The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-10-12

son Hole. Also there is a rather
poor road leading into it from Salt
river, at the southern end Of Jack
son Hole. The country is in Lincoln
county, Wyo.,- and is under the
jurisdiction of county government
at Alton, Wyo., and during most OF
the year, persons travelling from the
county seat into the Jackson Hole
country, go by way of Montpelier,
Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Ashton, and
Victor and over the range by stage,
distance of about 500 miles
around.
There are six post offices in jack
son Hole; Wilson is on the western
side of the valley at the foot Of the
range, where the road comes down
from the Teton pass. Jackson, sit
uated eight miles to the eastward,
and on the eastern side Of Snake
river, and Grovont, Kelley, Elk and
Moran, situated farther northWard
in the valley.
Jackson Is the principal town in
the valley, having some two or three
hundred people, fine public school
building, two or three churches, in
Guiding an Episcopal church, and a
| hospital, under the same manage
ment; community hall and club
house, which is large frame two
story building, city park OF some
ten acres, and a municipal cemetery
of several acres. There is a fair
ground and race track in the open
country, where are held annually
the rodeo sports of the frontier
Hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls
assemble there about the last Of
August for this event.
A few miles north Of Jackson, II
the government farm of some COZ
acres, where thousands of elk are
fed on hay during the winter
months. 1t is the reservation fol
the elk, and they come down from
the Yellowstone National Park
trailing thru the country to tn
country to the game preserve, wher'
they are protected. All along tn
way during the open season they ar
numerically slaughtered by tn
hunters. Just westward from tn
, town Of Jackson, and right at tn
CITY limits, rise two sharp peaks
) few hundred feet high, covered wit
) a very thin growth of scrubb
, cedar; and when the first SHOWS Q
, winter come, the elk swarm SO thic
! on the sides of these little peaks
that tourists and sportsmen arriy
y ing on the evening stage, walk t
= | the edge of town with their rifles
4 shot the elk Of their choice, and
n often comes tumbling down tn
8 steep slope, almost to their feet; an
= they get their game practically witt
n out going outside Of town or off
: the street. Many of the hunters al
= irving on the evening stage al
v ready to leave on the morning stag
+ having secured their limit of elk.
h The town Of Jackson was the fir'
q town or city in the world that hi
n a petticoat government. There is
4 municipal corporation with mayt
d and counselmen, and some ,thrt
n years ago woman mayor an
N women counselmen were electe
a. after having been nominated as
n Joke. They governed the town {
"a we'll and SO satisfactorily to a
il parties that at the expiration
a their terms of office they were r
h elected, by unanimous vote, nobot
caring to be candidates against the
" and nobody caring to nominate an
ct body to be candidates against thel
Or In their administration of public q
lg fairs they have shown vision al
a foresight that was rather unusus
m and quite number of the lar
a. magazines of the United States ha
ne sent their best writer's there to !
lit vestigate the matter and write It U
ne These articles have been copied
re the press of the United States,
er that Jackson has received probah
J., more free advertising in proporti
k to its activity than anybody else u