON
COMMON GROUND AT
CONGRESS DECEMBER 9TH
PLAIN FOOD
, ,
Prosperity has ruined many a atom- <
aeh. When money wus flush, along (
in war time and for a\ear or so after, t
'people slipped away from plain food 1
‘and bought lobsters, fancy jellies, <
'candied fruits and high priced canned c
'meats. Now conies a big Ohio grocer j
1 —he has over 700 retail stores —and (
he tells a national convention of can-j
ncrs that fancy food is going out and f
plain, old-fashioned staples—like j
canned tomatoes and corned beef and j
cabbage—are coming back. This is j
Imd news for thoso who deul in such i
things, and Its bad for stomach aped- i
alists, but its fortunate for national ,
1 health. Most of ua dig our graves f
[with our teeth. Business depression.
! occasionally is a blessing in disguise, (
for It starves some people into good {
. health. | f
I
New Partner
In Firm
(;
Walts & Wortman are pleased to g
announce that Mr. Floyd Hodges is
now an active partner in the firm. Mr.
Hodgea. while somewhat new at the
I business in this section, is a man that'
i will be well liked by all who make *
his acquaintance. He is a son of Mr. j
and Mr*- Frank Hodgea who live
northeast of Elizabeth. Th© firm’s
name In the future will be known aH
Watts, Wortman &. Hodgea
Monday Night's
Lecture
j The lecture Monday evening at the
Town halj on "Tho Spirit of a Na
tion” by Raymond B. Tolbert, was
1 laden with thought and pertinent
facts concerning immigration, espec
ially undesirables from southern Eu-;
rope. Ho pointed out tho danger we, 1
are drifting into by accepting thinj
class of immigration, and stated that
our nation’s industries are rapidly
becoming controlled by these people.
He not only uregd the closing of our
ports to Immigration, but also tho
deportation of undesirable citizens.
This lecture alone was worth the price
*of a season ticket and will always be
remembered with pleasure by those
who heard him.
Bakery Discontinues
Business
The Elizabeth Bakery announces
that it wilj discontinue business, such
discontinuance to become effective at
once. On© of the incidents prompt
ing this decision was the caving in
of the oven Thursday. We regret
I this step taken by Mr. Kirkpatrick
|aa he was giving good satisfaction
and Elizabeth needs a good bakery.
Public Sale
A public sale will be held on the
old Howard ranch sixteen miles north
of Elizabeth on Running creek Thurs
day, December Bth. Horses, milch
cows, machinery, and rough feed
and other articles wilj be sold. Usual
ter'bis. Free lunch at noon. Sale
commences at eleven o’clock. Turner
& Purvis, owners.
FARMERS’ UNION TO
ELECT OFFICERS
At the next regular meeting of tho
local Farmers’ Union, December 10th,
officers will be elected for tho ensu
ing year. All members are urgently
requested to be present at this meet
ing.
THANKS
We, the candy committee of the
Ladies’ Aid bazaar wish to thank the
merchants of Elizabeth for their gen
erous contributions to our booth.
w . A • v Ethel Reed
* 1 Helen Mauldin.
•L
jpl.50 Per Yt
jFofSub i cripti c
NUMBER 52
| Several hundred delegatee from all
the farmers', livestock growers' and
other agricultural organizations t/f
the stute will meet on common ground
at the Farmers* Congress at Fort Col
lins December 6th to the Oth. Their
common problems, marketing. Ann nee
and transportation—the ones that are
particularly Important today—will bo
discussed from every possible angle.
) Leading their discussions will be
such men ns Senator W. S. Kenyon,
lender of their fight In Congress, Mi
las Lasater, president of the Federal
Land bank of t he Ninth District. Chus.
A. Lory, president of the Colorado
Agricultural College, and many other
well-known leaders in agricultural
problems of today'.
| Credentials arc going in to the sec
retary rapidly now which Indicates
that there will be a record attendance
at the 1921 meeting of the Congress
Many men who are Interested In the
agricultural developments of the day
—bankers, individual farmers, mer
chants and industrial leaders —who
[are not delegates to the Congress, are
planning to attend the meetings and
see how the real, hard-working farm
ers themselves are working to better
their own conditions,
i The manner In which the farmers
all over the country have worked In
absojuto harmony for their common
Interest has attracted the attention of
every other branch of business In the
country. As a result, the farmers
must expect much criticism but If
they "stick together'* It Is generally
conceded that they will win (their
fight and be the first ones to "get both
feet back on the ground" after the
trying times of the past two years.
SCRAPPING OUR NAVY
The world has been fairly taken off
jits feet by the proposition to scrap
j billions of dollars worth of battle
‘ships, and then to cease building any
j I more for ten years. It was a daring
'stroke on the part of America to pro
’ pose such a program, but Amcricu Is
noted for doing big things, and this
newest proposition Is merely in keep
( ing with her way of doing that which
sho sets about to accomplish.
1 The taxpayers uf every section of
| America, and In every part of the
( world for that matter.should be heart
ily In favor of such a program. There
is no question but the modern Idea
of each nation spending billions to
keep Its navy ahead of the other na
tions goes a long way toward keeping
, the people of that nation poor. For It
Is the people who must pay for these
t battleships. Every dollar spent In
t maintaining a big navy and a big
, standing army cornea directly out of
’ the pockets of the taxpayers. And no
t further good Is accomplished in the
, end than to pile up a lot of ships that
’ usually are found worthless when an
| emergency arises.
The plan would do more to pre
vent war than anything yet suggest
ed. ' Couple It with the plan offered
by Mr. Wilson whereby nations would
have to give three months notlee be
j fore declaring war, and you have proc
-1 tlcally put an end to it. Nothing Is
. going to be lost by going ten years
t without building a battleship. And
j possibly at the end of ten years every
! nation entering into the agreement
} will sign up to extend the holiday for
r all time to come.
A REAL BARGAIN
Ford touring car with sorter, de
mountable rims, four new tbes and
tubes, a snap at $365. Morlan Metz
ger Motor Co.
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SERVICES.
Bible School 10:00a.m.
Morning) Worship 11:00 a.m.
Christian Endoavor 6:45 p.m.
Evening Sermon 7:30 p. m.
Como and Join in our fine song
service.
Prayer Meeting Friday evening 7: 30
A cordial Invitation to all.
James Millar, Pastor.