100 Years Ago: Cracking down on the bootleggers
By Mike Peters
Published: January 16, 2021 At 6:46 P.M. | Updated: January 16, 2021 At 6:46 P.M.
100 Years Ago: Cracking down on the bootleggers – Greeley Tribune

100 Years Ago, for the third week of January, 1921, from the pages of the Greeley Tribune-Republican newspaper:


L.B. Schack and his wife returned to Greeley this week after visiting their son in Bennett. Mr. Schack is suffering from an incipient attack of blood poisoning caused by a corn on his foot.

The Traveling Freight Agent of Union Pacific Railroad said this week they are prepared to move 800 boxcars of potatoes per month from Weld County. Those railcars are available through the spring season.

Two young Denver men escaped fatal injuries this week when the railroad car they were riding plunged into the No. 2 Ditch near Windsor. They were trapped under the bridge until an automobile driver heard their pounding and shouts for help. Both men were sent to the hospital with cuts, bruises and broken bones.

The girls' basketball team, the Greeley Hi Kittens beat the Ault team 38-10. The boys' team will spend the weekend in Sterling, where it will play Ault on Friday and then go to Kimball, Neb. on Saturday.

Homer VanDyke of Kersey will leave soon for California after enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps. He joined for a two-year term, and if he likes it, will enlist for another two years.

Those arrested for bootlegging in Weld County can now expect jail sentences in addition to the fines. In the past, the bootleggers just treated the fines as "licenses" for selling the whiskey. Now, with jail sentences, the bootleggers will likely stop producing the illegal booze.

At Gill High School, the names of 15 students were listed in the school newspaper and the Greeley Tribune-Republican. The students were honored because they haven't been absent or tardy to school the entire year.

In Fort Lupton, a lawsuit has been settled for the plaintiff. A farmer named Nelson sued a jackass buyer for not paying for the animal. The plaintiff received a settlement of $393.50.

Many Greeley residents stepped forward last night, providing beds and breakfasts for 50 boys from Denver attending the YMCA Northern Colorado Boys' Conference. The boys had no places to sleep, and the residents of Greeley came forward to provide care for the boys.

An unexpected snowfall Friday morning left three inches of snow in Greeley. As expected, many residents did not follow the city laws about shoveling their sidewalks. Eighty-three tickets were issued by police.


— 100 Years Ago is taken from the original pages of the Greeley Tribune, the Weld County Republican, and when they merged, the Greeley Tribune-Republican.