The Ordway new era., 1913-09-26
Ordway All Right
Extracts From Fowler Trib-
une Give Editors Views
of the District

U. w. BUCK, e0iCOf OF Cne tOWIef
Tribune. made trip to Osdway one
day last week through the land of
promise, and In the columns Of his
paper the district received many
words Of praise as result. Mr.. Buck
is giving the people Of Fowler y
mighty good paper 10 his Tribune.
noted principally for Its conservative
expression, and the words given below
are all the more valuable because Of
that.
At the Invitation Of W. E Finney,
OF the Star The ater, the editor Of the
Tribune enjoyed an auto trip to Ord.
way Monday Afternoon. AS usual, we
learned a few things. drst. that Fin.
ney's auto schedule Is just little fas-
ter than that Of the Missouri Pacific.
Further, that the roads In Crowley
county are In much better condition
than those of OterO. so far as the
west end OF the counties are concerned.
Again. that Ordway is a mighty busy
place these days. It's shame Otero
county has been SO poverty stricken
during the past year or so that little
or no work has been done on the roads.
Between Fowler and Rocky Ford the
highway is punctured every few feet
by deep ruts and trescher0us holes, 1t
ia going to work hardship on the
beet haulers, who are this week TAX
ing the initial loads to the dumps.
There are certain sections in this
glorious country of ours where special
pride Is manifest 10 maintaining
smooth roads. Otero county hasn't
been one OF these sections 10 recent
months. Haven't had the money, say
the commissioners. But the time will
come, sooner or later, when the farm
ers and citizens generally will not
stand for the kind OF highways we
now have. and will not be satisfied
with anything but the best. Get the
roads in first class condition once, and
1t takes but little effort to keep them
that way. We have known sections
where practically every farmer in
cluded Ia his farm equipment q sub
stantial road drag. After each shower
or whenever the work could be done
tn gnnd advantage. he hooked the
drag behind the wagon when he start
ed to town. aud worked the road as he
went Out here In Colorado, Of course,
we don't have the rains they do 10 the
east. but there have been times dur
ing the past year when scraping and
dragging would have greatly improved
the condition of our highways into
Fowler.
But. speaking of Ordway. they have
been shipping some cantaloupes out
BY ''some" we mean six hundred car
loads. A large force of men were just
as busy as they could be loading the
cars and taking care of the Burrell
Gems as fast as the wagons lined up
along the shipping sheds. others wait
ing their turn, and the highway was
lined with still Others bringing their
pickings from field to track. These
shipments bring an enormous amount
of outside money into Ordway and
Crowley county.
Much hay has been raised on the
north side Of the river this season and
the fields are thickly dotted with
stacks. The mills at Ordway and
Olney will shortly begin their seasons
grind.
The beet crop west Of Ordway does
not compare In acreage to that on the
south side Of the river.
Ordway and Crowley county are
boosting their section. however, and
that part of the valley is growing.
1t was originally estimated that 600
cars Of cantaloupes would be shipped
from Ordway this season. That num-
Der of cars have alreedy been shipped,
and tits now thought the seasons busi-
ness will run to 1000 cars. Each car
contains from $50 to 800 crates.
Ordway Is a busy place these days.
A 500, 900 school building is nearing
completion, the water mains are being
installed for the introduction OF Fow-
Ter water, and the contractors are
pushing the sewer to completion.
The pipe line into Ordway was COM
pleted Tuesday evening, and the Crow
ley county metropolis will soon know
what Fowler water is like.
Poor Kansas