Greeley Election Yields Even Split on Tickets
Voters in Greeley produced an even split between two tickets in the municipal election held last Tuesday. Water bonds of 250000 passed nearly four to one and a 20000 bond for a new city hall also carried. Franklin J. Green won a plurality of 80 over H C Watson, while M P Henderson defeated J E Snook by 59 votes. Eugene Williams beat D F Camp by 154, and D Todd won over R G Strong by 1 cent. Several city officials appeared on both tickets. Aldermen were chosen in wards one and two, with ward three selecting Wilson and Strohl. A precinct vote table followed.
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Greeley
M. P. Henderson
J. E. Snook
Eugene Williams
D. F. Camp
D. Todd
R. G. Strong
L. B. Willard
Miss Lena Pleak
Milton Seaman
L.L Stimson
F.M. Barber
A. W. Jacobs
H. D. Parker
C. H. Ward
J. B. Phillips
W. C. Wilson
Dan Strohl
Old Time Concert to Feature Greeley Talent in Park
The Tribune announces an old time concert in three weeks at First Presbyterian church with Miss Phyllis Wolfe directing a twenty-voice chorus plus soloists and an orchestra. Admission is 25 cents and proceeds go to P. A. Tisdel for his charitable uses. Readers may send in song requests for the program.
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Tribune
Greeley Band
First Presbyterian Church
Greeley
Phyllis Wolfe
P. A. Tisdel
Danco
the Tribune
Concert Promises Real Music From Two Cow Bell
Advertises a music concert promising real music from two cow bells with date and further details to be announced next week. It hints at upcoming schedule and location to follow.
Agricultural Explorers Promise Vast Desert Reclamation
Secretary Wilson touts Department of Agriculture efforts to convert arid lands into productive forage and grain areas. He cites explorers worldwide bringing crops acclimated to dry conditions, forecasting hundreds of millions of tons of additional yield for western flocks and herds.
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Wilson
Department
Central West
Central Asia
Mr. Wilson
Men Far From Dry Ground Testify On Midnight Rain
Three Greeley residents Clarence Sehryver George Dauth and Lou Kimball sworn to testify that it rained heavily at midnight between Saturday and Sunday. The trio woke to gurgling in yards and cellars as a nearby ditch broke, flooding basements to two feet. They shut off the water at the head gate and saved properties.
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Greeley
Clarence Sehryver
George Dauth
Lou Kimball
Eighth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Government to establish two sugar beet stations in Rockies
Prof. F C Herrman heads a government investigation in the Rocky Mountain region to locate two large experiment stations for sugar beet culture. One site is Rocky Ford, the other near Greeley. The aim is exhaustive testing of irrigation and plowing to yield the richest beets. Next Sunday the Greeley Reds open the season against the Koners of Denver.
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F. C. Herrman
Department of Agriculture
Rocky Mountain Region
Rocky Ford
Greeley
Fort Lupton’s Growing Industry and Water Woes
Fort Lupton thrives on canning and dairy plants with wide farming, alfalfa, and sugar beets. A proposed irrigation district aims to build a storage reservoir southeast of town, while talks of a west-side railroad raise hopes and fears about new towns along the route.
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Harry Ewing
Ewing
Fort Lupton
Greeley
Platte River
Denver
Lupton
Hillsboro
Fort Collins
North Park
Wyoming
Telephone rates to be cut. canvassers to renew contracts
Colorado Bell Telephone Company district manager H Croll announces a material rate reduction soon. A canvassing corps will renew old contracts and sign new ones on the new basis, with start date in weeks. The company has a large field crew laying about 8,000 feet of aerial cable and making improvements totaling nearly $7,000 to boost facilities.
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Hi. H. Croll
Colorado Bell Telephone Company
Arbuckle and Purcell Sell Mackay Ranch for 16000
Arbuckle and Purcell sold the A. G. Mackay ranch near Peckham for sixteen thousand dollars to Lewis N. Willson of Sydney Nebraska. Including this deal, the firm has effected farm property sales totaling one hundred thousand dollars since last October.
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Arbuckle & Purcell
A. G. Mackay
Peckham
Lewis N. Willson
Sydney
Nebr
Highlandlake Dream Drive Through Colorado and Kansas
A narrator imagines visiting Highlandlake from Greeley by midnight start, riding the 4:30 morning train, and arriving to view lakes, a church, a school, and growing farms. He visits Adams & Co. and Richey’s stores, meets Clint Smith at a blacksmith shop, and notes gas lights, a beet road, and a big carp in the lake. He envisions settling there, dining at Mrs Gateley’s, and returning next summer for fishing.
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Highlandlake
Greeley
Denver
Highland Station
Kansas
Colorado
M. S. Adams & Co
Mrs Adams
Clint Smith
Adams
Richey
Hemmingsen
Deacon Mead
St. Vrain
Hignland
Johnstown
Highland Lake
Reservoir Improvements Expand Northern Colorado Water System
Seven Lakes Reservoir Co contracts Joseph Osner of Denver to build a 3400 foot ditch from Lake Loveland to Dry Creek crossing tracks by a deep cut or tunnel. Cost near 15000 with storage capacity of 3 billion gallons and 40000000 cubic feet per day. North Poudre Irrigation Co contracts Carson Wells to strengthen and enlarge Dam No.13 for about 10000. Barnes ditch inlet to Lake Loveland completed at 20000. Overall spring spending approaches 50000 across major irrigation networks with extensive repairs continuing.
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Seven Lakes
Joseph Osner
Denver
Lake Loveland
Dry Creek
Colorado
North Poudre Irrigation Company
Carson Wells
Barnes Ditch
United Presbyterian Church Elects New Trustees at Annual Meeting
The United Presbyterian church annual meeting last Monday elected a five member board replacing the three member term. Trustees named were Dr. J. K. Miller George D. Statler R L Simpson B R A Lieper and B B Tisdel with Kenneth G Phelps as treasurer J H McGill as Sunday school superintendent Howard Knight and Sam Wright as ushers A vote of thanks was given to Pastor Rev O A Petty.
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United Presbyterian Church
J. K. Miller
George D. Statler
R. L. Simpson
BR. A. Lieper
O. A. Petty
Greeley Whist Club Beats Longmont Team
The Greeley Whist club defeated Longmont’s club last Friday evening with a total of 47 points and 1919 tricks to 1825. Greeley pairings included Reinks and Carrithers Deck er and Parker Jackson and Dille Heath and Dresser Irons and Maso Brush and Smith Haynes and Mosher Woelf and Williams.
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Greeley
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