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improved considerably since our last
visit about two years ago. What re-
tards the building of a town like Sar-
atoga is the lack of brick. | venture
TO say that if this town was furnished
with brick at a reasonable cost it
would be nearly twice its present
size.
Saratoga has the surrounding coun-
try TO make it a staple city. The
many ranches and mining districts
now established and those to be will
make Saratoga n fair sized city, but
there is one serious mistake confront
ing the town and that is the price of
real estate. Owners of real estate
here have put on the possible advance
for years to come and they keep away
many IA progressive investor while
neighboring towns will be the gamers.
The Kuykendalls are about to con-
struct an immense irrigation ditch
near Saratoga. which whom complet-
ed will make the Upper Platte valley
more famous as a grain producer than
it now is. And it is quite necessary
that all the food for man and beast is
raised here for the transportation
charges are high and living in the
mining camps is very expensive.
At Battle, potatoes. eggs and the
like are luxuries afforded only by IA
few sick who will get them free if
necessary on the plan that to the sick
we owe special care.
Riverside and Encampment are so
close together that they will eventu-
ally form one town if hatred will not
change to lightning when one would
destroy another.
The popularity of that great IL
try is that one town is fighting the
other all the way through and that
those who have the least interest seem
to be the maddest fighters, but like
the cur that starts they slip away
when the acute trouble is at hand.
While there is room enough for all
such petty fights retard II country's
growth and give the chances and ben
Gifts that really belong to the inhabi-
tants into the hands of absentees.
Saratoga should have water works
and electric lights and could have
both without special effort if the peo-
pie simply demand of the mayor and
city council that IL vote for the pur-
pose of issuing bonds to obtain these
public utilities be called for. There
is no doubt but that an almost unani-
nous vote of the residents would
bring these desired utilities.
The first impulse for n town IN that
section was given by the hot springs.
There are numerous hot springs bub-
ling from the earth ear and in the
river which have been harnessed and
made to do service to the sick. A fine
hotel. the first frame building in the
vicinity. was erected near these hot
springs nearly twenty years ago, but
the man who had enterprise enough
to erect this big house in the wilder
ness. as it We're, had not the necessary
gift 'to make money which is the
essential to make Il success of any
businsss and Mr.. Caldwell lost the
fine property.
This property is now in the hands
OF Il stock company, Many improve
ments were made the Last two years
giving facilities to the sick rarely
found in health resorts. There are
three neat cottages adjoining the ho-
tel which can be rented by families OF
parties acquainted. The hotel proper
is well furnished, supplied with mum
erous bath rooms conveniently locat-
ed 80 that patients are not exposed to
wind or weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galbraith the new
manager of the house and his esteem
I'd wife are trying TO cater to the pub
Jic aud do all in their power to make
the enterprise II paying one.
Col. Crawford Of the Saratoga Sun
put up his new Babcoek press while
writer was there and will now get ont
the great Platte Valley truth teller by
the latest improved process. Cylin.
der press and gasoline engine in Sara.
toga are acquisitions not dreamed oil
in that burg a year or two ago and
Bro. Crawford has our hearty con.
graduation.
One Of the largest lodges Of Eagles
in the state has hocked to Saratoga
and the boys have push and enter
prise rarely found in a small city.
We are informed that they have al
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