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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1909
Page
1
City officials vow no fireworks nor explosives for Independence Day while enforcing the ban rigidly. The session streamlined bill reviews, introduced a faster finance audit, and added officers to ensure compliance with the curbside fireworks prohibition.
Memorial Day exercises were held Sunday at the M. B. church in Fort Lupton. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Coulter. The town has no army post and only four veterans reside in Fort Lupton.
J. M. Johnson, about 30, was found dead in a Windsor rooming house on Tuesday afternoon. A maid discovered him with a slit wrist, a throat wound, and two bottles of poison, one containing laudanum. A blood drained bucket and a suicide note-like card tying to Denver relatives suggest despondency after recent unemployment. Police inquiries continue.
Allan R Godfrey, longtime northern Colorado figure tied to the Godfrey ditch and Kenmore farm, died suddenly at his son Bert Godfrey’s home in LaSalle after breakfast. Born July 20, 1845, he leaves a wife, several children including Bert and Charles, and others in Dolores Oregon Idaho. Funeral plans not yet announced.
The Haggenbeck Wallace show car No 1 tours Greeley with twenty eight bill posters promising three big trains of sixty cars. The June 16 date brings city revenue of 160 and water costs around 50. The unit heads to Denver on the 14th and 15th then Cheyenne. Foster Burns leads the car in town.
Charles G. Lofgren and Charles Swink of Greeley attended a Brush mass meeting of citizens and farmers held last evening to promote the potato industry. Local growers plan a large acreage and a huge warehouse to handle seed of all kinds.
Judge Gamble sentence to two to four years at hard labor for a young defendant named Cooper. The judge denounced the family conspiracy to ruin a girl, noting the boy acted as an instrument for his older brothers while expressing hopes for his future reform. Cooper laughed as he faced his parents after the ruling.
E. E. McLaughlin of the Anti-Saloon League announces a plan to unite about thirty thousand Denver church members to oppose every candidate backed by saloon interests. A committee chaired by B. E. Wilcox will meet at the Y M C A this week to form a citywide alliance, aiming to have the organization ready by July 1 and noting Pueblo’s Sunday closing victory as an encouraging example.
Andrew Olson sues A H Strom a mile west of Greeley claiming outrage and an injured wife with a critical condition. Olson seeks 15000 dollars while Strom calls it blackmail and denies the allegations. Both families active in Swedish church and local affairs.
Miss Adah Coney of Ault and Lynne Ryon drove to Fort Collins for a quiet wedding with Nelson-Taylor nuptials in Greeley as a backdrop. The bride, a popular Ault teacher from Michigan and niece of W. Tyler, wed the Campbell’s dry goods manager with a small group of witnesses present. The couple will start housekeeping in their new Ault home.
Burglars hit Tyler & Sprinkle Hardware at Ault on Saturday night and target Wheatland Milling & Elevator Shop. They took a tarpaulin valued at about 25 dollars used to cover grain sacks and stole cutlery from the hardware firm. The Wheatland office was burglarized weeks earlier with minor losses. Rumor says the night watchman may resign after a string of break ins.
Mrs Netzell of Evans kept a board bill from W C Bouchner his wife and baby who left for Crow Creek after a dispute over four to five dollars. A warrant for beating a board bill led to sheriff use of a hired car to return the family. They paid the bill and costs totaling 55 dollars. No larceny charge was filed despite allegations of stolen blankets.
A diptheria case was found yesterday afternoon at Seventh street and Sixth avenue, just a block from the home of three previously affected children who were allowed to walk to the doctor. The White infant is ill at its grandmother Mrs Wilson’s home, while Pretty Man children repeatedly passed the area during the illness.
Thomas Welsh E C Whittiker A M McClenahan and numerous settlers depart Greeley for the Sho Shone land drawing on June 5. Reclaimed under the Carey act the water yields 50 and the land 50 cents. About fifty have paid and entered, with agents to select land if drawings succeed.
Green City Mr and Mrs Warner hosted a Sunday luncheon for twelve guests in their home. The gathering featured a formal setting with seated covers for twelve and attendance by local friends and relatives.
Mrs J C Latshaw and her hostess Mrs Fred Graefe entertained guests Wednesday afternoon. A congenial crowd of matrons attended a buffet luncheon and enjoyed a delightful gathering before Mrs Latshaw and her husband leave for Englewood to establish their future home.
Condemnation proceedings were started to secure land for the Denver Laramie and Northwestern railroad into Greeley. About thirty five property owners and firms are affected, with rights from Gilcrest Lumber to Clayton Lumber costed at about 100000 dollars. Named condemnations include George Spear A M McClenahan E A Hilton Rozene Meeker A S Eaton Neill Lumber Co Dave Lofgren John C Mosher and William Eeker.
The article notes a poor season for bees due to late spring and hard winter. George C. Dudley, who runs 125 colonies a ranch two miles east of LaSalle, says alfalfa is two weeks late and beekeepers struggle to earn a living. Dudley recently moved from Twin Lakes. Phil Dale urges farmers to harrow beets. High winds damaged beet crops, but recent rains helped overall.
The Fort Lupton Grays lost to the Cheyenne Indians in a three game set in Wyoming over the weekend. Despite the defeat the scores were close. Lineup featured Hudson and Padfield as pitchers with Padfield at first base and Moore at third.
Rex Eaton was ordered into court this morning for speeding. He claims he was not going over fifteen miles per hour, but an arresting officer says the car covered over 400 feet in 16 seconds with a stopwatch.
The Lupton Masons held a banquet Monday night for the auxiliary order Western Star with many invited guests and a delightful evening reported by attendees.
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