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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1872
Page
2
A group of Greeley citizens pledges a reward of 100 dollars to anyone forming the Town Board and proving violations of ordinance No. 16 on intoxicating liquors, with private violators facing a reward equal to the imposed fine of 50 to 100 dollars. Signed endorsements list several contributors in Greeley Colorado dated February 24 1872.
Yesterday afternoon a prominent Denver businessman was introduced to a local citizen who was intoxicated. The incident prompted concerns about conduct and timing as the social scene in the city continues to draw attention.
The notice calls for Saturday nominations for town officers and urges fair play. It argues for a temperance line in leadership, warns that without change there will be more than meetings, and stresses honest representation over cliques as the railroad and canal plans loom.
The Board of Trustees reports a cash land sale with two East parties to fund enlarging Canal No 2. The project will ensure abundant water and enable cultivation, with unsubscribed members urged to pay their share. The expansion adds at least 100000 dollars to the Colony dominion's land value.
The report notes extreme cold near New York with icy fields and two feet of frozen ground. In Colorado frost eased a month earlier, soil plows easily and gardens sprout, with self sown lettuce showing two to three leaves. Warm trend expected for about three weeks before subsequent frosts.
The excerpt extols Colorado as exceptionally earth rich and healthful, noting solid roads, good cattle range, and favorable climate. It argues that plains between the Rockies and the Atlantic offer superior conditions, and that people in other states will take twenty years to accept Colorado as a land of rich soil and untapped value.
The colony reports rapid plowing and seeding with over 150 acres of wheat sown last week and oats the prior week. Early sowing is favored to maximize yields, reduce losses, and prepare for potatoes in April, while establishing rural farms near a growing town with schools, churches, and roads planned.
A fragment notes enterprising men who have left or are ready to leave and do not regret being a year behind. It hints at foresight and readiness among those who depart earlier.
Readers argue against alcohol as medicine with Dr. Henry Munroe cited for abandoning alcoholic remedies. The note warns of grog shops masquerading as drugstores, while other items report stock losses in Denver, railroad plans to connect Utah to Denver, irrigation laws, and local figures like I. W. Young, Brigham Young Jr., and Bartholomew A. Barnum.
The report blends Colorado’s cold sunny morning with farmers plowing and a 50 degree shade reading while East Coast dispatches note Lake Erie ice three feet six inches thick, late navigation fears, and a severe storm in Watertown New York. Weather reports also cite a dying snow storm in London and dense fog plunging day into darkness.
Citizens of Larimer County met at Fort Collins on Saturday the 16th to organize an Agricultural Society. A committee reported a constitution and by laws which were adopted. Officers elected for the year include A. T. Howes President A. K. Yont Thomas Johnson and Joseph Mason Vice Presidents E. W. Whitcomb Treasurer John Mathews Recording Secretary and P. D. McClanehan Corresponding Secretary.
The Society adjourned to March 23 at the Court House in Fort Collins to adopt a plan for fencing forty acres with a seven foot high close board fence and to erect stock sheds and related structures. Also notes include letters advocating safety, immigration info, church opening services, the Colorado Stock Growers Association meeting in Denver, and commentary on fence costs across states.
Mrs. Leonomens describes a Bangkok district where 9000 women dwell inside a walled city ruled by female magistrates. Prisoners are processed by their sex, and 500 Amazon-like soldiers suppress disturbances. Girls stay inside while boys are banished at age six.
Various items include Cornell University to admit women with equal rights, Chinese shoemakers expanding in Massachusetts, Illinois liquor restrictions near schools, and steam plowing successes. Reports on prison reform in Joliet, radical prison changes in Ireland, violet light plant growth tests, and dramatic corn yield projections for the Northwest.
J. H. Foster invites ladies to compete for summer flower prizes in Greeley. The best garden will receive seventy five flowering plants, second best forty plants. The Farmers' Club president will name the judging committee. Foster will not compete but aims to win the top prize.
The Golden and White Willow cuttings have arrived and are ready for delivery. They are unusually large about 12 inches long and should grow three to five feet in the first year and six to nine feet in the second. At $2.50 per thousand they should yield a strong wind break and enhance property value over four years. Ground should be deeply plowed, cuttings buried two to three inches, and rows ditch-watered as needed.
Old Evans Colony officers are re elected. Colorado lists Clear Creek Farmer's Club as a major institution. Noah R Allen leaves for New York City for months. Trees are planted along streets. Tracks laid Colorado Springs to Pueblo. Evans Journal notes schoolhouse vote of 11000 dollars. Various building and business plans advance as winter eases.
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