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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
2
A candidate asks for support for the County Clerk and Recorder office promising faithful public service. He states no trades or jobs will be offered and pledges to act in the interests of the people.
J Max Clark writes in The Tribune backing A L Mumper for County Assessor on the Democratic ticket. He credits Mumper with leading citizen efforts that sparked investigations and grand jury action, noting Mumper’s qualifications as an agriculturist and his independent stance. Clark asserts no effort to secure nomination and praises Weld county’s best available candidate from any party.
E A Combs explains to local farmers the plan for an independent sugar factory. Farmers would receive 5 per ton for beets and the company 3.50 per ton with the remainder as profit shared. Past operation claims growers earned at least 7 per ton net. Capital for the venture is pledged by New York and Washington investors.
The prospectors seek to secure 6000 acres per factory in Colorado with a proposed Greeley plant set at 2000 acres. John Heath of Michigan, Calif., endorses Foley Kidney Pills after long kidney and bladder illness, claiming relief and recommending the remedy. Gilbert Bros.
A six year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Moffat, narrowly escaped death when a wagon loaded with coal rolled over him in Olive Branch. He slipped while trying to climb the wagon as the father drove in, the hind wheel passing across his body. He escaped with only a wheel print on his back.
On October 19 several members of the Platteville Gun club traveled to Milton reservoir to stay over the weekend and hunt ducks on the lake.
A 1914 appeal promotes John R. Dixon as a Non-Partisan Supreme Court candidate to depoliticize the judiciary, argue its independence protects civil rights, and urges constitutional amendment to separate judge elections from other offices, with Wilbur F. Stone as chairman urging voters to support Dixon.
The forty fifth annual Colorado grand lodge session closed after action to locate the Odd Fellows home at Canon City with a $40 000 appropriation for immediate construction. J E Snook presided as grand master and received a past grand master jewel as the chair of grand master turned to his successor Dr J M Norman of Denver.
J. W. Copeland of Dayton Ohio reports buying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for his boy with a cold and notes the ailment disappeared before the bottle was finished. He argues this beats paying a five dollar doctor's bill, with the product available at all druggists.
N L Henthorne, a leading beekeeper from Platteville, arrived in Greeley with 50 cases of honey from his ranch. He expects to ship nearly a car load this year. He notes a fair honey year due to early spring rains and dry summer with irrigation. He manages 600 colonies in the Platteville district with an auto truck for all work.
Dr. Albert L. Hill of this place learned of the death of Mrs. O Dickson of Denver at Mercy Hospital from typhoid fever. Aged about 24, she had been a longtime friend of the Hill family. She was the wife of C O Dickson, treasurer of Krebs Gotshall Motor Car Co of Denver. She died yesterday afternoon.
In Eaton on October 18 Mrs. Miller spotted a kitchen fire caused by tar boiling over from a kerosene stove. She borrowed a neighbor’s hose after her own hose proved too short and directed water into the flames. The fire caused $40 in damages to the kitchen and stove. the sum was approved today by the insurer’s claim agent.
Henry T West the only surviving member of the Union Colony locating committee marks his eighty eighth birth anniversary in Caldwell Idaho. He helped found Greeley from Cheyenne bringing the first building used as a colony house later Hotel de Comfort and a school. West chaired the Union Colony Pioneers society for two years and remains active among old friends.
The report notes a wife of 67 years of marriage who had frail health this fall but is improving. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. West selling their home here two years ago and relocating from the colony’s early days as long-time residents.
Galeton, Oct. 17. Beets in this district are turning out better than expected with many farmers harvesting 17 to 18 tons per acre versus the anticipated 12 to 15. Tests show a higher sugar content, with readings as high as 18 percent in several instances.
Windsor residents report a new townsite forthcoming about six miles east of Loveland where the Union Pacific crosses the Great Western road. Lee Klein recently built a large mill at the point, and local belief ties the development to the mill’s presence.
Tickling in the throat and hoarseness signal the need for Ballard's Horehound Syrup. It eases the lungs quiets the cough and restores health in the bronchial tubes. Prices 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by Gilbert Bros three stores.
About 93,744 free farms of 160 acres are available in Colorado under homestead and desert laws. Districts with unappropriated public land include Del Norte Denver Durango Glenwood Springs Hugo Leadville Montrose Pueblo Sterling. The 1910 vacancy totaled 19,432,009 acres. since then about 4.5 million acres have been taken. Entry costs vary by grant. 16 dollars outside the Union Pacific grant and 22 dollars inside. Any 21 or head of a family citizen may file. desert entries available to residents 21 and older. Three year residence required before patent. five months annual absence allowed. one-sixteenth to one-eighth cultivation yearly. final desert proof after one-eighth irrigation.
Twenty two Mexicans from one east side house were regist ered in Greeley yesterday. A sugar factory employe boasted of registering several hundred Taft voters from the Mericans. Rumor says a voter tracking system is kept and polls may see action if old methods resurface. About 590 voters registered yesterday in Greeley on the last day for city residents to register. A week earlier roughly 350 registered as Republican headquarters sought straight Republican voters, but many prefer Roosevelt and the Bull Moose ticket. Country precinct registr ation continues for two more days, October 29 and November 4, the final dates for rural voters.
Gilcrest October 17 At a town board meeting the first tax assessment since incorporation was levied at 20 mills on a valuation of 24550. The levy funds expenses and the town remains financially sound. No improvements are funded by this levy. any future work would require a bond issue.
In the Greeley Republican H N Haynes publishes a fulsome commendation of George H Bradfield a standout Republican candidate for district judge A prominent Greeley lawyer questions Haynes claimed knowledge noting Bradfields court records show Haynes has never tried a major county court case and urges caution The column mentions Mr and Mrs W L Betchley from near Hbriggedale traveling home after weeks in the fruit district and Greeley
A fragmented political letter urges voters to back Wilson for president, citing long Republican alignment and tariff stance. It links economic protection with industry support and favors honesty and business sense. The piece ends with a product plug for stomach pain relief tablets.
Notice to owners that an unbranded estray animal located near Windsor Weld around September 15 1912 will be sold by the state board of inspection for the owner’s claim if filed before November. The agency warns the animal’s owner or claimant to come forward.
Notices outline adjustment day for the estates of Annie F. Brocken and Mary Mimmack with dates in November 1912 in Weld County Colorado. Executors, administrators and creditors are ordered to present claims and attend court in Greeley for settlement and immediate payment requests. Also titled is a district court summons in Weld County against Friedrich Hausmann and unknown heirs with instructions to answer within 20 to 30 days.
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