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The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
Live Stock Market.
o TIE NEW ERA.

Special to THE NEW ERA
Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb. Sth.
The cattle supply last week amount
ed to 3S, 600 head, an increase of 5000
head over the previous week. The
market on steers declined 10 to %
cents after Monday, account of un-
favorable reports from the east, but
there were signs of returning strength
at the close OF the week. Cows held
up more nearly steady than steers,
and stockers and feeders closed only a
shade lower for the week. Receipts
last week included hay fed steers from
Colorado up to So 65, and Idaho and
Oregon steers at S4.90 to S5.35. The
run today is $4,000 head, fairly liberal
for Monday, market on steers steady,
other grades strong. A string OF nay
fed steers from Grand Junction sold
at $3.50 today, and medium grade
Colorado cows, weighing only s6ofb,
sold at $4.OO, latter considered strong
price. The best range stockers ana
feeders here lately sold at $3.50 to
1915, very few stock steers under
81. 90, while the full range of prices on
Colorado and New Mexico cows lately
has been So. 75 to 1925. The general
opinion seems to be that little i'm
provement can be expected in the
cattle market for some weeks ahead'
Sheep and yearlings went through
last week without much change IN
price, but lambs dropped rapidly after
Monday, closing % to 40 cents below
the high time. Total sheep run today
is 1000 head, sheep and yearllngs
scarce and steady, lambs steady to 10
lower. Bulk of the decent lambs here
today sold at 81. 10 to S7.35, medium To
common grades downwards to VI oo'
wethers worth $4.75 to $5.35, year
lipgs s5 SO to So 30, ewes s4.OO to 20 w.
feeding sheep $500 to $40, feeding
sheen $500 to $40, feeding liant os
s8. 90 to s8 40. Receipts are running
about the same as at this period a
wear ago, although showinga shortage
since the first of the year.
J. A. RICKART,
Live Stock Correspondent
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
Justice Was a Diplomat.

When "Jim" Watson of Indiana was
practicing law in Winchester he had a
case before a local judge involving the
ownership of a pig. Testimony was
submitted and the justice reserved
decision.
The justice was a candidate for
mayor of the town. and Watson and
the opposing counsel thought they
saw an opportunity for little fun.
"See here, judge" said Watson.
meeting the justice on the street one
day, unless I get judgment in my
favor in that pig case I'm going to op-
pose your election as mayor" Oppos.
ing counsel met the justice and talked
in the same strain.
A couple of days later they went to.
gether to the Justices office. He was
out, but his docket lay open. Opposite
the pig case was the entry: "Dis.
agreed"
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
kEYRE NOT SUFFERING
Profits From Our County Offices

Ghe following extract from the La
MIA Democrat OF February ith, en-.
kled "Todd's Good Showing" proves
,t at least one oflicc IL making the
unity money. The Democrat says:
t.Up to noon today the Office OF
Sunty Clerk and Recorder r. G. Todd
done business amounting 10
hoo since the first Of the year. For
ksame period OF last year, the busi-
IS amounted to 81 l.OOG but despite
u fact that there is more business,
"a that the whole Office force is new,
hen the clock struck twelve today
Y office work was up, and every in
fument had been recorded.
Dut Of the 81. 100 that has been paid
to the office since the first, $3.50 will
to the county rs direct profits,
nile the balance will be used TO pay
Il running expenses OF the office. 1t
probable that enough will be taken
before the close OF business tomor-
" to make the net amount received
the county fully $500.
This is certainly an excellent record
Mr. Todd and his force OF clerks. ="
Dn IL mill levy for county pur-
ees Otero county will collect for the
ar 1908. $4,000. The clerks Office
III turn into the county treasury II
SndsOme profit, as will also the other
|unty Offices. IL looks like our
bends on the other side OF the river
VI have plenty Of money TO pay
unty expenses, and ought to be will
K TO divide with their ncighbors on
Se north. Don't you think so?
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DON'T ADVERTISE
A. BOOSTER.

If you believe you are wasting
money. Let your competitor waste
his money and perhaps in this way
you'll soon put him out of business.
Fix his clock work for him. Just
stand back and laugh at him when
you see him squander his money on
printers ink. Once there was boy
named John: we think his last
name was Wanamaker, or maybe it
was Moneymaker, anyhow 1t was John
with some sort of make attached to
it. He owned fifty yards of calico,
three pair of jeans, a half dozen pair
of homemade yarn socks and i've pairs
of boots. He called this dry goods
store thru a Philadelphia newspaper
and offered to sell a pair of socks for
80 cents. The t-believe-in-adver-
tising merchant laughed Young
John spent $65 with the Philadelphia
Ledger to advertise just one time,
and had less than 800 worth of goods.
He was cautioned by the merchants
"who knew it wouldn't pay" 1t was
thru sympathy that they offered him
advice. But John didn't listen to
them and went and spent his money
foolishly; and today poor John sees
the result of his misdoings-h has so
many large dry goods stores that he
can hardly find time to study his
Sunday school lessons, says an ex-
change
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
MAC" POOR MAC"

Rocky Ford, Colo, Feb. $, '09.
EAR Mae: You have my heartfelt
mpathy as any Democrat in a corner
build have. With the north side
living to decapitate and crush
officially beyond future resurrection
recognition anybody or any com
nation that attempts to impede in
e least the progress Of County Divis-
b, and the south side making equally
re threats against the individual
Dat allows the proposition to pass
Pimpeded, you are not only "Mac,"
Pt your political name is dennis. :"
st because you happen to be ii when
pe part Of the county you represent,
eling her growing strength. makes
$r first attempt to let go OF mammals
firts" and start out alone, you can't
fny your Irish stock any longer. it
bks like you are "between the divil
pd the deep sea-" It's too bad. In
e first place, II the north side "dnn't
ant to play in our yard" any longer,
none OF the south sides - busi-
fss. If we are not getting more
Pvenue out Of them than goes back
them in the way Of expenditures
pa developments over there. we
Rven't lost any skin. If we are fol-
wing King George lII's footsteps
ftting revenue in excess of the
ecessary expense they are to us and
pplying it to develop our own portion
the kingdom-the sooner the graft
stopped, the better for all concern
The north side, like our and their
pcestors OF the good old days, will
ever consent to chew her cud peace
Plly while being milked-she's not
bat stock.
Hoping this side will get the wool
Pmoed back off their eyes and the
orth side be gotten out of the way
Pr you, am
Your sincere friend,
A DEMOCRAT.
+. ). That matter Of county divis-
% causing Increase 10 taxes is all
Pmmy-rot. It's the rule that the
rger the county, the more chance
Pr graft and the higher the tax.rate;
90 The fact that the salaries of the
Punty officers In Otero doesn't use up
ae sd6, 200 out of the $780, 600 collected
st year shows that we are no excep-
oh TO the rule. 1 wonder where that
ther slOO, 900 went?
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
SOME REASONABLE REASONS
FOR COUNTY DIVISION
Grant County Prime Necessity for The North Sides
Future Growth and Prosperity

III the North Side did not candidly
believe that the division OF the
county OF OterO was badly needed and
that it rested upon the firm foundation
OF righf and eternal justice, the writer
Is OF the opinion that the people over
here would willingly relInquish their
claims to, and abandon the measure
entirely. Reason after reason has been
given for the claim made by us, but no
valid reason against division has been
assigned by the opposition. We have
heard a few attempts made to give
reasons why the county should not be
divided, but when analyzed they are
so faulty that they fade away before
the power OF correct reasoning and
show how puerile those who oppose it,
and try to Justify their contention,
really are.
To show the readers OF the New
Era the force OF the logic OF our south
side neighbors, In their statements
Of the protest from the south side
taken from the published report OF
the petition in last weeks La Junta
Democrat. 1t reads as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned residents,
cltizcns, taxpayers and electors OF the
city Of La Junta and vicinity, all of
Otcro county, Colorado, do hereby
earnestly protest against, aud request
your honorable body not to make any
division of Otcro county, as contem-
plated by the people OF Ordway and
vicinity, as the same would not only
prove II hardship to the inhabitants
of the proposed new county, but
would be unjust tC the present county
of Otcro."
You will note that two reasons are
assigned in this petition Of protest.
First, it would cause the north side
people a hardship. Second, IL would
be unjust to the present county Of
Otcro. Ye gods. what hefty reasons!
1t is not stated in what our hardshipS
would consist. No specifications have
been made. But the converse OF this
Is true. The division, instead Of prov
ing hardship to us, will relieve the
people of untold hardships. 1t will
cut Off the fifty mile drive and heavy
expense OF going to and returning
from La Junta, the county seat. 1t
will cut of the paying into the county
treasury, by the north side people.
81 800 of road tax, the greater part Of
which is expended each year on the
south side roads; it will dispense with
the | ] mill levy each year to support
the High School at La Junta; the new
county will get the benefit of all the
taxes derived from the Missouri Pacific
railway for school purposes, and the
south side will be confined to its 100
miles of railroad to collect taxes to
support It's own schools. And above
all, the north side will get its own
representation, and taxation aud
representation will go hand in hand.
We will also have some say who shall
be nominated as our public servants,
and when they are elected they will
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
A BOOSTER REPEATER

Editor New Era: Anything that Is
worth doing is worth doing right and
any industry that advertises our town
and vicinity is what we want tu boost
and boost IL hard. The Ofdway Pink
and White Meat Cantaloupe which
the Ordway Association has been
shipping now for two years past, has
gone into nearly every city Of the
United States, and, being Ufa superior
quality, has met the favor OF the con-
net result is that Ordway has been
well advertised. The producers re-
ceived in 1907 net result OF $4,000,
and In 1908 the net sum OF $4,000.
The Board OF Directors OF the Ordway
CantalOupe Association are G. $.
StcinmeH, J. A. sale, J. a. Sprcngle.
G. r, Wharton, &. c. Ransom, a. NJ.
Brenaman and Fred Bass. Its officers
are c. 5. SteinmetZ, PRESIDENT; j. a.
Sale, vice president; Fred Bass, treas
urer; Miss Ethel Bass, secretary;
Chas. Custer, solicitor: ID. V. Burrell,
general distributor. The Association,
besides shipping from Ordway, will
ship this year from Numa station and
probably from Sugar City also. About
600 acres are already promised with
probably 300 more in sight. Every
body knows u. V. Burrell, and with
his experience in the business, IL is
undoubtedly Il fact that one man like
him can distribute our melons to
better advantage and secure to the
producer Il better price than where
there are three or four associations
selling and distributing the same
melon through a. many diflerent men,
thereby coming in contact and Op-
position with each other in the mar
kcts where prices are often cut to
pieces in order to get rid OF an over
supply. One man will not send any
more to one place at Il time than the
demand will supply, thereby debating
the price our melon shall bring in the
markets, and the producer gets the
benefit. See? This Association will
distribute $4,000 this year to the
producers and every man, woman and
child should put their shoulder To the
wheel and boost a good thing along.
Every farm should have in at least
from one to five acres OF cantaloupcs,
and the time and labor it. takes to
raise them, you will not miss and this
fall you will clean up from $500 to
| $50. 90 per acre.
Boost your cantaloupcs, boost every
thing that will bring dollar to your
door, feed the hungry and supply your
wife's pocket-book with Il little spend
ing money. We need canning factory
here and Il creamery also. They can
be obtained very easily IL our boosters
will 20 down the line and notify the
proper people that Ordway is on the
map and that she is Il good place to
build up such institutions. Get ac-
quainted with these people and tell
them of our wants, of our resources
and that our people are energetic. en-
terprising and willing to lend Il helping
hand. "a man is known by the com
pany he keeps" likewise a town is
just what its business fraternity
makes it.
| A. BOOSTER.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
Your sincere friend,
A OENOcR

wary had a little cat, its coat was
ute and gray; and Mary used to loaf
Eouhd and watch the critter play.
ne cat imagined 1t could sing, and
epC the welkin hot, until a neighbor
~ a gun and filed 1t full OF shot.
nen Mary saw her little cat all rid
teu' Torn and hacked, she pranced
PFouhd the nejghborhOod and read the
LoC act. And when her grief had
|leo away she used that luckless cat,
l.n sundry feathers of OF birds, to
Pake her winter hat.-Walt Mason.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12

have no sectional interests to serve.
The public officials on the south side
are very sulicitouS for fear we have to
endure hardships. Why, then, do
they take all of the offices? Why do
they run their taX.collecting processes
| from the south side OF the river so aS to
take In the Missouri Pacific railway,
exclusively In this territory, to sup
port the schools on the south side?
Why do they serve the south side
interests SO faithfully and neglect the
north side? Gentlemen, your solicita-
tions for us, your fear that we may
have TO endure hardships, and that
we will jump into a consuming fire is
absolutely Inconsistent with your
conduct toward us, in real practice.
| You do not care anything about our
hardships, but your opposition comes
from the fact that you want to keep
the advantages you derive from the
north side. and hope to further in
crease them. You want our taxes,
you want the Offices and the political
prestige OF larger county. and for
these, and these alone, you are now
opposed to division.
In the second reason in the protest,
as shown in the above extract, that
division would be unjust to the people
of the present county, we rise to ask.
Who are the people OF Otcro county?
Are the south side residents and tax
payers 'the people Of the present
county OF Otero?" They, with few
from the north side, who for selfish
reasons are Offering some opposition,
assume to be "the people" They are
selilshness. They want it all, assume
to be all, and If they can not get it all,
proceed upon the principle OF rule or
ruin.
| You have given the wrong reason,
II you in fact have given any reason
at all. The first attempted reason is
absolutely exploded. The second has
no more merit in it than the one given
In the doggerel, which runs, "Thc old
COW crossed the road, because she
| CTOSSSu tuc IOdu. L ut dDpllCuIlbI Is
easy-the south side wants to keep
the whole county intact because the
south side wants 1t that way.
| Now, do not misunderstood us.
There are many people on the south
side who have given us their assur-
ances that they are with us, but for
i prudential reasons can take no active
part In this move. To our good friends
on the south side who sympathizc
with us in our efforts to help ourselves,
we extend greetings. These south
side friends are to our cause what the
two eminent statesmen-Pitt and
| Burke, of England, were to the
, struggling colonists during the dark
/ period of the Revolutionary war.
These statesmen recognized the
justice of that struggle, because it
was right, and the unseltish south
side citizen accords to us the right to
a separate existence, because our
reasons for it are based upon right.
| DIvIsIONIsT.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
NOTICE..

The National Sugar Manufacturing
Co. is prepared to make contracts for
the growing of sugar bcets for 1909.
Their representative, Mr.. George
Edwards, will be ut Olney, on We'd
nesday morning and at Ordway on
Friday Of each week until sufficient
acreage has been obtained.
j. Fl. WINFELDER,
tf44 General Manager.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
His Notion,

"I am, OF course, in favor Of COM
pelling every motorist to display the
number Of his car, for the purpose of
identification, and so on" said the
man who ruminated while he was
resting, "but I think that in certain
cases it would serve to prevent misap-
prehension and avert suspicion II the
machine were decorated with a con-
spicuous placard bearing the legend,
It's Paid For!'"-Puck.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
CheerfuIncss ard Health.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter
OF health. Repining and murmurinss
OF the heart give imperccptible strokes
to those delicate fibers OF which the
vital parts are composed and wear out
the machine.-Culver.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
French Courtesy.

We should treat our detraCtors and
calumniators as Maribcau did When
speaking at Marse.lles he was called
"calumniator. liar. assassin. scoun'
drel" He said: "I wait. gentlemen. un-
til these amenities are exhausted"
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
No Demand.

Motorist (entering country store)-
don't suppose you keep sparkling
plugs in stock? 7'H 81
Storekeeper-You s'pose kerrect,
mister. II any NV the boys round
these parts ever wore plugs when they
went sparkin they'd be joshed clear
crazy. III wager!-Judge.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
FOR RENT

Twelve acres Block 81, Ordway,
Colo, 1925 cash. Two water rights.
Inquire of A. r. Mathews, Ordway, or
address CHAs. W. Robson,
tf49 r. D. No. 2, Pioneer, Ohio.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
The Cause.

Languid Lannigan-It must be sim
ply awful ter be afflicted wit dis
spirit Nv unrest" we read SO much
about lately. ..|
Torpid Thomas-I knowed all along
dat dem cookin' schools wuz de fore
runners Of some national calamity
Puck.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
Better Dad Than Editors.

Judge-How do you earn your liv.
ing?
Prisoner-By writing, your honor.
Judge-And what do you write for,
would you mind telling us?
Prisoner-Not at all; l wrote for
money at home.--Judge.
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change,
ROOMS TO RENT

For light housekeeping or single
furnished rooms. Inquire at the
bakery or residence.
MRS. E. NJ. DAVIS.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
FOR SALE

Twenty-Five choice town lots for
cash. Good chance for investment.
Inquire at this Office. tfl9
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12

FIRST oummsd Postage stamp.
me hrst gummed postage stamp
y issued about 1910. ~
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12

at the Sugar City Opera House. The
program commences at 7:i5. Admis-
sion - and 81 cents.
The following program will be given:
Music. c. Rocky Ford Orchestra
IianO Solo ,......... Elsie ChiSdes
Address,. Supt. Grant Van Hose
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address ........
............ Nathan Yarchuver
My Wedding Day ......... Elsie Cox
old Mlstis ................Du Dora Lyons
Music. ................... Orchestra
Ben liur's Chariot Race -. Belle Sale
Old Ace. cc................. Mae Talbot
Flying Jim... ....JeSsie Flicker
Music. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. orchestra
Why lie Didn't Sell The Farm. ......
................. Maudc Merritt
...... ........ ...... Louise Ross
How The LaRue Stakes Were Lost
..................... Nellie Minis
Angels or Buena Vista.
...................L Linda Gallavan
Violin Solo. George Edgar
We Hunted a Mouse. ...............
........... -. Ed Schaukowitch
How Ruby Played. Cecil lies
Too Late For The Train Mary Brown
The Baldheaded Man. Marie Bass
Presentation of Prizes. .............
Supt. j. g. Kenwcll, Sugar City.
Each speaker will receive copy OF
Life OF Lincoln"
The winning school will receive for
First Prize, Lincoln's Memorial Pic
ture, presented by Il. ID. Ewing, Of
Denver.
will receive $500, presented by Fred
a. Burket, Denver.
| A program will be given by all Of the
rooms on Lincoln's Birthday, Febru
AIRY IL. The Old Soldiers will take
part in the program given by the High
School. Everybody invited.
Mr.. Mooney Of the State Normal
School at Greeley, visited the school
Thursday in the interest of the State
Normal.
| Flossie Spindle has been absent from
the High School the past week on ac-
count of sickness.
Grace Bryant, Orvillc and Gladys
Sewers and Clync Murray are missed
from the fourth grade this week on nc.
count of sickness.
| Ruth Ransom OF the sixth grade,
was obliged to quit school on account
of i'll health.
The Ordway school is going over tC
Sugar City Friday evening and their
intentions are not to do a thing tC
Sugar.
These are the Official yclls of the
Ordway High School:
Who's on the high chair?
Sugar Town, Sugar Town!
Who put her up there?
ORDWAY! ORDWAY!
Rah. Rah. Rah.
| Ordway's on tile bank
Sugars in the pool
Ordway's on the bank
And Sugars in the pool.
Ordway said to Sugar:
Rah. Rah! Rah!
| Ordway. Ordway!
| That's Enough.
Rah. Rah. Rah!
See us now
Boom a lac. Boom lac!
| Row Wow Wow.
Sugar City's in the Soup
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
Deed. That Help.

nv, eeuS nat noIPs
"nat we do worth doing in the
o,la only helps ourselves. because
to,ning Is worth doing that does not
|e'p others.-William Allen White.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12

sl0o,0 100000 to loan on farms near
Ordway. PECK & JOHNSON.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
FOR SALE

Two horse colts 81 years old. Weight
1900 each. R. HoRsLEy, BOX Springs.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-12
SCHOOL NOTES

An elocutionary contest between the
Sugar City and Ordway High Schools
will be given Friday evening, Feb. II.
at the Sugar City Opera House. The
program commences at 7:ij. Admis.
sion - and b cents.
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tf44
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-11-06
FOOT RALL

TOME II. EPISCOPAL II. 81 D
Tome defeated the Episcopal High
School eleven, III Alexandria. Va, IL
Port Deposit, on Saturday, BY score
Of ~ 20 O in fast and weII-played
game. The losers fought hard, but
were outplaycd. Tome scored touch
down in the first half. Tome had
superior weight. and Buntings long
end runs, one for Us yards, fol- touch
down. were striking features of the
winners plav.
sWARTHMoRE 40, DELAWARE
The Swartimore and Delaware Col
lcge elevens met on the formers grid
iron on Saturday. aud Delaware was
beaten 40 TO o Swarthmore won by
superior play. having control OF the
game in the first half Spectacular for
ward passes were worked by Swarth-
more. Delaware was outclasscd. and
all her moves were fruitIcss.
W. N. A. a.. ELKTON Fl. S. 0.
The Elkion High School team went
to West NOTTINGHAM on Saturday and
put up game fight with the Academy
team. but were outclassed and beaten
by score of ~ to o
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-11-06
Church Services
METHODIST

sIkton NJ. l.. Church, Rev. II. A.
G.. Wehcrtield, Pastor. Preaching at
10 80 a. m. and 7.3o p. m. Morning
subject. Preparation ior Revival" !"
Evening subject. "A Successful Young
Man"-thc third sermon in a series
I" youth Sabbath School p. m: j:
Epworth League Dcsotional service.
6.4s p. m.
'IIopewcll NJ. T.. Church. Woodlswn.
Rev J. Howard Gray. pastor. Sab
bath services November 7: Sunday
School, o.3o; preaching at 1890, Ep.
worth League and preaching at 7..,o
Revival begins At IIopewcll in even
ing service. Preaching at Asbury at
p. M
est. Johns NJ. +. Church Lcwisville.
Pa, Rev |. G.. Fosuocht, Pastom.
90 a. M, Rally service. consisting OF
rcci!atinnS. duets. solos and other
special music, preaching at 1890, sub
jcc,. Light and Salt" and at Z p m,
"A Dying Sinners Lament" Revival
services continue