, 1926-04-07
(Station CODY broadcasting)
(By Margaret Havden)

S1tSN H1Nd1At
In the great scheme of progress
states and nations rise and fall. From
tiers, which are only a state of mind.
are constantly changing. Not so many
decades past the Mayfiower was the
covered wagon of civilization and
Cape Cod the last word in western
ness. The world in its present need
Is pressing upon Wyoming, culture is
moving with the path of the sun, and
this Congress was designed for the
purpose of meeting that need. There
Is a general belief that Wyoming needs
new blood and new one Old blood
and old money need Wyoming. Cal
ltornia and Colorado have played a
very great and efficient part, and this
Congress looked to them as models
IN publicity. These states in their in
Vitation to the world to come and play
and perhaps remain TO plow-did
not invite the mere humdrum of the
farm, but included the whole eamut
OF peoples so lately liberated from
their acres by the motor car and
h steel roads, whirling people out
OF their narrowness and s~elf-centers
to experience the largess and large
ness of the earth.
In addition to a keen apprehension
OF the thought back of this meeting
at Wyoming's metropolis, there was
the thoughtful courtesy which is hu-
manity's finest asset. While enpin-
errlng h first statewide Aggregation
n leaders had ample time for the.
amenities, hospitality to the s~tranoer
The sessions were held in the bali
room OF one of Casper's leading no.
tells, the Townsend, beginning at 300
a m. after a post-breakfast recen-
tion and general greeting and get ac-
quainted period.
me congress was called by A. d.
favllle, state commissioner of aori-
culture, and w. d. Greenburg. of
Midwest publicity and Wyoming Mo-
tor Club fame. was elected secretary.
The address of welcome was made by
Mark o. Danford, another "voice of
the Midwest"
Though nationally claimed, Horace
M. Albright, superintendent of yell
lowstone park, spoke as a Wyoming
citizen, emphasizing the geographical
fact that the outstanding Park on the
globe is Wyoming's own. He ex-
ploded the theory of the westerner
being armed with guns and revolvers,
and cited the spectacle of the eastern
err arriving at the front door of yell
lowstone with a veritable arsenal of
weapons, refuting the idea that the
west is wild and dangerous" To
"sell the Park and Wyoming to its
own homefolks." which was really the
keynote of the whole program, Mr..
Albright pointed out that owe two
million people visited the national
parks last year-more than visited
southern California, the Pacific north
west, or Alaska. That this "Far West"
of Wyoming should have 20 won n
native son of the Golden West is the
last word in subtle publicity.
Prominent among outside guests
were ii. ID. Cochran. chief Of public
relations. u. S. Forest Service. Den
yer, who clearly presented their case,
outlining the economic values, and
co-relating in the mind of the public
the additional uses, chief among which
Is recreation. the demands Of which
are recognized by this branch of tho
government.
Besides the fifteen counties repre-
sented in these co-ordinating efforts
Mt publicity. four railroads were rep
resented. chief among them being u
own new C. p. A. OF the 90" c. j.