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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1910
Page
6
A columnist urges readers to learn from a panel of expert farmers at Fort Collins, highlighting a week of lectures on horses cattle irrigation alfalfa grain and more. The piece notes a $2 tuition and total costs of about $15 and argues that better educated farmers can run operations as complex as big stores.
The passage describes a campaign to reach farmers who are hard to engage by bringing the college to them. A dozen practical instructors travel with potato trains and agricultural colleges on wheels to teach farmers to be more successful. The effort is framed as benefiting all, with a visit to Greeley in the third week of the month.
The article celebrates Mother’s Day as a universal, noble observance now adopted in Canada Ireland and abroad. It honors the memory of mothers with the white rose and cites Tolstoy praising the holiday as a potential universal occasion. It notes the enduring reverence for mothers across classes and nations and emphasizes tenderness in daily life and memory.
The city council openly supports the Burlington and Denver, Laramie & Northwestern in opposing a 400 foot wide city right of way through Sheridan. The action has popular approval and aims to keep Union Pacific within narrower boundaries than the proposed 400 feet.
The article outlines a costly legal clash as Greeley confronts Union Pacific over property claims. It notes potential city expenditures for sewerage and street improvements, and suggests joining with Burlington and Denver, Laramie & Northwestern to resist Union Pacific. Railroads offer to cover court costs, but the dispute centers on municipal and individual property. The outcome hinges on which tracks cross city land and how the companies proceed.
The Cambridge scholar G Lowes Dickerson criticizes American culture for chatter and anecdote. Yet Howells notes many cultured men are silent, and the writer argues Americans boast real culture, citing Schumann-Heink's crowded Colorado concert as proof of local cultural abundance.
A philosophical reflection on how character underpins genius in speech and song. The essay praises Socrates Milton Emerson Tolstoy and Schumann-Heink while noting that public respect for the speaker or artist is essential for art to carry moral weight. It warns that without adherence to societal moral laws even great art loses value in the eyes of the ordinary audience.
The passage argues that judging by light, a talk from an unworthy person is useless even before great minds. It says men who have earned respect in daily life matter more than eloquence. Respect is earned, not manufactured, and strangers may involuntarily honor good character after a single encounter.
The wage question causes serious complications across the nation and in Colorado with railroad strikes amid rising living costs. President W C Brown of the New York Central cites living costs rising since the last wage increase, placing the burden on consumers as workers earn around $3 daily. Farmers earning $1,500 yearly feel the squeeze, pressuring higher produce prices and foreshadowing further price rises, including sugar beets in Weld County.
Fort Collins hosts a women’s domestic science course during farmers’ institute week led by Miss Rausch. The Agricultural college allows Tribune to publish over sixty recipes she uses this week, all new and not previously published. One recipe runs daily starting next Monday for readers.
The Tribune reports city council members promise a new signaling system within weeks or after the new hose wagon arrives. They acknowledge the need but have delayed action, hoping the apparatus arrival will trigger implementation. Fires don’t wait, so a timely upgrade is urged for public safety.
The Tribune will publish sixty Miss Mary F. Rausch recipes one per day, aimed at women of Greeley and Weld County. She is regarded as an authority on domestic topics in the United States, and her hints will appeal to housewives. The Colorado State Agricultural College has approved the run.
The Denver Laramie and Northwestern line advances into Milliken as backers push toward completion noting strong position and plans ready to unfold. Officials expect Union Pacific opposition to be overcome or withstand a protracted contest while the new road prepares to strike with determined moves.
The farming community shifts from the Agricultural college short course to the Denver stock show next week. Weld county gains focus as the Farmers convention in Greeley addresses potato inspector appointments and water measurement concerns.
Greeley police take decisive stand to keep under 18s out of pool rooms. They argue most halls already restrict youths, but enforcement aims to prevent minors from loitering in these businesses.
Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and helps protect lungs from pneumonia. The Sennine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package. Sold by all drug gists.
Elegant paintings by R Ernesti hung in Camfeld hall for the annual social events. The works display rich design and exquisite coloring with extraordinary artistry. Indian paintings among them drew attention for their unusual quality and favorable comment.
Washington reports Forester Gifford Pinchot was dismissed from U S service by President Taft for insubordination after he pressured Senator Dolliver with a letter in the senate. Associate Forester Overton Price and Assistant Law Officer Alexander Shaw also left the forestry bureau.
Seven year old Leo Smith narrowly escaped drowning after stepping onto thin ice at the Poudre River above town on a Wednesday night. Companions pulled him from the water, and G M Wal carried him home with medical help as needed. Leo’s stunt aimed to show others his daring before the ice broke. A passerby, Mr Wallace, saw him fall and helped pull him free. Mrs George Fish and daughter LaVon returned from a two week visit at Fort Scott.
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