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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
7
Editorial attacks county officials over graft, taxes, and court house plans. It condemns complacency, praises inspector ideas, and blames citizens for lax oversight while urging accountability and reform amid county turmoil. The piece notes rising taxes, idle pay abuses, and calls for an honest audit and action.
Father will lecture next evening in Sterling on Rome and the Valley. Moving pictures in kinemacolor will be shown in the east. The program, titled Romance, features Golterman and other musicians. Attendees include performers from Denver and New York.
Kersey March 12 The citizens party caucus announced a ticket for the April 2 municipal election. L B Tucker for mayor F L Niner for one year W F Spaulding W T Sterling and W L Murphy for two years. Incumbents Thomas Truhart and Charles Cosberg remain. Registration board members were named and in session with Charles Wolfe presiding. Tucker nominated by acclamation.
Boulder and Weld Reservoir company held its annual meeting in Platteville on Monday selecting C. H. Wheeler T Neill W E Kinsella P W Allen of Greeley W K Gilcrest of Gilcrest L S Birkle of Platteville and J M Bainbridge of Peckham as directors for the coming year An assessment of six dollars per share was levied.
Followers of Roosevelt gathered at the county courthouse for a love feast discussing primaries. Speakers included J. W. Crone, Judge John T. Jacobs, and J. C. Ewing outlining the need for active campaign work to maximize turnout and to build a Roosevelt delegation to the state Republican convention.
In Ault a district committee seeks 300 to 600 acres from local farmers to grow peas for Empson Packing of Greeley. Peas would be shelled at a local bul ler and shipped to Greeley, with prices aligning to factory rates. A big Randolph hall meeting showed favorable sentiment as April planting nears. Separately Windsor names a registration committee of S. G. Fuller, W. H. Peterson, and H. H. Bills for an upcoming caucus with a single ticket offering.
Historical report outlines a large Colorado price fixing scheme led by a merchants’ association including Denver Jobbers and Retail Grocers. It describes an alleged oath bound pool fixing sugar and groceries, enforcement through boycott, and legal implications under state law to curb monopolistic practices.
Salvation Army in Greeley prepares for a historic visit by Commissioner Thomas Estill, a pioneer linked to Booth. He will lecture on Reign Grace and The International Work, with events at the Orpheum theater and Salvation Army hall led by Mayor Sam Mayher and local officials. The Army operates in 56 countries with 8,574 corps and 244 officers and cadets.
S L W Ranch at Stow reports S L W family member, father of Mrs Harvey Witwer, hurt while guiding horses into a barn. He strained or fractured his left elbow and may lose the arm for weeks. Also notes R E Reed visit to Eaton and other brief travels of local figures.
Oppenheimer who ran Greeley Cigar Company stores here becomes manager of Niles and Moser retail stores in Denver and will move soon. He plans to inform Greeley advertisers of his Denver office after settling in. The note on diseases warns parents about colds and uncontracted illnesses like whooping cough diphtheria scarlet fever.
Advertisement copy touts a cough remedy as reliable and safe. The Tribune classifieds promote sale listings and general wares, noting dealers and the "want ads" will sell almost anything.
Greeley Commercial club meeting discusses health impact of dusty streets. Alderman Bullock outlines street assets and costs, while Dr. W F Sharpley links dirt and disease to public health. Emphasizes education, civic action, and a communal push for sanitary reform to curb race death by own action.
The Weld County Poultry association plans twenty silver cups as prizes for the next annual show with two already donated by S. M. Edgell of Great Western Sugar valued at 15 and 25 dollars. Members will display birds in storefront windows to compare thoroughbred eggs with mongrel hen eggs. The group met Tuesday with papers read by Clyde Richardson and Eugene F. Gordon.
Henry B Neil of Laramie Wyoming died last Saturday at age 14. He was buried privately in Linn Grove cemetery beside his sister Mrs S B A Haynes after his body was brought to Greeley Monday. A Bowdoin College graduate, he was unmarried and the last remaining member of his family. Relatives include the Haynes children and Mrs Florence Babbitt. R D Haynes accompanied the remains. Paul and Cecil Gilbert returned from a visit with grandparents in Boulder.
Directors of school district No 6 report bonds approved February 17 totaling 41 500 sold to International Trust Company of Denver with a premium of 1 713 95. The issue 62 000 from last year redeems in 10 years received 1 030 premium. Twenty three bids were received from Denver bond houses and Chicago firm Hals ey and Co. The lowest premium was 238. others included 1 360 1 278 20 and 1 200. Funds will be available within 60 days to complete the new high school building.
At a Montrose farmers institute on February 17 a resolution passed urging the county high school to replace certain regular teachers with two graduates of the Agricultural college trained to teach agriculture horticulture dairying animal breeding and feeding. The board president Lew Ross supported the move and with farming interests backing it is likely to be adopted. It was decided they would serve as field advisers only if more experience was required for that role. Pearson Funeral Held
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