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The No rthe rn WyomingHe raid
AND THE GARLAND */ KM 1C A TI O N ERA
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PARK COUNTY
*1 aft r ape r t hat / • r d aht ng Cody t' amou s”
C . C . Morris, Managing Editor
Entered vecond class matter October 27, 1910, at the postoffice at
Cody, Wyoming, under the Act of Cotigress of March 3, 1879.
CODY, WYOMING. DEC. 29, 1911
“There’s a chiel among ye takin’ notes, an’ faith, he’ll
prant ’em”—Robert Burns.
ROOSEVELT REDIVIUS
The only living ex president seems
to add something to the life of the
national political game, as well as to
the gaiety of nations.
The past few days have witnessed
the discussion of his name as a factor
in the coming convention of Republi
cas at Chicago next June.
Roosevelt, in office or out, is an
American of whom all the people feel
proud. He has been a most unique
figure and a most picturesque one,
in the politics of this country for the
past thirty years.
Theodore Roosevelt, born an aris
tocrat, has touched life personally at |
so many different angles that he can
and does comprehend the existence of!
every strata of American life. Posses- j
sing from childhood an independent j
fortune left him by his father, he has I
never known the throttling grip of i
poverty and consequently nothing has
entered his career which had even
the suggestion of compromise, which
with his lofty conception of the right
kind of living or the highest ethical
principles. Ever stronger than hi 3
r i ty, with which he cast an early j
l ...glance, he has stood as a stal
wart Republican, though at times he |
has hurled from power men whom he i
deemed unworthy of a place in the |
councils of the Republican party, and ,
still maintained his own leadership i
undiminished in scope or grasp.
Therefore we have in Roosevelt a
man for whom money has had no
temptation, because he was rich; so
ciety could not swerve him by its
subtle b'andishments, because he was
himself born of the purple; politici
ans couid not use him, because he
has made and unmade them at hid
pleasure.
Because of these things, some men
who are opposed to President Taft,
hope to so arouse the country by the
magic name of Roosevelt, and there- j
by encompass the defeat of the pres
ident that they are willing, even
though cordially disliking Roosevelt,
to snuggle up to the ex-president.
But will it win? Did any politician
ever use the hero of San Juan- Hill to
the former’s personal profit?
If To: Platt, the late senator from
New York were alive he could a tale
unfold as to that famous Philadelphia
convention of 1900.
If President Taft desires a re-nom
ination it is his for the asking. Thi.t
is not a democratic year by any means
Ah hard as times appear to be, were
they ever known to be improved by
the accession of democracy to power.
Look over the present approppria
tions made by the horde of wild-eyed
statesmen, presided over by Champ
Clark, and you will find an extrava
gence undreamed of by any Republi
can congress.
It Is the same old story “When the
Devil was sick, the Devil a Monk
would be. When the Devil was WELL
the devil a Monk WAS 1
So democracy out ir c- id would
be economical. Demoou • n power
has the same itch for public money, i
the same as it charges it’s time hon- !
ored and successful opponents—the
Republicans, but mind you with this 1
difference- the Republicans give the 1
country something for the money ex
pended.
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THOSE CODY FARMERS
Some months ago a movement was .
started among FARMERS on the Sho- j
shone Project having in view the
formation of a permanent fair asso
ciation T he Shoshone Project fair of
last fall was a pronounced success, j
Sentiment was unalmously in favor !
of utinuing the fair as an annual ;
feature of our community life. This i
was the work of real farmers, mind 1
you and the ?i>ontaneous results of
widespread as well as genuine inter
est in agriculture and allied activit
ies.
Lea of our purpose In this
connection, certain celebrated “ranch
ers”—of the variety who farm the
farmers —up Cody way got their heads
together and forthwith took steps to
incorporate a Park county fair asso
ciation. All of which of course they
had a perfect right to do. It develops
now% however, that what the Cody
"farmers” were after was an oppor
tunity w. r to loot the treasury
of Park county. Under our statutes
the commissioners “may” appropriate
any sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars for county fair purposes.
It is hardly necessary to add that
the boys went the limit.
It is even less necessary to note
that our commissioners did in this
matter, as in all others, Just as they
were told.
Will the Northern Wyoming Herald
kindly publish the names of those
enterprising “farmers” who incorpor
ated the Cody Fair Association?
—Powell Tribune
The Tribune conceedes the right of
persons out side of the town of Pow
ell to establish a county fair. That
is generous and helps some.
Would not the “farmers" of Powell
, too ask for the appropriation authori
zed by law? Has any county fair in
this state neglected to do so?
The Tribune asks who were the
Cody “farmers" that incorporated the
new fair association.
Why dear Nelson, they are many
of the same who went unselfishly to
the aid of the settlers on the Powell
Flat when the latter had to have more
time from the government in which to
pay for the land; and they are the
same people who go down deep in
their pockets when money had to be
raised for this and for that to aid
matters of public character when
I there have been no funds with which
to do it.
The business men of Cody have
ever been free handed with their mon
ey, their time and energy to aid in
upbuilding Park county and never
groan over the cost, if good results
flow.
Come, come Nelson, cast aside this
peevishness, for it doth not become
thee.
Lead thy people into the broad
paths of homogeneousness—there lies j
the goal of a big prosperous united
commonwealth.
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DON’T KNOW WAR IS OVER
A man v.as traveling in the mount
ain fastnesses of the Carolina* not
many moons ago and he was hitting
the trail just as the seting sun was
darkening the shadows. A Marking
mongrel ran out and awakened the
horseman rather rudely from his rev
eries. A rough voice called the dog off
and as the rider proceeded he struck
a small clearing. He saw a light from
an open cabin door. In the doorway
a stalwart mountaineer and a
woman. The traveller in response to
an invitation to stoi) and make a
night of it did so.
The mountaineer was a glutton for
news. As the conversation ran on, he
began to ask about the location of the
■ Union and Rebel forces. How the bat
tle of Vicksburg went and if the visit
or thought “old Grant” could really
whip “ole Marse Lee".
At first the traveler thought that
the old mountaineer was, loading”
him, but he soon found out that the
latter was really sincere and that way
back there in the mountains of the
Carolinas, away from civilization, •no
| papers, without any, practically, com
-1 municat,ion with the outside world,
this old man did not know that the
war was over and peace restored.
In the last issue of the Powell Trib
une, the editor of tnat bright pallad
ium of the liberties of the good people
of Powell, uses several columns of
valuable space exposing the devil
j ish machinations of the Park county
i Republican officials with respect to
1 the bond issue
Every contention made b” M.r Nel
son has been removed by the decision
! of Judge Par melee handed down in
; Sheridan nearly two weeks ago.
Dear Nelson: Yes, Ulysses a. Grant
I has taken Vicksburg, and “old Marse
Lee” miriendc-red at Appomattox,
under the famous apple tree, to said
U. S. Grant.
In other words, old scout of the
Pow'ell Flat, “this cruel (bond) war
is over”.
Republicans know their business.
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METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. Biugamon will have as his
subject Sunday morning “Looking
Backward.”
Mrs. Bingaman will sing a solo,
and In the evening the pastor will
preach to the young people a New
Year’s sermon.
Mr. and Mr*. Walter Pebwoob
md evening.
SilifWlflilllU. um Nyommu. flecemU 29. 1911.
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IT IS TO LAUGH
Several of the Democratic news
papers of the state, in opening the
senatorial campaign which come,s
along next year, have unconsciously
opened a department of humor which
were it not so pathetic, would prove
almost enjoyable to their many mil
lions of readers.
As an item of amusement, for in
stance, they boldly asert that they
are going to sweep the good state of
Wyoming off its feet and all its vot
ers into the Democratic comp.—A
period is inserted here, that the read- j
er may langh as long and as loud as
such a ridiculously funny proposition
may excite his mirth.
Exhibit B in this hilarious matter is
that the democrats have from two to
three courageous patriots, ready with
sword and pistol, to take the field and
bluff victory into perching upon one]
or the other or all of their several !
shoulders.
The amusing feature of this exhibit •
is that the party wants the senator-,
ship so badly and the several candi-1
dates each want It so badlv that they
cannot exactly settle upon the one
they lore best or love well enough to |
reward. It would be funny if in the 1
squabble the senatorship should es
cape and be captured by someone else?
—a republican for instance.
They are opposing Warren, which
is the natural thing to expect cf them
—but they are opposing him strictly
upon his senatorial record, so they
say.
They would tear that senatorial !
record to ribbons, rip It up the back, j
stab it in the vitals, shoot it full of
holes and otherwise mdtllate and mal
treat It.
It has never been claimed, here
tofore, even .by Warren’s enemies,
that his senatorial record was unfit
to be exhibited in public. Whatever
else it is, it is a record, and good or
bad. we will hear lots about it in the
months to come and will all know
more concerning it and be better
able to judge of its good and bad
points when the democrats get
through smoking It up.
While arranging the preliminaries
and preparing to take over the United
States semtorship and abolish War
ren and h»s senatorial record, and
remove them r rom our sigh' forever,
would it be impertinent to ■ inquire
what our dear friends intend to give
us in lieu thereof? They ask the sub
stance, do they give us only the shad
ow —democratic promises?
Do they imagine, even humorously,
that, the political promises of any one
o r all of heir senatorial candidates is
a good exchange, for the neople, for
the surrender of Francis v arren and
his record of things performed?
.A recess of thirty minutes will be
given that the entire audience may
go out on the lawn and laugh and roll
to their heart’s content.
No one sees the humor of the sit
nation quicker than the American
voter and as a rule he sizes things
almost as quickly as those credited
with great political wisdom and sa
gacity. It is infrequent when any
group of self-seeking perrons can put
over anything upon the proletariat
when it as obvious, apparent, trans
panent, evident, visible, mnnlfeat, par
ent. clear, plain and c r uicuous as
it is in the present case with our
democratic friends.—Sheridan Post
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ABOUT CONSERVATION
The fact that Mr. Alber Bartlett of
Cheyenne was able to create such ha
voc with Mr. Pinchot at. the irrigation
congress proves that his conservation
theories are not very deeply rooted.
Mr. Bartlett was armed with figures
from government reports that entirely
upset figures that the ex-forester has
been giving to the people through
magazine articles. It is stated that
Mr. Pinchot had in mind when he
went, to Chicago a drawing together
of the democratic and republican pro
gressives in the interest of Mr. La
Follette, but that he was so discon
certed by the Bartlett episode and
other discomfitures that h< made little
if any headway in his new party work. :
There Is a great deal of buncombe
about all of this conservation talk.
Take it home. Is any reader of the
Republican using more coal, more
lumber or more of the other natural
resources of the state than he feels
obliged to use? By the withdrawal of
tremendous areas, as Mr. Pinchot ad
vised and secured, how was any citi
zen of Wyoming benefited? Huge with
drawals of coal lands may have aided
in the monopoly of coal by those al
ready in the business and raised the
price of coal, but how our children
n i 1 our children’s children have 'been
t is hard for the average ’
' ltv understand. It is all very flue
“Thank You”
for the people of the old states of the |
east to imagine they are being robbed
by the pioneers of the west. When
the pioneers of Pensylvania, Ohio, Ill
inois and West Virginia were making
their first coal entries they did not
think they were robbing the people of
the New England states. They believ
ed they were guaranteed under he con
stitution the same rights that their
neighbors to the east enjoyed and
they insisted upon the fulfillment of
those rights.
Through the influence of Mr. Pinch
ot and some of his more or less de
luded followers, the government price
of coal land has been very materially
increased, thus placing a heavier bur
den upon those who mine and use the
coal of the west and of Alaska. This
price interferes to a certain extent
with the prospecting for and develop
ment of coal measures. A man ot
moderate means cannot pay the in
creased price asked for first-rate coal,
and if he is able to pay the price, he
must add it to the price charged the
people, and thus in the end the con
sumer is the only one who suffers.
Just as he did <n the old days when
the east was being developed. And
this is what Mr. Pinchot calls conser
vation. It is simply a means by which
a little more money per ton is taken
from the consumer and paid to the
government.
The great scare that was trumped
up over the conservation of water
power is {mother thing the average
western man cannot fathom. W'hat
the west would like to have is devel
opment. The people out here would
like to have some rich felllow come
along and develop water power for
the general good—the more the bet
ter. How many people has Mr. Boyson
who built the big power dam below
Shoshone, robbed? Most people who
have looked this plant over beblieve
that If he ever gets back 50 per cent
of his investment he will be In mighty
bJg luck.
There is so much tommyrot in all
of Mr. Pinchots conservation talk that
the average western man has no pa
tience with him. — Republican
CORRESPONDENCE FROM
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10
Mr. and Mrs. Williams spent the
night with the Glargows Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dlck'nson; Mr. and
Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Glasgow and
family spent the evening at Dun
woods Friday.
Mrs. Miser is visiting Mrs. R. H.
iAKmey this week.
Ed. Martin and family and Wine
fred Wilder were Christmas shoppers
in Cody Friday and baturday.
Elmer Dickinson went to Cody for
a load of lumber for Lawrence Wag
oner, Tuesday. As he was leaving
homo the four horses ran away,
smashing the wagon tongue and In
juring Mr. Dickinson’s back. He Is
laid up at the present writing.
Mrs. G'asgow and daughter Mary
were visiting the former’s sister, Mrs.
Trimmer, In Cody, a few days last
week and doing some Christmas shop
ping M
Miss Lillian Wilder and her pupils
are preparing a Christmas program at
the school house.
Little Clarence Snyder is on the
sick list again.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan wood, Roy Stan
baugh, Martin Mortonson and Frank
Glasgow were In Cody Monday.
A. J. Martin marketed his turkeys
in Cody this week.
Mike Jensqn Is now employed at
the Dr.rrah mill.
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A big new years danca will be given
Monday night, January let, at the
' Schwoob Hall, by the High School
boye. Everybody Invited. Ueual ratee.
w ish to thank the patrons of the Rexall
Store for the loyal support they have given this
Department during the past year, and trust you will
find our offerings in the future of a nature that will
encourage you to continue your patronage.
41 We trust that the year Nineteen Hundred and
Twelve may bring you an ever increasing prosperity
and good health so necessary to properly enjoy the
fruits of your labors.
WESTERN DRUG COMPANY*-
R. C. SCHULTZ, Manager
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The following vas contributed by
our old friend John Bush, of Clark,
Wyo., who is now enrolled on The
Herald's Star Roll of Honor:
“The bread and butter question is
the greatest question before any peo
ple. and until food, shelter and cloth
ing are assured, but Tew people have
any thought of anything else. But
once these are assured the people
can have the opportunity to develop
In lines that suit their Individual taste
and as socialism deals directly with
economics, it pertains almost wholly
to giving the people their physical
needs.
At one time almost all work was
individual effort, but with the inven
tion of machinery and the use of sys
tems, the production and distribution
of commodities became social, that Is.
tens, hundreds, and even thousands,
working co-operatively to do the
world's work. In most things the lar
ger the unit, the cheaper the commo
dities can be produced and exchanged.
This ir, why the large factories, mines
etc., can produce more cheaply than
the smaller ones. It is a process, of
natural growth, known as evolution,
and explains why the trusts are so
hard to dissolve. In, fact their prin
ciples have come to stay, despite the
efforts of the two-by-four politicians
to turn the hands of progress back
ward.
The real and only objections to the
trusts is their private ownership,
whereby all their good flows to a few.
Socialism! means the collective own
ership of the means of producing and
distributing wealth, In which each
worker will have opportunity to work
because he is a part owner, and to
receive the full product of his social
effort. Socialism also means the pri
vate ownership of those thingß used
privately by the individual or the fam
ily.
The collective ownership of the
railway, street cars, mills, mines, fac
tories and land when not used by the
owner.
It is said: “Collective ownership of
the railroads would double the price
of village and farm property because
there would be no discrimination
rates In favor of the cities.’’
Socialism Is a method by which
the people may rid themselves of the
Ills of present society, for they are
an outgrowth of capitalism. We find
In history that at one time slavery
was the method by which useful
things were produced for society.
Later It was Feudalism, and still
later capitalism as wo have It now.
The succeeding method always had
its root deep In Its predecessor, just
as now' co-operative methods are sup
planting the competition which caus
ed capitalism to have its growth.
We have come to n point In history
where the people are pretty well dis
gusted with capitalism and its exploi
tation and are demanding co-opera
tion for the benefit of all the people,
ad not co-operation for the private
owners”
You can publish the above or not,
as you please. I have been too busy to
write. Enclosed find mono£ order for
one dollar and fifty cents, for a year’s
subscription to the Herald.
Yours truly,
John Bush,
Dec. 23, 1911. Clark, Wyo.
! billings defeats\baSIN I
AT Basket ballß
Uasln, Wyo.. U*c 27—\*ith
j -nd Wheatly substituted 1 for Crysler I
| .md Corner, who were align: 1> injured I
in last night's game at Cowley. rjj e ■
| Billings high school boakat ball team I
i defeated the local high acLx>ol puintet I
by a decisive score of 39
li Although the result was. • , j e( j I
the game was warmly cok| j a j, I
j the way through but at no f inn were I
the visitors In danger of <f eat Th<* B
score was 13 o 6 in favor «>; Billings B
at the end of the first ■
By a score of 26 to 1G the Billiap I
boys were defeated by the high school ■
team at Cowley last night in a gam* ■
that was featured by clean and fast B
playing. Coiner bruised one of his B
legs In the first half of the game but B
continued throughout che contest. ■
The visitors will play the Lire B
Wires at tomorrow night and ■
will return to Billings Friday. I
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF CONTEST \
For Publication I
Department of the Interior. 1
United States Land Office. Lander. 1
! Wyoming, December 19. 1911 £
To Walter Decker, of Cody, Wygp- I
I Ing, Con test Ac:
You are hereby notified that Car I
sten Peters, who gives <’od+*, Wyon- I
ing as his post-office address, did o* I
December 19, 1911, file in this office I
his duly corroborated application to I
contest and secure the cancellation I
of your homestead. Entry No. 04475, I
Serial No. 044*5, made June 21, 1910, I
for lot 1 and 2. NE*SEJ4. Section I
32, lot 4, Section 33. Township 51 N. |
Range 102 W. Gth principal Meridian, I
and as grounds for his contest he I
alleges that said Walter Decker has I
never tince making said entry, occu
pied, improved, or in any way culti
vated said tract and that It Is now,
and ever since said entry has been
in Its wild native state.
You are therefore further notified
that the said allegations will be ta
ken by this office as having been con
fessed by you, and your said entry
will be cancelled thereunder, without
• our further right to be heard therein,
either before this oflee or on appeal,
if you fall to file in this office within
twenty days after the FOURTH pub
lication of this notice, as shown be
low, your answer, under oath, speci
fically meeting and responding to
these allegations of contest, or If you
fail within that time to file In this
office due proof that you have served
a copy of your answe.* on the said
contestant either in person or by reg
Istered mail. If this service is made
by the delivery of a copy of your au
swe- to the contestant in person,
proof of such scivice must bo either
the said contestant’s written acknowl
edgement of his receipt of the copy,
showing tho date of its receipt, or the
affidavit of the person by whom tho
delivery was made stUlng when und
where the copy was delivered:
made by r e g|steic-d mail, proof
such service must consis: of the affi
davit of the person by whom the copy
was mailed stating when and the
post-office to which It was mailed*
and this affidavit must be accampan-.
led by the postmaster’s receipt f° r
the letter.
You should state In vour answer
the name of tho post-office to which
you desire future notices to be sent
to you.
WIUPIAM T. ADAMS.
Register.
Marvin B. Rhodes,
Recd'.f Jr.
Date of first publication Doc. 29, 1911
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