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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
3
Many residents listed as traveling to Denver Estes Park Loveland and Kansas City with short notes on visits, relocations and employment. Names include J Weibking Oscar Leafgren Read Strickland Morgan W Miller Elmer Brownell Arch ie and Goodman families. Miscellaneous movements tie to local businesses and households.
Several residents listed weekend travels and returns. Names include Miss Erma Lesh, Roger Wilson, Minnie Rigney, Mrs. Elsie F. DeVine, Mrs. J. L. Painter, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Johnson and Vera, C. H. Wadsworth, the Palmer and Harris group, Mrs. B. L. Castor, D Ferris and E R Ferris, Mrs. H. G. Copeland and children, Rose Colegrove, Faye Pattee, and Miss Edna Parry visiting in Gordon City Missouri.
Local notes list residents and visitors with weekend trips to Denver Estes Park Wheatland Goldfield and Sioux City. Names include Spear Hall Hall Har tung Johns Gregory Park Conzet Shenabarger and others with travels to North Park Fort Collins and Hopkins Wyoming.
W Clayton returned Sunday from a several week stay on the Portland coast. Mrs Clayton and two daughters will remain west until September while Mrs W D Owen and her son return to Hugo Colo after visiting in Denver with sister Mrs M W Berry. Fred Mason and family depart for a Yellowstone trip with possible Portland stop, and C B Dunham and wife continue their annual parental visit along with Dr and Mrs Dunham's extended eastward journey.
Mrs I. Sides and her sister Cc B. Gosselin returned to Greeley on Saturday after a ten week visit at their girlhood home. They also spent time in Canton Wisconsin and other points in Minnesota.
Curtis Fitzpatrick, ill with heart trouble, was taken to Denver Sunday by his brother from the city. He is improving.
F A Thompson of Thompson Olmstead Investment Company in Denver visited Mr and Mrs G D Horne on Sunday. Thompson and the Hornes were schoolmates.
Mr and Mrs BE J Baker and Mrs Margaret Calderwood from Denver were in Greeley on Saturday seeking a home. They plan to relocate this week and will reside at 1509 Ninth Avenue in Greeley.
David Stanford and wife sold their Fifth street residence and leave this evening for California to make their home. The move aims to improve Mr. Stanford health, with the family seeking better climate and medical benefits.
W. B. Starr left Saturday for Wyoming on a fishing trip. He was met in Laramie City by C. N. Jackson and F. F. Lemmon. The party will ride by rail to Saratoga Wisconsin and drive in the mountains from there.
Mr and Mrs C W Kinne of Jacksonville Florida visited their son Ansel Kinne for a week and left this morning for Denver Colorado Springs The writer plans another trip to Greeley before returning home.
A fishing party left Saturday evening for the mountains near Saratoce Wye. The group includes Dr. Woodcock, W. D. Balcom, Greek Henry Lingstroth, Harry Godley, E. B. Sellars of Denver, and Mr. Davis of Sterling.
Miss Lillian Floyd returned last week from a three week outing at Estes Park. Her sister Miss Elizabeth Floyd of Denver accompanied her on the trip. Miss Floyd left Saturday for a ten day trip east to look up styles and buy goods.
L. A. Evans and his son Will return to Greeley to reside. Evans long served as a landscape gardener at the Normal for about two decades. Will will train as a jeweler under E. L. Dunham.
Mr and Mrs J B Livesay from Lincoln Nebraska arrived Friday and will make their home in Greeley. Livesay, a former druggist, has disposed of his business and will partner with his brother in law J W McPherson in the real estate business.
Two horses owned by Fisher were struck and killed by passenger train No 108 at 8 50 in the morning near the flour mills. The animals were said to be running loose within the city limits. Fisher operates a threshing outfit.
W A Insinger and son John Carl Sanborn returned from an auto trip to the Laramie river with Jerome Bunker who had spent weeks there with his mother and sisters. They travel with J T Woolf and J Henry Conture and will remain in the mountains until Wednesday.
George Cheney Jr was arrested this forenoon on complaint by J W Downer for using profane language on the street. His trial was set for this afternoon.
Edward Margaret and Joe House returned to their Fort Collins home Sunday after a week with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. P. House.
Miss Edna Johnson takes two weeks off from Thompson Music. Miss Lois Wright will substitute during the absence. Johnson plans a quiet rest away from the shop and will return refreshed after her vacation.
M F Jackson of Carthage and H J Duffelmeyer of Joplin arrived Friday for a brief visit with O B Stapleton. Jackson is a half brother of Stapleton.
Clarence Kendeigh FE'rl Nauman and Paul Arbuckle came back Sunday after a 15 day stay on the upper Poudre. They found the fishing good and report a glorious time.
Misses Katherine Birdsall and Mary Barr returned Sunday from Allen's park where they have been in two weeks vacation. Miss resumed her duties this morning as stenographer for Sanborn and Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Adams with Donald Adams Misses Roxyre Adams Verna Kindred and Veda Graham ended a ten day camping trip in the mountains. They stayed at Rockwell's ranch on the Little South river.
Probate Day in county court sets final settlements for the Samuel Armstrong, Jacob Hoffman, and Earl K. Terry estates. On Saturday the final settlement day for the Zack Barnes estate is scheduled for September 21.
Kemp Middiekauf L. E. Wyatt Clifton Wyatt Martin Cummings and Harry Youngs returned Saturday from a two week mountain trip. They traveled the Poudre Cameron Pass Northpark and the Laramie area and found good fishing. They brought home fine trout.
Church services were held at Glen Haven on Sunday with an attendance of 65. Glen Haven is a Presbyterian colony of Greeley and Fort Collins residents. Three ministers have summer homes there. Services take place in the grove between the cottages of J. K. Thompson and F. M. Scott of Greeley.
Grain market figures from The John G. Morgan Brokerage in Union Bank building Room 15 show Sept Wheat opening 93 percent, high 98, low 91, close 91.4 percent. Dec Wheat open 94, high 94, low 93, close 8. Dec Corn open 75, high 75, low 75, close 75. Sept Oats 46 to 46 percent with high 47 and low 46. Park prices for Sept 15.26, Jan 16.10 to 16.17, close 16.02.
The University of Colorado will establish a fully equipped timber testing lab in Boulder with machines reaching 200000 and 30000 pounds, a power saw and planer, funded for delivery in early August. A Forest Service engineer will set up operations noted for fire killed timber usefulness for structural use, with Boulder also hosting a Forest Service representative overseeing Colorado wood utilization. Jado Day on September 17 features the champion Ladies Drill Team of the United States, prize winners from Philadelphia, and a Pueblo street fair at night by a major carnival company with electric illuminations and no hotel rate hikes.
The Pueblo fairgrounds prepare for record crowds on Fraternal Day September 15 and Farmers Union and Labor Union Day September 16. Oklahoma senator Alfalfa Bill Murray will speak at the Alfalfa Palace as free attractions fill the grounds with balloon races and high style bands. Horse racing promises top speed with a new novelty event and relay races featuring Cowboys and Indians including Hashine Kim in the five mile race.
Unique Mrs Aca Sterling entertains the Phi Delta Psi girls at her home 818 Twelfth Street this afternoon. The group met Saturday at Miss Carrie Snook’s home 21 Seventeenth Street and enjoyed a friendly afternoon with now-repaired school tensions and light refreshments.
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