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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1874
Page
2
A Fremont area farmer in Nebraska reports 200 pounds of sugar from his own soft maples. The writer praises soft maples for rapid growth, hardy life, and plans to plant about 4,000 trees, aiming for a maple forest in Greeley. Ash planting is planned next with several thousand trees.
The article details progress in glass fruit houses in Europe and the United States, highlighting pineapples grown in England and extensive ventures in Greeley Colorado. It notes cost, warming methods, market prospects, and urges local gardeners to start small and learn, with eyes on export and employment opportunities.
An old report notes scarce evergreens in Greeley despite thousands planted. It claims only about twenty good trees remain yet asserts evergreens can be made to grow, citing one Scotch pine as a joy. The piece contrasts Salt Lake City where evergreen lines are absent despite thriving English walnuts and ends with a call that evergreens can be cultivated.
The Aldine for April is enriched with engravings from American scenes and sustains its high reputation. Lake George receives special attention with several small gems. The drunken monk image is deemed unworthy, as the time has passed for dignifying a drunken man.
A Minnesota man conducted hatching experiments with grasshoppers. He placed six quarts of earth under a stove and hatched several thousand. After freezing to twenty degrees they were thawed and remained lively. He fears another large crop of pests next season.
A letter to the Tribune editor argues that western mountains show natural forest regeneration after fire. The writer cites groves aged twenty to seventy-five years on burnt ground and outlines a cycle where deadened areas foster seed beds, seed deposition, and eventual conifer recurrence amid moist periods.
To the Editor of the Tribune the Findlay locality reports a temperance victory as sixteen out of twenty one liquor sellers have ceased business in the county seat. The writer notes a seven year old whisky war ended with no sale of liquor in town. The message claims Findlay leads Northern Ottawa towns in temperance and sets a model for nearby places.
Weld County commissioners grant liquor licenses across the county including Julesburg and Erie, sparking a dispute over temperance influence. The piece argues saloon rules will shift to Boulder County, enabling cross-border sales and revenue for Boulder while drawing reactions from Greeley Evans supporters and miners in Erie. The column frames the move as a fiscal plan by Boulder County to reduce debt by commerce in alcohol.
Geo F Taylor sends a sample of maple sugar and syrup made from soft maples planted on his farm ten miles east of town. He has about 2,000 trees eight to fourteen inches in diameter and topped 200 this season, producing over pounds of sugar and syrup. He plans larger scale operations, noting better results would have been possible with earlier preparation.
The council and House of Representatives pass a law prohibiting sheep goats or cats herds over twenty kept pastured more than two days in a month within three miles of towns in Costilla Conejos Arapahoe Boulder Larimer Weld. Violators fined ten dollars per day for each day of infringement to the county where the violation occurs.
A traveler near Anvil Rock reports seven California lions at the road, describing their coats, tails, and movements as he fired at them and the lions moved toward a brushy thicket. He was joined by three horsemen and noted his horse’s fear and fatigue after the encounter.
Home news notes sugard: A. %. Salomon hires new dry goods clerk. Corn planted in Greeley. seeds samples from Dr Camp of Georgia. Mrs Muller grows as a farmer. E T Nichols gardens grandly. Calves killed by Indians. McLellan rounds up wild horses. A son of Dr Camp arrives to attend school. Sunday School concert at Baptist Church next Sunday. Rev Norcross to preach at Park Chapel. Potato market falls from 3.5c to 2c. Wheat acreage large. more corn planned. Two saw mills busy. smoke poetical. Chapman returns after traveling. Butler dies in Connecticut. Buckingham to Boulder banking venture. Cold week. light snow. snow in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Boulder liquor politics debated. Evans Journal notes tax and water rights. Colony irrigating rights and tax sharing described. Mining excitement grows with locals exploring Elkhorn area.
Mr. L. K. Perrin reports an acre of alfalfa in its fourth year with a spring growth of about three inches and ready green picking for stock. He sowed eight pounds per acre last year and harvested about one ton three times. doubling seed to twenty to twenty five pounds could yield four cuts and eight tons per season according to his experience cited in Colorado Farmer.
Several parties labor along the Platte about two and a half miles from the city taking out gold. The bar is dug in patches resembling dog towns with rockers flames sluice-boxes and other appliances in use. Men are taking out pay and will move their San Juan claims elsewhere if the diggings pan out.
See Marx and Co s Advertisement of new goods. Salomon s 4¢ windows and Ingalsbe and Monk advertising. Soon a bran new brick store. Mr Leavy ships plants to Cheyenne. Bedding plants verbenas geraniums fuchsias in demand. Shipments go to Fort Collins and St Louis on the Thompson.
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