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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1872
Page
2
Public notice clarifies that no States advertisements will be accepted without cash accompanying the order, except when placed through approved Advertising Agents. A prospectus reference appears on the invest page.
A 41st New York Reports note from the Court of Appeals holds that a deed condition prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor on the premises is valid. Breach permits ejectment by the grantor, with the deed treated as a binding contract rather than a general warranty. The ruling reinforces reliance on such covenants in quit claim arrangements and notes the potential for ejectment and sale to others upon breach.
Larimer County Land Improvement Company trustees reveal 240 acres for an agricultural college at Fort Collins. They secure half the town lots and suburban lands to form a colony for actual settlers. Fifteen leaders hail from Larimer and Weld counties. A railroad from Greeley to Fort Collins is planned within months.
The article notes a proposed colony in Fort Collins and a junction with Longmont near Laporte. It praises Cache la Poudre valley fertility and climate health, comparing its land division to Union Colony and Colorado Springs with Fort Collins allocating one half to members.
The piece notes Congress will consider government purchase and operation of telegraph lines this winter to counter monopoly and prepare for rail regulation. It cites worries about partisan use of the Post Office, suggests abolishing franking as a remedy, and envisions a postal telegraph if passed. Also included are items on beekeeping yields in Greeley, Canal No. 2, and local construction in Colorado, plus Munich banking rumors and evolving weather.
The piece notes Colorado vegetable and grain displays at Jackson praised by local press. It mentions immigration, snow blockades clearing on the Union Pacific, a fifty ton snow plow from Omaha, forest trees cultivation guidance, and land purchases by Robert Grant for Kansas Pacific expansion.
The article argues Colorado should start forest tree programs to avert future shortages of ash, hickory, oak, and walnut. It discusses seed cultivation, transplanting, and trial groves for locust, honey locust, sugar maple, and Osage orange, plus the case for a territorial nursery and government aid to promote reforestation and climate benefits.
A notice outlines a Presbyterian church to be built at Longmont. Other items report the Denver Rio Grande earning over 1000 dollars daily, Gov. Evans buying Boulder lots, wheat yields near Golden, and various local developments from rail, coal, and timber to social events and cattle trade in Colorado.
The piece lists newly elected officers for the ensuing year including F. L. Childs W. M E N Abbott W. W Oscar Eaton J W Isaac Canfield treasurer J 4 Jones secretary John Backer Tyler Trans ters J B Flower Isaac Canfield J A Woodbury J S Titcomb visits detailing his illness and career as Colorado Central engineer. It notes rail progress to Black Hawk and portable sawmills cutting ties, plus local robe curing business and growing lumber trade.
The Platte river district sees thousands of buffalo killed this season with meat selling at three to five cents a pound and hides fetching two to three dollars. Clark brothers and Whitaker trailed the herds a hundred miles, crossing difficulties but later finding abundant game near Pine Bluffs. Indians rumored nearby but not seen. Railroad work from Greeley to the Union Pacific advances, the buffalo district lies twenty five to a hundred miles away.
The Central Register reports the railroad line reaching Black Hawk with the arrival of the construction train at 3:30 PM yesterday. Turntables and side tracks will be installed this week and trains will haul merchandise and coal from Golden as fuel needs rise. The event marks a new chapter in local affairs with plans to equip the line for spring opening.
At a regular communication of Occident al Lodge No 20 A F and A M held at Masonic Hall Greeley Colorado December 18 1877 the following Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted Whereas it has pleased one Almighty Father and Supreme Grand Master to call from labor.
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