Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 48

ws rid PAGE FOUR POWER AWAITS HARNESSINC OF STATE STREAMS Want of Development on Score of Rivers and Creeks in Wyoming BY CHARLES 8, HILL. Commiasioner, (State Immigration , Cheyenne) The hydro-electric power of Wyoming is so little devel- oped that no one can really prophecy the enormous benefits to be derived through the conversion of water into electric power. There is approximately 2,500,000 horsepower lying idle in Wyoming, ranging in capacity from a few hundred horsepower to 50,000 horsepower. Owing to the lack of nec-, essary data it is not possible to list all of the largest sites at present. The United States geological survey in cooperation with the state engineer has recently made a study of these sites for which surveys are available and the results of the investigation are given in the following table; Cnfin’ous Com'ned Unde'ped Feet Ho'ep'wer 120 7,550 380 50,000 1,470 1,800} 850 270 1400 850] 776 | 800 440 500 5,000 Stream and Site ‘orth Platte river—Colerado-Wyoming lin’ North Platte river—Seminole canyon Douglas creek—trom Keystone to mouth Franch creek—ilower four miles of creek Encampment creek—West Fork to North Folk . Big Horn river—Boysen dam in canyon ,.. Wind river—pelow Du Noir river ., Middie Fork Popo Agie river—12 miles above Lander... North Fork Little Wind river—? miles balow Raft lake . South Fork Little Wind river—14 miles below Tuygee lal Tensleep creek—10 miles through canyor .. Paintrock cre-k—12 miles through canyon ... ‘Woods river—tuwnship 46 north, range 102 west . Shell creek, 22 miles through canyon z Shoshone river, Cabin creek to Shoshone reservation. North Fork Shoshone river—-Wapiti river to Shoshone ervation . . . Tongue river—in canyon—in canyon South Fork Tongue river—near mouth ..... Greeti River basin and Pine creek—below Fremont jake ces we 7,560 (aj24,000 (a)3,000 4,550 Total .. (a}—For 75 per cent of the time. Water power, although lying dormant, is one of Wyoming's greatest as- sets and the presence of this resource in the state, will, as time goes on and the population grows, assist in making Wyoming a manufacturing stule uf first magnitude. Cheap electric power coupled with high grade phosphate rock, of which Wyorning has the largest number of acres, could eventually secure a considerable share of the fertilizer trade of the world, which {i at present estimated at $500,000,000 annually, That o fthe United States is $150,000,000 annually, 50 per cent of which is with the cotton producing states of the south. or when he lived are matters lost in Blackbirds Believed to the depths of human forgetfulness. Evidence Their Gratitude} 2:t some time in the seventeenth or pits early eighteenth century, the Juarey good souls know, the blackbi~is were De eee ene Ad erissinng | lying by thousants in a drought which churey st Sunren, Mexico, ring for ves,{@zied the Rio Grande in its beds and pers, out of the green fields of the Rio jwithered the valley's vegetation to eaide ‘valley warms a vast horde|Mtiske, ‘Then It was that the kind of red winged blackbirds. ‘They flut- PB 9 cuir eM lgtehbraepteeecho! M ter and chirp in melodious clouds stock of corn that he had horded for hound the antique Spanish beltray be.| Himself and his horse, saved the bires fore settling to rest in the trees of | Until the rains came. the Plaza de Armas. Whenever this happens, all over Juarez pious souls cross theinselves and whisper. ==> is being sung again for ine kind padre.” What the “ki 136170 Russians Eat Clay Bread. Bread made from clay, grass and rosa, as eaten by the victims of the Russian famine, was recently exhibit- ed at Riga. CASPER IS APPROACHING ITS GREATEST YEAR SOOOCoCoe Hints Buy Ahead of Development Plan Your Building Early Keep Your Property Insured nd padre's” name war Keep YourE ingsin Good Repair So They Will Be Marketable at Any Time 000000008 Let us help you in buying, building, sell- ing, planning, insurance, and be of service to you. THAT IS OUR BUSINESS PELTON & HEMRY (INC.) Real Estate Contracting Insurance Room 24, Townsend Building CASPER, WYOMING Phone 292 MISS VIOLET LEVER, Public Stenographer ° THE CASPER DAILY TRIRUNE AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW MURDER OF SHERIFF STANDS OUT AS A CRIMINAL TRAGEDY HIGHWAY WORKS TALE OF BOLD TRAIN HOLDUP AND CHASE HOLDS THRILLS WYOMING SCENIC HIGHWAYS Outlaw Who Killed Ha- Over 2,500,000 Horsepower Lying Idle for| zen Afterward Ter- rorized Argentina BY W. E. CHAPLIN. (Secretary of State.) No tragedy in the history of Wyo- ming caveel a greater sensation mong the penple of the Platte val- ley than that in which Sheriff Scott Hazet. of Converse county lost his Ufe. a At 2 «clock a. m. June 3, 15 train Ns. 1 om the Union Pacific railroad was speeding west between Wileox ad Aurora when Engineer “Grindsto1 Jones bebeld a man ahead giving him a signal to stop. He brought the train to a standstill and men with masks on climbed into the cab. They gave the engincer peremptory orders and he showed reui-tance, when one of the bandits hit ulm over the head with a revolv- er. Atter that Jones was more*tract- uble and inelined to obey the wishes of the outlaws. cans came to @ standstill Conductor William R. Storey sent a flagman aale to stop the second section and | avert a wreck, and then went ‘or- ward to ascertain the cause of the delay. of an outlaw And deemed it wise not to disobey orders. In fact, in time vervice of a railroad company dur- ing his mature years, he had come to regard obedience to orders as a cardinal virtue. The mail car was in charge of W. G. Bruce and with him were clerks Len Deitrick, Rob- ert Lawson, Robert O'Brien and Joe Skidmore. Bruce heard loud talk and at once turned out the lghts, instructing the clerks to get down in the aisies as there was danger uf shooting. Hoe declined to obey the command of the leader of the gang to open up the car and directly there eiter there was an explosion of dyna- mite that blew off the door and shivered every window of the car. Bruce at onoo righly reached the conclusion that resistance to such a Weapon was folly, believing that an- other charge of explosive would fend them to kingdom come in a hur- ry. He appeared in the door and told the bandits the clerks were ready to surrender. “Well, get cown out of the car,” commanded the leader. As Bruce swung from the door on the mail crane, one of the outlaws remarked that he could fill the full of lead before he reached the ground, ‘The leader, with an oath, directed him not to shoot, that the clerks were obeying his commands all right. All the clerks were soon lined up on the ground, when Bruce asked Permission of the outlaw leader to run back and flag the second sec- tion of the train. “What is on the second section?” asked the bandit. “Grindstone” Jones, the engineer, quickly responded, ‘a couple of companies of United States troops.” It is not known whether this state- ment was believed or not, but per- mission to flag the train was not given. Bruce and one of the clerks were over to one side a little and Bruce whispered, “Now is our time to get away.” They broke and ran with all their might. Two shots were fired after them, but the dark- ness prevented good marksmanship and they were ngt hit. By the time they had reached a point where they could be seen by the engineer of the second section, it had been flagged by the rear brakeman of Conductor Storey’s train and was coming to a standstill, It backed up out of danger and thereafter sent word from Wilcox to the superintender? of the road, Mr. Harris. It remained at Wilcox till daylight. ‘Tho robbers dynamited the ex- press car, which was in charge of Messenger Woodcock, and leisurely looted both the mail and express. A bridge was blown out to prevent the forward movement of the’ train and then the desperadoes mounted their horses and disappeared in the darkness. Their direction was to the north, The only person injured was Engineer Jones and his wound from the butt of the revolver was not serious, When word of the dastardly deed was flashed to division headquarters at Cheyenne and to Omaha, posses were soon organized and in pursuit of the bandits, Subsequent develop- ments brought to light the fact that the band was composed of Harry Longbaugh (leader), Harvey Logan (Kid Curry), Bill Carver, Ben Kil- patrick and two others. ‘The next Phone As soon as the | He was soon under the gun | View of Yellowstone Highway near Cody, Wyo., showing series of tutiflels and im- pounded water behind Shosh: day word came from Casper that the party hac visited the camp of & sheepherder, not far distant, and had compelied him to get breakfast for them. It was believed that they would be competied to cross the Platte river on the Casper bridge or take off toward ta) southwest, where “Butch” Cossidy, @ partner in crime, had a retidezvous, But in some manner they crossed the Matte and started out for the north country, toward that mysterious realm known as “the Hole in thé Wall.” When I firet heard of that particular hannt I pictured it in my mind as a small area of) country surrounded by impenetrable bar- riers save a particular hole known to bandits and through which they passed to safety from officers uf the law. Among the number engaged in the pursult was Sheriff Scott Hazen of Converse county, Whu was in charge ot m posse. He was an intrepid ofsi- cer, fearlesa in the performance of duty and highly respected by all who knew him. Marshal Frank Hadsell and Deputy Joseph Breck- ens organized a party and went out from Rawlins and at least one other party wert out from Casper, North of Casper at Teapot creek Hazen's poese came upon very fresh tracks and knew that the outlaws were close at hand, Dhrectiy theresfter ‘the #heriff's horse was shot from un- der him and a second shot weat through his heart. The bandits Were shooting from a distance of sever hundred yards and it is be- Meved that Kid Curry did the killing There was great mourning im the “Platte valley over the death, .t the sheriff. His funeral at Douglas was ene of the largest in the history of the town. It was attended by the governor of the state, Deforest Richards, and many other prominent people. For several days the bandils were hard yrevsea and at times were re ported near capture, but they es- caped into Montana‘anJ for a con siderable time the trail was lost. To return to the wrecked cars. Messenger Woodcock, in» searching for valuables not taken by the ban- dits, found the corners of some cur- rency, ten $500 bills, one $20 and one $10. This currency had been muti lated by the explosion of dynamite and the larger portion o the bills fell into the banda of the bandits. In the following February two of the outlaws, Kid Curry being one of them, went to Fort Benton, Mount. and opened a saloon. In opening a bank account they deposited five of the $500 bills. The cashier of the bank advised them that he could not take the bills in their mutilated form, but would send them to the sub-treusury at Chicago for retemy The Pioneer Warehouse and Transfer Co. General Transfer and Storage 1009-J Casper, Wyo. ‘ Office and Warehouse W. W. ROYCE 136 West B Street Manager one Dam. tion, ‘and on their return would zive them the proper credit. The sub- treasury immediately communicate with the bank of issue in Oregon and that concern had no difficulty in tracing them as bills lost in the robbery at Wilcox. Later when a member of the gang was tried in the United States court at Cheyanne, charged with complicity in the hold- up, the bills were introduced in evi- dence and the corners found by Messonger Woodcock in the debris of his express car fitted exactly the larger portions tuined in by the sa- loon men at Fort Benton. This was one of the vagaries of the dynamite explosion; Another interesting thing connect- ed with the explosion was the com- plete wrecking “of a box that con- tained a setter dog. The box was converted into matchwood, but the dog was entirely uninjured and was subsequently found at a ranch some 20 miles south of the scene of the robbery. Not long after this robbery, an- pothet. ooourres. st Tipton, Wyo. Jost, SUPER-SERVICE AND QUALITY Casper’s Stations Station 1 East Second and Beech Sts. Cheyenne STATION 3 west of Rawlins, but the loot was emall and the ctroumstances were hot as spectacular, One of the gang, which has ever been known in Wyoming as the “Butch” Cassidy gang, was killed in Brown Park, Utah. Another was killed at Kansas City while rosist- 1S arrest. Bob Curry was arrested at Colorado Springs while dealing faro, brought to Wyoming, tried In the United States court and sent to the penitentiary for a period of ten years. ‘ In 1910 the state department at Washington received from the United States consul at Buenos Aires che following cablegram: “Kid Curry and gang operating in Argentine on a big scale. Haye de- manded booty of government, accom- panied by threats, Couutry here unable to cope with them. Beg as- sistancn of United States to free Argentine from desperadoes.” ‘The United States sent five of its most noted detectives to Argentine, but the outcome of their trip never came to the ottention of the writer Other Members of Gang Brought to Justice in American Courts i | se tn statin polar ca noes real ‘naime. "was “George | Parker and Harry Longbaugh were the other American members of the Argentine gang. Curry was by far the most resourceful and most des- perate of the bandits. He operated | jn Montana for several years and then joined what was known as the “Wild Bunch,” that had their head- quarters at the “Buzzard’s Roost, @ mountain retreat near where Uteh, Colorado and Wyoming join. The decision of the gang to go to Argentine was doubtless occasioned by the large rewards and constant danger they were in in the United States. At one time there was a total of $40,000 ir rewards offered for Curry, who is said to have seven murders charged against him in this country. Of the principal actors in the Wil- cox holdup, nearly all are living. Conductor William R. Storey is still @ passenger conductor between Cheyenne and Green River, Bruce {s in the railway mai! service, living at Cheyenne. @ oclonel in the United States army and Bob Lawson resides in Call- fornia. Some time after the occur- rence the postoffice department took cceasion to compliment the mail clerks on the bravery @aplayed by them during the terrible ordeal. They only gove up their post of duty when it was momentarily an- ticipated that the mail car would be blown to pleces by dynamite. Taken by and large the Curry- Cassidy band of outlaws was the most resourceful and desperate crim- inale that ever infested the Rocky Mountain region or the United States. In reckless daring they out- stripped the James boys or Al Jen- nings. Compered with them Car- isle is a namby-pamby mollycoddle, Argentine’s loss was the gain of this republic. Boiling Water Thaws Out Frozen Eggs Thoroughly The rrice of eggs is such that it seems something oi a calamity if, for any reason, ‘they become frozen, We always read about thawing them out in cold water, b't. such eggs still have their yolks hard, almost as though they had been boiled. Just as an ex- periment one family kept some eges frozen, that had frozen accidentally, until ready to use them, then put them {n boiling hot water and thawed them, and strange to nay, these eggs came out with their yvJlks soft and usable for any sort of cooling. It is worth trying. PERRY A. MORRIS President POLARINE MOTOR OILS AND Station No. 1 When You Buy From Us’ You Receive 303 East Sixteenth St. W. G. | Len Deitrick is | Station 2 West Yellowstone Ave. LACED ON HIGH PLANE BY STATE. ADMINTSTRAT ION (Continued trom “rom Page ‘Thrse) ‘case, 31,120,000 remains in the state, lof which over $500,000 goes directly |into the laborer's pocket, which in ad laition to funds spent for maintenance | practically all of which goes to the laborer makes a total of over $750,000 | Wyoming, annually, nearly $1,600,600 fare put into ciroulation within the |state, or $15.00 per wage earner per jyear. Is there any kind Of invest |ment in the world which equals this? The prosperi.y of the individual |within the state must ly de pend on the prosperity of the state. therefore here is an ucexampled op. |portunity to create wedlth and pros \perity for all. Not only ig prosperity increased by the very act of creating lemployment and the purchasing of m. terials, whereby thé products of th state are turned into money, but «tii! further prosperity t# brought about by the great usefulness of. the im proved arteries of communication whereby the commerce of the state is carried on with economy proportion até to the extent of the improvemnts: made. - i State Must Open Wonderland. Finally, Wyoming must be mae attractive for tha j/oople of other states to come in and@ aettle, and for her re- sources to be fully explored and util jived. The scenic value of our western mountains, and the wonders of Yellow stone park, are by no means suffi ciently taken advantage of, due most ly to the difficulty of acce: We should develop at least 10 ti the tourist traffic that. we now, have to fully qvail ourselves of the treasure which we possess in our scenic won derland to the west of us, and this can only be done by completing our high. ways and getting our neighbor states to do the same thing. Another thought that is to be kept in mind 4s the fact that within a few years the License fees from motor ve hicles, should be sufficient to carry on this work, with ald from the go’ ernment, particularly after the bond issues already approved, have been “ retired—a matter of 10 to 12 years. In the meantime wiil the wage earners of thig state withhold the pittance which is needed to continue the work of the highway department and thus bring to them added prosperity and happiness, or will the honest efforts of the commission which has become distinguished throughout these moun tain states for its sound policies, and economic administration, be rewarded by the confidence and generosity of the peopla? A. E. CHANDLER Secretary-Treasurer GREASES Thermopolis STATION 4 East Broadway Station No. 2 Wyoming Filling Station Company Incorporated MAIN OFFICE, SMITH BLDG., CASPER