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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
1
A brief report notes the passing of Hughes at Denver with a junior senator from Colorado observing the morning event. The article records the formal tribute and emphasizes the local political figures present.
Charles J Hughes Colorado senator dies at 67 after illness. Denver Mayor Speer and the late senator's son Gerald Hughes are discussed as possible successors as the legislature convenes to fill the vacancy.
The new Baptist church faces delays as glass for windows fails to arrive on schedule. Leaded art glass for the dome is delayed from Kansas City and the light olive glass for windows is scarce in Denver and Omaha and ordered from Pittsburgh. Pews of mahogany are being installed and decorators are at work. completion is hoped for by Easter.
LaSalle Jan 11 Chaim holders against the Denver Reservoir and Irrigation company are summoned to attend a meeting in Denver tomorrow afternoon at Woodman hall. About 25 from here to attend. Work on nearby projects is slated to resume January 15. Those traveling to Denver include bill holders right of way claimants and landowners in the bonded district.
L Rothschild president of the Greeley Commercial club will attend the opening and dedication of the new Chamber of Commerce building on Champa street Denver. The date is January 17 with a banquet that evening. Secretary J F McCrery will attend the Fort Collins farmers meeting and may speak on crop statistics. The next Commercial club banquet is set for Monday January 23.
James Clements, a Northern Colorado Power Company employee, was injured near the Orr blacksmith shop on Seventh Street when a steel fragment struck and penetrated his eye. The wound is deep and of an unusual nature, and doctors fear he may lose sight in the affected eye. Clements, a Boulder resident, had come to work at the electric company sub station. Donald, son of Alderman and Mrs. Howard, is ill with rheumatic fever.
A citywide power loss from 9:45 PM to 7:45 AM left theatres dim and streets unlit. Residents scavenged candles and matches as crews worked on regulator changes after an electrical fault on the high line.
Jan 11 report states a new temporary bridge spans the Platte and crews begin tearing down the old structure. A large work force is on site and the project will move to the headway phase soon.
Large turnout at the New Cache la Poudre irrigating company and Cache la Poudre Reservoir company meetings in Odd Fellows hall elected largely the same boards. New directors include H. N. Bickling and A. N. Lyster for the irrigating firm, with Bickling and Lyster replacing S. A. Bradfield and Lewis Kern. Reservoir board unchanged except C. H. Rea replacing Lewis Kern. Reservoir assessment set at 3 dollars per share on 24 dollar rights. ditch assessment cut from 2 dollars to 50 cents, rights from 16 to 4 dollars. Attendance was the largest yet, with high stockholder registration and strong interest. Rumors of an ouster waned as accusers recanted after the meeting, admitting prior misstatements.
R. B. Winbourn, a young lawyer from Greeley, was appointed county attorney for two years by the newly organized board of county commissioners. The announcement identified Charlies D. Todd as a former office holder and noted ongoing consideration of other key appointments, including physicians, amid factional tensions within the medical community.
Fort Collins Jan 11. The annual course for farmers and their wives at the State Agricultural College fills the campus with attendees from across Colorado. Lectures, demonstrations, and lab work cover pruning, dairy, cooking, sewing, potato culture, and household economics with visiting instructors from eastern colleges. Evening events feature lectures on soil, poultry, and agriculture.
Miss Ruth Hannas left Creeley to attend the university in Merkley California after spending holidays with friends.
Stockholders met on Tuesday afternoon as the bank reported a prosperous condition. BE MacClenahan and O O Russell were elected new directors joining five incumbent directors J B McCutcheon Alfred Leaver H A Russell B F Johnson and W H Farr. The board will organize and officers will be elected.
A brick from England used in Jamestown 1607 will be placed in the keystone of the baptistry arch in the new Episcopal church of Greeley. Rev Bonelli holds the relic, secured during a Jamestown visit, and two niches will be added beside the main arch as work continues.
Children aged three to fifteen are invited to hear Miss Susan Jones tell fairy stories at the public library next Friday at 4 o clock. The free event lasts one hour and will be followed by more tale telling on future Fridays in the lecture room.
Will Moore and family have moved from Kersey to a new ranch home located west of Greeley, marking their transition to rural life.
Fort Collins attorney Graham was appointed by the governor to succeed Garrigues. The designation creates a new leadership role within the local legal community and marks a significant career advancement for Graham.
Neil Graham, a Fort Collins lawyer and friend of Gov. Shafroth, is named as the new district judge to fill the vacancy created by Judge Garrigues moving to the supreme court. The selection surprised many in Weld County and the district, with Graham noted for temperament and training and backed by the Fort Collins Bar association.
In Windsor on January 11 Miss Anna Law and Fred England narrowly escaped drowning after sinking four times in Windsor lake during a skating outing. Eight youths watched as the weak ice broke beneath the pair, who were rescued with a long pole torn from a fence.
A heated meeting of Greeley grocers nearly erupted as rivals clashed over selecting a Denver show committee for the upcoming convention. The moderator intervened and appointed neutral agents S. K. Martin and Lipscomb to oversee the process, reassuring members of a fair selection and urging them to promote the event.
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