Reserves Open Lands to Public Use Under Forest Policy
The forest service report argues public ownership of natural resources ensures broad, lasting benefit. It notes reserves increase arable land, provide water, and support irrigation. Eminent educators from abroad will lecture, with Dr Geo EB Vincent and Miss Sara Cone Bryant among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
National Forest
Unis
Congress
Forest Service
West
State Teachers Association Meets in Denver
The State Teachers Association plans a three day meeting in East Denver High School on February 26 27 and 28. Dr Z Snyder of the State Normal School serves as president and W W Remington as secretary. Membership has grown from 800 to about 2000, nearly half of the state's teachers, due to policy by the directorate.
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State ‘Teachers’ Association
Denver
East Denver
Z. Snyder
State Normal School
W. W. Remington
Mayor Narrowly Escapes Train Disaster in Cheyenne Yard
Mayor Franklin J. Green and A. L. Mumper narrowly escaped a fatal accident in Cheyenne when a caboose brake failure sent a moving train down grade at twenty miles per hour. They jumped to safety as the caboose crashed behind them, Green sustaining only minor bruises.
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Franklin J. Green
Cheyenne
A. L. Mumper
Wyoming Ranges
Greeley Green
Mumper
Mr. Green
Lut Mumper
Green
Annual tax delinquent property sale held by county treasurer
County Treasurer Statler conducted the annual sale of delinquent tax properties last Saturday morning. Leading bidders included B. P. House P. W. Allen M. B. Knowles T Rowe O W McKinley D E Carpenter George Nichols David Snider R L Pence and K OC Wigle with interest rates from none to the legal 2 percent for the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statler
B. P. House
P. W. Allen
M. B. Knowles
T. ©. Rowe
O. W. McKinley
D. BE. Carpenter
George Nichols
David Snider
Platteville
R. L. Pence
Ault
K. OC
Wigle
Fort Collins
Sugar beet town boom planned around Gilcrest Colorado
A banner story reports a $3 million plan to build four beet sugar refineries starting at Gilcrest. The venture would create a model town, attract eastern and Denver capital, and invest at least $10 million in Colorado with competition against the Havermeyer sugar trust.
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Weld County
Denver News
Gilcrest
Havermeyer Sugar Trust
Colorado
Denver
Union Pacific
A. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
William Rockefeller
Eastern
Greeley
Cheyenne
Bank
Capital
Union Pacific to staff day coaches with porters on key express trains
Union Pacific to inaugurate porters on Nos 3 4 5 6 California Atlantic Oregon and Eastern express trains. Day coaches will receive uniform porters with pillows available for rent at up to 25 cents nightly. Porters may not charge more than 10 cents for shines and must assist passengers and keep cars clean.
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Union Pacific
Atlantic Express
Oregon Express
Entertains Greeley Ladies at Mrs Eaton's Home
Mrs Willis Eaton hosted a Thursday gathering for a group of Greeley women at her Eaton home. Guests traveled by morning train and returned in the afternoon after a forenoon of fancy work and an elaborate dinner. The afternoon featured a game of 500 with attendees including Mesdames Couzens, Taylor, Williams, Levis, Parker, Mosher, Woolf, Woodbury, Nusbaum, Boomer, Chesnut, Dailey, Losey of Eaton and Mrs Arthur Davis of Lucerne.
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Willis Eaton
Greeley
Eaton
Mesdames
Charles Couzens
J. A. Taylor
Eugene Williams
W. C. Levis
H. D. Parker
John Mosher
J. H. Woolf
A. A. Woodbury
E. M. Nusbaum
W. M. Boomer
Nellie Chesnut
Mesdames Dailey and Losey
Mrs
Arthur Davis
Lucerne
Prof Cottrell touts hog raising as Colorado key crop
In a Colorado speech Prof Cottrell of the State Agricultural college argues hog raising can transform Colorado into a major meat producer. He cites barley as a dry, high quality feed, notes opportunities in the San Luis Valley and around Rifle, compares land values to Bloomington Illinois, and gives practical feeding guidance. Mr and Mrs W R Adams were Denver visitors last Thursday.
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Colorado
Cottrell
State Agricultural College
Nebraska Park
San Luis Valley
Rifle
Bloomington
Ill
Iowa
One Day Late Tribune Delays Paper Delivery
The Tribune will be mailed Friday morning next week instead of Thursday morning. The delay aims to keep the same quality and celebrate Christmas with a paper as good as usual.
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Tribune
Beet Growers Plan Flat Rate Contract For Beets
A large meeting of beet growers at the state armory discussed a new contract form with a fixed five dollars per ton rate and no sliding scale. The committee will draft terms rejecting field silage clauses and frozen beet acceptance, aiming to mirror current company practice. H. Watson resigned as president. Charles F. Mason elected in his place.
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State Armory
Beet Growers’ Association
H. ©. Watson
Chester Howard
E. C. Knight
R. W. Devinney
N. D. Bartholomew
Sugar Company
Beet Growers’ Association of
Northern Colorado
Fort Collins
Greeley
Association
Charles F. Mason
Great Western Sugar Pays Record Beet Payouts Across Factories
The Great Western Sugar company disbursed 604000 last Saturday for beets in the month ending Navy 30. Of this, 210000 went to the Greeley factory 215000 to Eaton and 177000 to Windsor, bringing fall total to 1100000 for the three plants. Workers have averaged about 75000 monthly across all sites since the campaign began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Sugar Company
Navy
Greeley
Eaton
Windsor
Sugar Company
Locomotive Shortage Strains Kansas City Rail Yard
The Kansas City rail yards face a motive power famine not a car famine. A count shows 4,000 empty cars, many box cars, with congestion and insufficient locomotives to move even loaded trains.
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Kansas City
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G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Jordan
Leland Stanford
Marie Shedlock
London
Geo. EB. Vincent
Chicago
Vincent
Chauta
First Baptist Church
French
Albany Hotel
Denver Teachers’ Club
Ernesti
Normal School
Chas. E. Carter
the State Teachers’ Association
Frank J. Green
Eastern Syndicate
Western Investment and Land Company
Symes
Frank J. Macarthy
Concern
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
J. K. Gilcrest
Des Moines
George A. Wack
Western Ditch and Land Company
Great Bend
Nantes
Greeley Ladies
Mrs. W. R. Adams
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