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Volume XIX. No. 17
Lakeview Titles Cleared by Decision
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT TO DEED
LAND TO STATE FOR SETTLERS
/Gov. W. R, Ross Successful in Efforts to Secure
Rights of Settlers Who Have Struggled
for Twenty Years to Reclaim Land
Clouds were cleared from the titles of the Lakeview lands
Thursday when E. C. Finney, first assisstant secretary of the
interior, directed that patent issue to Lakeview project lands
without water right limitation. A wire was received Thursday
by Gov. W. B. Ross who in turn transmitted the news to Paul
R. Greever, of this c>ty. Under this order the lands come to the
state of Wyoming from the federal government. The state
will give patents to the settlers as soon as the legal requirements
have been complied with by the property holders. Certain
liens and judgments against the lands will be adjudicated by
the state in conjunction with the settlers.
For many years the federal gov
ernment had attempted to hold
the lands subject to an old water
right of the Cody-Salisbury filing on
behalf of the Reclamation service.
This right was for lands to be
watered farther down the stream
and while issued prior to the Lake
view permits, no work was ever
done under this permit and it was
not kept alive by renewals for sev
eral years and was considered
lapsed and void by land authdHties.
Gov. W. B. Ross at the request of I
E. M. Ballinger, chairman of the!
board of directors of the Lakeview
Irrigation district, and others, made j
a trip out over the lands and per-1
sonally inspected the work which ;
had been done. His investigation I
disclosed the history of the project'
and formed the basis of a letter to
Secretary Finney concerning the
(Continued on Page 4)
WOULD RUN BUSSES
IN BIG HORN BASIN
Application for authority to oper
ate a motor stage line betweetn
Basin and Worland, on the ground
that the railway service was in
adequate was filed with the Wyo
ming public service commission
Wednesday by Cecil Studt.
In his petition, Studt claims that
the freight trains only operate over
the road three times a week each
>way and that only one passenger;
train each way each day is operated,
therefore there is need for a motor |
stageline. He declares that a pas-'
senger is forced to stop overnight in ;
the towns he plans to serve, when (
he depends on the railroad, because ‘
of there being but one train each
way. No date has been set for a
hearing by the commission.
BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD
SAYS INSURANCE CHIEF
I
Chas. A. Evans spent over Sun-1
day in Billings where he met H.;
J. Cunningham, general manager of.
the Montana Life Insurance com- i
pany in conference. Mr. Cunning-,
ham is very optimistic about the j
outcome of the financial situation
which has clouded the entire west I
and believes that another year will |
show a marked change for the bet
ter. His company has taken no
losses as a result of the numerous
bank failures as their deposits are i
all covered with bond. Mr. Evansi
• was advised by his chief to con
tinue an aggressive campaign fori
new business and to leave nothing'
undone in the way of personal ser-;
vice to the policy holders in that,
company.
NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK
OBSERVED IN CODY
i
National music week will be cele- ■
brated in Cody May 4th to 7th. |
L. L. Newton has been appointed !
chairman for Cody by Governor
Ross and will have a complete pro-!
gram for the week announced later.
Mrs. Bertha Smith of Casper is
chairman for the state. Wyoming
is the only state planning a gen
eral observance of this week.
Ernest J. Goppert drove across to
Burlington Wednesday in prepara
tion for the Perkins trial which
opened at Basin Monday. Mr. Gop
pert is assisting in the prosecution
with Wililam C. Snow, county at
torney of Big Horn county.
Park County Herald
MONEY FOR ROADS
IN PARKS COMING
I
Appropriations for seven and
a half million dollars for
roads in National parks dur- *
fng the next three years have
been passed by the House and
a favorable report was made
! today by Senator J. B. Ken- .
drick, chairman of the Senate
public lands committee, to the |
Senate, with recommendation
that the bill be passed. There
' appears no op|M>sition to the
bill on the horizon and with
the signature of President
Coolidge the money will be
come available.
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Mrs. Fred Worst arrived from i
her home in Idaho yesterday to as-J
sist in the care of her father, Z.•
Ross, who is suffering with blood-!
poisoning in the arm. The old gen- I
tieman is in a very serious condi-.
tion.
Buffalo Bill Memorial is an Expression of American Life
Well Interpreted by Gertrude V. Whitney, the Sculptor
Secretary to Artist Tells of
Notable Memorial
1—
Mrs. J. <R. Force thoroughly cap
| tivated Cody people Monday as she
stood before the Cody club and in
her altogether unique and charming
way told the story of the creation
of the Buffalo Bill by Mrs.
Gertrude V. Whitney. She bore
personal messages from the artist
and made these the subject of her
talk.
J “Mrs. Whitney wants me to say
. first of all,” said Mrs. Force, “that
, she fully appreciates your faith in
• ! her as an artist when you selected
. her to do this great work. For
i two years without any physical evi
dence of what she was doing that
I faith was sustained and your en
j couragement has led her to go on
and do what she believes is to be
j the great American monument. She
has put herself in it and she wants
you to judge it when you see it—
not before.”
Mrs. Force then told of the na-
• tional committee which is known of
ficially as the Buffalo Bill American
; association and has grown out of
jthe Buffalo Bill Memorial committee
'which was organized in Cody. This
committee, she said, asked her to
bring greetings for them and to tell
Cody people that they depend upon
them to continue their attitude of
sympathy and understanding which
; has been extended so far. They
: recognized the importance of the
support of the home town of Buf
falo Bill and were not unmindful of
! the work which had been done in
laying the foundations. In assum
ing the responsibility of financing a
' project of $250,000 they were tak-
• ing up the burden which had been
1 so gallantly begun by those who
; I loved the man whom the nation
- would honor.
! Mrs. Force gave some personal
I glimpses of her own life and career.
> In speaking to the high school stu-
- dents who were guests of the Cody
i club Monday, in recognition of their
-’scholarship, she said that it was
i' never her privilege to attend a
- ■ public school, that she was educated
’ (Continued on Page Four)
SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTHERN WYOMING HERALD
CODY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1924
Itt 11 till 111 HntttOl» * It I •>•••■
| Cody Must Invite Livingston |
Editor to Make Scenic Trip j
A little quip in the Herald last
week suggesting that Livingston
failed to play the ace card in in- ;
viting the president of the United
States to participate in the 1924
opening of Yellowstone park was
taken rather seriously by the bril
liant editor of the Livingstone En
terprise. He thinks Cody has a
grievance because President Cool
idge wasn’t invited to come out
the Cody way, which of course isn't
the case. He also thinks “Living
ston has the greatest of all en- J
trance trip to Yellowstone park, viz,
via the Gardiner entrance, the 55
miles from Livingston to Gardiner!
GARLAND’S FIRST BLAZE
TAKES THREE HOUSES
(Garland Correspondent)
On Wednesday afternoon of last
] week Garland had the most disas
, trous fire in her history. Two child-
I ren were playing in the house occu
pied by Mrs. McWilliams and it is
supposed started the blaze which
. destroyed that house, the one occu
pied by Chas. Peterson and a third
' structure occupied by the J. E.
I Honeysett family. Practically all
i the household goods were saved
• from the Peterson and Honeysett
homes, but although the equipmeht
of the McWilliams house was re
moved, a portion of it which was
not moved far enough from the
buring house became afire and was
destroyed.
Two of the residences belonged
to Mr. Peterson and were uninsured.
i The home occupied by Mr. Honey
! sett was owned by H. J. Thompson
l of Bililngs and was probably partly
! covered by insurance.
This is the first fire in Garland,
j the oldest town on the Cody,Frannie
I line.
Many Have Contribted to the Work
Albert Ross, architect for the Buffalo Bill national
memorial, very graciously placed the credit for the success
of the undertaking on the shoulders of Mrs. Gertrude V.
Whitney, sculptor, Russell Kimball, engineer and Mrs.
Juliana Force, secretary to Mrs. Whitney. First place goes
to the artist, said Mr. Ross. Her conception of the me
morial from an artistic standpoint is little short of remark
able and the indomitable spirit of Mrs. Force in execution
of the plans which make it possible were most important. I
The discovery of Russell Kimball as an engineer with a rare,
aesthetic appreciation of all that goes to make the enterprise
a physical fact, coupled with efficiency, ability and technical
knowledge, was most fortunate and unlooked for in this
western country.
Cody people see other outstanding figures in the group
of those to whom credit is due and to Mr. Ross goes a large
share. They recognize in him an artist of national reputa
tion who knows how to bring into being an artist’s dream
and make it a reality. To Mary Jester Allen, who has
worked for two years on the idea and whose enthusiasm
has kindled desire to bring to pass this wonderful enterprise i
there must be due credit given. In the background modestly
stand the Cody folks headed by the Buffalo Memorial com
mittee and in front of them is the National Committee
composed of the admirers of Buffalo Bill all over the nation.
WYOMING LAMBS AT ELEVEN CENTS
The eleven cent lamb has
arrived in Wyoming.
Byron Wilson, of McKinley,
secretary of the Wyoming Wool
Growers Assocation said Thur
» sday that this price was being
i offered for Wyoming lambs
for fall delivery. The quo*
I tat ion is half a cent over the
, lignre a week ago, and a full
.! cent greater than the price of
r [ sered at. this time last year.
“One cent a pound increase
? in the price of Wyoming lambs
i amounts to $600,000,“ said Mr.
] Wilson in commenting on what
the 1924, as compared to the
easily surpassing any scenic high
way in the west.”
Cody extends the invitation to the 1
good boosters of the Montana city
to come over next summer, not for!
the purpose of making insidious'
comparisons of scenic values, but to
get acquainted and formulate plans
for boosting travel to Nature’s won-,
derland. A fine opportunity pre-]
sents itself in an exchange of visits 1
next summer and we know that the !
active and interested editor of the i
Livingston Enterprise backed by the i
I enterprising secretary of the cham-.
: ber of cofiimerce will put the prop
■ osition across.
MAY ASK PRIMARY
• FOR TREASURY JOB
Rumor has it that Major E. S.
l Hoopes would not be adverse to I
. having his name mentioned in con
nection with the office of county
treasurer although he has not made
definite announcement. Consider
’ able encouragement has come from
1 several places in the county but the
major is the type of a fellow that
1 if he wants anything he will go
and get it. His announcement
1 would be the first definite ripple
1 on the calm sea of politics in Park
county. G. A. Holm, present coun-
E ty treasurer, ,is barred from succeed
ing himself in office by the statute
1 which limits a treasurer to serve
■ more than four years out of any
’ six in this office. Major Hoopes
would make a fitting officer for
1 this responsible position and his
• past record as a county officer
should commend him to the voters
1 of the county. It is needless to
state that should the Major decide
to cast his hat into the ring this
• fall it will be as a candidate of the
Republican party of which he has
always been a faithful worker.
corresponding 1923 price, will
bring the state.
Mr. Wilson announced that
the organization of the Wyo
ming Co-operative Wool Mark
eting Assocation has been com
pleted.
Wyoming flock masters will
be keenly interested in another
bit of news supplied by Mr.
Wilson that the Interstate
Commerce commission of the
United States has voted to fav
orably report the truth-in-fab"
ric bill. Information to this
effect is contained in a tele
gram to Mr. Wilson from Sen
ator F. E. Warren.
INSANE LOVER KILLS NORMA FORD
I AND SHOOTS SELF WITH REVOLVER
Former Cody Girl Victim of Double Tragedy
Result of Love Tangle With Teacher
in Casper Business College
Norma Ford, former Cody girl, was the victim of a
double tragedy in Casper Friday afternoon when Lee D. Morti
mer, her sweetheart pullet! a gun from his pocket and shot her
I without warning in the back of the head and turned the gun
on himself. Miss Ford died before help reached her and the
■ young man died at the hospital an hour later. She was the
daughter of Walter Ford of Cody and Mrs. Blanche Ford of
Casper. She was a student at the Casper business college and
j the young man was an instructor and the brother of William
Mortimer, president of the college.
RACE FOR CODY GAS
TWO OUTFITS TO DRILL
In a race to see which will tap ■
i the Cody gas field first two outfits
are active contenders according to
! reports. Within three days after!
jW. O. Taylor reached Kansas he
had contracts signed by the Pitts-'
burg Southwestern and arrange-'
inents under way for the shipment l ,
of a standard rig to Cody for oper- ..
' ation. The rig was loaded ten days ’
ago and will reach Cody by the last ,
of this week. The drill will be .
spudded in on the Meta Pulley lease ' (
north of the Burlington tracks near*.
Idaho gulch.
The Guiterman interests are also i
very active it is understood, accord-:
ing to Frederick Morris who repre-;
sents him locally. Mr. Guiterman
l will be here early in April. They
have a rig on the ground with a
complete string of tools and are
ready for operations immediately.
PAID SECOND BONUS
ON SUGAR BEET CROP
Yesterday the Great Western Su- 1
gar company distributed $2,500,000
among the growers of beets in the j
Rocky Mountain districts it being ,
the second bonus on the 1923 crop..
This brings the price to $8 a ton ;
for beets in the valley.
fr •
Intimate Glimpses Given of
Famous Sculptor
Mrs. Force graciously consented
to speak informally at the meeting
of the Woman’s club yesterday aft
ernoon. She gave some intimate
glimpses of the artist and told of
I the struggles and years of toil
I which laid the foundations for the
j career into which she has come and
| that work akin to slavery was the,
I background to the reputation she
I had earned as an artist of interna- i
tional note.
Reared in luxury as a Vanderbilt, 1
it was expected that she live a life
of ease and pleasure and fulfil the
social obligations of a woman of
her station in life. She always
wanted to paint but was denied the
opportunity. Her marriage to Harry
Payne Whitney, millionaire, increas
ed her social obligations and while
not distasteful to her, never satis
fied the inner longings of her soul.
Twenty-two years ago she studied
| under a master painter and the
I work was so fascinating to
her and absorbed her thought and
interest to such an extent that she
became determined to allow no so
cial obligation to interfere with her
art.
She gave her full day to the study ’
of art and occupied the evenings in
discharging the obligations to her
family and social life. She was a
hard worker, seriously studious, and
[ for many years toiled away at her
• task of creative work. After eight
I years she went abroad to study and
the art of Italy and France while
I inspiring to her failed to get a re
sponsive desire to imitate it. She
was wholly and thoroughly Ameri
can and her independent mind led
[her to express herself in terms of
[America.
An exhibit of her work in Lon
don a few years ago came as a com
l plete surprise to English people.
I They had heard of her and her
! family and of her interest in art
j but concluded it was the work of an
amateur. The pieces were so alive
and radiant with expression that the
critics of London were amazed and
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Eight Pages All Home Print
Mortimer and the Ford miss had
been keeping company for a month.
They had had some differences a
few days before, according to the
statement of associates, and had
, made up on the day of the tragedy.
| They left the college together short-
Ily after two o’clock and were walk
ing on Midwest avenue, near David
I street arm in arm. Just as they
, passed the intersection Mortimer
■ released his hold on the girl’s arm
j reached inside his coat and pulled
, a .32 calibre pistol, with which he
j shot but twice at the short range.
I Both bullets took fatal effect. The
only witness was Arthur Pohlman,
[an employe of the Keith Lumber
' company who was standing in the
window of the company’s office
across the street.
Norma Ford was but seventeen
' years of age. She will be remem
| bered by many Cody people who
knew het and her mother prior To
their leaving Cody five years ago.
She was a fine girl of attractive ap
pearance and had the careful guid
, ance of a good mother.
The funerals were held Sunday.
. Walter Ford of this city left for
j Casper Monday upon receipt of tel
egraphic advice of the death of his
i daughter.
BELFRY DAMAGE SUU
FOR LOSS OF FLUME
i
W. J. Breen of Bridger is asking
I the Security Bridge company of Bil
[ lings for $25,200 damages for the
i failure of a flume erected by them
!in Park county to deliver water
to 17,000 acres of Wyoming lands
i under the Badger ditch in 19TS.
I The case was originally tried in the
i district court at Red Lodge in 1921
j and appealed it to the supreme
court which remanded it for re
trial. The controversy resulted
from the washing away of the
; flume by the flood waters of
191 S causing damage it is claimed
to the amount of $22,000 to crops
and $3,200, the cost of the struc
. ture.
PARK MAY OPEN FIVE
DAYS EARLY- JUNE 15
The official date for the format
i opening of Yellowstone park may be
changed to June 15th, instead of
June 20th, as heretofore planned,
according to a letter received Sat
urday at Livingston from Horace
M. Albright, superintendent of the
park, who is at present in Wash
ington.
Supt. Albright writes from Wash
ington that because of the early
conventions on the Pacific coast
1 and the requests of delegates and
special parties for park reservations
earlier than June 20, it now seems
necessary that arrangement be made
to advance the regular date to June
15th.
DR. W. S. BENNETT DIES
SUNDAY AT ELY, NEVADA
Dr. W. S. IJennett died suddenin
at Ely, Nevada, Sunday evening. EOfl
was formerly a Cody
mayor of the city and represents
Big Hom county in the
at the time Park county
separated. He was father of
William and Jo Bennett. He
been practising in Ely for
months.
Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Larom
ed Saturday from an extended trM
south and east. Mr. Larom reports!
unusual interest in the Buffalo Pill
country manifested everywhere and
predicts a heavy tourist season. At
the Cody club luncheon Monday be
expressed his sincere thanks to the
Cody men who assisted in opening
the roads for the students of the
Valley ranch school who were re
turning from the holiday vacation.