The Glenwood post., 1918-08-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Post Published
the Fourth Week in August, 1889


building on their ground just north Of
the Hotel Glenwood.
City Attorney Frank P. Warner of
Florence has been taking in the races
this week. Frank is looking well and
is greeting his many friends with his
usual heartiness.
The new local Midland depot is at
last completed and is now occupied by
the employees of the road. The build
ing is complete in every detail and fills
a long felt want at this ponit.
The town has had the usual number
of confidence men and members of the
tough element this week, but owing to
the strict watch kept by the officers no
infractions of the law are reported.
On Wednesday afternoon at Gypsum
occurred the marriage of James L.
Cant of Phoenix, Arizona, and Miss
Myrtle Hockett of Gypsum. The cerc-
mony was performed by Rev. c. E.
Webb of Glenwood in the presence of
select company of relatives and
friends.
The marriage of George D. Johnstone
of Victor to Miss Matte Hooker of
this city took place Monday evening at
the residence of the BRIDES mother,
Mrs. Thibadeau.
| A petition is being circulated among
business men and telephone users pray
ing the Colorado Telephone company
to fulfill it's contract with our people
and place Glenwood in telephone con-
nection with other points in the state
on long distance lines.
| The Northwestern Fuel company
which owns the Diamond coal mine
near this city will build three thous-
and foot tramway at the mine immedi-
ately and as soon as the Midland com
pletes siding at that point the prop.
erty will be put in working operation
and will employ about three hundred
men.
That Senator Taylor's plan to build
great public highway across the state
from east to west is receiving consid-
Grafton and starting people to thinking
about the matter is evidenced by the
fact that the. newspapers are taking the
matter up and discussing it in the
most favorable terms.
On Monday evening Miss Inez Bald
win gave very pleasant party at the
residence of Mrs. DR.. Robinson in hon
or of her guests, Misses Julia and Kate
Sales of Denver.
Miss Anna DeLan arrived home from
her trip abroad the first of this week.
Her many friends in Glenwood will be
glad to learn that her health has been
much improved by her European trip.
| With increased areas of cultivated
lands the water question is becoming
a most serious problem. Whether there
is less water in the streams than for
merly we cannot say, but certain ara
we that each year the streams furnish
a less amount in proportion to that de-
manded by the farmers than on the
preceding year. The rapid increase in
the demand does not increase the flow
of the stream, but it does very materi-
ally increase the disappointment of the
farmer who is compelled to see his
crops deprived of the moisture essential
to their maturity. The time is coming.
it is very near at hand-when some ar
rangements will be made whereby the
lands along the rivers will be watered
from those streams, thus leaving the
creeks to irrigate the lands through
which they pass. This problem now
confronts the farmers of Cattle creek
and the Roaring Fork as well as those
on Rifle creek and the Grand river.
On Friday of last week while re-
turning from Glenwood to his ranch
above town C. D. Fuller met with .
serious accident by his team running
away and throwing the gentleman vio-
lently to the ground. He remained in
the road unconscious until discovered
by passers by, who at once attended
him and summoned Dr.. Robinson from
this place. For several days Mr.. Full
ler's life was dispaired of, but he is
now on the mend and will recover from
the accident although he had a narrow
escape from being killed.
MIDLAND oobnuTrEE