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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
10
A wall of fire raced toward Kanser ranch buildings as Albert Wassenaar and ten section men fought to set a fire guard. The barn, buggy shed, and eight tons of hay were burned, with losses over $1,000. Sparks from the noon train started grass along the track nearby.
Kuner details a severe ranch fire driven by strong winds. Four horses from the barn were saved, but the blaze destroyed the barn, hay, buggy shed, chicken coop, a beet drill, fifty bushels of corn, seed oats and seed wheat. Neighbors helped, water was unavailable, and the seed replacement will require immediate outlay.
Weld county’s fair and the National Irrigation Congress clash as the congress runs September 26 to 30. Directors show northern Colorado representation by only L. G. Carpenter of Fort Collins while western slope has many, prompting concerns that the western region gains while Weld county farmers push for the local fair in Greeley, Longmont, Berthoud, and Boulder with little eastern input.
The article notes Weld county as an agricultural stronghold and questions lack of fair representation. National Irrigation congress delegates will visit Greeley soon to promote Weld county interests while a local fair coincides, potentially limiting Pueblo affair advocacy there.
Hudson March 19 contractors for the Denver Greeley Valley system seek 500 men with teams for Barr lake reservoir work. Spring irrigation projects demand labor, and generous terms are offered. Signing contracts is flexible, with men hired for varying durations even by the half day.
LaSalle on March 19 filed with thirty six signatures the petition to incorporate the town. It asks County Judge Bradfield to appoint commissioners W. S. Kinzey Phil Dale John Bentley O. D. Cook and T. W. Olsen to oversee the incorporation process.
Last of the Greeley Poudre ditch contracts in the Nunn area were awarded to E. E. McCory and G. B. Eastlack by Knowlton and Bolen. The two mile strip runs from section five to the Union Pacific tracks and finishes the gap between Harding and Lemonds contracts as construction accelerates with good weather. Farmers in Nunn eagerly await completion of the big ditch.
Blanche Bright and George Sperber began a Sunday drive to church in Nunn and learned of their Longmont wedding upon arrival. The couple, well known locally, will reside here after their journey. A non support divorce suit was filed by W E Keyes against Daniel Hill seeking custody. Desertion charges were filed against Mrs F B Northrop of LaSalle in Greeley.
Miss Edyth Pierson of 814 Tenth street learned on a Denver Hudson train that Mrs. Everett Berkeley had died of blood poisoning in Hudson. The shock left Pierson bedridden. Berkeley, prominent in Greeley, suffered the sudden loss as his wife passed away the day before. Pierson had planned a brief visit with Mrs. Berkeley while Berkeley traveled. Letters were exchanged before Pierson departed Wednesday.
Miss Pierson learned of Mrs Berkeley’s sudden death from Hudson travelers while en route to Denver. She rushed back to Greeley in shock. Mrs Berkeley died hours after writing a letter inviting the visit, and Everett Berkeley, head of the Boulder lumber company in Hudson, is her husband.
Ralph Henderson traveled to Denver Monday afternoon and returned with a new Excelsior motorcycle to be used by the Hallett Henderson drug company for delivery work.
Abistrand Gets Co. T has bought nearly one hundred Arlington Heights lots from Colorado Mortgage & Investment and will offer them for sale near Normal. Terms require 10 percent down and 10 percent every six months with 6 percent interest. See Abistrand or W M Boomer at the opera house first floor.
Town meeting at the opera house Friday night discussed installing electric lights. A. L. Lindner of Greeley explained the system and contracts and urged unity. The town board and Mayor Fred S. James attended the session.
Roas Oliver moves a fence from his lots near the livery stable to residence lots uptown and plans to relocate the shop later to six lots he recently bought. Mrs. Ben Cooper left Saturday for Dorsey New Mexico to visit her parents for a month, accompanied by Mr. Cooper to Denver.
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