The Ordway new era., 1917-11-23

1t is not intended that the meeting
shall be only in the interest of sugar
production, but that it shall be a
great patriotic demonstration of the
ability of Crowley county to furnish
munitions of war to the United States
government in the shape of wheat,
alfalfa. army beans, cattle and dairy
products and sugar. Each of these
munitions will be represented on the
stage by an attractive young woman
of Crowley county in the uniform Of
an officer of the United States army,
and they will all be presented to
America (who will also be repre-
sented by an "officer") and to the
audience with short statement of
the Importance of each of these ag-
ricultural products in their relation
to the war
The Officers" to take the parts
will be as follows:
America" Mrs. E. w. Cleverly of
Ordway.
Wheat" Mrs. R. N Kinney of
Sugar City.
Cattle and Dairy Products" Mrs.
]. w. Gardener of. Olney Springs.
Army Beans Mrs. 1. A. Rodeck
of Ordway.
'Alfalfa.' Mrs. r. N. Jones of
Ordway.
Sugar" Miss Eileen Richards of
Sugar City.
In speaking of the campaign and
mass-meeting Mr.. Carey said yes-
terday:
LAS the farmers of Crowley county
will see from the plans announced
for the mass-meeting our company
is not proposing to take a selfish
view of the matter, but wishes to aid
in every way the greatest possible
production of all the munitions of
war" which Crowley county is best
fitted to produce. From the stand
point of well balanced crops''-to
use Mr.. Hoover's language-and
tion of crops, and of the proper hand
ling of soil. it will be of great ad
vantage to the county as well as the
greatest aid to the United States gov
ernment in winning the war II Crow
ley county can produce large sup
ply of wheat, beans, alfalfa, cattle
and dairy products and sugar. IT
fair proportion of the agricultural
territory was devoted to sugar beets
we ought to have $4,000 tons OF
beans and prouuce 2O,OO0,00V los. OF
sugar, which would practically
90 ole the sugar output of the county
Tor TINS year.
ms would mean about $500
acres of beets in the Ordway-Olpey
district and about $500 acres In the
sugar City district, and this acreage
can be easily produced il all of tue
we'll trained sugar beet farmers put
in their normal acreages and IL other
farmers in the county will put in
small acreages of, say, from tive to
fifteen acres each. Small acreag0
mean big tonnages and good beets,
and a great lessening OF labor COM
plications. The ordway-Olney com
mittee and the officers Of the sugar
company have already had one in
leresting conference in regard to
plans for taking care of the labor
situation for next year, not only for
beets, but for all other agricultural
prouucts, anu NY own opinion Is
with full cooperation on the part of
the farmers and the avoidance Of
competition for labor we can work
out a labor plan for next year thru
out the entire county which will Ia
cilitate the planting. growing and
delivery of all the agricultural pro-
ducts which are embraced In the
above plan, and especially the bunch
and thinning and harvesting OF The
beets. II this most desirable resul&4
is to be accomplished our company
ought to know not later than TIE
1st of January exactly how many
acres of beets will be planted. In the
county and We would regard it - *
great favor II the farmers who o14
proposing to raise beets wouid - \
once notify US of the fact and rive ~ {
the acreage which they ara propooin6
to handle. 81
I'VE greatly appreciate the friend Y
ly way in which our new contract nnas
been received thruout the county
and the spirit Of mutual goo6-Wlils
and cooperation which IL seemAs tos,
have given rise to- III ai;a; IN;