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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
1
The report describes Morgan creditors pursuing legal action to reclaim a mortgaged property in Fort Morgan. It notes the debtor’s alleged cash rents and difficulty in obtaining summons and service, with emphasis on legal procedures and status as a de facto bankrupt.
The annual report by Prof. H. M. Cottrell of the Agricultural College urges organizing more than 60 000 youths into township clubs to grow crops and learn cooking and sewing. He calls for statewide farmers institutes, correspondence courses, and contests from township to state levels to attract settlers and teach Colorado farming methods.
Deputy Sheriff Peterson returns from Canon City with Will Eaton. A small mirror in the jail locker reveals Eaton attempting to pull a hidden item from beneath his coat. Eaton used a broken mop iron hidden under his coat to break free but is recaptured and kept in shackles for the journey and assigned to the rock pile work detail.
Opie Read told a ludicrous automobile tale and left a sequel by Ben Florance. The joke centers on a Four Corners yap and a chauffeur beneath a wrecked car, monkey wrench in hand, ending with a coroner and a joke about a ward for crazy chauffeurs.
Ming of the Orr blacksmith on Seventh Street discovers an early seventies dwelling crafted from sun dried brick. The shop stood, Hing left, and parts of the new structure arose with kiln burned courses seen. Tribune notes brick walls eroded by time and the site may become a business block redevelopment.
W B Longworth sustained bruises and torn clothing after jumping from a moving south bound passenger train on Saturday morning. He was with the Lee Mitchells, who were taking their daughter to Denver for an appendicitis operation, and did not disembark until the train was at speed.
A new painless dog dispatch device, built as an airtight kennel with a gas line, was installed at the police station and tested on four dogs. The gas gradually suffocates the animals within seconds, ending their lives without distress.
Rev Hall of Denver preached at the Presbyterian church in LaSalle on Sunday morning and evening. The church lacks a regular pastor after Rev R T Mathews resigned to go to Neodesha Kansas. a regular pastor will be installed soon. Hungerford W T U met Friday afternoon with Rev I A Blackwood of Evans speaking on Systematic Giving to the assembled women.
County commissioners back a living monument idea to outlast a marble shaft. The plan, spurred by Father Tisdel's devotion to the poor, calls for a Bethany or Tisdel Home shelter for orphans and mothers needing daytime care, funded by charitable subscriptions. A funeral in Weld County saw G A R members in attendance with pallbearers and a grave side salute.
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