The Raymer enterprise., 1920-02-26
Greeley Tribune Makes Observations


county in meeting called at Gro
yer for next Monday. Feb. ~. Del
egates from all OF northeastern
Weld will attend the meeting ae-
cording to present plans.
AT least two projects will come
before the meeting which has the
welfare OF the non-irrigated dis
triets OF eastern Weld or its gener-
al object. One is organization oil
the farmers as part OF the county
farm bureau and the other which is
said to be promoted largely by Gro
yer people Is the project OF reopen
ing the fight for county division.
That county division advocates will
have real fight on their hands right
in their own districts before the
scrap ever reached the state legis-
lature is indicated by the state
ments OF many prominent residents
who came into Greeley from the
non-irrigated district Many OF the
leaders in the last fight for Pawnee
county have changed their minds
and are now advocating closer rela-
tions with Greeley and organized ef-
fort to get more Weld county money
spent In the non-irrigated districts
The fact that Grover would un-
doubtedly claim the county seat II
county division became a fact has
lessened the enthusiasm OF Other
districts or any action "-.Greele,
Evening Tribune. Friday. Feb. 20.
The Enterprise would be interest
ed to know the identity OF MANY ol
the leaders in the last fight for Paw
nee county" who have changed theii
minds and are hopeful OF gettine
more Weld county money spent Il
the non-irrigated districts"
We have missed none OF thos
leaders" OF the first battle" buI
on the contrary we have seen man.
new converts.
However. we would be glad t.
know IL some persistent soul ha
succeeded In securing the expendi
ture OF weld county money In the
non-irrigated districts" in any
where near the proportion that the.
should have as matter Of right ant
justice. We would like TO sit at th
feet Of that man or woman anu
learn how to do the trick
The promise OF more money spent
ON our roads has been the big bait
held out to lis for the last six or
eight years.
We have been Obliged TO go i:
iiocks and as individuals to get what
we have secured. and at that We
have never yet received more than a
very small fraction OF our contri
button to the road fund Last year
we got less than 60 per cent, an
Stoneham reports less than so pes
cent, and Buckingham man tole
us they had not got anything
The proposed county OF Pawne
contributes not less than $4,000
probably nearly $4,000 to tn
Weld county road fund this year.
II they get back half OF that. the,
will do about twice as we'll as the,
have ever done before. according te
the best information we can obtain
The last observation made in tn,
Tribune article is deserving of som,
mention The question OF where the
county seat might land is the BIZ
stumbling block In the way OF unit
ed action in the matter OF count.
division. Without any doubt Gro
yer hopes to land IL. so do others
Grover will do all that il can to SO.
cure the coveted prize. so will other
towns; but the county seat is not
the main object for dividing the
county. II we at Raymer do not
feel thai new county has adyant
ages over the present situation that
will repay the effort to divide even
with the county seat at Grover, then
We should vote against dividing the
county. II We can't build a worth
while town here without a county
seat, We don't deserve to have the
county seat. The same is true of
every other town on the line.
We believe that the editor OF this
paper Ia In as good a position rs any
one to know the past history OF
Growers activities on this delicate
matter Of the county seat. Six years
ago straw ballot" was taken and
Grover won That election was per-
haps not so well protected from OPP
portunity to practice fraud as It
should have been. but we have not
had evidence that that ballot was
not fair representation Of the wish
es Of the pepole.