The Ordway new era., 1909-01-08
CITY NOTES

"' wiz ''"'''IN w lOr our flIlcuuSilpS.
len days have been spent here ruvallv.
among old friends some Of whom were
Ordway's early settlers. Chief among
them l must mention our former
iellow townSman aS well as its found.
er, Mr.. George \. Ordway. In spite
or many financial disappnin,meuts
that seem to have cluug 81 tcuacinusly
to his commercial life. they have left
no bitterness aud his genial soul
shines with happiness aud Good will
toward all men" Being Il descendant
OF long line of Quaker ancestry Is
borne out by his quiet ways and
benign countcuancc. Long may he
live u bless and help others An even
Ing spent with hlm and his good wife
at their luxurious home on south 18th
street, was full uf many pleasant
"reminiscences. Mr. Ordway Is loyal
to his namcSakc aud enthusiastic on
division Of county. As lie Is making
steady gains toward health since his
late sickness, he can probably aid in
our political work.
Mrs. Theodore Grillin aud daughter,
Eva, are very pleasantly located on
Capitol Hill and have many early
recollcctiOnS Of Ordway's early town
history. Although IA staunch BAPTIST,
she was one Of our good helpers In the
"Mcat-shop Mcthudist-church" Of 81.
While We enjoy meeting these loyal
friends Of former days. a tinge OF sad
ness shades IL all. Many Of them We
have not seen for Is years. We think
of them In their prime. but meet
those who are left in their decline
white heads, stopped shoulders. canes
and crutches. My primary classes Of
30 are now the business men and
women OF Denver. The Old Man with
his scythe has been busy, and in my
home block has cut down the head Of
every family-siX strong men.
The city itself has changed, like to
Its people. The crstwhile fashionable
streets are giTcn up TO shops and
apartment houses and the former
outskirts are now the promenade OF
the wealthy. As | walk over districts
that were formerly my daily routine
and as familiar rs my farm at OTdway,
| have to scan the street placards to
lind my bearings. "Ncrily she do
move" Denver, unlike other cities OF
our country, has most persistcntly
denied the existence Of any panic in
'OI and '0s and has continuously forged
to the front. Her building during
these years has been marvellous, en-
ceeding the fat years of 90 and o6,
and the prospect for 90 Is even greater.
The new Muirat Road was her first
in> piratiOn for Il greater Denver,
but O9 presents a still greater stim
ulus In a cheap power for manuihctur'
ing purposes. viz electricity generated
by her adjacent water falls Niagara
with her 100 feet fall has been the
wonder of the last decade IN its power
plauts, but when Colorado harnesses
an equal volume of water with IA o,ooo
foot fall we stand in awe and our
dyspcptic pcSsimism shrinks to the
background. A city lighted ana
heated some day by electricity geher'
ated from these sources is no chlmeri-
cal prophecy.
hut Denver is not to he the only
recipient of this great benefaction.
Her sister cities, mines and manu-
features in every corner of the state
will be sharcrs. No envy or jealousy
exists as growth to one Is prosperity
to all eventually. The live wire with
its various branches, that shall smeit
the ores at Pueblo, make our machin'
cry at Denver peel our potatoes at
Greeley, pump our water at Ordway'
etc, will also run our railroads ana
bind us together eternally as state
and nation.