The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., May 17, 1922, Image 1

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EVERYBODY READS THE ENTERPRISE—EVEN IF THEY BORROW IT!
Founded in Bte y coi- I
W. F. Cody (“Buffalo
Bill") and Col. Peake.
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 41
TIME FOR FRIENDS OF THE STAMPEDE
TO OUT THEIRJRUSn CHECKBOOKS
More Money Needed To Collect Bucking Horses And For Out
side Advertising-Committee Need Help To
Make 1922 A Whirlwind.
(Caroline Lockhart)
The Cody Stampede is the next
thing on the program.
Hundreds of people are planning to
come to Cody especially for this big
annual event, and we must not disa
ppoint them..
In addition to the enjoyment we
ourselves derive from it, there is no
other event of the year which brings
so many people and so much outside
money to Cody or advertises our Home
Town so widely.
There are few persons who do not
benefit directly or indirectly by the
Cody Stampede.
In the two short years since it has
been organized, the Stampede has be
come one of the best known affairs
of its kind in the country. Strangers
apeak of it in the same breath with
Frontier Days, Pendleton and Boze
man. There is every indication that
our Wild West of 1922 will exceed in
point of attendance those that have
gone before by many hundreds and it
may not be too much to say thous
ands.
There is something about the name
of Cody which seems to thrill people.
Not only because it is identified with
Buffalo Bill but because t3ie town it
self has a unique personality which ;
outsiders find interesting and attract
ive.
Now, w«b need money for our first
expenses. We must have cash to pay
for collecting the bucking horses, ad
vertising, and building chutes and
corrals at the Fair-grounds.
NEW MAYOR TALKS
AT ELECTION DANCE
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Whole Town Guests of Dr. And
Mrs. Trueblood-All Applaud
Proposal To Bury Hatchet.
The election dance given by Dr. and
Mrs. R. C. Trueblood at the Temple
Theatre on Friday evening may be
taken as an indication that the Doctor j
meant what he said when he declared
that if elected cooperation would be!
the keynote of his administration.
The Legion orchestra was engaged
and hand-bills printed extending a sin-,
cere and cordial invitation to the
defeated as well as the successful
supporters of the two candidates for,
mayor.
Both sides responded, with the re-'
suit .that* the largest and jolliest;
dance of the season was enjoyed by a
crowd which filled the Temple to its .
capacity.
During the cou-se of the evening
the new mayor made a speech which,
was received with great enthusiasm.
He said in part:
“If there is any one thing that Cody
needs more than another it is co
operation. Never .was there more
need of burying the hatchet.
"I would take my hat off to the
sheepherder for two reasons: first,
because when God wished to reveal
to the human race the most import
ant message ever delivered to man,
he chose the lonely shepherd who
kept watch of the sheep by night:
second, because their work in caring
for the helpless lambs is such that
we all would do well to emulate.
“I do not believe that order forced
by the heel Is the better way to gov
ern, but rather In the home, school,
state or nation government secured
through respect persuasion, and edu
cation is best, at least in America.
* Why not have law obedience or
gunizatifons instead of u*v enforce
ment organizations? “Law enforce
ment implies broken laws func
tions after the deed is done. Law
obedience orders take a step in ad
vance and by respect and education
prevents the need of law enforce
ment.
“It is not only the privilege but the
duty of every Christian to be inter
ested in the affairs of State as indi
viduals—-but not as an organization.
For Christ’s Kingdom is a spiritual
Kingdom, not a temporal one. The
Jews made that same mistake 1900
years ago, and down through history
Codu Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING— GATEWAY TO
Most of the bills can wait until af
ter the show but there are a few
which must be met promptly. There
fore the sale of SSOO worth of Stam
pede stock has been authorized for
this purpose. It may not require so
much for the initial expenses and not
a share more than is necessary will
be sold. «
Last year there was a deficit. We
prophesy that this year there will be
no deficit unless weather conditions
are against us. On the contrary, we
expect to pay a dividend as we did
the first year and to have enough
left to start in 1923 without boning
the public any further.
Now that we of the Stampede Com
mittee, have made a clean breast of
it we hope that you. the public, will
show your appreciation of our candor
by digging up the price of a share of
stock, $lO. and sending your check
for same to Mrs. Eoa Brown, the sec
retary.
We realize these are panicky times
and a ten dollar bank-note looks
larger than usual, but for that rea
son we will be doubly grateful to
those who respond.
From now on we shall keep folks
informed of our progress and tell
, everything we know which we think
I will interest the public and the
friepds of the Stampede.
So, friends, enemies, “sheepherders
and bootleggers/’ have a heart and
come across promptly with,ten dollars
to help us make the Cody Stampede
of 1922 a whirl-wind!
when the church has ruled a state of
disaster, bloodshed and war has re
sulted.
“1 believe that every m.iu L entitled
to his opinion, so long as he does not
tnslst on every one else having the
same; so, while I have my own opin
ions on different subjects, I am wil
ling for you to have yours though
they differ from mine.
HAY GIVES $5,000
TO AMERICAN LEGION
Laramie, May 10. —At the sugges
tion of the American Legion commit
tee which had the drive for funds for
the community house in charge, the
editor of The Republican wrote to
John W. Hay of Rock Springs, asking
for a contribution for the community
house. Mr. Hay’s son, Archie, was one
of the victims of the world war, and
he was closely associated with many
of the Laramie ffien, so it was thought
that the idea of so lasting and splen
did a memorial would be one that
would appeal *to him.
Yesterday afternoon a telephone
call was received from Mr. Hay, who
had been out of town, the letter just
reaching him, and he stated that his
gift would be $5,000. Mr. Hay made
no restrictions on his gift as to the
amount to be raised, simply stipulat
ing that he would make it conditioned
on the matter going through.
ANYBODY HERE KNOW STEPHEN?
i
! ‘Stephen Demmon of the- Desert
ranch, Cody, Wyo.. has been in Chey
l enne several days purchasing wool
i for a large commission hoilse in the
; East. He Is stopping at the commer
| cial club. Mr. Demmon is of New
England descent but has spent many
I years of his life in the West.
He is a Harvard man and has a
i large circle of friends both East and
! West. He knew “Teddy” In the old
uajs notn in New yofk ana me weeu
—Cheyenne Tribune.
WIND RIVER CANYON ROAD WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO CODY
Some of the best news that has
reached Cody in years was the an
nouncement made last week by the
State Highway Commission to the ef
fect that bids were being asked for
the construction of the road through
Wind River canyon, which lies be
tween Thermopolis and Shoshoni.
This announcement means that this
greet and vital piece of construction
on the Yellowstone highway, long a
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
As Seek From The Wer-Mgon
(arolhte
The mayoralty contest in Meeteet
se was a landslide for Josh Deane.
Josh received twenty-three votes,
giving him a plurality of nineteen
over his nearest rival Mrs. Bertha
Sirrine.
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Major E. S. Hoopes resigned as
county chairman some time ago and
we suspect from the fact that L. L.
Newton has failed to mention it that
he hopes to fill his place with some
of his own choosing.
This is characteristically newton
ish. But Mr. Newton seems unable
to gel it through his noodle that, out
side o' his cvi limited circle of Me
thodists and reformers, the Republi
can workers in this section refuse to
accept his leadership.
That the people have had enough
of newtonism was proven at the last
municipal election.
A leader without any followers may
as easily become a liability as an as
set to his party.
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It is said that the Democrats in
! this section are already trundling
their guns into position for the com
ing battle when they mean to leave
no stone unturned to elect John B.
Kendrick to the United States Sen
ate. That it will be no walk away
! for either party is already apparent.
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i We detect an injured note in Mr,
' Newton’s account of the election in
Last week’s Herald.
He stated that faces appeared at the j
polls that never before were seen in
Cody.
For once we find ourselves able to
agree with Mr. Newton. Whenever J
a Trueblood voter appeared who so
clearly was ineligible that W. L-
Simpson's tender conscience would
not permit him to swear him in, he
sent thft voter to Greever
As neither of these zealous workers
appeared to be handicapped by scru
ples, they swore in Trueblood sup
porters under the impression that j
they were Cox voters.
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Joy was what the poets call *‘un- (
confined” after Dr. Trueblood was
elected. A rancher called up to learn
the result and when he was told of
the victory he dropped the receiver
and danced in the middle of the floor.
He danced with such vigor that he
kicked off bis slipper which struck
the lamp chimney, turned over the
lamp and durned near burned the
house down.
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Word has reached us that the En- >
terpnitee is barred from the county jail j
I by Sheriff Davis and his deputy, Cul
len. and that the only reading matter
allowed inside is the Northern Wyo
ming Herald. The prisoners contend
that they have had punishment
enough without this last penalty.
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Representative Tinkham, Republi
can, Massachusetts has issued a
statement In which he declares that
the Anti-Saloon I eagixe has not de
nied the charges he h«s made against
them, namely, that it had failed to |
comply with the corrupt practice act i
and that It had the audacity ‘o appeal l
for law enforcement when the Anti-j
Saloon League itself was charged I
with crime.
Said Mr. Tinkham:
“The Anti-saloon league controls the'
congress of the United States, has dic
tated executive appointments, and by
’ recent disclosures here, in Washing- 1
ton is shown to have attempted toj
dictate judicial appointments and the
administration of justice.”
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As we observed recently, it is the
custom of reformers and many news-,
papers whose editorials bear the ear
i marks of provincialism, to habltuahy •
refer to those who oppose the Ibtlij
amendment as soaks, tanks, beer guz-l
zters, rum hounds, sots, etc., etc. i
As a matter of fact but a small per
centage of those who are opposed to!
dream to residents of this part of Wy-j
oming, Is now to be a reality as soon
as men and money can accomplish the
task. It means that the great oh
stacle to travel to Yellowstone Park
by-way of Cody—Birdseye pass, with j
all its attendant horrors —will be for-1
ever removed and that the Big Horn
Basin country will have a splendid
year around outlet to the cen.ral and
eastern portions of the state. It means
also that travel to the Park, espe-j
LLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1922.
the present dry law are anything of
the sort and the meeting of the mem- ;
bers of the Society Opposed to Prohi
bition held in New York City recent-:
ly was a complete refutation of these !
statements.
It was unlike any meeting of its ■
kind ever held in America and with '
men and women in evening dress re
sembled a gala night at the Opera.
It was composed of the best known |
people in New York, the most power
ful socially and financially and was
altogether so successful in point of
attendance and enthusiasm that the
next one was held in ’ Madison
Square Garden which has the great
‘ est seating capacity of any building
: in the United States, when 10,000 peo
ple were present.
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It is not often that Mrs. Agnes
Chamberlin is caught {tapping, and if
i it were not so seldom that the joke
i is on her we should not blab this tim<»,
but, honest, we can’t help telling, and
hope she will forgive us for we have
a good deal of respect for the secre
: tary of the Cody Club.
In the folder entitled “Cody and
I Park County,” compiled by the secre
tary and issued by the Cody Club,
: there is a picture labelled —“Return
From the Big-Game Hunt” and above j
. it as noble a row of porkers suspend
ed from a pole as one would -be apt
to find at hog-killing time in any
man’s country.
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We made a mistake ourself some
time since which is not so amusing
as we unintentionally did an unjustice
j to a man whom we know to be truth
ful and honest’and deserving of the
esteem in which he is held by those
! who have known him for many years.
We reprinted a clipping from a ba
sin paper relative to the efforts of'
Bert Ijampitt’s brothers and sisters to'
1 0 uivvuvm caiiu a vw
1 secure a new trial for him. In the
article a witness was referred to as
“one Pettus” who had had trouble
with another witness, Worley Seaton.
The spelling of the name was incor
rect and should have been “Petty”—
Petty being quite another person
from Henry Pettus of Grasis Creek.
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When a prohibition stool-pigeon
spends $Bl a day for liquor and puts
on parties in order to obtain evidence,
Federal Judge George Bourquin of
Butte, Montana, declares that the ro
medy is worse than the disease.
He .accordingly dismissed liquor
. charges against seven defendants of
i Havre.
“The policy that ths end justifies)
the means is bad; the remedy is
w’orse than the disease. It is contrary J
to good morals; violates the very in-:
structions of the federal commission- 1
er, antagonizes public opinion, weak
ens public confidence, defies criminal
philosophy, defeats justice and tends
to promote the very criminality it as
sumes to prevent and punish,” Judge
Bourquin said in characterizing the
action of the. prosecution’s witnesses
in securing evidence.
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In a speech made at the University
I Club in Buffalo, Senator Wadsworth
i did not mince his words when voicing
his opinion of Ihe eighteenth amend
I ment.
“Conditions arising from the enact
ment of the Volstead law are a dis
grace to the country.
“The wave of hypocrisy which has
swept over the country as a result of
that enactment is a menace. Not only
are the people living lives of hypocri
sy, but so are public officials of high
I and low degree.
“I believe that there will be modi
fication—very material modification— I
of the Volstead act soon. The popu
lar feeling will demand it.”
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It looks as if the reform stuff was
I going out of fashion. The liberal ele
• mont won out in the municipal elec-'
1 tlons In both Powell and Greybull. |
i dally via the eastern entrance, will
enormously increase and that the trip
through Wind River canyon will be a
drawing card (or tourists throughout
the country.
Call for bids on the project, which .
is published in this issue of the En
terprise. describes it officially as
"Federal Aid Project No. 118 —involv-
ing the grading and culvert construc
tion on 13.422 miles of the Yellow
stone Highway through Wind River,
SUDDEN DEATH OF W. T. HOGG ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AJHOCKTOTHE COMMUNITY
Old Time Sheepman And Councilman-Elect Os Cody Lies Down
To Rest And Heart Stops Beating--Loss Felt
Keenly By Hosts Os Friends.
Cody cannot quite grasp the fact
yet that W. T. Hogg is dead —“Bill”
to his cronies and half the county to
whom he was known personally.
But so it is, and hourly the realiza
tion grows stronger that there is no
one who can take the place of this
quiet, kindly, loyal old timer.
He was found by D. E. Hollister in
the room he had furnished for him
self in the garage back of his town
house which ha.i keen occupied tn’s
winter by Mr. an 1 Mrs. His
heart had seemingly just slopped
beating when Mr. MdMster cal .d up
the stairway to him c round fiv *
o’clock on Sunday afternoon.
As he did not answer, Mr Hollister
went up and looked through the par
tially open door where a glance tuld
him whac had happened.
He had lain down to read and death
evidently had come instantly, for his
glasses were still on his nose and al
though the book had slipped from his
fingers he had not changed his posi
tion.
He was still warm, and Mrs. Hollis
ter and Mrs. R. J. McGinnis worked
over him desperately in an effort to
start his heart beating, but when Dr.
Trueblood arrived in a few minutes
he pronounced him dead and further
efforts useless.
He had been on the lake fishing in
the afternoon jwlth R. J. McGinnis and
Mike Clark and had mentioned having
a pain in his chest but had laid no
particular stress upon the fact so his
i companions thought little of it.
I Mr. Hogg had a large personal fol
i lowing, especially in Cody and on the
Greybull river where he was respect
ed by all for his sterling qualities, and
held in affectionate regard by the
many he had befriended.
Sincerity and loyalty were his chief
characteristics: he was blunt and out
spoken and no person who asked was
ever in doubt as to where he stood up
on any question.
He had a thorough contempt for de
ceit and hypocrisy, and, while temper
ate in his habits, was a bitter oppon
ent of the Volstead act and the 18th
amendment which he considered the
BUFRLO BILL DANCE
SUGCESSOF SEASON
Well —well —well! Wasn’t that a
real party the Sammy Girls gave in
the Temple on Tuesday night to start
the ball rolling for the Buffalo Bill
Memorial Fund?
All Cody and his wife turned out to
show their approval of the Sammy
Girls and their object.
Twelve cars came up from Powell,
' Pitchfork and Meeteetse were well
i represented and all the country round
, about. The ticket sale amounted to
$380.75, of which at least $175.00 ro
mains as a start for the Memorial
Fund that is to be raised for the sta
tue which it* is hoped Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney will make for Cody.
The Billings music was excellent
and everyone present felt they had
quite, if not more than their dollar’s
worth.
The Sammy Girls Club consists of
I the following members:
Sammy Girls’ Mother: Mrs. R. I.
j Volckmer. President, Jessie Lambert
i Vice President, Mildred Holm; Trea
j surer, Grace Lambert; Secretary,
j Ethel Erickson; and the Misses Pearl
Jones, Clara Holm, Grace Bower
master, Katheryn Foard, Mrs. Lester
Thurston, Mrs. Glen Trueblood, Mrs.
I Lloyd Evans, Mrs. C. R. Cobb, Mrs.
I Jim Ratliff, and Miss Avis White.
canyon in Fremont add Hot Springs
• county,” which means that the con
tract for the entire piece of construc
tion will be let following the opening
of liids on June 1.
. The canyon road has been described
as the most important piece of high
way construction ever undertaken in
Wyoming—and such it is—and Cody
rejoices with other towns that actual
work on the project will be under
i way within the present summer.
i The policy of this paper is I
ito uphold the standards I
i and perpetuate the spirit I
of the old West. J
ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY
greatest misfortune that has befal
len this country.
He was a staunch Republican and
one of that party’s best workers la
this section, giving generously of his
time and money and asking nothing
in return in the way of office or fa
vors.
"Bill” Hogg’s endorsement meant
much to any candidate for it usually
carried with it the willingness to get
out and work for the person he re
commended.
Mr. Hogg was fifty-eight years
old and was born in the south of
Scotland In 1862. His boyhood was
spent in the north of England near
the village at Hawick in West More
land.
He came to America in ’B4, or when
he was twenty years old. He entered
the employ of Robt Taylor who was
an extensive wool grower near Raw
lins. After fifteen years wilth Mr.
Taylor he moved to Casper and went
into the sheep business for himself.
After a few years he bought the Y.
U. ranch located some twelve miles
below Meeteetse. He has been. In this
section for more than twenty years
and through his 'industry and ability
developed one of the largest sheep
outfits in this part of the State.
About three years ago, he sold the
bulk of his ranch interests to Eychan
er and Winninger and retired.
Mr. Hogg was a man of extensive
interests in Park County and well
known throughout the entire state,
i He was vice president of the First
tlonal Bank of Cody and held the
‘ same position in the First National of
Meeteetse.
He is survived by his widow, two
sons and a daughter who have been
in California for some months.
Among those who are arriving for
the funeral services, which willl be
held in the Temple on Sunday at 2:00
| o’clock, are Mrs. Hogg, Robt. Taylor
and Mrs. Taylor of Grand Island, Ne
braska; Adam Hogg of Denver, and
Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor and Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Taylor of Tensleep.
Mr. Hogg will be buried at Riverside
cemetery in Cody.
MORVICH WINS KEN
TUCKY DERBYSSO.OOO
Morvich, the super-horse, is still
unbeaten. He won the 150,000 Ken
tucky Derby last Saturday in 2:04 3-5.
He shot into the lead from the start
and retained it to the finish, winning
by two lengths from the second hurse.
There had been some question as
to whether he could stay the distance
but he proved to a record-breaking
crowd of 74,000 people that when cal
led on he was there.
CODY MAIL CLERK
GETS MARK OF 100
Grace Lambert is one of the top
mail clerks of the State, according to
J. A. Cruickshank of Cheyenne who
put the Cody mail clerks through their
yearly examination on Wednesday
morning.
She made 100 with Jesse Davis a
close second with a mark of 99.79.
The office average was 99.89 which
is not apt to be excelled, if equalled,
by any office in the state. This high
average is most unusual, the post of
fice department man says.
The Cody office was at the top of
the list last year also.
The examination is conducted by
means of a miniature separation case
with cards containing the names of
the 452 post offices in the state. Miss
Lambert threw these cards, which
means properly routing them, in fif
teen minutes, or thirty cards a min
ute. This is very close to the record
held by any mail clerk in the state.
John L. Fowler is in the Powell
hospital as the result of an automo
bile accident. His head and shoulder
w£re badly bruised when Ms car.
turned over while returning from
Pryor, last Tuesday.