Greeley Commercial Club elects new directors and plans
Enthusiastic meeting at Unity church selects a new board of directors including I thschild W L Clayton J M B vikin C A Granger W E sella C F Bell H C Casner J March and Edwin Starkey. The group discusses enlarging secretary duties and possible salary support with city and county help.
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Themercial Club of
Greeley
Ithschild
W. L. Clayton
J. M. B. Wikin
C. A. Granger
W. E. Sella
C. F. Bell
H. C. Casner
J. March
Edwin Starkey
Commercial Club
Seamn Unity
J. M. B. Vikin
Ald
Sested
Credit Men’s
Petrikin
Othe Commercial Club
Potato prize program announced for Greeley exhibition
The Tribune reports a potato prize program inviting farmers to submit specimens for the Greeley exhibition. Prizes will be awarded to the finest potatoes, with extra entries kept for display while the crop matures.
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Tribune
Greeley
Klug Sues Union Pacific Over Runaway Injury
John Klug, stock man from Colorado, sues the Union Pacific for 10000 in district court. He alleges a wagon wheel broke on a track crossing near Evans on May 3, 1905, causing a runaway and a broken right leg. He claims neglected road planking left rails exposed and seeks medical costs and lost earnings.
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John Klug
Union Pacific Railroad
Klug
Greeley
Frank Madden
John T. Jacobs
H. C. Bennett
Lloyd Ayers
LaSalle
Evans
Normal school seeks new depot opposite campus
State Normal officials and B D Sanborn urge railway officials to establish a school depot opposite the Normal school to serve about 1900 students. They note the university at Boulder and the agricultural college at Fort Collins have depots and many students travel for Sundays, while most students live nearby and walk to the depot is long.
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State Normal School
B. D. Sanborn
State University
Boulder
Normal School
Greeley
Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Suit to clear title in farm near Greeley filed by Tovas Mattox
District court suit alleges Clarence Mattox holds the farm title in trust since 1900 when the last payment was made. The plaintiff says he demanded title last month and his son refused to surrender.
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Tovas Mattox
Clarence
Greeley
Want a Raise Warm Weather Early in Week Puts Stop to Potato Digging
Warm weather halted potato digging in the Greeley belt after a brief start. Agitators sought $2 a day, prompting few workers and lower labor costs. Authorities moved to curb unrest as canning plans for peas and other produce expand, boosting Colorado’s prospect of cannery growth.
LaSalle area plagued by rail crimes and fatal train accidents
A string of robberies assaults and fatal train accidents terrorized LaSalle and nearby towns from June through August. Victims included Manuel Silva J L Hartman Joseph Spring George Nelson Frank Geron Paul Gregory and others with several assailants jailed or sent to prison. glacier observations near Estes Park describe rapid ice movement and deep crevasses shaping a separate report on Hallet and Sprague glaciers.
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Station 1
Station 10
Hallet
Sprague
Estes Park
Alaska
Peas in the East Boost Colorado Canning Industry
The Empson Canning company at Longmont expands as Colorado sugar peas supply the eastern market. Demand rises in big eastern cities, signaling possible new canneries. Colorado peas are noted as firmer and more succulent than eastern varieties, with current transport networks allowing continued competition and market share.
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United States
Colorado
Burlington
Rockies
Atlantic
Longmont
New York
San Francisco
Mississippi River
Far East
Philadelphia
Boston
Orient
Roosevelt
Empson Canning Company
East
Big Money in Hogs in Colorado
Colorado farmers increasingly see hog raising as highly profitable with alfalfa beet pulp and field peas as ideal feed. Dean Carlyle of the Agricultural College warns profits hinge on proper feeding and starting small to learn the process, noting Colorado can produce top quality pork if managed well.
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Colorado
Dean Carlyle
The
Agricultural College
Inquest Clears Railroad in Duncan Death at LaSalle
Coroner Macy led an inquest last Monday into the death of Denver man Frank P. Duncan who was killed by a freight train at LaSalle about a week ago. The jury found no foul play and exonerated the railroad company. Duncan’s body was shipped to Granger Missouri, with flowers sent by friends in Denver. A separate item notes a horse and buggy were stolen from Eaton, and the sheriff’s office seeks the missing chattels.
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LaSalle
Manuel Silva
J. L. Hartman
Joseph Spring
Platte River
Evans and
Walter LaRue
Richard Barry
John Cummings
Paul Gregory
State Penitentiary
George Nelson
Sterling
Fort Collins
William White
William Marshall
F. Collins
F. P Duncan
Denver
LaSalle Station
Platteville
Macy
Frank P. Duncan
Granger
R. J. White
Eaton
Sheriff’s Office
Glaciers Studied by University Team in Colorado
A Denver area report notes best time to visit Colorado glaciers including the Arapahoe glacier near the Arapahoe peaks. Scientists from the state university recently traced glacier movement by placing metal marks at ten stations on August 30, 1904, near the north rim and other points.
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B. Church
Colorado & Then
F. W. Angier
On Pacific Railroads
Tto
R. G.ag
Strong
Reynolds
D. Sanborn
Portland Exposition
Commercial Club
Colorado
State University
Arapahoe
Arapahoe Peaks
Moffat Road
Eldora
Boulder
Hugh F. Watts
The
University
Jail Break Attempt at County Jail Fails
Louis Webber a Denver man jailed on a chicken stealing charge nearly escaped after sawing a jail bar with a makeshift spring blade. Guard Dave Camp detected the activity, finding one bar half severed after weeks of quiet attempt. Webber's brother Fred escaped earlier, and Louis Jr. fled after posting $100 bond and has not been heard from in about a month.
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Dave Camp
Louis Webber
Denver
Webber
Mr. Camp
Fred Webber
Louis Webber, Jr
Petition for City Telephone Franchise Voted Down
The council rejected C I Ramsay's petition for a special election on a new independent telephone franchise by a 3 to 3 vote. Mayor Green did not cast the deciding ballot. Ramsay had previously had a similar request denied and agreed to cover election costs.
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C.I. Ramsay
Green
Ramsay
Wood Reservoir suit awards Ackroyd $2,000 in land seizure
In county court last Friday a jury awarded Amos Ackroyd $2,000 for land taken by the Wood Reservoir company. The action, largely tied to Bruce G. K Eaton interests, followed earlier rights of way payments of $1,120 from the Great Western railroad. The Daisy reservoir suit against Ackroyd began the prior week.
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Wood Reservoir Company
Amos Ackroyd
Ackroyd
Bruce G. K Eaton
Daisy
Bruce Eaton
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Ikley
Union Pacific
Johnstown
PEAS
Empson Company
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