, 1901-12-27
BUFFALO BILL TALKS
TELLS OF THE ADVANTAGES OF
WYOMING OVER THE
EAST.
Plenty of Men Who Would Rather Put
Their Money Into Forty Square
Feet Of New York City Soil Than
Into Fort Acres Of Good Western
Farm Land-Going to Quit Show
Business.

Business.
In the course of an interview with
Colonel w. F. Cody C"Buffalo Bill")
at Omaha a day or two ago, the Bee
says:
The colonel arrived in the morning
for a short visit here, it being his in
tention to go to his home in North
Platte for Christmas. then to Denver
and Cheyenne n finally to New York
city, where he is due January /, to be-
gin preparation for ext seasons per-
formances, the work being made par
titularly arduous this year by the
wreck which occurred on the Southern
railway in North Carolina the night be-
fore last seasons closing. The rail
road has not settled yet. nor has the
Colonel been informed of the present
status of the negotiations.
"a singular fact again brought out
by this accident is that plenty of men
are willing to back the Wild West
show who are reluctant to back the
wild west itself" declares the colonel.
Eastern people are still doubling
Thomases. They would rather put
their money into forty square feet o.
New York city real estate than into
forty square acres of good western
farm land. Farmers back there on
some of the worn out soil will spend IS
and even $12 per acre for a years fer.
tilizing when the same amount would
buy the land out west.
1T is partly to make those eastern
ers see things in a new and better
light that | have been taking them
west so frequently on hunting trips.
Once they are out west all | have to
do is to answer questions. The ives.
talks for itself. This last party that
has just been out with me was made
up of fourteen men and five of theM
Invested before they went home. ,
can get more OF them out there O
that the Burlington is building up into
the basin, for the 1O0-mile ride over
land in winter used to a them out
and | couldn't get away to take them
in the summer time. Some day l an
gcing to do nothing but entertain in
the west and they can come any time
The Rough Riders school that
am establishing out at Cody, and that
will be ready for it's students next
May. is projected partly to boom the
vest. figure that young men com
ing from eastern colleges, and with
wealthy parents from whom to receive
or inherit starting capital when they
need it. can be shown the new coun
try in such a way that they will be
come enamored Of it and place Their
money there when they are ready &c
start their business
ITO begin with, however, l am going
to teach them some things not in the
books. For instance, they will have tc
saddle and care for their own horses
hunt alone and butcher their WI game
before bringing it in, acquire pro
ficiency in target shooting-in fact,
want that school to turn out 500 mel
who could, if necessary, whip any 9th
er 500 men on Gods green earth pitted
against them in battle. They may be
come no more proficient in fancy drill
ing than many foreigners, but remem
Der that the American volunteer is g
soldier Of ingenuity and individuality
and because Of this is without a peer
1t is this resourcefulness of his that
am banking on in my promises for the
school.
But roughing it is not all a young
ma needs, and there will be profes
sors Of such sciences as have practi
cal application in the vest. In 1870
General Sheridan. who was then In
command Of the United States army
directed me to conduct through the
bad lands an expedition Of students
under Prof. Marsh of Yale and others
They spent their time hunting and dis
cussing fossils and peculiar earth for
nations. At first thought those pro
fessors were talking through their
hats, but before we returned l had
learned more of natures past freaks
than l ever knew before. and had also
acquired knowledge OF the conditions
then prevailing, 1t was right then
that got the idea of a western school
of nature, combining technical and
practical instruction and that idea is
finally taking form"