Soda Water Sal Chases Runaways To Save Freights On Acton Line
In a pivotal night on the Acton run, the rebuilt Skyscraper engine named Soda Water Sal, under the control of veteran Dad Sinclair and greenhorn Dick Burns, powers an emergency chase to halt three runaway coal cars. The daring rescue secures the No. 1 freight and proves Burns’ mettle amid a blistering prairie gale.
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Zanesville
Acton
Denver
Dad Sinclair
Oxford
Willow Creek
Georgie Sinclair
Foley
West End
Georgie
Sinclair
Acton Run
Dad
Morris Reynolds
Reynolds
Fess
Riverioa
Burns
Dick Burns
Doc Sinclair
Greenhorn
Frontier Division
All
Refiah
Baldwin Consolidated
Burns Saves Runaways On Main Line Engine Rescue
Burns crawled from a window to couple three runaway freight cars while Dad Sinclair controlled the engine. The pair slowed the trains with brakes, sand, and deft handling, preventing a wreck. Burns earns promotion to engineer and Soda Water Sal gains a secure posting on the main line.
Greeley Factory Signs 5000 Acres in Beets Deals
Field Superintendent H. Timothy of Great Western Sugar reports signed contracts totaling 5000 acres for the Greeley factory, mostly unsolicited. Eaton shows about 500 acres and Fort Collins around 1000 acres. Nearby beets sit unprocessed at Fort Morgan and Brush, 10 000 tons spoiling as stock feed at 2.50 a ton. farmers buy back beets sold for 5 a ton to feed stock.
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H. Timothy
Great Western Sugar Company
Greeley
Eaton
Fort Collins
Tribune
Timothy
Fort Morgan
Brush
Fire consumes Ault businesses and hotel
Auf t hotel, Ww J Henderson harness shop and O E Bone barber shop were totally destroyed by fire last Tuesday morning. The blaze started between 4 and 5 o clock from an unknown cause. Loss estimated around 3000 dollars, partly covered by insurance, with additional damage to glass in nearby buildings.
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He Ault
Seed Potatoes Offer From Wisconsin Growers
Limited quantity of Pure Bliss Triumphs seed potatoes for sale grown from Wisconsin seed. Samples available at 920 Ninth Avenue in the F. H. Badger office or at a ranch north of LaGrange schoolhouse by C. H. Ford.
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Wisconsin
Ninth Avenue
F. H. Badger
LaGrange Schoolhouse
C. H. Ford
Changes in Greeley directory show population rise
Three canvassers completed a week of work on the Tribune 1907 directory for Greeley and found a large increase in population and many changes of residence. A random 1905 versus 1906 comparison on one page showed 29 names with 47 changes, indicating the necessity of keeping old volumes for reference as new editions flood the market.
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Tribune
Greeley
Large land sale in Box Elder valley details
Asa Sterling sold 3 500 acres in Box Elder valley to A Peterson of Chicago for 200 000 dollars. The deal includes one fifth of the Latham reservoir water and ditch valued at about 100 000 dollars. Arbuckle Purcell Land and Modern Investment Securities of Denver arranged the sale. Peterson, president of Svea Colony of Chicago, plans forty acre parcels and a Swede colony to farm the land, promising prosperity to Ker sey and Weld County.
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Asa Sterling
Box Elder Valley
A. Peterson
Chicago
Latham Reservoir
Arbuckle & Purcell Land Company
Modern Investment & Securities Company of
Denver
Svea Colony Company of
Kersey
Weld County
A Fine Dairy Heads Toward Modern Forty-Cow operation
George M. Houston is preparing his west city dairy site for Roy Lockhart and McKim Beatty. The pair, dairy veterans, will run a modern plant with forty cows, steam sterilizers for milk can cleaning, and high dry buildings after study at Kansas State Agricultural College.
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George M. Houston
Roy Lockhart
McKim Beattie
Mr. Lockhart
Kansas State Agricultural College
Dissolution of English and Carter Partnership
By mutual consent the partnership English & Carter is dissolved. All debts to the firm must be settled within 30 days, payable to H. E. English or C. L. Carter. Greeley, Colorado, January 15, 1907.
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H. 2. English
C. L. Carter
English & Carter
H. ER. English
First National Bank
Greeley
Colorado
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the Tribune
Frank J. Spearman
Frank J. Spearma
Omaha
No. 1
O'fallon’s
Big Dick Burns
Box Elder Land
H. E. English
Greeley, Colo
K. Stockover
H. C. Bennett
Osteopathic
Opera House
William H. Delbridge
Coronado
Homas F. Quinn
M.D.C
Greeley, Colorado
Oasis Stables
Candlin
Henry Clay Luther
Col
Martha A. Morrison, Amanda N. Hamilton
Coronado Bldg
Tel
ME. L. M. M’donald
Robert H. Bird
Colo
van Sickle
Lird
Union National Baul
State
National Incorporation
Capital
Aloon
Foreign and Exchange
W.H. F
B. F. Johnson
Bop Decker
F. E. Gill
B, McCutcheon
R, Thayer
Farr August
Johnsolssel
Inderson
Catarre
York
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New Yo
Prof
Dean
Olney & McDai
Clinton
Iowa
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