The Lamar register., 1895-02-16

HH
~ Republican writes to his paper
uoivoke as follows.
,srlr.. county win b. found. on the
rrsns. in the eastern tier OF Colo
!. ..,-nfgss. adjoining S,-dcwick on
.,1th Sedgwick being In the ea-
=, n.,rfheast corner OF the state.
nm. c1nnty once enjoyed a great
mis- WAS In the year 1881. Set
s,.t.i In by the thousands and
.,,t,.l all over its territory. Those
- -reaf days for Holyoke. An hun
4 br.inss> houses spTang up within
~ dsys. and the population ran NJ
400 Men stood in line TO get their
-. and wer, glad 10 get place to
=, Today iIoiyake has n scant half
.,5.tpd r.sopie. all told At this sea-
= ~ leading hotel Is In luck n it,
[ --.-sr shows thrg. night dodgers.
~ AZ ne store fronts are nailed up.
X. .fr,,ets wear a deserted air. There
I Htile o. no trade The regular IN
49, an lotns j. 3 pr cent. per month
q aisd., ouly then with FIRST class cot
{r.fraal Many merchants are carry
Z. afrauuis aEErcSaiins S-.tsh or -,
H. Tue farms are piastcred VIII
k,raSecS. many OF them IN excess OF
r. value. and money lenders refus.,
I, pat out NOR. loans Even the ono
k.-vsd rtins only one train each way
sss-a Iosai freight. with schedule
T. q y hours Per i5n miles
Th4-s, facts arr given TO demonstrate
h. Fifiahle condition OF the residents
sst H. absolute need of outside assist.
az TO enable them 90 tide over unii
t. DIV crop comes
n fartnsrs are Ia particularly hSd
seipe In isssa. encouraged by tn
,a-iical1riy h~ayy croIss. they Invested
- b.ss than >en.up1 In machinery "
Hsivoks They were unable to harvest
49, rrops because Of Insufficient nis
and 30 they bought heavily 10
as Ion OF future big yields Ons
y sud one total failure Of crops
q lrn have left them worse than
haakrupi This county l. comparative
b usw I think II IL were Older our
hrinsrS could have stood II better.
n southwestern part OF Fhtlilps
o1ufy was the worst burned out last
ramsr The grass was literally dri''i
= aud nothing grew Yet. II II had
t.sn mild. open winter. ] believe We
Epuld hot have been called on to aih
usrr than - or 50 families We eSti-
naied that there were las0 families IN
rssd IN this county. but the list y
SADLY growing larger. and belieys
,Aef- are now no less than 2p families
Z want You should have been herf
.asi saturday to s<e how poor people
iYpSecfaie what Is given them ON
lat dag we supplied i2n people with
sfHHkiHas - tnAtNt1lHl-
-yr-cseu;ed separate families We of'
u the aid store for distribution on
aud Saturdays. There ar
'oue here today who have come
,isianoe of twenty-five miles They
aue In yesterday. for they never
-unli have got here In such blizzard
Is + raging to-day.
There are many touching Instances
Y suffering. One old man 20 years
Eho has been sick for about year,
1me in sixteen miles from Bryan, lie
vas In need OF coffee. clothing, and, II
act. anything we could give him
I cannot begin to tell you of the des
tuition and suffering in this county
lou would have TO see II for yourself
o appreciate It. One man who mas
zen sick for two months had nothing
bis house but a little dry bread he
Ives twenty miles from Holyoke-
County Commissioner Copp says thhl
few days ago a man who lived no,
ar from him sidled up 10 him ana
aid
q have had nothing to eat for my
Ell. my wife and three children Tor
aree days except popcorn woulu
ather die than ask for food for my
elf but I cannot see my children SUI
er~
Mr.. Copp stated that a number had
ONE to him saying they had nothing