, 1927-03-23

$3.50 - &AN
sale of the lots.
The holdings sold by the Lincoln
Land Company represent many Of
the most choice business and resi-
dence lots in both the Original
Townsite and First Addition to
Cody. and are located in blocks 4,
5. s, 10, 20. %, "a, 20, 81, 29
80. 81, 81, and SO in the Original
Townsite and in Blocks 2, 8, and 5
in the First Addition. About
twenty of these lots have already
been sold, stated Mr.. Gail. q
For The Museum
AS an inducement to those in
Cody to purchase one or more Of
these lots at this time Mr.. Gall
states that the people of Cody are
to be given the first chance to buy,
and that five per cent of the pur-
chase price of each and every par
Gel of land will be turned over to
the Cody Museum Committee for
use on the Buffalo Bill museum
building.
1t is not the plan of the Billings
man to hold these lots for specu-
lation, but the entire lot will be
offered for sale at once,- that those
having faith in Cody and its future
may reap a full degree of bene-
fit from their purchase.
Mr.. Gail said yesterday, on his
return to Cody that he was prom
pied in making this deal with the
Lincoln Land company by the ON
fident belief that the proving of the
Oregon Basin field is going to mark
the beginning of a new era of pros
perity and business growth and de
Velopment in Cody such as it has
never seen before, and such as is
likely to surprise those who have
never paid much attention to the ac-
CELEBRATED business activities which
always follow the discovery of oil
in the larger fields:
1t was through the Eureka Oil
Syndicate of Billings, of which Mr..
Gail, together with w. o. Taylor
and G. w. Chambers of Long
Beach, Calf, are trustees, that the
first drilling contract was made
with the Ohio Oil company for a
well on the Sonners' permit, and it
is from this well that the town Is
now securing its supply of natural
gas. Gail is also in the ADVERTISING
business in Billings and has many
other connections with oil compan-
les in the Kelvin oil fields.
Il have always had a mighty
warm spot in my heart for Cody
he said. for it has an atmosphere
peculiarly attractive to me. and
nowhere have I encountered more
delightful hospitality or felt that
L had more real friends. And as
have stated publicly on more than
one occasion. I have always believ-
ed in Cody's future, even without
the impetus which the discovery of
oil is sure to give. Therefore it
Is particularly gratifying to me To
have this opportunity to show that
this confidence has been genuine.
However this is not a matter of
sentiment but the result of an an
alysis of the facts involved. Cody
has a historic identity which it will
never lose and which is constantly
growing as time goes on and its
famous founder becomes more and
more of a legendary figure. In
combination with that ever more
valuable asset it has a strategic
location as an entrance to Yellow
stone Park, via the one and only
Cody Way" These and other
factors mean that none of us VIII
live to see the day when the tour
list travel, which has been ~increas-
Ing steadily heretofore will ever
do otherwise. In fact, with the i'm
provements in the road to the park,
the advertising which the Burling-
ton is doing and the contemplated
improvements here and the building
of hard surfaced highways leading
to Cody, this travel promises to
increase faster than ever before.
1.-THE figures also show that the
assessed valuation of Cody property
has been going up gradually fol
years, and its at-tractiveness as q
place OF residence, with modern i'm,