Columbus daily courier., 1920-04-10


from ihe same party. fof Ihe par
p1st ol laying uni ap1lhcr addition
ln |he town enc ad|o|n|uE |he park I
lhsI lhn people N|'l ptf fofr
own 100 acres oI land forming |
the Ill| etsl boundary 0l said Vast /
eIdc Addition. and hereby state lhni !
/ hive made no bargain win MAY
or h|aIf OF any OF The council eth
er individually OF officially. i1f the
safe " any of my land.
Neither Mayor Blair nor any Of
/ hIr business associates have pur|
chased any land from me. nor nl|
mated 10 me that they or any one
Of them wished 10 personally nuI.
lchese any land lYpm me.
However. Messrs. Tracy and Fred
erickson, members 90 The board Of
trustees. camc 10 me. rpprcseuilnH
! themselves ns a committee appoint
ed by the village hoard and asked
me for price on Ave acres oi my
land 10 be used a. a location Tor q
septic tank or disposal plant and
dumping ground Al this tune !
gavc them no price. was unwlll
ing 10 sell so small a tract Of land
for this purpose.
Later. ! made a price on ten acres
Of land 10 Mayor Blair and this com.
miitec. Mayor Blair told me he
4 considered my price too high and
doubted n the village would pur.
chase the land.
Further afllnni saycih not.
CORNELlA b. OTIS
Subscribed and sworn 70 before
me, the Undersigned authority. this
seventh day Of April, A. y. 1890.
J A. MOORE.
Notary Public An and cfor I.unn
County. New Mexico
Ny commission, expires October
"a. 1921.
As 10 the statement that pro
posed 20 use the funds OF tho W
/. Iaee for furihering my own ends, a.
,lt have done heretofore. No stale
meni more ridiculous OF false than
this could possibly be nade, for
I, neither myself nor any member ol
the hoard Of trustees have ever
! used one flvcccnt piecc Of village
money 70 IN any way further my IN
irrcats, but on the contrary has'
spent great deal Of my own none,
IN behalf Of The village.
! used my time aud spent ei1k II
. expenses for the village Of Colum
= bus when I secured The Legislation
. mailing u possible for Columbus 4
a. have a water system.
y spent more than $50 OF my owl
d money IN an effort 10 bring IN
!, nankhead transcOnllnenlal highwa,
a lhrOugh Columbus. and IN oblalnln
= through the state highway commit
D sion the state road from Adcl
g through Columbus 70 Ilachlla an
y Rodeo.
ID In addition 10 this. I donated a
Z for hiring men 10 drag a portion q
this road.
also laid 1900 feet Of water pip
~ al an expense 10 myself OF ahou
le $500 IN ORDER 10 induce Mr.. Vlnso
le 10 move his laundry 10 a plac
v where the waste water from sam
would not be menace 10 the arm
camp and the llulscy CLARK an
~ Rice Additions.
- Moreover. I paid out more tina
'h my part IN time and money towaf
securIne the army camp.
Is As regards the reference made
rf parks IN the d0dgcr. n a not lru
OF that two Of our public spirited eli
10 xcns or !. n. Cox or anyone eli
lc have given a block Of land OF az
We other amount of land 10 the villal
q OF Columbus for any purpose NJ
nd did arll land 10 Evans and Trag
~ and then have an ordinance pass
m. making illnoys park opposite The
no llIInH stallion. The truth u nn @
llo dlnance was passed and locall,
lte designated for these service car
er and I maintain this location on o.
Of the widest and least lraycll
're streets Is a proper location. aud 4
rsi lots were not hargaincd or sold
a. Evans and Tracy until after the
de cation was established
u A 10 the past have taken ia u
Of Valley OIL company, and the ma
aeemcnl thereof. have done u
part 10 D public spirited cililen Al
VII spent my money with others tryi
70 develop oil here. ! will say d
none Of the parties who caused U
circular 70 be printed ever "
Of chased any stock from the Vail
Oll company or assisted IN any "
ify 10 far ~ ! ran find out. ID hclpl
eW 10 pronlolc this enterprise.
ap' II the Valley Oh company \ Al
ing 40 flnish Us we'll and does strike (
~ shall be- laudfd for my work
ID u fails. q few pin heads like The
aii. ecrunulous men who wrote lhe
the iiclc against mr. will prOfeeh % +.
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