How we get the news, Saratoga swimming pool, $50K fire and new game warden

100 Years Ago

Dec. 17, 1914

Day before yesterday a perfectly nice lady called us up and with tears in her voice reproved us for not mentioning the fact that she had a friend visiting her last week. We told her that she did not let us know anything about it, and that therefore, we did not know she had a visitor. Then she said, “Well you should have known. I thought you were running a newspaper.” Wouldn’t that rattle your slats? Some people think that an editor ought to be a cross between Argus and Anna Eva Fay. They seem to think that our five senses are augmented by a sixth that lets us know everything that happens even if we see, hear, feel, taste or smell it not. Dear lady, editors are only human, or at least almost human. If you have a friend visiting you, if you are going away, or have returned from a visit out of town, if little Johnnie falls and breaks his arm, if your husband chops his toe instead of a stick of wood, if anything happens that makes you glad, or sad, happy, or mad, call us up. Tell us about it.

75 Years Ago

Dec. 21, 1939

Most of those who attended the Lions Club meeting last Thursday night feel that there may be a good chance to secure the building of a swimming pool in Saratoga as a WPA project.

L. G. Flannery, state director for the WPA, was present at the meeting, as was also R. L. Nicholson of Denver, regional director for the WPA, who has jurisdiction over a district embracing six of the Rocky Mountain states.

Both these gentleman talked encouragingly of the project, and gave assurance that WPA assistance could be had if the many basic requirements could be met. First of all, there must be available here sufficient relief labor to do the job. At present there are comparatively few men registered from this area who desire relief employment, and fewer yet who have been certified as entitled to WPA assistance. If there is sufficient relief labor in the valley, it would have to be registered and certified before any such project could be authorized.

50 Years Ago

Dec. 17, 1964

Monday morning flames consumed the dock, office, storage area and shop at the Saratoga Truck Line in the downtown business section. In less than two hours the blaze had leveled all but a small corner of the building facing the highway and small hay storage building in the rear of the property.

Owner Clarence Shaw estimated the loss at more than $50,000, including the building, small equipment, tires, and freight which was stored in the building, tools and other equipment. The loss is partially covered by insurance. However, no trucks were lost and most of the tools in the shop were saved. Office equipment and records from the office were rescued by fireman.

25 Years Ago

Dec. 20, 1989

Biff Burton, the new game warden for the Platte Valley area, arrived in Saratoga in November and has been busy working on big game classifications since his arrival. Burton is originally from Nebraska and has been with the Wyoming Game and Fish for 10 years. He received his B.S. in wildlife management from the University of Wyoming in 1978 and also underwent training at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy as all game wardens are required to do.

During his 10 year tenure with the G & F, he has been all over the state. He said he worked for the fish division for two seasons and also fed elk for two winters in the Jackson/Pinedale area. He also worked on the Platte River Reservoir enforcement crew out of Casper. More recently, he has been stationed in the Gillette area for six years as the game warden there. He said the area he worked in Gillette is about twice as large as the area here, but the terrain here makes up for the difference in size.

 

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