Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The man who believes that he benefits himself by taxing himself poor to make others rich is not in a good position to poke fun at those who believe in the faith cure. About the heaviest rain ever seen in this section visited Meeker[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Burnham Smith had the misfortune to have the fingers of his left hand mashed Thursday at the Cross-Bar-Z ranch at the mouth of North Elk Creek. The little fellow was working around the water wheel which is used to run the grindstone and other[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The wind assumed tornado-like velocity in this section Wednesday evening. We have a few straw hats left that must go at “any old price.” ~ J.W. Hugus & Co. Commissioner Jim Rector went out Thursday with 250 head of beef steers – headed for[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Someday this country will grow wise enough to cut presidential campaigns down to a single month, which, in these times of electricity, would be quite enough for the issues to be placed before every voter. Since the telephone reached Meeker we can get important[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The body of Clover Ward, who was drowned at the government bridge nearly a month ago, was found last Saturday at the Lily Park ranch, about 50 miles below the scene of the accident.  By authority of the Board of Trustees of the town[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A number of our cowboys who intend on taking part in the tournament on the Fourth did some tilting practice during the week and proved themselves quite the experts at this exciting sport.  Has the curfew ordinance been repealed? We don’t hear the bell[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Next Tuesday there will be a partial eclipse of the moon. Strawberries are becoming more plentiful on the market. ‘Tisn’t like eating money now, as it was a few weeks ago. Almost every day one or more outfits are passing through town, the objective[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Vacation days are here. This, however, does not apply to the editor or the printer or the printer’s devil, nor to other trades and professions too numerous to mention. Rumors have been circulating of late that the Rifle-Meeker telephone project had fallen through, but[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Our schools will close for the term next Friday the 25th.  We need a new race track and baseball grounds. Will our enterprising citizens get together on this proposition? More brick buildings are in contemplation by some of our residents. As proof of it[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Link Tagert returned to the county seat Thursday morning after completing his work of assessing the western end of the county. Link says they were all glad to see him and all gave him the “glad hand.” The bathrooms at the Antlers Steam Laundry[Read More…]

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Marvine Lodge will be open to the public about June 1, under the able management of John Goff.  White river began rising perceptibly the past week. The North Fork is up, while the South Fork hasn’t started yet. Meeker Herald ~ 100 years ago[Read More…]