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Volume XIX. No. 18
CORN ACREAGE
TO BE GREATER
WORLAND BIDS AGAIN FOR
ANNUAL CORN SHOW OF
BIG HORN BASIN
* C. F. Robertson of Worland,
chairman of the state corn show
committee, and father of the corn
growing contests in the Big Horn
Basin, spent Monday night in Cody.
Plans for the 1924 corn show were
gone over with the county agent,
R. J. Allen. Prospects for a large
acreage of corn in the Basin is
bright according to Mr. Robertson.
In some sections it will be ten
times last year’s planting.
A new feature will be added to
the show this year in the way of
seed corn testing. All entries in
this class will be in the hands of a
committee at least a week before
the date of the corn show. Six
kernels from each ear of a ten ear
entry will be place din a rag doll
seed tester and permitted to ger
minate. The judge of the show
will open the rag dolls and judge
the exhibit during the show. Qual- ,
ity and germination will be consid
ered in awarding the premiums, i
Mr. Robertson considers this sea-1
ture of the show a most valuable
one since the best seed corn will be
determined and advertised at an
early date.
The town of Worland is making;
an effort to secure the state corn
show again this year. Mr. Robert-i
son hopes to make it bigger and
better than the 1923 show when
over 300 entries were exhibited.
The State Department of Agricul
ture, the Extension Service and the
Burlington Railroad are lending
their assistance to make an an
nual corn show one of the big
events of the state.
PRESBYTERIANS HOLD
CONGREGATIONAL DINNER
On Friday evening of last week
the members of the Presbyterian
faith gathered at their church for
their annual Congregational dinner.
The attendance taxed the capacity
of the church and a bounteous din
ner was served by the ladies. The
program of the evening included the I
reports of officers for the year just
past, all of which showed the church |
in a very fine condition, both from
the standpoint of organization, at-1
tendance and finances. Messers.
H. A. Phillips and F. F. McGee |
were selected as elders and were
ordained at the Sunday morningj
service by Rev. C. V. Brown. 1
Trustees elected for the ensuing j
year were Messers. Dave Jones, C.
E. Parker, L. D. Wagar, Geo. Wal
licker, G .A. Ebert, J. N. Lang- ;,
worthy and O. L. White.
PERKINS ACQUITTED
TRIAL IN BASIN
I
Edgar Perkins was acquitted by a*
Big Horn county jury Saturday of i
the murder of Richard Neves, after
a trial Basin which occupied the
greater part of last week. The
case was fought very energetically
by both the prosecution and the de
fends. The verdict, it is said, was
arrived at after a two-hour delib
eration of the twelve jurors who
heard the evidence.
Richard Neves was killed by Ed
gar Perkins on June 18th, 1923, at
Burlington, Wyo. There had been
some trouble between the men prior
to the shooting and Perkins based
his fight for liberty and acquittal on
a plea of self-defense.
Ernest J. Goppert of Cody assist
ed County Attorney W. C. Snow of
Big Horn vounty for the prosecution
and Attorneys C. L. Brome and R.
B. West represented the defendant
I
LAST OF LENTEN
SERVICES SATURDAY
The sixth and last of the series
of community Lenten services ar
ranged by the ministers of the Epis
copal, Presbyterian and Methodist
churches of Cody is to be held Sun- 1
day evening at the Methodist church
with Dean D. R. Blaske as speak
er. His subject will be: “On the
Cross”. These services have been
well received by the church-going
people of Cody and have proven
highly successful in every respect.
Dr. F. M. Lane returned Thurs
day from a vacation spent at Hun
tef’s Springs in Montana.
Park County Herald
AMERICAN LEGION
OFFERS PRIZES FOR
THE BEST ESSAY
“Why Communism is a Menace
■to Americanism” is the subject of
! sered by the American Legion this
| year for the national essay con
| test which it conducts annually.
| The contest is open to all school
I children of ages from 12 to 18
j years, and essays will be received up
I until June Ist, this year. A na
i tional cash prize of $750 is offered
| for the best essay written in con-
■ formity with the rules of the con
test, SSOO for the second best es-
i say and $250 for the third prize.
I State prizes will be a silver medal,
a bronze medal and a certificate
of merit for the first, second and
third best essays written by a Wyo
ming boy or girl.
County Superintendent Minnie
Ide will gladly furnish any other
information which may be desired
regarding the Legion contest. Earl
Collins of Powell won the first state
prize last year in this contest, and
an effort is being made by the state
educational department to get a
greater interest in the essay work
this year.
Mrs. Ide offers, as an incentive
to develop the literary talent, $8
in cash prizes for the best paper
on the subject “Patriotism.” Five
dollars going to the Park county
student who wins the first honor
and $3.00 to the second choice
This contest will close May first.
CODY STAMPEDE
PROGRAM ISSUED
The Stampede committee is busy
formulating its program and mak
ing plans for the biggest show ever
held in Cody and for the entertain
ing of the largest crowds ever gath
ered together in the history of the
Big Horn basin. The dates set are
July 3rd, 4th and sth, and on the
second day will be unveiled the
memorial to Buffalo Bill, the eques
trian statue which is the handi
work of Mrs. Gertrude V. Whitney.
Although the track program may of
necessity be changed slightly, it will
be in most part as given below. The
liberal prizes offered will appeal
to the best riders of the west.
Program
Boys’ Pony Race (day mon-
ey) $ 25.00
Wild Steer Riding (6 steers
daily) a ride ’ 5.00
Cow Girl Race (day mon-
ey) 50.00
Bareback Bucking (day
money) 100.00 .
Squaw Foot Race (must be
5 entries, day money) 10.00
Half Mile Free-for-all 50.00
Bulldogging 250.00
Cowboy Race 50.00
Bucking 500.00
Indian Bareback Relay 50.00
One Mile Free-for-all 150.00
Indian-Cowboy Free-for-all-. 50.00 1
Men’s Relay (day money) 150.00
Indian Relay Foot Race
(Crows vs. Shoshonis)
5 miles, 5 men to a team
day money) 75.00
Best Dressed Indian Wo-
man in*Parade (day mon
ey)—
First Prize 5.00
Second Prize 2.50
(Must have beaded saddles and elk
teeth dress.)
HART MT. WATFRSHED
HOWS HEAVY FLOOD
Cody-Powell road went out of
service Monday morning with the
washout of the bridge and ap
proaches just east of Corbett.
The Ralston bridge was kept from
going only by the efforts of the
farmers who hauled sacks of sand
and loads of rock all night. The
Hart Mountain water shed received
a heavy fall of snow the last storm
and was easily melted by Sunday’s
warm sun. The railroad bridge at
Ralston was weakened by the flood
washing out some of the under
pinning.
EMERY OPENING”
DRAWS LARGE CROWD
The Emery dining room, under
the efficient management of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Wray, opened its doors
to the public last Thursday evening,
serving dinner from 5:00 till 8:00
o’clock. The Emery was crowded
during all that time, a large crowd
enjoying the tempting menu and
the pleasing music. Favors were
given to all guests.
SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTHERN WYOMING HERALD
CODY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1924
MEMORIAL TO
SERVICE MEN
I WAR DEPARTMENT TO FURNISH
CANON FOR SOLDIER
MEMORIAL
The first steps looking towards
the erection of a memorial to the
manhood of Park county who served
the country during the World war
was taken last week when arrange
ments were made for the shipment
to Cody of a siege gun. The mem
! bers of Fred Coe post have been
' endeavoring for some time to se
| sure something of this character
for ornamental purposes and were
notified'*• recently by Congressman
j Chas. E. Winter that their request
would be granted provided the
: freight charges could be handled
at this end. A committee headed
Iby H. A. Phillips made arrange
■ ments for the freight expense and
the canon will be shipped at once.
Many different ideas are being
offered for the erection of a fit
ting memorial to the Park county
soldier boys, one of which is that
a massive foundation be construct
ed on the court house lawn for the
placing of the canon and that upon
one of its sides be a large metal •
tablet bearing the names of all the 1
boys of this county who served in i
the recent
SOUTHFORK ROADTO
HAVE MAINTENANCE
Maintenance work on the South
Fork road within the Forestry
boundary started this week under
the direction of Jay Blood who
came to Cody on Monday for the
grader and other necessary equip
ment. The new construction put in
by the Forest Service last season is
reported to be standing up well and
under the able supervision of Mr.
Blood this portion of the road will
be kept up to standard during the
present season.
BREEN GIVEN ONLY NOMINAL
AMOUN IN DAMAGE SUIT,
By direction of Judge R. C.
Strong, the jury in the case of M. |
J. Breen of Bridger against the
(Security Bridge company of Bil
lings awarded the plaintiff damages
; to the extent of $1 in district
court Thursday. The complaint
asked damages to the amount of
$25,200 for replacement of a flume
across the Clark’s Fork river and
for damage to crops resulting from
failure of the flume which was
built by the defendant company.
♦
Planting Trees in Cody
♦ —
Shade trees add greatly to the de
! sirability of a community as a place
of residence. A street tree adds
value to real estate in the same
way that a sidewalk or curbing
does, but while the sidewalk or
* curbing may deteriorate, a tree in
creases in value for many years. I
In choosing trees for planting
the following qualities should be
considered.
1. Adaptability to climatic
conditions.
2. Susceptibility t o insect
pests and disease.
3. Rapidity of growth.
4. Longevity.
5. Configuration.
6. Conformity to environment. I
There are no species so well a
dapted to our climatic conditions as
our native forest trees. These may
be secured from the Forest Ser
vice for the asking. Conifers do
not take kindly to transplanting and
this class of trees should be set
out as early in the spring as the
ground will permit and the roots
disturbed as little as possible. Our
deciduous trees are, on the other
hand, very hardy and unless treat
ed with unusual roughness will sur
vive transplanting.
•Shade constitutes the important
feature in a street tree and is also
I one of <he important qualifications
of most ornamental trees. The
amount of shade produced depends
• on the shape of the crown and the
[ density of the foliage. The more
5 rapidly a tree grows the more
, quickly shade is secured. The
l shape of the crown varies with dis
-1 ferent species, but may be readily
I modified by proper pruning.
1 Wind is a factor to be consider
j ed and trees should be chosen for
planting whose root systems an-
OIL ACTIVITIES
LOOKING GOOD
PITTSBURG SOUTHWESTERN CO.
TO DRIL LN EAR
CODY
With five cars of casing at the
Cody station and two brand new
rigs between here and Casper, in-•
dications are that Cody and Park :
county will enjoy a year of con
siderable oil activity. W. O. Taylor
returned Sunday morning froma visit ■
to Kansas and Texas points and is
authority for the statement that the 1
Pittsburg Southwestern Oil Com- •
pany will start operation on the |
lease held by Jas. W. Rousseau and
associates as soon as the equipment’
can be assembled here. Harry Bid
dle, an oil man of many years ex
perience and Harold Weir accom-'
panied Taylor to Cody on his return
trip and will be identified with the'
oil operations here this season.
The Pittsburg Southwestern com-i
pany is one of the major operators
in the southern fields and also have
holdings in almost every oil pro
ducing state in the United States.
This is their first entrance to this
state, and with the unlimited finan
cial backing which they have, the
Cody field will no doubt be given a
thorough testing.
WARD-WATERS CO.
TEMPLE APRIL 14
The last number of the Cody ly
| ceum course will be presented at
the Temple, Monday evening, when
the Ward Waters company of mu
sicians and entertainers appear.
( Their program is fascinatingly var
ied, consisting of plays, character
impersonations, child songs, read
| ings, whistling solos and duets,
j vocal solos and duets and xylo-
I phoLe solos, all woven together in
such away as to form a program
which will be equally pleasing to
| all tastes.
The company is composed of
I Ward Walters, a master entertain
ler hinjself and Grace Lucille Mc-
Nett and Lucille Mallory, both
charming personalities and finish
ed musicians.
The dragging of the streets last
week put the thorofares of the city
once more in a passing condition,
and with a little more street work,
which has been planned by the
street and alley committee of the
city council, Cody streets will be in
a very passible shape.
(By J. N. Langworthy.)
cbor them firmly to prevent wind
throw and whose branches are not
easily broken.
Mr. Jensen, Landscape Architect
of the Lincoln Highway Associa
tion, has the following to say on
planting in a soil similar to that
found in Cody:
“It is futile to dig holes in poor
soils and fill them with good soil
in which to plant trees. Such ar
tificial holes are very much like a
flower pot, when the plant has ab
sorbed all the nourishment in the
soil, it must starve. A number
of years ago, I planted a lot of
trees on a great hill in Southern
Wisconsin. The hill was a glacial
formation with enough clay be
tween the gravel to cause a hard
pan substance, very difficult for
young trees to force their roots
into. I decided to loosen up the
soil to a depth of four feet and
diameter of ten feet, where the
trees were to be planted. The
owner questioned my method when
he saw that I was not filling in the
holes with better soil. I told him
my reason, which was that the trees
would have to live in that sort of
soil after the roots got beyond the
five foot limit, that the soil was
loosened for the purpose of giving
the young roots a chance to grow
and develop faster and thereby pro
l duce a quicker growth in the young
trees. Three years later, the owner
asked me if I would not like to
: see the trees we had planted on the
gravel hill. I accepted his invita
tion and found to my surprise a
wonderful growth, greater than I
had expected .largely due to the
loosening of the soil, which had
plenty of nourishment with which to
produce strong, healthy trees con
genial to that soil.”
CODY SCHOOLS
MEMBER OF NORTH
' CENTRAL ASSOCIATION
• Supt. R. B. Hardin has been no
tified that the Cody schools have
been accepted as a member of the
North Central Association of Col-
• leges and Secondary schools which
’ 1 places the local school on a plane
{equalled by few schools in the
northwest. In obtaining a member
ship in this association it becomes
. i associated with the most select
{‘schools of nineteen of the north
, 1 central states which is truly th?
.{“Bradstreet” list of education in
.{these states. It lends the schools
1 ; considerable prestige and gives
.‘them an opportunity for co-opera
■ tion in all matters that will help
education to more adequately per
form its mission.
JURY BEING DRAWN
FOR SIMPSON TRIAL
Selection of twelve men to try
William L. Simpson, charged with
the killing of Uriah Rains, Cody
barber, started Tuesday morning
and took up the time of the court
until Wednesday noon when it was
hoped that a jury would have been'
completed, according to advises re
ceived by the Herald late Wednes
day morning. Judge Harry C. Bur
gess of Sheridan is on the bench
• and E. E. Enterline of Casper, W. 1
L. Walls of Cheyenne, Raymond B.
West, C. A. Zaring of Basin, Linn I.
Noble of Thermopolis and Paul R.
Greever of Cody represent the de-1
fendant and Ernest J. Goppert, pro
secuting attorney of Park county
with Wm. C. Snow of Basin, repre-j
sent the state.
The general plea of not guilty in
the preliminary hearing will be sup
planted by a plea of self-defense
coupled with a weakened mental
and physical condition will form the
basis for the defense, it was dis
closed in the questions of Mr. En
terline in examining the jury this
morning. Two important witnesses
for. the defense who have not ap-
I peared in the preliminary hearing
or the hearing for application for
bonds, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Black
of Denver, are considered as hav
ing evidence to prove that self
defense was the motive in the kill
ing. They are the two tourists who
stood talking with Mr. Simpson in
front of the Ricci pool hall when .
Rains came out and assaulted the
defendant.
Twenty-four witnesses are here
on behalf of the state and sixteen
for the defense are here from Cody
for the trial. Expert testimony will
be given by doctors on each side.
The state has selected Dr. F. A.
Mills of Powell and Dr. F. M. Lane
of Cody. The defense will rely on
Dr. Louis Howe of Cody who at
tended Mr. Simpson immediately af
ter the assault and shooting, and
Dr. J. R. A. Whitlock of Powell, a
surgeon, under whose care the de- 1
fendant was for three weeks in the
Powell hospital. Dr. Chester E.'
Harris of Basin who was called to
make an examination of the injur
ies received by Mr. Simpson will al
so be used by the state.
The witnesses for the state in
clude James Hubble, Earl Lloyd,
Ben Williamson. Mrs. Edna Rains,
Earl Pulley, deputy sheriff. Dr. F. .
A. Mills, Henry Pool, Marcus A. 1
Settle, William Loewer, Wm. Wibel,i
W. L. Looney Leota Loomis, H. F.
Bell, J. L. Mathieson, Clarence Sir
rine, W. H. Loomis, sheriff, L. L.
Newton, Dr. F. M. Lane, Albert'
Felsheim, James Cullen, J. H. Vo-1
gel, Frank Troville, Claude O’Shea,:
and Hurley McGinnis.
The witnesses for the defense are
Charles Bevelheimer. T. E. Starkey,
D. 11. Burne ,Joe Patchell, student
at Laramie, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L.
Black of Denver, C. J. Siggins, Dr.
Chester Harris, Christian Sands, Dr. j
Louis Howe, Dr. J. R. H. Whit
lock, Audrey Wilder, Pearl Jones, R.
J. McGinnis, A. B. Larson and D.
A. Tinkcom.
JUNIOR RED CROSS
PROGRAM BROADCASTED
Announcement has been received)
from the Junior Red Cross head
quarters that especially good pro
grams will be broadcasted from sta
tion WMAQ on the 18th of each
month, at 7:30 p. m., central time.
The programs promised are of a na
ture that will be very interesting to
Junior Red Cross workers and it is
hoped that they will inspire to a
greater interest in this work in the
future. •
Eight Pages AI! Home Print
RECLAMATION
i RELIEF PASSED
AID FOR FARMERS ON GOVERN
MENT PROJECTS IN BILL
PASSED BY’ HOUSE
In a special wire to the Herald.
Congressman Chas. E. Winter ad
vises that Senate Bill 1631 as a
mended by House Irrigation com
mittee, has passed the House. This
bill empowers the Secretary of the?
Interior to defer dates of payments
of any charges, rentals and penal
ties which have accrued prior to
Marcn Ist, 1924, to a period not
later than March Ist, 1927. All
, penalties or accrued interest are
cancelled and in lieu, the amount
j draws interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum from date due.
In case of a default in the pay
ments, the bill provides that the
penalty now provided by law of
twelve per cent shall attach from
date of such default. On applica
tion prior to January 1, 1925 the
Secretary is authorized to add ac
crued and unpaid charges to con
struction charges and distribute
equally over each subsequent year,
beginning with the year 1925.
The bill provided that this relief
applies to all legally organized
grqups of water users of a project,
on sufficient individual showings
of the necessity for relief. The
ranchers of the Shoshone project
will be greatly benefitted by this
bill when it becomes a law and in
a great measure it will help to tide
them over the period of deflation in.
farm product prices.
SEED CORN AVAILABLE
PARK COUNTY GROWERS
County Agent Allen and C.
Cox, chairman of the agricultural
Committee of the Cody club, have
■ purchased’ and have on hand 1,600
pounds of certified seed corn from
Northern Montana. They feel that
this seed is the best available and
will mature in this section. The
corn was secured directly from the
growers who were recommended by
the State College at Bozeman.
The varieties secured are North
western Dent, a red variety, and
Minnesota 23, a white cap yellow
dent. Both have matured and have
yielded well in Montana. Small
shipments of yellow Gehu and
■ White Gehu were secured for the
higher altitudes.
County Agent Allen states that
seed corn is scarce this year and
he consideres they were fortunate
to secure good seed at a reasonable
price. The corn is being distribut
ed at 6 and 7% cents per pound.
This is at a cost of from 50 to 60
cents per acre fpr seed. All orders
should be in by April 20th.
COOLIDGE SAFE
• SAYS BRANDON
Calvin Coolidge, a popular choice
in Wyoming, says C. Watt Brandon,
who has been appointed chairman
of the pre-convention campaign in
this state, and most encouraging
reports are being received by him.
from all states in the Union. Mr.
i Brandon left his home in Sheridan
I last week for Cheyenne and has al
most completed his organization
work in the state. Wyoming is
strongly aligned in the Coolidge*
column, says Mr. Brandon, as far
as Republicans are concerned.
. Roy Bedford, of Sheridan has
been named by Mr. Brandon as as
sistant, and Mrs. B. B. Brooks of
■ Casper is to have charge of the
activities of the women during the
coming campaign.
GREYBULL STATE BANK
CLOSED DOORS TODAY
Advice has been received in Cody
I today of the closing of the State
■ Bank at Greybull shortly after open
ing hour this morning. The clos-
' ing is said to have been voluntary
on the part of the bank directors
and as soon as the bank examiner
l arrives efforts will be made to re-
I organize the bank and it may be
able to re-open again for business.
SECURES CONTRACTS IN
WIND RIVER CANYON*
George Coches has secured a con
tract for the retaining walls of the
culverts in the Wind River Canyon.
He was also awarded a similar con
tract in the Shoshone Canyon above
Cody. These were sub contracts
from the general contractors.