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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1897
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists city leaders including mayor clerk marshal treasurer and trustees with surnames Holmes Downing Stewart Johnston. Details of roles and actions are unclear from the text.
Local fraternal groups announce lodge meetings for Masons Woodmen and related orders. Listings include A F and A M Lamak Lopes No 9, O M A Alecander Reat TM No 1, Granada Societies with Masons and Local Order of Eagles formats. Dates show monthly and weekly schedules with officers named. Visiting members invited to attend.
Multiple churches present schedules for Sunday services Sabbath school and youth meetings. Items include United Presbyterians at 11 am and 700 pm, Lauae and May Valley and others with varying times and Sunday school. Invitations extended to all congregants and youths.
The article outlines the sixth annual Lamar Rabbit Hunt where competitors chase the prize called the big score. Local organizers promote the event with community participation and notes on prize structure and safety efforts.
The annual Rabbit Day drew 135 hunters on Thursday, far exceeding expectations. Despite cold weather, crowds grew Friday with sunnier conditions boosting scores. Notables like Parson Uzzell and F C Gay attended, while press reps from Rocky Mountain Herald and Colorado City Iris covered the event.
All farmers are urged to attend a meeting at the hose house in Lamar next Tuesday at two o clock to organize a melon association. The session will discuss market prospects, joining the group, and securing an agent to inspect shipments for better prices in the east.
Wm Nichols a longtime Lamar resident now in Colorado Springs was killed last Monday by miner Bill Smith over a debt. Nichols died from a gunshot in the abdomen after meeting Smith near a half way station while freighting between Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek. The shooter fled toward Cripple Creek or Oklahoma. authorities have not captured him. Nichols leaves a widow with no children. The Denver Times Almanac notes are separate advertisement text.
Beginning last Sunday morning two passenger trains on the Santa Fe began service to handle increased traffic. No. 17 westbound departs Lamar at 5 26 a m for New Mexico points connecting at La Junta with No 601 to Blythe Pueblo and Denver. It makes no stops between Lamar and La Junta. No. 8 from the west arrives at 11 20 a m continuing the Denver line and makes all stops. No 1 now leaves at 2 20 a m stopping only at Las Animas and Lamar. No 2 arrives from the west at 1 48 p m stopping at Lamar Coolidge Syracuse Lakin Garden City and Cimarron. No 5 makes all stops. The eastbound freight No 82 is moved to 7 50 a m. No 81 remains at 2.
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