The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., January 11, 1922, Image 1

About The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise. (Cody, Wyo.) 1921-1923

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Founded In 1899 by 001.
W. F. Cody ("Buffalo
Bill”) and Col. Peake.
VOL. XXIII. NO. 23
WILLIAM R. COE PURCHASED
CODY WATER BONDS AT PAR
■565,000 Issue Bought by Millionaire Up
on Return from Europe—Work
Starts When Ground Thaws
Dave Jones presented a resolution
tnending the mayor and city council
for the efficient manner in which
they had handled the bond issue and
thanking W. .R Coe for purchasing
the Issue of $65,000 at par. The reso
lution follows:
"Whereas, the city council has In
vestlqacod various markets for i.v ni
cipal bonds and the best proposal
they had was considerably below par
for the Cody water bonds, and
"Whereas, the Hon. W. R. Coe of
thia city and New York City has evi
denced his confidence in the financial
worth and integrity of Cody citizenry
and his faith In the future progress
and development of our resources by
the offer to purchase the bonds at par,
therefore
"Be it resolved, that we as a club
express our thanks to the mayor and
of Cody and city council for their dili
gence and fidelity to the public good
in the progress they have made in
the securing for the city a permanent
and adequate water supply, and
"Be it further resolved, that as a
club representing the Cody communi
ty we extend our thanks and appreci
ation to Mr. W. R. Coe for his cooper
ation and support which came volun
tarily and unsolicited, and
"Be it further resolved, that a copy
of these resolutions be spread upon
the records of the Cody Club, the
Minutes of the Town of Cody and
forwarded to Mr. Coe."
At the meeting of the Cody Club
at Hart’s Case last Monday, the presi
dent read a communication from the
Idaho Reclamation Association, point
ing out the fact that various influences
are being brought to bear on the Gov
ernment to stop appropriations for re
clamation work in the West, on the
grounds that such work is sectional
and paternalistic. The Association
urges the Cody Club to boost the
SAM SCOWS ACTi
IGEmiIHETMILER
“Plumb Salty” Pony Piles
Powell Flatter on Stage of
Lyric Theater
Sam Scoville’s feat of riding a
bucking horse oh the stage is a thril
ler and quite the most exciting vaude
ville act that hng been seen In a long
time.
A crcwded house turned out to see
him when he esv© it at the Lyric The
ater in Powell last Thursday night
and there were no complaints made
-*at the box office by dissatisfied pa
trons.
In fact, if the wind had been from
that direction it might have been pos
sible to have heard the cheers of the
audience in Cody after Sam had dem
onstrated the difference between the
riding of an amateur and an old
"hand."
A wire netting was stretched across
the front of the stage to keep the
horse from falling through the drum
in the orchestra or walking on the
l)iano, after which the horse was led
on with the assistance of two help
ers. Then Sam in his leisurely drawl
inquired if any one in the audience
had a hankering to top the horse off j
lor him.
An ambitious Powell Flatter stood•
up and askod how much there was in
it if he rode the horse and "stayed.’’
"Twenty-five dolars," Sam replied
promptly.
The sanguine youth went up on the
atage and Sam threw him his spurs.
After he had buckled them on he
istood up and eyed the horse, and as he
noted the hump in his back and a
•certain look in his eye, his enthusiasml
seemed to fade, but it was too late to
back out so, wth a "do or die" expres
sion on his face, he swung into the
saddle and the act was on.
It is doubtful if ever a Powell Flat
ter got such a churning before.
He lasted about eight jumps. When
lie and the horse parted company he ,
■went over the horse’s head and land-t
•ed on the chest of Vernon Spencer_
who was standing in the corner and i
they all went down in a heap with I
the horse on top.
"Can he buck?” Sam drawled when
the Powell cowpuncher picked him
self up.
"I’ll say he can,” was the laconic
reply.
Sam's ride, without chaps and ar-
Cody Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
work, and to assert to Congress that
“the West Is united for reclamation."
L. R, Ewart reported that it was
under stood by the County Commis
sioners and the County Treasurer
that there was no danger of penalties
for delinquent taxes if the persons
unable to pay would explain to the
County Treasurer and set a reason
able date for payment.
Manager Titus of the telephone
company was Introduced. He stated
that Cody was not large enough for
the Installation of a common battery
system, such as has been urged. The
new system would mean a new build
ing, a ground floor exchange, and
complete outside plant
The company will, next year, install
a new cable plant for the town, and
see to it that the present system be
run on as efficient a basis as possible.
If there are any troubles, they will
be removed at once.
It is to be remembered, said Mr.
Titus, that the possibilities of auto
matic telephones are very strong, and
in that case it would be best for Cody
to wait until it be seen whether a
machine ring service will not be best
for such a town as this. This new
system is being tried out in Laramie.
If It proves successful, it will be the
one that should be installed in Cody,
rather than the central battery sys
tem.
After all, the only difference is in
“turning the coffee-grinder" fofr a
while longer. In ten or twelve years
there may be no more central battery
systems—and Cody does not want
one If they are out of date.
While there is the waiting, the com
puny wiM do all in their power to
make the present system efficient.
The big problem in Cody is to have
the outside plant made efficient, and
that will be done as soon as possible.
JAKE HENDRICKSON
VICTIM ONNGRAWIIDE
Jake Hendrickson’s childlike faith
in human nature has been forever
I shattered. He offered to share his
! bottle with Sheriff Davis and was ar-
I rested. Jake, who is the janitor at
the court house, had a cache in the
private apartment in the basement.
Being one who will not only give
away his shirt but share his "moon,”
he invited his genial friend Sant Wat
kins, to join him. At the moment.
Sheriff Davis appeared, and Jake, too
polite to show partiality, offered him ,
a shot of his favorite beverage with j
the result above recorded.
Jake was placed under SISOO bonds I
and will tell the judge how it happen- ■
ed later. He states, being a philoso- j
pher, that he always has wanted to |
learn how to make horse-hair bridles |
and his friends may all expect pres
ents from him from Rawlins next
Christmas.
STARVING RUSSIANS
EATING THEIR DEAD
The first official report of canibal
ism in the famine districts of Russia,
has been made to the all-Russlan sov
iet congress by Delegate Ovsienke of
Samara, according to an Associated
Press dispatch.
"At Ramikoveskv. the parish people
I are eating the bodies of their dead,”
I he told congress, "it is dangerous to
I hury famine victims in presence of
the people, and guards must be kept
over them until they are in a state
that makes eating impossible."
PERCY SPENCER FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE
It is rumored in many quarters that
Percy Spencer, secretary of the Re
publican state central committee, may
be a candidate for secretary of state,
to succeed W. E. Chaplin, who has
declined to become a candidate for
re-election.
Mr. Spencer is well known through
out the State, and especially ir. Ccdy,
where he has a great many friends.
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| cording to contest rules, was as pret
ty a ride as a bucking fan would wish
I to see and the horse though a small
I one is "plumb salty” and has every
j known trick for unloading his pack.
The horse is shod with rubber shoes
hut It Is nevertheless a dangerous act.
Sam and Vernon Spencer left for
Denver on Tuesday where they are
hoping to get an engagement at one
of the vaudeville houses.
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
HON. J. D. WOODRUFF PUTS
A FEW PERTINENT QUESTIONS
TO METHODIST REFORMERS
Salaried Kill-Joys a Plague Like Itch
and Cooties, Says Pioneer Wyoming
Sheepman—Pities Adam and Eve
(By Hon. J. D. WOODRUFF)
The Reverend Henry Bowiby claims
his Methodist God made the woild
and everything in it and on it in six
days, rested on the seventh, and cal
led it all good.
If the Reverend would stop and
think a minute —which of course he
canqpt do —he would know that his
claim is not well founded, for, if his
God did finish his job in six days and
went away not to return until now,
he would not know it for the same
world.
Take the case of Adam and Eve
. as his God left them in the Garden
of Eden. If one reflects upon the
condition they were in, sympathy
must be- aroused and the belief that
Adam showed good judgement in
breaking out.
Imagine being pen ed up there with
a naked woman, -hlng but fruit to
eat. nothing to wear, nothing to do
and no incentive whatever for living!
How can you picture hell if that ain’t
it?
We know, to be sure, that an attrac
tive woman has a considerable inter
est for any red-blooded male man, and
' it is perfectly natural that he should
; break every law, that he should hu-
I miliate himself, that he should do
things of which he is ashamed after
ward, that he should take desperate
chances, that he should give up his
I money and his self respect, in fact.
• that he should willingly sell himself
to the devil for her; and yet if that
same woman was put before him nak
ed all the time, so that he cotrtd -tot
get away, he soon would become dis
gusted and she would have no more
attraction for him than a horse or a
cow.
If It had been arranged so that by
some little exertion or trouble. Eve
could have gone out in the bushes and
come back with a spool of thread, a
paper of pins, a bar of soap or a dime
I novel, even a fried doughnut or
' one of the thousand things that man
has made since Bowlby’s God quit the
job, there would have been some in
centive for them to live and they
would no doubt have been there yet.
It would have been better judge
‘ ment and more enjoyable if the Me
thodist God had fixed up a wireless
station so that Adam could have cal
led up headquarters and gotten per
mission to go out and prospect for a
hammer and saw, boards, a keg of
nails and a little baling wire that he
might have built himself a flivver and
perhaps a phonograph—after he had
made a kitchen table and a bedstead,
and driven in a few nails for Eve to
hang her fig leaves on. But, in some
unaccountable way, all of these es
sential things were overlooked and
all the poor devils had was just plen
ty of naked scenery, which, as has
since been learned, is damned poor
diet.
Now, seriously. Reverend, don’t you
think your Methodist God overlooked
many things when he made the world?
If, as you say, he made all things,
conducts and does all things, and is
all-wise, why do you get down on your
knees and ask him to change his
plans? Why do you have the gall to
attempt to advise him? Why do you
try to undo his work and go against
hig wishes?
If you believe what you preach, why
do you praise him for having stopped
the great war and fail to censure him
for having let it start in the first
place?
If you believe what you preach—
that your Methodist God is all-wise,
that He knows all things and does
all things, that He is charitable and
not a sparrow falls without bis notice
—why do you with your petty intel
lect try to undo His work by feeding
the starving Chinese?
No, Reverend, if you would stop to
think and reason a little —which hav
ing a brain that can contain but one
idea you can’t—you would know that
your Methodist God is a myth, a ven
unreasonable myth and not entitled
to a serious thought.
If you could only stop to think, you
would know that the condition in Chi
na is not a visitation of God but a
sore spot on the earth and that Na
ture in her cold-blooded positive way
is trying to heal it.
The people there have become so
numerous that the earth cannot sup
port them. They have grown up un
der such conditions of under-nourish
ment and privation that they are hu
man in form only and are of no more
importance to Nature than so many
rats, ana since there is no pleasure
in their existence it is best that they
should die.
And yet, Reverend, you claim that
your God created these teeming mil
lions, made the conditions, and then
used this awful method of undoing
His work—your loving, merciful char
itable God. My dear Reverend, what
a monstrous proposition!
My God is a much better and more
rational God, but you, being a man
of on© idea, I do not suppose that it
would be possible for me at your age
to convert you.
I do not intend to be sacriliglous
for I am strictly a religious person,
nor do I wish to ridicule as I have
much respect for everyone’s creed,
and only ask that I may be allowed to
have mine in peace and not
be burned at the stake, or forced ei
ther by law or custom to conform to a j
blind belief that will not stand analy-;
sis or reason.
I am perfectly willing that you'
should worship your Methodist Godl
and observe any Sabbath yr»M. choose,
and that others should worship what-1
ever God they may select whether it I
be the so-called Heathen God, the Sun.
an Alligator, a Sacred Cow. a Flame
of Fire or a Totem Pole: it Is all the
same to me and I only ask that you
won’t inject your religion and your
God into our governmental affairs,
and allow me the same privileges
that I accord to you.
You may condemn me to your Me
thodist hell if you want to, and ask
your God to see that I get there, just
so that you don’t have the power to
burn me at the stake while here on
earth!
My God is one of loving mercy, and
not of vengence. My God does not
claim that he can control the laws of
nature and change them at his will.
In fact, my God is one of every day;
common sense, and He tells me all the.
thousands of beliefs that have both
ered the minds of men since the first
one came to earth will not change one |
fact.
My God has but little respect for
the person who wallows around in '
the dust, who begs and whines and '
calls himself a worm: nor has he any]
respect for those who after living a
life of indulgence get scared at the'
last hour and take advantage of the I
bankruptcy act of Sin and claim to,
have their accounts, which are in the
red, evened up and their pages show
as well as the pages of those who
have practised self-denial all their j
lives and have made an effort to leave '
the world a little better for their hav
ing been in it. Nor has he any re- J
spect or liking for those who having [
been slapped on one cheek calmly
turn the other. He knows it never |
got anyone anywhere and that th've j
wt\o practice such a theory will never
accomplish anything in this life.
My God likes, and respects, and
favors the person who stands squarely
upon his two feet and will put up a
fight to a finish for what he honestly
deems to be right and just for him- ;
self and the world. He has no liking j
for those who leave everything to:
"George" but he does like the persons
who assert their independence in act I
and thought, and who are willing to
live and die according to their best
understanding of things as they are.
If there was no other reason for i
condemning the Methodist God, the
fact that he created and allowed to
remain on earth such fanatics, joy
killers and pests as the Rev. Henry
Bowiby and the Rev. Wilber Crafts
would be reason enough.
But we are more liberal, we do not
even hold the Methodist God account
able for such outrages as the Rever
ends Bowiby and Crafts, they are just
accidents like cooties and the itch
and can be eradicated by the use of
disinfectants and patience.
As I have said, I have respect for
everyone’s religious belief so long as i
it is not overbearing and offensive. If
it is true, it will survive: if It is ialse, *
it will pass away and be forgotten as 1
thousands already have and no laws
that can be enacted will save it.
It is extremely difficult, as we are ,
finding out, to enforce laws which are i
obnoxious to a large percentage of the I
people.
Most normal people make an effort
to obey all fundamental laws but
strongly resent any law which en
croaches upon their personal rights
and liberties.
They insist upon following the dic-
WEDNEDSAY, JANUARY 11, 1922
6IMT «T SHOSHONE Offl HULK BEADY
TO BE HARHESSEDJID PUT TO WORK
Will be Ready When Needed on Will
wood Project-High Praise Due Supt.
Sass for Big Engineering Feat
Remarkable progress Is being made
at the Shoshone Dam. The power
plant is well on the way to comple
tion.
In the power house, which is near
ly completed, two turbines have been
set, and are now ready to run. The
third unit will be placed when there
is need of it. An immense switch
board has been set up and is ready for
connections.
Electric generators will be set
above the turbines, and produce elec
tricity for the whole project. The
wiring has been temporarily suspend
ed in the canyon, until better weather
makes work easier.
The immense tunnel through which
the water will flow from the reser
voir to the turbines is finished. It is
lined with concrete with a minimum
thickness of eighteen inches. This
concrete lining is in perfect align
ment, and is very smooth. In fact,
great credit is due to Superintendent
R. V. Sass for an unusually fine job
in this work. Friction has been re
duced to a minimum, and there is
nothing to hinder the freest flow of
water from dam to turbines.
At the power house end of the tun
nel, pipe is built into the hole for
fifty feet, to guard against bursting of;
the rock through unusual pressure.
at any time. This pipe, through which “
a man can walk upright with ease,
leads to the power units. There are j
three branches of pipes, through'
through which water flows to the ■
three turbines. Only two of these
have been installed, but all prepara
tion has been made for the third.
The water, after propelling the tur
bines, is discharged through pipes
under the surface of the river. Os
course, there will be more water than
the turbines will require. This excess
is taken care of by a small tunnel
which leads out to the river, and
I thi Jugh which will run constantly as
I much water as the town of Cody can
possibly use. Thus no trouble will be
caused down the river by any changes
!in operation of the power plant.
, Water Is introduced into the tun
’ nel through two pipes that lead
WHY HE DROVE THIRTY
MILES TO CODY MILL
—— ,
When asked by The Enterprise if'
he Intended to reply to Mr. Johnston’s 1
last letter in regard to the mill situ-,
ation, Mr. Hogg replied, "Nothing
doing! I’m through writing letters; ’
but Mr. Johnston’s remarks about I
the comparative liberality of our mill 1
and the Byron mill are certainly
amusing in the light of an incidei. 4
which occurred at our mill a 1
weeks ago.
"A farmer living somewhere south I
east of Powell, 10 miles from Byron
drove in with a load of wheat and j
learning he could not trade it in for.
flour upon the old basis was much ■
disappointed. ’Why,’ said he, T can 1
trad© it in on that basis at the Byron I
mill and it’s much nearer my house ■
too.’ Well,’ we replied, ‘guess you I
had better do that, for we can’t do
any better for you.’ To which our
farmer answered: ‘I would, but 1
can’t use that d—n flour after I get
It.’
"He finally traded with us."
Mrs. Carl Downing returned to
Cody on Monday.
tates of their own conscience as to
what is right or wrong and feel and
believe when this privilege is taken
from them they are no longer a free
people.
Every State in the Union has a law
in reference to Sunday and everyone
of them is wrong in principle. If peo
ple cannot be taught and convinced
by logic that it is better for them
and for everyone to observe the Sab
bath then it never can be done by
law.
Sunday laws could be made and
may be, and enough men found to en
force them, to arrest and lock up
those who refused to obey them, but
all the laws which could be enacted
and all the persecution to which the
law-breakers might be subjected,
would have no effect other than mak
ing the offenders bitter and revenge
ful.
It is curious that fanatics will not
learn from experience but insist upon
making their religion so intolerable
that they drive good people away.
If ever we are obliged to go through
another spasm of religious intoler
ance, it will be the end of the Chris
tian religion as it is practiced today.
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ISSUED WEEKLY
through the dam. Connecting these
with the tunnel is proving difficult,
for it is necessary to have no water
at the face of the dam, and yet to al
low Cody its water right
Twice a cofferdam has been con
structed, and twice the backwash
from the discharge pipe has washed
it away. Now it is necessary to break
the spillway to allow the proper
amount of water to go down the rivjr.
Water discharged through this break
will not Interfere with the work at the
dam proper.
When connections are made, the
spillway will be repaired, and water
let through the regular pipes.
After the powerhouse is running,
the pipes through which water is at
present discharged down the river
will be blocked up, and all water forc
ed to go through the power plant or
over the spillway.
A pump house hag been built at the
foot of the dam, by means of which
the water will be removed from the
cofferdam when all is ready. Thera
are four pumps here, three for con
stant use, and one for auxiliary use.
Concrete work on the power house
has been temporarily suspended be
cause of Inclement weather. But
forms are up to finish the walls. The
whole building will be of reinforced
concrete, and the walls will reach
ninety-eight feet above the river. The
■ roof will be of concrete also, and cov
ered with five feet of earth and rock,
' to act as a cushion against falling
rock.
Practically all work is being done
in the canyon. The casual observer
would have no idea that there were
135 men employed in the work. Only
, about twenty are to be seen along the
road.
Superintendent Sass, who is in
charge of all the construction, is welt
satisfied with the progress being
made, and is confident that power
I will be available for the project when
it is needed.
When the dudes come through to
the Park, next spring, the plant will
be completed, and in operation.
NEW LAW LIGHTENS
CONSUMER’S LOAD
A Grand and Glorious Feelin’
to Buy a Soda Without Giv
ing Up a War Tax
A ride on a railroad train or an in
land or coastwise steamer will no
longer cost you 8 per cent of the fam
and 8 per cent of the cost of your seat,
berth, or stateroom.
Your shipment of freight will not be
assessed an additional 3 per cent of
i the cost. You can ship packages by
express or parcel post without having
to give up a “war tax.”
You will escape the stamp taxes
I when you go to the corner drug store
for a tube of tooth paste, a toilet pre
paration, or the like.
The soda fountain will no longer
take a penny for each 10 cents or frac
tion thereof you pay for a drink or a
dish of ice cream.
If you buy a pair of shoes that cost
more than $lO you will no (as you
have in the past) have to pay a war
tax. Neither will you be forced to
donate on a shirt that costs more
than $3. These and all of the other
“luxury” taxes on clothing, umbrellas,
trunks, sunshades, picture frames,
valises, pocketbooks, etc., go into ths
discard.
If you go to the movie show you
will not be assessed a panny tax. If
the charge of the show is more than
10 cents you will pay the present rate
of a cent for each 10 cents or fraction.
COUNTY CLERK
ISSUES AS MANY
LICENSES AS EVER
In spite of the ruling of Attorney
General Walls, County Clerk Rous
seau has demanded medical certlfi-
I cates from all male applicants for
| marriage licenses.
The number of applicants, however,
?ays Mr. Rousseau, has not decreased
because of this. The average of six
a month before the law went into
effect has been maintained. Last
month six licenses were issued.
The people who went to Montana
always did so, for they regard it as
a lark, or a surprise to their friends,
or some such prank.