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STAMPEDE EDITION Park County Herald SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTHERN WYOMING HERALD VOLUME XIX, NO. 30. Cody Entertains Greatest Crowds in History Town More Than Ten Thousand People Wit ness Unveiling of Buffalo Bill Monument After starting off with a very ordinary a‘tendance on Thursday the crowd today was swelled to the largest numbers which have ever gathered in Buffalo Bills’ town. Thousands and thousands of cars came streaming into the town from every direction until it is es'imated that more than ten thou sand people were here during the evening to be present at the unveiling ceremonies of the Cody statue. The wild west program was better than ever, but it will be impossible a the hour of going to press to announce the winners of the day’s events. However, they will be given to morrow, together with the completed program of the three day celebration. MRS. NED FROST INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT RIVER HILL I Mrs. Ned Frost was severely in jured on Thursday evening and Mr. i Frost received minor bruises when i their big car went over an em bankment on the "pump house” hill | on the road to the Burlington sta- 1 tion. Mrs. Frost is resting easily at present and it is thought that she will recover, although it seems almost a miracle that a person could be carried over and over with a car, a distance estimated at about one hundred and fifty feet, down a grad almost too steep for climbing, and escape with their life. Mr. Frost and his wife were re turning from the Burlington Inn ' where they have a curio store and met a car on the hill, the lights of : which were so dazzling that it was next to impossible to see the road. 1 At the place where they were at tempting to pass the car there is a big cave-in on the road, the high way at that place narrowing down so that it is just possible to pass. Mr. Frost had passed over the bad place with his front wheels when the bank crumbled from under the weight of the big Studebaker six and the car went over and down the ; steep grade, throwing Mr. Frost from the car on its first turn and• taking his wife with it clear to the; bottom. Mrs. Frost was lying in ' the rear of the car when it stopped I after rolling in a sort of semi-circle/; and it was though she . was caught | in the top and carried along, finally ■; being thrown clear of the car the last time it went over. Mrs. Frost sustained a very deep and sever scalp wound above the forehead and her left limb was broken, both bones snapping com-; pletely. One of her wrists was also, broken. She was bruised and cut' all over her body and suffered ter-1 rlbly while being removed to the, doctor’s office and later to her home.} Dr. Trueblood, who set the broken bones and took several stitches in 1 her scalp, also made exrays of the j broken bones and is confident that the patient will soon be on the road to recovery. BILLINGS MOTOR CYCLE CLUB ATTEND STAMPEDE Ten motorcycles, many of them equipped with side cars and pas sengers, arrived in Cody this morn ing and will stay over for the day’s events. They made a trip to the DeMaris springs in the morning and took a bath in the refreshing waters at this wonderful plunge. 11U F F AIjO-T R N SLE EP ROAD OPEN OVER BIG HORNS' The Buffalo-Tensleep road across, the Big Horn mountains in Wyom-j ing is open and in good shape sor i travel, according to Samuel Chol-i cote, secretaryof the Buffalo Com- 1 mercial club. This will be good news for the] many tourists who wish to return; -east over the Black and Yellow trail and the Custer Battlefield Hi way. A printer writes that he doesn't expect to take his auto to heaven with him, because there will be no repair men there. WILD WESTERN STUFF IN HIGH BROW TAPPER The fellow from the “Line o’ •Type of Two” column of the Chi -1 cage Tribune will probably strike a responsive chord in the hearts of J many loyal Wyomingists: “Tipperary Harry: Pardner when] . you mentioned Wyoming you closed the subject. Before being able to ( walk I was riding the fences on the C—Y ranch and chasing the beef roundup over the Sweetwater coun-’ try. Many is the time on the road from Casper to Lost Cabin I’ve pas- I sed the tree where Cattle Kate was hung before Owen Wister painted, | that same country' in his “Virgin-; ian.” I’ve chase long-horns up from | Texas, chased the rainbow of gold on the desert of Sonora, battled with the toughest in the oil boom at i Tampico, and followed the lure of the open trail through Nevada and ' arizona, but nowhere did the starry ; firmament look so glorious as it does in October in Wyoming. Broth er, when you speak of the Little Big Horn, the Sweetw’ater, Jackson Hole and the bad lands of Powder i River you are speaking of the very, very best. Powder River, a mile wide and an inch deep, and* she runs uphill, is the sweetest music in all this great wide world.” BUFFALO HILI.I. | Backward through the history pages Os the west that since have flown, Trailing farther through the ages Rides a horseman all alone. Silhouetted in it pageant As a rider in the sunset Stands outlined the only agent Os the days that we forgot. Known to kings of distant king doms. Oft received by royal queens, Recognized where’er the tom-tom ; Strikes its note mid western scenes. ! Worshipped hero of the school boy, I Entertainer of the east land, ; Bringing all the thrill and wild joy I Os the west’s most daring brand. i Buffalo hunter of the prairie, Indian fighter of the old days, Rider of the bronc most flarie, I Blazer of the high dim ways. ' When the death darts rent his bosom, Stilling Cody’s mighty heart, ! Closing eye with finger gruesome, • Did his spirit then depart. ; No, it lives and ever rides On the far trails of the west; Climbing still the mountain sides, Loping o’er the prairie crest, Visiting the tent and tourist In the land he loved the most. Going where the fancy lurest. Os the west its fitting ghost. All that’s western typifying, All that hardihood and strength, | I All the fellowship undying, , That make up a century’s length. And to him we bear the head, As his statue we unveil; I May his spirit ever tread Wyoming’s plain and mountain trail. —Mrs. Geo. E. Witherup, Bililngs, Mont. Gaston B. Means, former depart ment of justice agent, and Elmer W. Jarnecke, his secretary, of New York, was convicted of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law and were sentenced to the fed eral penitentiary at Atlanta for two years and fined SIO,OOO and $5,000 respectively. CODY, WYOMING, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924 I Jane Garlow, only granddaughter of the late Col. W. F. Cody, who will have the honor of pulling the veil at the ceremonies this evening at the Cody Memorial HEROIC SENTINEL NOW MARKS i EASTERN GATEWAY TO PARK Unveiling Ceremonies Start at 6:30 Sharp Many Eastern Representatives Take Part in Ceremonies A new sentinel stands beside the eastern gateway to the world’s wonderland, Yellowstone National park, looking from a little eminence upon the trail that scores of thousands Annually traverse on pilgrimages to the region where Nature, in her most freakish mood, experiments in chemistry and hydro dynamics in a magnificent laboratory embellished with inde scribably beautiful, awesomely sublime scenery. A brobdingnagian man on a titanic horse, cast in bronze that they may for ages withstand erosion and corrosion, the Buffalo Bill American association’s monumental statue of Buffalo Bill, heroic figure of a heroic age, stands today on its massive plinth, and tonight, with ceremonies starting promptly a 1 6:30, will be unveiled before thousands of admirers of the famous scout, some of them coming the entire distance across the continent to be present at this auspicious occasion. Given by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney’s genius a realism that is startling, the gigantic effigies of man annd horse seem imbued with the very fire of life. Anarchronistic in costume and accouterments, they nevertheless convey no suggestion of in-, 'congruity in this region where the relatively puny efforts of' man, remarkable as have been their accomplishments, have barely scarred the wild country into which Buffalo Bill rode as a scout, and where, in this splendid valley of the “Stinking water” he found the ultima thule of yearning for environment befitting a soul so bold, so noble, so expansive as was his. Here in the town he founded and fostered to the limit of his resources, the likeness of Buffalo Bill, immortalized in metal through the patriotic enterprise of the Buffalo Bill American association, stands, and will stand for ages, to remind men of the heroic spirit of the past —of qualities of courage, initiative and unselfishness which it were well that they seek to perpetuate if civilization is to continue on the ascending plane on which ) ' Buffalo Bill and his contemporaries held its course. PROGRAM The following is the program for the unveiling as it will be carried out Friday evening just as the sun goes over Rattlesnake mountain: Col. J. Howell Cummings ------ Chairman Invocation and Prayer - Rev. L. C. Dryden Band - ------- Instrumental | Remarks -------- Chairman Addresses by: General Eben B. Swift - - Representative U. S. Army George D. Porter - Representative Boy Scouts of America Mrs. Giles Whiting - Representative of Girl Scouts of America) Mrs. Kauffman - Representative Camp Fire Girls of America Buffalo Bill Song ----- Mrs. V. F. Rotter Miss Twila Derringer Addresses by: Congress C. E. Winters of Wyoming Horace M. Albright, - Superintendent Yellowstone National Park Dr. R. C. Trueblood - - - - Mayor of Cody Robert D. Drlpps, Executive Secretary Buffalo Bill American Ass'n Music - - - - - - - Band Unveiling ------ star Spangled Banner Camp Fire Girls - - Guards of Honor to Jane Garlow Benediction ----- Rev. Carl Victor Brown Music - - -- -- -- - Band I CANFIELD CANNOT COME TO MEMORIAL CEREMONY “I hate to disappoint the whole universe, but I can’t come. I have a badly infected eye and can’t get away from the doctor.” That was the telegram which Sherman D. Canfield, of Sheridan, intimate friend and for five years personal representative and confi dential secretary of Col. W. F. Cody in America and Europe, sent to Cody late today. War Story Teller Mr. Canfield had been selected as chief story teller at the ceremon ial this evening, attendant to the un veiling of the Buffalo Bill /Xmerican association’s monument to Cody, and had to decline on account of in- • section in his eye which developed this week. Against ■ the advice of his physi cian, Mr. Canfield had gone ahead with his plans to conduct the per sonal reminiscencing program of the ceremonial, but Thursday his condition had become so aggra vated that it was impossible for him to leave. Sheridans only residents to have gone to the ceremonial are Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Clubb, Josephine Clubb, Mr. and Mrs. ..Chas. E. Ridley and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Miles, all old I timers of this region. Gets Advertising The west in general, especially' Wyoming, has derived a great amount of advertising from the ■ statue of Buffalo Bill, a three-ton j bronze publicity medium that : crossed the United States on a flat car. The statue is collosal work of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney i of New York and is the largest lever modeled by a woman. The l statue itself is aiding to achievel | the purpose of which the Buffalo Bill American association is dedicat ed—perpetuation of memory of a historicay character and the spirit ■of the period of which he was pic- I turesquely representative. WOLFVILLE WILDER THAN EVER BEFORE Wolfville this year is a better town than ever before and the en tertainment furnished at this pop ular village will keep the Stampede crowds engaged from early evening until late at night. Speedy’s Rag adors are furnishing the music for the dancing and with the enlarged pavilion, roofed as an insurance against posible inclement weather, the Stampede crowd is guaranteed of a place to dance and make merry as long as they choose. C. A. Evans is master of cere monies at Wolfville this year and they are “puttin’ ’er on wilder than 1 ever.” EABLES’ SANITARIUM CAR SALES GOOD Manager Brown states that the sales are going good on the Eagle ! Sanitarium car and it is likely that I the machine will be given away on ‘the evening of July sth. People ! are responding liberally to this cani i paign fund and the members of the • local aerie are well satisfied with the undertaking. All monies received above the . cost of the Nash touring car which will be given away will go to the local comittee to defray the ex-' penses of sending delegates to the national convention at Providence, • R. 1., in August. ! i DANGEROUS ROADS TOO EXPENSIVE PRICE PAID FOR ACTION VERY DEAR Automobile accidents occur every day on fine boulevards. In fact ! most of the accidents do occur on the best roads where speeding is indulged in. But every once in a while an accident occurs where one | has been expepted by practically all who use the roads. One of these i dangerous places in the road is on the hill leading down to the river I bridge, and last night the prediction that someone would get injured at I a very bad place in this stretch of road was justified. The stage was i set just right for the thing which happened. A car was coming up the 1 hilt. Another flashed around the curve above about forty miles an hour dazzling the driver of the car coming up the grade, and the passing had | to be made at a point where almostt half of the road had sloughed away, leaving the roadway very narrow. This place in the road has been noted and commented on by many auto driver, yet no one in authority took the proper action to safeguard, users of the road. Nothing has been done to fix the bad place in the road, although it has been ■'in the same condition for many months. An accident like the one last evening has to occur at these bad places to bring about the proper action of those in authority. The cost is too much. The price paid is too dear. Let’s each and every one of us, for the Herald thinks that the people who use this road daily are all abont ■ equally to blame, let each and every one of us be a safetv committee. When an unusual hazard is threatening the public we should notify the proper officials, tell them of conditions, and keep “hollering” until the. hazard is eliminated. EXTRA FOUR PAGES WILL CONSERVE ’ BIG ELK HERDS Conservation of the elk herds of ' Vellowstone park was the subject 1 of a conference held in Livingston, Montana, Including C. E. Rachford, i inspector of grazing, Washington, . D. C.: E. A. Goldman, of the bio ’ logical survey, Washington, and - Glen A. Smith, assistant district for ester. Missoula, and chairman of > the Montana Sportsmen’s associa tion. No definite plans were decided I upon, but a careful study is being - made of the migration and habits of the elk. For this purpose, Mr. Goldman and Mr. Smith will return in October with an expert in an imal psychology. In order to perpetuate the north ern elk herds it will be necessary to find winter grazing grounds that will provide food for the animals which find their summer grazing in Yellowstone park and are then driv en out by the heavy snows there. There is ample winter range in the Gallatin country, according to Glen. A. Smith, but a decided dearth be low Gardiner. While in Gallatin the amount of winter range is far 1 in excess of the number of elk to feed on it, conditions are exactly reversed around the Yellowstone. Whatever plan is adopted, Mr. , Smith reports, will tend to equalize this state of affairs. For years the herds have been greatly diminished with the passage of each winter be !cause of lack of food. “The conservation of the north ern elk herds,” Mr. Smith states, "will probably mean in the end the public ownership of grazing lands on the east side of the river be tween Gardiner and Yankee Jinx canyon. How to acquire these lands which are now for the most part under private ownership is - one of the problems which is now - confronting the officials. The mat ter of the conservation of these J northern herds is one of great im portance, both to the state and to the nation, and one which requires the cooperation of every citizen.” In the Slough Creek and Hell 1 Roaring countries the plan is tn maintain sbme 90,000 acres of hunt ing grounds to which the elk may drift to winter. SECOND GOVERNMENT PLANE LANDS HERE The second government plane, driven by Lieut. W. J. Rice of Thermopolis, arrived in Cody this morning, carrying as its passenger Attorney W. L. Simpson who comes : to Cody by the most modern mode of travel to see his old friends and neighbors "put ’er on wild.” The plane made the trip over in one hour and landed across the river by the station near where Lieut. Wat kins brought his big DeHaviland down on Wednesday. | Lieut. Rice is from Kelly Field, Texas, and is spending a few days - with his parents at Thermopolis. • His father, Virgil Rice, was the first sheriff of Big Horn county when that county was created from ■ a part of Fremont county. ORLIFF SIMPSON LOSES ARM IN SHERIDAN SAW MILL Mrs. Willard Hogan this week received the sad news from Sher idan, Wyoming, that her brother Orliff, who is well known in the Clarks Fork and Red Lodge com munities, lost an arm in a sawmill .accident there last week.