The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., February 08, 1922, Image 1

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

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Founded In 1888 by Col.
W. F. Cody (“Buffalo
Bill”) arid Col. Peake.
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VOL. XXIII. NO. 27
EPISML CHURCH WILL CONTINUE
TB USE FERMENTED WINE FOR SERVICES
Spunkey Rector Declares That He Will Not Use
Grape Juice —Make His Own First And Go
To Jail If It Is Necessary.
It was rumored recently that mem
bers of the local W. C. T. U. had wait
ted upon Dr. Blaskie and asked him
to substitute giape Juice for farment
-ed wine in his communion service.
Dr. Blaskie says that this has not
happened and he would not comply
In any event —if he had to go behind
the bars for making his own commun
ion wine.
While Dr. Blaskie is no White Hope,
he has the spirit of one and what he
lacks In stature he makes up in cour
age and independence of thought and
undoubtedly means what he says.
In view of the intention of the pro
hibitionists to make grape juice for
church purposes compulsory, the fol
lowing editorial from The Freeman, a
magazine edited by Samuel Jay Nock,
is interesting.
Mr. Nock Is recognized as one of
the clearest thinkers and most fear
less writers of the day among literary
folk while his magazine ranks with
The Nation and Outlook.
S. A. Nock who has been in charge
of The Enterprise for some time is
Mr. Nock's son.
“This paper hears with pleasure of
the plans proposed by prohibition en-
EAMPin fIGHTING
HARB FOR NIS LIFE
Woman in Case Refuses to Tes
tify--Sheriff Koncks Prison
er Unconscious W'th
Six-Shooter
Bert Lampitt appeared in the wit-'
mess chair for himself on Wednes-1
xlay afternoon and according to latest
reports, the genreal impression was
that he proved a good witness for
himself. This was the first time that
Lampitt has spoken since the defense
took the floor on Tuesday afternoon I
at three o’clock. Mr. W. L. Simpson
said over the phone Wednesday night
that he expected the case to be con
cluded by Saturday.
Spectators in the crowded court
room were treated to a mild form of
■excitement on Saturday when a large
portion of explosive matter consist
ing mostly of nitro-glycerine was
brought before Judge Metz who real
izing the danger of the powder, order
•ed it removed immediately from the
court house and city.
On his way back to Jail on Satur
day, after having been in court. Lam
pitt was ordered searched by Sheriff
Holdrege who ordered him to throw
up his hands. Lampltt hesitated for
an instant and fell unconscious from
a blow on the head from the sheriff’s
gun.
The State’s chief witness, Helen
"Lee, who was erpected to appear on
Monday is in Kansas and refused to
•come to the trial. Her testimony in
the preliminary hearing was read to
the Jury, and indicated that her
friendship for Lampitt was platonic.
Wiliam Murray of our own Cody
Trading Company testified that last
April he had sold a fuse and quantity
of explosives to Lampltt, and Attor
ney Simpson in his opening state
ment for the defense said that it
would be shown that this purchase
intended for use in blasting opera
tions near Cody, had been returned
to the Cody Trading Company.
A feature of the trial was the blow
ing up of a shack similar to that in
which Foight was murdered to see
the effects of the explosion, with Joe
Jones, expert powder man watching
developments.
The testimony on Saturday proved
the most sensational of the case so
far. A. W. Peek, in charge of the
gas production in the Salt Creek field
qualified as an expert on explosives
and in answer to the hypothetical
question of the State expressed the
opinion that the explosion on Grass
Creek was caused by a high explosive
and could not have been caused by
natural gas. Other authorities on ex
plosives testified similarly.
It seems only the other day that Co
dy people could look out of a window
and see Bert Lampltt dashing around
the streets, mounted on a soap box
net in the front of Ills peculiar little
flivver In which he also used to take
part in races at the Fair.
Old Timers remember him as a
bright, young looking man until about
the tlmo of the murder of “Doc” Ash,
ahot in his home by a trap gun, and
which crime many believed Lampitt
was mixed up in owning to Jealously
dfie Cody Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
forcement officers to do away with
fermented wine for sacramental pur
poses. Whatever anyone can do to
make prohibition even more pedicul
ous and odious than it now is should
be heartily welcomed; and this move
seems calculated with no little ingen
uity to have this beneficent effect, for
if the thing is pressed, two powerful
ecclesiastical bodies, at least —the Ro
man Catholic and Protestant Episco
pal—will probably rise up en masse
and see what’s what. The general
effect of prohibition has been to redis
tribute and enhance tho profits of the
liquor industry, by diverting traffic
from regular to irregular channels. It
I has subverted self respect, created
’ overnight several million habitual
criminals, promoted the sale and use
, of deleterious and frequently poison
, ou° liquors, erected graft and black
i mail into a stunevdous national insti
' tution, and found lucrative political
I berths for myriads of the very lowest
| order of human beings, 1. e. persons
i who are willing, for the sake of mon
| ey, and chiefly illicit at that, to be
come spies, sneaks, informers, med-
J dlers, blackmailers and embracers.’’
BLACK COYOTE CAUGHT
NEAR MEETEETSE
I When the Meeteetse stage drove in-|
ito Cody on Tuesday, there was |
: among its passengers a man with a
| black coyote. This is the famous
black wolf espied so many times re
cently by trappers of the Greybull
country, and was finally trapped dur
ing the week. The animal which has
a coat more like a police dog than
that of a coyote, is almost Jet black
| with the exception of a white chest.
I and is certainly a unique souvenir
| to be found in this country.
POPULAR “HELLO GIRL”
MARRIED IN BILLINGS
Miss Mary Reiley, known well to
all Cody residents as the girl who
1 says “number please” almost every
time one picks up the phone, was mar
ried In Billings on Saturday to Lloyd
Evans, related to all the other Evans
boys, and who is employed at the
Ford Service Station here in Cody.
The ceremony which was performed
at high noon by Father Pettit at St.
Patrick’s Church was followed by a
luncheon at the home of the bride’s
aunt, Mrs. H. Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans have been vis
iting for a few days since their mar
riage at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Mendenhall in Billings but ar
rived in Cody Wednesday where they
will make their home, and were enter
talned Wednesday evening at a party
given by Miss Grace Lambert. Mrs.
Evans will continue for a while in the
employmert of the Telephone Com
pany.
The Enterprise joins with their
many friends in wishing the happy
newly-weds everything that is usual
ly wished in such cases.
Clinker Explodes And
Blows Janitor Endways
John Whalen, the high echool jani
tor at Wheatland, Wyoming, i£ of an
inquiring not to say scientific turn of
I mind.
While fishing around in the bot
tom of the furnace John found a
clinker which interested him. He
thought he would break it open and
see what was inside of it. While he
was examining it minutely the clinker
broke Itself open.
It exploded with such terrific force
that It blew John heels over head
backward, blew a hole in the floor of
the high school and blew itself to a
powder.
The worst of ft is, John will never
know what was inside the clinker.
over a girl as in the present case, and
that within two years after the mur
der of Ash, Lampitt appeared to age
quickly.
It is said that he never takes a
drink, smokes or even drinks tea or
Coffee, but it is a curious fact that
that in using his hands, such as tying
knots, the yshake like one with the
palsy. Men who have been in the
mountains with him say that It would
lie Impossible for anyone to ever
sneak up on Lampltt because he
seemed always on the alert.
The State has proved conclusively
that tho explosion was not due to gas.
This was intended to be Lampitt's de
fense.
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
This is What Abraham Lincoln
Said of Prohibition
p ROHIBITION will work great in
jury to the cause of temperance.
It is a species of intemperance with
in itself, for it goes beyond the bounds
of reason, in that it attempts to con
trol a man’s appetite by legislation
and makes a crjme out of things that
are not crimes. A prohibition law
strikes a blow at the very principles
on which our government was found
ed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
MRS. ■) PAVHE MIIFi KEEN
Oil MAKING STATUE 0 F BUFFALO BILL
Famous American Sculptor Informs Col. Arthur
Little and W. R. Coe That She Would Be
Delighted To Have Commission.
A statue of Buffalo Bill done by I
Mrs. Harry P. Whitney was a sugges
tion which came from Col. A. W. Lit-1
tie before he left for the East last!
Fall and it immediately appealed toI
the fancy of everyone to whom it was
mentioned.
CoL Little was one of a committee
of three appointed by the Cody Club
to look into the matter of spending
the <5,000 appropriated by the State
for a suitable memorial for Col. Cody.
He wri* *hat Mrs. Whitney will
accept the . jmission and that such
a statue would cost in the neighbor
hood of 950,000.
W. R. Coe who was also asked re
cently to communicate with Mrs.
Whitney writes that she would be de
lighted to consider the work which
appeals to her strongly.
That a statue of Buffalo Bill done
CARL THOMSON
TAKEN BY OFFICERS
Captured With Still and Fresh
ly Set Mash South of Cody.
As the paper goes to press it is
learned that Carl Thomson who has a
ranch 18 miles South of Cody has
been taken by prohibition officers.
It is said that they have been
camped in the hills for some time
watching him in the suspicion that
he was making moonshine.
On Wednesday night Sheriff Davis
and Deputy Cullen followed the hors
es tracks into the mountains and
found Thomson with two fifty gallon
stills in operation and a large quan
tity of whiskey and mash.
Carl is in the County jail.
HELLO ! IS IT COLD
ENOUOGH FOR YOU.
If Not, Read About The Winter
When The Thermometer
Broke at 58 Below.
When folk?, are feeling chilly and
complaining of the cold at only ten or
twelve below, they should get out the
scrap-book and read what the ther
mometer said in the winter of 87-88
when the mercury froze and cattle
died with their noses in the feed
racks.
Practically every herd of cat Ho in
I the country was greatly reduced or
entirely wiped out. A crust came ov
! er the deep snow and without feed,
| stock that otherwise might have pul-
I led through, weakened and died.
i On Friday, the 13th of January, the
mercury did not get above 9 below all
day and the next morning, the 14th,
every thermometer registered its ca
pacity and at 58 degrees froze up or
broke.
I The following is the record for cold
Iby a world famous woman sculptor
like Mrs. Whitney would be a won
derful thing for Cody goes without
saying.
I Travelers go many miles out of
; their way to see the famous statues
j of Europe and there is no question but
that a great piece of work such as
j Mrs. Whitney could be relied upon to
produce would make Qody tjie mecca
of tourists from every section.
Admittedly, $50,000 is rather appal
ling but there might be some plan
worked out whereby it could be made
a national affair, like the Roosevelt
Memorial, or turned over to persons
who make a business of raising mon
ey for similar purposes.
This is something worth while and
not beyond the range of posibllities
and The Enterprise for one is willing
to make an effort to see what can be
accomplshed.
FIRE IN POWELL
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
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Dentist Making Teeth Starts a
Blaze—Pipes Frozen and
No Water for Firemen
A fire started in the office of Dr.
Ice, a Powell dentist, at six o’clock
Monday night which burned all the
upper floors of the buildings between
there and the post office.
The fixtures of the Powell National
Bank were practically ruined by fire
and water.
Dr. Baldwin, a chiropractor, lost
everything including a fine X-ray ma
chine.
A tailor shop was destroyed as well
as the furniture of the room O'cupied
by the American Legion.
It was half an hour before any wa
ter could be gotten, owing to frozen
pipes so the fire made rapid headway.
The dentist was making gold
crowns using a gasoline engine for
the purpose when It exploded, flying
all over the room ‘which was a sheet
of flame instantly.
METHODIST CHURCH
SHELTERS “MOON” STILL
Ixiuisville, Ky., Jan 28„ —A still was
unearthed today in the basement of
the Methodist Church of Utica, Ind.
Filmore James had gone to get the
church warm for tomorrow when his
grandfather’s funeral is to be held.
While searching for kindling he found
a moonshine manufacturing plant
which was turned over Immediately to
the sheriff. —Billings Gazette.
weather in Wyoming since the white
man came.
January 12, 15 below,
January 13, 32 below.
January 14, 55 to 60 below.
January 15, 50 below.
January 16, 46 below
January 17, 40 below.
January 18, 13 below*.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1922
PARK ROADS BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE
NOT FOR TRANSPORTATION CO. ALONE.
Cody Citizen Protests Against Ruling Which
Deprives Local People of Right to Take
Paid Passengers Through Yellowstone.
Cody, Wyoming, Feb. 6, 1922.
The Yellowstone Transportation Co.
ant the Monopoly of Yellowstone
National Park
First: should said transportation
company have the right to the exclu
sive monopoly? I should say, must
emphatically not, nor has any other
company.
The National Parks of the United
States were acquired or set aside by
Congress for the benefit and enjoy
ment of the people; and as such Na
tional Parks have been developed and
are being maintained by the people;
and the object in assigning National
Park administration to an Executive
Department of the federal govern
ment was unquestionably to insure
their free and unhampered use to the
present, and preservation for the fu
ture generations of our people.
And it was further clearly the in
tention of Congress to prevent mon
opolization and to protect the public
in the freest use, benefit and enjoy
ment of all such National Parks; and
regardless of the intention of Con
gress when said Parks were set aside
for the use of the people, monopolies
of transportation and hotels have
“GRANDPA” MURRAY
KILLED HIMSELF GO
ING TO FUNERALS
“Grandpa” Murray, who is 107 years
old, has enjoyed himself for fifty of
them going to funerals.
Stationed at the gate of Trinity
cemetery in New York City he has
followed the processions that entered
for that length of time and raised
his spirits, when blue and depressed,
by watching the mourners.
Last week, however, there was so
many funerals and so much going on
Inside the cemetery that he ran him
self down, he “overdid.” as the phase
is, and collapsed so that ft? had to
be taken to Bellevue hospital in an
ambulance where it is stated his next
funeral wll be his own.
Misery Loves Company, Jake!
Poplar Bluff, Mo. —William Pember
ton, who several days ago was indis
creet enough to offer Clyde Hogs and
William Sims, deputy sheriffs, a drink
of moonshine whisky from a bottle in
his pocket, has suffered for his indis
cretion to the extent of ninety days in i
jail.
EVERYBODY’S DOIN’ IT
IN BUTTE, MONTANA
Butte, Mont. —Butte’s sewers are
blocked by large deposits of moon- ■
shine mash, including prune seeds,
rye, barley, raisins, corn and cherry j
| pits. City Engineer Henry J. Wieger
-1 stein said today. Home brewers he
concludes, are using sewers for garb
age cans to avoid possible detection
of their illegal traffic. Six lines of
hose are being used to flush the de
bris.
Gas Franchise Comes
Up Before Council
At the regular monthly meeting of
the ity Council, held last Monday
Evening at the Town Hall, Mr. Me-
Faddin and Mr. Sellery representing
the Ohio Oil Company, pres nted the
gas franchise before tho Board.
The clerk read it through and it!
sounded as if Cody would certainly
get something mighty good if it is
adopted.
In view of the fact that the fran
chise must be submitted to the Gen
eral Utilities Commission of the I
State before being accepted bv May
or Cox, the Monday meeting of the
City Council was voted to be carried
over until next week, when more de
finite steps can be taken in connec
tion.
MARY’S A FIGHT
FAN AT 102 YEARS
Sioux City, lowa.—Although 102
years of age, Mrs. Mary Convey of
Omaha. Nebr., stil is an ardent fl?ht
fan. She arrived here yesterday from
Omaha for the specific purpose of
seeing the Moore-McArthur bout from
the ringside tonight. Mrs. Convey be
came a fight fan, she said, when she
was a girl in Ireland. She remembers
seeing many famous bouts.
Henry* Sayles pitched in again from
the Pitchfork or thereabouts, on Sat
urday.
$ Pages
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ISSUED WEEKLY
been established. Neither the Secre
tary of the Interior nor anyone
i authority to charter a monopoly and.
! the transportation monopoly in any
j National Park is illegal and unfriend-
I ly to public rights.
The Yellowstone Transportation.
• Company claims to have the monop.
! oly of the transportation in the Yel
; lowstone National Park and are ex
; ercising that right, and I would sug
gest right her that if said transporta,-
| tion company has a right to tne con
cessions that we should change the
name of said Park to read thus: “The
Yellowstone Transportation Park.”
i We admit that said transportation
| company is good enough to allow peo
ple who have their own cars to visit
the Park, providing they give the
transportation company the right ot
way at all times. In other words,
high-tail-it for a siding the minute you
see or hear a transportation bus.
The roads in the National Park®
were built by the people; they are
public roads and anyone has a right
to use them for business or pleasure.
The public has an inalienable right
to the public road. Public roads can
(Continued on page 5)
'BOH BUSMESS'
BOES NOT™ CO.’
Herald’s Statement an Exag
geration-Taxpayers Will
Pay Well for Prohi
bition Enforcement
A rancher, some time since, asked
Sant Watkins as County Commission
er, to repair a- county bridge which,
tiie rancher, used constantly. Thn
repairs would have cost in the neigh
borhood of sls. Watkins i eplied that
the County could not afford it. It had
no money.
Mr. Watkins was one of those most
active in recalling the jury to try the
liquor cases which otherwise would
have gone over until the next term of
court. This was Judge Metz’s wish
and intention, owing to the fact that
he had seven murder cases waiting
to be tried in Hot Springs County,
and other reasons.
He acquiesed however, and just one
conviction was secured out of a long
docket.
The Herald now comes out with
I the statement: "Booze Business Pay®
I County.”
What is the purpose of this mls
| representation and * exaggeration?
Why does Mr. Newton attempt to de
! lude the people in this fashion? Doe®
he hope to make them believe that
it does not cost money to humor a
group of people with whom enforce
ment of the prohibition law has be
come an obsession?—persons who
have grown so fanatical on this sub
ject that they are willing that bridg
es and roads should go neglected
while they spend their time and th®
taxpayers’ money trying to “get”
somebody transporting a pint of
moonshine?
To date $1,200 in fines at the re
cent term have been collected with
small prospect of collecting S4OO
more which Mr. Newton hag included
when figuring the profits to the coun
ty.
He has also included in his figuring
a fine of $350 from the county’s single
conviction, Winnie Nott. As a matter
of fact Winnie Nott will come closer
to costing the county that amount in
stead of paying it into the treasury*
since he has no money and will prob
ably spend a year in jail in lieu of
payment.
The same may be said of Green of
Powell whose fine of $75 was includ
ed in the profits of the county. Mr.
Green also decided to eat at the ex
pense of the taxpayers so he is not
an asset but a liability.
Instead of adding these fine®
amounting to $425 Mr. Newton should
subtract them from the “profits.”
which makes some little difference.
What Tony Stupor’s car will bring
remains to be seen but there is little
doubt in the mind of any taxpayer
who takes the trouble to investigate
that, instead of the recall of this Jury
“paying the county” will result In an
expense of several hundred dollars.
The Enterprise is not gloating over
the fact that this is true, for it, too, is
a taxpayer, but It sees no reason why
the public should be misled by exag
geration into thinking that it is not
paying well for the enforcement of
the prohibition law.