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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
9
A garbled OCR snippet refers to West Virginia and a chance event at Severance Hall. Readable bits mention an amphitheater-like venue and a potential amateur context, though details are unclear and names or dates are not fully legible.
A reader describes plans for a West Virginia themed outing hosted by Joe Hall of Severance. The event includes a glee and picnic three miles from Trance next Monday, with an expected turnout from Weld County residents born in the right state.
In a rural accident along the creek near Crow Creek Reservoir, ten year old Dale Jones was thrown from a spirited horse and drowned after being swept into shallow water. His body was found minutes later by his brother. Funeral plans were announced for the family home. Preliminary maps filed by Crow Creek Iron Works related to a proposed reservoir project in the county.
A private sale listing from Lasalle at John R's ranch includes horses cattle implements and over 20 hay, with 80 acres of choice farm land southeast Lasalle and 50 acres in grain and beet. The ground features water fair improvements and corner lots 60 by 90 at 7th Ave. Modern residence at 701 1th Street and Gordon residence 1419 OC Street are described with sale details and contact points.
A lively, upward trend in Greeley real estate shows steady sales and growing interest from new residents. Reported building increases, rising lot sales to outsiders, and improved rail connectivity underscore the city’s emergence as a housing center with ample water and a healthful climate.
The Empire reservoir flood damaged Warren Warner and Carlson tracts with gullied fields and eroded soil across 160 acres. A board of managers led by Homer Hayward and Thomas Grace plans to settle damages. Tomato Day at Fort Lupton showcased races and a Fort Lupton Grays win 15 to 5, with canning factories busy processing vegetables including 260 acres of sweet corn.
A vendor guarantees relief from constipation with Rexall Orderlies, sold at 10¢ and 25¢, saying they are candy like, not ripe or troublesome, can be taken any time, and that the medicine costs nothing if it fails. Carlton W. Gilbert, the Nexall store, promotes the risk free trial.
Most schools begin September 7 with the majority opening then. Some start August 30 including the Benton Evane and Peter Brown schools. Opening staff includes principals Harry L Johnston and Elsie Bun King with Miss May Phenix and Hazel Pritchard as teachers. Eaton high remains delayed until a new building is finished.
Chamberlain's Salve is recommended for burns pain relief and quick healing with minimal scarring. Suitable for chapped hands sore nipples and skin diseases. Price 25 cents and sold by all druggists.
Late spring frosts in Colorado push fruit season back by weeks. California fruit dwindles while Colorado peaches pears and plums ripen slowly with demand outstripping supply. Alberta peaches cost 1.50 a box. California pears scarce. Colorado plums slow. Germans Blue top at 2 a crate. California grapes 60 cents a basket. Home grown cantaloupes and watermelons plentiful with watermelons up to 10 cents a pound depending on size.
A Russian settlement in Beebe Draw near Greeley transformed dry land farming into profitable holdings. Chris Moeser bought a quarter section for 250 dollars and sold it for 3 200 after ten years, with another quarter yielding 4 000. Farmers in Weld County profit as land surges four to six times previous prices as irrigation projects advance and the Burlington line nears.
Edgar N. Bayliss of Robinsonville Del describes a long illness and chronic cough that improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He reports being fully well now and gaining twenty eight pounds, and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Tom Jones of the Johnstown area died after being thrown from a horse into an irrigation ditch this morning. The coroner was notified with sparse details, and the Jones ranch lies one mile east and two miles north of Johnstown. This marks the tenth drowning death in Weld County since June, following Fred Phenix as the previous victim.
Prof Buffum's Arid Agriculture approved by the Uniform Textbook committee is for sale by J. V. Crone and several bookstores in Green ley.
A fire started by a box of matches ignited straw and damaged about fifty bushels of grain on Charley Peterson’s farm near Windsor. The threshing machine was saved, over 2,900 bushels were threshed, oats yielded 68, wheat 42, barley 50 bushels per acre, with wheat sold at 1 40 a bushel. Peterson touts 57 acres of sugar beets as a potential profit source.
A vintage offer from Woodworth's Shorthand College inviting enrollment for a complete business education at low cost. Claims graduates are in demand with salaries from $200 to $600 monthly as court reporters and notes mail teaching. Refers to official graduates and provides the Denver address 1720 Colorado Boulevard.
School notices list teachers and grades in East North and South wards including principals Mrs Harry Dowell and Mrs Linnie Coil. Beet field workers Anna Gardner and others enter late. sewing, manual training, and music supervision noted. Also mentions billiousness relief with Chamberlains tablets and free samples.
Mrs Jerry Elliott and Mrs C E B Short hosted a dinner at 1201 Tenth Street Wednesday for Mrs J P Allen of New Castle Pa who is visiting Greeley. Guests included Mesdames Frank Wallace G E McClelland B McClelland R G Martin and Misses Hilda Wyatt and Elinor McClelland.
Chester Howard of the Boye ranch near Lucerne reports finishing threshing with 1426 bushels of wheat 1216 bushels of oats and 686 bushels of barley. He says this is his best season yet and forecasts similar yields for other farmers in the Lucerne area.
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