, 1922-02-15

how citizens of Cody feel about the
proposal made in the Enterprise of
last week. concerning a statue of
Buffalo Bill to be done by Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, famous American
sculptoress. INT to be placed probably
in the square in front of the Irma. a
representative of the Cody Enterprise
has been interviewing various infu-
entail townsmen. some of whose opin-
ions are expressed herewith.
Mayor Cox. yes. l highly approve
of a statue as a memorial to the late
! Col. Cody, and I think the logical
place for the statue would be in front
of the Irma Hotel. $4,000 as neces-
sary for such a memorial seems an
awful lot of money and if meo Of
fered it to me I think I could make
a try at making a statue of Buffalo
Bill also. However, If the money
could be raised. l would be more in
favor of a statue than any other form
of memorial such as a Park, museum
or anything else. l believe the $4,000
already appropriated by the state for
use on some suitable memorial 10 Col.
Cody was intended for use more in
connection with a statue or monu-
ment memorial than any other idea"
Hon. L. R. Ewart. Something
ought to be lone and done soon! The
next session of the legislature will
probably throw the five thousand dol
lars already appropriated towards a
Buffalo Bill memorial back into the
i 0nnQrat fund ~ ~ &c not ,,cnd r -
CARDS a statue, / am not in a position
to say right nov just what kind Of a
memorial l approve of until getting
some idea as to how much money will
be at our disposal. After hearing
more definite plans in this connec-
ton. l will do all 1 can to help"
Hon. J.. M. Schwoob. Fine! GreatI
but where are we going to get the
rioney?" Mr.. Schwoob went on to
say that he was more in favor of a
statue than n other kind of memoir
ter 30 much as long as we get the sta
tue. He dashed put of the Cody
Trading Co. on his way to some meet
ing or other with a parting cry that
we should all put on our thinking
caps and work out some plan to raise
the money.
Clay Tyler. 81 certainly want a
statue of Buffalo Bill, and think it
will be a very easy matter to raise
the necessary money outside the
State. through possibly the BOY
Scouts or some such organization. II
they had a campaign and each one
gave but twenty-five cents, it should
not be very hard to raise a consider
able sum. l do think we should have
a park however, and put the statue
in 1t. There will be people coming
from all over the world to see the
statue and especially when done by
such a famous sculptoress as Mrs.
Whitney. They viii want to sit and
stare at it, stand around and inspect
it thoroughly, and if the statue is in
front of the Irma. some day someone
is going to get booted in the back by
a passing %speedster, while admiring
the Colonel. The Park could be used
as a playground for children and as
a summer tourists camp ground"
City Attorney Paul Greever. 81
think the statue would be fine, and 1
think the place for 1t should be n
front of the Irma. A sort of plaza or
fountain effect could be built at the
base of the statue with benches here
and there. and a rail- around the
whole thing which would not take up
such an awful lot Of room at that.
| There might even be a public water
tank or some useful thing for man
and beast in connection. The money
might be raised outside the State by
means OF selling at a dollar a piece,
bronzed medals or tags to admirers
of Buffalo Bill"
DR.. T~rueblood. I'VE should have
the statue and also the park If pos
sible. When we get the money II
shouldn't be very hard to come to a
mutual agreement as to where to put
the statue or what kind of memorial
we want-whether statue or park, or
both. The park could easily be divid-
ed-part for statue and part for camp
grounds or school grounds, thus self
supporting"
Dave Jones. ~ am not in favor OF
a statue until we secure the land west
of the court house for a park. The
park would be named Buffalo Bill
Park. as Lincoln Park in Chicago, etc.
If oil is struck lear here as may hap
pen any time, this town will soon be
large enough for such a park, and in
%cidentally il oil is found it viii be
too late for us to get the ground at
a reasonable price. We should de-
~ote the $4,000 already appropriated
to a Buffalo Bill Memorial towards
getting the land for the park. After
We get the park and there seems N
reasonable way in which TO get mon
ey to have a statue or rel something