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, 1926-02-24
400 ELK SHIPPED EAST
TRAVEL DELUXE STYLE
To be Placed on Private Reserve in
Observation-Disclosures Ship
ment of 200 to Follow

Travelling de luxe with passenger
equipment modified to their needs,
400 wild elk passed through Bill
lings on the Northern Pacific Sat
urday morning on their way from
the bison range at Flathead lake
to Middleboro, Mass. where they
will be %quartered on a serve be-
longing to the Jones Brothers, the
purchasers.
The train arrived in Billings at
|8:45 o'clock and left about Is min
utes later. While there the e1k were
watered by means of troughs which
are placed in the compartments of
the cars in which they are kept.
There are a number of attendants
with the consignment to care for
them on the long trip to the east,
The elk train consists of IL bag
gage Ears and one coach for the
attendants, Each baggage car has
a section boarded up in front con
tanning wild hay for feeding the
animals en- route. The car is furth.
er divided into four stalls. each Of
(which contains eight or ten elk,
The cars lave the regular heating
passenger service.
The Jones Brothers have purchas-
ed a total OF 500 elk and as soor
as they are delivered the first con
tingent of the herd they will re
turn to get the remainder. The
elk, although generally regarded al
a distinctly western animal, In col
onial days ranged at least as fal
Eastward as the Allegheny noun
tains.
, 1926-02-24
FARMERS MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY
HAS 10TH BIRTHDAY
Annual Statement Discloses a Sub
stantial Gain in Business and
Organization I'm Healthy
Condition

The tenth annual statement is
sued by the Shoshone Farmers MI
tual Fire Insurance company. dis
closes that this organization. oper-
ated for and by the ranchers OF
the Shoshone valley, is in a very
healthy condition financially, and
that a very substantial gain has
been made by the organization dur
ing the year just past. MI. Earl
Murray is secretary of the company
and numerous agents r had ali
over the county. G. A. Holm, is
the resident agent, in the Cody
community.
During the ten years of its ex-
~istence, the company has written
264 policies. and has sustained Is
losses. The total amount of losses
paid amounts to S6,335.64, and
the average cost of the insurance
per 500 per year has been 36k
cents.
S~414,S35.O0 of insurance is in
force at the present time, an in
crease of $40.711.25 during the
past twelve months. The expenses
Of the company are very low and
with its close contact of the risks
taken, it operates very efficiently.
, 1926-02-24
me SMITH" JUMPS
AGAIN INTO FAME
Character of Miss Lockhart's Novel
Kills NegrotIndian in Quarrel
At Billings

After having been condemned to
a horrible death by Miss Caroline
Lockhart, in her novel, "Me-Smith"
when she sent him down into Il
rattle-snake den to die, ]. L. ME
Smith" Smith, former freighter and
old timer of the Cody country, once
more comes into the lime light
by his fatal shooting on Monday
at Billings, of Alfred Black Bird,
a negro-Indian.
The shooting was the result of
a quarrel said to be over money
matters. and occurred at a shack
where Me Smith resided. and where
Black Bird had followed him to
pick a quarrel. Reports say that
the negro-indian had armed him
self with a rock and a club. and
had forced in the door of the house
where Smith was stopping when he
was shot. But one shot was fired.
1t entering the Indians breast. and
cutting through a portion of his
heart. Me-Smith Immediately gave
himself up to the officers, claim
ing self-defense as the reason for
his deed.
1t was about nineteen years ago
that Smith lived in the Cody COM
munity. being employed here al a
freighter and as a driver for the
Holm Transportation Company, and
later associated with Miss Lockhart
in the management of the Meadow
Brook ranch, owned by Col. Cody,
-
, 1926-02-24
BIRTHDAY DINNER
TRINA THURSDAY NIGHT
Ont of Town Speakers and Full
Program Arranged-Annual
Observance Great Scouts
Birth Anniversary

The tenth annual Buffalo Bill
banquet given in honor of Col. w.
F. Cody's birth anniversary will be
given in the new Irma dining room
on Thursday evening, and a COM
plete and interesting program has
been arranged for the event. Among
the out-of-town speakers who are
expected here at that time are the
Hon. Ed. Farlow and l.. L. New
ton of Lander, and Reyn Leedom
of Lowell. Gov. Geo. T. Beck, as
an old friend and comrade of the
great scout. also has a place on the
speaking program.
Several fine musical numbers
have been arranged, one of which
will be a solo by Miss Jane Gar
low, granddaughter Of Buffalo Bill.
F. F. MCGEE, president of the Cody
club, under whose auspices these
banquets r held, will preside.
The Irma Cafe Management an
nounces a creamed chicken dinner
with all the trimmings,
, 1926-02-24

me WlQQOuS case was presented
to the jury in a few hours. The
state commended hat officers had
made a search of the Widdous
property, had discovered twelve gal
Ions of moonshine liquor stored in
a tool box, and were told by Wild
dous, that rather than have the
owner of the tool chest Chas. Tag
CART get into trouble he Widdous
would take the blame for the Ii
quor. The liquor was placed in
evidence. Counsel for Widdous
claimed that his client did not
have any ownership in the liquor
found, did not own the tool chest.
which, with considerable other pro-
perty belonging to Chas. Taggart.
Widdous claimed he did not have
a key to the chest. The ease went
to the jury at four o'clock Friday,
and late that evening they report
ed that they could not agree on
IA verdict. Told to continue their
efforts to render a verdict, situa-
ton remained unchanged in the
morning. and jury was discharged.
The next case on the docket was
one in which Mrs. Edith Holm and
L. Ebert. as appellants to an ap-
praisment of property owned bv
them which was to be crossed by
the proposed Cody-Poweli road. The
appraisers had allowed each of
these property $35O.O0, and
the appellants were claiming dam
ages amounting to from $1,000 to
$4,000 90.
Evidence was presented by ap-
pellants to show that a hard sur
faced road by or through a mans
property was of no benefit what
ever to a farmer, which line of ar
gument seemed so contradictory to
the ideas of the jury as to cause
them to smile. Mrs. Holm testi-
fled that her damage would be
from $4,000 to $4,000 for taking
three acres of her land by the
road and isolating fifteen acres
more. The county produced two
men who stood willing to purchase
the fifteen acres of isolated land
, 1926-02-24
BASKET BALL SEASON
COMING TO CLOSE
Cody High Lose to Greybull and
Worland-COdy Girls Tie
With Powell

The Cody High school basketball
team played its last game on the
local floor matching its strength
the result of a defeat for the home
team to the tune of IA to 20. Both
teams played stellar games, and
the locals came on strong in the
last half, in the last quarter easily
outpointing their opponents, but be-
ing unable to overcome the lead
which Worland had secured early
in the game.
Girls at Powell
On Saturday evening the Cody
girls team went to Powell where
they played a tie game with the
girls of that town. The score stood
18 to 10 at the end Of the game.
The Cody girls team is a fine or
~ganization of young ladies. and
have been a credit to the school
throughout the basketball season.
The team has suffered but n de-
feat and that with the Henderson
team, which is one of the strongest
in the state.
Boys Mt GreybulI
The Boys team of Cody suffered
It's second defeat Of the week at
Lowell, where it played on Sat
urday night. The score stood IL
to %. This Is said to have beer
a good. game, but the local a d
yer laboring under a jinx and
couldn't get the right foot forward
throughout the game.
, 1926-02-24
CODY STAMPEDE
ELECT OFFICERS
FOR YEAR 1926
JULY list, End, 3rd DATES FOR
CODY'S BIGGEST CELEBRA-
TTON-MEETING HELD ON
THURSDAY EVENING

The annual meeting of the Cody
Stampede association was held on
Thursday evening. with the result
that Otto Koenig. S. S. Kuentzel
and Will Richard were chosen to
handle the affairs of the organiza-
ton for the ensuing year. At the
organization meeting Koenig was
chosen president, Kuentzel, vice
president and Richard secretary
treasurer.
The Fourth of July coming on
Sunday this year, the three day
celebration will be staged on Thurs
ing in the footsteps of their pre-
decessors, profiting by their sue
cess and mistakes, the new board
of directors hope to be able to
make the celebration a bigger and
better one than has been possible
before in Cody.
There is much to be done before
the Fourth of July. The steers
were sold last year, and another
bunch of long horns will nave to be
procured. A string of buckers will
have to be ferreted out from over
the county. and with the sale of
the lots at Wolfville. a new location
for this thriving city will have to
be found.
The new directors are starting
in with a vim, and each one Of
them is of the kind of stuff which
bespeaks a real, life, bowling sue
cess for Cody Annual Stampede.
The financial report which ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue of the
Herald discloses very little money.
and few assets which are of any
material value at this time. There
is s2,940.O0 worth of fair stock
listed, and 100000 worth of i'm
provements at the fair grounds.
$4,000 in the Wolfville pavilion
which must be moved to a new To-
cation and $450.0O in other equip
ment. There is $47.75 in the
bank. The total assets as figured
thus amount to $6,437.75, while
there is $4,000 in capital stock
outstanding.
, 1926-02-24
9Th TRAPPERS BALL
CODYS THE PLACE
FRIDAY MARCH 26
Big Event of the Year Being Plan
ned-To be Held in New
Dance Hall

Max Wilde was down from the
Southfork last week, and announces
the sixth annual trapper's ball for
the evening of Friday, March 26th.
The dance this yea will be held in
the new dance hall, which is I'M
der construction at the Pioneer
building, if it is at all possible to
complete the remodeling in time
for the event. The best music
to be secured will be on the job.
and the 1926 occasion made one of
the most enjoyable of these annual
events.
The trapper's ball is more than
an ordinary event. 1t is the one
time of the year when the sour
doughs jar loose from their haunts
in the mountains, and come town
ward. 1t is a time when those
characters who care little for the
noise and whirl of the city come
in for their annual celebration.
The hob nails are removed from
the snow packs. the boots creased.
and the red flannel shirts blossom
out with renewed color on these
occasions. and u~nrestrained good
fellowship prevails.
AS in former years the towns Of
the Basin will be represented and
Cody will do itself proud as hosts
to men of the great-out-doors. No
invitation is needed. Join the
crowd and have the time of your
life. Friday, March 26. is the date.
, 1926-02-24

Crater National Park likewise was
authorized to reduce its fee from
$3.50 to 500 as were Mount Rain
Ter park in Washington and Sequoia
park in California. Mesa Verde
Park in Colorado will reduce its
rate from $3.50 to 800. Grant
National Park in California remains
unchanged at fifty cents.
After 10 years of charges of
$3.50 for entrance fees since the
automobiles were first admitted to
the Yellowstone National park, the
long agitated plan for reduction
has been announced and that an
nouncement is ~agreeably received,
according to Horace M. Albright.
superintendent of Yellowstone park.
The entrance fee. which is based
on road mileage in various parks
the duty of collecting the largest
fee because this national playground
contains greatest mileage of improv-
ed highways, the park superintend-
ent said.
The fee idea originated. he as
serted when it became necessary to
widen and improve roads. formerly
used by horse drawn vehicles to ac-
commodate the automobile.
Had No Appropriation
At that time. in 1915, 1t was
impossible to obtain an %appropria-
ton from congress to provide for
highway building and maintenance
funds ard an agreement was made
, 1926-02-24
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CUTS PARK FEE TO $500
REDUCTION MADE In ENTRANCE FEES OTHER PARKS
Reduction By More Than Half of the Fee Required for Automo.
biles to Enter Nations Largest Playground

Reduction by more than onehalf in fees charged for auto
mobiles entering the seven national parks was announced today
by the interior department.
The Yellowstone National Park was reduced from $3.50 to
$500; YOSEMITE National Park from $500 to $500, and Glacier
, 1926-02-24
SCOOL STUDENTS GIVE
PLEASING PROGRAM

The public speaking class of the
Cody High school gave two very
entertaining one-act playlets before
a public audience OF Thursday e
ming, and displayed remarkable abil-
ity as entertainers. The plays were
entitled 1.-THE Teeth of the Gift
Horse" and miss Civilization"
A small admission charge was
made and a very tidy sum was taxi
en- in to be used in school activi-
ties.
, 1926-02-24
COURT TO FINISH this WEEK.
HOLM AND EBERT LOSE CASE
~klgore-Gaines Case Being Heard Today-WiH Retry Widdous
Liquor Charge Before A New Jury

The session of the Park County District court is nearing
an end and Judge Metz hopes to be through with the jury
at least by Thursday evening. On Friday of last week the
w. S. Widdous liquor charges were heard with the result that
the jury failed to arrive at a verdict: Saturday and Monday
were consumed in the hearing of the right-of-way case of
Mrs. Edith Holm and L. Ebert, which action resulted in a
verdict in favor of the state, the damages allowed being identical
with those offered by the board of appraisers. Today the
action of Kilgore VS.. Gaines is being heard. 1t is a civil action
and has to do with the ownership of an alfalfa packer-sacker.
, 1926-02-24

ny thO pain duNiOlitlcb anu IlOuSt
appropriations committee of which
Congressman John Fitzgerald of
Massachusetts, was chairman. The
agreement provided that II the
park authorities would inaugurate
a plan whereby the money would
be returned. a sum would be made
available for the road program nee
essary under the new conditions.
This. a gentlemen's agreement, was
adopted and the fee--of $3.50 estab-
lished. A further agreement was
made to the effect that until all
committees interested were willing
to indorse a change, the established
fee would stand.
Cramton Visits Park
Last summer l.. C. Cramton pre-
sen chairman of the appropriations
committees, spent some time in the
Yellowstone park and seven other
western national parks and at that
time expressed himself as favorable
to the plan of reducing the entrance
fees adding that he would like to
see the entrance fee done away
with entirely.
A new problem, however, that of
providing tourists camping parks
for visitors who desire to live in the
open as thousands of them do. pre-
cluded this possibility for the rea-
son that new camps and their
maintenance e not otherwise
provided for and the reduction from
$3.50 to $500 is the result for
Yellowstone park.
, 1926-02-24

from Mrs. Holm at SIS e acre.
The jury decided the appraisers
damage very fair and affirmed the
commissioners award, being out but
a few minutes. Attorney McElvain
represented the county and Attorney
Goppert the appellants.
Tuesday and today the case of
Ed Kilgore and d. o Gaines is
being heard. The controversy has
to do with the ownership of an
alfalfa packer-sacker machine, and
the evidence is SO contradictory that
the outcome of the case is much
in doubt. Attorneys Greever and
Rankin appear for Gains while At
torneya Goppert represents Kilgore.
Tuesday morning Judge Metz call
ed eighteen more jurymen from
which the Jury will be selected to
retry the Widdous case. The court
term has been longer than was plan
ned due to the stubborn cases which
have presented themselves for trial
Many night sessions have been held
and the court has lent every effort
to minimize the amount of time
consumed. A jury has been called
to hear cases at Basin Monday
morning, and Judge Metz expects to
finish here this week.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
Cattle Roundups
In onto Forest
Already Under Way

Stockmen in the Tonto national
forest are rounding up their cattle
at the present time although buy
ing has not yet started, reports T.
T. Swift, supervisor of the Tonto
national forest Most of the fall
shipment from the forest is to Cali
fornia which has not yet had it's
fall rains SO that it's feed is not yet
ready for the cattle For that rea-
son, Mr.. Swift says, buyers from
the coast have not yet appeared.
'"The stock is generally in good
condition considering the situation
during the past season." Mr.. Swift
said. "The fall rains arrived so
late that the winter feed will be in
poor shape so that prospects are
not so bright for the winter. How
ever, most of the cattle are ready
for shipping now The last rains
put a lot of water in the streams
and springs which will help lot. 3"
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
MEMBERS ENTERTAIN
ALTAR SOCIETY.

Mesdames w. G. Chase and G.. NJ.
Sorenson entertained the ladies Of
the Altar Society Wednesday af-
ternoOn at the home of Mrs. Chase
The members are busy preparing
for their annual bazaar which will
be held November %, 23 and %.
A turkey dinner with 'all the
trimmings" will be served on Mon
day, November %, from five 20 sew
en- o'clock. This is to be a real
treat, and this feature alone, will
no doubt be a big attraction.
The ladies have arranged for a
children's masked ball. Wednesday
evening from to $50 and on the
same evening the beautiful three
piece suite of furniture which has
been on display in the Winslow
Furniture Co. windows for some
time, will be presented to the hold
er of the lucky number, that which
takes the prize
The annual bazaar given by the
ladies is one of the big affairs of
the e-Christmas season, and one
which is looked forward to by ev-
eryone.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
GRAND MASTER VISITS
LOCAL LODGES

A. A. Foster, grand master of the
Independent Order of Oddfellows
spent Monday and Tuesday here on
his official visit to the various L.
O. o. F. and Rebekah lodges of the
state. While in Winslow he was
entertained by the local Rosaline
Rebekah Lodge Number 21, and l..
o. o. F. Lodge Number 27, and at
an address given Monday evening
to the subordinate lodge, gave an
interesting outline of the work to
the many lodges in Arizona. He
called attention to their advance
ment made during the past few
years, and described the plans con-
templated for the coming year.
Grand Master Foster plans a visit
to Winslow the first or second
week in November, at which time
he will bring with him a degree
team from Prescott, Williams and
Flagstaff, at which time a large
class of Oddfellows will be initiated
into the order.
A large number of local members
both from the subordinate and Re
bekah orders, were out to meet
the Grand Master Monday evening,
and following the lodge work, a
delicious luncheon was served.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
STATE RECEIVERS
FROM PARALYSIS
OF RAIN FLOODS

Generally unpleasant and incon-
venient conditions that followed the
floods and heavy rains of last week
have been met and overcome
throughout the state, although
many of the relief structures are
but temporary Bridges, both of
the state highway department and
of the Southern Pacific railway,
have been repaired enough to per-
NIT traffic, and although the food
ed areas are still partly under wa
ter and rather damp, the trouble
has about subsided, according to
dispatches from, over the state.
Southern Pacific travel over the
Santa Fe coast lines from Belen
to Phoenix was switched over it's
own tracks the latter part of last
week, and local railroad men were
able to relax after being relieved
of the unprecedentedly heavy load
A resumption of shipping of
grapes, which some weeks ago had
press of S. P. business more notice.
able, and every available man was
kept busy.
The bridge at Cottonwood Wash,
which washed out during the rains,
is repaired sufficiently to allow
traffic to pass, and the same condi-
ton prevails in other cases III the
state. No more rains of any magni-
tude have been reported recently
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
Governor Charges
G. O. P. Opponent
Still Favors Pact
(Continued from Page II

Continued from Page u
Arizona today. He has passed the
test Of the frey furnace and not
found wanting, and ne gets things
done"
In blocking the Swing-Johnson
bill" Senator Ashurst said in
speaking Of Carl Hayden, he has
rendered Arizona a service that
alone should entitle him to promo
ton to the senate. Hayden has
been a valuable man in congress
and he will do more if you send
him to the senate this year. His
work in the past on the San Car
los bill, which by the way Senator
Cameron is taking all the credit
for, made it possible for the pro-
ject to be finally passed. Carl
Hayden and myself started work on
the San Carlos propect before
Ralph Cameron was ever elected to
the senate" he said. In 1924 we
secured an appropriation of $4,000
for survey and a little later an
appropriation of $690,000 for the di-
vel SIOII uduIs
The senator went into the tariff
question at length to show the fall
lacy of Cameron's proposal to pass
a copper tariff bill.
Prior to Governor Hunts and
Senator Ashurst's address, several
state candidates, who were on the
rostrum talked briefly on other
state issues. E. A. Hughes, present
chairman of the state tax commits
sion and candidate for reelection
was first. and he was followed by
Loren Vaughn, chairman of the cor
poration commission and candidate
for reelection. G. o. Case, super
intendent of public instruction,
candidate to succeed himself. follow
ed. and Tom Foster, candidate for
reelection as state mine inspector
was last He spoke in favor of 9TH
er candidates on the ticket who
were not present. Sam Proctor
candidate for representative from
Winslow district was chairman and
introduced the candidates. On the
rostrum were other county candi-
dates including d. E. Mclaughlin
candidate for superior Judge, Wal
lace Ellsworth. candidate for treas
urer and G. w. Nelson candidate
for the state senate from Navajo
county.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
FLAGSTAFF MAY
GET $1,000 .O0O.O
T. B. SANITARIUM

! FLAGSTAFF-A the meeting of
the National Board of Trustees of
the National Sanatorium for Tub
erculous Children, Inc, held in
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma on Sep
tember 9th, Flagstaff was repre-
sented by P ]. Moran, president of
the Chamber of Commerce and DR..
M. G. Fronske, member of the Co
! conino County Medical Society of
that city who were successful in
securing recognition for Flagstaff
to the extent that all but two out
of IA cities applying for the loca-
tion of this national hospital were
eliminated. leaving Flagstaff, Ari-
zona, and Colorado Springs, Colo
RADIO, alone in the field.
If Flagstaff is finally successful
in securing this institution, it will
mean that there will be an invest
ment in construction amounting to
81 100000, and an administrative
fund of $250,00O a year with an en-
dowment fund of $5,OOO,000.
With an institution of such scope
located in Flagstaff. it is reasonable
to believe that not only will the
immediate vicinity benefit, but the
state as whole. With this thought
in mind, the Flagstaff Chamber of
Commerce has written letters to all
civic clubs, Chambers of Commerce
and state and government officials
urging that they support Flagstaff
in her endeavor to locate this san
atOrium in or near Flagstaff.
DR.. ]. Donald Iams, child spec
ialist of Pittsburgh and a member
of the board of trustees and Mrs.
May B. Moran, executive secretary
of the institution, are now inspect
ing the sites offered by Colorado
Springs and will be in Flagstaff
within the next ten days to def
nitely decide on the location for
this hospital.
Flagstaff has several very logical
and picturesque sites ready to off
er this institution and it is hoped
that they will be satisfactory to the
extent that the sanatorium will be
located in Arizona.