The Greeley Tribune Feature Note
The Greeley Tribune presents a brief item from its staff noting the paper’s wide circulation and steady reader base, with emphasis on continued local coverage and timely reporting from the newsroom.
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
4
The Greeley Tribune presents a brief item from its staff noting the paper’s wide circulation and steady reader base, with emphasis on continued local coverage and timely reporting from the newsroom.
A Colorado editor lauds Senator W. L. Clayton of Weld county for defeating bills to establish three additional Normal schools. The piece argues the state should bear the debt, highlights Greeley’s benefit from the local Normal school, and warns against political grafters undermining education. It ends by urging voters to prioritize community interests over party traditions.
Eastern philanthropists discuss establishing a colony for the poor in the area. The proposal is praised as sensible and potentially profitable, with the aim of reviving thrift and ambition among residents stuck in dense tenement districts. It envisions providing air and opportunity to unseen people to become useful citizens.
The piece argues for bipartisanship in the legislature to support a second Normal school only when population warrants funding. It laments political prejudice and endorses a ward system to advance beneficial policies. It then outlines a farm colony model emphasizing work, cleanliness, and self-sufficiency, citing Salvation Army a Amity Colorado as a successful example.
L. L. Stimson and assistant surveyors returned from Arkansas valley where they investigated for D A Camfield a proposed irrigation district in Bent and Prowers counties covering 150000 acres of prime land The plan envisions damming the Purgatoire or Animas river in Otero county to form a basin holding eight billion cubic feet of water creating a lake five miles wide twelve miles long and seventy feet deep The reservoir could double the region’s irrigated area with an estimated cost of 2500000 and a full feasibility report will await engineering estimates.
In a Greeley Colorado advertisement Doan's Kidney Pills are endorsed for curing backache linked to kidney trouble. Mrs. W B Cooper cites relief for her husband and mentions his mother also benefited. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan's.
In Laporte Bert Stephens advertises mountain grown seed potatoes and seasonal fruits with contact at 1325 Black. A M McClenahan offers private money for a few good loans with best terms.
The Greeley District Epworth League convened at a Methodist church in Greeley for a two day meeting with fifty to sixty delegates from chapters including Longmont Fort Collins Windsor Eaton Loveland and Berthoud. Officers were elected and program details highlighted evangelistic themes and junior league questions with sermons devotions and discussions.
Mrs. Sarah A. Cole of Dover Delaware recounts years of suffering from rheumatism and credit Chamberlain's Pain Balm with rapid relief after two years of trying other medicines. She says it allows rest and sleep and has led friends to try the remedy. available from druggists.
Seed catalog note lists alfalfa seed from Utah and imported German seed oats with ears and variety. Mountain Pearl seed potatoes sourced from the Stove Prairie district offered for viewing before purchase at Farmers' Mercantile Co.
Hand sorted seed potatoes grown on new land offered at reasonable price by Ault Real Estate Co. in Ault Colorado. Contact Ault Real Estate Co. at Ault, Colo for details and availability.
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