Greeley Tribune Origins and Motto
The Greeley Tribune traces its roots to 1870 founded by N C Meeker and proclaims a large subscription base with the phrase Paper with the Big Subscription List.
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
4
The Greeley Tribune traces its roots to 1870 founded by N C Meeker and proclaims a large subscription base with the phrase Paper with the Big Subscription List.
Public notice from Greeley Colorado announcing mailing and post office details for transportation and second class rates. Information mentions MH Wolfe Manacern and telephones.
Four years after National Good Roads delegates visited Greeley the Weld County movement for permanent roads is growing. The plan, backed by local papers, aims to grade and gravel main roads as funds allow with a new policy charging one cent per week for newspapers overdue by more than a year.
The postmaster general issues a new rule affecting publishers of newspapers especially weeklies. Papers cannot be sent to subscribers owing more than one year unless wrapped and bearing a one cent stamp. The rule targets publishers who send ads but do not collect payments.
Boston reformer Thomas W. Lawson leaves reform work and returns to stock gambling. He blames a indifferent public for past defeats. observers note his exit mirrors reformers who conclude people are content as they are and unlikely to change.
A Denver area project aims to transform 12 000 acres north of the city between Broomfield and Erie from grain to beet potato and fruit land. The work has begun and next summer the land will host beets corn trucks and early orchards. Standley Lake dam construction will begin April 1 making it the largest earth dam. A Great Western Sugar contract moves beet dump to Broomfield and an experimental station will operate at the Westlake ranch under George E Richardson.
The text weighs the reformer Lawson and his limited gains as the public swings between virtue and vice. It asks whether perseverance could lift humanity higher or leave it to fall lower, urging self-reliant action to decide the course of progress.
The Willow Creek Irrigation Company holds its annual meeting at the courthouse in Greeley Colorado on Monday February 3 1908 at 2 o clock p m to elect five directors and conduct business. Proxy invitations are requested. Cited by D Frazier Secretary. Also an advertisement promotes Balards Horehound Syrup as a cure for coughs and pulmonary diseases sold by druggists.
Prof. L. G. Carpenter of the State Agricultural college explains drainage follows irrigation as seeped lands appear in bottoms and draws. Seepage stems from underground soaking or via impervious layers. remedy varies but patience and proper source identification bring land back in one to three years.
Farmers on Bliss road have donated over 150 days of work to grade and gravel two miles from Mc Elroy hill east, awaiting moisture to pack the gravel. A southern section past the Greeley sugar factory is also being improved, with county commissioners and Great Western Sugar Company backing the economy driven plan.
Do not let a bad cough or cold become chronic bronchitis or pneumonia. Use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for prompt relief. Once a small beginning, its sale and use spread across the United States and many foreign countries. Its cures of coughs and colds earned wide reputation. Sold by all druggists.
Dr. A. L. Camp reports years of selling Ohio seed to farmers near LaSal e and that 1908 orders are already arriving. A recent seed car went to Barteldes Seed Co. in Denver with Eugene Grubb of Carbondale receiving part. Contact two miles east of Lucerne or Charleston Camp at Greeley 249.
A private train departs Denver on January 28 offering a luxurious journey through the so called Egypt of America. Berth, section, and drawing room reservations are urged to be made in advance.
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