The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., July 26, 1922, Image 1

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Founded In 1899 by Col.
W. F. Cody (“Buffalo
Bill”) end Col. Peake.
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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 51.
'SHORTY' KELLY’S
GUNSTOPSOfiIVEfi
Runs Big Motor Into Bunch Os
Horses In Canyon-Native
Gets Hard-Boiled.
“Shorty” Kelly was placed under
peace bonds last week for pulling a
on Virgil Hayes, while the latter
■was driving one of the yellow buses
through the canyon.
“Shorty” Kelly was driving a bunch
of horses down from the North Fork
and was overtaken in the canyon by
Hayes on his bus. There was no
room to turn the horses out and Shor
ty motioned him to stop. Hayes kept
coming and ran his bus into the mid
dle of them whereupon Shorty pulled
his gun and Hayes concluded to stop.
After the horses had been driven
aside so that the bus could pass Hayes
came on to the hotel with his passen
gers and a warrant was sworn out for
Shorty by Hayes and Judge Marston
placed him under |SOO bonds to keep
the peace.
The only expressions of regret
heard in connection with the matter
Is that he did not pull the driver from
the seat and hammer his head awhile
■with the butt of his six-shooter.
The same thing happened to Shorty
In the canyon last year when, a yellow
bus driver pushed one of his pack hor
ses over the bank losing its load of
provisions and crippling another horse
by running into It so that the animal
■was unfit for use and had to be turned
cut all summer.
Shorty had no reason to believe that
the same thing was not about to hap
pen again. Furthermore; he was quite
■within his rights in keeping the road
as the law is very clear and specific
on this point and stock has right-of
way in close quarters, the driver of a
machine being not only required to
halt but to stop his engine.
The incident only serves to corrob
orate the stories told daily by motor
ists of the treatment received from the
drivers of these yellow buses when
they pass on the narrow roads be
tween Cody and the Park. The worst
offenders, it Is said, are the Smart
Alecs who belong in Cody rather than
the outside drivers.
The people of this town pay taxes
and money out of their own pockets to
keep up the roads yet no citizen
can take a passenger through the Yel
lowstone Park for hire although it
may be that the Transportation com
pany is so crowded that it has not the
facilities for handling the tourists,
which the Transportation company
That in addition to the monopoly
enjoys the drivers should push the
natives or any other travelers off the
road comes pretty near to being the
last straw.
BUS DRIVERS ME
HMD HOGS, CHARGE
Warren Man Complains of Ac
tions And Corroborates
Statement Os Dr. Sipe.
Warren, Mont, July 20, 1922.
Editor Cody Enterprise:
I have just finished reading the ar
ticle in your esteemed paper of July
19th issue, by Mr. Geo. K. Sipe, in re
gard to the hogging of the roads in
the Shoshone Canyon and in the park
by the yellow buses. Every word he
Rays is true and I believe I could add
quite a bit to it.
Several times they drove me to the
aide and almost over the edge. I re
turned from a trip through the Park
last Saturday, left and returned via
•Cody.
Something should be done in regard
to these Transportation buses, I
should say. They do not think a tour
ist has any rights at all. The rangers
in the park caSled me down for driv
ing fast and I was going up grade
past the Lake Camp; was not travel
ing over 12 miles an hour. A bus
came along going at least 30 and he
never said a word to the driver
I am a store keeper and postmaster
here in Warren. I do not like to be
a knocker, but I do think the Park is
as much ours as the Transportation
•Company’s.
Very truly yours,
BERY B. HUNT.
dfie Cedy Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
BIG “SHEP” CONVENTION
TO BE HELD AT SHERIDAN
The annual convention of the Wy
oming Wool Growers Association is
to be held at Sheridan August 2,3, 4.
It promises to be one of the largest
ever held by that organization, as it
is expected that nearly every sheep
man of any importance .in the state
will attend.
Much time will be devoted to a dis
cussion of better methods of market
ing the Wyoming wool clip.
LOOKING ROSY FOR HAY
SAYS L. CURTIS HINKLE
L. Curtis Hinkle, candidate for sec
retary of State on the republican tick
et, arrived in town on Sunday by mo
tor. He says that things throughout
the state are looking brighter every
day for John W. Hay of Rock Springs
who is Robert D. Carey’s opponent in
the race for governor.
Mr Hinkle was accompanied by for
mer Governor Fenimore Chatterton of
Riverton
KINDLER OF POWELL
OUT FOR GOVERNOR
Endorsed By Progressives And
Democrats At Recent Con
vention At Douglas.
George E. Kindler of Powell has an-.
nounced his candidacy for the nomi- ■
nation for governor on the Democrat-!
1c ticket. He was endoresd by the
Progressive convention at a meeting |
held in Douglas a few days ago after I
a hard fight with the supporters of!
Frank McDowell of Lander.
Mr. Kindler is recognized as an able ’
man and an excellent speaker. He
has been a member of the house of
representatives, serving in 1913, and
has always taken the part of the
ranchers upon the Project in their dif
ferences with the government.
Mr. Kindler has been in the state
13 years and is 50 years old. He has
taught school and has a good knowl
edge of the law. He Is a graduate of
the University of Nebraska. He now
is livnig with his wife and two chil
dren upon his farm adjoining Powell.
The people of Powell are much
pleased at the honor which has been,
conferred upon one of their citizens.
AMERICAN LEGION ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS FOR STATE
The American Legion at its state
convention in Torrington, Wyo., elect
ed Dr. A. C. Tonkin of Riverton state
commander and E. J. Goppert of Cody
vice commander. The vote for both
was unanimous.
STEPPIN’ SOME ON BALL
RICH AND PAT O’HARA
Mrs. Mary A. Say and A. M. Walters
where suprised with a viset off there
sister Mrs. John Nielsen from Paint
Crick all so Miss Louise Feuchter of
Peoria Ill’s. Wensday July 19, all so
Mary A Say spend afternoon and Sup
per at the Neilsen Ranch.
Mr Howered B Starr is back from
Sunlight maken his Headquarters at
A M Walters Ranch.
A Surprise partey was given on
Mrs. Anna Schultz on her Birthday
July 18 The night was spend in cards
and Danceing all Had a lovely time
Mr. Augest Cchultz is layed up with a
Broken Rib we all Hope he will be up
soon.
Mrs. Anna Schultz spend 3 days
with Mary A Say at A M Waiters
Ranch.
They all so made a call on Mrs. Fred
Schultz and Ed Mannings down on
Paint Crick last week.
A Reader of the Enterprise.
I Thank you.
MRS. ARTHUR HOLMAN
BURIED ON THURSDAY
Mrs. Arthur Holman died on Tues
day last and was burled on Thursday
from the Methodist church. Mrs.
Holman who was Grace Newton a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. O. New
ton had many friends in this section
who deeply regret her premature
death.
Mrs. Holman leaves five little girls
motherless.
Mr. N. P. de Maurlac arrived on
Thursday from New York City.
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
REPUBLICAN VOTERS COSCENTRfiTING
UPON JOHN DNHLEIII FM NEXT SHERIFF
Old Time Stockman Os Sterling Character Is Choice Os Repre
sentatives Os All Classes For This
Important County Office.
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‘ FOR SHERIFF, JOHN P. DAHLEM; A SQUARE SHOOTER”
When this picture with the above lettering was thrown on the screen at
the Temple Theatre the other night the applause was so spontaneous and
hearty that no one could doubt its sincerity.
It was but one instance and a small part of the quick and cordial recog
nition this old timer has received since he announced his candidacy for the
cffice of sheriff of Park county.
He has made a quick appeal to the voters who believe they see in Mr.
Dahlem the proper candidate for this important position.
. He is the type of the old time sheriffs, the kind that have figured in
western fiction, the sort to whom the people have looked up and respected,
and stood solidly behind in emergencies.
With a reputation founded upon 24 years of fair dealing in Montana and
Wyoming, Mr. Dahlem has the greatest of all assets in his campaign for this
office. In addition, he has common horse-sense and judgment.
Slow of speech and gentle of manner, he has plenty of decision and firm
ness when necessary, nor could anyone doubt that he ever would fail in his
duty through lack of courage.
Too big to be petty, above small meannesses, it would not be possible to
imagine John P. Dahlem insulting a prisoner in handcuffs or taking advantage
of his position to humiliate him unnecessarily.
One need not be a physiognomist, trained in the art of reading character
from the countenance to know that he is what he looks—a square shooter.
Mr. Dahlem came to Montana in 1898 and to Wyoming in 1908 and has
always been in the stock business. For this reason he knows the needs of
men engaged in sheep, cattle and horse raising and what is necessary
for their protection. He believes that it is not the province of a sheriff to stay
around town doing work for which local officers are paid but to get out
around the county and see what is going.on.
The persons who have urged Mr. Dahlem to become a candidate believe
that the voters of Park county will show that this is the type of man they
want in the sherifi 3 office by their vote at the Republican primaries, August
22nd.
As Seek From The
The Chicago Tribune has a column
in which It gives a considerable
amount of space to poking fun at
country newspapers. It splits its
sides over grammatical and typo
graphical errors, so when we came
across the following in a recent issue
of “the world’s greatest newspaper” it
was balm to our sore feelin’s:
“It was awful. Ourprisons were
made so rthe poo; we have neve yet
had a pison which does mot utterly
destroy men.”
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The dimlnuative person seen fre
quently of late in the company of the
sheriff and his deputy, and spoken of
Informally as “The Microbe,” is Fed
eral Agent Hodges, who arrested Carl
Thomsen last winter.
It will be remembered that without
a word being spoken or any provoca
tion whatever, this little fellow slap
ped hlsprisoner in the face after he
had snapped the handcuffs on him. He
was doubly T?fe in doing so since at
the same time Davis was behind a
rock holding a rifle upon Thomseu.
If Carl should accidentally meet
Hodges without his badge out on the
Meeteetse road somewhere it might
be worth while for a eight-seer to
stick around for Carl was looking
right husky the last time we saw him.
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A town in California has been
named Volstead, probably out of grat
itude for the increased price received
for grapes and raisins since the Vol
stead Act went into effect.
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The first returns in the nationwide
poll upon proldbition and the soldiers
bonus now being carried on by the
Literary Digest show that the country
is against the present prohibition law
by almost two to one and the majority
is in favor of light wines and beer.
The returns, however, are still light
from the “dry” sections of tbe middle
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922.
DEMOCRATS WILL STAGE
BLOWOUT ON THURSDAY
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. O’Mahoney of
Cheyenne arrived in Cody Wednesday
to spend a couple of days in the in
erests of Senator Kendrick and the
Democratic cause generally.
The Democrats wHI give a supper
at the Irma hotel Thursday evening
at 7:30 at which Mr. O’Mahoney will
be the principal speaker. They ex
pect to make the occasion a notable
one.
Mr. O’Mahoney will also deliver an
address at the Farm Bureau picnic
on Thursday.
ANY CANDIDATE FOR WEST
POINT IN THESE PARTS?
Congressman Mondell has been no
tified that due to the graduation of ’
Charles W. Gettys he will be called
upon to name another Wyoming man
for the West Point Military Academy.
A principal and two alternates will be
nominated for the examination to be
held on the first Tuesday in March,
the successful candidate being admit
ted to the Academy next July. Any
Wyoming young man not under 17 nor
over 22, and noi less than 5 feet 4
inches in height, is qualified to apply
for the examination. Those interested
should address Mr. Mondell at Wash
ington, giving their full name, date
of birth, their height and weight, and
detailed information will be forwarded
at once.
SMHHGEniIIG
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State Board Os Health Warns
Campers To Be Careful-14-
Deaths This Season.
The sage-tick will soon be classed
with the tarantula and scorpion if it
is not more careful of its reputation
as the State Board of Health lays 14
deaths this season to th© bite of this
insect in addition to 54 cases of Rocky
Mountain spotted fever.
In an interview in the Cheyenne
Tribune, the secretary states that the
mortality rate was 26 per cent which
is considerably higher than ever
known in Wyoming, and adds:
“This year it has been reported as
occurring in both sexes and practi
cally all ages, the youngest victim
being five years of age.
“From now on there will be a tend
ency toward a decrease in this condi
tion, and those cases that do come
later this summer probably will be
due to infected ticks in the higher al
titudes, where the insects are now
emerging. Howeves, all persons in
tick areas —and especially campers
and fishermen in the higher altitudes
—should continue to give frequent in
spection to their bodies and clothing.”
west and may change the result in the
next issue.
The soldier’s bonus vote is about
evenly divided.
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There are now five candidates who
have filed their notices for the office
of sheriff of Park County and about
five more needing only a little encour
agement Over in Carbon County.
Montana, there are eleven Republi
cans and three Democrats who believe
themselves eminently fitted for this
job. In Casper there are said to be
twenty rearin’ to go.
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We have been wondering why near
ly all of the able-bodied men of our
acquaintance have seemed to have a
secret hankering to be sheriff and
now along comes a letter from our
friend J. D. Woodruff of Shoshoni
which may throw some light on the
subject though it would pain us to be
lieve that the explanation given is the
reason Sheriff Davis is clinging so
tenaciously to his job after complain
ing!, it Is alleged, that it has been four
years of misery because nobody was
in sympathy with him and he received
so little backing from the public.
Says Mr. Woodruff in part:
“While there seems to be but two
candidates for the office of governor
on the Republican ticket, those "who
want to be sheriff runs into the hun
dreds. z
“I could not understand it at all
since, it could not be the salary and
the honor attached to the office seems
to be of doubtful value, so I looked up
an old tfruer who has had cansiderable
experience in that line though now
retired.
“He told me that the sheriff’s of-
i The policy of this paper Is
to uphold the standards
| and perpetuate the spirit
, of the old West.
ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY
W. B. ROSS COMES
OUT FORGOVERNOR
Cheyenne Attorney Consents To
Run On Democratic Ticket
At Last Minute.
William B. Ross of Cheyenne ha*
announced his candidacy for governor
on the Democratic ticket In response
to telegrams from all parts of the
state urging him to do so.
Had h© not filed his petition as he
did fifteen minutes before the secre
tary of state’s office closed on Satur
day there would have been no candi
date in the field but George E. Kind
ler endorsed by the Conference for
Progressive Political Action.
Mr. Ross Is an attorney who four
years ago was the opponent of Frank
Houx
OLD BUFFALO COATS
AUCTIONED AT $2.15 EACH
The United States Army would
seem to have done very well at its
Fort Mason auction in selling for $2.15
each 1,869 overcoats that had been
used for forty years.
But on the other hand, these were
buffalo coats, and It would be impos
sible to buy a dozen new ones at any
price
The appearance of the buffalo coats
carried men back in memory to half
a century ago, when the favorite win-
I ter covering of the stage driver, the
farmer of the Middle West and even
the gripman on the cable car was a
coat of buffalo skin.
About twenty twenty years ago the
government sold the last of its used
buffalo coats at SSO each. The lot dis
posed of recently came from Alaska,
where they have been in use by the
arniy. They were purchased by Carl
I Hausch & Sons of St. Louis. —Casper
Herald.
flee in almost every county in the
state had been counted good for from
SIB,OOO to $25,000 a year if managed
judiciously, but that now there were
so many government cock-roaches on
the pay-roll that probably it was not
good for more than half that figure.
I am not vouching for this statement
although this old timer friend of mine
is considered a very truthful man and
certainly has had experience, as he
also is one who keeps up to date and
plays the game as he finds it.”
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After the municipal election when
it was demonstrated that the local fa
natics and reformers were not in the
majority, the prisoners at the county
jail and their visitors reported such
a change, in the manner of the sheriff
and his deputy Cullen that it was lit
tle short of alarming.
From petty tyrants insolent in
speech and manner they suddenly be
came conciliatory and agreeable and
obliging to the prisoners and their
relatives.
Their feelings were hurt at the pub
lication of the poem entitled “Taters”
and they declared there were prison
ers ready to swear, in effect, that they
almost preferred to stay in jail and
enjoy the privilege of eating Mrs. T.
P. Cullen’s cooking to being at liberty
and forced to board at restaurants.
“Taters,” however, was written be
fore election as was also the follow
ing communication received at the En
terprise from the prisoners three or
four months ago:
“The prisoners here are undefed, re
ceiving two scant meals a day with
which we would be satisfied if we got
enough at each meal.
‘‘There is enough money allowed to
give each prisoner enough to eat as
we understand there is .70 a day per
man allowed by the county for feed
ing the prisoners. We have figured it
out and .15 a man would be a pretty
generous estimate of the cost of the
food we receive. We are hungry all
the time.
“Furthermore, we are treated like
life-termers. We are allowed none of
I the privileges of short term prisoners
in other county jails.
“We all know that it is not the wish
of the people of Park county that Its
prisoners should be underfed and de
prived of the lyivileges that are ours
by right of common law.
“We ask you to help us for we do
not believe that the officials who ap
propriated the allowance of .70 per
man a day for food would stand for
this condition If they knew.”
D. D. Stall spent a week In Powell
last Saturday afternoon.