Four Children Drown at Farmers Spur Tragedy Highlights Ditch Dangers
A 4 year old child, Leelie Snodgrass, and three other youngsters drownings are reported in Farmers Spur as ditches near homes prove deadly. Parents are deaf and dumb. funeral set at Macy's parlors. Meanwhile Denver Reservoir Irrigation awards contracts to enlarge Barr Lake dam, build canals, costing $500,000 and require moving Burlington tracks. O'Brien canal intake to Platte river feeds reservoir. project must finish by June 1, 1910.
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Leelie
Charles Snodgrass
Farmers Spur
Barr Lake
Denver Reservoir Irrigation Company
Kenifick-Quigley- Russell Construction Company
Kansas City
Denver-Greeley Valley
Burlington Railroad
Irrigation Company
Rosser & Whitaker Construction Company
Minneapolis
O’brien
Barr Reservoir
Platte River
Denver
Swindle Recovery Lawsuit Brought in Council Bluffs
Seventeen victims of an alleged swindle syndicate seek to recover about 79 805 dollars in a district court case begun in Council Bluffs. Named defendants include Ben Marks Ernest E Hart and J R Dobblns with Maybray a jailed leader listed among those tied to the scheme. Plaintiffs from Denver Greeley Hartse I, and others claim losses ranging from 1 250 to 21 000 dollars.
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Council Bluffs
Tventeen
4. & Maybray
Des Moines
Greeley
Efendants &Re
Ben Marks
Ernest E. Hart
Fir National Bank of Council Bluffs
C. Maybray
E. H. Hart
R. Dobbins
Frank
Scott
J. J. Spindler
Coarier
First National Bank of Council Bluffs
Bowman
Denver
Joseph P. Walker
George &. Bedford
Colo
R. L. King
Fowler
J. EB. Harrington
Hartse
Adolph Yeske
Harding
Mont
George L. Brown
Norton
Kan
Erie Teacher Arthur Butcher Marries 11-Year-Old Pupil
Arthur J Butcher a Erie school teacher was married in Denver to Elizabeth Summerfield an 11 year old pupil after being charged with a statutory offense. He was brought from Erie by Sheriff Florance on bond. The marriage appears to settle the case and may lead to dismissal of local charges.
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Arthur Butcher
Erie
Butcher
Florance
Denver
Arthur J. Butcher
Erle
Elizabeth Summerfield
Franchise in U S Court Over Spear Greeley Case
The Greeley Northern Railway and Utility Co case opens in a U S circuit court in Denver before Judge Lewis. The Spear controversy with Greeley centers on a revoked franchise for a street project after noncompliance with time limits. Spear's attorney H N Haynes argues the franchise remains in force. City attorney Ewing represents the city.
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U. S
Greeley Northern Railway & Utility Co
United States
Denver
Lewis
Spear
Greeley
Ttannae Ewing
Elizabeth Wright Dies of Tuberculosis at 46
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright wife of F Wright died Sunday at the family home 1608 Sixteenth Street aged 46 from tuberculosis. The family came here last July from Michigan. She is survived by her husband and three daughters, including Edna a Normal School graduate. Funeral services will be held at 11 o clock Tuesday morning conducted by Rev. Lace at the residence.
Fort Lupton Beats Greeley In Tight 3-2 Baseball Game
Fort Lupton defeats Greeley 3 to 2 in a closely played game. Lawrence allowed three hits for Fort Lupton while Grundy collected all three for Greeley. The two teams plan a series to settle their series supremacy.
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Port Lupton
Fort Lupton
Greeley
Ths
Lawrence
Grundy
Sullens
Miller
Lawrence and Hudson
Luman
Bass
R. Padfield
Hudson
Bruce
Consolidation of Greeley Newspapers Under New Ownership
Charlies Hansen gains control of the Greeley Sun and Greeley Pioneer and the Republican, with charge to begin July 1. Greeley’s three dailies and one weekly reduce to two, backed by business leaders who pledge support for the consolidated papers. The Tribune and the Republican Pioneer Sun will operate independently yet collaborate for city and county advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Hansen
Weld County Republican
Greeley Sun
Greeley Pioneer
Republican
Greeley
Tribune
Republican- Pioneer-Sun
Hansen
Scottish migrant charged in cattle theft near Greeley
Donald McClain, said to descend from Rhoderick Dhu, traveled from Scotland to Greeley and was arrested for cattle theft after a calf was found butchered and the hide recovered at his cabin. His brothers tend Joe Lee cattle east of Crow Creek and posted $500 bail.
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Donald McClain
Rhoderick Dhu
Greeley
Scotland
McClain
Crow Creek
Joe Lee
Advance man for Lorette Twins jailed before Greeley stop
Albert Hall, employed as advance man for the Lorette Twins show, reached Greeley with no prior notice and is in jail serving a ten day sentence for drunkenness. Hall is well known locally and expected to promote the show effectively.
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Albert Hall
Lorette Twins
Greeley
It Takes Two Are You One of Them
An advertising pitch argues that bargains rely on a second party found through want ads in this newspaper. It stresses the unseen value of targeted want advertising to connect buyers and sellers.
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Want
Seely Lake to Reopen as Summer Resort Under New Manager
Seelys Lake will open Thursday night under new ten year leaseholder Garth M. Conner formerly a contractor. He plans extensive repairs, a full orchestra and dance in the pavilion, twelve new boats, a new bathing beach, fifty grove tables, and Sunday picnics with no dancing on Sundays. A single access road from the Eaton road two miles north of Greeley remains.
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Seely’s Lake
Garth M. Conner
Eaton Road
Greeley
Women in Police Court Penalize Out-of-Town Visitors
Two girls named Helen and Lucile from Cheyenne were jailed for twenty days each after being harbored at the old Farnum House in Greeley. Police report five such damsels jailed in a week, all strangers seeking a haven. Residents had complained of worse conditions than described, prompting threats to arrest landlords for future offenses.
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Helen
Lucile
Cheyenne
Barnum House
Greeley
Fiannum House
Normal students flock for summer school in Colorado
Normal summer school opens with Secretary McKelvey predicting enrollment of 600. He aims for 2,600 National Educators Association memberships for Colorado. A special car with a Greeley banner will depart daily, and plans exist for a Denver excursion via the Southern or Union Pacific.
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Iaim
McKelvey
the Tribune
National Educators Association
Colorado
Greeley
Denver
Southern
Union Pa_cific
Brown Ditches Get More Water From North Poudre
Judge Gamble grants change of point of diversion for the seven Brown ditches to the North Poudre headgate supplying Park Creek district a new 10 000 acre farming area north of Fort Collins with added water. The decree requires priority to the Boyd and George ditches via Fish creek up to four cfs when irrigation is needed and mandates a measuring weir at Fish creek. Paul Lee represented the petitioner and H N Haynes of Greeley advised the corporations.
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Seven Brown Ditches
North Poudre
Gamble
District Court
Fort Collins
Park Creek
Collins
A. E. Goodwin
Boyd, George, Weber and Pierson
Larim
Boyd and George
Fish Creek
Ga‘s Ditch
District No. 3
Paul Lee
McAnelly
H. N. Haynes
Greeley
LaSalle Battles Kersey In Ten Innings With 9-8 Win
LaSalle edged Kersey 9 to 8 after ten innings in a dramatic Sunday game at Kersey field. About 400 fans attended as the Masters team defeated Kersey 15 to 12 in a doubleheader. The Knights of Pythias plan an evening smoker honoring grand chancellor A. G. Swemn.
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LaSalle
Kersey Field
Kersey
Knights of
Canadian youth thrown from outlaw horse at Eaton Ranch
Archie Best a young Canadian, was thrown Saturday afternoon on Ed Williams' ranch east of Eaton by a nervous horse. He suffered a brain concussion, a twisted ankle, and extensive injuries from a barbed wire fence but remained alive and intermittently conscious through Sunday. Best, newcomer from Richmond, Quebec, is a nephew of J. W. Smillie and the late George Smillie and well liked locally.
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Eaton
Archie Best
Ed Williams
Bost
Best
Richmond
Quebec
United States
J. W. Smillie
George Smillie
Took 2300 Volts Wrecks Arm of Windsor Worker
Mac McCullen suffered severe electrical burns after a 2300 volt line fault while repairing lines near Windsor. He was knocked unconscious, eight holes burned in one hand and a hole in his elbow, but survived with non fatal wounds. He is an employee of the Northern Colorado company and is recovering.
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Windsor
Mac” McCullen
Will Newcomb
Colorado
May Drop Name of Burlington
Rumor says James J. Hill may drop the Burlington name and merge with Great Northern or Burlington Northern. Reports say Stevens will head the combined systems and create a vast western network with eastern alliances.
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Burlington
James J. Hill
Hill
Great Northern
Burlington Northern
Colorado & Southern
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
New York
Baby tornado near Wellington flings barn into wires
A baby tornado two miles south of Wellington yesterday lifted a barn onto telephone lines, snapping four poles. Eyewitnesses say the funnel reached about 200 feet high and vanished a couple of miles east of town.
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Wellington
The
Daily Tribune
Fort Collins
Oranges Gifted to Pythian Sisters Scheduled Meeting
Mrs R B Kemmerer sent a box of oranges to the Pythian Sisters. The box will be opened at the regular meeting Wednesday afternoon and full attendance is desired.
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Mra
Grading Underway on Seventh Avenue Street Project
Street Supervisor Seaman started grading Seventh Avenue using a large elevating grader pulled by a twelve horse team. Work runs between Eleventh and Twelfth streets with a two foot cut, dump wagons moving dirt to a fill, rails to be laid by Monday, and hopes to extend to Nineteenth Street and Twelfth Avenue with signers secured.
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Seaman
Seventh Avenue
Crow Creek
Union Pacific
Allen
New Railroad Company
Nineteenth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Band Excursion Near Greeley Draws Large Delegations
Close to 100 tickets sold in Greeley for the Eldora Sunday excursion. Longmont Loveland Collins Boulder and Windsor sent large delegations, filling the train. Greeley band performed both ways, thrilling mountain crowds for the first time this summer. Eldora boys scheduled baseball, eating houses prepared for crowds, snow largely gone aside from high peaks, some excursionists snowbaiting on Eldora peaks. Fishing reported as good though few were prepared.
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Greeley
Eldora
Longmont
Loveland
Collins
Boulder
Windsor
Divorce demanded by Dede Fisher from Daisy in brief
Dede Fisher seeks a divorce from Daisy, whom he married about a year ago after his return from the Philippines where he earned a pension of 506 dollars. The petition cites cruelty and neglect including dishwater abuse, stove kicking, and Daisy leaving with a younger man. attorney Victor Keyes represents Fisher.
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Dede Fisher
Daisy
Dode
Philippines
Dede
Dade
No. 4
Victor Keyes
River Reaches High Water Mark Then Recedes
The river hit the season’s high water yesterday morning and receded a few inches today. Banks overflowed at Eleventh Avenue and stretched long east of the Colorado and Southern tracks. Lowland crops remain under water with little chance of recovery, and replanting may be impossible for a week to ten days.
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Eleventh Avenue
Colorado & Southern
Cement Walks Spread Through Downtown District
The downtown district begins installing cement walks with the Fark Merchandise contract to Stokey Company for an entire block. Raising all sidewalks to grade improves the metropolitan appearance and encourages other merchants to do the same.
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Fark Merchandise Company
Stokey Company
Ault Chicken Pie Supper Supports Minister Salary
The Congregational Ladies' Aid society cleared over $30 from Saturday's chicken pie supper. The funds contribute to the society's pledge to raise part of the minister's salary.
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Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society
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Macy's Undertaking
R. J. Hunter
Daily Pioneer
Seely Lake
Park Creek District
Runnor
Seventh Ave
Street Railway Company
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