Meeker Carver and Fullerton Directory Editors
The directory lists Meeker Carver and Fullerton as proprietors with Ralph Meeker and J. Carver serving as editors.
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1884
Page
4
The directory lists Meeker Carver and Fullerton as proprietors with Ralph Meeker and J. Carver serving as editors.
Editorial praising General Arthur after Garfield’s death. It lauds his honesty and restraint while facing partisan pressure, notes a conservative course during mourning, and urges Colorado delegates to back him at the Chicago Convention. It highlights Arthur’s receivership role and lingering political rivalries with Robertson.
Trustees of the Greeley Irrigation Company pressed a claim against Canal No 3 at a special meeting. A committee, including Mayor Hunter and Mr. Annis, recommended paying the town’s three-eighths share of 862.54 plus 89.58 interest for the dam cost and appointing a joint committee to manage the canal and select a superintendent for the coming season.
The committee report was adopted appointing Trustee G. W. Fisk to represent the town on a joint canal committee for the coming season. Mayor Hunter and Mr. Annis remain as the arbitration panel to settle issues between the two boards.
Dave Day and George West form a stock company to start a daily paper in Grand Junction Colorado. They ordered power presses and a six horse engine from Chicago with all necessary equipment. George Pullman, once Golden resident, joined with thirty shares and invited Day and West to a Mexico trip tied to a Wall Street excursion leaving New York in July.
Town Board approves contractor Swan to ream well 8780 and pull 6 inch pipe with tubing. if flow fails, reaming costs apply to completion. Union Colony land sales total near 50,000 within town, 6,000 outside. Arizona paper critique and Meeker officials listed. Fort Morgan Platte Beaver Canals finished. Platte Valley growth noted. Union Pacific freight totals from Greeley Eaton Platteville Evans and Lup ton stations with car load figures. Teachers Association to meet with Shattuck expected to lecture Thursday evening and program details forthcoming.
The notice invites all interested in schools and popular education to an event featuring Superintendent McCreery of Larimer County speaking on the Mother Tongue. The program lists papers on school libraries, class exercises, teaching methods, geography, manners and morals, and a lecture on the People's Schools by Hon. J. C. Shattuck, with music and questions interspersed.
Subscriptions to the elevator scheme keep coming in with names such as Shakes among the listed backers. The brief item notes ongoing support and names on the subscription books in a local progress report.
A humorous old time classifieds note promotes carpets cheaper than ever from Hall and Jastrowitz with a boxed address. It mentions a span of family males humorous phrase and a P.O. Box 75 owned by M. E. Lasty. Also comments on county clerks and Jerusalem.
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