The Ordway new era., 1912-10-25
Ord ! psll!lBe ! |!
Capital # County
Has Only r "a q lin by Virtue
ofLocation. Size. Suitability !.
and Past Performance n

Toned some Of the reasons why Ord.
way should be selected as the perma-
-rent seat of government for Crowley
county. and the moderate tone OF the
article, while stoutly upholding Ord
ways paramount claims. met with
general commendation. 1t is our OBJ
servation, after lifetime spent in the
newspaper business, that fireworks
ard vitupcration never won many con-
v-rts to any cause and that most of
those so won were better lost.
We believe that Ordway is the log
ical. central position for the county
seat. No sane man is going to travel
five miles farther from the western
part Of the county to transact busi-
ncss that calls hin, tc the county-seat
If he can avoid it. and he certainly is
not going to do 20 from a mere mat
Ter Of sentiment. Travel costs mon
,v and when the financial end of the
game is involved sentiment has indeed
hard row to hoe. Taking the bulk
o. the population of Crowley county.
Ordway is in the geographical position
to best serve the larasst number at
the least expense. This proposition
is SO sclf-evident that there is no use
wasting time to argu: il.
As to the two chief aspirants for
the honor, Ordway has, we believe,
far and away the best of the argu-
ment. Ordway is compactly built,
handsome town, of substantial archi-
lecture, with a number of good brick
blocks and more in sight, with broad.
well kept streets, two handsome
parks, Ave churches, a brick school
house to which an addition was re-
Gently made, host of handsome
homes set in well kept grounds. a
,wcnty-four hour electric light and
power service, a telephone service
second to none. good railroad -facili-.
ties and NO SALOONS. Mark that
last qualification. you men who have
families that you are bringing up.
Not only have We ample church and
school facilities. but We have NO
SALOONS.
There is another point to which VIC
wish to cal! attention. In another
place in this issue We punish the alb
,tract OF assessment d, iu.r shed to
al the newspapers Of III. county by
assessor Charles r. McCabe. By
r;aacinc ut the figures It w.!l &c OBJ
is placed at $2as.2+r. while that Of
Sugar City is SI2o.iI8. or Slo8.oo3
less than Ordway. II this compare
son doesn't suggest that Ordway is the
larger. richer and better town for the
permanent location Of the county-seat
then figures have lost their meaning
to us. AS to the comparative popula-
ton. our ncighbor to the east has
made much OF census report taken
.:ndcr unusual circumstances that arc
not likely to arise again in a thousand
cars No one with pair of eyes
in his head can doubt after looking
the two towns over that Ordway has
at least 200 more people living with
in its borders than has Sugar City,
and we ,bclievc that fair, honest
census of the two towns would reveal
this fact. This census Sugar City is
very careful shall not be taken, and
the only attempt ever made to ac-
complish this resulted disastrously for
those engaged in the work. If Sugar
City has more people than Ordway,
as is her constant boast. why does she
shy" so when someone cndcavors to
ascertain the truth? Actions some.
times speak louder than words. and
we believe this to be one OF the
times.
That Ordway is the largest and
fastest growing town in the county
and will continue so is. we believe,
amply borne out by the figures cast at
the different elections and recorded
by registration during the past two
wears. Our vote has uniformly been
larger than that Of our neighboring
town and the registration figures have
shown the same ratio of preponder
ence.
We believe that if anyone votes
against Ordway for the county-seat
simply on the ground OF favoritism
or to satisfy some personal grudge
that it will always be matter of re-
yret to them when "in the cold gray
dawn of the morning after" they have
time to coolly and dispasionately con-
slider the matter. Therefore the only
thing to do is to go to the polls on
November S and vote for Ordway as
Ala ,r,,,ncnt seat of government