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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1873
Page
2
The slate includes Representatives C. Shattuck J. M. McCutcheon C. F. Wallace J. C. Febles, a Probate Judge candidate L. L. Bedell, and County Commissioner candidate J. T. Holladay on the Weld County ticket.
The essay argues Greeley and Evans should not overvalue the county seat and urges territorial irrigation as a path to growth. It details railroad, trade, and land potential, notes Weld and Larimer counties could fund canals to attract settlers, and cautions federal land laws while envisioning a future Northern Colorado city.
The piece describes Table Mountains near Golden with two elevated mesas offering coal indicators. It notes a specimen showing a seventeen foot coal vein and outlines potential for mining, rail access, and regional mineral wealth from coal to copper. It also covers local education matters and political notices.
The September Kansas Magazine offers rich Western life articles with a pointed style. It praises the publication for Western culture and taste and recommends it to both Western and Eastern readers interested in Colorado dog days and Colorado parks.
The September issue presents a range of valuable articles across phrenology ideas. It covers methods, critiques, and applications, aiming to inform readers about skull-based science and its debates.
A writer asserts public mind would be lower without this and similar publications covering mental, moral, dietetic, and related topics, praising their influence on societal views.
The September number of the Herald of Health has been received. It offers choice family reading and warns that the family missing this magazine loses available insights and wholesome content for all members.
A new publication titled The Centennial is issued in Philadelphia to cover the centennial celebration set for 1876. The paper is printed in Philadelphia with a price of $1 per year.
The Buffalo Commercial reports Colorado crops praised for quality and size with wheat shipped to St Louis and Chicago to make fancy flour. About twenty Colorado home mills, many exporting, Fill orders. Littleton mills near Denver shipped twenty car loads to Boston and Buffalo. Colorado flour prices range fifty cents to one dollar per hundredweight above top Illinois Kansas brands. Last year's wheat crop estimated at 950000 bushels, half exported, leaving a home shortage covered by Utah wheat and Rio Grande sources.
Fremont Herald notes a new immigrant movement forming consolidated trains to move settlers and belongings through to the pine regions along the Niobrara river. Explorers report abundant timber including pine and oak, with ravines concealing large trees and fertile Elkhorn country suitable for farming. No opposition from local tribes observed.
Boulder sees forty two new houses under construction and Miss Palmer plans several concerts. Mining and tunneling surge in Caribou while Denver wells reach 225 feet. Rio Grande Railroad accelerates toward New Mexico as irrigation debates heat in Denver. Hayden reports vast ranges and peaks, with Capitol and White House names. Several travelers from Iowa recounts Sioux contact. Colorado touted as growing summer resort with travelers heading East. irrigation funding discussed by Govs Elbert and colleagues.
The Black Hawk Journal describes Edward Leach’s tram road from Peck's Gulch to Black Hawk and Nevada. Sixteen miles laid with pine pole rails and round timber ties, four cars on the Black Hawk branch, each car carrying three cords of wood. Two men load, one boy runs horses. forty eight cords daily capacity, with potential for multiple side trains as demand grows.
J C Feouss declines the Weld County Probate Judge nomination from the Republican convention. He cites party manipulation and states he has accepted a nomination for the next Legislature by the Independent convention at Evans.
Marshall Paul of Fair Play owns the Printer Boy mine which has yielded richly for years. A pocket was found a few weeks ago, signaling a new run of rich ore and possible renewed activity at the site.
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