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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1889
Page
1
A boy slips out Sunday to hear an opera, meets his father in the next seat, and they share the experience. The mother disapproves, the father questions how the boy got out, and the pair return home quietly. At breakfast the father scolds and jokes about tickets while the boy candidly admits his plan.
The district divides into four sections for spring stock roundup with scheduled routes from the Arkansas line to Nepesta Antelope Springs and various creeks and lakes. Commissioners Henty Pugster Jones assign leaders for each segment and require notice before work resumes in any section. Field notes include commentary from Dick Head about Oklahoma’s irrigation prospects and local festival chatter in Lamar and Las Animas Leader.
The piece touts Oklahoma opening to public settlement and the Rock Island Route as the best path, with references to Lamar Colorado and the Arkansan valley. It highlights favorable irrigation prospects in Lamar, the 500,000 acres of reclaimable land, the warm Arkansas valley climate, and plans for railway connections and cattle feeding prospects. The Denver Republican quotes praise for Lamar during a blow-out excursion.
Exhortations urge settlers to travel from Vernon Texas via the Denver Texas and Fort Worth Railroad toward Oklahoma. Vernon flaunts 2500 inhabitants with mills and implements houses as outfitting hubs for the Promised land. Colt Reinhart Burke run drive day and night sowing 2500 acres of Ditch Co. land in alfalfa, targeting completion next week after already 1000 acres in good condition. County Clerk Foley offers first marriage license free to the groom, while Lamar conducts excursions to boost Las Animas valley growth amid local quips about inactivity. Mulvane resembles a deserted village as residents visit Jamar, and Las Animas leaders question the town’s activity.
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