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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
1
Reported plan says H M Bons or successor will open a saloon in Evans Friday selling only soft drinks initially to avoid immediate arrest while awaiting district attorney action. Three insiders say saloon will switch to hard drinks later and that Bons is in Denver consulting lawyers for brewery interests to transfer the license.
Evans residents watch as pro saloon advocates prepare to open on Friday. The Evans anti saloon league gathers evidence and mobilizes dry forces in Greeler for a showdown, with citizens largely supporting saloon entry and planning a fight to the finish.
Citizens organize to support a summer chautauqua with a formal fundraising drive. Aimed at covering operating and annual expenses, the effort seeks local stock or ticket subscriptions to ensure the event's permanency. Rev John Carman to host an estate convention echo meeting at 6 o'clock.
The article urges a July 9th or later charity baseball game between lawyers and doctors in Greeley. Attorney Lincoln Fishback notes legal proceedings prevent earlier play, but proceeds will aid a hospital or similar beneficiary and the Tribune will publicize the event.
Kersey will close all business houses tomorrow afternoon as a tribute during the funeral of Judge H. P. Hill. Services are slated for 2 30 PM at the Methodist church conducted by Rev. S G Dorey.
Kersey June 28 A pile of straw and excelsior in the rear of the Kersey Furniture company caught fire. Spectators kept flames from reaching the building. Sparks from a passing engine or a premature Fourth of July celebration by small boys are suspected.
J B Snook editor of the Eaton Herald in Greeley becomes grand master of the Colorado lodge of Odd Fellows after the death of Lucius Hoyt of Denver. Snook was grand warden, Hoyt would have become grand master next October, and Snook moves up per custom.
The State Anti-Saloon League plans to send representatives to Evans next Friday to investigate saloon conditions. Local guides from Greeley will pilot the visitors around the town.
Plans to remodel the Odd Fellows hall in Greeley to better serve the lodge as membership grows. Work is not immediate due to funding, but the lodge intends to invest and complete the improvements over several months, aligning with similar efforts in other towns.
Greeley residents on four inch mains urge equitable water allocation proposing odd even usage. The council considers dividing days, while rejecting broad rebates on Seventh avenue street grading. Other actions include appointing a new city physician, addressing Burlington crossing safety, and banning merry go rounds due to nuisance concerns.
Greeley rapidly adopts a spotless town image as downtown alleys are cleaned under city pressure. Police enforce alley laws. officials, marshal and patrols ensure ongoing decent appearance and order across the northern Colorado city.
Marshal Williams faces a proposed end to the bread and water regime as prisoners threaten defiance. John Norsworthy leads the dissent, arguing citizens’ rights while police weigh the option of a chain gang solution for city labor and cost savings.
Mrs J W Jones plans a visit to her girlhood home in Port Wayne after forty years. She will stay with her uncle Joe Cramer and seek former playmates while revisiting Iowa where she married and Colorado where she has lived. She left Greeley on Tuesday and expects to be away until fall.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Harbaugh, visiting son H. Harbaugh and family, will depart next month for their home in West tester Ta. Mrs. Harbaugh arrived in Greeley in January and Mr. Harbaugh two months earlier.
Miss Mary Kent travels to Cheyenne on Tuesday and intends to spend the summer there.
Greeley officials plan to adjourn every Tuesday night at 11 o clock to ensure at least an hour of rest, with exceptions when further sessions are necessary. The measure reflects late meetings and the council’s desire to avoid overtime while salaries and roles for staff are noted.
Mrs. R. W. Virden of Windsor visited Greeley on her way home from Denver. She runs a Windsor millinery shop, in business there two years, and plans to dispose of current stock and open a new millinery store in Eaton next season.
Owner Julius Claus announces the Airdome will close vaudeville acts and switch to a five cent picture show after a Monday vote where the public opposed vaudeville. He notes other theatres have not yet followed, amid protests over four year old children appearing on stage.
Ike Oppenheimer of Greeley plans to receive the Jeffries Johnson fight results by leased wire sent directly from the arena. Ault June 29. A recent armory concert by Rev Marzoli and the orchestra benefitted the Congregational church. The performance featured a fine voice and raised nearly $50.
E. L. Scraven is in the county jail charged with stealing a house a barn and a chicken coop filled with chickens from Herman Schmelze’s Remey area homestead while Schmelze was on a pleasure trip to Sterling.
William A. Shaw of Bloomington Indiana is visiting I. J. Shaw and William Shaw. This item records a family or social visit in Bloomington with local connections.
News from Greeley reports a major natural gas strike by the Greeley Boulder company near Boulder. The well is described as producing a large daily flow and may supply Boulder and northern Colorado towns, with several company directors in Boulder to inspect the operations.
The recently made strike is celebrated by many stockholders as promising for the towns of Northern Colorado. The information reached Greeley and is hailed with delight by supporters of the pro position.
Bids will be in this week for a new red brick Gilcrest schoolhouse costing about 6000. Plans by Wayne B Petterson resemble district 24 designs with two rooms and a hall that can be combined for entertainments. Lighting emphasized with left-side illumination and gray brick trim. District 24 plans to be completed this week with an estimated cost around 5000.
H. Adams and son Donald return from Grover after rains reached only to Willow Creek and the Grover grain crop is ruined by drought. Farmers hope for late rain to save the corn crop. On the trip they saw a herd of antelope.
Mrs James Chapman and three children and Miss Hattie Barkley returned to their Pueblo home on Tuesday after a week’s visit with sister Mrs J H Johnston.
Special report from La Salle states Roy Rahymer, accused of stealing a horse from Carl Strohmyer at Bingo Park near Stove Prairie, is traveling to Laramie pursued by two horsemen. The case traces back to a winter confinement in Greeley after chasing to Canada, with Strohmyer and the Florance claimant at odds over reward amounts.
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