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, 1902-01-30
Rented H~eadquarters.

Manager H.. L. Kuykendall, of the
Kuykendall--W wilson Development
Company, has secured and fitted up
the Club House, owned by Cowan &
Tod, as headquarters for his company
and will take up his residence there,
in order to be able to better serve the
continual stream of home-seekers,
who are daily iocking to this country
in search of farms under the ditch
which that company is preparing to
take out of Brush creek in the spring.
, 1902-01-30
Mail Routes in the Valley.
TAXPAYER.

The Department has issued calls
for bids for carrying the mail from
Walcott to Saratoga, Riverside, En-
campment. Battle Lake, Collins and
Pearl. There has been a slight
change in the routes. Heretofore the
bids have been let from Walcott to
Saratoga and from here to Collins.
The change made will require that
the bids shall read from Walcott to
Encampment and from Encampment
to Pearl and from Encampment to
Battle Lake. There will really be no
change in the carrying of the mail,
only a change in the wording of the
contracts. The late bids sent in were
considered too high by the Depart
ment and it sent a special agent to
examine and report. In his report he
made the recommendation that the
routes be changed as above stated.
, 1902-01-30
Taken to Boulder sanitarium.

Hon. A. j. Doggett returned Mon
day from his trip to Colorado. He
took his brother Newton, who has
been unbalanced of late, to the Boul-
der Sanitarium, where he will receive
treatment. Mr.. Doggett says that it
is a very fine institution, a branch of
the Battle Creek, Michigan, Sanitar-
ium, and that if his brother could re-
cover his normal faculties at any
place he could do so there.
, 1902-01-30
vru's Tributo to American Women.

when / speak Of the American wo-
man | canno say that there is really a
prevailing type. 1t is a composite-a
mixture of all types. She has, as |
have already stated, the firm and up
right carriage OF the English girl; but
she has, in addition, the vivacity Of the
French IN the grace OF the Span
ish woman. the musical voice OF the It
allan, and, whenever it is necessary, the
more sober spirit Of the German. The
American type, therefore, is one pecul.
lar to itself. It is not a duplicate OF
anything, but rather u combination OF
all that is good in the types OF the
'world"-His Excellency, WI Ting.tang,
in the February Ladies' Home Journal.
, 1902-01-30
James cowan Gone Wrong.

James Cowan, the one armed man,
whom our people will remember as a
Saratoga boy, recently sold some
mortgaged chattel property and left
the state. He had rented the ranch
of Prof. j. R.. Rollman, on Beaver
creek and bought a number of pieces
of machinery from Mr.. Rollman with
which to run the ranch, giving his
note, secured by a chattel mortgage
on the property, in payment therefor.
He recently sold the property and
left the state.
This move on Mr.. Cowan's part
will be deeply regretted by those who
have admired his energy in trying to
educate himself and make his mark
in the world. He showed more than
usual energy in preparing himself
to teach school and had won many
friends by his industrious persever-
enc in the face of what would have
discouraged many other boys. This
makes his wr~ong-doing all the more
to be regretted. The mortgage will
be paid by the party who bought the
property.
, 1902-01-30
Royalty Entertained.


In response to an invitation to the
members of the Masonic and Eastern
Star orders, from Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Tilton, of Bennett, a large crowd
could be sec winding their way
toward Brush creek last Thursday
afternoon. The largest stage coach
procurable, drawn by six white hors-
es, was loaded almost to the extent
of its capacity and also several small
Ter vehicles.
The gay stage load hat left the
postofice at two o'clock sharp consis-
ted of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Heather
and MI. and Mrs. Jno. Trapp, Mes
danes: Maxfield, Doggett, McAnulty
and Johnston, and Misses Rankin,
Van Meter and Hoyt, and Messrs.
Leffert, Petrie, Dyer, Gould, Garlock
and McDougal.
Those who went in private rigs and
on horseback were Mr.. and Mrs.
Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs. Eager, Mr..
and Mrs. Eli Lee and Messrs. Baker,
Maghee, Prof. Trapp, McAnally,
Blood, Maxfield, Bremen and Con-
ness. Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Sterrett, of
Brush creek, also shared in the festi-
vities.
The crowd reached Mr.. Tilton's
ranch al $40, p. m. where all were
royalty received.
After due time had elapsed they
repaired to the dining room there to
partake of a sumptuous repast. After
all had done justice to their appe-
titles, numerous amusements we're in
dulged in; some playing whist, some
telling yarns while others tripped
the light fantastic toe. During the
evening the guests were favored by
two beautiful solos by Mrs. Tilton.
1t was not until the clock announc-
ed the hour of one that the merry
crowd dispersed for the night to revel
in peaceful slumber until called to
come to breakfast, which all proved
very inviting.
By the time the meal was ended
and all had donned their furs, the
coach, followed by the small rigs, was
in waiting at the gate to convey the
grateful party back to Saratoga. At
ter bidding adieu to those whom all
pronounced most royal of hosts and
hostess each mounted the great
coach and was soon rolling over the
homeward road, ever to remember the
boundless hospitality of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Tilton.
, 1902-01-30
The Ice Harry est.

Saratoga is now very busy gather.
ing in her ice harvest for next year.
The weather is all that is to be desired
in that line. For a time the weather
was so warm that the river remained
open in many places and there were
grave fears that the ice would not
form sufficient thickness to enable the
ice man to harvest a crop. But Of
late the weather has turned much
cooler and the ice is now continually
growing in thickness and quality.
1t is from Is to 20 inches in thickness
and as clear is crystal. The average
amount that is now daily going into
the ice houses of this place m UNITS
to nearly fifty tons.
, 1902-01-30
The Scarlet Fever Situation.

Since the last issue of The Sun
three new cases of scarlet fever have
developed in the family of George
Button, the blind man. The disease
is said to be in a very mild form and
the children are doing very well. 1t
will probably run through the entire
family of children, of which there are
five. No one knows how they con
tracted the disease, though they have
not been at all confined in their. com
ings and goings.
Young Robert Jones is recovered
to the extent that he will soon start
to school again.
The Want family are all doing
very well with the exception of Ira,
the eldest boy, who mas had the worst
seige. An abscess has been develop
ing on one of his ankles and last
Tuesday DIR. Green lanced the MEM
Der and he is now doing quite well.
DIR. Smither is slowly improving.
He has had a very serious fight for
his life, and has won only by a point.
His father who came from Burling-
ton, Ia, to see him, returned last
week, and DR.. Smither will be taken
away as soon as he can travel and
placed in a warmer climate.
, 1902-01-30
Gard Party.

Last Thursday evening Mrs. Gels
entertained a number of her lady
friends at cards. Mrs. Albert Wal
ter carried off first prize a handsome
box of bon-bons. Mrs. j. F. Rose re-
ceived the consolation prize.
Refreshments were served and all
spent a delightful evening. Those
present were the Mesdames Aims
worth, Barry, Walters, Cluf, Baker,
Webb, Rose and Judd.
, 1902-01-30

The Justice mill of his Honor,
Judge Heath, has been running on
half time of late and for a while was
shut down entirely. There has been
a few civil cases of late, among which
we note that Sisson & Blackhall
brought suit against jake Wirth, OF
Encampment. for S55;90 livery bill;
Settled. NJ. B. Moore VS. w. l.. and
H. L. Kuykendall, $50 attorneys
fees; Judgement for plaintiff for the
above amount, interest and costs.
Matthew Watt VS. Charles Foy for
$40, money due on promissory note
anG money due: Settled.
, 1902-01-30
Buried More Than a Month.

John Fridley, a few days since,
while hunting for stray sheep, MOTTO
ed an air hole in a show drift. Look
ing down the hole he saw an old eve
standing up, and thought she had
frozen in an upright position. Dig
ging the snow away he was surprised
to see that the sheep was alive and
ran away as 500 as liberated.
She had been in the drift for "a
days and had moved but a few inch.
es, feeding on some bunch grass.
This is probably the greatest exhi'
bition of vitality on record.-Rawlin Ms
journal.
, 1902-01-30
Ducks wintering Here.

1t is not very often that ducks have
wintered in this valley until this win
ter. A flock of about fifty have re-
manned here all winter and are to be
seen, now and then, going from point
to point on the river. This is a sign
of a mild winter and an early spring.
Black birds have wintered here for
the past three winters. Some times
they winter here in town, but %oftener
they hunt a ranch where there is a
stack of grain, or a grain field near
by and make their headquarters
there.
, 1902-01-30
The Weather.

The inhabitants of the Saratoga
valley have been treated to some Sc
we're weather the past week. Last
Friday night the temperature went
down to ID degrees below zero.
About A inches of snow fell. The
temperature has lowered around zero
for several days, yaulting up and
down around that point, It has
again cleared off and the climate has
assumed its wonted serenity.
, 1902-01-30

The Saratoga Lodge proposes to
make up a little purse to send to Rev.
Robinson, who is in very feeble
health, at Boulder, Colo. All of the
brethren who desire to contribute will
please hand the same to A. W. Eager,
who will, Wednesday, the 9th day OF
February, remit the same to the man
who so faithfully fulfilled his mission
while in our midst.
, 1902-01-30
Our County Taxes.


The Laramie Republican objects to
the action of our County Commits
sloners in instructing the County
treasurer not to add the penalties to
the 1901 taxes until the LIST of Febru
airy, but it seems to me that in deus
sing it, none of you have reached the
kernel of the matter.
Why is it that the County Com
m%issioners have dared to openly yio-
late a law that is as plain and def
mite in its terms as any on the Statute
books? Such action is seldom taken
by such a body, and in this state it is
never taken unless it is supported by
the powerful backing of a practically
unanimous Public Opinion. And
where we find Public Opinion SC
strong and unanimous it is generally
right! In this case every one of us
knows that there is no sense in col
Letting the full amount of taxes for
the year at II time. 1t merely takes
the money from the people who pay
the taxes, and gives it to some bank
ing institution, which generally pays
no interest to the county, for an aver
age term of about eight months, and
this bank proceeds to loan it out at
interest at a very comfortable profit
to itself.
1t is no advantage to the state or
county to force the full amount to be
paid by Jan. LIST, but it is an advan-
tage to the bank aforesaid to have the
penalty applied at once so as to give
them the benefit of the full county
deposit for the longest possible num-
Der of months. Public Opinion sees
and understands this and consequent
ly supports the County Commission
ers.
In Colorado the taxes of the pre-
ceeding year are due half on January
LIST, and half on July LIST, and the
plan has been found to work as well
as ours. Its only disadvantage is
for the banker who does not get Sc
much of a rake off by loaning out
county funds, while the people are
well satisfied with its workings.
The Editor of The Laramie Repub.
lican is very anxious to have the law
enforced. He says 'let there be nc
favoritism." So say L. But I also
hope that he and his brother editors
will lend their powerful aid towards
changing the present law, so that
there will be no chance for favoritism
such as now really exists at the ex.
pense of the taxpayer.
A TAXPAYER.
, 1902-01-30
SARATOGA CHIPS.
Ohio sweet cider at Van Meters.
L. c. Cook was up from the Home
Comfort ranch Monday.
SELF Shoes at

Cosgrif Bros. Co.
County Assessor A. NJ. McAnnally
was a Saratoga visitor this week.
Special in Mems suits. At
Cosgriff Bros. Co.
John w. Huston left Tuesday for
Denver OF a business deal. He will
be absent a week or ten days.
WANrED-Man and wife wanted on
ranch. Enquire at this office. [1-23-3t
H. D. Ryan, wife and baby arrived
here Thursday of last week and are
now at his fathers ranch up the river.
BREAD-Nice fresh bread-"Just
like mother used to Make, at
Baker d Brenner's.
j. X. Jefferies, the manager of the
Ferris Haggarty business at Rudefe.
ha, was down from that place over
Sunday.
MAGNETIC HEALTNa-Did you ever
try It'll No medicine, just cures you
without drugs. Anna S. Thompson
at the Waterloo.
w. II. Wilcox left Tuesday for
Denver, where hes expects to meet
some mining friends with whom he
has a deal on the string.
, 1902-01-30
New Blacksmith Shop.

l have opened up the NUM- Black
smith shop, on the east side ofthe river.
| do general blacksmithing in all its
branches. Good work and s~aiisfact,
ion guaranteed. PETER WILDE.
li-7-tfl
, 1902-01-30
H0MESTEADS.

People From all Over the Western end
Middle States are Coming to the Sara.
toga Valley to make Their Future
Homes.
Saratoga has had a large number
of visitors of late from the western
and middle states, whose presence
here has been to look over the situa-
ton and to make selection of land for
future homes for themselves and
families. This movement westward
has been caused by the organization
of the Kuykendall- Wilson Develop
company, which proposes to take va
ter out of Brush and French creeks
and to water 10000 acres of land in
the foothills and uplands just east of
this city.
There is a large overflow of popula-
ton in each of the more thickly set
tied states each year, and this over
flow is generally composed of the
very best class of people. This over
flow must find homes somewhere in
the Great West and at this time the
tide has set in toward Wyoming.
The people of the states referred to
have begun to realize hat farming by
irrigation is by far the best method
possible and to also realize that the
soil of Wyoming is equal to any in
the known world in its production of
succulent grasses and grains, as well
as all kinds of vegetables and small
fruits.
No where in the west can a home
be made so easily as here in this val
ley. There is abundance of timber
for buildings, fences and other pur-
poses, in the adjacent mountains,
which is free to all and to be
had for the hauling. The land is
easily cleared of the low growth of
sage brush, its only encumbrance and,
after being so cleared and covered
with water, will produce large crops
of grass, grain and vegetables and
the farmer does not have to wait for
rainfall-he waters his crops when
they need it. When one comes to
consider the old way of laboriously
clearing the land of heavy timber and
the farming for years amidst stumps
and roots, always depending upon
rainfall for moisture, which was as
likely to be too abundant as too scant,
the ease with which a man can make
a farm in this western country is re-
ally marvellous.
At the present rate with which men
are coming into this country it looks
very encouraging from an %agricultur-
al standpoint. The valley is large
enough to provide homes for all who
wish to come and can as easily sup
port a population of a hundred thou
sand souls as what it does at the pre-
sent time. The development of the
mines in the surrounding mountains,
which goes rapidly and steadily for
ward. insures the farmer a market for
all that he can produce at very re-
munerative prices. He will find that
his farm produce will never go beg
ging.
If the farmer has a fancy for the
raising of stock or poultry, rather
than for tilling the soil, there is a
very large field open before him in
this line. There is always a mar
ket for his beef, pork or poultry
in the towns or adjacent mining
camps. Poultry of all kinds does re-
markably well here and eggs never
u below rs per dozen in price. But
ter is another commodity that COM
mands the very best price and the
, 1902-01-30
home COMFORT
RANCH.
l.. c. COOK, PRopRIEroR.

This Road House, located on the
Stage road where it oss the
Old Emigrant Trail, is now pre-
pared to accommodate the travel
ing public. Good table. Stable
room and hay for so head of
horses. Abundance ofgood water.
Fine Tobnaco and Cigars.
Your PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-26
REPRESENTATIVES CLERKS.
Bill Pending to Increase Allowance to
$3.50 Month

A bill Is pending before the House COM
mittee on accounts which is being looked
forward to by the private secretary Of
every member of the House OF Representa-
tlves with pleasant anticipation. and there
is little doubt that each member has re-
ceived gentle reminder from his scribe
that vote for this bill is essential TO give
proper impetus to the ERA Of prosperity
The bill was introduced some DAYS ago
by Mr.. Brownlow. 1t provides by amend
ing the law of 1898 regulating the clerk hire
of members. that $50 shall be the monthly
salary of clerks to members. instead Of
500, as at present. If the bill becomes a
law, the regulation under which members
of the House of Representatives will pro-
vide themselves with private secretaries
will read:
THAT and after the passage of this
act each member and delegate of the House
of Representatives of the United States
may, on the first day of each and every
month ing his term OF service. certify
to the clerk of the House of Representa-
tives the amount which he has paid or
agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily en-
ployed by him in the discharge of his Off
cial and representative duties during the
previous month, and the amount so certi-
ned shall be paid by the clerk of the House
out OF the contingent fund of the House on
the fourth day of each month to the mem
Der or delegate SO certifying: Provided,
That the amount certified and paid for
clercical service rendere>- to each member
and delegate shall not exceed one hundred
and hlty dollars for any month"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-26
CIVIL ENGINEERS TO MEET.
Annual Convention Of American Asso.
citation to Assemble Here,

The American Society Of Civil Engineers
is to hold its annual convention in
Washington, beginning May 20 and lasting
throughout the week. This is regarded as
the greatest engineering society in the
United States, and. perhaps in point Of
membership, the most important in the
world 1t numbers about 1900 members
and includes all of the best known civil en-
gineers, officers of the L. S. Engineer Corps,
civil engineers in the navy, as we'll as as
sociates prominent in allied professions and
in the management Of railways and similar
works. There are resident in Washington
over sixty members of the society. and it
is at their instance that the coming con-
vention, which is to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary Of the founding of the society,
which was organized in 1852 Is to be held in
this city. Another feature, which makes
the reunion here unusually appropriate, is
that the last meeting was held in this city
in 1881, just twenty years ago.
The local committee appointed by the
board of direction of the soci :, which has
headquarters in a handsome permanent
building in New York, consists of the fol-
lowing: Admiral G. W. Melville. chair
man; Col A. j. Biddle, District Commits
sioner; Col. W. NJ. Black, commandant En-
cheering School of Application; d. S. Carll
engineer of the Capital Traction Company
Bernard r. Green of the Library of Con-
gress: Messrs. c. b. Hunt and d. E. Nc
Comb of the District engineer force; Col.
Alexander Mckenzie assistant to the chief
of engineers. u. S. A; Col. A. NJ. Miller. in
charge Of the Washington aqueduct, and
Mr.. H. NJ. Wilson of the L. S. geological
survey. In addition TO the foregoing. Ad-
miral NJ. T. Endicott of the navy Is the
local representative on the general board Of
direction.
The above gentlemen at meeting in Col.
Bi6oles office last evening discussed the
preliminary arrangements for the proceed
fngs Of the convention. The headquarters
of the convention are to be at the New
Willard, but as about 700 members are ex-
pected to attend, the larger portion OF these,
1t Is stated, will be located in adjacent no
tells Plans are in preparation for an at
tractive souvenir program to commemorate
the semi-centenniai meeting in Washing
ton, and 1t is expected that arrangements
will be made to visit local engineering
works of interest, as well as some Of the
more prominent local objects Of general in
terest. as Mount Vernon, the Capitol and
Library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-26
STATESMEN AND FISHERMEN.
Congressional Anglers Making In.
quiries About Bass, Boats and Bait.

Among the compensations to some
statesmen Of the long session of Congress
and springtime stay In Washington is
the bass fishing which they obtain during
the spring and summer. The season is APP
preaching apace and there have been some
Inquiries lately on Capitol Hill about the
prospects. There is an overhauling of
tackle, cleaning OF rods and general indca-
lions that soon there will be something
doing"
The Congressional Fishermen's Club il
not organized. but includes some notable
members. Speaker Henderson, Uncle joe
cannon, Representative Heatwole Repre-
sentative Babcock, Sergeant-at-Arms Cas-
son, Major Mcdowell, the clerk of the
House, Senator Dubois and Senator Heit-
reldt are among the votaries of the sport
Speaker Henderson and Representative
cannon are members of the faction desig-
mated as rain bar'l fishermen" That IS,
they go along with the crowd. but do the
most OF their fishing from the club house
portico. in the shade They are very ac-
ceptable members of fishing parties how
ever, and furnish their quota OF fun-mak-
ing.
Admiral Evans OF the navy. Fighting
Bob, is very much in demand on the con-
gressional fishing junkets. The old Yankee
saying Of fish cut bait" is changed to
fish or prepare bait" and in preparing
bait Admiral Evans is an acknowledged
adept.