, 1922-01-18

GU q new suit OF CLONES and an over
coat while in Cody, leads us to believe
that we shall soon have to look around
for a cut-glass olive dish or a pickle
castor.
A press agent rejoicing in the name
OF Vivian Moses, writing on the sta
tionery Of a large film company be-
gins his letter to the Enterprise as
follows:
name Of the company's p~resident) is
embarrassed to no small degree, it is
said. to learn that information about
his hobby of collecting musical curios
from every country, cline and age
has leaked outside his intimate
friends"
In conclusion Mr.. Moses states:
Now that the story is out, he doubt
less will receive many communica-
tons from persons desiring to dis
pose Of musical heirlooms. At least
some friends of the noted producer
state that 1t might be worth the price
of a postage stamp to write Mr.. So
and So and tell him about grandma
theirs spinet, etc"
Coarse work, we say, even for a
press agent.
Andy Martins youngster was look
ing at the 1922 calendar and being
quizzed, by his sister to find out how
much he knew about the national
holidays, which were printed in red
figures. He was a little uncertain
about Washington's birthday, and De-
coration Day. but when he came to
July 4th he was right there with his
answer.
That's Cody Stampede!" he shout
ed. "Anybody'd know that"
TTfg
In a recent editorial directed at the
Enterprise and entitled "why Scrap?"
Mr.. Newton intimated that he was
too proud to fight.
Now, Mr.. Newton might put that
across in the southern part of the State
but up here where we have had the
opportunity to observe him for nigh
onto twenty years. we know that Mr..
Newton is not too proud to do any
thing.
Some Of us have long memories, and
this noble pose of being too large for
pettiness leaves US cold and unre-
sponsive.
When B. G. Rumsey was a candidate
for State Senator we remember that
Mr.. Newton was not too proud to
sneer at Mr.. Rumsey. in large type
on he front page, as a dude wrang-
ler." For ourself, we cannot see
why a shopkeeper should feel himself
in a position to sneer at a successful
dude wrangler. We cannot see
why Mr.. Newton should sneer at the
occupation of any person. particularly
in view of the fact that in other days
Mr.. Newton is alleged to have been a
.coachman.
True, we never have heard any lady
say: Home, Newtoni" but we feel
that we recognize the earmarks.
We remember that he was not too
proud to insinuate in his paper that
the courthouse officials from the
judge to the janitor had gotten away
with the liquor which had been con
iscated by the sheriff and was stored
in the vaults there.
He ate crow in his next issue and
withdrew his charges made against
men incapable OF taking a cancelled
postage stamp from the County, but
the recollection of it still rankles.
He was not too proud to double
cross his own delegation at Sheridan;
he was not too proud to betray the
of those who trusted him
in the matter of Judge Lacy's opinion
on the school-bond issue; he was not
too proud to 0e a party to the distri-
button Of a p~reposterous circular :
~sinuating that the President of the
Cody Club wanted bad city water so
that. he might benefit as a druggist
and a physician; he was not toe proud
to put In a bill for s200-ard cash
the warrant-for publicity ana or
ganization attendant upon a Good
Roads Day which never materialized.
Mr.. Newton charges that we are
not Constructive This is untrue.
We are for good roads. good schools
good everything that makes for a big
ger and more prosperous Cody, bpt at
a time when the business men are
straining every nerve merely to break
even and the farmers find 1t a problem
to buy the necessities of life, we can
not see the wisdom OF assuming
extra burdens.
We have observed The many
years we have lived here that when
Mr.. Newton is seized with one of his
Constructive spasms he is usually
well paid for his enthusiasm, then or
later.
In this editorial Mr.. Newton states
that our attitude toward him is due
to jealousy. He is wrong in his con-
clusinn. We cannot imagine ANYTHING