28 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
1
The Forest Service trea ts dead lodgepole pine from Henrys Lake Idaho with creosote in a steam tank to produce durable posts. Treated posts last about twenty years, boosting value from 25 to around 40 cents per cord and promising commercial scale by spring.
Last Thursday marked the first of two annual art exhibits in public schools. Parents and friends toured rooms where Miss Edith Gale directed drawing sewing and sloyd with daily drawing through grade five and watercolor after third grade. Raffia work valentines border designs and original drawings impressed visitors as little hands created marvelous pieces in a bustling south ward display.
The recent good weather boosts potato shipments from the country as dealers load twenty car refrigerator trains lined with straw and rough boards. Most cargo heads to Texas via fast freight, with Roths child canvassing farmers to gauge remaining supply. Prices range from 70 to 85 cents per hundred pounds by variety.
The north ward school first grade under Miss Jessie Fink presented a fine Washington birthday program in the school room. Forty five pupils performed songs recitations and drills in costume with white wigs three cornered hats and kerchiefs. Over fifty parents and friends attended and praised the efforts of the students and teacher.
The two day farmers institute in Odd Fellows hall drew strong attendance. Prof W P Headden explained alfalfa soil value with roots reaching four to nine feet and a single plant yielding 360 stems. Prof H E Bennett discussed potato trials, seed selection, irrigation needs, and blight prevention efforts.
The first stockholders meeting of the Country club in Cranford city decided to begin improvements this spring. Fifty businessmen subscribed 25 000 dollars, and a quarter-section south of Cranford near John Petrikin’s hill was bought for 18 000 dollars. Plans include drainage of a ten acre reservoir site, dam embankment, lake filling before irrigation via the Greeley and Loveland ditch, and tree planting. No buildings are planned this summer, with possible land sales later.
The Christian Endeavor of the C E Baptist church held a social Thursday at Mr and Mrs George Annett’s home on Tenth avenue. Twelve months were represented by symbols, tables formed groups by birth months, and partners for supper were matched by hatchets showing state names and capitals. About one hundred young people attended.
Miss Ada Brush hosted a Friday evening card party with guests Misses Jessie Smith Agnes Smedley and Irma Rudd. Patriotic decorations framed the event as military six handed euchre was played at tables with a rose prize. Refreshments followed hosted by Ada and her sister with about fifty young people in attendance.
A Tribune visit to Lucerne highlights bustling commerce and social life. George E. Duvall and wife handle steady calls in the general mercantile line while S G Bollinger keeps blacksmithing and local improvements moving. Four warehouses operate with Johnston, Baker, Williams, and Boyle firms showing active grain, coal, potatoes, and produce trade. potato shipments head to Texas and California. Beets weighings by C Nicoll for Great Western Sugar reach thousands of tons, with some unfit for factory use sold for feed at a dollar per ton. Stock movements include cattle to Denver and sheep to Omaha as local industry rides the marketing season.
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