July 2, 1915

The Steamboat Pilot reported, Dr. F.E. Willett has purchased the Steamboat Sanitarium. He is the kind, firm, knowledgeable physician who treated Corina’s broken wrist. The hospital was established a year ago and is a great benefit to the community. Unfortunately, the previous owner’s business management interfered with the complete success of the institution and their affairs were in the hands of attorney C.R. Monson as trustee. Dr. Willett is a proficient practitioner with hospital management experience. He plans to update equipment, and always have the infirmary open for the patients of all local doctors. My goal is good health and not to visit them professionally. Although, I hope Corina has arranged to give birth to the child at the hospital. We have not talked or written for a while.

The Moffat Road has excursion rates for the 4^th of July holiday weekend.  The round trip to Oak Creek is a buck-twenty and Craig two and a half dollars. Tough choice as to which festivities I want to attend. All the towns have scheduled their events around the railroad’s timetable. The trap shoot and bucking horse action in Oak Creek have won out. I have not lifted a fowling piece in more than a year, but I have a good eye for knocking clay pigeons out of the sky.  The cowboys irritating the hell out of a bucking bronco is the craziest thing I have ever seen. Horse racing will be in Craig and Steamboat, so I will watch it here. I have made my decision and I’m sticking with it.

Tournament style baseball games will be played at all the towns of the Yampa Valley as well.  The Steamboat Strawberries beat the Oak Creek Miners last weekend 5-3 to improve to three wins and two losses. H. Carver pitched, replacing Brown who rested for this weekend and subbed at second base with no at bats. I have been taking my telescope to watch the expressions of the batters and the sweat dripping from their brow. I will be serving at the Cabin Hotel dining room and catching innings of the games as much as I can between meals. Angela knows baseball and says Charlie would be a great catcher if he could learn to hit the ball and throw to second. She stole my joke. Maggie rolls her eyes at this Englishman’s interest in baseball, but I know she will be wagering a few silver dollars on the horse races. We will trade off duties and have fun at the events too.

Fourth of July 1915 Craig Baseball team