Forest plans for lodgepole pine abridge western railroads demand
Government foresters complete a Wyoming Medicine Bow plan to allow safe removal of lodgepole pine while protecting watersheds. The 145 million feet B. M. timber can be harvested with safeguards against fire windfall and pests, with logging marked in advance and debris burned. Similar plans will follow for other reserves to ensure scientific management and watershed protection.
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Western
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Forest Service
Medicine Bow Reserve
Medicin
Snow Storm Causes Widespread Telephone Wire Damage in State
The text describes a severe snow storm impacting Greeley and other areas with heavy wet snow breaking numerous Bell Telephone wires across the state. Damages were extensive and repairs took days, while some regions received rain earlier in the week.
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Greeley
Bell Telephone” Company
The Warlike Union Pacific Motor Car No 7
Last Thursday morning the new motor car No 7 on the Union Pacific railroad arrived at the station and later departed for Denver. The vehicle resembled a war car with iron armor and small round porthole windows yet functioned as a passenger coach. It runs on time between here and Denver and had sixty five passengers board at Greeley station on Friday afternoon.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Denver
Here
Greeley Station
Beet Workers Arrive From Nebraska For Local Beet Fields
Eight carloads of German and Russian beet workers from Nebraska totaling about 600 people landed here last Thursday. Half were sent to Fort Collins, with eleven carloads of household goods. Twelve thousand of 20,000 acres in Greeley Eaton and Windsor districts will be cultivated by foreign labor on contract. Next week 400 Japanese workers arrive from Salt Lake, and about 120 Greek laborers will work in Platteville Lupton and Brighton.
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Nebraska
Fort Collins
Greeley
Eaton
Windosr
Salt Lake
Platteville
Lupton
Brighton
Bride Refuses to Testify as Clerk Is Fined in Grand Larceny Case
R L Gibbs of Ault, clerk for Mrs Marvel in the hotel business, faced grand larceny charges after allegedly taking about 800 from her cash. Gibbs slipped away to Denver, was arrested, and his wife Mrs T R Gibbs, later revealed as the prosecuting witness, was fined for contempt after failing to testify. The couple clandestinely married in Cheyenne and the defendant was discharged with costs over 100 dollars.
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R. L. Gibbs
Ault
Marvel
Gibbs
Woland
Denver
Union Depot
Power scheme eyed to lit farms across northern Colorado
A report from an authoritative source outlines J. J. Heary’s plan to buy Northern Colorado power plants and build an extensive system of line extensions. A $2 million investment is planned to install a central plant and a trunk line to Cheyenne with feeders to towns, enabling incandescent lighting for farmers.
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J. J. Heary
Colorado
Cheyenne
Denver News
Beet Sugar Expansion Across Western States Report
President Roosevelt backed a 1905 agricultural review by Charles F. Saylor noting Colorado leads beet sugar growth with 12 plants plus three under construction. Utah shows strong start since 1891 with five factories and 4 000 ton capacity. Idaho and Wyoming also expanding. Water-use restrictions excerpted from local ordinance about irrigation hours near Normal school grounds.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Charles F. Saylor
Agricultural Department
Colorado
Brush
Fort Morgan
Swink
Utah
Lehi
Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Napa
Payette
Wyoming
City to divide water districts to allow daily lawn sprinkling
The city council plans an ordinance to permit daily lawn watering by splitting the town into four districts. Districts will set specific daily hours for sprinkling, replacing the current every-other-day schedule. District 1 includes areas north of Ninth street with 9–11 am and 7–9 pm windows. District 2 covers between Ninth and Twelfth streets with 7–9 am and 5–7 pm windows. District 3 covers south of Twelfth street excluding a portion.
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Ninth Street
Twelfth Street
Greeley High Field Day Sparks Inter scholastic Tryout
Greeley high school field day last Friday served as a tryout for a team to represent the school at the Fort Collins interscholastic meet next Saturday. William Schuster earned 24 points to win the gold medal from E. S. Carrithers. The gold cup went to the senior class with 68 points, juniors 32, sophomores 20. Event summaries include Schuster in sprints and distance events, Wyatt in pole vault and high jump, and Taylor in shot put hammer and discus.
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Greeley
Fort Collins
E. S. Carrithers
William Schuster
Schuster
Wyatt
Taylor
Huffsmith
Reed
Promoter Aims Vast Colorado Irrigation Network
D A Camfield of Greeley promotes flood irrigation across Colorado's semi arid plains. Six year effort yields projects like Jackson lake reservoir, Julesburg reservoir, Riverside reservoir, Bijou ditch and Bijou No 2 with billions of cubic feet of storage along Burlington lines. Empire reservoir imminent. filling peaks October to June to water lands through season end.
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Colorado
Platte River
D. A. Camfield
Greeley
Colo
Jackson Lake
Fort Logan
Julesburg
Riverside
Morgan County
Bijou Ditch
Bijou
Platte
Fort Morgan
Burlington
Empire Reservoir
Omaha World
Irrigation Project Moves Ahead in County Farmland
The Denver Land company filed trust deeds last Saturday securing a $45,000 loan from Union Central Life Insurance of Cincinnati. The southern county area east of Erie is being opened for development with a new irrigation system planned to store and distribute water across the land. Representative Church of Jefferson county promotes the project, expected to cost about $250,000.
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Denver Land Company
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Erie
Jefferson County
Earthquakes and the West’s Resilience in Historical Perspective
A broad essay notes San Francisco’s minor quake impacts since the 1906 disaster, comparing regional risks and suggesting future forecasting, water mains safety, and rebuilding lessons. It recalls past shocks from New England, Martinique, Charleston, and other cites to frame national quake resilience.
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New England
New York
Canada
St. Lawrence
North Azere
Martinique
Mt. Pelee
Charleston
South Carolina
San Francisco
Miner seeks aid to find wife and child after elopement
John Vedic of the miner’s home in Greeley sought aid from the sheriff last Thursday to locate his wife who eloped with a boarder taking their 18 month old child. Officers could not act due to lack of statute. He then left for New Mexico hoping to reunite family.
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John Vedic
Greeley
Sheriff’s Office
New Mexico
Ranaway
Judge orders Northern Colorado Irrigation to sell water at one dollar per acre
Judge Armour of Brighton compels the Northern Colorado Irrigation Co to furnish water to farm owners along its ditches for irrigation at $1 per acre for the coming season. Plaintiffs include Emele E. Pouppitt and A. G. Ebert. The company had sought $1.75. county commissioners set $1. The writ is served on S. J. Gilmore, with notices to tender demands at once and notify Louis Dougal in Denver.
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Northern Colorado Irrigation Company
Armour
S. J. Gilmore
Denver
Louis Dougal
Jacobson Building
Opening Ball Game Highlights Peraltas vs Eaton
Per altas and Eaton opened the ball season with a tight contest ending 13 13 after nine innings. In extra innings Greeley scored six runs to win 19 13 while Teddy Ernst relieved Gillman to hold the visitors. A benefit game for San Francisco sufferers raised 38 dollars plus expenses.
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Peraltas
Eaton
Greeley
Teddy Ernst
Gillman
San Francisco
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Omaha
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Court Squelched Dilatory Water Company
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