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Northern Wyoming Herald AND OARLAND IRRIGATION ERA. Volume 4, Number 21 THE LINCOLN LAND COMPANY Is Further Advised and the Public Is further Informed in Vital Matter Os Land Assessments Chairman Kouse, who l,ast year bad charge of the Big Horn county asse-s --ment was genuinely surprised when be first learned from the Herald that the Lincoln Land Company’s manager had led him to believe that that corn pany had only 96 acres of Irrigable land wbeo In fact they have nearly or quite 660 acres, and according to vote* cast at the Cody Canal Associations' last annual meeting claimed some 000 acres and actually voted on that basts. The Herald gladly gives Mr. Fouse the credit of edoing more bard work during the last assessment year to give old Big Horn a square deal than any other county offlclsl in the coun ty, but It was a Herculean task. Mo man In Wyoming is big enough nor able enough to make a personal ex amlnation and properly classify the _ lands of a seunty larger than the states of'Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. He did all that esuld be done in that direction and Is deeervlog of great praise for the work performed, but In doing this he nec essarily bad to depend many times on information from others, nod In the case of tbs Lincoln Land Company, which Is n conspicuous case, he was simply misinformed as to the true status of the Company’s lands and the Herald la Its last issue published the returns made by that company for the especial purpose of calling the atten tion of the taxpayers of Park county and of the Lincoln Land Company's representatives to the fact that when the tax sebedulea of 1911, for Park county, are made op and spread upor the table some 900 or 000 acres of Irri gable lands In and<^nround Cody will not again be squeezed into a 98 acre compass. What Park county wanta and what the Herald wants is a square deal for corporations and individuals alike, and in this work the Herald > has the support of the entire county sod the work will proceed along these P’lioe*. For nearly ten years Cody baa been belted on four sides by s vast body of lands held for speculative purposes only. As fast as the city expands, homeseekers will be fed, as they have been fed, with town lots at 190, 2UO, 290 to 900 dollars per lot (live lots to tbe acre.) As one comes In from the nortb, from the south, from tbe east or from tbe west naught but desert and sage brush greet tbe eye. These lands nra too sacred to be put to tbe vulgar use of crop raising—too valuable If they are lit only to be held for specula tive uses, then asset* them on that basis and let the revenue thus raised go to beautify tbe town. Let the city council and tbe Cody Club Insti tute measures to bring tbit belted area within tbe city limits of Cody. If their value be enhanced it will be the city’s growth that enhances this value, then let these lands bear tbelr fair and Just proportion of the bur deqg of taxation. A SPLENDID CHANCE FOR THE KIDS. Washington, D. C., Feb. 3, 1911. Editor Northern Wyoming Herald, Within a very short time I shall have tba nomination of a principal and alternates to tbe Doited States Academy at Annapolis, and my pur pose is to appoint tbe young men best qualified, as determined by a competi tive examination, to be held at our State Capitol. I would be glad, ir you think any persons In your locality would be interested, to have tbe en closed notice, or something slmillsr, z Inserted In your paper at as early a date as possible. , Yours very truly, C. D. Clark. This examination will be held at Cheyenne, February 21, at 10a. w.,aod Is open til all fejjiys between the ages qf4£ and £0 years. Get there Codyites, -'' get there Park county. EX-SPEAKEK HIGHLY HONORED. In the legislative notes of the Chey enne Tribune appeared the following: "For the second time Mr. Hayden has befin accorded the courtesies of tbe bouse. Every time he appears Id the bouse some member arises aud makes a motion to extend tbe court esies of the floor to the man who pre sided over the Tenth legislature.” - I A. Watkins Is with Mrs Walls ft ° ruaha receiving treatments from ■ the same Physician. We hope to see ■ her return soon In good health. GRAZE THE FOREST RESERVES Forest Service Will Now Encourage Orazing of Stock on All the Forest Re*-.'ves Below we give In condensed form the conclusions of the Forest Service D-partmeul at Washington and It but voices the sentiments and efforts of Hon. W. B. Sleeper and other prominent flockmasters who for years have been doing their utmost to bring about t his much sought for decision : The forestry service has atlastl>een forced to admit tbe correctness of the western stockman's assertion that close grazing of the national forests will serve to greatly reduce tbe dange r of forest fires. In their endeavor to secure a larger number of livestock on forest reserves, western stockmen have for years been contending with officials of the forestry bureau that cloee grazlog would prevent tbe spread of Ores, because there would be no dead grass or other Inflammable ma terial on the ground to feed the flames. The forestry bureau has anoouoced tbe correctness of this view in a re port just made public. "It haa been clearly proved by the recent forest Ores In tbe west,” says tbe report, "that grazing Is one of the best forms of lire protection. A report haa jnst been received of tbe dree in the na tional foreets of Waablogton and Ore gon. In these states there was 700,- 000,000 feet of timber destroyed, but tbe fire* were less severe where the raDge bad been well grazed. "The Are protection that grazing se cures,” continues tbe report, “has moved tbe forest service to encourage the use of all possible grazing land In tbe forest reserves. Road* and trails are being built se quickly as possible end arrangements are being made with -he --llroads thit tap tbe regions to give cheap rates on cattle shlppwt to and from tbe forest ranges.” WARREN’S ADDRESS BEFORE WOOL MANUFACTURERS Washington—Senator Warren's ad dress before the National Associa tion of Wool Maoufactures In this city recently will prove the text-book of' information for those who advo cate the protection of tbe woolgrower from democratic Invasion. The Wyo ming senator, when Introduced by the toastmaster, was referred to as "the best posted man cm wool and wool growing In the rinlted States, both because of hit Intimate practical knowledge of the business and hie long and thorough study of tbe mat ter from tbe Washington end.” Senator Warren’e speech will be printed in full and distributed throughout the country,and big knowl edge and ability Insure to tbe wool growers a powerful champion when congress takes up schedule K. THE GOSHEN HOLE PROJECT Washington—Senator Warren’s per sistence has at last secured action-by tbe department which practically in sures the taking up of the Goshen Hole project by the reclamation serv ice. Although unable to secure any part of the 624,000,000 reclamation loan for this work, because of tbe two other big Wyoming projects and the fact that Wyoming has already so largely profited from reclamation funds, the senator was In no wise dis couraged. Now he has secured an or der from Secretary Ballinger for fur ther ttudy of the surveys of the Goshen project, and the following most promising recommendation from the board of army engineers: “Considering tbe favorable terms which can be given under reclamation projects, we feel Justified in pronounc ing tbe project feasible at tbe price named.” After reviewing tbe engineers’ re port, the acting director of the recla mation service concurs, and recom mends immediate preliminary work sufficient to secure the necessary rights of way and water rights, In or der to preserve this great project In tact tor tbe benefit of the state. F. H. Barrow. MONDELL DISCOVERS AN EXPRESS LOBBY An express lobby has been discover ed by Representative Mondell, author of the bill, to establish a limited par cels post. Tho lobby, he thinks, is not working openly, but through cats paws. "Since I introduced the bill,” said Mr. Mondell, “I have been flood ed with protests, letters from mer chants and traveling men and type written petitions. The jobbing houses seem to be behind these, but I am much Inclined to think the express companies are back of the jobbing business.” Cody, Wyoming, Friday, February 10, 1911 LEGISLATIVE NOTES Direct Primary Bill Piece of Positive Legislation— Big Horn County Expense Bill in Ten Sleep Cases—lnitiative and Referendum Both Branches Working Hard to Make a Good Finish—l6s Bills Intro . duced in the House, 80 in the Senate—Progressive Legisla tion to be Hie Watchword—County Division Since the matter of the election of the United Slates senator has beeo disposed of both branches of the legis lature have settled down to hard work and tbe legislative machine is grind ing out new laws with considerable speed. Some of these are good and tome bad, others merely unnecessary. But tbe judgment of no legislature was ever Infallible and tbe Eleventh Wyoming Is probably well up with the average. Every thing In the sen ate is running most smoothly and It la said on all sides that Senator Scbwoob Is as capable and efficient a president as that body baa had for many years. Tbe senate has passed four or five of tbe new county bills and the bouse has passed one. There are eight of these bills now under consideration with two or three more yet to come. Tbe names of those already on die are Hot Springs, Washakie, Campbell, Niobrara, Platte, Goshen, and Golden Prairie. The biggest fight la being made on Center county, that befog a portion of Freemont with Shosboni as prospective county seat. The Lander people are fighting bitterly, claiming .that, Fremont will be unduly shorn ent, but the people within new county are very unanimous in their qestre to get loose, their complaint being that Lander has always played tbe selfish part and shown little or no consideration „*Qr those outslJe her Immediate environs. The outcome is uncertain but looks rather favorable at present for the passage of the bill. Os matters more political, thy strong general sentiment in so called progressive the most xr primary bill and a recal WU have both passed tbe bouse, while there are bills for Initiative aud referendum, and tbe headless ballot which seen, sure to pass. The perennial county local op tion bill has a special bearing set for Thursday afternoon. ;Tbis |measure will probably not pass Inasmuch as the initiative and referendum will practically give local option to tbe towns and cities, and this together with the present law providing for prohibition outside the towns and cities give tbe people a .chance to go "dry” aa far as they like. However, tbe Antl-aaloon League is very busy and may surprise everyone by winning out. Hollister has introduced a bill In tended to remedy the defects of tbe present law relative to the payment of the organization and other expenses of new counties. This will be of particular value to Park county, where the commission era find themselves atpresent without authority to pay tbe bills which the □ew county contracted on Januayy first. This bill Is already out of Its oommlttee with favorable report. Another bill by Hollister 1* one pro viding that thirty days’ residence In an election district shall be neces sary before voting therein. Tbe In tent of this measure Is to prevent political colonizing. Mr. Long Is fathering a hill providing for the ex amination and licensing of those seeking to practice veterinary medl- NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that there will be held a special meeting of the board of county commissioners of Park county at the Clerk’s office In Cody, Wyoming, Wednesday, March Ist., A. D. 1911, at the hour of 9 o'clock A. M., as per adjournment of February 4th, 1611, for the purpose of hearing protests against the estab lishment of a certain public road within the territory of what la known as the Third (Ralston) Unit, as per petition of the U. S. Reclamation et | al, now on file In the office of the , county clerk, Cody, Wyoming. By order ol tbe board of county commissioners, Fred C. Barnett, i County Clerk. cine. Baldwin has one bill for locat ing a reform school at, Basin, and one providing for the registration of farm names. Senator Scbwoob has intro duced an Initiative and referendum bill in the senate and it is the meas ure on that subject which will prob ably eventually pass both houses. C. E. Hayden and Dr. W S. Ben nett of Cody have both been seen fre quently at the house, and both have been extended the privileges of tbe floor by that body. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are among the other Cody people seen in Cheyenne this last week. During the past week resultsve ha been very noticable In both branches of the legislature. However these re sults have for the most part been rather negative than positive, most of the Important matters having been the killing off of proposed laws which did not meet with general approval. The one piweof positive legislation is the direct v primary bill which has ' passed both houses. This is Senatoi 1 Blume's bill and it seems to have met with very general approval. Some of ' the negative results are the local op -1 tion bill which was killed Id the 1 House by a very decisive vote. Tbe initiative and referendum and • recall, both of which passed the Honse without opposition but were slaught- I ered In the Senate. Today wher the ccAJßMttee of tfe* whole was in session In the house tme bill providing for 1 the reimbursement of Big Horn 1 county Wcr the expenses of the Ten SJpplS murder trial came up and gave /-rise to considerable debate. It was ' passed over until Tuesday when it will be a special order of the day at 2p. m. It now looks as though this bill will pass. Up to date there have been about 165 bills introduced In the House and about eighty in the Senate. This means a tremendous volume of work, but both branches are now resorting to tte killing pro cess and any bill which does not bear the ear marks of real merit is prompt ly disposed of in the committee to which it is referred. As an example of this the ludiciary committee this morning reported on eleven bills of which all but three were reported with adverse recommendation. Mr. Long went over to Laramie today with other members of tbe game committee to inspect a fish hatchery- E. P. Bowman, of Mee teetse is in town, also Jesse Nelson, formerly of Cody but now of Denver. County division has been booming along and four bills have now passed both houses. The delegations from Worland and Thermopolls are quite overjoyed and there is much evidence of wild celebrating. Messrs Robertson, Bragg and Gates of Worland deserve particular credit from their con stituents for the energetic and up hill fight they have made. Tbe prospects of Washakie county did not look very bright at first and it has been due chiefly to the untiring ef forts of these three that that partic ular new county has come into being, Many of the third House members are leaving and It Is expected that be fore this week is out, the looby will have about disappeared. A CORRECTION. The Herald recently made a canvas of the prominent flockmasters who have ranches along the Rocky Moun tain slopes from the Montana line to Owl creek, and with but few excep tions they expresseq themselves very favorablo to the present policy of Supervisor Thurston and of the For estry Service regarding grazing per mits. Under this policy those resid ing nearest to the forestry grazing lands ate accorded preferential prlvil edges because of that fact, as It has a tendency and does prevent outside tramp flockmasters from "cutting io” and taking undue advantages over tbe localized settlers and flockmasters. < The Herald Is glad to note this fact, In justice alike to the Forestry Ser vice and to the stockman. HELEN CODY WETMORE DEAD 1 Sister of Buffalo Bill Passes Away at Home of Daughter, In Pasadena California Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 6.—Mrs. Hel en Cody Wetmore, sister of Buffalo Bill, is dying here here tonight and her brother, the noted scout, is hurry iog from Tucson In an effort to reach her bedside before death overtakes her. She suffered a hemorrhage of the brain yesterday and was taken to a hospital where she lies unconscious, —Associate Press dispatch. Mrs. Wetmore passed away at five o’clock Wednesday afternoon, at the home of her daughter io Pasadena. Her brother, Col. W. F. Cody, made the trip from Arizona and was pres ent at her bedside when death claim ed his sister. Mrs. Wetmore was for a long time a part owner with the late Col. J. H. Peake of the Cody Enterprise, the pioneer paper of Cody. She was a woman of great literary ability and tbe author of “The Last of Tbe Great Scouts.” She possessed hosts of warm friends here who, one and all, extend to her surviving kin their deep sym pathy In this hour of their affliction. FULKERSON’S FLIQHT. At the noon hour on Monday last when the streets of Cody were filled with crowds going to and from dinner what at first seemed but a small black speck iu the eastern horizon near Powell attracted tbe atu niton of the people and as It neared Cody It proved to be a Biplane, in which was seated County Assessor Henry Fulkerson, of Powell, and as he gracefully circled about the citr Dot a hundred feet in the air it gave everybody an oppor tunity to view at closer range, both the bird-man and tbe bird himself. Intent on getting the news the Her ald man shouted through bis mega phone to learn the object of his visit and was blandly informed that he made this, his first flight from Powell to make a personal inspection and ex amination at close raDge of that “100 acres of timber land”, ‘/that 200 acres of coal land”, "that 60 acres of graz ing land” and that “396 acres of min eral lands”, returned by tbe Lincoln Land Company at Basin in its 1910 couDtv assessment schedule out of a total of 914 acres. The Herald has several times met Mr. Assessor Ful kerson, and now that tbe area of Park county iimits are within prac tical reach, tbe opinion is here haz z&rded that Mr. Assessor FulkersoD will, io advance, when he starts out to make the itinerary of Park county with the assessment lists under his arm, that corporations, whether large or small, will be made to stand in exact line with individuals whether large or small. Two weeks ago last Sunday was a sour, bitter, cold and raw day, the Herald local was In tbe office sitting on the floor with both feet bolstered high on the chair back and enjoying the fragrance of a “two-fer” cigar, the stove was hot and the room com fortable. Soon a couple of men drop ped in, the ODea ranchman, the other a hard working hand, both temperate men. After a thaw out the topic turned on Cody public accomoda tions. ODe fellow said there wasn’t a place in the whole town where he could water bis horses out side a liv ery baru unless he drove down to tlje river and he didn’t feel like sponging a drink for bis horse off any livery man and he didn't feel like sparing tbe money to "put up” bis horses for a couple of hours. The other fellow similarly fixed, chimed in. The query next was, when a fellow comes to town Sunday where can he go when business is over and he has taken bis feed on a high stool, and wbat can he do? aud how can he do It? The top ic is a big one and susceptible of var ied solutions. The Herald columns are open to any public spirited practical man or woman to "solute” this prob lem along practical lines, through its correspondence. Dave Jones is one of the busiest merchants in the burg. He was born a bustler and is a natural born mer chant, and as a successful merchant in the front row he has the warm con gratulations of the Herald. Whether he Is a born hunter oi whether an other fellow in Wyoming can roll a favorite family horse, fully packed with moose, elk and venison meat down the steep sides of a mouotain canyon for a mile and a half in just a minute aad a half, and not disturb 1 or lose tho pack, and return with the horse sound and uninjured, is a prob 1 lem that still puzzles the Herald local. Price $1.50 Per Year BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF A DISPATCH From Cheyenne, Recoived at Noon Today—Four County Division Bills Passed Both Houses of Legislature are working harmoniously. Blume’s Primary bill passed. Four new counties—Platte, Go shen, Hot Springs and Washakie county bills have passed and are in the hands of the Governor. Campbell and Niobrara county bills likely to pass, but some uncer tainty as to Center and McKinley. Schwoob’s Initiative and Refer endum bill laid aside for Metz bill which, with amendments, is likely to become a law. The insistance on the Schoob bill was endanger ing the Refunding bill in the Ten- Sleep cases, which probably in duced Schwoob and his forces to yield ground to the Metz following. Last Saturday evening the old Car ter ranch was the scene of the most enjoyable affair and tbe gathering of tbe largest number of merry-makers that has taken place up South Fork for many a year. It was rumored that there would be a dance at the Carter ranch and spontaneously from Cody and the surrounding country the people gathered in to tbe number of 106 and a good old fashioned dance was Indulged in. Interspersed with refreshments, not once but several times, the hours of the night were danced away and this particular evening at this old historic spot will remain long in tbe minds of tbe par ticipants as a pleasant memory. Mr. ’ and Mrs. Lyall are popular young ' people and their guests on this occa -1 sion proclaim them royal entertainers. Messrs. Noble, Dodge and Hoops fur -1 nished the music. 1 Tomorrow night at EJias Martin’s, on North Fork, a similar good time is to come off. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray returned on Monday last from an extended visit at the old home in Kewanee, Illinois. On his return trip Jack stopped over aud took a look at the Omaha Stock yards and bought a bunch of two year old feeding steers for which he paid at the yards 5:80 per 100. The buDch weighed 1039 pounds average, and delivered at Kewanee it, in round figures cost over six cents per pound, and with thirty eight cent corn to fatten them, tbe outlook seems good for a margin of profit. He found that there is a fall ing market for good farm horses, a S4OO team at tbe yards last spring finds a alow market SIOO less. The Illinois and lowa farmers all seem to have the colt fever and on almost every farm the colt family is rapidly increasing. Russell Kimball and his engineering party returned last Tuesday from a three weeks' camping experience at the bead of the South Fork, near the Reckless Davis ranch, where the lay out has been making mineral surveys at the Instance of Messrs. Gerrans, Rumsey and other Buffalo capitalists, in connection with Col. W. F. Cody, Gov. Beck, Davis and others. These South Fork mines have long been known to be extremely rich in gold, in silver and in other valuable minerals i and those who are in a position to know, predict that with the opening of spring a big rush will be made aud one of the liveliest camps in the north west will there be much in evi dence. At the present time the great depth of snow seriously handicaps the work there, but if the weather con tinues mild for another couple of weeks winter will have made its last bow and the early spring will be ushered in. Andy Martin and J. R. Buchanan of the Irma Flats each shipped out on Monday last two car loads of fat cattle to the Omaha stock yards. At no time in many years have fat cattle been selling at such high prices as now pre vail at these yards; there seems to be a general shortage of desirable boef cattle throughout the entire country. The only men who are not making a profit at the shipping centers are the fellows who bought western sheep at the eastern yards and shipped tnem to their feed yards to fatten on forty cent corn. The drop in the fat mut ton prices have left them barely able to make an even exchange of dollars, the loss being the cost of the corn fed to the little wolles.l