Sugar beet boom drives Colorado harvest to record depths
Colorado beet sugar crop 1905 expected to total 281 million pounds with value around 14 million dollars. Great Western Sugar company drives rapid expansion with 50 000 acres of beets and six to seven plants operating nationwide in the state. Farmers profit from beets at about six dollars per ton, while workers benefit from plant payrolls totaling hundreds of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Great Western Sugar Company
Enver
United
Western Sugar and and Company
Hollyactory
National Sugar Manufacturing Company
American Beet Sugar Company
Larimer
Weld
Boulder
Morgan
Logan
Sedgwick
Great Western Sugar Comany
Eaton
Seeley
Windsor
Longmont
Loveland
Fort Collins
Great Western Comany
Great Western Company
Lct
Walter Aixon
Great Western Sugarompany
Sterling
Wagon-Train Heist Suspect Sought In Evans
Sheriff seeks H. L. Davis in a horse theft from White livery in Evans. He allegedly arranged two car loads of horses to ship east, rented a horse for a ride toward Fort Morgan, and placed hay in cars for shipment. Davis claimed to be part of Dowd & Davis of Sioux City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Davis
Evans
Hardin
Fort Morgan
Nebraska
Davis
Dowd & Davis
Sioux City
Iowa
Clandestine Cheyenne Marriage Ends Quietly
The secretly wed couple Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeWald announced they will live at their real home for life after a private July marriage in Cheyenne. The plan to hide the union unraveled when the secret leaked recently amid rumors of work on the James Yanley ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Cudlipp
Cheyenne
DeWald
Missouri
W. J. Ferguson
James Danley
Greeley
Mr. DeWald
Danley Ranch
Mrs
Charles DeWald
Loss on melons in Denver suit over grower commission
E R Nichols & Co a Chicago commission firm sues the Colorado Melon Growers Association and officers alleging breach of contract. Nichols claims exclusive Chicago rights to melons, office in La Salle, packing and shipping by the association, seeds and crates rebates, plus 12 percent commission. The suit states $2,151.16 in melon sales and $1,801.84 in rebates and commissions due, which the association allegedly refused as excessive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
E. R. Nichols & Co
District Court of
Denver
Nichols Company
Chicago
Colorado Melon Growers’ Association
E. C. Herrington
Paul A. Gregory
Charles McKinney
Richard Roe
John Doe
Growers Association
Wonder Forage Plant From Florence Grows Fast
J F Fargue of 309 East Fourth street Florence reports a new forage plant named the Wonder Forage. It resembles corn in appearance but serves as superior fodder with rapid growth and five cuttings per season. One seed yields forty stalks with seed heads 12 to 24 inches long. leaves are broad dark green and seeds surpass corn in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Fargue
East Fourth Street
Florence
Colorado Exhibit Draws 1000 Families to Settle Here
The Colorado State Commercial Association organized a traveling exhibit of grains grasses vegetables and fruits touring central states. It has secured more than 1000 potential settlers for Colorado with lists from Iowa Nebraska Indiana and Michigan fairs. The exhibit will return to Denver to join the permanent Colorado exhibit.
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Colorado
Colorado State Commercial Association
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
LaCrosse
Wis
Springfield
Ill
D. C. Packard
Association
Iowa
Nebraska Fair
C. B. Benjamin
Indiana State Fair Association
S. J. Weber
West Michigan Fair Association
W. G. Brandenburg
Packard
Denver
Highteenth Street
Prof Thomas Shaw Offers Plan to Boost Grain Profits
Former Minnesota experiment station director says his experiments can raise grain yields by five to twenty percent. He proposes organizing an effort if enough readers show interest. Send interest to Prof Thomas Shaw St Anthony Park Minn with a simple statement of willingness to join without extra cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Shaw
Minnesota Experiment Station
University of Minnesota
Shaw
St. Anthony Park
Minn
High lamb prices squeeze Weld county feeders and mine blast hits workers
Prices for 100000 lambs push out small feeders as Gill Decker Starr and Gale Farr contract for stock with high costs. Nearby Windsor feeders switch to southern lambs at pound rates. In Fort Lupton a coal mine explosion injures five miners after a safety lamp rule was ignored. Dugan and Kelly seriously burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld County
Gill & Decker
Montana
W. B. Starr
Sedalia
Gale’& Farr
E. J. Decker
Windsor
Columbian
Slate & Son
Fort Lupton
Ray Pritchard
Martin Dugan
J. Kelly
William Signey
P. W. Benedict
Joan Burkhardt
Dugan
Kelly
Campbell system vs irrigation in arid farming debate
Irrigation experts and lawyers critique the Campbell system for arid lands, arguing irrigation remains superior and reliable. Senator James W. McCreery and J. F. Pomeroy defend irrigation while noting the Campbell method offers no guaranteed yields and relies on rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Campbell
Nebrasa
Kansas
Colorado
J. F. Pomeroy
Colorado Springs
McCreery
County Commissioner Devinney Aids Horses At North Park
County Commissioner Devinney stays at North Park for several days tending his horses and plans to stay another week.
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Devinney
North Park
Judgment Confessed on Two Waived Process Notes
In Platteville county court on Saturday, judgment was confessed on notes of 80 and 85 dollars held by A. T. Ling against Mark and Samuel Caywood. The notes include a clause waiving issue and service of process and confessing judgment, appointing any attorney to appear for them. Attorneys say the notes may stand in supreme court and could be levied upon without prior notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Ling
Platteville
Mark
Samuel Caywood
United States
Supreme Court
O Hara Heirship Case Appeals Estate Split
The O’Hara murder case heirs appeal from county to district court over who died first. Frank Harold is serving a life sentence for the Srighton 1999 killings. The county court split the estate roughly five thousand dollars between Mary and Michael O’Hara heirs, with disputes over Mrs. O’Hara dying last and full heirs’ claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael and
Mary O'Hara
Denver
O’hara
Weld County
Michael O’hara
Brighton
Charles H. O’ Hara
Potato pickers strike ends as wages rise to two dollars
A ten day wage dispute between farmers and potato pickers ends with workmen agreeing to $2 a day or higher contracted pay. Many workers left Denver for local fields while the Union Pacific rate of $1.05 from Denver to Greeley is no longer offered this season. Employment agents warn the higher pay and rail fare raise may limit suitable labor this fall.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Denver
Greeley
Snider Sues Runyan Over Land Outbuildings
David Snider of Platteville files an injunction suit in district court to stop William Runyan from removing outbuildings on a land parcel near Johnstown. Snider bought the land on June 26, 1905, and alleges Runyan was a squatter tenant, residing there and moving buildings, prompting the request for swift court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Snider
Platteville
William Runyan
Johnstown
Snider
Runyan
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HE Beet Sugar Industry
Commercial Association
Common Sense
Senator McCreery
Campbell
Gation
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