FourtY Thousand Acres Filed Near Encampment In Three Years
At a railroad meeting W M Englehart US commissioner reported filings for about 36 500 acres of government land near Encampment in three years with additional filings from Saratoga Rawlins and Cheyenne totaling over 40 000 acres adjacent to Encampment. Most land was taken under the 320 acre Dry Farm act, signaling early settlement and potential railroad revival. The commission hearing on the 5 E railroad abandonment could influence regional development and future rail service. The article notes rapid homesteading east to the Platte river and along the Six Mile country, and urges subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Englehart
United States
Encampment
Saratoga
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Toncampment
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carbon County
Butler Beidjre
Platte River
Junking the S. & E. Would Mean Disaster for Carbon
The Rawlins Republican warns that halting the S. & E. railroad would devastate Carbon county. Real estate values would plunge by at least two million dollars, population and farm output would fall, and commercial activity, tourism, and mineral development would collapse. The piece accuses current owners of banklike aims to junk the line and urges citizens to support the Interstate Commerce Commission to block discontinuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Councy
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Wyoming
Carbon County
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Echo
Gray
Milk Cows Wanted and Society Meeting Postponed
Wanted to buy eight or ten head of first class milk cows. Leave a list of what you have at Echo office. The ladies aid society which was to meet with Mrs J W Kennicot was postponed to next Wednesday February 9 with Mrs Bennicott as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo Office
Sovnety
J. W. Kennicott
Bennicott
Residents urge Union Pacific to take over S. & E.
A meeting in Encampment, with Saratoga delegates, forms a permanent local group to fight the abandonment of the S. & E. railroad. They plan letters of protest and seek funds, pressing Union Pacific to assume control to cut expenses and keep service. They urge readers to write to UP President C. R. Gray summarizing the case and urging action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon County
Messrs
W. P. Hays
A. B. Dahl
Joseph Munz
I. M. Conness
C. A. Freeland
W. B. Sears
Saratoga
F. H. Healey
James Blackhall
J. E. Anderson
J. J. Parr
J. G. Dettinger
Chas
E. Bixler
J. Z. Finch
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Congress
Cheyenne
Supreme Court
Thes. & E
Union Pacific
J. P
Rawlins
Tere
Walcott
C. BR. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Gray
Sugar beet factory urged in Saratoga area letter
Archie Anderson from Loveland Colorado writes that a prospective sugar factory would boost population and demand for farm products while increasing cattle and sheep feed. He notes Colorado irrigation and stock feeding growth, cites rising land values near Saratoga and Encampment, and urges local ranchers to plant beets to prove viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Sun
Archie Anderson
Loveland
Colorado
West
Platte Valley
Saratoga
Death by Own Action at Tie Camp
Ira B. Lucas a 48 year old storekeeper and book keeper at the Big Creek tie camp died by self inflicted gunshot inside his bunk on January 25. The coroner’s inquest returned verdict of death by own action with ill health given as motive. Lucas was found by roommate Joe Robinson after returning with his dinner.
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Ira B. Lucas
Big Creek
Joe Robinson
Lucas
A. Sproat
Ben Hunter
Messrs. Sproat
Hunter
E. L. Gould
Saratoga
Greeley
Colorado
Poudre Valley
That City
Bridges Couple Do Ranch Business in Beaver Creek Visit
Mr and Mrs F D Bridges arrived in town Saturday from their Beaver Creek ranch to trade and handle business matters.
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F. D. Bridges
Beaver Creek
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J.H. Schmidt
National Garage CO
Bank of Polite
State Bank
I. H. Healey
City Hall
Beat Lytell
Riverside Garage
Chas. Bragg
Riverside
Isa
Encampment Stores Co
Agents of Cheyenne Creamery CO
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