Irrigation Bond Talks Advance for Greeley Poudre Project
Chicago financiers John Farson and W G De Celle near final terms on bonds for Weld county Greeley Poudre irrigation. A key meeting today could finalize the deal. They note irrigation bonds pay higher interest but entail high selling costs and urge local investment. They also briefed Governor Shafroth on possible use of school funds for irrigation bonds.
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Greeley-Poudre
Weld County
Denver
John Farson
W. G. de Celle
Chicago
D. A. Canfield
Farson
DeCelle
Colorado
John F. Shafroth
F. B. Gibson
College Boys Tied With Chains
Special to the Daily Tribune from Denver reports Albert Gowan of Pueblo and C C Crawford of the School of Mines along with nine others were captured while attempting to paint M on the Denver University grand stand at about 2am. The offenders, chained for amusement, provided a tense prelude to the afternoon football game between the two schools. A Denver University student girl alerted authorities, revealing the plot to Dean Howe’s sons.
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Daily Tribune
Denver
Albert Gowan
Pueblo
C. C. Crawford
School of Mines
D. U
Buchtel
Mines
Dean Howe
Denver University
Mud Bath Discovery by Victoria Real Estate Dealer
H Hicks of Victoria Texas reports a mud deposit on his property offering relief from rheumatic troubles. A young man tramped the mud and felt better next day, then returned for mud baths and claims a full cure. Others in the city are bringing mud home for use.
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H. Hicks
Victoria
Texas
Peer
Train Service Started On U P Branches
The new passenger service on the Pleasant Valley branch nears Briggsdale with 80 pound steel track and a smooth bed rivaling main lines. By next week Fosston and Briggsdale join the route with fares to Gill and Gale at 25 cents and Cornish and Cam field at 50 cents. The Crow Creek district will get a motor car soon to run two daily trips.
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Gill
Barnsville
Cornish
Fosston
Briggsdale
Tribune
N. J. Martin
Colorado
Gale
Camfield
Cloverly
Greeley
Eaton
Zita
Crow Creek
Martin
Freight and Passenger Service Established to Pleasant Valley
A daily local train now runs between Greeley and new towns on the Pleasant Valley and Crow Creek branches of the Union Pacific. The service carries freight, passengers, and a string of empty spud and beer cars to Cloverly Gale Camfield and Hungerford, with Cloverly as the first station on the return.
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Greeley
Pleasant Valley
Crow Creek
Union Pacific
Cloverly
Gale
Camfield
Hungerford
Round House at LaSalle Undergoes Excavation Start
Ex cavating work for the ashpit at LaSalle Round House has begun. The pit will run 156 to 200 feet long and six feet deep with concrete sides and piles. Four stalls, a surface track, and a new engine style to dump ashes are planned, with Dewey brothers holding the excavation contract.
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Daily Tribune
LaSalle
Round House
Milton Reservoir
Dewey Brothers
Windsor Pair Married Quietly in Cheyenne
Special to the Daily Tribune Windsor reports Ethel Chapman and Fred Taylor wed in Cheyenne on Thursday night. The groom, an electrician, recently took a job there and will make their home in Cheyenne. The bride is a Windsor dressmaker.
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Daily Tribune
Windsor
Ethel Chapman
Fred Taylor
Cheyenne
Bicycle stunt on Eighth Avenue shocks pedestrians
An unknown man performed rough riding stunts on a bicycle around 10 p m on Eighth Avenue. He rode south and tried to dodge a crossing pedestrian at Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street, veered onto the sidewalk, and crashed into a building.
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Nough
Eighth Avenue
Eighth Street
New England Homemaker Prepares for Afternoon Calls
A thrifty New England housewife follows a village custom of dressing for the afternoon and reading, with a small afternoon basket for pick-up sewing. She threads bands for drawers and petticoats in advance, storing them in a highboy drawer for her children’s waist sizes.
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New England
That Boy Across the Street
A Chicago poem recalling a dawn-crying boy whose whistle disrupts morning quiet. The speaker contrasts irritation with fond memory, noting the boy’s noisy presence and the narrator’s lingering affection rooted in past friendships and an orchard’s owner’s pride.
WIFE BEATER GOES TO JAIL FOR DRUNKEN FIGHT
Frank Childers received twenty eight days in jail from Police Magistrate Davis after a Friday long brawl with his wife and daughter on Seventh street. He wrecked a building earlier and drank whiskey from Denver. The fight left a head wound and a sugar beet sized lump as neighbors watched on Sixth avenue and Fifth street.
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Frank Childers
Davis
Childers
Seventh Street
Lumber Company
Denver
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Street
High School Piano Benefit At Opera House
Greeley High School entertainment at the opera house Friday evening drew a modest crowd. Mrs Labadie read The Servant of the House in a delightful manner and the proceeds will go to the high school piano fund with a small balance remaining to be paid.
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Opera House
Greeley High School
Union Pacific LaSalle Denver branch progress update
Grade finished on the LaSalle to Denver branch with double tracking North Platte to Gothenburg and from North Platte to Julesburg. A new high bridge near Dacona to Sand Creek rises half a mile and 51 feet above the creek. New stations listed include LaSalle Wildcat Lovett Harney Dacona St Vrain Dariow East Lake Quimby Sand Creek. Trains expected by January 1.
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Union Pacific
LaSalle
Denver
Nebraska Division
Colorado
Nebraska
North Platte
Gothenburg
McArthur Brothers
Julesburo
Dacona
Sand Creek
Mohler
LaSalle-Denver
Went
Milliken
Denver-Laramie
Wildcat
Lovett, Harney
St. Vrain
Dariow
East Lake
Quimby
Royal Arcanum Union Meeting in Denver
Six members and three candidates traveled to Denver for a union meeting of three Denver councils held at the Masonic Temple. About thirty to forty candidates were initiated including Mayor Robert W. Speer. Greeley attendees included A. J. Lohr R. G. Andrews M R E. Cummings J. G. Crawford EB. L Older and Fred J. Allnutt with Oscar Blumberg McCarthy and Brown among those initiated.
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Royal Arcanum Union
Denver
Royal Arcanum
Masonic Temple
Robert W. Speer
Greeley
A. J. Lohr
R. G. Andrews
M R E. Cummings
J. G. Crawford
EB. L Older
Fred J. Allnutt
Oscar Blumberg
McCarthy and
Brown
Hard Times Social Brightens Baptist Church Evening
The hard times social at the Baptist church Friday evening drew a large crowd and featured contests and amusing undertakings. Costumes were unique and grotesque, refreshments were served, and proceeds go to the new church fund.
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The
Baptist Church
Harvey
Roosevelt Rumor Denied by Brother-in-Law
Douglass Robinson, Roosevelt’s brother-in-law, dismissed absurd reports of the ex-president’s death and said Roosevelt remains alive and will return to London in about five weeks. Dispatches place Roosevelt hunting on the Gaus Ingishu plateau with no confirmation of any mishap.
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Douglass Robinson
Roosevelt
Story
London
The
Daily Tribune
New York
Bob
Africa
Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Cable
Mr. Roosevelt
Today Magazine
Colonial Office
Gaus Ingishu
Kendel Leads Tannhauser Lecture Recital With Schubert Trio
Prof. J C Kendel assisted by the Schubert Trio presented a Wagner Tannhauser recital at Normal chapel Thursday afternoon before the Shakespearean society and guests. Fortnightly club members were invited. The Schubert trio members Kendel Thompson and Hunter render difficult music with accuracy and ease, and the event drew a well attended audience.
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J. C. Kendel
Schubert Trio
Shakespearean Society
Riolin
J. Scott Thompson
Sarah Hunter
Football Game At Eaton Today
Eaton and Cheyenne meet on the athletic field at the new school grounds at 2 39 p m. Coach Black prepares a ready Eaton eleven though a diphtheria quarantine keeps one top player home. Pupils show strong school spirit and a large crowd is expected.
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Eaton
Cheyenne
Professor Black
Snake Story Reveals Milk Thief in Pasture
Robert Scholz of Huron Kansas kept watch in a pasture and spied a bull snake entwined around a cow’s leg sucking milk. He killed the snake but the cow kept returning to the same willows area calling for her calf for about a week.
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Robert Scholz
Huron
Kan
Scholz
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Kersey
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