Big Poultry Institute to Be Held at 718 Seventh Street
A large Poultry Institute is set for Monday August 17 at 718 Seventh Street in the old Frank Blunt building. Speakers include Kane Cottrell Judge Rhodes Dr J W Downey and R C Clay with talks on poultry buildings fancy birds blooded stock and local industry gains. The event is tied to Weld County Farmers Institute and aims to boost Colorado poultry commerce which totals about 3 million dollars annually.
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Cottrell
The
Agricultural College
Seventh Street
Frank Blunt
Kane Cottrell
Rhodes
Topeka
Kane
Rainer
Waya
J. W. Downey
Downey
R. C. Clay
Colorado Springs
W. G. Chambers
Greeley
Weld
Weld County Farmers’ Institute
Colorado
Henrylyn Irrigation District Votes 3 Million Bonds
The Henrylyn Irrigation District voted without dissent to issue 3 million dollars in bonds to fund a vast system of reservoirs ditches and tunnels to irrigate an estimated 66 000 to 160 000 acres in southern Weld and northern Adams counties. The district organized by M Ireland J N Bowles F A Hensley and C F P Tew. water to be supplied by Inter Mountain Co with tunneling of the Continental Divide and water from Williams Fork creek. PD A Camfield of this city backs the project and may oversee reservoir construction.
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Henrylyn
Weld
Adams
Co. M. Ireland
J. N. Bowles
F. A. Hensley
Hudson
Charles FP. Tew
Golden
Littleton
Denver
Foothills
Inter- Mountain Co
Continental Divide
Williams Fork
PD. A. Camfield
Miner Falls After Dare On Grigsle Bear Trail
Austrian miner G Flain died when he crossed a narrow ledge on Grigsle Bear trail and fell 900 feet. He was with friends during a hunting trip when a dare led to the fatal accident. Also reported, B H Cooper escaped from a Colorado road camp, having served nine months of a nine year sentence for grand larceny, amid funds shortages for continuation of road work.
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Daily Tribune Ouray
Cole
G. Flain
Grigsle Bear
HH. Cooper
Daily Tribune
Trinidad
Colo
B. H. Cooper
State Road
Seeker
Weld County
Cooper
Tenement Fire in New York Kills Children Injures Many
A blaze at a crowded East 112th Street tenement kills 10 month to eight year old children and injures about twenty others. Firemen rescue all but four janitor family members amid a panic and crush.
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New York
Triovune
East 112Th Street
Roosevelt plans commission to improve farm life nationwide
President Roosevelt forms a 48 member commission with five experts to study social sanitary and economic conditions on American farms. The aim is to reduce isolation increase opportunities and attract farm youth to stay on the land. Gifford Pinchot calls the move a major policy epoch and a push for happier more efficient country life.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Roosevelt
L. H. Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Wallace’ Farm
Des Moines
Kenyon L. Lutterfield
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forestry Service
Walter H. Page
Washington
Forest Service
Humanity in Weld county records shows rising filings
The Weld county clerk’s office has logged 6 466 instruments since January 2 1908 covering mortgages deeds maps and licenses. Since 1905 about 31 566 instruments have been filed at an average of 28 to 30 daily. The office has added 68 volumes since January 1905 with many in current use and 343 more filings than last year at this time.
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Weld
Girl in Red Performs Daring Horseback Dive Act
A feature on the Girl in Red performing a 40 foot dive from horse into a tank, described with vivid detail of her appearance and bravado. The article notes five horses trained for the act, her Spanish speaking dog, and her background as a long distance swimmer from the Pacific coast.
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Pacific Coast
May Sutton
Girl
Peculiar Accident May Cost A Life In Salvation Army Circles
Denver, Aug 10. Mrs Elizabeth Lee a Salvation Army worker lies at the point of death after a cat bite. The cat owned by neighbor Mrs Jane Eddy who died recently has acted wildly since her death. Mrs Lee was attacked by the animal in the weeds near her cottage and severely bitten on one arm before help arrived.
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Salvation Army
Daily Tribune
Denver
Elizabeth Lee
Platte Bottoms
Jane Eddy
Railroad Man Unconscious in Chicago After Apparent Poisoning
John G. Slavin Denver city passenger agent for the Santa Fe railroad was found unconscious on the Madison Van Buren station steps. Police suspect poisoning or robbery, but Slavin later said he had taken poison himself. Officials attribute disordered mind to heavy drinking after his wife's death.
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Denver
Santa Fe
Chicago
Daily Tribune
John G. Slavin
Madison and
van Buren Streets
Slavin
Ninth Annual Pumpkin Pie Day in Longmont
Longmont hosts the Ninth Annual Pumpkin Pie Day on August 18 with special trains from Denver and Greeley. Colorado & Southern railway offers very low rates for the celebration.
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Colorado
Longmont
Colorado & Southern Railway
Denver
Greeley
Three Die of Dysentery at Camp Emmet Crawford
Three soldiers of the Twenty first infantry died of dysentery at Camp Emmet Crawford. Others in the same regiment are ill with typhoid fever. Poor water said to be the cause. Bodies shipped yesterday afternoon to Port Logan.
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Daily Tribune
K. Wyo
Twenty-first Infantry
Camp Emmet Crawford
Port Logan
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