The Northern Wyoming herald., September 29, 1916, Image 1

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“True words always hit the bullseye, desultory remarks fly at random and lies backfire”—Ginger
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 46
COOPERATION OF THE CODY COMMUNITY WILL WIN DESIRABLE RESULTS
CODY COMMUNITY PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT
The railroad built into Cody
Raising of sugar beets as a money crop
Growing more livestock to consume unprofitably raised
roughage
Building of the Wiley ditch
Settlement of the Lakeview Project
Development of power in Shoshone canyon
Building of the road on the South side of the canyon
Better roads in all directions to the county lines
Cooperation with the agricultural expert that will come
January first
Development of a Community club composed of coun
trymen and townsmen
Extension of the service of the free public library to
every home in the county
Promotion of the National Park highway, placing Park
county on the 3,500 mile circle connecting all the
national parks.
That Cody community is at the morning of a period of con
structive and permanent development is written on the sky.
Discouraged and almost disheartened because of conditions
which have retarded growth and well night extinguished the flame
of hope in the breasts of her people, little progress has been made,
for live years.
Last year came a change for the better. Farming became
more profitable because of better marketing conditions, young
stock has grown from an expensive item into the profit column, the
tourist business became a great asset, deposits grew, business con
ditions improved and the general tone of the community was help
ed.
Suggestions for the development of the community which
were met with indifference and almost haughty scorn are now re
i eived as a living possibility and ther is a spirit of cooperation that
will achieve the results.
The Railroad h» Coming to Town
That the railroad will be built into town is no longer a dream,
but a genuine possibility.
The tourist business has grown to such undreamed of reality
and next year the railroad officials have assurred the Cody-Sylvan
Pass Motor company 10,000 tourists next season as against the
3,302 which they hauled this.
To care for them properly the inconvenience of having the
. tation a mile and a half from town must be eliminated and the
SEN. THOS. STERLING
TO ADDRESS VOTERS
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
Temple Theatre is Engaged for the
Meeting and the Free Dance
Senator Thomas Sterling? of South
Ibikota will be the speaker at the Re
publican meeting Monday night at
the Temple. The gentleman is a
u ; fted orator and is well known by
i imber of Cody people who vouch for
his ability to not only entertain an
audience but make them think.
Senator Sterling was United States
district attorney for a number years
before being elected to the senate and
was the prosecutor of many famous
cuttle stealing cases and bandit raids
in the earlier days of the state.
He is an Ohioan, being born in that
state in 18. p »l. He was graduated
from the Illinois Wesleyan universi
ty. By vocation he is a lawyer and
has been dn public life for the past
twenty-five years.
In the Senate he is a member of
s °me important committees among
which are Civil Service. Coast and In
sular Survey, Conservation of Nation
al Resources and Immigration.
His wide experience in government
affairs enables him to discuss the is
sues of the present campaign intelli
gently.
The speaking will commence at
eight and everyone is invited. An in-;
formal dance will follow the speak- 1
in*.
Other Orators Coming
In addition to the engagement of
Senator Sterling, County Chairman,
E. Hayden announces that Senator!
Albert B. Cummings will speak at;
Powell October 14 and that plans are
NORTHERN WYOMING HERALD
iu-irig' made for u large delegation ol
Cody people to attend.
Hon. Frank \V. Mondell, candidate
for reelection to the House of Rep
resentatives will speak in Meeteetse
October 111 and Cody October 20.
Senator Clarence D. Clark will ad
dress a Cody audience October 25
and one at Powell the following night.
October 20.
Central Committee to Meet
The county central committee of
the Republican party will meet in
Cody on the afternoon of October 2
and the officers desire that each pre
cinct be represented. The plans for
the campaign will be outlined and ar
rangements made for speaking in all
parts of the country. The meeting
will be held in the court room of the
court house.
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BUILDING BIG FLUME
Work on the I.ake View Ditch Will
Be Completed Within Sixty
Days
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Concrete material, lumber and
. flume are all on the ground ready to
repair the break in the Lakeview
■ canal and workmen are busily en
j gaged in building the flume around
the hill that slid out a few years ago
‘ and left the project without water,
i Jay Blood was awarded the freight
• i contract. The construction work was
t| sublet by W. B. Raymond to A. K.
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CODY, WYOMING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916.
j officials of the Burlington have expressed a desire to get away from,
j that trouble. The real solution is to bring the railroad into town. I
j The beet sugar factory at Love'l is reaching out for more
1 acreage. Their field men, R. C. May of Lovell and W. E. Bartlett
j of Powell were here this week on a mission to interest farmers
! in growing this profitable crop, promising a scooping station at
; Corbett should the lower Sage creek farjners guarantee 200 acres.
This is but the beginning of a program for a factory in Park
I county with a probability of location at Powell. This will insure a
cash market for a profitable crop and with a railroad on this side
of the river will place the upper Sage creek district in nearer access
; to the railroad than they are at this time.
The Wiley Ditch Bids Fair, to Come Alive
While here Secretary of State, Houx gave out the information
that letters and cablegrams had passed thru his office to the effect
that work would be commenced on the Wiley project within the'
near future. j
The details have not been worked out as yet, but the French '
people who were ready to take over the project at the time of the!
opening of the war which interrupted their plans are still anxious
to carry forward the plan. :
According to this report of Mr. Houx, the party interested left *
for this country the middle of the month after having received a ‘
reply from him that he was acting for the state land board and in '
the absence of the other two members would extend the time limit 1
long enough to get on the ground and commence operations if they ‘
really would carry the work to completion.
Lake View Project to Be Settled at Once 1
There is no reason now why parties desiring land under the 1
Lakeview should not make their selections at once as the flume
work that is being done obviates the difficulties which prevented
settlement five years ago. The work has gone forward with vigor
and it is expected that water will be run late this fall to test out the
new work.
With the seventy-five new families on this fine area of land
adding directly to the resources of this section, within five years
we will have gained back the loss sustained when the Shoshone!
lake submerged the fine ranches and cut off a vgst income to the;
ranchers themselves and the county at large.
Road to Be Built on the South Side
There is no doubt but that the commissioners will establish the
road on the south side of the canyon at the October meeting. The
matter has been laid before them and their minds are made up.
They realize the enormous cost of maintenance that follows in
the wake of the old road, its many steep grades and added distance
and they have determined to establish the road on the south side
with the view to get state and federal cooperation in its construc-
DR.LANE IN
AUTO SPILL
Car Plunges Fifty
Feet into Creek
Dr. Frances Lane and Dudley
Scribner grazed Death Wednesday
morning when the Studebaker run
about skidded as it crossed Pawpaw
creek above Meeteetse and plunged
down into the canyon fifty feet.
Neither occupant of the car was hint
or even scratched and how they es
caped is a miracle.
I)r. Lane had called to attend Mrs.
Eugene Phelps at the Phelps ranch
nine miles above Meeteetse and in
vited Dudley Scribner, a friend of
Thornton Schwoob who is the house
guest of Senator .1. M. Schwoob to
accompany her. The lady physician
is proud of her new car and made
the trip nicely Tuesday.
The night being dark and snowy
she was prevailed upon to remain un
til morning. They left the ranch at
eight and were traveling at a rather
fast rate considering the slushy con
dition of the roads. As they reach
ed the bridge of Pawpaw creek the
car veered and they narrowly escaped
the railing. At the other end the
I wheels skidded and the car left the
road and turned one and a half times'
over in going to the bottom.
When the car skidded both passen
gers were inside and unhurt. The
I wind shield was smashed and the top
> caved in. The fenders were slightly
bent but otherwise the car was un
•; injured.
1 The accident happened a mile from
) the W. H. Pearce ranch and Dr. Lane |
made her way there for help. Mr. i
t Pearce and his men with the aid of
5 teams brought the car back onto the
.| road.
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NEW METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IS
READY FOR DEDICATION NEXT SUNDAY
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Sunday marks the time for the ded
ication of the new Methodist church
as announced last week and prepara
tion are complete for the day’s full
program.
The first service is at ten and will
consist of a praise service conducted
by Rev. J. H. Gillespie of Sheridan.
Morning worship follows at 10:30 and
after opening exercises of devotion
and music by the choir led by H. 11.
Schwoob with Mrs. A. A. Slade at the
piano. Dr. T. C. Illif will preach. Mrs.
Chas. M. Conger will render a vocal
solo.
Dinner will be served in the base
ment at noon and an afternoon ser
vice will be held. The after-*
• noon program will consist of a series
of addresses by the neighboring past
ors and an address by Dr. Iliff.
Dr. D. E. Kendall is assigned the,
sermon for the evening service and
I tion.
It is estimated that this piece of work will mean the outlay of
a sum larger than the county can afford to undertake it alone, but
the commissioners are getting the right of way thru and paving
the way for the future opportunity of cooperation.
It should be mentioned in passing that every voter of Wyoming
should make it his business to vote for the amendment making it
possible for the state to spend money on roads and thus receive a
like sum from the federal government for that purpose. This will
not only reduce the financial burden of the tax payers but add in
creased valuation to lands, make markets more accessible and
cheapen marketing crops.
This will permit better roads all through the county which
will hook up with the county seat roads of other counties in
Wyoming and Montana and thus provide state highways thru
the settled communities. This will bring the auto tourist thru the
best section of the state, bring locaters, investors and an increased
population.
Great Opportunity of National Park to Park Highway
Park county felt the impetus of the auto tourist travel of the
season just closed. Close to a thousand cars from outside sec
tions came the Cody way to the Yelowstone. This entrance is
conceded to be the entrance to the park and the transportation
companies have come to see that it is to be more important than
any other entrance for the reason that it will command the bulk
of the travel.
The National Park to Park Highway promotion work had its
birth in Cody boosters who first put on Entrance day, celebrating
the opening of the park to rubber tires. Following this came the
organization of the Yellowstone highway which has been built
across the state with more than SIOO,OOO put on it in actual con
struction work in the nine counties thru which it passes.
Following this came the meeting in the park last July when
the National Park to Park highway was organized and Cody men
placed at its head. This road is fed by several transcontinental
loads and once it is in physical condition for travel thousands of
auto tourists will come to Park county each season. It is the
! greatest opportunity the has to.pet -nute.p'e mw •
Community Club Is Necessary
To handle these vast projects will call for the unselfish devo
tion of all of the people of the county. Sacrifices will have to be
made and temporary losses taken that the larger gain fnay come.
To do these things in an orderly and systematic way the
Community club will have its part to do. As soon as fall work is
out of the way a meeting will be called and this important organ
ization will get under the load and carry these projects and many
others to a successful issue.
in addition to the music furnished by will sing.
the choir, the Brotherhood quartet (Continued on Pago Pou.r)
Post Office Plans Still in
Postmaste r Burleson y s Desk
Washington. Sept. 28 (spl.) —Postmaster General Burleson,
chief political strategist for the Wilson administration, has not as
yet withdrawn his action blocking the construction of the federal
buildings at Buffalo, Basin and Cody, which Congress said they
should have and voted the money for. After March 4th next
Mr. Burleson will retire from the cabinet, and these Wyoming
towns will see the work on their buildings started. In the mean
time, the Wilson administration —sponsor for the Burleson holdup
—should receive a tremendous endorsement at the polls from these
| towns in November.
$2 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.