The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-30
LANlNT HIS \ BOOM
Oklahoma Town in Which
Everybody Is Hus.Iing.
REOS ARE AT A PREMIUM
Kansas Enterprise Is Very
Visible About the Place.

/ substantial Town is auutd 70 " 4GAlta ,
already big distributing territory. Lamont
is located in the eastern part of Grant
county. fifteen miles east Of Pond Greek,
eighteen miles southwest Of Blackwell,
and in the center of one Of the finest
/ farming countries in all Oklahoma. The
/ old town Of Lamont was started some
/ few years ago. but last year when the
/ Blackwell Enid and Southwestern peo-
| pie decided to build from Blackwell to
/ Enid they came to the Lamont people
ana told them they would like --to have
/ them join in and make one Of the best
/ towns in the line. Lamont people al
ways ready to take advantage OF good
thing readily saw It was the best for all
I concerned as the new town company
gave TO each Of the old pioneers good
central lots in the new town; and as II
IS only about half mile east they NOV
ed their buildings over and today are
making lamont one Of the promising
towns OF Oklahoma
Few people have any idea what the
Enid Blackwell and southWes tern peo-
pie are doing for this part Of the coun-
try The grading outfit consisting Of
10 men are making the dirt fly about
two miles southwest of this town and
going to lose no time IN getting to Enid,
and the talk pretty generally all over
Oklahoma is that Enid is to be one Of
the big towns Of Oklahoma, 10 having
much the largest country tributary to
it.
Lamont has about 40 people and new
people are coming IN every day. Some
thing Ike fifty now buildings are now IN
course of construction.
Conductor O'Hara can ten how much
business they DO. as ne runs two trains
a day and says It is inst simply wonder
ful the train leads Of stuff brought N
here. When he gives the engineer The
high BALI to leave Blackwell his pri-
vase car might be called a sardine box
on account Of the way It Is packed with
people coming to Lamont.
Tom Reagan. the head boss Of the
grading gang, and one Of the best men
for that business IN the west, took a day
of and went over to the city Of New
kirk to pay his taxes and is the loudest
IN his praise fthe wheat prOspec . OF
any man in this country
One Of the novel features Of the Frisco
townsite company IS the way they man
age to get subsidies for the building Of
the road They number the lots and
sell tickets for one-half the whole town
site and then have q big drawing and
everyone gets the lot their number calls
for Then the company sells the re-
mainder of the lots at a schedule price
And if anyone thinks they don't have n
good time and plenty OF fun they should
be at Hunter the town nine miles to-
ward Enid, next Saturday. Old timers
say it makes one feel that ne was at
another genuine opening.
Lamont is made UP Of some OF the
finest business men to be found any
where-ou alike in welcoming every
stranger ana with one voice declaring
we have he finest town. the finest wat
er the finest soil, the finest reads and
last, but not least, the finest railroad
in the west"
The Bank Of Lamont, an institution
quite necessary to any good thrifty town.
is doing business on one of the best
corners in the city A c. Thompson,
President. and f. s. Westfau cashier.
l. F. Shamleffer. the pioneer merchant,
and one of the "oid town" boys, is do
ing a fine business in general merchan-
disc. Mr. Shamleher will soon begin
q fine two story brick on one Of the
best corners in the city and have his
room all finished by next October, when
ne steps into the county treasurer's office /
Ito which he has Just been elected. It
can well be said that he own one Of the
best corners in Grant county.
s r. Cones e Co, are in The tTuest
sense Of the word. real estate men To-
Gated in the rear Of the Bank Of Ia
mont building, and four men at a time
Is about an average for mr.. Cones to be /
transacting business with at once.
The Florence Lumber company,
through their genial manager. Mr. Chas. /
Hinkle. are doing a very satisfactory
business and in the language of Nels
Darling, care selling lumber and doors
with no knots in EN-, at all. at all"
SIR IT, p. Herberling. the postmaster.
is one Of the pioneer boys who has
stayed with Lamont and says he isn't
at al ashamed Of Lamonts growth Mr.
Herberlng is the proud possessor Of
one Of Grant county's fine bottom farms
DR.. McCorkle formerly Of Jefferson.
Oklahoma and Earl son Of Lieutenant
Governor Richter Of Kansas. are build
ing q fine two story drug store and are
going to ft # no in elegant shane When
Il Is fixed up they viii have a flrst-class
drug store opening
z. s. STAGE is building a very fine no
tel building The lower part VIII be
two large store rooms. which Foster a
Cissna are occupying with big dry
goods store
GAYLORD * Miller ade one OF the many
firms OF contractors and builders, and
say they have contracts enough ahead
to last them the balance of the winter.
T. F. Lutz. a former Wichitan IS fit
ting up a meat market Tt 60 sn't +
matter what Oklahoma town YOU strike
YOU viii find Wichita Represented.
Or J.. IT. Bowen IS one OF The pioneer
Lamonters. having STAYED with the Htf'e
old town through thick and thin until
now he is quite proud ~ his town
W. Y Stevens is the man VINO nobody
can ind when The night train gets ITO
Lamont from Arkansas City and the
east ltarrives about 9 p. m. and a
crand rush is made for the Cottage ho-
and generally every rom Is taken Before
ths arrival OF the train ana the cues
ti0ns are; Where is the landlord: Eot
q bed2 can't YOU give me q blanket
Can't DO ANYTHING for YOU, max he abe
to ga- bed about milo south at that
first farm house,
Did you see him7 Who7 aPosco' /
Owens. is the proprietor OF one Of Ia
morts estiug houses
RYAN aud WATSON are the prorrier0~s
~ livery and boarding barn that would
ZEE credit to town four times as lsrEe
as Lamont
A. B woodrirg, formerly y BlIe
Plaine Kan. IS eng ee3 in The farnitu~e
business and he IS keeping I'D ire repu-
tat0n ~ Kansas by running IN To 20
date store
sFr r s Chambers Che secretary =
the Frisco Townsite company Is about
The busiest man Ia this part cf CEIsr7-
ma re is ir one fcwu and before the
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