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Newspaper
Greeley Republican
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
2
A columnist weighs Roosevelt era ideas stressing sociological fixes over tariffs. The piece questions effective solutions for loafers and idle Poor, debating political versus educational action, and notes local political sparks and Republican leanings amid Prairie State commentary.
Oats five feet nine inches tall with eighteen inch heads on James Romans farm shown at the Kersey event. Farmers expect about 100 bushels per acre from a crop likely to be a county highlight. Also on display are baseball sized onions from the Plumb bottoms.
An unknown person shot and killed a bulldog valued at more than $50 owned by Frank Mapes of Gilcrest. The nonvicious pet united the town in grief and authorities expect the culprit to be caught soon amid suspicions of spite. Fezer's Drug Store advertises strictly pure Paris green at 17 cents a pound.
Hundreds of admirers gathered as Bishop Henry White Warren lay in state at Trinity church in Denver. A guard of honor and floral tributes framed the bier, with memorials in Iliff chapel earlier. The public funeral featured Bishop McConnell, Bishop Bashford, and Dr. Fouse, with interment private.
In a Denver political note Shafroth faces a choice to avoid the assembly and appeal to voters through the primaries or risk accusations of bad faith by skipping the assembly. The piece also notes shifts in senatorial plans among Shafroth Adams O'Donnell and former Gov. Thomas, plus updates on the Farah homestead bill and a Denver Democratic women’s bid for a woman state senator, Helen King Robinson.
United States oil production in 1911 rose by about 11 million barrels from 1910 to top a record, with California leading at 81,134,391 barrels and Oklahoma, Illinois, and Louisiana also posting large gains. World output surpassed prior highs at over 345 million barrels, while prices averaged 60.8 cents per barrel.
In Rome Georgia on July 30 seven blacks died and eleven blacks with four whites wounded after a clash near Plainsville. Reports warn a looming race war as the black population, now armed, threatens revenge. Among the wounded are Sheriff Owens and Earnest Johnson of Calhoun and Dr. Miller of Plainsville. The violence began with a white man whipping a black man prompting a black revolver response.
A Denver jaunt to Greeley offers a pleasant 50 mile journey via Weld County roads praised as level and smooth. The county road commission inquiry prompted broad improvements making the northward run through Brighton Fort Lupton Platteville LaSalle Evans and Greeley ideal for a Sunday family excursion to Loveland Longmont Boulder and back along scenic routes.
Hobbs' Book Shop receives a new lot of large sepia head studies and fine colored mountain views suitable for passe partout framing.
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