La Junta tribune., 1911-07-22
All Kinds Of Invitations.

have enjoyed In this section had a
tendency to give the farmers and
others that smile that refuses to be
rubbed off. We invite the attention
of Col. Fred Mason. of the La Junta
Tribune, to the present favorable as.
pect OF things agricultural and other.
wise In this almost desert waste"
as he is so fond of clubbing this Sec
ton Of the great and fertile Arkan-
sas Valley.-Ordway Era.
In order that none may feel that
they have been slighted. we want II
distinctly understood that everybody
in the United States Is invited to
come and will be made welcome. We
especially invite Col Fred Mason Of
the La Junta Tribune to come over
and see how We do things In this
almost desert waste" AS he Is fond
Of clubbing Crowley county. Come
along. everyone, and help us cele-
brate Crowley's natal day-Tuesday,
August Sth. Come prepared to have
good time and enjoy day Of rare
old fashioned sports and a couple OF
fast ball games.-Ord~ay Era.
This is about the steenth invita-
ton we have had to visit the al
most desert waste since Crowley
county became an assured fact We
are glad to see that Crowley county
has some simon pure boosters and
that the breed has taken great um-
bragg at the appelation given them
by the great family journal. or course
we did not mean it-not literally,
Just metaphorically. When we OF
the metropolis OF La Junta travel
over miles and miles of the terri.
tory that now comprises the new
county of Crowley. In search of oil
wells and pure water. as we have
done. and from the hurricane deck
OF an automobile view the landscape
see nothing but land. land. and some
more land everywhere. with not a
house. a tree, or living thing In
sight for miles and miles around. one
IL apt to entertain the suspicion
that 1t IL what a desert waste ought
TO look like.
You are impressed with the fact
that you are In the midst OF vast
solitude. at the very least. and those
lines OF Cooper very naturally occur
to you. "Oh. solitude. whore are the
charms that sages have seen In
thy face: better dwell In the midst
of alarms than reign In this horri'
BILE place" Well. that's Just what
we though, about large majority Of
Crowley county. But OF course, Crow
ley county will crow-all of us do
from the time We are born. and
even a sensible infant would net make
a big holler because somebody roast.
ed him fer not being full'grown
man.
Crowley county sure has great
opportunity To grow. as there Is a
great superabundanoe OF unoccupied
territory. The first time We visit
ed that section. years and years ago.
Ordway did not even have a newspa.
per. a haysiack marked the site OF
Olncy and Sugar City was pipe
dream that was still In crysalis
state. It's different now-so differ
ent. and We thank God for the dit.
ference. as the village policeman once
upon time remarked about some.
thing or other. We hope that Grow.
ley county will bloom and blossom
and like the promised land OF Cana.
an. oerfiow with milk and honey. and
become n rival OF otcro county for
agricultural supremacy In the great
stat. OF Colorado. l, has our best
wishes for unbound.d wealth. health
and happiness. and may Its good
people live long and prosper. Here's
to Crowley county on Its great natal
day. August sth. aud II we are as.
surod Of police protection We might
take n chance aud see the big do
ings that the natives sny are goins
to happen. and II In possible that
we might be Missourlfied.