Elks Propose Sale for Court House Ground in Weld County
The Elks offer to sell 65 feet frontage on Ninth Street and a 11 by 190 foot plot adjoining the county court grounds for about 15000 dollars. The county plans a new court house and jail with total building costs around 206000 dollars aided by the sale proceeds and sinking fund. The project aims to modernize offices and provide additional space including a possible park front and Sterling Investment Company site, creating a prominent court house area in northern Colorado.
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Elks Lodge
Court House
Elks
Ninth Street
Park Theater
Elke
Ae Goon
Tt Ie Che
Eike
Sterling Investment Company
Court House Corner
Colorado
Union Pacific Line Not Abandoned Near Fort Collins
Contending reports about the Union Pacific line from LaSalle to Fort Collins provoke comment but officials state no abandonment. A water committee meeting at Fort Collins settled water and shop needs, confirming continued development of the extension into the city.
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Union Pacific
LaSalle
Fort Collins
Lne
Water Committee
Greeley Eyes Forming Boy Scout Company
Five Greeley youths are being urged to organize a Boy Scout company as interest in the movement grows from England to Denver and on toward the state. Educators and clergy note the program’s outdoor activity, moral training, and practical skills for emergencies and teamwork.
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Greeley
England
Denver
Wrades
Enelend
Pneland
Aone
Women Dig Trench for Water Main in Greeley
Residents on the east side of Greeley petitioned for a two block water main on Tenth Street. Russian families, including women, men, and children, dug the trench and connected homes, finishing quickly and earning partial tax relief for their labor.
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Greeley
Tenth Street
Third Avenue
Jesse Nolin
Nolin
Colorado
Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Freight Rate Rebates for Greeley Merchants
Greeley Traffic association plans to seek about $5,000 in rail rebates for city merchants harmed by May 1909 rate cuts. The plan, debated at a council meeting, seeks to recover past freight bills via a non litigation claim process supported by Union Pacific and Interstate Commerce Commission rulings.
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Greeley
Supreme Court
Greeley Traffic Association
Chicago
St. Louis
Colorado
Denver
Traffic Association
Union Pacific
U. K
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission On Claims
Greeley Hosts Denver Press Club Visit
Local business men arrange a welcome for the Denver Press Club arriving by gasoline motor car on Sunday at 1 pm. They will tour the city by auto, dine at the Camfield hotel, and later return to Denver, with a committee from the Commercial club assisting and providing information for the visitors.
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Greeley
Denver
Denver Press Club
Laramie & Northwestern
Camfield Hotel
8. K. Martin
General Pas
Denver-Laramie
Greeley-Denver
Martin
Bothchilds
Commercial Club
Camfield
Commercial Club Plans Push for Union Depot in Greeley
President Rothechild of the Greeley Commercial club announced a mobilization to secure a new Union Depot. The movement, long lobbied but repeatedly delayed, will be formally launched at the next club meeting with prepared facts and figures on railroad improvement.
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Commercial Club
Union Depot
Greeley
Rothechild
Maen
Weld County Commercial Clubs Form Pro Organization
A meeting of 25 business men in Weld County launched plans to form a central county wide Commercial Club. E D St John of Fort Lupton was named temporary chair and C T Ahistrand of Greeley temporary secretary. The group aims to unify efforts across towns to avoid jealousy and strengthen county promotion.
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E. D. St. John
Fort Lupton
C. T. Ahistrand
Greeley
Weld
Colorado
Weld County
Canada
Texas
Camfield Hotel
E. P. St. John
G. 8. Landell
R. M. Barr
Rev. Dorey
N. R. Reeves
E. F. Gardner
Kersey
F. J. McIntyre
W. T. Corrin
B. A. Wilkins
Ault
W. B. Olin
Erie
George D. Statler
I. Rothchilds
S. M. Edgell
B. Kittle
William Mayher
D. R. McArthur
J. R. Ballinger
Commercial Club
Laramie
Wyo
Big Ditch Case on Trial Over Water Carrying Capacity
The Farmers' Independent Ditch company sues Scherrer Land & Investment over water rights for the J. Thomas and Platte river appropriation. Attorneys claim the 10 ft carry limit and 92 ft of the 104 ft per second should be abandoned, while the defendant asserts the full 104 ft/s is usable for irrigating 600 acres. Judge Bliss presides without a jury in Weld County.
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Farmers’ Independent Ditch Company
Scherrer Land & Investment Company
Bliss
Penver
Weld County
J. Thomas Ditch
Platte River
District Court of
Old Arapahoe County
J. Thomas
Twitchell and Ewing
Thomas Ditch
Suits and a Shirt Not Quite Matching the Story
A humorous Greeley anecdote recalls a young man faced with a woman customer asking for suit cleaning. The clerk, trying to discern the service, learns she needs cleaning for a full suit including a coat and trousers or more, sparking a blush and a quick departure.
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BOY Scout CO
Boy Scout
East Side
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