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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
2
The Tribune reports the county may purchase Baptist church lots to secure future needs and possibly remodel the courthouse. Estimated value for three 75 by 190 foot lots is under 20.09, with savings vs new construction if acquired. Readers urged to send views within about 260 words.
Transfers recorded by Weld County Abstract and Investment Co include Maud M. Clark to F M Sumner for Lot 31 32 Block 7 Frederick and Louis O Munson administrator deed to Wilbur E Price for estate of Mildred M Johnson with 720. Other deeds list transfers between McGannon and First State Bank Nunn to Lots 5 6 7 Block 1 Nunn Varying sums up to 1450 for properties in Greeley Pierce Carr Gilcrest Arlington Heights and surrounding areas with multiple Lot and Block designations and Q C D terms.
Miss Agnes Isabel Cooper and Louis C Baab were married August 4 at the bride's sister home in Creede. The groom works in the family grocery business in Greeley. The couple will reside in Greeley. Special German Lutheran services and a missionary lecture followed by English preaching will be held at Trinity German Lutheran Church.
On a Wednesday afternoon in the city a motorcyclist named Moses Stone shot a pet dog owned by Miss Maud Connor. Stone claimed self defense and no arrests were made. The dog died on the dirt with two girls fleeing on a galloping pony. The shooter was employed by J D Potter plumbing and heating.
The Colorado and Southern outlines special low rates daily and on weekends for the Boulder program. Details available via agent. Elaborate daily entertainment promised. For full program write T. E. Fisher, General Passenger Agent, Denver.
The local branch of the American Medical Association met Monday night with several case reports. Dr. Charlies Ringle read the evening paper on Hygiene of the Young. Secretary Dr. McCormick of Kentucky may attend the September meeting.
The article praises Mrs. Mary Brockway at 1117 Eighth Street for her self-tended historic garden. It highlights lilacs, tulips, peonies, lilies, hollyhocks, pansies, and a thriving vegetable plot. Brockway and her husband moved from Michigan with early settlers in 1870, managing a lush yard and orchard year round.
The Providence native Camfield followed Horace Greeley to Colorado at 18, building a 50,000 acre ranch and becoming a leading stock raiser. He cites abundant opportunities in the West and recounts early struggles with irrigation, famine of water, and hard work that yielded wealth and a public message urging young men to seek success in the West.
The article profiles Camfield, a self made Western irrigation pioneer who funded reservoir sites along the South Platte, built the Montezuma and Eden systems, and oversaw a 500 mile ditch project costing millions. He prospered through bonds and surveys, kept a large work force through the panic, and remained a prominent Greeley figure and businessman.
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