Amity Declared International Money Order Office
County Notes from the Holly Chieftain report Amity becoming an international money order office bringing a big accommodation to residents. The Holly Cantaloupe Growers association audits meet and declare finances correct. Artesian well work at 100 feet caves, prompting casing. J W Phillips travels to Iowa seeking residents for Holly. Pinkham & Co acquire LaMotte feed and grain business to stock farmers. Local capitalists reportedly plan a large brick or stone block with an opera house. Granada Times notes Walter Bolton’s new residence nearing completion. Meagher injures a hand vaccinating calves at XY ranch. Shellhorn adds sheds at lumber yard. Hogue and Coates return from New Mexico to inspect sheep. A M Brenaman’s daughter Della dies at Manzanola. Boggs and Leslie build an ice house for own use. Mrs Georgia Franklin leaves for Cripple Creek visit. Ice stockpiled for next summer. Lamar Ranch Co ceases drilling for flowing water. well at 320 feet with limited output. 480 head of steers and 3000 lambs are being fed, as George Hanna guides a busy, cordial operation.
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Lamar Ranch Co
George Hanna
No Sugar Factory Promoter's Caution on Las Animas Plant
In a letter to P G Scott, sugar factory promoter Mr Fisher says adverse tariff sentiment may defeat a Las Animas plant this year. He notes capitalists are timid but expects temporary impact. Mr Churchill, in Washington, predicts enacted Cuban tariff legislation will pass, affecting beet sugar.
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Las Animas
Churchill
Washington
Congress
Bent County
Democrat
Sugar beet to make Colorado famed for world markets
George B. Rainwater predicts Colorado sugar beet production will rival gold in prominence. He notes soil, purity, and saccharine matter exceed averages, with large beets like a 17 pound freak seen at Greely. He says small tracts, 80 acres, suit farmers, despite labor, and factory towns boost acreage as sugar factories spread across the state.
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Colorado
George B. Rainwater
White Cloud
Mich
Windsor Hotel
Greely
Denver Republican
Factory Building for 1902 Sugar Factories in Colorado
Farmers in the West push for new sugar factories while committees push promoters twofold. Mr. Charles Boettcher of Great Western Sugar says no definite action is likely in Colorado for 1902 for factories not yet contracted, citing tariff legislation uncertainty as the reason to delay investments until a sugar schedule reduction is settled. Daily papers across Colorado have carried numerous reports on the drive.
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Charles Boettcher
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Boettcher
Congress
Great Western Sugar plans across Colorado factory race
McLean Bros report on promises by the Great Western Sugar Co to build factories for 1902 at Fowler Alamosa Mosca Fort Collins Fort Morgan Brush and Sterling while Boettcher says his firm will not act soon. The Sugar Beet Grower notes Congress delay and potential for Eastern capital to join in construction if action is rapid.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Boettcher
Congress
Fowler
Alamosa
Mosca
Fort Collins
Fort Morgan
Brush
Sterling
United States
Colorado
Is Government Assistance to Irrigation Necessary
Is government assistance to irrigation necessary asks a National Homemaker column about adding vast arid lands to productive farms. It notes seven million acres already irrigated by private capital and questions why private capital alone cannot expand irrigation further in the West.
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Arid
India
United States
West
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