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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1873
Page
2
A prominent figure, Louis Agassiz, has died in Boston on Sunday December 14 at 10:15 a.m. The note laments his loss and suggests no one in Congress could have been better spared.
The notice promotes Green Bros and the Green City Colony with offers of contracts for building, ditch digging, coal, wood, and farming gear for a $10 membership. It claims cheap transport and materials but cautions readers about misleading recruitment and notes skepticism from Denver papers and local authorities.
The Denver News reports prairie chickens cost ten dollars each after a court ruling. Robert Hawkie, carrying twenty seven birds from near Cherry Creek, was fined 270 dollars for violating seasonal game laws and jailed until payment. The piece urges strict law enforcement to protect scarce prairie chickens.
The article notes Mr. McClellan shifting from sheep to cattle and plans to expand horse breeding to focus on quality. It contrasts management needs: sheep demand much personal attention, cattle are easier though less profitable, and horses require vigilance yet can yield high sale prices from $100 to $300, with fencing emphasized as essential.
Mr Meeker confesses opposition stemmed from fear for Greeley and Vicinity. Denverers urge Congress aid. Warmers' Union refuses to back a measure that only benefits a single Northern Colorado section. Trustees urged to read about steel bells with triangular bars and their surprising sound.
A Denver narrative discusses Colorado crime with looser morals, critiques irrigation policy and farm realities, and notes an Eastern visitor and the weekly Colorado Farmer newspaper. It argues farmers erred against irrigation and cautions educated judgment is needed.
A Greeley Tribune critique questions the irrigation boom and canal projects feeding the Evans area. The piece notes several rivers would be diverted into a 200 mile canal, risking Platte River water and raising concerns about future irrigation demands and regional water supply.
The Colorado farmers at a Denver convention refuse to endorse the late irrigation memorial and offer a new plan asserting half of arid lands should be contributed by government and private and railroad lands. The proposal calls for lands to be deeded to the government and the proceeds used for an irrigation fund.
The Denver News criticizes Mr. Meeker for opposing the irrigation plan and for discrediting the movement. It argues Meeker’s influence has collapsed and the irrigation effort will proceed, with farmers increasingly realizing they trusted a journalist and essayist to channel their aims.
The Cheyenne Leader warns that Wyoming's southern region could be linked to Colorado by Congress, risking statehood for Colorado and loss of territorial status. It urges the legislative assembly to pass a memorial to protest severance and annexation, favoring a focused act over capital bill squabbles.
Drays scramble for thirty silver bricks from the Boston and Colorado smelting works. Produced two weeks ago with 800 fineness, the 2,240 pound lot valued at 44 million dollars drew crowds at the First National Bank before shipping to the Fourth National Bank of New York.
A Colorado Central railroad descriptive book, prepared by a well known Eastern writer last summer for Mr. Sickels, passes to a publishing house. The volume, titled From the Sea to the Crown of the Continent, records pleasant travel along the line and includes detailed engravings of Clear Creek Canyon mountains towns and scenery.
The furnaces are complete with higher capacity than roasters. Bullion shipments grow with ore value. Five metals gold silver lead copper nickel are separated and processed. New smelting works are planned in Summit and Park counties with strong funding. Lead shipments are daily and praised as top in the American market. A Julesburg road completion is hoped for spring 1874.
The Greeley Tribune remains deeply engaged in irrigation topics, with comments noting the subject’s high water content and engaging appeal. The Denver World quotes the Tribune as finding irrigation coverage peculiarly attractive and irresistible.
Greeley Colorado town board met in Nichols block with President Ira Canfield and trustees Moore Woodbury Bayley Ingalsbe. They approved last minutes, reviewed tax abatements and delinquent lists, authorized payments to town officers, and ordered printing and recording deeds for a lake water right.
The itemized column reports rising liquor concerns, a rumored marriage between J. G. Cooper and Miss Ranney, and praise for Mr. Rigby’s temperance lecture. It notes late performances by the Bell Ringers, a livery offer, upcoming church services, Lyceum activities, and local schooling improvements with a pedestrian accident involving Captain Adams' son.
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