Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17
MORE coNDENsARY DOPE
Project Moving In Fine shsps-
Plenty Of Cows Assured.

mittees and others interested IN IL
condnsary movement, wa. held IN ~
commercial Club rooms Monday
evening, and was well attended By q
terested townpeople and farmers.
The meeting was an adjourned pss.
sion Of the one held a week previous
and was for the purpose Of Aearihe
the reports Of the committees which.
had been appointed to interview TIE
farmers and see how many cows they
would agree to milk providing a coA
densary was located in. this city 'sna
a reasonable price paid for the pro.
duct. The reports Of the committee.
which had been divided into subcom.
mittees, were most flattering and evt
denced the fact that there IS going 10
be no trouble IN securing the requl
site four thousand or more cove sna
also proved that the people all ovsr
the county are intensely interested
in III project and are as anxious for
the establishment Of the plant a ara
the Great Bend people who stared TIE
project.
A number Of the members Of thA
investigating committees were not \
attendance at the meeting, but 'frum
the five members who turned in ,r&
ports, pledges to the number Of 1ssh
cows were already secured.
Adolph Held, who Is working tAe.
territory In the vicinity Of HosingtoAs
has already securde pledges a 415
COWS, and says he has not coyeredI
nearly all the territory and viii have
no trouble in bringing the number %
/ tc 1000.
viii Stanley and Reg Russell AayS
not covered all Of their territory ySA
but already have pledges for 517. .
s. H. Gwinn, who Is covering The
territory west Of town on the nOAA
side Of the river, reported pledge Il
1iS, with the chances that this num-
Der could pc increased to, a co7siaH
able extent.
Henry Maybach, who worked sOetA
west Of town, reported pledges for 27C
and estimated that he had his teert
tory pretty well covered.
,Adoph Nicolet. who also worked
south Of town. sent IN pledges for az
with the probability that this nun
Der could be Increased.
Frank Smith, who has been work,
ing in the Heieer neighborhood, haa
covered a part Of his territory a
has 2S3 pledged. However he I'D
not seen a large number of the farm
ers out that way and the probabilities
are that this number will be Abouk
doubled after a thorough canvas hae'
been made. ~ o
These pledges make a total Of 1850
COWS, but in reality, but a small
amount Of the territory has been csa-
vassed. A delegation Of aElHuwood
business men, DR.. H. B. Robson, pre-
ident Of the Ellinwood Commercial
Club; D. c. johnson. Editor =. 4
Smith and Charles Mellies, were q
attendance at the meeting end esti-
mated from talks they had had with
various farmers Of that comnHnity,
that a thousand COWS could easily D
secured in that vicinity. VIII Rogers.
who lives southeast Of town, y q
great booster for the condensafy an4
is Of the opinion that 500 COWS q
more can be secured In that vicinity
which has not been worked at q ret
Several of the others who. were en-
the committee were not in to report,
and there is no question but whet q.
ter all the reports are in that the
number Of the people IN the vicinity
Of the neighborng towns, bosh east
and west, and up the Scott City
branch, are becoming interested in
the movement and STATE that they vii
furnish a large number OF cows Il che
plant is built as contemplated. The
train service into Great Bend Is such
as to make 1t an ideal place for q
large condensary as 1t is centrally u,
Gated in an extremely rich territory
and trains come from all three direc-
tons In the forenoon. It Is quite
probable that il the plant is buik re-.
ceiving stations will be put In ct
many OF the neighboring towns. and
the product from these stations han,
> died in refrigerator cars 50 that 4
will reach the condensary in GOOD
shape. So
Editor Smith, of the. EIllnwood
Leader, Is a mighty good booster Tor
|, the condensary and 10 doing an -