Kersey to Bring Suit Against U P Crew Over Fatal Wreck
Kersey prepares a lawsuit against Union Pacific engineer Frank McCune fireman Orel Holmes and conductor for the August 16 collision that killed farmer Harden T Hackley. The town hopes the case tests speeding limits and may reach high courts with Union Pacific backing the employees. Mayor Fred Jones’s testimony from 1909 is expected to be pivotal.
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Kersey
Frank McCune
Orel Holmes
Union Pacific
T. Hackley
Ker
Sey
Kereoy
Union Pa + eife
Fred Jones
Mayor Ordered Rail Road Speed Ordinance Sent to UP
Kersey Aug 23 James, when ordinance limiting railroad train speed passed, had town clerk send a copy to Union Pacific president. Citizens condemn UP for neglecting the speed law. Hackley killed by eastbound passenger train Aug 16 as coroner’s jury cites UP crew for carelessness. evidence shows train at 40 mph without bell or whistle as crossing approached.
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Tribune
Kersey
James
Judge Hill
Union Pacific Railroad
Hill
Union Pacific
Hackley
Groes
Harden T. Hackley
Automobile Load Stalled In Grover District
A party of four Denver men led by August Green were stranded two days in Grover after their Shell Automobile company vehicle’s steering failed. They kept to a farmhouse and awaited a passing machine, then were driven to Greeley by J. G. Thiel of Cheyenne. They opted to wait for a replacement rather than repair.
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Grover
Denver
August Green
the Shell Automobile Company of
Greeley
J. G. Thiel
Cheyenne
Green
Armstrong Will Case Settled by Count Decker
Judge Bradfield settled the Armstrong will case with the estate ordered to Nettle L. Knapp, a niece of Samuel Armstrong. The farm valued at 26000, while a $3000 claim by Anna Hamilton was denied. Sarah Armstrong’s bid for half the estate over an alleged 1857 divorce was rejected. Attorney Joseph C. Ewing represented Mettie Knapp. In Evans August 22 terror cases followed a bonfire incident by Mrs. W. H. Fullhart. James W. McCreery reported in Denver.
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Bradfield
Armstrong
Nettle L. Knapp
Samuel Armstrong
Anna Hamilton
Sarah Armstrong
Joseph C. Ewing
Mettie Knapp
Weld County Town Files First Rail Road Speed Case
Hackley was killed and the sult is believed to be the first brought by a Weld County town against a railroad for exceeding the speed limit within corporate limits. The action targets the railroad's operation through the town and seeks redress for the fatal incident.
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Hackley
Weld County
Lands Withdrawn in Colorado Forests by Taft Proclamation
Washington August 22 more than half a million acres of land were removed from five Colorado national forests by presidential proclamation after interior reviews. The affected areas include Leadville Pike Montezuma San Juan and Rio Grande with Decreases totaling 867 221 acres in Montezuma. Trade eliminations occur along Blue river in northern Leadville lands mainly grazing.
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the Tribune
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Secretary of Agriculture
Leadville
Pike
Montezuma
San Juan
Rio Grande
Montezuma National Forest
la Plata
Leadville National Forest
Blue River
Arnold May Be Tried On Lunacy Here
Charles Arnold a suspected bigamist is confined in a county jail cell as officials prepare to examine him for mental derangement. Doctors will assess his condition today and decide if lunacy proceedings are necessary. If found insane he will be sent to an asylum, avoiding a penitentiary term.
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Arnold
Jin
Greeley
Telluride
Sherif Florance
Greeley Electrical Store Changes Hands
Prof and Mrs B G Halsted purchase the Greeley Electrical Supply from Carter and Flower for their son Halcyon Halsted. The same staff stays, operations continue in the same quarters. Arthur Halsted is an electrical engineer with the Roster Electrical company. Halcyon, a recent Normal School graduate, will run the business.
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B. G. Halsted
Greeley Electrical
Carter & Flower
Postmaster Resignation Sparks Vacancy in Mead
Mead August 23 C V Holmes resigns as postmaster and a petition circulates to appoint Ira A Lee to the position.
Oregon initiative bill tests party lines in state senate
Denver Aug 22 faces contentions as the Skinner Oregon plan moves from the House to a Senate vote. Democrats and Republicans clash over the referendum measure with 24 votes needed for passage, while strategists maneuver to recommit or kill the bill before the constitutional amendment stage.
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Tribune
Denver
Machine Democrats
Senate
House
Machine
Committee On
Gove
Constitutional Amendments
Oregon
Union Pacific Renames Zita to Galeton in Local Dispute
The Union Pacific changes the station name from Gale to Galeton amid a clash with J Musberger over the town site of Zita on Pleasant Valley. Postmaster assigns Zita. Musberger insists. rumor claims the depot delay stems from the dispute despite heavy freight.
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Union Pacific
Zita
Galeton
J. Musberger
Pleasant Valley
Gale
Gill
Musberger
Pew
Long Alaska trip ends as hopeful moves to Colorado
George C. Smith, a University of Colorado law graduate who spent three years in Alaska, returns toward Denver to hunt a location in Ley or county. He made a 4300 mile foot journey across northern Alaska and a 150 mile inspection trip for a mining company with his father as attorney, then left for Colorado for family reasons.
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Alaska
George C. Smith
University of Colorado Law School
Greeley
Smith
The
State University
Colorado
Denver
Pany
States
Cornerstone laid for State Normal training school by Masons
Hundreds attend as Masons mark the ceremony for the new State Normal training school in Weld County.Denver and Colorado Springs Masons join Eaton Windsor locals. Gov Shafroth absent. The brick building 284 by 160 feet, three stories, will host all grades and be ready March 1, 1911 at a cost of 100000.
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Normal School
State Normal
Weld County Masonary
Order
Eaton
Windsor
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Shafroth
Barnett
Colorado
Teller
Katherine Cook
Masonic Order
H. T. West
Greeley
Street Car Track Laying Nears Island Grove Park
Work on the street car line is advancing rapidly. The track along Fourteenth Avenue to Island Grove Park is already finished up to the Colorado & Southern tracks and will be extended to the park in a short time.
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Fourteenth Avenue
Island Grove Park
Colorado & Southern
The
Park
Severance sells 160 acres to Denver-Laramie for high price
Severance townsite founder sells 160 acres including the townsite to the Denver Laramie townsite company for 2325 per acre. He will receive 50 percent of net profits from lot sales. The deal includes right of way across the Severance strip. Burlington negotiates a connecting strip to Plummer’s station on the Wellington branch.
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Cave Severance
Denver-Laramie
Severance
Burlington
Plummer’s
Wellington
Severance Poised on Main Gulf to Coast Line
The town of Severance will be placed on the main gulf to coast road with Fort Collins branch of the Southern and the D. and L. offering superior transport. A grading contractor will lay out streets and alleys next week and the spud crop in the Severance district is expected to reach eighty percent of normal after an earlier planting.
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Severance
Fort Collins
Southern
Sverance
Greeley
Addition to Pleasant Valley School Completed
The new addition to the Pleasant Valley school house was completed this week. The fall term opens September 6 with eighty scholars enrolled. Jesse Shaw is principal and Mrs Mary Sullivan will oversee the second room. The school sits in the thickly settled rural district where a new building was finished.
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Pleasant Valley
Jesse Shaw
Mary Sullivan
Mrs Woodruff Seeks Rheumatism Relief in Idaho Springs
Mrs. B F Woodruff is spending several weeks in Idaho Springs seeking relief from rheumatism. The trip aims to improve her condition through the mountain spa climate and mineral waters.
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B. F. Woodruff
Idaho Springs
Inspection system eyed for western fruit districts
Joseph H. Bouten of the Grand Valley Fruit and Vegetable Co. argues in Greeley that while his county need not inspect fruit now, embryonic abuses threaten the sector and a county style inspection could be adopted elsewhere. He notes western slope crops look fair and returns should be large for growers if inspection is instituted to curb bad practices.
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Joseph H. Bouten
Grand Valley Fruit and Vegetable Company
Greeley
Court House
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Charles Arnold
North Country
Fred McConahey
Masons
Denver-Laramie Realty CO
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