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The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11
Heavy Freights

There passed through Ordway
Monday a special "red BALI frcigh,
train of twenty-three cars that came
from the Western Pacific railway, and
was loaded with apples from the
western slope. This is one of the
first trains Of this kind that has pass
ed through Ordwav. and from wha,
one can learn it will not be the last
The Missouri Pacific Railway COM
pany is going after this kind of bust
ness more. and more each day now
that they are getting their road bed
in the shape to handle the fast
freight. This should prove of inesti.
mable benefit to Pueblo. as well as all
the towns at which the trains stop.
The Missouri Pacific railroad is
getting some business that it has new
er been able to handle, for the reason
that it never got the chance. Since
the road has been under new manage
ment. one notices larger number Of
trains from the western slope have
been going through Ordway. This
is something that very seldom hap
pencd under the old management.
The track has been ballastcd from Pu-
eblo as far east as Hoisington, Kan
sas, and it is only short time until
trains will be running on this road
at the rate of fifty miles an hour. 1t
is their intention to get the road bed
in condition to make the running OF
trains at seventy miles an hour in
stead OF the slow time as now From
the way things are now looking it was
no idle boast of the railway people.
and they intend doing just as they
said.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11
New Equipment

Vice President Brown Of the Den
yer & Rio Grande has awarded to
the Baldwin Locomotive works OF
Philadelphia contracts for six Pacific
type passenger locomotives at cost
of $4,000 each, to be delivered carly
in January, 1913. These locomotives
are much larger than any before used
Grande and will haul trains about so
per cent heavier and make much fast
er time. These latest type engines
will be used in the growing passen-
ger service between Denver and Pu-
eblo and supplement the order for
thirty freight locomotives recently
given by the Rio Grande company.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11
Registration Days

The first session of the boards of
registration in the various precincts
of this county for the general election
November S will be held on Tuesday,
October IS. The boards will also be
in session Tuesday, October 2o and
on Monday. November 4. On the
latter day, however. it will be neces-
sary for those who wish to register
their names on the polling lists to
be accompanied bv two witnesses
who will vouch to the registration Of
ficials as to the eligibility of the ap-
plicant. And don't forget that you
can't go around on election day and
swear in your vote. In order to vote
you must have resided in the state
one year Immediately preceding the
election, in the county ninety days
in the city or town thirty days and in
the ward or precinct ten days.
In the matter OF voting on the per-
manent location of the county-seat
entirely different qualifications are
demanded. In the latter case voters
must have resided one year in the
state, six months in the county and
NINETY DAYS IN THE PRE-.
CINCT Immediately preceding the
election. These qualifications are
set forth in sections II66-72. Revised
Statutes of 1903.
Every qualified elector should reg
lister early and then go to the polls
on election day and vote as his con-
science dictates. If American citi
zenship is worth having. it is worth
exercising, and the man who because
OF some trivial reason or for person
al feeling fails to vote does not dis
charge his full duty as citizen oi
the country.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11
Good Roads Meet

Every county in Colorado should
be represented at the Good Roads
convention to be held at the Albany
hotel, Denver, October 14-I5. This
convention, called by the county COM
missioners and the good roads organ
izations of the state is the most inn
portant in the history of road work
in Colorado. This is because of the
fact that at the coming election the
voters will be- given an opportunity to
vote on road measures which mean
the future OF construction work in
this state.
The measures to be voted on arc,
the highway commission bill, whic II
means that all monies for road pur-
poses shall be expended through that
commission; the ten million dollar
bond issue, and the county enabling
act. This last named measure will,
if adopted, allow the counties to issue
bonds for the construction of roads
and bridges.
At the Denver convention these
things will be thoroughly discussed.
and it is intended that campaign
shall be inaugurated at this meeting
for these measures. Senator Stephen
of Delta will speak regarding the. bond
issue, of which bill he is the author.
Hon. Alfred Durfee Of Fremont coun
ty will probably explain the county
enabling act, while commissioners
and others will take UP the highway
commission bill. 1t is planned to de-
vote. considerable time to open debate
in order that these bills may be thor
oughly discussed, and the information
thus CLEANED be given to the public SO
that these measures may be intelli-
gently voted upon.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11

At the general election on the 5tl
of November next there will, besidesf
the filling OF the various Offices. na-|
tional, state, county and township,E
come up for settlement the question:
of the permanent location of the
county-seat of this county. 1t has
been stated by some that it takes .,
two-thirds vote to locate the countys
seat at the next election. This ides
may be dismissed as an error. 1t re-
quires majority vote to locate, but
after it is once located it requires .
two-thirds vote to change it, and the,
question can only be submitted upon
a petition signed by majority of the
legal voters and can be brought up
only once every four years.
We believe that Ordway is tho
proper ana logical point at which to
locate the county-seat of Crowley
county, and we also believe that when
the votes arc counted upon the night
of November S next that it will be
found that large majority of the
voters were of the same opinion.
Ordway is without doubt the largest
town within the borders OF the coun-
ty, despite claims to the contrary
and census returns that were taken
at a time when this town was de-
pletcd Of its inhabitants and anothef
town filled with transients who were
listed as residents. Ordway has
within the past two years taken
great strides both in population and
in building Of homes. and this growth
has not been of the boom order. but
is of a solid, permanent and lasting
character and has been the work OF
the best class of people-those Wild
come here for the purpose of making
this place their home for the coming
years. The population of Ordway i
almost exclusively of Anglo-Saxon
stock and there are very few of the
Latin elemnt here and none of the
Afro-Amcrican. Such solidarity sof
race makes for good citizenship ami
also for a progressive class of peopl
who workstogrtirer- for the commurs
lity's good.
In the matter OF location Ordway
has by far the best OF the argument.
situated as it is almost in thc very
center of the county from east to
west. All OF our towns are located
considerably south of the center Of
. lao vI hn 70
is congested in belt along the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad. This in the
course OF years no doubt will be
changed, as the country to the north
settles up, and when that time comes
it may be advisable to change the To-
cation of the county-seat, but until
that time does come Ordway is the
logical and handy point at which to
fix the seat of county government.
kcverting to the matter of compar-
ative population, there is no doubt
that Ordway has much the best of
any other town in this respect. An
analysis of election figures for the
past two years will show this beyond
the shadow OF a doubt. We are
speaking now, of course, of residents
who are qualified to vote. and not
"foaters". Ordway always has cast
much higher vote than any other
town and will continue to do so. as it
is growing faster in the way of per-
manent citizenship than is any Of the
other precincts.
In addition to all its other advan-
tagcs, Ordway is pre-cminently city
of churches, schools and social and
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11
Crowley Colorado,
Some Big Orders

The New Era has just finished up
a job of printing for the First Ma
tional bank of Ordway that is a little
out of the ordinary for country Of
fee in a small town to handle. The
work referred to was an order for
10000 checks. Ten thousand of
these are what are known in banking
parlance as Counter checks" and are
used to lay out! on the bank counters
for the convenience of customers.
The other 10000 were bound into
books OF twenty-five checks each.
This entire 10000 is interleaved with
blank stubs, thus running the num-
Der of sheets of paper in the entire
order up to 10000. These. stacked
up in one pile, make column about
thirteen feet high, or more than the
height of the ceiling in the average
store building. This is certainly
huge order for country shop to han
die, but it lasts the First National
just little less than year, for the
merchants of the town who carry
accounts there are furnished with
check books carrying three to the
page and of an entirely different
character. The Citizens bank like
wise has had similar order printed
at the New Era office.
This Office during the past two or
three months has handled a number
of large orders. The premium list of
the late Crowley county fair was one
of them, consisting OF 1850 copies of
e -apcs each, turned out in record
time after the last of the copy was
in and pronounced by competent
judges to be very much better job
than number of others gotten out in
this section of the state by larger and
much more pretentious Offices.
Another large order was a hundred
storekccpcrs' books for the National
Sugar Manufacturing COMPANY at Su-
gar City. This job. which has just
been finished. contained a hundred
sheets to the book, or 10000 in all.
We have also done large amount
of blank work of complicated char
acter for merchants and corporations
in various parts of the county, and
we believe we can truthfully say that
it is as good work as that procured
in Pueblo or Denver, and in many
cases BETTER
Another large order was given US
recently by Crutchfeld & Voolfolk
the cantaloupe shippers, consisting OF
10000 material charge" blanks. As
these had to be numbered. they were
run through the press twice. necessi-
tating 10000 impressions.
A great deal OF the work VIC have
mentioned was until recently sent
out of town to Pueblo, Denver and
eastern cities. With the facilities we
now have thi sis entirely unnecessary
and the gratifying fact is making
itself more evident every day that
those desiring first class printing at
a living price are becoming cognizant
of this fact. Bring in your orders
NOW. Like Pinkcrton. I'VE never
sleep" but are on the job twenty-four
hours a day if necessary to get the
work out.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11

W. N. Stevens has resigned as
candidate for superintendent of
schools on the Republican and Pro-
gressive tickets in Otero county and
has been succeeded by Miss Nettie O.
Partner of Rocky Ford Hugh c.
Wetmorc, candidate for surveyor on
the Democ ratio ticket in Crowley
county, who resigned, has .reconsid-
cred his decision and will make the
race for that office.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11

The Royal Neighbors were delight
fully entertained at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. E. E. Hosler Saturday af-
ternoon. Following the regular rou-
tine of business the hostess served
refreshments and saw to it that ev-
ervone had a good time.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11

Ed. calkins was in from the ranch
Tuesday. He reports very inter
esting class Of twenty pupils being tu-
tored at the Guy Henderson home by
Miss Pryor of Colorado Springs
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11
Some Reasons Why Ordway
Should Have the County-Seat

nivic virtues. We have splendid
school system, amply supported, and
five churches. Likewise we have NO
SALOONS. Ordway voted out the
saloon over four years ago and, the
extreme probability is that it never
will have any again. 1t is becoming
a fact patent to the most unobservant
that when once the saloon is forced
out of town it is next to impossible
for it to again gain foothold. The
absence of saloons makes for bet
ter class of citizens and is strong
incentive to induce men with families
to locate in such town. \
We have no quarrel with Sugar
City because of its desire to become
the permanent county-seat. This is
a perfectly laudable ambition. How
ever, history sometimes makes pain
full reading to those who have cast
their lot on the losing side. Surviv-
ors of the late lamented Southern
lConfederacy realized this after the
little scene between Generals Grant
and Lee under the old apple tree"
at Appomattox. Perhaps number
of the citizens of our ncighboring
town also experience a similar feeling
when the county was finally divided
despite their active opposition for
several years. The people of Ordway
and the western part of what is now
crowley county furnished nearly all
of the "sinews of war" in order to
carry county division through the leg
stature and worked long and hard
Ito accomplish this end. The bulk
of the opposition, on the other hand,
came mainly from Sugar City. which
Is now so keen to secure the county
seat. Inconsistency, thou art jew
eT-sometimes.
We do not believe that Sugar City
can command sufficient votes to Sc
cure the coveted prize, and we also
believe that few if any of the citizens
Iof Olney Springs consider that the
Ienterprising and hustling little burg
has any show to win out. AS mat
!serH Of advertisement ii is good
thing to be in the race, but that is
about all that it amounts to.
| Ordway awaits the issue of the bat
tie OF the ballots with confidence, be-
lieving that the advantages it has to
offer in the way OF a good and grow
ing town. clean and progressive
citizenship and the natural, logical
and geographical position in the
county in the matter OF convenience
to the greatest number will appeal
to the voters who take serious
thought upon this subject. If the
voters decide to locate the county
seat here. as we believe they will,
Ordway will do her fair share in pro-
viding proper quarters for the hous-
inr OF the county officers and will
guarantee that the county will always
congratulate itself that it decided SO
wisely when the question was at is
sue.
There will be no fraud rcsorted to
upon our part to win the prize. how
ever. We have gone into this con-
test with clean hands and will come
out OF it, win or lose, with clear
conscience. Fraud never won anyone
a lasting benefit, and anyway it new
er has been the Ordway system to do
underhanded work to gain its ends.
If we cannot win the battle honorably
we shall lose at least cheerfully. But
we are not figuring on losing SO that
you can notice it. Hardly.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11

BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
on Thursday, October 3. an
eight pound girl.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11

J. J. Morgan is said to have moved
from near Olney Springs to Greeley.
The Ordway new era., 1912-10-11

marshal ...... ........... 1900
On motion the town attorney was
instructed to prepare an ordinance
to regulate the use of water to users
outside. the corporate limits of town,
placing all such users on meter.
JOHN B. ESTES, Clerk.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-07-19
0-W.= R. & n. TO Ex-
!" TEND To THE COAST

Word comes from New York office
OF the Hartman lines that the O.
W. R. & N, is to begin work this
summer on its extension from North
Yakima to the Coast. The surveys
have already been made and when
the work is begun it will be pushed
to completion rapidly. The road
will run west from North Yakima
up the Naches River to it's source.
1t will cross the Cascades at Naches
pass and from there will follow the
White River down to the Coast.
This will not be road of great
scenic beauty but will probably be
able to- make better time than is
made by the old routes.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-07-19
NO RENTALS FOR METERS

The Public Service commission OF
Washington has passed a ruling
that companies serving the public
cannot charge patrons for the use of
a meter for water, gas or electric
current and the companies are re-
quired to install meters if demanded
without the customary deposit for
its use.
The case came from a complaint
OF a firm in Bellingham that had
been notified by the gas company
that unless the meter deposit of S.
was paid the gas would be turned
off.
The commission says that no
charge for the meter can be made
and that the only thing the COM
pany can do is to require the pay
ment of one months service in ad-
vance to insure the collection of
bills.
On June Is the commissions Or
der went into effect.
Sevearl public service companies,
including the Pacific Power & Light
company, asked for few months
extension so as to make adjustments
to conform with the new condition,
but the Commission refused to COM
ply with the request and says the
ruling must be followed.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-07-19
HIS REPORT

A New Mexico homesteader re-
ceived from the Department of Ag-
riculture=. a quantity of dwarf milo
maize seed, with a request to plant
it and report the result. Here is
his report:
Dear SRI planted your dwarf
maize, and it did fine. 1t was the
dwarfest maize I ever saw.
But the jack-rabbits ate it as
fast as it got ripe.
Please: send another lot of seed.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-07-19
and send along lot of jack rabbits
to match the maize.n
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Brown, Mrs. H. F.
Baker. Mr.. George J.
Gallafno, Mr.. Ben.
GoOde, Mr., William (2)
Garrett Chas.
Hunt w. F.
Lydick, MIR. John
Wight, Mr.. Cecil.
CARDS
Bourret, G. R.
Blake, Miss Rose
Earhart, Miss Inez
Earhart, Mrs. A. P.
Edgar Boyde.
Goode. Mr.. w. o.
Nelson, Mrs. J. T.
Winters, w. R.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-07-25
Fifteen Years Age, 1897.

The gentle, patient spirit Of Mrs.
DR.. Deahofe heard the call of it's Mas
ter last Tuesday afternoon at 240
O'Clock, and took its flight to Him.
Had she lived until next November she
would have been 45 years of age.
Last Saturday morning, while assist
ing his father in the hay field. Willie,
son of Nick Wagner, met with sad
accident, which resulted in the loss Of
three fingers, part of the palm and
portion Of the thumb of his right hand.
Died at her home in the town Of
Wadwick on Friday, July 23d, Mrs.
Elizabeth Terrell.
A man by the name of Williams was
killed last Tuesday morning by being
struck by the morning freight train
near Calamine.
Edwin Bray was overcome by the
heat Yesterday morning while working
with his brother Henry on the Wallis
farm He was brought to this city
and is doing as well as could be ex-
pected
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-07-25
Local Overflow.

Pay less and dress better. Buy
your clothing of G. Varlin.
Admits violation of speed law
Who, please
-Rhys Mellick of Dodgeville was a
caller in our city Saturday evening.
Misses Mayme and Anna Lenahan
are in Chicago for an indefinite visit
Miss Gladys Davis of Rewey is Wis
iting Miss Madge Coppin in this city.
st. Paul's congregation will hold
their annual picnic on Tuesday, Aug. g..
Henrietta G. Hanscom, teacher of
kindergarten music, piano and organ
Phone 70.
Frank Mcneil, who holds a posi-
ton of trust in a Beloit bank, spent
Sunday with his parents in this city.
Mrs. Adolph Meunster and daugh-
ter, Miss Henrietta Kane, spent the
fore part of this week in Milwaukee.
Miss Helen Chittenden returned to
her home at Ripon Saturday, after an
extended visit with Miss Edith Crum.
If taken at once, | will sell the
Rogers property 1.-TWO houses) for three
thousand dollars. Jas. w. Hutchinson.
Miss Rachel Beecher spent last
week at the farm home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nicholas Polzkill near Dodgeville
Miss Elizabeth Cornish was called
to her home in McGregor, Iowa, Mon
day owing to the illness of her mother
Miss Blanche Fox has returned
from Minnesota, after spending a few
weeks in Minneapolis and other places
Misses Florence Hawkins and Helen
Mess enjoyed drive through Linden,
Edmund and Dodgeville one day last
week
Mont Terrill received from Fitzgib-
bons Bros. this week fine light auto
seat top buggy, which certainly is a
dandy.
Miss Kate Blotz and Mrs. Peter
Berg of Dodgeville visited last week at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Phillips
Miss Wilma Gribble and brother
Clinton were Linden passengers on the
train yesterday morning enroute to St.
Elmo, Ill.
Frank Tyler of Richland Center
has returned to his home, after visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Whitford.
Miss Bernice Parsons, who has
been visiting Rev. and Mrs. VIM.
Croft, left Wednesday for Whitewater.
From there she viii return to her homo
in Denver.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-07-25
FROM THE TRIBUNE FnES
Sixty Years Ago, 1852.

Mineral Point Democrat is the name
of a new paper which made its appear
ance in this village on Saturday last.
O. J. Wright is proprietor and Henry
Plowman editor.
An establishment for the manufac-
ture of railroad locomotives is in oper-
alton in Milwaukee. 1t is calculated to
turn out one a month.
Letters have been received from the
Plains announcing the death Of Mr.
Elias Wiley, who left this place en-
route for Oregon with his family.
The Galena and Chicago railroad is
nearly finished TO Rockford. The cars
are expected to enter that city in a
few days
We learn that some farmers on
Blake's Prairie have recently lost some
20 or 30 head of cattle by strange
and fatal disease. The cattle are at
tackled suddenly and die in a few hours.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-07-25

DIR. F. r. Moessner of Chicago wa
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Net
on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mauger ant
family are attending the Chautauqus
at Platteville.
George Huxtable returned Monday
from a two weeks visit at LeMars and
Tacoma, Iowa
Miss Phyllis Roy of Darlington has
been visiting Miss Marie Thoma for the
past few days.
Every man thinks he has lot of
self control stored away until he has
occasion to use it.
The man who is worth mention
must make up his mind to be discussed,
and maybe cussed.
Misses Isabel and Villa Brown and
Ruth Padon spent Monday with friends
at the county seat.
Miss Nell Padon of Chicago is Wis
iting at the home of her grandfather
Mr.. j. p. Hawkins
Mrs. John Pepper of Dodgeville
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Evans.
Mrs. Vincent McMullen and two
children of Idaho Falls, Idaho, are Wis
iting Mineral Point relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kurth of Union
Mills combined business with pleasure
in our city one day last week.
Richard Gundry of Racine was an
over Sunday visitor at the home Of his
mother, Mrs. Johanna Gundry.
Mrs. Mary Dunn and daughter
Kate were at Hollandale Sunday to at
tenn the funera! Of Mrs, Cleary
This week is being enjoyably spent
by Mrs. Frank Jeuck and son Jack at
the Chamley home in Livingston.
Mrs. viii Vickerman and son de-
parted for their home in Lewiston,
Mont, on Thursday of last week.
Painting and other improvements
are under way at the p NJ church. The
large steeple is being taken down.
Rev. L. P. O'Reilly, F. W. GRADER,
CARAT Doyle and Ben Miller called on
Ridgeway friends last Wednesday.
Bernard Quinn, Harry Wilson, Will
McManus and Clyde Curry were Oar
lington visitors in our city Monday.