, 1925-09-23
WYOMING WOMERS
CLUBS CONVENTION AT
THERMOP NEXT WEEK
Gift OF Waters, Indian Pageant
to be Presented - Gov. Nellie
Ross on Speaking Program

oils on Tuesday. September goth
and continuing through the 30tf
and October LIST and 2nd. The
Thermopolis Woman's club has ev.
erything in readiness for the con
very best meeting that has evei
been held by this organization in
Wyoming. Delegates and visitors
are urged to attend the entire SEES.
sion, rs every night will be a fea-
ture night. several highly interest.
ing and unusual events having beer
planned.
One of the greatest features ever
attempted at an annual convention
in Wyoming will be the pageant
arranged by Marie Monteba Savar-
esy of Thermopolis as part of the
entertainment.
THE Gift of the Waters will be
in commemoration of the giving of
the Big Horn Hot springs to the
federal government by Chief Wash
axle of the Shoshone Indian tribe,
representing his own people and the
Arapahoes.
Mrs. Savaresy, author. has for
many months been studying the life
of the Indians on the reservation,
becoming acquainted with their Gus
IONS and languages. so she had the
needed atmosphere when she com
piled the words of the pageant. The
music was written by Corrine Will
liams of Thermopolis.
The largest of the hot springs,
which is the largest hot water spring
in the world. is Big Horn. 1t flows
from the base of Monument hill, one
of the highest mountains in this
part of Wyoming, with almost per-
pendicular sides.
The pageant is to take place as
the sun comes breaking over the
mountain on the morning of October
LIST. There will be more than 100
voices take part.
Notable Indians of the reservation
will be there to take part. Dollar
ooka, almost as old as the hills,
will take the part of Washable pre-
senting the waters to the federal
government, the Great White Fathers
at Washington. Doiarooka is son
of Chief Goes-Ahead, who had a
leading part in the screen produc-
ton. 1.-THE Iron Horse" in 1924.
He is a great grandson of Sacaja-
wea, the Indian maiden who led
the Lewis and Clark expedition
across the northwest on it's explora-
ton. Doiarooka was born on the
Shoshone Indian reservation in Wy
oming. He was educated at Coca,
Nebr., and Chemawa. Ore, and will
bring to THE Gift of the Waters
a cast of about fifty Indians.
The pageant will be featured in
the news of the week by two prom
inent screen companies and prom
Uses to be the biggest thing of the
kind ever attempted in Wyoming.
1t will be of interest to Cody
people to know that Mrs. Savaresy
author OF 1.-THE Gift of The Waters,
is a niece of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Phillips.
Thursday night will be Govern
or's night, when Governor Nellie
Tayloe Ross will address the con-
vention at the high school auditor
ium, as will also Mrs. Katherine
Morton. state superintendent of
pubic and Mrs. b.. u.
Brooks of Casper. Other speakers
at the convention will be Mrs. w.
V. Gage. Mrs. l.. V. T1doall' and
DR.. A. G.. Crane, president OF the
state university at Laramie.
The following associations Will
send representatives to address the
convention; State Music association
Parent-Teachers association, Red
Cross, Home Finding society, Public
Health association, State Nurses as