The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-06
AMBER REPLIES TO
NORTHEAST kICKERS
tFrom Greeley Tribune Apr. s.

TO the Tribune:
Referring to statements OF dele
egates tso-calledl from the Pawnee
district OF northeast Weld county as
published in the Tribune OF March
Is. II these statements were made
as published in the Tribune, | must
say they are far-fetched and poorly
applied as to the true general condi-
tions In the district, and are mt en-
dorsed BY any considerable number
Of farmer taxpayers in the Pawnee
district
These sentiments as expressed be-
fore the county commissioners and
II. E. Hanna. county assessor. are
not the Sentiments OF .as segar II
thousand farmer t. payers that stay
cd at home and slcnt h. ia I stir ing
the soil In preparations for another
crop.
It lisa rarely founu bird or animal
that will wilfullI bs.oul Its own
nest. In fact none. Only animals
in confinement and very sick birds
viii do SO. With the charity that
thinketh no evil and suffers long and
is kind" | will say the few dele
gates (so-called) that registered such
a knock" against their own and
their neighbor's environments, must
have been mighty sick birds, both
mentally and otherwise. In view OF
the fact that Weld county, Colo. is
listed as the twenty-sixth best agri-
cultural county In the United States
and history has recorded but six
months ago that at their couny fair
in Island Grove park the badly de-
populated" blown out and 'p.a-
perized district" OF east Weld in
fair and open competition with farm
products. carried away upwards Of
100 premium ribbons, and the pur-
pie sweepstake ribbon against the
entire county. Irrigated districts in
cluded), dry land farm exhibits won
and carried away almost 80 per cent
Of premiums offered on farm pro-
ducts. Samples from the Bucking-
ham exhibit which alone pulled down
S6 ribbons and included the purple
sweepstakes ribbon against the en-
tire county was taken as far east as
Massachusetts by visiting delegates
to the Weld county fair from that
state, and are being shown as sam
Piles Of what Weld ounty, Colorado.
dry farms will produce when proper
ly farmed.
Taxes are very high and under the
present conditions are mighty hard
to meet and in many cases through
out the farming districts are not be-
iny paid Tor lack of ready money
This applies to the couny in general
and not just to Pawnee district. We
have poor people among US, but un-
der fair and impartial examina-
tion. the records will show a larger
number Of paupers in two wards OF
the city Of Greeley than there are In
the entire Pawnee district. As local
overseer Of the poor in this district |
will admit that conditions are such
that there has been q larger number
needing help than formerly, but as
yet we have had no necessity OF a
single soup kitchen as against sever
al put in operation In the boasted
river country.
We have a few crooks but not .
single jail and sheriff Hall will tes-
tify that Pawnee district has had as
few boarders in the jail at Greeley
as any district In Weld county.
There are some localities that are
not adapted to general farming, but
are ideal grazing lands and are used
for that purpose only and need not
be occupied by many families. as our
4 Charles DeFord seems to think they
should be.
There is very little waste or val
uelss land In the Pawnee district.
God made 1t all and we are pursuad-
ed did not waste effort but made 1t
all for useful purpose.
Our friend l.. A. Jackson, as chief
knocker TOR the Keota district, is the
most inconsistent Of all the 'so-called
delegates He boasts OF having liv-
ed In east Weld county for 4S years.
He has extracted good living from
this "Godforsaken country for all
that time; is still living here not
withstanding the hundreds of oppor-
tunities he has had to leave the coun-
try and migrate to more favored
place. He sticks to 1t and il still
going strong" and his fOndest wish
as expressed to the writer is te be
prmittd by the Grace Of God to con-
tinue to live and eventually die In
good old Weld county. Colorado. as