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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
3
Readers are invited to submit short communications on any live topic with real names for credibility. Limited to 800 words or less and one side of paper. This notice outlines submission guidelines for the Open Forum.
A citizen letter to the Tribune assesses 1908 1910 railroad valuations in Weld County comparing Republican and Democratic boards. He cites increases in Union Pacific and Rio Grande trackage and sugar mill taxes, arguing taxes rose overall while some firms paid little tax. The piece attacks Assessor Fischer and questions tax dodging by factories and rail lines.
John Read traveled to Boulders for a short visit with his parents over Sunday, staying several days.
Letter from F M Berry and J M Bailey of LaSalle describes an emigrant car from LaSalle to Baker Oregon February 11 after travel through Idaho. They report light snow on the divide at Sherman Hill and heavy dust in Idaho with poor cultivation prospects, noting floods on Wood River and better conditions near Nampa for fruit growth.
The writer compares Baker Oregon with Greeley and Caldwell, noting land prices from 60 to 150 dollars per acre, rich subsoil, and mild climate. They describe abundant hay, grain, and fruit, with alfalfa yields, vegetables, and a gardener earning 1900 dollars from ten acres. Wages, livestock values, and timber nearby are listed. government land is partly cultivable. Baker is a rail town in a mining district with 10 000 population and Sumpter Valley access.
In a letter from Baker Oregon F M Berry and J M Bailey state the valley has never had a crop failure and hail storms or any destructive weather are unknown. They invite further information about the country and sign off sincerely.
The most common cause of insomnia is stomach disorders. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets correct these disorders and enable you to sleep. For sale by all dealers.
Miss Edith Heath led young children in a dramatized storytelling program at the high school auditorium on Friday. Pieces included The Farmer and the Lark Little Red Riding Hood The Little Red Hen and Billy Boy. Grace Davis shared Indian Myths while Miss Mott told tales to another group. Attendance surpassed expectations with over 200 in the auditorium.
Greeley sent five cars of spuds to Old Mexico last week, bringing the season total to 50 cars marketed there. Mexico, previously supplied from Germany, now seems a ready market as shipments from Greeley gain traction for future growth. Twenty cars carried seed potatoes to near Monterrey where an American colony aims to expand tuber farming.
If you have trouble in getting rid of your cold you may know that you are not treating it properly. There is no reason why a cold should hang on for weeks and it will not if you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For sale by all dealers.
The second term of the Normal closed Friday with eighteen students completing courses. They will return in the spring for commencement and receive diplomas then. Graduates include B. W. Bowell and Mrs. Lulu Heilman with A B degrees, Elsie Mabee and Dee Williams with P D M degrees, Flora Farrington, Florence Gillette, and others who completed the state course.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Gossett returned to their home at 1407 Eleventh Avenue in Rensburg Mo after illness calls and found the house ransacked. Closets searched trunks opened and foods and preserves stolen though jewelry kept locked away remained largely undisturbed. Police believe young boys or tramps carried out the theft with several valuables missing.
A two story brick business block is offered for exchange for improved land. The property has a grocery store and a business college on the premises. For particulars apply to owner George Mayhew at 1067 Marion Street, Denver.
Captain Arthur Hotchkiss veteran of the 154th New York died in Fort Morgan at 82 pleurisy and bronchitis. An early Greeley colony trustee he helped erect Weld county courthouse and founded the first state bank in Fort Morgan. Survived by widow and three sons including William A. Hotchkiss city clerk of Greeley. Funeral held at 10 this morning.
After the Methodist choir rehearsal on Friday evening the members were invited to the church dining room where an oyster supper was prepared and greatly enjoyed by all attendees.
Milliken on March 11 reporting the Peoples party nominees for city offices. For mayor R. M. Benton. Trustees for one year O. L. Hackett H. B. Crawford E. C. Munn. Trustees for two years J. C. Flood H. G. Pollock J. P. Messick.
Miss Myrtle Sisson traveled to Cheyenne to visit her brother Bert Sisson and Bert's wife. Another Sisson brother, Will Sisson of Red Oak, was also visiting in Cheyenne.
An old home remedy suggests applying Herrick's Red Pepper Porous Plaster to the chest to draw out inflammation and using Ballard's Horehound Syrup to loosen chest tightness. The offer includes a free porous plaster with each bottle when buying the Horehound Syrup from Carson W. Gilbert.
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