Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 50

b> Tee we ic uy S it 2 1 1 |) tired and weary professional or busi- ness man, who with rod and reel, and PAGE SIX THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW PETITE TE RNS piace SSS OME LS 2g j % D af q = lied i vm x 2 : Wyoming Profits Handsomely From. Annual! Infinx of Visitors and Importance Is Emphasized. ‘The tmpertance of ‘mproved. Ways in furthering the development of the state cannot be too strongly em- {phasizea when we realize that approxi- ‘mately’ twenty-five per cent of the jPoople who tour the western states t 150,000 . tourists ‘visited dents of our state through the splen- @id system of highways mow being bulls. It 1s becoming more and more evi- dent that good highways are the best advertisement for any community, and taing, an¢ travels over good Highways, will be a Wyoming booster. The pros- pective homeseeker and iuvertor is becoming accustomed to making his own investigation of a new Jocation {for « home or investment, in his auto-| jmohile, and nothing will please and atcract him more with the desirability of a new location than good roads and highways serving the community. The prospective investor or homespek- er will not be lkely to remain in a community with only a poor dirt road or trail serving the community, if he cate on or near an improved highway, even with a greater investment for| Property, having no better natural ad- vantages, IMMIGRATION ~ AT HIGH TIDE The various railroads operating in Wyoming report 511 cars of emigrant movables, unloaded in the state be tween July 1, 1920, and July 1, 1921, To this number could be added the soldier farmers who filed upon the farm units of irrigated land, there be- ing 232 farm units op the North Platte Project in Goshen county, and 57 on the Shoshone project in Park county. puss sacra Big Game Runs in Large Herds While Streams Are Alive With Trout and Bird Hunting Is Unsurpassed Miss Helen Cabell of Cleveland, has the distinction of being the first wom- an student to be named to a debat- ing team of Miami university in the more than 100 years of existence of (Botienand iano ears vied | <i Uwyoming during the season of 1921,| auytry aa says a statement issued by Chas. Hill, | region. was immigration commissioner. If these} youngster > Beleore the world tourists spent only $25 aplece In our) o¢ Wyoming ofl, and would still be a state, a very ‘conservative sum, the/ thriving city if oll were taken away. business derived is well worth foster-/ Douglas offers thousands of acres of ing, especially when we stop to Con-| farm an/l raging lands, a splené:3-U- sider that this is only incidental to| mate, good schools and churches and the great good that comes to the rest-!xcores of business chances: Here a every tourist that comes into Wyo-} can go to a neighboring state and lo-| Takes Pride in Reputation ae tive “Home” Town in Addition to Industries BY. CHAS. A. olf and dry farming. Dowsias Je ‘abt a. etees ewe ore healthy man may lve and prosper among neighbors who are imbued with a spirit of constructive co-operation, among men who typify the western conception of hospitality and are alive to the possibilities of their com- munity. Being one of the oldest settlements ‘in the state Dcuglas Is founded upon the wibstantial tndustries mentioned herein, When Wyoming was still a territory Douglas has grown apace with the state and now wih the enormous influx of new pecple and money into Wyoming ts growin> with |renewed vigor that keeps {t ‘ea!7 ahead of the many rival communities throughout the state. As a pleasant place to live has no peer in the state. jomes—well kept—with shrubbery and trees in abundance, combining many homelike advantages not to be found in more newly settled districts. The estimated population {is now about 3,500 persons, Climate and Civic Advantages. Douglas is ldcated in the shadow of the Laramie range of the Rocky ‘mountains. The air is invigorating anf the sunshine cunstant. The altt- tude is 4,793 feet above sea level, In- suring equable temperatures. Douglas is the county seat of Con- verse county and is the center in all lines of business and industry for a much larger aret. The courthouse is a beautiful and substantial st ture. The federal building is one the finest in the west, ard houses the Dostoffice and United States Land joffice.- Business housec are well- |buflt structures, and many new edi- fices, including @ Masonic temple, are to be built soon. The streets of Douglas are wide |and well kept and those in the down- jtown section are well lighted. In the | residence districts trees are numer- ous, and citizens display great pride in_ lawns and flower gardens. Douglas has high Douglas Splendid grade BY W. T. JUDKEINS. (State Game Warden.) The people of Wyoming believe in the heritage of the gurff and rod and have consequently enacted wise laws to preven‘ ff the destruction of its native game herds, thus making thi: state the greatest big game hunting grounds in America. I‘ is still not an uncommon sight to see several hundred elk ir one. bunch and a larger number in a day’s travel off the beat- en highways. Jackson Hole, lying south of the]a hook of files can forget the practica Yellowstone park, has been for years, |{n search of the joy that comes from @ safe retreat for thousands of elk.|catching trout. State fish hatcherie ‘The stato as a whole is a paradise for |are located at Laramie, Story, Hyatt hunting and fishing and is too well/ville, Dubois, Cody, Evanston, anic known the world over, to need an in-jand the government fish hatchery i troduction. at Saratoga. To all of us at some time on an- Birds Numerous tn Season. other, an impulse comes to leave be-| Wild ducks and gvese are found in (Photos by. Courtesy United States Forest Service.) luind the heat of the city or the life|abundance in the marshy places and} of tho farm, anf the cares of business |upon creeks, rivera and lakes. ‘There| ; popper Leet sraeruy: an aged fa 5 ae Bow Peak and to take to the open and push for |{s an abundance of sage hens upon| 12 backgroun edicine Bow National Forest. the hills. The mountains seem to call |the plains and blue and willow grouse Upper Right—Fishing in south fork ‘Rock Creek, noted trout waters, Big Horn National Forest. to something deep in the blood of|in the mountains. Prairie chickens, man an instinct that survives from Plover and snipe aré plentiful every- Lower Left—Ideal camping site near-Soldier Park, Big Horn National Forest, the time when he lived totally out-of-| Where in the state. doors. Thus it is that each year sees| The more daring hunter will find In = @ greater number of sportsmen and{the mountains, the silver tip, grizzly Lower Se on Wolf Creek, Big Horn National We'll help you recreationists visit Wyoming to hunt, or black bear, the timber wolf, moun-| Forest. plan the build- fish or loaf around in {ts cool secluded |tain Hon, lynx and mountain sheep. | pasate OE LER a SS ee a Ee ing and - figure mountain vastness. Game preserves totalling |Deer are found in every county, but| 600 |are more plentiful in the foothills. i; jand Northwestern railways, Wyoming| commemoration of the fifty-seventh the cost for you 5 |has never been better advertised as a| anniversary of the fall of Fort Fisher, without an acres have been established where it is| Revenue from Game Licenses, wonder place for the hunter or fisher-|iccated on the Ca) r river; near charge w Rate unlawful to hunt or pursue any game| The splendid showing of the present| man. a Sape ‘Trea: > ne: & animal or bird. Elk are protected tn|game commission {s self-explanatory,| This commission in - conjunction ‘Wilmington, a granite tablet was un- ever, 2,432,000 acres additional. Fach win- ter this state spends large sums of money to feed the elk hers, because much of their natural feeding grounds fre now settled. Some {dea concerning the amount !1918 . of big game in Wyoming can be ob-|1919 tained from the game census pre-|1920 , 74,912.00 pared by this commission. 1921 ++++ 75,000.00 Moose, ; elk, 83,505; mountain Through the efforts of this commis- sheep, 3,764; wild goats, 10; antelope; sion in securing the oooperation of 8,209; deor, 20,000; beur, 1,200; buffalo, |the advertising departments and the 585. executive heads of the transcont!- Hunting Seasons. nental lines operating in Wyoming, The season for. big game end game/Such as the Burlington, Colorado and Dirds is as follows: |Southern. Unton Pacific_and Chicago Mountain sheep, September 15 to} x November 15, inclusive. Deer, September 15 to October 15,! inclusive. Moose and antelope may not Killed until 1925. Sage hens and sage chickens, Au- gust 1 to August 15, inclusive. Grouse may no? be killed until 1923. Mongolian, pheasants or quail can- mot be lawfully killed in this state until 1925. Snips, sandpipers, plovers, taler, ‘willets, curlews, godwits, ayocets- coots, mud-hens, ducks and geese, Sep- tember 16 to December 16, inclusive. Ralls, September 1 to November 30, inclusive. Fish, April 1 to November 80, in- elusive. ‘Wyoming is a natural home of the trout. Nature planted them tn the hhead waters of the Colorado and Mis. sourl. The North Platte and its trib- utaries were noglected but the state has planted millions of trout each Year, and now practically every etream and lake eet sport for the fisherman. fishing season Bae sagen agen i to No verrber 30. | There js no sport ike fishing to soothe the overwrought nerves of the and the following statistical story speaks volumes for the manner in which this department has been con-! ducted: velled and dedicated .with special ex- ercises on the site of the fort, on January 15. Fort Fisher was one of the strong- holds of the southern confederacy dur- ing the American civil war and was captured only after two terrific bom: bardments—December 24-25, 1864, and |} January 13-15, 1865. The capture of Fort Fisher was ef- fected by the combined naval and land Yorces of the federal government Fifty-eight’ warhips and transports fanded an army of 10,000 men, and the three days’ bombardment thot fol- lewed overwhelmed the defenders. |with the predatory animal department has performed excellent service to the state of Wyoming by the killing to date of 2,399 coyotes, 102 wolves, 7 bear, 75 bob cats and 37 badgers. The above named animals were killed dur- {ng the last eight month. ‘What’ this has saved the farmers in sheep and cattle, etc., can hardly be estimated. Receipts. $33,833.50 73,999.00 Tablet to Commemorate Fall of Fort Fisher SRILA GTON, Nort North Sevctne= ae be | The Sensation of the Year! The Cadillac “61” Everywhere this new model has been shown it has provedia sensation. It has all the best features of the previous models, together with many new and beautiful improvements. Call 909 and inquire of the many new features of this wonderful car. And stay “Westernize 1922. When you come here must be right to your H. J. Peterson, Agent—C. R. Peterson, Mer. 230 West Yellowstone—Phone 909 Casper, Wyo. Phone 765 GET d” all through the new year, “Get Westernized” means your business affiliation with a conveniently located reliable lumber company who are prepared to guarantee quality and satisfaction in every transaction. to purchase a single piece, or the lumber for the entire building, everything own satisfaction. Dougias is a division point.on the high Yetlowstone highway, a city that de-|the leading denominations afford ad- ity from agriculture, | ditional advantages for the famii is Which Lend Stability school! and churches of ‘The seat of the Wyoming State fair at Douglas and every year draws thousands of people to the exhibits.| age spell of petroleum. It! splendid program is presented for! growing. the prosperity of this new in-|the entertainment of visitors during; Py feos to a rion ofl fair time, which occurs about ‘The various buildings in grounds include a display of, all the industries of the state, Douglas is sitvated on the main lines of two railroads, the Ghicago & Ne wi jorthwestern and the #urlington lines, They do a business In Douglas of $330,082 a year. and several stage tines make Douglas the point for an immense aren. Two railroads) logical wholesale distributing Agriculture a: d Livestock. Land near Douglas which a little SPORTSMEN FIND PARADISE HERE [iUH51 (HOP (DOUGLAS PROSPERITY SSE ON ENELOPENT WISE PROTECTION SAVES GAME [iti 1.00 SAO LON STA STATES HISTORY ee. within the hist few years Aa kee ser the plow and is now Lab prolific yields of dry farm crops. soil is a sandy clay with a heavy clay subsoll. The topography !s undulat- tng. with numerous level plateaus and Artesian wells are common Legit can be foun’ at a depth of 20 to 70 feet. The annual reinfall n inches. i ecal grains, alfalfa and bay are the principal crops. Dougias is one jot the largest shipping points for hay state. PF covert county has’ more sheep and cattle than any otter in Wyo- ming, which leads the nation in stock There are in the county About 268,264 sheep and about 68,356 \Cattle. Through Douglas is handled 3,000,000 pounds of wool annually, a large share of the production of ite. ‘Sie region surrounding Douglas offers many opportunities for home- seekers. Thousands of settlers are coming evéry year, but there fs still | much land that is worth while. eS Reports from Spain indicate that dis- atisfaction ts becom... 7 general among Jemployes in the important injustries lin that couatry, due largely to wage reductions and the marked increase in hile ago was used only for r grazing thie cost_of living. ESTERNIZED” SEE “A Look Means a Lot” Call or wxite us regarding investments in Casper real estate, both improved Many cations and. construction> surance, Make Your Monee Work ~ Many years of active personal work and study in this one line has given us the knowledge of values, lo- real estate firm in Casper today. Our Business Oovr business is specializing in real estate and in- Each department will be able to give you prompt, accurate and courteous information. Notary Public—Four Notaries Connected With Our Office. MEMBERS OF CASPER REAL ESTATE BOARD See | Ben Realty Company BEN and vacant. Years We are the oldest active B. L. 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