The Northern Wyoming Herald from Cody, Wyoming • 1

NORTHERN WYOMING HERALD VOLUME XII NUMBER XV CODY CLUB DINNER GETS ACTION ON THREE IMPORTANT PROJECTS PROPOSES POST CARD DAY TO BOOST CODY Dave Jones Presents Card Drawn by Olive Pell Showing Cody Road to the Park Fifty thousand postcards sent to all parts of the United States by the people of Cody on one day was the plan proposed by Dave Jones at the Cody club dinner Tuesday night. picture showing Col. Cody welcoming the automobile and railroad tourists to the Cody way is most striking and gets the attention. It is different than anything ever shown before. It is a piece of western scenery and is in a class by itself and with Buffalo Bill standing out as the commanding figure everyone who sees one picks it up for a careful inspection.

"In the leading St. Paul hotel I placed one at each plate in the dining room before I sat down to dinner and took a place where I could see what attention the cards would get from the guests. In almost every instance, the card was not only picked up and examined but was put away for safe keeping. is the card we propose to send out and we want everyone in Cody to cooperate. The details have not been worked but but they will be and the matter brought to the attention of the public at any early At the close of Mr.

remarks a committee composed of Mr. Jones. L. L. Newton and H.

H. Schwoob was named to promote the plan and get the cards sent through the mails. The committee has not had a formal meetng as yet but have planned to sell the cards already stamped to insure their being mailed. The cards will be either sold at actnal cost of production or a subscription will be taken to cover the cost of the cards and then a cent apiece to cover the postaga item. Lots of Money and No Place to Go Is Plight Monte Jones of Jones Bros, of Valley returned from New York on Friday of last week.

Mr. Jones reports the wildest enthusiasm in the east over the war. Flats are flying from every building; and every theatre progrom has its patriotic music which is greeted with riotous applause. Mr. Jones discussed the fame situation with several members of the Campfire club and especially with those who' had hunted in this section and reports that the stand the Wyoming Game Protective association has taken is in hearty accord with these men.

Jones expects a full season this year, and is making arrangements for the I enlargement of their equipment so as to handle all of the parties desiring to come. In speaking of the war situation, Mr. Jones said that preparation for war was going on at a rapid pace. war department has taken a census of all chauffeurs and engineers together with a list of all yachts and other see going vessels with all the available data that they may be press-; ed into service if needed. Bridges and aqueducts are patrolled night and day and the harbors are all guarded by subm nets." When asked what effect the war might have on the dude business, Mr.

Jones was of the opinion that it would seriously curtail it if war was declared at this time. every party we have signed up has included a proviso permitting cancellation in case war is declared. Our people are men whose business would be seriously affected in case of trouble and it would be necessary for them to stay at home to look after their The development of the winter dude business has been considered very carefully by Mr. Jones and he studied the situation while east this trip. summer resorts are crowded this winter and the people have no place to he said.

have to make reslervations far in advance to get even a seat at a cabaret and rooms are almost impossible to obtain without pro h'ious arrangements. There is no reason in the world why this section CAREFUL DRIVING IS NECESSARY IN CANYON Gus Sounds Warning of Possible Auto Accidents in the Shoshone Canyon In the absence of Wilson rep. i resenting the motor company of Yel, lowstaone park, Gus brought the attention of the Cody club to the large amount of travel through the Shoshone canyon and the danger of serious accidents unless the proper precautions were taken to prevent it. am confident that six thousand cars will pass through that cent gorge this season in the trips to and from the Yellowstone said Mr. Holms, transportation company expects to handle ten to twelve thousand people and with the tourists coming in private cars together with local travel there is going to be a great danger of serious accidents unless means are taken to prevent The matter was discussed by a number of gentlemen.

Dave Jones pointed out that the greatest danger was encountered beyond the dam around sharp tufas skirting Shoshone lake. A committee headed by Mr. Jones was authorized to take the matter of protection up with the board of county commissioners and Mr. of the Yellowstone Transportation company and endeavor to place this piece of highway outside of the danger zone. Guests of the Club A.

G. I.ucier, Dr. J. R. Mains and A.

C. Sinclair of Powell were guests of the club. Mr. Lucier promised his cooperation with H. H.

Schwoob, chairman of the committee on Frost cave in using his new motion picture equipment. Dr. Mains and Mr. Sinclair expressed their pleasure in being present and brought greetings from the Powell boosters. should not enjoy a winter tourist business as well as a summer.

Our winters are more mild than they have in New York and certainly we have much in the way of scenery and winter sports to offer if these were developed. I do not see why we could not get together and have a ski tournament in the mountains. Short trips on snow shoes would be of interest to these people who have loads of money to spend and no place to go." concern expects to attempt to develop the winter business and as we know of others who are anxious to do the same thing, believe we can co-operate along this line and produce a new resource for this section." HOT SPRINGS COUNTY GETS FOR ROADS Votes Special TA oT Two Mills and Doubles its Road Fund for 1917 Hot Springs county voted a special two mill tax for the improvement of her roads at a special election on Tuesday of last week, the vote being six to ope in favor of the levy. This is the second year that this county has taken that step this year, there being almost no opposition to the plan. By this method this small county itself in a position to cooperate with the state and federal funds in the construction of its section of the Yellowstone highway.

Twenty-thousand dollars of Hot Springs money will be available for road work and the major portion of it will he on the state highway. ENTERTAINS CLUB Mrs. G. A. Holm entertained the Upper Sage Creek club at their ranch home Thursday on birthday.

The home was appropriately decorated for the occasion. A program was given which included biographical sketches of the first president and the singing of patriotic songs. The club was well represented. Refreshments consisted of creamed chicken, icecream, cake and coffee. Cody, Wyoming, Wednesday, February 28, 1917 FROST CAVE MADE GREAT SCENIC ASSET R.

W. Allen Tells of Work in Building Trail to Open up Frost Cave to Tourists The beauties of the Shoshone ern and a report of the work doni by the federal government in opening this i place of scenic interest to the public were received by the pody club men at the dinner last night. Mr. Allen said in part: interest taken in this work I by Chief of Field Division A. Baker of the interior department in making i Frost cave accessible is very gratify-1 ing to us here.

Last fall he made careful survey of the proposition coni sidering an automobile road to the i top of Cedar mountain and the ing of a trail from the riverside up the side of the canyon. the amount of money 1 at his command which was about S4OO he decided after consultation with D. J. Jones, C. E.

Hayden, members of the forest service and others that in order to make the most possible use of this amount a trail would be the more feasible plant The Jproposed building of the road on the south side of the river had much to do with this decision and if this is carried through, at an early date, the tourist business to Shoshone cavern can be developed soon. employed the Peterman brothers who have been building trails for the forest service for a number of sea, sons, and who are expert in that line to 1 start on the project and they completi ed about half of the distance and half of the money was expended. I believe the trail as far as it goes is in good shape and while the grade in some places is 20 per cent is not hard climb. ing. Part of the distance will have to i be negotiated by stain.

ln the spring Mr. Baker will be here again and we will continue the work. It will likely require more money than was appropriated to finish the S. C. Parks suggested that a foot bridge might be built across the river at the foot of the trail and connected with a trail from the road on the north side of the river making the cavern accessible the present season.

According to a statement of Mr. Allen the plan is quite feasible. Chairman proposed a publicity plan which included an excursion to the cave with motion pictures taken by 1 A. G. Lucier of Powell with the hope that they would be used in the Pathe circuits.

COKEVILLE SHEEPMEN CONTRACT 1917 CLIPS AT 40c PER POUND Frank Mau made a contract with Jess Goodfellow last Tuesday for his 1917 wool clip at 40 cents per pound, the highest price ever known to have been paid in this territory. Mr. Good-; fellow, who represents a Boston wool; house called Mr. Mau on the phone I from Salt Lake City, Tuesday morn-1 ing, stating that he had made a contract with Stoner Bros, for their 1917 wool at 40 cents a pound and offered him the same price for his crop. The deal was closed at once, necessary papers to be forwarded by mail.

Possibilities of this country becoming involved in the great war and a consequent demand for army goods of all kinds has caused a great demand for wools needed for such goods. American wool manufacturers are facing a shortage of wool, the only chance of relieving the situation being the possibility that Great Britain will lift the embargo and allot more wool to the United States, should the latter enter the war. Later in the week contracts were closed with P. W. Olsen, R.

D. Boomer, Bennion and we understand several others in the are about to contract their wool for the 40c rate. Some sheepmen are very optimistic in regard to wool prices this year and say they will not contract at the 40c price, but expect to get at least 45 cents, even if the war should come to an end. The men who have contracted their wool are well' pleased and feel that they have made no mistake in taking the offer even if wool should go a little higher. Selling wool at 40 cents leaves them a good profit besides having the wool off their hands much Register.

FRANK L. HOUX NOW GOVERNOR OF WYO. o- 0 Cody Man Now in Highest Position in the Gift of the State 0 -i 1 Governor Frank L. Houx many time mayor and leading citizen quietly assumed the governship of this great state upon the resignation of John B. Kendrick at six Saturday evening.

The cjremony which marked the stepping down to private life of Gov. Kendrick and the rise of Frank L. Houx to (the position in the state was marked by a simple ceremony that was intended to be wholly informal but became a most impressive one. Burke Sinclair, private secretary to Gov. Kendrick summoned Mr.

Houx to the private office of the governor. On the table lay a brief message to the secretary of state. It read: hereby resign from the office of governor of Wyoming, to take effect at six o'clock p. February 24, In the company gathered about the table were Attorney-general Preston, Gus Named Member State Highway Commission Gus Holm's, premier road booster. of Wyoming, was named by Governor' Kendrick as a member of the state highway commission as one of the retiring official acts.

With Mr. will serve Robert D. Carey of Careyhurst, M. A. Johnson of Wheatland, Joe Kinney of Cokeville and Francis C.

Williams of Sheridan. It will be noted that the Yellowstone highway, of which Mr. is chairman three representatives and this insures early and first attention to the highway that has maintained an active organization for the past three years. The Lincoln highway is left (without representation which is said to be due largely through the misrepresentations made by the official of that road concerning road conditions in the state. The selection of Mr.

to represent this section of the state came about through a large number of petitions which were sent the governor from the towns along the Yellowstone highway, and his natural fitness for the position. One of the most important, if not the most important of the new session laws provided Wyoming by the recent legislature is that establishing a state highway department, levying a flat tax for the financing thereof and providing ifor co-operation between the state and the federal government, and between the state and the several counties, in the construction of highways. The act specifically accepts and provides methods for benefiting from the act of congress approved T. B. McDonough, deputy state supertendent of public instruction, Frank H.

Wescott, deputy secretary of state, Mr. Sinclair and Charles Argesheiner. The governor voiced his appreciation of the cooperation he had received from the state officials and in a voice of deep emotion wished his successor godspeed as he grasped his hand. The new governor, feeling the heavy responsibility upon him, was too deeply moved to respond. John B.

Kendrick left the capital a private citizen. He spent Sunday with his family in their apartment at the Plains and Monday left for Washington where he will take the oath as United States senator to succeed Hon. Clarence Don Clark. J. C.

formerly city editor of the Cheyenne Leader, accompanied the Kendrick party and will be private secretary to Senator Kendrick. July 11, 1916, provide that the T'nited States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post The state highway commission act creates a commission of five members who shall serve six years and who shall draw an annual compensation of only S6OO each and expenses. This commission is to appoint a state highway engineer, at whatever salary may be necessary, who will serve until removed by the votes of the majority of the commission. All highway construction to which the state will contribute under the act will be under the superintendency of this engineer who is given other and farreaching powers intenden to make for better roads 'throughout the state. There is nothing in the bill to prohibit the individual counties from constructing roads independently, but if roads are so constructed bridges which are a part thereof, must conform to the state standard if they cost more than S2OO.

For the work of the commission during the first two years of its existence, 1917 and 1918, there is appropriated the proceeds of a tax of onequarter of one mill on all assessable property in the state. This tax in 1917 will produce about $60,000. That the personnel of the state highway commission may be representative of the entire state, the state is divided into five groups of counties and it is provided that one commissioner shall be elected from each of these (Continued on Page Five) Price $2.00 a Year in Advance. STOCKMEN TO ORGANIZE ON SOUTH FORK Will Meet at Ishawooa School House Saturday to Perfect Organization Through the cooperation of the forest service the stockmen of the Southfork country effected a temporary organization a couple of weeks ago, and another meeting fa complete their plans has been called for Saturday. The new organization is a very promising one and bids fair to be of great benefit to the stockmen of that section.

The meeting will be called to order by S. W. Aldrich, temporary chairman and the committee composed of G. W. Hope, Nels Osher and E.

V. Robertson will submit a set of bylaws. The territory which is embraced in the organization has for its boundaries a line starting at the Pete Miller park on the northeast part of Carter mountain thence to Sulphur creek, and skirting the east side of Cedar mountain, through the canyon to and along the south side of the Shoshone lake and to the divide between the two forks of the Shoshone. This divide is followed to the head of the Southfork and thence along the rim to the starting point. The Southforkers have shown intense interest in the organization and it is believed that the meeting Saturday will be well attended.

LANDER IS MAKING RAPID GROWTH P. C. Spencer, Secretary of the Lander Commercial Club, Boosts His Adopted City Percy Spencer, a rising young man of Wyoming and a Cody boy, ia from Lander, for a visit with his people and to look after his business interests. Mr. Spencer has spent two months in Cheyenne representing the business men of Lander in the county division fight, good roads, game and other legislation and was successful in the lobby work which he did.

He is secretary of the commercial club of that city at a salary of $2,000 a year and in addition has oil interests and one or two other paying propositions on the side. His success has been more or less meteoric butbythoro preparation at college, followed by a course in law, together with a pleasing personality and a proper estimate of human nature he has won the hearts of the people of that thriving section and is on the main travelled road to success. He is loaded with a fine line of booster talk for that section but says his force is not speechmaking but work. He has taken the lead in securing a list of 1,000 acres pledged to growing sugar beets as a preliminary trial for a beet sugar factory. The Great Western Sugar company is interested in.

the valley and will build a factory at Lander in 1918 if the farmers are successful this year and will pledge 5,000 acres for next season. are just opening the third oil field at said Mr. Spencer. have three producing wells and our development has proceeded far enough so that the fields arc recognized as producers. is a wonderfully rich valley and is settled by a fine class of people.

They are awake and alive to the opportunities before them and have the vision and faith to fight for the interests of their Mr. Spencei' will return tomorrow to take up active work which was interrupted more or less because of his absence in Cheyenne. WELCOME TO EMIGRANTS AT LOWER SAGE CREEK 1 A service to welcome the new set! tiers in the Lower Sage creek district is being planned by Rev. J. C.

Mylroie of the Cody circuit for Sunday afternoon at 2:30. An almost new population has moved into Lower Sage creek to grow sugar beets and it 1 is with a desire to provide religious services for them in their new surroundings that this meeting is held. Plans for the future will be made and a hearty welcome given to all who will come. A feature will be a talk to the children and a special musical program which has been provided. i place is the Mountain View school house.