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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1874
Page
2
Cattle are described as coming through the winter in better shape than in recent years. The text notes a predictable March deterioration when grass dies or weakens after damp snows, followed by a recovery as new grass appears on uplands. Caution is advised for a possible heavy snow storm.
The piece surveys Greeley townsfolk and farmers, noting dull activity with out-of-town buyers. It argues liquor sales would not revive proper business, discusses riding to corral wild horses, and reflects on farming profit, canal improvements, and regional migration toward better prospects.
A preparatory department at Colorado College in Colorado Springs begins May 6 for ten weeks with English and classical literature drills to ready students for college. Rev. Jonathan Edwards leads the program. rooms are available, with private-family board and tuition ranging from $10 to $20 per term. A New York Tribune Extra advertises Bayard Taylor on Troy and scientific lectures.
The Denver News notes the Corona colony as a new venture down the Platte with unclear leadership. It mentions Mr Pace as a Denver real estate agent likely linked to Green City colony and signals more details to come. An address at the Baptist Church is highlighted with Miss West, a former missionary to Constantinople and Asia Minor, sharing life and works.
Dr Joseph Parker urges Dean Stanley to allow inter church preaching between Church of England and Nonconformist ministers. Parker argues Christian unity rests on shared faith, not prohibitions, and invites Stanley to set a hopeful example for England’s churches.
A long anecdote recounts Gustave Frohman’s youth assembling a cat fund for the New York Tribune, a fall from grace over misused proceeds, and a modern dispute involving Chicago and St. Joseph postmasters. The piece ends warning of potential fines or jail over alleged obscene language.
From Massachusetts a letter to the Tribune recalls the weather, local prohibition efforts, and the temperance debate before the legislature. M B Knownes notes Boston’s liquor traffic pressure and the wave of reform spreading from Ohio as they seek repeal of the Prohibitory Liquor Law. The writer describes meeting with Dr. Stone and providing Greeley statistics for debate.
A St. Joseph merchant Johnson faced trouble after sending a card to Chicago with a pasted address label. Chicago postmaster demands extra postage and Washington review follows. The clash exposes doubts about card labeling rules and postal authority.
The Denver council ordered Mr. Pease to recover all usable tools from the bluff bore before moving the derrick for a new hole nearby. Over 600 pounds of iron remain buried at the bottom, including cutting bits auger stems jars sinker bars and rope sockets, with a second bore deemed uneconomical. The city lands salted by the effort total 4668.07 dollars.
The Denver News reports cattle roundups will start May 7, 1874, at the Big Bend along the East bank of the Platte in Weld County. Trails run along Running Creek, Cherry Creek, Toll Gate, Coal Creek, and Lost Creek toward Living Springs. Chiefs named include A A Kneeland over the north line to Cherry Creek, C C Gird from Cherry Creek to the north line, and Henry M Tolls from Living Springs through Arapahoe.
Mr. Chipman reports four feet of snow on the range and plentiful elk and mountain sheep while some stock losses occurred near springs. Plans unfold for a May wagon road opening and a proposed Denver stock exchange to aid valuation and trading, with interest from Chicago and Eastern exchanges.
Messrs Cook and Allen were in town recording claims on a silver bearing lode near Elkhorn. The ore looks promising and they plan to have 100 tons processed at Georgetown smelting works. Cook, an old prospector, is confident in the find. Woodruff and Marsh have completed the...
Commissioners accept the 80 foot long bridge for the wife’s crossing with an 12 foot clear width. Details include 9 inch square hills bolted to bedrock with 14 inch iron bolts, 9 feet long. Plank 184 feet above low water. bents 20 feet apart. stringers bolted end to caps with one inch bolts.
The Kansas Pacific and Arkansas Valley railways win a government supply contract for the South modern country and name Pueblo as the terminus, boosting the town. Yet Denver loses the business permanently as the Rio Grande advances, threatening Pueblo’s advantage.
The Denver Times reports Gregory mine, once 469 feet deep, has been cleared of water and is expected to resume producing wealth. A new rich vein is struck in Cariboo. Track-laying may start soon on the Golden and Julesburg roads, with word from General Loveland suggesting potential progress.
The letter describes a method to create yeast starting Monday with hops and brown sugar, boiling hops, cooling, mixing with flour and liquor to a batter, fermenting until Thursday, adding mashed potatoes, straining, bottling, and aging in a cool place. It ends with a punch line that it should “make things jump” if successful.
Local notes report a Congregational sociable at Park church Friday evening and an infant death from lung fever last Sunday with burial yesterday. The Methodist Festival drew over 500 attendees with profits above $100.
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