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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
7
The store proclaims the final windup of its greatest sale in Greeley. Bargains will sweep all departments with many items priced at deep discounts. Expect 10 to 50 percent savings, especially on remnants and odd lots, with large cards marking each bargain.
Twenty Spanish war veterans from Company D of the First Colorado will travel from Greeley to Denver on August 12 for the regimental reunion marking the Manila campaign anniversary. Officers, veterans, and allied companies from Colorado Springs Pueblo Leadville Trinidad Canon City will gather at Luna Park to relive the fall of Manila with reenactments and a battlefield tableau featuring the captured guns and flag.
Windsor defeated Loveland 18 to 2 in yesterday’s afternoon ball game at Windsor. The home team dominated throughout, piling up runs while holding Loveland to a single scoring effort.
Representatives of ditch companies and irrigation districts from the western slope met in Grand Junction to form a protective association. They oppose proposed tunneling to divert water to Denver and eastern slope cities. Attorneys may be hired and injunctions sought. A test case in Eagle County already exists with plans to push the fight to the supreme court.
Vincent D. Vincent a former Golden boy now from the western slope spoke to a sizable crowd at the armory on Saturday evening. He denounced Cannonism tariff laws and Republican bosses serving special interests. He urged the common people to take charge of primaries and oust the bosses, noting insurgent Republicans have adopted a platform largely aligned with long advocated Democratic measures.
Rev John Doane will return from an eight month leave August 2 to resume his pastorate at the Congregational church. Rev Frank Allen, who filled in at Greely for Doane, leaves for his new post at Third Congregational in Denver on the same day. Mrs Doane’s health improves. Mrs Arthur Davis visits family in Cheyenne and Fort Collins.
A Norlander received the pickle plum prize this year for delivering the first cucumbers to the pickle factory. The plant opened this morning for the season though management says expenses in this district will be avoided. The local pickle crop is largely ruined with harvest expected at one tenth of last year. Lupton and Platteville areas also report shortages due to drought and grasshoppers.
LaSalle July 25 Special to the Tribune Union Pacific will drill four additional wells beside one abandoned. Each new shaft will reach about 300 feet to find the second underflow. The abandoned well reached 550 feet and yielded soft water of little use to the road.
A Saturday Denver meeting between Riverside Irrigation directors and Empire Construction produced an amicable agreement to reconstruct and improve the Riverside reservoir. D A Camfield’s construction firm will share the burden as engineers report repairs. Work to start immediately and finish before the fall water run. The state engineer has blocked full capacity filling, affecting local landowners relying on irrigation. thirty days of run have occurred with six days remaining.
The contract for the Tunnel reservoir was awarded to Kingsbury Bros for 140000. The reservoir will hold about 200 million cubic feet and connect to the tunnel with an adjustable outlet. Excavation totals 2000 feet on this side and 4000 feet on the Laramie side with completion expected by December and water reaching some land by June 1, 1911.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on Sunday the Greeley Grays were routed 15 to 0 by Bidwell's paid Cheyenne Indians in front of about 1,200 fans. The Cheyenne lineup dominated the game while Cheyenne's manager touted plans to bring a similar organization to Greeley next season.
Ault game recap notes Pierce demonstrated baseball play yesterday guiding his team to a 20 to 2 win. The report highlights skill lessons and the decisive score.
The Evans saloon case ends with H. M. Bons and attorney delaying appeal, judge passing a $100 minimum fine on one count, others dismissed as test case. Bons returns liquor paraphernalia to Denver and vows not to run a saloon. total costs $294 with Bons presenting a check.
In the Bisou district farmers who lost crops after the Empire reservoir broke last year face further losses as water remains scarce. The Bijou board plans to supply water next Tuesday using 100 feet from the Empire, 50 from the Platte, and 18 feet hired from Green City to aid the drought stricken farms. Nearby ranchers monitor the plan as a 30 feet diversion at Bijou headgate could impact Green City after a 15 mile run.
Platteville held a Saturday afternoon event with a baseball game and horse races for the local team's benefit. The program featured a meeting with Johnstown and some of the state's fastest horses, drawing a crowd for good-natured competition.
Mrs. V N Cane of Lucerne was noted in Greeley today as part of her visit?
A Friday afternoon picnic at Dauth s grove east of Greeley celebrated Mr. and Mrs. F H Sears twentieth wedding anniversary. A fine picnic supper followed and the couple were presented with a souvenir spoon. Attendees included the Sears family and neighbors C C Thompson C C Muth C H Wadsworth Lewis Beer Park Dauth and Misses Park and Dauth.
The O'Connor hotel, a major Boulder hostelry, was sold at sheriff's sale Saturday morning for 23790.00. The Boulder Buildings and Loan association bid the property to satisfy a 23459.85 debt after a district court judgment dated June 1 against the owner for missed payments.
Evans July 25 an irrigation pumping boom spreads in the district as streams fail and wells run dry John Ginther east of Evans installs a casoline pump to water crops J A Jacobson and R B Speers praise the pumps as a third installation costs range 800 to 900 dollars farmers east of Evans plan engines for next season drought preparedness Olive Branch and northern county areas also report crop-saving use of engines and wells
Joe Miller, a ranch worker on FP H Sears newly acquired property near Kuner, was thrown from a horse last night and sustained a broken collar bone. Dr. W F Spaulding attended the injured man.
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