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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1871
Page
4
The article reviews a Denver state fair noting strong local support, extensive displays in agriculture minerals and crafts, and low drunkenness. It contrasts Denver’s progress with criticism from the Chicago Times about Greeley and Longmont colonization efforts, defending local industry and irrigation.
The piece discusses the Denver and Pine Bluff railroad prospects through Gresley, noting possible surveys and eastern capital interest. It argues Union Pacific and Pennsylvania Central back Colorado Central and predicts intense railway building ahead, with wide regional implications and concerns about social order and colonial schemes.
The piece criticizes C. D. Poston for allegedly moving 40 000 French Communist prisoners to Arizona as a colonization idea. It questions logistics whether via San Diego or Denver and notes Denver’s contractor movements. It doubts bread land in Arizona and suggests longer costs than buying land nearby, lamenting Colorado contractors.
The graded schools in Greeley started Monday with about 150 scholars. J C Shuttack leads the High School, Miss Washburn Intermediate, Miss Davis Primary. Desks and seating from Chicago, woodwork in hard maple, books furnished at cost and returnable if undamaged. The Tabernacle houses three rooms until a new brick school fronting the Park is completed late fall. Families in Colorado may send children with low board rates. air and moral atmosphere praised. W H Post, Secretary of the School Board, can provide a ten page pamphlet on Regulations and Course of Study.
Mrs Kinison, formerly of Salt Lake, sent back a large quantity of dried peaches and dried apricots. The Salt Lake peaches are praised as unexcelled and the apricots noted as excellent. The Salt Lake valley is compared to Greeley in elevation and latitude, with trials in fruit growing cited to show its rise as a fruit country.
A report notes dried apricots sent to market in ton quantities while questioning whether a pound has ever dried in all the states. It attributes high costs and yields to regional growing conditions, and mentions Salt Lake influence, grasshopper damage, and strong tree growth in Greeley with notable injuries from cattle. It also cites M L Dunlap on wheat and apples, and observes low bottom-planting success for orchards in Colorado compared to the plains.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports five Kansas Pacific directors filed articles of corporation to build a narrow gauge railroad from Fort Lyon on the Arkansas to Pueblo on the same river. The venture aims to connect Southern Colorado eastward, with uncertainty about its purpose and potential value.
A Colorado observer urges women to work four to five hours daily in gardening and part time sewing to create home clothing manufacture locally. He explains costs, profits, and the savings from a cooperative clothing company funded by at least 20 dollars per share to raise twenty to thirty thousand dollars. He argues such a venture would keep money in state households and reduce reliance on New York suppliers.
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