The Ordway new era., 1915-06-04
Carey Is County's
MostLeylBoost

Frances K. Carey. president OF the
National Sugar Manufacturing Co. IL
one Of the best. boosters Crowley
county ever had and while his home
is 10 Baltimore, Md, he Ia just as
much Interested In everything good
for Crowley county az we're he an
actual resident here. In fact Mr..
Carey is so 10 love with this big ir-
rigated section Of the great Arkansas
valley that he Il not only urging
residents here to DO all they can to
improve their fafms, homes and towns
but he Ia spending his own money to
bring about many Of the things he
would like to SEQ accomplished.
Mr.. Carey was In Ordway Tuesday
Of this week and paid the New Era u
visit, the second since he has been out
from Baltimore on the present trip.
and IL his enthuiasm continues the
next time he calls we are going to
call public meeting and let others
hear what q msu way back in Balt-
inore thinks Of % and our county
and when you bear him you'll 20
away satisfied that Crowley county
we'll you'll 10 away glad that you live
here.
And the good part of 1t is Mr.. Carey
Is sincere. He means every word he
says. and backs Il up by money from
his own pocket. He has done this 10
providing the elegant club house for
the Farmers Improvement club of
the Sugar CITY district, as one of the
more recent things, but now he comes
forth with the offer that II the lovers
OF good wholes0ms sport will organize
and make an nasessment nf. say $40
per member. 70 pspvide boating and
dock house ON Lats Meredith, he Will
take Is OF such na1mberships himself.
Such plan - d has in mind, and
outlined to the N@W Era. 10 70 organize
= club to take b boating, fishing.
hunting, skstiAt and every other
good and wholesome kind Of sport.
A club house ID 6kopgsed suflelently
large ~ psqyidHS 1Ood sized Daie
room, Kitchen and verands where
refreshments could be served. music
furnished aad dancing endulRed 10 by
those who 90 desired.
This house would be erected on the
beach at 90 me suitable point where IL
could be reached. and where bathing
could be iudulged in along With the
other sports. Where the proposition
is outlined by the various suggestions
an organization could perfect details
and eventually develop II into club
which would attract In such way as
to be q great advertising feature for
Crowley county; as well as providing
something for entertainment.
A meeting will probably be held
within the next few days for the pur-
pose of taking up Mr.. Csrey's s,igges-
tious and see II some definite plan
can be made to perfect an organiza-
tion. A committee Of five men from
Sugar City has already made IL known
that they will meet with commit
tee of "A like number from Ordway
and other towns Of the county TO dis
cuss the proposition.
Mr.. Carey's scheme is good one
and he Is willing TO back It up with
funds in the way of memberships.
II proper enthusiam is instilled the
very thing he suggests can be done
and done to the good Of the .citizens
OF Crowley county.
Ordway and Sugar City are each
wsnJlng 4 new depot and residents o {
the two towns see no reason why they
should not have them. While the
people who live here are wanting new
depots Mr.. Carey. president Of the
National Sugar Misunderstanding Co., is
going after new buildings for both
these towns and has even told the
Missouri Pacific railway officials that
Olney Springs should have one.
Mr.. Carey is Of the opinion that the
Missouri Pacific company owes these
towns better freight and passenger
buildings than are now used and he
has told them SO. A few days ago
railway oficials from the general
onlces 10 St. Louis and from the ofi1ces
10 Pueblo paid Mr.. Carey visit at bis
ofiices In Sugar City and spent the
greater portion Of an afternoon and
evening with him. land tho next
day the trains which had been passing
Sugar City without 20 much - slow
ing up, stopped at thst town and have
been doing 90 ever since.)
The task of Inducing the railway
company to give these towns better
depot equipment 10 . hard one but
Mr.. Carey does not propose to let up