Fence policy debated at Colorado Farmers Club meeting
Members discussed building a large public fence around Colony lands to replace individual enclosures. Arguments covered costs, materials, and impacts on grain and stock farming, with risks from grasshoppers and Indians, and calls to balance agriculture and stock interests. The session adjourned with plans to revisit next week.
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Provence
Tutule
Eminent Council
Ady Booth PU Neale
Hollister
Tuttle
Ilinois
General Sherman
Cameron
Executive Council
Jones
Clark
Dr. Tuttle
Eaton
Dreath
Wilbur
Prinepeny
Wilcox
Blodgett
Orr
Scott
Absence Triggers Fine In Galveston Court Adjourning
The Criminal Court Galvestin Texas adjourned at noon to 3 pm. The judge did not appear at the appointed hour but arrived about 4 pm and ordered Samuel Dodge fined $100 for being absent at the adjourned hour.
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Criminal Court
Galvest
Texas
Clark
Samuel Dodge
Letter from Prof Parry on Colony prospects and forestry
Washington January 9 1870 C C Paury Botanist Agr Dept expresses interest in the enterprise noting irrigation progress frontier life temperance and the need to preserve forests on mountain slopes to prevent floods and droughts He endorses George P Marsh Man and Nature and hints at a possible visit to assess desert blooming in reality
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Deranmuent Oy Ronrovaters
Washington, D. C
Geo. P. Marsh
C. C. Paury
Agr
Honesty as a Policy Illustrated by Two Clerks
A clerk contemplates theft under the guise of policy but resists after weighing consequences. Across the street another employee misbalances the cash and returns money, showing different motives. The piece argues genuine honesty vs policy driven dishonesty and upholds the ideal of pure integrity.
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Tam
Nic
Four ledges in New Mexico silver mines described
A California correspondent reports four ledges found in newly discovered New Mexico silver mines. The ledges stand upright like a row of Broadway stores, suggesting rich ore exposure and potential high yields. The note mentions the mines are newly opened and await further prospecting.
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California
New Mexico
Broadway
Union Church Proposal Prompts Shared Wages for Unity
A Tribune reader argues for uniting Baptist, Methodist and other believers in a single Union Church in Colony Hall sized to hold a large congregation. He warns building three small churches wastes funds and urges pooling money now for one ample meeting house with later reimbursement to existing churches.
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Tribune
Baptist Church
Colonly Hall
Union Church
Silk culture in the West gains interest for Kansas claim
The Kansas Nationalist notes rising silk production in the eastern states and California, expects western ventures like silk raising and velvet manufacture in Kansas this spring, and suggests experiments on the Collage farm to test soil and climate suitability for mulberry, irrigation, and diversified agriculture.
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Ates
California
Mie
Ite
Kansas
Moughain
Greeley Col
Acre
Iowa Court Grants Wives Right to Sue for Debt
A Scott County case confirms that a wife may sue her husband for debt. Mary Allen claimed she loaned Henry Allen 0000 and was deserted. The ruling follows earlier unjust laws that denied married women access to their own finances, later repealed by the legislature.
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Iowa
Scott County
Mary Allen
Henry R. Allen
Davenport
Supreme Court
Man slays long living frog in stomach after fifteen years
A man named Southworth in war ren a. reportedly ejected a frog that had lived in his stomach for fifteen years. The amphibian caused nightly serenades in church and contributed to health troubles, finally killed with a fork after it returns to the body.
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Southworth
Warren ’A
Narrow Gauge Railroads and Early Narrow Gauge Arguments
The article argues for adopting a narrow gauge on railroads to cut costs and improve efficiency. It cites experiments in France, Germany, Denmark, Wales, and the United States lowering widths from 45 to 16 inches in some cases. It discusses potential per mile costs, savings in grading and masonry, and the feasibility of mixed gauge operations with freight and passenger cars. It also notes past failures in New England and advocates a phased shift with state-of-the-art construction and proper financing to ensure profitability.
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Bet Wat
France
Germany
Denmark
Wales
Housatonic
Wesley
New England
Leranedus
Sovaller Road
Vic Wansfer
Tas Junction
Samowtis
Needly
Dasgary
Crbbley Construction Notes Reveal Adobe Housing Benefit
A fragmentary account discusses adobe houses becoming favorable for weather resilience and cost. It mentions concrete walls with lime, wooden beams, and water wells, noting cave-ins and ground tremors in unstable sites, with mixed success in finishing and durability.
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Aice Morales
Elyphar
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Walnut St . Monroe & Madison
Inman’s
Higley
Walnut St
Greeley, Colorado
Frank M. Babcock
Harvey Townsend
Carpenter & Stair Builder
Park
Colorado Farmers’ Club
J. S. Scott
Greeley
Pine
Madison St
Richard Burke
Greeley Land and Labor Exchange
Co. W
Feed & Sale Stable
Migly
Pinneo
Henry & Hancock
Main and
Madison Sts
Storage & Commission
L. Hanna
Main St
L. van Gohren
Watchsmaker & Jeweler
Waling
F.L. Ringer
Calernte
F. L. Cuttys
Boston
Colony Hall
Peoples’ Restaurant
HH. N. Rogerson
Maple St
Madison & Spruce Sts
J. Leavy
Rk. Burchill
Madison
Meeker
Parry
Greeley Lyceum
W. H. Brockway
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