Bent County register., 1886-08-07
From the Garden City Sentinel, July sstn.

SOh h1suAotSN Oy lstcttuE III |
the passage by the Senate of the bill
to establish United States land Of
fec at Lamar. The dispatch indi-
Gated that the house would take
action at once in the matter, and par
ties who had property interests in
that booming city awaited with great
eagerness the news from Washing
ton yesterday afternoon. 1t was
nearly o'clock when the long look
ed for news came announcing that
the bill had been called up before
the house and passed.
The creating of United States
land office at Lamar cuts no small
figure iT the value of property in that
town. There are millions of acres
of government land in that vicinity
that will be entered by actual settlers
within the next few months and
government land office at that point
is a necessity. Lamar is certainly
fortunate town. 1t was started
with bright prospects and has held
its own from the first day, and was
finally crowned by the success of
yesterday in the house of Represen-
tatives, at Washington.
From now on business will increase
in this new city, stores and dwell
ings will go up even faster than they
did before. All this reminds us thai
there are waysin town building which
lead to success, and there are also
ways which are unsuccessful. Lamar
started out with good location to
begin with, and an abundance of the
best agricultural land in eastern
Colorado surrounding it; with svs-
TEN of irrigating bitches to develop
the country, already building, with
the advantage of being central
point in vast expanse of country
that needed large stocks of goods to
supply demand already existing.
The plan TO lay out n city at that
point was well conceived and brill
iantly carried out. As successful
town in the west, this fiedgling of
the plains will stand at the head for
many day to come. 1t was not
started 10 secure land office, but
this was one of number of impor-
tant things that were to be drawn to
a common centre and which in ng.
gregate were to make place of I'M
portance.
THE TOWN AS IT NOW is.
Lamar presents to-day TO the pass
er'by very attractive appearance.
1t is only a few weeks old, and vet
it has large business blocks filled
with heavy stocks of goods and "A
large and constantly increasing trade.
There are beautiful homes dotting
the townsite and the place wears "a
general air of thrift, business civil
zation and all the appliances that go
to make up city of the better class.
Nature has been profuse in supply.
ing beautiful groves of trees, with
undulating surfaces of ground and
beautiful scenery.
There has been much said of La.
mar and the almost universal opin.
ion has been in its favor.
Probably the most distinguished
man and journalist that has visited
the place is Orange Judd, man who
has seen more of the country than
any other traveller, a. man who has
made closer observations and whose
opinions and judgment are above all
Others in regard 70 locality and
prospects.
The following appears in the Prai-
rie Farmer: Lamar, Bent county,
Colorado, is one of scores of new
towns, or cities, springing up sud
denly in the rapidly developing west.
Where we now write, near the south
bank of the Arkansas river, thirtv-
one miles from the east line of Colo.
RADIO, only five short weeks ago there
was not a sign of human habitation
IN sight. save a single log Building
down by the cottonwped belt that
fringes the stream. Esum the river
southwark, a desert looking plain,
partially covered witk the short buf,
falo grass, extended ups gentle in.
cline, two or three miles. The land
was mainly open to prs.empeion, and
homesteading To-day there are five
and twenty buildings complcted or
nearly 90, many Others ars begun,
and active psepai ations are making
to erect . large number nness. Tens
of thousands of dollars worth Of lots
have been sold, s4O0. to $500 and