, 1905-10-26

L. L. Gantz has been appointed
admipistrator for the estate of the late
Lew Gantz, who died leaving q very
large personal estate in Big Horn
county.
w. E. Sweet, of Denver. dealer in
school, county and town bonds, came
in on Thursdays train, and after look
ing over IL thriving city he went on
to Meeteetse.
"A ten-horse freight outfit left Cody
Saturday enroute for ~Thermopolis load
ed with the finest rose and mahogany
furniture for the Masonic hall recently
built in that city.
The Chicago contractors for the
big Cody canyon 24O foot dam have now
a force of men at work in the canyon
preparatory to operations on the big
tunnel. This completed, work on the
dam will he pushed to an early COM
p~letion.
"A matched horse race has been
made between Joe Denny of Basin,
John Ruckmaster of Otter Creek, and
Bill Sheets of Fentop, to run II race in
Meeteetse at a date in the near future |
for 5000 a side. Buckmaster will furnish
the horse which will run against the
sorrel racer owned by Sheets.-Basin
Rustler.
On Sunday evening the Presbyter-
ians and the many friends of that faith
held a Largely attended service at The
Episcopal church, the use of which was
tboughtfullv rendered by hat body.
Ere long Cody will he recognized az
the city Of churches as it is already the
city OF happy homes.
On Sunday last there gathered a
large and representative body Of
Christians who joined in the impress
sive services of the time hnnored
church. The communicates of that
church are rapidly increasing in our
young city and efforts are being made
for the settlement of a rector to look
after the spiritual wants
Gus Thomson returned from ST.
Louis on Saturday nights train. He
reports a fine sale of the Col. Cody
train load of horses recently shipped
from the TIE ranch. The Colonel nets
$4,000 on the lot, which were said to
be the finest consignment received at
that market in a year. Another train
load may go forward this fall.
"A. l.. Putnam and w. L. Elswick
came in from Basin Saturday night
where they had been to assist in the
organization of a Knights of Pythias
lodge. Mr.. Putnam returned to his
home at Newcastle Sunday night, but
Mr.. Elswick remained in Cody, having
accepted u position with The Enter
prise.
Sorry to loose Ed Payne, the
hustling Marquette merchant, who has
sold his interest at the old stand and
purchased the old Mcclellan ranch on
Shell Creek. Ed, after looking over
the orange groves of Florida, and
sampling the everglade climate select
ed this ranch, and expects to supply
the Basin county with carloads of tina. !
most luscious fruit.
S. L. Wiley's big 73 ton steam
ditch excavator passed from the depot,
above and up the steep grades AID is !,
now well out to the Carter ranch.
The bucket of this grader scoops out
p yards at each plunge and it is esti. !
mated the machine when at work on
the Oregon Basin canal, will move from
5000 to 5000 yards daily on a full day
run.
The Newton Company, successors
to the II. p. Arnold & Co, limited,
have recently made heavy purchases
in the east and now carry a mammoth
stock of every class of merchandise
that is wanted either by the town Gus
toners or by the ranchmen in the sur
rounding country. y casual inspec-
tion of their stock impresses the visitor
with the magnitude of the trade in this
far west locality.
We are glad to note, the bar gener-
ally, and those who have been brought
in personal contact with the newly
elected Judge of our district court are
highly pleased with his fairness and
legal ability in the disposition of the
cases brought before him. He is i'm
mensely fair in his rulings, courteous
to his associates, and the people of Big
Horn county, litigarts and non-litigatns,
have reason to be proud of the selec-
ton made regardless of political bias
or opinion.
ESfray Nofico