Reflections: Newspaper suspends publication, local burglars charged

101 years ago

Jan. 2, 1913

Herald suspends publication

With the issue of Dec. 27th, the Encampment Herald suspended publication indefinitely. Editor Drury is going to the Cheyenne Daily Leader as its business manager. He says in his farewell article that the main reason was in the fact that the business was no longer paying and as that is an essential factor in any business he preferred taking another position to remaining and running behind.

The Herald has been established for a number of years and was always a well printed and edited paper although not always maybe in accord with our views. Mr. Drury states that he expects that someone will reopen the work in the near future as soon as the conditions will permit. The ownership of the paper is in litigation and there is at this time no head to the paper.

75 years ago

Jan. 5, 1939

Local boys arrested on burglary charge

Two local young men are behind the bars at Rawlins, charged with having burglarized two Saratoga stores recently. They are Everett Bayes and another lad said to be of the same name, and a cousin of Everett.

The Laughlin hardware store was entered some time ago and several guns, knives and other articles were stolen and more recently the Evans Grocery was broken into and considerable merchandise sorted out and moved into the alley in the rear. Indications were that the thieves were frightened away before they could complete this job.

However, they tapped the cash register for some change, and also for a $2 bill, which had been placed in a side compartment as more or less of a curiosity. It is said this unusual piece of currency led to discovery of the identity of the perpetrators of the robberies. When it was presented in payment for food at an east-side restaurant suspicion centered on the boys, and it is said they confessed both robberies after having been arrested and questioned by Sheriff Jack McPherson.

At last accounts they were being held in the county jail at Rawlins.

50 years ago

Jan. 2, 1964

Three local men charged with grand larceny

Three Saratoga men were bound over to district court under $1,000 bond each to stand trial for grand larceny after preliminary hearing in justice of the peace court in Rawlins Monday.

Roger Ray Todd, 27, Sturgeon Emory (Buck) Clubb, 33, and Lee Oliver Cully, 21, were charged as the result of a series of thefts in this area over the past year.

Todd was arrested by Carbon County sheriff’s officers Dec. 12, Clubb and Cully were apprehended the following day.

Deputy Sheriff Mike Blake said thefts ranged from a grease gun to a 275-gallon gas tank. He said more than $1,500 worth of goods allegedly stolen by the trio has been recovered.

25 years ago

Jan. 4. 1989

Hearing tests set for Saratoga

Electronic hearing tests will be given at the Hacienda Motel in Saratoga during a free Service Center, open to all hearing aid wearers. The tests will be given on Thursday, Jan. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. by Larry Vanatta, Certified Hearing Aid Specialist.

Anyone who has trouble hearing is welcome to come in for a test using the modern electronic equipment to find out if a tiny, modern hearing aid can help. Diagrams showing how the ear works and some of the causes of hearing loss will be available.

Everyone should have a hearing test at least once a year if he has any trouble at all hearing clearly. Even people now wearing a hearing aid or those who have been told an aid won’t help should have a hearing test and find out about the current hearing aids.

The free hearing test will be held at the Hacienda Motel, Saratoga, on Thursday, Jan. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m ...