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Northern Wyoming Herald
OFFICIAL ORQAN OF PARK COUNTY]
Volume 4, Number 28
U. S. ARMY MOVEMENTS
Captain C«vender of Company E. to
be Honored— Receives Telegram
From State Ad|utant General.
The American people have Iwet.
v ,n much Interested and somewhat
perplexed In reward to the recent
( , ri |, r"I President Taft which result
el| in ihe mobilisation of twenty to
iblrtv tniiuaand of the federal troops
~,,'hr Mexican border. The many
rumors in ret» d to war with Japan
have been act at rest and It aeems
n,* M Ire well understood that the
n, .vement of the federal troops was
f.r the purpose of tilvlnw the standlug
army ol the United alatee broader ex
perience. To further make efficient
another wing of the fighting force of
the United states there la some talk
of the United State* Government
n un* on part of the state militia of
the various states and bare them join
the fedeial troops for the purpose of
drill If the federal government
should request adjutant General lurk
sell to send part of the National
Guards of Wyoming to the front for
this purpose, It Is to Ire hoped that
the adjutant general wilt select Com
pany E. of Cody as a part of those to j
tie sent. Our company K. under Cap- i
tain Cavender hat been put In excel
lent condition according to the state
ments of Adjutant General Barkwell.
By having our young men receive the
benefit of further Instruction and
drilling they would receive hy Joining
the federal troops on the Mexican bor
der much good will be done the com
pany at well aa the Individual* com
p 'sing It and we hope they will not
be overlooked In tbla Instance.
Adjutant General M. C. Barkwell
of the WyomiUM National Guards
received a request from the United
States War Department to select from
the state militia of Wyomiog two
jfitcers to Join the United States
army which Is now on the Mrxtaan
Imrfler. As stated In soother column
f A Una awk Oswpssy 1., of Cody,
under the Instruction of Captain Cav
ender, has been put In excellent con
dition. Adjutant Barkwell on hi*
recent visit of Inspection, compli
mented Captain Cavender and the
officers of Company E. very highly.
As a recognition of efficiency and
military learning, Csptaln Cavender
has been selected as one of the two
'ifticert of the Wyoming National.
Guards to Join the federal troops.
The Captain left Friday and will pro
ceed at once to San Dlrgn, California,
and will remain for probably two or
three months where most of the fede
ral troop# of the western states are
now in camp.
It is a source of pride to the citi
zens of Cody that the ability of one
of their citizens has been recognized
In tb-'s manner.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
A. C. Newton, on bis return Satur
day from a six weeks eastern .trip,
called on the Herald. While enroute
he stopped over at Lincoln, Nebraiks,
and was a guest at the Bryan dollar
dinner. Champ. Clark was thire,
and a lot of other democratic head
lights and side lights and everybody
was happy, with William Jennings
Bryan the happiest of all. A. C.
slates that the uncrowned democratic
king stlli wears that broad and com
prehensive smile and In a speech to
hi* admirers he (till retains the
power to enthuse his dlclples, and
because of this, the Herald still In
dulges the hope that this matchless
■ rator may be able to place himself
on the 1012 presidential pedestal.
Macon, Mo.—Tom Robertson, 06
years old, who took a vow In 1890 that
he would not permit a razor to touch
his face or shears to touch his hair
until William J. Bryan was elected
president, died on March 21, as the
result of a fall down.a loDg flight of
stairs. He had kept his vow faith
fully and was looking forward to a
democratic triumph in 1912.
When Itobertaon’s hair was combed
't reached half way down his back.
WOOL MARKET CONTINUES DULL
Boston, Mass. Tbe dull and Indif
ferent tone of the Boston wool mar
ket continues and few sales of con
sequence are reported. Thero-ls some
demand for territory wools and little
Interest In the medium fleeces.
Values vary considerable and the dif
ference of three and four cents a
pound Is noted. Fine and fine me
diums sell at scoured cost from 53 to
A while nearby three-eights blood
fleeces held at 28 to 29 cents.
Arll£ ona clip Is moving
at , fr ?,“ >» to2o. Pulled wool
2 "®* dull b-H there is some de
mand for foreign product.
THE SHOSHONE PROJECT
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Extension for Tima of Payment
Drainage Necessary ns Irrigation-
Progress Urged by Cody Club.
Telegraphic advice to the Cody Club
from Senator Warren and the Recla
mation Service I* to the effect that a
recent order has been made modifying
the time of payment for land and
water rights under the Shoshone pro
ject on the Garland and Powell fiat.
Tbe citizens of Garland and Powell,
assisted by the Cody Club, have had
this matter up with tbe officials of
the Reclamation service and Senator
Warren, and It Is gratifying to know
that the Reclamation Service has con
sidered the claims of the farmers
under the canal
According to the modification order
water will be furnished this season to
the farmers, providing they pay the
operating and malnlalnance charges
prior to April 30th. The p .yment of
construction and bulldlngchargea will
not have to he made until Decemtier,
Ist, 1911. This will materially relieve
the situation temporarily, and while
tbe time Is much shorter than they
asked for, will be very much appre
ciated by those Interested.
The Cody Club will continue to
urge the Reclamation Service to take
up the seepage question and act on It
toon. The people In the towns and
the farmers no the flat simply expect
tbe Reclamation Service, In conncect
lon with this seepage, to do as they
represented they would do. In one of
of tbe pamphlets giving Information
In regard to the Shoshone project and
compiled by the United States Recla
mation Service, November 1, 1909, we
notice tbe following clause : “As tbe
work of reclamation has progressed,
It has been learned that drainage Is
a* necessary as Irrigation for the suc
cess of a project. In all the projects
ample provision has been made to
carry away the seepage and to prevent
the raise of alkali or other injurous
salts tn the surface of tbe laod. The
Shoshone dlstrlot has tbe additional
advantage of excellent natural drain
age, as tbe region Is underlaid with
gravel, and the lands here contain
but little alkali.”
We do not think there Is any un
usual reason for alarm In regard to
the drainage of tbe lands as moat of
us have confidence In the United
States Government and know (hat
they will carry out their promise* aid
know that where they advertise that
ample provision had been made to
carry away the sepage and to prevent
the raise of alkali, etc., that It was
the intention of the Reclamation
Service to do this very thing.
While these matters cannot be
handled Immediately by a branch of
the United States Government as
large as tbe Reclamation Service, yet
we believe it Is the Intention of tbe
Reclamation Service to absolutely
take care of this question, and It Is
the duty of every citizen of the county
to urge tbe Reclamation Service to
give the matter Immediate attention.
THE CODY CANAL.
The meeting held at the Katb ball
on last Saturday was very largely at
tended and after a full discussion of
tbe pros and cons pertaining to the
proposed organization of an Irrigation
district, It was unanimously de
cided to at once proceed and organ
ize at the earliest practicable time.
W. L. Walla, tbe attorney for the as
sociation, will prepare tbe necessary
papers for the proposed Dew district.
Tbe proposition Is to bond the new
district 885,000 and use the proceeds
to construct and complete a proper
and suitable canal; one that will be
adequate and permanent In charac
ter. In the paat three or four years
some 840,000 or 860,000 has been ab
sorbed by piece meal work, practic
ally wasted. Under the new order of
things tbe bonds will be Issued and
the work contracted for ou a strictly
business basis.
FROM A BOTTLE TO MATRIMONY
A romance which began In a bottle
led today to a (ustice court where
Thomas C. Caldwell, Justice of the
peace, performed the marriago cere
mony fbr Grace Stafford, 18 years old,
of Hardin, Missouri, aod Edward
Tillman, 28 years old, of Mexico, Mo.
“Two years ago,” said Tillman to
tho Judge, “Miss Stafford placed her
name and address In a bottle and
threw it Into the Missouri river at
Missouri City. It floated down to
Glasgow, Mo., where It was my good
fortune to And it. I wrote. Graco
answered. Later I asked her and sho
said ‘yes.’ I asked you, were we not
Intended for each other?"
AND GARLAND IRRIGATION ERA.
Cody, Wyoming, Friday, March 31, 1911
THE FUTURE OF CODY
Sketch Written by Clifford Lenniger-Receiving
Honorable Mention in Essay Contest.
; —
Early History of Cody—Present and Future of Our City at the
Metropolis of Northwestern Wyoming.
Situated on the southern side of the
Shoshone river, two hundred feet
above the river bed, lies the metropo
lis of Northwestern Wyoming,—Cody. i
This bustling little city Is but ten
years old, and now has a population
of 1.500 souls, all staunch and loyal
people, whose first thought Is for the i
welfare of their city and community.
In the year A. D. 190', the town of
Cody was incorporated, and at that
time contained but a few people, pos- i
slbly ten families in all, living In log '
cabins aod transacting their business
in tiny stores made of logs, or out
under the blue skies. But not for
long was Cody to be confined to log
houses, for soon the east heard of the
advantages of Northwestern Wyom
ing, and new settlers came Into the
country to cast their lots for the good
of the community with the old pio
neer. The log store could no longer
bold the needed supplies for the In
creasing population, and wood frame
buildings were quickly constructed.
These buildings were In use but a
-bort time, when a quarry of sand
stone was opened within a mile of the
town where excellent building stone
could be had. Thus Cody's business
life Id tbe frame buildings was very
brief, for the stone could be purchased
at tbe same price as lumber, and of
course made more durable and fire
proof buildings. A brick yard was a
little later located here, and then tbe
peuple could make tbelr choice of
either a good quality of brick or atone
to build their stores or homes. Those
who owned good business locations
but wood frame buildings, recon
structed their buildings Into brick or
stone, so that today Cody has a well
established business street of brick
and stone business and office build
ings, besides a large brick school
building, a new brick
church, and excellent stone hdrcK li
brary, and many residences of these
fire-proof materials.
Cody is somewhat handicapped in
railroad facilities In that the railway
station Is located on the north side of
the river, and necessitates the haul
ing of all freight from the depot to
the town proper. However, the Bur
lington officials now appreciate what
this difficulty means to the people of
Cody, and steps have been taken to
ward constructing a bridge across the
Shoshone river at its narrowest place,
and thereby bring the road directly
into tbe town on tbls aide of the river,
and a depot Is promised within tbe
next two years. Another survey has
alto been made to build a branch
road from Greybull Junction on the
“Gulf Pacific Coast Limited” to Cody.
This will open many miles of new
territory which should be tributary to
this town.
At the present day Cody has three
large department stores, two dry
goods stores, a men’s clothing store,
two confectionery stores, one of hard
ware, two meat shops, a bakery, two
lumber yards, a planing mill, two
banks, a loan and trust company, two
splendidly furnished pharmacies, an
electric light and power plant, two
newspaper establishments, one print
ing a weekly newspaper and the other
• semi-weekly paper, the lattvr Is
•quipped with all modeon type ma
chines and appliances. There Is also
a bottling works, a saddle factory,
making the famous Shelly saddles, a
flour mill, equipped with the latest
machinery, and having a capacity of
two hundred barrels of flour per day.
To these must be added five thriving
livery businesses, two transportation
companies, rendering tbe beßt of ser
vice to tourists golug through tbe
Yellowstone National Park, or camp
ing or hunting In the mountains.
There are other bnslness men such as
civil engineers, two In number, five
lawyers, six physicians and surgeons,
three dentists, two veterinary sur
geoDS, two taxidermists, a shoemaker,
carpenters, painters and paper hang
ers.
Cody now has communication with
the outside world by means of the
Burlington railway, which has con
nections with the Northern Pacific,
Northwestern aod Milwaukee rail
ways, western union telegraph, tho
Rocky Mountain Bell telephone ser
vice, also connection with many in
land towns within this and adjoining
county by means of stage service aud
rural free mail delivery. The Bur- i
lington railroad also accommodates
the towb with the American Express :
service. >]
Cody has the best educational ad- ;
vantages of any town in this part of i
the state Us faculty comprises in- i
it rue tot- who have obtained their
education In various universities
throughout the United States. Its i
pupils number between three and four i
hundred, many comlDg from ranches
six and seven miles distant. The :
high school Is said to be tbe finest
school lu the state, aod is fully recog
nized bv the state university.
The churches in Cody are not very
numerous at the present day, there
being but three protestaot churches,
but tbe followers of tbeJCathollc faith
will build tbelr church within a year.
The first object aod building that a
person acquaints hlmsel' with upon
bis arrival Into Cody is the Irma ho
tel, as slated before, an elegant stone
building. This Is the largest of Buf
falo Bill’s Rocky Mountain hotels, and
Is furnished with the very best furni
ture and conveniences and wheo one
enters tbe dining room they would
not know but they were dining In
some hotel to the eastern cities. The
hotel might well be called the mu
seura of arts, for the “Colonel” has
ma-i'y ttunscud dollars worth of val
: uable historic palntioga and relics, on
i exhibition.
Thirty-six miles up the North Fork
■ of the Shoshone river, Is located
i Wapiti Inn, another of “Buffalo
: Bill's” hotels, and twenty-eight miles
■ further Is Pahaska Tepee, the third
I of his hotels. This Is but two miles
■ from the eastern boundary of the.
. National Park, and between these
s hotels during the summer there is a
good automobile service.
, The UDlted States Forest Service
headquarters of the Yellowstone
f Park Timber Reservation.is also 10.
. cated in Cody, employing several men
, in the Held in the capacities of super
. visors and rangers.
. The postal business has increased at
f the rate of forty per cent per annum
. and at this rate within another year
, this town will be placed lo second
class. Congress has already appro
, prlated a large snm of money for the
purchase of a federal building. Tbe
, site has not been definitely decided
i upon as yet, but It Is expected it will
, be within the next few months, so
, that Cody la lookiog forward with
much anticipation to the floe federal
, building that will grace the towo, and
, accommodate tbe federal officers of
the postal department and tbe forest
service. A new land office will also
| be located In this buildiDg as well as
tbe federal weather bureau.
It Is proposed In the near future to
| greatly enlarge the present light and
| power plant and Install a triple ex
1 panslon pump which will augment, the
1 city’s water supply. Bonds have al
| ready been Issued for the purpose of
' puttiog In a complete sewerage
system.
A new county having recently been
arganized out of the western portion
, of Big Horn county, and Cody being
selected as the county seat of this new
countv, Insures tbe erection of a court
house In tbe very near future, which
will be another great attraction to
the town.
The business men of Cody have
united Into an organization known as
the Cody Club, the aim of which Is to
further tho Interests of the town and
look after Its needs, and Is one of tbe
live institutions of tbe town.
All the leading fraternal lodges of
Amcrictfhave orders here, tho Odd
Fellows owning a fine stone building,
and the Masons have already let tho
contract for a magnificent Masonic
temple.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for a business corporation to
manufacture building brick and other
clay works; a new bed of the finest
fire clay was recently located near the
town and this company will develop
tbo same.
[PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF PARK COUbTY]
SCHOOL LAWS AND TAXES
Levy Not to Exceed Eight and One
Half Mills—As Amended by Re
cent Session of Legislature.
Northern Wyoming Herald—l en
close with this communication an ex
tract from the school laws of Wyo
ming as amended by the recent ses
sion of the legislature. By reading
this extract the reader will notice
that a radical departure has been
made In the matter of raising school
district money.
Heretofore It has been necessary
only for the annual meeting to levy
by a vote of those present at the
meeting whatever amount of money
the district considered proper for gen
eral purposes for the school year.
This amount was usually named in
a lump sum and the commissioners
Instructed to levy against all of the
assessable property of the district
such a number of mills as would pro
duce such an amount.
Now we find that the anoual meet
ing can raise not to exceed three and
one half mills. If a further amount
of money is necessary the proposition
must be submitted to the electors as
a special matter and then the electors
can provide for a further levy of not
to exceed five mills. This leaves the
question one of considerable uncer
tainty as we cannot tell beforehand
what the assessment of the district
will be and therefore can only esti
mate wbat revenue will be received.
The past year the district levied
the sum of nine thousand dollars for
general purposes and a levy of six
mills was enough to produce that
amout on an assessment of 81.845,275.
This year the state boatd has low
ered the rate at which stock,l and and
other property will be based and vre
expect as a result that tbe assessment
Os the school district will not exceed
one and one half million dollars. As
the district will need a larger amount
of money the coming year, a total
levy of eight mills Is considered nec
essary.
C. E. Haydev.
The people of Cody are of a very
coogenlal and harmonious disposition,
hustling, energetic and thrifty, well
educated on the average, and many
wealthy ranchmen have very beauti
| fill homes here.
On the whole, Cody may be said to
be a town of considerable wealth aud
educatioh.
Many eastern capitalists have found
It advantageous to Invest in proper
ties of every description in and around
Cody, and they in turn are the means
of bringing and do bring many
wealthy tourists into the country for
their summer outing in tbe moun
tains, or in the autumn for the big
game hunt.
The town of Cody is situated 5,000
feet above tbe sea level, upon tbe
second flat above the Shoshone river
in a basin-like country surrounded by
beautiful forest covered mountains,
tbe nearest one being within four
miles of the town itself: to the north
at a distance of about eighteen miles
is Hart mountain, which is the high
est point of a long range of grass
covered hills; to the east, far in the
background, ean be seen the Pryot
mountains, being about sly»’’
distant, alio McCullpek.s Peak, and a
smaller range twenty miles distant.
To the south is first a flat just above
tbe town, then a number of miles of
rough, hilly land, and at the back of
tbls towers the beautiful forest-clad
and snow-capped Carter range, whose
highest peak, plainly seen from Cody,
Is nearly twelve thousand feet above
the sea level. To the west of the
Carter range Is the beautiful and fer
tile valley of tbe South Fork of tbe
Shoshone river, which lies between
tbe foresald mountains and a contin
uous range having very high peaks,
the Needles, Ishawooa, Boulder, aud
a few others. To the west of Cody
Cedar mountain lies very close to
town on the south side of tbe grand
Shoshone canyon, and upon the north
side of the canyon lies Rattlesnake
mountain which is about 6,600 feet in
elevation and very heavily covered
with timber. This mountain is about
six miles distant from Cody. Lying
snuggled closely at the foot of Rattle
snake on the northern side, as though
It had rolled down the long slopes,
is a beautiful red butte about eight
hundred feet high, the formation of
which is a dark red sandstone, and on
the summit of which are a few pine
trees.
About two years ago one of tbo most
prominent guides and hunters In this
country, while hunting on Cedar
mountain, happened upon a large hole
In the monntaln side, and upon closer
observation aod examination, found
Price $1.50 Per Year
OUTLOOK FOR WOOL GROWERS
Not Particularly Bright—Wool Tariff
First Schedule Attacked by
Democratic Leaders.
Washington.—lt must be confessed
that the outlook for the Wyoming
woulgrower is not particularly bright
In view of the recent utterances of
democratic leaders of the next cong
ress. That the wool tariff will be the
flrst schedule attacked, and that
sweeping reductions will be attempt
ed, are foregone. Just how far these
reductions will go will be determined,
In the flrst instance, by the action of
the senate; later, by the action of
President Taft. The house, with its
big democratic majority, may be ex
pected to reduce the present wool
tariff at leastJlfty per cent; what, the
senate will do, t|L> presi
dent will allow congress u> go before
using his veto, are matters of conject
ure only.
Some Idea of what the democrats
would like to do may be gaiued from
leaders like Clark and Underwood,
who have announced that the wool
schedule would be the first to receive
attention. Democracy claims to have
discovered that the average protection
to labor in woolen manufactures is
about slxty-flve per cent lower than
the average duty, aod this would
mean they would reduce the present
protection of eleven cents to about
five. While a six-cent reduction In
the tariff might not mean a six-cent
reduction In the western selling price,
on accounVof the -teady and increas
ing demand, It would certainly
remove the margiu of profit to the
average woolgrower.
A present hardship is being worked
on the western woolgrower by reason
of the proposed tariff reduction, how
ever, which must be felt throughout
Wyoming and other sheepraising
states. It will cause the buyers to
offer much lower prices this spring -
if, indeed, It does not make them ex
ceedingly chary about buying at all.
The possibilities of a cent or two a
pound mean millions to tbe big con
cerns, and tbe uncertainty attending
the coming session is-fraught with
serious consequences to the wool
grower who must dispose of bis clip
soon after shearing.
The hope of the western woolgrower
is In tbe senate—still an unknown
quantity as far as the wool schedule
is concerned, ltut it is safe to assume
that the senior body will not give its
assent to a too radical reduction of
the present duties. Wyoming wool
growers can congratulate themselves
upon haring two “friends at court” in
this body, who may be depended upon
to use their influence in their behalf.
Senator Warren is acknowledged to
be one of the best posted men in the
United States on wool and woolen
products, because of his technical
knowledge of both ends of the busi
ness. His advice will go a long ways
with senators, and his familiarity
with the subject makes him a power
ful advocate. Senator-Olark’s reputa
tion as one of tbe “safe and sane”
members of the nation’s greatest law
making body, his fairness and broad
mindedness on all public ques
tions, will bespeak for him tbe great
est consideration when discussing this
question before tbe senate
All concede that some reduction
must come; just how much must
probably be determined tw Vny.
and in the settlement- , —,f
I Eliot'- " ...ators will use their
uyu«,„. in behalf of pro
tection to the sheepmen of the west.
it to be the entrance to a very large
cave, or a continuation of caves, in
which were discovered gases, and var
ieties and forms of crystals. Several
of the cavities were sounded and
proved to be bottomless. This cave
was named the Ned Frost cave, after
its discoverer. A little later tbe
United States government became
Interested In this cave and have set
tbe cave aside as a government pre
serve.
On tbe northern side of the Sho
shone river and four miles west of
Cody, are located tbe famous DeMaris
Springs. These are a large group of
highly medicinal sulphur springs,
bursting forth from the high walls of
the river bank, and many of the
springs rising from the very bed of
tbe river. There arc hot springs, cold
springs, of clear water, and side by
side with the hot springs will be
found tbuse of a dark mud. At flrst
glance one would think these were of
boiling hot mud, from their power
and actloD, but upon taking the tem
perature, It is found they arc very
cold. A comfortable hotel Is located
at this place, which is always crowded
with invalids, who came from far and
near to partake of tbe Do Maris heal
ing waters. Tbe sulphur water Is also
brought to Cody and bottled at tbo
bottling works, when It Is then ship
ped to all points In tbe land.
(continued In next Issue.)