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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
3
City of U. P. defers railroad franchise ordinances and street regrading action. W. L. Clayton recommended no street regrades. Council adopts nine month water contract extension with Windsor and discusses minor business. all aldermen present at a quiet session that adjourned at 10 30 p m.
The council adjourned action on Burlington route franchise ordinances amid a simmering road dispute. Drainage and street regrading proposals were discussed, with fears of property protests and costs guiding decisions. Alderman Starkey urged moving an intake pipe upstream to improve river drainage, while a boarding house drainage complaint prompted an inquiry by Alderman Howard. Marshal Wil-
City council discussed creating a wheel tax to fund street improvements. Aldermen favored a general wheel tax while Mayor Houston warned against excessive license fees on teamsters. An ordinance may require all street users to pay proportionally, with the fund earmarked for improvements.
Dry land eight miles west of Greeley yields 16 000 bushels from a 390 acre Hubb Bros tract. Wheat sold from the field brought 13 400 dollars. John Deboo reported forty five bushels per acre over sixty acres as threshing advances. Other farmers report similar yields.
The verse envisions a distant future when truth is found, franchises grant power, and railroads dazzle, with Roosevelts kneeling and lawyers silent. It muses on doubt, progress, and a city lost to what might have been as mud clears and street cars finally appear.
Weld county farmers unite to oppose dove hunting. Notices warn hunters as doves, blamed for devouring grasshoppers, are killed in large numbers. Humane residents sympathize with farmer fears.
Thomas Beal of 22 Fourteenth Street placed his 19 month old child on a porch and swung an axe in a drunken frenzy. The blow narrowly missed the baby as Beal, nearly overcome by liquor, fled into the street where officers and witnesses found him and the child unharmed. The incident occurred about 6 30 o'clock Tuesday evening.
Thomas Beal, a deaf husband from Nebraska, faced Magistrate Davis after a disturbing account of carrying his baby to the lake. Beal, distressed by his infant Isabel’s incurable illness, and a second child were with his wife in Greeley where he worked locally.
Mr and Mrs S Potter of Cedar Falls Iowa visited the Tribune office seeking a copy of the wedding account from three years ago in Greeley. They stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs W T Sherman while in town.
Weld county fair is hailed as a strong opportunity for farmers. Officials clarify exhibitor fees noting a one dollar exhibitor ticket covers unlimited entries and is lower than other Colorado fairs. Some confusion arose from misstatements about entry costs.
D M Hawley manager of the Independent Telephone system in Grover visited Greeley and reported strong land interest. On Wednesday thirty inquiries and over fifty Russian farmers arriving in the past week show growing settlement in the Grover district. Elbert English noted Russians inquiring at the district clerk and most directed to Grover. Dry land crops are reported excellent with prospects for a bumper harvest.
Ault, August 24. Ten years after homesteading a quarter section east of Ault, John Newman sold seven acres to G H Bager of Kingston Illinois for 1850. Two acres brought 300 dollars each and five acres 250 dollars each. Bager plans a house and may sell half to a Kingston friend. Both families will move to Ault.
In the Crow Creek district on August 28 the Union Pacific Railroad will face settlements in several rights of way condemnations. Conrad Rehn of Greeley seeks 1500 for crop damage from a new ditch. Windsor Land & Trading Co. seeks 150 per acre for condemned land. Attorneys Joseph C. Ewing and William R. Kelly represent both claimants. Additional claims exist but are expected to settle without court action.
If troubled with dandruff scalp irritation or falling hair try Rexall 93 Hair Tonite at our risk. We charge nothing if you are not entirely satisfied. It almost invariably effects a complete cure. Two sizes 50c and 1.00 offered by Carson W. Gilbert The Rexall Store.
City council orders group access to sand via 21 load tickets. City Clerk Hotchkiss authorized to issue tickets punched 21 times at the sand dump east of Tenth street.
The report notes limited changes in fruit markets with cherries waning and peaches and pears not at peak. Apple harvests are large in export areas. Greeley Fort Collins and Loveland supply fruit at 1.26 per 50 lb box or eight pounds for 25 cents. California and Colorado Bartlett pears priced at 3.50 and 3.26 per box. Grand Junction Palisade peaches at 1.15 per box. Lansdale cantaloupes from Evans area now available.
Through their attorneys Conrad Rehlen and the Windsor Land & Trading Company have asked for a jury to settle their dispute with the railroad company. The plaintiffs are willing to settle out of court if possible, though no agreement had been reached today. Originally about forty claimants had land condemned, but settlements have been made in most cases.
Glen Lou, 55, collapsed Monday morning in Greeley and was rushed to the county hospital where he had resided two months. He died at 5 PM from tuberculosis. He was to leave for Colorado Springs and was buried from Macy's parlors this afternoon.
The Greeley area welcomes several new births this week. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Strohl of Tenth street and Nineteenth avenue celebrate a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bert L. Kittle announce an 11 pound girl born Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. William Halegaard of 1022 Fourteenth street welcome a daughter born Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller celebrate a new boy, the family’s fifth son.
The Union Pacific forbids further traffic agreements with the Colorado & Southern through Northern Colorado, threatening cancellation of planned excursions from Greeley Eaton and Ault. The move foreshadows a broader quarrel that could force rate cuts on passenger and freight services.
B S Pier, a local pioneer returning from Salt Lake and the northwest, was knocked down by a crowd at Greeley station while alighting last Saturday. As he left the train the youths from Greeley shoved him, and his purse containing 11 dollars disappeared before he could recover it. He reported the incident.
Mr. A. Robinson of Drumquin Ontario declares Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets the best medicine he ever used for indigestion and recommends them for indigestion or constipation. They are easy to take with pleasant effect and cost 25 cents with free samples at drug stores.
In Ault on August 25 the Ault Milling company installed new equipment raising capacity from under 5000 to 7000 bushels in ten hours. An idle elevator received a new chop roll for grinding feed and a separate elevator. Superintendent W. D. Young ordered repairs to handle this year’s large grain crop as grinding began at the start of the week.
The first carload of early potatoes from the Eaton district was shipped this morning. W. B. Woolley, Crew's buyer, acts as shipper and the lot will be sold in the Denver market.
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