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, 1922-01-04
u. s. IS falling
OFF WATER WAGON
Trained investigator for Co.'S
mopoIitan Magazine Writes
Prohibition is Being Laughed
Out Of Court

THE United States is falling of
the water wagon" declares an investi-
gator who has quested through the
country for information, hobnobbed
with ~bootieggers, talked with enforce
ment agents. and followed some Of the
well Travelled rum routes which today
lace the country in a thoroughly or
ganized traffic. Blame for this state
of affairs is laid largely to the fact
that prohibition has become the ma
tons chief butt of ridicule. 1t is in
danger of being laughed out OF court.
The indications are that I'VE have
come to the last test of prohibition in
the United States writes william G.
Shepherd in the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine. Mr.. Shepherd was especially
employed by this Magazine to gather
Information on the extensiveness OF
booIlegging, aud he reports that stu
dying the stages through which we
have passed. any Investigator who
follows the liquor trail through the
United States today as I have. who
feels public opinion, and then dips in
to the ~bootisgger's world to converse
with its hardy. daredevil, but richly
rapid members. must realize that un-
less there Is shortly a change OF SEN
timent in the United States, prohibit
tion is done for"
Rum-running and bootlegging. we
are told, have become an industry
which makes millioneires almost ov-
-ernight. 1t Is said to be possible to
get whiskey anywhere in the United
States. Near the Atlantic seabord
the law is SO easily evaded that Wits
ky costs only three times Its pre-pro-
Inhibition price. Leaks which revenue
officers and enforcement agents are
unable to plug extend all along the
Canadian and Mexican borders, and
along THE Gulf Stream runs daily a
cargo of intoxicants which dribbles
all through the country. Open and.
fragrant mockery of the Law helps
make all this possible. and II this
Joking stage is the last and final stage
through which the law is to pass, sayH
this Investigator. then prohibition
has been laughed out of court, In the
old American fashion. and the United
States is going to be wet, tho saloon
less. The fourth stage, II there be
sone-and there is every eason for a n
observer who mas secured the country
as I have to believe hat there will
be a fourth stage-wm have few
laughs in it." Ten years hence some
body will be drinking alcohol in the
United States. whether it will be
all OF us or only a few of us depends,
at this very moment, on how the ev-
eryday man in the United States-the
man who wanted his home dry and
was willing to go dry hil nself-regards
the prohibition law and it's enforce
men Judges may interpret its horns
off, but he can laugh 1t to pieces"
, 1922-01-04
BERLIN GAYER THAN
EVER" SAYS VISITOR
Mrs. }. P. AItberger Writes That
Hatred is Buried and They
%"Shimmy" a la U. S.

Berlin is gayer than I have ever
seen it," writes Mrs. ]. P. Altberger
in an interesting letter describing
conditions in Germany since the war.
"At the Esplanade Hotel, one of the
most beautiful in all Europe. all na.
tionalities are quartered. The allied
commission have almost an entire
floor. Hugo SHINES, the Morgan of
Germany. is here with his suite, and
d~ignitaries from the neutral nations
e Sengalese, Japanese and Chi
nese.
THE assistant manager of the Els
planade was at Shepherds in Cairo
when we were there and takes good
car Of US here.
Really one would scarcely know
a war had taken place. gsOne sees
English, Italians, Germans and all ma
t~ionalities fraternizing as before, the
only really deep hatred that exists,
think, is between the Germans and
French. OF course we know they
have been enemies always, and il
looks as though it would ever be so.
81 went to a cabaret that / wish
you all might have seen. These fat
Fraus and Hers did the shimmy ant
others of our dances, and 1 Laughed
until I cried
"America has the world heater
when it comes to dancing and pretty
women. and they all admit it.
Living in Germany now is too
cheap for words! Rated from onI
dollar one gets today 1913 marks fol
a dollar-some days it is more. some
less. 1t never costs a dollar for 6
marvellous dinner, with wine. and
our beautiful room at the Esplande
which would be at least s12 g day al
the Ritz Carlton in America is only
s1.T5i
"They are giving the Passion Play
in oberammergau as usual this sum
mer."
, 1922-01-04
OLD-FASH|0NED PRAYERS NO LONGER
HEARD, SAYS HON. ]. D. WOODRUFF
Religion Like Everything Else is Standardized
Believes Better Times are Coming
for People Who Want Freedom

deliver his prayer would have been
stoned out of the temple. He, in
those days, must get on his knees, he
must humble himself, and his prayer
must come spontaneously from the
heart so that his hearers could sane
ton and endorse his requests, or adj
vice to God, by their amens and hal
lelujahs.
The first improvement that I re-
member was a sofa cushion to kneel
on. Now, since the creases in their
trousers are of more Importance, they
stand up and read their prayers from
a primer. Religion like everything
else has been standardized so that
the same prayer is read at the same
time all over the country.
OF course, this supplies matters for
God as well as making it easier for
the preacher, but the heart, and in
centive. and individuality is taken
out of it. 1t has dwindled down to a
matter of form and ceremony.
Yes, better times are coming. The
people will declare themselves free
from the rule of a small bunch of fan
atics. They will resolve to live their
lives with some degree of freedom,
and to get all the innocent pleasure
and enjoyment hat they are entitled
to as they go through this life, and
certainly that is little enough.
Respectfully,
]. D.. WOODRUFF.
, 1922-01-04
Discomfort is HERE
SAYS L. x. JOHNSTON

To The Cody Enterprise.
In replying to the Cody Milling
Cos. last SAY" we viii give our final
say We did not realize that this
was al argument but we will have to
accept Mr.. Hogs statement as that,
Therefore he says, "the mill has
stated its case very clearly. we think
We canot understand why Mr.. Hogg
has made such statements in his last
letter. He has utterly .disregarded
the question we were discussing and
has opened other questions that have
nothing to do with the milling ques-
ton. For instance, my utilization
with the Socialists and Non-Partisan
League.
Mr.. Hogg says. Our ideas and
principles of doing business are too
much at variance with his" Now my
ideas of doing business is to do bust,
ness on the live and let live basis. I
pay my debts and taxes. My credit
is good at some banks. My rcputa-
ton dis here as I have livad here
nearly 40 years. Now if Mr.. Hogg's
ideas of doing business are at vari-
ance with mine I'm glad to know it.
Therefore. he does not believe in the
live and let live basis.
Mr.. Hogg says further. I'VE will
say right here, wssile we may be doing
Mr.. Johnston an injustice. it never
the-less does begin to look as though
Mr.. Johnston and his friends are ac-
tually seeking to stir up discomfort
nmong our farmers"
Discomfort among farmers is real
it's here--and nothing I could do or
say would make them more so.
Mr.. Hogg and others of his ideas
of doing business are the ones who
are bringing about these conditions.
Our farmers"-Mr. Hogg says.
We are glad to know that we have
found out who really does own the
farmers. as we have often heard of
the independent farmer"
Again, Mr.. Hogg says, I'VE know
we are doing the fair and square thing
by the farmer and feel that most of
our farmers are ready to give us just
rs fair and square on their part"
Now we leave this to the farmer,
| whether he is Independent or not
and leave them to decide whether Mr..
Hogg is doing the fair and square
thing.
The farmer takes five bushels or 300
pounds of wheat to Mr.. Hogg's mill
and gets only ia pounds of flour.
At Byron the farmer takes 3 bushels
or 1So pounds of wheat and gets ia
pounds of -four.
Now II this does bring about dis
satisfaction and discomfort among
our farmers. who is to blame?
Yours /. X. Johnston.
, 1922-01-04
Lou Pearson Reports
Interview With Governor

c. A. Evans reported to the Cody
Club on the schools, at the last NEE
ting. His main discussion was of an
article that appeared in the last La
dies Home Journal, dealing with H.
literacy in America. The facts set
forth in thai article. backed by GO
vernment statistics, should make us
all realize the sad conditions Of edu-
cation in this country. Out of zoe. 900
teachers in the United States, 5000 0
are inefficient, according to the report
of the Government officials.
The secretary read a letter from
Mr.. Mondell, in which the latter adj
vised the Club to send a formal re-
quest for lights in the Frost Cave to
the National Park Service Commits
sion.
Lou Pearson was called on to give
an recount of his trip to Cheyenne to
interview the Governor. He began
by insisting that conditions about. Co
dy are much better than in the wor-
land district, for there the bonds for
improving the project come due in
July and must be met in the same
manner as taxes. The same penal
ties are enforced if they are o paid
on time. The farmers want help from
the state and the farm bureaus. The
hope is that they can have the penal
ties postponed until some crop a be
harvested.
At Cheyenne the Governor met the
representatives of the Big Horn Ba-
sin farmers. He seemed, to Mr.. Pear
son at least. to be rather set against
the plans OF the delegates.
Governor Carey suggested aaas the
statute did not provide a penalty for
delinquency. and that advertising
might be postponed by the County
Treasurers. While this would be
okeh for ordinary taxes, it was pointed
out that the bond question was one
that would reflect on the State as a
whole. Worland asked a law ena,
bling the State to buy drainage and
irrigation district bonds. School bonds
are dependent on the agricultural dis
trict in which the schools are situa-
, 1922-01-04

ted, they pointed out; therefore the
best surety for school bonds would be
the irrigation and drainage district
bonds.
The Governor then proposed IN
dorsements through banks. But it
was shown that the banks were in no
position t undertake such a mater.
No definite action was taken.
The Governor hesitates to call a
special session OF the legislature un-
less he is sure that the benefits would
be greater than the expense, and that
the legislature could bring relief.
L. r. Ewart said that the idea adj
vocated by the Worland delegates
was to have enough penalty for de-
linquency to encourage payment by
those able to pay but not so much as
to ruin the unlucky man who cannot
pay at once.
Bankers and farmers, he went on to
say, are now working together; and it
is up to them to see that corporation
rule does not materialize in Wyoming.
County Treasurer Holm stated that
the Treasurer cannot change the law.
but that the general sentiment was to
defer the time of penalties. He put
himself on record as willing to go as
far as he dare.
, 1922-01-04

Next week The Enterprise will pub
fish an Article by the Hon. j. ID.
Woodruff of Shoshoni, Wyo.. in which
he sets forth his views upon the Rev.
Harry Bowlby and his Methodist
God" The Rev. Harry Bowlby, it will
be remembered, is at the head of the
Sunday Blue Law campaign which
has for it's purpose the closing of ev-
erything but the churches in order to
drive people to worship.
We gather from Mr.. Woodruff's let
ter and article that he is not in sym
pathy with the movement
Tempted beyond our strength, we
cannot refrain from printing the fol-
lowing letter which accompanied the
article:
Shoshoni, Wyo.
Dear Editor:
You have asked me what I thought
about the Rev. Henry Bowlby and his
efforts to inject his religion into our
government affairs.
OF course, it is the same old tabood
subject of beliefs VS. reason and every
day common sense. The only thing
worth saying is that the fanatics will
not profit by past history and practice
their religion apart from government.
Better days are coming, however.
The world is gradually getting away
from religious beliefs and customs.
When l was a boy. a Methodist
preacher who would have stood up to
, 1922-01-04
NO TOWN LEFT
WHEN FAMILY MOVED

LANCASTER, O.-George Failure,
who moved his wife and fifteen child
rem from Hooking county to North
Berne. two years ago. thereby doub-
ling the population and causing the
census enumerator to change North
Berne from a hamlet to a village, last
week literally wiped that place off the
map by moving away.
Fraiure operated a general store
and was mayor and postmaster. Owing
to the removal of his big family, North
Berna now loses its postoffice and
will receive-its mail by rural delivery
out Of Lancaster.
Petitions are being filed for Frai-
ure's return.
, 1922-01-04
Lloyd coIeman's Name
Scared Sporty Texan

An outlaw horse was brought into
Mexia. Texas. the other day and the
owner offered to wager any amount
that there was no one in the place
could ride him. AS it happens. George
and Lloyd Coleman are spending the
winter in Mexia and a friend who
heard OF the wager promptly accepted
the challenge and put up $4,000.
When the owner of the outlaw
heard it was Lloyd Coleman, the
champion bareback rider of the world.
who was to do the riding, he faded
away and has not been heard from
since.
, 1922-01-04
AS Seen from the Water Wagon
Caroline Lockhart

HN" 1919
Our townswoman. Mrs. Ben Brown
Thomas, had the distinction Of being
the only woman to meet Marshall
Foch daring the trains short stop IN
Billings.
CHANGING to be close to the observa-
tion car, Mrs. Thomas was introduced
by the interpreter as the mother Of a
boy who had served in Franse. There
upon the French General took her ex-
)selded hand and kissed her finger
tips.
1T was a great moment" declared
Mrs. Thomas, in describing the Incl
dent, and. f%ervently. thank God. i had
my teeth I'M" =
agFg
Editor Ralph Smith says that the
Reformers are determined to send
folks either to heaven or the peniten-
tiary.
Ffdf
Washington. Dec. 27.--Christmas
and Monday were dry" everywhere
in the United States, or practically so.
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
for the Anti-Saloon league, asserted
tonight, IN a statement sasamarizing
prohibition achievements and pros
poets.
Cleyeland.-Boy. page Pussyfoot.
Eight times as many yuletide "drunks'
were arrested here this year as in
1920. police records show.
~
Whats the extra ten cents for?"
inquired a customer in the Cody Trad
ing Co. store who had been buying
himself a wool shirt for a Christmas
present.
That's the luxury tax" explained
his friend who had been aiding him
with his advice.
The purchaser Of the shirt, who had
the appearance of a dry farmer that
had gone through grasshoppers and
a drouth in the same summer, eyed
his cotton gloves, faded overalls. stout
brogans, and exclaimed:
HE'LL Hook like a Teller that
ought to pay a luxury tax, don't II"
TGTG
JOHN HAYS HOME TOWN
We always have wondered what
made people from Rock Springs in
such a hurry to get back Last week
prohibition agents c~onfiscated 400
70-pound boxes of raisins, 5000 gal
Ions Of red wine and 1000 gallons of
, 1922-01-04
Here We Are
Statesmen All!

What is there about the little city
of Cody nesting under the shadow of
great mountains in the northwest that
produces so many statesmen. Look
at the list: Jake Schwoob, Frank L.
Houx, DIR. Bennett. Attorney General
Walls. l.. l.. Newton. Harry Weston,
William R. Coe. L. G.. Phelps, w. l..
simpson, l.. r, Ewart, Caroline Lock
hart. w. T. Hogg. S. q Parks and ma
ny others too numerous to mention
Cheyenne Tribune.
, 1922-01-04
MASoNS ATTEND
EPISCOPAL SERVICES

On Sunday the first of January the
Masonic Lodge attended services in
Christ Episcopal Church, at the invi-
tation Of Rector Blaskie. They came
in a body from the Temple to the
Church.
An impressive service was held. The
choir sang hymns and anthems in a
finished manner The sermon was a
discourse upon st. John Evangelist,
Eminent Patron OF Masonry. Rector
Blaskie stressed the Transformation
that love makes in the very %severest
natures. changing the "son OF thun-
der" to the beloved disciple."N
, 1922-01-04
ODD fELLows MEETING

On "wednesday eveIsng the Odd
Fellows conferred the first degree on
three, and initiated one into member
ship. After the meeting a delicious
lunch wal served. and cigars were
passed.
Next Wednesday the new officers
will be installed. and on the following
FridiI the Installing officers will go
to Meeteetse to take part in the In
s~tallation OF officers there.
A large delegation from Meeteetse
attended the meeting in Cody.
, 1922-01-04
Council Petitioned
For Dance Pavilion

At the meeting of the Council held
ON Tuesday evening. a request was
received from Mr.. Cass asking permits
sion 10 build a dance pavilion on the
southeast corner of the Irma property.
No action was taken on the matter,
although the Council seemed to favor
such d proposition.
All nuisances tending to form ice
on the sidewalks of Cody must be re-
moved.
A resolution was passed endorsing
the new telephone system which has
been proposed.
, 1922-01-04

moonshine to say nothing of 80 gal
Ions of real whisky taken from a poor
widow with three children-alI of
whom, the dispatch says, wept bitter
ly. Small wonderi
T1af
This is erough to scare Jake Hen
drickson-its enough to scare any
body!
J. M. Kovachy, a city chemist Of
Cleveland, Ohio. says:
Hundreds of persons are slowly
but surely asphyxiating themselves by
drinking stimulants containing fusil
oil which changes the blood from oxy-
h~emi-giobin to menthe mislobin. Fusil
oil removes the oxygen from the blood
and causes the lips and body to turn
blue, while liquor made by amateurs
contains ethyIacetate and acts as a
heart depressant."
In other words, too much moon
means an S. o. S. call for the doctor,
and tuberoses.
fTFF
r. Feist, of Hastings, Nebraska,
writes for information concerning the
proposed statue Of Buffalo Bill with
a view to getting the commission. He
modelled a figure OF a farmer and two
pigs out of lard at the Omaha Expo
sition which was well spoken of by
the Omaha Bee.
FfTI
Somebody spoiled Billy Bosler's
Merry Christmas. Somebody turned
this little boys happy holiday into a
day of tears. for somebody with a
heart about as big as a bullet mali
ciously poisoned Billy Bossler's dog.
He was no a dog of high degree;
he was. in fact, only a little roly poly
mongrel puppy with a joyous bark
and a ~wagging tail hat was never
still. but he was the most beautiful
puppy in the world to this little hoy
of four years because he was his first
When he found him cold, and stiff,
and unresponsive on the back door.
step on Christmas Day no toys OF
candy could make amends for a ira,
gedy like that. Kisses and comfort
ing could not bring his puppy back
so he cried all Christmas Day and
cried himself to sleep.
II bringing grief to others is the
purpose of the dog ~poisoner who i:
killing peoples pets, he or she should
feel well satisfied with that nights
work.
, 1922-01-04
NESBTT OFFERS
WEBB ADAMS A JOB

Webb Adams, the Wyoming Public
fty Man, who held down the editorial
chair Of The Enterprise fer a time last
summer, has been asked to become
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw's press agent
during her next season on the road
He prefers, however. to foot Miss wy
oming's horn and will remain in Their
mopolis where both the air and the
water are hot. -
, 1922-01-04
UP YOUR G|z-
zARD To COLLECT
OR OF INCOME TAX
Any Gold Filings in your Teetha
Kids Got Any Pennies in
Their Bank7 Tell your
Uncle Sam!

L rya4
INC appioao VI 'ne periou D'r
ming income tax returns-January L
to March Is, 1922-taxpayers are adj
vised to lose no time in the compila-
ton of their accounts for 1921. A new
and important provision Of the Reven-
ne Act of 1921 is that every person
whose gross income for 1921 was s5,-
900 or over shall file a return, regard
less of the amount of net income upon
which the tax is assessed. Returns
are required of every single person
income was $1,000 or over and
every married person living with nus
band or wife whose me- income was
$4,000 or over. Widows and widowers
and persons separated or divorced
from husband or wife. are regarded
as single persons.
Net income is gross income, less
certain deductions for business ex-
penses, losses, taxes, etc. Gross in
cludes practically all income received
by the taxpayer during the year; in
the case of the wage Garner. salaries.
wages, bonuses and commissions: in
the case of professional men, all
amounts received for professional
services; in the case of farmers all
profits from the sale OF farm products.
and rental or sale of land.
in the making of an income tax re
turn for the year 1921. every taxpayer
shall present to himself the follow
ing questions:
What were YOU profits from your
business, trade, profession or voea-
ton?
Did you receive any interest on
bank deposits?
Have you any property from which
you receive rent?
Did you receive any, income in tho
form. Of dividend or interest froTa
stocks or bonds?
Did you receive any bonuses during
the year,
Did you make any prcHt gu the sails
of stocks, bonds or other property,
real or personal?
, 1922-01-04

Frank Gunsul won the contest OF
the Cody Drug Co. which closed on
New Years Eve. He guessed every
one of the pictures correctly. The
prize was a watch. guaranteed for If
teen years.
, 1922-01-04

The Cody wom1n's ;s.ends to
buy the lot next tie Insay. to leE-
large the Libsary CO, PREF eat
the erection of a building so Vo3ar The
Library as TO u off light. they are
giving a dance On ST. Yaleltine's Day
to raise funds for this purpose.
, 1922-01-04

Louis Cavanah came in from Denver
Wednesday evening to join his wife,
who is visiting her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Louis Howe.
, 1922-01-04

Miss Margaret Green OF Hot
Springs, Arkansas, who has been a
guest at Holm Lodge for two summers
VIII return next year with several
girl friends.
, 1922-01-04

Mr.. and Mrs. "9ub" Cox were down
from the l Arrowhead Ranch the last
of the week. "Bub" says the signs
are encouraging for a good dude sea-
son.
, 1922-01-04
JOHN HAYS HOME TOWN

We always have wondered what
made people from Rock Springs in
such a hurry to get back Last week
prohibition agents confiscated 1400
70-pound boxes of raisins. 5000 gal
Ions OF red wine and 1000 gallons of
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

Among those who get most out OF
the coming of a new day at this sea-
son are the sportsmen in sink box
or blind awaiting the fight of ducks.
The true lover of nature and her
handiwork will not find the half
hours wait between darkness and
dawn irksome. nor will the picture
spread before his gaze ever be re-
pested. Each sunrise will bring Its
own glory. The whistling OF busy
wings in the darkness overhead, be-
tokening the passage of an unseen
quarry, will stir the blood and make
the heart of the watcher beat faster.
The appeal at such a time Is one
of the rewards of true sportsman
ship incidental to ducking in the
late autumn and early winter.
All over the Union armies OF duck
hunters eagerly await the period
when they can follow their favorite
pastime. Many men find delight in
the open with dog and gun. taking
the field in leisurely fashion, but your
simon pure. hard boiled sportsman is
the one who dons rubber boots and
sweater. has his bacon, eggs and
coffee by lamplight, hies to his point
of vantage and sees the sun come up.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

The life history Of the salmon has
long been counted one of the most
interesting known to biology, but a
Danish zoologist. DR.. SCHMIDT, is now
completing researches into the life
history Of the eel, which In the
glimpse they give of great natural
forces constitute an even more en-
crossing addition to our knowledge.
His achievement. as recorded this
month In the English scientific Jour-
nal DISCOVERY. is q considerable one
in marine soology, because the life
history Of the common eel has been
anvbody's guess and nobody's knowl-
edge since the time of ARISTOTLE.
The story OF the eel, with elements
OF uncommon interest added, Ia that
OF the salmon reversed. The salmon
leaves the sea and fights Its way up
the rivers to spawn. It's young, after
a year or two spent In fresh waters,
go down to the sea and then return
inland to repeat the life cycle. Some
varieties of salmon spawn only once:
others make the long journey several
times.
Until DR.. SCHMIDT made his dis