, 1924-06-25
MEDICAL and DENTAL
MEETINGS COME To A
SUCCESSFUL CLOSE
BANQUET AND DANCE AT
PAHASkA END VERY BEN
EFICIAL CONVENTION.

The twenty-second annual meeting
of the Wyoming Medical and Dental
Society held in Cody last week, was,
according to general prevailing lei
timent, one of the most enjoyable
functions of its kind ever held in the
state, both from an instructive and
recreational viewpoint.
The three days were devoted large
ly to carrying tut the business end
of the convention, along with general
discussion on recent medical and sur
gical discoveries.
Among the doctors present dis
tinguished in the profession were,
DR.. Geo. P. Johnson, of Cheyenne;
DR.. A. K. Mitchell, of the Board of
Trustees, American Medical Associa-
ton, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and DR..
Boyd Gardner, d. ID. c., Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MINI.
The first evening was spent dane
ing and swimming at the DeMaris
Springs which was sponsored by the
physicians and dentists of the Big
Horn Basin.
Wednesday evening the Big Horn
Basin delegation again featured n
smoker in the dining room of the
Irma, Buffalo BilPs hotel. Dancing,
boxing, and vocal selections were
among the events of the evening en-
tertainment.
Thursday, the last day, brought the
convention to a successful close. A
drive of SO miles through the awe-in-
spring grandeur o fthe mighty Sho-
shone canyon brought the happy
group of NJ. DIS and ID. d. SIS and
their wives to Pahaska Teepee, Buff
falo Bills hunting lodge in the Rock
les, where they were the guests of
the Cody Club at a banquet and
dance. fr#.f.
Sitting in the long, low dining
room, rustic in appearance yet mod
ern in appointment, listening to the
gay conversations, one could not but
help feeling the urge of the spirit
that made possible a place of such
quiet beauty set back among tower
ing pine-clad mountains so far from
the busy haunts of men.
After the banquet, DIR. |. p. Hayes,
d. d. s., president of the Wyoming
State Dental Society, presided as
POSTMASTER. The speeches were to
be of five minute duration. with a
penalty of a ducking in the Shoshone
river, which flows rolicking by the
doors of Pahaska, should the limit be
exceeded.
Owing, however, to the wit and
merit of the speakers, this rule was
promptly forgotten, and for nearly
half an hour the guests were treated
to the flower of humor. DIR. Geo. p.
Johnson of Cheyenne, gave a talk
that will linger long in the hearts of
those who heard him. DR.. Johnson
was a personal friend of Col VIM.
F. Cody, and in his talk he likened
him unto Napoleon and other great
figures in history. Though Buffalo
Bill-the man-may be forgotten. his
deeds will live forever in the hearts
of a grateful people, and though in
death his mortal body is buried in
alien soil, his spirit will forever hover
over the place that in life he loved
so well.
Following the speaking, the dance
started and lasted until two o'clock,
when everybody, tired and happy, re
tired, with the signing winds and the
grooming waters soon lulling them to
sleep.
The majority of the party left the
next morning for "A short trip through
the Park, the balance returning u
their homes. The general topic as
heard by the writer "a that every
one was wild about Cody, Pahaska,
the people of this section, and vowed
that they would soon be back.
The next convention will be held
at Buffalo in the Big Horn mountains,
and although we are sorry they will
not be with us again next year, Cody
wants the doctors and dentists of
Wyoming to know that he lateh
string is always out.