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The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
May QUIT
DRY LAND
IN WINTER
HONiESTEADERS GET PERMIS-
SION FROM CONGRESS
TAYLOR WRITES ABOUT Law
Leave Of Absence Extend From Now
Until Next April 15-Time Is
Deducted and Must BE
Made Up

The following letter from Con-
gressman Taylor regarding the
change in homestead laws is self ex-
planatory:
Washington, Aug. l2, 1911.
Editor Tribune:
In order that the homestead set
tiers may as soon as possible know
definitely the terms of the home
steaders' leave Of absence bill pass
ed by the house yesterday, and
which will undoubtedly be signed by
the president Monday, and as l re-
ported the bill from the public lands
committee and had charge of it on
the floor of the house during its
passage, I write to give you the
exact language of the act, so far as
it pertains to Colorado, which is as
follows:
THAT all persons who have here
tofore made homestead entries in
the Denver, Pueblo, Sterling, Hugo,
Lamar and Glenwood Springs land
districts in the state of Colorado,
." are hereby relieved from
the necessity of residence and culti-
vation upon their lands from the
date of approval of this act to April
is, 1912; Provided, That the time
of actual absence during the period
named shall not be deducted from
the full time of residence required
| by law"
You will observe that this law
applies to all homesteaders who
have made filing and have not yet
proven up, no matter whether they
have yet made settlement on their
claims or not. They are uncondi-
tionally relieved from all residence
and cultivation between now and the
18th of next April. They are not
required to make any application to
the land office or give any notice to
anybody They can just pack uI
and leave at once and come back
any time on or before the 18th of
next April. But they must all re-
member that if they do take advan-
tage of this law and leave their
claims any time between now and
the 18th of next April that they will
have to make up their full five
years time of residence before they
can make final proof. The way the
| bill passed the senate it did not in
clude any part of Colorado: but
after wiring the various land offices
| | included six out of the ten land
districts in our state, including the
one in which your county is situ-
ated.
Thanking you for such mention
of this matter as you may deem its
importance merits, / remain,
Yours very respectfully,
EDWARD T. TAYLOR
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
EIGHT GIRLS
IN oVERALLS
ON DRY FARMS
Petticoat Hill ls Name Of Little
ColOny-Manless Eden in the
Grover District

Have you ever been to '.Petticoat
HIP!
A local real estate man stumbled
onto the locality and is loud in his
praises of the eight sturdy, ener-
getic Iowa school teachers who are
the inhabitants OF the community.
The remarkable part OF the story is
that all of the work Of improving
the homesteads, hauling lumber,
building fences, erecting the houses
and barns and putting in the crops
has been done by the young ladies'
without any help from the sterner
sex.
The girls came two years ago and
filed upon two quarter sections in
the Grover district and built their
houses in the center of the two
squares OF land. The real estate
man states that he was driving
across the country and noticing the
prosperous appearance of the
ranches resolved to ask the man of
the house II he might stay to din
ner. He was astonished to find a
bevy of girls instead of a stalwart
farmer with family of grown sons,
as the looks Of the farm would indi-
cate.
The neighbors admit that the
name "Petticoat Hill is not appro-
pirate for the place as the girls are
clad in soft shirts and overalls while
at work on the ranch.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
STORIES FOR
CHILDREN ARE
ON TOMORROW
Day Is Earlier This Week-Mothers
are Invited to Attend With
Their Children

Miss Brake will tell fairy tales to
the children in the city park this
afternoon at o'clock. instead of
Friday, the usual day.
The change is made this week be-
cause she has to go out of the city
for few days to meet her mother
who is coming to Greeley to live
this winter.
1t was found impossible to ar
range for the Indian stories this
week, but instead Miss Brake will
tell the story of the Maiden With
out Hands, The Wolf and the
Seven Young Kids" and 1.-The
Fairy's Two Gifts. All children
are invited, and their mothers as
we'll. There will be seats provided
for the mothers, while the little
folks will sit on the grass in front.
A good deal of interest is being
taken in these stories for children
as told by Miss Brake, who is to
open the down town kindergarten
next month. AS number of calls
for her have been received by the
Tribune it may be stated that at
present she can be reached at tele-
phone Greeley $40, at the residence
of Mrs. E. S. Hunter, 1897 Ninth
avenue.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
WARRANTS OF
SCHOOLS ARE
IN LITIGATION
Restraininst Order Served on County
Treasurer Affecting the Sever
anCe District

A temporary restraining order
was issued by Judge Bradield. sit
ting as district judge, Wednesday.
prohibiting County Treasurer Pat
terson from paying any old war
rants of the Severance school dis
trict These warrants are held by
banks and amount to approximately
$1,000. The case is brought to test
the law in the premises and the de-
cision will affect about 90 per cent
of the schools of Weld county.
In the Severance district a school
was built, most of the funds for
which were obtained by the issuance
of excess warrants. The county
treasurer is obliged to pay these so
long as the district has any money.
In the event these back warrants
are paid in many districts, there
will be no funds available for the
current expenses Of the schools.
Some of these districts can secure
relief from their Strengthened con-
ditions by bonding, while others are
bonded to the limit allowed by law
and may not utilize this method of
replenishing their treasures.
The arguments on the restrain
ing order probably will be heard
early in September. The outcome
of the case is awaited with interest
by many of the smaller school dis
tricts that are situated as is Sever
ance, which includes district No.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
Two B|RDMEN
MEET DEATH

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Two aviators,
William r. Badger of Pittsburg and
St. Croix Johnstone of Chicago,
both young men, lost their lives at
the international aviation meet here
yesterday.
In dying, both revealed the frail-
ity of the craft in which the two
score or more aviators were curv-
ing and gliding about the air, with
scarcely a pause for the deaths o.
their contemporaries.
Death in both cases was due
probably to unsupported defects in
the mechanism of the machines.
Badger, a wealthy youth, came to
his death in pit in the aviation
field. There had been flaw in one
of the wings of the propeller of the
Baldwin machine he drove. Centri-
fugal force broke the propeller. up
set the delicate equilibrium of the
machine and Badger dashed 100
feet to the bottom of the pit. His
neck was broken.
Johnstone fell 500 feet under his
engine and was drowned in the lake.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
Bnp,ist Picnic Today

This will be very happy day for
the children OF the Baptist Sunday
school as that is the date chosen for
the annual picnic. The members OF
the Sunday school will gather at the
church in the morning, where con-
veyances will be ready at o'clork
and Wylie's grove, the picnic
grounds, will be reached before the
heat OF the day. There will be
amusements for the children and
enough of the parents to see that
all are we'll cared for and to pre-
pare the fine picnic dinner which
will be served at noon.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
FOOD TRUST
MEN JAILED

New York, Aug. 16.-After bit
terly contested trial lasting practi-
cally three months, thirteen promi-
nent commission merchants Of New
York. composing what are known
as the poultry trust. were con-
victed of conspiracy in restraint of
trade in the court of general ses-
sions today. All were sent to the
Tombs without bail, and will be
sent to Jail by Judge Rosalsky to-
day.
This is the first conviction in
New York under the statute provid-
ing punishment for conspiracy in re-
straint Of trade and the first time
in the history of the country that a
member of trust has been sent to
Jail. The defendants are among
the leaders in the poultry commits
sion business in New York.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
Thrilling Moments

There were several thrilling
moments, in spite OF the painful cir
cumstance that the score hung
around 12 to for time. 1t was
not until the doctors had admins
tered an anesthetic that the lawyers
could be held down in their mad
career OF scoring. They were shut
out the last two innings after the
unlucky thirteen had been reached.
while the doctors climbed from six
to ten. The medicos are freely say
ing that II the game had gone for
eight or ten more inning they would
have won.
AS the lady starting story be-
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

That was some swatfest at Island
Grove park on Tuesday afternoon
when the lawyers got sweet r-e-
v-e-n-g-e uh from the doctors on the
diamond to the tune of 13 to 10
after seven innings of the most re-
markable ball playing ever seen, the
Spuds and Cheyenne Indians not
barred.
The wives, sisters and other
feminine attaches Of most of the
players sat in the grand stand and
wondered why Willie or Harry, as
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
the LAWYERS ENJ0N THE DOCTORS AND GET SWEET REVENGE

ter the second run. leaving the score
at the end of the first inning to 3,
In the second there was another
batting rally by the hair splitters,
netting three more runs. Then the
mean old lawyers made the inJunc-
ton permanent on the doctors tor
the second and third innings.
The fourth brought the saw bones
real rally. They hit McCreery S
curves ad libitum disgustatum, to
use a medical term. giving the
fielders sleeping powders on the
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
Game Was Clean

1t was one of the cleanest games
ever seen at the park. In fact.
some of the players were in spotless
white shirts when the game began.
Those who became enthusiastic as
the score swelled were held within
chastened confines by the fact that
the Rev R. A. Chase was umpiring
the bases. 1t was necessary to face
due north and swear in whispers. if
it came to a point where strong
language had to be used.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

of until the 6 o'clock whistle blew.
The patents of the doctors behaved
very well during the struggle. as
none Of them threw fits or had sink
ing spells at the critical moments
where heir particular doctor was at
the bat with the bases full.
Forgot ChlorofOrm
The doctors took the field first.
They forgot to chloroform the first
batters for the lawyers. with the
result hat the diciples of Black
stone had four men over the plate
before icing retired. When the
doctors started to score the lawyers
played The worn out legal trick of
securing an Injunction on them af-
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
D.y Juice for Erie.

Erie, Aug. 16.-All-day electric
service has been inaugurated here
by the Northern Colorado Power
company. AS at present arranged
it is not possible to segregate the
arc lights from the power circuit.
but this will be remedied by the
stringing of additional wires, which
will be completed within the next so
days.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

gins, 1t was an ideal day for a
game" The thermometer was not
a cent above 100. The only man
who seemed to be troubled was the
official photographer, who insisted
on lining up the players between
each half inning, much to the dis
yust of a fat fan who wanted to see
the fun.
The game by inning was not re-
corded 1t might have been by out
ings. but everyone was so interested
that the box score was not thought
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
Erie Barn Burns

Erie, Aug. ia barn belonginE
to the Andy Hammer estate. burned
here last night. The origin of the
fire is not known. The property
was unoccupied. Loss about $500.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

side. The lawyers failed to connect
after the first Of the fifth and stood
on the unlucky thirteen to win the
game.
Notes Of the Operation
Woodcock was nearly Drained
while catching. The batter took his
bald spot for the ball.
Winbourn made the first run and
several others. He was dressed
neglige. =,
knowles had borrowed real ball
PLAYERS costume somewhere. He
looked like a Spud.
McCreery was reminiscent OF col
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
IS OF
[NQ OILS
!, TRY PRODUCTS
r. STREETS
| RESTS IN PEACE
T. Occupies Attention
aldermen Who
Fan Placed in
ncil Room

,o,hing doing in the
,stion at the meeting
sday night. The rep
The American Mauso-
vas at the meeting,
.ntatiyes OF the Ma
q companies did not
! expected that these
t.tiyes would present
council that the pat
khe company the city
with are controlled
\ company.
streets came in for a
the attention Of the
herman Bullock. the
the committee on
h extended report OF
bns of oil on the
bio, Colorado Springs
|hich cities he visited
1 favored the expert
ling that It was gener-
h in the cities it had
IN Colorado.
ed to make the pro-
khe streets of Greeley.
test Of two oils could
provided by the Con-
lny and that OF the
pany, which corpora
offered to provide a
for testing purposes.
the Texas product
50 per cent asphalt
binental product Is but
Ephalt.
bppeared before the
B offer to make a plat
cemetery showing the
Of each grave. He
or the job.
linking cups will be
the building commit
thur and company
plumbers license.
Is granted an electri-
fted that there was a
|of having an arc light
Peventh avenue on the
ng by the railroad
Pn will be installed in
lamber and Tungsten
nan Howard declared
either have to have a
(llng or blotting paper
I OF his chair. The
\ on the fan.
|ear company petition.
pom for tracks at the
pahd Grove park. This
TO committee.
eeting will be Tuesday
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
CYCLE
RS HAVE
|RMED CLUB
aiIiiiates With the
vganization and
Hold Races.

ASatVS.
INA mas a strong motor
,sol W which is affilia-
,.,e ,a,eueration OF Ameri-
,sts. ,ss This entities the
.sl Jake part in all the
=, a,s under the direction
n, a Organization.
mh,. ,uo has been christen-
Tdo u1,ne Motorcycle club"
I n,s,,t N.Y. state flower, and is
ulellhs wsiat winners in the
'"''n will be held this
fss. elected to bavo
n,aai1 n.ails of the club are
-. president; A. s. Rod.
y u, u; F. Horne, can
re,. Woods, secretarp sap-
usInsyy dn,y charter mem tbw hers
4 (f',tess mess meeting held
expected 1so new ,,., ones were
eId i, 40 40 will be reacSed acs,n,
Ii epte, ttOunty fair, when
EilIl I'l,er he !, the motorcycle le
Fes, surrounding i, town.
snndm ,r Mountain cnnons sT"ns
tbs bSandays during h.Ins the ras
! v,s Summer and far IL
and nsS made last SUNDAY ua,,,
J l'Se be- nss nest Sunday y'Aths ths
Collins. 'e'urning by
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

Word was received yesterday from
John Harbaugh, who is visiting in
the east. He is now with his Sis
ter in Superior, Wis.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

the case might be, did not catch the
ball when that other man threw it
right At him.
Mingled in the crowd Of berib-
Doned skirts were several dyed-in-
the-wool fans who had been lured
to the park under the impression
that q real ball game was on. They
split the air with derisive laughter
AS the perspiring professional gen.
tlemen bravely tried to do things in
big league style. Sometimes they
snot real fan expression across the
diamond. to the bewilderment Of
the ladies who were enjoying Tor
suhering) their first experience at
the national game.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17
nharshal Va RESIGN.

Ping ATTgast Tsast is.-At the
P, aa,Snal and u B. b. smith
MI iba q Mr.. Jennings
p to farm,nsa nsacancy. Mr..
(islng ing ing as an occu-
|ries. s'eater profits
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

Miss Maud Ward will spend her
vacation with her sister, Mrs.
George Adams.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

Misses Florence and Mildred Wey-
man of Chicago ore guests at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. B. Woodcock.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

Is in Denver on a
The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-17

CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Detroit times., 1911-12-09

the music. might seem impossible. but
Messrs AbOrn are said 20 have accom-
plished IL most satisfactorily.
LYCEUM.
Lovers OF the typical romantic irish
drama viii be offered treat in the
Eyreum. next week. In Loves Young
Dream" which IL To be offered hN
Robert Irwin. with the popular young
Irish actor and singer. Ftske q Hara,
In the principal role, Mr. O'tiara has
achieved an enyiable reputation as =
singer of Irish love songs and haiiads
and in the Theodore Burt Sayre dr. ANA.
he has not only an opportunity 20 DIS
play his dramatic ability hut also in
PRODUCES several typical Irish love
songs
The story centers around the love or
young physician. Barry Carroll tCr
Glare TrelawneN. the most beautlfnl
and accompii shed girl in Clare count.
ireland. The union Is opposed oy the
girls uLCie. who schemes 90 barter her
for a prin rrlN sum TO an army cIncSr.
Col. Lovell. Barry and Glare elope nnd,
after a tempestuous journey, are over
taken az a little Inn on the coast.
RarrN refuses TO give Clare ~ until
Lowell. who has secured possession OF
! certain Information which would tend
TO show that his father was a SNUG p
gler. threatens his life Clare Inter
cedes In behalf OF Rarry's father and
finally agrees 10 marry Lowell 10 save
loves. Barry IS persuaded 20 agree.
He wanders about until he meets Hal
O. the Highway" a care-f free, happy
chap who wanders from place 20 place.
From him he learns that Glare has
been taken 10 the home of Col. Lowell.
where she Is TO be forced into mar
rage Barry considers this absolves
his promise and. assisted 10y Hal he
endeavors 10 kidnap Clare. They are
caught and their life Is I'm danger when
Hal proves that he Is the lawful heir
20 the estates Lowell has been enjoy
ing
Mr. Irwin. the manager. has provided
n picturesque scenic environment, true
10 IT'S locale Monday evening has
been set aside as A. O, H. night and
Mr.. O'Hara promises 10 render a num-
Der Of songs fitting 10 the occasion.
THE College Widow" especially pre-
| pared for the baseball wonder. ryrus
| Raymond Cobb. will be offered in the
| Lyeeum theatsr the week OF Dec Il.
Vaughan CHASER. who has long been a
/ personal friend OF Tvs. was the first
10 conceive the latters ability as an
actor. and accordingly secured the de-
iightful George AIDE comedy with an
idea TO starring Mr.. Cobb I'm II. Judg-
\ ing from the reports. Ty has more
| than made good. and his success has
been as phenomenal on the stage as
on the baseball field TIE original
| production has been provided and Mr..
| strong cast OF players.
II
The Detroit times., 1911-12-09
IN LOCAL PLA YIIOUSES

brilliant Irish composer the decoration
OF cheValier OF the Legion OF hohot'
bestowed upon him pN Napoleon ~,
For this big twentieth century irNlNul
Of an oneratic masterpieces the Aborns
are said 20 have furnished "A stupth-
dous spectacular environment, ana
superb musical ensemble Will be hearu
rho soto tyrtUE, tuCtudtftzs the x etas,--I
preamt Dwelt in Marble Halls The
Heart Bowed Down" Then Noull ke-
menib Der Me-" etc will be rendered oy
carefully selected cast containing
Vera Allen as Airline. Nine Jane her
Der. as the Gypsy Queen, n J.. w Atei-
Qua as Count Arnheim. Joseph Florian
as Devilshoof. Harold Blake as Thhd-
deus. Maurice Lavigne as Floresteih'
Ralph Nichols as the Captain OF the
Guards, and Katherine lie. brun as
Buda Admirers OF the charming lyric
drama will witness one or the, most
unique and massive productions OF me
present day In hits presentation the
The Detroit times., 1911-12-09

the music. might seem impossible, but
MeSsrs. AbOrn are said 20 have accom-
plished a. most satisfactorily.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-09

work I'm costumes OF the old col9niat
period. and In a setting OF unusual eL
fectiveness Will haY a. proinlhe4s
place on the bill The act IL stahu,,
ard one. Grin. the English guy wt
be seen and heard in a hodge podge
OF nonsense. burlesque Juggling anu
vert riloquism. lie has Deen with HAIRY
Lauder, the famous Scotch comedian
and comes direct from successiu,
tour OF the west. where he headlIned
every bill on which he appeared otIu
IL natural comedian OF unique anu
Continued cn PaEe Five.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-09

Aborns have endeavored 10 give the
French version in way that will take
advantage OF many dramatic fantas-
teal and even sensational elements
that the construction of the work ar
fords. In doing so they carried out
ideas that they have. had I'm mind for
mEny years The great success OF pro-
duction attests their good Judgment
To the lay mind the idea OF introduc-
ing real gypsies on real horses In
thrilling dash up the mountains. re-
aistic fair. gorgeous ballots. bands OF
whirlwind acrobats and other new AMI
startling features in an old English
grand opera. without interfering with
the action or the proper rendition or
The Detroit times., 1911-12-09

4 least Interesting incident In the recital
or the romantic story forming the
basis OF the play. The bracing atmos..
with remarkable tdelity.
The Locale OF the action in the piece
permits the creation OF novel and pic
Erlanger spared no pains TO make rhe
| most OF the opportunity thus offered
Tor creating an attractive background
| for the dramatic movements The
| company VIII be largely the same
last season. Its principals include
Rapley Holmes. Harold Hartsell. Mitch
ell Harris. Ernest Allen. NJ. +. Kelsey.
Cowan w II. Bailey. Jacques Martin.
James Asburn, Edward r. Settle. TEX
as Cooper. Gerda Henius, lnez Mac
auley and Matte Edwards.
Winsome little Christie Macdonald
ana her original New York company.
IN the bubbling operetta, The Spring
house for weeks engagement. be-
ginning Dec, is. and Detroit music
lovers viii have their hrst opportunity
OF hearing its delightful score, Already
most or them are familiar with such
gems OF melody from IL as the capti-
yating waltz song, Day Dreams" the
dainty duet; Two Little, Love Bees,
Face" etc These have reached them
from New York. where this opera OF
loyousness has delighted crowded
muses. lot over SOo nights. ana tneN
viii look forward 10 II as one OF the
real musical treats OF the season
In the supporting cast OF Miss Mac
Donald will be Tom McNaughton, Eli
gle Bowen. Ben Hendricks. Tom Con-
KEY, and all the other New York fav-
orttes. The original Spring Maid"
chorus and ballet will be on hand and
there viii be an orchestra OF 80 mu-
sicisns TO adequately assist the sing
erS Cleanliness and simplicity seem
% have been the watchword OF its
authors Not an Objectionable line or
situation can-be found In It's two acts,
II is said The romantic story. inter
spersed with bright comedy lines, Is
declared 10 be one OF the most plea sing
that the public has been offered In
many years. dealing with the hirta-
tiouJ love AFFAIR OF the saucy Princess
Bozena Christie MacDonaldD and the
dashing Prince Aladar. The princess.
In order to mete out a well-deserved
punishment TO Aladar for disparaging
remarks made by him 10 the women OF
her class masquerades as a peasant
girl. completely capturing his heart.
Then she spurns him. only 10 learn
tina. she herself Is In love with the gal
liant nirt OF course. all ends hap
PLY.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-09

Anna Eva Fay VIII remain In the
Miles theAter another week. Her en-
gagement mas been extended AT the
urgent request OF numerous patrons
Whose questions Miss Fay has been un-
able TO answer for lack OF time. ASIDE
from the hundreds OF questions writ
ten out az every performance. MISS
Fay receives scores OF queries IN every
matt some OF these she attempts TO
answer from the stage. while others
are OF such "A personal nature they can
be answered by letter only Reallzlns
that "a would be Impossible Tor her 70
accommodate but a small proportion
OF her Questioners I'm 0no week she
readily consetnsd 20 prolong her en-
gagement II Mr. Miles could re-arrange
her Workings over tftr- tteatt And lhls
has heen done 7 Miss Fays cabinet
mystery Is also proving source OF
real entertainment and is god Tor a