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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1909
Page
4
A firm touts choice tender juicy meats and satisfactory service to keep customers on the winning side. They claim their prime roasts steaks and chops will please those unhappy with current table supplies.
Sheriff forces round up offenders after riot at Severance. Tex Alcorn and Elmer Alkire are jailed for disturbing the peace. Frank and John Cooper face assault charges. John pleads guilty and pays a fine. Will Virgin faces warrants after a reported assault and eye injury to Joan Cox. Dallas, a black man from Eaton, is jailed after a shooting incident. G. G. Manning sues Thomas Griffith in a criminal libel case. F. Hill fights a city fine and faces trial on January 6.
A cold bright day brought about 125 sportsmen to a Wednesday coyotes round-up at the E. K. Plumb ranch. Hounds from Loveland Lucerne and Fort Lupton chased thick vermin though some packs escaped into brush along the river. Hosts B B Madison provided lavish hospitality at the home place for locals and visitors from Greeley and nearby areas.
The Kersey young people, famed for good times, held a New Year sleighing party with about twenty five couples driving to a branch four miles north of the river. An oyster supper followed and merriment filled the evening before they returned to town early this morning.
H A Russell and O W Neill entertained thirty six guests with a festive eight course progressive dinner on Friday evening at the host’s home. The venue featured Christmas greens and an impromptu musical program.
The article notes midseason condition of feeders at the sugar plant with sheep and cattle in good shape after a hard winter. It covers beet pulp use, by products like lime and syrup, hay prices, and local supply of syrup. It also mentions tension between stockmen and the State Humane society over alleged cattle starvation reports and disputes over winter losses.
Miss Nellie Anderson of Eaton visits Mr and Mrs Jens Jeremiassen while LaFon Leonard returns to Denver after visiting relatives here. Z Fogg of Boulder travels to Rutland Ill with Wo land accompanying him as far as Denver. Miss Maud Nuffziger and brother Hermann host a festive gathering with thirty guests amid holly and mistletoe. J H Fowler of Topeka arrives to mix business with pleasure during a week of old friends visiting towns.
Viola Allen and Charles Watson wed in Greeley on a Wednesday choosing the best day of all. Rev. R Z Hunter officiated at the First Presbyterian church manse. The couple returned to Ault for their home and begin married life amidst well wishes from their communities.
Mr and Mrs A J Condon hosted Mr and Mrs J F Wilson of Belfast Maine over Sunday. Wilson aged 68 to 70 but hale and hearty traveled west to visit a son in Fort Collins. Lifelong friends the Condons’ families shared a fifty year friendship on Condon street in Belfast.
The deed contract for the Exchange hotel corner was recorded on Saturday morning. Owner Loretta W. Hubert may keep the buildings and move them to another lot. The contracted price is eight thousand dollars.
In a hard fought city championship battle Saturday, Pioneers 31 Arrows 27. Stewart played for the Arrows with Neill refereeing as Hamnett starred for Arrows and McAfee carried the Pioneers to victory amid a packed crowd.
A simple home wedding at the G. W. Shearer ranch east of Greeley united Cuma Ethel Shearer and Alex Ogilvie. The ceremony featured car nations and a white Paris lawn dress, officiated by Rev. Cunningham. Twenty two relatives attended before a dinner served by Mrs. Shearer and her daughter Nellie. The couple, after a Denver trip, will reside on a ranch in the 8 L. W. neighborhood.
The first carload of sheep from this district was loaded Thursday by O. J. Blandin. The shipment is billed to Omaha but may be rebilled for Chicago if markets are unfavorably received. KH k Packard also expects to ship a carload east today or tomorrow.
Miss Emma Moreland entertained about twenty five young guests at her home Friday with progressive games and amusements. Refreshments were served and the gathering enjoyed a lively evening.
Fifty-one carloads of sheep were shipped from this district last week. Twenty-nine cars loaded at Windsor, all double-deck, averaging 230 sheep per car for a total near 12 000 head. About 56 000 head to St Joe with the rest to Omaha. Beets are out and spud movement grows active as weather allows. Prices firm at 65 to 7 cents with little change expected in weeks ahead.
The young man who killed himself at the Union Hotel on Tuesday night was buried in Potters Field. A telegram from his poor mother in Union Springs Alabama requests shipment be avoided. Coroner Macy arranged Friday’s interment at county expense in a nearby village.
Twenty years ago on a Thursday Mr and Mrs Eugene Williams began their honeymoon trip. The marshal declined to celebrate the anniversary now, saying a genuine silver wedding will be worth while at the five year mark.
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