Rain boosts June moisture across county and crops
Weather observer Nelson Reyolds reports 0.87 inch of rain at 11 this morning and predicts June will exceed recent years. Totals this year reach 9.75 inches, with past comparisons from 1911, 1919, and 1909. widespread rains reach Johns town Kersey and plains, aiding peas, alfalfa, and hay as ditches and reservoirs fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Reynolds
Johnstown
Kersey
Here
Ault
Eaton
Cyclone Lays Waste Across Central Missouri Killing Dozens
A cyclone struck Central West Missouri late Saturday demolishing buildings and causing extensive damage. Bates county reports 13 deaths in a seven mile sweep while Sedalia records two fatalities. Dozens injured, figures uncertain as rumors spread.
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West
Missouri
Emalier
Bates County
Sedalia
Unveri
Odd Fellows Hold Joint Memorial in Denver
J B Snook grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows spoke at a joint memorial service in Denver Sunday afternoon. The event brought together 12 subordinate lodges and several Rebekah lodges at Fairmount cemetery where the order maintains a large, well cared for plot. All branches of the I O O F were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Denver
Fairmount Cemetery
Parents in Diphtheria Epidemic at Evans
Evans reports the diphtheria outbreak grows with two new cases in the Waggoner family after the death of their nine year old son. Mrs. Waggoner is gravely ill while other children remain uninfected. Total cases reach six with four in the Herman family and two in the Waggoner family. One death recorded, Fritz Waggoner, nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
John Waggoner
Waggoner
Herman
Fritz Waggoner
Weld County irrigation boom fuels top farm stats
The department of commerce and labor reports Weld County Colorado leads in irrigation efficiency with 3,981 farms, 914,220 acres, 410,346 cultivated, and 291 independent irrigation enterprises. The estimated cost of existing projects nears ten million dollars, and Weld ranks first in corn, oats, wheat, barley, alfalfa, potatoes, and sugar beets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Labor
Colorado
Weld
Weld County
Colorado bulletin service from Republican convention in Chicago
The Colorado Telephone company will relay convention bulletins from Chicago to Greeley. They will be distributed free to prominent business places including Sterling hotel Greeley club Opera House pharmacy Elk lodge Carmfield hotel Greeley cigar store Greeley Tribune and Greeley Republican with prompt delivery for citizens to follow proceedings.
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Colorado Telephone Company
Chicago
Greeley
Cnell
Sterling Hotel
Greeley Club
Opera House Pharmacy
Elk Lodge
Carmfield Hotel
Greeley Cigar Store
Greeley Tribune
Greeley Republican
Snowmelt Slowed By Cool Weather Delays Spring Freshet
Cooler days slow water flow as mountain snow remains. rivers drop and snow continues to fall at many points. The spring freshet is delayed, with forecasts predicting a sudden heat wave may trigger extraordinary floods within weeks.
Farmers discuss independent sugar factory near Eaton
In Eaton June 17 the Farmers Union met to discuss an independent sugar factory. The group reported about 600 acres of acreage in the surrounding area has been secured for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Farmers’ Union
Memorial Services Held by Local Fraternal Lodges
Knights of Pythias and I O O F observed Memorial Day with services in Greeley. Clergy addressed members, eulogies honored those who died in the past year, and cemetery graves were decorated. Additional rites by I C O F and Rebekahs followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias and
Knights of Pythias
Greeley
Lodge
Memore
Knights of Pythias Lodge
I. C. O. F. Hall
V. Eb, Keyes
R. BE. Winbourn
R. D. Kelley
C. P. Kemmerer
Fr. Phillips
Order
I. C. O. F. Lodge
R A. Chase
H. N. Waynes
PB. L. Dunham
Col. A Jones
Evans
Evans and LaSalle I. 0. O. F
Evans Cemetery
Kauffman
Richards
George Briggs
LaSalle Lodge
George Young
Edward Behrens
Fred Tregonning
George Deighert
John McGee
Charlies Holland
Evans Lodge
Samuel Andrews
Co. B. Ramesdell
Judge Tregonning
Rebekahs
Windsor
O. O. F. Lodge
S. C. Smith
Confusion and Disorder Foretold at Chicago Convention
Chicago report describes a split among 66 colored delegates and party leaders eyeing Taft Roosevelt or La Follette as power brokers. Threats of violence, police plans, and riot talk color the convention scene with third term factions plotting to seize control. Hughes as compromise candidate is floated.
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United Action
Taft
Roosevelt
Robert la Follette
Elihy Root
Borah
Timothy L. Woodruff
King’s County
N. Y
Texas
Washington
Georgia
Mississippi
Chicago
Citylice
Cecil Lyon
Paris
Michigan Avenue
Far West
Hughes
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Man Murdered Near Lafayette Colorado Killing
Boulder, June 17. Ern esto Quinonez 21 Mexican worker at the Standard mine Lafayette was shot in the left temple at 6 am on a Camfield ranch by Daniel Fernandez 29 another Mexican employed by Frank Ballard. Quinonez and Francis Espanoza quarrel led to a gunfight. Fernandez fled after firing and was captured south of Camfield. Espanoza and Francisco Espanoza were taken into custody. the other suspect remains at large.
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Boulder
Colo
Ernesto Quinonez
Standard
Lafayette
Camfield
Daniel Fernandez
Frank Ballard
E. Quinonez
Francis Espanoza
Lapella Lara
Fernandez
Quinonez
Fernandes
Francisco Espanoza
FARM IS O K THINKS WYLIE
Platteville June 17 Former Weld county assessor Jack Wylie returns from Pennsylvania to work his farm He bought a gasoline pump and engine for scientific farming and plans extensive improvements He says the farm life suits him better than politics and Colorado aids his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platteville
Jack Wylie
Weld County
Pennsylvania
Wylie
Mr. Wylie
Colorado
Fort Logan Trims Greeley In Hard Fought Win
Fort Logan beats Greeley 9 to 6 after a rough start as Greeley led 3 0 in the first inning. Fort Logan rallies with a six run sixth and solid pitching from Myers. Halil left with Hathaway finishing. Greeley’s Hall and Davis also pitched. La Salle tops Johnstown 13 6. Windsor defeats Milliken 9 1 in separate games.
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Fort Logan
Greeley
Halil
Hathaway
Myers
Logan
Hall
Davis
Salinger
Ten Year Old Girl Slays Rattle Snake Heroine Class Claim
Erie on June 17 Anna Gordon, aged ten, joined a yard picnic of children when a rattlesnake appeared. She seized an axe and killed the reptile by striking its head and body in four wounds. Post mortem shows the snake was a young rattler with one rattle plus the button.
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Erie
Anna Gor
Don
Gordon + yard
Anna
Windsor milk for condenser near Denver boosts Johnstown plant
Johnstown on June 17 reports the condemned milk factory now takes 20 cans daily from a Windsor dairy near Denver which prefers selling to a condenser over canvassing in Denver. The condenser gains milk as farmers expand herds and pasture grows on bottom land north of Johnstown, signaling a shift toward selling milk to the condenser as a main local occupation.
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Johnstown
Windsor
Denver
Peil Sentenced for Manslaughter in Kerber Killing
Fred Peil, recently convicted of killing Fred Kerber on October 26 1909, was sentenced to seven to eight years in the penitentiary by Judge McCall. The second trial yielded a manslaughter verdict after a 72 hour jury deliberation, with the judge noting the death sentence would have stood if requested.
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Fred Peil
Fred Kerber
McCall
Peil
R. E. Winbourn
New Receiver Visits Greeley After Inspection
A special train brought officials of the Denver Laramie and Northwestern to Greeley on a Saturday afternoon. Two hours were spent in town by Marshall B. Smith the new receiver and party members including Mr Green S K Martin Mr Garwood and Mr Todd before returning to Denver.
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Denver, Laramie and
Northwestern Road
Greeley
Denver
Marshall B. Smith
Green
S. K. Martin
Garwood
Todd
Episcopal Guild Teams to Play Windsor Derby
The Episcopal guild boys will face the Greeley Episcopal guild baseball team here tomorrow. A classy exhibition of baseball is anticipated and a large delegation from Greeley is expected to join a picnic after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Episcopal Guild
Greeley
Children Joy Fest Held by Royal Neighbors in Eaton
Saturday afternoon featured the annual Children Joy Fest in Eaton with activities in Woodmen hall. W B Longwith chaired the program and oversaw games followed by a basket lunch for the youngsters.
W C T U Affirms Platform At Seventh District Meeting
The seventh annual district convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union held in Greeley adopted resolutions renewing pledges to prohibition and moral education. They urged outreach to foreign born citizens, organization of youth branches, and an emphasis on a single standard of purity, while thanking Greeley helpers and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Fifth District
Christian Church
May Coffman
Esc Vv. Ross
C. D. Allsebrook
Farmers Talk Over Factory In Weld County Plan
A Saturday meeting in the M. B. A. Hall gathered beets growers from across the county to discuss Ward Darley’s plan for an independent beet sugar factory in Weld County. A finance committee and promotional groups were formed to push the project, with Darley likely to be sent east to attract capital. Henry Mead of Ault was named administrator of Asa Mead’s estate valued at 135000 dollars, to be split between Henry and Arthur Mead of Lock, New York, with a prior will reportedly destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. A. Hall
Ward Darley
Weld
Darley
Darisy
Henry Mead
Ault
Asa Mead
Mr. Mead
Arthur Mead
Lock, N. Y
Beet dumps repaired along Denver to Laramie line
A gang of men works on beet dumps in preparation for the new season. Several new dumps have been constructed along the Denver Laramie line by the Great Western Sugar company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken
Denver- Laramie
Great Western Sugar Company
To Organize Glee Club At Summer School
The young men of the summer school organize a glee club with Prof. Fitz as director. The group will meet tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the college.
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Fitz
Elizabeth Van Gorder Weds George W Alps in Denver
Miss Elizabeth Van Gorder married George W Alps in a Sunday ceremony at a Baptist church in Denver held at 10 30 witnesses included relatives. The bride, daughter of Mrs Eva Van Gorder, wears a tan traveling suit and has roots in Greeley. The couple, both teachers college graduates, plan California summer then Elizabeth Colorado home at Elizabeth where Alps will be principal. Attendees included Mrs Eva Van Gorder and several regional couples.
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Elizabeth van Gorder
George W. Alps
Denver
Greeley
Baptist Parsonage
Eva van Gorder
Teachers College
Ault
Trinidad
Mr. Alps
Miss van Gorder
C. BE. Houston
George Carlson
Fort Collins
Jack McMillan
LaSalle
Will van Gorder
Brighton
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Cits
ODD Fellows
Miss Nelson
O. K
Gormley
Vistors
Jay
Windsor Milk
Moral Standard
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