New Empire Reservoir Deal Boosts Weld County Irrigation
The Bijou Irrigation district buys the Bijou ditch for 190000 in six percent bonds and acquires the New Empire reservoir site for 24000 in bonds. The vast project spans 40 000 acres with a planned two billion cubic feet capacity and a dam to be completed this year.
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New Empire
Weld County
Morgan County
Bijou Irrigation Company
Bijou Irrigation District
Bijou
D. M. Camfield
J. W. McCreery
Josiah Work
H. Shields
New Empire Reservoir
C. F. Tew
John Waren
Great Reservoir
Bijou Properties
New Irrigation District
Poudre
Hardin
Platte
Fort Morgan
Brush
Greeley District
Shooting in O Neil O Boyle feud shocks Cheyenne area
Sheriff Florance faced the feud crisis in northern county as Tom O Niel, Chalk Bluffs ranchman, was shot at his ranch twelve miles south of Cheyenne. The 30 36 bullet pierced the leg and lodged near the knee. surgeons treated him and he was to recover. The killer used long distance tactics linked to earlier serials and fled after the shot.
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O'Neil
O’ Neil
O'Neil-O' Boyle
Weld County
Colo
Laramie County
Wyo
O' Neil
Patrick O’ Boyle
Jong
O’ Boyle
O' Boyle
Cheyenne
O'Neill
O'Boyle
O’neil-O' Boyle
Florance
Tom O'Niel
Chalk Bluffs
Tom Horn
Willie Nickell
Matt Rash
Isham Dart
William Powell
William Lewis
City Directory Expansion Sparks Hope of Detailed Records
The article explains near completion of a new city directory patching residents by street, business, and rural status. It highlights dual guides linking names to houses and occupations, and notes rapid housing growth, with many vacant lots filling in, especially outskirts.
Meeker Schoolholds Benefit Entertainment by Pupils
The third and fourth grade children at Meeker will present a school improvement fund event tomorrow evening. A small play titled Katie in Gooseland will be performed along with a dude drill and Japanese fan drill by organized pupil groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeker
Childrens
County Votes Reward For Coffin Murderers
Weld county commissioners last Thursday appropriated 500 dollars as a reward for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who killed and robbed George W. Coffin, a Longmont farmer murdered at his west end home. Longmont citizens added 8500 to the reward.
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George W. Coffin
Longmont
West End
Weld County
Keeping up soil fertility on western farms and ranches
The article discusses G. W. Hervey’s guidance in the Twenty First Century Farmer on preserving soil fertility. It warns of nutrient depletion from annual cropping and tenant farming, and proposes two main strategies: preserve and apply nutrients and grow legumes as part of crop rotation, with commercial fertilizers as a last resort.
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G. W. Hervey
Moon Eclipse Draws Crowds in Greeley Area
Residents in Greeley and nearby areas watched the total lunar eclipse Thursday night. The event began around 11 o'clock and extended for nearly four hours with a particularly stunning phase highlighted by observers.
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Greeley
Greeley and Cheyenne College Play Double Claim Game
In Cheyenne the Cheyenne Business College and Greeley battled to a 28 28 tie at the end of regulation and a disputed final score showed 29 28 for Greeley. A return game is planned for later to determine the winner. Roscoe Oney of Fort Russell was timekeeper. Also Arvada High School routed the local school 50 0 in the first half, adding little resistance in the final period. Meade fouled five times in the last half.
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Cheyenne
Cheyenne Business College
Greeley
Cheyenne College
Roscoe Oney
Regiment
Fort Russell
Armory
Arvada High School
Denver
Meade
Ladies of the W R C Plan March 9 Entertainment
The women of the W R C aim to raise funds with a March 9 entertainment to host G A R and W R C members for the department reunion next spring. Organizers expect about 600 visitors and note the event will be lively and costly to stage, with a promising program yet to be announced.
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Department
Psychology and Higher Life by William A. McKeever
Crane and Company of Topeka Kansas released Psychology and Higher Life a full cloth bound volume by Professor William A McKeever of Manhattan. The work surveys human nature through psychological methods and insight with a strong appeal to the reader’s higher nature. It targets self-study self-development and guidance for those responsible for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane & Company, Publishers
Topeka
Kansas
William A. McKeever
Manhattan
Model Farm irrigation plans outlined by George M. Houston
George M. Houston develops a near ideal irrigation system for 360 acres west of town. He buys the Valley reservoir on west Tenth Street, taps the seepage stream with a pipeline create taps and valves for direct watering, with backup from two Sanborn reservoirs nearby. The old fire department pump, once a source of pride, is now burned out and largely scrapped.
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George M. Houston
Mr. Houston
Houston
Greeley Water Works
Little Model Farm
San
Pride of Greeley Sold to Settle Repair Bill
The Greeley city council settled a small repair account by taking the old fire engine as payment. Once a top regional machine, it deteriorated after a recent fire and shop damage and is described as junk fit for the scrap heap. LaFrance, a one armed man from Elmira, N Y, sold the city the engine twenty two years ago when it was praised for its two streams on the school building.
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Greeley
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
DeBolt
LaFrance
Elmira
N. Y
Roads That Bother in County Commish Efforts
County commissioners order the Eaton road from the river to the hill north of the bridge graveled. A steam road roller from Fort Lupton will work the new stretch. Debates over road routes persist as farms push for straight, fence-compatible paths amid expanding lands and fence lines.
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Eaton
Fort Lupton
New Town Dacona Formed Near Erie Coal Mine
Six miles north of Erie in Weld county the town of Dacona is incorporated near Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. mine. A railroad spur from Erie links the town to the mine, and the firm of Denver capitalists has prepared one of the state's largest coal ventures. Articles of incorporation were filed with the county clerk Friday.
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Dacona
Erie
Weld County
Consolidated Coal & Coke Company
Denver
New Townsite Company
Leeper Sues for Divorce in Eaton Cruelty Case
Charles E. Leeper, prominent Eaton farmer, petitions for absolute divorce from Anna H. Leeper citing extreme cruelty. They married February 17, 1897, have three children ages 8, 5, and 3. Wife alleged to be entangled with former employee Jens Bungarred. children currently with the father.
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Charles E. Leeper
Eaton
Anna H. Leeper
Jens Bungarred
Leeper
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O’boyle
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Moon
W.R. C. Entertainment
Model Farm
G. M. Houston
Pride OF
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Dick Kelley
L. Ogilvy
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