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Greeley Daily Tribune from Greeley, Colorado • Page 30

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fAQE SIX THE TRIBUNE-REPUBLICAN. GREELEY. COLORADO with regard to the heids weie divided Into bunches, of Rcv. McMillan, Sunday School were prosont at His organiza-'llile, HIgday, Twolva-Mllo. Lovilla.

i Hereford, Inilroso, Prairie Center, Lar- Missionary, Completes Tenth On April 2 of this year the mission- son, Oault and Ptollar, 'Year of Work in District- 87 tt Sunday school at 1110, ate Rally at Fosston jesr 01 vtoiit in 01 0(mll HC 00)ht)MB() wlt) TnQ Osguod school was the winner Sunday Schools Take Part in 'Twenty- of banner al tho Fosston district Rallies During 1 Season Seven pcrsono were present. This Sunuay school rally held at Fosston on Sunday school lias lately heen aban- doned. Sept. 30. JJr.

JI, Henderson, pastor of tho Methodist church oC Greeley, i.f 'their Two-Month Roundups "Wlioit the green, grass appeared Jn April tho cattlemen and tho cowboy's made ready for thq spring roundup. It started about, (he middle of May and 1 lasted two months. At this owner made hn Inventory of his stock, noticing, which had weathered, the winter heat and ha figured up what ills profits would be when ho brought: the herds together again In tlio fall for the purpose of cutting out the fattest for shipment. "After tin; foreman: had decided on the place for holding the roundup and' the cattlemen had hired their punch-. the people prosper, the Run scboulb and tlnm-iies jr-j pctr.

This is parll'-ulai-ij (rue epr of tho vast i a Inycastern and northern Weld county," tho rte.v. H. B. McMillan yosti.r- day. There Is no one man more familiar with the church and Sunday Fhy froni 1,000 to head, fur expedi ehcy, and squads worked together and segregated.

stock bearing the same brands, "In the afternoon the, calves were, branded, but before you, brand your steer you must catch Win, The Half- grown steer is a wary hruto, and was a match for the cunning of the, export cow-pony and its rider. But tho' steer once 'spotted' the r'opor dropped his rolns and let fly tile 'hoiula' or slip knot of his lariat held in his hand. The 50 feet of coiled held In the left hand quickly followed In curves ijntil the rpjje fell securely pver the horns 100! situation In ilcularly the non-irrlgat district assisted the Rev. McMil pa of ,15 brited hte tenth annlverpary as mis- sit nary for the American Sunday Weld" county anil miles southwest of Keota. fan "iiio i.a^LaL" 3 u-irrigatfd section Ooorea Sutton is the superintendent.

HCllool on Al 1 at which the Dacono, helpers applying the ft than the Rov. McMillan. On Oct. Vtvonty-nlno persons were present at Frederick and Firestone schools were nd out ot this year, the Rev. M-cMlllan cele- Iret rae-cting.

Speakers at Rallies Early this summer tho Rov. McMil school union for northern and eastern Colorado with headquarters at Oreo- lejr. represented Work in County is Famous Sometimes a Sunday school runs the jJa't year around, but not always at the school seven miles southeast ot iamo pl lca The a i 0 view school Iveenesburg witli W. D. Carder as the haa be(m in coiulnqous oporallon for the missionary's territory Includes Ihlrty-one students SO me 11 years, but port ot the 1 the nev.

McMillan TMj; Creek and part of wheiT'th or 12,000 head in It on its side and and the hundred, branding iron, with their wagons I Back to Chauffeur common meeting I "When work was done, for tho day I place, the scene resembled a lively the outfit gathered, about the camp- enemy, the fire, pitched quoits, horse races and foot races or played poker New Union Congregational Church, Briggsdale Washington, Yurna, Adams, Morgan jt-en done MS Sunday assisted in the reorganization of the shnro of his work has county, wi the schools "Which ho has district, have been ostab- south of Kersey. B. Bishop, loach- time at Victor, if persons eastern section of tho county cowboys with their lariats, the attacking force. A Day at the Round-Up "Day on, the round-up began at -4 dock when the night herders who had. been encircling, the herd on horseback called the By the time "grub had been shouted every jjiniiwu, 1 or U)8 a a schooli sul)ei four or miles to Sunday school cowboy hart dresge(1 a organine.d in mtondeut of tills Sunday school.

Tntl thln nothing, of it. When the, )K i an i and had seatetl ms OIi Tlio Rav. H. B. McMillan, and tho Hereford school was first organized the Krolmd tin plate, tin cup knife in Weld county.

Of those ap- om orB Ol Olo COU nty Sunday school the sclloo was 3o 40 miles to tho! and fork in hand lo tao ii th prcjximaU'Iy TJ por cent operate eithor coinnjlttco which consists of Mrs. nearest church, which was at Obey- chuek'. a part or the whole of the year. Prac- Miller, at present president of tho nl Wyo. When it was first organlz tically every one of 15 churches In tlio -ld County Sunday School assocla- e(1 Uie Twelve-Mile Sunday school was dry land section of this county has lion; Prof.

J. H. Shrlbor of tho college 10 "The evening before the foreman bad giyen each cow his from the nearest church, horses to use during tl IB round UD ami at -Kimball, Nob. after breakfast these were drive The non-iiTlgated section of north- a ee a ilv ipiprovlaed' corral made by irn and eastern Weld county is one end of 0'ich of two rones to Some of these Sunday schools were superintendent of tlie 'teen age de- resented on the county board by four the hind wheels of a wauon SPVPKII organlzo-l a.i a rrsnH of tho work, 87 Sunday Schools in Rallie Rupprinlpndeiit of the teac-hers' train- which was at -Kimball, Nob, ing department of tlio county organi nation; Mrs. S.

Davenport of Creoley, 40 miles from an established church partment of the county association; persons: Rev. R. G. Knox of Nunn for en bringing when Ihey were ilrst organized. When Miss Catherine Burnard of Groeley, the northern" district; Mrs.

S. C. the Hev McMillan came to his -present position there was but one or two Sunday schools in northern and eastern districts of Weld county. Now over t0 Sunday schools and churches are established ley. Mrs.

Katherine Scribner of Gree- Ghrist of Grovor for the northeast dis- Itricl; C. R. Graves of New Raymer, two ronea ntl.Pi- tho LUC Ot il letter previous to which, tho, the horses were driven into the snnpp IIP i rven no snnpp IP Roggen Has Best Record editor of the Now Raymer Enterprise tween the ropes -Bach man then se i nnntlHr Qnnrli ir xrl nn nr 1 1, Jjtau Lllcll bU- The eastern Weld county Sunday and state representative for the east- Koota on ern district; and H. Beggs ot Keens- 15 school rally was held at Juno 17 with practically all the hiirg for the southeastern 11 district. During the jiasl year nine Sunday schools In the eastern part of the Mrs.

P. I. Kennedy of Brlggsdale is schools have been organized in the county represented. Wayne C. Wil- superintendent of the missionary de counts'.

Eight ot those bcon In Hams, formerly of tho state Indus- partment In the county organization. tjie dry land section, the exception in- trial commission was the principal ing the one in District 7C, Frederick, "Peakor assisted by members of the Firestone and Pacono. Chiire.he? have county committee The banner for been oreaniKed Ibis year of Rnggnn, the host record during the year went New Raymer, Buckingham the school, olght miles i and Stoneham. Tho community church south of Sligo, for tho second time. at Colefnan has been organized and The next rally was that of the taken over and almost paid for a Kocnsburg district which was held at large hall there.

Koensburg on with the Keens- Eight Sunday school rallies in the Roggen, Hudson, Methodist and dry land section and two In the irrlgat- Hudson community, Prospect Valley, pd district wore held by the Rev. Me- Sand Creek, Whlttler and Basher Sun- (Continued from page five) worked the "cow m.neher" brave 'silent plmoher ,1 A oh, what a heart smasher MiUan since June 17. Sunday schools took part rallies, Eighty-seven day schools taking part. Mrs. J.

A. a t0 se in these Walker of Denver was tho principal ln at the lance Ior ln tht Churches are Planned speaker, fhe county committee assist- 'f, yes slr1 tllose earlv aaVi ling. This rally was featured by the cow effnero the plains "Tho automobile is largely responsl- report ot the Hoggen Sunday school, ble for my centering my work In tho which captured the banner with the "The Old Ruffner Ranch went out lo the old lluftne 1G otliev da stone barn on-irrigated sections," the Rov. Me- lts pei yallevs thnt people who wish to go to Adams and Morgan county schools Sunday school drive to tlio towns and were represented was held at Hoyt, To Greelfcy," In Morgan county, 75 miles southeast nnTnf hnn JV 1 Churdies at Roggen, ot Greeley at the point at which the on the adjoining as it did each spring and summer Buckingham; Ray.mer,.,S),op three counties et. Mrs.

J. A. Walk- Keota, 'and Avalo eltlier to pr S. Warner and "1 the cbnrse of construction or B. Work, both of Fort Morgan --irgan, planned for next year.

wore tho principal speakers. The As a result of a Sunday school or-' event was featured by a Hag-raising, an the days of yore. Most folks congratulate themselves -us JL-MIH UL ii scnooi or- tvjil1 tuuturuu uy a nag-raising, i i --iZT (here by to Rev. McMillan, dedication of a new 'ste-el flag 0 urch building school of Adams county won the ban- ,1 yn The "or. Schools taking part in this rally pastor of this Were: Prairie Gem, Valley den- Kogecn has completed the construe- Pole at Hoyt, The Prairie Gem l)on of a community church cfasHw, approximately lUv.

John Hammon Is pasto church Springs Hlllton Ever The newly orgahl.cd community f'e'en and'oomSi. all In AdJms ciurch at Colemnu has taken over a county; -Uowa, Falrvlow, Rock Creek all costing approximately J300 Valley and Broncho, all In Weld coun- owhas it practically all paid for. The Hoyt, Vallery, Wiggins, Bijou is it, wish fate had kindly generation that kne they grew cows in sets, when one held a tight rein on his bucking "bronk" than on the steering wheel of a iar and gear shifts, and carburetors gasoline were cheer i i oundup as It was Circuit Parsonage at Raymer On Aug. 12 a community rally was The Rev. D.

P. Griffin, who Is pastor "eld at the Olive Branch school with hi, "i Jl I1JS the Methodist community churches Owl Creek, Pierce and Briggsdale, New Raymer and Stone-, Branch, schools participating. tarn, has three church buildings A week later on, Aug. 19, a success- a stocKman, J. with social aspirations, is around, -and ask him to tell you all 'about it.

Get him off alone, give him a cigar, let him put his feet on the table and say, "It must Tje pretty nice a a cattle aayR must have been mighty siajton or the Olive Stoneham early in the winter. Build-: Branch rallies. Tho Siayton "Chauffeurs Du rf" ing a similar structure at Buclilnsham a made an excellent record during! eo re i Ji2B been deferred until next year be: the past year, the Rev. -vou knp'u- 4m cftuse of the hall in that district thlse Etroying some of the crops of a good Anhnm i-uw neat tnese has already i rally was held The church aJng Its building all to pieces, automobiles and chauf- Slrtuodists at Avalo are also plan- participating-. The Hev.

Samuel Edgar land ie be'ains otegto -build a church this fall. The ot the Iteformed Presbyterian church' iss 1 tha S6Y. Dickson at Ifcota is also pastor Greeley and the Rev. Shuman. r'nlnra.

Platte river In north- of tie Methodist church at Avalo. i general nilsslonarj' for a 'e a natural di New Schools Organized nt-Mbern Colorado were the nrincipal Churches have also been organized speakers, the former speaking on oil ibe south recently at Siayton, 10 miles cast ot. "Mission Work In Asia The Uic nOrfh was taown iiufr' -Cariv al Prairie View, at Twelve- wwaw-waa won tiy the Auburn school, while that on (he south and at Bligo as a result of. lire has permanent -possession of country from Orepn on. schools organized by tho Rev.

tie trophy, Having won it for the third, lakteK in headi water 391B. tic jter McMittin BadOngliam school won the Beaver Creek From' Iho the Crawford djstrlct Talon at the rally ot the Kew-Raynier to the plait" one of tim school In the extreme oortb-j district vrWeli was held at New Hay-! round-up divisions In Colorado cover ol the co-jaty, five er $. the schools partlclpat- a of land which could be aUlei IMTWA AValo near lie gir the Runner. 0 Cer te Sine, the Sunday school had so, sunn. Keola, Stoneiam, Turner dis-i Drlvino aooo yiiplls.

Jn Jans, ISM, fie Uict, Grandvfey acd Pleasant In the wfntPr tho JPrairie Vtew Sunday- 10 Siayton Trophy i to 0 )() and It ttie to 10 to nTMb. of tbe North jreadereoa Onf MpeHatendent, and liwliasl Saadar schoola utnm fcadi. tor when once st-irlert nn wMi S2 paj3f present. the Kann district, carried off the return trip dHvrng froin COfto in Tie ttett njontt tte tic Kunn dlfiWM rally, f.000 head there "as no sleep ror the Mrs. F.

BrMw Her. JMgarOif OresSey was (be Uin PJatfe river each ihe and 23. Jiriadpal taMug dbtric.fe In the parh- ta ftooj iba wem forwc-d mutual conspnt of die K-elfflJan part of county cattlemen, and' wheft In the Blult VfeWj Victoiv lected his pony for the day, the horsemen were divided into groups, told where to go and a common meeting place arranged. Then all started to bring in the often covering a circuit of 40 or 50 miles- before dinner. "At the coming meeting place the and seven up.

Gee, how some of the boys could sing. Why, to my mind 'The Cowboys': Lament' and, the 'Little Mohee' are tunes that boat this hero grand opera all holloy." "Did you ever get into a stampede?" I asked. "Did See that scar, I--." "Henry, Henry, th.e ehaffeur is here." It was the old cow-puncher's wife who interrupted. "Come back tomorrow and I'll tell you about it," he whispered as he went out. Sure I would and I would ask him about mavericks and the tricks of the trade, for I had heard stories of how wily cattlemen had put It over on- green eastern buyers by running the same cattle thru the chute time and time again as they were counted.

Then I began to think, how the youngest cowboys or 30 and 40 vears ago are pur business men and our sheriffs and stock inspectors of today. So far. as I could recall all in my community "who once "rode the range" were substantial citizens, men of judgment and thoroly reliable. th Briggsdale, Nov. 23--After three years of continuous effort the Union church of this place has been completed, the money to pay for it has been subscribed, and plans are being made for its dedication The plucky little congregation has been victorious against apparent overwhelming odds.

The structure cost approximately $2,000. It is a frame building 35x45 feet in one large auditorium, seating 150 persons The large and comfort- Some day someone will write the history of the cattle industry of the western plains and then the cow come into his own. The historian will speak on." his his loyalty as well as of his daredevil i basement, is now used by the BHggsdale hlghschool, was usej for two years by the church for Sunday school and church purposes before the superstructure was built. The basement is 35x45 the same as the church The Rev. A.

O. Downs 'of Emporla, Kans, has been pastor of the cl.urr.cij since July 1, Preceding the Rev, Downs, the Rev. Trompen and the Emory each had the church for aboai a month. Mr and Mrs. P.

I. Kennedy, who arf about to from the Briggsdale district, Editor Shelton of the Briggsdaie Banner, and Dr. Fee were Instrument al in planning, the church and spcte it thru to completion. Fee is a member of the board of trustee The church is now seated chairs, but the board is planning toii Was pranks-and his skill and likely something about the life on the very dub the cow 50, and it has been increasing nhenm range that left an impress of liberty the gallant knight of the'enally. variety of denomination dg ere and fairness? lariat and the spur.

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