The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14
The D. c. D. Highway

evidence The excitement of the
race grows as into the rolling hills
north of the Canadian valley speed
the cars.
About ten miles out from Canadian
the reception committee, headed by
Mr. d. J. Young, former Lamar res
ident, is met, greetings are exchanged
and the word is quietly passed 1--WE
will keep the faith" In the faces Of
the Colorado party can be seen hap
piness yet a determination not to
lose by over-confidence.
The last lap of the journey is on.
The road now being constructed is not
such as will permit Of fast travelling,
but one can see the plan of that Texas
city to have good roads and that at
no distant date.
Canadian with her smoke from round
house and factory, with her fine
homes, her clean streets, her southern
hospitality, is reached-it is ours-for
no words can fully and completely de-
scribe the fullness, the completeness
welcome bestowed and the thought
ful hospitality literally showered on
all her guests.
At o'clock over 500 good roads
boosters had gathered in the large
court room of the well built and
commodious court house. Everybody
was keen to catch every word. Sec
retary Palmer acted as temporary
chairman. Like the movement Of a
well drilled army the preliminaries
moved forward. With decision came
forth the pilot Of the play" The
Dallas s-Canadian-Denver Highway was
officially located and Childress, Texas,
declared its southern terminus and
Lamar Colorado, its northern termi-
nus. They mad kept the faith" No
"steam roller" was in evidence. Texas
county has not, as yet, purchased a
full line of road building equipment.
Commissioners Williams and Knuck-
ey and R. l.. Christy occupied seats in
the conference as delegates from La
mar. The other towns represented
were Childress, Wellington, Shamrock,
Wheeler, Mobestie, Canadian, Ochil-
tree and Hansford, in Texas, Guy
mon, and Gray in Oklahoma, Elkhart,
in Kansas, and Stonington, Went
worth, Artesia, Villas, Springfield, Two
Buttes and Lamar, in Colorado. The
Colorado vice presidents chosen were
R. b. Holt, Stonington; ]. H. d. Ter
raj, Springfield; Onda Young, Two
Buttes; G. Grill, Artesia; and l.. NJ
Markham, Lamar A publicity and
general expense fund Of $500 was
subscribed in three minutes Official
markers bearing the inscription "D
C. D. Highway with other necessary
information were selected. Complete
arrangements for the careful logging
of the route and the publication Of
q, 900 road books were made in rec
lord time. The great success Of the
conference can be ascribed to the
thoughtful plans Of the Canadian
boosters.
The reception and banquet tender
ed all delegates and visitors by the
Canadian Chamber Of Commerce was
held in the beautiful w c, T. U. tenn
pie, the only structure of its kind in
the great Lone Star State, and which
is reputed to have cost S20,000.O0 It's
large reception room was crowded
with more than 300 delegates, visitors
and members of the local Chamber
of Commerce. More than twenty of
the leading society matrons were pres
ent in the reception line and every
visitor was accorded a sincere and
hearty hand shake and "we're so
glad to see you"
In the comomdious and well ar
ranged banquet hall the guests were
seated promptly at 7:30 p. NJ. To
describe the occasion that followed is
beyond the pen of any Colorado boost
er present. The table arrangement
and decorations were perfect. The
viands served demonstrated the ex-
cellence of the southern schools of
domestic art. The orchestral music
time and again received the sincere
and prolonged applause it justly de-
served. The toasts-and here we