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Paying Too Much
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.

THE story is told of a distinguished
L military oficer-the truth Of the
tale l do not vouch for-that
Sunday while In New York he attend
ed services in one of the fashionable
churches OIL Fifth avenue. He was
shown into a pew which later a man
entered who seemed to be the owner
OF the sitting. The newcomer was evil
IDENTIFY disturbed. He resented having
near him a IA whom he did not
know. He was restless and uneasy for
a time, and then finally taking from
his pocket n calling card he wrote on
the back of 1t:
Il pay a thousand dollars a year for
the use of this pew" and passed 1t to
the military stranger.
The visitor, having read the not
very courteous message, wrote under
1t:
you pay too darned much for what
you seem to get nj of it"
There are a good many things in
life for which we pay too much. Edu-
cation is a good thing, and yet l haze
seen instances In which it cost the
ROcSIccOl nIOIt Hull IL nus ever Dttn
worth to him.
Garwood had no money when he
came to college, and little talent for
making money. Some men whom /
have known could pick up q dozen
jobs and make money u of them
where Garwood could get none. He
plodded along. haif-fed a part of the
time, and getting a we'll
cooked, ~well-served meal. He lived
over a store in a stuffy back room
without heat in winter or ventilation
In summer. AT the end Of three years
he vas still wearing the same clothes
with which he had come to college.
He grew cynical, coarse, and untidy.
His faith in himself gradually weak.
ened. and when finally he got his de-
gree, he was less worthwhile than
when he left high school. He had
paid more than the little information
he had gathered was worth.
Bradley had n hilarious evening not
many weeks ago. 1t had to do with a
motor car, a half-plne of liquor, and
a companion not too hnical. 1t re-
suited in the end In Bradley's arrest,
In his being fined, In getting his name
in the local paper. and a few days
later, in finding himself without a
job.
1T doesn't seem fair" he said to
me. 1--WE been pretty straight all my
life, ard now when / make one false
move, / get fred"
"There are a lot of things that cost
more than they are worth" 1 re-
marked to Bradley.
1 had a letter from a boy in M OF
the penal institutions of the East only
a short time ago. He had been in
prison for five years-from the age of
twenty to twenty-five-all because of
an indiscretion of n single evening. A
reckless state of mind, a little slim
ulating liquor, two or three compan-
ions with flexible Ideals, and the thing
was done which took five years out
of his life and set him back ten more,
perhaps. 1t hasn't been worth what
II cost.
10. 1895. Western Newspaper union.s
, 1927-01-26
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the bylaws of the under
coropration, the annual
meeting of the Brun-
dage Hardware Company will be
held at the offices of the. company
at Cody. Wyoming. the 18th day of
January, A. D. 1927, at 1880 p. m.
for the purpose of election of Off
GERS and for such other business as
, 1927-01-26

may regularly come before said an
nual meeting.
Dated at Cody. Wyoming. this
26th day of January, 1927.
THE BRUNDAGE HARD
WARE COMPANY,
By A. ]. Martin,
President
(Seal)-S. P, Van Arsdall. Sec'y.
1-26 2-2c
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ss.
COUNTY OF PARK
1t is hereby certified that the foregoing is n ri and complete Abb
Statement of thu receipts and disbursements of h County If Park
the State of Wyoming from July 31st, 1926 to Jn LIST 1927, nd that
the statement f the bonded indebtedness If the County IN School Dist
riots oft this County is true and correct
i. {. HOPES.
County Treasurer.
, 1927-01-26
STATEMENT
PARK COUNTY

= OF the cost of maintaining County Government from July LIST, 1926,
to January LIST, 1897, prepared under the provisions of Section 1921,
Compiled Statutes of 1890. and taken from the Register showing War
rants m Certificates of Indebtedness issued during that period.
BERTHA NJ. ROUSSEAU. County Clerk.
, 1927-01-26
THE CODY ENTERPRISE


POOR AND PAUPER-
General Expenses 1 4 al
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Agent. Salary 56741
n%n denomination Salary -- 57777
MISCELLANEOUS
EIsstlon Expenses 1saslal n ase esse
Water Commissioner, Salary. Etc. --------.---.-- 42O. SO
POSTAGE, Freight and Express ---------------- 4061
Telegraph and Telephone 23516
County Institute 25OOO
other miscellaneous Expenses ----------- 2O5459
Total Warrants and Certificates Issued "A 44o. As
STATEMENT. OF OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS
OF TFIE COUNTY
THE STATE OF wYoMINGl
COUNTY OF PARK
It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a true and complete
Of Indebtedness issued by the, County of Park in the State of Wyoming
from July LIST, 1926 to January LIST, 1927.
BERTHA M. ROUSSEAU.
County Clerk.
Cody, Wyoming, January II, 1927.
THE STATE OF WYOMING
COUNTY OF PARK
1t is hereby certified that the foregoing is a true and complete Alb
the State Of Wyoming from July 1, 1925, to Jan. l, 1927, and the
cost of. maintaining the government of the said County evidenced by
warrant and certificates of indebtedness issued in payment of indebted
ness ncurred during said time, and further that the statement of in
debtedness of the County is true and correct; all evidenced by reports
filed with the Board OF County Commissioners by the County Treasurer
and County Clerk.
Witness my hand Is Chairman of the Board of County Commission
ers, attested by the County Clerk this 18th day of January A. D. 1927.
w. C. WILKINS,
Chairman of the Board of the
County Commissioners
Attest: BERTHA NJ. ROUSSEAU,
County Clerk.
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ABSTRACT STATEMENT

OF the receipts and disbursements of the Count op pot To- ~
State of Wyoming and statement of expense of maintann thaa Eo,ntss
government from June 80, 1926, to January. Ist. 1927 rensrood 49,
the provisions Of Section 1921, Compiled Statutes OF 1926. "
, 1927-01-26

Statement of the Bonded Indebtedness Of County and school Districts
Il ~ close Of n semiannual period. December 81, 1926 S shown
, 1927-02-09
WORKMAN CASE TO BE
HEARD FEBRUARY 18TH
Judge Metz Annuls mol PROSE- Ac-
ton in Reinecker Cases Cop
I pert Appointed to Investi-
gate

Owing to illness Judge p. w.
Metz fouLd it necessary to temper
arily adjourn the jury term of the
Park County District court on Mon
day evening, ordering the jury t o ap-
pear again on Monday morning,
February 2Sth, at which time the
arson charge against Mrs. Chas.
Workman will be heard. Judge
Metz has been suffering with a
severe cold ever since the Park
county term started two weeks ago.
and his health has become SO bad
that it seemed dangerous to attempt
to stay longer in the court room.
To Look Into Liquor Cases
In responding to a petition con-
tanning some $50 or 200 names IT
the people of the Powell section.
Judge Metz on Monday annulIed-
his action of January 25th to mol
PROSE- the liquor charges against
Neinecker and Davis and Slater. as
petitioned by the county attorney,
and has appointed Attorney Ernest
j. Goppert to make an Investigation
OF the cases mentioned, to see II
sufficient evidence is available to
warrant their prosecution.
In the Reinecker-Davis case. Paur
X. Greever, counsel for defendants
had moved the court to suppress
the evidence on cou of illegal
search, and the hearing on this
motion will probably he heard be-
fore Judge Metz on Friday.
The petition of the Powell people
stated that they felt that inasmuct
as these cases which had been filed
by the former county attorney and
sheriff, that the taxpayers were
entitled to at least have some of
these in which the best evidence
had been secured, to go to trial.
Judge Metz has a jury called for
Big Horn county for Monday morn
ing, and felt that u few days in bed
would get him in shape to preside
there by that time. Later in he
month there are several Big Horn
cases to be tried by a different
judge, and at that time Judge Metz
plans to return to Cody and hear
the balance of the cases ON the
docket here.
, 1927-02-09
EUREKA SYNDICATE WINS
HENRY TENDOLLE SUIT
Case Literally Blew Up When Ten
dole Testified-Court to Rule
on Technical Point of Law

A dispute over oil royalties in
which Henry Tendolle and ]. y.
Henderson were plaintiffs and the
Eureka Oil Syndicate represented
by w. w. Gail and D. ". Chambers
of Billings and w. o. Taylor of
Cody as trustee. were defendants,
ended on Monday evening, when the
case was taken from the jury by
the judge. No decision has been
rendered as yet but after a decision
on a technical law point is made on
Saturday the Judge will render a
decision, which he signified would
be in favor of the defendants.
The case is one which has at
tracted considerable interest in oil
circles, and a number of witnesses
from Elk Basin, Billings and other
points were here. C. l.. Bronze Of
Basin, Paul r. Greeyer of Cody and
George Arnott of Billings represent
ed the Syndicate while c. A. Earl
ing of Basin, Ernest j. Goppert of
Cody and H. ]. Coleman of Billings
represented the Tendolle interests.
Those called as witnesses includ-
ed Corbitt Bennett of Billings, and
Mrs. Nettie Thompson of Elk Basin
besides several other local people
and members of the opposing inter
ests.
According to evidence presented
The Eureka Syndicate some five
years ago had traded five hundred
dollars worth of stock in their com
pany for a 3h per cent royalty in
some OF Tendolle's holdings near
Elk Basin. The lea was not en-.
tirely completed and all evidence
pointed to the fact that Tendolle
had endeavered to back out of the
deal which he had made. In his
efforts to extricate himself he was
backed up by the Henderson inter-
ests who also have oil holdings with
Tendolle.
, 1927-02-09
WORK TO START AT
ONCE ON ~POSTOFFICE
Construction Engineer on job and
Dirt VIII Begin to Move Mon-
day Morning Job to Take
ii Months

There is to be no time lost in
the building of the new ~postoffice
at Cody and already workmen are
assembling here for the construc-
ton. Joe Freeborg. who has the
excavation contract will spud in
Monday morning and the cellar is
to be finished in fifteen days. Other
materials will be here by that time
and it is expected the work will go
forward with dispatch
J. 1. Marshall, construction en-
gineer and representative of the
government on this job, arrived
last week, and with his wife have
taken a residence in the j. Y.
Smith home. Nelson Rector
one of the construction foremen for
the Lowell Construction company is
also on the job and he will be in
charge of the work here for a
while.
, 1927-02-09
RGINNIS LOSES SUIT
ON DIRECTED VERDICT

A directed verdict in favor of the
defendant was rendered Saturday
morning by Judge p. w. Metz in
the a in which Robert McGinnis,
was plaintiff and the Chicago. Burl-
ington and Quincy Railroad was
the defendant to the action. Tue
case had taken up a full day of the
courts time and the counsel for the
plaintiff had presented its case,
Judge Metz ruled that no evidence
had been presented to show that
there had been any negligence on
the part of the railroad which had
brought about the injury to Nc
Ginnis and returned a verdict in
favor of the railroad.
McGinnis was suing the railroad
company for ~s2,9O50.00 as follows:
$500 for medical attention, $3.50
for a special pair of boots, $500
for the loss of a toe nail, s1,70O
for lost time due to injury and
$500 for mental and physical sui
fering. He had gone to work for
the railroad and was working his
second day when his foot was
caught under a hand car loaded
with steel rails. The member was
badly injured and has been more
or less crippled eve since that
time.
, 1927-02-09
60 MILE GAS LINE
FROM BUFFALO BASIN
Contract Let This Week for Hauling
Pipe-Wm Pipe the Gas %
Greybull Refineries

The contract for the hauling Of
the pipe for the proposed 6O-mile
gas line to be laid from the Buffalo
Basin gas field to the town Of Grey
bull was let this week to the White
Motor company of Casper and prac-
tically all of the White trucking
companies of the basin will have an
opportunity of putting their equip
ment to work on the job. S. b.
Freeman of Cody will have three
trucks IN the job and Max Thayer
of Meeteetse expects to furnish an
White.
The project it is said will cost the
Wyoming Gas company in the
neighborhood of a quarter of a mil.
lion dollars and will result in put
ting natural gas into the town of
Worland and giving a much greater
supply to the other gas lines of this
company throughout the Basin. To
date Worland is the only town in
the Basin without natural gas for
domestic purposes.
The Buffalo Basin field is con-
sidered one of the largest gas fields
in the state if not of the entire
west. 1t was there the huge gas
ser was afire a few years ago, and
where several oil drillers lost their
lives in an endeavor to drill
through the gas field in a quest for
oil at deeper levels.
The line from the field will be of
10-inch pipe, and later on enlarged
to 12-inch until it connects with the
line from the Hidden dome which
runs into Greybull. Tho company
not only expects to use the gas for
heat at the refineries at Greybull
but it nay install equipment by
which it a condense the gas into
gasoline.
, 1927-02-09
0STLAND WELL NEARING
GAS SANDS OREGON BASIN
Hope to get Green Oil in Lower
Gas Sand-Wm Have Three :
Rigs Operating by Spring

Fred G. Ostland OF the Fred G.
ostland, Inc, returned last week
from In extended visit to Chicago
and other points east and is much
encouraged over the recent show
ing of oil found in the ohio's deep
test well. Mr.. Ostland feels assured
that the Ohio will get a good pro-
Queer, and is hopeful that the oil
will be of a better grade than the
commonly called BLACK oil"
MI. Ostland has two rigs at work
in the Basin. one of them but n
short distance from the Ohio wells.
He has n of them down 1860 feet
with an eight inch hole and the
other down 500 feet with an Is
inch hole. The deeper hole is on
the same structure as the Ohio gas
well. and he is hopeful of getting a
valuable gasser or light oil we'll.
Another rig is at the depot and
plan are being made t. spud In
on some of the company's other
holdings by early spring .
, 1927-02-09
JOE JONES FOX HUNTING
OUT AT VALLEY FORGE
Prominent Wyoming Dude Wrangier
Getting a Touch of Eastern
Sport-Rides a HurdIer
Behind Hounds

That Joe Jones of the Maior
ranch is getting a touch of the real
sport of fox hunting is evidenced
by a letter received from him this
week by Fred MCGEE OF the First
National Bank. Joe says he is hav-
ing a wonderful time in the east.
is lining up some fine parties for
the spring, summe and fall seasons
and states that prospects look for
the biggest dude season Wyom-
ing has ever enjoyed to date.
Joe recounts a little trip he had.
down to Valley Forge to look over
the memorial army camp of General
Washington, and %incidently while
there his friends took him fox
hunting. He says it is a real
sport, to ride behind seventy-five
bowling dogs, and with a horse
capable of taking a six-foot hedge
without batting a eye.
Joe says he thought zeal hunt
ing had its thrills, but riding to-
the hounds, up hill, over bitches.
hedges. down hill and almost any
where without slowing tn pace Il
bit, on a horse thai knows his
stuff" has a few thrills also. He
says he is going to take another
whirl at it before he comes home.
and If he doesn't break his neck
will try it on some of the Wyoming
game next fall.
, 1927-02-09
TELEPHONE COMPANY TO
BUILD A NEW HOME HERE
$4,000 Structure for Mt States
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany for Cody Plant

According to information received
from C. l.. Titus, state manager of
the Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph company in Wyoming,
the Cody exchange is to have a new
home. which will be built this sum
mer. The estimated cost of the
structure is $4,000, and it will be
located on two lots Immediately
west of the Park Rooming house,
on property purchased from j. NJ.
Schwoob.
While the plans and specifications
are not available, it is known that
the new building will be a one
story structure, and will probably
be located on the center of the two
25-foot lots, in order to give plenty
of natural light on each side. There
will be a full basement for storage
of telephone equipment and the
building like other exchange build
ings. will he modern in every re.
spect and very attractive.
In speaking of the plans for the
Cody exchange. Mr.. Titus states
that the rapid growth of the Cody
field. and especially the summer
business has made 1t necessary thai
the offices be located on a GROUND
floor with better facilities than ar,
possible over the Shoshone Nationa
bank. ~
This improvement will make tn,
Cody exchange one of the bes'
equipped anywhere in the northern
part of the state. Last season
something like five or six Thousand
dollars was spent on the toll line.
in the county and in 1928 tn.
company spent from eight to ter
thousand dollars on the inside PLAN
of the local office.
That the Mountain States com.
pany is endeavoring to keep apace
of the times, and giving to its pat
rons. the best possible service, is
evidenced by the improvement wora
and the service rendered. C. u
Lowe, local manager, is one of thu
most efficient managers the Local
office has had in years, and the ex-
change has developed very extern
sively under his able direction.
, 1927-02-09
SCOTT LYALL SHIPPING
ALFALFA MEAL AT CODY

Scott Lyall is spending more or
less time in the Cody community
at the present time and has under
contract about 25 cars OF alfalfa
meal which he is placing on the
market from the Cody station. This
week he is loading a car which has
been ground on the Jesse Horner
ranch.
The Pearson bros. are operating
a portable grinder and many of
the ranchers are marketing their
hay by this method. An average Of
about eight dollars a ton is paid
for the hay depending a great deal
on its quality, and the work OF
grinding furnishes employment for
those who wish to work at this
time of the year.
Mr.. Lyall is in the commission
business. and also has portable
grinders operating on the Powell
flat in competition with the alfalfa
mills at Powell and Garland.
, 1927-02-09
NORTHFORK LADY PLACES
FACE CREAM ON MARKET

In this issue Of the Cody Enter
prise appears al advertisement OF
Mrs. Fred Morris. of Northfork, in
which she is offering 10 the trade
an article called Cortez Face Cream,
a preparation which she states is
made from the purest of cream and
oils. Mrs. Norris has made this
product for sixteen years but never
until this time has she been in a
position to place same on market
1t is priced very reasonable and
recommended highly.
, 1927-02-09
ID. IT. d. r.. MEETS

The D. T. d. r. class of the
Methodist church met in the church
basement on Thursday evening and
a very enjoyable evening was spent
Mrs. Raymond Allen gave a most
interesting talk on "Women in wy
oming History" and Miss Helen
Reeves accompanied by Mrs. r. y.
Hardin on the piano, sang two very
nice numbers. Refreshments came
In the nature of o. box supper with
Mrs. Henry Dahlem officiating as
sa~uctioneer.
, 1927-02-09

This case is one which started
from an accident occurring July
28, 1916, when George Soth
aroused from his sleep one night
started running down the street in
response to an alarm of some kind,
stumbled and fell. causing an injury
for which he afterward sued the
town of Cody for ~S31,150.0O dam
ages. For a few years after the
case was filed in the District court
it did not come to trial. However
the last suit started begun on July
81. 1927, and after a change of ven
ne was secured was heard before a
jury at Basin, Wyoming. Pending
appeals and motions after a YER
dict had been brought in in favor
of Soth, judgment was not enter
ed until April "a. 1925 in the
amount of $4,000.
At the time of the trial Soth's
health was very bad and his condi-
tion was such that he made an ex-
cellent witness in his behalf, but
at the present time he is apparently
in the best of health and able to
work the same as he was years ago.
Many taxpayers of Cody seem to
think that the Basin jury had de-
cided rather contrary to the best
evidence presented in the case, and
with the reversal of the decision
by the Supreme Court the logic of
this opinion seems to be borne out.
, 1927-02-09
NO NEW DEVELOPMENT in OREGON BASIN on.
OHIO TO OPEN UP OIL SANDS NEXT WEEK

c. R. Hetzler, representative of the Ohio Oil company spent
Tuesday and Wednesday at Cody and while here had very
to say regarding the finding Of oil in Oregon Basin: How
he admitted that his company felt they had a good propo-
sition there, but were not satisfied as to whether it was black
n green oil which had been encountered at the 3,4OO foot ..vei
although experience in other fields would bear out the belief
it would be black oil found at this level.
The rotary rig which has been used to drill this deep well
has been moved to Grass creek and workmen are busy at the
present time placing the standard cable rig over the well, with
wnlcn further drilling Will be done. These preparations will be
within a few days and the well viii be finished.
, 1927-02-09
$4,000 FIRE LOSS
EATON's DUDE RANCH

The Eaton ranch, near Sheridan,
Wyoming. one of the largest and
Oldest dude ranches of Wyoming
suffered a costly fire on Wednesday
of last week when many of it's
large buildings were RACED to the
ground mourning a loss of some
thing like $4,000 to the
The ranch will be rebuilt at once
and everything done to get things
in shape for the 1927 season.
, 1927-02-09
BALL GAMES
WITH LOWELL AND BYRON

Coach Sweitzer two
basket ball games for his Cody high
quint during this and e. week,
the first being with the Bryon team
at Byron on Friday night and the
second with the Lowell boys in Cody
on Tuesday evening. Both these
games should be fast and the Cody
boys stand undefeated as yet on
their home floor.
, 1927-02-09
JUDGE SENTENCES TWO
TO P%ENITENTIARY TERMS

G. H. Greenwood drew a sentence
of from five to eight years at the
penitentiary from Judge Metz this
week for the stealing of wool from
the Grey Bull Corporation interests
a year age Freeman Gray who was
up for a second time on a forgery
count got from five to six years at
Rawlins. Both prisoners were TAX
en- to the penitentiary this morn
ing by Under-sheriff A. Hancock.
, 1927-02-09
FUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR SURVEY OF new
PROJECT PARK ROAD
500, 900 of Forest Funds to Ike
Spent on Wyoming Roads
During Next Year

According to a report received
from L. F. Kneipp, Acting Forester,
at Washington. 100000 will be
available for use on roads within
the National forests of Wyoming
during the ensuing year. $4,000 is
provided for a survey of 4 new
project between Rattlesnake creek
and the eastern boundary of the
Shoshone forest and twelve miles
of roadway EAST and north of Nor
an .
The appropriation for the sur
e of a new project on Northforlk
is very gratifying to the people of
Park county. and especially those
most interested in the travel on the
Northfork. the road to Yellowstone
park. 1t is evident that the Forest
Service has plans to keep steadily
after the road work on Northfor<
until a completed read ofNthe high
est standards has been constructed
from Cody to the Park line.
The Everingham Construction
company is Just finishing a project
frcns the Shoshone dam west to
Rattlesnake creek at a cost of about
$4,000, paid for with Forestry
funds. and there still remains about
fifteen miles OF thorofare, very
little of 1t OF high cost construction
to complete the road to the reserve
line.
At a recent meeting Of the rep
resentatives of the Wyoming State
Highway Department. the Bureau OF
Public Roads and the Forest Ser
vice. the allotment of funds on wy
oming road projects was made az
follows.
Dayton-Kane .S7S,O 0C
Encampment-Slater . As ,0OC
Jackson-Park - 1900
Location SURVEYS ODf
, 1927-02-09
BOY AT sCHwooR,s

Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton Schwooh
are the proud parents of a baby
boy who arrived at the Powell hog
pital, where Mrs. Schwoob In be-
ing cared for. on Saturday. The
youngster seems destined to bea-
the name of Thornton, Jr., and
causes a smile on Grandpa Jake's
face which will not come. off.
, 1927-02-09
nNTERTArNs STAR NATIONS

Mrs. Agnes B. Chamberlin was
hostess on Thursday to a luncheon
given In honor of the past matrons
of Cedar Chapter, o. E. s. :