New Commercial Club Board Seated At Greeley Meeting
A new board of directors was elected for the Amercial Club of Greeley at Unity church. The session discussed expanding the secretary’s role, potential staff, and possible city county salary support. Also debated were future agricultural exhibits, prizes for potatoes and grains, and plans to feature farm crops at the Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercial Club of
Greeley
Ithschild
W. L. Clayton
J. M. B. Irikin
C. A. Granger
W. E.nsella
C. F. Bell
H. C. Casner
J. Marek
Edwin Starkey
Commercial Club
Seay
Unity Church
J. M. B. Trikin
Credit Men’s Sociation
Petrikin
Potato Prize Contest Opens as Harvest Begins in Greeley
Farmers are urged to bring fine potatoes to the Tribune office for prize consideration. A list of prizes is published for standout specimens. Mature potatoes will be kept for the Greeley exhibition, while some are still developing.
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Tribune
The
Greeley
Klug Sues Union Pacific Over 1905 Runaway Injury
John Klug, prominent stockman, files a $10,000 damage suit in district court against the Union Pacific for injuries from a May 3 1905 runaway near Evans Colorado. He alleges raised rails due to missing planking caused the wreck and cites extensive medical costs and permanent impairment affecting his ranching income.
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John Klug
Union Pacific Railroad
Klug
Greeley
Frank Madden
John T. Jacobs
H. C. Bennett
Lloyd Ayers
LaSalle
Evans
Effort to Build School Depot Opposite Normal School
State Normal officials and B. D. Sanborn press for a school depot opposite the Normal school area to serve over 1,000 students and faculty. They note nearby universities also have depots and argue convenience for students who travel and town business. The depot would reduce the long walk from the current station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School
B. D. Sanborn
State University
Boulder
Normal School
Greeley
Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Suit Seeks to Clear Title on Greeley Farm
Tovas Mattox sues his son Clarence in district court to recover the title to the farm southwest of Greeley. The complaint says the son has held title in trust since 1900 when the last payment was made, with an agreement to transfer on demand. A demand last month was refused.
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Tovas Mattox
Clarence
Greeley
Potato digging delays loom as climatic heat bites
Greeley's potato belt postpones the digging push until cooler weather. Prices eased briefly after early digging, then held. agitators urging higher wages faced city officials' crackdown. Spud workers camp along riverbanks and rail lines, while calls for shelter and orderly labor conditions grow. Colorado’s canning potential expands with peas shipments and a Longmont cannery capable of 20 000 cans per hour.
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Greeley
The
Tribune
Johnstown
Dreadful series of robberies and deaths near La Salle
The article recounts a spree of violence and robberies near La Salle from June to August including hold ups by footpads near the Platte River bridge, arrests and sentences, beatings, and deaths by railroad accidents and a freight train. It also notes glacier observations near Estes Park and descriptions of the Hallet and Sprague glaciers as notable sights.
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Station 1
Station 10
Hallet
Sprague
Estes Park
Alaska
Peas in the East Spark Colorado Cannery Boom
The Empson Canning company of Longmont has grown from modest beginnings to a booming operation supplying sugar peas to eastern cities. Colorado peas are praised as firmer and more succulent than eastern rivals, with transportation networks allowing shippers to compete in large markets and suggesting many new canneries may follow.
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Colorado
Empson Canning Company
Longmont
East
Rockies
Big Money in Hogs Colorado Farmers See Profits in Hog Rearing
Colorado hog-raising grows with alfalfa beet pulp and field peas as key feed. Dean Carlyle of the Agricultural College predicts hog profits are sure if hogs are fed regularly. He cautions ranchers against neglecting feed and rustling expectations, urging small starts then expansion.
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Colorado
Dean Carlyle
The
Agricultural College
Denver Man Killed by Freight Train in LaSalle
An inquest led by Coroner Mary last Monday found no foul play in the death of Frank P. Duncan of Denver who was run over by a freight train at LaSalle around 8 PM. A brakeman saw him too late to avoid contact. The jury exonerated the railroad company. The body was shipped to Granger Missouri and flowers from Denver friends adorned the coffin.
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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
Mary
Frank P. Duncan
Granger
Missing horse and buggy reported in Eaton raid
R. J. White of Eaton reported a horse and buggy were stolen last Friday night. Some one took the horse from the barn hitched it to the buggy in the yard and drove away. The sheriff's office is investigating the missing chattels.
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R. J. White
Eaton
Sheriff’s Office
Glaciology Visit Documents Arapahoe Glacier Movements
Colorado scientists from the state university observed Arapahoe glacier on August 30 1904 collecting metal marks at ten stations to document movement. The glacier lies on Arapahoe peaks accessible via Moffat road or Eldora line through Boulder.
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Colorado
State University
Arapahoe
Arapahoe Peaks
Moffat Road
Eldora
Boulder
Hugh F. Watts
The
University
Jail Break Attempt at County Jail Foiled by Guard
A Denver man Louis Webber jailed on chicken stealing nearly escaped from a county jail after sawing a cell bar with a spring found in a shoe. Guard Dave Camp detected the effort after hearing noises, finding one bar half severed. Webber’s brother Fred escaped earlier. Webber Jr. fled on bond and has been missing for weeks.
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Dave Camp
Louis Webber
Denver
Webber
Mr. Camp
Fred Webber
Louis Webber, Jr
Petition to hold special election on new telephone franchise denied
C H Ramsay sought a council ordered vote on granting a new independent telephone franchise. The council split 3 to 3, Mayor Green abstained from voting, and Ramsay offered to pay election costs. The issue had been debated for weeks and was finally voted on at the last council meeting.
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C. H. Ramsay
Green
Ramsay
Wood Reservoir case awards Ackroyd $2000 for land taken
In county court last Friday a jury awarded Amos Ackroyd one acre valued at $2000 in a condemnation suit brought by the Wood Reservoir Company. The company, largely owned by Bruce G. Eaton, expands its reservoir. A related Daisy Reservoir suit against Ackroyd began the prior Monday. Ackroyd also received $1120 last spring from the Great Western railroad for right of way on part of his land.
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Wood Reservoir Company
Amos Ackroyd
Ackroyd
Bruce G. Eaton
Daisy
Bruce Eaton
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A. B. Church
Colorado & Ithern
F. W. Angier
Kion Pacific Railroads
R. G. Jong
Rand
Reynolds
Sanborn
Portland Exposition
Bune
Union Pacific
United States
Burlington
Atlantic
New York
San Francisco
Mississippi River
Far East
Philadelphia
Boston
Orient
Roosevelt
PEAS
Empson Company
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