The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., December 13, 1922, Image 1

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THIRD ANNUAL CODY STAMPEDE BALL, DECEMBER 15th, 1922
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Founded In 1899 by Col.
W. F. Cody (“Buffalo
Bill”) and Col. Peake.
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 19.
EIEBW IS SUCKING UP FOB THE
STAMPEDE BILL MID ILL RARIN' TO GO
Little Financial Difficulties Detain Simon Bull-Tail—Out Os
Town Guests Now On The Way—All Roads
Will Lead To Cody December 15
Tallow your boots, hands, gat out
th© bear-grease and bergamont and
scent up your hair for the Third
Annual Stampede Ball is coming off
according to schedule on Friday of
-this week!
Wash up your shirts, you children'
of Nature, and hold your own with I
the sons of the predatory rich fiom'
the tired East who are having thMr’j
evening clothes p r essed for this now
celebrated yearly event
The lively six-piece orchestra from
Lovell will be on hand. The North
Fork and South Fork are turning out
en masse, while Clarks Fork and
Paint Crick, Bald Ridge and Pat
'O’Hara, Monument Hill and Upper
Sage will be well represented if the
weather is favorable.
Simon Bull-tail has sent his usual
threatening letter of acceptance and
there is nothing in Simon Bird-hat's
communication w'hich would lead
anyone to believe that he will have
to be urged. In fact, our worst fear,
is that long before the day set, forty
or fifty uninvited guests will have
arrived.
Says Simon’s laconic note:
Caroline Lockhart,
Dear Sir:
I received your letter in yesterday.
So we are going over there for the
dance for sure. So you send the
checks for our fare right away to
me. Havn’t got no money. That is
all from yous friend.
Simon Bull-tail
Pryor, Montana
Samson Bird-hat writes at greater
length;
Caroline Lockhart,
Dear Sir
As I have little time this afternoon
to receive your most welcome letter.
1 have told Chief Bird-hat about the
dance and he was sureglad to com
g over. He would like to get some
eagle tails and deer hides.
We cant drive across because it J
Democrats Endorse
Darrah-Rousseau
For Important Jobs
A meeting of the democratic spre
clnct committeemen was held in the
county commissioner's rooms at the
court-house on Tuesday evening. It
was well attended in spite of the
bad weather. Those unable to be
present sent in their p r oxies, somej
(thirty in number.
The chief feature of the meeting
was the endorsement of H. W. Dar
rah for State Highway Commissioner:
and Dick Rouseau for State Game
Warden.
It was also agreed that M. J.
Dayer, R. J. McGinnis, of Cody, and
William Edley, Eugene Ide and Dr. j
Ice of Powell should have the sup
port of the precinct committeemen
for whatsoever position they should
apply.
OFFICER URGES BIG
ARMORY FOR TROOP F
Major C. B. Simpson, senior state
instructor for the National Guard,
was in Cody the frst of the week in
fepectlng Troop F and attending to
other business connected with the
State militia.
Major Simpson found the property
In good condition but a regreiutbl'i
lick o* nterest in the drills <n th*'
part of members of the Troop. There
mint ufc 30 members at drill »rco
each week before any are entitled to
Pay anu it has been found difficult
to get this number out
t I roup F lias thirty-seven head of
her.es for which the State allows
1250 a month for their care, ex:l if ve 1
o( ited which is furnished by the g« v
eminent. The cavalry horses are
hotlcably better conditon now that
they were last wnter and during the
♦nmmer.
Captain Simpson would like to see
on armory in Cody where indoor
drills coilld be conducted, and an ef
fort to this end si being made. A
suitable building would be 60 by 1001
<nd cost $16,000. An armory would i
’“’e to be built by th* -State.
Cody Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY. WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
too cool now. I have fix everything
all ready now but I think I would
say that I have two more, man and
and his wife. Please let me know
soon if you think it alright for ten.
We sure glad to see you also every
thing getting along pretty good as
so far. Enclose with good luck to
you from you r friend.
Samson Bird-hat
The Stampede Committee would
be broke merchants if it were not,
for Mont Jones. He has come to the!
rescue with two fore quarters of bull
elk for the Indians which same he
guarantees to have plenty of “chaw”
in it.
Beside the Indian dai)es there
will be specialties by local talent.
They will not be advertised in ad
vance, however, since artists, being
tempermental and uncertain, are
liable to disappoint at the last min
ute and cause embarassment to the
management.
The Hon. J. D. Woodruff further
establishes his right to the reputa
tion of being the livest wi r e in Fre
mont County by telephoning his
intention of coming from Shoshoni
for the party. If the roads has re
mained open there would havebeen
guests f r om as far away as Casper
but the recent snow has neccessitat
ed a change of plan on the part of
many of those living ata distance
who had expected to be “among
those present”.
It is requested that parents will
not bring their youngsters and turn
them loose. All the space will be
needed for the dancers and children
over six or seven will be charged full
admission and expected to sit with
their parents. In other years, kids
playing tag and skedaddling over the
floor have been a nuisance which is
the reason It has been found neces
sary to make this rule in regard to
them.
LIONS CLUB HOLD
ROUSING MEETING
With Paul Greever aa toastmaster
and president, the newly organized
Lions Club of Cody banqueted forty
one strong at the Irma hotel Wed
nesday evening last.
Happy words of greeting were giv
en by Mayor Trueblood, himself a
Lion. John Cook, president of the'
I Cody Commercial Club, also a Llou.
■ followed with an apt response in
| which he emphasized the fact that
I the Lions Club would prove a valu
able asset to the community and that
I instead of being a deteriment to the
Cody club It would serve as Its best
friend. President Greever assured
Ml Cook that such was the aim rnd
l.cpe ol the Lions club. Prof. Ralph
| Harem spoke on the topic “Among
I Out reives.” Then arose Lawyer
1 i'l-ipson who spoke Interesting!” nu|
"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”.
It was rich with historical fact and
proved one of the most Informing >
talks of the evening. Selections
were rendered on the piano by Mrs.'
Hardin. Dr. D. R. Blaske, rector of
Christ Episcopal church, spoke to
the topic, “Community Fellowship.”
It was an out and out appeal for
i good fellowship and loyalty to Cody.
“These are troublesome times.”
said the speaker,” social unrest, poll
I tlcal discontent and religious Indif
i ference permeate our nation from
i the smallest hamlet to the metropo
litan city. There is a growing
i disregard of constituted authority.
The ancient landmarks are dlsap
i poarlng T here is enmity among
i ourselves. What’s the remedy?” Dr.
i Blaske stated that in his opinion the
■ remedy could only be found in more
consistent practive of Christ’s doct-
I fine of the brotherhood of man.
I Greenville Cunlngham. field secre
il tary for the International association
of Lions Clubs "Poke as ’he last
i speaker on “Lionism". It waa «i
; vivid explanation of the Ideals and
i achievements of the club. He told
of how Lionism made better citizens
i how it co-ordinated the efforts of
’ men. establishing thereby happier;
• and more prosperous communities, (
and finally of how Lionism thru its,
II cooperation with commercial clubs
11 and educational Institutions prmnot-,
| ed better loyalty to home, community
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
As Seen From Hie WeivMgon
What with Bill Carlisle, the not
rolous train holdup, making tidies
and dresser sarfs at Rawlins
“Squaw*’ Sm|th picking up rubies
over on Ruby Creek, it looks as if
the professional Bad Men of Wyom
ing had a taste for lady-like occupa
tions when not engag e d jn th e lr re'
gular business of letting blood and
sca r ing the daylights out of dudes.
Eve r y pint of brandy a steady
drinker takes shortens his life By 11
hours, and th e average drink h e con *
sumes curtajls his eapthly sojourn
by 25 minutes, acco r ding to statis
tics compiled by scientists of Den
mark.
After reading the above in Henry
Ford’s Dearborn Ind e pendant we took
a pencil and figured out tB a t two
thirds of ou r friendss should have
been dead from six to eight years ago
The prominence which the Cas
per Tribune is giving to the series
of essays by Alta Booth Dunn is a
sou r ce of much atis faction t° those
hwo have known of her pepseverence !
in the face of the discouragements
which come to ail but a few of those.
CASPER TRIBUNE FEATURES SERIES
OF CLEVER ESSAYS BY ALTA B. DUNN
L Alta Booth Dunn, (Mrs. E. E. Dunn) f
of Upper Sage Creek, has written a
‘ series of essays so clever that the
J Casper Tribune is advertising them
! as one of the features of its Sunday
5 issue.
They are written in biblical style
1 and in an ironic vein, setting forth th e
J doubtful joys of tilling the soil and
5 the public’s attitude toward the tiller,
I who, of late, has come to find himself
always holding the sack.
1 Mrs. Dunn calls her collection of
J essays* “A Song of Farmers.”
5 *A Song of Farmers, who shall sing
' it,, for darn near everybody hath a
pick on them. Verily, they are out
’ of luck and have reason to be discour-.
;aged.
“A Song of Farmers, for nobody giv
eth a prune for their welfare. They
are sore beset and their substance de-[
creaseth. Wherefore do they cry out,
i with loud and bitter cries like to the,
: tumult of many troubled waters.
“A Song of Farmers, for they are
. despised of hired men.
“A song of farmers, for men say
that they have a soft snap and that)
they get rich quick. Yea, verily, it is
their privilege to stick their noses to
i the grindstone and live within their
means or go broke.
“Yet, some there be which envieth
them, grudging them the fruits of
their own labors, even unto the food
of their mouths and their children’s.
The city feller wrlteth protestingly to
the farmer, saying:
j “ ‘Lo’ thou hast a nerve to kick
about thy lot. Verily, thine is an
easy graft, my rustic friend. Lookit
the fancy prices you’ve been getting
for what you have to sell! Then for
your own use you have the best, and
in abundance. About all it costs is
your labor. Velvet, man. velvet!
Then lookit us f’rlnstance: we scarce,
BIRD RESERVATION
IN JACKSON’S HOLE
A 40-acre tract atl jo mil ng the
elk refuge near Jatekson, Wye.,
has been established as a new na
' tlonal bird reservation by execu
tlve order. It will be known as the
Flat Creek reservation, and will
serve throughout the year as a
breeding and resting place for the J
wild fowl and other birds of the
region. Late In fall and in winter
it will serve another purpose In
affording additional pasturage to
the elk herds coining down from
the mountains In and about the
I Yellowstone National Park to win
ter In the Jackson Hole region.
ARCHDEACON DRAY RESIGNS
Archdeacon Dray, one of U« best
beloved of Wyoming churchmen, has
resigned hla position in Laramie and
returned to England to reside per
manently. He has been In Wyoming
for about ten years. He often con
ducted services In Christa Episcopal
church In Cody and had many friends
here who will regret to learn of his
I resignation.
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and country.
It was announced that the Club
i would meet at luncheon Tuesday
noon- , u _,
who set out on the long, hard trail
to literary success. The Tpibune’
I was quick to recognize the me r lt of
1 her work, and to appreciate th© com-j
mon sense and humor which dlstingui;
shes most that she w r it e s. We coa-i
gratulate Mrs. Dunn upon her achie
vemen ted success.
When a chief of police comes off;
the bed-ground in the middle of the
night and is out driving a snow-plow
If o clear the pavements, at three o’-
clock in the morning, and that, too,'
with a recently healed bullet wound
in his leg, it is a fact worthy men
tion.
Harry Wiard did this as a matter
j of course on Friday morning so that
the sidewalks were cleared when the
earliest bird went down town to busi
ness.
Without aiming to reflect upon cops
chat have gone before, the Oldest
I Inhabitant has to admit there never
j was an officer in this position on the
I town s pay roll who worked so f’.’th
fU'iy and conscientously to earn his;
salary as this present marshal. Our
t Cop with the pile driver punch.
How came he to get that infamous
j distinction.
! can get honest_to_goodness, simon
’ pure grub at any price. And the Lord
knoweth that now all prices be roost-!
ing upon tbv very clouds. And the
avc •age man hath no airship. Lucky
cuss, I envy thee the simple life, its!
emoluments and perquisites!,
“Now mayhap some of these be,
true words —and sad. But the farmer
is not to blame for conditions which
have been found so intolerable, nor;
doth he profit by them over-much. 1
For, know ye not, O Urban Dweller,
that production costs have soared
even higher and faster than hath thej
ultimate 'Belling price, out of which'
latter cometh also the high living
. costs of divers and sundry middlemen
I And —oh, woe! that which the farm
er hath to sell now goeth down faster
than ballast from a baloon, while that
1 which he must buy stays up even as
the baloon itself—on hot air.
"O Tired Business Man, what say-
I est thou when asked to take a hand
thyself In righting the civic wrongs of
■ the day? Art thou, perchance? one of
'those which exclaimeth wearily: ‘Oh,,
. let George do it!’ Well, then —
"Furthermore, O Green-Eyed One.
wist ye not that in these parlous
times the farmer, his spouse, his son,
his daughter, his sire, his grandsire—
an he is lucky enough to have one yet
—his ox, his ass and —nay, not his!
manservant nor his maidesrvant, for
usually he hath none biding by the
month —his tractor, his jitney and all
that dwell within his gates, save the
babe in arms, toil darn near 11-teen!
hours per diem for that which they
hath? and taketh novacation a-tall!
Is not the farmer as well as the
i laborer worthy of his hire?
' “Then, surely shall he rightfully be
the first partaker of his own products
and entitled to a fair price for the
surplus. Selah.”
NEARLY $3,000,000
ASKED FOR WYOMING
RECLAMATION PROJECT
Washington, Dec. 4 —The estimates
’ of appropriations for the fiscal year
‘ ending June 30, 1924, have now been
[• submitted to congress gy the bureau
of the budget, and among the Inter
ior department terns Wyioming is
favored by requests for the following!
sums to be approprateid for recla-'
mation projectc:
North Platte project - $1,420,000
Shoshone project - 925,000,
Riverton project 600,000.
CODY CLUB HOST TO
HONOR ROLL STUDENTS
Thirteen students who made an
I average ot 90 at the recent examin- •'
‘ ation were the guests ot the Cod-11
Club at Its Monday luncheon. The >
Honor Roll consisted of the following
public school students; 1
Senior class —Edith Casebolt, I’hy- I
Ils Webster: Junior class —Agnes i
Nelson, Gladys Wagoner: Sophmore I
clase—Agues Ahlberg, Vivian Boston
Js.ck Darrah. Edwin Dunn, Leah
Gunguet, Ethel Smith and Gunner <
Nelson: Freshman —Ivo Johnson end i
William Wist.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1922
HUH MOUNTAIN
LION ATTACKS HORSE
Predatory Animals Again De
stroying Deer And Elk—
Mountain Lion Killed
On North Fork
The predatory animals which
wrought such havoc among the elk
and doer last winter, have started in
> again, and it would appear from re-j
ports that the government trappers
are again needed in this section.
A mountain lion last week attacked
a saddle horse belonging to Mr.
Cfiifford Spencer, tearing its should
er with its claw’s. The horse, which
was ranging on Jones Creek above
Pahaska, ran over a rim-rock in its
efforts to escape and was badly hurt
about the head by the fall.
Mountain lions frequently attack
I colts but it is not often they tackle
a full grown horse.-
The government trapper rid that
section of lion two years ago, taking
six at that time, but it it evdent that
more have come in from some other
part of the country as Verne Spencer j
w’ho is trapping on Elk Fork, has
* seen the tracks of five-three old
and two young ones—since the snow
fell. The lion which attacked the
horse came over the ridge from the
Sunlight country.
I. C. Spencer, who is also trapping
on Elk Fork, reports that the coy
otes are again killing deer in that,
vicinity He is putting out poison
along w’ith his traps and hopes to 1
' check their depredations among the
game.
When B. C. Rumsey came into town
on Sunday he saw the carcass of a
mountain sheep, which had been kill-j
ed by a mountain lion, lying on the
ice near Aspen cre°l.'.
BETRAYS TRUST;
BREAKS PAROLE
W. D. Loinan Arrested For
Theft —Pilfers From Cody
Trading Company—
Pleads Guilty
W. D. Loeman proved that the
quality of gratitude was not in him
: when he stole from the man who was
. giving him a chance.
1 He w-as arrested on Friday morning
in the Cody Trading Company whe
, he has been employed in the grocery
department since April. Merchandise
had been missing from different de
! partments for some time but nothing 1
■ could be definately fastened upon
' him until a young woman to whom he
had given a pair of silk bloomers,
brought them back to the store.
' It was then discovered that he had
been most generous with silk
bloomers from the store’s lingerie
department tnd that he had
ed several pairs of these garments
to different young women about town.
He also had pilfered bolts of silk
and such articles as had taken his
fancy, some of which was recovered
when a search of his house was made
by the officers.
He did his stealing when he had
the use of the keys to the store and
came back to finish work after hours
Low-man was out on parole after
serving a year in the penitentiary for
‘ stealing while employed ticket
j agent at Frannie. He also worked
I with Mr. Kling in the station here.
He is about 35 years of age and has
pleaded guilty before Judge Marti
son who held him in SI,OOO bail
i He is now in jail to await trial in 1
I the district courL It is very pro
i bable he will have another year or
more added to his sentence.
1
COMMUNITY BAZAAR ■’
DRAWS BIG CROWD J
The Community Bazaar at the <
Temple Theatre on tueaday afternoon
and evening duplicated Its success of
other ears. Many persons took ad-;
vantage of the opportunity to pur| j
chase Christmas gift®, as articles! 0
both useful and ornamental were g
displayed In profusion at all the r
booths. t
There was much handsome needle- a
work on sale and knitted garments H
of all kinds for youngsters and grown;
ups. The cake and candy booths j
were attractively decorated and the e
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j The policy of this paper Is
! to uphold the standards
| and perpetuate the spirit
, of the old West.
ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY
GREYBULL FARMERS
TO HOLO MEETING
Vote Will Be Taken To Leant
Sentiment of Landowners Re*
garding Construction Os
Sunshine Dam
Meeteetse, Wyo.
At the annual election of the
Greybull Improvement District, when
, Charles Webster was re-elected com
missioner by what would seem an
I overwhelming majority, there may
have been very few landowners pre
sent since the votes cast at this lec
tion represented acreage and not in
dividuals Each vote represented an
acre, and as the holdings of the
Lincoln Land Company, which is
behind this promotion plan, include
I many thousands of acres, it is resopn
sible for what would appear to be a
landslide for Mr Webster
After this election some of the
ranchmen asked that they be allowet
• : bate a vote as in’’vidualr and
see just how many landowners were
n»a’lv in favor of the propose* re.v
j ervolr
They were told that the motion
would not be permitted in any cir
cumstances. Now, if this reservoir
is just the thing for the people, and
everybody is in favor of it, as the
promoters would havp us believe,
what harm could there be in such a
vote?
However, since the people were
denied this privilege at that meet
ing they have decided to call a meet
ing of their own that they have the
opportunity of expressing their views
and taking some step to try and stop
the useless waste oftheirmoney.
I Many who signed the petition did
not have the least idea what they
were bringing upon themselves; they
did not expect to have this great bill
of expense which everyone thinks
unreasonable and unjust nor did they
anticipate that it would come at a
time when everyone is over-burden
ed with taxes, some they cannot pay.
If the commissioners are for the
people, whv should they keep piling
up this expense which they know
the people cannot pay?
There is no doubt but that a dry
year will make many think they
should have a reservoir; but when
I they realize the enormous cost, and
i the chance they are taking as to its
being a success or failure, they have
manv reasons for changing their
minds. A season with plenty of wat
er, as was this one, is a very good
i reason, and no one knows that there
ever will be another drouth. V*
If Nature has 'removed the nec
essity for a reservoir, why should
not the people have a right to ask
that the law which created it should
be revoked? Lincoln has said that
i the people are rightul masters of
i both congress and courts.
If the law is made for the People
by the People, then why should it
bo put in the hands of a few promo
ters to be carried out against the
' wishes of the People?
What other law is there which
says that we must appeal in 30 days
or be forever barred?
Why should not a law provide for
a change of conditions?
Does this law contain certain
fundemental and inalienable rights—
those of life, libertv. property, per
sonal security-which must be pro
tected against any individual or any
combination of individuals, or any
majority of indflvtdualp, as a gov
ernment itself, unless those rights
were taken away by what through
centuries of struggle, has come to be
known as due process of law?
O. B. Maun
wares tempting displayed.
The Episcopal Ladies showed them
selves top saleswomen, their receipts
of $218.15 heading the list, with the
Presbyterians close seconds with
sales amounting jto approxlhate y
$165 to their credit. The P. E. O.
booth took in about $100; Catholic
booth close to $100; Campfire Giris
sl4 00; Japanese tea-garden $lO4.
Womans Club s3l; M. E.Chturch »10»
Royal Neighbors S7B; Eastern Star
$57.70.
OLD BUFFALO BILL COAL
MINE IS BEING WORKED
Robert Duncan who has a lease on
the old Buffalo Bill coal mine, has
opened up the vein In a place and is
getting out some superior native coal
Duncan and Earnest Peterson have
been mining and haulig for about
a month with most satisfactory re
suits.
I. He Larom is registered at the
Chamberlin.