Arrival of the Saw Logs on the Plains Frontier
The May issue reports the arrival of saw logs from Hills and Thompson at the upper boom, spanning a quarter mile along the river bottom. It admires the sight on the plains and notes heavy labor, camp scenes, and calls for Captains of Industry to employ idle hands by turning timber into finished goods and boosting local business through practical uses for lath, pails, blinds, and doors.
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Messrs. Hills
Mr. Thompson
Seates
Greeley
Hills
Thompson
Shattuck
Kennedy
Welch
Rea
County Officers and Potato Studies in Greeley
A local opinion piece urges caution in county office bids urging voters to know candidates by deeds over talk. It discusses potato crop failures across the U S noting soil and climate factors and calls for agricultural study and a potential state college. It also covers Rev. Cooper’s resignation, community labor, politics with Gov Hunt, and a Denver editor’s crop predictions.
Manly virtues urged to judge candidates fairly
A call urges voters to allow men to display worthy qualities before supporting them for office, avoiding risk of disgrace. The appeal stresses scrutiny of character over partisan loyalty, advocating careful judgment in elections.
Greeley Support Spreads Amid Colorado News Flurry
Territorial notes report Dr. Buchtel selling liquor to nonresidents, Rogerson linked to malt liquor, and local officials warning against it. Updates cover railroad prospects, housing demand with new markets, harvest activity, and a Las Animas vote shift. further items note Governor Hunt's Mexican trip, education critique, and Colorado figures backing Greeley.
Free Traders Endorses Greeley Campaign Stand
The Free Traders announce they will vote for Mr. Greeley and critique Republican confidence in Colorado. The piece notes emigrant wagons from Iowa via the Platte Valley, reports buffalo nearby, and criticizes electioneering waste. It mentions Kansas Pacific planning a Kit Carson to Ft. Lyon branch and North Carolina backing Liberal Greeley by about 2000 votes. Mr. Greeley to address Suffolk County Agricultural Society this week.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Dot
Gov. Hunt
Colorado
North Carolina
Iowa
Platte Valley
Bluffs
Greeley
Kansas Pacific
Kit Carson
Ft. Lyon
Arkansas
New Mexico
Mr. Greeley
Suffolk County, N. Y
Agricultural Society
Educational interests and school progress in Greeley
A reader urges the Greeley Tribune to more fully explain local schooling and the new school building. The town's graded, free public schools include a nine-year course and a forthcoming high school, with a first-class new building to be ready for winter term, plus details on regulations and a printed course of study available from the School Board secretary. Home news covers church absence, local market, hay cutting, weather, music lessons, shows crops and civic notes, and welcomes Solon Robinson as agricultural editor, noting his influence on farming and labor.
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Michigan
Indiana
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New York
New Jersey
Thompson
Ireland
England
Greeley
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Denver
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the Inquirer
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G. W. Buech
Baptist Church
Salomon
Union Pacific
Plumb
George Inman
Texas
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Platte
Divide
Cache la Poudre
Collins
Burg
Big Thompson Valley
Republican Party
Mc‘lellan
Solon Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Moss
Mr. Percival
Colorado Springs Progress and Plans in 19th Century Colony
The report details a Colorado Springs colony with 1509 houses, 795 residents, and $160,000 in private building value. Canals, ditches, and water reach 13.3 miles of waterways and seven miles of trees line the town. Parks totaling 108 acres, schools, academies, colleges, and church plots are set. Reservations include Mountain Home cemetery, a Zoological garden, and public institutions.
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Out West
Colorado Springs
Contractors Grading D R G Road Bed to Canon City
Eight contractors with a large force are grading the D. and R. G. road bed to Canon City and the coal mines. Nearly 300 men are employed on the project, which is to be completed in a little over two months.
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Union Colony
The
Pueblo People
Canon City
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Plum Creek
J. M. Lambert
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Litteton
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G. 8. Allyn
B.T. Vincent
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