Bent County register., 1888-02-04
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men ctc.n "ris well known, aud
from the general revival of business
produced by the many plans Of pub
lic and private enterprises that have
been arranged the pas, two weeks.
Il would seem that every man OF our
CITY was bent on not Only doing Il
big thing for himself but the coun-
try. About the middle of last month
the advance of the great army of
home seekers began to arrive, first
but few, but the number has daily
increased, until ROW the streets show
many strange faces, merchants report
increased business and OF that class
such as household furniture, stoves,
wagons etc, that show the increase
trade 10 come from new settlers, the
enterprising citizens of the city hare
been awske to the impulse Of the
time, and in many directions are
planning for the spring, among other
good things already placed on foot
that are of advantage to oar city,
was the opening of the Lamar Loan
and Investment Compauy's oiice.
The following minutes will show the
work of last Monday evening.
Al meeting of the gentlemen in
teresied at the Office of Descent &
Dusan, Monday evening Jan. so;h,
to take action on the building OF the
north side hotel, Capt. Munger was
chosen chairman and w. r. Davis
secretary. F. c. DosceHt stated the
object of the meeting and the
amount of stock that had been taken,
the amount of first payment on
amount subscribed, plans, when work
should commence etc, was discussed
An organization was effected by
electing F. c. Descent President of
of the Lamar Hotel Company: II.
Chadeavnc, Yice-Presideat; w. ".
Louden, Secretary; Harry Gochen-
our, Treasurer. On motion board
of seven directors were elected, the
above named officers being four of
the number. and c. c. Goodale, Jas.
Swift aud ". l.. Morehouse complet-
ing the board. On motion the capi-
tal stock was placed at ten thousand
doliaas. On motion the stock will
be placed at City dollars share. At
torneys Chadeayne aud Goodale
were directed to attend to all legal
matters 10 connection with incorpo-
ration, contracts etc. J ]. Munger,
2. c. Descent and S. d. Rail, were
elected as soliciting committee.
Seven thousand seven hundred
dollars of the stock has been taken,
and the amount required will be Sc
cured without trouble. This insures
the erection Of hne brick hotel.
Tuesday evening there was meet
ing at kornman Hall for the purpose
of organizing board of trade and
considering matters Of interest to the
city, proper committees were appoint
ed, who held meeting Wednesday
afternoon and who reported to
mass meeting in the evening, the or
ganization and incorporation effected
last fall was adopted. We hope our
board of trade will now get to work
aud leave nothing undone that should
be to advance the city. By iuquiry
we learn from the real estate agents
that they are in correspondence each
with number OF men who will be
here TO take up land or locate in
town in the early spring, Mr. Zin-
norman has lately been east, and
thinks the number he will be able TO
locate inside of sixty days will not
fall short of two hundred families,
he and his partner Mr.. WilIets have
been hard at work all winter with
the result as above stated. Alto
gether Lamar has never had brighter
prospects than at tue present time,
aud our people were never more san
gum of making city out of the
mascot than now, of the future We
could state many enterprises that
vii! probably become reality, but
put prefer to SPEAK only OF what we
have, what strangers can see on their
arrival here.