All Is Free Northern Colorado Day At Eldorado Springs
A July 27 excursion to Eldorado Springs offers canyon scenery including Har mon Falls, the Crazy Stairway overlook, and upper and lower picnic grounds. Visitors can climb, fish in South Boulder Creek, and enjoy dancing, springs, and a free attraction lineup. Union Ladies Aid met with 25 members last week.
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Tribune
Eldorado Springs
Colorado
Harmon
Niagra
Canon
Moffat
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Plains
Boulder Creek
Wheat Crop in Greeley District Promising This Year
Farmers expect the Greeley district wheat crop to be the best in years with no rust yet. Agricultural College experts warn rust previously seen is a germ that thrives in wet warm weather, attacking the stalks and halting full maturation of the wheat.
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Greeley District
Agricultural College
Weld County Census Shows 2140 School Age Children
County Superintendent Harrison reports Weld county total census of 2140 persons aged 6 to 21, estimating a population around 32,000. This year 4,204 males and 3,036 females are enrolled, a 666 gain from last year about nine percent. The county has 8 districts and 100 schools, with Idaho creek school noted as the first district’s still active.
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Harrison
Weld County
St. Vrain Country
Idaho Creek
All Off for Denver as Elks Parade Draws Greeley Crowds
Greeley residents will close shops and take special trains to Denver to attend the Elks parade. The Greeley lodge band will join the parade and return tonight. Round trip fare is about $1, with trains leaving around 6:30 AM. The week’s events mark the largest Elks gathering in the lodge’s history.
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Greeley
Denver
Elks
Greeley Lodge of Elks
Greeley Band
Pennsylvania
Deenver
Grand Lodge
The
Crop Prospects Bright as U S Farmers Eye Record Harvests
Government statistics indicate the United States may harvest a record grain crop with yields rising across Western states. Winter and spring wheat are noted as surpassing prior highs, while Europe forecasts wheat shortfalls that could boost imports.
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Europe
Amercla
United States
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Minnesotas
Forest Planting in Garden City Reserve Kansas
The Forest Service reports on reclaiming barren sand hills in Kansas to grow timber for regional needs. The Garden City reserve will use honey locust Osage orange Russian mulberry red cedar and western yellow pine with 51 000 trees from a Nebraska nursery. A three quarters section is fenced to exclude stock and a fire guard protects the young plantation. Blight prospects are low and peach and apple crops look strong under expert care by Mr Myser.
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Middle West
Forest Service
North Platte
Nebraska
Garden City Reserve
Kansas
Garden City
France
Middle Western
Arkansas
Halsey
Record-High Peach Crop Expected in Colorado
Government expert J. F. Myser says Colorado likely to see near super abundance of peaches this season. He notes Garfield and Pitkin counties show ideal conditions and reports from the state board of agriculture support a bountiful yield across the state.
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Colorado
J. F. Myser
Garfield
Pitkin
Myser
State Board of Agriculture
Friday's Races Card From Greeley Driving Club
The Greeley Driving Club schedules Friday July 20 events with a free for all trot featuring Hubbitt Camp Atossa and drivers J B Gale Josie C S W Bullard Nephew O Helyer. Another free for all honors Tom Halpin F Brewington St Elmo M H Morgan. A 1:20 race lists Hal Morgan W R Patterson Alice F C Ramsey and Trappers FP Brewington C Owens.
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Greeley Driving Club
Hubbitt
A. L. Camp
Atossa
Gale
Josie C
S. W. Bullard
Helyer
Tom Halpin
F. Brewington
St. Elmo
M. H. Morgan
Hal Morgan
W. R. Patterson
Alice F
C. Ramsey
Trappers
FP. Brewington
C. Owens
Crowded Field of Republican Candidates Across Weld County
The Weld County Republican slate grows as six strong contenders for county treasurer enter the race. Names include W. K. Patterson A. N. Nixon George Webber P. W. Allen M. P. Henderson and Warren Morse with talk of Morse pursuing the assessor post. House races follow with H. Watson C. C Townsend Walter Farr and T. Winbourn among hopefuls for representative and district judge talks naming James E. Garigues E. C. Smith and D. E. Carpenter.
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George D. Statler
W. K. Patterson
A. N. Nixon
George Webber
P. W. Allen
M. P. Henderson
Warren Morse
Warren
Bear Lake
Weld County
H. ©. Watson
C. C. Townsend
Walter Farr
Eaton
T. ©. Winbourn
Ft. Lupton
Greeley
James E. Garigues
E. C. Smith
D. E. Carpenter
State Normal Institute of District No 2 July session
The State Normal Institute of District No 2 serving Boulder Larimer and Weld counties will run July 30 to August 10 in the Normal school. Instructors include M F Miller J F Keating Mrs Gertrude Bell Mary G Carson with lectures by James H Baker Z X Snyder B O Aylesworth and others. A newborn daughter was born Friday July 13 to Mr and Mrs W B Gillespie.
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State Normal Institute of
Boulder
Larimer
Weld
M. F. Miller
Fort Collins
J. F. Keating
Pueblo
Gertrude §. Bell
Department of Education
State University of Colorado
Mary G. Carson
Emerson School
Denver
James H. Baker
State University
Z. X. Snyder
The
Normal School
B. O. Aylesworth
Agricultural College
Colorado Weld County car line tax list reveals 23 private lines
The state board of equalization lists valuations for sleeping and other private car lines, railroads, telegraph and telephone firms in Weld county totaling 3,090,157 dollars. A detailed table shows mileage rates and assessed values for 23 companies, including Union Pacific, Pullman, Western Union, and Colorado Telephone, with totals and notes on dates. The same report notes a social gathering hosted by the Greeley Y. at the Cameron home with about forty attendees.
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State Board of Equalization
J.C. Wylie
Weld
American Fast Freight Line
American Refrigerator Transit Company
Anglo-American Refrigeator Car Company
Armour Car Lines
Arms Palace Horse Car Company
A. Booth and Company
Chicago Refrigerator Car Company
Cold Blast Transportation Company
Continental Fruit Express
Cudahy Refrigerator Line
Doud Stock Car Company
Ford Helms Brewing Company
Kingan Refrigeator Line
Merchants Despatch Transportaton Company
Missouri River Despatch Transportation Company
National Car Line Company
St. Louis Refrigerator Company
Streets Western Stable Car Line Company
Swift Refrigerator Transportation Company
Union Refrigerator Transit Company
Union Tank Line
United Linc & Chemical Company
Chas
Wolf Packing Company
Pullman Company
Adams Express Company
Pacific Express Company
Wells & Fargo Company Express
Colorado Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Mountain Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Self Winding Clock Company
Colorado Telephone Company
Colorado Wyoming Telephone Company
Burlington & Colorado Railroad Company
Colorado & Wyoming Railroad Company
Denver, Utah & Pacific Railroad Company
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
Great Western Railway Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Webb Cleared in Bigamy Case Against Acrobat
Harry Webb of Denver, an acrobat with a traveling show, was cleared of bigamy charges two weeks after arrest on a warrant by his young wife's stepfather. John Roberts, show proprietor, also cleared. Webb resumes his old post while Roberts pays costs and exits the venture.
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Harry Webb
Denver
John Roberts
Roberts
Webb
California
Mar
Gruber
Lenora Richards
Interior Grants Large Irrigation Allocations Across Western Projects
The secretary of the interior sets 22.5 million for the Uncompahgre Colorado project and distributes funds to Shoshone Wyoming Strawberry Valley Utah North Platte Salt River Arizona Minidoka Idaho Fayette Boise New Mexico sites Hondo Carlsbad Rio Grande. Allocation favors advanced works with quicker returns while overall land sale revenues from 1901 to 1908 exceed 41 million, aiming to reinvest earnings to expand arid West irrigation. Nevada projects nearing completion show over 50 000 acres already irrigated and providing revenue.
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Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
General Land Office
Shoshona
Wyoming
Strawberry Valley
Utah
North Platte
Salt River
Arizona
Minidoka
Idaho
Fayette Boise
New Mexico
Honde
Carlsbad
Rio Grande
Nevada
Longest Concrete Flume Built For Handy Ditch
Roller and Son of Fort Collins completed a massive concrete flume for Handy Ditch to carry 300 cubic feet per second over Dry Creek seven miles southwest of Loveland. The 768 foot long structure is eight feet wide with two foot sidewalls, rests on concrete piers, and spans 28 feet over the creek bed with piers 22 feet high. The work is described as a lasting masterpiece.
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Roller & Son
Fort Collins
Handy Ditch Company
Handy
Dry Creek
Loveland
Greeley Woodmen Initiate 43 in Windsor Visit
A Greeley Woodmen of the World team traveled to Windsor last Thursday evening to confer degrees on forty three candidates. The party returned at 5 a m tired but pleased with the entertaining and friendly Windsor reception.
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Greeley Woodmen of the
Windsor
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Union Ladies Aid Society
R. Woods
Elks and Greeley Band
Anna Anthony
Garfield County
Normal Institute
W. B. Gillespie
Greeley Y
J. M. Cameron
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