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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
2
City Ordinance extends sewer line from Patton and Parkman blocks to West Subdivision and designates Sewer District No 43. Costs split between city warrants and assessments on adjacent property with a dedicated fund for debt service. Passed December 1909 with first publication December 2 1909.
Kemmerer and Gordon announce sales on Thursday December 23 at Bill Nix ranch six miles southwest of Lupton six miles northwest of Brighton and three miles east of Wasuiaxgiwu coal mine. First class horses cattle and implements offered with terms set day of sale. Free lunch. Sale starts at 19 a m. Peter Kurth owner. Also a large mule and horse sale at Theodore Calehan's ranch near LaSalle offering 31 head of horses and mules esteemed as the best west of the Missouri river. Look for bills about February 1.
On December 11 1873 two lumbermen, David and Jeremiah Brockway, arrived at Greeley to join Thompson’s saw mill. Their log drive from Brockway Canada drew wonder, and the arrival of their large family of fifteen sparked months of local chatter. Today Mr and Mrs David Brockway remain in Greeley with many descendants nearby.
A local store promotes Rexall Orderlies as the safest remedy for constipation in children and delicate patients. The ad claims fewer side effects than laxatives, guarantees satisfaction with money back, and notes the product is sold in 12 tablet and 36 tablet packages at low prices.
F B Miriam a city clerk was robbed of about eight dollars by a masked man in an alley off Ninth Avenue near the Odd Fellows hall. The holdup occurred near the city hall as the victim walked home. Marshal Williams ordered guard details at the trains while police pursued the suspect description but no arrest yet. The victim reported the fearsome boldness of the crime and his quick report to the station.
La Salle reports a record sugar beet day with ten full cars loaded in a half day at the beet dump. The La Salle Commercial Club has a literature committee and an electric light committee actively promoting projects. Boosters expect a canning factory and town landings of one or two factories.
In a Gilbert drug store during a storm, E L Dunham recalls a 25 year old memory of a winter boxholder's club meeting at W B Mason's. Goodykonez, a former Wyoming cattleman now living locally, joins the group as Col C A White asks if the weather will clear up and receives hopeful words.
In early Greeley lore, three recent graduates seek 160 acres near town but face limits to five-acre parcels. Engineer Mack explains water will flow from Cache la Poudre to the Platte as the canal No. 3 nears completion, convincing skeptical investors that irrigation uphill is possible.
Henry Tracy West states there has never been a disagreement in the Society of Union Colony Pioneers and expresses hope that children and grandchildren will continue the work and harmony established during his presidency.
Myrtle Riggles 14, daughter of J W Stiggies of Kersey, died after a brief illness at Greeley hospital. Funeral from Macy's undertaking parlors tomorrow at 1 30 pm.
Notice to stockholders of Cachela P Reservoir Company of Colorado. The annual meeting is set for Tuesday January 11 at 8 o'clock p m at Odd Fellows hall in Greeley. Stockholders will elect five levy representatives and consider an assessment and other business as may properly come before the meeting. Proxies invited. Signed PINNEY.
The holders of the New Cache Pond Irrigating Company will meet at Odd Fellows Hall in Greeley Colorado on Tuesday January 11 1910 at oclock a m to elect five directors levy an assessment and engage in other business as may properly come before the meeting If you can be present send your proxy B S Pinney secretary Grace Day quit
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