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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
3
The district records an uneven rainy spell with inches measured in 1909 1911 and recent months. Observers note rain steady at night improving crop prospects as farmers anticipate lifting operations and haying, with ditches filling and reservoirs in Ault and Eaton nearing capacity.
June 15 report describes a baggage assistant badly bruised after being thrown from a Sterling motor car while attempting to board near the depot. He landed about 15 feet away as the car sped on, stopping later at the depot. He plans to ride as baggage master and brakeman, citing a preference for Shank's ride on new inventions.
June 14 report notes R R Lawson near here pumping plant funding for 5,000 dollars. Wells drill to 20 feet tapping underground flow on Crow Creek. a mile of ditches irrigates 160 acre farm. Wells sink in Weinity area, gasoline engines four inch output to irrigate many acres. Nate Calvin to undergo operation for cheek bone fracture from a runaway. Mrs Calvin aware her cheek bone broken earlier. face healed but still sore. Milk for Sor: Creamery adds cows for Blue Dairy Yard. new patrons accepted as production rises. Kerr family moves to Twin Falls after years in community. Mrs Kerr pioneer, trains watchers. Embers from chem CHA men entertained. trip to Illinois planned. Play at Christian church earns over $50 at door. stage production praised.
Evans June 17. The diphtheria epidemic adds two more cases as Mr. and Mrs. John Waggoner contract the disease after their nine year old son died Friday. Mrs. Waggoner is very low and not expected to live. The family’s other children are not yet infected, bringing total cases to six: four in the Herman family and two in the Waggoner family.
Lois Twiggs the 14 year old daughter of E P Twiggs died at 6 PM after battles with pellagra pneumonia rheumatism and whooping cough. She had the only known pellagra case in northern Colorado and likely contracted the disease during a visit to Georgia. Funeral held this afternoon at the Twiggs home northeast of Eaton.
Fritz Waggoner, nine, son of Rudolph Waggoner, died at 8 this morning from diphtheria after several days illness. The family near the White Ash coal mine reported virulent infection linked to Loveland visits. Burial was at Beebe Draw cemetery at 11. County Physician Horton says no new cases and the outbreak should be stamped out soon.
Platteville June 14 The Fourth of July committee is negotiating with the Longmont band to supply music for the celebration. Harness races are the day’s feature as horsemen train on the track. Cement crossings ordered by the town board will be finished tomorrow making the streets walkable.
Rev. F. M. Sheldon of Madison Wisconsin, former pastor of Park Congregational church, lectured and called on old friends in Greeley Friday. He now serves as superintendent of Congregational home missionary work for Wisconsin and is en route to the western coast.
June 15 report from Johnstown notes a petition for a new eastward road to Milliken. Farmers have signed 75 names. The proposed route would go straight east rather than following the current winding path.
The Royal Neighbors will host a picnic on the school grounds this afternoon for children. An invitation goes to Modern Woodmen and their families to join in games and contests. A big time is anticipated.
The Colorado Teachers College alumni executive board met with Mrs Isabella Churchill and outlined an alumni assembly for Friday evening June 21 in the college auditorium. Mrs BE W Knowles presided. A short program and music will precede an hour of reminiscence including faculty and summer school attendees. Invitations extend to alumni and spouses, escorts, sweethearts, with faculty urged to attend. Committees named for entertainment refreshments reception decoration invitations and finance.
Reverend C E Berger pastor of the Presbyterian church departs Friday for ten weeks of eastward lectures on a chautauqua course. Lectures titled The White Elephant and The Siamese Twins will be illustrated by artist T B Turner. In his absence the pulpit will be filled each Sunday with June sermons by Dr R M Donaldson and July sermons by Dr Lawrence of Lincoln Nebraska.
A two by four foot bronze tablet honoring Greeley High School District No. 6 Weld County arrived and is on display in Clough furniture store window. It lists Board of Education Edwin Starkey president William Mayher Mrs A K Clark J W McCreery J T Clough E B Coulter secretary C E Carter superintendent and F H Merten principal. The plan was to place it in the lower hall but it will be mounted outside near the front entrance.
Wilson Smillie of Eaton graduates from the yard medical school this month and becomes a full fledged M D. He prepared in their schools and at Colorado cell. He will spend the summer camping in Maine woods and visit his parents Mr and Mrs Smillie. In September he will start an internship at a large Boston hospital.
The Lake lodge of Odd Fellows holds memorial services Sunday morning at their hall with Hon. Thomas delivering an address. The issue ceremony follows the hall service, Rebekahs provide music, and they lead a procession to the graves of fraternity brothers. Public invited.
The Platteville W. C. T. U. will hold a meeting on Wednesday, June 19 at 2:00 PM at Mrs. George A’s home. A district report will be shared, this will be mission day, and attendees are asked to bring flowers to be donated to the sick and needy.
Ione road repairs by Godfrey near Fort Lupton continue on the eastern stretch from Tone. It is estimated about 1 500 tons of material will be hauled over the road this fall indicating substantial improvement and ongoing maintenance work.
Ten year old Anna performed a feat on Saturday that makes her a eligible heroine among children. The Gordon morning news details how, when a snake was fed to a group of children, she shouted for a Smith and used an axe to strike the snake, killing it. The post mortem notes confirm the reptile as a rattler with a single rat addition by the bite.
June 14. Discussion at Baltimore Democratic conferences centers on limiting William Jennings Bryan influence. Leaders Murphy Sullivan Taggart Mack work to block a fourth Bryan candidacy while avoiding his dominance over delegates. Reports say Judge Parker may be temporary chair with Bryan not naming a candidate. possible support for Senator O Gorman as a progressive option.
Evans June 14 The Eaton band has been secured to furnish the music of the Fourth. The committee regulates shooting of firecrackers and fireworks to intervals and definite places during the day. A salute of guns will be fired at daybreak and sunset with other noise makers planned, promising a dinger of a celebration.
Fort Lupton on June 14 faces housing shortages as families seek relocation to grow the town by about 100 people. Despite enthusiasm for farms and crop prospects, lack of dwellings keeps applicants from staying. eight applications were noted yesterday, while all units remain occupied.
On June 14 the Eaton ditch laterals were opened to relieve a full bank and prevent rupture. Farmers gain access to extra water as the precaution allows drainage channels to carry the flow.
Briggsdale notes that J. L. Blanch of Denver arrived to arrange a two story brick building to house a bank with apartments above. The project aims for occupancy by September 1.
John M. Micheels of LaSalle near Greeley, owner of a large northern Colorado farm totaling 800 acres, plans a big bean crop this year. He grows 190 acres of beets and raises Mexican beans for Denver commission houses. His steam traction machine turned over 9146 acres after 2 pm this spring.
LaSalle June 16 Miss Annie Dupper daughter of farmer John Dupper suffers severe blood poisoning after pricking a pimple with a pin. Her lips and chin are swollen to twice normal size. The earlier illness arose when shoe heel friction and dye in stockings caused trouble last fall.
Johnstown on June 16 reports George Lethman finished laying the pipeline from the reservoir to town. He notes minimal work remains at the reservoir site, which is ideally located. The 10 acre reservoir will need cement around the outlet, with water supplied via the Home Supply ditch from the Big Thompson river.
The Windsor school superintendent reports that during the year 6382 pupils were enrolled with a boys majority of 30. The average enrollment fell by 29 from the previous year and the average pupil age is nine years. The report notes an average age of eight and 14 years at 471 and records fourteen instructors employed.
The Rebekah lodge held its regular semiannual election last night naming Mrs. F. S. Hunt noble grand and Mrs. H. F. Bedford vice grand.
Henry Mead of Ault returns with Asa Mead’s body for burial in Lock New York after Asa died in Greeley last month. Asa was Henry’s brother and the trip marks their family’s funeral plans.
Nunn report from June 14 states Myrton Spees, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Spees, formerly of Owl Creek, drowned in the Sioux River near Sioux Falls, Iowa, last Sunday while swimming with other boys. He cramps and sinks, is recovered after half an hour, but dies despite physicians’ efforts. His brother died in a streetcar accident two years ago.
An electrical storm struck Milliken yesterday, hitting the house of K. C. CurLee. The bolt started a fire, neighbors extinguished it. Several square feet of shingles were torn from the roof with no injuries reported.
Henry Candlin, public stenographer and notary public, offers reporting, typing, mimeographing, and notarial work from private office with dictation space. Typewriters, ribbons, and carbons for sale or rent. Suite 25, First National Bank block. Weld 535.
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