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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
7
All Over Weld reports Mr. Reno's strawberry yield and a large Delta delegation enjoying Boulder Fourth sights. Notes mention potato bugs damaging early potatoes, Delta baseball games, and various local visits. A Saturday express office burglary yields no clue. Other items cover lodge installation, travel to Epworth League, and local injuries and labor.
Mr. Walker of Denver visited the local grocery trade Friday. William Sutter and Chas Mortimer spent the Fourth in Denver. Dr and Mrs Lonergan and Mrs Crigler will spend July in Platte Canon. H P Hill builds two reservoirs on the Clark and Hill addition. Hansteen leads the Shewood Mercantile Co store after Stockton resigns to join the livery business.
The Japs are thinning beets on L S Larson's place this week. Beet worms affect beet fields here. Bauer brothers have been putting up hay for Mr Jones. Mrs L Starcher visited Mrs Wadlin. Mr Johnson and family visited relatives in Greeley. Barriges and Larson families celebrated at Seeley's Lake on the Fourth. Saturday rain moistened dry ground but more is needed.
Johnstown resident Will Claycomb visited Denver early this week. Mrs. Ed Riker spent Sunday with Mrs. Russell in Hillsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Cy Waite and Mr. and Mrs. Smith spent the Fourth of July in Windsor with Mrs. Stedman. Burt Pardee, once a carpenter here, is seriously ill with typhoid fever in Longmont.
Lively Fourth of July sightings include Eaton visitors Larin Peck in Boulder John Nass in Windsor and Bruce Eaton in Eaton. Karl Weller joined Harry Miller in Denver while Lida Brown Irene Gazelle went to Greeley. Mrs C Salesman visits grandmother Mrs Neal and Hugh Denio with J McCormick attended a Greeley band concert.
Mrs Bright spent last week in Platteville with her mother Mrs Willie. Mr and Mrs Will Andrews moved to Platteville to run a hotel. Mrs Lee Bowles visited near Platteville with sister Mrs Jim Briggs. A Sunday school rally at Loveland's grave drew large attendance. Embree entertained George Embree and family and Wash Pope and family at dinner. Will Lewis and Jennie Nicholson of Greeley visited Lewis's mother Mrs Tom Jones. Mr Baker received a full line of shoes boosting his store improvements. The Ladies Aid strawberry and ice cream social raised twenty five dollars. Fourth of July in Loveland's grove included a picnic and night fireworks.
Carl Domnerus from Central City visits friend Will Davis in Big Bend. Miss Lula Brubaker of Evans attends Sunday services. Local youth spent the Fourth in Boulder. Prayer meeting planned at Mr and Mrs Nelson’s home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Ernest Pritchard and children go to Lamar to visit relatives. About 20 guests attend surprise at Mr and Mrs Bancroft’s Friday for son Master Harry. evening features games and mesmerism.
A week old blaze on the south slope of Signal Mountain has consumed over 700 acres of Engelmann spruce and large pole pine with total land losses surpassing 1,200 acres. No suppression has begun as the fire spreads across township 6 north range 72 west toward Medicine Bow reserve and Miller Fork. Dry conditions threaten several thousand acres of valuable forest unless containment arrives soon.
Ault born June 27 to the Hatfields, a son. Daniel Ferguson of Grover becomes Archer Bros. meat cutter. Caldon couple moves to Mosier house. Robinson family visits Fort Collins for the Fourth. Mrs. Olin King returns from Mercy Hospital after appendicitis surgery. Box car fire event near town. Bradfield and Coffer run the Ault Advertiser this week. Edmonsons of Kansas City visit Bradfields and tour the Pacific Coast with their children.
Homer Sims visits Denver on a Sunday trip. Mamie Sisk and Henrietta Wilson spend the Fourth in Denver. Six Evans residents joined the Moffat road excursion last Friday. Mrs. Ashby of Creston Iowa visits with sister Mrs Cornelius. Dr. Van Buskirk of Rocky Ford, Evans Bank president, stayed in Evans last week. The town board installs two free water fountains on main streets for public use. Mr Fraser has been visiting.
Mr. Dwyer of Boulder called on Highland Lake on Saturday. Mrs. C. V. Holmes visited Maple Park ranch Saturday. Peet tenders are scarce due to heavy workload. Land buyers offer from 105 to 130 dollars per acre locally. Mr. H. J. Mayor stays at John Van Ault's in Liberty Hall vicinity.
Miss Nellie A. Randall of Birmingham Michigan and William Nichols of Greeley were married at the bride's home in her hometown on Wednesday June 21. They have returned to Greeley and will make their home there.
The marriage of W. Clarence Randall and Maud Agnew, a former high school assistant, occurred June 21 at the Presbyterian church in Ouray. The couple, longtime sweethearts from the State Normal at Greeley, plan a July 15 reception after settling in Greeley.
On Sabbath morning there will be no service. In the evening at 7 30 Rev Frank Sheldon of the Congregational church will preach. Sabbath school at noon and Christian Endeavor at 630 p m.
Mabel Huston, 18, daughter of a Saline county farmer, distributed kisses and hugs to harvest hands to spur work and save her father's wheat from approaching rain. The top prize went to Fred S. Norton for shocking the most wheat. prizes also offered to other workers. The wheat was saved.
Runners at Island Grove Park last Thursday produced unusually sharp times and a larger field. The half mile track saw several records fall as competitors posted rapid speeds in the matinee program.
At the Lewis and Clark exposition the government irrigation program is spotlighted. An entire building features models and photographs of land reclamation projects with over 30 million dollars expected in coming years. Edmund T. Perkins delivers lectures on the subject as irrigation gains unprecedented attention at the expo.
The Fourth of July events across venues left attendees tired but content as winds disrupted Windsor and Seeley Lake. Whitman’s Grove hosted an old fashioned celebration in Ashton without a full program due to limited space. crowds remained quiet and orderly with minimal noise or fireworks.
Roscoe Oney, serving a county jail term for passing worthless checks, was granted an errand trip when a stone he threw at a friend shattered a large plate glass window at the A. J. Park store.
The usual services at the United Presbyterian church occur on Sabbath morning at 10 45 with preaching by the pastor. Union services follow in the evening with preaching by the Rev F Macy.
Swedish Lutheran announces services next Sunday evening at seven thirty at the Seven Day Adventist church. Oscar W Gustafson serves as pastor and invites all to attend.
Holy Trinity Church announces no services next Sunday due to ongoing conditions. The church asks parishioners to monitor notices for updates and to attend online or nearby services if available.
There will be no band concert in the park this week because the Fourth of July falls this week. Community events are adjusted to observance plans and the usual performances are canceled.
Oil gas tar sold at 10 cents per gallon by the barrel. Larger or smaller quantities available at the proper price. Apply at Gas Works.
O. G. Higbee of Danville Illinois praises Ballard's Snow Liniment noting a four month rheumatism ailment cured by one bottle and recommending it to others. Advertisement states prices 25c 50c and 1 sold by J F Fezer.
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