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Smyrna times., 1908-07-29
STATE IN HEALTHY CONDITION
Assets Figure secs, ,324.I4 Over the
Liabilities, According to Auditor.

assets Figure SOS5, ,oZ4.l4 over the
Liabilities, According to Auditor.
The annual report of State Auditor
Thomas C. Roe was issued last week,
and contains 6S6 pages of data con-
cerning the expenditure of the public
moneys, not only of the State, but of
each county and county commission.
The report shows the State Of Del
aware is in healthy financial condi-
tion, with assets of 81, SOP, 500. IA, as
against total liabilities of 5000, 1856,
or a total of assets over liabilities of
$699, 324.14.
The present auditor has insisted,
and has partially succeeded in having
every official and board of the State
itemize the various amounts expended
by them of the public moneys. The
expenditures of Kent and of Sussex
counties, however, and of the State
Board of Health, are not so itemized,
and they show only the expenditure
of sums ranging from 81, 80 to a
sheriff in Kent county down to $18 to
restauranteur in Wilmington, in
the Board of Health accounts, column
after column of these expenditures
being given without any explanation
as to what they paid for or for how
long a service.
Every item of expenditure of the
State Board of Agriculture, however,
is itemized and fully explained, as a
result of the auditors campaign for
publicity. So in each item of the
monthly warrant drawn to DIR. Will
liam H. Hancker, superintendent of
the Delaware State Hospital at Farm
hurst, who hitherto drew about
$1,000 monthly from the State
treasury for payroll. +" DIR.
Hancker is now complying with the
State auditors request, and he
gives each item of the 81, 800 monthly
from his own salary of $166.66 down
to the allowance of James Kinney, a
helper, of S..
Smyrna times., 1908-07-29
Rey.I. ". Williams TestIfies

Rev. l. w. Williams, Huntington,
w. Va, testifes as follows: "This
is to certify that l used Foley's
Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaus-
tion mad kidney troublet, and am
free to say that Foley's Kidney
Remedy will do all that you claim
for it. - Sold by all druggists in
Smyrna and w. R. Keys & Co., Clay
ton, Del.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-29
Notice.

As it is my purpose to discon-
tinue the credit business, 1 very
earnestly request all persons hav-
ing an account with me to make
settlement at once.
All bills unpaid July 1st will be
placed in attorneys hands for col
lection.
MARY M. FAIRIES,
D.. Il q IL. o..
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
Al Home Of Stccks

There was n gathering of the
clans at the home Of j. IL. Stcck
Thursday. Mrs. Steck's brother, VIM,
H. Meeker and family of Wichita.
kansas. are visitors here and mum
Der of relatives and friends were IN
vlted In to spend the day. At two
O'Clock fine dinner was served, lol-
lowed by an afternoon of games AM
"reminiscences.
There were 90 In all who gathered
around the festive board Besides
the members of the family and IN"
FAMILY OF w. II. Meeker, there were
present. +. =. Meeker, another bro
thcr, with his wife and children. u
sister, Mrs. Goo. Yerion with nus
band and children. n cousin OF Mrs.
Stcck's. Mrs. Frank Havener and
James Buchanan and family, who are
old friends OF the family.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF
THOSE INTERESTED HELD
GOOD OFFICERS ELECTED
Will Commence Work Immediately
On Beautifying Public Building
Grounds, Keeping Streets
Clean and Planning
Bigger Things

The work on the civic improvement
publicity stage to that of action, at
meeting held at the home of l.
Rothschild Friday evening. at which
were present most of the gentlemen
who made the trip over the city with
c. b. Blake, the landscape architect
when he was here. AT this meeting
the nucleus for big Improvement
association was formed, with L.
Rothschild, president; J. NJ. b. Petri-
kin. vice president; Hans Hochbaum,
secretary and landscape counselor:
w. c. Wilson. treasurer Twelve
other men chosen as part of board
of directors. the rest of the board to
be made up OF fifteen ladies'. chosen
at meeting last Monday evening.
The men chosen on the board of
directors. in addition to the four Of
ficers are, DR.. z. X. Snyder. William
Mayher. b. ID. Sanborn. Rev. John
Doane. w. +. Kinsella. ]. l.. Bart
lett. j. l.. Ewing, c. F. Bell. c. H.
Wolfe. Charles Hansen.
me tlme at tHe meeting WAS 100
short to formulate more than a bare
outline of the work to be done, but
this will eventually include every
thing from keeping the streets clean
OF scraps of paper. to building one
of the finest systems OF parks and
boulevards in the country.
Prof. Hochbaum. landscape archi-
tect at the Normal, who has been con-
n
bune on Civic Beauty has virtually
been placed in charge OF the work.
until this becomes too heavy in con-
nection with his regular duties at
the Normal President Snyder. of
the Normal. who was at the meet
ing entered heartily into the plans
and gave his entire approval to hav-
ing MIR Hochbaum help out the city
in its work.
Some of the first work that will be
taken up as soon AS the association
is completed will be the improvement
OF public building grounds. This will
be taken up Immediately, and during
the winter plans for the block"
system of improvement will be work
ed out and inaugurated In the spring,
That is to have little auxiliary i'm
provement society in each city block
to keep down weeds, improve lawns
and yards and to plant flowers.
Advice on what to plant and how to
get the best results will be furnish
ed by free by the big associations g
Landscape counselor.
The name of the organization will
be The Civic Improvement Associa-
ton. of Greeley. Colorado. This
name was chosen with the idea in
view of making 1t possible to incor-
porate, as soon as this was thought
advisable.
The four officers of the association
were delegated to draw up set of
bylaws to work to, simply as basis
for defining the functions of the
assOcintion
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
PLUCKY FARM HAND SAVES CASH
Strikes FoOtpad in Face and is Shot
at in Turn

John hammers, working for w. d.
Kay, east of Eaton, is no coward.
but when two men tried to hold him
up on his way home at about 1880
last Thursday evening he might we'll
have been pardoned if he had given
up the SIS of his employers money
that he carried in his pocket. But
didn't. Instead of that he laid out
one of the footpads with blow
from his fist, and was rewarded by
the other with bullet that passed
within singeing distance of mis- cheek.
hammers had come to the city on
! business for MIR. Kay and was about
couple of miles northeast of the
city when fellow suddenly appeared
at the side of the wagon. and with
great agility jumped into the box
right behind the driver. and demand
ed that money" At the same time
another fellow tried to Chamber into
the wagon from the rear end. Lam
mers swung his left hand and struck
the first man squarely in the face,
so that he tumbled right out of the
wagon AT almost the same instant
the other footpad fired at hammers.
but missed his head just by scratch.
The commotlon started the young
team and in a few seconds the two
men had been distanced. hammers
then stopped at house and tele-
phoned to the sherff'S office and
Deputy Peterson went out there and
loaned hammers gun for the rest
of the way home.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
M'ALl4ISTER Is REMINISCENT
Greeley, u Show Town Recalls Other
jolly Organizations

One of the most pleasing letters
pleasing as we'll to the present Tri-
bune force as It must be to all of the
old colonists here has just been re-
ceived from w. *. McAllister gem
eral agent for the Southern Pacific
railroad company in Colorado. Mr
McAllistcr was one of the early set
tiers here and whenever he can at
tends the annual meeting of the
society of Union Colony Pioneers,
The letter follows:
g" Greeley. a Show Town"
Editor. Greeley Tribune, Greeley,
Colorado.
Dear Sir:-l have Just finished
reading an article in your issue OF
August 26th entitled Greeley Was
Show Town." in which | have been
very much Interested. 1t has sci
me to thinking of the good old colon
ial days and am minded to tell YOU
that the Greeley Dramatic Associa-
ton did not furnish the only drama
tic amusement in that winter OF
lS7O-7l There was the COLONY
OK" and the COLONY Mule" not to
mention the Il. O. G. T." Just
think OF 1t, Good Templar's lodge
in n town where the sale of intoNl-
cants was and is still prohibited and
the funny part OF 1t all was that on
almost every meeting night one or
more of the members appeared Tor
"re-obligation." Query Where
did they get their intoNicants? ana
the Colony Ok and the Colony Mnle,
where did they come IRON ana
whence did they go? Who painte"
the skull and cross-bones upon thc'f
willing sides and what was the
significance of the emblem In those
days?
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
Cow With HydrOphobia

A COW belonging to ]. w. Ander-
son. near the county hospital was
killed Monday by Drs. Kautt and
Glover veterinarians at the Agricul-
tural college. and DR.. Bird OF this
city. because II was believed the
animal was suffering from hydropho-
bia. The veterinarians took a por-
ton of the spinal column and also
of the brain and will make thor
ough examination and report later.
There seems little doubt that the
disease IL hydrophobia.
Drs. Call and Church. physicians
were also called to witness the post
mortem examination.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
nv william Bates at 10 o'clock. the
annp,a st,nding in an archway OF
, halkad with flowers.

mr. william Bates at 10 O'Clock. the
nnuple st,nding In an archway OF
rreen, baked with flowers.
Followng the ceremony a splendid
Wedding dinner was served by the
,nother' assisted by her daughters,
Nary r., Anna G.. and Maggie NJ.
There we're about 80 relatives and
ultimate friends OF the young couple
- The bride Is graduate OF the
Logan county High chool and has at
tandef the Normal She 10 the daugh-
ter II Mr.. and Mrs. John johnson.
Who have lived in Greeley three
years. The wedding is the culmina-
iior OF the romance which began
when Miss Johnson went to teach the
srbool at Haxtun. where the groom
lived, two years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Raucher will live on
,heiy -anch at Haxtun.
The out of town guests were Misses
uarha and Emma Raucher, OF Hax-
nm, sisters of the groom. Reon
spver. a chum of the groom. and
Mss Binnie Silver OF Sutton. Neb..
Ind Miss Maggie Johnson. sister of
the bride. of Sterling.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
SEQUEL TO LAND CONTROVERSY
". c. Weathcrford Pinks James
Pyles With Revolver

A shooting followed as sequel to
small law suit few days ago
between w. B. Weatherford and
James Pyles, the sequel taking place
on the old George Briggs place six
miles west of Greeley near evening.
Thursday afternoon.
James Pyles was shot in the back
by Weatherford. with a 3S-calibre
revolver. during a quarrel between
the two men in the field.
Weatheford has had beet con-
tract on the farm now owend by
Pyles and some time ago Pyles
started proceedings in justice court
in Windsor to dispossess Weather
ford Pyles secured judgement and
the case was appealed to the county
court where Pyles was non-suited.
The trouble between the two men has
continued, and it is clamel by
Weatherford that he was attacked
in the field by James Pyles and the
latter's brother with clubs. Thurs
day afternoon. Then he drew a gun
and shot at the two and hit Pyles
He also declared to the officers that
he would do the same thing over
again under similar circumstances.
He was brought to the county jail
by Sheriff Florance, late Thursday
night.
Weatherford is married and has
six children. He is about SO years
of age. Pyles is about so years of
age and bachelor. His brother and
the latter's wife are keeping house
for him on the farm.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
AN EIGHTY-F1vE ACRE FIELD
Robert Boyd Went Into the Business
Wholesale

Practically the entire crop of onion
seed grown in northern Colorado has
been harvested. Robert Boyd had
an So acre field OF the crop. har-
vesting of which was finished last
Saturday, but not the threshing.
There were 90 Russians, men ana
women engaged in the task of pick
ing the seed heads of the onions.
These are picked and put into sack
almost like cotton is picked In the
south
After gathering the onion heads
are placed on canvass to dry in the
sun until ready to thresh The
threshing is an all hand process.
Following this the seed Is screened
and finally run through tanning
mill like grain.
Last year Mr.. Boyd raised 10 acres
of onion seed and made good money
on 1t. The crop this year may not
average quite so we'll, although this
cannot be told. for sure. until after
threshing and measuring
Lofgren Brothers also have ten
acre patch OF onion seed.
The seed is shipped to eastern deal
erS,
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
Or TIMERS BECOME CITIZENS
Take Out Naturalization Papers After
Years OF Residence

"Gteat Scott. you've never voted
all these years? What's the matter
with you anyway? thought you'd
dectdod to live in Uncle Sans coun-
try leng ago"
Mere than one individual has rid
himsolf of something like the above
at the sight of some well known
figure lurking around the office of
the 61erk of the District Court to-
day. For they are making out
naturalization papers there and men
who came here in the seventies and
eight1es and have raised families and
grONn rieA IN Colorado are now fol
the sirst time in their lives American
citizens.
Those who have taken out paper:
are Charles Gossman. born in Frank
enhausen. Germany, now of Greeley
Nes Christ Nelson, born in Hjoning
Denmark. now of Eaton: Albert
Lewis Millen, born in Eskilstuna
Sweden, now of Ault ;Chas. Angus
tus Farr. born in ST. Thomas. Canada
now of Greeley; Charles Augustus
I.inde. born in Linde. Sweden, now OF
born in Marbletown. Canada, now OF
Eaton; Benjamen and John Reese,
born in Rhayader. Wales. now OF
Longmont: Laurence Hartley Jack
son. born in Carlisle. England, now
of Mead; Oric Oscar Anderson. born
in Linkopind, Sweden, now of Gree
ley. Carl Adolf Anderson. born IN
Falkenburg. Sweden, now of Eaton; );
Andrew Morrison Gillies, born IN
Elgin, Canada. now of Eaton; John
Alt Oster. born in Fredethal, Russia
now OF Peckham Thomas Willem'
sen, born in Osterbeck, Netherlands.
now of Grover: ANel Simon Peter
son. born in Alivgoos. Sweden, now
of Greeley; Henry Hoist, born IN
Odessa. Russia, now OF loveiand'
Gust Erickson. born in Stockholm,
Sweden, now of Greeley
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
WOMAN .S YEARS OLD HUSTLER
Takes Up Homestead and Desert
Claims at Grover

Though rs years of age Mrs. Sarah
Jane Olmstead, of Grover is making
good provision against the RAINY
day' and old age. by taking up val
liable land in the vicinity of Grover
She was in Greeley last tFluaS
and commuted on fine eV acre
homestead and at the same time
made a second and third proof on a
desert claim of 100 acres addltona'
having complied with every REQUIRE.
meut in the way of improvement
work and reclamation, In oraer 10
take up land under the desert ACT II
is necessary to bring n certain
amount of the land under irrigation
and cultivate each year, and she h"s
accomplished this by putting down
wells and tapping the under'loW
which is unusually heavy III 'ne
Grover country.
Mrs. Olmstead and minor so.i
came from the east. and nave pee',
in The Grover country coupe W
wears. She also has srahuson'
Iahn T. Bradley who holds NOME
stead claim near the o'''is'''"
.11IulS
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
FIFrY.FIvE WIN CERTIFICATES
Result OfTcachers' Examinations Just
Held Here

There are fifty five new teachers
in the county, as the result OF the
examinations held last week. The
women of course are greatly in
majority, there being only six men
who received certificates. The ages
extend from IS to what one woman
signed so plus. The complete list of
those to whom certificates were
granted is. Lille NJ, Ankeney, Mrs.
Lou b. Andrews, Alice Louise An
dreen. Cecil Iris Anderson, Richard
Baker. Ruth Biddle. Myrtle Martha
Baird. Mabel Baker, Ella NJ. Barker.
Luther F. Cowan. Mary b. Cobb. Cora
L. Crouch. Wealtha Cox, Nettie l..
Doke. Anna Duenweg, Mrs. Effie T..
Fitch. NJ. Elizabeth Fitch. Maude NJ.
Frantz. Fannie II. Hess. Mary E.
Hendricks. Anna G. Johnson. Anna
Hall. Leila Kyler, Beulah NJ. Kringel,
May Louise keyes. Emily Rebecca
Kennedy. Martha II. Lyman, Florence
Marcie Leach, Edgar VIM. Martin,
Della c. Metcalf. Mrs. l.. X. McComas,
Mona NJ. McAfee. Jennie Mcdonald,
Coral L. Porter. Jessie l.. Peterson,
Siddie Ethel Rice, Frank II. Shep-
herd. Leila o. Southwell. Mamie
Smart. Edith o. Sawyer. Mrs. Alice
l.. sherman. Marguerite Siegrist,
Oletha Stearns. frankie X. Smith.
Zoe |. Smith. Beulah b. Shull, Emma
Triem. Nellie A. Talbot. Mrs. Pearl
A. Woten. Mrs Ina NJ. Vertrees Jas.
Elmer Zumwalt, Clark Rogers. Fanny
Rutherford.
or these Is were granted hrst
grade certificates, 35 second grade
and two third grade.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
ana there was Charlie Brandt

Anu 'here was -" Charlie Brandt
gees Den" whore the Younger r"na, se,t
usou " cohgregate and whose biIar-
ity caused good Mr. West who lived
next ooor to believe tnat II was the
Greeiey Dramatic society rehearsine
their parts 's'"s
NO, the Greeley Dramatic society
cahnot flghtfully claim the stage dur-
Ing the entire winter of 1STO.7I
Ihore were other actors in the
drama of life who contributed no
small part to the festivities of the
winter and with all due respect to
Harry Watson, and Harry Lee and
MS good wife. and to Gene Abbott
and birs. Belle Getty Abbott, and
the score OF other members of the old
organization, the story is not com
plete without reference to the
many side-lights and side-shows
which helped to make life ENJOYABLE
in th0se early days
Mrs. Hall did well to preserve the
old posler and the time is coming
when many visible references to the
good 0ld colonial days will be treas
ured ts rare relics, yours truly,
WIN. X. MCALLISTER.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
GREELEY MANS CLOSE CALL
Narrowly Escaped Lynching On
False Charge

lust a tendency toward preNarica-
tion on the part OF '"-!e"i -o'''
blanche Miller nearly caused the
lynching of ". Il. Faulkner. n sign
and house painter. living in Greeley
Colo, who was In Denver p"'n''"s
the house of her grandfather Ben 3
slack, proprietor of the brass iihish-
Ing works at l63S Blake street.
Blanche for some uha'coun."oie
reason, went about telling people IN
the neighborhood that Faulkner had
assaulted her. A crowu
soon gathered and starte" to the
Slack house. where the man i'Ves
with the arm intention OF iynchlng
him. A friend came to Faulkner ana
told him that mob was sa'her'ns
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02

and he naturally became frightened
and left. The police were notified
and officers in all small towns
around Denver. were instructed to
look for the man. who ls % years
of age. In the meantime he, con-
scious that he had done no harm, re-
turned to the Slack house to finish
his work. He was arrested on the
steps and taken to the police station.
There the girl and her grandfather
were waiting for him. Upon ques-
tionfng the girl became confused and
confessed that she had no converse
tion with Faulkner. She admitted
to her grandfather that she had not
told the truth and Faulkner was not
even booked. He is going hack to
finish his house today. Faulkner 10 q
young man of fine reputation in
Greeley and is married. The terrible
consequence of the little girls idle
tales did not occur to her until her
grandfather. in great indignation at
her, told her.-Denver Republican.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
SunIl BOY Hurt

The small son of U. NJ. Parker VINO
lives on east Thirteenth street h'a'
10 Sugar factory took close shaNe
AZ the race track Thursday at''r,
,nr The usual crowd of men ana
t,,,s had edged onto the track 10
watch the broncho bustlns 'ot,. tnn,
and Master Parker was IN ,n. ''vn 's
ranks. The result was 'ha' ne Mmt
knocked down by vicious no.se n",
hy great good fortune was NOV ,,r,,,l
rely trampled. Mnrshal ,nnaa ]
Eicnks dragged him forth ana .urneu
u Inn over to doctors care "nc.u :,
yns discovered that, saving s.r"pvu ~ =.
arm, he was none the worse 'or "'s
adventure.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
Who Had the Ride?

Somebody went buggy riding We'd
nesday night with his girl, but 1t
wasn't Willard Clark. although it
was Clark's horse and buggy that
officiated. The young man drove
into town and hitched his team at
one of the racks but when he went
out to get his horse for the home
trip he discovered that the outfit
was missing. After long wait and
much futile searching he finally gave
it up as bad job and took his weary
way home afoot.
Then about the time the moon
went down the horse and buggy re-
appeared and were found by the
night watchman who had them cared
for and saw that they were restored
to their owner this morning
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
Automobile Parties

Automobilists still abound in the
land and Sunday saw two distin-
guished parties at the Garfield, both
OF them having driven through from
Denver in the morning on their way
to Cheyenne. Those in the first par
ty were A. w Eaton and mother. II.
C. Nichol and wife, Il. NJ. Carpenter
and wife. Mr. and Mrs. f. b. Var
mum. Mrs. w. =. Russell and II, Car
roll, all of Denver with the exception
of MIR. Carroll who comes from st.
Louis. Those in the second party
were DR.. l.. l.. Bartlett, Mr.. o. A.
Smith, ID. w. Bronton. II. e. Bron-
ton, all of Denver.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
Rosedalc Investment Company

The Rosedale Investment company
filed articles of incorporation here
Friday. Those directly interested are
Mary ~. Bowling. Fred w. Frisbee
and =. l.. Doud. The capitalization
Ia $4V,0Oo. The corporation will
han0te land. stocks. including min
ing sock, irrigation enterprises, etc.
The~ five directors for the coming
year are, Lucy l.. Hill, Mary J..
Dowmg, Fred w. Frisbee, Fred w.
TurDer and w. H. Coon. The prin-
ctple office will be in Denver and
the pgincipe business of the company
will oe carried on in the counties of
DenvQr. Boulder and Weld.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
'.NoM WEDDING
'ai,ioy r.. Affair Occasion f,,
s Two Young lco,,o

1 M a. NV
sa,on v,. p'e't'cst weddings Of
\ 30. a, r'I ,,o ,",emnizcd sunday,
!, ''''''o" 5ae Fourteenth nth
T. T. the ,s1 srco@ oIa' Minnie Iao / |, John
hasutrapn'. young ranehl waIa
%s y: ',ss,;'s',aa ,s, 's' a,; With s's9s;, s,;:,
Ill.,, ''' masses of aspar' a, Isne