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The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16
A FINE WATER PLANT
Evans Has Secured It After
Some Experiments

The town OF Evans has recently
completed water system that Is
surpassed, SO the Evans people say
ty few systems in the state, and
they give the reason for the super
iority of their service.
About two years ago, realizing
the value to the town In the mat
ter of health, convenience and hre
protection, as we'll as the value ID
hard dollars of an ample supply OF
good wholesom water. the voters Oh
Evans decided to bond the town 1or
All. 900, in order to establish water
system that would DO tirst-class.
This provided for the pumping plah'
and mains for the city. Later lhe
city on its own hook made an outlay
~ Al 575 for additional mains ana
four new wells we're also sunk az u"
further cost of 50, OBS. H..
The big 2o-horse power engine
furnishes power for the service III
connectiop with two large reservoir
tanks of l3, 900 gallons capacity ea'',
measuring eight feet in diameter anu
thirty.slx feet in length. IEese
horizontal tanks and the engine are
enclosed In a brick power house s'ou.
atod at the south end Of the CITY
park. ,, ,t a
The four wells we're sunk ~ q q
,.,+h NJ from lOl to l07 feet anu
w,thIn twenty feet of each other'
These wells furnish q supply OF pu.v, ,,
.oft water that flows to ~i'n'"
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16

helpers ditching and flooding. his
alfalfa fields.
L. s. Barger, teacher Of the
Grandview school, will also manage
a small farm this summer as he has
rented fifteen' acres in connection
with his residence from Mr.. Oster.
MI. Pumphrey is putting in tile
crops on the place as Mr.. Barger's
tifty-tive pupils keep him more than
busy.
Alex. Hill, who has been doing
ditch and irrigation work for the
townsite company, Is making his
home in one OF c. II. Wheeler's
ranch houses just west of Gilcrest.
Hugh w. Mckay from Cripple
Creek and Denver moved this spring
upon the quarter-section lately pur-
chased In this neighborhood. They
will cultivate thirty acres Of wheat,
eighteen of alfalfa, eight of oats,
corn and potatoes. Radical i'm.
provements have already been made
in house, yard and farm and the
prospect is that II MIR. and Mrs. Nc
Kay continue as untirlng in their
work Of development they will have
one of the best managed ranches in
the country.
Frank Smytzer, In charge of the
road work, is making substantial i'm.
provement in the roads leading
south of Gilcrest east OF the track.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16
acres Of the lattsr.

ACItS "a On0 'oSsSes
R. q. Friziell farms the north
tract Of the starbird ranch property.
Two little women, ten and twelve.
wears old, In this family might we'll
teach lessons of thrift In housekeep-
ing to the women OF mature years.
They are keeping house on the ranch,
going to school and doing the heavy
work Saturdays. Washing and bak.
Ing was the order Of affairs the day
the reporter called.
Frank Weaver and son operate a
32O- acre ranch in the neighborhood
owned by eastern capital. Wheat,
oats, rye, alfalfa and forty acres OF
beets are under cultivation this sea-
son. Mrs. Weaver makes speciality
of high grade poultry. Bronze tur-
keys and guinea hens are raised.
This ranch is also the home of fine
specimen OF horse flesh, prince
Richard" three-fourths Shire and
one. fourth Morgan blood.
Thomas Weaver, the sixteen-yea
old son, was recently operated on In
Mercy hospital, Denver, for appendi-
citIs, and gives promise of speedy
recovery to normal health.
W. T.. Carroll, former cheesemakel
at Peckham, has moved upon the
eighty-acres tract just west Of that
station aud is Improving the place
personally. He has five acres OF
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16

beets and = quantity Of alfalfa to
care for this year.
c. 4. Rrockway, L. T. Jacobs and
Frank Allen nave charge OF the A.
w. Jacobs half-section farm near
Gilcrest. The bulk of this place
will be fitted up for stock ranch.
Frank Allen moves upon the north
quarter-section as soon as the house
and other buildings are ready for oc-
cupapcy. Ninety head Of beef cattle
are In the feed yards ut present. A
car of forty calves was recently
shipped to Denver. The crops this
year will be 100 acres wheat, seventy
Of oats. forty of corn, twenty pota-
toes and seventy alfalfa.
Jacob Oster, ir., has charge Of the
A. D. Butler quarter-section.
Twenty seven acres are III beets, the
rest of the land is in alfalfa and
grain. The Butler family live In q
very pretty new cottage one and a
half miles from Gilcrest. Mrs. But
Ter had lived thirty three years In
Greeley before moving here year
ago and - . result still likes Greeley
very we'll indeed.
H. S. Zilar is the tenant Of the
Starbird ranch property. This is
an ideal ranch home, large resi-
dence in . fine grove Of trees with a
stream OF water through the outlay
ing yards, and al conveniences for
pleasant and profitable farm living.
Mr.. Starbird sold the bulk Of the
ranch to the Gilcrest Townsite COM
pany, retaining the home place and
twenty acres Of ground. Mr.. Star
bird still has some stock feeding In
the yards, which are ntted up with
barns, granAries and feeding conven'
fences admirably fitted for stock pur-
poses Mr.. Zilar rents from the
townsite company, SO that alto
gether he has about 24O acres to care
for. This Is mainly in hay and
grain.
A. j. Burk, who came to Colorado
from Kansas, and is hustler as a
ranchmap, has charge OF a west tract
in the townsite. Among other crops
he will cultivate twelve acres OF
beets and twenty-five or thirty of
potatoes.
Chris Bohlender Is the tenant In
charge OF one Of the Wheeler ranches
| L.
west Of Gilcrest. This place has the
appearance OF good farming and good
management.
@. N. Shurtleff, over to the south
who is originally from Illinois
moved upon his 100-acre ranch Feo,
ruary 20 this year. He was the hrst
farmer the reporter has observed TINS
spring to begin irrigation. Aboo'
half Of Mr.. Shurtleff's place was IL
alfalfa and he was At work with t"e
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16
Coal and Water Clash.

A commission composed of 2 w.
Allen, S j. Peery and August And
erson heard testimony and arguments
last Friday for the district court in
the condemnation proceedings
brought by Dennis Sullivan against
James G. Tidball, John Wolf and
others. Sullivan is trying TO secure
right Of way over some land in the
southwestern part Of this county,
said to be coal bearing, for an irri-
CATION ditch and the coal men are
strenuously opposing this. The
latter claim that the irrlgating ditch
would likely flood any mines that
might be located under the ditch.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16
May Cheaper Machinery.

Chicago has been made,.the center
for the next governmental attack on
the vested interests and the Inter
national Harvester company is to
follow the path already trod by the
Standard OIL company and the school
desk trust. This New Jersey cor
poration. capitalized at S120. 900, 600,
is charged with a violation of the
Sherman antitrust law, but it re-
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16

vester company Of America, controls
80 to 100 per cent of the output.
The firms said to compose the In
ternational Harvester company are
the Deering, Mccormick, Plano,
Milwaukee and Champion. Cyrus
Fl. Mccormick is president. The
company was formed four or five
years ago and j. Pierpont Morgan is
credited by the government with its
creation.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16

Of Greeley is to
lket to be managed
Imam of that town.
h Boulder talks OF
bt, No. Is.
hi build a modern
b grounds have al
4 In the north part
Mans to put up four
Sck 81, one for his
three to rent.
THAT J. D. Gresler
b put In a feed mill
IA full line Of feed
hsier OF land here
| ]. Peery east OF
eighty. acres for a
)l,OOO
las been in the Gil
h north Of town six
b OF the thrittleSt
b this part Of the
! eighty acres under
ditch with some
la fields as the re-
farming He has
and painting his
X the lawn and
fence. Located on
foss roads the place
|rtisement Of the
S fifteen acres Of
ptatoes and alfalfa.
\ averaged twenty
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16

has charge of the
|nch, a quarter-sec-
1h' Mr.. Gillespie
lfy In the begin.
llhls Rocky noun
' doing freighting
'alhs at that time.
Of the ranch,
Who hoped to retire
Work 1t himself.
END failed and this
~ IS on the market
T This year the
V'opped to alfalfa,
'ofh' twenty three
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16
Colorado Chautauqua Ten Years
s48 Old

The ,aaaembly which opens July 4,
1907, at Boulder, Colo, will be the
tenth one held on the grounds OF this
association. From an uncertain ex-
pertinent at the beginning 1t has
grown to be zone of the few really
great assemblies of the country and
the greatest In the west. This has
come about from a settled policy OF
giving to its patrons the very best
obtainable talent regardless of cost
and at all times minimizing the ex-
pense Of attendance. This assembly
is closely patterned after the parent
chautauQua of New York. Its ses-
sions are long enough to admit OF a
strong educational feature, and the
summer school has come to be one OF
its popular departments. In it th1r'
teen. Regularly organized schools are
maintained under the direction OF
specalists. Besides the class room
work more popular form OF educa-
tion is offered In the lyceum, where
the most noted educators of the
country deliver courses Of lectures.
The evenings are given up to social
functions and auditorium entertain
mentS.
The tenth anniversary number OF
the general announcement OF this as
sembly has Just been issued. 1t is a
neat little volume Of forty'1our
pages, we'll illustrated with typical
western scenes, and presenting with
fullness the charm Of life among the
mountains of Colorado. 1t also
gives detailed account Of the plat
form program and the summer schoo'
courses. Twenty thousand copies
have been issued for free distrion-
ti0n.
Three kinds OF excursions are de-
scrtoed: Railway excursions, car
risge drives and mountain climps.
Some very attractive trips are ohefeo
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-16

twelve feet Of the surface. To get
the benefit Of this spring a reservoir
OF concrete ten feet in diameter and
thtrty-six feet in depth was con-
structed TO receive without pumping
the flow from the four wells. The
system includes two miles Of mains
and eighteen fire plugs. Practically
all parts OF town are covered. Mar
shal L. f, Minns has charge OF the
pumping station and says his work
does not average over two hours a
day. The city owns l,60O feet Of
hose.
The reservoir, including the wells,
has a Temporary wooden roof, but it
will be brcked in in the same man.
ner as the power house later. The
city clerk, C. Vanderlip, an ex-
pert machinist, says that there Is
nothing in Colorado ahead OF their
water system except the gravity
mountain water plants, and the
Evans plant is claimed to be ahead
of the gravity systems in one par
ticular. they have constantly pure
water right at hand. The plant is
certainly invaluable to the town anc
enhances the value of every piece o
raal estate in connection with 1T.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29

Twelve or fifteen years ago an effort
was made to label the streets of Rich
mond. and some neat tin signs We're
placed on the lamp posts in the down
town district Since then the progress
of time. the onward march of decay.
and the sporadic attacks of the small
boys have caused many of the strips
of tin to fade away.
out in the newer part OF the town.
where no gas posts We're ever used,
no signs have been put into commits
fusing avenues go off at unexpected
angles, confusing even old residents.
During the Baptist Convention thous-
ands of red ribbon delegates wandered
about the streets, asking every passing
stranger. often as ignorant as them
selves, what street they We're on. When
the Confederate throng visited the city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
evening. 1t contained $500 and was
quickly returned to its owner. who
was an Indiana tourist.
WAR on rRAMrs.
County ConstabIcs bringing in All
"NniEhts of the Road"

The Henrico county constables have
declared open war on the tramps who
come into Richmond by railroad and
drop off just over the line in the coun-
~. The Chesapeake and Ohio has been
"a particularly favorite route with buns
and dead beats making their way to
and from the exposition. and the con-
stables are bringing all who have a.
suspicious appearance. Tuesday night
Constable G. w. Moughan saw n. c.
Bcrry, colored. jump from a Chesa-
peake and Ohio freight train in the
Fulton yards. and gave chase. Sew
eral shots We're fired and it was only
after long chase that the negro was
brought in. Magistrate Angle heard
the charge against him yesterday as
a suspicious character and Berry was
fined $3.50 and given sixty days in jail.
With the farmers of Virginia clamor-
ing for help at good wages, the magis-
trates do not believe that there is any
excuse for the tramp evil.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29

the. populace turned itself into bureau
|of information. else the infirm old men
would never have gotten about at ALL
The Jamestown Exposition has brought
months constant succession OF visit
|ors. amounting in the aggregate to
many thousands all of whom have
struggled manfullv to do little sight
seeing In n city where no stranger
could ever be certain just where he
was at" Every dav parties of ladies
may he seen on the streets. armed
with maps and guide books. helplessly
staring about them in a vain endeavor
to discover their whereabouts. Just
how long the City Fathers will leave
people to grope about unmarked streets
cannot be said. Certainly they will
not show much speed in the matter un-
less the people get behind them and
show them distinctly what is wanted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
Turned Down the PLANS.

Building Inspector Beck refused yes
terday to grant permit for the cree
ton of a store on Grove Avenue. near
Rowland Street. for the reason that
1T was strictly a residence block, and
that 1t would be undesirable to have
a trading establishment invade the
square. This rule will be observed
generally. The owners and contrac-
tors did not resist the ruling. and they
Will modify the plans and have the
structure front on Rowland Street The
department granted n permit to S. p
CoWardin for the construction of a
frame house at go Thirty fifth Street,
to cost $4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
CASE DEPENDS ON
AGE OF THE GIRL
A. L. Moore, Charged With Ugly
Crime. Tries to Prove Girl
is Sixteen.
ALTERATION IN FAMILY BIBLE
Brother and Sister-In Law De-
ALTERATION IN FAMILY BIBLE
Brother and sister-In Law De-
clare Victim is Under Six
teen Years OF Age.

a. L. Moore. arrested by the police
on Saturday. charged with abducting a
girl whose age Just now is a matter
OF dispute. was released yesterday on
bail In the sum OF $4,000, an order to
that effect having been issued by Judge
Ingram, OF the Law and Equity Court.
The case came up for a hearing in
the Police Court Yesterday morning
and was postponed untll next Wednes
day.
ne reason for the delay was due
TO the fact that the family Bible. when
produced showed. according to Lawyer
Harry Glenn. counsel for Moore that
the record had been tempered with.
MT Glenn contended that the wear of
her birth, 1891. had been changed to
1872 by substituting the figure ..g,.
where the figure Il" had been original.
~ written. Inasmuch as this date Is
stiil IN dispute. so much SO that an
expert may be called in to examine
It more thoroughly, 1t was not consid-
cred advisable to proceed with the
hearing.
Age In Doubt.
Lee Prince, half-brother OF the girl.
VINO lives at Emporia. telegrapfed Chief
Iof Police Werner that she was under
sixteen years of age: x similar state
ment was made yesterday by Mrs.
Prince, a sister-in-law
the Bible had been misplaced; a' that TIT it
i mad not been found until 10 o'clock
tuesday night and she was satisfied.
theretore, that nobodyssaould have al
tered the entry These claims and
timony have made the case more in
teresting than otherwise, and Magis-
trate Graves. acting for Justice Crutch-
field, wanted more light before pro-
ceedinS with the trial.
COntrNIfCtS NerAclf
AFTER she was apprehended with Moore
by a. policeman, the girl said she was
over sixteen years old. Later she de-
clared9 thatpshe ,was4not sixteen, and
now her relatives arc claiming that
the latter statement Is correct. The
prosecution hinges on her age.
z The charge of abduction, for which
Moore was. arrested, punishable by
q term insthe penitentiary of not less
than three years, and not more than
The girl. who is the leading figure
In the sensational litigation, came to
Richmond. some time ago from Enipo-
factory She is an Orphan. and has
been staying in a Christian association
for young women. The publication in
an afternoon paper yesterday that
Moore may be hanged, IT convicted, is
altogether erroneous. AS stated above.
the maximum penalty is ten years, az
het is simply charged with a DEDUCTION
nothing more. rv-4--
fight for his client He is atisfed, and
SO ANNOUNCED to the court that the
Bible entry had been changed so as
to make It apepar that the girl was
under sixteen. lsjFat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
CHICAGO HOUSE
CON T|NUES FIGHT.
a. H. Andrews Company Sends
Out Circular Letters to
School Officers.
PURPoRTs TO BE REAL FACTS
Mr.. stearnes Going to Norfolk
to Take Up Matter With
Counsel-Capitol Notes.

Governor Swanson was absent from
the city yesterday, having gone to
Banville TO attend the funeral of his
friend. the late James G.. Penn, OF
that city. He will return here early
this morning. The Governor will re-
main in the city during the rest OF
the week and will spend the greater
portion of next week at the exposi-
ton.
The A. H. Andrews Company. of Chi
cago. is making the most OF the school
desk "tie up in Norfolk city. and has
flooded the State with letters and PAM
phIets giving its side of the contro-
versy.
Writing Letters.
Here is a copy of a letter which is
beng sent to disvision superintendent
throughout the State;
Denr Sir.-Fhc real truth
Earding the Virginia school desk
contract is n matter of vital I'M
pOrtance to you srnnol officer.
II is due You that you be Inily in-
formed of NIL the particulars. and ii
liz right that YOU should know what
the requirements of the law nc-
funIly are. so Tint yn,I may he
able to decide incliiEcntIy for
yourself whether or not you Will
submit to the dictates of the State
Board of Education regarding the
purchase of school furniture. we
are, therefore. sending You the in-
closed booklet In the belief TINT
you VIII lind II interesting.
The object of the State board in
adopting certain school desks for
exclusive use in Virginia Wns To
secure lower prices than those Of
fcred In the general market. Such
IL the statement mnde by Superin-
tendent j. ID. EsGleston. Jr., in his
circular of July 10. 1907. InaS-
much as the prices which we quote
herein nrc much lower than the
prices specified IN the State con-
tract. ttS a" matter of course the
object of the State board will he
better accomplished If you plncc
your order with MS thnn if you buy
nj the contract prices.
We again call your attention TO
the difference between the prices
which Observance of the state
contract would force upon you and
the prices OF Andrews's NOnOise
Desk, which is, without question,
the best school desk on the market.
Who Is to bear the burden OF this
difference I'm price-thc state Board
of Education or the Taxpayers of
your district.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
REDUCE EoREIGN POSTAGE.
Sweeping Changes Are Made by POST
Office Dcpnrtment

Postmaster Royal f. Cabell is in re-
eeipt oil most important order from
the Post-Once Department, setting out
sweeping changes in the regllntions
concerning foreign postage.
Heretofore postage on first-c1ass far.
eigh matter. except where domestic
rates prevail, has been live cents per
half-ounce The new ORDER reduces II
TO five cents per ounce, ana three cents
Tor each additional ounce or fraction
thereof, =
The order also contains q provision
titat persons may purchase reply con
pons when writing corresponding In
foreign countries and these coupons
Whleh sell for sis cents viii! bring the
rentE back to this country
inc order is considered Of much i'm
pnrtance TO the public.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
NEGROES AT JAMESTOWN.
VIII Celebrate Labor Day by Visiting
the Big Fair.

The colored Labor Day program as
viii be celebrated Jointly by the col
ored people of Richmond. Manchester
and Petersburg in the Convention
sulid'ng at jamestown, of the negro
department, has Just been completed
and given out by Sager Jones. the
chairman.
The orators subject will be The
Dignity of Labor" The local com
mittee here is puzzled as TO how they
VIII carry the crowds that will con-
gresate in Richmond Sunday for the
occasion The Excelsior Band. a col
ored musical organization. will come
from Norfolk here to assist the Rich
nond band in rendering music for the
occasion The colored people will leave
on sunday night at o'clock from the
Old Dominion wharf.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
REPUBLICANS TO
MAKE BIC FIGHT
State Executive Committee Will
Meet in Norfolk Next Week
for Business.

The Republican party In Virginia is
preparing to put up g strong fight for
the Legislature this fall. and to this
been called to meet at the Monticello
Hotel, in Norfolk, on September 4th.
C. Bascom Slemp. son of the lone
Republican Congressman from Virginia,
and who is credited with having a
corner on the political shrewdness of
his party. is the chairman, and the
committee is composed of one mem Der
from each of the congressional dis
tricts. Mr.. C. P. Snead, OF King VIII
liam, is the candidate for the Third
District, in which Richmond city is
situated.
The policy of the party will be die
tated by MIR. Slemp. who is recognized
by both Democrats and Republicans
as man of considerable ability. His
father is no longer factor, as it is
understood that he will retire from
term, so matters under advisement may
be determined without reference to
what has been heretofore known as
the Slemp machine.
In Doubtful Places.
The policy of the younger slemp has
heretofore been stated. He is pro-
gressive young man, who believes in
accomplishing results. He has decided
that his party shall make nominations
for the House and Senate in all the
districts where there is a bare pros
pect of victory; but that there shall
be no lost motion" in sections that are
safely Democratic.
Richmond Republicans speak of nam
ing a ticket, but 1t is believed that Mr..
Slemp will advise against it, and If he
does, there'll be no ticket.
1t is understood that the meeting at
Norfolk is the first move toward an
effort to deliver the State to the ma
tional Republican ticket next year, but
so far as is known the Democratic
managers are losing no sleep over the
situation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-29
Interested in Liquor Law.

Members of Council have been APP
preached within the past day or two
by dealers concerned In the liquor or
dinance to be enacted. but they have
failed, to secure any comfort when
asking for less drastic measure than
that proposed by Alderman Dabney.
There is no possibility of adopting the
report of the subcommittee submitted
by Mr.. Umlauf, and indeed that has
practically been withdrawn. From ex-
pressions, heard yesterday the license
will not be less than $500. and the
number of saloons Will hardly run over
the 150 mark. The Dabney proposition
may be slightly amended. but the in
dications are that 1t will go through.
Such amendments, as may be- adopted
will certainly not be in the interest
of liquor dealers. however.