The Lamar register., 1905-12-27

Lamar and PrOWerS COun-
ty Enjoy an Era OF
Great Prosperity

mas enloyeo moroj thau 'he o'ei"6o
number of prosperous seasons, but
the year Just drawing to close far
outclasses them all in that respect.
In all matters that make for mater
ial growth and prosperity in new
community 1905 has been record
breaker for our beautiful city.
OF course the first and greatest
item has been the big sugar factory,
for which the contractors were just
beginning to gather material aud
workmen at the opening of the year.
The hundreds of men which have
been engaged either in the building
or operating of it since that time
have made a large addition to the
population of the city, and the big
semi-monthly pay roll has been an
equally acceptable addition to the
circulating medium, and now that in
addition they are distributing thou
sands of dollars monthly to the farm
ers for beets the posperity is pro-
portionstely enhanced. The pay
menis for the 1904 crop of beets at
Lamar were estimated at 500, 900,
and the 1905 crop has already
brought the farmers over $15O,OOO
and probably 40 per cent Of the crop
yet to be harvested. When we con-
slider the big ditch and farming op-
erations which have been carried on
by the company employing hundreds
Of mon for many months, Lamar has
ample reasons to be satisfied with
their investment in securing the ad-
vent of the American Beet Sugar %.
into the community.
The building of the factory is
also responsible for the next great
est item in our prosperity. 1t lis on
the population of the tributary coun-
try that a town must depend for
permanent and substantial growth,
and the building of the factory has
aroused greater interest in the farm
ing lands Of this vicinity than has
ever been manifested before. The
additions to the number Of real farm
srs in this section have far surpassed
any previous year, aud as all have
enjoyed q prosperous season they
will stay and be joined by still
greater number in the spring. There
have been over 200 hew houses built
on farms in the Lamar territory the
past year and all are now occupied
and more needed at once. Many
new farmers are here now waiting
for q place to lodge their families
and goods before shipping them
from the east.
In Lamar the building operations
have been almost as extensive, and
the total cost of the buildings erect
cd during the year will foot up far
over the hundred thousand dollar
mark. 1t includes the handsome
$500 Presbyterian church, six bus.
mess houses, several ware houses
and nearly 100 residences ranging
in cost from 5000 to $1,000 The
workmen of the community were
never SO continuously employed be.
fore nor at nearly 80 good wages
and such q thing as poverty has beer
inexcussble in any family where
there is an able-bodied man.
1t has not been in sugar beets
alone that our farmers have enjoy ed
prosperous season for the acreage
in wheat, oats, alfalfa and Other
staple crops was never 80 large be.
fore, and the crops haye been like
every thing else record breakers
and with the fair prices prevailing
have made our farmers prosperou.
and contented community, all shsr.
ing in the general prosperity.
This general prosperity has beer
manifest in the enthusiastic display
of the holiday spirit the past two
weeks, the large crowds making the
Lamar streets almost impossible
but all being 80 good humored and
oontented that no one seemed tc
mind being iostlsd, or the length o.
time they had to wait in the crowd
ed store rooms. II has been a great
year for Lamar and big Christina,
and holiday season, and all have
faith that even greater prosperity i,
ahead of us.
The prosperity of the year ha,
not been confined to this locality
either. The building Uf the sugar