Killed bear, Sharp testifies before Supreme Court, Snowy Range road closed and AIDS curriculum for CCSD #2

100 Years Ago

Nov. 19, 1914

Tuesday, Forest Ranger Milt Ames, A. J. and Billy Kennedy. killed three bear in a den where they had hibernated for the winter. During the fall Ranger Ames had discovered the den, which was being fixed up for the winter by the bears, about a mile east of the ranger station in the Medicine Bow national forest. He reported this to the Kennadays, and the boys have been waiting all the time waiting for them to hole up. It was discovered that they had located and closed the den for the winter some time last week, so on Tuesday the men went up there, armed with picks, shovels and guns. They selected a place to dig directly over where they figured the bears was located, and began to work. They had dug to a depth of less than four feet. when the place caved in, letting them into the den. It was thought along in the fall, that there was only one bear, but much to their surprise and gratification, there were three fine bear, two clack and one brown. For a short time the bears and the men had the time of their lives, but long knives made the fight uneven, but eventually the bears fell prey to the men, and were killed.

75 Years Ago

Nov. 23, 1939

Commenting on the testimony of Engineer S. S. Sharp of Saratoga in connection with the Nebraska-Wyoming suit before the U. S. Supreme Court involving the water of the North Platte River, Albert B. Bartlett, irrigation engineer of Wheatland, Wyo., who is no win Saratoga on engineering business, stated Monday that Mr. Sharp’s testimony was of great value to Wyoming water users.

Part of this testimony showed that although Nebraska had received approximately 90 per cent of its appropriation of water all through the end of the dry 1939 irrigation season, the water users of the North Platte river in this part of the valley, above Ft. Steele, had received their full allotment for only a few days, with the diversions dropping about 25 per cent at the end of the season, while Nebraska was still taking nearly the full volume.

50 Years Ago

Nov. 19, 1964

Norris Stubbs, Wyoming highway department crew foreman here, said today that the Snowy Range road is closed for the season. It closed Thursday of last week. Mr. Stubbs said that high winds and drifting snow in the higher elevations, has by now rendered the road impassable. He said he had received no report from Laramie as to conditions on the wast side.

25 Years Ago

Nov. 15, 1989

After hearing comments from educators and school board members who had attended an HIV/AIDS training conference in Rock Springs last week, District No. 2 superintendent Neal Carroll said the district must establish an education program on AIDS.

At the school board meeting Monday, Carroll said, “It is a must hat we do something in our school. It is do or die.” Carroll said he is willing to start the “long, arduous task” of setting up a curriculum program which will educate children on the dangers of AIDS.

Numerous District No. 2 educators attended the training conference. Hanna principal Ken Lippincott said he is very conservative on most issues and had some discomfort going into the conference. However, he said the training conference was designed to help people work through their discomforts in dealing with the issue of AIDS education.