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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
3
The roundup lists residents traveling to Denver Rocky Ford Fayettesville Ark and Akron Ogle various visits to Fort Collins Lasalle and Sterling. Local merchants promote Christmas trees apples meat and hardware with ads from McCutcheon Hardware Co and Hoffmans Market. Nurses meet at 2 30 pm and several residents visit relatives in Greeley Windsor and Denver.
The Geo D Horne Book Store advertises a complete holiday line with more stock than ever. Mr and Mrs T Cottrell and daughters Mamie and Nellie depart Monday for Los Angeles to make their home, leaving many friends in Greeley sad to see them go. President G Clark of the Antero and Lost Park Reservoir company convened a stockholders meeting in Greeley, with many local men showing interest in the enterprise. meeting held at the Greeley club rooms. Gloves and winter sport items also advertised along with Mc Farm Loans Sanborn and Houston.
Mr and Mrs Theo Ennis and Mrs Ennis mother visiting here left Monday for Portland Oregon where Mrs Ennis lives. They will continue their journey to California before returning to Greeley.
Mr and Mrs H Reynolds and W Culver returned Monday from Las Animas where they spent Thanksgiving. Mrs Culver stayed in Denver until today. The party traveled by auto as far as Pueblo, encountering a storm at Sedalia south of Denver but completing the journey to Pueblo where the car was left. They enjoyed several days visiting relatives and friends in Las Animas.
Dr Dille retires after selling his Greeley dental practice to Dr Charles Urie who will take over later this month. Dille plans ranch management three miles east of Greeley and will remodel the house for his family. Urie has worked with Dille and previously served at Colorado College of Dentistry in Denver.
J. F. McCrery assumed his duties as secretary of the Commercial club this morning. He has been assisting Mr. Lowe for several weeks and will manage the office routine.
Cr H Baird the tailor has moved to 812 Ninth avenue offering cleaning and pressing. Goods called for and delivered by phone at Greenly 31.
Bill Eaton received five to six years hard labor for the burglary of Bullard’s store with McFarlan. Eaton admitted the scheme and described breaking in through the back window and the lookout role. MacFarlan, older and wanted for another Fort Collins robbery, will face trial Monday. Eaton planned to flee abroad with the stolen watches and guns.
Eaton district voted unanimously to bond for a new high school costing about 25000. Land donated by Bruce Eaton will form a block two blocks west of the Congregational church. The present high school passes to the grades, easing crowding. Prof. A B Copeland leads a fourteen-teacher staff serving several hundred students.
The Uniane club alters its schedule making the fourth Monday a two hostess evening. In the first under the new plan Mrs. D. A. Camfield and Mrs. Chas. Courtens hosted at Camfield home. Guests filled two extra tables and prizes went to E. S. Pinney and Mrs. Emma Flint. Elaborate refreshments followed.
The Nelson divorce case went to the jury this afternoon. The docket lists the C R Dennis versus Aaron Eaton case next, with Dennis suing for damages from a ditch overflow. Attorneys Haynes, Gault, and Judge Ballard appear for the respective sides.
Water pipes are being repaired and supply is shut off in portions of the city this morning. The work will continue for a few days, but each area will have only an hour or two without water.
The article notes Ah Farm Loans in Sarborn and Houston backing Wholesome Bread venture. It outlines funding roles by Sarborn and Houston institutions and mentions local bakers tapping loans to expand production.
In Weld county the old soldiers plan a foregathering that could form a G A R post in Ault as Windsor post dissolves and others urge unifying under one post at Greeley amid growing newcomer veterans and shrinking membership.
The Windsor Catholic Ladies' Sewing Circle plans an elaborate booth for the Catholic Fair in Greenville this month. The booth will bear the town name Windsor and rivalry grows as Eaton and Nunn plan to attend. Rumors of a new Catholic church for the town circulate without official confirmation.
A Saturday night Tom Thumb wedding at the S. L. W. ranch raised funds for the Ss. L. W. church fund. Children played the principal roles with small participants in minor parts, drawing a good crowd and yielding a neat sum toward the newly dedicated church.
L G Taylor of Hoxie Kansas seeks to exchange choice irrigated land in the San Luis Valley for merchandise hardware or city property. He requests offers from interested parties and indicates possible terms.
A Greeley shop promotes a complete stock for Christmas featuring watches diamonds jewelry silverware toilet sets in silver and leather cut glass and china. Shoppers are urged to buy now to avoid missing out on the best selections.
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