Plans of vast railroad scheme spark Colorado rumors
Rumors circulate of a Denver to Seattle air line linked to the Denver Laramie and Pacific and Denver and Greeley lines. The Northwestern Land and Rail company, with officers from Kansas and Nebraska, is said to hold coal and iron leases. A Denver Laramie and Southwestern Railroad claims a ready route through Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon and Washington with C. S. Johnson as president and Col. R. H. Wayer as general manager. The secrecy and long planning stretch years. Davis sustained fatal injuries in a separate incident leaving a widow and seven children.
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Tate
Denver
Seattle
Laramie & Pacific
Denver & Greeley
Jescheme
Northwestern Land
John Dhilliken
McPherson
Kan
Col
W. A. Harris
Kansas
Sidney J. Kent
Lincoln
Neb
Danny
New York Tribe
Kansas City
Feasurer
Arizona
Denver, Laramie & Southwestern Railroad Company
Wyoming
Colorado
Jubo
Oregon
Washington
C. S Johnson
New York
R. H. Wayer
Missouri Pacific
Illinois Central Roads
Davis
Hiis
Greeley
Telephone and Electric Companies
Northern Colorado Power Company
Worker Killed by Live Wire on Ninth Avenue Job
Laben Davis employed by the tere was instantly killed by an electric shock while at work on Ninth avenue last Friday about 10 o'clock in the forenoon. He was burned as 4,400 volts passed through his body before fellow workmen could lower him. Davis was reaching from a hole to cut an old wire when his knee touched a new live wire.
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Laben Davis
Northern Colorado Power Company
Tere
Leson Ninth Avenue
Davis
Central
Lafayette
D Avis
Public inquiry into Pierce freight wreck on Union Pacific
J. L. Bartlett and fellow Greeley merchants attended the Denver inquiry into the Pierce freight wreck. Investigators found rule violations by the engineer and brakemen. thirty eight cars rolled downhill unguarded before derailing near Pierce. Cash loss estimated at ten thousand dollars. UP adoption of wide publicity for accidents.
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J. L. Bartlett
Denver
Greeley
Union Pacific Railroad
Pierce
Union Pacific
New Empire reservoir completes major northern Colorado project
The final work on the New Empire reservoir in Weld and Morgan counties near Masters is finished under D A Camfield and the Bijou Irrigation district. The structure holds nearly two billion cubic feet, cost about 750000 dollars, and includes inlet and outlet canals. Engineer L L Stimson supervised for Camfield and C D Page for the district.
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Big New Empire
D. A. Camfield
Bijou Irrigation District
Colorado
Weld County
Morgan Counties
Masters
Platte River
Bijou
L. L. Stimson
Camfield
C. D. Page
Sandstrom Introduces Local Claim Adjustment System
F O Sandstrom traveling freight agent of the C S and S recently visited Greeley and installed a new system allowing local agents to adjust claims up to $25. This change will speed settlements, reduce delays, and improve customer service by avoiding referrals to higher officials.
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F. O. Sandstrom
Greeley
Good Volunteer Wheat by Angelo Armenteo
Angelo Armenteo, a Mexican farmer in the Hygiene district west of here, grew forty acres of wheat this year without sowing. The crop yielded about thirty bushels per acre as the wheat germinated thickly on an old field, and harvest shows a practically clear gain with no prior Gay's Work on the crop.
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Angelo Armenteo
Here
Greeley Hosts State Commercial Convention and Reorganization Plan
Colorado State Commercial association holds two day gathering in Greeley drawing five hundred visitors. President W L Clayton is a leading candidate for association president. Delegates discuss a thirteen district structure with ex officio governor as chair and a general manager to guide statewide organization with a $20 000 annual fund.
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Colorado State Commercial Association
Greeley
W.L. Clayton
Colorado
Greeley District
Finch
Denver
Greeley Park
Elks’ Hall
W. E Skinner
State Commercial Association
Franklin J. Green
B. R. Harper
Skinner
Col
Durango
la Plata
Archuleta
Montezuma
Dolores
San Juan
Montrose
Delta
Gunnison
San Miguel
Ouray
Hinsdale
Grand Junction
Mesa
Garfield
Pitkin
Rio Blanco
Steamboat Springs
Routt
Grand
Leadville
Lake
Chaffee
Summitt, Park
Eagle
Colorado Springs
el Paso
Elbert
Teller
Lincoln
Kit Carson
Cheyenne
Pueblo
Fremont
Custer
Kiowa
Trinidad
Huerfano
Las Animas
Baca
la Junta
Otero
Bent and
Prowers
Monte Vista
Saguache
Rio Grande
Costilla
Conejos
Mineral
Fort Collins
Treasury
Amount of 20000 dollars distributed for discussion
A sum of twenty thousand dollars is described as being distributed for discussion purposes. The fragment outlines a plan or arrangement but lacks full context or details about the parties involved or the exact purpose of the distribution.
Mrs Ferguson Hosts Linen Shower for Miss Carrel
Mrs. Alex Ferguson entertained Miss Mabel Carrel with a linen shower last Thursday morning. Fifteen friends gathered at 9 o clock, presenting wrapped linen gifts. the hostess served refreshments. The party precedes Miss Carrel and John Kerr of Monte Vista wedding planned for early fall.
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Alex Ferguson
Mabel Carrel
Miss Carrel
Kern Reservoir and Ditch Co Incorporation
QC A Granger W E Green and Lewis Kern form Kern Reservoir and Ditch Co to buy Windsor lake from Lake Supply Ditch Co and develop it as a reservoir and related ditches. Capital stock set at 10000 dollars. Articles filed last Saturday.
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Kern Reservoir and Ditch Company
QC. A. Granger
W. E. Green
Lewis Kern
Windsor Lake
Lake Supply Ditch Company
Thirty-Five Years A Birthday for Baker and Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Baker and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Carpenter celebrated their thirty fifth wedding anniversary at the Bakers’ home in Greeley. The event featured old fashion costumes 175 guests and a program with shadow pictures poems readings and Irish recitations followed by ices cakes and coffee.
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F. E. Baker
Leroy Carpenter
Mrs. Baker
Mrs. Carpenter
DeWitt
Greeley
J. Brownell
M. A. Youngs
A. M. Green
All Flowers Bloom in Greeley Homes and Gardens
Visitors praise Greeley as a flower paradise with well kept lawns and abundant blooms. Notable gardens include T H Dinsmore on Fifth Street with twenty four dahlia varieties and Mrs Roosevelt blooms, Ovid Plumb’s year round display, and diverse homes of Dr J K Miller J A Weaver I Rothschild and J Max Clark. Mrs Gibbeon and daughter visited Colorado Springs last week.
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Greeley
New England
J. K. Miller
J. A. Weaver
I. Rothschild
J. Max Clark
Daniel Hawks
C. Randolph
Harper
Eleventh Street
William Mahyer
Eighth Avenue
Jesse Gale
Eleventh Avenue
Delbridge
Western Stock Show Premium List At Denver January 2025
The third annual western stock show in Denver announces a larger exhibit with national scope. Western breeders and feeders receive special provisions to compete for most of the nearly ten thousand dollars in premiums plus similar specials. The show promotes western livestock education and invites every stockman to enter a exhibit.
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Denver
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Greeley Mecca
Clorado
Springs
Miss Carrell
Bay Windsor Lake
Thomas Gibbeon
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