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, 1924-05-07
SPUDDINC In
TWO WELLS
TWO COMPANIES TO START
DRILLING NORTH OF CODY

The Pittsburgh Southwestern Oil
seau lease, north of the Burlington
tracks and are already driving a well
in search OF oil. This well is be-
ing drilled not far from the location
made by the Union Oil company
some time ago, and which vas never
drilled through complications which
arose in the company. These hold
ings were filed on by local business
men and are under lease to the
Pittsburg Southwestern company.
The Guetterman company also has
a rig on property which they have
under lease from the Western Oil
and Gas company and will spud in
this week. T. S. Harrison, a form
er Cody man, and one of the promi-
nent biologists of Denver, was in
Cody for several days and is said
spotted locations for the drilling of
several wells for the Guetterman in
terests.
An interesting fact regarding the
drilling of the two wells is that the
locations chosen for spudding in are
within 40 rods of each other and
on a structure which is held by
authorities as being positively oil
producing. Both of these companies
expect to have big standard rigs in
the field before the season is well
advanced and will test out the deep
sands of these fields.
The Rosseau lease, which is I'M
der contract to the Pittsburg South
western company, was handled by
w. o. Taylor, local operator, and he
received i nlieu for his work 100
acres of ground well up on the
structure, and Mr.. Taylor is working
out plans to possibly test out his
holdings.
, 1924-05-07
CHAPTER HONOR
MRS. JAS. ". ROUSSEAU

Mrs. Bertha Rousseau was the
guest of honor at a delightful party
and dance given at the Temple Mon
day evening by the members of
Cedar Chapter, o e. s.. and eighty
members of the order were present
to do her honor as the grand matrou
of the grand lodge of Wyoming
Delicious refreshments were served
Mrs. Rousseau expects to leave soon
for a tour of the state, at which
time she will endeavor to visit all
the Eastern Star chapters in wyom-
ing.
, 1924-05-07
SILVER MEDALS FOR
JUNIOR HIGH TALENT

The Junior High defamation con
test was held at the high school
Monda with the result that Lor-
adne Edwards, Donald Snyder and
Bill Darrah will receive silver med
ais for their attainments. They
represent the 9Th, 18th and Sth grades
respectively. In the fall of this
year another contest will be held
oil the junior high winners of the
county at which time gold medals
will be awarded.
, 1924-05-07
HIGH SCHOOL GLEE
CLUBS ENTERTAIN

The combined glee clubs of the
Cody High school gave an enter
tainment at the high school audi
torium on Friday evening and rem
dered a program which was both
pleasing to those who attended and
a credit to those taking part.
The musical talent which has
heen developed in the school this
year is of high order and much
credit is due Prof R. w. Cooper,
instructor of music.
, 1924-05-07

Mr.. Feeley states that the first
intimation that he had of the dams
threatened break came early Mon
day morning when he noted the
muddy water in a small creek com
ing from the reservoir. He imme-
diately sent one of his children on
a pony to the site of the dam to
ascertain the cause for the muddy
water and the boy soon returned,
racing his pony down the mountain
side in advance of a roaring wall of
water, and being able to give suf-
ficient warning to the family that
they all reached safety before the
flood swept away their home.
From the Ferguson ranch down
to the Frost ranch there are nc
ranches located on Sage creek and
Mr.. and Mrs. Abby Russell who re
side there had little time to seek
high ground when the roar of the
food reached their ears. The Frost
ranch was damaged to a consider
able extent and the water reached
a level of several fee in the house
which stands back from the creek
All the corralls and barns at this
place were washed away, together
with the chickens and some bun
lambs which Mrs. Russell was car
ing for.
Landing Crew Run In
E. V. Robertson in charge of
lambing crew east of the Eros
ranch with his men was forced t.
do a lively sprint and an automobile
race to escape the flood waters. Be
, 1924-05-07
REPUBLICANS SEND
DELEGATES TO LANDER

The regular meeting of the Park
County Central committee was held
on Tuesday at the Temple theatre
with a good representative attend
ance from all over the county. Ow-
ing to bridges being out between
Cody and Powell poor connections
were made and to some extent cur
tailed the attendance from the low
er part of the county.
County Chairman E. S. Hopes
presided, and ]. NJ. Schwoob, E. S.
Hopes and Mrs. G. E. Eldred of
Cody; E. NJ. Beaver of Beaver;
Eugene Phelps of Pitchfork; Dave
Powers of Powell and DIR. Lane of
Elk Basin. were selected as del
egates to the state convention which
is to be held in Lander May 18th.
VIM. Weitkamp, S. A. Nelson of
Powell, w. L. Walls and Caroline
Lockhart of Cody, E. P. Bowman
and Don Adams of the Meeteetse
country and VIM. Eddy of Elk Basin
were chosen as alternates and may
also be present at the convention.
The meeting denoted a greater
interest in politics this pear than in
many former campaigns and every
evidence is at hand that the Repub-
lican party will not want for &C
tive workers during the 1924 cleo
ton.
Mrs. Eldred Delegate
Fol the first time in the history
of Park county and Wyoming poll
tics women delegates will sit in the
state convention hall and take an
active part in the doings political.
Mrs. Grayce Eldred of Cody will
represent the women voters of Park
county at Lander next week. Mrs.
Eldred is a lady of a great deal of
ability and very well read regarding
state and national politics. Altho
she has taken no great active part
in county politics in the past, with
the organization of the women
voters. they are to be well rep
resented in Lander by her.
The delegates will go to the Ian
der convention pledged to Calvin
Coolidge for the presidential NOM
nation.
Lander is all set to entertain the
members of the G.. o. P. faith
they gather there next week
and a program has been arranged
which will furnish proper enter
tainment for the politicians. Always
noted for its hospitality, Lander is
preparing to Guido itself on this
More than a hundred
cars are said to be pledged for the
use of the state visitors, and brass
bands, dances and many other fea-
lures will make the stay of the
delegates there one long to be re-
memberd.
Hotels are receiving reservations
daily and it is thought that this
will be one of the larg-
est ever held in the history of the
state.
, 1924-05-07
0. R. SPENCE In
TOLLS OF LAW

o. r. Spence, a rancher on Cedar
mountain, plead guilty to charges
OF stealing some fence posts and
was given a sentence by the court
oil $50 and costs and 10 days in jail.
r. G. Landreth, who is charged
with selling moonshine waived pre-
hminary hearing in the justice court
last week, and plead guilty before
Judge p. w. Metz today. His trial
Is set for the May term of court.
, 1924-05-07
BIG HORN COUNTY
SENATOR VERY ill

Word has been received in Basin
that Senator Simon Skovgard of
that city is seriously i'll in a hos
pital at Denver with a bad tumor
on the brain. Mrs. Skovgard and
daughter, Mrs. T.. M. Mckinney,
have gone to Denver to be with
him.
, 1924-05-07
FERGUSON DAM BREAKS AND FLOODS
RANCH PROPERTY ON SAGE CREEK
Waters Rush Down Mountains Inundating Fields
and Washing Buildings Before Them

The Ferguson dam on the east slope of Carter mountain
broke about seven O'Clock Monday morning and the impounded
waters which covered an area of about fifty acres, rushed down
the mountain side carrying death to livestock and destruction
to the ranches situated near the water course of Sage creek.
By what seems almost a miracle no lives were lost in the disas-
ter which completely washed away the home of L. C. Feeley
and family at the Ferguson ranch and flooded the homes of
many other ranchers farther down the valley
, 1924-05-07

Bob Hopkins drove over from hfa
ranch Tuesday.
Evening star., 1924-03-15
HOUSING SHORTAGE
IN new YORK DENIED
City Official Declares Metropolis
Suffers Unjustly From Adverse
Reports.

Declaring that great injustice has
been done New York city by the pub
LEGATION In the: newspapers OF "irre-
sponsible statements" concerning the
housing situation, a special commit
tee, appointed by Acting Mayor Muir
ray Hubert, has reported that New
York has no slums; that only one
ten-thousandth Of the population was
living under congested conditions;
that rents were remarkably low in
comparison to income, and that few
insanitary conditions Of a serious ma
tu1e were discovered.
The report was in direct conflict
with the report of the New York state
commission on housing and regional
planning, which declared that housing
conditions in New York were worse
than in 1920; that there was a short
age OF apartments; that rents were
high and were frequently increased,
and that rooms generally were over
crowded. The report stated that high
rents had taken food from children
that houses unfit for habitation had
sanitary conditions prevailed in many
tenements.
1T is felt" says the committee,
that the great majority of people
adversely affected by high rents are
Evening star., 1924-03-15

FAR enough removed from the hustle of
III city traffic for maximum safety to the
little ones. Situated on one OF Wash
ingtons highest points, assuring fresh air in
abundance, the English Village offers to par
ents an ideal Home opportunity.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

tion and the Tennessee Bankers As
sociation, they are:
l. Where property Is bought for
renting purposes, q depreciation Will
be deducted on it each year, even
though it is not actually rented. OF
course. depreciation may not be taken
on house bought solely for a resi-
dence of the owner.
2. Where property is bought for
sale at a profit, depreciation must be
taken for each year, whether it Ia
taken during each year or at the time
the sale is actually made.
3. In an installment sale, where the
cash consideration received at the
time of the sale is less than 25 per
cent of the sale price, further pay
ments to be received over a period
of years, the profit should be reported
not in total at the date of sale, but
in installments, when payment is
made by purchaser, each portion re-
ported being equal to the same pro-
portion Of the total profit to be
earned as the installment paid is to
the selling price.
4. To avoid difficulty in allocatirg
profit on subdivisions, value should
be set up at the time of purchase on
each fraction of property bought.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

the families of hundreds of thousands
of the white collar element-heads
and members of families who work
in Offices, stores and shops, as clerks
or bookkeepers, or in other admins
trative capacities, and whose salary
is below $4,000 per annum. Included
in this class also are approximately
100000 residents OF the city of New
York who are employed in municipal, l.,
state and federal service.
THE habits and living conditions
of this element impel them to live in
the better neigh ghborhoods and in a
better class of houses, those that
have been erected and are In the
course Of erection, where the question
of high rent pinches and affects the
occupants most.
After a thorough consideration Of
the various plans or suggestions for a
solution Of the problem, the commit
tee is OF the opinion that the, best
method to be pursued is the advocacy
CT the erection OF houses to be CO.
operatively owned. Such houses could
be erected upon a basis which would
enable the tenant to pay for his
apartment practically the same as
rent"
The report suggests enlisting the
proper financial backing, such as the
Evening star., 1924-03-15
OFFICE BUILDING
NEAR COMPLETION
Finishing Touches Being Made to
Investment Building at 18th
and K Streets.

Finishing touches now are being
made TO the Investment building, on
the northwest corner Of 18th and 4
streets northwest. The structure
practically is completed on the out
side, it was announced, but there
still remains some interior work on
the 500 offices and thirty-one stores in
this eleven-story structure. 1t will be
ready for occupancy on it's scheduled
date of July !. it was said.
One Of the features of this building
is the provision Of automobile park
ing space in the basement of the
building. This is said TO be one of the
first buildings in the east to provide
this convenience, and will be a boon
to business men who seek to find
parking space downtown for their
cars. Two hundred cars can be ac-
commodated, easy ihgress and egress
being provided by the ramp system.
There will be a public information
bureau in the lobby, providing infor-
nation regarding trains, theaters, no.
tells, current events, etc, to the gen
eral public as well as the occupants
of the building.
Evening star., 1924-03-15
INCOME TAX LAW KINKS
EXPLAINED TO REALTORS
Provisos Bearing on Property
Transactions Broadcast
From Oak Park.

Here are some kinks in present in
come tax laws applying particularly
to real estate. They were broadcast
this week to members OF the National
Association of Real Estate Boards by
the Oak Park. ILL.,, Real Estate Board.
AS summarized by Archibald Harris,
counselor on accounting and tax
alton to the Chicago Real Estate
Board, the Illinois Bankers Associa-
ton, the Indiana Bankers Associa-
Evening star., 1924-03-15
WEATHER HOLDS UP
LUMBER OPERATIONS
Market Firm Despite Decreased
/ Bookings by Mills in South
l. ern Association.

IN large sections Of the northern
and eastern consuming territories
weather during the last week again
has been such as to check outdoor
york, following the marked increase
isl activities during the previous fort
light. Retail trade in many impor-
ant centers has thus been slowed up,
and wholesale trade has undergone
no Improvement, says the American
Lumberman, Chicago. However. the
number market as whole remains
arm. and in most woods no weaken
pg tendency is apparent
Bookings by mills subscribing to
the Southern Pine Association showed
a steady decrease during last month {;
while this decrease is attributable in
part to unfavorabie weather in the
middle west. the north and the east,
y is in large measure due also to the
TACT that earlier in the season the
larger mills accumulated heavy order
1les and reduced their stocks to q
pW point. Many OF them are there
fore forced to curtail their bookings,
and some have withdrawn entirely
from the market, at least so far as
some of the more popular items are
concerned. Few mills show any eager
ness to book new business at this
time, especially in view of the ex-
Prices on southern pine meanwhile
are firmly maintained. The North
Carolina pine industry occupies an
almost identical position. While
bookings have been markedly re-
duced lately, stocks are in poor con-
dition and prices show no weaken
ing. The western pines, California
redwood. northern pine and hemlock
are all in relatively poor supply.
Some of these woods have recently
advanced in price, and none of them
Is being sacrificed.
nou~I,S E,1r Morl-s< NUA~L
The only really weak market is
that for Douglas fir, trade in which
has shown no notable change. The
rail demand remains poor, and yard
stocks have on that account declined
materially during the last two or
three weeks. Manufacturers, how
ever, say that a recovery is certain
to occur as soon as weather improves
sufficiently to permit outdoor work
to be started generally, for mill
stocks are low and are not accumu-
lating at any great rate. The At
1antic seaboard continues to be the
best customer. but this trade is being
severely handicapped by lack of ves-
rates. The California and foreign
markets remain dull. Some car ma
terial orders have been placed lately.
but this business is generally being
held in abeyance until it can be as
certained what congressional action
will be taken on various transporta-
tion problems.
The hardwood trade, though not as
active as recently. remains satisfac-
torily brisk. and the market has lost
none of its strength.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

larger leading institutions, the saw
ings banks, life, fire and other insur-
ance companies. all of whose funds
come from the very people who would
be benefited by increased housing
facilities.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Aeroplanes were recently success
full in collecting taxes from a tribe
in Mesopotamia who had refused to
pay.
Gunnison news-champion., 1924-09-26
Start Prairie Dog
Campaign In Spring
STOCkGROwERS' ASSOCIATION
TO COOPERATE WITH BIOLOGI.
CAL SURVEY IN CAMPAIGN
To ERADICATE PRAIRIE DOGS
IN GUNNISON COUNTY NEXT
SPRING

d. y. Green. field man for the L. s.
Biological Surrey, with headquarters
at Denver, has been In Gunnison for
the past two weeks looking over the
prairie dog situation, and announces
that arrangements have been compiet-
ed for the inauguration Of a poison
campaign against the pests, beginning
next May. The work Is to be done by
the Gunnison County Stockgruwers'
Association. actively assisted by the
Biological Survey.
Mr.. Green has been over the propo-
sItiou Nth r. +. aergelman, presl-
den, Of the stockmen's organization.
and at the meetirz last week. the
member definitely agreed to enter
into the campaign.
The most thickly infested section Of
the county is in the southern end. in
Guiding the sections around lola, Sap
nero. Powderhorn, etc. The lower
valleys all over the county are in
Tested TO some extent, but the princi-
pal damage is in the southern part.
The system used TO kill off the dogs
is the use Of poIson-covered oats
sprinkled on the edges Of the holes
The Biological Survey is TO furnish tbs
strychnine and mixing materials, and
the ztockmen or landowners them
selves viii furnish the oats and attend
TO the batting.
The principal damage caused BY the
prairie dogs in this section is 20 the
range, A. they eat the grass off clean
before the cattle can get to il. The
small amount Of grain grown in this
county is largely due to the prairie
dog pest, and II successful eradica-
ton campaign IS carried out. we can
look for a big increase in grain. OF
late years Mr. Mergelman and 2
number of his ncighbors at lola Quit
planting on account Of the blackbirds
and prairie dogs, The dogs can b.
reached pretty efficiently, but the
blackbirds still present a troublesome
problem.
Prairie dogs find head lettuce much
to their liking, also, altho the higher
lettuce growing attitudes are not
bothered so much by these pests.
About 1900 lbs, of poisoned oats werc
put out in the Powderhoru region this
sprinC with excellent results. The
powderhoru ranchmen have been car
rying on a small poison campaign for
the past four years. but this year and
next should see the dogs practically
wiped out over there.
Mr. Green and Mr.. Mergelman put
out several hundred pounds of the
oats near lola last week with very
gratifying results.
! number of the wiser dogs refuse
20 eat the treated oats, and for their
especial benefit, each prairie dog town
j. gone over with potassium cyan ide.
This Is put down the holes, and A. it
comes in contact with the air, gives
off the deadly cyanide gas, which gets
even the wiscst.
Gunnison news-champion., 1924-09-26
Ranch and RANGE ::
Guardian Angel Asleep
With Dollar Corn
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE SAYS
GABRIEL WASN'T AWAKE
WHEN HE LET CORN GO TO
HIGH MARK

What does dollar com" mean
foT kaEsas2 Nothing but bad
luck, thinks William Allen White,
who says farmers could better af-
FORD 70 take their livestock to the
best hotel in Kansas than feed
them dollar corn. An interesting
Interview with White who was in
Wichita Kansas recently. follows:
Chicago market quotations mean
corn on the Kansas farm. And We
have for the first time in Kansas his
tory a new problem. What are We go
ing to do with it for the good of the
farmer What man or critter around
the Kansas farm can afford 20 eat dol
lar coruT IL takes a ten-cent hoe %
eat dollar corn. and there are no ten
cent hogs. The eight-cent steer does
not dare touch dollar corn or his own
er Sill go into bankrupcy. /, would
be better for the Kansas farmer ~
bring his steers and hogs 10 the bes'
hotel in the state and keep them there
rather than TO feed dollar corn at the
present prices Of livestock. The horse
can't eat dollar corn and compete with
hfteen-cent gasoline. And If the folk
IN the house Try TO eat dollar corn in
Johnuycake and fapjacks, they might
better eat turkey and tropical fruit.
Here is the dollar corn, and much good
Il will do the farmer who wants to
keep il on the farm. II il leaves the
farm. il takes a lot of nitrogen from
an already impoverished soil.
What will happen is this. probably:
IN" starch makers and glucose fact
uT.cs will buy the dollar corn and pass
the price back TO the consumer, Of
whom the farmer and his family are
most conspicuous. Every time the
farmer sits down to eat corn syrup or
his waFles, or father brings home =
sack Of candy to the kids: or every
time mother puts starch into her cakes
or confectionery, the farmer will pay
for that dollar corn.
In the meantime the chickens will
grow thin: the hogs will have to BE-
s1aked in the creek TO keep the alfalfa
from blowing out their ribs, ana the
steers will have to fatten on rough
ness, all because dollar corn has struck
Kansas at time when everything else
Is out Of line with the corn crop.
Some say the balance of nature is
out Of gear. II is as If chop-suey
Joint had been started TO absorb lot
Of extra cats needed TO eat the exact
number of rats to eat the exact num-
Der Of pests required to keep the crops
going Some where the Guardian
Angel, who watches the wheels grind
out the eternal varieties of life, was
thinking Of something else when corn
went to n dollar on the Kansas farm. :"
Gunnison news-champion., 1924-09-26
RtNGF MA\ NGEME\T BEING
PRhCTIC ALLY DENO\~TR ATEI

Ag-sru''lral C..'cg" Sew No,e- .--
-"-i". = ar.lrlc- lpor The range
problem r Cn'"radu Ru-ld b" IA
from comp ",. II reference wcre ro'
msuie 70 're %a'oral Forest Se-si O.
hi ay"rrs hl. taken n" mutual .'rI.-
ard I- ~ork.n. efficiently and c'r.s
tm"lg upon n" problem and 'H-n4vt
~ Ir.sl's proper rccrod- II rarrr
w4a4gcmcr. are beng demon - ra',.t
.. r" Fore, Sorlr" "a- created h} act
a. rurvf.--. pas.ed Mar. o. '-g'
On" rru-pr for it, creation
va. to-, Ics clorm"a, and
."r.a'I". ~ ch" forage .Irp,
TINT A,r"r r,nry" nf Furr-, Ser 800.
is N" urr "f cnlrf interest to he
C"lorado ,rockmcn
Fifteen .a,onnl forest lie entirely
within 'hr boundaries Of Color.ldo
and ~" other. are IN Colorado in
part The total are Of land under
the -uprr, I-.ou u the Forest Service
IN Colorado is l3.2sy, ,6S4 acres. or
200 per cent u the total acreage Of
the tate. \ large percentage Of thi,
,a-' acreage is at altitude too
high for successful farming, and it,
value l. alno-, wholly in the timber
it produce and the grazing it afford,
In fact the 1898 Colorado Year Book
-,atc- that about ten million acres Of
the thirteen and onc-Quartcr million
acres in the National Forests Of Colo
RADIO. is used for pa,turage, and feed
for the summer over 25 per cent OF
the cat:l" and 20 per cent Of the sheer
owned by the tate"
Gunnison news-champion., 1924-09-26
HIGH ALTITUDE LETTUCE

Measr> Causey and Smith, on the
"L"t,usz Inn" rance at Gothic. have
produced thirty-oUe acre. Of head
lettuce ihl, year, and the marketing
mas just begun. Thl lettuce is pro
iuced il. an elevation Of nine thousand
feet and j. pronounced Of superior
grade Whc,Ler this quality Of tender
crlspur-- I- due entirely To the eleya-
tI0n and temperatures, or TO the large
amount of vegetable matter in the
,Irgin soil: or, 10 both factors. cannot
Gunrl-un county lettuce l. superior 70
the California product and it l. be
hcycd that the quick development Of
thu, industry in Gunnlsou county Is
du" Ia the cArellen, demand for this
Mgh cln-- product from our soils.