Senator Rhodes and Blaine in the 1884 campaign
The editorial voices caution about Ben Eaton's finances and praises Rhodes for honesty while condemning corruption in politics. Logan defends land policy and Indian policy, urging free homes and prudent management. Blaine's acceptance letter is praised yet critiqued for his anti corruption stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
Ben Eaton
Eaton
Logan
Blaine
Buncombe
Jaine
Republic
Blaine campaign turmoil and New York disorders described
A caustic political column claims Blaine gains support from New York slum repeaters and Tweed era thieves, opposing Blaine in favor of Grant. It discusses Blaine’s three career epochs, Logans war unit reform, and notes irrigation canal No. 2 progress, its Lone Tree flume, headgates, and the need for steady water rights and canal upkeep.
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Willy MN
Blaine
New
William M. Tweed
Treasury
Grant
Colorado
United States
New York
Dorsey
Jay Gould
Republian
Fikins, Dorsey & Co
Tweed and
Kelly
Democratic Party
Logan
Inois
New York City
Canal Work and Irrigation Vital to Farmers
The article notes six feet of bank erosion, twenty thousand feet of lumber used for canal repairs, and a new dam seen as a strong investment. It describes vigilantheadgate supervision, a costly muskrat crack, and a $2 daily wage for the headgate man. It urges farmer visits to inspect the canal and links water misuse to crop losses, praising wheat and corn while potatoes suffer.
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Austin
Canal No. 2
Farmers Busy Harvesting Hay and Preparing for Grain
Special Correspondence from Platteville notes good hay yields and grain prospects. Two men joined by escapee thieves were captured near Nantes after stealing money a razor and provisions from John Lines. they were jailed for ninety days. Hail damage affects multiple local firms including Dunbar French and Powers. Swan Land and Cattle Company buys 450000 acres from Union Pacific to extend grazing and future cattle operations along Miser Station to near Fort Steele. Putnam’s Ranch on the Platte features cottonwood groves and planned irrigation improvements with a new ditch to boost southern development. Ben Butler leads a New York and Boston Cattle Company forming a $6 million capital enterprise focusing on southern Colorado and plains markets from Arizona to Dakota.
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Platteville
John Lines
Cheyenne
Nantes
Justice Hodgson
Messrs
Dunbar
French
McMillan
McAfee
Ross Brothers
Coykendall
Powers. C
Platte
The
Tribune
Putsam
B. B. Putnam
Union Pacific Railroad
Ohio
Ben Butler
Colorado
Arizona
Dakota
Colorado's Golden Fleece Rhode Island Sheep Company ventures in Colorado
The Rhode Island Sheep Company, organized in 1883 with 1000 shares, owns six Northern Colorado ranches near Lone Tree Crow Creek Coal Creek Willow Creek and Owl Creek plus others nearly ready. About twenty thousand sheep will graze this fall with managers and families at each ranch. Wool, sent directly to Rhode Island mills, yields higher net prices and no salaries are paid to any company official, promising large dividends despite hard winters and low wool prices. D. A. Camfield, a Providence-born manager who came to Greeley at 17, leads the enterprise with emphasis on economical operations and robust growth.
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Colorado
Rhode Island Sheep Company
Daniel A. Camfield
Greeley
Charles H. Dodge
Providence
R. L
Robert F. Lowry
Lone Tree
Crow Creek
Coal Creek
Willow Creek
A. J. Wilber
Owl Creek
Rhode Island
Eastern Commission
D. A. Camfield
R. I
Dan Wallace
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Ralph Meeker
KB. J. Carver
Editors
Steve Elkins
Hamilton
White House
Elkins
Baine
John Kelly
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Olin Austin
Joel Davis
Tryig
the Tribune
Cheyenne Live Stock Journal
Swan Land and Cattle Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Miser Station
Fort Steele
Benjamin F. Butler
Boston
Massachusetts
Roger A. Pryor
J. C. Hendrix
J. B. Bancroft
Philadelphia
H. K. Love
George H. Marsh
Des Moines
Iowa
H. N. Bostwick
Keokuk
Charles B. McVay
N.S. Wescott
Horace N. Banks
South Pueblo
F. H. Lay
Pueblo
H. C. Bostwick
Chaffee County
M. A. Sawtelle
Pueblo County
Childrens’ Cotton Suits
Hall & Jastrowitz
Pabor
Denver Tribune
Colorado State Press Association
W. E. Pabor
1St National Bank
Greeley, Colorado
John M. Willace
J. L. Ewing
B.D. Harper
Joan M. Watutace
J.W. McCrerry
D. B. Wyatt
G.N. Spear
A. Ieo
H. M. Devorre
Exchange
Union Bank
Bruce F. Johnson
WM. F. Thompson
Jas. F. Benedict
B. F. Johnson
W. F. Thompson
J. F. Baxspict
Daxter Hawks
J. L. Bavsa
J. C. Sport
E. H. Apporrt
Emerson
G. WH. West
Emerson & West
Transacta General Banking Busines
Europe
Mercnants’ National Bank
Chicago
Nat
M. E. Post, & Co
Denver, Colo
University Colorado
Normal School
J. A. Sewall, LL. D
Boulder, Colo
Wyoming
A, Appeerson
Appeson & D’hemecourt
Civil Engineers & Land Surveyors
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Perry Collins
AMD
Weir
Weber
U.P. A. R. House
Sweetland & CO
Vienna
C. Weis
DWAY
Walker St
Austria
J. B. Watkins Land Mortgage Co
W.H. Nice, J. F. Benedict, C. H. Wheeler
W. H. Nice& CO
W. A. Miner
Wit
H. C. Morley
R. Steele
T. C. Morley & CO
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