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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
8
Celebration across Saratoga valley as Union Pacific absorbs the Saratoga and Encampment railroad. The takeover marks a major shift in regional rail service with the public and officials praising the new alignment and improved freight and passenger connections.
The Union Pacific shifts from through traffic to local development as it expands westward routes and feeder lines. Historical misjudgments on Cheyenne Fort Collins and Stirlington links are cited, with Burling ton’s Denver line and Saratoga Encampment lease cited as proof of a broader strategy benefiting Wyoming communities.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an exam for United States forest rangers on October 25, 1921, at forest supervisor headquarters. Entrance salary ranges from 900 to 1220 dollars yearly, open to men and women. Applications go to the Civil Service Commission in Washington or the local forest supervisor. Donald Rankin returns from Laramie and will serve as assistant at a bank while also working with the Black Growers State Bagle at Saratoga.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes per capita U S milk consumption has roughly doubled since 1890 from about 22 gallons to around one pint daily in drinking form while total use, including cooking, is far below European levels. Sweden and Switzerland average about 70 gallons per person annually, and shipments now reach distant cities aided by refrigerated cars.
A Western initiative by cattle breeding groups aims to prove purebred sires. A USDA report notes two associations achieving 100 percent purebred bulls, Snevra Mentoyolow in California and San Diego, with eight associations under Western Dairy Division supervision. Three are in Idaho, two in Colorado, two in California, and one in Washington.
State and federal engineers, after weeks surveying in the valley, moved back to Saratoga this week to continue field work on the beach lands between Spring Creek and Cow Creek. They expect to wrap up within a week to ten days, with cost estimates for proposed irrigation projects.
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