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The Omaha morning bee., 1925-01-30
Mail Robbery
Discovery Told
Postal Officials Re-Enact
How They Uncovered Big
Theft at Bluffs.

The dramatic discovery of the
IS. 100000 Council Biiffs mail rob-
berry In 1919 was re.enacted in the
federal courtroom in Council Bluffs
Thursday morning as the govern
ment continued to pile up the noun
tain OF evidence by which 1t hopes
to convict Keith Collins of a second
offense in connection with the rob-
berry.
n. C. Newberry. mail foreman on
the Burlington train, told of the dis
coyery OF the theft. He had been
standing at the front door of his car.
towards the rear of the train. when
he saw mail pouch lying on the
embankment as the train neared the
Illinois Central tracks, he said.
Raced to Car.
He ran to the front of the train.
where he met G. c. Andrews, mail
clerk, and told him of the bag he had
seen. Together they raced to the
storage car, the only one from which
the bag could have been thrown.
They found the door of the storage
car locked from the inside. At the
next stop they managed to open the
car and discovered that 10 bags oil
registered mail were missing. They
at once notified c. II. Glenn. Council
Bluffs postal inspector, and with hin
they went to the spot where New
berry had seen the bag. They found
that 1t was empty.
Andrews. the mail clerk, had testi
fled earlier in the morning, corrobo
rating Newberry's story of their dis
covery of the theft.
Mail Pouch Traced.
II. c. Madden, postal clerk on the
Union Pacific train between Cheyenne
and Council Bluffs, Was the first wit
ness to testify at Thursdays ses
sion. He completed the tracing of this
mail pouches travels from San Fran
cisco to Council Bluffs.
In s-questioning Newberry and
Andrews, Eugene O'Sullivan, attorney
for Collins, made IT, plain that the de
fense will attempt TO prove that The
crime now charged against Collins Is
the same for which he was convicted
and sentenced previously. He was in
sistent in his questioning on the de
seription Of the bags.
DE Witt.-William Quackenbush
son of a farmer, and Beulah Waldo
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The Omaha morning bee., 1925-01-30
Corporation Aids
Soles of Riddles
Many Youngsters Plow
Through Deep Snow in
Lcaky Shoes.

Corporations have no souls, they
say. But today corporation gives
$40 to put soles under poor children's
feet
Many youngsters, living In deepest
poverty in homes where a widowed
mother tolls to keep them alive. are
In great need OF shoes. Other things
they usually can manage, but the
making of shoes is beyond the power
of even the most resourceful mother.
The youngsters are wading the deep
snow with leaky shoes.
Check or cash sent to the Free
Shoe Fund, care of The Omaha Bee,
will be quickly put to work supplying
shoes to such kiddies
, 1925-07-15
BOARD GRANTS OHIO
CERTIFICATE TO BRING In GAS

Just as The Herald goes to press today the welcome news
comes to Cody that the Rocky Mountain Gas company, which is
a subsidiary of the Ohio Oil company, has been granted a GER
thcate OF convenience and necessity, and are now in a position
to ask the town of Cody for a franchise to pipe gas for com
merclal and domestic use into the town. This decision of the
state board has been awaited with considerable anxiety by those
interested in having gas piped to town, and as the town officials
have already shown a willingness to grant the franchise, if the
state board took favorable action, it is very possible that the
matter will be closed within a short time.
A. M. Gee, general counsel for the Ohio Oil company. is in
Cody today, and upon receipt of the wire from Cheyenne stating
the action of the state board, said that it was very likely that
his company would proceed at once with steps to secure the
franchise.
In granting the certificate, it is stated, the Board intimated
that when the Freeman hearing is held, he also will be granted
a certificate, if he is able to show the Board that he has gas in
sufficient quantities to supply the town of Cody, and funds to
put the project through. In case he makes a favorable showing,
this would bring the matter of granting the franchise directly
back to the Cody council, and a choice would have to be made
as to which company the town should deal with.
, 1925-07-15
CHAUTAUQUA PLAYERS
ENTERTAIN THIS
WEEK In CODY
Popular Attractions Draw Crowds
to Big Tent-Kiddies Parade
Streets in Costume

This is Chautauqua Week in
Cody and each afternoon and eve
ming pleasing programs are being
given at the big tent located just
west of the Irma hotel. Good crowds
are attending, and from the sale
of season tickets indications are
that the ~Chautauqua is this year to
be a success financially as well as
otherwise. Miss Jane Music is
the manager in charge here during
the week, and is able assisted by
Miss Don Miller Lewis, who is in
charge of the junior branch of the
Chautauqua. VIM. Hughes, circuit
manager for the Cadman Chautau-
qua, also spent several days here
getting the show under wy.
On Sunday night the entertain
ment opened with 1.-The Gorilla"
a play very cleverly presented by a
troupe of four players. Monday aft
ernoon Zapata's Novelty Trouba-
dours appeared with music which
seemed to please the audiences
both in the afternoon and evening.
The evening program included a
talk by G. Whitfield Ray, who took
as his subject South America Mr..
Ray told some very interesting tales
of his experiences in this southern
continent. Mr.. Ray was a ready
entertainer and was keenly enjoyed
by those who heard him.
On Tuesday came the Harp Sym
phony Concert company and big
Rich" Richardson, entertainer. This
days program was a good one. To
day Madame Shank and Company
of musicians will appear before
Cody audiences and in the evening
the program will be augmented by
Raymond B. Tolbert, who will de-
liver his lecture "~Inspirational CHI
max of the Year" Mr.. Tolbert is
a splendid speaker and will prove
an entertaining number of the five
day Chautauqua.
On tomorrow, the last day. the
children win give their circus. They
have been working hard under the
supervision of Miss Lewis. and will
have some unique stunts for the
big show. The First Year COM
pany will present its New York
success, 1.-The First Year" At the
afternoon program his company
will give a short sketch entitled
odds and Ends from the Stage"
The Chautauqua players are all
travelling in cars this year, and
came to Cody via Yellowstone park,
where they have all had a holiday.
Their last date was at Rigby, Idaho.
and they go from here to GreybulI.
, 1925-07-15
JANE BECK TO PINEDALE
TO DIRECT GIRL SCOUTS

Miss Jane Beck is leaving Cody
today for Pinedale, Wyoming, where
she will be assistant director to
Miss Jessie McDiarmaid. who has
charge of r%ecreational work for the
Union Pacific Coal company. Miss
Jane will have charge of athletics.
There will be three camps of Girl
Scouts, so in each camp, two of
them being from Rock Springs,
where Miss Jane has taught the
past two years. They will be in
camp six weeks. Miss Beck will
return to Cody in September and at
Christmas time will go to Columbia
University at New York, where she
will take the sArts course in the
home economic department. Her
brother Thornton will take her thru
Yellowstone by motor.
, 1925-07-15
SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN
WAGED ON PRAIRIE
DOGS ON GREYBULI

Nearly the whole of the month
of June was devoted to the poison
ing of prairie dogs in the Wood
river section" states County Agent
r. ]. Allen, in making his report
to the state extension department,
and the campaign is considered al
most n hundred per cent success
full. Mr.. Allen was assisted by Geo.
W. Boyd. junior biologist of the
extension department, who spent
considerable time here during last
month.
Nearly 5000 pounds of bait were
mixed and scattered during the
month. About 900 pounds were
put out in the forest reserve by
volunteer labor adjacent to the dis
trict. A large amount of state land
was covered in this district also.
The cooperation received in this
campaign was very gratifying. With
a few exceptions the land owners
poisoned their land within the time
given by notice and in most cases
excellent results were secured. When
the day was set for work in the
ioieSt all USERS VI Hat SectiOn either
sent help or turned out themselves.
A crew of II reported for work on
June IL to poison what is known
as the Dick creek basin. About 500
pounds of grain were scattered dur
ing the day. Not all of the infested
territory was covered, so the 18th
was set for another days work. Ten
persons turned out and 400 pounds
of poison were put out.
All of the state and that was
covered last year has been recovered
during the month and the work
was extended on the south side of
Wood river into new territory. The
work on the Greybull river west of
Timber creek is being done at the
present time.
, 1925-07-15
THERMOP CO..
WANTS BUS FRANCHISE

J.. G. Crosby and H. NJ. Warne,
doing business as the Lander Trans
portation company, are asking the
Wyoming public utilities commission
for a certificate of convenience and
necessity to operate a passenger bus
line between Thermopolis and Cody,
and the board has set the date for
the hearing as August 5th. at Chey-
enne.
A protest has been entered
against the granting of a certificate
by the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
railroad, and it is likely that the
issuance of this permit will be
strenuously fought by the railroad
company. The city council have
gone on record as being fully in ia
vor of the new utility, and feel
that it will do much toward secur-
ing for Cody a daily mail SER
vice the year around. The matter
is to be discussed by the Cody club
at its next meeting, and it is pos
sible that resolutions urging the
granting of the desired certificate
may be taken by this civic body.
, 1925-07-15
DAMAGE In JACKSON HOLE
ESTIMATED BUT $4,000

Estimates of the damage done by
the mountain slides on the eros
Ventre river have been estimated by
a resident of that section to not ex-
coed $4,000, despite the fact that
daily newspapers have made much
of the earth movements, and have
exaggerated to a very great extent
the amount of damage which has
been done in that section.
The mountain slide was a disturb
ance of purely local nature. say ge-
ologists. and had no connection with
the earth tremors which were felt
in northern Wyoming. Montana and
Idaho. The slide has not in n
way inconvenienced the tourist trav-
ell which enters Yellowstone park
via any of the southern entrances,
nor has any loss. of life been sus-
tanned as a result of the slides.
, 1925-07-15
WYOMING SETS ASIDE
GAME DISTRICTS; FIX
SEASONS FOR HUNTING

New game preserves in Wyoming
have been established by the state
game and fish commission, including
the eros Ventre, the Flat Creek and
the Black Rock preserves in the
Teton mountains. The Weston Coun-
ty state preserve as other smaller
ones we're also authorized.
A portion of the Big Horn pre-
serve was closed for this year, and
the commission ruled that the 1925
season will be closed for moose and
antelope hunting.
The season on sage hens and
chickens in Albany county will be
closed this year, in addition to some
other counties in the state. The open
season will be from August 1 to Is
in Teton, Lincoln, Unita. Sublette,
Sweetwater, Fremont, Sheridan, Car
bon, Johnson, Converse, Weston.
Crook, Campbell and Natrona coun-
ties.
The open season on grouse for
this seison is from October l to
October 81, it was stated. The deer
season in Sheridan and Johnson
counties is open this year from DC
tober Is to October 81.
Some of the streams of the state
were closed to fishing by order OF
the commission, as a few of them
will be used for spawning purposes
Some of the streams closed are
Long lake, in Fremont county; Sand
creek in Albany county: east and
west Beaver creeks, and that part
of the Big Laramie rivcer between
the Jelm City bridge and the bridge
near Oscar Sodergreen's ranch. These
streams will remain closed unit
1927. Towner lake, in Albany coun-
ty, was also closed until 1927.
, 1925-07-15
NATIVE COAL MINE
DEVELOPS UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT

The Native Coal Mine, which was
purchased several months ago by
Messrs Taylor and Roberts of Red
Lodge, has been undergoing some
extensive improvements during the
summer months, and is now in a
position to serve the people of Park
county and Cody community with
a high grade fuel. The chutes.
states Mr.. Taylor, are filled with
coal at all times, ready for delivery
to all who m
Mr.. Taylor, who is giving his per-
sonal supervision to the mining
work, is an experienced mining en-
gineer, having devoted all his life
to this work. He has sunk a new
slope at the mine, which penetrates
the solid coal formation below the
water level of the old mine. and a
new and modern tipple is also com
pleted for use. New and larger
pumps have been installed, which
will give positive control of the wa
ter at all times, and many other
improvements have been made which
will make most practical the opera
ton of this local institution.
The new management intends tt
make the mine a dependable sourct
of supply of high grade fuel. ant
will be strong competitors for the
local trade this winter.
, 1925-07-15
BURLINGTON ISSUE
POSTCARD SOUVENIR
OF CODY STATUE

The first shipment of Buffalo Bill
Memorial souvenir postcards has
been received in Cody this week.
and are being distributed to the
tourists as they pass through en-
route to Yellowstone. The card is
a highly colored picture of the
statue designed by Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney and dedicated in 1924 at
Cody. The huge granite plinth is
brought out in the natural red color
ing and the statue is in the natural
bronze giving the card a very at
tractive appearance.
The publicity department of the
Burlington announce hat the cards
are to be distributed free of charge
at the Cody Inn to all travelling to
and from Yellowstone park and will
also be placed in all the observation
and dining cars operating on the 20"
system.
, 1925-07-15
H. ]. KING TO SPEAK
TO CODY FARM BUREAU

H. j. King, president of the Wyo-
ming Farm Bureau Federation, will
speak to the members of the Cody
Farm Bureau at the Sage Greek
community building on Monday eve
ming, July goth. Mr.. King is a prac-
teal stockman and rancher, and
will discuss topics which will be of
much interest to the Bureau mem
bers in this section of the state.
Mr.. King is a delegate of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
and making a tour of Yellowstone
park will go to Fort Collins, Colo,
where he attends the Regional Con
ference of eight inter-mountain
states. The Cody Farm Bureau cor
daily invites any one interested to
attend this meeting.
, 1925-07-15
.THERMOP ISSUES FOLDER
OF WONDER CITY

The city of Thermopolis has just
issued from the press one of the
most attractive folders yet to be
mailed out from any Wyoming
town. 1t contains 16 pages of
highly colored and readable liter
ature regarding the hot springs
town, which will no doubt bring
many thousands of visitors to that
city. To c. j. Bangert, the active
paid secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, is due much of the cred
it for the publication. The pamph-
let not only tells with illustrations
of the many attractions offered to
all who visit there. but has a very
complete article regarding the Wind
River Canyon road. which is one of
the show drives of Wyoming, lead
ing from the southern part Of the
state to the Big Horn basin and
Yellowstone park.
, 1925-07-15
CLUB TO LUNCH AT
PEARSON RANCH MONDAY

A. L. Pearson, of the Pearson
Bros, has issued ar invitation to
the members of the Cody club to
visit the ranch on Upper Sage creek
on Monday of next week. and as
a result the luncheon will be dis
pensed with and the club will motor
in a body to the Pearson ranch,
where a light lunch will be served
and the club members will look
over the wonderful stands of grain
which are being grown there this
year.
Mr.. Pearson declares that never
in his farming experience in Wyom-
ing have crop conditions been more
favorable nor has the promise of
yields been greater. and he is
anxious that the business men of
Cody see at first hand some of the
grain fields.
, 1925-07-15
WIN. YEAGER VISITING
In CODY THIS WEEK

VIM. Yeager, one of the promin-
ent business men of Cody some Is
or Is years ago. is back on his old
stamping grounds, and this week is
renewing a~cquaintances in Cody.
Mr.. Yeager started the first bottling
works in Cody and built the Yeager
building on north Second street. He
is now one of the capitalists of
South Omaha and operates the
Curio Mineral springs at that place.
He is accompanied by Mrs. Yeager
and his son, Vernon, and bride, who
are on their honeymoon to Yellow
stone park.
, 1925-07-15
PRESENCE OF "Q' OFFICIAL
.BESPEAKS HEAVY TRAVEL

Gazing down the end of the Bur-
lington on July 9th to the tail light
at the end of fourteen sleepers on
the longest passenger train that
ever pulled out of Cody, A. Cots
worth, Jr., general passenger agent
for the Burlington, went back in
retrospection to the building of the
Frannie branch, when there was
no Powell, and the, east entrance
was not dreamed Of" The presence
of MI. Cotsworth indicates the great
est congestion of travel, where he
may be seer ushering out Burling-
ton Tours parties, or bands of Elk
or locating the lost articles of the
Far East Dudine.
, 1925-07-15
SMITH-HUGHES MAN
ASSUMES DUTIES HERE

Paul Sweitzer, the new Smith
Hughes man, who takes the place
on the Cody school faculty made
vacant by the resignation of o. P.
Roberts, arrived July list. and has
already started his work in this
district. Mr.. Sweitzer will also
coach athletics in conjunction with
his agricultural work. He comes
to Cody from Delta, Colorado. and
is a graduate of the Colorado ag-
ricultural college.
, 1925-07-15
FORMER CODY MAN TO
HEAD ODD FELLOWS

At the meeting at Kemmerer last
week of the grand lodge of Wyom-
ing Odd Fellows, James Allen, for
mel Cody man. but for several years
a resident of Thermopolis, was elect
ed grand master, with F. J. Schenke
of Basin as deputy grand master, C.
D. Bradford of Kemmerer as war
den, Thomas Cottle of Green River
as secretary and D. L. Darr of Basin
as treasurer. Mr.. Cottle has held
the office of secretary since 1911
and Mr.. Darr hat of treasurer since
1914. Mrs. Florence Powell of Lar
annie was elected grand secretary
of the Rebekah grand lodge.
, 1925-07-15
STORY OF CODY WAY
In OMAHA MAGAZINE

A complete story of the Cody
Way" to Yellowstone Park, illustrat-
ed with many beautiful pictures of
the route through Shoshone canyon
and in the Shoshone forest appears
in a recent issue of the Transmission
the leading motor magazine of
Omaha, Nebraska. The story is from
the pen of Margaret Hayden, pub
licity chairman of the Cody club,
and received very prominent space
in the breezy publication.
, 1925-07-15
WILDWOOD CON-
TRACT TO THREET BROS.

Threet Bros. Lowell contractors.
were the successful bidders for Il
500. 900 contract covering the build
ing of structures and drainage work
on the wildwood unit of the Sho-
shone irrigation project, and the
work is expected to start at once
and continue throughout the entire
summer season.
Henry B. Berky of Billings was
awarded a $4,000 contract for con
struction work on the wildwood
main irrigation canal. The two
contracts were let last week by the
Powell reclamation office.
, 1925-07-15
FRED CORYELL CHARGE
OF PRESIDENTS GUARD

Fred Coryell, brother of Mrs. R.
c. Trueblood and Mrs. Eoa Brown,
Marine Corps. writes that he has
been detailed to service on the
Maylower, in charge of the per-
sonal military guard of President
Coolidge, and is enjoying his new
duties very much, with all the spe-
cial features of this distinctive SER
vice.
, 1925-07-15
OLD TIMERS TO MEET
HYATTVILLE JULY Is

The Oldtimers' Picnic is to be
held at Hyattville July 25th, at
Booths grove, and is to be at
tended this year by practically all
the old timers of the Basin country.
A ~pretentious program of events
has been arranged for the day, and
the day is to be an enjoyable one.
There will be a big dance in Hyatt
Vile in the evening after the picnic.
, 1925-07-15
PASTOR FILLS
METHODIST PULPIT

The Rev. B. b. Gering, pastor
of the First Baptist church of Mo
bile. Alabama. filled the pulpit at
the Methodist church on Sunday and
delivered a very interesting sermon
to the Cody congregation. Rev.
and Mrs. Gering are touring the
west, and stopped over in Cody a
day before entering Yellowstone
park.
, 1925-07-15

Miss Gladys Tyler received some
slight scratches last week in an auto
accident which occurred in Yellow
stone park when the a in which
she was riding collided with a trans
portation bus near the Canyon hotel.
The party included Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Mccullough and Guy Todd.
but fortunately none of them suf-
|fered n injuries.
, 1925-07-15
WYOMING CENSUS
FIGURES GIVE
LARAM IE GAIN
Growth-County Census Shows
Powell 4S Ahead. of Cody

Some very interesting figures are
being compiled in the office of Sec
rotary of State Frank Lucas as the
returns of the 1925 Wyoming census
are being received. Not all coun-
ties have reported as yet, and the
total population of the state cannot
as yet be definitely determined, but
it is thought that with increases in
some places. and decreases in 9TH
ers, it will be YER little larger than
when taken a few years ago.
The total population of Park
county is given at 6,001, or a net
loss of 1870 over the figures taken
five years ago. Much of this de-
OF farm units in the lower valley,
and the abandonment of many
homesteads which were being oper-
ated during the peak of prices fol-
lowing the war period. Powell is
credited with being the largest town
in the county, with a population of
LOGS, according to the figures COM
piled in the local assessors office,
with Cody second in size, with a
population of 1,O17. Meeteetse is
rated as having an e 400 souls,
and Elk Basin 210. The popula-
ton of the lower projects. including
Powell, Mantua, Garland and Pen
rose is given at 2,687, or almost
one half of the entire population of
the county.
Big Horn county has a popula-
ton of 10.450. Lowell has 1.575;
Greybull 2,O47 and Basin, the coun-
ty seat. has 1.009. The population
of Converse county is given at T.
225. with Douglas, the county seat.
quoted at 1887, and Glenrock with
a population of LILO. Teton coun-
ty, believed to be the smallest in
population in Wyoming. has a total
population of 1893, with Jackson,
the county seat. given at 395.
Hot Springs county has 1858,
with the population of Thermopolis
given at 1906. Washable county
has a population of 1886, with
Worland. the county seat, given as
1855.
Campbell county has a population
of 1920. and Gillette. the county
seat. has a population of TO.
Platte county has a population of
1923 and Wheatland, the county
seat, has a population of 1891.
Natrona county is first with 49,
1O1; Laramie county is conceded
second, although the returns have
not been enumerated; S~weetwater
county third with 1919, and Sher-
jdan county fourth with 1914.
Albany county, of which Laramie
is the county seat. is fifth among
the counties of Wyoming in popula-
ton. with a total number of 12,740
residents. Sweetwater county has
a larger population thar Sheridan
county. it is noted. with the popula-
ton shown at 15,742, and Sheridan
county at 1914.
Casper is first among the cities
of Wyoming with a population of
23,22S, Laramie third with 9,62S,
Sheridan fourth with S.436, and
Rock Springs fifth with 6.S75.
The returns from Laramie county
have not been completed. but will
be filed with the secretary of state
some time next week, but it is
generally believed thai Chyenne will
rank next to Casper in population,
making it the. second largest city in
Wyoming.