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Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-06
wisconsin Wants Crabtree.

Superintendent Crabtree OF the Peru
Normal school has been offered place as
superintendent OF a normal school In Wis
consin at a salary OF 1900 a year more
than he is now receiving. Mr.. Crabtree
refused the offer. but It is understood a
committee from Wisconsin will call upon
him some day this week TO get him 10 re-
consider his decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-06
HaveIOck Pastor stoned.

d. W. Wilt. pastor Of a church at Have
lock. was pursued by a mob last night and
stones and eggs were hurled at him. wilt
had appeared before the city council OF
Havelock 10 protest against the granting
OF certain saloon licenses. During the
hearing a crowd gathered around the city
hau and when the preacher and his tenn
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-06

Deputy Superintendent Bishop returned
today from a trip out in Banner Kimball,
Cheyenne and other western counties. Mr..
Bishop said all these counties .lad recently
had plenty OF rains and all crops were
looking good. The North Platte Junior
Normal school opened this morning with
a good attendance
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Death of Mrs. Fritz.

In the presence of a number of
friends and just as she was preparing
to put on her wraps and things to 60
to her home, Mrs. Maragret Fritz,
wife Of y. S. Fritz, dropped dead
from paralysis of the heart, at about
6 O'Clock last Thursday evening.
She had been attending meeting
OF the w. R. c., in Odd Fellows
hall and was apparently in the best
OF health right up to the moment
that she fell to the floor. She was
dead when the physicians called
reached her.
Mrs. Fritz was formerly Mrs.
Margaret Azdell and came to Gree
ley in 1883. In 1891 she was mar
ried to Mr.. Fritz and has since then
made her home here. Her husband
and son, j. B. Azdel, survive her.
The funeral services under the
auspices Of the W. R. c., G. A. R.
and Eastern Star were held in the
First Presbyterian church at
O'Clock Saturday afternoon, with
Rev. R. J. Hunter officiating.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Six Motor Cars.

Six new gasoline motor cars have
been constructed at the Omaha shops
of the Union Pacific railroad COM
pany, a couple of which will likely
be put on the line between Greeley
and Denver for suburban business.
The first car of this kind was built
for an experiment in March of 1905.
After being tested about the yards
at Omaha it was sent to Greeley and
made few trips, carrying passen-
gers. Then it was sent to the Port
land exposition where it attracted
considerable attention, finally COM
ing back through here at the close OF
the exposition.
The new cars will be 32 feet
and So feet in length, respectively.
They will be capable of speed of
from SO to 60 miles an hour. 1t Is
said that practically all of the noise
and vibration of the engines have
been eliminated.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Two New Armories.

At meeting of the state military
board Friday morning IN Denver
contracts for the erection of state
armories at Ault and Fort Morgan
were taken under consideration,
The Ault armory will cost Sl,ooo anu
that at Fort Morgan about an equal
amount. The people who build tne
structures are held by contract viii
the state to sell the state the pro-
perty at the expiration OF III years III
case the state wants to BUY a' oi'o
expiration of that time. The lease
calls for the payment OF ABOUT 0,o ~
per month in Fort Morgan ana Au''
for the lease of the property.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
C. & S. Extension.

The Colorado & Southern has let
n contract for the construction of a
niece of railroad from Wellington to
a point near the Mahood & Bennett
ranch, almost straight north of
Windsor. This will put large sec
tion of farming land in the north
western part of Weld county on Iail-
road that has heretofore had an ex-
ceedingly long haul to rail.
A Longmont contractor has the
lob. which will be pushed to com
pletion Immediately.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12

they were on tie road he talked
freely with the sheriff about his past
crimes and seemed rather to glory in
the reputation which he held. The
police In Kansas City know Cum
mings for one of the worst crooks
and safe blowers in the country and
his meeting with some of the detec-
tives at that city, where they stop
ped over night, was like a meeting
with old friends. Thief catchers
and thief talked freely about noted
criminals of the country, and the
jobs they had done, of course, as a
matter Of delicacy, not mentioning
any of those in which Commings had
himself had hand.
Cummings was taken to the peni-
tentiary at Canon City last Saturday
by Sheriff Florance.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
HAD AN ELECTION
Weld County Towns Put up
Good officers

All ol,r neighboring towns helt
spring elections last week, Tuesday
and good, strong tickets were elected
at Eaton, Ault, Windsor and Evans
At Windsor 152 votes were. cast, as
against 92 last year when there were
sewer bonds and electric light plant
to be voted upon.
The following ticket was elected
E. 1. Raymond, mayor; A. Hahn,
Louis Mccullough and J. S. Newell,
trustees; g. Stoneberg, clerk; c. II.
Mcneil, treasurer.
At Eaton the so-called Independ
ent party candidates were elected
throughout. A total of 169 votes
were cast, and of these there we're Sc
straight and 81 scratches. The
officers elected were: T. FL. Daley,
mayor; L. G. Gavin, M. Lair, E. G.
Steele, trustees for two years; G. w.
Deffke, Thomas Leadbetter, trustees
for one year.
AT Ault total of 202 votes were
cast and e. A. Mead was elected
mayor, Ray NJ. Gale, Frank j..
Stoner. Emanuel Schroll and j. W..
Tellefsen, trustees. Messrs. Jere-
miassen and Hart are holdovers on
the board.
At Evans the Citizens party won
over the Taxpayers party by a plur-
ality of 81 votes. The successful
candidates were j. Fl. Behrens,
MAYOR; Fred Minns, Louis Larson,
G. r. Lansdale, trustees for two
years; j. G. Hudson, trustee for one
vpar
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
SCHOOL LAND USED
New Empire Reservoir to Cover
Entire Section of This

Old complications have arisen over
the construction of the big New EN-
pire reservoir, now under way. 1t
has been found that the big lake
will cover, with other land, whole
section of school land. The question
of whether or not this land will
have to be purchased from the state,
or whether the irrigation law, as
some attorneys maintain, will give
the irrigation district the land with
out compensation is yet to be settled.
The matter came up at meeting
Of the state land board in Denver
last Thursday. Register Mark
Woodruff contends that the state
land board is the only body that has
the authority to dispose of school
land. The legislature, he argues,
cannot pass a constitutional law
that would dispose of school lands
with adequate compensation to the
state. Such law, If passed, it is
Cldluueu, WOulo DC III fIOldOlOu VI
the enabling act of congress which
placed the land in the possession of
Colorado.
Under the new Empire reservoir
and short distance therefrom are
four sections of school land. In fact
the state owns more land under the
reservoir than any individual. The
question of water rights for this
property will come up before the
board later.
Attorney General Miller has been
asked opinion as to whether the irri-
cation district may take the section
mentioned without paying for 1t.
The value of this section. it being a
part of reservoir, may cause some
dispute.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
PLAY HOUSES
EATON AND WINDSOR WILL
BOTH HAVE THEATRES
R. S. Dennis Remodeling Palace
Hotel for Thespians-Com-
plete New House for
Windsor

Eaton and Windsor will soon both
have opera houses. The one at
Eaton has already been provided for,
and plans are maturing so fast for
the Windsor house that it will not
be long before an excellent little
play house will also be put up there.
At the latter place there has been
no play house to speak of since the
former house was sold to the ODD
Fellows, or Masons, whichever order
1T was that bought it couple OF
years ago.
The manager of the Western
Theatre Construction company will
arrive in Windsor in a few days tc
talk opera house to business men.
The plan will be to dispose of seats
for the opening nights performance
at an advanced raise of prices and
perhaps some stock will be sold.
The building will be modern and
up-to-date. The firm which con-
templates erecting this building has
built number of handsome houses
in Kansas, Illinois and Nebraska.
They also are building one at
Boulder, which Is now under con-
struction.
At Eaton R. S. Dennis has begun
the reconstruction of a portion of the
Palace Hotel building into a theatre
capable Of seating $50 people.
The whole lower floor of the west
side Of this building is divided only
by wooden partitions. A plan fur
nished by Aitcheson & Eggleston
provides for the removal of these
partitions and the construction of a
stage and dressing rooms at the north
end. A hotel office much smaller
than at present will occupy the
front. Double doors at both front
and side will provide safe and con-
venient exits.
The stage is to be elevated three
and one-half feet above the present
floor and will have curtain opening
fourteen feet in width by eleven in
height. Besides the stage wings, a
large dressing room is provided in
the rear of the Palace Cafe. Several
hundred dollars worth of scenery,
curtains and stage settings have al
ready been ordered.
AS the floor will often be in de-
mand for dances, the seating will
consist of folding chairs that can be
readily removed.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
A Good Move.

The Colorado State Commercial
association has petitioned congress
for the enactment of legislation
providing for the construction and
the maintenance of a permanent
exhibition hall on Ellis Island in
New York harbor, for the benefit of
immigrants landing there. The as
ISOLATION by having exhibits of the
different resources of Colorado where
these immigrants could be interested,
that desirable class of people
might be induced to 60 to Colorado
instead of flocking to the cities Of
the Atlantic coast. This method Of
inducing settlers long has been re-
cognized as good one. and several
states are said to operate on these
lines, maintaining agents at the port
of New York for the purpose of in
ducing aliens to settle on the agri-
cultural lands of the west and north
west. No accommodation has ever
been made for these agents by the
national government, and there is a
steadily growing sentiment that
some federal assistance should be
given. AS solution OF the sociolo-
gical problem of the great cities,
such plan holds out recognized pos
SibilitieS.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
The Crawford Sale.

Sanborn & Houston last Thursday
purchased for $50, 600 the Crawford
property, adjoining the grounds Of
the State Normal school.
The Crawford property originally
consisted of 200 acres which John
Crawford, wealthy New Yorker,
and friend of N. G. Meeker, pur-
chased from Union colony in 1872 for
81, 900. Crawford gave the property
to his wife as Christmas gift.
The Cranfords had great faith in
Greeley and gave 80 acres of this
property as site for the State Nor
NAL school. From time to time lots
have been sold which, with Thurs
days sale, have brought 100000
Fred Crawford, the heir to the pro-
perty, says the land has paid them
better than gold mine.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
New Census Work.

The bureau of the census has just
issued a special report analyzing and
discussing statistics collected and
published at the twelfth census.
particularly statistics of population.
This work was prepared under the
direction of Prof. Walter &. Wilcox,
of Cornell University, who was form
erly one of the chief statisticians in
the census office.
The title of the volume is Sup
Nplementary Analysis and Derivative
Tables: Twelfth Census,' and, as
this title suggests, the work COM
prises two parts. The first part, or
Supplementary Analysis" is a
series of statistical studies, some Of
which have already been published
by the census bureau in bulletin
form, while others are now given to
the public for the first time.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
GREAT RUSH
SWEET PEA SEED WENT LIKE
HOT CAKES
Rain Did Not Keep the People
Away-Over 200 Packages
We're Distributed Last
Saturday

Not even a chilling drizzly rain
last Saturday afternoon could keep
people, young and old, from taking
advantage of the Tribune free sweet
pea seed offering. Over 200 persons
called dnring the afternoon for the
little packages. This was the third
season that sweet pea seed was given
away at this office, and it is probable
that Sweet Pea Day here will be a
regular institution with this paper,
year after year. There is, besides
the pleasure it affords to see the seed
60 to where good use will be made
of it genuine benefit to mankind
in this direction. A growing love
for flowers means growing love for
other things beautiful in life, and is
therefore a direct agent in the up
lifting of character.
1t was to foster an interest in
trees, plants and flowers that Arbor
Day was instituted, and on smaller
scale Sweet Pea Day works for the
same end.
We would have liked to give away
at least 500 packages of tie seed this
year; but owing to the fact that one
of the grocery stores of the city had
been giving away sweet pea seed for
about ten days. we thought great
many persons we're already supplied,
but many of these also called for
some of the Tribune seed, SO that a
number Of persons we're disappointed.
The demand was splendid and will
without doubt result in beautifying
many door yard that never before
knew flower.
The credit for the seed this year
is due to G. A. Granger, manager of
the Greeley sugar factory, who fur
nished it to the Tribune for distri
button, and it will no doubt be as
much pleasure to him that the gift
went to appreciative persons as it
has been to the Tribune force.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
POLICY ALMOST OUT
Man Killed on Railroad Here
Had Accident Insurance

With So, 500 life insurance policy
which expired on the night that he1
husband was killed beneath the
wheels of Union Pacific train here
couple of months ago, as the only
asset of Peter A. McNulty's estate.
Mrs. Minnie McNulty was appointed
administrators of the estate last
week by Judge Mccall of Denver.
Her attorney is hopeful of getting
the policy for his client without a
contest, and application has been
made to the home office of the Stand
ard Life and Accident company OF
Detroit, Mich. In the answer re-
ceived, after the proof OF death had
been submitted, the request was
made that Mrs. McNulty be ap-
pointed Administrative before re-
ceiving the money. No mention
was made Of contest.
At the time of the death OF NC
Nulty, on returning from his honey
moon in California, it was rumored
that there had been quarrel ano
that his death under the wheels OF
the train was not accidental.
Mrs. McNulty gave $4,000 bond
after being appointed administrators,
the American Surety company OF
New York acting as security. Line
policy taken out by McNulty was
railroad policy, good for three Gays
and would have expired at 8 O'CLOCK
of the night that he was killed.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
P. E. O. Sisternood.

The P. F. o. Sisterhood were en-
tertained last Friday afternoon at
the home of Misses Abbie and Reba
Day.
After a short business meeting the
afternoon was devoted to the study
of Romola. Papers reviewing the
book were read by Misses Emma
Richey and Reba Day. These we're
followed by general discussion.
After the program refreshments
were served by the hostesses.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Pure Rubber Milk.

F. II. Badger has a quart bottle
of milk from the rubber trees on the
Monte Cristo rubber plantation In
Mexico which he drew himself on his
visit to the plantation. When he
first brought the fluid back here 1t
looked like milk, but since then 1t
has turned dark and in the center OF
the fluid now floats chunk Of pure
rubber almost as large as q fist,
which has coagulated of its own ac-
cord. Mr.. Badger says there is alb
solutely no doubt about the proper
cultivation of the remarkable trees
bringing great commercial returns.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Walked to Collins.

Ella Robertson is being cared fol
at the county hospital. She has a
peculiar hallucination that her health
demands that she reach higher al
titude, and with this Idea in mind
she slipped away from the hospital
last week, Wednesday, and walked
to Fort Collins where she was found
wandering about in the Agricultural
college grounds. She was brought
back Saturday morning.
The woman is about SO years OF
age and for some time has lived in a
little shack over in the sandhills
near Grover. She has been county
charge for some months.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Cummings Came Back.

Sheriff Ben Fl. Florance arrived
home Friday morning from Spring
field, Mo-. with John Cummings
the outlaw, who broke Jail here Jan.
! of his year. Cummings was out OF
iail here Just three months and forty
minutes by the clock. He was,
however, in jail at Springfield a
connie of weeks before Sheriff Flor
ance got there and took him home.
On the way home Cummings acted
the model prisoner and made no at-
tamnts at escape. The last night
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Ault's Pioneer Merchant.

Ault's pioneer merchant, r. l..
Pence, has just sold his store to f..
]. Mcintyre of Alpha, Iowa. The
store, which has grown to be one OF
the large ones of northern Colorado,
was founded by Mr.. Pence In Decem-
ber of 1897. which was also the be-
ginning of the town Of Ault.
The change does not mean that
Ault will lose Mr.. Pence, who be-
sides being post master also has
other business interests In the town
he made to suit himself, as he will
still make that his home and de-
vote his time to other lines OF
business than that of general mer-
chandise.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Seven Lakes Enlarging

The Seven Lakes Reservoir COM
pany will spend about 500, 900 in en-
larging it's system of reservoirs and
bitches about thirty miles west Of
here. This amount was voted at a
recent meeting Of the directors Of
the company. The Improvements
will greatly increase the storage
capacity of the system, which is
already splendid property. G. ID.
Page, civil engineer, will have
charge of this work.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
Big Pumping Plant.

|
The power is generated at single
central plant situated on the rail
road, and is then distributed by cleo
tricity to the wells.
Applications for water under this
project have been made by the own
ers of more than 1000 acres of land
to be benefited and the community
Is very enthusiastic concerning the
future success of irrigation in the
Arkansas Valley. One private
pumping plant erected three years
ago in this neighborhood at cost of
more than 5000 supplied water to
1000 acres of wheat. The first crop
harvested was sold for more than the
original cost Of the pumping plant.
Famous for Alfalfa Seed.
The Garden City country has long
been famous as an alfalfa center and
the location seems to be especially
we'll adapted to the maturing Of the
seed crop of alfalfa which has always
Pdlu Wcll lllcIt. 0dIucu Slly alfalfa
seed brings high price all over the
irrigated west.
A sugar factory is now being con-
structed at this point and consid-
erable acreage has been promised to
the factory which will be planted in
sugar beets as soon as the project is
completed.
The important bearing which the
success of the project has upon the
future of millions of acres of the
great plains is thoroughly appre-
ciated by the land owners. Vast
areas are still the property of the
railroads and they are giving careful
attention to the subject. With the
development Of numberless pumping
plants along the broad valleys of the
plains streams and the extension of
successful dry farming over areas on
higher levels the great plains region
will become the home of thousands
of prosperous farmers.
Guy Z. Mitchell.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
PLANS
cHEME FOR POPU-
HING PLAINS
J be Pumped From the
|M of the Arkansas
to Water Land
in Kansas

mention of home build
rn Kansas and Nebraska
painful recollections to-
than one household in
pd. The disastrous at
ars back to inhabit and
semi-desert prairies
interest to the first gov
Sigation works to be To-
great plains region-the
project. Contracts will
ay and the work will
completed in time for
the spring Of 1907.
Interest attaches to this
alone because 1t Is the
Involves pumping from
sources but because 1t
hat its successful opera
her in a new era for the
!. The Importance of
is more fully realized
remembered that the
he United States known
plains comprises 100, 600
or over one-quarter of
h of the whole country.
portion of this region
are few and far apart.
(ort grass" country and
(ishing forage and graz
herds and fiocks. West
meridian the climate
|he semi-arid region and
ping without irrigation
6sful except in years of
timely rainfall. The
Fthis section has been
b number of disastrous
bt of which resulted from
bowledge of the climatic
hd from a fever of specu-
stern mortgages.
} East was Buncoed.
tycle of wet years agri-
extended far across the
hovement being greatly
by companies formed to
and take mortgages on
The east, was the treas
which the funds were
|ring the continuance of
J of ample rainfall the
Pese loan agencies were
prudence. was thrown to
A series of dry years and
Pnt failure of crops forced
to abandon their farms
Counties were practically
Today here and there
IS the deserted sod house
substantial farm DWELL
ped against a level land
Eome reminders of the
lure. Occasionally the
'ozens of structures mark
ghat was once a prosper
county seat but what is
ne haunt of the coyote or
gray wolf. Mortgages
osed and the makers of
ne burdened with large
hds practically valueless.
ere made to construct ir-
'rks to insure crops but
as a rule were not sue
the stockholders lost
tment.
Mills Saved tho Day.
The pioneers tenaciously
lEeir homes and when
Jailed they sunk wells
ated small tracts from
The yields from these
Is were phenomenal and
lide many of the farmers
'fs of drought. Farms of
res In gardens and orch
iisated from wells now
'le families In comfort.
/, irrigation of this kind
lI)F1raS tp%
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-12
p of a project of this kind in

st p of project of this kind in
other sections of the west. The
water for this project must be recov-
cred from the underflow waters of
the Arkansas Valley which lie in
gravel deposits existing below the
bed OF the river. The plans of the
government provide for the sinking
of several hundred wells from which
the water will be pumped and dis
charged into collecting conduit.
These wells will be scattered along
a line nearly five miles long.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-14
COUNTY TAX EQUALIZATION.
The Board Now In Session and the
Work Progressing.

The Morris County Tax Equalization
Board has been in session every day
since last Tuesday, when assessors from
all the taxing districts were in attend
ance. The books we're gone over, but
the work has not as yet been com
plete6. The assessments generally
were largely raised The commission
will visit Mendham township on Tues
day next, and Dover and Wharton on
the day following, the assessments III
these districts not being to their lik-
ing. One of the commissioners stated
that in the matter of second class rail-
road property, the county viii probably
lose in ratableS. Under the new law all
inside the hundred foot right of way ex-
cept passenger and freight stations is
assessed by the State Board, so that
the county loses number Of signal
houses and other property which for
merly was taxed The increased rate
paid by the railroads may possibly
make the amount paid by the road
about equal to former payments on
second class property.
The following ompariSon show
some OF the changes