Eaton Town Prospers Amid Political Rivalry And New Ventures
In Eaton a town with 500 to 1000 residents face monotony yet show enterprise. The political scramble over two precinct justices of the peace pits Democrats Leadbetter and Kendel against Dennis and Atkinson with county commissioners mediating. Local business adds activity with Smillie Reeman hardware change, Hill taking Commercial House, Woods pharmacy sold, and new grain elevator, steam laundry, and bakery reflecting cautious growth alongside irrigation concerns and a revived housing boom.
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Jack
Eaton
Tribune
Eatonites
Thomas Leadbetter
James L. Kendel
Te Street
Ley
Greeley
G.W. Atkinson
R.S. Dennis
Chairin Gault
Dennis
Dennis Endersent
G. Atkinson
E. L. Hensley
Aough
anti-Dennis
Smillie
Robert Nelson
Eaton Grain Company
First
Elm Streets
E. G. Hager
M. H. Johnson
Rev. F
Sugar line expansion to extend seven miles to beet fields
Morey Boettcher Havemeyer interests award contracts for seven miles of railroad extending from the present sugar line south of Johnstown Colp to boost beet production. Denver & Great Western governs the project with J A Osner of Denver as contractor. July 1 completion target.
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Morey-Boettcher-Havemeyer Sugar Interests
Johnstown Colp
J. A. Osner
Denver
Denver & Great Western
The
Road
Charles Boettcher
Chester S Morey
M.D. Thatcher
W. A. Nixon
WB. R. Griffin
Board Reelects Boulder & Weld Reservoir Directors
The first annual meeting of the Boulder and Weld Reservoir company in Platteville on February 6 shows stockholders renewing the board by acclamation. Officers named include H. G. Clark president J. A. Rankin vice president H. Wheeler treasurer P. W. Allen secretary and engineers George A. Starbird S. J. Peery and J. C. Wylie.
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Boulder & Weld Reservoir
Platteville
H. G. Clark
J. A. Rankin
George A. Starbird
S. J. Peery
J. C. Wylie
Snowfall Variations Across Colorado Drainage Areas January Report
January snow greatly varied by region with the northwestern part showing a general deficiency while upper Grand and Gunnison areas reported about one third more snow and Arkansas and South Platte basins double last year’s amounts. The Rio Grande showed a marked excess. overall, solidifying periods and well packed snow point to a favorable outlook for a strong water flow.
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Grand and Gunnison
Arkansas
South Platte
Rio Grande
Buffalo Springs
Guffey
Hall’s
Mountaindale
Tarryall
Webster
Dumont
Yankee
Rollinsville
Eldora
Sugar Loaf
Ward
Manhattan
Long’s Peak
Gleneyre
Sherman and Tie Siding
Wyo
Elected New Board of Greeley and Loveland Irrigation
The Greeley and Loveland Irrigation company elected a board at its annual meeting in the district court room. The directors are W. C. Levis, E. N. Southard, Albert Igo, B. D. Sanborn, Long, J. Gilmore, and Oswald Allen. The main project of the year was enlarging the Barnes ditch, the inlet to Lake Loveland, part of the company property.
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Greeley & Loveland
Seven Lakes Reservoir Directors Elected At Annual Meeting
The Seven Lakes System elected W. Insinger B. D. Sanborn W. C. Levis Peter Caven and John Wailes as directors. The board noted a 36000 bond issue at 6 percent. A contract with Lake Loveland diverts Big Thompson flood waters via a 3400 foot ditch to store in Seven Lakes and Boyd Lake reservoirs. All Big Thompson water is now appropriated.
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Seven Lakes
W .*. Insinger
B. D. Sanborn
W. C. Levis
Peter Caven
John Wailes
Lake Loveland
Big Thompson
Barnes Ditch
Lake Lovel
Great Boyd Lake
Loveland
Western Slope pushes plan for state normal school site
Five towns contend for a state normal school location: Gunnison Grand Junction Delta Montrose and Glenwood Springs. A Delta Business Men's committee seeks a general bill establishing the school without a specific site and to create a site-selection commission. Delta plans to donate land and will work with legislators Senator Horace De Long and Rep N M Heistand to decide strategy.
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Gunnison
Grand Junction
Delta
Montrose
Glenwood Springs
Business Men's Association of Delta
Denver
Horace de Long
N. M. Heistand
Business Men’s Association of Delta
de Long
Heistand
City barbers set 6 pm closes on weekdays
Barbers in the city vote to close all shops at 6 p m daily except Saturday night after a Friday meeting. They say after 6 o clock business is not enough to justify staying open, noting complaints from wives who see their husbands with unshaven beards after long workdays.
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Union Bank
Union National Bank of
Greeley
Uncle Sam
B. D. Harper
B. F. Johnson
W.H. Farr
Fred E. Smith
EB. R. Thayer
C. H. Mulford
J. K. Thompson
E. J. Decker
Florence Gill
E. R. Thayer
W. H. Mulford
Colorado
W. H
Normalites Capture State Intercollegiate Title in Narrow Victory
The State Normal basketball team defeated State Agricultural College 46 to 12 at the local armory Saturday evening to claim the state intercollegiate championship. lineup included Normal Draper center Coles Moore forwards McAfee Butcher guards Aggies Farnsworth Mangan Hutchinson forwards Smith Cooper guards.
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State Normal
State Agricultural College
Draper
Coles
Moore
McAfee
Butcher
Aggies
Farnsworth
Mangan
Hutchinson
Smith
Cooper
Square mile homestead bill pushed for western states
House Public Lands committee advances a measure to allow 640 acre homesteads across eight to ten million acres in western states led by South Dakota. Critics warn it concentrates land for large holdings, threatens farming, and faces opposition from key lawmakers and the land office.
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Public Lands Committee
House
South Dakota
Lacey
Mandell
Wyoming
Miller
Kansas
Needham
California
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Nebraska
Congress
House Public Lands Committee
Gibson
Senate
Northwest
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Eaton Town
Poudre Valley
Big Douglas
New Industries
Union National Bank
Farr
Decker
Farmer's National Bank
Adams
N. Y
Miss Gill
L&&2
James F. Benedict
George S. Adams
E. M. Gale
Charles Jackson
Mr. Harper
Union National Bank of Greeley
Seven Lakes System
Normalites
Gobble Land
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