The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., April 19, 1922, Image 1

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

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EVERYBODY READS THE ENTERPRISE—EVEN IF THEY BORROW IT!
*
Founded In 1899 by Col.
W. F. Cody (“Buffalo
Bill") and Col. Peake.
VOL XXIII. NO 37
CHANGE OF SENTIMENT TOWARD DRY
LAW SHOWN BY NATION-WIDE CANVASS
Magazine’s Questionnaire Brings Astonishing Replies From
Every Strata of Society—Overwhelmingly
Against Prohibition.
Thoc- vho nonchalantly aaeert that
no one except criminate, tanka and
moral perverts generally are opposed
to the present prohibition law and the
methods of Its enforcement, will find
some interesting and illuminating
reading in a summary of nation-wide
-opinion published in Leslie’s Weekly
tor April 15.
That widely read magazine the first
•of the year put out what it termed
a "National Prohibition Question-1
nalre” and since that time has been
receiving replies from tens of thou
sands of American citizens all over
Xhe country. The respondents to the
questionnaire, far from being “nim
hounds" and "rough-necks," com
prised, In the magazine’s own words,
-every stratum of society except the
totally illiterate, and almost every
trade, business and profession,” add
ing that “The returns have been ex
htfustlvely representative.” *
The questionnaire and its responses
were carefully compiled and summar
ized by Samuel Hopkins Adams, one
•of the country’s leading journalists
a-nd a man whose const, .n’i-jusness
auu ability are absolutely aboru ques
lion.
The ratio of expressions of opiaton
•upon the ten questions included in
the questionnaire-exclusive of the
small number which were no i comniit
tri—was as follows:
-Are you in sympathy with National
Prohibition ?” per cent
Yes $2,873
No 66.762
—So far as you can observe, la Prohi
bition being successfully enforced In
your community ?” pct.
Yes ..........13.447
State Game Warden
Discusses New Plans
Will Try To Split Jackson’s Hole
Elk Herd-Would Like To See
Caribou On Preserve. .
“I am strongly opposed to any plan
Io feed hay to elk in winter,” said
Bruce Nowlin, the newly appointed
State Game Warden who has been In
■Cody for a couple of days consulting
with various persons upon the game
situation in this section.
“Grass is their natural feed and
there is plenty of grass if the bands
•can be more evenly distributed.
“What we hope, and mean to do, if
possible, is to split the Jackson Hole
herd and send about 2,000 head over
here to winter and 2,000 over on the
Wind River range. This will relieve
the situation In Jackson Hole where
they concentrate and where it was ne
cessary to buy $9,000 worth of hay for
them this winter.
“This can be done by throwing open
the country toward the Tetons for
hunting. If they are shot at over
there they will naturally split and
drift toward the Shoshone and Wind ,
River countries.
“The elk are reported to be in good
-condition on Elk Fork in spite of ono
•of the worst winters that has been
known for a long time. If they can
get through this winter, any ordinary
winter will see them fat in the spring.
“The late hunting season was a most
'disastrous thing for the elk and the
■chief cause of the great losses in the
past. They were held back in the
mountains by the hunters until the
first of December, then a big storm
would come and they could not get
•down to the lower country.
“Now, the season not only ends the
15th of November but the department
has the power to end it at any time
It deems advisable on account of wea
ther conditions.
“There was never more interest in
the game than there is at present.
Rod and Gun Clubs are forming and
all are working for the one purpose
•of preserving the game for the State
and posterity. In Sheridan their Club
has 400 members. The support of
such organizations means a great
deal to us.”
It is Mr. Nowlin’s ambition to Intro
duce a greater variety of game ani
mate and birds into the hunting coun-
Ofie Cody Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
No 82.449
"In your neighborhood, among your
personal acquaintances, has drinking
Increased or decreased?” pct.
Increased 55.257
Decreased 29.076
"Do you favor stricter Prohibition en
forcement laws or a modification of
the present laws?" pct.
Stricter Enforcement 24.045
Modification 71.640
"Do yon believe that ‘bootleggers are
making large sums of money?” pct.
Yes 77.606
N <> 16.602
"Do you personally know people who
did not drink liquor before Prohibition
who do so now?” pct
Yes 66.602
No 33.018
"Have you personal knowledge of
young men and girls who. before Pro
hibition. did not drink liquor and are
now doing so in public places?” pvt.
Yes .....53.201
No 37.804
"Do you believe that allowing people
to drink beer and light wines would,
to. any extent, reduce the amount of
‘hard’ liquor consumed?” pct.
Yes 67.392
No 28.685
"In your opinion, does the present sit
uation dangerously threaten our insti
tutions by breeding disrespect for
laws?” pct.
Yes 73.151
. No 17.704
"Is the practice of carrying liquor ‘on
the hip, increasing or decreasing in
your neighborhood?" pct.
Increasing 52.463
Decreasing 27.246
(Continued on Page 5) '
BEST BACK YARDS
WILLWINPRIZES
Tourist Leaves Check For SSO
With Enterprise As Incentive
For Cody Folk to Spruce Up
A visitor to Cody who prefers to
remain anonymous, has left a check
for SSO with the Enterprise which is
to be divided into prizes for the three
best looking back yards in town this
summer.
It will be distributed in amounts cf
$25, sls, $lO.
With a few exceptions, the back
yards of Cody are not conspicuous
for their beauty and this fact so im
pressed the visitor, with whom
attractive backyards are ’somewhat of
a hobby, that the money was left as an
incentive to make some improve
ments.
So here is a chance for ambitious
youngsters and grown-ups to earn
some money and at the same time do
their bit toward making Cody a more
sightly town and adding to the value
of their property.
Flower and garden seeds do not
cost much and an hour or two a day
will do wonders.
try. He would like to see caribou
brought in and believes that they
would thrive here as well as farther.
north.
He also feels that the money the j
game earns in the way of licenses
should not be turned into the gener
al fund atf at present, but used for
the game’s protection and benefit.
It is obvious that there are not
enough game wardens when one con
siders the territory which Carley
Downing is expected to cover and the
number or hunters each season. The
Forest Rangers, however, have the
authority to make arrests for game
violations and every licensed guide is
now a deputy game warden.
It is evident that Mr. Nowlin is
keen’y interested In his work and feels
the responsibility which has been
placed upon him.
Al Thomas came in town on Satur
day to help Bill Leatherman get mar
ried.
Latest quotation on moonshine is
said to be fifteen from moonshiners
and twenty from bootleggers. Cut
out the middleman.
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
As Seek From The Wer-Won
We have observed that the publish
ers of “dry” newspapers invariably
eelect a “wet” section when they take
a vacation. Note Mr. Hanway of the
Casper Tribune touring the Bermu
das.
Till
Jeff Chapman states that it has been
a dull week on Hart Mountain. He
has neither been arrested nor had a
call from the Sheriff for ten days.
1111
A headline in a state newspaper
reads: "Wets Howl For Repeal of U.
S. Dry Amendment.” What do they |
call that noise the prohibitionists
have been making for fifty years or
more?
1111
It pays tc be a reformer: the Rev.
John H. Williamson gets SIO,OOO as a
prohibition law enforcer in Chicago
and the Chief of Police draws SB,OOO.
All the chief has to do is to cope with
burglars, highway robbers, bombers
and murderers, so his job is a sine
cure compared to that of the Rev.
Williamson’s upon whose shoulders
rests the responsibility of seeing that
nobody gets a drink.
1111
In addition to submarine chasers, a
screen of fast ships, airplane fleets
oft the coast of Florida and on the
Canadian border, the prohibition offi
cers are now planning to add armored
automobiles to the equipment of the
prohibition forces.
This news item should be of Interest
to farmers who have taken their chil
dren out of school to help pay their
taxes.
1111
Representative James Gallivan of
Massachusetts suggested that instead
of scuttling the navy they hand it
over to Haynes, Prohibition Enforce
ment Commissioner. He said on the
floor of the House last week:
“Some of the gentlemen who are
so enthusiastic about scrapping the
navy that fights for and defends the
whole country, are looking on compla
cently while congress votes millions
to help organize another navy to fight
for one particular factional issue in
this country.. They are ready to re
duce the navy of the United States
and increase the prohibition navy—
they call it the rum-running navy,
commanded by the prohibition com
missioners, instead of the President
of the United States.
“The rum-running navy bids fair to
take the place of the United States
navy because you will not dare refuse
its request for morn millions when
ever asked.”
1111
While prosecuting a liquor case in
Omaha, Nebraska, Charles Kubat, as-
LET COIINCIIHEN RESIGN AND
STRAIGHTEN ETECTION TAHOE
Our municiple election muddle, due
to the ambiguity of the statutes, has
just one rational, economical and
amicable solution.
Let our public spirited councilmen,
Messrs Hayden and Johnson, the
validity of whose terms is in question,
resign. Then it might be the privi
lege of the people of Cody to re-elect
them under the new law.
if they do not resign it means ex
pensive litigation. And if by any
WILL WORK NEW
ROAD ARBOR DAY
Business Houses to Close And
Highway South Os River Will
Be Put In Shape For Travel
The road from Cody to Frost’s
Cave on the south side of the Shosho
ne river will be open for automobile
travel by the end of April. Such is
the edict of the Cody Club, which took
final action in the matter at its week
ly luncheon, Monday.
Incidentally, Arbor Day. April 27,
has been declared a local good roads
day and a general outpouring of the
citizens of the town is called for to
put the finishing touches on this im
portant highway. All business hous
es are requested to close on that day
I sistant county attorney, gesticulated
so vigorously that he dislocated his
right arm. The opposing attorney
pulled it back into place for him. The
defendant was convicted.
11 11
Carl Jackson, Federal Prohibition
Director of Wyo., and M. C. Wachtel
were in town last week. We thought
they would drop in and have a cup of
tea with us, but they didn’t.
1111
Every now and then we are told in
Mr. Newton’s columns that the pros
ecution of the liquor cases is a lucra
tive business and the bootleggers and
moonshiners now filling the jail are
a source of revenue to the county.
The taxpayers should hope so with
the expenses of the sheriff’s office
amounting to $984.19 for the month of
March.
This sum includes the salaries of
the sheriff, his deputies, their expens
es, and the board of the prisoners
paid to Mrs. T. P. Cullen.
1111
With the little item of $984.19 for
maintaining the sheriff’s offee for one:
month staring us in the face, we turn I
to the new report of the State Exam
iner for 1921 which sets forth the cost |
of government in the counties of Wy
oming.
Therein we note that the cost of
maintaining Sheriff Davis’ office last
year was $6,282.53, or $629.82 more
than it cost Big Horn county, the pop
ulation of which is nearly double that
of Park county.
It cost Park county $3,809.11 more
to maintain its sheriff’s office than it
cost Washakie County.
The only county in the basin paying
i out more for its sheriff’s office than
I Park County was Hot Springs County
with seven murders on its court cal
endar.
The cost of the sheriff’s office to
the four counties in the basin is given
by the State Examiner as follows:
Hot Springs County $10,961.17
Park County 6,282.53
Big Horn County 5,652.71
' Washakie County 2,473.42
1111
Here’s something from Miss Vera
Kackley of the Sheridan Post which
would make the most blase editor
grin with pleasure, to say nothing of
the young and ingenuous publishers
of the Enterprise:
“In my work as reporter and society
editor for the past three years, 1 have
had considerable vrork on the ex
change table, and I unhesitatingly
claim that the Cody Enterprise is the
best paper published jn the state —
excepting the Sheridan Dally Post, <sf
course.
chance the courts should decide that
their terms legally continue for ano
ther year, then there would be the
added necessity and expense of a
special election every two years in
order to make the terms of office of
councilmen coincide with the provis
ions of the statutes.
We are sure such broad minded
men as Messrs. Hayden and Johnson
will not put this community to such
trouble and expense.
and every one turn out and work on
this road. Workers are asked to
bring their lunches and coffee and
other trimmings will be served on the
grounds.
A big day generally is anticipated,
and it is expected that a large amount
of work will be accomplished.
Work on the road in the canyon
was begun early this week by a force
of men under the supervision of Pat
Kelley, who is contributing his work
to the enterprise. These men are
now blasting away rock and using a
road construction outfit to accomplish
the heavier work on the project.
It Is expected that a universal re
sponse from the townspeople will be
met with on Arbor Day and that the
new road will be a reality before the
end of the month.
While taking an active part in the
initiation of candidates in a local
lodge last week, somebody inadvert
ently shot William Bahr with a blank
cartridge at close range in the left
flank. William has been “just stand
ing around” since the accident.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19th, 1922.
GREAT POWER PLANT AT SHOSHONE
DAM IS PUT INTO OPERATION SUNDAY
Two Units Now Installed Will Develop 3,200 Horsepower and
Will Supply Electricity Throughout the Basin
-■First Current Goes To Powell.
At one o’clock last Sunday after
noon the first unit of the big power
plant at the Shoshone dam, 8 miles
west of Cody, was put in operation.
The event was quite an auspicious
one, as it marked the opening of one
of the biggest electric power projects
in the West.
The big turbine and attached gen
erator started off without a hitch and
within five minutes after the water
was turned on was running at maxi
mum speed.
The first unit to be put in operation
is one of two now in place, each cap
able of generating 1,600 horsepower.
The second unit will be ready to oper
ate within the next ten days ind the
two will be used alternately as occa
sion requires.
The current is now being used un
der a test load, but abdut the middle
of the week the first commercial use
of the juice will be made when the,
Loses Arm In
Oats Crusher
Wayne Lewis Lies Half Hour
After Accident At Coe Ranch;
Engine Drowns Cries.
A shocking accident occhrred at the
Hoodoo Ranch on Monday afternoon
when Wayne Lewis was caught by
the hand in the oats crusher and his
arm ground to bits almost to the el
bow.
The crusher is run by a powerful
gasoline engine and, unable to shut
it off, he struggled until he kicked the
belt off and stopped the rollers. The
engine, however, continued to run and
made such a noise that no one beard
his cries of agony as he called for as
sistance, so he laid with his arm still
crushed between the rollers for half
an hour before he was discovered.
The roads w’ere so bad that it was
impossible to use a machine so he
was brought part way with a team
and met by Kid Wilson. He was tak
en to Potfell and his arm amputated
below the elbow that same night.
His explanation of the accident is
that he started to pick out a pebble 1
when his glove caught. The rollers
are very heavy and when the oats
come out are crushed as fine as break
fast food and his hand and arm were
a sickening sight when extricated.
Mr. Lewis, who is from Kentucky,
has charge of the yearlings at the
W. R. Coe thoroughbred nursery and
is considered one of the best yearling
men in the country.
POISON DOING GOOD
WORK AMONG COYOTES
There are at least twenty coyotes
less on Elk Fork and around the Rich-]
ards Ranch as a result of the poison
put out by Clifford Spencer of the
Canyon Ranger Station since the vis
it of the predatory animal inspector a
few days ago.
Ten of these were found and at least
teu more had taken poison which is
sure death.
The coyotes came into the corral
at the Richards ranch and killed a
sheep a short time ago. They also
killed a deer on the hill back of the
ranch.
On the Jenkins place where there
are some twenty head or more of
goats, it is necessary to keep close
watch over them and shut them up'
nights on account of coyotes.
WEBB ADAMS TAKES ON
A FEW NEW JOBS
Webb Adams has added several
new jobs to his long list of old ones.
In addition to being secretary of the
Big Horn Basin Producers Associa
tion, he is now executive chairman of
the Platte Valley Ranchers Club of
Wheatland, Wyo., and has formed a
Working Womens Voters League at
Cheyenne which he proposes to make
a state organizatin.
The policy of this paper
to uphold the standards!
and perpetuate the spirit!
of the old West. J
ISSUED WEEKLY
current is delivered to the town es
Powell for lighting and other uses.
The new power plant and all trans
mission lines will be permanently
owned by the government and, besides
supplying current to the various
towns and farming sections of ths
Big Horn Basin, will be used extens
ively for power purposes on the gov
ernment’s further construction work
on the Shoshone irrigation project.
The power plant Is located some
700 feet below the mammoth Sho
shone dam and utilizes the water im
pounded by it. The dam is 328 feet
high, 200 feet long, and has a width,
of 108 feet at the bottom and 10 feet
at the top. The reservoir created by
it is ten miles long and impounds 435,-
000 acre-feet ux water.
The water will eventually supply
some 200,000 acres of land, 65,000 of
I which are already irrigated under the
i project.
LIBRARY BOARD IS
HARHHATCH
Donor Os Books Unable To Pre
sent Petitions Signed By Tax
payers To Restore Them.
Editor of Enterprise:
’ It seems impossible to find out whea
. the Library Board holds its meeting
and as we have a matter of public in
.' terest to take up with them, we hope
iVou will allow us to state our ease
through your paper.
Petitions asking that Miss Lock
hart’s books be re-catalogued and
( again placed upon the shelves of the
library have been circulated through
the county and have been signed by
hundreds of citizens and taxpayers.
Therefore, to you, members of the
Library Board, we wish to say that we
will appreciate it if you will notify
us when it will be convenient for us
to come before you and pi esent these
petitions.
We woud also appreciate it if yow
will tell us why these books were re
moved from the shelves just after
Marjory Ross became a member of
the Board. We have been told that
Marjory Ross says that if books
are replaced it will be "over her dead,
body.”
If this is true, the books, then, are
kept out for personal reasons. Now,
we do not believe that the publie
should be deprived of something it ob
viously wants, and is entitled to, be
cause of spite on the part of Marjory
t< Ross. She is not a taxpayer, and the
people who want these books on the
shelves are taxpayers and help to
keep up the library.
These books are in other Carnegie
r libraries throughout the United States
and in every library of importance ia
the country.
Os course, if Marjory Ross takes the
; matter so much to heart that she
• would rather die than see them on the
shelves, and there is any real danger
of this happening, it might be better
to take them back and loan them out
ourselves to the many library patrone
who inquire for them.
Rather than to see Miss Margie’s
dead body blocking the door of the
library’, we might consent tG do this,
for we realize that her telegrams and
letters to the President, Senator War
ren. Hon. Frank Mondell, Governor
Carey and other lawmakers would be
greatly missed and the loss of her ad
vice and counsel would be a big han
dicap in the business of running the
government.
Hoping, however, that we may
have been misinformed as to the dan
ger of Miss Margie passing out in this
fashion, we shall continue to await
vrord from the Library Board as to
when we may be able to meet with
them.
Yours truly,
WALTER OELAND.
ft
Mrs. Rumsey, Bob and all the dudes
came down from Blackwater on Fri
day to attend the movies. Bob baa
now added an athletic department to
his already complete dude outfit, and
• has installed complete facilities for
training prize fighters and wrestlers.