The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-28

having bought the Southland prop
erty on the street. He will rebuild
and will carry full line Of furni-
ture goods. The Brown & Lycan
store will turn over their linoleum
business to the new store.
Mrs. T. A. Lycan is the new
bookkeeper at the Brown & Lycan
store. An office has been fitted up
on the second floor and Mrs. Lycan
will give a portion Of time each day
to the work. The death of the
younger daughter in the Brown
home. whose funeral occurred March
IL, was especially sad. Miss Brown
had been taking complete course In
stenography and typewriting at Kan
sas City aud was within three days
of completion when she was stricken
with the disease that caused death
In few hours. She was to take her
place as bookkeeper and stenOgrapher
In her fathers store at once.
w. d. Egner, one mile west of
Platreville, has given up farming
for the present and has turned over
the managemenmt of the ranch
where he has lived for many years to
his son, w. G. Egner. W. ID. has
moved to Platteville where he is
superintending the erection of a
substantial new residence in the
central part of town. The Egner
ranch comprises a half section Of
land on the Platte and grows beets
grain and alfalfa In luxuriance.
L. G. Camp; the son-in-law Of W..
d. Egner, Is tenant Of the Egner
ranch farther west, which Is q
quarter section tract. A new house
was completed last fall on this place.
making . well-built and attractive
home. Beets, alfalfa and grain are
grown here.
Lewis Birkle has charge Of the old
Birkle homestead two miles SOUTH
west of Platteville. This property
has been in the possession Of the
family for a great many years and II
well-kept and prosperous.
Mrs. LISA Peterson manages the
farming OF productive tract Of
three hundred and sixty acres which
Is put into alfalfa, wheat and oats
mainly.
s. g. johnson is the tenant on the
Ltghts place three ntlea sOuthwsat
Of town. THIS b . quarter-section
OF rich soil especially adapted to
beets and potatoes.
VIM. Birkle, on the ranch four
miles vest of Platteville, Is one Of
the pioneers OF the section, having
located here twenty-seven years ago.
The ranch at present is under the
management of the son, VIM. jr.,
who grows this year grain, corn and
alfalfa.
Some good work has been done on
the roads north Of town, replacing
some of the smaller bridges that
we're badly worn.
Ben Stephens, formerly In the
employ of the State Normal school.
is making great record as q farmer
on the eighty acre tract OF which he
took possession q year ago. The
tract is rich bottom land. located
over bevond LaSalle, aud Mr.. Step
hens idea Is to convert 1t into a
truck farm. He has been doing re-
demptive work, tearing down the
old ram-shackle corral, leveling up
the yards, cleaning out the accumu-
lated rubbish and weeds, and is 60
Ing to get good returns from his
work. Mr.. Stephens says 1t Is a
waste OF time to put In some of the
lighter crops, even though they may
be crops that can be handled without
great amount of labor. On a
three-quarter acre tract Of onions the
yield here last year was at the rate
of seven hundred bushels. A little
experimental tract Of sweet corn
produced at the rate of $500 to $500
to the acre. Melons we're yield on
similar scale. Mr.. Stephens has
good practical argument that truck
farming pays.
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