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, 1902-12-18

A very perplexlng situation
stares the people of Saratoga in
the face. 1t would seem that
there have been a few cases
of smallpox in the town that
have never been reported to the
authorities, The consequence Is
that there are now three or four
well developed cases of the disease
in the town aud there may be
others as a result of lack of quar-
antine. The objections to being
quarantined are so strong that
few people can endure the idea
AS a result when a cuse of small
poA develops in a family it is KEPT
mum, 1t is given out that ths
, 1902-12-18

There vas a small blaze at the res.
idence of Mrs. W. B. Wiley, last
week, which created some excitement
for the time being. Word was tele.
phoned to Mayor Clemmnns from
his residence, and a number of PEG
pie rushed to the rescue, but the
flames, which had broken out in some
kindling wood, had been extinquish
ed.
1t stands everybody in hand to be
v>Nnnated. A man owes this TO him.
self rs well as the rest of humanity to
protect himself against small pox
In this connection we wish to call the
attention Of the public 10 the fact
that DR.. Burke uses nothing but the
virus furnished by Parke, Davis &
TO. which is an absolute guarantee
OF its purity and quality.
Tn Jewelry store of c. W. Scott
is %certginly a very pleasant place to
visit. 1t is filed with beautiful
things and has also been Handsomely
decorated with evergreens until it
looks like the work shop of Old Santa
Claus. Many very beautiful as well
as costly things are to be- found there
and if YOU are looking for a useful
us well MS handsome present you
ought to be able to find it there.
, 1902-12-18

order to diminish the air resist
ance as much as possible, the en-
tire train, including the locomo-
tive will be enclosed in a shell of
sheet steel, %jointed SO as to secure
Aexibility in rounding curves, on-
form in size from end to end, and
preventing no projections TO catch
the air. The front of the engine
will be wedge shaped and the
wheels will be of the disk instead
of the spoked pattern, and will be
enclosed as far as possible, by the
protecting sheath. Steam is to
be the motive power, the previous
experiments having shown that
electric moters at high speed un-
duly strain the track.-Youth's
Companion.
, 1902-12-18
FIFTY FOOT CONTRACT.
Let on the Syndicate to LETTER Palmer
and L. W. Haekett. by N. ". Dillon.
the Manager Of the new Owners Of
That Mine-A 800 Foot Vein Of Ore.

Malachi W. Dillon, the mana
ger of the new company which
now owns the Syndicate, recently
let a contract on the Syndicate
shaft to Letter Palmer and l.. w.
Hackett. Mr.. Palmer left Satur-
day with a force of men and sup
plies for the camp and Mr.. Hack
EFT left for that place Monday.
Arrangements have been made to
secure an engine and hoist with
which to do the contract work.
AT the present time the shaft is
down $50 feet and when the pres
ent contract is completed the
shaft will be 200 feet in depth.
But it is expected that shipping
ore will be struck long before the
200 foot level is reached. The
vein is al immense one and esti-
mated to be not less than 300 feet
Mn width. A drift ITO feet in
length has been run on the lead
but the farther wall of the vein
was not reached.
This claim hoe recently been
examined by three experts, orc
of them in the employment of the
Government, who said that the
Syndicate would prove to be one
of the largest mines of this entire
region. 1t was his opinion that
the ore body was almost mex
haustable.
In mentioning the purchasers
of this mine recently The Sun
left out the name of Charles P.
Clemmons, of this city, he being
one of the men interested in the
deal.
, 1902-12-18

patient has a bad cold, the grip,
Or some other disease, but care is
taken to keep the matter from the
authorities.
DIR. Burke. our local health Off
Ger, complains that this is a
grave violation of the law and
that the failure to report a case
OF smallpox is punishable by a
fine of from S. to $500 and I'm.
prisonment from / to five years
in the penitentia,y He says it
will be simply impossible to
stamp the disease out unless ev-
cry case is reported to the author
tiles and controlled completely
and entirely by them. He also
says it is the intention of the au-
thorities to rigidly enforce the
law and every case Of smallpox
that is not promptly reported will
be subject the offending parties
to the penalty of having to come
into court and answer for the
misdemeanor.
, 1902-12-18
The ~Freighter Bold

The freighter must have a heart
of oak. All through the hot sum-
mer days he ploughs his way
through The dust and burning
sands, seemingly ohlivious of the
discomfort, sturdily making his
way from point to point with his
grooming wagons and perspiring
teams.
He seems to be ever passing and
repassing. You greet him on his
way to the railroad and it seems
but an hour until you hail him on
his return, his wagons loaded un-
til their tops seem to scrape the
sky. He is always moving, NOV
ing, moving. When winter comes
he is still moving. Storm and
wind seem to have no affect on
him. When it is so cold and blus-
terry that every other person, who
can, seeks shelter, he is still NOV
ing along at his old pace, breast
ing the storm with the same cour-
age and endurance that he did the
heat and dust of summer.
Long before daylight, these cold
bitter mornings, he is to be heard
cheering his horses as they lean
into their collars, dragging their
heavy burdens over the frozen
ground, while the wagons creak
and complain and follow grumb-
lingly along in the rear of the
patient team.
Truly the life of a freighter is
one of patient toll and unremitting
labor, and his reward should be
great when the end comes.
, 1902-12-18
Closed the Mill.

Deputy Game Warden Taylor
and james Snyder made u trip
over into the Medicine Bow
country last week to investigate a
saw mill on the east fork of the
Medicine Bow river. 1t was re-
ported the owners were allowing
the sawdust from the mill to run
into the river, thus endangering
the fish. The mill belonged to
Button Bros, and Mr.. Taylor
closed it down as soon as he veri-
fled the report. and the owners
r moving it away.
Mr.. Taylor says there is quite a
bit of snow in the Medicine Bow
valley, up near the mountains.
He and Mr.. Snyder were compell-
ed to abandon their buggy before
reaching the mill and make the
rest of the trip on horseback.
There is about three feet of snow
at present in there.
, 1902-12-18
A Cold Wave.

Last Saturday evening the Their
mometer took a drop and the tenn
perature throughout the valley
began to go down. Sunday morn.
ing dawned with a cold storm
from the north, and all day frost
filled the air. On Monday morn
ing the thermometer registered
8 degrees below zero at daylight
and dropped down to 8 degrees
below before 8 O'Clock and re.
manned around the zero point all
day, not getting above it. There
has been a great deal of snow in
the mountains, and the ranges on
both sides of the valley loom up
white and cold, with the dense
dark green of the pines showing
up in vivid contrast. There is
but a skift of snow on the ground,
but the screaking of the wheels OF
the heavy freight wagons empha-
sise the fact that it is winter in
dead earnest.
, 1902-12-18

Mrs. S. E. McAnulty gave a
very pleasant party last Thursday
evening to u number of Der
friends. The evening was spent
in playing high five and dainty
refreshments were served during
the evening,
Those present were the Misses
Farrell, NUM-, Larsen, Walker,
Human, Andrews, Moore, Mr..
and Mrs. L. L.. Gould, the Messrs.
Hoel, Walker. Frank and Joseph
NUM-, Elmer and William An
drews, Dyer, Scot, and Bret and
Edward Bailey.
, 1902-12-18
The Actual Situation.

We are informed by DIR. Burke,
the local health officer, that there
are but three cases of small pox in
the town that he is aware of, that
of Mrs, Burt A. Lee, Mrs. John
Dorsey, and Edith Havens. 1t is
also reported that Miss Nellie
Booth has had the disease, but DR..
Burke says he knows nothing
about it.
1t has been reported that there
were from ten to fifteen cases and
the number is still on the increase
The above r the actual facts in
the case.
, 1902-12-18
May Require Another Teacher.

The trustees of the school are
making preparations to fit up the
spare room in the school building
ready for occupancy at short no.
tice. The three rooms now used
are very much crowded and it has
become apparent that another
teacher would soon be required if
the attendance held up to the
present mark. Seats have been
ordered and they will be here
shortly and, as soon as they ar
rive, they will be put in position
and all made ready for another
teacher after the holidays should
the board deem it advisable.
, 1902-12-18
Masonic Election.

Saratoga Lodge, Nc IA, A. F. &
A. NJ, held an election for officers
for ensuing year in its hall at this
place Tuesday evening with the
following result: w. NJ, l. NJ.
CONFESS; S. w, Charles B. Ster
rett; j. w.. George S. Adams;
Treasurer, Gus Jensen; Secretary,
Alexander McDougal. The ap-
pointive officers are: S. D., John
B, Eager; j. D., Frank NUM-; 8.
s., Alexander Petrie; j. s., Will
liam M. Mace; Tyler, James w.
Heather.
The installation will take place
next Tuesday night and will be
private.
, 1902-12-18
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

brought to the oil locations on Mud
dy creek. 1t is expected that work on
these claims will be commenced soon
after the first of the year. Mr.. Glib
son goes from Denver to Ord, Neb.,
where he will remain until after the
holidays.
NJ. w. Dillon, who spent several
days in Rawlins on his return from
Denver, left yesterday morning for
Dillon. Mr.. Dillon states that just
as soon as machinery can be placed,
unless snow interferes, he will start a
force of men to work in the Seneca
group on which his company has a
two year lease. About 400 or 500
feet Of work has been done on the
property and it promises to be a very
valuable one.
Five new convicts were received
at the p~enitentiary this morning.
They are, Jess Spencer, two years for
forgery; Joe GRAFTON and Harry
Robinson, each three years for the
same crime; Thomas Lee and VIM.
Smith, II year and five years re-
spectively for horse stealing. They
were all cent from Evanston where
Judge Craig was called Monday and
when brought before the court all
plead guilty. They were brought to
Rawlins by Sheriff f. H. James and
DeDutv i Homes
, 1902-12-18
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SOLD.
Entire Town Bought by a Denver syndi-
eate-union Pacific Railroad to Build
From waleott to That Town Through
Saratoga and Eroampment.

Steamboat Springs was pur-
chased Friday by a syndicate
of Denver people for a sum ap.
proximating s250,OOO through H.
Byrd Northrop.
ID. X. Lee and Charles ". Reit.
Ter are made trustees of the prop-
erty until the syndicate can get
together ard organize, it includ.
ing some of the most prominent
capitalists of Denver. The pa
pers, instruments and deeds have
been properly signed and every.
thing will be in readiness for the
new ow ners 10 take charge Mon
day.
Steamboat Springs was located
in the Cos by James H. Crawford,
who WAS the first settler there.
Later it was Incorporated by a
company with a capital stock of
Sl6O,OOO, MIR . Crawford owning
the bulk of the stock. Among
the other stockholders are James
p. Maxwell and S. j.. Macky,
president and secretary respec-
lively, and Judge S. S. Downer,
all of Boulder, and a number of
Californians. The offices we're
at Boulder, and there is where
ID. Byrd Northorp, who made the
deal, went yesterday to secure the
acknowledgment of transfer by
paying cash.
This is the largest deal that has
been made since the Moffat road
was projected and the official
route announced. Steamboat
Springs will be the main town
along the route of the line. Fur
thermore, Mr.. Northrop said yes
terday that he had information
directly from President Burt of
the Union Pacific road that the
extension of that company's Wal
colt line, now being constructed
to and through the Encampment
(Wyoming) country, would be
continued to Steamboat Springs.
In fact, he says that the Union
Pacific people have secured store
houses in Steamboat Springs to
be used as a base of supplies to
the railroad camps along the
route. 1t is the purpose of the
Union Pacific to build to Steam.
boat Springs and then West for
fifty miles to Lay, in order to tap
rich coal fields. With the i'm
mediate prospect of two roads,
and there is no doubt about their
construction now, the little CAPT.
tai of Routt county promises to
become the commercial center OF
all the Northwest country
, 1902-12-18
Would Take No Risks.

"Now, Freddie, go and kiss your
little sweetheart and make it up"
said Freddie's mother.
No, | won't"
$50 and tell her how much you
love her and how sorry you are"
mo. | won't, Pa says he got into
a breach promise case by tellin' a
girl that and had to marry the old
thing, | won't run any risks, l
won't."-Tid Bits.
, 1902-12-18

The celebrated land ease of S. j.
Fillmore VS.. the state land board,
which has been in the district court
at Laramie for many months, has
been dismissed, the plaintiff paying
the costs. The suit grew out of the
action of the state and board in
leasing to John Reed a tract of land
formerly leased to Fillmore, whose
lease has expired.
, 1902-12-18

Unclaimed letters advertised
letters at Saratoga, Wyo., Dec,
ID, 1908.
Durbin, A. G.
Gallena, Cyriel
Holt, Jno. W.
Horne, Edw. b.
M'Kay, w, s.
Menly, G. f.
German, Jas.
Odkirk. Charlie
Rubie, II.
Wilson, Geo.
When calling for any of the
above please mention "advertis-
ed" GUsrAvE JENSEN, p. NJ.
, 1902-12-18
Presbyterian Services.

At morning service the Rev.
Fl. w. Bainton will preach ON
christmas Cheer" The evening
service will be Question Night
when the pastor will endeavor to
answer all sincere question of a
religious nature which may be
sent in or handed to him not later
than Sabbath morning,
, 1902-12-18
Fixing the Blame.

Magistraie-Well, Uncle Rastus,
what brought you herei
Uncle Rastus-Dem two big per.
liceman by de %roilin', yo' homer.
Magistrate-Yes, but didn't liquor
have anything to do with iti
Uncle Rastus-Yessahi Gay wuz
bole drunk, yo' honner.-C hicago
Daily News.
, 1902-12-18
TO Run TAI Miles an Hour.

On the experimental railroad
built by the German government
between Berlin and Zossen a new
type of express train is to be test
ed next year. The specifications
require that the train shall main
tain a speed of TAI miles an hour
for three consecutive hours. In
, 1902-12-18

Carl Tolongo, a ranchman, who
formerly resided in Weston county,
was recently convicted of murder and
hanged in Italy. He sent for his
wife to come to him at his Weston
county ranch and she refused. Be-
coming suspicious he returned to TIA
ly and found her Ii, ing with another
man and killed her with a revolver.
, 1902-12-18

A. b. Pope and Victor Cokefair,
carriers in the postoffice at Laramie,
last week completed ten years of con
tinuous service in the postal depart
ment and are entitled to wear two
stars as the distinctive mark of ten
years service. MIR. Pope is the father
of Guard Geo. Pope at the peniten-
tiary at Rawlins.
, 1902-12-18

A civil service examination will be
held in Cheyenne on Janu Try Goth
for interpreter in the immigration
service and electrical engineer in the
United States signal corps /; ON Janu-
airy 9th for inspector of boilers in the
steamboat inspection service.
, 1902-12-18
RAWLlNS ITEMS,

john G., Rumsey, of Fort Steele,
spe.t Sunday in Rawlins.
A car of p~enitentiary brooms were
loaded for the coast Monday.
A. Huntington, of Saratoga, was in
Rawlins ON business yesterday.
j. L. Gosgriff made a business trip
to Salt Lake Monday to be gone sew
eral days.
Judge Craig went to Evanston
Monday to hold court. He returned
last night.
Miss Bell Ryan has resigned her
position as stenographer with Chas
f. Fishback.
Two cars of broom corn were I'M
loaded Tuesday at the penitentiary
broom factory.
Mrs. Ii. b. Jennings and Miss Stella
Jennings left for Denver today 10 be
gone about 10 days.
E NJ. Brandenburg of the court of
claims, Washington, d. c., has been
in Rawlins on business since Monday.
VIM. Orville, l.. E. Tichenor and
Lew Massey, of Saratoga, arrived in
lRawlins Sunday on n business mis-
ysion.
r. r. Smith and wife, of Battle, ar
rived in Rawlins today. Mrs. Smith
is telephone operator and postmis,
tress at Battle.
The Green Cattle Co., Monday
loaded 40 cars of cattle for eastern
markets. This is the last shipment
Of the season the company will make.
g.. F. Horne, one of the Horne
Brothers, prominent stockmen of the
medicine Bow section, is here looking
alter his business interests. He is
negotiating for the purchase of sheep
Mr.. and Mrs. Nose Doze left yester.
day for Wamsutter where they will
remain for the winter. The change
is made 10 better enable Mr.. Doze tc
look after the interests of his com,
Pany.
j. w. Miller, a guest at the Rawl
ins House. has secured "A position a.
electrician at the tie plant, east OIL
town. Mr.. Miller was formerly EN-.
ployed as electrician on passenger
traius.
The NJ. w. A. Band will give theil
dance in the Ferris Hotel tonight
The boys have been practicing regu.
larly for the occasion and promise tc
make the affair pleasant for all who
Nattend.
j. X. Oliver was taken before jus
tice Mathison Saturday and sentenced
to three months in Jail for stealing an
o~vercuat. He claimed to have been
drunk when he committed the act.
oliver was released from the peni.
Tertiary last August.
j. II, Howard is in receipt of a
letter from w. NJ. Buoy, of Sioux
City, Iowa, making inquiries about a
sou of The writer who has been miss.
ing. Nh. Buoy is of the opinion that
his son is employed as a shepherd.
er by some of the outfits near Rawl-
ms.
Attorney John S. Williams organ
lied a class Of IS students in short.
hand and the accompanying branches
Saturday evening. He has secured
the Junquist building, recently occu'
pied by Warren Galvin's restaurant
and will hereafter conduct the SEES.
sions there.
Geo. L. Gibson went yesterday To
Denver where he will complete a
deal for machinery which will be
, 1902-12-18

Postmaster P. L. Smith, of Raw
Inns, has been notified that an appro-
priation of $500 per month has been
made to provide him with an addi-
tional clerk.
, 1902-12-18

7 Mrs Agatha Barton, charged with
killing her father-in-law at Arvada,
has been released on bail furnished
by the business men of Sheridan.
Her trial is set for February 9Th.
, 1902-12-18

Superintendent Gosnell is COM
plotting the reconstruction of the
Rawlins- Lander telegraph line. New
poles have been sent out and the
line is % in first class shape.
, 1902-12-18

James Thompson of Cheyenne has
been granted an increase in pension
from SD to $50 per month. The bill
was introduced by Senator Warren.
, 1902-12-18
STATE NEWS.

E. P. Rowan has been appointed
as postmaster at Meeteetsee, Big
Horn county, Wyc'niug, by the post
naster general.
, 1902-12-18
shakespere Club.

Following is the program of the
SHAKESPEARE Club to be given
Monday evening, Dec, 22nd:
Music.
Calling of roll of members each to
respond with quotation from
SHAKESPEARE.
Reading of Act III of Merchant
OF Venice. Persons renresent-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
LETTER CARRIERS END SESSION
Elect Omcers for Next Year and De-
eide to Meet at Syracuse
in 1903.

DENVER, Sept. 6.-The National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers today selected
Syracuse, N. Y, as the next place of meet
ing, and elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, j. G. Keller,
Cleveland; vice president, A. c. Mcfarland,
Des Moines; secretary, e. ]. Cantwell,
Brooklyn; treasurer, G.. w. Butterfeld, Bay
City, Mich; executive board: David White,
Boston; Ed J. Gamer, Muncie, Ind; M. A.
Fitzgerald, New York; Ed Turner, Chat
tanoogs, Tenn; s. F. Stevens, San Fran
cisco. Constitution and law committees:
Isaac Schenkin, P%ittsburg; Adolph Wagner,
Manchester, N. H.; W. H. Gees, Baltimore;
T. B. White, Waco, Texas; H. v. Compton,
Toledo. o.
Several alterations were voted in the con-
stitution and general laws Of the Letter
Carriers Mutual Benefit association, in-
GLIDING the substitution OF dues at the rate
of 6 cents a month instead Of the former
per capita tax Of so cents a year. The
minimum age Of eligibility, 21 years. was
also abolished.
After some argument a motion was
adopted providing that benefits may be
made payable to afianced wife. and chill
dren or parents of legal adoption, while a
bank or a corporation may be appointed
to hold such benefits in trust for the bene-
f~ciaries. No benefit, however, may be dis
posed Of by will or assigned to any credi-
tor for the payment Of any debt.
Resolutions in commemoration Of the late
Joshua Richardson of Baltimore were
adopted.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
BIG AUTOMOBILE is A WRECK
Harry sharp's "Red DeviIv Takes =
Notion "a Blow Up Will
Standing stu.

At about $40 O'Clock last night Harry
Sharp OF 2023 Douglas street and three com
p%anions, A.. J. Root, a young man named
Smith and another, who are employed by the
whitman Automobile company. rolled up
before Megeath's stationery store on Far
nam street in the big red automobile be-
longing to the former and called the Red
Devil" They got out and went into
Maurer's restaurant. One minute later
something went wrong, for when the late
occupants cam rushing into the street, to-
gether with every one else within a block
or two, they found only the running gear
Of the machin and a very loud noise, while
from above descended an assortment Of
fragmentary sprockets and cushions and
other gear. Two OF the telegraph wires
above were broken, a cushion hurled onto
the roof of Megeath's and another through
the entrance Of Maurer's. An express
wagon was summoned and the automobile
towed away to tho barn. The explosion
was possibly caused by a leakage in the
gasoline pipe or the boiler may have been
empty. but the most probable cause was a
defect in the construction Of the water
jacket Of the cylinder, which had no safety
valvue. The water is supposed to keep
the cylinder cool, but probably became hot
and was turned into steam. The machine
was build in town after the designs OF Mr..
Sharp.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
PLAY. BY AN OMAHA AUTHOR
High Compliments from Sew
eraI Critics.

Omaha authorship has entered a new
field Of literature. as evidence a new book
let just issued for private circulation. en-
titled "%1phigenla." a play in four acts by
Charles s. Elgutter, A. b., Harvard. The
work, which fills out an even hundred
pages, is a drama inspired by the old theme,
stored repeatedly in nearly every Ian
guage since the famous Siege Of Troy. Some
new ideas Of treatment have been incor-
porated and the incident recited anew from
modern standpoint. The production is In
standard meter with easy flow of language
and has already received high compliments
from several critics to whom the manuscript
was submitted.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
OMAHA SUBURBS.
Dundee.


Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy have moved to 313
South Twenty-sixth street.
Mrs. Curtis and children are at home
again, after a visit at Fullerton, Neb.
Mr.. Smith of the American Express COM
pany has moved to 10 North Fortieth
street.
Mrs. Amy Sweeney left last week for
Chicago, where she will remain through the
winter,
Mrs. Augustus Van Gieson left on Mon
day for Chicago, enroute to her home in
New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. ]. Barr and Miss Mar
garet Barr are at home again, after a two
months sotourn in Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. l.. Johnson and children
have returned from a two months trip to
New York and other eastern points.
The people of the village are feeling very
grateful to Mr.. J.. d. Mason and his son
for their heroic effort 90 capture the burg
lar who entered their home last week, In
which desperate struggle Mr.. Mason, ST.,
received serious injury to his leg and
ankle.