30 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1910
Page
1
Sam Hoppman, a surveyor 18, survived a near fatal blast involving dynamite. The incident left him shaken but unharmed as investigators reviewed the spark that triggered the blast.
Sam Jorman, a Dodger and Welsh quarryer, was blown by a dynamite charge from Boyd Lake to Fossil Creek. The blast sent him over the foreman’s head and into a ditch, nearly killing him, while foreman Hoffman escaped with minor injuries and bruises.
Foreman Hoff man and Hoffman entered the cut with two fuses last Sunday morning. The foreman lit his fuse first. Hoffman fled when he could not get the other. The blast killed Hoffman who fell near the foreman, the cause attributed to a spark or lighting paper blown toward Hoffman. Also included: Miss Bertha Whitman’s illness, Mrs Mayme Penn’s marriage, and the death of Mrs Rachael Sheppard at 86 in the county hospital.
A 12 year old, Jobe Spraul son of Robert L. Spraul, crawled with a needle in his leg. A fragment remained, causing blood poisoning and possible leg amputation despite hospital care in Denver. Doctors fear heroic measures may be needed to save his life.
A long time Denver vagabond Willis Summer, linked to Holligan known as Clark, laments the Weld County panhandle conditions describing it as the harshest in the state. He seeks work and claims to gauge the nation's economy by his own plight.
All but two taxpayers sign a petition for an extra grade at Kersey school. A joint meeting at Mrs. Rissman's home, president of the school board, discussed the petition. The district is likely to be bonded for $1,500 to add the grade and start work on a new room soon. Fred James replaced Mr. Shull on the committee.
Co. T Neill traveled to Denver on Monday for unspecified duties.
Greeley faces shift as two new street car tracks arrive on Eighth Avenue. Sanborn Houston and other merchants begin relocating hitching posts close to curbs to widen the narrow passage and curb runaway carters. George Woodbury in critical condition after appendectomy at city hospital.
George Webster, a major New Mexico landowner with 87 000 acres, will visit Weld county tomorrow to study irrigation and potato farming. He will tour crops with Secretary McCrery of the Commercial club and has not visited Weld before.
Burton D. Sanborn led a ceremony at Lake where officials and pioneers joined in linking Boyd lake with Fossil creek to send reservoir water through Nos 2 and 3 ditches. Attendees from Greeley and Fort Collins arrived in touring cars for the event on Monday afternoon. The Duck lake flow lagged yet a strong head of water was seen at the outlet, signaling a heavier flow soon.
Weld county reports show antelope becoming plentiful and tame under state game law protections. Clerk C. C. Ankeney described seeing antelope in his Crow Creek claim near Fosston, with similar sightings across the county signaling a rebound of plains deer that once drew hunters.
Teddy Roosevelt greeted by Union Pacific officials from Denver as his party stopped at LaSalle station. The crowd gathered to glimpse the former president and hear a brief address before the special train continued on its route.
H Sutter a threshing operator near Kersey was arrested on a bad check charge. He says the farmers owed him money and he believed funds were in the Kersey bank when he wrote the check.
The town sees a rush of residents back from California the east and the mountains as vacations end. In the last three days more people have arrived than in any two prior weeks this summer aside from Pioneer day. Most vacation seekers will be home by early September.
At a Greeley Commercial club board meeting last night the directors decided to send an exhibit to the interstate fair in Denver. Exhibits have been arriving swiftly from farmers across the county to the Commercial club rooms in recent days.
A call has gone to all labor organization members to meet at M B A hall at 10 15 Sunday morning. Laboring men will march to the Methodist church for services. Greeley observes Labor Day with no parade due to few local unions.
John Paget, a herder in this county, reports nearly a hundred sheep died in weeks after ill health. He lost most of his flock after moving from Middle Park to Greeley. Other stockmen report similar deaths and a weed is suspected. State stock authorities are advised and investigations for scientific causes are under way.
A San Francisco dated letter notes the Imperial Valley will need 1500 to 2000 workers from September through January 1911 to pick cotton. Wages run about 1.00 per hundred pounds with a typical worker earning 2.50 to 4.00 dollars daily. Information aims to help Colorado readers seeking employment through immigrant colonists rates.
E. B. Coulter C J Yardley Frank Gordon and F A Gates left for Boulder as the Greeley lodge delegates. Many lodge members will attend the convention expected to be one of the most successful ever held in this region.
Mrs John Bertha of Rock Springs Wyoming visits in Greeley for a few days as guest of Mrs F W Atherton. She travels to Parsons Kansas and is formerly Miss Vernie Williams who lived in Greeley before her marriage.
Grading for the Denver Laramie and Northwestern between Greeley and Severance began this morning with the Orman outfit. A fill across the river will use dirt from the hill. The line will parallel the Union Pacific for a stretch before diverging toward Severance and continue toward Wyoming and the Pacific coast within months.
Greeley will host the Cheyenne Indian team in the third clash between the two organizations this season. Manager Collins announced the Indians, regarded as one of the state's fastest squads, will arrive by wire yesterday. Greeley has added several fast players and plays strong ball. Cheyenne has won both prior meetings, though the last game was decided by a single point in a hard fought contest.
The George D. Statler hose company met to elect ten men to represent the company in the volunteer company. E. J. English was chosen assistant chief, C. L. Day foreman, J. L. Gray assistant foreman, George Davis secretary and treasurer, with Moses Stone Ernest Hood Thomas LaValle William Williams Lern Stoneking and J. B. Hathaway as the remaining delegates.
Mrs. Max Meyer and her son Melvin visited Pierce today staying as guests of Mrs. J F Coffman.
P. W. Murray and E. E. Moore face court actions amid alleged water theft from the Bijou ditch. Warrants against Lee J. Kelim and BE. H. Clem accuse them of threats and tampering as Moore allegedly refused to shut a water pump. A separate suit by John Bayes alleges Murray tampered with a headgate on the Lone Tree lateral.
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