Bert Growers Hold Big Meeting at Grand Opera House
Delegates from the Arkansas Valley beet growers filled the Grand Opera House for a morning session and a larger afternoon gathering. Ebbert opened with sharp criticism of Manager Wietzer’s circular, while growers from Garden City to Vineland urged fair contracts, flat rates of $5, and fair dump charges. The group formed a committee to draft action and heard Wietzer’s full letter defending delivery, dumping, tare, and payment policies, urging strong grower cooperation amid recent unprofitable factory operations. Continued on Fourth Page
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Grand Opera House
Arkansas Valley Beet Growers
Ebbert
Wietzer
Downing
Garden City
Arkans Valley
Garden
Storts
Kansas
Rees
Vineland
Michael
St. Charles Mesa
Blakely
Fowler
Fowler Crowers
Gillispie
Sportsman
Manzanola
Las Animas
Burt Brown
Buffalo
Granada
Ferguson
Prowers County
Wylie
Ryan
Rocky Ford
Beet Growers Protective Association Otero Co
State Bank Still a Topic in Rocky Ford
News of bank troubles revives public interest as President Godding and officers face new depositors' claims. Bonds posted for Godding, Smith, and Barkley. District Attorney White cites possible criminal charges based on insolvent deposits. Receiver reports and securities reviewed. property transferred to Receiver Hall. local clash over libel and ongoing bond increases noted.
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Godding
W. E. McDaniels
la Junta
Messrs. Godding and Smith
George Hammond
Clinton DeLong
Frank Green
Mr. Barkley
L. W. Babcock
J. C. Rex
S. H. White
Pueblo
White
G. W. Swink
Kansas City
Fenton Land and Irrigation Project
District Court
State Bank
Smith
Receiver Hall
Tenth Street
Caege
Bank Rumors Stir Rock River Valley Bank Plans
The Rocky Ford area nears a new bank opening with Carleton brothers tied to a Cripple Creek project and The People's Home Bank of Rocky Ford poised to start in the Steele building. Capital stock listed at 15000 dollars, with G. M. Coffman as president and Ralph P. Collins as vice president amid a board including H. M. Ingraham and I. L. Smith. Local residents have subscribed as stockholders and a cashier may soon be named as talks of early banking operations continue.
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Carleton Brothers
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Rock
Hilfiker
Rocky Ford
Pueblo
Rocky
Ford Country
People’s Home Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Steele Building
South Main Street
G. M. Coffman
Kansas
Ralph P. Collins
H. M. Ingraham
I. L. Smith
O. E. Adams
Coffman
Carletons
Ston
Rocky Money
Theo
Tom
Tragic Runaway Tragedy at Main Street Crossing
A morning Santa Fe train ran over a man from Pueblo position on the Main street crossing. Firemen washed the blood from the engine as passengers watched a grisly scene. The victim, a Mexican, was hurled fifty feet. investigators question whether suicide or misfortune occurred.
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Main Street
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Nepesta
Missouri Pacific
Beets Talks and City Proceedings in Rocky Ford
The committee met with Wietzer and Wylie to push for beet grower rates for 1908 with a sliding scale proposed by Holly Sugar Co, but no agreement reached. City council met with permits granted, engineer candidate placed on waitlist, parking grounds sketches approved, and bond security questions debated amid plans for new ordinances and sewer rules.
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Wietzer
Wietver
New York
Wylie
Holly Sugar Co
A. B.S. Co
Sprinker
Merk
Rocky Ford
B.C. McCarter
Wood
Robertson
Farmers Department
201
Ritchie
the Surety Co
Pure$Springs Water Co
Kendig
Maud the Mule: Colorado Jury Awards $177.50 Damages
The district court awarded rancher Charles T. Sutton $177.50 against the Santa Fe after a mule named Maud was killed by a night express between Wietzer and Manzanola. Attorney Scanland of Rocky Ford represented Sutton in the case, noting Maud was a Colorado product rather than Missouri born.
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Charles T. Sutton
Wietzer
Manzanola
Santa Fe
Scanland
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bert Growers
Court of Public Opinion
Daily Press
W. R. Cline
The
City Realty Co
Springer, N. M
Miami
Our
Hutchinson
Ford
Kimzey Grocery Company
Court of Honor
O. O. F. Hall
Walden
Harry Hauck
Pennsylvania
Frank
T. B. Wilson
Pike's Peak
W. Walden
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