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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
7
A group of about a dozen Weld County farmers consider buying a carload of high grade cattle from the East. They explore purchasing without services, hoping to secure stock from Ge Involvements include C. H. McLellan and the Weld County Farm Bureau, with plans to arrange orders and payments when a decision is reached.
The article notes an inventor from DeWitt who, after a mine accident left him disabled, moved to Fort But near Ault to install a novel machine and improve a hotel. He partnered with a Miller of Denver and remains ill yet hopeful for recovery as his former partner and associates continue work.
Miss Lois Wright and her fiancé announced a late afternoon wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs B. The ceremony was conducted by Rev D at the Baptist church. A numerous circle of relatives and friends attended. The bride is a graduate of Greeley and the State Teachers College and has been teaching. She will continue teaching until a substitute is found.
The Union held its annual meeting to elect directors and address share distribution. Changes included the resignation of a director and the appointment of Roland Hill as successor, with officers and committee members named.
Evans Jan 30 By AP recounting the Santa Monica reunion of O S Westover with his singing class, highlighting his Evans visits fifty years ago. Known as Uncle Oliver, he mentored Cynthia Westover Alden, famed journalist and Sunshine Society president, who stayed with Uncle Dan Westover and attended Evans school before teaching south of Evans. A local elder recalls Cynthia’s early drive to improve, and Mrs Westover remains in Evans.
Denver inspectors praised Fort Lupton sold ier boys for superb drill among the state’s best. Officers from Denver evaluated Company I, National Guard, during the visit on Jan. 80 at Fort Lupton.
Six to seven boys found dynamite in a cave near Clayton brick yard north of the city. They played with the sticks Sunday night and planned a firework celebration last night before a nervous boy warned authorities. Police recovered thirty sticks and returned them to Clayton Lumber. No one was harmed, but mothers nearly fainted at the danger.
Attorney General Ben Griffith will be the principal speaker at a Roosevelt mass meeting to be held at 8 o'clock Friday evening at the court house. The Roosevelt club invites all supporters of nominating Roosevelt for the presidency to attend as the organization is formalized and officers elected.
Jan. 30 LaSalle Cook and Brothers of Evans have purchased the George Parks pool hall and will operate it as before. Parks rents the Boyd farm south of town to farm. The Boyd farm supplied sand for Milton reservoir cement lining and is in high demand by railways and street graders. The sand from a small portion already brings substantial income.
Mrs. Jack Smithe and Mrs. H. E. Hogue hosted the Saturday Afternoon club with twenty guests. Afternoon activities included fancy work and a program, followed by refreshments. Lincoln day programs will be held in Greeley schools on February 9 and the holiday on February 12 will close schools.
Mrs. Thirza Flower Wheeler wife of C H Wheeler of Greeley died at her sister’s home in Denver after a period of illness. She moved to Greeley in 1971 from New York state and was active in the First Congregational church the Greeley school board and various uplift organizations. Survived by her husband Hugh Wheeler son and siblings with arrangements pending for funeral in Greeley.
W L Taylor the make up man on the Tribune has wed in Denver after securing a license and a half day off. He married Miss Bertha M Louden of Kalispell Montana at the home of Mr and Mrs R B McDermott with Rev R A Chase conducting. The couple began in Clay Center Nebraska and returned to Greeley where Taylor is employed. They will live at 605 Fourteenth Avenue. Pioneers John Haynes and wife left Fort Lupton for a several months vacation in San Diego California the first in 25 years and their first to the western coast.
Mr and Mrs P E Boyle hosted a large group Friday night for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary in Greeley. The event featured white and fern decorations, silver bell place cards, and 75 guests. The couple wed in Newton Kansas and have lived in Greeley ten years with one son Ora Boyle.
In New Location Faton Jan. 30 W B Longwith moving his undertaking goods and picture framing business from Main street to the ellipse building this morning.
A local Ney Club calls for a social gathering and mass meeting to recruit members for the Roosevelt club. A key note is the growing support for Roosevelt among Weld county Republicans amid intra party tensions. Also reported are indoor baseball results with South Side, Easte, and North teams, the Spiders’ pennant prospects lingering.
Eaton high school beat the Denver University team 47 to 13 as Merrill Turner starred with spectacular baskets. Denver, featuring Sackler Bernstein OConnell ay and Kerwin, faced strong Eaton defense led by Maton. Earlier, Paton’s lineup shuffled in the second half. the eighth graders defeated the unpench grade 10 to 1. Revival services are underway at the Metro Church with Rev. N H Lee sermon topics.
A highly truncated line mentions a ten teal and a three month period tied to a law while a person or entity remains unclear. The readable bits suggest a time frame and regulatory context but lack names or actions.
Jan 29 Johnnie Kerr narrowly escaped injury when a car backed from a curb and wheel passed over him, throwing him onto the cement. McCain aided him but he insisted he was hurt and went home. Jan 30 Platte Building and Loan Association organized at Fortville with 0 capital. directors listed.
Dr Snyder of the State Teachers College spoke to city public school teachers on Thinking and Learning. The lecture, part of a professional study program, drew on Dr Schaef fer’s Thinking book and outlined three levels from confused to scientific thinking, citing Liebnitz’s view that thinking is a physical process as proof brain death ends thinking.
Platteville plans a large Roosevelt club push with a Friday night delegation heading to Greeley for a mass meeting. The town promotes its strong Teddy stance and aims to rally county support.
Fifty prominent business leaders in Greeley announce a secret vigilance committee to aid police in rooting out bootleggers and their followers. The drive, led by Chief of Police Camp, aims to rid the city of undesirables, citing police manpower shortages and fear among informers. Citizens praise drastic action while some fear retribution.
Miss Nora Wilson a former Greeley schoolteacher and Arthur C. Day of Colorado Springs have quietly wed last October. The marriage was kept secret for four months and announced after the bride resigned from the Liller school. Wilson taught in Greeley last year and in Colorado Springs this year while Day works for Pike's Peak Fuel. They plan to reside in Ivywild.
Mrs. G A Gibford died Tuesday at her daughter Ms E D Evans home after a period of failing health. Age sixty. She came from Iowa eighteen months ago and is survived by nine children living in Washington Minnesota Iowa and two daughters Mrs E D Evans and Mrs W M Evans living in Greeley.
Trapping along the river pays for mink muskrat and coon, with Moore Brothers and Thomas Hammitt among the active. George Pingree, 86 and a Platteville pioneer, is praised for his success. After a week of illness he has recovered and returns to setting traps and doing odd jobs. He stands six feet tall, bears a flowing beard, and appears about 60.
A Greeley plan for a vigilance committee to clean out bootleggers shifts from jest to serious. The city offered a $50 reward for bootlegger convictions, which yielded mixed results and even harmed informants. The police chief says the committee will act soon, though no members or formal structure are named.
Prof. C. H. Hinman prepares a March pamphlet on ensilage feeding covering silo construction growing silo corn and feeding results from Kansas Iowa and Fort Collins. It details beet tops siloed in German trenches and winter spring storage plus dairy cows and sheep feeding at Fort Lupton. Copies mailed to subscribers and others who send addresses.
Lafayette January 29 Ten strike breakers were arrested at the Capitol mine near Lafayette for creating a disturbance during a Saturday night celebration that spilled into Sunday morning. A pistol duel occurred with no gunfire injuries, but several were badly beaten. Three carried guns and one slept with a bowie knife. They faced Magistrate John McCune with arraignment and a Wednesday hearing set.
The Modern Country club in Kersey held a round table discussion on music and musicians with readings on composers. Members presented sketches of music development and biographies of American women composers, with piano and vocal performances by Mrs. James, Miss Lois Austin, Mrs. Leaming, and others, while a committee led by Mrs. Spauldine and Mrs. Immersion organized the program.
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