There is something to see along Main Street Ault
A writer visits Ault Colorado discovering a sunny scene on Main Street. laborers work on a hotel, carpenters build, and many townsfolk lounge on hitching racks while northern prairie lands attract settlers drawn by new farms and building booms. water and irrigation loom as future wealth.
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Colorado
Ind
Ault
Maintreet
Nebraska
Kansas
Greeley
Here
Greeley Band Concert Series Planned With Union Pacific Excursion
The Greeley Tribune aims to raise 250 dollars to pay the band for twelve summer evening concerts in Lincoln Park. The paper has arranged an excursion to the Continental Divide on May 25 via Union Pacific and Moffat lines, with round trip fares around 3 dollars from Greeley and a bit more from nearby towns. The band is rehearsing new material and will begin concerts when weather permits pleasant evenings.
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Greeley
Lincoln Park
Greeley Tribune
Tribune
Union Pacific
Moffat
Continental Divide
Ault
Eaton
County Eyes Cement Stock as War Lowers Prices
The county commissioners plan to buy cement while prices dip in the price war between the Portland Cement trust and nontrust plants. Colorado Portland Cement in Portland Fremont county, a 200000 barrel annual producer, recently beat the trust for the Green River dam contract. L. L. Wyatt announces candidacy for school trustee in the upcoming spring election.
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Portland Cement Trust
Colorado Portland Cement Company
Portland
Fremont County
Green River
Arizona
Colorado
L. L. Wyatt
School garden at Normal school grows student interest in nature
The State Normal school expands its garden program under John V. Crone, using about one third of an acre for flowers shrubs and trees. Pupils from kindergarten to ninth grade work hands on, learning by doing and linking garden tasks to classroom lessons while a future forest and nursery develop on site.
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State Normal School
the Normal
John V. Crone
United States
Tribune
Lillian and Fred Clay sue Ross and Sheffield over lost trunk
In county court, Justice Atkinson awarded the Clays damages for a trunk and contents valued at $108 after they claimed loss due to livery carelessness. Judge Southard reversed, noting no contract existed since no payment for delivery had been made.
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Lillian
Fred Clay
Ross & Sheffield
Justice Atkinson
Eaton
Southard
Clays
Atkinson
Old City Council Replaced With Routine Agenda
The outgoing council concluded business with minor actions and Mayor Green unveiled a full slate of committee appointments. Bonds for officials were arranged, and sewer extensions plus street projects on Eighth and Sixth avenues were advanced. New appointments include city water works engineer and park superintendents.
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F. J. Green
Fourth Avenue
Eleventh
Thirteenth Street
Frank Ewing
W. L. Clayton
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
E. E. Baker
Fifth and
Sixth Streets
Eleventh Avenue
Green
Phillips
Ward
Wilson
Barber
Strohl and
Jacobs
Stro
C. E. Carter
Cora Mosher
Board of Health
W. A. Oberg
City Water Works
J. A. McClintock
J. A. Rose
North Park
J. S. Fritz
South Park
Michael Lavelle
Grand River Ditch Powers Water Rush From Mountains
Reports say snow in the Grand and Cache La Poudre headwaters stands at seven feet with three feet at Chambers lake and at timberline. The Grand river ditch, seven miles into the watershed, will deliver about 200 cubic feet of water per second to the Cache La Poudre valley, with capacity near double as banks firm. The mammoth project, built at 10,000 feet, taps three Grand river tributaries. plans call for five more miles and two additional tributaries, costing about 2,200,000 with another 50,000 planned this season. William Dunham will lead the ditch camp next week, with 40 more workers by early May.
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Grand
Cache la Poudre
Chambers Lake
Grand River
Grand County
William Dunham
Beet Worm Bulletin Urges Beets Farmers to Read
Fort Collins Agricultural Experiment Station issues bulletin on beet web and beet army worms and cut worms with simple, easily applied remedies. Prof Clarence P Gillette covers beet worms while 8 Arthur Johnson handles cut worms. Farmers growing beets should request a copy due to last year’s crop damage.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Fort Collins
Clarence P. Gillette
Arthur Johnson
Greeley District 6 Presses for Funds to Expand Schools
Greeley district 6 faces funding shortages as bond limits cap expansion. Officials estimate 35 000 dollars needed for proper aging facilities while current bonds near legal limits. A proposed 5 percent bond option failed in legislature. Only North Ward expansion funded from surplus, with South and East schools needing space.
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Greeley
Clayton
Townsend
Judiciary Committee
North Ward
Five Hunters Fail to Bag Duck in Frightful Shot
Five hunters J S Burson J F Fezer Dr W H Delbridge Hall Jones and Charles F Fougerousse went out last Saturday for the final duck shoot near Lathham reservoir. They waited in cold winds all day when a lone duck with a blinded eye died from fright as it drifted toward them in the late afternoon.
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Mighty
J. S. Burson
J. F. Fezer
W. H. Delbridge
Hall Jones
Charles F. Fougerousse
Denver
Lathham Reservoir
Knutson Jailed for Egging Chinese Laundyman
Levy Knutson, son of John Knut son, received fifteen days in the county jail from Judge Willard for throwing a rotten egg at a Chinese laundry man. The incident followed another youth’s challenge, Knutson aimed at the man’s head as he appeared at the door.
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Levy Knutson
John Knutson
Willard
Knutson
Experienced builders aid Sterling sugar plant project
Ss. P. McLaughlin and A. Waldo passed through Greeley for Sterling on Monday where they will assist in constructing the sugar factory. Both are veterans in the trade and helped build the Greeley factory.
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Ss. P. McLaughlin
A. Waldo
Greeley
Sterling
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