The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., October 04, 1922, Image 1

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

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MONDELL AND HAY WILL SAFEGUARD WYOMING’S INTERESTS-VOTE FORTHEM
Founded In 1899 by Col.
W. F. Cody ("Buffalo
Bill") and Col. Peake.
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VOLUME XXIV. NUMBER 9.
WILLIAMS ACCUSED
OF CLUBBING
HORSETO DEATH
State Humane Officer Will In
vestigate Alleged Killing
Os Animal By Captain
Os Troop F
What I* claimed by eye-witnesses
to have been one of the most revolt
ing cases of cruelty to animals ever
witnessed in this part of Wyoming
occurred on Monday of this week just
back of the local school grounds when
Clarence Williams, captain of Cavalry
Troop F and Jack Hughes are alleged
to have killed one of the cavalry
horses horses by excessive and inhu
man beating.
One of the most disgraceful features
of the incident is the fact that it oc
cured in full view of many of the pu
pils of the school and some members
of the faculty, who expressed horror
at the display of brutality.
The animal was one of a team'
hitched to a wagon and it Is said that;
the exhibition of cruelty lasted for an!
hour or more. It is asserted that the'
horses were unmercifully beaten time!
after time with a club. Finally, when)
lheloaded wagon was stuck In a ditch:
and the team unable to move It this
heating continued until one of the
horses reared, plunged over the wag
on tongue and died in full view of the
schoolhouse.
No arrests have as yet been made
but local citizens, notably City Mar
shal Harry Wiard. begun a thorough
investigation of the affair. After talk-'
ing to many witnesses regarding
the incident he, with others, madea
careful examination of the carcass of
the animal. This examination reveal
ed that the head of the horse was a
mass of bruises, one of Its eyes had
been knocked entirely out, the other
Injured and many bruises were also
found on the body.
State Humane Officer Harris has •
betfn communicated with and In reply i
states that he will arrive In Cody Fri
day to investigate and prosecute the:
case.
The citizens of Cody are highly in
censed over the affair and declarej
tthat full justice must be meted out to
those responsible for the outrage.
ALL IN READINESS FOR
COUNTY FAIR THIS WEEK
The Park County fair will be held'
at the Cody fair grounds on Friday'
and Saturday of this week. For the
first day an interesting program has j
been prepared, the events being as
follows:
Parade —Troop F, Wyoming Nation
al Guard, Cody.
Troop Race—First prize sls, sec
ond |lO.
Saber Exhibition.
Roman Race by troop members —
125. |ls, |lO.
Troop Mess—ss, $3, $2,
Hurdle Race —$7, $3.
One Mile Ride and Tie Race —Two
men, one horse, S2O, $lO, $5.
One-Half Mlle Race for Girls —$20,
110. $5.
Five Mile Automobile Race.
One Mile Pack Horse Race —To car
ry 100 lbs., S2O, $lO,. $5.
One Half Mile Free-for-All—s2o, $lO,
<5.
Three Mile Stop and Start Auto
Race—slo, $lO, $5.
High School Athletic Sports—Prizes
to be named.
One Mile Boys (under 16) Ride and;
Tie Race—92o, $lO. »2.50.
One-Half Mile Farmers’ Novelty .
Race— (Draft teams and farm wag-;
ons). $lO, $lO, $5.
On the afternoon of the second day
®n auction sale will be held. The
goods sold will include the fair exhib
its and will be open to the public to
include any goods desired.
T'h® program on Friday will begin
at 1:30 p, m.
RUMSEY KILLS GRIZZLY
ABOVE TIMBER LINE
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Rumsey and
Miss Betty are camped at an altitude
of 9.000 feet in the mountains above
the Palette ranch where they expect
to stay until the first snow comes. Mr.
Rumsey killed a grizzfly bear above
timber line last week which measured
8 feet He has also secured an elk
and mountain sheep. George Stoppe
la cooking tor the party.
etfie Cody Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
LOVELL BEATS CODY IN
INITIAL FOOTBALL GAME
The Cody high school football team
lost its first game of the season to
Lovell on the local grounds, although
the home boys made an excellent
showing. The final score was 13 to
18. The Cody team was much out
weighed by the Lovell squad, which
resorted to line plunges as the most
'effective means of gaining ground,
while Cody relied more upon the open
Play.
The sensations of the game were
the touchdown scored by McGinniss
who received a forward pass in the
first play of the game, and the spec
; tacular run of Newton who carried
j the ball some sixty yards for a touch
’ down. Cody claims hard luck luck,
having twice had the ball almost to
the goal line, but failing to score.
The team goes to Cowley on Friday
of this week to try conclusions with
i the academy team of that place.
GOV. TRAPPER DOES
EFFECTIVE WORK
Jakes 26 Coyotes in 2 Weeks
That Have Been Destroying
Pearson Bros. Sheep
! A display of predatory animal skins
i which was put on exhibition at the
First National bank in Cody last Sat
urday by Tobe Borner, government
hunter, attracted much attention and
served to illustrate in a forcible man-!
I ner the work being done by these gov
ernment men toward ridding the coun
try of these most undesirable animals.
The display contained 26 coyote
skins, one big bobcat, one skunk and j
two badgers and were the products of
twenty days trapping during Septem
ber.
According to Mr. Borner, the gov
ernment estimates that the annual
loss among livestock from each wolf,
coyote, bobcat, lynx and lion Is S2OO.
A bunch of 25 to 50 coyotes in a town-
I ship wMI. he says, do from $5,000 to
I SIO,OOO damage in a single year. In
; some of the bad lands which have not
I yet been cleaned up It Is estimated
j that there are from 250 to 300 coyotes.
The depredations of these animals
are not confined to Iviestock alone,
| but domestic fowls and wild game of
many kinds are their prey. Sage
chickens, blue grouse, deer and even
elk are killed by them. It is figured
that at least two nests of eggs or
broods of young game biirds are de
• stroyed each day by each pair of coy-
I otes.
One rancher in the Big Trails coun
try lost 36 full grown turkeys in about
two weeks time and was helpless to'
stop the marauders until Mr. Borner ■
was called on for assistance. He
cleaned up the thieving coyotes in
Just a week,
In the taking of predatory animals,
the period of the year from July 1 to I
November 1 is considered the trap-,
ping season, from November 1 to;
March 1 the poison season and the
remainder of the year is. the den hunt
ing season, and during the latter sea
son some of the most effective work
is done.
The poisoning of predatory animals
has been developed Into a fine sci
ence. When poison is to be put out
in any district, what is known as
"dummy bait’’ is first spread. This
consists of the carcass of some ani
mal is put out and pieces of the meat
are spread around in a radius of a
few hundred yards. All this bait Is
free from poison. After the coyotes
or wolves have become accustomed
to feeding on this meat posoned meat
is gradually substituted for the dum-!
my bait and the animals become vic
tims of man's cunning.
The animals are very cunning them
selves and only the most experienced
trappers and hunters are employed in
the work of eradicating them. Mr.
Borner says that if they continue to
advance in wisdom it will be but a
matter of a ew years until coyotes
will be trapping men. He is already
doubful of the advisability of publish
ing the details of how the animals
are destroyed, as he suspects that
the information might be read by
them and the purpose of the work be
thwarted.
The government hunters are em
ployed co-operatively by the govern
ment and the woolgrowers associa
tion. The government pays their sal
aries and the woolgrowers their inci
dental expenses.
Simpson Brothers will ship several
carloads of cattle about the 12th of
October.
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
As Seen From The Wer-Wagon
William H. Anderson, Anti-Saloon
superintendent In New York, is mak
ing the statement to to his supporters
that “Prohibition is cracking in some
places.’’
Did anybody say, “Let ’er crack?’’
Before the election two years ago,
even fairly independent persons put
on the soft pedal and looked over
their shoulder to see who was listen-;
; ing when they talked of prohibition.
Today they denounce it from the pul
pit and the jury box, bearing out what
well informed and unprejudiced per
sons say, that the change in public
sentiment upon this question is one
of the moist astonishing thingy in
history.
Rev. Thomas H. Malone is quoted
as saying in a sermon preached at
St. Leo’s church in Denver:
"The Volstead act has done more
i damage to the United States than
, the World War. It was passed by
hypocrites, and it’s being enforced
by hypocrites. It is largely respon
sible for the general looseness of
morals and disregard for law in our
young people.”
A dispatch published in the Billings
Gazette this week is as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.—Pro
hibition |s “detrimental, oppressive
and undemocratic,” and the prohibi
; tion law“is a farce,” the San Fran
cisco county grand jury held in a final
j report Thursday to the superior court.
The jury report calls on all Cali
fornia’s representatives in congress
•to seek the repeal of the Volstead
law.or to have it amended so th j
light wines andbeer may be sold.
The maintenance of prohibition is
causing an increase in the number of
i naracotic cases, the sale of cheap poi
i sonous liquors of the “bootleg” vari-
• ety, the sale of “bootleg” whisk
which is causing a number if deaths
’' throughout the country, and an in
crease in the number of “grave”
crimes, according to the report
Youths, who never would have
touched liquor before prohibition, are
drinking the noxious beverages and
are becoming habitual drunkards, the
report continues, and the rich are able
to purchase good intoxicating liquor
while the poor are the victims of the;
"bootleggers.”
The report concludes with the state-'
ment that the “bootleggers are in
favor of prohibition and are support
ing the dry cause.”
However much our tender heart j
may bleed for bootleggers caught
i with the goods on. we can confess
to no such feeling for violators of the
| game laws. We marvel at the shor t
1 sightednesls of local residents who
| persistently break IL since, even if
I they have no sentimental interest in
I wild animals, they surely must realize
that the big game is the greatest at
traction this section has to offer per
sons of wealth who are the only ones
CLARK FALLS OUT
OVER SCHOOL BARN
Log A Swell Dish For Cayuses
Is Contention. Opposition
Want Rustic Trimmings
Paint Creek and Clarks Fork are in
a ferment over the question of build
ing a rustic stable in connection with
their new $5,000 school house.
The bonds for this school house
were opposed by the principal tax
payers on the grounds that such an
expensive building was not needed by
the ten children going to school in
the district They carried, however,
and now it is stated that the same
faction that voted the bonds are in
favor of an ornate stable.
The conservative faction contend
that a good log stable is a swell dish
for Clarks Fork cayuses, and that the
real reason those in favor of artistic
trimmings are so interested in the
matter is because they expect to do
the work on said stable this winter.
It is said that they are now pack
ing their shootln* irons to school
meetings.
The democratic candidate for sher
iff, W. H. Loomis, was up from Pow
ell last Thursday looking far from
discouraged over his prospects.
who can afford this kind of hunting.
The game belongs to everybody,
i and, as we see it, the person who
i hunts on a preserve, kills more than
his allowance or out of season, is
doing something just as dishonest as
if he went into a public park and car-1
rled away a few benches or anything
else that he happened to be needing, I
Nor does the excuse with which)
people living in the game country
seek to justify their illegal killings
• appeal to us—“that they kill only a
j little for their own use” —that it is
not wasted and might winter —kill
anyhow, etc., etc.” If all the settlers
took this view of it, the elk and deer
killed out of season would in the ag
gregate be a formidable-number.
The stages are running and nobody'
need suffer long for meat who needs
’I L Between predatory animals and
' he encroachment of settlers upon the
game’s winter ranges, it has a hard;
; enough fight for existance without be
ing shot at in and out of season.
The trouble is. as we have observed
frequently, that too many people
think the game law is made for every
one but themselves. They wax in
dignant over the illegal killings of
■their neighbors yet themselves cannot
i resist when the temptation offers or
when they believe themselves safe
Trqm detection.
> The public, and the real sportsmen
.'of ? America; will be strongly behind
- gatne wardens who have the courage
[ to do their duty and enforce the game
. laws regardless of the influence ar ,
- position of those who break them.
• —ww—
- 1; We are wondering if the man from •
J Poison Creek who thinks that Caro-
I line Lockhart wrote “Paradise Lost” 1
’ believes that Milton wrote the "Dude
f Wrangler”?
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One of the arguments used by the
prohibition fanatics to secure the
. nomination of their candidate for the
• sheriff’s office was that ‘a vote for
anybody but Davis was a vote for
~ the moonshine makers.,
J The same statement was made by
I' the same people to defeat Dr. True-1
y blood in the municipal elestion when I
, ft was proclaimed that “the lid would
. be off, liquor would be sold like soda
. I water and the street would be full of
I drunken brawlers if he were elected.
I It must be something of a disap
pointment to this “better element”
. that nothing of the kind has happen
ed.
As a matter of fact. Dr. Trueblood’s
administration has been the most
. | peacefull and orderly since the com
ing of prohibition. There is less
i friction and better feeling, a kinder
j atmosphere which fcs so noticeable
: that strangers who come here at
• intervals mention it.
If the present extremist is ' oted
. out of the sheriff’s office, there is a
hope that the same thing may happen
• in county affairs and we may get back
again to normal, or, in other words,
i to peace and economy.
OLDEST AND YOUNGEST WILL
TRAVEL IN SAME VEHICLE
The oldest and youngest Park coun
ty inhabitant will ride in the same
float during the parade on the after
noon of the second day of the Park
County fair, next Saturday. •
A feature of the baby show will be
to have all babies entered to ride in
the float. The babies must be natives
of Park county and under two years
of age. A prize consisting of a chair
will be awarded the youngest baby,
a dozen photographs to the prettiest
baby, and to the oldest inhabitant
born within the present confines of
Park county will be given $5 in mer
chandise.
Another special feature will be a
culinary display by the ladies of each
church, for the best of which a first
and second prize will be awarded.
LIKED OUR STYLE
The Eagle Magazine In its last issue
says:
“Recently a party of Ohio Eagles
blew Into Cody, Wyoming, on their
grand tour west from the Grand Aerie
to Yellowstone Park and thence to
Colorado and New Mexico and home.
So magnificently did the Cody breth
ren perform the rites of hospitality
that the Ohio delegates forgot who’s
who and what’s what in Ohio’s rules
of etiquette for Eagles. They agreed
unanimously and vociferously with
Cody Eagles that CJody was the logi
cal site of the Eagles’ National head
quarters. Maw Cleveland will tend to
you birds when she gets hold of ye!”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1922
WINTER AND LUCAS OPEN
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
The opening guns of the fall cam
paign were fired in Cody on Monday
night, when a goodly crowd was ad
dressed at the Temple theatre by
•ige Charles E. Winter of Casper,
candidate for Mr. Mondell’s seat in
congress, and Frank E. Lucas of Buf
,falo, candidate for secretary of state.
! Judge Winter made a dignified, en
,' tertaining and forceful address, pon
fining most of his remarks to a dis
| cussion of tlfe accomplishments of the
Republican national administration
I and’ defending it against what he
characterized as unjust attacks. His
address was well received by the aud
' ience.
Mr. Lucas, while not claiming to be
an orator, discussed quite ably the is
sues of the campaign both national
and state, and declared his faith in
the Republican party to give the peo
ple the' best possible administration
; of their public business.
DESIGN FOR STATUE
IS BEING PREPARED
International Conference Will
Act On Plan For Memorial
To Colonel W. F. Cody
The first of this week a communi
cation from New York City was re
i ceived by Chairman Tyler of the Bus
' falo Bill Memorial committee, stating
■ that the first designs for the memo
"rial were being prepared by Mrs. Har
ry Payne Whitney and would be rea
dy for .submission within a few weeks
| at the most.
The communication stated further
I that Mrs. Whitney would in the near
■ future call an international confer
’ ence of executives of the Boy Scouts
’ to meet in New York. This confer
‘ ence is to be participated in by one
executive from England, one from
France and two from America. They
•will thoroughly go into the matter of
(•financing the memorial in a world
wide campaign by the Boy Scouts.
• The movement for the memorial is
becoming recognized as even greater
than at first projected.
A meeting of the local committee
will be held soon to make prepara
tions to go forward with the work.
LOCAL MERCHANTS CO-
OPERATE WITH FOREST
SERVICE IN PROTECTION
The National Forest of the United
States were established primarily for
the production of timber and water [
shed protection. They belong to the|
people and every person in the United 1
States is a share holder in the For
ests. The benefits he derives are
dependent on the interest taken by
him in the protection if the timber
and the developement of the Forest-
Since the creation of the National
Forests, one of the so-celled minor
purposes, their use as play grounds,
has developed into one of the major
activities. Each year the use of the
Forests for recreational purposes is
increasing and thousands cf people!
are now using these protected areas
for pleasure.
It is the duty of the Forest Service
to protect the Forests for the benefit
of the people, but it is also the duty
of each citizen to help in this protect
ion. With the thousands of campers
who now visit the Forest, it is impose-;
Ible for the Forest Officers to find
and extinguish all incipient fires left
by careless campers, smokers and*
others.
Ln. this vicinity we have the Sho
shone National Forest, the oldest For
est in tne United States, within whose
boundaries is located millions of feet;
of timber which some day will be util
ized for commercial purposes, in
which is located several large rivers
supplying water for the irrigation of
our fertile ranches, within whichßs, |
000 sheep and 15,000 cattle and horses!
find summer grazing, where a number
o summer resorts and summer homes
have been built; where thousands of,
people enjoy the most wonderful scen
ery to be found anywhere in the world
Realizing the importance of ade
quately protecting this area from de
struction by fire, a number of Cody
merchants, resort owners and sum
mer home owners during 1922 co
operated with the Forest Service in
protecting the scenery along the
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1 The policy of; th Is paper Is
]to uphold the standards
, and perpetuate the spirit
, of the old West.
ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY
PARK ROAO WILL GO
NO. SIDEOF RIVER
Proposed Magnificent Highway
Thru Canyon Will Cost Ap
proximately $500,000-
Now Being Surveyed
There will be no road on the south
of the river • that is settled.
The government road will go up the
north side and will be from 60 to 200
feet above its present location in the
canyon.
Cody folk do not as yet realize the
magnitude of the undertaking} the
preliminary work upon which has al
ready started.
If the present plans are carried
out, and the appropriation secured to
execute them, this road will probably
cost $500,000 and be, when completed,
one of the most magnificent stretches
of public highway in the country.
The Park surveying party, consist
ing of ten men headed by S. A. Wal
lace, are now surveying the new road
from four and one-half miles above
the dam to the river bridge.
The plans for the four and a half
miles will be forwarded to the Denver
bffice this week and the first con
tract will be let as soon as they have
been examined and approved.
It is estimated that the average
cost of this road above the canyon
will be about $25,000 a mile, but two
or three miles will cost at least $75.-
000 as much of it will have to he
blasted out of solid rock. The reason
for building this road so far above
the old one is in anticipation of the
time when the dam will be raised 30
feed A 30-foot raise would cover
much of the present road.
It is expected that a mile or two of
I the new road will be completed this
winter.
The new survey has shortened the
• road a quarter of a mile in three
miles.
TRAVEL 4,000 MILES
TO HUNT NEAR CODY
A. Horner, Jr., and Dr. J. W. Kuhns
have traveled 4,000 miles to go on a
big game hunt They arrived from
I Honolulu on Monday evening and left
for the Majo ranch on Tuesday. They
will stay out as long as necessary to
get their game.
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Mrs. Archie Evans Makes
First Trip Out Os Sunlight
Basin In Five Long Years
| Mrs. Archie Evans is in from Sun
light which is Mrs. Evans’ first visit
■ to the “outside” in five years. Mrs.
.1 Evans who was formerly a member
■I of the staff of the New York Press
{likes her home in this isolated basin
.' so well that she has been quite con
tent to remain here for this length of
time.
She says that a sight even more
thrilling than electric lights is a
bath-tub with hot and cold water.
Mr. Evans was also a newspaper
, man attached to the New York Press
■ and afterward with the Sun when it
■ was bought by Frank A. Munsey.
J
INDIANS MUST HIRE
GUIDES TO HUNT ELK
A party of Crow Indians from Pry
‘ or, Big Horn and Lodge Grass came
1 to Cody this week in the hope of ob-
- taining permission to hunt but found
' that they were unable to do so wlth-
J out paying the usual SSO license and
hiring a guide.
■| They argued that 50 years ago they
», had signed a treaty with the govern
-j ment wherein it was agreed that they
- should be allowed to hunt anywhere
> they desired.
1 A supreme court judge had. how
s I ever, decided in a case brought ag
, la’nst a Bannock Indian, that the
» 1 game belonged to the state and that
‘ therefore Indians must take out li
' i censes as well as citizens.
’ i The Crows were much disappointed
' as they said this is the first time any
I of their tribe have ever asked the
privilege of hunting. As they had no
money to buy licenses or hire guide*
they had their long trip to Cody for
nothing.
The names of some of the visitor*
were David Bear-tail. Joe Gun, Nicho
i las Stands-on-the-bull, Rose Plenty
Buffalo, Lillian Bull-that-shows, Will
iam Big Day and Oliver Foolish Maa.