The Meeker Herald
125 years ago
– A band of gypsies are camped at the edge of town, and they are ever on the alert for stray sheckels. Besides telling fortunes (for which they ask from $2 to $20) they are ready to match horses with any and all comers.
– A word to intending horse-racers: Don’t go jockeying and wear out the patience of the crowd by unnecessary delays. Get your money up; start ‘em off and be done with it.
– A son-in-law of J.H. Bloodworth has been circulating a petition in this section the past week for a pardon for “Blood” and his son William, who were sent over the road from here in September, 1891, for 20 ye ars. It caused a protest to be circulated, also.
The Meeker Herald
100 years ago
– The Weather Man made several feeble attempts to furnish us with some needed rain during the week.
– The Beaver Oil company, drilling on the White River Oil and Gas company ground at White River, struck a gas gusher in well No. 2 Thursday. Particular of the strike have not yet reached town.
The Meeker Herald
50 years ago
– While parade float entries are coming in in good shape, Chuck Miller, Range Call parade chairman, said this week he is in desperate need of individuals to dress the part of mountain men, trappers, etc., to help make the parade a success.
– The W/R Veterinary Clinic recently completed on the eastern outskirts of Meeker, owned and operated by Drs. Bert White and Gary Rupp in partnership, is now ready for service to the area.
The Meeker Herald
25 years ago
– This year’s Meeker Range Call promises to provide every bit of excitement as it always has in the past, with one exception—the Range Call Rodeo is turning out to be the biggest rodeo in the state during the July 4th weekend. As of Tuesday, there were 238 competitors entered in the rodeo.
– Rio Blanco County Commissioners on Monday banned any and all open fires within unincorporated areas of the county due to extremely dry conditions.
– According to a federal study released last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Flat Tops Wilderness Area was listed as one of seven large, connected regions of western Colorado that have enough elk and deer to support the reintroduction of the gray wolf.
Rangely Times
50 years ago
– A model of the proposed new library building for Rangely is on display at the Public Library.
– The average man’s idea of a good sermon is one that goes over his head and hits a neighbor.
– Miss Pat Kenney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kenney, is preparing to go to Rhodesia to serve in the new Chidamoyo Christian Mission Hospital near Karoi, Rhodesia.
Rangely Times
25 years ago
– Weather conditions have been ripe for fires—very dry (no measurable precipitation for well over a month), very hot and, at times, very windy. There have been several fires in the area, but one burning this last week, having consumed 1,250 acres as of Tuesday morning, was the largest in the state. The fire is nine miles east of Rangely in the Cathedral Bluffs area—3.2 miles south of Highway 64 on County Road 122.
– The Rangely Town Council has selected William H. Lewis to be the new Town Manager of Rangely.
– Despite a snowpack which is only moderately below average, very dry spring conditions have caused river run-off conditions to peak approximately one month earlier than normal. If dry weather conditions persist, stream flows will rapidly drop and result in river calls at least a month earlier than normal.
