, 1917-11-29

Paul Pilon Is expected home today
from Denver, where he has spent the
past week on company bslness.
L. f. Findeisen and j. q. Peterman
came up from Rawlins Saturday on a
business errand. They returned home
Sunday afternoon. .
For Sale-Registered yearling Here
fore bulls also fancy Rhode Island
Red pure bred roosters.-C. d. Terwil-
Tiger, Encampment, Wyo.
w. j.. Stanley of Pinedale and f. A.
Hadsell of Rawlins came up from the
county seat last Friday and spent a
couple of days here on live stock bust
ness.
Commissioner d. E.. Winsor spent
Sunday and Monday in an inspection
of roads in various parts of the val
ley. He will go to Rawlins the first
of the week to attend the regular
monthly meeting of the county board.
Irwin Brands, Roy Gould, T. Karo-
liska and Ross Boyd, employees of the
Big Creek Cattle Company, came to
Saratoga Sunday and left for the ranch
again Monday with the cattle recently
purchased by Mr.. Hunter from Don
McPhail.
II. A. Campbell was up from Wal
colt Friday on u business mission and
returned home the same day. MI.
Campbell reports considerable activity
among oil land locators in the vicinity
of Walcott during the past few weeks
and says a large number Of acres AVE
been located, mostly by Salt Lake par
ties.
W. C. Edwards and wife are expect
ed to arrive home within the next few
days from Denver, where Mr.. Edwards
has been confined to Il hospital, under
going treatment for blood poisoning in
his left hand and arm. He has been
gaining rapidly Of late and was allow
ed to cave his bed for the first time
last Sunday. No return of the infec-
tion is anticipated and it is expected
he viii be allowed to return home this
week.
Agent W. NJ. Horton returned on
Sunday from points in Iowa, where he
had been visiting for several days. He
accompanied the Dahl and Broadhurst
cattle shipment to Omaha recently and
then spent several days with relatives
i'll Iowa City and Oakdale, la. While
in Omaha he met Prof. Henry Hasch,
who was principal of the public schools
i'll Saratoga during the 1915-16 term.
Prof. Hasch now resides in Omaha,
and is pursuing the study of law.
A friend from WaIcott dropped in"
ut the office of this great family jour
nal the other day and gave the editor
u wal talk. 1t wasn't long until our
visitor was reminded of u story. He
said he knew of a fellow who was SO
cross-eyed that when he cried the tears
ran dow his back. The fellow con-
suited Il doctor down at Rawlins, who
at once pronounced the aiIment as
bacteria"
A meeting of the officers and direc-
tors of the Pick Springs Oil Company
was held i'll Saratoga Saturday even
ing. AT this meeting it was decided to
place several thousand dollars worth
of the company stock on the market,
announcement of which is made by the
company elsewhere i'll this issue. No
other business of special Importance
was taken III at the meeting, bills
against the company being audited and
allowed and other routine matters CIV
en- attention.
While at Encampment on Monday,
The Sun man was told that an excel
lent fiye-foot vein of ore had been en-
countered in the Portland mine and
that the company is now working three
SHIFTS Ii pushing their development
work as rapidly as possible. The
Portland company has been very active
during the past year and much money
has been expended by Manager Weston
Ill developing the property. 1t is said
IL very little ore has been shipped as
yet, but that large quantities Of high
grade ore are now on hand, ready for
shipment later on.
L. &. Sterrett came up from Denver
Tuesday for a brief stay here to look
after business matters. Since his last
visit here, Mr.. Sterrett has made an
extended visit in the east, spending
a.rIVnI ,v.-I.. -. -
diana and visiting relatives at other