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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
4
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Democratic convention in Fort Collins nominates Grant E. Halderman to succeed Judge Garrigues, praised as a capable, impartial lawyer familiar with irrigation law. Halderman follows long involvement in local affairs and has strong support from Weld and Greeley region voters.
Paul Gregory once Arapahoe county jailer moved to La Salle three years ago and bought land southwest of town. He farms 45 acres of corn pumpkins peas melons and more with a large cold storage windmill and tree planted yard. His strong county reputation and active farming set a example for neighborhood improvement.
A. & Church the traveling passenger agent of the Colorado and Southern displayed Colorado wildflower color reproductions in I. O. Glazier's show window for the Loop Excursion on Wednesday September 30. The same souvenir pictures have been offered for sale in Greeley at nearly the round trip fare and are from paintings created for this work.
Secretary Wilson announced at the national irrigation congress in Ogden that alkali soils can host alfalfa and other crops via plant breeding and imported varieties. He cites about 600000 acres irrigated land currently idle due to alkali, with prospects for adaptation and future gains in the western United States.
Fred Deubach and Son acquire rights to manufacture American Hydraulic Stone blocks in Weld County. A new factory will rise on Seventh Avenue near Model Mills to produce hollow cement blocks claimed superior to brick and stone for fireproof, moisture, heat, and cost efficiency. The blocks promise modernized buildings and lower insurance. Public demonstration invited.
For sale items include fine potato and sugar beet farms and 6 and 10 acre tracts with ample canal and reservoir water. Price and terms available from Willian F. Stephens in room 9 at the Opera House block.
On Wednesday September 30 a special train departs Windsor at 7 30 a m for a round trip price of 2 50 dollars. Each ticket buyer will receive a souvenir.
J Hf Thompson of Salina Kansas travels to Greeley seeking his 14 year old son Eugene who vanished in mid July. He has tracked the boy to Denver and La Salle and believes he may have headed toward Cheyenne after leaving a Union Pacific train. The boy is described as unusually large and awkward in gait. The father asks Marshal Camp to detain him if found pending parent contact.
Farmers weigh sugar beets against potatoes for soil health and profitability. Bradfield and Baxter report wheat and alfalfa yields better on potato land in one case and on beet land in another, with quality differences. Southard argues beets need sheep manure and rotation with alfalfa and wheat, questioning beet profitability at 4.50 per ton with three mile haul versus eighty sacks per acre from potatoes.
In Colorado Springs the claim that Colorado plains respond to irrigation is vindicated. George M. Houston rents land west of town to Henry Pierce who grows early Ohios and Pearls, with an acre yielding 160 sacks then 220 sacks, and an expected average near 200 sacks per acre. At market, 75 pounds per sack yields about 184 dollars per acre.
Chicago artist Miss Ola Bidwell performs a self contained program tonight at Unity church. She sings violin solos and reads as singer violinist pianist and elocutionist. Her deep baritone voice lies three notes lower than any other woman. Critics praise her violin work and reading.
The Nickel Plate Road and its eastern connections are described as a premier line between Chicago and New York and other eastern points. It runs three daily through first class trains with dining car service on American Club plan priced 35 cents to 1 dollar and no excess fares. Colored porters aid passengers, and all trains use La Salle Street station in Chicago. District Passenger Agent at 911 Seventeenth St Denver Colo.
B L Byer a well known cooper testifies the Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life last summer after a month long bilious dysentery resisted all other treatments. B T Little a Hancock Md merchant confirms the remedy gave immediate relief. For sale by all druggists.
On September 1 8 15 and October 6 the Rock Island System will sell tickets from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all points in Indiana Louisville Ky and many points in Ohio at a rate of one and one third fare for a round trip good for return within thirty days from sale. For particulars see nearest ticket agent or Hal S. Ray Denver Colorado.
A single day rail deal offers travel for $3 departing Greeley at 7 50 a m and returning the same day by 7 55 p m with service on Wednesday September 30. The advertisement emphasizes low fare and quick schedule for a same day round trip.
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