Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-06-14
CITIZEN WIN. CODY.
Offers to CoIonize Beers at
Cody, Wyoming.
Interesting Chat With the Boys Hero.
Wants 10 See West Occupied BY a Great
Liv.liz lion.


| whose history is interviewer with the
| re nance of the nations expansion
across t3lc continent. Col. William f.
Cody, is engaged in method of ex-
pansion which has little Of the roman
tic, but greater practical value. as h"
described today his vast projects fr
making arid lands of the West blossom
like roses.
Before the opening of his Wild West
show the veteran frontiersman told Of
his establishment at Cody, Big Horn
county, Wyoming, where he has
offered. recently. to colonize $4,000
Beers if they will come to America.
He believes the Beers are thrifty. in
dustrious and worthy people, who
would appreciate the blessings Of
American liberty and would be just
the people to help in subduing aria
spots Of America to a blooming garden
of irrigation. This is his pet thought
to take water to that soil. where, hc
said. ore acre will produce more than
five acres III the East, if vegetation is
given the moisture nature denies it.
There is nothing small in Col. Cody :
ideas A chat with him is like Il breath
Of bracinC Western air. His long locks
are fast turning white. but he can ride
and shoot and think as skilfully and as
clearly rs of old. He wants to see ali
the West. peculiarly his own land. oc-
cupicd by q great civilization which
shall rival ara surpass through tn
richness Of the country anything til"
Fast can boast. But with all his pro
jrcts. he is still the same Buffalo Rill
in every gesture and bearing that hns
delighted two generations, and has
lived q long life of adventure no les
thrilling and more romantic than amy
character in or out Of books.
His associates and mates in the
scenes of his activity are fast making
their final exit from the stage Of life.
Some of them he spoke of today, such
as Cen. Henry w. LaWtun ana q n. Guy
" Henry. Lawton was subordinate
officer when Cody was Il scout on tn"
plains, and well he remembers the tall
young soldier soon after the civil War.
Lawton's rise, the reputation he at
tanned in the nation and his hrroir
death are matters Of pride TO Col.
Cody.
Gen. Henry was another army Office
W NOM ne hlI'N bIllplIS til' many III
dian fighters that he came in contact
with years ago. At the battle of Ross
bud. shortly after Clusters massacre.
Buffalo Rll helped pick up Henry
when he was struck by an Indian
bullet in the check. Gen. Henry stands
alongside Gen. LaWton in Buffalo
Bits portrait gallery of memory.
Before the show. yesterday after
noon. Col. Cody was found by Jour
nal reporter. reading magazine
article about these and other 81! com
rades Of his in his little tent near the
snow arena Tn" quarters We're fur
nshed with a light cot bed that looked
us if it might he packed into small
compass. Il trunk. chairs and a chest
of military type. He had little table
on which lay books and other belong
ings. Everything was simple except
his attire. which WAS gorgeous IN Or
uament He wore q shirt of black SILK
covered on the sleeves. breast and
back with elaborate embroidered run
ming vines and roses in full bloom. all
in red and yellow like Towering
mead The other outfttings We're ~
match and set off the tall. powerful
figure with telling effect
col. cody is well on the other side
Of 80 years. and his flowing hair and
rnoustache bear evidence of a lon"
life, vet his iron constitution gives him
an erect carriage and proportions
cuualled hy few If TIE younger men IN
lis company.
He chatted of the difference betWeea
the West and the East. contrasting tn
open he3rtednCss Of the plains and the
mountains with the close fist d char
acteristics Of the East. Tie air soon
converts men from Tho East t. West
prn ideas He said he admircS many
Of the army officers, none mon" than
Gen. Nelson \. Miles, commanding the
army.
10 prove that he believes in doing
nothing by halves. COL. cody publishes
d weekly paper. the cody Enterprises
at his own town in Wyoming. run ~
an Eastern ncWspaperman. 1t IS
bright. lively sheet.
After a talk of five minutes tn
colonel arose, buckled tighter the big
belt with an enormous buckle at the
front threw on his cowboy coat an'
prepared to ride out into the arena tp
y
back. He takes a prominent part III
the show and works as hard as any "i
them and all his men swear by MN.
The big show has become 50 firmly es-
tablished that it almost runs ltSef.
ana the chief delegates most Of tn
management to Nate Salisbury. his
principal partner
One of his proudest possessions IS a
bride given him by the Prince "i
Wales, trimmed with silver, bearing the
monogram Of the heir apparent, Whlch
he exhibits at every performance Whcn
he rides out his great bay horse and
backs out the whole length of the en-
closed space at the conclusion
Col. Cody is easily approachable, ana
when in reminiscent mood his CON
yersation is more fascinating than a
novel.