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Greeley Tribune

Location

Greeley, Colorado, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1887

Page

4

Ordinances and Weld County Fair highlighted in Tribune

The Tribune debates city ordinance validity and appeals to the Supreme Court while announcing the Weld County Fair on September 15 16 with 4000 in premiums. It discusses gas prospecting in Greeley and a Kansas Supreme Court decision on similar ordinance cases.

Greeley Tur Trisune Supreme Court of Sun Barrett Supreme Court Weld County Weld County Fair Association Evans E. F. Dawley Kansas Supreme Court Supreme Court of Kansas Hamman Downing Miltonvale Pacific Reporter District Court Journal of Proceedings Rufus James Lyman County of Weld Colorado A. D John B. Lee

Gas drilling impractical near Greeley says survey

Dr Hayden of the United States Geological Survey visited Greeley in 1873 and, with Dr Law, concluded that boring for coal near Greeley is unprofitable. The ridge is a cretaceous deposit 2000 to 3000 feet thick, with old coal measures beneath too deep to mine. Gas generation tied to the old coal beds near Fort Morgan Platteville and Eaton is discussed.

Hayden United States Geological Survey Poudre Valley Greeley Law Fort Morgan Platteville Eaton

Wheat Crop Conditions and New State Park in Colorado

The Farmers' Review reports winter wheat yields by state with Illinois averaging 165.8 bushels in 16 counties and Indiana 15.25, Missouri 19.125, Ohio 15, Kansas 14 while spring wheat shows Iowa at 66 percent across 11 counties and Minnesota at 77 percent in eight counties. Nebraska 96 percent across nine counties, Wisconsin 53.3 percent in six counties, and Dakota near 93 percent in eight counties with minimal insect damage. The Colorado section describes the New State Park in Saguache County near Del Norte, detailing the Royal Arch gateway and Echo mountain, its location within state land boundaries, and notes from Governor Adams and the land board about preserving public land for the park.

Farmers’ Review Illinois Indiana Missouri Ohio Kansas Iowa Floyd Buchanan Allamakee Breamer Dubuque Franklin Ida Keokuk Palo Alto Minnesota Anoka Benton Dodge Scott Washington Drouth Benton, Clay Kandiyaki Wadenac Nebraska Wisconsin Dakota State Land Board State of Colorado Internal Improvement Saguache County Royal Arch Echo Mountain del Norte Rio Grande Line Royal Gorge Rider Haggard Allan Quatermain Rockies Denver Times

County Commissioners appoint election registers and judges

The board named dozens of individuals to serve as registrars and judges of election for the coming year across precincts 1 through 39. It also approved fines, road projects, tax levies, and the formation of new voting districts while addressing destitute aid and various public works.

W M Ewing H D Myrick Frank A Smith R F Coffinn F M Nye Elisha Duncan S J Frazier A A Crawford M Wolaver James Newell J M Dobbs J W Thompson J H Farrar A Huffsmith Jas McKinley C A Coykendall N B Dearborn A Heim John Leavy CA White J A Woodbury Jos Mitchell, Jr Thos Morgan E A Thompson Louis Gaume J Hurley A D Union Pacific Weld County Fair Association Miss Jennings

He Never Stuttered Kingston Tale Told in Town

A Kingston man with a speech impediment is visited by a stranger claiming to cure stuttering. The man, teased by friends, resists and retorts he does not stutter, proving the ruse in a sharp exchange recorded by the Kingston Freeman.

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