The Raymer enterprise., 1919-02-20
GREELEY REPORTER
HEARS war. .RUnORS

Commercial rivalry between the
young and ambitious towns of east
ern Weld county is causing grief and
perpexity to many Greeley people
whose decisions are likely to affect
the comparative prosperity of the
several dry land metropolises.
Carthage and Rome, or Sparta and
Athens never went after each others
goats with more vigor and ingenuity
than New Raymer. Keota. Briggs
dale and Grover are endeayorins to
snatch commercial advantages away
from each other
Let keota for instance ask for a
road into the Avalo country and the
New Raymer commercial club re-
solves that highway should be
bnllt from Avalo to New Raymer
fity the poor county commissioners
Briggsdale and Keota are now en-
gagged In a school district controyer-
sy in the effort to saddle on to each
a large territory that provides COM
paratively small assessed valuation,
but needs considerable school facili-
ties. The county superintendent of
shools is the goat in this instance.
Recently New Raymer people an
nounced that they want to incorpo-
rate as a town Immediately some
heota people got the incorporation
bee and IL promises to be a close
race as to which district will reach
county court with incorporation pa
pers first.
Let the Burlington railroad bald
new station at New Raymer and
stoneham would Immediately Jump
on the railroad .superintendents
neck and demand still better sta
tion, Shorty after New Raymer was
placed on a state highway the road
authorities found II expedient to i'm
prove another state road through
Grover and also an improved route
TO Greeley from Brggsdale Is wanted.
The towns OF eastern Weld have
also changed their attitude towards
Greeley recently. Instead OF asking
to be divorced from Greeley they are
going to ask assistance from Greeley
for things they have set their com
munity hearts upon. The county of.
iicers, the commercial club and other
Greeley agencies are doing their
"durndest" to establish friendly re
ations with our eastern neighbors.
They are obliged to step softly and
disereetly, however. unless they mad
vertently take part in the CONNER
eial war which RACES in eastern
Weld.-Tuesday's Greeley Tribune.
The above soft and discreet" foot
steps were called to our attention by
a subscriber, as We have been cut
from the exchange list of the Trlb-
nne and the Windsor paper.
Our readers will be surprised. bul
We hope not alarmed to learn that
we are surrounded by such deadly
danger as that described.
Raymer does desire good roads to
all adjacent territory, but ii Is per-
fectly willing that other towns have
access to the same territory.
Raymer people are reasonably busy
to their own business and
II We are In any way the victims OF
undue jealousy on the part OF our
neighbors, we have been resting In
hlissful Ignorance of the acts.
We do not believe that we are
victims OF such acts. for the country
is broad and large and produces men
broad and large in body and mind,
among whom there Is no strife OF
contention, except that contention,
"or rather emulation OF who can best
serve and best agree"
We should be sorry II we were
unduly perplexing any of our Gree
ley friends by asking for what we
should not have. We have thought
that at least half OF the road tax
paid in from this section should be
put back on our roads. II that Is
done we will soon have good roads
from Avalo to Raymer and Keota
both.