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Northern Wyoming Herald
(OFFICIAL ORQAN OF PARK COUNTY]
Volume 4, Number 23
THE BIG game OF WYOMING
Legislature Aaked to Appropriate Big
Sum for Starving Elk-Easy
Remedy Suggested
Thr legislature this winter has
been asked to appropriate the sum of
ten (bonsand dollars tufeed the starr
ing elk In the Jacksou Hole country.
Now this Is not the flrst time that
the state has been asked to mate
large appropriations to save the elk
in that country. Two years ago the
legislature appropriated five thousand
dollars for the purpose of feeding the
elk In that oouotry and this year the
appropriation Is large' still. Ooless
something Is done to relieve the situ
ation the chances are good that com
ing sessions of the legislature will
be asked for money for the same pur
nose. Now It Is estimated that there
ire 30,000 allt which each winter make
for the Jackson Hole country, being
driven there on account of the heavy
snows in the Park. In summer time
when feed Is good they make lor the
National Park, where they are pro
tecsed by Uoela Sam and are to all
Intents and purposes Uncle Sam's
pr.perty. Why should not the Gor
ermnent lake care of them In winter?
State Game Warden Nowlin Is
credited with having made the state
ment that the state should allow
3000 elk to be killed the coming year
and the same for the year following,
for the good of the gnme. The writer
Is of the opinion that If there Is any
reason why such a large herd should
be sacrificed for the common good of
the balance It Is simply because the
game warden said so. There Is no
man In the stale of Wyoming who
has the game Interest so much at
heart, and who Is more familiar with
what Is best for the game of the stale
than Mr. Nowlin.
Another suggestion which seems to
be reasonable, sad one which appar
ently would oe a Mg saving for the
state. Is that the state should make a
round uo of the elk, or a portion of
them from the JaCkson Hole aod
drive ten or fifteen thousand of them
• to the Big Horn mountains. The
Big Horn mountains are admirably
adapted to the preservation of big
game. If a close season could be had
fora few yeais for them In that loca
tlon the herd would become located
and would Increase very fast.
The state has used of the appro
priation made two years ago all but
til SO.
Eventually the state would be
thousands of dollars sbead If this pro
ceedure was followed out.
As shown by the report of the state
game warden for the past two years,
the state has derived considerable
revenue out of the game lntereat.
The amount taken In from ail
sources on account of the game being
*36,654.65 In two years. In addition
to this amount each outside hunter
brings In for each animal which he Is
| allowed by law to get tbe sum of five
I hundred dollars. Tbls Is considered
I a safe estimate, and tbls money Is
I distributed among the guides and
1 people employed In tbe hunt as well
■ as the necessaries of tbe trip. This
■ amounts to many thousands of dol-
M ars brought Into tbe state each
■ season and Is very material help and
I assistance to residents of the game
■ districts. If the plan to drive the
■ elk to the Big Horn mountains Is
■ feasible by all means try It.
The following table shows tbe
■ amount of money taken In from all
I kinds of licenses In the state:
I Albany County 11,025.80
I Big Horn 7,278.65
I Carbon 1,225 85
I Converse 680.20
I Crook 004.50
I Fremont 6,648.30
I Johnson 1,658.85
I I,aramle 1,865.00
I Natrona 607.65
I Sheridan 3,030.46
I Sweetwater 2,650.50
I "lota 8,408.10
I Weston 419.70
Total *36,401.45
All other sources. .1253.20 36,654.65
It will be noted that Park county
is not credited with any of the re
ceipts In tbls table. Probably the
amount of *6,000 should be credited
I'ark county from the Big Horn
county returns.
frank mondell makes
A (HKXI LANDING
He saya “I have just had the pleas
ure of Informing Mr. James Garvey,
Wyo., that he has been allowed
a penalon Increased to *2O. per month.
SENATOR J. M. SCHWOOB
•
Gracefully Acknowledges the Pre
sentation of Ivory (level - Response
to Senator Blume’s Address
Immediately preceding thesJjburn
ment of legislature, Senator Blume,
In behalf of the Senate, presented to
Hon J. M. Schwoob a handsome ivory
gavel as a memento of the esteem en
tertained by that body for tbe retir
ing president. Mr. Schwoob grace
fully responded to the Senator’s ad
dress as follows:
“I thank you most heartily, gentle
men. for your kindness In the deed
and words this evening.
‘T sincerely appreciate the deed,
aud the words Just spoken will always
be remembered by me.
“No presiding ofHcer of this body
during past legislative sessions ever
received more consideration, constant
encouragement and support than I
have during the session about tocloae.
“And, If I have beeu able to con
vlace the members of tbls body that
I have been Impartial In tbe perfor
mance of my duties at presiding
officer and perhaps have fairly well
discharged the duties of the office. I
am Indeed very grateful.
“The past forty days have been
eventful In the way of legislative en
actments aod which I hope and firmly
believe will result In much good to
tbe people of Wyomlog.
“For your unwavering devotion to
tbe people’s Interests, 1 am sure tbe
members of this body have earned the
aoproval of their constituents.
“I dow bid each of you farewell and
wish vou all heallb. happiness and
prosperity lo your chosen walks of
life.”
DICKIE’S WOOL SELLS
AT HIGH FIGURE
Have Dickie, tbe Gooseberry flock
master, spent a portion of the week
In Meeteetse. He reports tbe sale of
bis wool, recently, which is probably
•pile largest Individual clip Id the
Basin. He, wltb James Dickie,
shipped 180,000 pounds lo tbe Chicago
ware bouse last fall, and dow are of
fered 20fc for '-he entire clip which,
after deducting lie for freight and
lc for storage, will net them the
handsome sum of 18c per pound, the
best price yet reported here for the
1010 crop. Id 19u8 Mr. Dickie netted
20c per pouDd; In 1909, 22ic and this
year 18c; which places the latter but
a little below the average. This Is
an excptlonal good showing consider
ing tbe extraordinary slump in prices
for the past season's wool crop. Mr.
Dickie attributes his good prices to
tbe fact that he Is s shareholder In
the Chicago wool warehouse anil also
to the fset that be has been breeding
his sheep for the past twenty years
with a special view to developing a
fine staple wool.
Mr. Dickie has lately received at
his ranch four galvanized ateel tanks
from Minneapolis, eight feet high and
twelve feel In diameter, In which be
will store bis grain. These tanks have
a capacity of 40,000 pounds, and Mr.
Dickie pronounces them a marked
Improvement over tbe old storage
method.—Meeteetse News.
REPORT ON PUBLIC LANDS
The third beonlalreportof the com
missioner of public lands for the state
of Wyoming for the years 1909-10 has
lust been Issued from the press of the
Laramie Republican. Tbe report baa
been compiled by State Land cominls
mlsaloner Robert P. Fuller, and Is a
careful and exhaustive review of the
public lands of tbe state that can be
made productive through Irrigation
and dry farming methods, as well as
the lands for grazing and other pur
poses. Tbe report contains a complete
list of all the lands of tbe state under
leaae, tbe school lands leased and Idle,
the Irrigated and Irrigable lands, and
the segregated lands of all kinds, graz
ing, agricultural, mining and timber.
On September 10, 1910, tbe acreage
under lease in the state by counties was
as follows:
County Acreage
Albany 192,628.01
Big Horn . 203,311.38
Carbon 253,518.40
Converse 398,824.16
Crook 239,116.80
Fremont 196,099.94
Johnson 178,781.79
Laramie 426,890.58
Natrona 226,787.30
Sheridan 208,830.52
Sweetwater 133,520.39
Uinta 132,917.70
Weston 188,515.87
Total 3,036,747.93
AND GARLAND IRRIGATION ERA.
Cody, Wyoming, Friday, February 24, 1911
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
Mondell Explains His Vote Against 1
Measure-Of Interest to Sheep
and Cattlemen
In explaining bis vote against tbe
Canadian reciprocity measure, Repre
sentative Mondell voiced the senti
ments of western republican members
generally when he referred to Its
effect on Wyoming. In hla opinion,
the effect of allowing free importa
tion of sheep for breeding purposes
might tie a present benefit to a few,
but must result in discouraging the
state’s present growing Industry of
raising Its own breeding stock. Tbe
small tariff the bill proposes to re
move from lumber would not benefit
tbe people of Wyoming, for It would
probably be swallowed up to increased
freight rates and middlemen’s profits.
He said:
“Eliminating these two items from
coolderatlon, no matter bow you view
the propoeal. Its effect, great or small
whatever It might be, would be harm
ful.; taking the most favorable view
of tbe matter, It could not be help
ful”
In his opinion the bill would be cir
talu to largely Increase tbe number of
sheep In tbe provinces, and this must
bring large shipments of western Can
adian mutton in competition wltb our
own, aud would make It profitable for
the Canadian flockmaster to drive bis
sheep a considerable distance to shear
In tbe United States. Tbe effect of
free Importation of Canadian cattle
could In no wise help Wyoming, and
must. If anything, result In lower
prices. If there was aDy hope of secur
ing a Canadian market for our wool,
beef or mutton, the effect might be
different, but the advantages seemed
to be all on the other side. The slight
reduction on coal would oot effect
Wyoming, but might prove an enter
ing wedge for further reduction later.
Tbe agricultural population of Wyo
ming, be stated, could see no benefit
and only possible harm in tbe proposi
tion.
On tbe whole, ite disadvantages are
numerous and harmful, while the ad
vantages, conceding there might be
some, would be extremely doubtful of
benefit.
ONE C. F. LEONARD
Tbe Cheyenne Tribune, on its edi
torial page, gives prominence to a
communication of one C. F. Leonard,
In which he bitterly complains of In
justice done him In the Cody justice
court. Tbe Herald made an exami
nation of tbe court docked and it
shows that tbls Identical C. F. Leon
ard was fined iu open court *5.00 and
costs on a complaint filed by City Mar
shall Tom Kane, and to escape a jail
sentence be paid bis fine. It further
appears that the man, while in a
drunken state at tbe Irma hotel bar,
was twice disarmed by Billy Moore,
tbe Irma hotel bar Ireepei, and this
was not the drst or second grand
stand play made. The Tribune has
beeD Imposed on, and, in future, It
may be wise for that paper to pull
alchohollc saw-logs out of Its many
Cheyenne eyes before again attempt
ing to extract little silvers from the
left eye of Bllven’a court.
THE STOCK HOLDERS
OF BIG HORN COUNTY
The County Commlsloners of old Big
Horn and new Park County will, the
coming week, meet at Basin to confer
on the listing and devislou of the
tangible property of the Old Big Horn
and fix a valuation for the basis of
a devision of the asset* between the
two. This Is a task of huge proportions
but Park County Is fortunate in hav
ing a Board that Is big enough and
broad enough to meet theCommlsson
era of Big Horn on a fair «nd even
basis and the Herald looks for an early
and easy solution of the problem.
CODY CLUB NOTICE
Members of the Club will please take
notice that on next Monday evening,
February 27tb, will occur the next reg
ular meeting. Important business Is
to be considered, among which la a
matter of especial Interest to all, pro
posed by "Tex” Holm.
Please plan to be present.
Respectfully,
Fkkd. O. Baknktt,
Secretary.
HAS NO ADVANTAGE
OVER WALT. OWENS
Photographer Hiscock recently had
an advertisement in this paper that
you could not “send your face to Mont
gomery Ward, or Sears, Roebuck & Co.
to have It photographed.” You can’t
send It there to get a shave either ao i
take It to Walt. Owens.
GOOD TIME AT ANDY MARTIN’S
CoaMßlssluner Martin’s Hospitable |
Home the Scene of a Merry
Gathering
On Saturday evening last, a dance
was given In honor of W. H. Shull
and Cbas. Sharp, who leave the latter
part of the week for Alaska, at Andv
Martin's ranch on South Fork. It was
considered by all present, tbe “big
event” of tbe season aod tbe memory
of this occasion will always be cherish
ed by those wbo were fortunate
enough to attend. Tbe music furnish
ed by F. J. Hiscock, Major Hoopea,
J. O. Dodge and Mrs. Ohas. Clark was
all that could be desired in the line of
good music and was of tbe variety
that would not let your feet behave.
Mr. Martin was "The man of the
hour” »s an entertainer keeping tbe
crowd In an uproar the entire evening.
Mr. Fred Morris gave a number of
vocal selections which were rendered
In a style that woo him great applause
from all present. A prize waltz was
given at tbe request of Hardy Shull
of South Fork who was anxious to de
monstrate his ability as a joker. As
soon os the judges were notified of tbe
altuatioD, he was Immediately chalk
ed down at winner of the prize, “an
envelope of salt", while hla partner
Mrs. Laurence Wagoner drew “an
envelope of sugar.
Card tables were arranged for tbe
benefit of those wbo were unable to
take part oo the floor and as a sort of
recuperating' station for those wbo
could not stand the pressure and gave
out for want of breath or over exertion
A bountiful lunch was served at 12 p.
m. aod the cook is certainly to be com
plimented.
Among tbe out of towo guests were
Mr. A. P. Reilly, of Philadelphia, a
representative of the Philadelphia Re
cord, who has been visiting the Mor
ris ranch. Mr. Reilly Is an exceedingly
good dancer and;a good mixer, he will
be greatly missed at tbe dance to be
glved next, Saturday, aod Mr. Cbas.
Sharp who has recently returned from
1 Alaska.
About seventy-five participated in
’ tbe jollflcation of which about thirty
were Codyites, and the event was con
sidered by all present a bowling suc
cess.
A dance will be given at the -Morris
ranch next Saturday, Feb. 25th. Every
body for miles around is invited lo at
tend. "Another one, just like the
other one”, Is looked forward to. **
AVERAGE PRICE OF WOOL
One of the largest wool growers of
the country, In respouse to an inquiry
from the Herald, gave tbe everage
price of wool realized by Big Horn
Basin flockmasters fur the year 1909
at 19 cents, and for 1910 the average
price was 171 cents per pound. Tak
ing the present outlook in Boston,
Philadelphia sad London it is fair to
anticipate for the 1911 clip about 15
cents.
At tbe present time Wyoming and
Montana fine grade fleeces can be ex
ported to the London market and
better prices obtained there than at
Boston or Philadelphia. The political
uncertainties as to the probable action
on the wool tariff ia now being used
by the large wool buyers to depress
tbe wool market, but to what extent
la as yet a problematical question.
IT WILL HELP THE
OREGON BASIN PROJECT
Washington —Senator Warren's
bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to dispose of the surplus
waters from reclamation projects will
prove a boon to Wyoming. Under
this law, Individuals or associations
may use this surplus on lands held In
private ownership, and the result
must be the addition of many Irrigated
acres, as well as a guarantee against
Inadequate watersupply In the future.
This bill was Intrdduced at the pre
vious session of this congress, but
failed of passage through the activ
ities of Senator Ileyburn of Idaho.
It was brought out again by the
Wyoming Senator, who succeeded in
getting it through during the present
session. Both of the big project* In
Wyoming will have much surplus
water, and under the Warren bill a
settler may secure a right to the use
of sufficient to water 160 acres at a
very slight Increase above the cost to
settlers under the project, while dis
tricts with a shortage of water may
organize and secure this water for
storage, as insurance against droutb.
F. H. Babuow.
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Sullivan returned
oo Thursday last from an extended
trip east.,
[PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF PARK COUNTY]
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY
Double Celebratiou at the Home
of Dr. and Mra. Bennett-Master
Willie Shares Honors.
Tbe blrth-dav of General George
Washtngtou was observed and held in
kindly *Dd patriotic rememberance by
almost every one In Cody, there being
many fine dinners and luncheons
served In his honor. At the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Bennett quite an elabor
ate luncheon was served to tbe ladles
of the Episcopal Guild.
It was a double celebration, how
ever, the twenty-second of February
also being the birth day of Master
Willie Beonett, who assured us be
was happy to divide the honors of tbe
day with General Washington.
The beautifully furnished home was
decorated throughout with blooming
plants, out flowers and dainty ferns,
while tbe National colors were great
ly in evidence aad peeped out every
where.
ThedlnlDg table was decorated with
a beautiful lace trimmed Hungarian
center plqce, upon which sparkled a
large cut glass bowl filled to overflow
ing with misty ferns and white and
cream Immortelles.
There was a large cake of red, white
and blue layers with a silk American
Bag In the center,this was for General
Washington. Then there was a huge
cake, as white as snow, with twelve
red, white and blue candles on It,
which marked tbe twelve years or
birth-days which have passed over In
to the beyond for little Willie. There
were worlds of other fine cakes, daintv
sandwiches,fruit salad, salted almonds
wafers and In fact so many nice things
that one was tempted to think that
i Mrs. Bennett was guilty of trying to
i make patients for the Doctor. But Dr.
' Lane belDg present, said every cDe
- could eat all they w I shed to. as it was
' Washington’s and Willie's birth-day.
I The napkins used at the luncheon
e were patriotic too, having a flag jn
• one corner and a large illuminated
i picture of the White House in an op
posits corner. But cutest of all things
i served were the candied cherries given
r each guest as a reminder of the cher
ry tree and little hatchet story so
- truthfully told by little George so
many years ago. Mrs. Bennett was as
> sisted by Mrs W. T. Hngg, Mrs. Geo.
r Watkins, Mrs. Harry Wagner and
- Miss Watkins.
THE MERRY MASQUERADE
On Wednesday evening occurred
the Washington birthday masquerade
’ ball at Katb hall, given under the
■ management of Mr. Wm. Loewer.
This masquerade was well advertis
ed in the Herald which brought to
i gether at the hall a large crowd of
merry masqueraders. All imaginable
characters were impersonated aud the
costumes of nearly all countries fitted
before the the eyes in picturesque ar
ray. Some costumes were well select
ed and the assumed charcher will sus
tained, while others, principally
among the gentlemen, meant nothing
but a disguise.
Mrs. W. S. Greenleaf, as a Spanish
dancer, carried off the lady's first
prize. Darrell Park was the winner of
the gentlemen’s prize.
Tbe topsles, represented by Miss
, Elsie Pritchett and Grace Thompson
were selected for the second prize.
Ray Phelps, as a clown, received
second for the gentlemen.
HORSE TALK
Said a long time stock man of the
, South Omaha Exchange, in speaking
of the outlook.
“In twenty-five years the outlook
for high prices for cattle was never
better, this Is true of hogs and of mut
ton sheep, but as to horses, the facts
arc these. All over lowa, Illinois, Ne
braska and other states, there has been
a drop of at least 25 per cent In the
prices of all classes of horses, the rea
son Is first, that during the past year
all the big business houses, breweries
and packing houses are 6ubsltltuting
truck autos for horses aod even the
big farmers are using auto machinery.
Second, for the past six or eight years,
every eastern or middle state farmer
has pcen breeding horses and now we
are over stocked. Everybody wanting
to sell and but few, very few, wanting
to buy.
Messrs. Sullivan, Peterson, Noyes
and Kelfer and a party of contractors
started out from the Irma at 7:30 a m
Friday under the Captaincy of Guss
Holm and Geo. Taylor In their autos i
to Inspect the Oregon Basin canal I
line from the head gate at Ishawooa 1
down to Germania and the town of |
Grey Bull. ,
Price $1.50 Per Year
FARMERS’ EXCHANGE
Practical and Timely Suggestions by
a Practical Man—Of Interest to
the Farmer and Business Man
The Enterprise of Saturday’s Issue
made the suggestion that an ex
change of credits among and between
the farmers and merchants would
solve the questions arising from fi
nancial operations in tbe locality of
Cody, To illustrate their point, and
using their own argument, the
farmer would take a load of wheat to
the mill and receive a credit check
which would be good among the mer
chants of Cody in exchange for goods
purchased in their stores. At some
luture time the merchants aDd mil
ler get together and settle tbe differ
ence in the accounts In some clearing
bouse arrangement.
Now let us look Into this propo
sition. The merchants of Cody should
undoubtedly use their best effort to
build up lo the towD a market for all
of the produce In tbe territory from
which the town draws trade. It Is
up to the business men of the towo,
not only to create a market for all
tbe products of tbe country at the
present time, but It Is also their busi
ness to arrange for some local In
dustries which would make employ
ment for tbe residents of the town
aud briDg in outside money. Out
side money is what we are after. If
we had more money in the community
it would never be necessary to sug
gest such an arrangement as credit
slips as an aid to the farmers.
If there was a larger amount of
money In the community tbe farmer
would take care of bis own financial
transactions. The only way to get
, more money in the community Is for
the business men of the town to
i Interest parties elthar here or on the
, outside lu the natural resources of
our locality and create products
i which are Id demand elsewhere. The
j plan is simple and reasonable. It
I takes an effort to do this but If some
thing of the kind is not done, thee
, the community will remain at a
i standstill, the people hard up, and
. leaving as fast as means are found
, to enable them to move to a more
, progressive locality.
But to return to the question. Is
it a fair proposition for the merchant
to demand of the farmer that he take
goods out of his store in exchange for
the produce which he has for sale.
Will the county take these credit
slips in exchange for taxes? How is
the farmer going to pay the doctor
or the lawyer or the surveyor or the
dressmaker and milliner or any of
the hundred who have other callings
with these credit slips? These other
people with the farmer are of as
much importance to the community
as the merchant.
The only fairway is for the busi
ness men to create a market for the
country produce, pay the highest
market price for It in cash, let the
farmer trade where he pleases and
demand cash in return for goods out
of the store. That will make com
petition; that will give the farmer
cash for his needs. The merchants
will make as much or more out of
suchan arrangement but the methods
of doing business in the community
must be changed. The business men
can change the method.
WORLAND GRIT ON
OUR LEGISLATORS
The legislative delegation from Big
Horn County has in the main “made
good." Hon. D. E. Hollister of Cody
is easily one of the leaders in the
House, a lawyer of ability, he com
manded a respectful hearing from
the first and will bo one of the few to
leave an impress oo the statutes of
the state. Hon. Tom Long of Gar
land Is Just a plain business man; but
In his own quiet way won the respect
and confidence of his colleagues aud
accomplished much In the way of safe
legislation to the state. Park County
may well feel proud of its representa
tives and will make no mistake in re
turning these men two years hence,
lion. J. M. Sehwoob of Cody, president
of the Senate has more then “made
good” in hts responsible position, with
all members of both political parties.
His years of experience, shrew fore
sight coupled with natural diplomacy,
gives him power and influence few
may ever hope to attain.
The State Legislators fixed the sal
ary of the deputy secretary of State
(that means C. Pete Mac Glasban)at
t wenty-one hundred doliais per annum
payable in equal monthly installments
I gueks that’s all right with Pete.