The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-30
IN A GREAT VALLEY.
sixty-six Pound Wheat in Vicinity of
Lamont.

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Lamont.
To the casual observer and especially
those from the east the foniwing accurate
description concerning a portion OF Grant
county Oklahoma. sounds ike fairy
tale OF something bordering upon the i'm
possible
Lamont and Salt Fork townships make
up the southeastern portion OF Grant
county
The salt Fork river divides the town
ships on its winding way to the Arkansas
river. Here is a stream noted for its
many peculiarities. The traveller may
ford it in the morning with the greatest
ease with but little wa5er and toward
evening ind il running ar a great rate
and making it unsafe TO venture across.
And this without any evidence Of rain
within many, many miles. Those two
townships have just passed through the
thrives of a wheat harvest. Thousands
Of acres Of wheat are now standing in the
shock and stack waiting for the thresher.
The wheat while not quite so large a
growth as usual bids fair to exceed any
crop heretofore.
while there is but little straw it is all
wheat The yield is simply great and the
quality the best ever raised in this coun-
try. II is testing from 81 to S. and when
We consider 30 the STANDARD and hereto
fore wheat that tested IS TO 90 was look
ed upon as good. we cant at once realize
what a crop that tests g means.
Wheat is making from % to . bushels
per acre
Corn IS a little backward but IT VIII
make tle usual crop. Oats are simply
immense. The acreage IS large and the
crop good. The fruit this season bids fair
10 excel all previous years. IN the midst
Of such q country with its bounteous crop
and more than good prospects in every
respect lies tahe far famed new town OF
Lamont
While il is just seven months since the
3. L. e. railroad laid its rails into the
town. the place already assumes the pop
ularitv of being next to the best town in
the county and ere long VIII step TO the
front seat In this respect. Without a
doubt Lamont has made .etter progress
towards the building and maintaining of
substantial business center than any
town within a radius of many miles. And
all this is OF a durable and substantial
manner. Nothing of a mushroom or tenn /
porary growth has manifested itself. The 1
town already numbers about zoe souls and /
the increase steady and substantial
Two large grain elevators are in active /
operation with third one about TO be
built.
The bright prospects Of the town is due (
mainly To the devotion and untiring en-
ergy OF many of its citizens and business (
men.
The welfare of Lamont and her citizens f
is foremost in their minds
Three large Hardware and implement 4
firms are doing a nice thrifty business. /
?. Z. Manning. Tucker & Son and the 4
Lamont Hardware and Implement COM (
pany are carrying a full and complete line /
of hardware carriages and farming i'm
plements- T. z. Davis. Richter & Cis-
son. J. j. English and Scott * Co. have
nice lines Of groceries. dry goods. shoes.
and in fact everything usually found IN
stores of this sind
Reed Bros and Snoddy & Cox both do
a nice business in groceries. etc.
J. H. Bowen. the old established drug
Eist, carries a fun line OF drugs and
paints. wau paper and sundries.
NlcCorkle d Watkins are doing a good
business but are about 70 sell out they
-ilttL eye sex upon Llie new coIfl- /
try in the feet that Lamont and vicin-
ily are enjoying such beautiful prospects
they have deemed it beftting and proper
% celebrate the coming Fourth In a man
ner appropriate with their prospects.
A large sum OF money has been raised
and VIII be devoted 20 defrsyine the ex-
ponses of a celebration that wiz eclipse
any past celebrations ever held in this
country IN the morning monster par
ade win take place in which viii be ex-
hibited au the various Industries and
business OF the town. Plenty Of shade
wil De furnished hy the use az large tents
and canvas. 4 large canciag platform
VIII he erected where an who delight in
dancing can he accommodated Singing,
speaking and rusic by the Lamont cor
1et band which IS now the best band in
The county. IN the afternoon the ora
.ion az the 6ay hv tie Hon. J. Is. Decker
1f Rsnd Greek win take place.
This is To be- followed by races of all
kinds and 7reworks in the evening
a large number from neighboring towns
vn be there and an are guaranteed a
good time.
CONFERENCE IS RESUMED.