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The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-22

George Horne spent seyera, d,vs
last week in Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs, Harry leighton
visited Sunday in Fort Collins.
j. b. Fleming and ] r. Marp,e
lett saturday for q trip to San Fran.
cisco.
MI. and Mrs. G w. Foster left
last Thursday for trip to Chicago
and eastern points.
MISS Nesta Parker returned last
week from Eldorado Springs where
she spent her vacation.
Frank Wisner has moved his fam.
lily from Windsor and is now EN-.
ployed at Harry Fl. Shaw's.
Miss Ada Southland returned to
Denver last Friday after weeks
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nj. Woods and
Miss Hannah Woods of Fort Collins
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Woods.
Mrs c. w. Perkins of Lincoln,
Neb, will come to Greeley next Sun
day to visit her son, j. A. Perkins,
and family.
Mrs David Boyd and sister, Mrs.
e. Evans, of New Brighton, Pa, left
Friday for Denver to take trip
on the Moifat road.
Bob leighton returned Wednesday
evening from St. Joseph's hospital,
Denver, where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
Several freight cars and a partly
demolished water tank were piled up
al Pierce last Thursday by the
freight cars running wild down hill
Miss nellie Rockwell of Sterling,
who has been visiting her brother,
Fred Rockwell, and wife left Friday
evening for Pierce for few days
visit.
Misses Florence Bliss and Maud
Kelley went to Fort Collins WedneS-
day on business trip. They expect
to attend the Agricultural college
again this year.
Or. and Mrs. C. S. Durham of st.
Louis came Wednesday of last week
to visit their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. L. Durham. They expect to re-
main here month.
Bruce G. Eaton last week sold
seven carloads of horses to w. M.
Carpenter of Omaha. There we're
1856 head in the shipment, bringing
an average of 500 head.
W. B. Williams, formerly a con-
tractor but now a farmer who has
been living near Windsor has disap-
peared from his home and no word
can be secured from him by his
family. He had only a small sum
of money with him when he left.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-22

Harold Haynes was Denver
visitor Saturday.
Miss Laura Jenkins Is now EN-.
ployed Ia Conaon's store.
For tirst-class hack line call +. G.
Blink, Greeley 405 or Weld 1856
Miss Hazel Daven will teach third
grade in the Loveland schools this
year.
Miss Verna Curtis of Chicago is
visiting Capt. and Mrs. B. X. Han
bury few weeks.
Miss Elsie McCDbb has returned
from a months vacation spent at
Glen Park and Denver.
When you want something to read
look over my line of magazines. r.
II. Claytnn's Confectionery.
Miss Ella Wisner returned last
Friday from five weeks visit with
relatives in summitvile, Ind.
Miss Jessie Fink returned from
Seattle last Friday. Miss Fink has
spent the summer there with sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Slower went
to Cheyenne last Saturday for visit
with MIR. and Mrs. E. A. Nuna.
maker.
DR., Ella Mead returned last Sat
urday from two weeks stay in Estes
Park. DIR. Mead made the trip on
horseback.
Miss Vera Douhan left Sunday for
two weeks vacation which she will
spend in Denver, Idaho Springs and
Colorado Springs.
James Packard of Boston was the
guest several days last week Of his
aunt, Mrs. Henry Currier, and
cousin, Mrs. Joseph Ewing.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Patton re-
turned to Greeley Friday after a
months visit with relatives in
Greensburg and Pennville, Ind.
Mrs. W. NJ. Billings returned to
her home in Pittsburg, Kan, last
Friday after two weeks visit with
her sister-in-law, Mrs. L, B. Hunter.
Miss Olive Riggs of Saptee, Neb. i,
and Miss Isabel Mcmillan Of Omaha
came to Greeley Wednesday for a
weeks visit with Mrs. Joseph Ew
ing.
George Woodbury., Gland Ramsay,
Merton Gross and Harry Bliss left
last week for camping trip in the
mountains. They went to the Lara
mic river.
Misses Edna Pratt and Mary
Morris. who have been spening the
summer here, went to Colorado
Springs and Manitou last week for a
few weeks stay.
The Farmers Trading company, a
new produce concern of Eaton, has
been incorporated by A. j. Smillte,
W. r. Clark, R. NJ. Haythorn. The
capital stock is s5, 600.
Mrs. Scion Davenport lef6 last
Friday for Genoa, Colo, for three
weeks visit with her brother. From
there she will 60 with a camping
party to Colorado Springs.
TRULY Cameron and sisters, Laura
and Deta, entertained crowd Of
young people after choir rehearsal
last Thursday evening. Refresh
ments of ice cream and cake were
served.
Messrs. Charles Hallett, Will
Bliss, Walter Bliss, George Evans
George Davis and j. G. Harris, the
chaperone, arrived home Saturday
from two weeks fishing trip on the
Upper Poudre.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Motheral
Roy and Clara Motheral. Vera Was
lev, India Davis and Isaac Sage ane
Mrs. Bessie Mayberry of Pennsyl
yania returned last SATURDAY. IRON
Estes Park where they spent three
weeks in Lambs cottage.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-22
Locals

hahan was a Denver
kue and bride arrived
friday.
Jenkins is now en-.
)n's candy store.
returned to Windsor
Mort visit in Greeley.
Ieturned last Wednes-
lying trip In Wyom-
Easley left Monday
visit with relatives
Newman of Denver
I Mrs. Wilfred Bliss
Dix.
louis Cohn Of Den.
Sunday with Mr..
|hschild.
Barrett and two chill
past week from five
Peoria, III.
b Schlosser of Denver
| and uncle, Mr.. and
|y, last week.
!. David Davis, who
Greeley for several
wed to a farm near
all aud three daugh'
been visiting her par.
Yrs j. Mcclure, the
left Monday for thell
J Grove. la.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
DIMENSIONS OF A FRONTIER BED.
Grandmother Benson Writes How il Was
Done in Pioneer Days.

EDITOR CENSoR:-I thought perhars
| sketch of our pioneer life might b..
1 of interest to some of your readers.
| fifty-three years ago. the 18th of Oc-
| tober, my late husband, Father John
| Benson, myself and twossmall children
| landed in VirOqua, after twenty-one
days ON the road with a three horse
team and covered wagon. The late
jeremiah NJ. Rusk and Mr.. McDermont
came out to meet us by the old Strick-
er farm. Rusk invited us very cordi-
| ally to come to his one-horse tavern. as
he called it, but Mac said, ''No Sir.
Il have small stack of oats and ba-
con enough to grease the skillet. and
they are g"!.lg home with me-" They
livedsG che old log house which Mr.
Gorsuch owned in after years. There
Macs family, wife, four children. old
John Wallace, wife and six children.
Henry Humphrey, wife and three chill
dren, and we had two, all in one small
log room. We put everything out of
doors at night and made beds on the
floor, females on one side and males on
The ether We lived that way FIVE
days, tfef1 my. husbaRtf rented the Geo.
Smith farm on Coon. Prairie, and we
kept the first postoflice. in which Off
cial position my husband served for
twelve. years. Myself and husband
formed the first Methodist class on the
prairie with Mr.. Whitaker and wife.
John Best and wife, which made the
necessary number to form a class. and
my husband was class leader and or
ga1ized the first Sunday School and
was its superintendent for many years.
lie was always an active christian
worker.
We attended the first fair and cele-
bration in Viroqua; the exhibition was
on Main street. That was a great cell
ebration, and the street YVES fined with
wood fires and smoke. The fair was in
the old court house Ind grounds. The
celebration was IN Skippin's S woods
The first washing did was out by the
rocks on tho old Gillette farm. and if
ever any 1ne was homesick. was, for
we haG made our home in Detroit CITY.
Michigan, and after my husband quit a
sailor S life we spent three years in
Waukegan, Illinois. During war time
we lived on West Prairie We left
there and lived number of years on
Pleasant Ridge. Then we sold out
there. Later we moved TO the Kicka-
poo Valley, and my husband was super
iiOShuSie vi the odDDdJn school as
long as he was able to act as such.
Twenty years ago last October we left
the farm and went to Manning to live.
where, through the influence of the
late Capt. Carter, who was postmaster
in Viroqua, assisted in establishing
postofIice and named it Manning. and
my husband was appointed postmaster.
which he held for thirteen years. All
of his early life was spent in sailirg on
the Atlantic Ocean and the western
lakes. For most of the years he lived
in Vernon county Mr.. Benson was Just
ice of the peace At the time of his
death he was a member of the Man
ming Congregational church.
GRANDMOTHER BENSON.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Called Away.

Augusta May Frohock, second daugh-
ter of Mr., and Mrs. Burt Frohock pass
ed away al the parental home in the
north portion Of the city at 9:05 p. m. g.,
Tuesday, January 20 Last September
she was taken sick with rheumatism
but soon serious complications develop
ed that baffied all the skill of physicians
and she was compelled to await the
hour of dissolution, facing daily the in
eyitable fact of a weakened constitu-
tion. She did this with great fortitude
and resignation. No impatient word
ever escaped her lips. Her anXieties
even in moments of severe pain were
always for the others of the family.
Mamie, as every one called her, was
born in Buscoda, Washington, Febru
airy Ia, 1890. When between two and
three years old, the family came to vi
roqua This has always been her home
She attended the yiroqua schools and
was in the seventh grade at the time
Of her death Mamie was an active
member of the Methodist church and
Sunday school. She leaves her parents
and five brothers and sisters.
The funeral was held at the Metho-
dist church, Saturday afternoon, the
pastor. Rev. Chas T. Buffers. assisted
by Rev. j. +. Sarles, officiating. The
beautiful white casket was hidden away
in great mass Of beautiful flowers
sent by Mamie's many friends and com
panions. The interment was in Viro-
qua's cemetery.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
MOST DISAGREEABLE OF WINTER.
DR.. Hicks Makes That Prediction for the
Month Of February.

According to Hicks the first storm
for February will appear from the to
5. Prolonged cloudiness and marked
storm condition will be the order
through all the opening days of Febru-
airy, but these conditions will eliminate
in general storms of rain, sleet and
snow on and touching the 3, and g..
These storms will change to blizzard
OTIS conditions followed by a severe
cold wave
A regular storm period in central on
the g. Look for prolonged and greatly
intensified storm period between the Z
and IL. The 10, II and IL viii probab-
ly bring the elimination of what Hicks
calls series of dangerous days IN this
period. Low barometer with warm,
humid condition.. will bring violent
storms. Many sections northward will
suffer from blizzards, sleet storms and
blockades atthis time, and general cold
wave will reach most parts of the coGn
try from about the IL to Is.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the 5 and l6. On ARD next to these
dates thS Clements Wil, resct TO much
warmer, the barometer will show a
wave Of marked depression, and storms
of rain and snow win pass in regular
order from west to east. Within twen-
ty-four hours of noon on the 18th look
for sudden change from high temper
atures, and possibly electrical storms
to sweeping and severe cold wave,
sleet and snow.
A regular storm period covers the 10
to %, being central on the 20. General
'storminess and heavy rains and snow
in the north may be anticipated at this
time. Change to much colder will
come from The p to rs, progressing
from the northwest to the east and
south.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the last day of February. covering
the 26 into March. General and furi-
Gus snow storms may be expected not
far from the %. Hicks says that Feb
ruary promises to be the most disagree
able month of the winter
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Don't Ill to Hear Hon. WIN. J. Bryan.

The iecture association have secured
the use OF the high school building for
the lecture by the Hon. VIM j. Bryan.
The large auditorium will be cleared of
school desks and filled with chairs.
The price of reserved seats will be 75c
and general admission will be SOC
Seats will be on sale at c. F. Dahfs
drug store at a. M, Saturday, Feb
ruary 9th The lecture will begin at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon, and this
will give out of town people most ex-
cellent opportunity to hear the most fam
ors platform speaker in the United
States The subject Of the lectare will
be THE Old World ard is Ways"
The lecture has been very much praised
by the press Of other cities Our lecture
association has been trying, for long
time TO secure this opportunity for the
people of our city and this vicinity
The proceeds viii be added to the lee
ture association funds but this is not
part Of the 1867 lecture course.
Don't forget the date, February Is.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Bank Shows Healthy Growth.

Elsewhere in this issue of the CEN
soR is published a condensed compare
tive statement of the bank of Viroqua.
giving its financial condition at the
close of business on January %, 1906,
June Is, 1906, and January %, 1907.
Comparison of the statements speak
for themselves. The officers of the
Bank of Viroqua are much gratified
over the substantial growth of business,
as well they may be, and Stand ready
to handle more business in the future
in the same careful business-ilile mar
ner as has characterized their record
in the past.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Thinks Bryan SILVER Tonsued. :"

Mrs. !. D. Bennett writes from Sal.
EN-, Oregon, to friend in this city say
ing: 81 see by the CENSOR that you
are to have Bryan in Viroqua soon.
He WIS here last Wednesday night, and
we went TO hear him / never got such
a squeezing before in my life. We
only got part way up the stairs and
only got a glimpse Of him. Harry
climbed up on the stair railing and saw
him. and he talked t. the high school
the next day, 50 Marie saw him. lrv.
could see him over the peoples heads.
Bryan is silver tongued all right and
you win enjoy listening to him. "
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING
Cuttings From the Press Of Surrounding
Towns.
[From the wes.by TimesI


Bion Syverson returned to Chicago.
He was accomp anied by Gilman John
son. Both of the young men have
railroad Jobs
Miss Gierda Olson returned from
Oshkosh. She aaoompa 1ied her grand
parents to the al owe CITY aad ~uent
some time with relatives ami fr
win Bergum of this place. and Miss
Emily llage Of Mab'e, Miun., are to be
/. married February ) Mr. Eergum, ae-
comp. med by Mrs. Lawlcnae Grimsrdd
and children, left Tor Mat', Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Ole Lokken of Lovaas
| are packing the household effects of
/ their son. Theo- Lokken and family,
who went to Minneapolis before Christ
mas. Mr.. Lokken has a iOb as sales
man in clothing store in the above
place.
johannes Saugstad Of Climax. Mimi,
was the guest of his cousin, b. T.
SaHgstad. He represents his district
in the Minnesota state senate, where
he will undoubtedly make a name for
himself. He was born in this vicinity
about 36 years ago and was glad to Wis
it his friends and relatives here whom
he has not seen since he wore swad-
ding clothes.
Westby Turning club perfected an
organization with the following officers:
President, John +. Peterson; secretary
and treasurer, Carl O.. johnson; direc-
tor, Chas. Q. Shannon; manager, Fred
NOrder. An athletic association of this
kind is a good thing and should be en-
couraged. Systematic and judicious
exercise is often the best medicine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Ate ! The Inhuman Driver.

Not day passes that some fellow
does not drive mp 10 the public square,
tie his team and leave them unblanket-
ed for an hour or more. Nine times
out of ten there are no blankets in the
sleigh. If there were, persons with
more feeling than the owner would
cover the shiveriBc, team No team
should be permittf to stand on the
streets unblanketed, and the authors
ties should see to it that there is none.
The public square deserves the atten-
ti0n of the marshal frequently these
cold DAYS. : Galesville Republican.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06

Third annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Viroqua creamery com
pany occurred at Opera hall in this city
on Friday afternoon last, large at
tendance being had Report of the
secretary showed that SIC, 600 pounds
Of butter had been made the past year
and that patrons had received S103,
20 for their butter fat Dividends
for the year amounted to S10,37S.
!. S. Griffin and Chris. Ellefson were
elected directors for three years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
NOTICE.

The undersigned have purchased the
feed and -four business heretofore con-
Quoted by VIM. Peavy and will in Jhe
future conduct same Will keep full
stock of -four, feeds of all kinds. baled
hay and straw. We solicit the patron
age of all former customers of the
place and many new ones. -
BRENNAN e SMITH
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
See that manure loader at Chas. s.
Slack a. Co.'S.

See that manure loader at Chas. S.
Slack e. Co.'S.
The Viola creamery did a business
Of s28, ,267 last year
New spring goods arriving daily at
Severson & Company.
Louis Olson is taking treatment at
a La Crosse hospital
Mrs. VIM. Rogerson is visiting at
her home near Portage.
Have you seen Little Willie" at
Chas. S. Slack g. Co's2
Miss Mary White of LA Crosse,
visited with Nellie Mahoney
Mrs. August Smith is in La Crosse
taking electrical treatments.
Shingles, shingles, shingles at
Thayer's.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Please Call and Settle.

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to us either by book account or
by notes that are due, W II please call
and settle at once. Owing to our re-
cent loss by fire we need the money.
Office in rooms over Davis drug store.
FRED ZITZNER & Co.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
comstock Spanish Tobacco Seed

Having sold this seed for the w. T.
Comstock Co for the past seven years,
and believing it to be the best have
secured the agency for this year. The
many growers who have used it, can
testify as TO its quality.
TATE MERCANTIL Co
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Leave Your Orders.

Have installed a light baggage and
dray line in connection with my work
as local expressman. All calls will be
promptly and courteously attended to.
Leave orders at the express office under
Bank of Viroqua. HARRY PULvER.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06

L. H. Kier, Fairbanks, Alaska:
''The CENSOR is Ike letter from
home to me. We are having very
peculiar winter; the fall was fine. Dur
ing December it was quite old as low
as fifty-three degrees below zero.
Very little snow fell until about three
weeks ago (the middle of December; {;
since then it has showed nearly all the
time. 1t is very warm now; people are
wearing hats and going barehanded on
the streets. I"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06

Ole l.. Thompson, Franklin: Wife
and are glad to be released from the
grind of hotel life and get back to the
farm. There is no life like that of the
true farmer, independent and health
ful -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06

w. A. Lewis, Bloomingdale: 81
hope the legislature will do something
in the line of licensing abstractors.
Men who make abstracts that sellers
and purchasers rely on as correct should
be placed under bonds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
Said or |yitten to the Censor.

p. A. Hill, manager La Fargo tele-
phone exchange: "0ur local exchange
and toll lines leading out into the inter
ior are growing rapidly ard the better
ments and extensions keep our force
digging the year around. Nearly every
farmer in our country has telephone
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
White Sewing Machines.

Don't buy a Cheaply, yes. poorly made,
parts YOU might never be able to duplicate
a Genuine White Sewing Machine at the
The White Sewing hacbine Is made wit
TIES. and each machine represents the bvs
away with all vibration and uncertain move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

Made of heavy golden oak; have
canopy tops, thick oval-shaped F.
plateelass mirrors, lined silver dra
large linen drawers and cupboards,
brass trimmings, finely carved and
ished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

neers under the direction of Capt. John 8.
Sewell, Corps of Engineers. Congress APP
propriated s10o,VJo for the building.
The Army War COLLEGE is now occupying
rented quarters on Jackson place. on the
west side of Lafayette Park. and will re-
main there, II is understood. until the pres
ent session is over. Sometime about July
the mex building will be occupied, and the
next session of the Army War College,
which begins in October next. viii open
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
Won Sternburg on a Vacation.

BERLIN, April 2o.-Baron Speck Won
Sternberg. the German ambassador to the
United States. who spent two days in Ber-
lin after his arrival here from the United
States. has gone TO northern Italy on a
vacation. He will not be present at the
conference. called for Monday next of the
economic advisory committee for the dis
cussion of the German American tariff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

For some reason or other Congress has
refused to furnish the means necess AIRY to
utilize the naval station our government
has established at Guantanamo, although Il
Is the most important strategic point IN the
West Indies. 1t lies midway between New
York and the Isthmus of Panama, ana
commands the Caribbean sea more COM
pieteiy than any other place that could
be occupied. Other conditions and ajrcum-
stances make 1t of supreme Importance,
and for that reason, the Navy Department
shortly after the prepared a plan for
a complete naval station 4 tract Of land
HNe miles square, lying upon one of the
most beautiful and commodious hari,ors in
the world, was acquired from the govern
ment Of Cuba; a site was selected for a
drydock to be built AT the cost Of 81 40 ono;
coal sheds and DOCKS equipped with modern
machinery for loading ard unloading: ma
chine shops and fpunar:eS for III. rrunir of
SHIPS and engines; barracks for sailors and
marines; warehouses fer The storage of
suppiles: arsenals for the manufacture and
repair of arms, and magazines for the stor-
age OF ammdnition-aH these and more
We're designed and laid out on paper several
years ago. but Congress has refused To APP
propEiate the millions Of dollars that are
required 10 make Guantanamo The G!bral-
tar CT the West Indies, and very lttle mas
been done.
There was also a plan for a second naval
station at Bahia Honda, little port on the
north coast a few miles wess of Havana
winch has been similarly favored by ma
ture, but nothing has been done there since
the surveys were made soon after the evac-
uatlon of Cuba by the Spaniards. The in
difference of Congress is explained on the
ground that We do not need naval stations
IN Cuba because We have everything that
Is necessary at Key West, which is near
enough to answer the purpose, but our
naval experts do not consider that a good
reason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
BORN
DIED..

RIVERS. On April II, 1897 to MI and Mrs.
Hugh Rivers. a son.