, 1903-12-31
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Walcott, experimenting the work oil
invoicing the stock at this place.
Mrs. Brackley and her brother,
Emery Shafe, came up from Fort
Steele and took Christmas dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. f. p. Andrews.
Postmaster Gustave Jensen left
for Fresno, California, last week,
where he will spend the holidays with
his family and friends in the land OF
flowers.
!. +, Wilcox came up from Denver
Tuesday and went on up to Encamp-
ment. where he has been called by
business. He will remain ten days
or two weeks.
Harry P. Moore and wife OF
French. were down from that place
Tuesday. Mr.. Moore made a desert
entry while here. They returned
home Yesterday.
j.. c. Kennedy. the city engineer,
went to Rawlins yesterday. From
there he will go put on the Muddy,
TO locate oil land in the interest of
the Rock Springs bank.
The bean guessing contest, at the
b o store, was won 10y Mrs. Cor
nell, with Miss Nellie Booth second
and G.. d. Buchanan third. The
number of beans in the jar was BOB.
School opens again Monday The
scholars are all doing very nicely,
and from this on they will work with
great ardor, in order that they may
make the best possible showing at
the end of the term.
Blessed is the mar who has 10 work
this hot weather. II is the idle man
who is worried by the hot weather,
and the man in easy circumstances
who is perplexed about the spending
of his vacation Joe Satterthwait.
The Nebraska man who was arrest
ed for using his wife for IA horse must
be some kin to the man who gave his
children a nickel apiece TO go to bed
without their suppers and then made
them pay it back to get their break
fast.-Scantia journal.
j. W. Yensel, foreman of the Snow
Bank mine, fifteen miles south of
Battle, passed through here Friday,
on his way to his home in Michigan
to spend the winter. He came 10
Battle on snow shoes. The snow was
so soft that it took him from : 30
IA. IN. until 4 o'clock p. N. to make the
trip from the mine to Battle.
Miss Margaret Andrews arrived
from Cheyenne Friday to spend the
Christmas holidays with her people.
Miss Andrews is taking a course as
nurse in st. Johns Hospital, at Chey-
enne, and is succeeding nicely. She
will adopt that as her profession
when she has graduated. She will
retur to Cheyenne tomorrow.
Capt. Rhode, Superintendent of
the Saratoga fish hatchery, came up
from Laramie Friday to spend the
Christmas holidays with Saratoga
friends. He will remain with rs for
IA month or six weeks, doing some
needed work at the hatchery. The
Captain says his experience at the
State fish hatchery at Laramie has
been of the greatest benefit to him.
Miss Jessie Moore is once more al
her post as manager of the telephone
office at this place af%terseveral weeks
illness. Every one is glad to See her
able TO resume her duties once more.
Saratoga is fortunate in its telephone
service, Miss Human, the day uper-
alter, being always prompt and cuur-
teous and obliging under any and all
circumstances. Few towns have as
good service as Saratoga and certain
ly none have better,
Mrs. 5. Il. Nc \nulty will open a
restaurant in the building recently
vacated by the Platte Valley Drug
on the corner opposite the Hotel
Wolf The opening will occur next
Monday. Mrs, McAnulty has the
reputation Of being one OF the best
cooks in the entire town, and it goes
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