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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1873
Page
2
The Denver meeting on irrigation aims to unite Colorado on building extensive canals to settle land and build population toward statehood. A proposed delegation from Greeley may attend, with discussion on orchard shade using cottonwoods as wind protection and eventual removal after establishment.
The Platte valley from Greeley to Julesburg shows rich soil and great potential for settlement and canal irrigation. Greeley is poised to become a central trade hub with lumber stone and coal shipments likely, while rural towns may grow and support manufactures as population and wealth expand.
The cottonwood proves a fast growing hardy tree with rich foliage and strong frost tolerance. It thrives with regular watering and constant cultivation, though it is undervalued locally. European plantings show high esteem for its adaptability, with small, well cultivated trees preferred to keep trunks and branches compact.
The Central Register and the Georgetown Miner receive praise for quality reporting in Colorado. Editor Patterson of the Miner is highlighted for his strong work, and the Register is noted for daily interest with telegraphic scoops and imported Caribou columns. The Inter-Ocean, started at Longmont by Rhoads, aims for success under a youthful editor.
A letter war over a Dickinson party misroute near Long’s Peak. Evans led Miss Dickinson, lost the trail, conceded the error, while Ralph Meeker and Condit offered alternatives. Condit and Buckingham are named as corroborating figures in Longmont.
A stove pipe caused a blaze Friday night in Fairplay that destroyed two thirds of the town by 10 PM. Losses total about 100000 with little insurance. heaviest hits include the Fairplay house Kirker & Musgrove A M Jones and several billiard halls and stores. Residents vow to rebuild and a relief fund was raised for sufferers.
The First National Bank of New York president presses for immediate resumption of specie payments arguing it will add eighty million dollars of positive relief to the money market.
A press report states that between two and three million dollars arrived in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday, boosting bank cashing of checks and supporting the financial flow over the weekend.
The journal recounts a travel party leaving Greeley on August 18th, crossing Big Thompson and Little Thompson canyons, camping along creeks, visiting Castle Rock and the Bob Tail mine, hiking to Chicago Lakes at 11800 feet, descending toward Georgetown and Gray's Peak, climbing to 14250 feet for sunrise, then returning via Denver area towns Bergen Park Golden and Longmont ending back home. The narrative highlights vistas, mining sites, camping routines, and a motto Upward and Onward.
The Longmont Inter Ocean reports Boulder county corn reaching ten feet, averaging about thirty five bushels per acre with Colorado cultivation. Orchard crops show peach and apple trees thriving and black walnut trees thriving along with hickory nuts emerging. The article argues that Colorado soil and climate can produce corn superior to prior beliefs despite colder nights.
A Pueblo resident went hunting last week and shot twenty two jack rabbits in a single day, according to a report in the Pueblo Chieftain.
The Right Reverend George M Randall first Bishop of Colorado died in Denver last Sunday from Typhoid pneumonia in his 63rd year. Born November 22 1810 in Warren Rhode Island he graduated Brown University 1835 and studied in New York. He led Trinity in Boston then became Missionary Bishop to Colorado establishing Wolfe Hall Jarvis Hall and Mathews Divinity School among other churches and schools across the Territory. He traveled from Silver City to Wind River and was esteemed as a tireless worker and eloquent speaker.
Mr C M Russell, an early colony pioneer and respected resident, died of diarrhea at his Greeley home yesterday. He formerly lived in Northern New Jersey and leaves a wife and three sons. The community extends sympathy for a man described as honest and hard working.
A Boulder News note critiques Longmont’s liquor scene, labeling a local Sample Room a “Grog Shop.” It argues the town’s temperance creed fails if shops avoid frank naming, citing a drunken youth as a ruinous symbol and urging honest declarations and stronger rules.
The Eighth Annual Territorial Fair opened in Denver with over 200 entries anticipated as one of the finest exhibitions in the Territory. Captain Joe Maynard featured nineteen head of short horn cattle and a top stallion, while displays of home products and ores drew high expectations. The Episcopal Church dining room project was dropped due to Bishop Randall’s death, leaving the Universalist ladies to serve meals. races were billed as a key feature attracting strong attendance.
The piece reports upcoming events including Rev. Woods sermon at a Denver church dedication next Sunday. It lists cattle and sheep movements by Bachelder and Maynard at the fair, appeals for back issues of Mount Lincoln Sentinel, and plans for Fairplay editor Dick Allen to relocate. It also covers Miss Palmer’s Boulder concerts and praise for Colorado musical culture.
The article notes abundant topaz and other stones in Platte river gravel above Evans with potential earnings from four stones daily yielding eight to ten dollars, up to fifty on good days. It contrasts topaz with lesser jasper agate and mentions caches from Cache la Poudre and Black Hills surveys and the dubious future prospects.
Citizens complain hawks steal chickens and cost households. They urge action by the Town Board or another authority, suggesting shooting hawks and offering a twenty five cent bounty per pirate to fund the effort, despite an existing gun ordinance. The piece calls for local volunteers, especially boys and young men, to help protect poultry.
The article notes a Sunday school concert at the Baptist Church last Sunday evening as highly pleasing. It describes growth in the school, a large book library, fair singing, and the need for singing books soon to be supplied. It stresses Swenenborg’s idea of order and its role in church and society.
Mr. Shedd once cashier for the Advance in Chicago travels with Prof. Cope of the U S Geological Survey. He left for Bijou Creek in search of fossils while the Professor went north to prospect in Wyoming. He joined the Westward expedition for health and has recovered fully.
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