The Lamar register., 1890-10-11

Hon. @. D. Ford was in Granada last
Wednesday.
Mr.. Leonard, brother of W. A., is Wis
iting in Lamar.
Sheriff W. c. McCurry was in Grana-
da last Sunday.
H. A. Pettee, of Holly, was in town sew
eral days this week.
NJ ]. McMillen, OF Carlton, was in La
mar on Wednesday.
Lewis Elder, of Albany, was in Lamar
the first of the week.
h H. Funk, of Syracuse, was in La
mar Thursday night
DR.. W. NJ. Cummings, of Las Animas'
was in Lamar last Saturday.
Miss Eta Ford has returned from a
several months visit in Maine.
The commissioners were in session
several days this week. They adjourned
last Wednesday.
The cold snap of the past week had the
effect of making Mort Strain the hap
piest man in town.
Bradley & Co., the Cimmaron cattle
company, shipped several cars of cattle
TO Kansas City this week.
Superintendent of Schools George T.
has vic s,hr,.1o ~,
this neighborhood during the past week.
Newt Syp recently took claim by the
light Of the moon. Probably thinks that
Is the most favorable time to plant a
mortgage.
Geo. W. Ogg, of Douglass, Kansas,
former resident of Lamar, was in town
Wednesday looking over his property
here. He was much pleased at Lamar's
bright prospects.
About two-thirds of Las Animas was
camped here last Monday and Tuesday
filing on the upper FIT. Lyon reservation.
1t only took the people Of that burg
about week to find out that it had been
opened.
l. Writ Markham & Co. find it impos-
sible to get men enough to handle the
grain as rapidly as it is brought to their
elevator. Those who think there were
no crops raised in this neighborhood
should keep track of the number OF cars
OF grain shipped each week by this com
pany. 1t will open their eyes.
The meeting held in Lamar two weeks
ago by the farmers and business men,
with I. G. Henry seems to have been
productive OF much good. The farmers
feel better and are taking hold with re-
newed energy. Mr.. Henry is determined
that the land under his canal shall be
cultivated and will himself put in several
Thousand acres of wheat this fall II
there is water in the river next year we
believe every farmer will get his full
quota OF water and instead of partial
crop we shall have one such as was never
raised in the Arkansas valley What we
need more than any one thing is some
relief from railroad extortion. Our far
mers are now getting but sixty cents per
bushel for wheat, that ought to be worth
not less than one dollar. Twenty-Five cts.
per hundred by car load rates is an enor
nous price for hauling car load of
gram, but little over two hundred miles,
Below we print the resolution which was
passed at that meeting, which was left
put OF our report at the time, owing to
our inability to procure copy in time
for press:
"Resoired:-We the farmers and bust |
ness men of Prowers county and Lamar,
having learned that some person or per-
sons unknown to us, have caused to be
circulated and published over the coun-
Try, articles and utterances defamatory
pf the good name and integrity of Hon. |
T. G Henry, Of Denver. Colo, and be-
heying that the shortage of water and |
partial failure Of crops under The Arkan-
sas River Land, Reservoir and Canal
company, and the consequent embar
fassment Of the company financially.
were caused by miscalculation Of the
capacity ard amount of water that the |
CANAL would deliver. a shown by state
ments and reports now ON file, wish to
expre1 to Mr.. Henry our appreciation of
Ais e3orts for the Improvement and de-
veaopneut a. lands under the said canal.
pnd a!so the belief that he has done ev-
eryshing in his power to furnish the wa
tsE contracted for