The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., December 06, 1922, Image 1

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THIRD ANNUAL CODY STAMPEDE BALL. DECEMBER Isth. 1922
Founded In 1889 by Col,
W. Cody ("Buffalo
BUI") and Col. Peak*.
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 18.
THE THIRD ANNUAL STAMPEDE BALL
Enext big social event-dec. isth
OLD TIMERS, DUDES, INDIANS, COWBOYS, SHEPS, HIGH
BROWS, LOW-BROWS, DRYS, WETS—ALL DOLL
ING UP FOR SEASON’S BIG DANCE
(Caroline Lockhart)
LINES BY A Y-U SHEP
Been here since the first of June or
round the last of May,
Ain't got a dollar coming yet so guess
I’ll have to stay.
My hair is long and fuzzy and my
whiskers gone to seed,
But TH make it into Cody for the
a next Stampede.
The stars are right and the time is
ripe for the Stampede Ball. There
are other balls during the year, big,
successful balls where everybody has
a glorious time and goes home tired
■and happy, but none quite like the
Stampede ball with its Indians, dudes, |
townsfolk, old timers and strangers
from far and near, each wearing any ’
kind of clothing that pleases him.
War paint and feathers, bright blan
kets, handsome evening gowns* flan
nel shirts, and dinner jackets jos
tle each other at this most color
ful and picturesque of social gather
ings.
There is a friendly, uncritical atmo
sphere at the Stampede ball, an exu-;
berance in the air which makes th '
shvest cowpuncher, from the most re
mote range, step out like a tango liz
ard, and puts the bashful Shep at
ease.
They come from all parts of the
ccuntry, old time folk whj do »»**t
attend any other function during the
year, but, like the Y-U poet, “make
It into Cody” for jche Stampede Ball.
The Indians have been writing for •
weeks to remind the committee that
they expected to be invited and de
manding to know the date. Now that
the time has been set they are busy
tanning buckskin and beading new
moccasins for the event to which they
have been looking forward like eager
(Children.
It has taken many pow-wows to de
cide who were to be the fortunate
•ones as it was necessary to hold them
down as to number after the startling
news was received by the committee
•that thev were planning to come from
as far off as the Little Big Horn and
Lodge Grass.
At last report the lucky ones were
Chief and Mrs. Bird-hat, Mr. and Mrs.
Samson Bird-hat, Mr. and Mrs. Fights
well-known, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bull
tail. Myrtle Wood-tick, Little Buffalo
land Fanny Sits-down-spotted.
Smiles everywhere, and gleeful
SOCIA L SEASON IN FULL
SWING ON BALD RIDGE
Special to t«e Enterprse
Mrs. Henry H. Sirrlne was last;
■week spending the week end as the.
guest of Mrs. Mary A Say at the A.
M. Walters Ranch Mr. Sirrlne having
gone to Cody to arrange for a delated
dude party but the weather Is change-,
able and so are the dudes and hence-;
forth they are going back home to
spend the winter trapping at dear ol
Crandall Creek.
Rushing business seems to continue;
at the Walters Inn. Mr. and Mrs.
WHlard Hogan and daughter Leolo all
eo Harold Hogan, was one of the many
■who enjoyed the comforts of the pop
ular stopping place.
Frank Sims and Mr. Fred Thomas.
Crandall Creek Ranger, once more
found their way back to Crandall
•Creek after enjoying the rest and big
feed at Walters Inn.
Last but not least Clarence Sirrlne
and Bill Margelln all so stopped andj
renewed old acquaintance at the a
bove place.
On Thanksgiving Day A. M. Walters
End his stater Mary A Say gave a din
ner to a few of their Friends, the Sun
light Stage stopping there on his wa i
out. all so his wife Mrs. Walter Alex I
under. She is spending the week end|
■with her Aunt Mary A Say and unc'e
A. M. Walters while Mr. Alexander
rode In Cody with the Sunlight Mall.|
The roads are fine but It would be
well not to attempt to run dear old
Tdzxle over the divide to soon.
SWEETHEARTS MARRY
AFTER 35 YEARS
Word was received that John C.
Prante was married In Los Angeles
on Nov. 21st to a boyhood sweetheart
whom he had not seen tor 36 years.
The bride’s name was Mrs. Amber
Clery. Mr. and Mrs. Prante will
spend the winter In Cal.fornla and
probably return to Wyoming In the
Wring.
eJfie Cody Enterprise
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
CODY, PARK COUNTY. WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
I chuckles, greeted the posters as they
| were put up ou Saturdey, and almost
■ simultaneous with their appearance.
Dave Shelley commenced to do a land
i office business in cowboy boots and
belts and hats. Rooms are being en
gaged by the out of town folk, while
the lo.cal beauty parlor already has
' nearly every hour filled up to eight
o’clock on Friday night.
Special invitations have been sent
to friends of the Stampede in all the
surrounding towns; Greybull, Burling,-,
ton Tensleep, Worland, Powell, El j
Basin, Clark, Meeteetse, and a few so
far away as Edgar, Billings, Mlles
| City, Warren and Fannie.
Word is coming in from the reci
’ plents that if the weather is good and
; there is a possible chance, they will
be here, as they phrase It, “with, bells
on.”
“Pontoon Johnny” has promised to
' make his first appearance on any
stage with his Swede piano, while the
, talented South Fork will turn out
strong and contribute its share to the
| evening’s entertainment
| It was a disappointment not to be
able to hold the ball in the Irma hotel
as formerly, but since the bar-room
has been rented, it was decided that
the dinning room was not large
epough; so the Temple theatre has
been engaged for Friday night, Dec
ember 15th .
The music will be furnished by the
Lovell orchestra, which consists of
■six pieces—violin, piano, tw.o saxa
phones, drums, trombone and cornet.
There wilPbe pirffCh Os first quality,
built ,by Al McLanahan or some other
local artist of established reputation'
along that line. The sandwiches and
coffee will be served on the stage and
without charge.
Among the stockholders who are
members of the various committees
helping to make the third annual
Stantpede ball as successful as those
that have gone before, ar,e Mrs. R. C.
Trueblood, Mrs. B. C. Rumsey, Mr.s.
Lulu Hall, Mrs. Dave Shelley, Mrs.
D. E. Hollister. Mrs. A. J. Cox, Mrs
Ralph Wiltse. Mrs. J. P. Altberger,
Mrs. Hugh Patchell, Mrs. Russel
Crane, Mrs Carl Hammitt, Mrs. Will
Richard and Mrs. R. G. Hopkins.
Fredrick Morris, M. J. Danes, Major
E. S. Hoopes and the new sheriff, W.
H. Loomis, havi also been assigned
1 important roles.
KERMIT ERICKSON SIGNS
CONTRACT TO RIDE FOR |
KENTUCKY HORSEMAN
• Kermit Erickson signed a contract
this week with Phil T. Chinn of Lex
ington Kentucky, and will leave the
26th of the month to take up his du
ties on the big thoroughbred stock
j farm owned by Mr. Chinn* He ;
'is to ride and act as stable
boy for a term of four and a half
| years, beginning at a substantial sal
i ary which is to be increased annually.
A. J. Stafford, who has charge of
the thoroughbreds at the Hoodoo
Ranch haS acted as Mr. Chinn’s repre
sentative in the signing of the agree
ment
I Mr. Chinn is one of the most promi-!
nent horse men in the country and has
a fine racing stable. His horses race,
chiefly in New York State and Mary
land.
WIARD-SPENCER CASES
HAVE BEEN POSTPONED
Word has been received from W. L.
Simpson, who is now in Cheyenne,
! that the federal cases against Harry
Wlard and Rex Spencer, which were
I set for trial on December 12, have
been postponed. Mr. Simpson, who
i lias been retained by the city to de-
I fend Its officers, gives no Intimation as
' to when they will be tried.
These cases grew out of the shoot
ing of the town marshal by Galen B I
Hodge, when the former was arrest-'
Ing the prohibition agent for drunk
i enness. After Hodge was convicted
j and fined, the marshal was charged
. with consplrlcy and Interfering with,
’ a federal cfflcer In the performance
1 of his duty.
■ —a—■ —-—■ —
r Mrs. J. H. Van Horn left the mld-i
I die of the week for Kansas City
II where she will pay a visit to her sis-;
a J ter, after which she will go to Chica-,
I go and then on to Washington. I
As Seen FromTYie Wer-Wagon
■'ttdbcil (arolini'/xkliart
.TtraW
We pore over the reports sent out
by Carl Jackson, Federal Prohibition
commissioner; peruse faithfully the
bulky documents prepared by W. L.
Wade, at head of the Anti-saloon Lea
gue in Wyoming; read the large bulle-.
tin issued by the Board of Tem-I
perance, Prohibition and Public Mor
als of the Methodist Episcopal Church, I
digest the editorials in the newspp |
I pers of the state, and learn therein
that there is no such thing as a liquor
question—that it is a dead issue—pro
. hibition is a success and here to stay;
that it is a popular law and the only
thing needed to make it still more
popular is stricter enforcement —until
we are almost forced to believe that
so many wise persons must be right.
And then, darn it, we cast an eye
over the news columns, note what
is happening in the wor’d, and are all
at sea again!
In spite of us, doubts will creep in
as to the accuracy of the statements
made by these good folk, many
of whom would have to go back
to work if it were really the
truth that there was “no such thing
as a liquor question.”
i Let us gentle reader, call attention
to a few headlines, events and quote
a bit from people who, perhaps, are
quite as well worth listening to as the
aforsaid, above mentioned advocates
of prohibition and enforcers of the
prohibition law.
BOOZE TIDE ENGUIF
ING DRY CHIEFS
By the Associated Press
Washington. Nov. 27. —The dry law
enforcement arm of the government
was said todav by high treasury offi
cials to be without any plans.
Secretary Mellon is represented as
saying he was unable to offer any so
lution to the problem while the re
turns to illicit traffic in liquor contin
l ue so large.
1 The treasury secretary is under-l
stood to believe that “complete en
forcement could not be expected un-
■ der present conditions.”
The impression was given that he
believed it would take much more
money and a far greater staff of en
forcement officers than is now avail
able in order to throttle importations
and fraudulent withdrawals from the
bonded warehouses.
EAST FLOODED WITH
LIQUOR, PROBER SAYS
New York, Nov. 28 —New York and
New Jersey cities are being flooded;
with liquor from the Bahamas, Scot
land and England, according to Frank
J. Hale, an investigator for the pro-'
I hibition department. He declared
, that a steamship had cleared from
I Scotland last week with 24,000 cases
iof whiskey bound for the “whiskey
armada camping ground” four miles'
1 off the American coast.
j More than 100 vessels are engaged
in transporting contraband liquor to
this country. Hale says, and millions
of dollars change hands each week
in bootleg deals.
DOCTORS FIGHT TO
ANNUL PROHIBITION
i New York, Nov. 18. —One hundred
TAX NOTICES BOMB SHELLS ON POWELL FLAT
(Editorial from
I Tax notices are beinp received by
Park county property owners this
1 week and never before in the history
of this section has there been so
j much consternation raised over the
I matter of the county, city and state
: expenses. There are two or three
i reasons especially why taxes for 1922
! are much higher than heretofore.
Not only is the town property owner
hit severely on account of the high
assessment necessary to meet the
added expense of operating the muni
cipality, but the farmer gets hit hard
by increased expense of school opera-1
tion and then the fact that many un-
> patented farm holdings have not been
i assessed makes the tax burden on the
i patented lands as much higher as is
. necessary to make up the loss. School
taxes, in the new consolidated district
I plan, are very high. In fact all the
1 general county and state taxes appear
small when compared with the local
i school and municipal taxes. The farm
l er is hit a hard jolt by these taxes
i, this year, but it is just about twice
■ as much for the property owner In-
I side the corporate limits of Powel.
It is little short of a tragedy that
■ these exhorbitant taxes should be
■ levied upon a people at a time when
•they have no source of revenue from
• which to meet them. It is seriously;
I debated upon the streets of Powell |
and five physicians brought action in
the United States district court here
today to annul prohibition laws inso
far as they ryestrict amount of alcohol
beverages that may be prescribed by
I doctors.
PROHIBITION AMEND
MENT WRONG WAY TO
ACHIEVE TEMPERANCE
SAYS VETERAN PASTOR
Chicago, Oct. 21. —The prohibition
amendment is the wrong way to ob
tain temperance is the opinion of D..
James S. Stone, who is retiring after
forty-eight years in the ministry, it
was an.nounced Saturday, and the
present method of prohibition must
fail.
“It won’t work out at all,” said tho
veteran clergymayn, now 70 years old.
| “Men who never willfully disregard
ed law before are openly evading the
prohibition law,” he declared. “They
get off together and laugh about how
smart they have been in getting li
quor. I believe the prohibition law is
unjust to those people who have used
i wines and beer with moderation and
that it puts them on the same plane
with drunkards. I believe the return
of light wines and beer would be a
good thing.”
AMERICAN PROHIBI-
TION FAILURE IS JUDG
MENT OF ARCHBISHOP
Chicago—The Most Rev. Duhig. Rc-I
.man Catholic of Brisbane.
I Queensland, Australa has observed
American prohibition at close range
for several months and pronounced it
a failure.
| "You cannot make men sober by an
act of parliment,” was his comment
on the dry law.
LIQUOR IN TULSA IS
BONE OF CONTENTION
Liquor In Tulsa Bone of Contention
ing Governor Robertson’s order calling
upon the attorney general’s office for
an immediate investigation of liquor
law enforcement conditions in Tusia
county, as “a big joke” County Attor
ney W. F. Seaver, in a statement isr
sued late today, defied the state’s ex
ecutive and said, “the whole attorney
general’s force, can come .down here
and see what they can do about it.”
ALCOHOL KILLS MORE UN-
DER DRY LAW, IS REPORT
Albany, N. Y., Oct 11 —Deaths from
alcoholism showed a marked increase
for the first seven months this year,
as compared with the same period last
year, numbering 172 as against 83, the
report of the state health depart
ment issued today declared.
WORLD WETS IN
BIG CELEBRATION
Brussels, Oct. 27. —(By The Associa
' ted Press).) —Delegations from eleven
countries are participating in the
third anti-prohibition congress <n
session here. The sessions are secret.
I The countries represented are Bel
. gium, Canada. Spain, Finland, France,
England, Denmark, Italy, Norway,
I; Sweden and Switzerland.
- ■
Powell Tribune)
whether this tiling can go on forever.
High taxes such as we now are con
fronted with might be submitted to
■ with patience for one year, but when
> the burden mounts higher annually
i at times when the agricultural ele
ment is running behind, it is indeed
a matter far serious contemplation.
How the people of not only Park
county but all of Wyoming manage
i to meet the increasing expenses of
i government every year is hard to
understand. And with all this heavy
drain our county commissioners tell
us the county has little money for
roads, the schools must practice econ
l omy on every hand, and municipali-
> ties such as Powell, Cody and Mee-
i teetse struggle along with great dis-i
Acuity.
Not only is the exhorbitant tax bur- •
> den necessary for the most ordinary
■ needs, but if we are to reach out
I more in our city Improvements, our
• county needs or the further equlp
» ment of our schools, the taxes will
> become proportionately higher. It!
• has been maintained for years that
jif taxes should become higher thO|
■ people could not bear up under the,
J burden, but taxes are becoming!
i alarmingly higher and the Income of
i the taxpayer Is smaller. It is only.
’ | fair to suppose that when property
I j values decrease by fifty per cent thst
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922
BAL MASQUE GIVEN
BY FIRE FIGHTERS
RECORDJREAKER
World and His Wife Turn Out In
Costume For 21st Annual
Dance of Cody Firemen
Three hundred and twenty-five dol
j lars was cleared at the Firemen’s 21st
annual dance, held Tuesday night last
at the Temple theatre. The dance was
the largest of its kind ever held in
Cody. They came early and stayed
late. The balconies were crowded
with spectators. Everyone on the
floor had on masks, and the costumes
bewildered the eye with color. Dom
inoes. Indians, bell-hops, flappers,
seneritas, dudes, cowboys and clowns
whirled in the heterogenous throng.
William Loewer, floor manager, led
the grand march at 10 o’clock and
revelry continued till the judges
awarded prizes. Unmnsklug was at
I 10:45 after which everybody danced.
Prizes were awarded as follows: |
Most elaborate costume, Mrs. Bertha
Sirrlne of Meeteetse, Spanish girl in
black, $10; character costume,' Mrs.
Lester Thurston, a colored girl, $lO
; and Mr. Leo Belanger, white Indian,
I $10; high toned colored lady, Mrs.
I Harold Sturm, $5.
The judges were Fred Christy of
Meeteetse, R. P. Hass, superintendent;
of Shoshone Indian Reservation at
Fort Washakie, and Dr. R. C. True-'
blood.
Persons and costumes which stood-
• out by reason of their unusual and at-,
1 tractive qualities were: Mrs C. R.
Cobb. Indian squaw; Dr. C. J. Rhodes/
• full dress; EL W. Binder, n girl; E. W.
Binder, boy; Miss Pearl Beam, the
Statue of Liberty; Barry Williams,
evening clothes; Maurice Starr, a
i clown; Miss Vivian Baston, an Hawi
ian girl; Miss Ba Schwoob, a Gypsy
, girl; Roy Holm, a tramp; Stanley Rus
‘ sell, member of the “Annual Bohunk
/convention;” Harry Rueger, a perfect
lady; Mrs. Ida Forest and Mrs. G.
Walliker, sheeted ghosts.
Music was furnished for the occa
sion by the Cody six-piece orchestra,
composed of Clifford Spencer, trom
, bone; R. S. Moody, clarinet; Charles
Stump, saxaphone; A. L. De Bolt, vio
lin; and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Puliy,;
drums and piano.
, The Firemen's 21st Annual Dance
was staged by a committee composed I
k of the following members: C. A. Will-;
• lams, fire-chief; Maurice Starr, assist-
, ant ftre-chief and Frank Jones.
CODY FLYER BREAKS IN
TWO; ENGINE GOES ON
The Cody Flyer broke in two on
' Monday last about 14 miles the other
side of Powell and the engine went on
without the passenger coach until the
t engineer discovered his loss.
, The buckling of the cars when the
j | coupling broke shot the passengers
I out of their seats but as most of them
’ were accustomed to rough riding they
i were unperturbed by this small inci
/ dent A few of them bit their
and said some bad words but other
j wise nothing worthy of mention hap-
• pened as a result of the accident
| The train which was due at 12
o’clock arrived at 5:30.
the expense of taxation would fall off
. proportionately, buL many taxpayers,
• if not all of them, observe that taxes
> have increased from 25 to 50 per cent
i in 1922.
f That all sounds more like a Joke
- than a pathetic reality. It is small
I wonder that a move is on foot about
. Powell to bring the whole thing under
: close study and try to relieve our-
J selves of the mounting burden. At
t last Saturday afternoon’s meeting of
> 1 the Shoshone project waterusers a
’ resolution was offered and unanimous-
I ly passed that means more than a
• scrap of paper and ought to be heeded
■ by every public official, who with
• bowed heads should give it solemn
• consideration. It is:
"Whereas, taxes are abnorm-
| ally and unreasonably high, be it
• resolved that the Shoshone Pro
’ ject Waterusers’ association in
mass meeting assembled demands
•j of all public of Helals, high and
•; low, every possible economy con
[ slstent with reasonable efflslency
J in the administration of school
.! district, county and state busi-
• | ess.”-
;l Will Howell who has had out a line
! of traps exhibited some handsome
i furs in town this week, extra fine
coyotes and 32 dark marten being
- among his catch.
,
The policy of thl, paper 10l
to uphold the standards ||
and perpetuate the spirit H
of the old West.
ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY
DEMOCRATS MAKE
MERRLATBANQUET
Better Organization Os Party
Urged By Speakers—Precinct
Committeemen Discuss
County Plans
(By one who was there)
Blear-eyed Melancholy, In the Prea-
I ence ot seven and eighty men and
women, took the count at the Dem
ocratic post-election banquet held
Tuesday night at the Irma hotel.
Good fellowship and side-splitting jol
lification held the boards. It could
not have been otherwise, under the
smiling, not to say stimulating leader
ship of the Democratic County Chair
mau, John Cook.
Raising solemnly and portentously
from his chair, Mr. Cook, after a few
pat words of greeting, presented the
1 initial speaker of the evening. Geo. T.
Beck. The hearty applause told how
well Mr. Beck stood with the audience.
Casting aside all trite stories, Mr.
Beck cut direct to the heart of hfr
message.
i First tracing the meagre beginning
of Park county democrats when a.
band of eight constituted their co
horts, the speaker pointed out various
evidences of growth in the party.
Stress was then laid upon the value
of unity of action. It was a stirring
1 plea for organization loyalty. True to
his southern sense of chivalry, Mr.
i Beck closed his remarks in the nature
■ of a rose-tinted compliment to the la
. dies. He sat down amid long and vig
' orous applause.
By this time the dining room doors
i were closed- Chairman Cook saw to
it that hi> Hock was safely corralled,
* with no'possible chance for escape.
Then>upon that unsuspecting com
pan/, there was turned loose one of
Cody’s skppilots, Dr. D. R. Blaske.
John Cook was barely seated when
the parson laid bare to the gasping
audience several of the innermost
secrets of John’s early life.
First it was told of how John
, hailed from the town of Hanna
ble, Mo.; and that he possessed
in himself the heroic qualities of that
ancient general after whom the town
was named. Then, amid uproarious
laughter, the speaker related the story
of John’s first wooing and how he
. won the heart and hand of his wife.
Paul Greever, next took the plat
i form. Few men have been so finely
favored by notable gifts. In addition
;to an extensive law practice, Mr.
! Greever -posfcesseis the manly form
; and the oratorical voice. Then, too.
' he is one of those persons who has
;ue proper thing to say at the ru.ht
moment All agreed that Mr. Greever
nu-de one of the top-notch talks of
I tin evening.
A sturdy delegation from Powell
was present at the banquet board.
Two excellent speeches were given
by Mayor Ide and Dr. Ice. By this
time the audience was well primed
and ready for some solid meat. Chair
man Cook appropriately introduced
the Rev. Mr. Shepperd. This man
of the people, this parson who convic
tions are clear as crystal, gave one
of the most stimulating addresses
ever heard in Cidy. In spite of the
dryness ot the night, the Presbyterian
i minister was not lacking in wit.
His ponderous voice, his irony, his
intimate knowledge of men and poli
tics, put argument after argument
across with compelling power.
Seventy-seven men and women, hap
py and smiling, then filed from the
festive board, resolved that the sal
vation of Park County lay in the ac
ceptance of the principles of the Dem
ocratic party.
Precinct committeemen met after
the supper and transacted business
pertaining to the county's share of
the state patronage.
The storm kept many out of town
guests away, who otherwise would
have been present. Among the
Powell visitors present, were the fol
lowing good democrats: A. A. Key
ser, Eugene Ide, W. H. Loomis, W. H.
Edley and Clay Chery.
CRANKS CAR; BREAKS LEG
While cranking Mrs. Blanche Oo
kel's car on Friday last, Andy Muri a
hand, or foot, slipped and the crank
knocked him to that point of the com
pass known as galleywest. His leg
was broken between the ankle and
knee. Dr. Loul Howe set the leg at
once but the patient will he hors de
combat for some time to come.
A band of some fifty or sixty ante*
lope are reported in the vicinity
Irma Flat It is said that all except
one band ot antelope have left the
Pitchfork range.