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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
1
A United States wide Spanish prison swindle targets George M. Barber, a Greeley harness maker, claiming his daughter needs ransom and promising a fortune. The letter cites a banker’s past, seeks $486000, and warns of a trap using a fake clipping.
City council heard Dr. Curtis the playground expert discuss conditions in Chicago and other eastern cities where municipal support boosted playgrounds and reduced juvenile crime. Ward boundary changes were moved to second reading and printing. market place ordinance and rail bed contract awarded to A. Taylor as bid lowest.
Rev. J. E. Lynn leads revival meetings at the ranch with singer C. E. Marty. Cold weather forced a break this week. services will restart Thursday evening and continue through the week and next.
The TDerkins building is remodeled for Windsor Drug store to move from the Porter building this week.
Despite severe weather the indoor armory project advances quickly with excavation underway. Officials estimate the building will cost about 40,000 dollars and proceed this spring.
An electric iron left on with bed clothing nearby started a small fire in Mrs. Cora Dickey’s Camfield court apartment at 10 o clock Wednesday. The janitor spotted smoke, extinguished the blaze before the auto truck arrived, and residents gathered nearby reacting with mixed comments.
A Denver district court suit seeks to move about 25 second feet of water from the Lower Platte and Beaver Canal system to a point 100 miles downstream on the Platte. Plaintiffs include the canal company and Weld county ditch interests oppose the transfer, arguing the water would be lost if not released at the headgates. The case, valued around 75000 dollars, features major Weld county ditches and special counsel Joseph C. Ewing of Greeley, with a hearing anticipated late next week.
The Weld County Fair association annual meeting in the city hall elected Chester Blunt as president J Rothschild as vice president C T Neill as treasurer and D J March as secretary. A nine member board and auditing committee were named and plans were set for a bigger fair as earnings exceeded 1209 with previous year debt paid down.
A Tribune reader disputes A L Camp about coal prices and freight in Greeley versus Kersey. He details his switch from farming to coal and feed business, notes price cuts, freight differences, and claims Boulder coal undercuts Greeley prices, arguing readers were misled by Camp’s comparison of Boulder and Greeley coal rates.
Greeley Gas and Electric Company moved into its new building at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Tenth Street after a several month construction. The two story red brick structure with white brick trimming houses offices on the first floor with store rooms and a basement workshop. The gas office remains on Eighth Avenue between Ninth and Tenth streets.
A daughter was born on February 28 to Mr. and Mrs. J L Camp. The announcement notes the birth and names the parents.
Parents of twenty children in district No. 49 north of Briggsdale petition county superintendent W. C. Thomas to form a new district comprising two townships, one from No. 74 and one from No. 49. No further action has been taken.
Beginning March 13 a large crew will start laying one mile of track daily for the Union Pacific line to Fort Collins. Officials expect completion ready for traffic by May 1 with rail work to proceed swiftly.
A tax payers committee schedules a Thursday 8 p m meeting in the district court room to inform the public on valuation and taxation. Mayor Houston, A R Fischer, William Mayher, RR DeVinney will speak with general discussion to follow. Open to all lay payers of Greeley and vicinity.
A tax payers petition circulated in Greeley for ten days could be invalid. Leading attorneys say petitions must name all candidates before signatures are valid, and the circulated form omits these names. A tax payers meeting is set for Thursday in the district court room.
County petitions to Washington push for a hydrographical survey this summer. Seventeen petitions started, one third returned, more names expected to meet the requirement. The county would pay nothing. the map would locate underground water flow, guiding wells and reducing costs for homeseekers and farmers.
Negotiations for the district bonds are nearly complete. The $62,000 bonds are with the state auditor and will be available soon for construction. Architect Robert Roeschlaub and son of Denver prepared updated plans to be finished by March 15, with groundwork to begin after the contract is let.
Woodmen prepare a large camp in Colorado after setting a record in the northern region. Organizers anticipate strong turnout and community participation across multiple days.
Head officers from Denver arrive Friday night to launch a large new camp. Next Friday in Odd Fellows hall Greeley will enroll 80 new Woodmen of the World members, enlarging the sixteenth district which covers Colorado north of Denver. Boulder currently holds the distinction but will be surpassed by this event.
Fort Collins reports the greatest snow depth and moisture since records began at the government station in 1886. From yesterday morning to this morning the snow depth rose by 1.5 inches with 0.07 inches moisture, totaling 18.5 inches snow and 0.98 inches moisture. February total precipitation reached 1.52 inches, far above normal. Temperatures dipped to five below zero. Denver saw eight inches, Boulder about a foot, and Longmont slightly more, with Larimer County faring best locally.
March 1 reports Melvin Grassle six weeks old son of Mr and Mrs James Grassle died here Tuesday of bronchial pneumonia in LaSalle records shows the infant’s death cited by local obituaries.
The Lyrie theatre will open this week in the Dowding building in Windsor. The venue was sold and moved to Fort Collins and later returned to J. T. Perkins.
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