The Lamar register., 1901-05-29
Pueblo Press Club
With a Number Of Guests Visit La
mar and See the Reservoirs.

Train NO. on Monday morning
brought the special car of the Pueblo
Press Club and their guests to visit
Lamar. On board the car were the
following: Otto Thum, Pueblo Cour
ier; W. NJ. Oungst, Pueblo Mail; O.
A. Eldredge and wife, Colorado
Springs Mail; j. F. Greenawalt,
Florence; H. v. Alexander, Rocky
Ford Tribune; d. w. Barclay, Rocky
Ford Enterprise; W. j. Jackson,
Pueblo Star; Paul Wilson, Pueblo
Journal; q. s. Linn, Arkansas Valley
Review; I. d. Chamberlain, Reform
Press; Jno. j. Slavin, Denver; Leo
Sayler and daughter Zoe, Pueblo;
Geo. r. Caldwell, Denver News; Nc
Henry Green, Pueblo Chieftain; p.
Byrnes, Bessemer Indicator; Geo. b.
Wick, Bent County Democrat; q.
Frost Liggett, Kiowa County Press; !;
j. I. Lawless, Lamar Sparks.
After breakfast at the Union Hotel
the visitors were all provided with
rigs and drivers, and after short
drive over the principal streets of
Lamar, were taken out to see the
greatest reservoir system on earth.
The day was ideal for such trip
not too warm and just enough breeze
to make it comfortable, and it was
certainly invigorating if the aPpetites
of the members is anything to judge
by. 1t was great revelation to all
of the editors to see not only the
vast amount of land under cultiva
tion, but the far greater scope of ter
ritory under irrigation but not yet
under cultivation. This fact became
so very impressive before they reach
ed Lamar again, that msuy of the
Pueblo editors expressed their de-
cided belief that next to Pueblo La
mar is certainly destined to be the
largest city of tho great Arkansas
valley. On reaching the company
headquarters at the Queen reservoir,
a large portion of the party decided
to remain and view the works there
and rest until dinner The balance
made the drive around the Queen,
getting a full view of that vast arti-
fetal lake, and on to the Nee No Shee
outlet, where they could get slight
view and some real idea of the vast
expanse of water from which the Ark
sas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated
Land Co. is drawing its water sup
ply in times of shortage in the river.
Those who made this trip returned
with a much better knowledge than
ever before of the firm foundation on
which the prosperity and greatness
of this end of the valley rests No
amount of statistics and facts merely
read could have impressed them as
that view of the three great lakes
did.
On the return of this party to the
Queen, dinner WAS served to the en-
tire crowd by Mr.. and Mrs. Worm
ley and their help. Their names,
wherever they are known, are suffi
cient guarantee Of the fact that that
dinner could not have been better,
and the way that hungry crowd dis
posed of the bountiful supply of ed
ibles WAS a compliment in itself
The return trip WIS made soon
after dinner and after two hours
lide all were back in Lamar once
more. The Lamar Citizens Band
were ready on their arrival and
rendered pleasing program of
music, after which short reception
was given to the visitors at the La
mar Commercial Club rooms, and all
the editors were supplied with lib
eral amount of Lamar literature
The meeting was presided over by
A, E. Bent, president of the club,
who made short and convincing
talk on the resources of Lamar and
surrounding country. He was fol
lowed by short speeches from Messrs.
Thum, Oungst, Jackson, Wilson,
Green and Byrnes and Mrs. Esk