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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1875
Page
2
A dying boy reaches for faith as a companion holds his hand aloft for Jesus. The scene reinforces a movement's values of faith in principles and each other with the motto Ex celsior and a prayer for the right to prevail.
Reporter travels through Colorado from thirty miles south of Denver to Littleton Boulder and the Platte valleys. Grasshoppers devastate crops with potatoes and wheat showing scarce yields, while Larimer County boasts better wheat and Potatoes crops. The piece contrasts claimed truths with skeptical voices and ends with a folk saying about a sheep’s tail.
The passage argues there is no greater error than the belief that work degrades. It states work enables achievement, creation, and construction, defining true meaning of work. It claims work forms the foundation of culture and education, and links labor to human progress.
The author argues education and culture depend on hard work and physical labor among races deemed good workers. He cites Obookiah and the Sandwich Islands, claiming missionary engraftment failed due to lack of endurance and that civilized progress reduces native populations, concluding work is essential and "Work is worship."
A London paper discusses English colonization in Montana detailing a plan by which about forty people from six families would settle near Corinne Utah. It outlines land allotments of 160 acres per family, irrigation from a five to twelve mile canal, fencing costs, and the need for schoolhouses and stores to create a self sustaining community.
A column compares Colorado towns noting superior irrigation and water management in one area, predicting it will be the richest farming community and export more than it imports. It contrasts flourishing agriculture with slower town growth and urges Eastern readers to move for health schools and churches. The Beecher trial ends with a hung jury. John B. Gough speech excerpt offered for readers.
The text notes the consolidation of newspapers the Agriculturist and Farmer with the Farmer as survivor. It reports Denver's alarm over weeks of house breakings with doubled police, a captured supposed leader being pressed for confession, and robberies continuing as grand houses are entered while residents inside remain unaware.
A heavy rain swept Northern Colorado last Sunday washing out the Denver Pacific track near Denver and destroying crops while killing chickens. Farmers praise the rain for relief after a prolonged grasshopper fight and say it will allow a grateful rest. A post office is planned for Este's Park, though mail will be irregular for three months each year.
Unpublished Washington letter to nephew Howell Lewis discusses corn top removal experiments, sowing wheat, barley storage, and strict economy at Mansion House. Warns about Mrs. L Washingtons household behavior, indentifying care for feed, and notes mill and ditcher reports. Also reviews Keely motor skepticism by Scientific American.
Denver dispatch describes a two faction feud in Lake County escalated to the murder of Judge Dyer the probate court official. Deputized arrests by Dyer lead to a mob of about fifty men who seize Dyer in Granite imprison him and fatally shoot him after a confrontation at the courthouse. Coon is named a mob ringleader amid calls for his punishment. The reporter vows to continue detailing events despite threats.
Mr. Olmstead reports Jas Bourn and Alexander Campbell found eight mines on the Rabbit-ear Range in Middle Park about seventy miles west of Georgetown. The Silent Friend shaft yields 1140 ozs silver per ton. another vein assays 150 ozs silver and 60 percent lead per ton. Ore resembles Belmont and Comstock deposits, easily reduced and favored by millmen.
Campbell and a force of ten men pile up large ore consignments destined for Georgetown. If yields continue the district may prove rich enough to justify a reduction mill near the mines soon. The growth of this new tributary to our town will be watched with interest by Georgetown Miner.
A. P. Wilson, in charge of a division of the Hayden survey from De Norte dated January 22, reports progress and a successful ascent of the highest peak in the Sierra Blanca group with an estimated elevation of 14200 feet. He describes a magnificent summit view and good weather. The Sierra Blanca region is noted for its scenic amphitheaters, snow, and frozen lakes.
June roll of honor lists students across Primary and Intermediate departments led by A B Knowres and A B Campsenn with teachers noted. Also includes a three month roll of honor, Grange meeting notes praising local business loans for grasshopper relief, pastor visits, church events, and remarks on corn and buckwheat crops in Colorado. DIED KNOWLES Denver June ab of jn Llewellyn son of C ay Knowles of Gresley.
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