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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1874
Page
2
A long temperance editorial urges moral progress and sober living, linking liquor costs to social decay and urging reform for civilization. The piece praises Greeley’s temperance stance and cautions against misguided ventures like goat stock in Colorado, questioning merino sheep economics and Diehl’s fleece claims.
A furor over Angora goats and cashmere wages unfolds with claims of high prices and failing markets. The piece notes fl eece values, scattered sales, and brokers in New York and Boston, then pivots to commentary on Henry County breeders and shifting demand.
The article notes increased water availability since the Irrigation Convention. It reviews American Commercial Law for Business Men, a 996 page volume by O D Case & Co. Hartford CT, praising its coverage of legal forms, commercial outlines, pensions, and acts of Congress as a foundation for business and law.
The Illustrated Annual of Phrenology presents a vast amount of material considered essential for anyone pursuing education, touted as a valuable resource for readers seeking knowledge and self-improvement.
A long defense of Angora goats recounts travel and observations in Europe and Asia Minor, arguing goats and mohair can be a wealth source for Colorado. It cites prices, imports, and a rebuttal to Mr Meeker’s criticisms, urging support for the industry and noting related colony finances and public works in Greeley.
The speaker touts Angora goats as superior stock yielding higher profits than sheep. They claim fast breeding, hardiness, and skin value for rugs and robes. The note envisions ten willions on unused mining and grazing lands, promising twenty to thirty million pounds of wool at fifty cents per pound and urges encouraging this enterprise.
At a special Colony Board meeting on March 17 1874 the levy on Canal Number Two reached 15 with an 8 per eighty acre water right for the season, new officers named and collection duties assigned. The Denver Times weighs in with a critique of Union Pacific routing via Lodge Pole proposing an improved line from Julesburg to Red Buttes through Cache la Poudre and the Platte valleys with lower grades and potential mines and towns along the way.
Home news sketches local happenings from a mill run schedule to legislature spending. It mentions a new Fort Collins paper The Standard, a possible Boulder branch store, light snows, a town constable duty on unmuzzled dogs, and an April opening for the Colorado Springs deaf mutes institute.
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