The Ordway new era., 1909-05-14
ORDWAY OUTRAGED
Too Small To Merit a Place on
the Missouri Pacific Map.

1t seems incredible that so rank n
mistake could be made and IL is GER
talnly unpardonablc, but the town OF
ofdway, one Of the brightest and
most progressive towns In the Arkan-
sas valley, Is not on the map,-that
Is, the one contained in the folder
gotten out by the Missouri Pacific
road aud purpOrtcd to be corrected up
TO April, 1909. Seems PRETTY rank,
doesn't it? That, though, is only a
small part OF the injustice done us.
Turning to the list Of stations we find
Sugar City, population l,2jO. Ordway,
population 500 Think Of it! Five
liundrcd-leSs than we had five long
years ago and less than half quitting
1t very mildly what we can boast Of
today.
Here seems to be material for our
Industrial Association to work on and
The New ERA suggests that they get
busy at once. II Ordway, with its
many industries, splendid business
houses and scores OF residcnces-none
Of them Russian shacks-is not en-
titled to "A place on the map between
Sugar City and Numa, then the i'm
mense amount of capital invested here
had best be transferred to the beet
dump at Numa, the only building
there, or invested in claim shacks
to be scattered over the Landscape
round-a-bout; the new alfalfa meal
mill, erected the past year by the
Colorado Alfalfa Milling Company at
cost OF $40, 600. made into a pigeon
roost; the $40 600 water works system
torn up and the mains given to the
kids for bean shooters; the tOwnsitc
turned back to grazing land and the
inhabitants made into sheep herders.
Rank, it's fierce! A town that han.
dies the amount of business that Ord
way does-and the aforesaid railroad
has taken from us the insignificant
sum of 500, 600 in single year. and a
trife OF 81, 600 iE one short month this
year-is not entitled to any rccogni-
tion by the corporation deriving the
most benefit from her resources.
Ordway has population of at least
1000, and that is conservative; her
public schools are attended by an,
average OF $50 pupils: three hotels
cater to the public; l20 carloads OF
Ordway Pink Meat cantaloupcs were
shipped from the NJ. p. station in one
season: two OF her business houses
have each done business amounting
to 100000 year; her alfalfa meal
mill produced l25 carloads of meal
after starting late last year; she has
two lumber yards, blacksmith shops,
the best electric light plant in the
Arkansas ?alley, three general mer-
chandise stores, one dry goods store,
two barber shops, two drug stores,
two tailors, bakery, an ice plant,
five church buildings, an osteopath,
jeweler, an undertaken and four
doctors (all five report business very
poor on account OF the healthful cli-
mate), two implement dealers, Two
hardware stores, two livery stables,
two dentists, two attorneys, several
contractors, pool hall, restaurant,
many real estate men and last, but
not least, a bottling works soft drinks
only.) Last year, one of the poorest,
there were raised in the vicinity
$3.50 600 worth o! sugar beets. Yet
we are not on the map. Will some
kind friend please tell us where I'VE
are at" or where passengers on the
Missouri Pacific trains will get OIL
at" when labeled for Ordway? VIII
it be necessary for them to get OF at
the beet dump at Numa and walk
baCk?