Pierce Awakens as Watering Tank Town Expands in Weld County
Pierce, built around a Union Pacific watering tank, becomes a budding town with a platted quarter section, growing land sales from 25 to 100 dollars per pair. The district has a post office, a No. 40 school with 26 students led by Alma Nelson, a new grocery store building, coal bins, and a planned lodging house and livery. Residents explore underflow irrigation, with wells near Whiting and Nix testing water depths. surveys aim to run a Larimer canal lateral through Pierce to secure irrigation and spur farming growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Pierce
Weld County
L. N. Priddy
Alma Nelson
Priddy
Whiting
John H. Nix
Nix
John Balter
G. Swope
Messrs. Mead
Greeley and Sullivan
Ault
Larimer
Pierce Promises Notable Action Shocks Nearby Towns
A terse note hints Pierce will undertake a notable action soon, warning neighboring towns to watch closely for developments. The exact nature and timing remain unspecified in the fragment.
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Pierce
Colorado & Southern plans northern and southern extensions to Montana and Canada
President Frank Trumbull confirms Colorado and Southern will extend south into Dallas Houston and Galveston and hints at a northern extension. The plan may link Cheyenne and Northern with Canadian Pacific, creating a direct line from the Canadian border to the gulf for wheat shipments and cattle routes. The Denver News notes the strategic value of direct access west of the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado & Southern
Montana
Frank Trumbull
Dallas
Houston
Galveston
Cheyenne & Northern
Canadian Pacific
Gulf
Mississippi
Denver News
Sugar Beet Farmers Invited to Submit Inquiries
Prof. W. H. Olin of Colorado State College at Fort Collins issued a bulletin seeking farmer input on sugar beets. A Q A form asks acres planted, years grown, manure, irrigations, rainfall, pests, harvest timing, yield per acre, factory tare, beet condition, and soil preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Olin
State Articultural College
Fort Collins
Prof. Olin
Beet Crop Yields Look Good This Season in Your Area
The survey asks if the beet crop was satisfactory this season and inquires about the average tonnage per acre. It requests remarks the name and post office, county, and date for replies.
Killed Badger At State Normal School
A pet badger owned by Curator John V. Crone of the State Normal School was shot by a neighbor. The tame animal had followed Crone around town and to the school and had a burrow behind his house. It entered a neighbor’s chicken coop after dark, prompting the fatal shot. The badger was a favored teaching aid at the Normal teachers’ institute in Denver last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Crone
State Normal School
Mr. Crone
Normal Teachers’ Institute
Denver
For Sale Beet and Potato Farms and Railroad Lands
For sale fine sugar beet and potato farms including five and ten acre beet tracts and good unimproved ranch land plus U P and railway lands. Reasonable prices and easy terms offered. W M Stephens, agent, room 9 Opera House block.
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U. P
Wm. F. Stephens
Opera House
Public Lands and grazing reserves proposed in Roosevelts coming message
A Record Stockman report notes that President Roosevelt will urge Congress to authorize grazing reserves modeled on forest reserves under the Agriculture Department. The plan aims to end free range, with fees and assigned portions to stockmen, potentially relieving the fence and land disputes next winter.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Pinchot
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Urged for Winter Ailments
A seasonal notice advises stocking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now for prompt relief. It stresses taking it at the first sign of a cold before it settles in the system and notes the product's wide reputation. Sold by all druggists.
Sixty Weeks for 1906 Youth's Companion Offer
New 1906 subscription offer from The Youth's Companion includes 1905 issues free for remaining weeks, featuring about 50 complete stories and serial chapters including Grace S. Richmond's The Churchill's Latch String. Madame Sembrich writes on Sovereigns I Have Sung To, May Roberts Clark contributes Tales of a Pawnee Hero. Gift calendar for 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace S. Richmond
Notice of Stockholders Meeting for Greeley Power and Light
Notice of a special meeting of the stockholders of The Greeley Power and Light Company at its Greeley Colorado office on November 9 1905 at 730 PM. The meeting will vote to amend article three to set capital stock at 60000 dollars divided into 1200 shares of 50 dollars each. Secretary W M Boomer signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Power and Light Company
Greeley
Colorado
A. D
W. M. Boomer
California and Return Via Union Pacific Offer
Travel offer via Union Pacific advertises a $45 round trip to California from October 18 to 22. Additional $12.50 applies for November stopover via Portland with no fixed stopover limit. Travel agent J. C. Ferguson, Denver, is listed as general agent.
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Union Pacific
Portland
J. C. Ferguson
Denver
Salvation Army Visits Greeley for Mercy Army Meetings
Mrs Col French head of Pacific Coast Salvation Army unit to visit Greeley October 28 and 29. Meetings scheduled at United Presbyterian Baptist First Presbyterian and Methodist churches with Major Harris and Staff Captain Erickson. Mrs Erickson to perform music and solo singing while ministers forego services for the visit. Public urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. French
Geo. French
Pacific Coast Province
San Francisco
Greeley
United Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
Army
Harris
Erickson
Imperfect Digestion Remedy Promises Vitality Boost
A medical notice touts a tonic to improve digestion and liver function. It claims to restore bile flow, relieve constipation, strengthen appetite, and improve complexion and vitality. The product is sold at 650 cents per bottle by J. F. Fezer.
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J. F. Fezer
Catholic Armory Fair Showcases Diverse Booths
Beautiful booths will line the new armory hall for a Catholic fair running December 1 through December 9. The event features booths of all kinds inviting community visitors to browse and purchase.
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New Armory Hall
Revered Martin Endorses Ballard's Horehound Syrup
The Texas preacher from Waverly recommends Ballard's Horehound Syrup for morning phlegm and coughing. He declares it dislodges phlegm quickly and is pleasant to take, urging others with throat or lung trouble to use it. Sold by J. F. Fezer.
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Carlisle P. B. Martin
Waverly
Texas
Ballard
J. F. Fezer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sugar Beet Bulletin
Post Office
the Public Lands
California
Cole
Chicago
Pier Bros., Hardware
Denver, Colo. Springs and Pueblo
Santa Fe
J. P. Hall
A. T
S. F. Ry
Denver, Colorado
Philadelphia
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Union Station
J. E. Preston
Commercial Agt
Seventeenth St
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