Floods and Ditch Damages Roil Larimer Weld Poudre Area
Heavy floods and washouts cripple the Larimer Weld and Poudre Valley ditches near Greeley and Windsor. Bridges along the Poudre are out or stranded, land losses mount for farmers like Flores, while cabbage growers in Gipson benefit from hailstorms and rising plant prices. Workers rush to repair the ditches as water supplies threaten, with crews and teams mobilized.
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Poudre Valley
Mer County
Larimer-Weld
Tre Valley
Greeley
Pouwley
Larimer County
Poudre
Wicease Nolin
Flores
Gipson
Robert Boyd
Arthur Bridge
Windsor
Greetey
Fort Lupton
Brighton
Judge Bradfield presides at Michaels Bergeman nuptials
This morning in his chambers at the courthouse Judge Bradfield officiated the wedding of William Eman and Miss Ida B Michaels. W O Michaels, a respected farmer west of Greeley, is noted as the bridegroom. The bride is described as charming and popular.
Railroad push to bring Union Pacific main line into Greeley
A Vancouver era draft notes A Camfield and B D Sanborn discussing pushing a Union Pacific main line into Greeley from Sidney or Kimball Nebraska through Grover and Crow Creek to Denver. The plan aims to cut a short Julesburg branch as secondary and speed travelers with a straight grade, offering tourists a view of Grow Creek Pleasant Valley and Plains. The committee will add a third member and begin correspondence with railroad officials.
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A. Camfield
B. D. Sanborn
Card
Union Pacific
Greeley
Julesburg
Sidney
Kimball
Neb
Grover
Joinect
Crow Creek
Union Pa“fc
Denver
Nebraska
Greery
Pleasant Valley
Platte
Crew Creek
Fragmentary note records a time and distance reference
The readable bits reference a time like 0:40 and a distance such as 500 yards, mentioning names like John and Adampton and a general sense of movement or position. The passage appears garbled with incomplete phrases and lacks a clear event or outcome.
Reputation of Hagenbeck Wallace Show in Greeley
Police reports note no crime by the Hagenbeck Wallace circus in Greeley despite unflattering talk. Officers warned locals the show would face jail If misdeeds occurred and later fined two individuals, one drunk and one armed with brass knuckles, as the troupe departed.
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Greeley
Albany's Venetian Parlor at The Albany Hotel Denver
The Albany Hotel in Denver debuts the Venetian Parlor a luxurious lounge with red and green plush furnishings and electric color effects. A courteous attendant welcomes travelers and locals to read magazines meet friends and relax in this up to date hostelry feature.
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Albany Hotel
Denver
America
Albany
United States
Wold County Nurseryman Replenishes Stock With Spruce
J W Dillon proprietor of Foothills Nurseries returns from Stove Prairie about twenty five miles west of Fort Dolns with four hundred silver spruce trees. He plans to replenish stock and makes the trip annually.
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J. W. Dillon
Wold County
Wedding Announcement for Shafer Harrell nuptials set soon
Invitations are out for the wedding of Bert A. Shafer of Pierce and Rowena Beth Harrell of Letts Ind on Wednesday June 2 at the bride’s parents home. The couple will reside in Colorado and the announcement interests local readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert A. Shafer
Pierce
Rowena Beth Harrell
Letts
Ind
Colorado
Hill Roads Plan a Line From Gulf to Coast
Special to the Daily Tribune Cheyenne June 17. Hill interests reveal plans for a transcontinental line from Galveston to Seattle via Cheyenne and Denver. The Colorado Railroad Co seeks a Cheyenne street crossing franchise, tying Gulf to Pacific routes through Wellington, Orin Junction, Kirby, and Montana, to Great Northern and Seattle. Union Pacific opposes the franchise. three aldermen who could approve disappeared, two of whom work for UP and one with UP Coal.
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Daily Tribune
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hill Interests
Colorado Railroad Company
Denver
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Seattle
Puget Sound
Gulf
Pacific
Colorado & Southern
Wellington
Colo
Holdredge-Cheyenne
Burlington
Wyoming
Orin Junction
Kirby
Great Northern
Montana
Capitol Avenue
Reed Street
Union Pacific
Jury term winds down with replevin suit before Judge Gambie
The term ends with W J Farr versus J L Baker in a replevin action to recover chattels taken under a mortgage. The judge dismissed the jury except for the panel, and after this case the remainder will be discharged. The court also sustained Senator McCreerys demurrer in Colorado Investment Co versus George W House et al, with ten days to amend. Tomorrow Cal Tahaan versus Wing an equity case to quiet title will be heard. Docket notes schedule a June 24 di Wore cases and June 26 naturalization day for last papers.
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Gambie
W. J. Farr
J. L. Baker
Senator McCreery
Colorado Investment Company
George W
E. F P. House
Cal- Tahaan
Evans Town Sets Speed Limit and Sunday Closures
The Evans town board passed an ordinance setting speed limits for vehicles at eight miles per hour on straights and six miles per hour on turns. They also enacted a baseball and Sunday closing ordinance prohibiting ball games inside the city on Sundays and forcing all businesses to close.
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Evans
Platte Out of Banks Report From Green City Special
South Platte flooding leaves little reported damage. Sublette reports a small Jackson Lake intake ditch break with headgate closed. Sublette bridge from 1906 remains standing though undermined. Masters road submerged. Ditch headgates closed. no irrigation. East syphon on Riverside ditch washed out. Hail caused light damage. beets grain alfalfa gardens affected only modestly.
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Green City
South Platte
Biddle
Sublette
Jackson Lake
Masters
Infant daughter of Moore dies at 18 days old
Marian Moore died at the family home 512 Seventh Street at 18 days old. Rev. R J Hunter will conduct simple funeral services at 3 o clock this afternoon.
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Marian Moore
George H. Moore
Mary Ogilvie Moore
Seventh Street
R. J. Hunter
Colorado College Holds 35th Commencement Week
Colorado College observed its thirty fifth annual commencement with a senior play, Shakespeare in Perkins Hall, and a campus audience. Elmer Norris and E C Banfield won the oratorical contest as Rev James B Gregg delivered the principal address.
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Colorado College
Perkins Hall
College Park
Elmer Norris
E. C. Banfield
W. F. Slocum
Christian Associations
H. A. Johnston
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Phi Beta Kappa
F. K. Sanders
Washburn College
Dean Parson
James B. Gregg
Tventy
First Congregational Church of
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Slocum
Una Reinhardt
Alfred F. Isham
Clarence W. Leib
U P Plans Million Dollar Terminal Expansion in Colorado
A Denver dispatch reports Union Pacific will spend 1 million dollars on terminals in Greeley and extend the Crow Creek and Pleasant Valley branches. Work will be pushed at all possible speed.
Summer School Prep Drives Greeley Visitor Boost
Secretary McKelvey of the State Normal begins a six week period of heavy work for the summer session and the National Educators association convention. Six hundred advanced scholars arrive for the six week course with many from Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and Mississippi. A Greeley special private car will shuttle teachers to and from the Normal and a daily Union Pacific excursion is expected to draw visitors and advertise Greeley.
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McKelvey
State Normal
National Educators Association
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Mississippi
Greeley
Colorado
Union Pacific
Denver
Flathead and Couer dAlene Lands Open for Entry
The Flathead and Couer d'Alene Indian reservations in northern Idaho will open for entry July 15 to August 5. About 450000 acres of unreserved and non mineral lands, including agricultural and grazing lands, are available with a drawing by lot starting August 9 at Coeur dAlene. Appraised values range from 1.25 to 7 dollars per acre.
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Northwest
Flathead Indian Reservation
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Kalispiel
Mont
Flathead Reservation
Spokane
Spokane Reservation
Covery Alene
Wagonload of Fish Bursts From Irrigation Ditch
Three wagonloads of fish were stranded when the Larimer County ditch was turned off at the Larson ranch. Witnesses report fish up to four pounds, with smaller ones also present. The breach affected other ditches and farmers profit from the glut. The fish likely originated from Farr reservoir as the Poudre Valley ditch broke near Fort Collins.
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John Larson
Larimer County
Larson Place
Poudre
Fort Colins
Larimer
Farr
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Waekouts
Dodeavor
Permuade
U. Po
Jatesburg
Hill Roads
Tthe
Union Pacific Coal Company
Byvans
U. P
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