High Line case testimony confirms farmer oppression and merger
Testimony before Arapahoe county commissioners reinforced earlier claims that farmers suffered under ditch companies. The Platte Land Company and High Line Company were described as effectively one entity. The Cache la Poudre Irrigation Company endorsed a telephone system for ditch management to improve water regulation and operations.
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High Line
Arapahoe County
Rhodes
Ditch Company
Platte Land Company
High Line Company
Cache-la-Poudre
Poudre
National Press Association Visit Mapped for Greeley
Mr W E Pabor met in Greeley to arrange a September visit by the National Press Association about 150 delegates from every state. They would arrive Friday morning September 9 share dinner then travel to Fort Collins and Denver for a Leadville excursion, to showcase irrigation results with a farm drive to illustrate crops and leave with a memorable impression of Colorado.
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W. E. Pabor
Greeley
National Press Association
Fort Collins
Denver
Colorado Central
Leadville
Colorado
Substitute for the City Water Tax Trialed by Council
H B Jackson proposed a per front foot tax on all town lots to fund ditch repairs and street improvements. The plan would tax occupied and unoccupied lots alike, including non residents, raising about 1200 to 1500 dollars annually and ensuring ditches are kept in repair. Notes of Farm Dairy and Stock report strong agricultural prospects across Huerfano and Las Animas counties with high yields and efforts in horticulture and irrigation ideas.
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H. B. Jackson
Huerfano
Las Animas
Iowa
Grasmuck
Gunnison
Henry Newby
Chaffee County
Arkansas Valley
Henry Lee
Colorado
Boulder
Denver
Omaha
St. Louis
Kansas City
Longmont
Mway
Messrs. Davis
Ustick
Carter Lund
Harden
Buel
J. O. Davis
Washington
Arapahoe
Hamilton County
Nebraska
T’rustee
Oliver Shambo
Lower
Latham Ditch Company
Shambo
Asa Sterling
Greeley
Weld County
State of
A. D
Botanist Wallace Studies Colorado Flora in Denver Journey
Professor Alfred R. Wallace the renowned botanist from Godalming England visited Denver with Miss Alice Eastwood and explored Gray's Peak and Grizzly Gulch. They collected rare Colorado flowers, some new to the state, and packed them in moss and lead to mail home for cultivation.
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The
Times
Denver
Alfred R. Wallace
Godalming
England
California
Colorado
Manitou
Gray’s Peak
Alice Eastwood
Graymont
Misa Eastwood
Grizzly Gulch
Wallace
Alps
Himalayas
Africa
South America
Debt reductions and era of bond purchases discussed
The July Monthly argues the government could buy its own bonds now to reduce debt, citing past use of this policy between 1851 and 1857 that cut major obligations. It notes large 1865 debt and later reductions, while contrasting pension revenue and future prospects with lessons from Bankers Monthly.
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United States
Betwen
Illinois
Banker's Monthly
The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Earth Worms
A praise filled notice of Darwin's work on earth worms. It highlights the range of chapters on worm habits soil movement burial of buildings and land denudation. Published by J Fitzgerald at 24 East 4th Street New York priced thirty cents post free.
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Darwin
J. Fitzgerald
East 4Th St
New York
Missionary Bishop Praises West Africa Climate For Mission Field
Missionary Bishop Taylor reports Africa mission work is safer than feared, praising Liberia and the west coast as healthful and inviting. He notes plans for healthful mission houses, rest, regular work in school industries, and native rulers offering to aid. He contrasts with South Central Africa where interpreters are scarce.
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Taylor
Africa
Liberia
Maryland
Jersey
New York
Mississippi Valley
Assistant Preceptress Joins New England Conservatory
Doc tor Tourjee of the New England Conservatory of Music welcomes Miss 8. G. Bagnall as assistant preceptress. Daughter of Rev. Wm. R. Bagnall, she previously taught with Dr. Cooke at the University of Orangeburg D. C. and in northern institutions. Her gifts and experience should bring success.
Donkey Cart and Bees For Sale If Sold In Thirty Days
A donkey with cart and thirty swarms of bees offered for sale within thirty days. Inquiries directed to Mrs. M. C. Marrison.
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M. C. Marrison
Sterling News Highlights Local Improvements and Crops
The berry crop yields are large and new prairie hay sells at ten dollars per ton. The valley anticipates the third alfalfa crop next week. City wide sidewalks are being laid, valued improvements. B and M steel rails approach Sterling within twenty two miles, a railroad man reports.
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Advocate
Sterling
Platteville Notes on Homes and Plans
In Platteville the record notes Mrs Raney building a top vegetable and winter milk house. Mr Shepperd and a Denver man discuss rental housing. Father Howlett seeks church lots. Snider and Stover plan to prepare twenty fine horses for market and an organ man. Talk of licensing a saloon. Mr Shepperd, Denver, holds strong Platteville interest.
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Raney
Shepperd
Denver
Father Howlett
Platteville
Messrs. Snider and Stover
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Ribune
Meeker
Carver & Dunning
E. J. Carver
H. L. Dunning
Laramie
Miss Eastwood
Miss Fastwood
Edison
Henry George
Stanley
Charley
Gibsonville
W. A. Montgomery
Union
Longmont Farmers Milling and Elevator Co
G. W. Bottoms
E. J. Clark
Akron
Atwood
Pawnee
the Express
Court House Corner
Peter Anderson
Judge Robinson
Courier
E. A. Stevens
G. A. Webb
Bellvue
West Side
Wm. B. Miner
Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway Company
Fort Morgan
A. J. Wiley
G. R
A. J. Baker
Bijou
Friends of the Presbyterian Society
L. W. Kimball
I Company
Kimball
Loveland
Gresley Tribune
Maud Curtis
Ella Knapp
Esten Park
H. Southard
Estes Park
Puckett
United States Timber Department
C. H. DeWolf
F. P. Frost
M. A. Lyons
C.G. Gray
George H. West
Fairview Cemetery
H. N. Haynes
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