Keota notes cover illness, plays, and local moves
Lafayette visitors nurse influenza cases in Keota while Mrs Chapman leaves for home. A school play Her Honor the Mayor entertains a large crowd with songs by a male quartet. Farmers build a new storage shed and arrivals from Oregon visit Keota before heading to Grand Island and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Parks
Thomas Chapman
Lafayette
Keota
C. H. Foley
Grover High School
Pawnee Press
Keota Forms Volunteer Fire Department and Council Meets
The Keota town hall organized a volunteer fire department with O. Dodder as chief C. L. Stanley as secretary A. H. Currie as treasurer and Ralph Currie as assistant chief Nearly every resident received a position during a practice run to the lumber yard The council approved a telephone franchise ordinance discussed fire limits and building restrictions passed a few bills and adjourned The fire drill highlighted poor street conditions but strong water pressure to reach the lumber shed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
O. Dodder
C. L. Stanley
A. H. Currie
Ralph Currie
East Weld Post 75 Organizes at Buckingham
East Weld Post No. 75 American Legion is permanently organized at Buckingham with H. D. Lauer as commander and officers elected including Hugh Klepfer vice commander Paul A. Shields chaplain Harry F. Greene historian and Grant F. Freeman adjutant Meetings will rotate between Buckingham and Keota and the slogan One Hundred Per Cent by June First is adopted Ex servicemen in Keota and Buckingham urged to join Formner Photographer Sterling Colo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Weld
American Legion
Buckingham
H. D. Lauer
Hugh Klepfer
Paul A. Shields
Harry F. Greene
Grant F. Freeman
Keota
Buckingham District
Potato Exhibit Train Comes to Keota March Fifth
Agricultural department of the Burlington and Colorado and Southern Railroads with the State Agricultural College and County Farm Bureau will run a potato exhibit car in March. It stops in Keota on March 5 with a public open car and a meeting in F and M Hall led by renowned potato experts. Local show planned with County Agent Knapp and others assisting. railroad representative will visit Keota for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department of
Burlington and Colorado and Southern Railroads
State Agricultural College
County Farm Bureau
Keota
F. & M. Hall
Knapp
M. L. Haworth
W. K. Bowles
C. E. Williams
J. A. Rumsey
L. A. Bailey
John Wertz
W. S. Moore
Grover High Faces Decisive Final Game For Title
The Grover high school basketball team can clinch the league championship with a win at Raymer tomorrow night. A Grover loss could create a three way tie with Keota and Raymer, while Buckingham remains winless. The Pawnee Press notes the even competition and urges Grover to play to form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Raymer
Keota
Buckingham
Pawnee Press
Farmers Should Put Up Silos In Good Years
Dairymen face losses as corn crops ran below normal last year and many herds were sold for lack of ensilage. The author urges farmers to fill two silos in good years so cows have feed through harsh winters, noting properly stored ensilage may last for years and reduce future sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Spangler
Colorado Agricultural College
Colorado
Seed Potatoes Scarce and High in 1920 Outlook
Farmers forecast a larger potato crop in 1920 but seed potatoes will be scarce and costly. Estimates place Red River Minnesota seed around 5.60 dollars per hundred and Wisconsin seed near 6.00. At 600 to 700 pounds of seed per acre the seed cost alone could reach about 40 dollars per acre, spurring interest in irrigated seed production in Weld County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Red River
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Weld
Nebraska
Tribune-Republican
Feed and Seed For Sale and Local Travel Mention
Feed and seed items offered including cane millet and Sudan grass seed with bound and threshed forms. Names Ray Got fredson Buckingham Colo and others. Travel note mentions a Chev rolet touring car and furniture offered for sale or trade, at Gamble place Keota, and shelled corn at Keota elevator priced 3.25 per cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Ray Gotfredson
Buckingham
Colo
Lamar
Veda Scott
Ival Sutton
Cheyenne
Keota
Gamble Place
George Ortman
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Louis Lehms
Edgar
Herman Lehms
Hereford
Pat
Arthur LaChapelle
Portland
Oregon
Kurtz
Art
Grand Island
Weld County
Charles Kurts
Baby
Charley
St. Home
Idaho
G. W. Cochran
Briggsdale
Pss
B. G. Ingraham
New Raymer
Keota Methodist Church
Teed Olsen
Miss Rodefer
Stanley
Post American Legion
Formner
Sterling, Colo
The
Farmers State Bank of
Farmers State Bank
D. Markley
D. G. Olson
Markley
Schoonover & Son
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