The Lamar register., 1916-12-13
WANT LAMAR ROUTE
Texas Business Men Visit Lamar to
Secure Trail Through This City

A party OF Canaulan, leAasJ Du9A-
ness men representing the Chamber
- Commerce there arrived in Lamar
tuesday evening about five o'clock
and were given a public reception in
the Elks club rooms at eight. The
party consisted of D/J. Young, pres
ident of the First National Bank, ii.
+. Hoover, N. P. Willis, Judge }. l.
Jennings, ]. S. Hood, and L. A. Me
Adams, president, and w. A. Palmer
secretary of the Chamber Of Com
merce. Mr.. Young is an old time
citizen of this section, having been
wagon boss of the Box ranch at Prov
ers station in 'S6 and 'S7, and at one
time had "a homestead filing on part
of the Lamar townsite. He was well
acquainted with many Of the old
timers and Sheriff Downing worked
under him for over year. Arrange
ments had been made to give them
banquet on Wednesday evening but
the change of dates spoiled part Of
the program. The Elks generously
gave up their club room for the even
ing and it was crowded with citizens
of the town who were interested IN
the good roadssproposition. Each OF
the visitors made talks and several
of our citizens and a general social
evening was passed also. The aim Of
the visitors is to divert the overland
travel from Texas and the southeast
through northern Texas and western
Oklahoma, striking Kansas at Elk
hart and coming through Stonington'
Villas, Springfield and striking the
Santa Fe Trail at Lamar. They claim
this is the logical route, has good
roads, Is l25 miles shorter than the
Trinidad route, and superior in wea-
ther conditions. All they ask of our
people is to assist in the work OF
marking the trail so it will be easily
distinguished by travellers. They were
a fine bunch of boosters and were
given a warm welcome all along the
line. They stayed over night in La
mar and were highly pleased with
their reception and the prospects for
the establishment of the new high
way. The worst drawbacks hereto
fore have been the crossings of the
Beaver river at Guymon, Oklahoma,
and Cimarron at Elkhart, Kansas, but
at each place lately a cement bridge
has been constructed. The roads are
said TO be in excellent condition most
Of the way and such places as are bad
the commissioners of the county have
promised to look after. The main
work to be done is to establish sur
ficient markers so the route can easily
be traversed by strangers, and this
should be matter Of very small -eX-
pense. This route has been consider
ably Travelled for several years even
before the construction of the bridges
and as there are thousands of Texas
people making the trip overland each
year to the mountains, as well as hun
dreds more from farther east who
come through Texas, it should furnish
a volume of travel equal to the main
Santa Fe Trail The people Of La
mar have already won the favorable
attention of these sections through
their fair treatment of tourists and
the establishment of the new route will
make Lamar the main headquarters
for travellers coming from that direc-
ton. That the people of Cimarron
are earnest is shown by the following
account of the meetings being held
there:
Canadian, Texas, Dec. 9, 1916.
A meeting was held here yesterday
in the interest of the Dallas-Canadian-
Denver highway which is being pro-
NOTED by the Canadian chamber of
commerce. The meeting was for the
purpose of interesting the people
north of the Canadian river in Texas.
There were representatives here from
Ochiltrse, Hansfcrd, and Lipscomb
counties on the north. A meeting was
held in Shamrock in Novebmer, at
which time the project was formally
launched. This highway will branch
off from the Colc-ado-to-the-Gulf
highway at Childress and run through
Wellington, Shamrock, Wheeler, Mo
beetle, Canadian, Ocliiltrec, Hansford,
C,u,,,no, Oklahoma, Elkhart, Kansas,