30 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
1
The community mobilizes for an old fashioned Fourth celebration with the Island Park Driving Club and local associations coordinating events. City businesses expect economic benefit and a rush to attend, while a dog muzzle scare prompts a Denver supply stir as residents prepare for public festivities.
The article outlines the Colorado trade excursion by the Manufacturers' association starting from Denver on May 5 for a three day northern Colorado tour. Stops include Fort Collins Loveland Brighton Lupton Platteville Evans Ault Eaton Hat-D Lucerne Greeley Windsor and more with detailed travel times and a dog muzzle controversy sparked by Mayor Green in the town.
The spring drought will shrink sugar beet acreage and expand potato plantings. Beets should still be planted in the next week or two but after that it will be too late to mature. Potatoes can be planted up to June 1 or later with good results, and irrigation is a last resort if moisture remains scarce. Ground plowing is the main current challenge as some farmers delay until moisture arrives.
The Orchard Construction company, formed in Denver with $25,000 capital, plans to irrigate and develop about 20 000 acres near Palisade Mesa county Colorado. Backed by Woodland interests from Chicago Milwaukee and Mishawaka the venture aims to spend up to $1 000 000 this spring and summer on ditches reservoirs and orchards using modern methods.
Farmers faced heavy losses from frost on Saturday and Sunday evenings despite fires and smudges in orchards. The weather bureau, telephone companies, and other services issued hundreds of warnings and 200 telegrams to fruit regions. Some orchards were saved, others damaged, with final totals still uncertain for days.
The article notes an ongoing health lecture series by the Commercial club with about 300 attendees at the First Presbyterian church. Dr George R. Pogue and Dr B K Ellis discussed tuberculosis rates, transmission through sputum, milk safety, and the economic cost, urging better precautions and public education.
Rumors say a merger of major Colorado power companies including Denver Gas and Electric Central Colorado Power Summit Power Eastern Colorado Power and Northern Colorado Power is under review in New York. Core interests are General Electric Westinghouse and McMillan syndicate with auxiliary Central Colorado entities holding site options across the state.
The Christian Endeavor group of the Congregational church held a social Friday evening in the church dining room. Thirty five youths played games made May baskets for entertainment, shared refreshments, and enjoyed a jolly evening.
Andrews and Storms drillers report a four foot ten inch vein of high grade bituminous coal located 154 feet below the surface on J. H. Liener's five acre tract in eastern Nunn. The vein is covered by eighteen inches of hard sandstone, offering a likely mine roof and reduced timber costs.
In the Greeley district 300 to 350 carloads of last year’s potatoes remain unsold and are being rushed to market to avoid waste. May first typically ends shipping, but some more will go out. Prices have declined as the season closes and new Texas potatoes arrive in Denver. The season has been generally favorable and farmers earned good returns on potatoes.
The P E O Sisterhood local chapter celebrated its fifth anniversary with a guest day at Mrs. H H Thurlby's home. Thirty five ladies attended a musicale featuring piano solos by Mrs J G Hughes, vocal solos by Mrs J B McCutcheon, a trio, violin obligato by Miss Delbridge Yellow, and white decorations with refreshments in the social hall.
Weld and Adams counties will see more than 2 000 acres tilled in the next two months as James Hatch undertakes plowing for the Denver Reservoir Irrigation company near the reservoir site. The project aims to support wheat sowing next fall and establish a suburban farming district tied to a massive irrigation scheme.
A bright Greeley woman is sought to serve a one year term on the Greeley school board with an election set for May 4. The board faces a dilemma over how to fill the one year seat caused by M A Bunker’s death, with Mrs John Masher declining to run and William Masher running for a five year term. The board may allow voters to decide or appoint, hoping the election approach is legally sound.
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