Weld County school districts face serious finances
Many Weld County districts struggle with reduced levies and dwindling funds. Forty to sixty districts are behind financially, with warrants issued only for current year levies and others pending past debts. Causes include low land values and per pupil funding dropping to about four dollars, endangering Eaton Windsor and Greeley districts with large enrollments. Mrs George Cole returned to Denver after visiting her sons Henry and Walter Ortune.
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Weld County
Rho Durposea
George Cole
Denver
Hanry and
Walter Ortune
Colorado Tourist Booklet Aids Union Pacific Advertising
Union Pacific ships Colorado for the Tourist booklets nationwide with 100000 copies. H S Ruble says statewide ads will be larger. The pamphlet showcases mountains peaks towns and resorts with Colorado scenery and summer resort descriptions.
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Colorado
Union Pacific
United States
H. S. Ruble
Will Measure Flow of Ditch in Forfar Area
Growers under the Forfar ditch east of Baton busy repairing and building new weirs. The state engineer will arrive today or Monday to inspect measure and rate every weir on the 64 rights. The process aims to reduce future disputes and is recommended for all ditch owners. shares pay the engineer’s expense.
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Baton
Forfar
Here
Assault Case Being Tried in District Court
Charles Knowles is on trial for assaulting his son in law Marshal Adamson with a deadly weapon in Windsor. The juror panel also heard the case of T H Tuquille a Mexican charged with stealing a sheep at Eaton and Packard with Judge Graham presiding due to Judge Gamble’s illness. Mrs IL A Cummings went to assist Monday as nurse.
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Charles Knowles
Marshal Adamson
Graham
Windsor
T. H. Tuquille
Eaton and
Packard
Eaton
Gamble
Record crop begins near Eaton
The Tribune field man reports the finest spring wheat near Eaton owned by Archie Jones located a mile east and north. Berger Carlson nearby also has good grain. Jones sows 50 acres on spud ground with a spring-tooth harrow and deep-seed drilling after potatoes, with winter moisture fueling rapid growth.
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the Tribune
Archie Jones
Eaton
Berger Carlson
Mr. Jones
Mrs Balmer Dies at 41 After Short Illness
Mrs Frances Balmer wife of Peter Balmer died at noon Sunday at the ranch home near here after a three day illness from peritonitis. She was 41 and survived by her husband seven children and a sister Mrs Winifred Chamberlain of LaPorte. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Fort Collins.
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Balmer
Frances Balmer
Peter Balmer
Here
Evans School Graduation Exercises Set for Wednesday
Evans May 23 graduating exercises will be held Wednesday evening in the I O O F hall. Two pupils will receive diplomas from the Tenth grade and eight from the eighth grade. The program is a contest with each graduate giving a recitation and prizes to the best. Lafay ette Ryan has had charge of the school this year.
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Evans
I. 0. O. F. Hall
Lafayette Ryan
Industrious Pupils Are Awarded Honors at Greeley High
The opening exercises announced the honors winners at Greeley High School. Miss Lila Benton took first with 208 percent of the passing score for four years, Miss Edna Matson earned second with 202 percent, and Miss Inez Decker received honorable mention with 191 percent. Supt. C. E. Carter spoke during the announcement.
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Greeley High School
Lila Benton
Edna Matson
Inez Decker
Miss Benton
Miss Matson
Miss Decker
Kensington Club Dinner Honors Husbands Guests
The Kensington club hosted a dinner for their husbands at Mr. and Mrs. George Dauth home marking the end of winter with a decorative setting of spring flowers. An elaborate 6:30 banquet led to a social hour and a tableaux program titled Reveries of 4 Bachelor.
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Kensington Club
George Dauth
Dauth
Louise Dauth
Maud Bdiser
Lydia Larson
Mary Clark
Death of George W. Riddie Aged In Mate at County Hospital
George W. Riddie aged 78 an inmate of the county hospital died this morning of paralysis after a year there. He is survived by a sister Mrs Kreutz Denver and a niece Mrs Fred Coulter Boulder. Arrangements for burial have not been made.
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George W. Riddie
Riddle
Kreutz
Denver
Fred Coulter
Boulder
Normal Quartet to Fill Vacancy at Lyceum Course
The Normal Quartet will go to Kersey Friday night to fill a vacancy in the lyceum course there. This quartet, piling up honors to its credit wherever it appears, is comprised of Professor Theo Fitz, leader, John McCunniff, James Konkel and C. B. Hull. Miss Myrtle Osborne is pianist and accompanist.
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Kersey
Lyceum
Theo, Fitz
John McCunniff
James Konkel
C. B. Hull
Myrtle Osborne
Greeley Educators Set to Attend National Conference
Two Greeley men will participate in the National Education Association meeting in San Francisco July 8 to 14. Dr Z X Snyder will present papers on high school preparation for normal school training and for industrial agricultural and vocational work. Prof A Gideon chairs the Modern and Foreign Languages conference and will speak. Prof W B Mooney will attend. Dr I E Miller planned a kindergarten paper but cannot attend.
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National Educational Association
San Francisco
Greeley
Z. X. Snyder
National Council of Education
Snyder
Department of Normal School
A. Gideon
Normal School
Conference of Modern and Foreign Languages
Gideon
W. B. Mooney
I. E. Miller
Fort Morgan Alfalfa Mill Destroyed by Fire
Fire roared through the newly built alfalfa meal mill in Fort Morgan Colorado yesterday. The structure valued at about ten thousand dollars burned quickly with hay inside and had no insurance. The adjoining ice plant was saved.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Memorial Day Observances By Evans G A R
Evans G A R post lines up a full day of events for Memorial Day starting at 9 AM with services followed by an outdoor public park dinner at noon hosted by the improvement society. Afternoon rites at the cemetery include the Woodmen of the World unveiling a monument.
Do You Have the Right Kind of Help
Foley Kidney Pills furnish you the right kind of help to neutralize and remove the poisons that cause backache headache nervousness and other kidney and bladder ailments Sold by Clark & Faulkner Drug store.
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Foley
Clark & Faulkner Drug Wo
Eastern maid seeks cowboy home from New Jersey
A 20 year old orphan from Camden New Jersey writes to Secretary Alfred Patek of the state board of immigration seeking a home on a ranch in the West. She desires a ranch near Denver and says the glamour of cowboy life has long appealed to her.
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New Jersey
Helen M. Ingersoll
Camden
N. J
Alfred Patek
State Board of Immigration
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Nottingham
Mac
Axminster
SATY
U. P
IL. A. Cummings
Nurse & Case
Tion
Cc. E. Carter
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Bartlett Lumber Co
Eleventh St
Twelfth St
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