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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
ESSAYS
STARTS ON PAGE l

II they win there. they viii &c,
twice m much ns tho old folks
For instance. II tho first priEc in
the adult department ia IS for q
pig. and boy or girl who belongs
70 an accredited club should win.
tho prize VIII he $40. instead OF IS.
Because Of tbs Close relation be
| tween the fair and the boys and
girls activities, The Seattle Star, in
cooperation with the Seattle Lions
club. Is going TO offer cash prizes OF
ts5 for tho best essay on why |
Want 10 Go 10 tho Western wash.
ington FAR"
The hrs, priso viii be $40. second.
$3.50. third. 81. fourth. $3.50
The contest starts tomorrow, Fri.
day. September IL. an essays must
bc In The star by p. m. on Friday,
September IS.
The contcs, 10 limited 10 boys and
girls between the ages OF 10 and 10,
Essays must not exceed zoo words.
Aiail essays to tho Fair Contest
Editor. Seattle Star.
Essays win be judged by commit.
tee OF Lions to be appointed by Carl
r. Croson, president. and tho win.
ncrs win he announced In The Star
on Saturday. September 10
Some OF tho things TO be seen at
tho fair: Tho best dairy cows in the
United States. the finest farm. rid.
ing and driving horses and ponies
ever shown at fair in tho West:
chickens that lay the most eggs.
hundreds of rabbits: n cat show, the
boys and girls club exhibit, con.
tanning everything produced by the
members of the Boys and Girls
clubs; all the fruits and vegetables
grown in Western Washington; horse
races; alto pushball. in which half a
dozen Ford cars win be smashed. n
camp with real Indians In all their
war paint and feathers; automobiles.
machinery and. OF course, "hot dogs, :"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10
Death Cheats Dry
Law of 2 Victims

HEATH halted the scheduled trials Of two
~ bootegging charges in Federal Judge Neterers
court, Wednesday.
Richard T.. Delaney died in Finland sanatorum
September %, 1924. Friends presented his death
tilicate and the stricken from the calendar.
Frank II. Adams accused jointly with John VIII
ams with possession and sale of booze Williams pleaded
guilty and told the court that Adams beyond its
jurisdiction.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10
Carols Orchestra
Serenades DR.. Loop

Eddie Carols i0-pieco orchestra
"Wednesday night seronaded DR.,
Frank Loope, widely known shutiu
and editor of Tho Seattle Stars
Sunshine and Smiles column, DR.,
Loopc was greatly pleased and called
the concert wonderfully insplr-
Ia, stt-Ft
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
TAX FIGHT
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

based his reports 10 the state
board q equalization fur fixing
Of ratios.
uEnE II the way /, worked;
IL Murray and dapontr would
send out 10 their corps Of In
yes,igators list OF realty
transfers for ycrification, These
would Ia checked over as 70
consideration. and the reports
returned 70 Miss Horn and
Cowen for compilation.
Tho probabilities are strong,
tho state contends. that tho list
Of transfers used were hand
picked by the railroad tax dc.
partment 20 prove their coutcn.
ton that realty Is being under
assessed For example. last year
about 800 King county trans
actions were sent 10 r. r. Dick
son for ysriflcation. lie checked.
he said. about Is per cent Of
these. There were more than
IS, 900 transfers In King county
last year, yet on tho 100 or 80
checked by Dickson. the rail-
road complied report accept
able 10 Thatcher as n basis for
determining whether or not Sc
attic property was being AS
ssssed at 30 per cent OF its'
value.
TUE railroads. Interest in
l. realty transfers is easy to
understand. Their total yBlu-
alton. including terminals and
al other property, Is divided
by their mileage. and each
county is certified an amount
OF tho total valuation proper
tomato 20 the mileage OF the
road within It's boundaries.
If the railroad could provo
TO Thatcher that the counties
were not assessing real estate
at so per cent OF value, but.
say. at 80 per cent. then he
would order that ratio applied
10 the railroad valuation and
tho railroad would save the
difference.
Thatcher did not appear 10 be
hard 10 convince. and the rail-
roads were glad 10 give him om-
ploymcnt, II seems. when his
usefulness In tho official fam
lily at Olympia ended. II may
even have had It's influence In
his efforts TO get tho present
Tux commission 10 employ him
this year until September / to
assist" them in getting at the
facts OF valuation and ratios.
Under examination Wedncs-
~ day. Thatcher admitted that
he had caused investigation to
be made by employees OF tho
state tax department In only
four, or possibly five. OF the
states 80 counties. He was
sure OF but -four Adams, Grant,
Stevens and Ferry. Tho rail-
road supplies his information as
10 the rest OF the 80, he ad-
mitted.
IL was brought out that
Thatcher concealed from coun.
~ assessors the specific trans.
actions, supplied 10y the rail.
roads. on which no based his
ratios And II was also brought
out that no concealed his rail.
road connections whom he
sought employment under the
now tax commission.
where did Miss Horn do this
work upon which YOU based
your roports?' Sharpe asked
Thatcher.
Here in Olympia at Tho
Hotel Olympia Thatcher an
Bwcred.
did you pay herr"
"Of course not. She was paid
by tho railroad, i suppose"
snorted Thatcher
'But she's only stonogra
pher," argued Sharpe. Couldn't
you ,iso your own ptonos
raphcrs?'
~ didn't have any TO spare"
IBID yvu ask for stcnogro
phcrs?'
NAV! I didn't ask for ate.
nographcr-f asked for money"
Then Thatcher glorcd, giving
his fierce mustache little flerccr
upiilt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10

Tropical fruits soon may be
shipped in a thin rubber coating.
This viii allow ripe picking and pre-.
vent decomposition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10
Bad Debt Causes Divorce

BECAUSE he borrowed $50 from her and forgot pay
ID it back Joseph Payne Coafied merchant and rancher
being sued for divorce by Carrie Lee Payne She also
claims her husband cursed and swore at her.
, 1925-07-29
STATE AND FEDERAL
HIGHWAY MEN HERE

A party of state and federal high
way officials, composed of l.. Il.
Laird, state highway commissioner
of Wyoming, Director Mcdonald, of
the bureau of public roads. with
offices at Washington, DR.. Hughes,
assistant chief engineer of the west
ern district with offices at SAN
Francisco, J. w. Johnson. district
engineer of the Denver office. and
NJ. White, highway engineer of Iowa
and president of the American AS
ISOLATION of State Highway Officials.
passed through Cody Monday after
a tour of Yellowstone park. The
party expected to follow the Black
and Yellow trail over the Big Horn
mountains on their trip across the
state.
The trip is being made by these
highway men to look over projects
receiving state and federal aid. and
to lay out a tentative program of
road construction for the future.
They entered the park over the
Hoback canyon road from the south.
, 1925-07-29
TO KINGS
CHARGE CODY INN

The Misses Jane Carlow and her
young friend. Jane Snyder, of Bill
'lings, We're guests of the Cody Inn
at dinner last Sunday evening, with
Margaret Hayden as chaperon.
Gustaf Moberg. the efficient
steward. told Miss Jane of catering
many times to her celebrated grand
father, Colonel VIM. F. Cody. at
the Waldorf-Astoria, the Vanderbilt
and the Hotel Astor. Mr.. Moberg
is as proud of these contacts as of
his catering to kings, among whom
were the late King Oscar the End.
and the present King Gustaf the
5th, of Sweden, MI. Moberg's native
country. Mr.. Moberg is sincere in
his appreciation of the Wilderness
and winsomeness of the land of the
great pioneer. pathfinder and scout,
and says he believes in what he is
doing because it is an honest dea.
Mr.. Moberg comes to Cody from
the Hotel Drake of Chicago, and is
the author and compiler of a stable
technical textbook For the Benefit
of the American Hotel Industry"
now ranking fourth in the United
States. This booklet breathes the
philosophy of the Golden Rule and
the spirit that He who sows o
tesy. reaps friendship. and he who
plants kindness, gathers love-"
, 1925-07-29
GIVE THE TOURIST WHAT HE WANTS
HONEST ROAD INFORMATION WILL PAY

Give the Tourist What He Wants should be the slogan of.
every town in Wyoming, and should be pracuced a s well as
preached from one border of the state to another. Courtesy
state. and everything done to make the sojourn of the visitor
here more pleasant.
This thought comes most forcibly to us at this time after
having just having had a conversation with a party of Nebraska
motorists who ire seeing the park via the Cody Way. This party
has journeyed from their homes to Yellowstone. They especially
wanted to come to Cody for the reason that they had friends here
who they hoped to e enroute. They entered the state on the
north through Wyoming. At Shoshoni, they were engaged by a
resident who told them the road to the park via Cody was bad.
Hardly passable. and advised them to veer off to Lander and enter
the wonderland by the southern entrance. .
These people, despite this information, came to Cody. They
were highly pleased with the Wind River canyon and the towns
along the route. yet they could not entirely forget the advice of
the Shoshoni resident. and were fearful of encountertng bad roads
to the park.
This character of information should be discouraged in every
community. The tourist should be told the truth. He should
be assisted in every way to get to the points where he wants to
60, t. e the things he wishes to SET and everything done to make
his stay here most pleasant. First. last and all the time. there
should be a whole-hearted honesty il giving road information
The man so unprncipled al to pose a s a public informant and
dispense information a far from the truth a furnished by this
Shoshoni man., should be waited IN by the cihzenry in town
and told that his departure would meet with the approval of the
community.
"Give the Tourist what He Wants." and we will be rendering
joicing and come again.
, 1925-07-29
new THEATRE TO OPEN
TEN COMMANDMENTS

"The Rialto" theatre, Cody's new
picture show house, which will open
in the building now occupied by
the Vogel furniture store shortly
after September. LIST. is to have for
its opening program 1.-THE Ten Com
mandments," one of the finest mo-
ton picture feature films ever re-
leased. Mrs. j. F. Files. who is
promoting the new picture theatre,
states that she expects to offer to
the people of Cody the finest pic
releases which can be secured,
many of which will include Par
amount features, and her opening
program is proof enough that she
is not booking any but the best.
The Rialto is to have a raised
floor, with new upholstered seats,
accommodating about $50 persons
at one time. The interior will be
newly decorated in an attractive
manner. and two large suction fans
will take care of the ventilation of
the show house. Two new Simplex
nation picture machines are to be
installed. equipped with a trans
verter to transform the electric cur
rem for most practical use. A silver
screen has been ordered, which will
be the finest eve installed in Cody.
, 1925-07-29
DIAMOND AND MINT
LOSE CITY LICENSES

At a meeting of the town council
held Monday evening, resolutions
were passed %revoking the licenses
of The Mint soft drink parlor and
The Diamond. The charges made
by the town are that these places
of business have not operated their
business in a n compatible
with the ordinances of the town,
hat liquor has been sold. that
gambling has been practiced and
that the continuance of these insti-
buttons will be a menace to the best
interests of the town.
The license for the operation of
The Mint was given to Henry Pool,
owner of the building in which the
Mint is operated, but since that time
the business has changed hands and
is not now under the, management
of Mr.. Pool. The license for the
operation of The Diamond was
granted to Sam Blake. and this
place of business has also changed
management since hat time. The
revoking of the city licenses auto
matically closes both of these bus
mess houses.
, 1925-07-29
POWELL MAN KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

Fleming Kilgore is dead and his
mother is in a Greybull hospital as
the result of an accident which oc-
Cured on the Greybull-Basin road
Sunday afternoon. His wife and his
father, Ed. Kilgore. of Powell. were
also occupants of the car, but did
not receive serious injury.
The party we're enroute to Denver
for a-short vacation when the &C
cident occurred, according to infor-
nation received here. The a went
into a ditch as it was attempting to
pass another a r Mr.. Kilgore was
alive when lifted from the wreckage
of his automobile, but died before
he could be rushed to the hospital.
Mrs. Kilgore suffered a broken
shoulder blade, and it is thought
that the left arm is also fractured.
Mr.. Kilgore was married two
years ago. There are no children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Kilgore are pi-
oneer residents of this section. Their
home is six miles east of Powell,
near Garland.
, 1925-07-29
COUNCIL TO INSIST UPON
METER ADJUSTMENTS

The city council at its meeting
on Monday evening went on record
as being insistent that an immediate
in Cody be made at once by Geo. T.
Beck. of the Shoshone Electric Light
plant, who recently, in the
sale of the distributing lines to the
city, accepted payment for all the
meters in use in the town. whereas
it develops hat at least half or
more of them are the personal pro-
perty of the residence owners
The council authorized notifica-
ton of Mr.. Beck of this action and
requested his presence at the next
meeting of the council. August 3rd,
to report to the council what steps
he is taking to make restitution to
the of the meters. for which
he has received payment.
Since the matter has come to the
attention of the meter m many
demands have been made upon Mr..
Beck for payment, and he has shown
a Willingness to do SO. stating that
in selling the meters to the town
he was not aware that the title was
not vested in him. However, this
method of securing repayment is
not fair to the meter owner. who
has had no part in the transaction
hitherto. and it only seems reason
able that the payment should be
made voluntarily by Mr.. Beck. and
not upon the solicitation of the one
who owns the meter.
The payment to the meter owner
is to be made on the same basis as
that figured when the payment was
made to Mr.. Beck. SIS for the aver
age residence meter, with slightly
higher prices for power meters.
, 1925-07-29
CODY ENTERTAINS
NOTABLE SON AND
WORLD WAR HERO
Frank Williams, Cowboy, Banker,
War Hero and Prominent Florida
Business Man Visits with Home
Folks in Cody

The people of Cody have had the
pleasure during the past few weeks
of entertaining one of it's most dis
Williams. eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion Williams. who vas one of
the early day cowboys of the Buff
a Bill country, a member of the
famous Buffalo Bill and Pawnee
Bill shows, Cody's first banker, and
var hero of the World war, who
has been here with his family visit
ing with relatives and looking over
the scenes of his youth which he
has not visited in fifteen years.
Mr.. Williams came into the Cody
country with his parents when but
a small lad, n grew up among
the surroundings of this early day
COW country. A leader in every
thing in which he was interested
he took a prominent part in all
wild west sports, and was a horse
man of unusual skill. He became
a part of the Buffalo Bill and
Pawnee shows and travelled through
many states with this organization.
Idttl on wien Tie nbtu u d Dduh-
ing institution was felt in Cody
Frank Williams became cashier of
the Stockgrowers' bank and was con-
nected with the business life of the
town for several years. More than
fifteen years g he located at
Tampa. Florida, and since has made
that his home.
IAIrnr tho yorlI NJ WI
liams gave to his country the most
distinguished service, and after serv-
ing in many of the most important
engagements of the war was raised to
the rank of major, and decorated
on the field for distinguished ser
vice and valor in action. His ser
vice in France was with the send
division. in which he .captained a
machine gun company. Out of 500
war heroes who received decoration,
Major Williams ranked about fifth
in Importance. He was at St.
st. Mihiel during the American of
fensive and spent 26 days on the
firing line without relief, holding
some of the most stragetic military
points against the German army
during the blacklist days of the
World war.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams, with their
five children, leave today for Story,
Wyoming, where another family re-
union is to be held by the family
of Mrs. Williams, who was formerly
a Miss Kissick, daughter of one OF
the early day Burlington officials
Eat Cody.
, 1925-07-29
BURLINGTON COLONIZATION MEN TO
COOPERATE In PLAN TO BOOST BASIN
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO BRING FARMERS TO THOUSANDS
OF FERTILE ACRES IN BIG HORN BASIN

board of directors of the Cody club
and Messrs. Kuska and Taylor, and
B. Stevenson, real estate man oil
Omaha, Nebraska, and c.. F. Rob
'ertson of Worland. Mr.. Stevenson
has been in colonization work fol
many years, working with the
Northern Pacific in Montana, and
states very confidentially that the
land values and growing conditions
should attract a ver fine class of
farmers to this section.
C. F. Robertson, booster of Wor-
land, accompanied the railroad men
to Cody and is a very enthusiastic
booster for the colonization move
ment. Mr.. Robertson states that
there are at least twenty thousand
acres of tillable land in the lower
part of the Basin. but awaiting for
someone to place under cultivation,
and hat like conditions exist pretty
much in all sections of northern
Wyoming. He has worked hard on
the advertising plan and feels that
it can be put over in the big way
if each of the larger towns of the
Basin will give full support.
, 1925-07-29

Feeling that the time has arrived
to make and effort to bring more
farmers into the Big Horn basin
to till the thousands and thousands
of acres of irrigable land which only
awaits pillow and cultivation. the
Federated Clubs have worked out
a plan of action which it is hoped
may be successfully carried through
during the remaining part of this
year. Meetings lave been held in
every town throughout the Basin
with Val Kuska and F. l.. Taylor,
colonization agents of the Burling-
ton railroad, in attendance, n in
dications are that the campaign will
be got under way at once.
The Basin country is to nave the
whole-hearted support of the Bur
lington railroad. according to Val
Kuska, who states that his depart
ment will do everything in its power
to interest the proper type of ag-
griculturists in the farming and
ranching possibilities of the Basin
A meeting was held in Cody We'd
nesday evening", attended by the
, 1925-07-29
MISSOURIANS TO MEET
CODY ON AUGUST 9Th

Park county Missourians are
planning their annual picnic for
August Sth, and the event is to be
held in Cody at the city park. The
affair is to be made one of the
biggest and best ever held here and
every son and daughter of the Ozark
state is urged to attend. The pro-
gram will be taken up with speak
ing, music and sports of all kind.
for young and old. Special enter
tainment for the Riddles.
Earl Murray of Powell is chair
man of the Park County Missouri
club. Mrs. ]. r. Northrup, secretary,
and VIM. Loewer is the leading
spirit in Cody. There is to be a big
dance in the evening, to which ev-
eryone is invited.
, 1925-07-29
WOLFVILLE TO HOWL
SATURDAY AUGUST Is

Wolfville, Cody's little frontier
settlement, where the old west holds
sway during Stampede times. is to
celebrate nee more before the
wintry winds place the taboo on these
outdoor entertainments. August Is
is the date which has been set for
the occasion and "Dinty Moore"
who proved such an able manager
for Wolfville during the Stampede,
is again to occupy the distinguished
office of mayor, and will see that
everything is carried out in ship
shape and that all who attend will
have the time of their lives.
, 1925-07-29
COOKE CITY TO BE
HOST OLD TIME MEET

Cooke City, Montana, a little
town back in the most remote re-
cesses of the Rocky mountains,
reached by a very good auto road
via Yellowstone park. is to be host
to a celebration which will be
known at the "Old Timers Fish
Fry" and in which many of the old
est "sour doughs' of the Rocky
Mountain region will participate.
The invitation which is being sent
out reads something as follows:
Can you pack a mule, flap a
pancake or bust a bronc off hand?
Then enter the contest or come and
watch the fun at the "Old Timers
Fish Fry" at Cooke City Montana,
August End. Big barbecue and fish
fry.
Trails from everywhere"
Road entrance via Yellowstone
park.
, 1925-07-29
CASPER PARTY
HERE TOMORROW
COMPREHENSIVE" MOTORISTS
FROM CASPER CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. MAKING TOUR
NORTHERN WYOMING

The "Goodfellowship Tour of
about fifty good fellows of the Cas-
per Chamber of Commerce will ar
rive in Cody on Thursday, July 80.
at about 6 p. m.
They left Casper yesterday for a
lunch at Riverton and all night at
Lander; they are being entertained
at luncheon at Worland today and
after spending the night in Basin
and Greybull will lunch at Lowell,
arriving in Cody in time for dinner
and a get-acquainted session. The
dinner is to be held in the basement
of the NJ. E. church and everyone
is invited to attend.
Besides music by the Cody X. P.
band. which has been so generous
in furnishing the festive note this
summer. our neighbors will shake
off the Big Horn basin dust with a
swim at DeMaris Springs. There
will be dancing, and the party will
leave for Meeteetse at 500 a. m.
They will return to Casper Satur-
day morning after a visit to Grass
Creek and Thermopolis with it's
great big world famous mineral
springs.
The Casper business men believe
in cooperation, in knowing their
link in the chain thoroughly as well
as the others who make a part of
the chain. They know that no
great accomplishment can be at
tanned without the joining of many
minds, hands and hearts, and are
to be congratulated upon taking a
foremost part in selling Wyoming
to itself inc the world.
, 1925-07-29
CODY MUSEUM TO
BE ERECTED HERE
CODY FAMILY PLANS LOCATION
OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY
FOR BUFFALO BILLS TOWN
EARLY COMPLETION

The Museum and Memorial COM
mittee of The Cody Family, con-
sisting of Mary Jester Allen, chair
man. Hiram S. Cody. treasurer. Miss
Cody Allen secretary. Josephine Cody
Bentley. Florence Odell Hoxie, Mary
Cody Decker. j.. Frank Cody, Rich
ard Aldus Cody and Henry A. Cody.
is about ready to complete formal
plans for the various undertakings
Announcement is made that a
Cody Family museum will be es-
tablished in Cody. And the COM
mittee is working very hard to have
this museum in shape and ready for
the visitors of the summer of 1926.
1t was felt prope thai the first
museum should be placed in Cody.
Col. Cody's well beloved town. and
in the very midst of the famous
Buffalo Bill country. known to the
tourist and travelling world. And
it is the understanding that this
museum will tell in graphic form
the rea story, not only of Col. Cody,
last and chief of scouts and Indian
fighters, but of all the pioneering
west.
A particular feature of the Cody
Family museum at Cody will be n
library. A fine collection of books
is being made. And the shelves
will hold a real library. Special
attention is being paid to old and
rare editions, inc the reference de-
partment will rank with those of
other libraries specializing in Amer
lean research matter. Provision
will be made for students of western
American history and it is expected
in time this will attract and
hold writers and scholars and SO
add greatly to the interest in Cody
Mrs. Allen will be in Cody some
weeks and will be glad to discuss
the matter of the museum at Cody,
and other memorials and plans of
The Cody Family, with friends and
admirers of Col. Cody. And any
contributions of any sort suitable
for the museum will be most well
come. All matter should have a
typewriter history and the giver's
name firmly attached. Articles may
be loaned OF given outright.