The Cody enterprise and the Park County enterprise., December 27, 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. Peak*.
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VOLUME 24, NUMBER 21
FEDERAL COURT IS
WORKING HARDSHIPS
ON PEOPLE OF WYO.
Innocent Being Made To Suf
fer Through Being Compelled
To Go To Cheyenne, Says
; Sheridan Post
(Sheridan Post)
On Jan. 8, 31 residents of north
eastern Wyoming will be called on
to go to Cheyenne and defend them
selves in the United States district
■court, at a great expense, against
chargies of violation of the prohibi
tion law. 11
Some of these may be guilty while
It is quite probable that some are
innocent. It makes no difference,
however, they must go to Cheyenne,
at great personal expense, to avoid
a heavy fine and possible penitenti
ary sentence.
They are compelled to go to Chey
enne even though they may be in-,
nocent, simply because some person
has asserted they may have sold
whiskey. The burden of proof is
entirely upon them to prove their
innocence, and none upon the gov
ernment, to prove them guilty. I tla
a hardship for some of these people
to th o transportation to Cheyenne
even though they may be declared
“not guilty” afterwards.
In one instance It is asserted that
a foreigner was sent in here during*
fair time to gather evidence against
those who may be engaged in the
traffic of liquor. All It is necessary
for this man to do is to make a
•written report charging anyone with
having sold him whiskey on a cer
tain day or with having had some In
Ills possession, and he is guilty in the
face of the government, and must
prove himself innocent
Reserve* Code of Justice
It Is generally understood that a
man is innocent In the face of the
law until he is proven guilty, but In
these cases it appears he Is guilty
until he can prove himself innocent.
However, it is not so much the
guilt or Innocence at issue now, but
the fact that these people are com
pelled to go to Cheyenne to make
their defense at great expense, when
there is a federal court room In Sher
idan for trying people of this district
on federal charges.
Since the erection of this building
about 15 years ago, there has never
but one term of court held here,!
the inclination being all the time to
take the people to Cheyenne for trial.
The appeal has been made for hold
ing the January term of the federal
court in Sheridan, because of the
saving it would make to a number
of our people, and it is to be regretted
that no attention has been given the
appeal.
There are many times during the
year that our people are called to I
Chevenne, the state capital, because
their business cannot be transacted
elsewhere. Therefre it seems that
when there Is an occasional opportun
ity for business to be transacted else
where than in Cheyenne, that oppor
tunity should be given the city asking
the favor.
Sheridan does not ask that people
should be sent here from Casper or
Cheyenne on court charges, although
it is just as fair for Sheridan to claim
it as for Cheyenne to do so. All that
has been asked is that the people of
northwestern Wyoming, who can save
money by being heard in Sheridan,
he given an opportunity to appear in
court here.
On A Stool-Pigeon’* Word
•It is said that In one of the cases
•coming up in Cheyenne next month,
a young man has been arrested on a
charge made by a foreign stool-pigeon
claiming that on a certain day In
'August or September he had sold,
said stool-pigeon liquor. That the
young man is innocent of any such,
•charge on any day is generally bellev
ed whore he is known, but the evl-,
•donee is certain that on the day In
question and for several days he was'
in the mountains* on a hunting trip.
Because an error has been ms de ini
this case the young man will be com
pelled to stand the expense of a Chey
enne trip, and see to It that any wit
nesses he may need have their expen
ses paid. 1
It isn’t lust, and. Sheridan should
"be allowed the necessary terms of
court to take care of the prisoners
to he arranged from this part of the
state.
Wyoming pays sufficient tribute to,
Cheyenne in other ways, that other,
cities should be allowed some consid
eration when their claim is just.
Cody Enterprise
CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING—GATEWAY TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK ISSUED EVERY WEDNEBDA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 192E
“STAMPEDE DOING GOOD g
WORK”-G. C. DILLAVOO
There was a time, and not so far
back but that it can easily be rem
embered, when the mere fact that a
stranger was from Powell wag enough
to set the average Codyite hunting,'
like the cockney Englishman, for ’arf,
a brick to bounce off his head.
This feeling is rapidly disappear-;
ing; and such neighborly acts as the
letter and check sent to the Cody,
Stampede Committee by the Powell
Shrine Club, and the following letter i
with enclosure, from G. C. Dillovou of
the Powell National Bank, go a long
way toward encouraging this better
understanding between the two towns
Powell, Wyo.
Dec. 20th, 1922 '
Cody Stampede Committee,
Dear Sirs:
Was unable to attend the entertain
ment put on by the Stampede Com
mittee and appreciating the efforts
being put forth by the officers and
the great work the Committee is do
ing toward boosting our Eastern
Entrance, I want to do my mite and
am enclosing a check for a small
amount.
Again complimenting you upon
your good work I am
Your fl Truly,
G. C. Dillavou.
INAUGURAL BALL TO
BE NOTABLE AFFAIR
Will Be Held In State House
On New Year’s Night—;
Many Out Os Town
Guests Expected
W. B. Ross will be inaugurated
governor of Wyoming on New
Year’s day, as provided by law.
There will be no postponement of
24 hours because of the fact that the
date fixed by the statutes falls this
year on a holiday.
The question of whether or not a
transaction taking place on a Sunday
or holiday is legal has been raised
unofficially, but it has been agreed,
it was annunced Tuesday that even
;hough contracts and like documents
are not binding if signed at such
times, this provision dope not extend
to matters like inaugurations.
Therefore the ceremony will take
place Monday morning, January L
and will be followed by an inaugural
ball that evening Both will be held
at the state house.
Four years ago Choyenne was just
emerging from the flu epidemic, so
that, with public gatherings frowned
upon, no ball was held* This year
it is proposed to make the occasion
one to be remembered. ,
GOST COUNTY SI.OO
MILE TO DELIVER
ELECTIONBALLOTS
Paint Creek Rancher Protests
against Reckless 0. K's Os
County Commissioners
Editor of the Enterprise:
I see in your paper that the
Powell people are up in arm 8 over
the high taxes. I agree with them
that it is time for all of us to begin
kicking.
What is the cause of all these high
taxes? Our tax this year is almost
as high without any special tax as it
was last year with several mills spe
cial added.
It looks to me as if our County
Commissioners have been pretty slack
in allowing some of the bills present
ed, just because the man had the gall
to ask for it.
I saw where one man was allowed
>24 for being judge of election and
delivering ballots. Another was al
lowed >26 for the same- from Paint
Creek, 25 miles, while Robert E.
Morton, 60 miles back on Crandell
Creek, was allowed. >ll.lO for the
same thing.
Now we all know that If the
Crandell Creek ballots can be deliver
ed 60 miles for >ll.lO, there is ab-
I solutely no necessity for paying a
AND THE PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
As Seen From The Water-Wagon
(archie jSckhart gSukjsfi
i While rumaging recently among ’
the Enterprise’s twenty year s toother- i
i Ings we dug up a book yellowed with <
I age, both covers gone, be-thumbed
; and dog-earred from usage and carry
ing certain marginal notes which
j showed the original owner to have
been a person of taste and discriml-
I nation. (This paper was 1 founded by
Col W. F. Cody and CoL Peake). I ‘
Thi 8 relic is entitled, “Bartender's ‘
Quick Reference Manual”, and before
we send it down to the State Histori
; cal Society at Laramie, we thought
the publication of a reedipe marked '
'in pencil, on the margin might be '
timely at this season.
NEW YEARS PUNCH (
(for 25 People)
Use a clean wooden tub or a por
celain lined vessel.
2 cans pineapple.
9 sliced lemons. . (
18 sliced oranges. %
2% pints curacoa. i j
IHpints chartreuse. ,
3 quarts Tokay wine.
3 quarts brandy. j
Stir well with hardwood stick, and j
let the mixture stand, without ice, t
for ten hours in ice-box or other cool ]
place. When ready to use, put in: .
9 quarts of champagne. i
1H gallons of carbonated water. (
Put a large piece of clear ice in a
punch bowl and dress tastily with
fruits. Fill the bowl from the origin- .
al mixture and keep on replenishing ,
the bowl, never permitting it to get j
low until the mixture runs out.
P. S. If any reader locates all c-r ,
a part of the more imporiaat tngred’-
ents, kindly telephone Nj. 9 at once.
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Warsaw, Dec. 20 —Stanlslau WojU
liGwskl was elected president f
Fc. and Wednesday, to succeei Dr.
Gabriel Narutowlc*.
The names 1 of Poland’s presidents]
look like a line or two from Ul6 Er:UJr
prise when its linotype machine is
having one of its tantrums; which
reminds us that it i 8 a fortunate thing
we have a sense of humor else we
would have long since died of shame
! at the typographical errors in recent
issues. A new machine will soon be
installed Whs” we hope to realize
what has become one of our dearest
ambitions; namely, to take the axe
and hack the present one to pieces,
to nuiltilate it, brutally, beyond re
cognition, and throw it, quivering and
twitching, out on the scrap heap. ,
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Editor Ralph Smith’s dlscriptlon of
the holiday appearance of Meeteetse,
shows how cleverly two birds may be '
killed with one stone.
While drawing a pen pic
ture of the candy and food display
calculated to set the reader drooling, ■
Editor Smith passes down the street
bestowing praise impartially upon
each of his advertisers. It is done
so judicously—neither too faint nor
I too fulsome —that that merchant
would be hard to please indeed who
Paint Creeker >26.00 for 25 miles.
| Just as long as the people will stand
1 for such things we will have them.
Joe Ganguet served and delivered
his ballots for >9.60, about 9 miles
'doser that the Paint Creeker, with
a difference of >16.40 in favor of the
Paint Creeker.
We all know that there is some
thing desperately wrong with com
missioners who allow such bills. I
believe it is right to pay a living
! price for services rendered, but half
j that money would have been a big
price for delivering the ballots at
i Paint Creek.
High taxes are keeping lots of peo
' pie out of thi 8 country uad high taxes
are going to bankrupt a lot of us
who are alredy here if a little eco
nomy is not practiced.
The result of the election was
phoned to Mr. Schwoob and should
that not have been enough without
paying >16.40 extra to get the ballots,
rushed in? If the candidates want
to pay to have the ballots rushed in
i that is all right but for the County
Commissioners to have wasted our
money this way is outrageous, especi
ally when so many people are mort
gaged for all they are worth, when
l -scores are in the hole with no chance
' of getting out
Paint Creek Rancher
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hollister enter
tained a few friends at a danceing
party on Christmas night
Mrs. Minnie Ide and Mr. and Mrs.'
1 H. A. Phillips, who have rented the
J. H. Van Horn house, moved their
i household goods up from Powell in
■ the same freight car with the new
Sheriff’s effects.
was not secretly flattered by it and
disposed to give the News a year’s
contract
Writes Editor Smith:
QUITE XMASY
Among the business houses in our
town that look quite Christmasy are
the Overland hotel with its crisscross
of overhanging greenery. This is
stretched over a bank of sweetmeats
in packages alluring and captivating.
Thia is the only token of the Yule
tide in this end of town and when the
drug store is reached, there glitter
ing and glaring and flaring is much
tinsel in the abode of fairyland.
The next Yuletide reminder is at
the Walsh mercantile threshold
where a gleam through the screen
reveals floating ribbons of clustered
g een, candies in one «’ow window
and the Nut family ensc.o ised in an
other portraying case. Here Mr.
Wai Nut, Mr. Hickory Nut, fill Fil
bert, Mr. P. Can, and Miss Hazel Nut
will be pleased to greet you.
The next immutable sign of the not
far off visit of Santa is when one
pay s the postoffice a visit. New they
see perspiring postal clerks, the dew
rippling from their furrowed brows,
and from yonder rafter dangles that
time immemorial piuitude "mail
early”.
Upon the homeward stretch at the
Mercantile, one upon their heels doth
reel as they gaze at fruits, nuts and
orange peel. A few further on
i 8 a window of toys and many useful
things to put on. Out from this big
store aroma from green wreaths and
festoons floats galore.
The one thing we regret about S.
A. Watkins’ retirement as county
commissioner is that we shall no
longer have occasion to print his
picture—that is if he settles down
after his return to privtae life and
quits fighting and, speeding. This
is the only picture in existence of
Mr. Watkins in his heyday and we
prize it as the gem of our notable
collection of leading citizens. We
have not considered selling it, but
we have our price and we might let
it go—like the county printing—to
the highest bidder.
Goodbye, Santford, take keer of
yerself!
GOV'T HUNTERS ACCOUNT
FUR 197 KILLERS IN
MUNTH UF NOVEMBER
A total of 197 animals, of which
185 were in the true predatory class,
were exterminated in Wyoming in
November according to the monthly
bulletin Issued by Charles J. Byer,
predatory animal inspector with,
headquarters in Cheyenne.
In the list are 177 coyotes, eight
bobcats three badgers, one ferret,
one skunk and seven porcupines. The
hunters worked a total of 579 days,
making an average of nineteen hunt
ers figured on a thirty day basis, i
As November was an exceptionally
bad and stormy month, none of the
hunters were able to make the neces
sary twenty-five pointe to have their
names appear on the honor roll.
CARLOAD OF HONEY
IS SOLD FOR $12,000
Wheatland, Wyo., Dec. 23—While,
probably more cars of produce of
great value have gone out of Wheat
land than out of any other city in
Wyoming, all records are believed to ,
have been broken when a carload of ,
comb honey was Bold at Akron, 0.,
for approximately >12,000.
The car was loaded by the Honey*
Producers’ association here and was
accompanied east by F. S. Harter,'
who sold ft. The product was *ll <
grade Al.
FINDS REMNANT OF
OLD WEST IN CODY
J. D. Woodruff of Shoshoni, who,;
although more than 70 years of age,
held his own with the husky young
“hard-twists” at the Stampede Ball, !
seems never to write anything that i 8
uot worth printing. A letter received
after his return is* no exception and
it is herewth printed because of what .
he has to say of his impression of
our Home Town.
“That Stampedec Ball surely was a
swell affair; everyone enjoyed it,'
and there was nothing happened that
the most particular person could ob
ject to unless it is taboo to live.
“I congratulate Cody and its people
upon the atmosphere of good feeling
which is recognized upon stepping
off the train. The smiles of welcome
and the hearty handshake assures the
traveller that he has reached a rem- ,
nant of the good old West, when
everyone was considered to be in ■
good standing until he proved himself .
otherwise, and not as is the present
custom, and a necessity, to look on
every stranger with suspicion, know- .
ing that he i 9 liable to be a louse
trying to put up some sort of a job ]
to get you into trouble.
One cannot help but like Cody and
I hope it may be my good fortune to '
go there often.”
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PEOPLE TO CARRY
Oil FIGHT AGAINST
SUNSHINE DAM
Petition of Remonstrance Was
Signed by 100 Land Owners
at Recent Meeting
There was a meeting held at Burl
ington, Dec. 21st., by the people
of the Greybull Valley to remonstrate
against the steps taken by the
Greybull District in trying to force
upon the people a bonded indebted*
ness of >BOO,OOO, or r.ore. Here I
may say it can easily be more as the
law does not limit the bonding—the
only limit is the value of the property
bonded, and the promoters are now
trying to get a universal bond, one
that will hold the most valuable pro
perty to the last cent
The meeting was supposed to have
been called by the Board of Com
missioners for the purpose of getting
the true sentiment of the people, and
I will say that at this meeting there
was no doubt as to the feeling in
general against the project and its
promoters.
Also, at this time, there was a
petition signed by more than 100 of
real home builders of the Valley,
I asking the Commissioners that they
take steps to stop this wanton waste
of the people’s money.
Although the meeting was called
by the Commissioners not one of
them was present. Why? Because
they know they are not working for
the interest of the people or for the
good of the community.
If they are not working in the in
terest of the people who pay them,
then who? They must know that they
are slowly and surely driving the
home builder from his home by bond
ing it for more than he can ever hope
to pay. They are forcing him to give
up the property and home he has
built and. turning him and his family
out penniless upon the world. The
Court will rule that all this was done
under due process oflaw.
I believe that there will some day
be a reckoning for the man who
brings about such conditions. Who
knows but that he also may become
the victim of circumstances.
; I talked to a great many who sign
-1 ed the petition asking for an Irriga
tion District. The majority of them
were misinformed as to actual cost
and conditions, and were led to be
lieve that the petition was only to see
how many would, be in favor of a
reservoir, not once thinking that they
were signing a judgement against
their own homes and making it pos
. sible for a bunch of speculators to
carry out a scheme which would sep
arate them from their properties
forever.
Some of the papers have tried t©!
make the most of the dismissal of,
the case of Mann vs Greybull Irrign
l tion District The case was dismiss-
I ed by my own action, not because I
I have quit fighting this unjust and
. unreasonable law, but because since
longer efel the necessity of carrying >
longer feel the necessity of carrying:
on the fight alone.
I O. B. Mann | <
The policy of this paper lai
to uphold the standard, H
and perpetuate the spirit n
' of the old West. g
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SPORTSMEN THINK
BEAR SHOULD HAVE
MORE PROTECTION
Grizzly Going Fast-Closed
Season Recommended-Bru
in Blamed Unjustly For
Killing Stock
When Horace M. Albright, super
intendent of Yellowstone National
Park, was in Cheyenne the other day
he conferred with both the state’s
chief executive and the chief execu
tive elect on a number of matters
having to do with Wyoming and park
affairs. Afterwards he said to the
Tribune-Leader:
“I talked witht the governors about
protecting bears. Governor Ross was
greatly interested and made some
, notes. He confessed to knowing little
about the subject Governor Carey,
on the other hand, is kindly disposed
toward these animals, and pointed
out to me something I knew but had
forgotten: that Wyoming already
gives bears a measure of protection.
“The trouble with the Wyoming
law is that it has no teeth In IL No
punishment is provided for violations
‘of the provisions. I do not believe
|it provides for a closed season. A
I license is required, and there is a bag
; limit, but that is about all.
' “If the state wishes to protect this
form of big game, it might fix a clos
ed season and provide penalties for
violation of the law.
, “It may be of interest to know that
through protection, Pennsylvania has
become one of the best bear hunting
’ states in the union, and they are not
j stock market bears either, but gen
j uine flesh and blood American black
bears. . <
“It does not seem to be generally
know that this species are almost en
tirely vegetarian and that they are
among the best sport animals in ex
istance.”
John P. McGuire of Denver, editor
' of Outdoor Life, has been fighting for
this protection for the past twenty
vears. and, with moderate success.
When he started his active campaign
eight years ago only two states. Penn
sylvania and Louisiana, gave any
semblance of legal shelter; since then
13 others have provided it in one form
lor another. His fondest hope, he de
I dares in a letter to the Tribune
' Leader, is that by ten yen -s hence
, every commonwealth with bears with
in its confines will have a rigid pro
tective measure on its statute books.
He claims to have the co-operation
of the American Game Protective as
sociation, the Campfire club, the
, Boone and Crokett club, and all other
sportsmen’s associations of note, as
well as the country’s leading natural
ists. including such well known fig
ures as Dr. William Hornaday and
Dr. C. Hart Merriam. He says:
“Bears are frequently blamed for
the depredations of mountain lions,
’ Canada Bobcats gnd even
wolves. The latter animals—all of
which are strictly carnivorous—aften
kill stock and game and. having done
so. leave it covered or partly so, and
’ along comes a hungry bear and eats
it up. Next comes the sportman or
’ the stockman and, failing to detect
the soft imprint of the carnivorous
culprit, but seeing the plain tracks
' of the bear, wrongly places the blame
, on his head.
“When the grizzly bear shall have
' passed—and he is found in such
' lamentably small numbers now that
his eixt from our mountains is
but a question of *€nis —there shall
* iave disappeared froii cur mountau s
' one of the sublime • specimens
' animal life that exalts the western
wilderness. As a sporting trophy,
his hide stands at the top of the list
lot American wild animals —one which
sportsmen from all over the world
have come here to secure: Nowhere
else In the world can the grizzly bear
' be found except In Western North
America, and we as sportsmen and
naturalists should see to It that his
demise is not hastened and that his
life shall be preserved to posterity."
If the game-lovers and the sports
men of Wyoming wish the matter
taken up in thia state, they should
I tell their legislature of their wishes.
David Dickie has spent the last
week at the O. B. Mann Ranch super
vising the care of his sheep and
cattle which are being fed there.
Frank Barrow. formerly editor od
j the Meeteetse News but for several
years private secretary to Mr. Mon-
I dell, has been appointed legislative
| clerk of the House.