The Ordway new era., 1916-09-01

helped to organize Mitchell county
and Andrews History of Kansas
states that he was the first Justice of
the Peace elected in Mitchell county.
Three of the townships Of that county
were named by him. He was for
several years one of the County Com
missioners.
CULP'S BARN CONVENTION
One of the most memorable con-
was the Senatorial convention known
as the "Culp's Barn Convention" held
in the early eighties. when Mitchell
and Cloud counties were Joined in one
Senatorial district. The big octagonal
barn on the Culp ranch being near the
county line, and Scottsville not hav-
ing hall large enough for such a ga
thering, the meeting was held in the
barn, and 1t lasted several days in
deadlock. The delegates slept in the
hay in the lulls between taking the
ballots. Hon. I. d. Young was finally
nominated. So the younger Culp has
come up from childhood in an atmos-
phere of patriotism and of duty to
public service-his fine father, now
President of the Scottsville bank, be-
ing a veteran of the civil war and al
ways taking his share of the duties
the citizen owes to the community
and the government. 1t is not so very
many years ago since the two "Culp
Boys" perhaps being impatient with
the business limitations of the old
home neighborhood, went west. They
soon became known as big dealers in
sheep in New Mexico and also in Col
Orado-as feeders and as buyers and
sellers of sheep on large scale. Their
activities have spread to adjacent
mountain states. until they are now
known as among the foremost in that
line of business.
MOVES TO ROCKY FORD
Mr.. Culp moved his family to
Rocky Ford a few years ago, that
his children might enjoy the advant-
ages of its fine schools, and also
other conveniences that come to such
fine town, and his neighbors have
prevailed on him to give part of his
time to the state as one of it's law
makers. On our last trip to that part
of Colorado. last March, it was our
pleasure to have Mr.. Culp as fellow
passenger on the train returning to
Concordia. He modestly told us of
the demand being made on him but
that he had so far refused to consent,
as the political game was distasteful
to him and that he had no patience
with the chronic politician and office
seeker. We put the question straight
to him, pointing to his fine success as
a business man, and to the glorious
opportunities this magnificent coun-
try of ours had given him, and the
| happiness that had come to him and
his family because of this land of the
free and of the brave" If he did not
owe something of himself to the bust
ness of government? We tried to point
out to him that whatever there was
of evil in practical politics was the
fault of such men as he, for neglect
ing their obligation to the govern
ment in taking an active part in its
shaping.
A WESTERN MAN
We feel certain now that Mr.. Culp.
having that sort of breeding in him
anyway, has come to feel the obliga-
tion and will give service to his COM
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man and talks the wetsern language.
A farmer and stockraiser all his life,
no man in his district is better quail
fed to know the needs of the people
in that part of Colorado whom he will
represent. La Junta is in that dis
trict, and that is railway center, be-
ing a big division point of the Santa
Fe system. His large experience as
shipper. makes him familiar with. the
railway service of the state and of the
legislation connected Herewith.
Above all, though, is the sterling
character of the man, his unflinching
devotion to the things that are fine
and worth while in life, which will
be the sheet anchor of his work as a
legislator. If the people Of that part
of the great Arkansas Valley with
whom we are not altogether unfa-
miliar, measure up to the high es-
TEEN in which we hold them, will do
their duty on election day. they will
elect c. S. Culp, overwhelmingly, as
their State Senator.