The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., October 11, 1922, Image 1

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MONDELL AND HAY WILL SAFEGUARD WYOMING’S INTERESTS-VOTE FORTHEM
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Founded In 1899 by Col.
W. F. Cody (“Buffalo
BUI") and Col. Peake.
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VOLUME 24. NUMBER 10, ■
O.B.MANN DECLARES
GREYBULL VALLEY
SETTLERSBETRAYED
Land Owners Never Consented
To Bond Property To Build
Dam —Says Meeteetse
Rancher
When the Irrigation Law was pass,
'ed by the legislature of Wyoming giv
ing Individuals the right and power to
create irrigation districts and build
reservoirs, it appears that all the dis
tricts had already been selected, and
the only thing which remained to do
was to cut and fit the law accordingly.
I will say that the cutting and fit
ting was done by a master hand.
The first act was to circulate a pe
tition setting forth the needs and
benefits of a reservoir in Sunshine
Basin and all ranchmen and stockmen
on the Oreybull river were urged to
sign the petition asking for the crea
tion of the Greybull Valley Irrigation
District.
Many people were led to believe by
the persons circulating the petition,
that the petition was only to find out
how many there were who would be 1
in favor of a reservoir being built
under the most favorable circumstan
ces and at a cost which w-as not to
exceed $2.00 per acre.
The surprise of the residents of this
district may be imagined, when they'
were summoned, whether they had
signed the petition or not, to appear
In court and give reasons why a dis
trict should not be formed.
This summons was sent out. on
short notice and at the very busiest'
time of the year for the ranchmen,
making it almost impossible for them
to go.
Here, too, was shown the craftiness i
bf the mind behind the scheme.
Notwithstanding the difficulty of
the ranchers leaving their work at
this time of the year, more than 40 of 1
*them. representing the best and largi
©st owners in the district, were pres
ent.
Their surprise may again be imag
ined, when, lined up ready for action,!
the sponsors for this ready-made law
were present with attorneys, maps/
and engineers—everything necessary .
for the completion of their plans.
However, the promoters also met,
with a surprise when the ranchers
and stockmen absolutely refused to!
consider any such scheme, and pro
tested against being fleeced in this
manner of the privileges the State 1
had given them.
The promoters were so taken aback
by the ranchere’ and stockmen's refus<- i
al that they asked the court for more
'time to change and remodel their •
scheme.
The protesting ranchers and stock-)
men were then told that they would
have to appear again in the near fu
ture—or as soon as the promoters j
could invent another stranglehold!
more effective.
Upon the second appearance of the
stockmen and ranchers, with a remon
strance signed by 100 of the best and
largest of their number, they were
told to go and make peace with the
'commissioners appointed by the
Court.
The court records say that peace
was made and everybody fully satis
fied.
I I nm rteht h#>re fn snr that the
ranchers and stockmen did not say,
they were satisfied, and never agreed
to the terms set forth by the Court
although their attorneys may have ;
Informed the Court to that effect.
Here is where the ranchers and
stockmen, for whom I am speak-1
Ing, say* that this tailor-made law wasi
NOT passed for the good of the peo- 1
Yle No law can be for the good of
the people when it takes away their
right to say whether or not their
homes shall be bonded to carry out
’the wild scheme of some avaricious
dreamer and bestows on one man the
power power to say, ‘My will bn .done,'
regardless of justice and of the possi
ble destruction of lives and property
which may follow. •
O. B. MANN.
PARK ALWAYS OPEN
An official of Yellowstone park re
fiuests a correction of the impression
widely existing that the park closes
to the public on September 20. Al
though the park camps close on that
fcate, the gates to the park are open
to the public at all times.
dfie Codu Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
BILL LANE WINS
MATCH RACE IN A
GREAT FINAL SPURT
Bill Lane and Jim Kelley became'
inspired Saturday evening and begun
arguing about the respective running'
ability of their horse. The argument l
lasted throughout the entire night. Ft-'
nally a happy method of settling the
debate was hit upon. They would
have a race.
As the golden autumn sun touched'
up the eastern sky they repaired to 1
the fair grounds and proceeded with
the contest. Kelley's part of the wag
er was hie horse and saddle, which he
lost along with the race.
Kelley walked back to town and was
never heard to complain, but some of
his friends claim that just as the hors I
es turned into the stretch somebody:
yelled, “Here comes Davis,” which'
was responsible for Lane's great final
spurt.
■MFIH
INKS OF HB WORK
More Cruelty To Children Than
To Animals Reported-
Worst Offenders Are
Foreigners
W. G. Harris, the State Humane
officer who came up from Cheyenne
to investigate the beating of the cav
alry horse by Clarence Williams,
states that in the two years he has
held this office they have never lost
a case where they have advised pros
ecution for cruelty to animals.
Public sentiment is invariably with
them and they have all the machinery
of the law behind them to punish of
fenders. There are few people, he
finds, willing to defend the human
brutes who abuse animals and chil-j
dren.
He la, returning to Cheyenne saort
ly to prosecute a man who cut a slit
in the skin of a cow’s back, put a
wire through it and attached a tin
can to the wire to keep the cow from
crawling under fences. This, he stat
ed, is not an unheard-of practice, but
he Intends to put a stop to it wher
ever he can hear that it is being done.
The true westerner is usually con
siderate of his stock, feeding his
horse before he eats himself, and
careful of his welfare, but he has had
much trouble with the foreigsers
working in the beet fields who over-:
load their wagons and beat their hors
es unmercifully when they stick in
the soft dirt He has had cases ofi
this kind at Worland and Wheatland.
A case of cruelty which was well
punished last winter was that of a i
man who stuck a grab-hook such as
is used for moving ties, into a hoisei
until the snow was saturated with the
blood of the animal. The man was
fined SBS and served 90 days in jail. |
The biting of the ears of unruly
horses to make them stand is anoth.'
er practice which the Humane Society!
will not tolerate. Two men, one a
negro, were stopped by Mr. Harris
during the Casper fair this fall when!
they bit the ears of the unbroken
horses In the wild horse race.
The majority of their cases, how
ever, have to do with cruelty to chil
dren and incorrigibles. The former (
are placed in the State Home for
Dependent Children and the latter,
placed in institutions in Denver. |
The State Home has, at present,
300 children placed out in private
families and 29 in the institution. |
The work takes the humane officer!
all over the state and demands soi
much of his time that he has been in
Cheyenne only 75 days, which in
cludes Sundays and holidays, since
the first of the year.
The posltilon is one which requires
judgment and common sense, and
this Mr Harris has shown himself to
have during his tenure of office. Lov
ers of animals are sometimes overly
j sentimental concerning them and
i their treatment, as witness the indig-,
' nant letter of a lady printed in a mag
’ azine published by an eastern humane
! society, protesting against the sprink
ling of grass with kerosene to burn
grasshoppers.
A BURNING SHAME
The fire bug in Cody is contagious.
Shortly after the fire near the church
Sunday morning one of the inmates
of our popular city jail set his bed on
fire and town officers were called to
his rescue. It is understood the bed
caught from his hreath.
Patronize the advertisers.
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
As Seek From The Wer-Wagon
A job with the federal prohibition
forces is awaiting C. A. Davis in the
remote event that he is not re-elected
to the sheriff’s office.
This is as it should be; not only is
it right that he should be rewarded
for his “splendid activity” in enforc-1
ing the prohibition law In Park coun-;
ty, but it would be a pity to have a
man of so much ability along the line
which has made him well-nigh famous
go back to raising carrots at Penrose.
For ourself, we are very liberal as
to races and religions; we care not
whether an individual be Jap or Rus
sian, Jew or Gentile, Methodist, Holy
Roller or Mormon. In fact, as we
think of it. about the only person ag
ainst whom we have a deep-seated
prejudice is the one who can look
through a keyhole with both eyes at
the same time.
We are sorry to impart the sad tid
ings that the road to Frost’s Cave, to
which we either contributed or sweat
ed to build last Arbor Day, runs plunk
over the Department of the Interior’s
right-of-way and will have to be rolled
up and moved off when it gets ready
to put its Oregon Basin ditch through.
We’ll say that Clarence Barton, the
new owner and editor of the Casper
Tribune, is a perlite man and greatly
pleased us when he took the trouble
to write and thank us for what we
said about him from the Water Wag
on two weeks ago.
There was only one fly in the oint
ment—he addressed us as ‘Gentlemen’
when we ain’t nothin’ of the kind.
We have observed that few men re
main unchanged after marriage. Ei
ther they become cowed and dispirit
ed, like a blanket-whipped pony, orJ
REGISTER! REGISTER! EVERYBODY
MUST REGISTER WHO WISHES TO VOTE
All persons living in Cody, Powell
and Meeteetse must register, if they
wish to vote for their candidates No
vember 7.
Cody voters must register at the
WATKINS BATTLES SHEEP
HERDER; LOSES ON POINTS
S A. Watkins almost whipped som >
body last Saturday. The decision,
however, was given to his opponent.
Frank Travilla, a sheepherder, on j
points, the latter kicking Mr. Watkins
on the next to the last button of his
waistcoat.
The “go” took place in front of the
Filat National bank and was witness
ed by the usual number of more or
less Innocent Bystanders.
Travilla called Watkins out of his
name whereupon Watkins leaned out
of his car and slapped him. Travilla
then invited his erstwhile employer
to the sidewalk.
Travilla being only five feet five,
and drunk. Mr. Watkins accepted the
. challenge. Travilla then made a right
: arm swing and mlssed'him.
Watkins, who is not only fast —in
| fact, a whirlwind—but resourceful
! and a wicked fighter, then scratched
him on the lip—drawing first blood.
Travilla made a rush, endeavoring 1
to get Watkins by the necktie (shown 1
in cut.)
Watkins, shifty on his feet and with
a reach reminiscent of Fitzsimmons,
retaliated by snatching off Travllla’s
cap and dashing it viciously to the:
pavement
j Travilla recovered his balance and
came back with the obvious intention
|of butting Watkins. Watkins clutch- i
| ed him by the top of the head, but
since he was bald was unable to hold I
(him. Travilla feinted and landed the;
kick which got him the decision.
Groggy but game, Watkins made a
pass at Travilla and missed him; then,)'
before anyone could Interfere, and I
while a murmur of horror ran among’
' the spectators, Watkins swooped down'
on Travllla’s cap lying on the side-i
j walk and kicked It into the street In'
a brutal, not to say Inhumane, man
! ner.
While Travilla was being congratu
lated upon his victory, Mr. Watkins,
jumped into his flivver and missed
the cement snubbing post in the mid-
they grow self-assertive and belliger
ent. Take Editor Ralph Smith, for
example.
We have always regarded Editor
• Ralph Smith as of a peaceful and
. placfd nature, concerned chiefly with
his victuals and something to fill up
i his paper. But look what matrimony
; has done to him—as warlike as an In-1
! dian who has eaten his enemy’s liver!
I Because we expressed surprise that
anybody should be arrested in Mee
; teetse for hollerin.’ and intimated that
the village was abed by eight-thirty,
and said that Judge “Shorty” Welch
dispensed justice from a mackerel
barrel in the rear of his grocery era
-1 porium, and implied that the flue o'- j
SIOO he impbsed upon Lloyd Coleman
for whipping the Chief of Police would
rattle in the town treasury like a pea
in a tin bucket, and hinted that the
mattress in the village calaboose was
not all it ought to be and the accom
modations not up to those furnished
;in Cody, Editor Ralph Smith, in his |
last issue, deals us one body blow af
ter another, leaving us prostrate and;
panting.
Here are a few of them:
“Miss Caroline, oh! Caroline, also
shows poor manners when she refers
to our city being bankrupt and to fur
nish revenue we had to pounce upon
unmercifully an innocent ? creature.!
“This eminent novelist displays lots
of tact in making friends in this town
in discussing an issue of which she
, does not know a thing concerning.
, It is the same r.Lt story of a vain and 1
, misdirected home town loyalty.
| “And how do we know but that Car
oline! sweet, Caroline! is receiving
, but meger applause for her rebuke to
the citizens of Meeteetse
“For future trials our local justice
court is being tted up with comfort
able divans for offenders of the city
ordinances while trial is in progress
and our city jail with plush-seated
chairs and a boaz stove.”
court house from October 10th to the
14 th or from October 26th to the 27th.
This means everybody • those who
voted at the primaries as well as those
who did not.
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MR. SANTFORD A. WATKINS
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die of the street, by not more than a,
sixteenth of an inch as he went on
about his business.
It is the consensus of opinion that
S. A. Watkins can whip any hat in the :
Cody Trading company.
RACE HORSE IMPALES
SELF ON BOARD FENCE
A peculiar accident resulted in the
I death of a horse belonging to William
i Big Day, an Indian, at the fair last
! Friday in the free-for-all dash. Near
the end of the back stretch the cinch
I broke and the rider jumped. The
horse struck a board on the fence in
such away that it entered his breast,
pierced his chest and emerged back of
the fore leg. Death was instantaneous
George Lowman, the rider, was pain
fully but not seriously injured.
WAR BONNET STAMPEDE
PROMOTER SHOOTS SELF
William Orser, the promoter of the
War Bonnet Stampede on the Crow
' reservation, accidentally shot and
, killed hfmSelf a few days ago while
I crawling through a wire fence with a
’ rifle.
S. A, Wallace, head of the survey
ing party now working in the canyon,
was in town on Saturday. The head
, quarters which are now at the Tlecla
■ mation offices will be moved to Cody
later.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1922.
COUNTY FAIR IS SUCCESS;
PROGRAM INTERESTING
RECEIPTS SATISFACTORY
The Park County fair, which came
to a close on Saturday, furnished some
good entertainment and was attended
by a large crowd.
The Indians from the Crow reser
vatioon were present in considerable
numbers and added much interest to
I the program by putting on several
races.
j Troop F, the local cavalry, opened
the program with drills, races and ex
hibitions of various sorts, which wtre
! quite interesting. The winners of the
other events were as follows:
One-half mile race for girls—Myrtle;
Hardy.
One mile ride and tie race—Troop
F. - ;
Five mile automobile race—J. M.
Schwoob.
Pack race—Clarence Snyder.
One-half mile free-foor-all —Myrtle;
Hardy first, Shan Armstrong second.
Kermit Erickson third.
Stop and start auto race—J. M
Schwoob.
Boys’ ride and tie race—Martin and
Martin.
Indian quarter-mile—William Big
Day.
Indian mile race—Alec Plain Feath
er first, Walter Chief second.
Indian relay—Walter Chief first,
Jaks Stands Over the Bull recond.
Financially, the fair this year was
a success, as all current bills were
paid out of the receipts.
CODY CLUB ELECTS
JOHN F. COOK PRES.
The annual banquet and business
meeting of the Cody Club was held at
’ the Irma case on Monday evening,
about forty being present. Some ex
cellent music was provided by Mrs.
Ralph Hardin.
Col. Geo. T. Beck and others review
ed briefly the history of the club. Mr.
Beck, the founder of the organization
stating that the original purpose of
the club was the protection of game,
whereas its activities had now become
very extended.
The officers and chairmen of com
mittees elected for the ensuing year;
are as follows:
Chairman, John F. Cook; vice-chair
man R. C. Trueblood; roads and trans
portation, Dave Jones; trade expan
sion, J. H Vogel; civic improvements.
L. R. Ewart; agriculture and live
stock, R. J. Allen; cultural develop
uent, Mrs. Chamberlin; entertainment,
J. M. Schwoob; treasurer, R. W. Allen,
secretary, Margaret Hayden.
FOOTBALL TEAM LOSES
CLOSE GAME TO COWLEY
A close, hard-fought contest was
pulled off Friday between the football
teams of Cody and Cowley on the lat
ter’s grounds. Eighty-eight more
points by Cody would have tied the
score and eighty-nine won the game.
However, that is all in the day's
work with Cody and the boys will at
tempt a come-back against Greybull
on the local grounds Friday of this
I week.
MRS. SUSAN HELMER DIES
AT HOME OF DAUGHTER
| Mrs. Susan Helmer, mother of Mrs.
, S. C. Parks, died at the Parks resi
dence on Monday afternoon, follow
ing a long illness.
■ The funeral services were conduct
i ed by the Christian Scientists, being
in charge of Mrs. Agnes Chamberlin.
I The body, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Parks, was taken to Milwau
kee, Wis., for burial.
R. R. ROSE DEM. CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESS, RAPS REPS.
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| Robert R. Rose of Kemmerer, Dem
!ocratic candidate for congress, spoke
to a large audience at the Temple on!
Wednesday nighh Mr. Rose made
‘ quite an interesting talk, calling at-'
tention to the alleged shortcomings
lof the present national admlnistra-,
| tlon, quoting in proof many state-)
' ments made by Republicans them
selves.
C. B. & Q. TIME TABLE
East No. 14 —Departs-—7:20 a. m
Bound No. 16 —Departs—2:oo p. m.
West No. 17 —Arrive®—l2 m.
Bound No. 16 —Arrives.6:3o p. m.
Advertise Id the Enterprise.
The policy of this paper IsR
to uphold the standards U
and perpetuate the spirit H
, of the old West.
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ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY
GOV’T ROAD TO BE
STRAIGHT SHOOT
THROUGHCANYON
Will Get Five Per Cent Grade
From Iron Springs To Top
Os Dam Hill-“ Fool Kill
ers” Eliminated
The magnitude of the plans for this
locality''as proposed by the govern
ment are on a scale to dazzle the im
agination and make the eyes of na
tives to whom the digging of a cistern
•is an achievement pop out in astonish
ment.
If the old timers who came to the
country when a trip through the can
yon over the horseback trail was an
adventure and a tree or a green field
a novelty, live to see the day when
the road through the canyon is a bou
levard and the flood waters of the
Shoshone river are flowing through
the high-line ditch into the Oregon
Batein reservoir, they will have to
pinch themselves occasionally to be
sure that they are not dreaming.
Yet both of these things will come
about ultimately and the fulfillment
of the plans will once more demon
strate the wonders which trained in
telligence and money may accom
plish.
The present survey being made by
the party headed by S. A. Wallace at
tached to the U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads, is showing that a straight
i shoot may be made from the Cody
I end of the canyon with but one turn
of the kind known too road-makers as
“fool killers.” Also that a five per
cent grade may be obtained from
Iron Springs to the top of the dam
. Hill —a grade which even a Saxon
may climb without trouble. All dan
gerous curves and the present diffi
cult grades will be eliminated as well
as being wide enough to prevent col
lisions.
It will be an expensive undertak
ing, running as high as $75,000 a mile,
and over, in places where the cutting
away of jutting cliffs and tunnels are
j necessary- The cost of cutting thru
) granite is SIOO a linear foot.
When completed, however, it will
be one of the most splendid highways
! and scenic drives in America.
The surveyors have started work
on survey east of the dam, running a
line along the present road. This line
is to be used as a base from which
to make complete contour map to get
sufficient information from which
to make plans for the future improve
ments in the canyon. There will prob
ably be four of these lines run thru
1 the greater portion of the canyon, two
on each side of the river from a
, point between the two tunnels below
the dam. To date about one and one
, half miles of base line has been com
pleted.
One of the roads will be surveyed
at the foot of the cliffs and the other
below the present road.
When the maps are completed they
will be submitted to the Bureau of U.
S. Public roads, the State Highway
Commission and Forest Service and
the decision as to where the road will
j go will rest with them.
It is learned that there is a possi
ble chance for Cody’s hope of a south
road although the Department of the
Interior’s right-of-way for the ditch
carrying water to the Oregon Basin
reservoir is a serious obstacle. Water
takes precedence over roads, always,
so the ditch line will secure first con
sideration.
To put the road below the ditch Is
regarded as impractical as there us
ually is moisture and seepage from a
canal and some such condition would
I prevail as now exists on the road to
the statiion where the hill is constant
ly sliding from the sewerage. To
place it above would make it very
[ high and an expensive undertaking.
Those with whom the final decision
; rests are men of experience with a
| broad outlook and will do w’hat they
• consider best for the greatest number.
BIG NOISE- LITTLE BLAZE
! The way the fire whistle howled
•on Sunday morning at about three
o’clock cadVbd people to believe that
1 not less than half the town was burn
! ing down. An investigation disclosed,
‘ that only a barn on the old
! Hendrixson place near the M. E.
church was being devoured by the fire
fieend. Other buildings in the vicinity
were protected by the brave fire lad
dies.