Greeley Daily Tribune And The Greeley Republican, The (Newspaper) - December 24, 1930, Greeley, Colorado WEATHER hir In west 8liler in east portion fair in and colder lie east Local for 24 hours 8 low AND THE GREELEY REPUBLICAN HOT ONE Lame duck may not lie logical or but 121 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Poudre System Placed Pater on 6000 Acres of Newly Irrigated Farms During 1930 COLORADO DECEMBER 1930 AFTERNOON EDITION WEEKLY TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1870 imson Tells Chamber Board of Progress and Out ncs What Can Be Done for irrigated under Hie IB Poudre Greeley Poudre produced potatoes this year s high yield quality that has been general in the Greeley dis fur the past 20 Stim for the enterprise told ctors of the chamber of com Tuesday it occasion was an informal dls the directors with Secretary George h about what the chamber can in aiding the rapid be land under the he officials told the directors t one billion cubic feet pf water sed thru the of the eley Poudre last one jiter of this was flow from the Laramie West Side now practical completed was not in usein Is coming season water from arid other by the West Side will ire were 82 landowners who used let under the Laramie Poudre h last Water was also sold ller the Pierce lateral and under br Smith and were that quality of the land the Poudre is equal to of the choicest farming sections id had 160 which owns under the ed last season with very satisfac He said the place will farmed much more intensively next He estimated that when work outlined is completed the project able to support at least 400 irrigated Of course were ever con ted by the company on the Pou thls estimate could be doubled or le that many who have a section of 1 under the system would be glad sell off a large part of their hold to new farmers and use the pro Is to intensely develop the re with the question lere will the farmers under the systems who have been de ling upon the annual purchase ol iy Poudre water for their late ions get water when the GP is exclusively under the Stim When acres of is irrigated from the Laramie system the return water wil than equal in volume the int which the em has sold in the past under Pierce the Eaton ditch 2 and other Ho and Smith pointed out that the seep flow in Long Owl and other ia increasing noticeably three of limited irrigation er the Laramie sover Dam Litigation Meeting Here 27 Wives of Wyoming today were in 1 to attend a conference at Gree next Saturday dn the Hoov tarn litigation started by tlie state to prevent construction o suit will be discussed a Greeley It is the lerence held since the action wa Sht in the United State supreme of Call New Nevada ani have been invited to b at the states as wel las the federa are defendants in the ae Their replies to the suit mils filed by Jan 11 the Kids at Tribunes Party Tues a million kids is the roug of those who enjoyed tli IPS Christmas treat in Lincol Tuesday by one wh the hilarious scramble may have proved to 1 effect on the carols surge of young humanity abou as far as the it was a fine part have only been abl that every boy and pres one of the sacks o pop numerous gleeful reports of three to who had gathered t to holiday center wer in presenting two or Hire but the clamor of Uft childre Proved too much tor ah iling was given over for th Santa Claus officiated In hand ft the pop First Contribution for Baby Bear Is Father Bear hat been provided Over the purchase of Mother Bear has been Now an optimistic and farseeing Arthur sends In his contribution to the specifying that It is for First Baby A short road to fame for one of his is suggested Inthe added If you will name It the first baby bear Leo I will gladly contribute the other Whether or not an official can be found who will take ity for christening any possible ad ditions to the bear remains to At any the bear not Including but cash stands now at The goal Is George who has his eye on the main chance so far as fi bears Is says that the first member of the Gree ley zoos generation might be the wrong kind of bear to called Can we get the extra if we call her Leona Dillon Ernst 4YearOId Hangs on To 2 Cents Despite Kidnaping Associated his contact with a bold yearold son of Lorenzo of the Arizona still ad his two pennies The tot and his father were kid aped yesterday by Raymond Stick who forced Warden bright to drive him fifty rob ed the prison head of his watch and fled with his and was in the ct of another robbery when recap ured last When Lavun and his father were eft stranded on the the young ters first were that sure was a mean man he get any of my still got my two pennies right here my All of the war dens property except was Wheeler New President of the Realtors Executive board of the Greeley Real exchange elected Charles president Thomas and Thomas Spen secretary and at a meeting Tuesday The board voted to actively back plans well underway to mar cet for the huge amount of pinto beans held in The board also adopted a slogan Greeley to The Short Mail sent out by members of the exchange will bear an engraving showing the short Greeley route to the oil fields via Cornish and Logging of the route and placing of attractive signboards outside of Den ver at all turns In the route from Denver to Greasewood via Greeley Is also to be Merry Christmas to Tribune Readers Council Considers Higher Fee and Limiting Hours of Sunday in Tuesdays Session Complaints coming to members of the city council to the effect Greeley theaters are operating on Sundays during the hours when evening services are resulted a resolution being passed Tuesday night order ing the city clerk to secure information license fees and hours of Sun day operation from other towns of Colorado which allow Sabbath Matter was brought before the council by Alderman Louis Baab who de clared that he had received quite a fe City Chamber Has Surplus in 30 Greeley chamber of commerce will have a surplus of approximately over all bills and commitments at the end of the Director Barber announced Tuesday afternoon at the directors This phenomenal situation for a commerce chamber was greeted with smiles by the board of directors and Is very complimentary to the financial situation here and the popularity and the local The membership drive to assure funds for 1931 was also very Barber is chairman of the finance committee of the and Weller is chairman of the membership committee which raises the complaints both as to the amount of fee now charged local picture as well as to the operation of lie shows continuously during af and Sterling and Rex theaters now pay an annual license fee of and the Park pays Baab claimed that some of the resi dents pf his ward had asked him to the matter before the Upon by the City Walter Bliss said he believes that it will be possible for the city to limit during which ilie shows shall operate by passing an amendment to the present ordinance which was voted bythe people at the eneral They Say Steel Conditions seem to be about the Veteran Linotype Operator Dies in Boulder Wednesday Emll 1217 Ninth for many years a printer and linotype operator as an employe of the Trib died early Wednesday morning at the sanitarium in He had been long a suffer er from an inward He was 58 years Wiedman came to Colorado from He was for several years a printer in Fort From there he came to Greeley In At one he was a partner In business Charles Hansen Wiedman has served many terms as president of the Greeley local of the International Typographical At the time of his he was of the Wiedman is survived by his Zillah and by his sonr and his and by several and a same in the Scottsbluff section as around said who with his family and his Darnell and arrived here to spend Christmas with Chief and Roberts and Darnell are daughters of and I dont believe there is any need for anyone going hungry when they can get a job on a farm for board and or LOCAL BUYERS PAY TO FARMERS 24 Wheat Barley 80p 70o Pinto Beans White beans Potatoes Onions Cabbage 65c to 90o 35o The potato market Is much disput The Tribune would like farmers to Call this office Greeley and give their experiences In trying to sell po States Crop Valuation Is With 30 Percent of Sugar Beet Acreage Colorado Has Produced 36 Percent of Yield Corn Has Increased Colorado crops for 1930 are valued at compared last year to the an report of the Colorado Coopera Crop Reporting The valuation is placed on the total pro duction of all crops based on 1 farm prices for major crops and sea I sonal prices for minor crops and some truck The total value of Colo rado crops Is 89 of last The United States value of 1930 crops Is or 72 of last The 1929 valuation was The decline in United States valuation of crops produced is caused chiefly by the general decline in prices but was accentuated by the decrease in pro duction that resulted from the 1930 yields in Colorado were uni higher than in 1929 and the de cline in value of crops produced was due largely to a widespread decline Sugar beets and corn alone among the major crops show a valua tion higher than in The in crease in sugar beet valuation Is be cause of increased production er with prices similar to 1929 while the unusually large corn crop more than offset the unfavorable prices re this Colorado agriculture has been fa vored this After the early sum mer drought conditions were unusually Losses o f acreage and crop damage from Insects and disease were considerably below Fall freezes were de layed and weather conditions were fa for maturing all vow As a the total crop production for 1930 Is the largest In the history of Record crops ot sugar dry beans and barley have been produced this Corn production was barely under the record crop of The 1930 potato production has only been exceeded by other year and broomcorn show the third largest production in the history of Colorado The acreages ot winter grain broom hay and sugar beets were larger than last year with a reduction In of spring barley and The acreage of crops harvested this year was increased five per cent over last year which indi cates the expansion of acreage under particularly in southeast ern Colorado as well as the less than I usual abandonment which occurred Countys Principal School Executives Holiday Mail Record Made for Greeley High Mark for Cancellations Here Established Monday Past Service Given during Offices Biggest Season Christmas business at the Greeley post office 1ms broken all previous rec according to Postmaster Darlie If theres a depression any It isnt in the volume of business handled by the post office Greigg has specific figures on the letter Even tho the rural car riers are now operating In the base the office is so crowded with packages that the postmaster is con that the entire volume of busi ness has increased was one of the heaviest days business in history of the Fifty thousand letters were run thru canceling machine on that day not counting permit matter or mall using It does not mall from the dale line and from the Fort Collins and Longmont star This year the cancellation of out by Cross of Valley View From farm to bank to school room marks the trail followed by of the Valley View one of the newer districts south i of This is his first year at I going letters 13 to 23 Valley he having moved to the district from North Wentz where he taught during Cross pre taught in The principal of the Valley school was born on a farm at on pare 7 Challenges Party Faith of President Alderman Baab said that he had un this The yields of every major that those favoring passage of movie ordinance represented before the council before the election was held that the shows would not be operated so as to inter fere with the Mayor Hout chens a number of Gree ley people have told him that they un the I feel that there should be some regulation as to hours and more li cense declared Alderman Baab further declared his belief that If all tlie people of Greeley had known crop except spring and tame hay were heavier than in ranks first with a total valuation of compared with in Tame hay for 1930 had an average yield of tons and production of In yield was tons and produc tion The 5year aver age production lias been Wild hay tons per the same as last Production was last year tons 5 By FRANCIS STEPHENSON an assault upon the republicanism of President Senator of today challenged the control of the national party by those who are de manding his own The Nebraskan spoke blunt terms after Representative of left a conference with Presi dent Hoover to urge support for the eradication of Norris Which Was advocated by Robert execu tive director of the republican na tional Woods denunciation ot Norris from the white house steps as a mate demagogue stirred Norris to question the republicanism of Hoover and called into action Senator of another republican who answered iet them Continued on Page 12 i Welsh Urges Weld Folks in Tax Council that the movies would run year average No Deliveries of Mail Christmas No mail will be delivered In thn special Mall will be put in the post office boxes as on Sun and regular outgoing malls will be Tuesday afternoon Postmaster Dar lie Greigg said lie hoped to be clean ed up Twentyfive men were working and all incom ing mall up to Tuesday night had practically been cleaned up Temporary Embargo on Wheat Is Advocated A temporary embargo has been suggest ed by Chairman Legge of the farm board to members of the senate agri culture ly thru Sunday afternoons and eve the Issue would not have car ried at the Following this aldermen asked each other and spectators if anyone had heard theater managers promise not to run during hours when the movie ordinance was being argued be fore that Alderman Carrel that the clerk be to write other towns have voted for movies and secure data on the license charged and hours ot Alderman Frank Barber was of the opinion that I dont believe we have much to say as to when the movies shall People who go to church dont to Sunday movies because dont believe in he To which Mayor Houtchens replied some good Baptists go to Sunday Carrel suggested that 25 per cent increase in the license now charged the movies might not be far Aldermen plan to be prepared to act on the question before It comes time for renewal of the movies license for operating the coming Turkey Dinner Here for Jail Prisoners All prisoners in the county and city jails here will turkey and cranberries as a part of the Christ mas day officers said Several local churches made ar rangements for choirs to sing Christ mas carols at tho Baptist was at the jail Finch Well Rumored To Produce Oil SUGAR is the leading sugar beet This year with 30 per cent ot the United States acreage Colorado is credited with 36 per cent of the total Su 5ar beets are the only major crop be sides corn showing an increase In val over last Valuation in 1930 is A record acreage this year produced the largest crop in history of 000 or tons per Last year tons were produced or tons per The 5year average production has been has a valuation of or of the 1929 valua tion of Production is bushels or bushels per The 1930 production nearly equals the record crop of 1923 when bushels were Last year production was bush els yield bushels per Five year average production has been total wheat crop is the largest since 1921 and has only been exceeded twice by the crops of 1919 and Wheat valuation is this last WINTER 1930 produc tion yield bush els 1929 production yield bushels fiveyear average production No Tribune on Christmas Local officers of the Antero and Lost Park Reservoir company have been according Hubert one of the that well being drilled at between 5700 and 5300 feet two and a halftones south east of hospital near Den ver is now producing oil and tho oil coming at the rate of 10 or 12 bar rels a Drilling is being done by ths Fitz Simons Oil company of Which late antisaloon league la Many Greeley and Weld residents are stockholder in the Antero com pany which hns 32D arres within COO feet at the Fit In accordance with the usual custom the Tribune will issue no morning pap er tor and no evening pap er on that dav The Tribune will appear on Friday Dec The next Tribune holiday is July 4 Christmas is the most completely observed ot any Stores will close Christmas May Change Manhole Count II Tuesday authorized the changing of the location of the man hole over a ditch lateral at Eleventh avenue and Fourth street providing Fred Brug Is willing to stand the en tire cost of making the Increased Weld county the newly organized Colo rado Tax council was urged by Thomas Welsh at the meeting of the chamber of commerce lere Tuesday Declaring that land taxation is the most pressing problem in Colorado today Welsh urged that Weld county get eight or nine members on the The body will recom mend a tax program to the The council holds its meetings in as a director ot the chamber of has been the accredited member of that organiza tion on the tax He was ot the chairmanship of the new legislation committee but declined because he holds office with the Colorado Real Estate Welsh said he would like to see local service farm groups and other organizations send mem bers to the tax He thinks that unless agriculture is well represented in tax programs suggested that will be in conflict with the best interests of landowners and He said that the realtors of the state are bound to support a measure to restrict the total amount of levies that can be placed on real totaled an increase of over the same period last for which the cancellations were Greigg suggests that patrons would save time by mailing prior to he Saturday and Monday before The office is greatly cramped for space on even small working and the carriers tor rural routes were removed to the basement for the Christmas rush this year Fine weather lias greatly facilitated Greigg The fact that trains have run nearer on sched ule this year for previous has also facilitated Twenty five extra helpers have been used at the post office during the Unless mall arriving late day Is unusually we will be up Greigg No deliveries will be made Christ except special deliveries and Box mail will be dis as on 2 Slightly When Auto Turtles Near Platteville and pro of the hotel at escaped with bruises Tuesday eve ning when their automobile over turned on the right angle turn of the paved highway south of They were driving The bile was badly two whells being broken and the top being de Greeley people who saw the accident called the Tribune and urged that either county or state officials take some immediate action to pro tect property and life at the danger ous turns south of Greeley Buys Land for Expanding Filter Beds Council voted to pay per acre or acres needed for filter bed ex pansion at the head of the water here Tuesday after it had been reported that the Post estate management will not come down from that City is also to pay about 25 court though the estate will stand the attorney fees in the To Add Garage at Ice Plant William manager of the Gree ley Ice and Storage has re a permit from the city to con struct an addition to the present gar age facilities at the Tho addi will cost It is War Veteran Dies Here at Advanced Age City Plans Library Landscaping Shortly Williams Gardens lias been by city council to furnish a sketch of tlie shrub planting work which the firm proposes to do around the city hall and In a letter to the council Wil proprietor of Williams Gardens states that for from to 50 each the city hall and library could be greatly beautified and made to blend unobtrusively with Lincoln Sim pie and judicious planting would beau the architectural effect of these Williams Tribune Phone Numbers 3 for other and 5 for job Greeley lost another of its Civil War veterans early Wednesday morn ing with the death of William 86 years Snodder ly had been in failing health for sev eral years he died at the home of his 1408 Seventh Snodderly was born in on In 1854 he moved to Page and in 1862 in the 23rd Iowa Volunteers company served for three years during the Civil He was a member of the Grant and also belonged to the Knights of Pythias He Is survived by a Snodderly of two Roberts of Trinidad and Frank ot and by three sisters in Iowa and a brother I in His Rob was formerly a photographer In 1 I Funeral service will bo on Friday afternoon at oclock at Sattley Fun eral with In Tho body will bo shipped at 5 from La Salle to for
