Congress Sees Dry Farming Grow As Cheyenne Next Year
The Transmissouri Dry Farming Congress closes its Cheyenne bid next year as attendance rises from 282 to about 600. Debates cover crop rotation, deep plowing, and a proposed 320 acre homesteads expansion. Resolutions praise forest conservation, water needs, and Secretary Wilson’s rural farming support.
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Salt Lake
Transmissouri
Cheyenne
Wyo
Utah
Congress
Committee On Resolutions
Daniel Harrington
Wilson
Er. H. Webster
Department of Agriculture
W. Barnes
Barnes
New Mexico
Parish
Limon
Colo
Bureau of Information
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Douglas
Arizona
J. G. McCabe
Denver plan for civic plaza and grand stadium
A twelve member committee presents a beautification plan for downtown Denver. It proposes cutting Broadway to the river, straightening the Fifteenth Street curve, and acquiring blocks west of the capital to form an irregular six sided plaza. A central stadium would anchor the space.
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Denver
Frederick Macmonnies
Discoe and Hewitt
Broadway
Fifteenth Street
Capitol Grounds
Colfax
West Fourteenth Avenues
Bannock Street
Cherokee Street
City and County
Bates Triangle
United States
Battlechip Fleet Sails From Rio for 14000 Mile Cruise
Rio Janeiro sees the American warships depart for Punta Arenas on a 14 000 mile voyage to San Francisco. The Brazilian public celebrates the fleet with a day of honors aboard the Minnesota and aboard the president's yacht. Salutes, cheers, and 21 gun salvos accompany the passing ships as they head out.
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Rio Janeiro
Punta Arenas
Magellan Straits
San Francisco
Rio
Republic
Penna
Petropolis
Yacat Silva
Benjamin Constant
Alencar
the Marine
Dr. L. Muller
Minnesota
Thomas
Hubbard
Irving B. Dudley
Admiral Thomas
Brazil
United States
Roosevelt
Ron
Dr. Penne
Fort Villagnon
Alabama
Fort Villageon
Grange Officers Elected in Colorado Session
Denver report notes Colorado State Grange elected officers for the year with John Morris of Golden as Worthy Master and Moses Hoover of Boulder Valley as Overseer. Other posts include P Richards Fort Collins Lecturer, Rudolph Johnston Nicot Steward, James M Platt Boulder Assistant Steward, Agnes L. Riddle Denver Secretary, and J B Rhea Littleton Gatekeeper. Installations and committee reports followed, then a visit to the stock yards show. The evening featured fifth degree exemplification for a large candidate group.
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Denver
Colorado State Grange
John Morris
Golden
Loch Lomond
Moses Hoover
Boulder Valley Grange
P. Richards
Fort Collins
Rudolph Johnston
Nicot
James M. Platt
Boulder
M. J. Tobey
Longmont
Levi Booth
George M. Griffin
Dairymen Campaign Organized in Colorado
Denver hosts the Colorado State Dairymen's Association which has launched a statewide campaign to promote and expand the dairy industry. Plans include a state lecturing drive by instructors from the State Agricultural College and the formation of local groups, plus prize incentives at county fairs to boost farmer interest.
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Denver
Colorado State Dairymen’s Association
Colorado
State Agricultural College
Dry Farming Congress Opens in Salt Lake City
With scores of delegates and many visitors, the Trans- Missouri Dry Farming Congress began its second annual meeting in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. Reports from Colorado Wyoming Montana and Utah shown progress in dry farming and indicated arid lands are being brought to cultivation with rapid progress and notable profit.
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Salt Lake
Trans- Missouri Dry Farming Congress
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
President Voiced Satisfaction With Philippine Policy Nine Years After Manila Battle
Washington reports nine years of American rule in the Philippines as Secretary Taft’s exhaustive findings reach Congress in a letter from the President. Roosevelt endorses Taft’s recommendations for trade access, mining and land laws, an agricultural bank, and open coastwise trade while noting Filipinos face a long path to self government and independence.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Taft
Congress
Philippines
William McKinley
Yose Islands
Jen Joan of War
Philippine Islands
United States
Roosevelt
Smith
Cuba
Philippine Assembly
Beet Growers Resist Cut at Rocky Ford Convention
A Republican special from Rocky Ford reports nearly 500 beet growers delegates passed resolutions refusing to grow beets for the 1908 price of four fifty a ton unless the 1907 scale is signed. Delegations from multiple towns pressed to organize, with five plants in the district. The American Beet Sugar Company declined to adjust, prompting talks of substituting tomatoes and rebuilding canning factories like Bartow Consolidated if acreage shifts occur.
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Denver
Rocky Ford
Arkansas Valley
St. Charles
Pueblo
Bartow Consolidated Canning Company
Railway Suit Begun Against Union Pacific Network
Washington attorney general directs filing of a bill in equity to dissolve control by Union Pacific and subsidiaries over Southern Pacific and San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake lines. Suit seeks to declare stock holdings in Santa Great Northern and Northern Pacific illegal, with Farmers Loan and Trust as stock depository and Harriman Clark as named proxies. Not personal criminal prosecutions for officers. Kellogg and Severance named as special assistants.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Union Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Oregon
Santa
Great Northern
Northern Pacfic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Portland
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
New York
San Pedro Road
Harriman
Clark
Frank B. Kellogg
Cordence A. Severance
St. Paul
Seed Growers Convention in Denver Elects Officers
The Colorado Grain and Seed Growers convened at Albany hotel Denver on January 23. President W H Olin was re elected with thanks. Officers elected include C M Mathias Monte Vista as first vice president C C Williams Yuma as second vice president Ben Breston Fort Collins as third vice president Frederick Gaylord as fourth vice president Fritz Knorr secretary H L Locke treasurer. Knorr named delegate to National Corn Association in Omaha. Resolutions favor incorporation under state laws and turning the group into a seed clearing house were adopted. Patterson prizes noted and Senator Patterson honored life member with gold insignia. National Grain Growers President J W Jones thanked Patterson.
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Denver
Colorado Grain and Seed Growers’ Convention
Albany Hotel
W. H. Olin
Department of Agronomy
Colorado Agricultural College
Professor Olin
C. M. Mathias
Monte Vista
C. C. Williams
Yuma
Ben Breston
Fort Collins
Frederick Gaylord
Fritz Knorr
H. L. Locke
Longmont
Knorr
National Corn Association
Omaha
Olin
Patterson
Senator Patterson
Defiance
J. W. Jones
National Grain Growers’ Association
Suit Against State Treasurer for Unpaid School Appropriations
DenverDistrict Court faces mandamus bid from governing boards of the State School of Mines, Normal School, Deaf and Blind, Agricultural College, and University to compel turnover of unpaid funds from last Legislature. They argue Stratton inheritance tax suffices. Bent contends funds stay from general appropriation. Total unpaid: Mines 35000, Normal 30000, Deaf 6200, Deaf organ 5000, Agricultural 45000, University 100000. half still due each.
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Denver
Stader
Bent
State School of Mines
State Normal School
Colorado School For the Deaf and Blind
Agricultural College
The
State University
Stratton
School of Mines
Normal School
University of Colorado
Had Iistened to Daddy Telephoners Tale
A man near New York vents profanity via telephone during a stormy session. His two year old later repeats the expletives, prompting the mother to scold him. The baby defends himself saying I am telephoning.
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New York
Central
Advertising Trick Swindles Western Farmers Exposed
A report exposes a South Dakota land scam where an agent bids low then inflates to as much as sixty dollars per acre, charging fifty cents an acre for advertising with no contract guarantee of payment until sale. About twenty two farmers in Brown County were targeted, one paid three hundred twenty dollars. The piece also notes a local humorous digression about Mammy Liza and a livery stable delay.
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South Dakota
Brown County
Farm seeds and political dodges in a jumble
An OCR fragment touts Moravian Barley and Speitz cereals, mentions fodder crops and farm seeds with a 10 cent mail-order pitch to John A Salter Teed Co. La Crosse Wis. Then a political boss endorses Crookley while an unsophisticated critic pushes Goodley, claiming Crookley has better pull.
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Speitz
Dak
Mont
William Oat Prodi
John A. Salter Teed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Crookley
Goodley
Reward for Catarrh Cure and Harvey House Advert
One hundred dollars reward for any Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall e Catarrh Cure. J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Waring Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo. Catarrh Cure taken internally. 73 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The Reason for Marrying joke quote.
The Business of Faith in New Hampshire
A New Hampshire man recounts a town figure who, previously indifferent to church matters, starts regular services. Businessmen discuss old Ketchum, noting he loaned the pastor $60 a year ago and now treats church attendance as pew rent, a sign of financial motive rather than piety.
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New Hampshire
Sunday Magazine
D D D Prescription Soothing Liquid Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts D D D Prescription as instantly relieving eczema and itch with wintergreen thymol glycerine and mild ingredients. It offers a free sample by sending 10 cents postage to Chicago and urges readers to try the soothing liquid, even suggesting testing it on the piano. A verse about a Des Moines misprint ends the item.
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Michigan St. Dept
Chicago
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Liza
Little Circle
Harvard Lampoon
Elie
Senna
California
Soln
Wat ‘Teabing ’ Druccists
Eczema
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
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W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lever
Lydia I. Pinkham
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