The following front page was republished by the Pioneer "Just for Fun" at the end of 1999. This transcription was donated by the Yuma Museum.
THE 20TH CENTURY
Blessings Innumerable in the Past and
Blessings Without Number Promised
for the Future.
The Dawn of the New Year Will Bespeak
Prosperity for the Nation, the
State
and Our Own Little Land
in Eastern Colorado.
With the dawn of the Twentieth Century will come an era of
civilization, of progress and achievement that will o´er-shadow the
living history of the dead past.
Great as has been the
onward march of civilization in years gone by, it will be but as a funeral
march compared with quick-step with that which is to come. In the past we have
builded railroads, electrical contrivances, invulnerable warships, buildings
that pierce the heaven and ingenuity has regal supremacy. In the
Nineteenth-Century man harnessed the lightning and the waters and the winds,
the elements of the air and the earth became essential factors in the
improvement of the present high degree of civilization.
But what of the future?
We talk and
conjecture now of the air ships, of pneumatic tubes, of the forces of
compressed air, of liquefied air, of the sea waves, and of all these new motor
powers, but little do we realize that these dreams will be realities before the
Twentieth Century has reached it noonday.
But what of
this so-called civilization and advancement?
It is but
the development of the brain. This component part of man becomes the giant of
the anatomy. It delves into the science of machinism and brings forth fruit
that may be sent forth in pursuit of the elusive dollar. The mind becomes great
- the heart becomes shrunken, shriveled, dwarfed, and without love, brotherhood
and feeling for fellow man. Thousands of men stand starving, coatless and
empoverished under the shadow of this very civilization. The nervous fingers of
thousands of poor women must brush from the paled cheeks of womanhood the tears
that drop from eyes that gaze upon nothing but poverty, squalor and want —
thousands of little children beggared by poverty become toilers for bread and
water and scanty raiment. The rich are lords in gilded palaces while the poor
are pigmies, half sheltered by the modest roof of thatch. The man in broadcloth
is the man of the day and the man in rags is the tramp, and all this under the
banner of so called civilization.
The question now arises
who is the Moses of the Twentieth Century to lead the people — the one
side into fraternity the other side into God´s blessed sunshine of better
days.
This should come, but it may not. It is the duty,
however, of every human being to keep burning that brightest and best spark of
civilization, the generous heart.
The nation, is
prosperous in a way, the state is blessed with prosperity in its way, but
prosperity should shine upon the heads of all. God has given us the land, the
air, the water and the product of the field and furrow, and no man should
suffer in anguish and want while his brother has an abundance, and to spare.
Let us begin the New Year with these charitable motives in our hearts. Let us
begin the New Year Century with our hearts attuned to the same song.
The people of Eastern Colorado will pass out of a year of
even prosperity with the hope that the one to come may be as good. No want
knocks at the door of the residents of Yuma county. The year so near its close
has been one prolific of modest yet substantial success. The ranchman and the
business man both tell stories of success. Shipments out of the county of stock
and produce have rivaled that of any previous year since the first years of
settlement. Immigration has been a noticeable feature of the year. Many of the
vacant houses over the county have been filled by good honest toilers. The
population and the increase of capital show a generous gain according to the
report of the county tax officials.
In the towns, while no
booms have been noticed, the growth has been steady.
The
schools and churches of the county best portray the sentiments of the citizens
and the growth recorded in attendance and membership is a matter for sincere
congratulation.
The increase in the stock business is proof
that Eastern Colorado must soon take its legitimate position as the greatest
stock section in the known world.
Locally, we should feel proud
of the record of the past year and enter the new one with hand and heart
working in unison for the success of our favored country and its people.
The PIONEER trusts that the same Providence who has guided
the dial of destiny in the past may bless all its readers and all the people in
the future.
THREE XMAS ENTERTAINMENTS.
The glad Yule Tide brought a abundance of merriment for
the citizens of Yuma and vicinity. Elegant little dinners at many private
residences were features of Christmas day, and Saturday night and Monday
evening was full of glory for the little ones.
The
entertainment at the Methodist church and the tree at the Presbyterian church
on Saturday night were both well attended. The tree was loaded, and the
entertainment one in which the young folks did remarkably well. The exercises
at the Presbyterian church were equally as interesting.
At the Petrie school house on Monday evening a fine program
was rendered and the tree was filled with presents for everybody.
The services at the Presbyterian church on Sunday evening,
conducted by Rev. Cameron, were made interesting by a beautiful sermon
appropriate to the occasion.
MUSTAIN-PESCH.
Last Sunday Luther Mustain was married to Miss Anna Pesch
at the home of the bride´s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pesch, Rev. Dugan
of Otis officiating.
The marriage was a happy surprise to
the people here in town, although those in the immediate neighborhood had kept
the bells ringing for ninny moons before.
Both parties
are popular young people in the county, and both school teachers, so they will
both know how to handle students when that happy time arrives.
The PIONEER wishes them many more such merry Christmases and
a life filled with happiness and contentment
TEN YEARS AGO.
Twenty-five loads of corn were marketed in town.
L. B. Heath and family moved to Idaho.
J. B. Campbell spent the holidays in McCook.
Married Fields-Mills On Thursday evening, December 26, 1889,
Mr. W. R. Field and Mrs. Sarah Mills, both of Yuma.
A PLEASANT TIME.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Field,
pioneer and as popular as they are agreeable as citizens, were tendered a
pleasant surprise by a jolly crowd of their friends on Tuesday evening, the
occasion of which was the tenth anniversary of their marriage. Both of these
parties are well along in years, but it seems that their days of sociability
have only begun.
The supper and the social chat was royal in
every sense and those who attended went away joyful and with the kindest of
words for the aged couple, who have done so much to make our little town
sociable, as it should be. It being the occasion of their tin wedding many
valuable and useful presents were given them.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. James Sheedy, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Binford and children, Mr. and Mrs. Quitman
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stoner and son, Mrs. Frank Tuttle, Mrs. Churchill,
Mrs. Turpin, Mrs. and Mrs. Hamsher Mr. and Mrs. Lamphere, Revs. Cameron and
Rarick, Miss Eva Settle and E. S. Dakan.
WE HOPE THAT DURING 1900
Ed Klein will hone his razors.
E.
Loring will buy some store teeth.
Lloyd Hamsher will join
the as-home club.
Bogus brothers will sign with a good
team.
Clarence Conover, will have his full beard.
Charley McCarthy will learn the baseball game.
Butch Bingaman will fess up on the hog business.
Johnny McCarthy will plead guilty to being a Swede.
Gene Dakan won´t roll on a tack and puncture his
tire.
Ames Binford will grow more hair on the top of his
head.
James Peterson will avoid being kicked by a cow by
getting married.
Old maids of Yuma county will give pious
and angelic attention to Gen. ix. 1.
Commissioner
Bingamn, Joe Campbell and Frank Adams will join the Benedicts.
Albert Barbezat, Albert Petrie, George and Fred Haver, Jack
and Garner Lett, Bob Powell and Hud Jackson, G H. Hatcher, Lester Castle, Jim
Buel, Jack Cochrani, Burr Gardner, Bert McNichols and Alex Ludlum will marry
and quit their meanness.
WAIT FOR HIM.
Dr. T. J. Bovard, the Denver dentist, will be at the Schramm
house, Yuma, for
for two weeks. beginning December 24. All work
guaranteed.
FEARN, THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
will be in Yuma, Saturday and Sunday, January
6 and 7, prepared to make photographs. All sizes and all prices from 25c per
dozen to $2.00 per dozen. Also, the photo button in colors.
NOTICE.
The Board of County Commissioners of Yuma County,
Colorado, will meet in regular session Monday, January 1, 1900.
E. LORING, County Clerk.
BURLINGTON ROUTE—HOLIDAY RATES
Holiday rates— Via Burlington Route—
Dec. 23, 24,
25, 30, 31 and Jan. 1— Between stations not more than 200 miles apart. See
nearest agent.
FOR SALE OR TRADE.
45-70 Marlin
rifle. Call at this office.
OTIS ITEMS.
The Christmas tree entertainment held under the auspices
of the Congregational and Presbyterian Sunday schools on Monday in the
Presbyterian church was very largely attended. The little folks made the
program quite lengthy with their recitations and songs. The tree was loaded
down by the weight of good things for the children. A dinner followed the
exercises, at which the older ones distinguished themselves. All enjoyed
themselves and voted this a most appropriate way of spending Christmas day.
The water tank went on a strike Monday and refused to supply
the engines until it had an interview with Mr. Capps.
Archie Knox has stabled his trotter again. He is thinking of
getting him in shape on the Otis track and entering him in the grand circuit
next week.
John Trout´s hand-car collided with a
freight engine, with bad results to the hand-car. John was up on the carpet and
will languish at home for thirty days.
Local Notes
Eggs
15c: Butter 15c
Bring in your job work.
O. B. Rush of Lincoln Valley was in town Friday.
Nettie Swan is visiting her sister, Mrs. Cross of Denver.
Grandma Cochrane is suffering from a stroke of paralysis,
Peter Reichert is spending the holidays with Nebraska
friends.
Fred Neilson of Bryant was a Yuma visitor one
day this week.
J. C. Bayless and family have moved from
Elyria to Boulder, Colo.
Make a good resolution —
pay the printer — then, dern you, keep it.
Miss
Maude Johnson is visiting her parents south of Wray this week.
Miss Banks is spending the holidays with Omaha and Lincoln
friends.
B. J. Rose and George Brown of Otis marketed
hogs in Yuma Thursday.
John Heiserman has completed a
two—room addition to his city residence.
Mrs. Amos
Binford and little daughter are visiting Wray friends this week.
Leonard Smith is erecting a residence on his lot in the
western part of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick of
Washington county were shopping in Yuma Friday.
Representative A. N. Turney is visiting Omaha and other
Nebraska points this week.
Claude Tribbett of Hastings,
Neb., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tribbett.
The prayer meeting at the Methodist church Thursday evening
was well attended.
Parties holding library books will
please return same to Mr. Dakan before January 1.
County
Commissioner Bingaman was on the sick list Friday and Saturday of last
week.
Ex-County Clerk Beggs of Phillips county was a Yuma
visitor Wednesday and Thursday.
Deputy Treasurer McGinnis
and daughter ate Christmas dinner at their home near Wray.
If you are needing anything in dental work call on Drs.
Bovard and Walker at the Schramm house.
Drs. Bovard and
Walker, the Denver dentists, are doing an excellent business in Yuma this
week.
The Odd Fellows Beneficial Association of Columbus,
0., closed its doors Wednesday, December 27.
Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Sheedy, Don and Marguerite are spending the holidays with friends in
Denver.
Denis Shea, one of our good-natured and popular
stockmen, is visiting his brother, P. H. Shea of Narks, Ken.
The many friends of M. W. Peck will learn with regret of his
illness with a severe attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Branch of
Trinidad, Colo., is visiting at the home of her husband´s parents, Rev
and Mrs. John Branch.
Charlie Ryan, who is holding a
position in the B. & M. depot at McCook, spent Christmas with the old folks
at home.
Dakan is carrying the finest line of pen and
pencil tablets in town. Also, any thing you may need in school supplies.
P. A. Wulbrandt, who is holding a position in the B. & M.
freight depot at Lincoln, Neb., is spending the holidays with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry James and Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Wulbrandt and
children dined at the hospitable, home of Mr. anti Mrs. John Heiserman on
Christmas day.
Don´t forget that Dakan handles only
the best cigars—Villas, Mexican Special and Mountain Bell. They are
manufactured in Denver. Patronize home industries.
Louis
Descoender and Gus Monard of Washington county left Yuma on No. 6 Thursday
evening for New York and they will sail forth there to their old home in
Switzerland.
Baldwin, Ga., Sept. 14, 1898. Dr. J. H
McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm cured my wife of dropsy after four physicians
had given her up to die. - J. F. McIntire. For sale by E. S. Dakan,
druggist.
In the railroad wreck near Redcliff, Colo.,
last Thursday, Mail Clerk L M. Edwards received a painful cut on the right
temple. He expects to be able to take his regular run between Salida and Ouray
Saturday night.
Born — To Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Giddings, Sunday, December 25, 1899, a bouncing 9-pound baby boy. Mother and
child doing nicely. Carl says it was a great Xmas gift, and he hopes to receive
the same kind during the next fifteen years.
Commissioner
Bingaman purchased fat hogs from the following parties Thursday: O. H. Johnson,
Henry Schmale, Mr. Mathias, Gotifried Itten, Ben Readler, Henry F. Meyer, Hud
Jackson, M. W. Haver and E. J. Rose of Otis, Colo. He shipped to Denver
Thursday evening.
A sumptuous dinner was served at the
pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hollingshead Thursday of this week. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. Van Horn,
Miss May Clark, Lester Castle, Ira Edwards and sister, Mrs. Lucy
Briggs.
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