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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1897
Page
1
Local directory lists Superintendent of Schools County Judge Coroner with Pred i and J Higbee as a chairman of the board and M Steward Jd 5 McClang Commissioners.
Local notices list regular meetings of Woodmen of the World Granada Jetties Granada 2 No. 72 and 0 Flus with names of officers. Colorado beet sugar industry discussed amid irrigation notes and agricultural forecasts with Prince Reservoir update and fruit bloom observations.
Church services and Sunday schedules for several Lamar churches are announced. Meetings include morning and evening worship, Sunday school at different times, and choir or youth activities. Pastors Rawers and Crxwrran Cregeen lead multiple congregations with cordial invitations to all residents.
Granada items report: Robt J Koonce visited county seat on Tuesday. Judge Ezra Nowels and A Deeter of Lamar attended legal business. Manville district elected Jas B Davis secretary F B Koen president and Mrs J B Davis treasurer. A M Brennan re elected president of district meeting. Five mills levy approved. D Fiquet of Plum Creek sold out and moved to Kansas City. Y Haven named president of district No 11 north of Granada. Joe Horton tried for larceny of three stag hounds belonging to Grant Henkins of Lamar. bound over to district court.
The Santa Fe Route offers daily tourist sleeping car excursions to California. The trips are popular among notable travelers, praised for comfort and modern cars. Rates are low and the route offers picturesque scenery with a temperate climate through its middle course. Descriptive literature available from W J Black in Topeka or J P Hall in Denver.
Rumors of sensational gold discoveries in the Red River district northern New Mexico spark a rush of miners and prospectors as melting snow opens access. Travelers from Santa Fe Route go to Springer then stage daily to Elizabeth town Hermatite and Red River City. Inquiries directed to W. E. Cade, agent.
The Gulf thousand mile tickets allow travel across major lines including Perec Un Pac and Denver Gulf system and cover northern eastern central Colorado destinations such as Leadville Gunnison Cripple Creek Colorado Springs Pueblo Trinidad and the Boulder Fort Collins Greeley region. Valid for one year at $30. B L Winchell Gen Pass Agent Denver Colo.
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