The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., November 15, 1922, Image 1

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

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Founded In 1899 by Col.
W. F. Cody (“Buffalo
Bill”) and Col. Peake.
I
VOLUME 24. 15.
HERALD’S FIGURES
FALSE ON GOST OF
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Fines Assessed--Fines Paid Are
Two Things--Law Enforce
ment Under Davis Willi
Cost County $22,997.84
In order to falsify all logical con*
elusions as to the net cost to Park
county of that portion of the costs
of county government having relation
to law enforcement the Northern Wy- |
oming Herald set up the following
figures:
Hoopes: Cbst 15,914.29; less
fees and fines ASSESSED,
1330.70; net cost $5083.59
Barber: Cost $8,423.11; less
fees and fines ASSESSED,
$2329.25; net c05t,.56093.86
Davis: Cost $9742.56 • less fees
and flues ASSESSED, *8609.-
81; net cost,-*1133.75
The deductions obtained from the
above figures are not correct as pre
pared by the Northern Wyoming Her
ald.
The only figures used in the above
calculation which are correct are the:
three figures taken by the Herald |
from the Enterprise and for which
they have duly made acknowledg
ment
These three correctly copied am
ounts taken from the Enterprise have!
reference to the first 18 months of'
the corresponding portions of the
terms of the three sheriffs, and deal
only with salary of the sheriff, his;
deputies, and traveling and miscel
laneous small expenses attached to;
the sheriff's orice.
The only amounts in the Herald’s
calculations are:
Hoopes: Cost —-- $5914.29
Barber: Cost $A423.11
Davis: Ccjst $9742.56;
All the other figures used by the 1
Herald do not in any way conform or J
or agree with the official figures of
the State Examiner.
According to the official figures of
the State Examiner the following
amounts are exhibited:
District Court fines covered into
the treasury:
1917 first abstract statement-
1917 2nd abstract statements $ 115.00
1918 Ist abstract statement-
1918 2nd abstract statement-
1919 lat abstract statement_s 298.10
1919 2nd abstract statement-
1920 Ist abstract statement- $1712.72
1920 2nd abstract statement- $ 68.35,
1921 Ist abstract statement- $1341.00
1921 2nd abstract statement- $ 167.65
1922 Ist abstract statement- $2975.00
1922 2nd not yet computed
Justice fines and fees covered Into
the treasury:
1917 Ist abstract statement--$222.00
1917 2nd abstract statement-- 105.40
1918 Ist abstract statement— 53.50
1918 2nd abstract statement-- 252.45
1919 Ist abstract statement— 125.70
1919 2nd abstract statement-- 430.00
1920 Ist abstract statement— 115.35
1920 2nd abstract statement-- 253.00
1921 Ist abstract statement- 87.00
1921 2nd abstract statement— 464.15
1922 Ist abstract statement— 57.00
1922 2nd not yet completed
From the above figures it will be
readily shown that the Enterprise
was correct In saying the aggregate
district court fines COLLECTED and
"covered Into the treasury” were:
In 1917 and 1918 when Hoopes
was Sheriff $ 115.00
In 1919 and 1920 when Barber
waa (sheriff $2(97.17 j
In 1921 and 1922 while Davis
has been sheriff $4483.65
The above correct figures for dis
trict court fines covered into the.
treasury, namely, ,$115.00;, under
Hoopes are for two whole years;
$2,097.17 under Barber are for two
whole years; whereas the $4,483.65 un
der Davis represents only one year ana
a half, the balance oif 1922 being still
incomplete!
The Herald's corresponding incor
rect figures—Hoopes: fees and fines
ASSESSED, $330.70; Barber, fees and
fines ASSESSED, $2,329.25; Davis:
have been gathered from the stars
in order to bedazzle the eyes of the
reader and to befog his Intellect.
The Herald’s figures for "fees and
fines ASSESSED” are also erroneous
even if the corresponding justice
court fees and fines covered into the
treasury are added to the district
court fines COLLECTED, with the
following correct results, to-wit:
Aggregated District Court and Jus-
dfie Cody Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, W YOM ING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWBTONE NATIONAL PARK
ROSS FIRST GOVERNOR TO
RECEIVE $6,000 SALARY
William B. Ross, elected last Tues
day to the governorship of Wyoming,
will be the state's first $6,000 chief
executive. The last legislature in
creased the salary of the governor
from $4,000 to $6,000, but under the
constitution the incumbent in the of
fice could not draw the (increased
amount, therefore Governor Carey’s
compensation has been only $4,000 a
year.
Governor Ross, with his salary of
$6,000 a year, will not be the first
incumbent in the Wyoming guberna
torial office to draw that much money,
annually from the state. Twice in the!
past secretaries of state have become,
acting governor because of vacancies
in the governor’s office and in . each
I instance they drew the salaries of
both governor and secretary of stale.
Acting Governor Fenimore Chatterton,
drew $6,000 annually—s3,ooo as act
ing governor and $3,000 as secretary
of state. Acting Governor Frank A.
Houx drew $7,000 annually—s4,ooo as
acting governor and $3,000 as secre
tary of state. —Cheyenne Tribune.
tice Court Fees and Fines Collected:
1917-18, Hoopes: *748.35 for two'
i years.
1919-20, Barber: $3003.22 for two :
years.
1921-22, Davis: $5091.80 for one and>
one-half years.
The Herald forgets, perhaps inten
. tionally, that there is a vast differ
! ence between fines and <eos "AS
SESSED” and the State Examiner’s
| statement of COLLECTED "fees and
fines covered into the treasury."
Some fines may have been "assess-,
i ed* and thereafter remitted by the
; court, that is, ordered not to be col
lected nor paid into the county treas
ury.
I Other fines may have been "assess
ed” and thereafter may not have
I been collected because the person
■ against whom they were assessed
. may have preferred to "lie them out
In the county jail” and by this pro-
| cess to keep from enriching the coun
! ty treasury and on the other hand in
{crease the criminal cost including the
; board of prisoners.
The Enterprise still contends that
its figures involving aggregate costs
of sheriff, criminal expense, district:
court, clerk of court, justice court'
and prosecuting attorney; less the
district court fines COLLECTED, cor-;
rectly give net costs heretofore stat
ed for corresponding 18 months peri
ods to be:
Hoopes: net c05t514,643.08
Barber: net cost $16,269.02,
Davis: net c05t—522,086.65;
The above figures ore based on
figures obtained from the State Ex-|
i aminer’s office.
However, another step toward de
' creasing the net cost to the county i
will be hereafter set forth.
From the last above three amounts
1 there will also be deducted the corre-'
spending justice court fees and fines!
collected during the similar and cor-,
responding periods, as follows:
First 18 mos. Hoopes: $14643.-
08, less justice court fees and
fines COLLECTED, $380.90,
net cost to county -—__514,262.18
First 18 mos. Barber: $16,269.-
02, less justice court fees and
fines COLLECTED $671.05,
net cost to county $15,597.97
First 18 mos. Davis: $22086.65,
less justice court fees and
fines COLLECTED $608.15,
net cost to county $21,478.50
Similarly, comparing the (actual j
full two-year terms of both Hoopes
and Barber with what will probably
, be the results for the full two-year
I term as estimated for Davis gives
these results:
i Total aggregate cost law en
forcement 1917-18 for two
' whole years, Hoopes: cost
$17,228.01, less total aggre
gated district court and Jus
tice court fines and fees COL
LECTED $748.35, gives mini
mum net cost to county__sl6479.66
Total aggregate cost law en
forcement 1919-20 for two
whole years, Barber: cost,
$24204.34, less total aggregat
ed district court and justice
court fines and fees COL
LECTED $3003.22, gives mini
mum net cost to c0unty...521201.12
Total aggregate cost law en
forcement 1921 and first half
of 1922, for one and one-half
years, Davis: cost $22036.65,
plus the salaries and usual
expenses for sheriff, clerk of
court, prosecuting attorney,
and justice court fees and
fines during the uncomplet
ed period July 1, 1922, toJan-
(Continued on Page 8)
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
As
Being a novice In politics, an I
making no claim to the distinction of
being the seventh daughter of a sev
enth daughter, we carefully retrain
ed, before election, from the delicate
and dangerous business of prophesy
ing.
The only statement we made ap
proaching a prediction was to the ef
fect that L. L. Newton Would, and
had, split the Republican party in
Park county, and that the State lead
ers who catered to him w r ere being
badly advised by somebody.
Results proved it. If the tin-can
had been tied to L. L. Newton earlier
as state committeeman, the election
in Park county would have been a
different story.
Mr. Newton, however was not so
reticent. In the event that our read
ers are not also subscribers to the
Heralcl, we will reprint an article
which appeared in that paper in the
issue of October 11. It is also a good
example of the elegance which dis
tinguishes Mr. Newton’s editorial
style.
“SUPPORT THAT DEFEATS”
"Democrats in Park county are as
suming a down-in-the-mouth attitude
toward the campaign and discourage
ment is seen on every side. In no
| quarter is it more noticeable than in
the sheriff. Driven between desire
and anxiety lest a certain for-reve
nue-only Republican support him.
thereby driving from him the decent
Democrats, and konwing that that el
ement has been trying for weeks
without success to organize the noisy
minority of wet Republicans to swing
into line with the Democrats in the
support of Loomis, the situation has
: brought worry and alarm to Demo
cratic circles.
"Apparently whoever is supported by
Miss Lockhart Is doomed to defeat.
The primary was a bitter lesson and
the week of recuperation after that
strenuous campaign failed to clear
the atmosphere. With every nominee
she supported in her paper snowed
under she so far has not had the
courage to come out for any individ
uals on the county ticket. In the
light of the past she cannot consist
j ently come out for the regular noml
; nees and the situation leaves her
' with no place to go in the open, and
jit Is perfectly in harmony with the
i methods of the past to use any means,
fair or foul, to gain her devious
, ends.
j "The situation is such that the
Democrats are trembling with fear
' lest she espouse their cause and muss
l up the camp, and the Republicans
, have as much use for her as the Texas
itch.”
While all this is Interesting, it is
untrue. Mr. Newton has a short
memrr/. We recall with considera
ble satisfaction that in the last muni
cipal election, our candidate, Dr. R. C.
Trueblood, beat Mr. Newton's candi
date, C. M. Cox, nearly three to one.
In this last general election we ac
ively espoused the cause of four
county candidates —three of them
Democrats —and three were elected
in spite of Mr. Newton’s best efforts
defeat them, namely, W. H. Loomis,
P. E. Markham and David E. Powers,
while the fourth was defeated by so
narrow a margin that his successful
opponent has no particular reason to
feel that he is a fixture in the office
of county treasurer.
It is no secret that, in spite of Mr.
Newton’s perfunctory support of Mr.
Powers, he and his little clique were,
against him and endeavoring to re
elect his Democratic opponent,
Charles Webster of Meeteetse, county
commissioner for the two-year term. I
Wo can well understand Mr. New-,
WILD WEST SHOW IN
NEW YORK CITY IS
PROVING BIG SUCCESS
Gustave Fuerth of New York City,!
who was on a big game hunt with |
Fred Richard this fall, sends word|
to the Enterprise that the Wild West,
show now going on at Madison Squared
Garden is a big success and that rid
ers representing every section of the
West are present.
A portion of the receipts will go to
the Argonne Association. Tex Austin
Is manager and director, and $25,000
hi prizes are being offered.
Many of the boys who come to the
Cody Stampede, or who are known
here, are competing, among them be
ing Leonard Stroud, Jack Coates. Yak
ima Cannutt, Sam Garrett, Howard
Tegland, Dick Kirnan, Ed McCarthy,
Pinky Gist, Hugh S/rickland. Slim
Caskey, Red Sublette, Bob Askins,:
Ray Bell, Soapy Williams, Jim Mas
sey, Powder River Thompson, John
ny Mullins and Jesse Coates.
ton's concluding paragraph, and why
that particular comparison should oc
cur to him, the reason being that ever
since we purchased the Enterprise we
have kept him scratching.
We read Len Leander’s swan song
last week with some gratification.
Heretofore he has taken the attitude
that we were not to be considered
serioufely; therefore, when his dia
tribe against ourself lengthened into
two columns, we could not but think
that something had changed his
opinion, possibly the election.
We might reply at length to it, but
we have no taste to enter into an ar
gument over a dead issue. The local
candidates in whom we were chiefly
interested were elected, namely,
Messrs. Loomis, Powers and Mark
ham, so it really does not matter now
whether the peddling and mailing
out of sample ballots before the pri
maries by the Methodist preacher
and L. L. Newton’s sister was or was
not an illegal action.
We might say in passing, however,
that the clerk of the court states that
it was never done before in Park
county to his knowledge; that we
are informed that the reason the
Democratic chairman did not call for
the ballots printed for him was be
cause, upon consideration, he doubt
ed if their distribution was right and
proper since the law says that the
sample ballots are for the judges of
election.
We learn from the Powell Tribune 1
that some Cody Republicans are
blaming the Republican slump in
Park county upon the new state com
mitteeman, G. C. Dillavou. That this
is unfair goes without saying. The
j blame should rest whi.r it belongs,
upon the head of L. L. NjWixa whor
he succeeded, jhe dan»H« was done)
before Mr. Dillavou was elected. Ng
amount of effcit on hU rart ccuii
have repaired it.
What L. L. N ewton seems unable
to get through his noodle is that he
is a leader without followers, that
there is no inconsiderable number of
influential Republicans who will not
work with him, that Democrats and
Republicans alike are sick of him and
just so long as he insists upon mak
ing himself conspicuous in politics,
just so long will there be friction. !
With Newton and newtoniam —by
which latter term we mean the cheap
trickery, hyprocisy, oily insincerity,
and the eternal plotting against peo
ple who differ with him, for which;
he is celebrated—eliminated, there is |
no reason why the Republican part?
in Park county should no' be reunited |
and stand solidly together under the
leadership of Mr. Dillavou.
It is the desire of the Democrats |
as much as the mutinous Republicans
that this should happen, and the fu
ture battles should be fought out
along party lines in a fair, open, and
honest fashion.
—ww —
Now that P. E. Markham has been
elected county commissioner, his con
stituents are looking to him to cut the
price of coal in two, adjust freight
rates, repeal the Volstead Act and
take off the tariff. These were
among his pre-election promises, and,
as he is a man of his word, it is ex
pected that he will live up to them.
There was some talk of giving a
benefit dance for H. C. Sanborn and J.
H. Vogel who bet optimistically upsn:
the wrong candidates In the recent
election. It was decided, however, I
that it would be in poor taste to make
light of their anguish and tne plan
was abandoned.
FATHERS AND SONS TO
BANQUET FRIDAY EVE.
The Father and Son banquet will
be given in the basement of the M.
E. church on Friday evening of this
week, and a large attendance is anti-,
cipated.
Hon. Geo. V. Triplet of Billings,
district attorney-elect for that dis
trict, will be the principal speaker
for the evening and other addresses
will also be made, with other features
of entertainment provided.
OFFICIAL COUNT GIVES
MARKHAM LEAD OF 39
The lead of P. E. Markham over S.
A. Watkins for the four-year term of
county commissioner was considers-,
bly increased over the unofficial fig- <
urea by the official cauvass of the ;
votes which was completed on Wed
nesday of this week.
The vote was shown to be: Wat-,
kins 1168, Markham 1207. Markham’s , ;
majority 39. I
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, .1922
SUNSHINE DAM WILL
PROVE NIGHT MARE,
SAYS 0. B. MANN
Meeteetse Rancher Answers Ot
to Man Who Believes Reser
voir Benefit to Grybull Valley
Mr. Fred Harmon of Otto, Wyo.,
who takes exceptions to my letter up
on the building of the Sunshine dam,
boasts of being an old resident and,
declares that he has watched the pro
gress of the valley for 31 years. Any
one who will live in Wyoming for 31
years and then locate upon a dry farm
and want someone to build him a
reservoir to irigate it, is surely worth
listening to.
Mr. Harmon thinks we lost SBOO,-
000.00 worth of hay in one year; that
would mean 160,000 tons of hay at
SS.UU per ton, which has been about
the average price, or about 2 tons per
acre for every irigated acre in the dis
trict.
I doubt very much if there has
ever been such a crop in the valley.
1 I do know, however, that Park
I county has never had a crop failure.
If there have been failures in this
I locality those failures were due more
to the method of farming, or not
farming, than any othe r cause—fail
' ing to get the crops in early, not hav
• ing a ditch large enough to carry the
water when there is plenty of water
for everybody.
There were thousands of feet of
water going to waste as late as July
10th this year, and there was not a
single farmer who could not have
raised and matured a crop before
that time.
He speaks of the thousands of ac
res which could be irigated but does
not say anything about the thousands
. that have been turned into swamps
, and made worthless from too much
, water. It is not the lack of water
which has caused failures, but the
lack of proper means of handling it.
Good ditches and good manage
ment are all that is necesary.
From Mr. Harmon’s beautiful dream
of sugar factories, of railroads and
such, I fear there may be an awaken
, ing resembling a nightmare. Then
he, like others, will realize that there
is but one thing to do —move on—
join the exodus —and make room for
thse who will come to take our
1 homes for the taxes we cannot pay.
Mr. Harmon says that efficient en
gineers declare that the reservoir
will hold. Why wouldn’t they say
so? They are getting SIO,OOO to say
it.
What is it to them whether it
holds or not? Is there any one of
them who would say, “When this res
ervoir is completed, and a proven suc-
: cess, then you can pay me?”
Mr. Harmon asks what a farmer
can know about such things. If the
Court would permit, I would like to
make a wager with James B. True,
Fred Harmon or any other dry 1
er pinling for a reservoir, that a far
mer’s guess of 50 cents per cubic
yard for the dam as advertised, is
closer than True’s estimate or what
he said he could construct it for.
And I will make another wager to
the effect that the reservoir will nev-,
er be successfully built for True’s es 1
timate.
“Love thy neighbor as thyself,”,
says the Good Book. I contend that I
this is hard to live up to when your
neighbor is trying in every way to,
destroy and take your property under
the guise of law.
Mr. Harmon says, “We, 'he major
ity of us, want a reservoir.” Then,)
I ask, why should not “we, the major
ity,” pay for what they want as other
people do? Why expect, and try to
force others to build it for them?
While "we,the majority,” may want
i this dam. men like the late Constance
■ Webster, the largest individual land
: owner, and the two next largest, I
I Cicero Avant and George Renner,.
with scores of others, are strongly!
opposed to it because they know it
I means ruin to the entire valley.
O. B. MANN. I
R. J. McNALLY, PIONEER
OF MEETEETSE, IS DEAD
Mr. Robert J. McNally, well known
old time resident of Meeteetse, died,
at his home at that place last Friady
morning at 9 o’clock. He was sev
■ enty years of age and had been a res
ident of the Meeteetse locality for
j about twenty years.
| Mr. McNally was for many years I
p-' i
The policy of this paper Is
to uphold the standards
and perpetuate the spirit
, of the old West.
ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY
RESERVOIR TAXES
SPELL RUIN, THINKS
BURLINGTON MAN
Grant Yarnell Stands With 0. B.
Mann In Opposing Dam-
Referendum Vote Would Be
Against Construction
Burlington, Wyo., Nov. 6, 1922.
Cody Enterprise:
I notice in a recent issue an article
regarding the Sunshine dam written
by Fred Harmon of Otto, in reply to
O. B. Mann’s letters upon this sub
ject.
I think every man and woman own
ing land on the Greybull river or Lib
erty Bench should express their opin
ion openly in regard to the construc
tion of this reservoir.
I believe it was during the summer
of 1919 that the Greybull farmers or
ganized an irrigation district for the
purpose of building a reservoir.
Stock and farm produce were selling
high at that time. The farmers call
ed a meeting and appointed a com
mittee to locate a reservoir site. 1
happened to be one of the committee
chosen.
After visiting different reservoir
sites, we finally selected the Sunshine
Basin site. We had the former state
engineer, Mr. James B. True of Chey
enne, and we made a rough estimate
of the cost of construction.
We decided it would not cost over
$lO per acre foot. Petitions were
then drawn up and circulated on that
basis of cost.
Os course, it was no trouble to get
signers enough to comply with the
state law. The district was organ
ized and commissioners elected, a
meeting called and the news broke
to the people that estimates now
made by the engineers gave the cost
of construction to the people as $lB
or S2O per acre foot.
The average farm that is not bog
ged down will require an acre foot
and a half of water which will cost
the farmers not less than $25 per
acre foot
Now, then, let us just figure a little.
The average 160 acres of land has 120
acres which can be irrigated. At $25
per acre foot this would be $3,000.
With the bonds selling below par, say,
90c on the dollar, there is 10 per cent
of your money given to the bond
holders, who, at thesametime,collect
interest on the full amount at what
ever interest rate agreed upon by the
commissioners.
We will say this is 6 per cent with
1 per cent for the up-keep of the res
ervoir, and 7 per cent paid to the en
gineers for construction which makes,
all told, for the first year’s expenses,
paid out in interest, 24 per cent.
So, Mr. Farmers, on the average
160 acres, when the reservoir is com
pleted, you will owe $720. Can a far
mer stand that kind of a deal with
farm produce and stock selling at the
lowest price for 25 years and freight
rates double what they used to be,
with 90 per cent of the land mort
gaged?
I think if Mr. Harmon had taken
his pencil and paper and figured a
little before he wrote that letter, he
would have come to the same conclu
sion that I have, and say, “Let us pay
our debts first and build reservoirs
when the mortgage is lifted.”
If I was a commissioner, I would
have to have at least seventy-five
per cent of the people in favor of it
before I would consider the construc
tion of the reservoir.
If the people had known when the
petition was circulated that it would
cost the amount they have since reck
oned it will cost, they would not have
ten per cent of the land owners
agree to build a reservoir. In other
words, if a referendum vote was tak
en, I daresay they would not have
enough votes to comply with the
state law to sell the bonds. The ma
jority should decide this matter, not
the minority.
Yours truly,
GRANT YARNELL.
| In his enthusiasm over the election.
1 Dave Shelley gave away twenty-five
I cowboy hats with the result that the
town now has a wild west appearance
i reminiscent of Buffalo Bill days.
[ -
’ cashier of the Meeteetse State Bank
• and was one of the oldest and most
• highly esteemed residents of that
■ section.
He leaves a widow and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Chas. Wilson of Wood Riven