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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
14
After months of pursuit through the Northwestern United States and British Columbia, Dr. J. A. Weaver identifies a suspect in the Victoria theft of two suitcases last August 31. Police in Spokane and Greenwood assist in tracking the elusive traveler.
Dr. Weaver and wife hurried to catch a Victoria boat at 8 that morning. After leaving luggage with a room clerk and then a cabman, the cases vanished and a Vancouver connection emerged. Seattle police seek the man believed to have stolen the $100 worth of belongings.
Jose Jarmilla, a Mexican beer digger, arrived in Greeley with ten $50 bills tucked in his hat band after surviving five robberies. He sought a 15 cent room and a cheap bed, plans to return to Durango City, Mexico, his lifelong home, after years in Colorado and work near the Denver police station.
Washington December 21 applicants for census enumerators must meet US citizenship residency age 18-70 and be able to write plainly. Test February 5 will use a sample population schedule with rural applicants providing an agriculture schedule. About 68 000 positions available by mid March for an April 15 enumeration. Applications due January 25.
After debate the school board and teachers decided to extend the term an extra week before the holiday. Students had pressed for an earlier break, but the final plan announced Friday set closing day as December 24 for Christmas vacation.
Denver broker James French says Weld county has room for at least three more canning factories as demand and produce justify. He suggests sites at LaSalle Greeley and another northern town, noting Iowa counties support multiple plants and predicting Weld will welcome such investment soon.
Mrs. Thomas Gibbeon and her ten year old daughter Leota at 1217 Eighth Avenue fell seriously ill from ptomaine poisoning after eating chocolate candy bought Sunday from a Greeley firm. The candy, made in Denver, led to a dangerous illness but both recovered with time. The poisoning was blamed on undercooked milk used in production.
Christmas services at Congregational and Methodist churches drew large crowds. Congregational Church offered a children focused morning sermon and an evening cantata Bethlehem led by C E Clark with soloists, while Methodist Church featured the Messiah chorus of forty under Professor Theo Fitz and a notable sextet. Reverend J J Lace preached two Christmas sermons.
LaSalle December 17 Alvino Pruiz an Austrian working with the section gang here was injured late Thursday night while laying a rail a bar of iron slipped from its support and severed one finger and mashed his left hand. The hand was dressed locally and it is believed a second finger badly crushed may not require amputation.
Boomer hook and ladder company to hold its annual Christmas night dance. The event aims to attract patrons with no other benefit dance this year and funds go to the firemen's protective fund to aid members in need due to injury or sickness.
Funeral services for Edward Goshert who died Saturday night of typhoid pneumonia will be held at 2 PM Tuesday at the First Presbyterian church. The Rev. J. J. Lace and Rev. R. J. Hunter will conduct. Goshert, 31, is survived by his wife and two children.
In Ault on December 20 Services were held in the new Swedish Lutheran church for the first time. The building, valued at $5 000, is not yet completed and the congregation met in the basement for the initial service.
The building will be completed and dedication ceremonies held soon after New Year The regular pastor delivered the sermon at the service A Christmas tree will be placed at the church for the children Saturday
Martin Ganzhorn of the East Side Market continues an old style of killing and decorating Christmas meats. For three months he fattened three beeves, hogs, calves and lambs now hanging on hooks trimmed with holly. The display mimics various objects and draws holiday attention.
Dainty and exquisite fan cy work and sewing on display in the sewing room of the Eighth grade building. Miss Edith Gale leads grades five to eight and inspires love for beautiful design. An exhibit of the best work will be sent to the teachers association for display next week.
An advertisement urges readers to try Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets for stomach derangement indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims quick relief, digestion aid, and a money back guarantee after 15 days, with larger sizes offered at 25 cents, 50 cents, and 1 dollar. The ad notes Rexall Remedies are available only at Wilbert's Rexall Store in Greeley.
Judge Garrigues issued a decree last Saturday afternoon granting H. Doud of Crow Creek a clear title to his property. The dispute centered on prior claims when Union Pacific mortgage records were involved and a federal court in Denver had previously awarded the land to William G. Evans and others in a suit against Union Pacific.
Strayed red roan horse, about 7506 pounds and unknown age, with a bald face and brands. Reward offered for information leading to recovery. Contact Windsor 31 or write Dan Guiney, New Wind sor, Colo.
The Elks Club plans a new home on Ninth street between Ninth and Tenth avenues after buying an additional fifty feet to join their existing seventy five feet. They previously paid $15,000 for the prior parcel from the Baptist church society and $10,000 for the Camfield lot west of Camfield property. The Camfield property has also been transferred to the Unitarian society.
Rev. John Doane hosted a church Christmas dinner for the boy choir and music committee. A six by thirty foot table in the church dining room held thirty four guests with a Santa centerpiece and a large Christmas pie. Each guest received a remembrance and the minister found a gift hidden in the pie from the boys.
A small scratch on Regina Piedalue, a Normal student, led to a developing blood poison. A pimplespurt appeared months earlier on her hand, progressing to a serious infection that required hospital care under a doctor’s supervision. She is reported to be improving.
The Greeley city council considers the Home Gas & Electric company operating without a franchise and contemplates new conditions for a street railway as well. Proposals include a maximum 12 cent per kilowatt rate, with possible raise to 15 cents, while tax rebates for Northern Colorado Railroad are debated amid land and ownership concerns.
A Pueblo meeting of the Business Men's association heard appeals from visiting irrigation advocates. J R Moore announced Royal Gorge Irrigation and Construction plans to tunnel water under Tennessee Pass to Pueblo county. The system aims to irrigate 50000 acres northwest of Pueblo at a cost of about 2 million dollars, pending landowner contracts. Thomas F Waly of Denver is company president.
Two divorce actions filed in the county court this morning. Henry Embree seeks a divorce from Bertha Embree on desertion grounds. Mrs Embree reportedly resides in Indiana. Mamie Rudof seeks divorce from Harry Rudof on cruelty with alleged accusations of improper correspondence.
A clergyman argues that Sunday faith cannot be replaced by a purely personal belief. He contends that formal worship provides concrete structure and sustains virtue through life, insisting churches remain essential to preserve religion and guide humanity toward worship of a higher power.
Mrs Pearl Armstrong is jailed in New Albany Ind after allegedly poisoning her husband with rat poison and strychnine over four days to “have a good time.” Florence Harris 16 testified the wife filled carbolic acid capsules and forced the husband to swallow them, with more poison given on Sunday.
Professor 8 D Reed of Highlandlake school shows unusual success with broad educational experience. Under his management the Highlandlake school develops into one of the county's most up to date schools and a center of progress.
Mrs M Lair of Haton visited Greeley on Monday and conducted personal business there.
George Whiteman sold a carload of hogs from his Hayden ranch at the Denver stock yards. They brought $8.25 per hundred weight, the highest price ever paid for Colorado hogs in Denver, pea fed. Nebraska corn fed once topped $8.40 but Hayden hogs hold the state record.
Trayed Black mare described as four years old with a short foretop collar mark and sparse white hairs on the forehead. Contact Windsor 31 for information. Reward offered. Owner Peter Burback of Windsor Colorado.
A Union Pacific representative arrived Friday to examine a local ordinance requiring all streets to be graveled at property owners' expense. He indicated the railroad will be treated like other landholders and will be graded accordingly, with aims to assess the street grades.
A New York article reprinted by the Tribune praises the Royal Northwest Mounted Police as a protective, moral force across a vast Canadian frontier. It notes their motto Mantien le droit and describes their duties, bravery, and discipline, emphasizing that duty, not pay or praise, drives their service.
Jacob Weinberger, a statewide known stock commission man, returns to Greeley after arranging to place 2000 hogs on wide Lucerne land next spring. He plans to buy land near Lucerne for hog feeding and also to purchase property in Greeley for a residence. He is connected with several stock periodicals and is regarded as an authority on stock questions.
George Franks reports losing five hats in as many days and spending $2 total. He jokes about poor luck and notes he wears a $1.60 derby, planning to economize headwear until summer when he hopes to wear four hats.
Larimer County Bar Association with twenty local attorneys met to discuss Judge H. L. Garbutt resignation and potential disbarment proceedings against Attorney Te Leftwich. The meeting occurred behind closed doors with members sworn to secrecy as Garbutt resigned for health reasons.
The officers elect for the Maccabees of the World include Commander J G Crawford to Commander L L Haines Record Keeper F G Baxter Serjeant H Orr Chaplain O M Abbott Physician Dr Earl Thompson M C A Robert Gottbehnet First M of G L Swanson Second M of G Bailey L B Neill Picket N.
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