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Northern Wyoming Herald
[OFFICIAL ORGAN OF PARK COUNTY]
Volume 4, Number 29
GOV. CAREY’S RESIGNATION CALLED FOR
THE FUTURE OF CODY
Written by Clifford Lenniger-Receiv
ing Honorable Mention -Con
tinued From Last Issue.
As Is known the world over, the i
stair of Wyoming cannot be excelled
fur its climate and clear air. Just the
same. Cody la reputed as having the
uiildrst climate and most Invigorat
ing air u r any town within the state,
and one could almost say it Is a town
of perpetual sunshine.
The laod about Cody Is very fertile
and Irrigable and has seen the growth
of many beautiful and productive
ranches. There are three completed
and successful Irrigation projects,
namely, the Cody canal, Lakeview
canal and the Corbett canal, which
are furnishing waters to many thou
sand acres of land. Two more great
projec’s art) not as yet completed, the
Oregon Basin project, which will Ir
rigate over 100,000 acres of land ano
the Government Hlgblinecanal which
will give waters to 59,000 acres. This
last project will receive Its waters
from the government Shoshone reser
voir which It the highest dam in the
world, situated In the Shoshone can
yon. 328 feet high, at a cost to the
government of approximately two I
million dollars. When the entire!
project is completed, It will have cost,
the government an additional three
million dollars. All the above lands
lie immediately tributary to Cody.
At the present time, stock-raising
is the principal Industry, and vast
herds of cal lie. sheep and horses are
raised by the many ranchmen In the
community. This stale ranks first in
the Union In the cattle and sheep
raising and wool clip and the export
of livestock from Cody alone In 1910
was over half a million dollars. How
ever, Instead of this slock being shlp
| ped east to packing houses and mar
kets, the cattle, sheep and hogs could
be sold locally If a packing house
were here, for the great territory of
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, and
even eastern Washington depend al
most entirely upon the packing houses
of eastern cities for their supplies of
meat.
The wool that Is annually sent to
the east could well tie taken care of
hi re If a woolen mill were located In
(isly. With the abundant supply of
coat) oil and gas and the water power
i f the Shoshone river, a woolen mill
could lie oparated on a very economic
basis and bare the advantage of pur
chasing the wool directly from the
grower.
In addition to the atockralsing In
dustry, farming or ranching la car
ried on to a great, extent and this
branch of Industry Is rapidly increas
ing In this locality every year. The
principal crops raised are alfalfa,
wheat oats, sugar beets, potatoes and
fruit. The yield of grain la abundant
inti of the Ural clans. Often fifty
bushels of wheat and aa high as ninety
bushels of oats are produced per acre.
The beet growing Industry has In
creased to such au extent In the past
three years that a sugar beet faetbry
Is contemplated upon being built at
Cody. The nearest beet factory at
the present time la at Billings, Mon
tana, which la one hundred and sev
enty miles distant.
This land about Cody Is very rich
in mineral deposits. Large beds of
hre clay potassium, gypsum, uiagnea
hun, veins of the former having been
found three feet In thickness, and
when assayed ran ninety-eight per
cent pu re fl re clay. well a# f,|j ese ,
•uetals are found, gold, silver and
cupper, and also coal, oil. gas, sulphur,
ium and cement are found In enor
mous quantities. Sulphur Is prob
<‘lll)’ found In the greatest quantity,
nal ranking next and then oil and
kas. One of the very largest coal
beds In the United States underlies
this Immediate territory, and first
clasu hard and soft coal are mined.
'*ll and gas have been found In very
profitable quantities. One refinery
'I already In this new field, and
"them will soon be located. The
time Is not very far distant when this
community will be furnished gas at a
v,; ry low cost. A large mining com
pany of great financial resource Is rap
‘"ly developing the gold, silver and
' upper mines of the Sunlight Basin.
Ihe mountains near Cody are the
umie of the big game, such as moose,
an<l de ®fi grizzly, brown, sllver
n and black bear, mountain lion,
xiuntain sheep, bob cat, lynx, tlm
,er wolf, red and gray fox. while up-
SENATOR WARREN ON GUARD
Wyoming Senator to Lead Defense of
Wool Schedule From Attack In
Special Session of Congress
i Ws-hlngton—ln the Democratic on
slaught on the wool tariff, Senator
Warren will undoubtedly lead the
defense because of bis acknowledged
ability and Intimate knowledge of
every phase of the wool schedule.
The senator Is In prime condition for
the fight, having been greatly bene
fltted by his recent trip to Panama,
and It not going to allow the revisers
a walk-away b; any means, severely
taxed by the strain of an unusually
busv session, the comparative Isola
tion of the Panama trip has enabled
the senator to regain his old-time
vigor aod also given him a much
needed relaxation He Is now In the
beet of condition to take Up the ar
duous duties before him In the extra
sesalon aod Wyoming may rest as
sured that Its Interests will be In no
case overlooked.
The postoffice department recently
Issued orders reducing the frequency
of service on a number of star routes
In Wyoming. Mr. Moodel! discovered
I this fact Immediately upon his re-
I turn from Panama aod at once took
\ the matter up with the pos to Alice au
thorities. He learned ' that tbla ac
tion bad been taken by the fourth
assistant owing to the fact that the
appropriation fur the present fiscal
year was so low that it was necessary
to curtail In order to keep within
bounds.
Investigation revealed the fact that
this curtailment had been pursued In
all western stales, and after talking
the matter over wtlb the delegation,
Mr. Mondell arranged for a meeting
with the postmaster general. The
Wyoming member waa accompanied
by Representatives Taylor of Color
ado and Pray of Montana. The case
was presented very forcibly and em
phatically, with the result that Mr.
Hitchcock promised a thorough In
vestigation, and that service on these
routes would be re-establ isbed as
rapidly as possible. The probabilities
are that former conditions will be
established In the near future. The
principal routes affected Id Wyoming
are. Douglas to Ross, Encampment to
Pearl, Laramie to Ulen Eyre, Powder
River to Miller, Gray Rocks to Uva,
Kemmerer to Ham's Fork and Ger
mania to Greybull.
COMMISSIONERS HERE.
W. H. Fouse. chairman of the
board of county commissioners, Is In
town as well as Messrs. Kepford and
Martin, fur the purpose of attending
the April session of the board.
on the prairie abides the coyote, an
telope, rabbit, prairie chicken, sage
chicken and gfouse. The grasses
and rushes along the lakes provide
homes for many species of wild dock
and geese, together with a great vari
ety of game fish, which also abound
In the mountain streams.
Cody Is the starting point upon the
Cody-Sylvan Pass route Into the Yel
lowstone National Park and la the
only route Into the Park which con
tains any mountain scenery to apeak
of. It haa been frequently stated by
tourists entering the Park by this
route that the mountain scenery be
tween Cody and the Park excels that
class of scenery within it
The waters of the south and north
forka of the Shoshone river afford
great water power as well aa plenty
of water for the several Irrigation
projects. There are numerous other
smaller streams with plenty of water.
The improvement of the county
roads and bridges la a great question
which Is given much attentloh by the
county officials. The road up the
North Fork river, through the Sho
shone canyon, la as fine and well-kept
as any far eastern road, giving great
pleasure and security to the autesuo
blle travel between Cody and Paw
baska. Many of the other roads are
now In excellent shape, and will be
continually Improved.
After considering the Innumerable
advantages and opportunities In and
about Cody and what It can only
mean to the entire northern part of
Wyoming, with Its still undeveloped
resources, It certainly can bring no
thing but success, prosperity wealth,
happiness and health to those now
abiding here and those who are soon
to join In the brilliant Future of
Cody. ,
and GARLAND IRRIGATION era.
Cody, Wyoming, Friday, April 7, 1911
BASIN REPUBLICAN ASKS FOR
THE VACATION OF THE OFFICE
Reckless Charges Made by die Chief Executive Are Unanimously Re
futed by University Board—Leading Paper of Northern Wyoming
Characterizes Gov. Carey’s Action as That of a Savage
The following editorial from
the leading newspaper in North
ern Wyoming, the Basin Repub
lican, is the political sensation of
the hour. It bus been copied in
whole by a number of the most
influential papers in the stale.
The editorial was called forth by
the recent report of the Btate uni
versity board of trustees, and the
report is a reply and a complete
vindication of the accusations
made by Judge Carey last- fall
when upon the stump.
1 Bear in mind that the report
is signed by Democrats and Re
publicans alike, and The Herald
regrets thaUack of space today
will not permit the publication in
full so thstit could be seen bow
far Gov. Carey went to secure the
votes for '.be high office he now
bolds.
Last fall durlDg the campaign the
present governor, Joseph M. Carey,
startled the people by bis charges
against certain members of Governor
Brooks’ administration. Indeed, the
governor himself did not escape the
reckless denunciation of the guberna
torial candidate.
The people were undoubtedly in
fluenced by tbe wholesale accusations,
for none went free from tbe coal shov
elers to the chief executive himself.
After the electioa when the minds
ot the voteis had calmed aown, and
they looked for this Moses of the
common people (who waa willing to
save them at so much per at Chey
enne) a reaction took place.
Nothing was heard from Mr. Carey
from election day until tbe writing of
this article on the grave crimes and
misdemeanors alleged to have been
committed by the members of tbe
Brooks administration.
Shortly after the first of January
Governor Carey called for the resigna
tion of Mr. Gramm. The latter very
promptly declined to resign and told
the governor to prove his charges.
CHAPMAN BENCH PROJECT.
Brand New Steam Shovel, Two Car
Loads of Smaller Equipment for
Chapman Bench Project.
A plan by which tbe common people
could own the railroads of the United
States, with government control, Is
proposed by Ohio C. Barber, multmll
llonalre match king and father of
American trusts, In bis third letter
on tbe railroad problem, which was
sent to all congressmen today.
Barber has been fighting high rail
road rates since his retirement as
bead of the match trust. He advo
cates that the government take over
all of the railroads by issuing 2 per
cent government bonds for all rail
road securities.
Bahiuck’s plan
In part, he says:
"A fair and Just solution of the
railway situation would be to consoli
date ail railroads of tbe country, capi
talize them at their present value and
give their stockholders and bond
holders exact justice, eveu to tbe full
price of Lnelr holdings. Provision
should bo made against this capitaliza
tion or overcapitalization being In
creased, and the rata or annual divi
dends should be fixed at not to exceed
3 per clSnt, guaranteed by the govern
ment, which would issue bonds In
taking up all stocks and outstanding
securities.
Bonds from $25 up
"These bonds would be perpetual,
and principal and interest being guar
anteed by the government, would
speedily be valued at considerably
above par, tbu- Increasing returns to
present stock and bondholders. They
Has the governor done so? Now
listen to this: Among other baseless
charges the erstwhile gubernatorial
candidate made were those against
the state board of trustees of tbe uni
versity. In today’s issue is the reply
of that board. Democrats and Repub
llcans alike, without one dissenting
voice, absolutely refuting the charges 1
and producing legal proof for the ’
same. ]
What a spectacle for tbe state of '
Wyoming. A governor obtaining of- 1
flee under such coudltlons. A gov- 1
eroor malting charges that be has
never msde an effort to prove when 1
he became governor by the votes he
secured because tbe voters believed ■
him to be honest in his charges.
What shame must mantle the soul
of the fair minded man when he re
calls the campaign made by tbla man
who holds the title of governor, and
today redftv the report of the board of |
truatees as printed in today's issue.
It was obtaining office by larceny.
It was securing high official position
by false pretenses. an appeal j
to the worst posslons of the elector
ate, predicated upon a past reputa
tion which the voters believed to be
In harmony with a character of like
quality, which they now know does
not exist.
Governor Carey owes it to the great
state as Wyominu to come out frank
, Ir and say that be was wrong. That
much, at least, is due the men whom
he has so vleiously assailed.
II be has not the high moral cour
age to do this, what then?
Governor Carey, you should Imme
diately send In your resignation.
You were either right last fall or
yob were wrong.
If you were right, you have failed
in your oath of office. If you were
wrong you have failed to accord the
men you accused the justice a savage
would scarcely withhold.
If you were wrong you have failed
to do all tbe people that justice your
high office demands, ana you should
send in your resignation, for your con
tinuance in the office of governor un
der suchtircumstances brands you as
a man who cares not how office is ob
tained just so the office is secured.
Governor Carey, again we say you
should resign.—Basin Republican.
would be issued In popular denomina
tion, from $25 up, creating for all
classes a guarantee and tbe necessary
, establishment of an adidti >nal gold
reserve to fortify It.
‘The government should have the
authority to recall at par from indi
vidual or company holdings any
amount in excess of $1,000,000, and to
redistribute It through postoffices,
postal savings banks or national banks
to small Investors at par and accrued
iuleresl.
"An Ideal Investment would be af
forded thereby for the workingman
and those of limited means. The
bonds would be entirely safe, as
remunerative as deposits In tbe aver
age savings bank and marketakle at
all times on tbe briefest notice. Such
a security might also be used by nati
onal banks, to a limited degree, as a
basis for circulation. In time, under
such a plan, the people would come to
own the railroads In very truth."
LOYALTY OF THE EAGLES.
The value aud the beauty of a fra
ternal order was never so splendidly
exemplified as in tbe case of the Eag
les in the Instance of their loyalty to
and aiding of a stricken brother in
the person ot George Eberharij.
Through tbe president of the Eag
les, Frank Ebert, aod their worthy
secretary, Ben Thomas, the ideals
of the order were bountifully carried
out.
MILITARY DANCE SATURDAY.
On Saturday evening Company E of
tbe Wyoming National Guard will
give a military dance, and Capt. Cav
ender, Sergt. Cooper and Corporals
Rosenbeig and Cogle bava completed :
arrangements looking to the success
of tbe affair. Excellent music has j
been provided. ,
(PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF PARK COUNTY]
COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS
Board Disposes of Mass of Routine
Matters-To Meet Big Horn
Board for Settlement
Park county commissioners have
been In session this week and dispos
ed of a mass of routine matters, ad
journing. on Thursday afternoon to
meet In special session May 1, next.
After adjournment at the May meet
ing they will officially meet with the
board of county commissioner! of Big
Horn county and endeavor to agree
upon a basis of settlement between
tbe two counties.
Tbe board acted upon a commun
ication from Supervising Engineer
Savage of the Reclamation Service
with respect to tbe restoration of
certain roads which were eliminated
when the Shoshone project was com
pleted. Commissioner Martin was
was appointed a . committee of one
and directed to confer with Engineer
C. P. Williams in the matter.
Thomas and Emma Launchberry
filed a letter of protest against the
proposed road in tbe vicinity of the
3rd Ralston unit. Senator Schwoob,
W. D. Thorp and A. C. Newton were
appointed viewers of the land affect
ed.
Tbe following bonds were approved:
Jas. R. Watson, as constable; B. C.
Holman an,l T. W. Michael as road
supervisors; W P. Bice, Justice of
the Peace, Sunshioe; and Graham
Morton, deputy sheriff of Meetcetse.
j The board appoluted A. E. Ward,
of Fenton, and J. J. Bevelhymer, of
Paint Creek, as road supervisor.
Tbe board directed Chairman Fouse
, to select two good men to care for iO
! detail the Interests of Park countv in
listing and auditing tbe assets.
The men appointed are George S.
Russell, and B. T. Joslin, of Basin.
The latter selection is subject to Mr.
1 Joslin’s acceptance. He and Mr.
Bussell are both well qualified to look
out for tbe best Interests of Park
county.
SHERIDAN PRESBYTERY.
Tbe Sheridan Presbytery will con
vene In Cody next Wednesday even
ing. It will be called to order by Rev.
F. L. Anderson, Stated Clerk, of the
body in the absence of Dr. Bradbury.
At tbe opening session Wednesday
evening, R. M. Donaldson, D. D., of
Denver, will deliver a sermon. He is
the superintendent of the Rocky
Mountain States Home Missionary
Body. The big session will come on
and during the day on Thursday.
That evening Rev. S. L. McAmiss at
7:30 o’clock will also deliver a sermon.
"The condition of tbe Presbyterian
Church,” said Rev. E L. Anderson,
who is the pastor rs the Cody First
Presbyterian Church, "in the Sheri
dan Presbytery, which takes In all of
the northern tier of counties, is
flourishing. Where two years ago we
did not have a church building, only
three or four pastors, we now have
church edifices at Sheridan, Powell,
Greybull, Moorcroft and Cody. Our
pastors also number eight. Tbe
gathering this coming week will be
of especial interest, and the public is
cordially invited to attend.”
THE RAILROAD EXTENSION.
Speculation Is rife as to the plans of
the Burlington In the matter of com
pleting its extension to the south.
Reports have been In circulation re
cently that no more rails are to be
laid for some time. The present
terminus of the steel is at the south
end of tbe Big Horn canyon, although
the grade is practically completed as
far as Powder river. It has been gen
erally understood that rails would be
laid to that point at once and con
nection made there with the tracks
of the North-Western. The story of
the intention to discontinue work
lacks confirmation, and must be taken
with a grain of salt.
Looking at It from a reasonable
standpoint it does not seem plausible.
If work was to have been stopped it
would have been done at the north
end of tbe canyon. After the com
pany has gone to the enormous ex
pense of building through the gorge
—one of the most costly pieces of
road work ever undertaken In the
state—lt will hardly let It. lie idle for
any length of time. It may be that
work will be temporarily discontinued
for financial or other reasons, but af
ter having gone so far It can safely be
assumed that the Hill road will com
plete the connection so as to get the
early use of Its through line from the
Gulf coast to Puget Sound.-Jherm
opoilr Record.
Price $1.50 Per Year
i M. M’KENZIE SUICIDES
. Young Sheepherder Blows Top
Head Off Near Meeteetse Mel
ancholia Reason Assigned for Act
Mlchail McKenzie, or Bert as be was
known by some, a young sheepherder
in tbe employ of Holland Scribner,
blew tbe top of hls bead off some lime
between Saturday night and early
Monday morning. He was discover
ed by Mr. Scribner near Buffalo Creek
in tbe sheep wagon.
The deceased was a native of Scot
land, aged 28, and was burled by the
Caledonian Club on Tuesday. Ap
propriate ceremonies were had and
Robert Steele delivered a short add ress
Young McKeDzie had entered the
services of H. Scribner Just the week
previous on Saturday, and his employ
er on Monday accompanied by Alex.
Dickie went to the wagon to confer
with the young man and was horor
stricken to find him dead.
Later Deputy sheriff Graham Mor
ton, Ted Hogg and Justice of the
Peace Edwards went to the scene of
tbe self destruction. It was so plain
a suicide that no further action was
deemed necessary by tbe justice.
Young McKenzie had been In this
section of Wyo. for a Dumber of years.
He bad been In Meeteetse for several
days prior to his employment by Mr.
Scribner and It was observed that be
appeared to be much depressed. In a
previous Instance he wandered off in
to the bad lands, and was discovered
, by friends and brought hack.
He leaves a mother and brother in
Scotland, who have been Informed of
| his sad end.
i
COAL MINER IS ASSAULTED
Newton T. Baker Also Alleges Rob
t bery—Card Game Starts Tronble
and Arrests Follow
The net results of a card game in
- the saloon of A. H. Webster last Fri
. day night in which Newton T. Baker,
. a stranger, and said to be a coal min
er, was drawn into, is a brutal beat
■ ing for Baker, his alleged loss of four
' ten-dollar bills, his further loss of a
smaller sum in tbe poker game, tbe
filing of criminal charges against and
the subsequent arrest of A. H. Web
ster, proprietor of the saloon, and
Paul Mills and Frank Campbell. One
of the men involved aod against
whom criminal charges are lodged Is
“Shorty” Cunningham. Me went in
hiding before he could be apprehend
ed, and is believed to yet be in Cody,
but Sheriff Dahlem will get him be
fore there is any let-up in the mat
ter.
Baker, the injured man, had receiv
ed his pay check of the Walls and Mc-
Guffey Coal Company and coming in
to Cody, entered the poker game, and
it is alleged was badly beaten with a
ebair.
Prosecuting Attorney Walls acted
with hls characteristic energy and
vigor, and prosecution will follow.
Cody will continue to be just as safe
in tbe future as in the past. The
law will be enforced without fear or
favor. The prosecuting attorney is
determined to see whether the law
is supreme or a coterie of Individuals
are superior to the law.
Webster, Mills and Campbell subse
quently gave bond aod are now at
liberty.
Mills offered as bondsmen W. J.
Chapman and Joseph Vogel; Camp
bell’s bondsmen were M. Thomas,
Henry Pool, H. H. Patchell and M. L.
Hurley: while those of Webster were
W. S. Bennett and Gus Glock.
CHARLES HOLMES’ ACCIDENT.
Last Saturday while doing some
decorating In the residence of Senator
J. M. Schwoob, Charles Holmes fell
from a scaffold and sprained his back
severely. He received medical atten
tion from Dr. Waples.
MISS BENBROOK RECOVERING.
Maizle Benbrooks, the young daugh
ter of W.J. Benbrooks the well-known
merchant of Meeteetse, trill return
home this week having fully recover
ed from her loog illness. She has
been receiving medical attention
from Hr. Bennett and leaves Cody
completely restored to health.