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The Northern Wyoming Herald
AND THE OAKLAND I ERIC AT ION ERA
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PARK COUNTY
M The Paper That Is Making Cody Famous”
G . C . Morris, Managing Editor
Entered as second class mutter October 27, 1910, at the postoffice at
Cody, Wyoming, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
CODY, WYOMING. JULY 14, 1911
**There’s a chiel among ye takir\’ notes, an’ faith, he’ll
prant ’em”—Robert Burns.
Decision is Important--Says Billings Gazette
In response to the requests of Representative Mondell of Wyoming,
the father of the enlarged homestead act, for an official interpretation
of the law so far as it applies to the right of an entryman who has
not taken up 320 acres of dry land to enter ujion enough additional
land to make up the full amount warranted under the law. Secretary
of Interior Fisher has ruled that when i man has taken up a frac
tional part of dry lands authorized under the enlarged homestead
act, he has the right to enter additional lands sufficient to make up
the total authorized by the act. This is exactly the opposite to the
practice which has prevailed in the general land office and its
branches throughout the country and from the fact, the decision is
of general interest as well as of great importance to Montana, Wyo
ming and other semi-arid states.
Representative Mondell, when he drafted the act which bears his
name, intended that any settler upon lands lying upon the limits of
irrigation should have a right to a homestead of 320 acres and that
those who had taken up tracts of half that amount should be allowed
to take more up to the limit fixed by the act. The Wyoming congress
man argued that a quarter section of dry land was not sufficient to
furnish an American family with a living. Oe contended that in
order to successfully cultivate dry land it was necessary to allow
a portion of it to lie fallow in order to soak up the moisture
Evidently he thought that the framer of an act understood what he
meant and that when the law gave a man a right to enter 320 acres
it did not mean that because he had taken 160 acres before the law
went into effect he would not be allowed the same advantage as was
accorded to later locaters. The general land office did not agree with
Mr. Mondell and in effect told him: “You may draft the law, but we
will say what it means.”
Secretary Fisher has cleared up the matter and has directed the
land office to accept the Mondell view of the case and now the dry
farmers who have been enterprising enough to move upon the dry
lands before Mondell came to their relief will be allowed to have as
much land as the men who followed them and this will mean that
much more land will be brought under cultivation in the states of
Montana and Wyoming and that the prosperity of both states will
consequently be that much increased.—-Billings Gazette.
Outside of the author of the beneficent homestead law which was
introduced in Congress by an Ohio congressman in 1862. no man who
has followed the father of the act in the legislative halls has done so
much to strengthen the law as Congressman Frank W. Mondell.
He more than any other man has fully grasped the intent and spirit
of the original homestead law. He has broadened its scope and there
by done the country invaluable service in providing ways and means
to induce the more rapid settlement of the west. ,
Wyoming should be and is proud of such a representative as
Mondell.
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Legislators and Newspapers--the Former would curb them
Certain state legislators throughout the country seem to think the j
newspapers need more regulating than any other of the many quasi
public institutions.
In New York, a bill requiring editorials to be signed has lsten
passed by the senate and was a few days ago before the house it is
liardlr likely that it will be passed by the latter body for its absurdity |
has been so thoroughly demonstrated that even New York legis-1
lators must appreciate it. But this measure is hardly as absurd as
was the one actually passed by the Ohio legislature and which Gov
ernor Harmon very properly and wisely killed with his little veto ax.
The Ohio monstrosity provided that when any man had been at
tacked in any newspaper the paper must publish his defense at the
same length, with equal prominence, and without comment or reply.
Under its benefleient provisions a hint at the wrong doing of a public
official would be denied by him, and there the matter would end, so
far as that newspaper was concerned, though proof positive of his j
dishonesty might be in band. The newspaper situation can well be ■
left as it is. The paper that is not fair and truthful cannot survive j
the condemnation of the public which will withdraw its support fromi
the journal that forfeits its confidence.
Any man whose life is squared with that of the Golden Rule;
whether in private or public has nothing to dread at the hands of
any newspaper if that paper be conducted by men that believe in the
Golden Rule. The newspaper men that do not. and they are not
newspaper men, do not remain long at the head of a paper. Their
elimination is only a question of time.
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Cut Down the Weeds and Clean up the Town
Tlio rank growth of weeds In the streets of Cody that have existed for
•otue time past are a disgrace to t lie men that are in official control of the
affairs of the town a. well a.* to the citizens. There are certainly enough
rut n upon the city pay rolls and drawing money enough from the tax payers
♦ • clean up the thoroughfares
Th< amount of money collected for taxes from the taxpayers should Le
' "Tithed in part on th<* thing' that will add to the cleanliness and boautiflea- [
tion of Cody.
The i! aid hopes that the matter will be taken up by the proper official j
v ! >~e duties, if his love of cl *anliness does not. impose the proper care of the ,
streets.
( ertais it is that son *wh re there should be some one whoae civic pr ld i-;
*mild impel action on the weeds.
Cut down the weed
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Pure Water the Pressing Need for Cody
In the J’«st two or three years nearly every little hamlet villlage, town
sind city in' the Rig Horn Basin has taxed itself for public improvements like [
rater and sewer utilities and 'onstructed them.
In this particular Cody ha: hung on the heels of ret rog radon. She prob
ably owes less than any municipality In the stale She is further behind In
the matter of public improvements too, than any other.
There cau scarce In* any question but what her woeful lack of a good
and sufficient water supply has lost her population and the gathering within
her borders men of affairs with money.
Hasin. with only about half of the population of Cody, not nearly ro
strong n commercial community, has water, sewer and a municipally owned
el-'ctric light plant.
She Is one of the few towns in the state Inat can point to all of the
tilings In the way of public utilities tiny newcomers of means and who arc
substantial and beneficial factors, first naturally ask if the town possesses.
What can Cody sav to such? What Is chc going to do about it?
ARCHDEACON DRAY’S LETTER.
The following letter is from Arch
deacon Dray of the Episcopal church.
The matter he refers to was taken
from the Cheyenne Tribune. How
ever the mere publicity of the fact
! that Wyoming now has two place*
where homeless little ones may re
ceive proper care the better for Wyo
ming. Each newspaper has ever been
found ready ana w:?;mg to give the
widest publicity to such noble an 1
humane efforts.
July Bth 1911.
The EDITOR.
Northern Wyoming Herald.
My Dear Sir,
In your issue dutod June 30th, I note
the statement “In the past all neglect
ed children of this State have been
taken to the children’s homes of South
Dakota and Denver.”
I have observed this statement in
every account I have read of the re
cent formation of the Wyoming Child- 1
ren’s Home Society at Wheatland and
the reason I object to It is that It. is
very misleading.
Naturally oue who did not know
better would suppose that up to the
□tarting of this Society there wa3 co
home at all in Wyoming, which Is noi
true. The Cathedral Home for Child
ren will be a year old this month, and
I do not know what we have been do
ing If all the dependant children have 1
been sent out of the state.
I think I have plenty of good friends t
in Cody who do not believe we have I
been running an imaginary Home
here without any children In it We
have 12 in the house to-day, and are
looking for the arrival of four more i
shortly. Some of these are open for
adoption, and others have been token
from broken homes, and returned —
trained and taught—to some of their
relatives.
Finding homes for children who can
be adopted is good enough work, ana
we do some of it; but I do not believe
it is one particle better than is the
taking care of children of, perhaps, u
deserted mother, who does not dream
of giving up her children for adoption,
but who it: immensely relieved if she
can have her little ones taken care ot ;
for a time until she can get on her *
feet and then take back her children
to their natural home.
This is work that we do. and tint
very few other Homes attempt.
Yours very truly,
E. DRAY.
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SHERIDAN TO GET NATURAL GAS (
CEless the city dads bring the em
ergency clause Into operation and pass
the proposed new municipal ligating
contract next Monday night, it. iaa7
never be passed, for before the date
for the next regular meeting airives
they may learn that gas has been dis
covered in paying quantities on
Tongue river and that the Nelson Oil
and Gas company is in the field In
competition with the Sheridan Electric
Light and Power company, would-be
monopolists in the Sheridan country*
From the present indications, unless
an unforseen catastrophe or ielay
should occur, the middle of next week
will tell the tale—whether or not ga»
is there. Night and day shifts keep
the drill at the company's new well
going constantly. It is believed that
the drillers are now at a dep’h of
about 1,400 feet, directly on top of the
“Parkman snndstone." In which the'
promotors of the enterprise trust to
“bring In” the gas.
Everything looks extremely favorable
to Messrs. Nelson and Johns, and to
all who have recently visited the well.
Had it not been for the loss of a
week’s time, this month, due to the
falling of the top of the derrick, th"
drill would have reached the rock by
this time. As It Is, any day may
“1 ring It in,” In the words of one of
the principal stockholders.
The full meaning of the discovery
of gas or oil In Sheridan county can
not be realized. It would make mill
lonares out of several, perhaps many
men, would put an end to coal-burning
in the summer time at least, would
mean the substitution of gas for elec
tricity In many homes; und las: but
not least, would bring th oils an U ot
dollars of outside capital Inc> the
Sheridan country.
Mr. Nelson. Mr. Johns and a few
others have been working for years
and have spent thousands of dollars
and much valuable time In prospeat
and development work, and If hopes
are realized, to them will be dn •» the
credit of having discovered and opened
the field.—Sheridan Post.
A NEW PLANT.
The editor of tlje Powell Tribune
has associated with him Prof. A. 3.
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A? J Thousand Given by The Herald |j Ip
J I VotCS to all Persons Ordering | ||j
PI cription from any Young Lady in the List. Spi
I I Which s Your Favorite Candidate. Give jjj jj|||
Morse and they have just placed an
order for $2,800 worth of new ma
chinery. Nelson has made the Tn
| bune a good, live paper and with the
assistance of Prof. Morse and the
facilities the new plant will give
them should be able to make the Tri
bune cne of the leading weeklies of
the state. Success to the new firm.
; —Basin Republican.
Nelson and Morse will sure make
a fine team. They’ll pull together
fine.
• BOOST” THE TOWN.
Every town has its advantages, ani
should make the moot of them.
Every town is peculiarly fitted for
some one enterprise more than anoth
er, and as soon as it is ascertained
what would be more conducive to the
growth and prosperity of the place
the citizens should take hold of the
matter and push it for all there is in
it. One man cannot make a tow?*.
The newspapers cannot do it, but one
man or a newspaper with the help oi
the wide-awake men of the place all
pulling together can make a wide
difference in a place. Every man wlio
succeeds In a town is a help to it.
The larger business he builds up the
more he advertises, the more attention
is called to the town. A man cannot
build up an honorable business In a
town without helpping the town. The
tov.n cannot build up without helping
the country. The interest of one la
thv interest of all. The rival that
sometimes exists between towns in
the same country is short sight policy.
—Evanston Times.
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INSTALLATION OFFICERS 1.0. O. F.
The following officers were regular
ly Installed in the local I. O. O. F.
this week Fred Houston. N. G ; I. N.
McGuffey, V. G.; Dr. H. H. Ain worth,
secretary; D. A. Tinkcom. J.
M. Allen, chapl’n; Y/llllam Rose, war
den; F. O. Thompson, conductor;
George S. Russell, R. S. N. G.
August Lochc, an odd fellow high la
the circles of the order was present!
and gave a very Instructive ..alk at
the informal gathering. He told of
the Pennsylvania order, of it. 3 four
homes for odd fellows and the pur
poses of the retreatß kept up by them.
STANLEY CHALLENGED.
Stanley ha*; been challenged by
Harry H. Ingerool, of Thornton, lowv.,
in a wrestling match two boat out
thre<*. The affair will come off In
Cody in about a week or ten days
Ingersoll has, it is stated, never been
defeated except on two occasions when
he was outclassed.
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT HOLM
LODGE.
A man from the east who wa3 visit
ing at Holm I»dge had Just mounted
his horse to go on a fishing trip when
he was suddenly shot In the face with
a view camera in the hands of F. J.
Hlscock. No arrests have been made.
Results will be seen later.
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BONDS WILL SELL READILY.
"You may say,” said County Clerk
Barnett “that our bonds will sell read
ily. I air preparing, as the law re
quires, to advertise them in the east.
AVe now have numerous applications
for them. This class of securities are
very desirable and bankers eagerly
buy them up.”
HOLD’S LAST YEAR’S WOOL CLIP.
Henry Griffin of Burlington and a
big flockmaeter of the Greybull has
beer In town for several days. Ho
hun the distinction of still holding last
year’s wool clip. Mr. Griffin is run
ning his sheep this year at the head
of Mceteetee creek.
MEETING PARK CO. AUTOISTS.
Invitations are out for the second
annual meeting of the Park County
Auto Association. They will go to
Pahaska to celebrate and there will
be a special program provided by Coi.
Decker.
THREE NEW E. M. F’S.
Three now E. M. F. cars have bee?*
received by the Cody Trading Co.
Though the E. M. F. concern turns
out a complete car on an average of
every seven and one-half minutes yet
they cannot keep up with the largo
and Increasing demand.
'*lf Ite Hardware- - We 'w Cat It"
Camp Life
Is made perfect and pleasur
able when you outfit at the
Brundage Hardware Company
It is headquarters (or Tents, Camping Out
fits, Fishing Tackle, Ammunition. Rifles
The Rancher isn’t Overlooked Either
Twine will be among his prime necessities
in the harvest time. Call here for your twine
Brundage Hdw. Co.
Telephone 72
THE Bell Telephone keeps the trav
eler in touch with all the resources
of civilization.
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co.
R. EARL BRACEWELL, Manager Cody Exchange
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SUCCESSFUL EVANGELISTIC
WORK.
The meetings at the Evangelistic
tent, conducted by Pastor Starr ana
Curtis are attracting much attention.
Those vho have attended arc well
pleased with the presentation of the
subject a z announced.
Mrs. Caaselman will depart on Tues
day next for Denver. She will be
accompanied as far as Denver by Mr*..
May Rickman.
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