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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
1
Sam Hoffman, a Badger and Welsh surveyor in charge of a Lake to Fossil Creek cut, was hurled over the foreman by a dynamite explosion. Clay soil shielded him, sparing a likely death, while the foreman aided his dazed colleague. Hoffman suffers severe foot injuries from the blast and is unable to walk easily.
Foreman Hoff man and the foreman entered a cut with two blasting caps last Sunday morning. Hoff man lit his fuse after the foreman, could not light the second cap, and fled. Hoff man was killed when his shot exploded, the fuse allegedly blown onto his detonation paper. Miss Bertha Whitman visits Mrs. Mayme Allen Gross of Fort Collins. Gross formerly taught in Greeley schools.
A 36 year old colored woman named Rachael Sheppard died this morning in the county hospital.
A 12 year old boy, John Spraul, was found to have a needle fragment in his leg after an earlier extraction attempt failed. Doctors fear blood poisoning could necessitate emergency measures and possible amputation if his condition does not improve within three days.
Willits Sommer, a long familiar Denver vagabond linked to the notorious Happy Holligan, is in Greeley claiming Weld County towns struggle more than any time in state history as he seeks work and asserts he is the true barometer of the economy.
All but two taxpayers sign a petition for an additional grade at Kersey school. A joint meeting of the school board and the Investigation committee was held at Mrs. Rixemian's home as the petition was presented. The district is likely to be bonded for 1500 dollars and work to add a room will begin soon. Fred James replaced Mr. Shall on the committee.
T. Neill traveled to Denver on Monday in what appears to be a routine personal or business trip with no further details provided.
Sanborn and Mounton along with other Greeley merchants shift hitching posts toward the curb as double tracks reduce space on Eighth Avenue. Telegraph poles may follow. The change aims to curb runaway posts and improve street traffic on the main thoroughfare. George Woodbury in critical condition after appendicitis operations at city hospital.
George Webster a major New Mexico land owner visits Weld county to inspect irrigation methods and potato raising. He owns 7 900 acres near Cimarron and may consider Weld land investment. Secretary McCrery hosts the guest to review local crops and spud farming techniques.
Speeches by attorneys professors and pioneers marked the culmination of Burton D. Sanborns plan to connect Boyd table with Fossil creek and run reservoir water through Nos 2 and 3 ditches amid a mingling of Thompson and Cache la Poudre waters. Attendees from Greeley and Fort Collins arrived in touring cars, noting Duck lake not yet full enough to flow the sluiceway.
Antelope are becoming plentiful and tame in Weld county with reports from Crow Creek east of Feaston. County clerk C C Ankeney witnessed a herd near his claim and similar sightings are reported countywide as game laws protect the fleet plains deer.
Teddy Roosevelt was met by Union Pacific officials from Denver and returned on a special train. He spoke briefly to the gathered citizens at LaSalle station as the train went through town.
H Sutter a threshing outfit operator near Kersey was arrested for passing a bad check. He says he arranged with farmers he thrashes to deposit funds in the Kersey bank and believed the money was in the account when he wrote the check.
Greeley expects a large wave of travelers returning from California and the east as vacationing residents come home. Officials estimate that in the past three days more people have arrived than in any two prior weeks of the summer, aside from Pioneer day crowds, with most returning before September’s first week.
At a Greeley Commercial club meeting last night the board decided to send an exhibit to the interstate fair in Denver. Exhibits have been arriving swiftly from farmers across the county to the Commercial club rooms in recent days.
Labor leaders call all union members in Greeley to meet at M B A hall at 10 15 Sunday to march to the Methodist church for Labor Sunday services. The carpenters union backs the event and urges all workers to join. Labor Day will be observed quietly due to limited union presence.
John Paget, a three year herder in the county, returns to Greeley from Middle Park after losing nearly a hundred head of sheep in a few weeks. He reports sickness followed by rapid death, with other stockmen facing similar losses. A weed fed to the stock is suspected, and state authorities and stock experts are investigating for a scientific cause.
A San Francisco dated letter reports the Imperial Valley will need 1500 to 2000 workers from September 1 to about January 1 1911 to pick cotton. Wages are about 1 dollar per hundred pounds with a typical daily earning of 2.5 to 4 dollars. The notice suggests Colorado readers may seek employment via East points and immigrant rates.
EB B Coulter C J Yardley Frank Gordon and FP A Gates left for Boulder Tuesday as the delegates from the Greeley lodge. Many lodge members will attend the convention which promises to be one of the most successful ever held.
Mrs John Bertha of Rock Springs Wyoming is in Greeley for a few days as guest of Mrs F W Atherton. She was formerly Miss Vernie Williams, a resident of Greeley before her marriage, and will proceed to Parsons Kansas.
Work on the Denver Laramie Northwestern line between Greeley and Severance began Tuesday with the Orman outfit. Contractors plan rapid progress, building a fill across the river northward from hill dirt. The line will parallel Union Pacific for a stretch, then head toward Severance and beyond into Wyoming toward the Pacific coast.
Field Superintendent Timothy reports beets in the district showing higher sugar levels as they ripen. Six week tests indicated six percent sugar, while current readings run from thirteen to sixteen percent. Officials expect season average near six dollars per ton and record tonnage with about fourteen thousand acres planted, surpassing last year’s 27,000 acres.
The George D. Statler hose company met to elect ten men to represent the company in the volunteer company. The selected are E. J. English Day foreman J. L. Gray assistant foreman George Davis secretary treasurer Moses Stone Ernest Hood Thomas LaValle William Williams Lern Stoneking and J. B. Hathaway.
Weld County figures P W Murray and E E Moore face legal trouble as disputes over Bijou ditch water usage escalate. Allegations include a shotgun threat to halt pumping, warrants for Lee J Kelim and E H Clem, and tampering claims at the Lone Tree lateral headgate near Olive Branch district.
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