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The Northern Wyoming Herald VOLUME 11 NUMBER 38. TWO CROOKS OBTAIN GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETNSE, STAGE A HOLD-UP SET IRMA AFIREJND ARE JAILED Booze t Dope and Tenderloin Particeps Casey struck out. • | Casey, fat and florid, bearing the j t earmarks of prosperity, greatly em- ! i liarrassed at even the thought of buy- j t ing lingerie, yet having it forced up- I on him by a wife at the Irma who I on account of a tiresome trip was ■ < unable to shop, entered several local < stores Friday and made selections of j silk underwear, hosiery, and other * garments calculated to delight the t eye of femininity. These he obtained on approval for J friend wife was very particular and £ exceedingly picayunish in fact as to 1 what she enveloped her form divine * and it might be that she would wish < to return the goods. t He told the story of having shipped < a Cadiallac eight from the coast and < they would tour the park and return 1 to California by motor. * He was full of guile and partially c loaded with booze. It looked as tho I he had taken on several to give him c courage to face the lady clerks and c discuss the delicate suoject with them. ' At the store door his courage failed l him and he picked out a male to wait on him in the ladies’ department. e POSTOFFICE TO MOVE J Walls Building Being Made \ Ready New Fixtures Instal- ] led Change Soon j I Doubt no longer remains that i Cody’s post office will be moved with- 1 in the next two weeks. 1 The. new fixtures -have arrived ami. { are being put in place by workmen. | The room has been enlarged and con- t veniences in the Walls building add ed for the handling of the mails. 1 As soon as the postmaster is notifi ed that the place is in readiness he in . turn will notify ‘he inspector and J uponhis acceptance a lease wll be entered into for the new location and ’ the contract for a lease now in op- * cration made null and void. 1 Some have held out hope that no c change would be made but when ' Judge Walls pulled down the photo gravere of next-president Hughes < which has adorned the front window 1 it was evidence conclusive that the 1 neutrals had prevailed and there was . no doubt but that the democratic of fice would occupy the new location. The new fixtures are the oneg that were on exhibition in the model post office at the Pan American exposition , at Frisco and are the newest models to be obtained. BROUGH CAPTURED Jay Brough. Park county’s bad boy, is again n the toils at Billings charged with horse stealing. The young man was taken in by the sher iff after a description had been furn ished by Sheriff Hoopes of Cody. The Montana officer had trailed him far snd near and was losing out when Hoopes came to his rescue and told him where the man was. In a letter to the sheriff of this county the Montana authorities are loud in their praises of Wyoming’s officer and give him full credit for getting the man. FATHER PAYS ACCOUNTS Roy Tracewell, wanted in many places for passing worthless checks, is in Valentine Nebraska with his father who went to Worland to be at the preliminary hearing. The judge permitted Tracewell to go home in the custody of his father. Mr. Trace well refunded the money for the bad checks in Worland and agreed to make the Park county losses good. Sheriff Hoopes reports that the money has not been received but that County Attorney Harkins promised to see that the money was deposited in a Thermopolis bank. , VISITOR FROM ENGLAND Miss Nancy Littlfair of Shnp, Eng land is here to visit her sister, Mrs. W. T. Hogg. She is accompanied by Miss Mary Taylor of Abbott, Nebras ka, a daughter of “Bob” Taylor one of the old time stockmen of this sec tion. Miss Taylor is a school mate of Miss Betty Beck in Washington. ! Obtaining the goods desired he took , them to the house where time is re- I versed and the days are night and I the nights are day, where he had more knowledge of the species than his pretense would indicate and endeavor ed to dispose of the garments he had collected from trusting merchants. The ladies would have none of them and in deep disgust he threw them at their feet. J. Casey had fallen in with one John Frank Hundley in the meantime and with him laid a plot to tap the Irma register. While the night clerk, Alfred Dixon, was showing Casey upstairs to a room, the pal got to the register and endeavored to open it by turning the handle. The clerk had the money drawer locked and as he came down the steps he heard the register bell ring. He caught Hundley in the act. The cul prit made his escape out of the front door and as Dixon returned to the desk down came big Casey saying he was hungry and would get a bite before retiring. The clerk at once made a careful survey of the premises and as he looked out of the door into the aeri way in the rear he discovered Hund ley lighting matches. He endeavored to secure help and while he was in the front of the hotel smelled smoke. He immediately turned in the alarm. By the time the fire department arrived the rear of the hotel was ablaze. The fire had started in the furnace room filled with papers and trash and a fast blaze was raging. Quick work confined the fire to a small area and the damage dene -.vi, largely to that part of the basement and the card room on the first floor. For a time considerable excitement prevailed. The guests were aroused and came down. The pair was lodged in the county jail. Casey was placed under arrest for obtaining goods under false pre tenses and fined $25 and costs and given thirty day 3in jail. The other man was bound over to the district court under SSOO bond which he was unable to obtain. Casey may have to stand trial for drawing a check on an Indianapolis hank for S6O which was cashed at the Irma. George Everett Owens, Promising College Student, Stricken Sophomore at Simpson Winning Higher Honors Each School Year George Owens is dead. The news Monday morning passed quickly about town carrying with it a deep sorrow that one of Cody's most promising young men should be cut of by the scythe of Time just as he was begining to realize his ambi tions and aims. He retuyned to Cody Saturday noon, looking pale end thin and feel ing exhausted from over work and' heat of Nebraska where he has been working. His condition did not ap pear to be alarming in its nature and his friends and relai: •os believed that rest and proper diet would res tore him to health soon. | The end came suddenly at the Vme | of his uncle, Mayor W. S. Owens, at I eleven o'clock Saturday morning , The disease which claimed him wa. diabetes. With him at the end were his granparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Owens, his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Owens, his aunt, Mrs. Roy Ilqlmes, the pastor of the Methodist church, Rev. F. M. Stephenson, his in timute friend, L. L. Newton and Dr. J. C. Trueblood. George Everett Owens was born at Chadron, Nebraska, on Thanksgiv ing day, November 29, 1894. At the \ age of four he moved with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Owens, to , western Washington. At the age of r eight he entered school and attended ■ those of several coast towns until in i 1907 he came with his folks to Cody ■ and later moved to Greybull, Wyo > ming. He completed the third year of CODY, WYOMING FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916 South fork Wild West to Be the Big Attraction August 10 The promised wild west show given by the Southfork Frontier associa tion is to be a reality on August 10. The twisters and twirlers have been staying up nights to think of new thrillers and sensations and try ing them out the next day at the risk of their necks. Old “Blue Steer" has a reputation for tying more knots in himself in a half second than any other animal in the state, will be mounted bareback and perchance rode. “Wind River,” a bucker of the real sort, will play an important part in the afternoon’s sport,and if the cow pinch sticks without saddle he will be forever known as a rider. LAFE YOUNG BOOSTS CODY Enjoyed Park Trip and Writes Wyoming Letters in lowa's Leading Daily Sen. “Lase” Young and son-in-law T. M. Herrick returned Saturday from an altogether interesting park trip enthusiastically boosting the Cody way. “Lase" Young, Editor of the Des Moines Daily Capital, has written an interesting series of letters concern ing Wyoming, and the Herald will re produce some of them. Mr. Young is one of the great war correspond ents of this time and gets his infor- i mation first hand. Mr. Herrick is an oil operator and j his trip was one of busness. He has looked the state over thoroughly j thru those big specks of his and is well satisfied with the prospects of Wyoming’s oil industry. lowa will know Wyoming now that “Lase” has told the story in his Capital and Wyoming likes lowa bet ter because he came to us. SAME OLD TRICK Democratic Candidate to Have Nomination Forced Upon Him Sheridan, Wyo., Aug. 3.—The un official political “dope” here is that Governor Kendrick will havethenom ination for United States senator “forced” upon him by the democrat ic state committee. In other words, had the governor become a candidate upon his own declaration and petition he feels he might be subject to criti cism. In accomplishing by indiction what he hesitates to do by direction the same result can be secured, to wit: The democratic nomination. An explanation can therefore be made to the confiding public that the nomina tion sought the governor. • ME?:-- 7 ..a, * GEORGE EVERETT OWENS From Photograph Taker During Sopbomote Year in Siiqpson College high school in March 1913 and re turned to Cody the following fall to enter the high si b.iol here. The pre vious summer he spent in assisting his parents in the location of a home stead in Lawson county Montana. During his school year he was a regular attendant at the services of ! the Methodist Episcopal Church and under ftie ministrations of the Pas tor, Rev. M. J. Rarick, was ]ed into a definite Christian experience and life. He was graduated from the high school in May 1914 and the oration he delivered marked the brilliant future which was before him. He was a hard worker in school and assisted his undo to pay his expenses. There can’t be anything stand in the way of a good time so far as program and eats are concerned. That is all arranged. The roundup wagon with a load of beautiful grub will be there and you can have your fill anytime you waltz up with your plate. But the sleepins gets the com mittee, for they haven’t the makins. Thus to their cordial invitation they append the request that if you wish to crawl away for a spell after a busy day and a night of dancing Tong about day break for a wink or two, to tie up the roll and bring it along. The date is August 10, the place the NE ranch near Valley. SEN. POWERS VISITS PARK i Torrington Senator From Platte Has Fine Vacation and Enters i Race for Another Term Senator Thomas G. Powers of Tor rington, returned from a tour of Yel : lowstone park Saturday and was de lighted with his trip, j Senator Powers has served two terms in the state senate and his trip to the north end of the state places him in touch with conditions in this section for be it understood that this in one gentleman in the political game who has a horizon big i ger than his hat brim and is look ing to the welfare of the whole state |in the legislation in which he has a i j part. ■ { He has a record in the senate that ; stands for progress and the con ' struetive legislation which he pro moted at the last session and his ; knowledge of state affairs make him ; a valuable man to be returned. Under the turn of events in the primary plan of campaign he will be the only nominee for the Senate Platte county will have on either party ticket and unless the Platte ’ couhty Republicans get out in force and see that Sen. Powers is nomin ated the senate in that county will be without representation. CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN CAMP Miss Luella Spencer is in camp at • Bringham lodge on Mormon creek ■ with sixteen sweet campfire girls . they will enjoy an outing of ten days ! together. The members of the party > are Jane and Betty Beck, Eugenia - Jones, Mildred Holms, Henerika and > Sietske Groen, Irene Bates, Gladys i Erickson, Mldred Haynes, Irene ■ i Spencer and Francis Hill. The young i ladies were taken to camp by D. J. > Jones, Clay Tyler, Dr. L. Howe, L. R. ■ Ewart, R. N. Wilson and Carl Ham mitt in the cars Tuesday. I The following fall he entered i 1 Simpson college at Indiancla, lowa. ' After paying his tuition he had ex actly $1.50 in his pocket. He entered school a couple of weeks after the opening of the semester and all of the ! desirable jobs usually available to i boys working their way were taken. , With an unusual supply of pluck and determination to complete a college 1 course and finish with another in law ' he took whatever he could find. He 1 washed dishes, set tables at the col lege dining hall, and did odd jobs about town. His cheerfullness. good habits, sterling honesty and efforts to please won for him a place in the affections of his fellow students and the facu lty. Time did not permit him to enter all the college activities he desired but he did enter the field of debate r and oratory. At the end of the first ' year he won second place in the 110 l liday Oratorical contest with an ex cellent oration on “The Inhumanity of ' Commercialism.” His second demonstrated the kind o of work he had done in his first. He !- was a member of the intercollegiate K debating team that went to Cedar *- Falls and was accorded the honor of being elected to the English Seminar, a a class qf those showing unusual in >f terest and appreciation in English d Literature. He was a member of the >- Everett Literary society and took an a active part in all its programs. The s. Y. M. C. A. work was of especial in h | terest to him and he was a member n of a gospel team that held. Sunday it' services in needed places in that part is of the state. He took an active part d in Sunday school work, being a mem ber of Prof. Barrows’ class of the WYOMING NEEDS YOUNG MEN TO ENUST TO BRING BATTAL IONS UP TO PEACE STRENGTH Sheriff Hoopes Seeking Enlistments Sheriff E. S. Hoopes who has taken the patriotic duty of seeing that the Wyoming National guard is recruited up to peace strength by influencing as many of the Park county boys as will to enlist, is in receipt of a mes sage from Adjt. Gen. R. Anderson saying that the married men and those physically disqualified who have been discharged leaves Wyoming bat talions seventy men below peace strength. He states further that when the en listment is brought up to peace strength that the men will be moved to the border. He asks that the sheriff appeal to the patriots of the youth of this county and get as many enlistments as possible. Major Hoopes is in authority to arrange for transportation. Young men who desire to enlist are asked to report to him at the earliest pos sible date. The contention that has been held by troops at Camp Kendirck that they would be ordered to the border became a certainty yesterday when Lieut. Luther James U. S. A., chief mustering officer for the Wyoming guard, received telegraphic instruc tions from Washington to discharge all members of the guard whose terms of enlistments expire within thirty days of the reception of or ders to go to the border. The refer ence to the prospective departure for the border would never have been made, officers at Camp Kendrick as sert if any thought were entertained at Washington of not ordering the trooos to the frontier. There has been no change what ever in the instructions from army headquarters to prepare for active service and under the direction of Lieut. James as well as of the com manding officers of the yoming I guard, no effort has been spared to ' put the state troops in readiness for J active service. Every day the work has been going on without the slightest let-up and all the indica tions are that the troops will soon be moving. A large consignment of field camp equipment, valued at severel thousand dollars, arrived from the regular army stores last Friday, shipped by express, not frieght, and more equip ment of the same kind is now on the Fnuerai at Methodist Church , This Afternoon Will be i Largely Attended 1 Methodist church, in the college class i and such other organizations as a 1 “live student” enjoys. In his second , year studies his grade showed a . marked improvement and it was evident that he was to become one I of the men of whom Simpson college 1 would be proud. During his life in Indianola he made ' his home with Mr. and Mrs. Cari Brown who entered sympathetically into his work and their interest in him had much to do with the success he attained. Mrs. Brown is a sister of Mrs. L. L. Newton of this city. Being alumnae and a supply teacher in the English department of the college she kept in close touch with the young man’s work and was able to be of considerable assistance to him. Mr. Brown, an alumnus of the same school, and engaged in business in Indianola, was a great help to George in getting acquainted in the city and finding something to do. His summers were spent in the em ploy of a Chicago publishing house. , This summer he was placed at the head of a crew working in Nebraska, i He was endeavoring to make a ; record for himself and his crew when i the intense heat and hard work com i polled him to stop. The funeral services have been ar ■ ranged for this afternoon at 2:30 at ’ the Methodist church and Rev. F. M. t Stephenson will preach the sermon, t The church choir will sing songs sel ■ ected by the family. The burial wilt ? take place at the Riverside cemetery. $2 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 1 1 way. It will be needed by the Wyo ■ ming troops only in the event of | active service on the border and the ■ fact that it is being rushed here with > all possible speed is taken by the of . fleers that they will soon hit the trail , for the Rio Grande. I In spite of the number of men that . have been discharged for physical un . fitness and because of having depend . ents at home, the guard is now less than twenty-five men below the nor ma! peace strength. Several recruits arrived yesterday from Sheridan. These men are now in the pink of condition and practically ready to go. It is believed that as soon as Lieut. James sends the word to the war de partment that the two battalions are ready, they will receive orders to de part. The fact that the men with depend ent families, college students, men whose terms of enlistment are about to expire are being released from the guard is held to be a strong indica tion that the plan of the department is to secure an organizaion that car. serve for a long period on the bor (Continued on Page Four) NO INTEREST IN PRIMARIES Many Blanks in Official Copy Sent Out by Secretary of State The certified certificates of the candidates for nominations for state offices to be printed on the primary ballots for the primary election of August 22 were today sent to the, various county clerks by Secretary of State Frank L. Houx without the names of any candidates filled in by county committees. The entire state Democratic ticket was short 32 candidates and the en tire Republican ticket was short six candidates. Not one name has been sent in by any committee for either party, the tickets standing just as they were when the time for filing petitions by individual candidates expired last Saturday. While the law permits the county clerks to proceed immediately with the printing of the ballots, this is not made compulsory until on or before August 12, at which time the law specifies the printed ballots must be delivered to Die county clerks. County committees still may file names with the secretary of state, and they will be transmitted to the county clerks in supplementary certificates, although there is no assurance that if these names are transmitted they will be published on the official ballots. To the surprise of many, the Demo cratic State Central committee did not file the name of a candidate either for congress to oppose Frank W. Mondell, or for the United States senate, to oppose Clarence D. Clark. On the Democratic ticket there arff two vaciencies on the senatorial list, one from Big Horn county and the other from Laramie county, and 28 vaciencies for the house of represent atives. The Democratic vaciencies for the house of representatives included four vaciencies frem Albany county, three from Big Horn county, four from Carbon, two from Laramie, two from Park and six from Unita. On the Republican ticket there was one vacancy for senator from Park county and five vaciencies for house of representatives. These included two from Park county, two from. Crook county and one from Johnson county. It is though probable that the se lection of these candiates will be left entirely to the electorate to write in the names of those they desire to run. COUNTY BUYS CULVERTS Rains and floods on the south 'side es the county put the Cody-Burlington road almost out of commission this week and tied up the auto tourists for some time. The commissioners heard the complaints of those inter ested and came to the rescue with a crew to repair the damage done and an order for a ear of culverts for . permanent improvement.