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, 1924-07-09
IS GALLON STILL TAKEN
ON MEETEESE CREEK
BY STATE OFFICERS

A 80 gallon still, 3 gallons of the
finished product and 500 gallons of
mash were taken in a raid last
week at the B. B. Owens ranch on
Meeteetse creek and B.. b. Owens
and lack Morrison and VIM. Mil
ligan of Thermopolis are being held
in the county jail charged with
moonshine, possession and trans
p%ortation of liquor.
The raid vas made by Lee r.
Craft and Mr.. Easley of the state
law enforcement department, when
they located the still and equip
ment on the Owens ranch. Accord
ing to their report of the trip to-
Meeteetse they located the still and
were told by Mrs. Owens that her
husband was in Meeteetse. Decd
ing to await his return it was only
a short time until he appeared and
was placed under arrest. Together
with the still and liquor he Wax
brought to Cody and placed in jail
Later while a hearing was being
held Morrison arrived on the scene.
ostensively to furnish a for
Owens, and he too was arrested
A wire was Immediately sent to
Thermopolis to locate Milligan, who
was known to be a confederate of
the two men arrested. and informa-
ton was received hat Milligan had
gone to Cody with Morrison. A
search of the town revealed Milligau
asleep in the Morrison car, near the
court house. He too was arrested.
and since the hearing has plead
guilty to moonshining.
The men are all being held in
default of bonds ranging from
81 700 to $1,000.
The still which was taken is CON
sidered by the officers one of the
best yet taken. 1t was spotlessIy
clean, all copper. and apparently
very new. Milligan admitted that
55 gallons of the product had been
produced. The still was found in
a shed and tent on the Owens
ranch, and the equipment such as
the cot, which was evidently used
by the operator was entirely new.
as were the blankets, and clearly
showed that the investment of the
outfit was a very recent one.
Morrison and Milligan are both
members of the bunch who were
held by the Hot Springs authorities
for trial recently and the latter is
the gentleman who has filed a
$4,000 damage suit against State
Law Enforcement Commissioner
Wachtel.
, 1924-07-09
Cody Street Dedicated to
Mrs. Gertrude whitney
Town Council Passes Ordinance Naming One of Cody's
Pretty Driues TO New York Sculphess

With cry appropriate ceremonies
one of Cody's prettiest drives vas
dedicated yesterday afternoon to
Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
and given her name, by services
which were participated in by many
of the tow%nspeople of Cody and the
New York memorial party which
has been here for the past ten days
at the unwilling ceremonies.
The drive starts at the inter
section of Morrill, avenue and
Sheridan avenue, and runs due west
to the corner of. the Buffalo Bill
American association property, turn
ing at that place due west, and
continuing to the next turn in the
road. This is the road which is to
be taken on the way to Yellowstone
park as Don as the new south side
road is completed. The cere-
monies held at the place in the road
where it turns south. with Mayor R.
c. Trueblood presiding. Mr.. True
blood made a very splendid talk,
reviewing in a brief manner the life
of the great scout, and expressing
the pleasure of the people of the
west as well as the east for the
great monument made possible
, 1924-07-09
TOURIST FIRES BED
EXCITING EXPERIENCE

Lee Harlan, wife and % sons.
of Marlin, Texas, had a thrilling ex-
p%erience near Fort Washable when
the car they were driving took fire
They were driving toward Yellow
stone on the Lander roa when they
smelled burning paint and stopping
the car found the bed Attire. 1t was
tied to the rear of the car and
became ignited from a cigarette he
had thrown out of the car a few
minutes before. In getting the e
from the car, Harlan suffered two.
badly burned hands which required
medical attention. The car was not
damaged seriously although the bed
ding was practically ruined.
, 1924-07-09

through the art of Mrs. Gertrude
Whitney. In turn he called on DR..
George F. Kunz and Robert d.
Dripps, of the Buffalo Bill Ameri-
can association, each of whom spoke
a few words of appreciation for the
act taken by the Cody town council.
Mr.. Dripps, who is in Cody as the
special representative of Gertrude
Whitney, voiced what he said
would be her appreciation when she
informed of the dedication of
the new drive.
Mayor Trueblood in conclusion
officially named the designated road
the Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney drive" and suggested that
to finish the dedication the entire
party make a trip over the new
drive.
The drive as it starts at Morrill,
avenue, takes you by the city park
and around the corner of the block
of the Buffalo Bill Memorial asso-
citation with the Buffalo Bill Ameri-
can associations property On the
other side of the drive to the west.
The beautiful equestrian statute and
Colonel Cody is seen but a short
distance from the road.
, 1924-07-09
CODY BACHELOR WEEDS
LADY FROM IOWA

"Al" Thomas fell. Fell for MS
old time Iowa sweetheart and when
she arrived in Cody last week they
appeared before the genial county
clerk and procured the license
which is the most important re-
quisite of a wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas left for
Billings Monday evening and will
spend a few weeks there and in
Wyoming points before returning to
Cody. They can feel assured that
they will receive a warm welcome
by their Cody friends upon their
return.
, 1924-07-09
TREE FALLS ACROSS BUS
NO One INJURED

What might have been a ser
ious accident occurred Monday just
a little way this side of Pahaska
when a tree fell across one of the
yellow buses which was loaded
with park tourists. How this ever
happened without injuring someone
seems almost a miracle, yet so it
is reported. Just before reaching
Pahaska a violent rain storm came
up and the a was stopped to put
up the top While this was being
accomplished a huge tree was
flung to the ground by the violent
wind and fell directly across the
car.
, 1924-07-09
THERM0P0LIS BANK MAY
BE RE-OPENED SOON

An attempt is being made to re-
open the Thermopolis bank which
was closed recently. A meeting
vas called by Bank Examiner HUE
last week of the bank ~depositors
and they all expressed a desire to
have the institution ~re-opened. Five
representative business men of Hot
Springs county and all large depos-
itors in the financial institution
have been named to work out the
details of the reorganization of the
bank.
, 1924-07-09
NORTHERN PACIFIC SAYS
LEAVE PARK VIA CODY

A very attractive piece of adver-
Using and n which has more thar
the ordinary interest to the people
of this section is being published in
many of the leading daily papers
of the east and middle west, and
some more prominent magazines. 1t
is signed by the Northern Pacific
railway and tells prospective western
tourists to visit Yellowstone park
via the Gardiner entrance, exiting
over the scenic Cody-Way at the
eastern entrance. The trip is $10S.-
50, New York to Cody and return,
coming west over the northern route
and returning east via Denver, Col
orado. The park tour is extra, s54
the hotel way, and S45 with the
Camps company.
The advertisement Is cleverly il
Illustrated and includes a map show
ing the connection at the Gardiner
entrance, around the loop, and out
the east gateway to Cody. GO in
at Gardiner. The climax is the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Your interest is fully sustained if
you leave the park by the Cody
Road through the thrilling Shoshone
canyon" is the way the advertising
describes the park tour. This sort
the Buffalo Bill country and will
result in a great increase in park
travel in future years.
, 1924-07-09
SATURDAY WAS RECORD
DAY AT EASTERN GATE

Saturday was the record-breaking
day so far this season when 224
cars, carrying 70S passengers, en-
tered the eastern gateway to Vel
lowstone National park. The big
gest day last year saw III cars
pass thru the gateway on August IL.
The tourist travel this ear is
much greater than it has been in
former years and authorities in the
park look to entertain from 100, 900
to 200, 900 people this year.
, 1924-07-09
TAKE A KID AND
ATTEND THE CIRCUS

A movement is on in Cody
to show the kiddies of the
town a circus. One will show
at Powell on the 21st, and
many of the attached and IN
attached bachelors have ex-
pressed their willingness to be
the means of showing some
Cody kiddie the elephants, the
clowns and all the other
menagerie of the real circus.
No doubt many Cody par
ents will take their youngsters
to Powell on circus day, but
there will be many a lad who
will not find a way to go I'M
less some one can finance the
trip. Will you take a boy or
a girl to the Powell circus?
The Herald offers to supply
the names of deserving young
sters to any who can make the
trip possible.
Major Hopes, S. A. Wat
kins and Harry Sanborn have
headed the list. each of them
offering to make at least m
little heart beat faster by the
sight of a peanut eating ele-
plant and some of the man
eating wonders" which will be
shown under the canvas on
"circus day"
, 1924-07-09
PARK COUNTY DEMOS
TO MEET AT POWELL

Park county Democrats, meet your
senatorial candidates at the dinner
to be given at the Powell cafe in
Powell Thursday evening. Joe o.
Mahoney. Leroy Laird and Judge
Rose will be there and will be
pleased to meet the voters of the
county.
The Democratic Central commit
tee of the county has extended an
invitation to the members of the
party in this part of the state to at
tend this meeting, which starts or
the 1924 campaign.
, 1924-07-09
RAILROAD OFFICIALS TO
VISIT IN CODY IN JULY

Chairman H. A. Phillips of the
entertainment committee of the
Cody club reports that a party of
railroad officials will arrive in Cody
on July 16 OF II, and will be here
a few days looking after the inter
ests of agriculturists inc making a
study of conditions in this section
of the state. Plans are going for
ward for the reception and enter
tainment of these guests while they
are here.
, 1924-07-09
go DAYS AND $500

Jack Rueder, who has been in
trouble both here and at Meeteetse
to a very considerable extent, was
arraigned before Judge Metz and
upon his plea of guilt to the pos
session of moonshine was fined
$500 and given a 60 day term in
the county Jail.
, 1924-07-09
JUDGE METZ GRANTS
DIVORCES TO THREE

Judge Metz held a short session
a few days last week at which time
he granted decrees of divorce in the
cases of Otto Cassidy VS.. Elsie Cas-
sidy; Mary Gipe VS.. Clayton Gipe,
and Elizabeth Jones VS., Cal Jones.
, 1924-07-09
Club Favors Careful
Investigation Electric Light
Question Before Acting
on Renewal Franchise

The Cody Club went on record at the Monday luncheon as
being in favor of a careful investigation of the electric light
situation before the granting of a new franchise to Geo. T.
Beck of the Shoshone Electric Light company. The old fran
chise does not expire for about a year and it is felt that there
will be plenty of time to go into the matter with the view of
securing the best possible service and rates for the Cody users
of electricity.
, 1924-07-09
THANK POWELL TRIBUNE
FOR FINE COOPERATION

The Cody sclub went on record
Monday as deeply indebted to the
Powell Tribune for the fine pub
licity and cooperation extended to
the town of Cody. to the Stampede
celebration and to the unwilling
ceremonies of the Cody memorial,
and ordered resolutions drafted
which would convey the apprecia-
ton of the club to the editor of the
Tribune and the people of the sis
ter town down the valley.
, 1924-07-09

Ernest May and sons. William
Ernest, Jr., arrived in Cody Tues
day and plan to spend a few weeks
at the May ranch on upper Wood
river. Billie May comes to Cody
from his home at Pasadena, Calf.
while the father and brother come
from their home at Lead, S. D.
, 1924-07-09

finance an investigation of these
problems at this time, the Cody
Club, so states one of the directors,
will offer all the assistance within
its power.
Evening star., 1924-08-19

disturbance Of the balance of power
in the Senate, possibly OF moment II
the electoral college fails to elect. But
another factor develops at once. Sen.
ator Colt was chairman Of the com.
mittee on immigration. Immigration
Is powerfully important subject to
California. Senator johnson was third
and is now second on the Republican
membership. Senator Sterling is the
ranking Republican, but he is chair.
man of the even more important com.
mittee on post offices and post roads,
which he would hardly relinquish for
immigration. Moreover, Senator Ster.
ling will leave Office next March.
Will this opportunity, which Is con.
tingent, of course, upon Senator John.
son remaining regular" have an ef-
feet upon his campaign position? He
cannot expect to be advanced to the
Craftsmanship II he bolts the party.
Given disposition to nurse his
wounds received during the pre-con-
vention contest, he may still remain
a Republican. California will probably
look to him to take the line that leads
to the craftsmanship.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
Tension in Paris and Berlin.

Premier Herriot returned to France
yesterday from the London confer.
ence and was given an enthusiastic
reception on his arrival. This ac-
claim is viewed as presaging ap-
proval by the chambers Of the legis-
lature when on Thursday he presents
his report of the agreement effected
made to defeat him on this score,
chiefly by the Poincare party, is
understood. But defeat for the rep
arations arrangement means finan-
cial disaster for France, and it is
accepted as fairly certain that Poin-
care does not hope and really does
not wish to overthrow the ministry.
and with it the plan that means so
much for European peace and for the
restoration of French prosperity.
In Germany the ministry must face
the same test in the Reichstag.
Measures must be passed to put the
reparations plan into effect. The
Nationalists will doubtless make an
effort to block their passage. But at
Berlin as at Paris it is apparently
realized that defeat for the govern.
ment on this score means defeat for
Germany and the renewal of the
harassing conditions of occupation
and financial distress.
France has already begun the
evacuations which were pledged at
London. Troops are moving out of
the occupied area according to the
arrangements. This prompt with.
drawal. in strict keeping with pledges
given, will undoubtedly have a good
effect in Berlin, and will make for the
Reichstag support which is required
by Chancellor Marx to carry out his
side Of the arrangements.
Reputation by either France or
Germany of the agreement of London
would put that government in an
extremely bad light before the world.
Neither can afford thus to incur the
condemnation of all other nations for
the sake Of purely domestic politics.
II there is ministerial defeat at
either Paris or Berlin for the premier
or the chancellor in consequence of
this negotiation. it should follow
after the arrangement has been
given final effect.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
What Of Senator Hiramf

Fate plays strange pranks with the
affairs Of men. Take the case Of Sen.
ator Hiram johnson, lately defeated
for the Republican nomination for
President and since then silent, with
out break, while the Republican or
ganization has been active in prepara.
tions for the intensive campaign.
What will he do?" has been the
query on all sides as he has been re-
membered and discussed. will he be
regular? Will he support Coolidge?
Will he bolt? What about his possible
support of La Follette?"
California is one Of the important
States of the contest. It has 13 elec-
toral votes-a goodly number in a
close fight. In 1916 it was the vote
of California that elected Woodrow
Wilson, and that vote was given by
the margin Of only few ballots. Cali
fornia is well worth watching. Hence
the interest manifested in Senator
Hiram. But nobody has heard a word
from him. One Of his former lieuten.
ants has been given a post Of some
sort in the La Toilette organization,
a fact which may have caused shivers
Of apprehension r flow down some
Of tho more sensitive spines at Re-
publican headquarters. But from Sen.
ator Hiram himself not word. Yes
terday Senator LIE Baron Colt Of
Rhode Island passed away in death.
That may become an important fact
In the political reckoning through the
Evening star., 1924-08-19

said that the whole governmental
buying, shipping and exporting ap-
paratus worked under a high and
unnecessary overhead. competition
with foreign grain in the export mar
ket having been possible thanks only
to the low price paid the Russian
peasant.
Among the elements of excessive
cost, aside from the expensiveness
Of Soviet functionaries holding jobs
for which they are not qualified and
high grain tariffs Of Russian state
railways, are the high expense OF
handling grain at the southern ports,
Odessa, Nikolaievsk and Mariupol,
whence most of the Russian grain
is exported. Minister of Railways
RudZutak gives the costs of handling
pecks a pud. or 7h cents per bushel
for Nikolaievsk, the cheapest port;
81 copecks at Odessa and more than
6 copecks at Mariupol.
Another snag will be encountered
this year in the proposed restoration
of agricultural protection for grain
In Germany and, unless q settlement
is speedily reached, in the commercial
warfare declared against Germany in
reprisal for the raid on the head
quarters of the Russian government
foreign trade monopoly in Berlin
several months ago.
The Russian grain exports last year
were largely taken by Germany, al
though large amounts were credited
to Holland, whence they were ex-
ported via the Rhine and other water
ways into Western Germany. Even
should the war continue 1t is prob
able that considerable Russian grain
will continue to find its way into
Germany by this route. the chief re-
suit of the boycott being to deprive
the Russian export monopoly of the
profit from selling direct to Germany
and forcing it to split with the Dutch
middlemen.
OF the 1928 grain export a very
large proportion, As per cent, was rye,
which does not compete so directly
with United States grain exports.
Wheat constituted 100000 bushels
or 20 per cent of tho export; barley,
10 per cent, and corn and oats about
per cent each, the balance being
made up of other grains and grain
products which are classed with grain
in tho Russian trade statistics.
(copyrght. 1874. bg Public Ledger Company
Evening star., 1924-08-19

find 1t costing him that much to
abuse the privilege that he has come
to regard as right.
In the matter Of this projected
campaign Of enforcement, it would
be we'll for the police to use psych.
ology. They should not consider a
block once "raided'' as disposed of
finally. For If they work on that
basis it naturally follows that that
block. once raided, will Immediately
be regarded as safe spot for all-day
parking. In the apparently hap
hazard devotion Of attention to par
ticular blocks the element Of surprise
must be observed. Just as the base
ball pitcher often fools the batsman
by repeating certain delivery, 80
the police should repeat their visits to
already cleared blocks.
The important thing about this
parking rule enforcement is to make
it plain to all the motor owners Of
the city that the rule is valid and
that it must be obeyed. Far from
being difficult, enforcement Of this
rule is really an easy matter, if the
police are persistent. 1t is far easier
to enforce the rule against idle cars
than those which apply to moving
vehicles.
If, when the rule against all-day
parking has been enforced and the
motorists of the city have learned
that it must be obeyed, there is a
demand for space for the all-day
storage Of cars downtown. and there
is not room for them within practi-
cable distance of the working places,
some provision for them must be
made. 1t will come. Every demand
brings its supply. 1t will not be as
cheap as the public streets, but it
will serve. and meanwhile the streets
will be safer and the traffic will be
more expeditiously moved. That is
what the streets are for.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
ARTICLE XIV.

Russia's grain exports from last years
crop amounted to about 3,650,000 tons
remarkable achievement for a 4 ,un-
try just recovering from long years
OF famine and internal disorder and
with poor 1928 harvests in several
sections. Without this export there
could have been no favorable balance
Of trade ministry Of finance esti-
mates anticipate an excess of ex-
rubles or over j70,ooo,ooo for the
current fiscal year). no financial re-
form, no stabilization Of tho ruble,
and perhaps. as Krassin, minister for
foreign trade. claims, no de jure
recognition by a long list Of powers
headed by Great Britain and Italy.
How much grain will Russia be
able to export from the 1924 har-
vests? This question interests the
for q market for his grain, quite as
much as the bolshevist leaders, seek
ing further commercial and political
triumphs abroad. With their usual
optimism, their customary facility as
dreamers Of visions, the bolshevist
experts promise to export twice to
two and q half times as much this
year.
Even ignoring the effect Of this
years weather conditions upon the
yield, I have been unable to find any
ground for such optimism and believe
that the 1924 grain crop and the ex-
port surplus would have been little
II any larger than last year, even
with favorable weather instead Of the
protracted burning drought.
Increase In Acreage Small.
The acreage sown to grain. accord
ing to the most optimistic omcial fg.
ures, was only to 10 per cent more
than last year. These are the esti-
mates current before the spring
planting season, which have been ad-
hered to by the bolshevist statis-
ticians since, although the papers
were full of reports that the farmers
had failed to get in the expected
ing to delayed arrival of seed grain
and other. causes. The bolshevist
program committees started out last
fall with plans to distribute enough
seed grain to increase the acreage 80
per cent. but the government sold for
export about II per cent OF the seed
grain fund and then delayed ship
ment until SO late in the Winter that
the seed grain frequently reached the
farmer too late to plant.
The actual acreage, I believe, Is
about the same as last year. Even
If sbolehevist hopes for increased
acreage and favorable growing con-
ditions had been realized, which were
not, they gave no ground for the
tremendous jump in the surplus for
the general market and for export SO
enthusiastically promulgated by tho
bolshevist program makers.
Nor do I look for a much greater
acreage or normal grain crop for
some years to come. The minister
Of agriculture for the Ukraine. prin.
cipal Uource Of Russia's grain export.
stated in a report to his government