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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
3
An amusing incident on Edwards Street near Normal Hill ends with a rabbit leaping into a street car and striking the motorman W M Daringer. The rabbit was not killed, but the event prompts humor about erecting warning signs for rabbits to avoid modern streetcars.
Tate fair directors announce a baby show at the state fair with three prizes of five dollars each for smallest, fattest, and prettiest baby. Babies will be judged Friday September 20 in front of the grandstand. entries accepted from all parts of the state.
A Sunday school class presented Aunt Heiress with eleven girls in the cast. The event drew a larger crowd than expected and raised over $25 for church remodeling. The performance faced a petition in town that night, involving a negro minstrel dispute.
Erie plans a parade featuring all local industries on Biscuit day September 11. Mining floats display coal processes. a cook stove with women baking biscuits will dish out samples. The Post boys band of Denver performs. Governor Shafroth speaking after the parade in the park.
Weld County activates a multi day celebration with Aug 31 Sep 2 and Sep 11 plus Sep 24 27 at Island Grove Park. Platteville Fort Lupton Erie and Island Grove host canning tomatoes biscuits melons and horse racing as committees prepare county exhibits highlighting irrigated and dry land farms.
Iowa expert W R Barney argues Colorado could increase dairy earnings by widening opportunities for dairying. He and state officials note low producer prices and limited facilities hinder milk fat returns. Dairy Commissioner Cochran plans legislative bills to reform dairy laws and shift the department toward education and development rather than policing.
A northern Colorado congressman at large would please most residents and boost Senator W L Clayton's bid. Clayton, Weld County to statewide influence, is a lumber business president with prior roles as state senator and insurance commissioner. He stresses Bryan Wilson Labor and seeks bipartisan support for Colorado’s expanded congress, noting two at large seats this fall.
LaSalle Aug 24. A beet topper made by American Beet Harvester Co of Saginaw Mich will arrive soon for testing. The device aims to top lift and pile beets, part of a $10,000 prize from Great Western Sugar Co to solve the labor problem in Weld county. Commercial club members will witness demonstrations once device arrives. Several Weld county men have worked on a machine but this topper is claimed to be successful.
Threshing is under way in Windsor with high yields reported. Wheat runs 40 to 50 bushels per acre and oats 50 to 70. John Snell averages 51 bushels per acre on oats. Fred Crane and George Kern post strong barley and oats results. Beets look best ever as farmers use water from ditches and reservoirs to support crops. Threshers begin on Flora Laws farm with expected top yields.
Ward of Fort Collins appointed manager of the Northern Colorado Power company and assumed duties Thursday. O'Donnell, former manager, leaves to oversee land saving efforts and will serve as traveling salesman for the firm.
LaSalle August 23 beet growers plan to attend a large Beet Growers meeting in Denver on September 6. Attendees include George Briggs J C Hicks R B Carpenter G W McMurray C B Norris and others. Farmers expect beet contracts or an independent sugar factory to be built locally with 1000 acres pledged and about 15000 acres likely to be sown next season.
Ault August 24 three young men Sam Stockton 20 Walter Foster 21 Willie Craft 18 all of Greeley were arrested as bootleggers by Marshal sheetz for selling liquor without a license. They were jailed in justice court and taken to Greeley last night. They allegedly bought whiskey in Denver and profited from sales.
Eaton Aug 23 More than 300 attendees at the union Sunday school picnic near town prize for oldest man went to Grandma Brooks beating 80 year old John Ward by two years. Judges struggled to pick the prettiest baby. a drawing selected Ethel Bennett. A friendly four inning ball game favored the men 17 to 13. Officials plan a picnic again next year.
Denver reports Simon Bitterman predicts Colorado will feed 1,250,000 sheep this winter, up from 1,000,000, thanks to record alfalfa crops. About 60 percent fed in northern Colorado and 40 percent in the Arkansas valley. Farmers may gain $7 to $8 million in prosperity from the sheep and wool sector.
TaSalle Aug 22 Ed Williams a district pioneer who once owned the land where Milliken now stands made his first visit to the town he created. He scarcely recognized his old stamping ground noting the Antlers hotel where his barn stood and the field where he watered stock now bears a bank sign. Railroads cross his former wheat fields and he peers at the old home site now marked by the Milliken bank. Williams, who lives at Weldon with his son, says the changes make him feel like Rip Van Winkle.
LaSalle Aug 24 The LaSalle Commercial club elected George Briggs president J A Behrens vice president Charles McKenney secretary ER Carpenter treasurer A committee will seek support from county commissioners and nearby clubs to finance a new auto road from LaSalle south to Platteville The club will also send two delegates to the National Irrigation Congress in Salt Lake City and plans improvements for the year ahead
William Dunaway, an insurance man, was badly hurt when a runaway horse toppled a buggy seven miles north of Ault. His companion, John Campbell, was thrown clear and escaped. Dunaway dragged inside the toppled top for a quarter mile before freeing his body. He suffered head and body bruises but no broken bones. The buggy was wrecked and the horse has a noted runaway record.
Washington August 23. House Majority Leader Underwood cites a long list showing tax burdens on laborers under the current tariff law. He argues the public bears heavy levies on clothing, shoes, bedding, house goods, foods, books, medicines, and even funeral costs, as Congress debates tariff legislation.
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