The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-27
DAMAR ONA BOOM
Population in Five Years Grows
to Three Hundred.
State Bank Has Nearly $4,000
on Deposit Rolls.
MUCH WHEAT RAISED
Elevators Probably Will Handle
100000 Bushels.
Fifteen Farmers Grow $4,000
of This Amount.
MUCH WHEAT RAISED

Damar, Kan, July N.-F'ive years
ago there was les than half a dozen
buildings en- the, Damar townsite. To-
day it mas a thrifty population of about
300 it has two general stores, lumber
yard, bank, hardware and implements,
two elevators, drug store, furniture,
and several smaller business places.
The deposits in the State bank reach
close to the $4,000 mark Several au-
tomobiles are owned in town. besides
several farmers are getting them and
paying cash.
Rocks county is one of the banner
wheat counties of the state this year,
Damar is in this county. Tributary to
the town are many large wheat raiSerS.
Among them are A. Landry, who will
raise 5000 bushels, willard Luckenbill
II, GOO bushels, Perry Bray 5,000 A. D.
Nanny 5000, Joe Conyac 7,000 Medore
Simoneau 5000. Roch Choquette $500,
Fred Newell 5000. b. T. Hays 5000. Gus
Miller 1000, R. w. Tracy 5000, NJ. E.
Sole 5000. F. E. Arpin 1000, Henry
Gutzkie 5000, ard John Eichman 1000
bushels. There are others who raised
good wheat.
At the present time there are no less
than six steam Ihreshers at work trib-
utary to Damar. The elevators pro-
badly win handle not less than $50, 900
bushels of wheat.
Corn is growing nicely. and with
ample moisture a good crop will be
harvested.
Farm lands in the vicinity of Damar
are selling as high as $50 an acre. Sew
eral quarter sections have sold for So
SOC and Sc. 900. and some of them are
offered at higher figures.
The farmers own an elevator. There
are 40 or more of them owning stock.
1t has been paying investment from
the start. F. E. Arpin is the manager.
The other is owned by the Hoffman
elevator interests who control a large
number of elevators in this part Of the
state. Philip Desmarteau is mana ger.
The French are in a majority in this
locality. They are Catholic in their
religion. They own church and con-
vent at Damar, and with the improve
lnents the church will make this year
their property will aggregate about
$4,000. The district school is under the
management of the Sisters from Naz-
areth academy of Concordia. In 1909
two teachers we're employed. The num-
Der will be increased to three this year
Last year the school graduated eight
students.
The church is in charge of Father
L. F. Guillaume, who is popular, pro-
gressive and well liked. It mas a mem
bership of the heads of $50 families or
about 700 in all, and with the excep-
ton of three German families the 9th
ers are French. The membership has
increased so rapidly that a new church
will be built this year. When the pres
ent church was built it was drought
it was too large. New settlers have
come in, many from the French set
Element in Cloud county, and u larger
church is a necessity.
Albert Pouliot is the postmaster and
druggist. His wife, Mrs. Celina Pouliot
assists him.
Damar is a thrifty business center.
There is room for more business
houses. Another general merchandise
house would do business. The country
is thickly populating, and the second
rural mail route soon will be establish
ed. A number of new homes have beer
built this year.