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Greeley Tribune

Location

Greeley, Colorado, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1912

Page

6

Open meeting to discuss new laws in Greeley

Citizens will discuss the initiated and referred laws to be voted on November 5 in a non political open meeting at the district courtroom next Saturday evening. The Tribune prints free extra supplements while the state distribution is limited. A Y M C A branch may form with club and church committee support. Ward Darley announces an independent sugar factory contract expected by January 1 with a $10000 bonus for subscribers.

District Court Room Greeley Commercial Club Tribune Commercial Club Greeley Act Ward Darley

Cabbage Growers Seek Profit Amid Low Kraut Prices

Cabbage production in Delta faces low market prices with heads weighing up to 14 pounds. Charles E. Payne ships from two and a half acres as track prices drop to 25 cents per 100 pounds, about $5 a ton. Farmers say profits rise only when prices reach 60 cents or more per head, about $12 a ton, yielding a viable kraut harvest.

Charles E. Payne Delta

Big Pay Day at Johnstown

Johnstown Milling and Elevator company has bought 10,496,870 pounds of wheat this fall, paying $127,994.60, with additional oats and barley purchased. Buyers say district wheat volume outpaces last year and will rise as remaining threshing is completed.

Johnstown

Sterling sells stake in Fisher and Sterling feed store

Kersey October 22 Owing to poor health Mr Sterling of the firm Fisher and Sterling has sold his interest to W C Fisher who now owns the feed store. Sterling suffers asthma from dust and may take up stock buying. The firm enjoyed a prosperous period with smooth operations.

Kersey Sterling Fisher & Sterling W. C. Fisher Fisher

Beets and Potatoes Thrive in Gill District Harvest Outlook

Gill A M Russell reported in Greeley that harvest would take at least six weeks with beets and many potato fields untouched. Both crops look strong this year with sugar content testing high. Tistle’s field averages 26 tons per acre and Chipps’ field 24 tons, signaling robust yields pending good weather.

Gill A. M. Russell Greeley Russell C. B. Tistle L. P. Chipps

Weld County News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Weather

Local items from Weld County cover social visits in several towns including Galeton Windsor Nunn Kersey and Johnstown. Articles note guests Miss Edna Dent Miss Claudia Steele and Mrs. Everett DeVault with recovery reports and upcoming services by Rev Garret and Rev Miss Dangerfield. Travelers include Harrison Teller heading to Fullerton and others visiting Denver Canon City and Denver for the Festival of Mountain and Plain. An oat and spring wheat yield of 25 and 18 bushels per acre is reported on a dry land ranch east of town. An auction at the Davis livery barn and other community happenings complete the notices.

Windsor Harrison Teller Fullerton Calif John Frank Smith Severance William Smith Lulu Wright Lulu McMinn Laura McFannen Denver W. O. Pulliam Fowlerton Tex O. Ewers Briggs Briggs Mercantile Canon City J. A. Beatty Moan Mountain and Plain Fred Allen Topeka Kan Baker City Ore Eugene Harrington Pierce Davis Evans Beeson California Ill Henry Behrens Lafayette Frank Bons George A. Young William Young Aust Gertrude Huffsmith Clifton Ariz Millie Beeson Larkin Club W. J. Craig Lois Holliday Lieb Brighton Texas

Wilson Leads in AAAP Passenger Agents Straw Poll

New York Oct 17. A straw vote among American Association of Passenger Agents members in Denver shows Wilson with 91 votes, Bryan 61, Roosevelt 21. Mr and Mrs Roy Nye of Fort Collins visited Greeley and traveled to Denver in the afternoon.

Wilson New York American Association of Passenger Agents Denver Roy Nye Fort Collins Greeley

Robbers Loot LaSalle Store After Lock Theft

In LaSalle on October 22 robbers admitted by filing a lock looted the Austin and Glasgow general store of goods worth about 60 dollars. A railroad worker first spotted a guard, prompting alerts to officials before the thieves fled. Mayor Dave Stewart and deputies searched nearby towns. Two men named Jeff Lee and Harry Burns were later arrested at Hardin on burglary charges, resisting arrest.

LaSalle Austin & Glasgow General Merchandise Tobbers Round House Austin Kersey Dave Stewart Stewart Jeff Lee Harry Burns Hardin Peterson

Magnate Havemeyer Tours Colorado Sugar Factory

Horace Havemeyer, a wealthy young magnate recently married, visited the Great Western Sugar Company’s Colorado properties in Greeley for an inspection. He stayed with S. M. Edgell, Weld county manager and childhood friend, ahead of the annual stockholders meeting in Denver. Plans reportedly include potential beet sugar road connections and new factories in Colorado.

Horace Havemeyer Colorado Greeley Great Western Sugar Company Mr. Havemeyer M. Edgell Weld County Denver Con Great Western Boulder Havemeyer Tate

WRECKED CARS DELAY STOCK ON TRAIN 155 AT LUPTON

Freight train No. 155 arriving Fort Lupton at two yesterday pulled in late after three cars and no engine derailed on the passing track. Two carloads of stock were unloaded to be fed and were to be taken up on a later train.

Fort Lupton Lupton Union Pacific Fort Passick

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