Denver Letter on Patterson Dictatorship and Revenue Bill
Denver reports Senator-elect Patterson presses to push the Bush county consolidation bill into law despite constitutional questions. Fusion allies back the move while several Democrats call for Supreme Court review. Meantime the revenue bill faces more than 200 amendments and worries investors like Frank Trumbull about Colorado projects and rail expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Denver
Bush
Arapahoe County
Clay Whitford
Senate
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
H. H. Seldomridge
Colorado Springs
Buncombe Bille
Auditorium
Colorado
United States Court
Rush
Judicial Department
Legislative Department
Leander R. West
Jefferson County
Stewart
State Senate
Johson
Bonfils
News and Post
Walte
Washington
House
Frank Trumbull
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Platte Canon
Cripple Creek
Colorado & Southern
Colorado Midland
Fort Worth
Denver City
Mr. Trumbull
Chamber of Commerce
Arid land bill aims split among states and irrigation push
Live Washington notes discuss potential coalition among representatives from arid states to back irrigation efforts led by Mondell of Wyoming. They debate tariff duties on imported sugars and the Spooner bill’s imperialism implications while weighing the need for an extra congressional session over Cuban constitution and Philippines issues.
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Congress
Arapahoe County
Colorado
Denver
Mondell
Wyoming
Shafroth
Monell
Gage
United States
Russia
Secretary of the Treasury
Louisiana Purchase
McKinley
Philippines
Jefferson
Louisiana
Louisiana Territory
Colorado Notes from the Pueblo region across 1900
A dense bulletin lists statewide notes from Colorado including a Colorado Springs coyote hunt en route to the East, rock from Golden used in Denver streets, recruiting for the Thirtieth Infantry at Fort Logan, Santa Fe Ice houses at La Junta, Denver tramway receipts of 1,002,289, and a February 1900 set of local deaths, travels, and civic events across Denver, Pueblo, Greeley, and Boulder.
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Pueblo
Roosevelt
Colorado Springs
Golden
Denver
Fort Logan
Santa Fe Railroad
la Junta
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Bessemer Steel Works
James Gill
Cedars
Fire and Police Board of
Capitol Hill
Department of Colorado
Wyoming G. A. R
Leadville Lodge of Eagles
Tabor
8. B. Dick
Colorado & Northwestern Railroad
Wand
Eldora
Francis Kennedy
University of Colorado
Boulder
Princeton University
Evening Journal
Volling
Ed. G. Smith
Carl Maroney
Washington
Roderick L. Lawther
Pocahontas
Glenwood Springs
B.C. Russey
Parachute
Colorado
Bureau of War Relics
Capitol Building
John Alexander Seeley
Otero County
Boulder County
W.G. Houston
Joseph Inman
Greeley Colony
Nineteenth and
Lincoln Avenues
Peculiar cattle ailment and new Wool Growers group in Glenrock
A Pagosa Springs correspondent notes a cattle malady in Archuleta county likely from mad dog bites, with animals frothing at the mouth and behaving erratically. The Glenrock Wool Growers Association has formed to build a wool warehouse and address range disputes, with officers elected. Bent County Farmers Institute held a two day session at Las Animas with lectures on sugar beets, irrigation, and farming practices. Snowfall varies across Colorado, Archuleta reports heavy snowfall. other areas see below-average moisture. Minnesota 15% wheat shows strong potential, derived from selective breeding. alfalfa in dry seasons may be improved by disc-rolled crowns and solid seed beds with corrugated rollers for better irrigation compatibility. Field notes urge irrigated West growers to own corrugated rollers for seedbed prep.
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Pagosa Springs
Denver
Archuleta
D. L. Egger
Glenrock
Wool Growers’ Association
J. E. Higgins
J. F. Patterson
E. H. Kimball
C. F. Patterson
J. KR. Slaughter
O. A. Patzold
John A. McDermott
Bent County Farmers’ Institute
Las Animas
Paddock and
Buffum
Agricultural College
Rocky Ford
Bent County
Counies
Colorado
Webster
South Platte
Continental Divide
Minnesota Experiment Station
Minnesota
University Farm
Northwest
Otero
Different Kinds of Corn Across the United States
The piece outlines five corn kinds in the U.S. including dent, flint, and sweet varieties with numerous color and size forms. Dent corn dominates exports, while sweet corn traces to New England. It notes height ranges from 13 inches to over 25 feet, ear lengths, kernel counts, and nutritional comparisons among types.
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United States
Corn
New England
Canada
Colorado
Tennessee
Grasshopper Destroyers Arrive to Fight Hoppers in State
Alexander Craw, quarantine officer of the State Board of Horticulture, reports a consignment from Australia of tachings to exterminate grasshoppers. The insects, kept cold at about 25 degrees, will be released in May with the grasshopper appearance. The shipment also includes many lady birds to combat red scale in Santa Clara orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Craw
State Board of Horticultu
Santa Clara
San Francisco Chronicle
Peruna praised by officials and laymen in catarrh appeal
A dated advertisement features testimonials from Washington DC Senator Roach and St Paul contractor J Makinson endorsing Peruna as effective against catarrh. It notes widespread catarrh, its chronic risk, and the high cost of treatment, arguing Peruna offers a systemic remedy with broad acceptance.
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Peruna
Peruna Medicine Company
Columnes Ohm
Washington, D. C
Roach
Sian
Ed J. Makinson
Grand Block
Wabash Street
St. Paul
Minn
J. Makinson
United States
This
Byron J. Risthgo
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Colorado Notes
Orman
William Collins
California
Collins
William Reno
Railroad Company
Logan County
Fitzhugh Lee
Sons of the Revolution
Brown Palace
General Lee
Frank Tompkins
Adams & Bunkers
W. J. Farr
Greeley
Wryatte Bros
Tompkins
Phillipe County
John Heginbotham
J. A. Berg
W. BE. Pugh
HW CG
Hargraves
Jon Heginbotham
J. A. Kerg
Holyoke
Albert Parks
Charles Gross
Midland
Glenwoode
New Castle
Samuel Hallett
8. I. Hallett
Aspen
Hallett
Kirktedttorney
Cousselet
Law
Norn Ta
He J. Makinson
Acker
Frank S. Hall
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C
M W.H. Hooker & O., Propre
Buffalo, N
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