The Ordway new era., 1916-10-13

I ton. faltn1ully yours,
Francis King Carey, President.
October 7; 1916
John Cowden, Esq, President, Boart
of County Commissioners, of Crow
ley County. Olney Springs. Colo.
Dear Sir:
l had hoped very much to see you
, personally before | returned TO Balti-
more, but the pressure of the begin
! ming of our campaign. with our new
. beet-sheds operating for the first time
) and with new machinery operating
in the factory. has consumed every
, moment of my time. hShe to return
to Sugar City before the end of the
year.
think you are aware of the fact
that is the settled policy of our Com
pany to strictly refrain from inter
. ference with any political matters.
) even in the town of Sugar City, be-
cause we are honestly endeavoring to
conduct our operations as "a Crowley
) county plant" without politics. with
out favoritism. and on strictly bust
ness basis. My excuses for "butting
in on the above subject are as fol
lows:
FIRST. We are the second larg-
est taxpayer in the county and con-
l tribute a very substantial bit of the
taxes, which we cheerfully pay.
SECOND. We have sincerely done
our best to impartially promote the
interests and prosperity of the Sugar
| City -Ordway-Cr -Olney Springs
territory.
THIRD. We have used every bit
| of influence we have to promote
u ,-.,
goodwill from one end of the Valley
to the other.
FOURTH. We would greatly de-
plore the revival of a spirit of sec
tionalism and controversy, the less
ening of which has already resulted
in rapidly growing prosperity to all
the inhabitants of Crowley county.
FIFTH. We have absolute conf !
dence, of course, in the integrity and /
impartiality of our county commits |
sioners, but We go further than that |
and believe sincerely in their public /
spirit, their sense of fair play, and /
their desire to impartially promote .
the best interests of the entire terri .
tory.
do not for a moment criticise any =.
member of the Board of County Com I
miSsioners for the action OF the ma
iOrity in voting to place the question .
Of purchasing the fairgrounds on the .
November ballot, although | believe.
for the reason which am taking the .
liberty Of giving in this letter. that it .
vas Z mistake. While I DO not pro-
tsSS 10 set ny own legal opinion .
against the Judgment of your local I.
legal advisors. il seems TO NE that /
t-oZ : standpoint Of Law the Board I.
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to display; but the people Of the Su-
) gar City locality would be more than
human If they did not view the ac.
tion of the majority Of the Board witt
) feelings first Of offended pride. whfet
is by no means small feeling. and
second, with feeling that direct
; and unwarrantsd attack vas beins
! made on the one little project which
. is largely the fruit of their public
; spirit. enterprise and self-sacrifce
! and il seems to me that il would be {
short-sighted Board of County Com
! missioners which was willing TO caus.
this offense. From the standpoint O
ordinary county economy, it goes
without saying that an agriculture