Rumor Swirls Over Siely Bribery Case Sentencing
Attorneys for C G Siely who yesterday pleaded guilty to bribery in the district court face a one to two year penitentiary sentence and speculation runs on whether he will start serving soon. The grant of 20 days for the defendant’s move before transfer prompts talk of appeals and possible further charges. The state holds a winning hand with more than a dozen charges pending, while critics fault the lightest possible sentence. The district attorney defends the recommendation as based on information that may reveal other prosecutions. The light sentence for Siely is contrasted with E J Estes who received even years for forgeries. county cleanup and the grand jury probe continue with Atty John T Jacobsen and dep Uty WW Keyes active in the county investigation.
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C. G. Siely
Sheely
Heely
E. J. Estes
Estes
John T. Jacobse
Ala” Caraosshah
BL Keyes
Iso
Replevin Suit Compromised Over Damaged Wheat Field
A replevin case in Judge Connor’s court ended in a compromise after Ault’s horses damaged a wheat field owned by John Birech. Clain cut the horses back and Birech received remuneration for the field damage.
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Clain
Birech
Connor
A. W. Clain
John Birech
Birsch
Windsor Youth Loses Finger in Field Accident
Windsor, June 11. Henry Weltzel, a young boy, had the index finger of his right hand amputated this morning due to gangrene. The injury occurred while he was in a beet field with his brother. the finger was crushed by a cat in the teeth of the arrow.
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Windsor
Henry Weltzel
Milliken Falls to F C Ball Team in Ninth Inning
Denvers F C Ball team toppled Milliken 12 to 7 Sunday after a late surge in the ninth inning. Milliken held a 7 to 6 lead when a star pitcher faded and a new pitcher entered, allowing Denver's club to rally and dominate the remainder of the game.
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Milliken
Revival at Windsor Starts Under Tent Amid Anticipation
Rev. Fit and Mr. Martin arrived Sunday to conduct a Methodist revival begun Sunday in Windsor. A large tent has been erected on a vacant lot and enthusiasm is expected to be high as Mr. Martin leads singing for the event.
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Windsor Windsor
Martin
Wests Wedded for 67 Years
Mr and Mrs Henry T West longtime Union Colonists and Greeley residents celebrated their sixty seventh wedding anniversary at their daughter Mrs A E B Gipsons Caldwell Idaho home. West among first to join the temperance colony and served on the locating committee. They married in Newfield New York sixty seven years ago and moved to Chicago before health issues forced a move to Idaho two years ago.
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Henry T. West
Union
Greeley
A. EB. Gipson
Caldwell
Ida
West
Union Colony
Chicago
Mr. West
Meeker
Mrs. West
Gipson
Petition Drives Reinstatement of Discharged East Ward Teacher
A school board meeting in Greeley heard a petition with hundreds of signatures urging the reinstatement of Miss Alice C. Fuller, dismissed as a first-grade teacher. Proponents claim she is in good health and among the best educators, while the board promised thorough review and a definite action later.
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Alice C. Fuller
East Ward
Miss Fuller
Greeley
Two Giant Rattlesnakes Slain in Prairie Encounter
June 11 at Nunn Chester Rogers met two huge rattlers near his brother’s farm. He fetched a club and killed both as they advanced. The snakes were the largest rattlers killed in the district.
Ault Farmer W. G. Gilmore Dies at 2 A M
Ault June 11. W G Gilmore died early this morning from heart leakage leaving a wife and two children. He farmed three miles north of Ault for seven years. The funeral will be from the Congregational church tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
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W. G. Gilmore
Town Board Decides Iron Fence for Wil Fence Cemetery
At the regular meeting last evening the town board voted to place an iron fence around Wil Fence Cemetery. Improvements are under way with an east addition laid out in plots and routine town business addressed.
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Eaton
Wanted Man Caught Ault by Larimer Sheriff
Oscar Payne was arrested last night by order of the Larimer County sheriff. He is jailed awaiting removal to Fort Collins. The sheriff telephoned the marshal but did not specify the charges.
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Ault
Oscar Payne
Larimer Cquity
Fort Collins
Puy
Charlies
Baby Born To Mrs Myers In City Hospital
A one pound baby boy was born to Mrs Charles Myers Sunday night. Both mother and child are reported doing well.
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Baton
Charles Myers
Rain drenches county as ditches run bank full across towns
Rain fell last night with some hail in the storm leaving no damage. Ditches are running bank full in the county and some have flooded adjoining fields. Reports from LaSalle Kersey Evans Eaton Ault note varying rainfall with no major damage and hay delays due to wet fields.
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LaSalle
Here
Kersey
Eaton
Enrollment Begins at Teachers College Summer Sessions
Enrollment at the Teachers College opened today with 400 to 500 students by noon. Dr. Henry Suzzallo lectures starting tomorrow on Sociological Aspects of Education, joined by Dr. Samuel Schumacher Dr. Edward A. Steiner Dr. Charles H. Keyes and Dr. G Standley Hall in a two week series.
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Henry Suzzallo
Suzzallo
Samuel Schumacher
Westchester
State Normal School
Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell College
Charles H. Keyes
New York
G. Standley Hall
Clark University
Roosevelts Path to Colorado Electors in Primary Era
Roosevelt supporters hope to win Colorado six electoral votes either via direct primaries reshaping the Republican Party or by petitions allowing Roosevelt electors on the ballot. The plan imagines a Taft faction, a party realignment, and past bolts in 1892 and 1896 guiding a possible presidential vote depending on primary outcomes.
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Colorado
Theodore Roosevelt
Friends of
Taft
Assembly
Roosevelt
Weaver
Bryan
Chicago
New School Bonds Voted in Hudson
In Hudson on Saturday voters approved a $2,500 bond issue for a new school building, with 26 for and 10 against. Construction to begin soon, target completion by September, after the February blaze that destroyed the old school forcing lessons in the former building and a store.
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Hudson
Gill Rockets Gill Past Fosston in Lopsided 25 11 Victory
Gill powered to a 25 to 11 win over Fosston on Sunday, doubling the score as Fred and Dick Muller contributed to Gill’s rising fast in athletics, with Gill assembling a swift team to surge toward the front.
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Gill
Fosston
Fred
Dick Muller
Ten Pounder Arrives Near Ferguson Farm
A 10 pound boy was born to Mrs. Ferguson last Sunday night. The Ferguson family lives two miles south of the 70 ranch.
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Kersay
Ferguson
Union Pacific to enlarge LaSalle round house site
June reports that Union Pacific plans to enlarge the LaSalle round house and has asked city boards to close First street and a nearby alley on its right of way. Ed McCarty oversees street improvements and promises a mud-free result once the project is done.
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LaSalle
Union Pacific
Round House
First Street
Death of Simon Carbauch at 75 after long unconscious spell
Simon Carbauch, 75, died Monday morning after remaining unconscious for about 40 hours. He sank into a deep sleep Friday night and never woke. An old soldier, he will have funeral services this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Methodist church, with the W. T. Sherman Grand Army Post conducting the services.
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Evans
Simon Carbauch
Carbauch
Methodist
W. T. Sherman Grand Army Post
Infant burns self with hot lard at farm home
Phillip Detter Jr., eight months old, was seriously burned when a pot of hot lard toppled from a chair at the William Smith farm two miles north of Windsor. The mother, busy with fry cakes, witnessed the accident as the crawling child bumped the chair. Dr. Bartz attended the injuries. The Detters, recent Russian immigrants, had been in the country only two months.
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Windsor
Phillip + Detter, Jr
Phillip Detter
William Smith
Here
Bartz
Auto Kiss Is Latest Prank In Fort Lupton
Fort Lupton June 11 Billy Davis laughed as his new auto veered and gently kissed a cottonwood tree the car nose touched the radiator and stuck in a playful impact Davis escaped unhurt and warned next spin he will watch the road rather than presidential possibilities
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Fort Lupton
Billy Davis
Davis
Bryan
Roosevelt
Irrigation Bill Favored by House Committee
Representative Taylor reported favorably the senate bill to allow settlers on 32 government irrigation projects to patent their homesteads in three years. The patent title remains subject to government liens for water assessments due. Two projects are located in Colorado.
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Washington
Taylor
Committee On Public Lands
House
Senate
Colorado
Hail damages gardens east of Greeley hit hard
A Tuesday evening hailstorm severely damaged garden tracts east of Greeley with cabbage and onion losses delaying harvest by about two weeks. The hardest hit residents included Harry and Fred Beasley, Fred Nelson, Fred Steele, and E. T. Leake. The eastern city’s gardens and fruit were affected while the west and north parts of town reported no damage.
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Greeley
Harry
Fred Beasley
Fred Nelson
Fred Steele
E. T. Leake
Children hold day exercises at Methodist church
In Kersey on June 11 the Methodist church hosted Sunday night children’s day programs. Fifty children performed under supervision of Miss Brooks Mrs Imerson Mrs Coffman and W G Drummond with Laura Gardner and Burdell Brooks presenting special musical numbers.
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Kersey
Miss Brooks
Imerson
Coffman
W. G. Drummond
Laura Gardner
Burdell Brooks
Buckingham Republican Club Enrolls 24 New Members
The Buckingham Republican club held its second meeting this afternoon to enroll 24 new members. With the additions the organization is now complete and will begin active campaign work. The next meeting is scheduled for June 22.
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Buckingham
Buckingham Republican Club
Eighth Annual Greeley Ladies Program Delights Club
The Greeley Commercial club met at the Camfield for its eighth annual ladies led program with an informal after dinner surprise. Mrs Astabrook wrote a one act farce interpreted by Dorothea Haynes Grace N. Allen and W R Kelly. Isadore Rothschild and Slim Roberts appeared in disguise as suffragettes in a playful finale. Several members urged more frequent ladies led programs.
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Aulet
Astabrook
Dorothea Haynes
W. H. Starr
Grace N. Allen
W. R. Kelly
Luther Beaman
Slim” Roberts
River Rises Threaten Platteville Bridges
The Platte river is out of its banks and rising this morning near Platteville. Ten section men are stationed on the Denver Laramie railroad west of town to keep debris from backing up on the bridge and undermining approaches. Overnight watch will continue at the Denver Laramie bridge to spot damage from debris.
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Platteville
Platte River
Denver-Laramie
Here
Platte
Memorial services held by local fraternal orders in Eaton
Joint services were held Sunday by the Woodmen of the World Modern Woodmen Royal Neighbors and Women of Woodcraft. Louis Reed gave the address in the Woodmen hall. Afterward the lodges visited the cemetery to decorate graves of their members.
Labor Shortage Brings Beets Field Work to Local Schoolchildren
Miss Edna Allen visiting town. six miles south of there. Local schools report children earning 1.50 dollars per day plus board for field labor due to help shortages, with students pressed into beet field work during the week.
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Edna Allen
Hens Trained to Cure Ills With Medicinal Eggs
A Denver letter reports W F Kendrick of Littleton is feeding hens on special feeds to produce eggs for tuberculosis treatment and for young mothers. The piece envisions eggs serving cures and even jokingly presents meals as medical remedies, noting possible embalming fluid in feed and vaccines on corn, while acknowledging chickenpox may remain incurable.
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W. F. Kendrick
Littleton
Denver
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Windsor Youth
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Ler
East Ward School
Wil Fence
Thompson
State Teachers College
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