The Ordway new era., 1910-07-29

can be estimated when the fact Is re.
membered that there will bean at
tendance OF about four thousand dele
gates from all parts OF the world, and
thousands OF visitors will be attracted
to the Congress and to the farm ex-
hibits, many OF them looking for a
place TO locate.
In order that this exhibit can be
made success 1t is necessary that
every farmer and fruit grower who
has anything particularly good should
take every possible means Of prcserv.
ing the same until the manner OF COL
lccting and arranging the exhibits
has been determined upon. The pres.
ent plan is to hire a competent COL
lector and arranger OF exhibits and
have him 20 over the territory and
select the best OF everything. These
will be arranged to the best possible
advantage and each individual exhibit
will be tickcted with the name and
location OF the party furnishing 1t.
At the last meeting Of the Execu-
tive Board OF the OterO County Com
mercial association 1t was arranged to
raise the sum Of S2,6O0.O0 among the
towns OF the county with the exccp.
tion OF Rocky Ford. Ordway's propor-
tion OF this amount Is $500. 90, which
should be easily raised when the bene-
1T to be derived from the exhibit Is
considered. Fowler was assessed
s5OO.OO, Sugar City. s250.OO, Olney,
5000, and all OF these towns prompt
ly, by their delegates, guaranteed the
amount. Let everybody keep this In
mind and when any chuice specimen
Is found take the very best care OF 1t
until our superintendent gets 1t on
his collecting tour.
Just q word In regard to ROCKY
Ford. When the arrangements were
made to have the Irrigation Congress
ut Pueblo, Rocky Ford's Chamber OF
Commerce, which includes great
many farmers, arranged for collection
OF the necessary fund, and hired a
competent man to collect and arrange
their exhibit. Their idea evidently
was the rest OF the county would not
have ambition enough to do anything
and that Rocky Ford would represent
OtcrO county at the Congress. At the
first called meeting OF the Otero Com
mcrcial Association at Fowler, to con.
slider the county exhibit, Rocky Ford
was not officially represented, al.
though Mr.. Fenlason was present and
gave some idea OF what Rocky Ford
had done and was doing. The next
meeting was held ut Rocky Ford In
order to learn exactly what that town
proposed to do, and from proceedings
at that meeting and the sense OF the
meeting OF their Chamber Of Com
merce held In the Opera house at
Rocky Ford on Saturday last, it is
very evident that Rocky Ford will not
join the rest OF the county In this cx-
hibit.
At the meeting on Saturday, at
which the writer was present one OF
the leading spirits among the farmers
Of the Commercial Club made two
statements which were absolutely un.
true and misleading. He stated that
the balance OF the county would not
agree to an individual exhibit for each
town. which statement is perfectly
true. He further stated that the
other towns wished to appropriate
Rocky Ford's collection and the
money they had spent On the same for
the benefit OF the rest Of the county,
which Is not true, as at the former
meeting at Rocky Ford the other
towns were all agreed that II Rocky
Ford joined with the rest OF the
county In the general exhibit that
they should be fully reimbursed for
all expenditures and efforts made in
getting their collection together, as
far as they had gone, and this was
thoroughly understood by discussion
at that meeting.
The same gentleman made the
statement that It was desired to use
Rocky Ford's exhibit without giving
Rocky Ford, or any OF the people
supplying the specimens, any credit
for the same, whereas it was thor
oughly understood that in the general
county exhibit each article, or group,
should be ticketcd with the name and
address Of the farmer or the person
growing the same, the whole exhibit
to be topped with a banner having
"Otero County," in large letters, fol-
lowed by the name OF the towns join