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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
3
The Seventy Ranch and Farm company advances a major irrigation scheme in Weld county. About six large Hardin area ranches will be brought under water at an estimated cost of $200,000, encasing roughly 5,000 irrigable acres with possible district expansion later.
The Seventy Ranch and Farm company includes Hoover ranch Von Rich Hovan Seven Cross and P 0 moch with Seventy property. Ditch enlargements at Hardie and Hoover ditches will help irrigation as capitalists back the plan. John Knowles Wood Brothers and H N Fletcher lead the effort with funds to complete over several months.
George Venerables applies for the chauffeur job on the city hose wagon to serve Greeley. Council meeting next Friday will consider several applicants for fire department positions as Chief Patterson aims to select paid personnel for the department.
Kersey April 10. Kersey nine beat Greeley's second team 3 to 1. Strong pitching and 11 strikeouts lit the game. Modena notable behind the plate and Reed at bat. Lineups list Medina, Reed, Seigel, Roach, Nes sler, Casey, Soloff, Norris, and Greeley with Hathawsy on the mound.
Reports from Greeley describe a dirt mud from local clay hills tested in medical trials led by H. L. Hughes of Denver. The mud is claimed to reduce inflammation draw out poisons and may fetch higher land values if marketed. Clarence Darrow, visiting son Paul Darrow and wife, praises Greeley as beautiful and improving rapidly during a brief stop.
Miss Grace Curtis went to Denver Tuesday for a week's visit.
Greeley women from several clubs urged the city council to establish a rest room for women and children in City Hall, with plans to fund and staff it. The council split on the proposal and deferred final action, while considering a park room as an alternative.
Mrs. E. G. Hagar and Mrs. Harriett Berry of Eaton were quarantined in Havana after returning from a southern voyage via Vera Cruz and Cuba. The ship carried seventy five passengers. Havana barred Vera Cruz departures due to yellow fever and forced landings into quarantine for all on board. The women described their three day shore wait and view of Havana from the offshore vessel.
A springtime wedding was held Tuesday evening at 402 Ninth street with Rev. J J Lace officiating. Miss Iva Chipps wore white liberty silk and carried roses and lilies. The couple received many gifts. about fifty guests attended including relatives from Windsor Eaton Kersey and nearby towns.
The funeral for Mrs Flora Gale who died at her daughter Mrs C N Jackson’s home last Monday evening will be held at the residence next Friday morning at 9 36 o clock.
Greeley resident Frank Lemmon heads a proposed irrigation district in Kimball Nebraska. The project plans to cost 2.69 million dollars and irrigate about 8 000 acres, with details of interest to Greeley residents.
Supt. L. H. Harrison reports census data from the Big Bend district and the Fort Lupton Erie area show beet belt districts likely enrollments down, while other county districts may see gains that offset declines.
Mr. Harrison cautions of declines in Windsor and beet-growing areas as sugar beet farming falters. He notes April 10 school census figures and expects overall student gains this year, though beet regions may show reduced enrollment. The beet industry's downturn could affect several county districts.
The brick livery stable at Seventh avenue and Eighth street is being removed under J S Todd to clear space for a new Denver Laramie depot. The site’s earliest building, the Hotel de Comfort, began as a Cheyenne hardware transfer repurposed for the colony.
Mrs Lem Baird departed Saturday for Oneida Tennessee for a visit with her parents and related relatives.
Hugh Wheller of Denver visited his parents the Wheelers. Sidewalks are to be laid on Ninth avenues between Twenty first and Twenty fourth streets. Miss Lulu Houston came from Lucerne to visit Mrs. Agnes Winegar. Mrs. W C Dieckersen returned from Denver after visiting her daughter. Ole Christopher completed naturalization papers after fifty five years in the United States. Mr and Mrs Jack Foote and son of Loveland were in Greeley on a business trip. A monument weighing 8700 pounds was set for Mrs. Loustalet at Linn Grove cemetery by J B Nevins & Co.
Randolph Perkins and his wife, newly arrived from Green County Indiana for health reasons, departed this morning for Colorado Springs. His wife will remain in Greeley for some time.
Mrs. Mary FE Williams from southern Missouri left for Livermore to visit her daughters after visiting her brother Asa Sterling and his wife and sisters Mrs Walter Miner and Mrs Wilfred Mauck.
John Blum from near Greeley sues the Union Pacific railroad in district court for 1200 dollars alleging water failure and crop ruin due to a improperly constructed ditch. Attorneys say UP shifts blame to contractors. case seen as test among several similar actions.
Fort Lupton facility undergoes major upgrades as N. C. Barwise of Barwise Packing announces extensive cement flooring and structural overhauls to prepare for the coming harvest. Other improvements are underway to ready the plant for handling this year’s crop.
Sneak thieves entered the Windsor depot Thursday night and got away with six gallons of whiskey consigned to Windsor men. They entered through a window, lifted the ticket window, and crawled into the room with the express packages. Sharp lookout is set for the burglars, but no arrests have been made.
Rev. O M Bowman who leads the Methodist church in Ft Lupton is accompanied by his wife who has been in a Denver sanitarium for months. She is in poor health and could not travel with him when he was appointed.
Edwin Young 17 son of George H Yorne is at Greeley hospital for an operation after a burst appendix and peritonitis. He attends Greeley High School and his condition is serious.
Large crowds attended the dedication service in Milliken on Sunday with Rev. Haines of Longmont in charge and a Greeley minister present. A sufficient sum was raised to pay off the building's indebtedness.
Mrs. Lafayette Ryan is able to be about and is little the worse for the runaway accident on Wednesday. One cheek bone is bruised and possibly fractured. Mr. Ryan escaped injury.
J. F. McCrery returned from Kimball Nebraska where he inspected a Wisconsin seed potato car. Local farmers and schoolchildren heard his talk on seed selection and growing Pearl variety potatoes as they aim to supply the Greeley district.
Mr and Mrs EB B Foulk and family of Hadley Pa have visited C M Foulk in the last ten days and left Saturday for Caldwell Idaho where they will reside.
Attorney J. W. B. Smith was taken to Denver today suffering appendicitis. Doctors have not yet decided whether surgery will be required.
Fort Lupton day operator Miss Edna Walsh resigns. Miss Ethel Corcoran is hired as her replacement. Miss Gert rude Smith serves as night operator. Local residents Myrtle Ladd Edna Peller and Marie McNeil visited Greeley for a baseball game. Marie McNeil returned to Golden after winter in Fort Lupton. Mrs F A Jasper traveled to Denver for a week long visit. Frank Haines and family moved to a California area near Los Angeles. Charley Bruce of Platteville spent the week in town. Mrs P M Nelson hosted a thimble party. George Burge bought A R Fischer's residence via Moore and Winbourn. J F McConnell called east for her mother's illness.
Grace Smith and her six month old son were nearly killed when a Klein grocery horse ran away and dragged a wrecked wagon past them on a street corner near J. W. Newlands home. An auto passage shortly before may have triggered the incident.
J. S. Brush traveled to Denver this morning while Dr. M. G. Medlin D. C. has returned from a brief business trip there.
Mrs Dora Ware and Miss Viole Snyder of Denver are visiting Mrs M J Goodwin.
Miss Lina Harris travels to Denver this morning for a seven day visit with her sister Mrs J W Downer.
Dr and Mrs W F Spaulding of Kersey visited Greeley on Tuesday and stayed for the evening concert.
Chuck Pierson and his stock ranch team visited Greeley on Tuesday to assess cattle on the range, reporting the herd in splendid condition and thriving under current grazing conditions.
Mr and Mrs John Berta wed in Greeley on Monday and plan to settle in Superior Wyoming where Mr Berta owns mining interests near the town.
Funeral services for Edwin Youngs 17 were held at 2 PM Thursday at the Evans Methodist church. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Young and died in Greeley early Tuesday morning.
Rev. W. A. Philips plans to return Thursday from Kansas where he officiated at his sister's wedding. His brother Charles Philips also came back this week from Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Allyn of the 709 ranch returned from a month in California. Mrs. Allyn was in Greeley on business Tuesday and visited Denver Tuesday evening. In Greeley she stayed as the guest of Mrs. I. Faulkner.
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