Irrigation History Praised by Greeley Engineer
George G Anderson presented a paper to the American Society of Civil Engineers praising the Cache la Poudre valley in Colorado as a model of private irrigation and home-building success. He notes 25 reservoirs with 190000 acre feet total capacity worth about 1 million dollars yearly, and credits early pioneers like B. H. Eaton and J. Sanborn for storage development.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
Greeley
George G Anderson
City
Wenver
American Society of Civil Enginere
Greely
Cache la Poundre
United States
Colorado
Newell
Anderson
B. H. Eaton
JD. Sanborn
North Poudre
Poudre
Unites States
Boyd Lake
Rps
Stock Yards Plan $1.5 Million Expansion At Denver
The Denver Union Stockyards company will spend 1.5 million dollars to enlarge and improve the stockyards. railroad facilities will be upgraded and all buildings expanded with new structures erected. Kenneth Cowan & company of Chicago provides the funds, with arrangements made up to six months ago but disclosed now.
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Daily Tribune
Denver
Denver Union Stockyards Company
Kenneth, Cowan & Company
Chicago
Beets Prove Resilient as Worm Reports Exaggerated
Reports of beet field destruction by a web worm in Longmont Loveland and Fort Collins were overstated. Fieldmen for Great Western Sugar say only 40 of 15 000 acres in Longmont were lost with 46 of 165 acres in a single field. Beets in Poudre valley Greely area grow slower but progress, with irrigation starting this week after rain.
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Longmont
Loveland
Fort Collins
Great Western Sugar Company
Poudre Valley
Greely
Evans
Kersey
Prohibitionists Push Single-Issue Platform at Columbus
At the Ohio Prohibition convention Temporary Chairman J m L Peeke of Sandusky opened the program with a two hour speech attacking woman suffrage and urging a single issue platform focused on prohibition. He argued women drink more and men less than a decade ago and blamed suffrage states Colorado Idaho Utah and Wyoming for weak liquor laws with a plan to carry the agenda to the national convention.
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Daily Tribune
Columbus
Jm. L. Peeke
Sandusky
Peeke
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Standpipe Landmark of Greeley to Be Demolished
The old 30 foot high standpipe on the hill above Greeley, a landmark since 1889, will be demolished as Windsor Sugar Factory takes ownership for a new waterworks system. The structure once defined the city and could be seen from miles away, but progress marches on with the new plant replacing the relic.
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Greeley
Col. C. A. White
A. T. Bacon
Windsor
Cache la Poudre
Trinidad Flood Engulfs Towns Along Las Animas River
July reports describe Las Animas river running bank full at Trinidad Colorado in the worst flood in four years. Bed washouts hit Segundo Sopris and Cokedale with extensive damage and homes washed away while no lives are reported lost. Farmers along river bottoms were displaced as water reached second stories. Bridges strengthened by railroads halted by water while residents evacuated after telephoned warnings.
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Daily Tribune Trinidad
Colo
Las Animas
Segundo
Sopris
Cokedale
Trinidad
Santa Fe
Colorado & Southern
Melvor Tyndall
West Opera House
Judge Opposes Early Marriage in Colorado Divorce Case
In Denver on July 14 Judge Greeley W. Whitford refused to grant a divorce to Ruby Pierce, 16, from James Pierce of Platteville Colorado, calling the desire to wed a childish whim. The cruelty suit sought by the young wife was dismissed as premature.
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Daily Tribune
Denver
Greeley W. Whitford
Ruby
Slayer of husband shoots slayer of husband in New York
Northport New York July 14 standing near the spot where two years earlier a dentist killed his father in law Dr James Waddell Simpson was shot by his mother in law Mrs Harney T Horner who had made him a widow The wife of the dentist was nearby but did not witness the shot Horner was arrested and held on five thousand dollar bail Simpson crawled to a nearby house for help and was taken to Roosevelt hospital where doctors removed a bullet from his liver prognosis remained grave at night Constable Hanson who had arrested Simpson in 1905 also arrested Mrs Horner yesterday
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Northport
N. Y
James Waddell Simpson
New York
Fiarney T. Horner
Dr. Simpson
Bank Robbers Identified in Holly Case
Amity bank robbers traced and identified by Keyes at his ranch in Holly Colorado. The suspects are Henry Starr famed for killing twelve men in Kansas and Oklahoma and "Kid" Wilson, an alleged desperado with a big bounty. They were once active near Coeyville Kansas and reseen in Holly last week. An elderly witness who had not seen Starr since his Oklahoma prison release described Starr vowing not to be captured alive.
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Delly Tribune
Holly
Colo
Amity
Keyes’ Ranch
Keyes
Henry Starr
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kid” Wilson
Coeyville
Kan
Starr
Bar num and Bailey Parade Comes to Greeley Friday
The Bar num and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth will present a parade in Greeley on Friday July 1. The city’s residents greet the announcement with delight recalling past street spectacles. The circus promises a grand, new European manufactured display.
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Barnum and Bailey
Farth
Bio Circus
Greeley
Steel outlook improves says Schwab after Europe trip
Charles M. Schwab reports better steel conditions after returning from Europe. He notes gradual improvement since a low mood began and cites encouraging Bethlehem Steel reports with no expected sensational upturns or price changes. He denies links to any international steel trust plan.
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Daily Tribune
New York
Charlies M. Schwab
Europe
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Ste Trust
Bethlehem Ste Corporation
Dynamiter Confession Ties Explosions to Gallagher Case
In San Francisco on July 14, John Claudines, a 23 year old Greek, confessed he and his brother were paid 1000 dollars to dynamite homes including James H. Gallagher’s, the supervisor who exposed Abe Ruef’s graft. He says his brother kept his share after the plan. Instigators remain undiscovered.
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Daily Tribune
San Francisco
James H. Gallagher
Abe Ruef
John Claudines
Rest Tent for Chautauqua Portable Comfort on Grounds
A rest tent is planned for the Chautauqua program not linked with Mr. LaFollette. The W C T U women will arrange a large tent with rugs pillows sofas and chairs for all visitors. It will not serve as a dining tent though lunches may be brought in and eaten there. Admission undefined.
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LaFollette
Cupid’s Busy Day in 13th Dated Marriage Licenses
The article notes 22 year old Friedrich Wiegil of Evans plans remarriage after a divorce case, with bride Lizzie Oster of Johnstown. It also records license dated the 13th for William H. Clark of Loveland and Lillian Bell Long of Rocky Ford.
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Cupid
Fred Wiegil
Evans
Friederich Wiegil
Lizzie Oster
Johnstown
Wm. H. Clark
Loveland
Lillian Bell Long
Rocky Ford
Grain Market Report From Morgan Brokerage Firm
Grain prices from John G. Morgan Brokerage describe wheat in September trading with open at 14, high 52, low 0, close 914 percent. corn open 74, high 74, low 74, close 74. oats open 43, high 48, low 43, close 43. Pork trading opened 16.60, reached 16.60, dipped to 15.82, settled 15.82. Pats wheat at 90 percent, corn 783 percent, and nn wheat 92 percent, corn 74 percent.
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John G. Morgan
Unio
Des Moines Man Delighted By First Colorado Visit
John EB Brown of Des Moines Iowa left for home after a few days with his brother in law F A Johnson and family. He toured Colorado and the farming country around Greeley and praised the state. Brown is a Des Moines property owner who finished school there in 18638 and has a married family there.
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John EB. Brown
Des Moines
Inlaw
F. A. Johnson
Mr. Brown
Colorado
Greeley
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