The Ordway new era., 1916-10-13
tablished in the neishborhood of su-

| gar City.
Since the dying-out OF the contro
yersy which arose out of the selection
OF the county town, which was q
wholesome mans scrap" can truly
say that l have never heard word
of jealously or ill-feeling in regard
to Ordway's good luck. Personally
always thought Ordway should be the
County Seat, although naturally did
not oppose the ambitions OF Sugar
City l know of no better way OF
showing my own personal attitude as
big taxpayer in the county than by
the following illustrations:
One of the prominent citizens of
Ordway said to me the other day that
there was a growing movement to
abondon the construction of hand
some court house at Ordway and to
utilize the county Jail building, think
| ing, | presume, we would be glad to
escape our share of the additional
taxes. l took the opportunity to say
| that | thought the people of Ordway
would be a lot of 'papersports" If
they adopted any such policy, and
that il would show they were un-
worthy of the selection of their town
as the County Seat. and that large
taxpayer and as a large land owner,
we would cheerfully pay our part of
lUt Cost, anu tIlt lliplt alll dillNt anu
more convenient the court house was.
the better we would be pleased, be-
cause our Company goes upon the
theory that every part of the Valley
is interested in the prosperity of
every other part and we expect the
value OF our land will be added to
and the success of our Company made
easier if Ordway rapidly grows, as it
is rapidly growing. into spirited.
attractive and prosperous town. and
| am personally proud of the progress
Ordway has made. | have uniform
" taken the same position with the
Missouri Pacific railway. and in de-
manding an attractive and convenient
railway station for Sugar City, l have
always coupled new station for Ord
way and a new station for Olney
Springs with this demand. When one
of the high railway officials told me
that they were proposing to move the
old Sugar City station to Crowley, l
told him he would never have been
a railway official If he did not under
stand public sentiment any better
than that, and | am partly RESPONSE
BILE for the fact that Crowley prompt !
ly got its attractive new station. as a |
reward for the enterprise which made |
a station necessary, instead OF getting |
sugar Cltys leayingS.
You know me well enough to know .
that am not trying to pose as a pub
lie benefactor. Everything | have
done and am doing is done and will
be done on business basis. but there
5 such thing as an enlightened busi-
ness basis and | am trying. in per-
laps stumbling way, to promote my
lwn interests by encouraging in every
"a glY Nf,fs Of f.,h,
operation and mutual goodwill and
;OOd-feeling, which is the foundation
If any successful business. am do
ng everything | can with the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway to make it real
Ze that is has a gold mine" in this
magnificent Valley with its conquered
water supply II it will handle our
Valley the way the Santa Fe has
handled its Valley. viz, by Keeping
we'll ahead of the enterprise of its
inhabitants and doing everything in
is power to increase our population
and increase our industries from one
and of the Valley to the other by
1rst-Class passenger and freight ia
,lllteS. modern railway equipment
and intelligent advertising; but you
2an depend on ii that the intelligent
and efficient people behind a good
---- hh|- k'H'a q ---AA al = AALt AISL pNO-
pie to realize the value OF a united .
community. and the beginning of real /
and intelligent interest in the Valley .
on the part Of the Missouri Pacific /
railway has been Contemporaneous .
T1tA The growth Of Valley co-Opera- /
rloa.
! mean no ctsrespect to those of /.
you vho nov disagree with me in |
regard 70 this Fair matter when | i
S1F that 1t takes . big-miuded people
20 make big community and il takes
utz community 10 make prosperity,
AID = seems 10 ne to be clearly the
--r- Of your honorable Board oc-
=-1TIlE as you do position where
E1-- attitude aud influence means
-F=-T-1l7Z in our county TO discour-
@E= Il every EaT you can the section
z--EL1Gz1 CT ssltsh-miaded man. who
l. menace 70 all OF our interests.
T-s-zs- snail or great What this
sz--zy needs i q spirit which makes
s1eE=ss ont Of everything that is
=ssEz z5llshed in the county. whether ii
Al alfalfa usll- sugar mill.
county fair Or cOtnty town. and l
Z-s-Z1s-sLsCG the sporting spirit of
ne average nan il Crowley county.
=1r-11I1E- Of course. . class which
=T=-E community has in small num-
~ Z a. heart after reasonable thot
2Po1 ths subject they do not believe
y would be both their duty and their
interest TO get behind the Crowley
CSz1ty Fair II its present location
zn6 make II not only q good fair. but
he best county fair in the state of
7 Colorado, cooperating With ii each
FszT EithoUt local Jealousy and with
-1= knowledge that from z business
standpoint goodwill and cooperation
os<st goodwill and cooperation. and
& mat the fruit Of goodwill and CO.
{ Operation l. mutual heIpfulness and
Z prosperity
-ron Z general public standpoint.
I the putting Of this fair question on
/ the ballot Eill greatly compIicate
Nhzt ongHI 10 De the simple issue of
9 The important H01f-irzf aiao-io, ;,,