THE THAT’S MAKING CODY FAMOUS”
Northern Wyoming Herald
[OFFICIAL ORGAN OF PARK COUNTY]
Volume 4, Number 30
Not Haley’s Comet,
But a Check Flasher
L. J. Haley Strews His Pathway Across
the West With Bad Checks—is Bad
ly Wanted in a Number of Places
and Is Roped by Attorney Walls
L. J Hadley, sometimes self-styled
Haley, Is a much wanted mao In Kan
sas City; on Monday of tbU week was
much sought by a Cody business man;
next in Sheridan by the Sheridan Inn,
whom it is alleged be fleered for a
considerable sum; subsequently In
Killings and lastly In Great Falls,
where be was at last headed off by
the cleverness and Drompt action of
Prosecuting Attorney Walls. Haler
Is now In durance Tile at Great Falls
and will be vigorously prosecuted for
bis Illegal dalliance with non-bank
able paper which trailed hla d> teoric
Hight like the falling leaves of au
tumn.
Haley reached Cody last week, stop
ping at the Irma, where he had them
cash a small check. The Irma people
were not visibly Impressed, and upon
wiring to the Hyde Park National
bank, upon which the check was
drawn, It was fouod to be worthless.
Excursion Business Men
Billings Boosters to Cody
Date Tuesday, May 16.
Seeking closer affiliations with the
rich Big Horn Basin there will be a
friendly Invasion by Billings best
boosters ofourcouulry next month.
Tbe Cody Club will tbeo have an
opportunity to extend the same cor
dial welcome and generous hospitality
that Billings has so often shown Cody-
Ites individually and collectively.
Beginning Tuesday, May 16, mer
chants, manufacturers and business
men to the number of 30, will make a
three day excursion through the Basin
couutry of Wyoming.
It Is purposed to become better ac
quainted with the people of this sec
tion and to establish closer relations
with ibis part of our country. Tbe
Frannle-Fromberg cutoff will lessen
tbe distance into the Basi* by one
third. The dlstauce to Cody, for ex
ample, will be but 112 miles Instead
of 174 as heretofore. The party will
have a special Pullman and will leave
there Tuesday morning at 7:45. on the
regular train and run special from
Scribner Junction to Cody and then
to Thermopolis and return Thursday
morning on tbe regular train.
Barnett Resigns Office
As Secretary Cody Club
Duties Are Too Exacting
County Clerk Fred C. Barnett who
has been the efficient secretary of tße
Cody Club hat resigned that position,
to the regret of the membership. His
resignation was met with a flat refus
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al to “ccept, and only when Mr. Barn
hett stated he absolutey would not
r|, call the same, did the executive
c,| iumlttce receive It.
G. Itartlgan, was elected to All the
aeancy. Ho was formerly the secre-
Tof the Basin Progressive assocla
“P? ls familiar with the duties,
~ ,'* Prove to he a capable man for
lh « place.
Mr. Decker carried this Information
to Prosecutlog Attorney Walls, who
made the wires slxzle. This activity
resulted in the arrest of Haley at
Great Falls, but not until he bed
stopped in Sheridan and made the
Sheridan Inn a victim to bis worth
less check game. This check was
drawn on the Union National Bank
of Chlcapo.
The prompt action of County Attor
ney Walls undoubtedly had much to
do with the early apprebensloo of
the offender, and Haley will undoubt
edly “get his” to several places, and
thus Park county will be saved the
expense of prosecution, while at the
same time tbe culprit will receive
tbe punishment he merits.
While In Cody be bad a woman
companion and the couple's affection
for one another was of such demon
strative character as to excite tbe
suspicion that the woman might not
be bis wife.
A telegram received by Sheriff
liablem from Wfcofawouh K. Griffin,
chief of police, Kansas City, states
that Hadley, or Haley as he was
known here, is also wanted for em
bezxlemeot of 1143.37 from the D«ne
more Hotel, of which be was cashier.
Chief Griffin further states that It Is
likely that tbe woman is a willing
participant in Haley's peculations,
and Instructed Sheriff Dahlem to ap
prehend her.
But for the cautldo and conservat
ism of Mr. Decker and bis keen cler
ical force Haley might have gotten
deeper into the cash boxes of other
business men.
First Park County Map
Given With One Year of
The Herald for $2.50
Do you wish a map of Park County
—the first one printed of our splendid
country—which will show all the
ranches, trails, streams, all mountains
and peaks, telephone .lines, mining
districts?
If you do, this It tbe way to obtain
one.
Send, or bring In 82.50 and we will
give the new map just published by
Messrs Fullerton & Steele and one
year's full subscription to The Her
ald. If you are In arrears—Just send
in 42.50 and we will receipt for one
year and give you the map.
This map Is sold by Messrs Fullerton
& Steele for (2.50, but whon you come
to The Herald office you get more for
your money.
E. J. SULLIVAN TALKS.
Messrs Sullivan and Weese, associat
ed together In the Oregon Basin pro
ject have this to say anent that enter
prise:
“While the Oregon Basin project is
going to be ultimately flnanced, the
people must not Imagine that It can
be accomplished Instantly. There
will be the usual delays - Incident to
undertakings of a similar character
and in which a bond Issue ls entailed.
We secured an extension to June 1,
but this does uot mean that we will
be ready then. Engineers represent
ing the men who are to furnish the
capital will have to inspect the canal
route and make 'heir report. If It Is
favorable, and we have every reason
to think that It wjjl. be, then the
money will be forthcoming. It Is ex
tremely doubtful If. all this can be
done by June 1, and we will be able to
secure sufficient extensions to Anally
carry the ditch to successful comple
tion.” __
REPRESENTATIVE LONG HOPEFUL
That staunch old timer, Thos. Long
was oyer from Garland Monday. He
statcß that the prospect for passing
the bond Issue In his section of the
county IS bright and that the people
regard It as good business economy to
erect a court house. Such a building
he tblnks will give new comers a more
favorable Impression of the progres
siveness of the whole county. Mr.
Long attended the session of the Cody
Ciub.
AND GARLAND IRRIGATION ERA.
Cody, Wyoming, Friday, April 14, 1911
Billings Boosters Will
Invade Cody May 16
TJie Sugar City Desires Closer
Affiliation With Us. Jt Is Di
recting Attention to Cody and
the Park and Its Traditional
Friendship Should be Returned
Why Vote For Bonds
As tbe time approaches for taxpayers and voters of Park
county to cast their ballots on the bond issue, but one ques
tion naturally arises—that of the financial wisdom of tbe
proposition at this time.
The necessity of a court house no one questions. It is
conceded one is needed. This leaves only the problem of ways
and means, and the ability of tbe taxpayers to handle the mat
ter with ease financially, to be considered.
Let us examine the matter. A bond issue running twen
ty years would not be paid by tbe great majority of taxpayers
now living, but by persons alive and restJing in the county in
1931, at which time the bonds would fall due, if carried.
To pay the annual interest upon 145,000.00 at 5 per cent
would mean that it would only cost, on each $1,000.00 of tax
able property, the trifling sum of 37$ cents per year. This
would amount to $2,250.00 each year for the entire county.
Therefore, if tbe bonds pass, Park county will have a
court bouse and jail and the cost will be less per year than the
present expenses for rentals now being paid, -und which, in
cluding care of prisoners, amounts to 42$ cents on each SI,OOO
of taxable property. This, then, is MORE than the cost
would be for a court house built by proceeds of the bond issue.
The cost of keeping and carrying prisoners to 3asin or
Sheridan, because of the fact we have no jail, is about $720.00
per annum—more than one fourth of the total cost of meet
ing the yearly interest upon the bonds.
Again, the total cost of rentals and handling of prisoners
is what? The county of Park is paying out each year for
this purpose, $2,376.00—m0re than enough to defray the item
of $2,250.00 which is all that tbe interest upon $45,000.00
amounts to each year.
Another thing, we desire new settlers and now capital in
Park county. When a taxpayer is asked: “Wnere is your
court bouse?” does tbe the taxpayer foel any pride in the ab
sence ol one? Does the lick impress newcomers ?
In a few years much of the land recently taken up will
be in such shape that it will be available by the owners for
loans. If the records of the county are not kept safe from
damage or fire, it will be difficult to get money on farm mort
gages readily and at a low rate of interest. Men who lend
money on mortgages wish to know that land records are safe.
Therefore the matter of t court house with vaults for the safe
keeping of records is a part of this bond issue in its thorough
consideration.
Tho man who owns a ranch, whose title from the govern
ment will issue to him a few yoars hence will wish to know
that he can borrow upon it with ease. To be guaranteed this,
Park county will havo to assure the financial world that the
records of the county will be kept safe. To do so will mean
plentiful funds and a lower rate of interest on farm loans.
The Herald asks if there is any valid reason why any tax
payer may not vote to reduce his taxes from 42$ cents per
sl,ooo.oo—what he is paying NOW with NO COURT
HOUSE—to 37$ cents per $1,000.00, WITH u court house.
Big Horn county has no court bouse now and its rentals
have cost s3o,ooo.oo—and no court hoyse in sight.
Let us vote bonds and possess a court honso.
Let us vote bonds aniTshow to the world that the re
sources wo boa6t of are real.
Let us vote bonds and show that we know how to finance
these resources and advertise the fact that we are really pro
gressive in this big and rich Park county.
Let us vote for bonds next Tuesday, April 18, and place
Park county at the very bead of the counties in tho Big Horn
Basin.
[PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF PARK COUNTY]
LIFE SKETCH OF
J. M. SCHWOOB
INTERESTING STORY OF CAREER
OF WELL KNOWN CODY
MAN
ALWAYS DELIVERS THE GOODS
Doesn’t Matter Where a Boy Is Born,
So Long as He Possesses the Gift
ol Push and Energy—Began Life in
Dominion of Canada.
It doesn't matter much at exactly
what latitude and longitude a young
ster first openr his ayes and gazes
at this wonderful world. It ls a siz
able planet, and up to the time this
poem In prose is written there ls still
room to be born almost anywhere
discriminating parenta may eslect for
their Immediate descendants.
The one great trouble In holding
a boy’s first birthday party is that
the boy—and he is the most interest
ed person present—is not consulted
as to what particular city, town cr
county he desires to honor as his
birthplace. Boys that grow into good
men as times goes on. are born all
over the world, In all sorts of out-of
the-way places. So tt has come to
be accepted as Indisputable that
boundary lines between counties,
states and countries, sometimes and
sometimes not designated by engin
eers’ monuments, have no effect
whatever upon the dispositions of
boys.
Therefore, as the preacher Bays
when he has safely passed "four
teenthly,’’ and is preparing to nail
down his argument and clinch the
nails on the other side. It’s all right
wjth us if Jacob M. Sohwooß, now
of Cody, Park county, Wyoming, was
born in the Dominion of Canada.
Province of Onterio, thirty-six years
ago, instead of in a log house on
the banks of the Wabash in the
commonwealth of Indiana, U. S. A.
It hasn't made any manner of dif
ference to or In Jacob. We’ll war
rant he would be just the same
straight old hairpin if he had been
born in Missouri.
Os oourse.just among us old friends,
sitting ’round and talking about
Jake, there's no harm in saying that
he never became real interesting un
til he was about sixteen and devel
oped an ambition to become a sure
enough Yankee and came over to
Buffalo, N. Y.
After several years’ residence un
der the stars and stripes, and becom
ing acquainted with, our ways and In
stitutions, said ways and Institutions
and said Jacob Schwoob were en
tierly and mutually satisfied each
with the other, and this gave Jacob
the right to come west and grow up
with this wonderful Wyoming coun
try. He came to Cody in 1898,when
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Senator Jacob M. Schwoob.
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CO. E MAKES A *
GOOD SHOWING
LOCAL MILITIA BOYS PASS AN
NUAL INSPECTION WITH
FLYINQ COLORS
HIGH PRAISE FROM OFFICER
Capt. Lincoln of the Regular Army
Gives Cody Boys Much Credit for
Fine Condition of Equipment and
Soldierly Appearance of Men
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That the local company of tbe N. G.
W. is on a par with any in the state Is
tbe statement made to a reporter for
The Herald Saturday evening by Cap
tain Lincoln, Inspecting officer of the
I United States Army.
The company mustered for inspec
tion at 8:00 p. m., In the basement of
the Park Loan & Trust Co., and there
the checking up of tbe arms and
equipment took place. A goodly por
tion of tbe company was present, al
though some were unable to attend,
and the drills, etc., went off with the
precision of clockwork.
In speaking of the company, Cap
tain Lincoln said:
“The citizens of Cody may well be
proud of tbe militia boy 6 here. I was
greatly surprised at the splendid
showing made, and at the soldierly
appearance of the company as a
whole.
“The boys seem to take pride in
keeping their accoutrements in the
best of repair, and they certalDly
i came out with flying colors.
“Th» equipment of the company ls
I complete and all accounted for, and
; while the attendance was not as large
t as mlght|be wished, yet 1 have no
v thing but words of praise for the en
j tire company.”
, Company E, Third Kegiment N. G.
s W., was organized about seven years
l ago and at present carries between 50
• and 69 men on its roster. Captain
Cavender, commanding offlcd(, is now
. attending the war maneuvers on the
. Mexican border, and bis absence
i Lieutenant CasselmaD is temporarily
in command.
Captain Hart of the state militia
, accompanied Inspecting Officer Lin
: coin on his trip here and he also spoke
. very highly of the local boys’ show
ing.
Cody has cause to be thankful for
tbe words of encouragement spoken
by these two officers, aod should in all
things assist in building up the coin
. pany.
“DR.” MATTESON’S VISIT.
“Dr.” Matteson, formerly of Cody,
now on tbe Basin Republican, the
leading paper of the Diamond City
and of Northern Wyoming, came up
last Saturday to care for some mining
interests in the Sunlight district.
The best printer in the state left
Monday,