The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-24
lAMRO IS BOOMING
Opinion Of Il. r. Slaughter, Who Wis
tied There Recently.


Lamro, S. d., April lS.-Special to
The News: II. +. Slaughter, treas
urer OF the Lamro Townsite company,
recently visited this town and he de-
scribes his visit as follows:
"Mr. J. A. Flynn and myself left
Gregory on Monday afternoon and
drove out to Lamro, being the hrst
trip that | have made to Lamro for
the last seven months, and will say
that | was greatly surprised In the
development of the town and the sur
rounding country.
Il met lot OF my old friends that
have moved out into the territory trib-
utary to Lamro. Charley Hosford,
Martin Gersch, r. f. Taylor, Fred
Salter, George Letter, Dick Sronce,
Dick Webster, George Mckee, Charley
Rosey. Charles Black and lot of 9TH
er people that | was not acquainted
with before. They are all farming,
some of them having bought land and
others leased Indian land. They were
all doing we'll and seemed to be pros
pering. Also spent while with c.
S Roe, the general merchant doing
thriving business. We saw people
trading there from as far away as thir-
ty-five miles, coming from Cut Meat,
Oak Creek, Cottonwood and all up
and down the famous Bull Creek val
ley. All seemed to think that Lamro
is the coming town and that c. S. Roe
was the man to trade with to get fair
dealing. w. Z. Brdgman was also
doing a thriving business, running
lumber yard and the "Lamro Index.
and while | was there bought OF him
the lumber to- erect bank building
across the street from Van Meters
big hotel. We expect to have the bank
running before May Is. G. o. Van
Meter has one of the most modern
hotels In the famous Rosebud coun-
try. 1t took a great deal OF nerve for
q man to put $4,000 into buildings
which Mr.. Van Meter did but he is
not sorry OF it and has been offered
500 a month rent for his hotel, which
would make an easterner stick up his
ears for he could not get that kind OF
a proposition in the old part OF Ne
braska or Iowa.
Van seems to think that Lamro
Is the only town and says that no
doubt but that Lamro will get the
county seat when the proper time
comes and Lamro will be the best
town in the new territory the Gregory
of Trip county. H. E, Hellekson is
running a hardware store and doing
a nice business.
He is figuring on enlarging his
store to take care of the coming trade.
Lamro now has the stage line running
from Dallas three times week, ar
irving at Lamro the same day at noon
and returning in the afternoon.
"Oliver Lamoureaux, who owns 1000
acres of fine land right around the
town is having 1000 acres broke and
put in crop. We saw a great number
OF breaking teams at work and you
would not think that you were on the
reservation but rather think that you
were in an old settled country.
Dad Burpee in his good jolly way
is there taking care OF his part OF
the business, running neat little ho-
tel with livery barn in connection.
"I.amro also has a school with TWEEN
ty,eight scholars and all of them seem
to be getting along we'll and seem to
appreciate the fact that not many new
= towns of the age of Lamro has as
good a grade school as 1t has.
my idea is that within the next
twelve months Lamro will be town
of not less than 500 people II the res.
ervation opens this year.
81 want to say that for Mr., Flynn
and myself that we enjoyed every
minute of our trip and wish all Of the
people OF Lamro bright and prosper
Gus future"