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, 1923-01-31
CARBON BLACK BILL
.B0BS UP IN HOUSE
Midland Carbon Co. Asks To
Reopen One Unit At Cow
ley For Potato Dehyd-
rating Plant

Everything was sailing along
smooth and peaceful with the Seven.
teenth Legislature last week, when
up jumped the carbon black bill
which was supposed to be dead and
buried.
The bill was introduced by a Park
County legislator and is said to be
a modified form of the carbon blacl
proposal which has kept two pre-
vious sessions in a ferment.
The present proposition is that
the Midland Carbon company be per-
mitted to reopen one unit of its
plant at Cowley. Big Horn county, in
order that heat from that unit may
be leased for the purpose of operat.
ing a nearby potato dehydrating
plant. The spuds and culls would
be shipped from Powell and other
northern Wyoming sections and the
farmers thereby provided with a mar
ket. Last year. says the author of
the bill, hundreds of acres went I
seed because there was no demand
for the produce.
A law prohibiting the manufacture
Of carbon black, or lamp black"
within ten miles Of Incorporated
towns was passed in 1919 on the
grounds that such a process was
wasting the natural gas fields Of the
state. An effort to repeal 1t was
made two years ago by Cody inter-
ests. which had a promise from the
manufacturers that their town would
get natural gas IL the law were alb
olished, but Governor R. d. Carey
vetoed the repeating act after 1t had
gotten through the Legislature.
, 1923-01-31
That WaIIy Reid,
Screen Star, Was Irma
Hotel Clerk, Verified

The story that Wally Reid, the
popular screen star who recently died
of the dope habit in Los Angeles,
was formerly a resident Of Cody and
employed. at the Irma Hotel in the
capacity Of porter and night clerk as
published in the Enterprise last week
Is verified by the of his life
printed in the New York Times.
According to the metropolitan pa.
per, the Reid family moved to the
Big Horn Basin in 1909 where Wally
worked as a ranch hand. ran a
hotel" and worked on the Govern
ment survey Of the Shoshone Dam.
He was a o Of Hal Reid, a well
known playwright.
, 1923-01-31
"SPARROWS A TASTY
TIDBiT-EAT EN-"
URGES UNCLE SAM

Sparrow pie is becoming a popular
dish in many states a II not only
makes an excellent mea dish and
brings Old II. C. l.. down another
notch, but IL also serves as a practi-
cal means of getting rid OF this
troublesome pest. Some very effect
i've and economical trap plans have
been worked out by the u. s. Biologi-
cal Survey for trapping the birds alive
and utilizing the meat as food. They
make a very tasty tidbit, comparing
favorably with the best kinds OF
small game. The great numbers and
the ease OF trapping fully make up
for the smallness of the birds.
, 1923-01-31
CODY TEAMS WIN
FROM POWELL GIRLS
AND G%REYBULL BOYS

Displaying a brand of unusually
good basket ball the a of the Cody
High School easily swamped a visit
ing quintet from Greybull last Thurs
day evening by the score of IS to 5.
in an exciting game watched by a
large crowd in the High School Gym
nasium. Previous to this, the Cody
Girls team took the floor and set n
lively pace by winning from a girls
team from Powell by the score of 80
to 10.
The coaching OF Lloyd buchanan
aud Of r.. V. Harlow who have had
charge OF the two teams respectively,
showed u advantage, and now that
the Cody teams have found their
stride continued victories are looked
forward to.
The visitors held Cody scoreless in
the first few minutes OF the boys
game but soon the terrific pace set
by Buchanan's men proved too much
and though Greybull fought siren
ously throughout and substituted al
most an entire new eam at the be-
ginning OF the second half, the indivi-
dual team work of the Cody for.
wards, coupled with exceptionally
good guarding. proved a handicap
not TO be ovsrruled, and Greybull
was at no time in a position to cut
down the advantage.
In the opening game OF the even
ing, the Cody Girls High School team
made it's initial bow OF the season
with n fast and clean cut victory over
Powell. Throughout the contest the
Powell five made things quite inter
esting but the colors OF Cody soon
romped ahead. the well aimed basket
shooting OF Lois Ingraham and Helen
Ashley being especially effective to
wards cllnching n well earned vic
tory.
The line up OF the two Cody teams
wns as follows;-
Cody High School Boys: Newton. #;
I~ngraham, Z; Perry. Center; Brown
, 1923-01-31
Never Met Up With
A Butte, Declared
New York Workman

Building a picturesque red butte
was n too many for the New York
workmen who were engaged to con
struct the base for the design for the
statue OF Buffalo Bill which Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney has been ex.
hibiting at the Wilderstein Gallery.
They had never met up with a
butte. and said 80. and as Mrs. Whit
ney vas unable to make them see
one from her description, the base
they constructed and which Is shown
in he photographs of the design is
not the one which will be used for
the finished work.
, 1923-01-31
LOTS OF TROUBLES
THE JUDGE

District Court is in session again
and the town Is once more alive with
men who have been called in from the
surrounding country to serve on the
jury or to act as witnesses. Judge
Metz arrived in town Sunday after
noon and was on the bench at nine
O'Clock on Monday morning.
The following minor cases were
first taken up on Monday. all OF
which were dismissed.
Mike Miller (peace bond CASE
fighting on the street.)
B. c. Kelley (peace bond case.-threot
ening Yellow bus driver.)
Ed Brown and Frank Sonners (com'
pounding a felony
Pat button forgery.
w. d. Lowman (sent back to pen on
old charge. Present case of steal
ing from Cody Trading Company
d~ismissed).
Rowdy jenkins (attempt to pass
bad check.
Carl Polin (stealing. Minor. SO sent
back to p~arents).
Ted Lee larceny
d. W. Wayne youth in same predic
ment as Lee).
Ted Jordan { theft).
Juliet Kendall mot for wearing
"knickers" as at first imagined. but
for carrying concealed weapons).
Tncy A. Bum larceny.
Robert Chapman Cbootlegging).
Frank and H. Mullendore (peace
bond). battling.
Pleaded guilty to having something
on his hip and Andrew Jernberg wat
fined 5000.
Frank s. Colt, an oil man who was
being sued because he failed to pay
his help, lost his case and was re
quired to pay costs.
Adrian Jung was n Of the youths
who placed barbed wire Gro the
railroad tracks between Cody and
Powell. Some men on a hand cal
narrowly escaped serious injury when
they crashed through the wire. Jung
was fined $50 and costs.
Adah Graham was granted a di
vorce on the goth.
Joe Bowman pleaded guilty to boot
Logging and will be sentenced this
week.
Glen Wilson pleaded not guilty to
the same charge and will be tried
sometime during this session OF
court.
John Bolger plead guilty to boot
logging and awaits sentence in the
county Jail as does Percy Crocker
who admitted he had stolen sheep.
, 1923-01-31
BERT LAMPITT WILL MAKE
LAST FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Bert Lampitt is making his last
fight for freedom. His application
for n new trial for the murder OF
Harry Teight at Grass Creek was 70
fused by Judge Metz at Basin last
week. His attorneys. therefore. will
appeal his a s to the supreme court
The record which Is being trans
cribed for TINT purpose will cost
more than 5000. 1t is said that
Lampitt's brothers and sisters are
furnishing the money to carry on the
legal battle which already has cost
thousands.
, 1923-01-31
Fred Morris Bound
Over To Dist. Court

At the hearing before Justice Of the
Peace Marston on Friday afternoon
n large keg OF whiskey found by the
sheriff on the premises OF Fred
Morris OF North Fork convinced the
the court that there was evidence
enough at hand to order Fred Morris
bound over to the District Court, and
his trial on charges Of making noon
shine will probably come up before
Judge Metz sometime during the
week.
While no defense was offered ut
this time. the prosecuting attorney
brought in to court q large keg OF
m%oonshine which had been found on
the Morris Ranch, and after DR..
Green had been summoned with HIS
tester and proved that the contents
of the barrel contained at least 40
per lent alcohol. the order was issu'
ed Arranging Morris on charges
named above and he was released on
$1,000 bond pending action Of the Dis
trict Court.
The cases OF Pontoon Johnny. who
had previously confessed to making
liquor. and Bill Barlow. who WAS
named by Morris as the chief person
concerned in alleged moonshine act
%ivities, were dismissed by Justice
torney had requested such action, but
these two men will have to appear
as witnesses when tho case comes w
in District Court
, 1923-01-31
COAL DEALER SELLS
DYED ROCK; ARRESTED

1t is not a good plan, perhaps, to
put ideas in local coal dealer heads
but the Enterprise concludes to take
a chance and print the following news
item:
NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-vincent H.
Olsen. Brooklyn coal salesman, was
arrested Friday on a charge OF sell
ing 100 tons OF crushed rock. dyed
black. as coal. The charge was pre-
ferred by Benino Brothers. coal deal
ers. who declare they paid him 81
400. Olsen denied guilt.
, 1923-01-31

The deserving come into their own
finally. Truth will triumph. Malign.
ed and s%landered, Cody finds itself
indicated at last by testimony from
an unexpected quarter. Let Powell,
Greybull, Burlington. Meeteetse grind
their teeth and vent their spleen and
envy, Cody should worry!
The following letter written on
Hotel Chamberlin paper and mailed
from Frannie confirms our own
opinion of ourselves. namely, that
we are the driest in the Basin, and
we'd like to know who those two
DRINKS were SO we could bawl them
out proper.
January goth, 1923
Editor of the Enterprise:
l am a government prohibition
agent. Have been here two days
looking for ~violators, and it is the
first town Of many in which l have
not made an arrest. You must be
gifted with excellant officials. saw
but W drunks and but one bottle in
use but could not locate its source.
l hope this excellant record con-
tinues.
Sincerely yours.
An officer
Facts and figures nothing to
the prohibitionists apparently, IL
they are quoted correctly in the pa
pers, and there Is no reason to think
that they are misrepresented any
more than other persons who talk
for publication. They brush official
statistics aside and compile their
own: they ignore the reports OF men
and women whose positions make
their statements authoritative; in
the face Of evidence they maintain
the opposite. In other words, they
believe what they want to believe
and sometimes we question as to
wheather, way down in their giz-
yards. they really are so sure Of their
contentsions as they pretend.
WV
Prohibition is a success" declar-
ed the president Of the A~nti-Saloon
league In Chicago. in a recent inter
NACWs hCV ooyb AheCA VIC iCod Al
the news columns Of the same paper
that tn hospitals reported more cases
Of alcoholism in Chicago than at any
time since prohibition went into ef-
feet, while the police reported that
intoxication had nearly doubled. Poi
son liquor had killed 1874 persons
three months and hundreds Of stills
throughout the city were engaged in
manufacturing a poor quality Of whis
key.
Prohibition has not had a chance
to be tried yet. asserted a Methodist
preacher in Cheyenne a short time
ago.. This in the fac Of the fact
that more than nine million dollars
is appropriated annually by the gov
eminent to enforce prohibition. The
prohibition forces have a standing
army Of officers, agents and stool
pigeons. They have air s%quadrons,
naval squadrons and armored QUITO
mobiles at their disposal. They have
all the machinery of the law behind
them and they have had three
years in which to accomplish their
purpose.
, 1923-01-31
MIDWEST DRiLLERs LOOSE TOOL

Work in Oregon Basin by the Mid
west Oil Company was temporarily
halted the first OF the week when the
bit and stem OF the drill broke In two
at the top of the stem and fell some
six hundred feet to the bottom OF the
shaft. Fishing tools are on the way
from the southern part Of the state
and It is expected the drilling VIII
continue as usual in a few days.
, 1923-01-31
DAVIS SPLENDID RECORD
GETS HIM A FEDERAL JOE

Upon the strength OF his splendid
record in drying up Park County, G.
A. Davis OF Penrose has been hired
by the federal prohibition forces to
duplicate his success in Big Horn
County and has taken up his rcsi-
dence In Basin.
, 1923-01-31
THEY SELDOM DIE
OVER IN MONTANA

Montana had the lowest death rate
OF any state In the union last year
II was announced by the department
OF commerce Thursday. The death
rate in Montana for 1921 was So
per thousand people as against s.5
in 1920. The state OF Vermont had
the highest OF any state.
, 1923-01-31

Fred Houston has been carrying a
large note book or ledger around
with him recently and the supposftion
II that he uses n to keep track OF the
liquor charges against him
, 1923-01-31

Slim do Bolt has decided TO leave
Cody for good, and 30 departed last
week for Great Falls, Montana, whore
he intends to make his future resi-
dence permanently in the "smelter
city"
, 1923-01-31
AS seen FROMThEW WATERMELON
#dAe az mme& okha1t P e (

Federal Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes branded as false the report
that a fleet Of run runners had land
ed liquor on the Jersey coast. Gus
tom house officials admitted that
large quantities had reached shore.
reputable people vouched for having
seen thousands Of cases distributed
throughout the state, the whole
coast population knew and laughed at
the dry officials who were caught
mapping, and still Commissioner Hay
mes and his staff looked the reporters
in the eye and denied that any such
thing had happened.
Before leaving for Boston. Lloyd
Coleman was admonished not to wear
his pommel slicker for a bathrobe in
the Pullman, %whereupon the worlds
champion bareback rider and bronc
fighter admitted that upon a time he
had blown out the gas in Omaha.
81 looked everywhere for some way
Of putting out the light and couldn't
see any" he said in relating the &C.
SiuChI Wllitn CdiIit lO5t 10 CHUNG HIS
career before it had started. Finally
l got up on a stool and whipped it
out. After l was in bed awhile I
began to smell it and couldn't imagine
what vas wrong.
81 thought I'd stick it out till morn
ing because / didn't like to bother
ah, body, but it got SO bad I co1,dn't
blend ft onv l0~uar ltl-,t t,n..
anything about ringing a bell for a
bell-boy SO l went out in the hall and
hollered.
81 hollered till a porter heard me
and asked what was the matter.
Something's wrong with this room
81 told him. 1T smells awful
can't Sleep"
You had a close call. young fell
ler." he said as he aired out the
room. What part of Wyoming are
you from?"
THE lid is on: America is mopped
up!" trumpets some prohibition head,
and perhaps in the same issue we
read that New York during the third
qudTt cT VI 1S6I bIioWcQ al ihCrcdcc
Of SO per cent owe the corresponding
period Of 1921. In another column
we are informed under a Washington
date line. that 10000 liquor violation
ase have jarnmed the federal courts
more than twice the number at this
time last year. On the next page we
learn that Omaha has the wettest
real since prohibition went into eff
fect-that the records showed that
there were more arrests for drunken
ness thar eve before in the modern
history Of Omaha. In our little bone
dry state the federal record for crime
is broken with between 300 and 400
criminal cases on the docket in Chey-
enne. while Carl Jackson and NJ. c..
Wachtel make the proud boast that
they have arrested n IL OF every
304 persons in the state for violation
of the liquor law.
We ask, Gentle Reader. are the pro-
hibitionists kidding themselves OF are
they trying to kid us when they ask
us to believe that prohibition is q
success and the United States is dry?
, 1923-01-31

Ns,s recent meeting OF the First
Ansmu Bank OF Meeteetse. Mrs.
,e.sus Macdonald was elected n dir.
~ place OF II. Il. C~heeseman,
III mrs W. T. Hogg was named for
ice Presidency.
, 1923-01-31

Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. H%argraves re-
turned on Friday from Maryville. No
, 1923-01-31

We ask, Gentle Reader. are the pro-
hibitionists kidding themselves or are
they trying to kid us when they ask
us to believe that prohibition is a
success and the United States is dry?
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07
STOCKPORT

See '"The Sky Pilot" at picture
show Saturday night.
Mrs. Bertha Brittigan and son
Paul returned to Parkersburg after
"a visit with her sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Zumbro of
Tabor.were guests of James O'Neaps
Thursday.
Love Henery returned from a
weeks visit with Clarence Eddie
blute's of Roxbury.
Mrs. Edna Sells of the cas- side
spent Friday with her brother Jesse
Boles and family.
Dolph Hook of Hackney returned
home from 4 visit here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tillman Kinney and
daughter Ethel returned recently
from a visit at Lowell
Frank Dulaney returned 10 Can
ton after a short visit with his par
ents.
Walter Newberrv returned to
Cleveland after spending the week
with relatives.
Mrs. Sadie Tharp of Brokaw spent
Wednesday here.
r. w. Dewitt spent Thursday in
GAINESVILLE.
VIM. Shoop and family Of Ames-
vile spent Wednesday with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Ellis.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07
Newark.
CONTINUED on page five)
THE MORGAN COUNTY FAIR

The Morgan County Agricultural
society has existed for 70 years, and
during that period has had many
successful fairs at McConnelsville.
Since God placed man on earth agri-
culture has existed.
There is no occupation that pre-
cedes agriculture, no order or assO-
citation that can rank with the tillers
of the soil Before literature ex-
listed, before governments were
known, agriculture was the calling
of man All the fruits of social
progress since then grew from the
soil. Agriculture toilers therefore
claim that they represent the oldest
and most indisputable lineage and
hold a patent that issues from the
ancient Gates of Eden.
Why not practice a little auto
suggestion on the fairs of Ohio which
are conceded to be cleanest in Amer
lea, instead OF complaining? Let's
impress the fact that "day by day
in every way they are getting better
and better"
It is now time that the fair
should be the topic of thought and
conversation by every one living
near enough to reach it, and if we
! will boost it it will boom Sandles
says. united we boost, divided we
bust"
Ask for premium list and become
an exhibitor.-John D. Barkhurst,
Sec'y
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07
Heard In McConneIsViI|e
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strong-Kidney Ills Corrected

-
All over McConnelsville you hear
it. Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping
up the good work. McConnelsville
people are telling about it-telling
of bad backs made sound again.
You can believe the testimony of
your own townspeople. They tell it
for the benefit of you who are suf-
fering. If your back aches, if you
feel lame, sore and miserable, if the
kidneys act too frequently, or pas
sages are painful, scanty and off
color, use Doan's Kidney Pills. the
remedy that has helped so many of
your friends and neighbors. Follow
this McConnelsville citizens advice
and give poan's a chance to do the
same for you.
c. f. Siler, Tenth ST., says: "I am
a great believer in Doan's Kidney
Pills, for have used them off and
on for several years and they have
always done me good. AT times,
feel run down and miserable, owing
to a disordered condition Of my kid
neyg. At these times I seem TO be
lifeless and lack ambition and my
kidneys acted irregularly. When
ever I notice any of these symptoms
coming on, take Doan's Kidney
Pills which I get from the Stanbery
Pharmacy and they make me feel
all right"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Siler had. Foster-Milburn
Co.. Mrs, Buffalo, n. II
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07
Homer Grange Meeting

This spring | received a call from
Homer grange asking for help to
confer degrees. l wrote to Fairview
grange asking them if they could
send a degree team over to Homer
grange on the second day of June
and give the 1st and End degrees to
a class of candidates. They answer
ed favorably, and on the End day of
June my son and l in car started
for Mountsville. On arriving there
we found a number of high school
graduates and scholars with others
waiting to ride the goat, and in a
short time the Fairview grange de-
gree team arrived with their goat
in charge of H. A. Mendenhall. See
ing the goat BRO. Mendenhall had
given him extra care for the &C
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07

casion) some of the class began to
get nervous, but nevertheless they
mustered up courage sufficient to
carry them through and Fairview
grange proceeded to give the first
and second degrees to class of %.
Before they had completed the work
a signal at the door was answered,
and Bro. d. e. Carr was found out
side waiting with a truck load con-
sisting of buns, cakes, ice cream and
lemonade. 1t was such hot day he
was uneasy for fear it would spoil,
but he was consoled by Tom McLain
who informed him that it would be
used in a short time. Homer grange
has for some time been in almost
dormant state, but at the present
there is one of the greatest booms in
it of any grange there has ever
been in Morgan county, during the
nine years I have served as Deputy
Master
In addition to the class of %, they
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07

Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets
chamberlain Tablets have been
used by my husband and myself off
and on for the past five years. When
my husband goes away from home
he always takes bottle of them
along with him. Whenever I have
that heavy feeling after eating, or
feel dull and played out, I take one
or two of Chamberlain's Tablets and
they fix me up fine" writes Mrs.
Newton Vreeland, Minoa, N. Y. Take
these tablets when troubled with
constipation or Indigestion and they
will do YOU good.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07
Cou1d Not Do HOuSeW Ork

Il was very sick with kidney trou
bic and my liver was bad. My back /
panied me all the time and / could
not do my housework," writes Mrs.
A Barnes, Altoona, Pa. Tried
Foley Kidney Pills and they helped
me wonderfully" For quick relief
use Foley Kidney Pills.-Sold Ev
eYTwhere
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07

have about 20 more petitions and =
contest for members still going on
This class of % will go over to Fair
view grange hall on June 16 and re-
ceive the third and fourth degrees.
Fairview grange will meet at one
O'Clock eastern time. Bro. Men
denhall has promised me to have
their goat in fine shape again for
that day.
Fraternally,
CHAS. r. MASSEY
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07

Mrs. Frank Gilmore and daughter
Maxine spent from Monday until
Wednesday with Grant Gilmore's
of Pennsville.
Miss Thelma Wallace spent We'd
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-07

CHAS. r. MASSEY.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-01-31

The guest who departs speedily is
thrice welcome.
Fortunately, the near east is far
away. We don't have to plunge.
Don't advocate giving the devil his
due. You might not like your future
home.
Every man should write his own ep-
itaph for his tombstone. He knows
what to leave Of.
Give US this day our daily bread. :"
but for heavens sake don't boost the
price.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-01-31
VILLAGE OF wAeAsso.

School District No. "a.
Total Tax Rate SOL Mills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-01-31
CITY OF REDWOOD FALLS.

School District No. 1.
Total Tax Rate IL Mills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-01-31
VILLAGE OF vesrA.

School District No. 102.
Total Tax Rate 63.4 Mills.