THE TIMES, SbNDANC , WYOMING, JANUARY 6th, 1932
THE SUNDANCE TIMES
Entered at the Sundance postoffice at Sundance, Wyoming as second-
cla~s matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
HAS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD A CHANGE OF HEART
The announcement that tile State Highway Department will let a
contract this month for surfacing ten and one-half miles of the Cu,ster
hereM>outsBabtlefield Highway west of Sundance, came as quitea surprise to people
Peti~kras were circulated some time ago, and many signers secured.
to baok up the dietrict highway commissioner in asking for this work, but
such quick results were not anticipated. All of which leads us to wonder
whether they have had a change of heart, or what has happened to the
highway department.
Can it be possible that the Custer Battlefield Highway is to be com-
pleted through Crook county, or is it just another move to keep .the people
In this territory satisfied by giving them this small piece of work.
We doubt very much that there is any definite plan to hurry the
completion of this highway, In announcing the plans for 1932 not a
single mention was made of Highway 16 which is one of the main links
of the ~an~ous Custer Battlefield Highway, nor was there any hint that an
effort would be made to speed up the work on this highway which .pro-
,bably .handles more traffic than ally highway in the state.
Hence we Lmust arrive a't the conclusion that the surfacing of this ten
and one-half miles is handed to Crook county people as a sort of a pacifier
to keep them quiet while other highways apparently designed to pull traf-
fic away from this county are hurried to completion.
We could n~t help hnt notice ~hat contracts will also be let for both
grading and surfacing stretch~-" ou Hi~:~w:,:, ~7, between Newcastle and
Lu~k, and for su .f,.ing : liet~-'~ .. :,,~,v.'':d h, twm,n
Upton and Newcasde, which .,. ~ a iu~ ,˘ cc .... u
Ities.
It must make the Burlington Railway Company, one of the largest
,ta:~payers in the state, feel' good to have a highway constructed paralell
to their line of road, offering truck transportation companies an opportun-
ity to compete with the railroad a't cut throat rates.
But apparently ,this connecting road 216 is essential for it offers a
further cltance to watch traffic from the west and route it to Newcastle and
over highway 85 to the southern part of the state all o[ which appears to be
in ,the scheme of things.
But Crook county people, particularly th~osc who get a chance to use
a state highway, are deeply appreciaiive for the ten and a half miles of ad-
dit~onal surfacing. It will take care of a very bad stretch of road and will
be a decided improvement.
THE NAMING OF NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers, says a writer in one of our exchanges, should have a
name typical of, and in harmony with ~he name of the town in which it
is published. Over in ,South Dakota the newspaper lmy~ have had a lot
of fnn in suggesting n~mes for ,the paper in the various towns•
W~a might do the same here in Wyoming for 1his state has some pe-
culiar 'names for towns. Right here in Crook county some of the towns
suggest good names for newspapers, for example. The Aladdin Lamp, and
Beulah Land.
To go on down the list there might be. The Newcastle Gate. The Gil-
lette Razor. The Buffalo Nickle. SherMan's Ride. The Cheyenne Brave, The
Chugwater Wheel, T, he Green River Chaser. The Tensleep Dream, The
Osage Squaw.
Other towns suggest the names, The Carbon Arc, Carpenter's Square,
The Granger Twist, 'The Wise Acre, The Sage Chicken, and down there in
Utn:ta county is the tow.n of Tapicoa which suggests The Tapioca Pud-
4ing.
Sundanee with its hist0rlc name is suggestive of many names for its
nsw~paper, which by the way, has been called by a great many names that
would not look very well 4n print, and so we will leave the naming of the
paper in this town to your lmagina˘ion.
BUILD ROADS---
SEE WYOMING
Devil's Tower like Yellowstone
National park ,and other natural
wonders of the state bears about the
same relation to Wyoming people
q21at N~agara Falls does ,to New
York-~there are thousands who have
never viewed it.
The de~ire is present, intentions
are proverbially good, bu't limited
time and opportunity are elenTents
that encourage postponement in fa-
vor of other activities. Another im-
portant factor has been the compar-
ative i~olation of northeastern Wy-
omiug ~hrough l~ck of surfaced road
connections.
This last conditmn or otmtacle is
rapidly passing, as ~rought to the
~tten,tion ~f Casper and other ~en-
.tral and southern Wyoming ooints
by the supervisor in charge of ~the
Devil's Tower, a national monu-
men~; of no mean distinction. ~Sur-
facing of ~the highway across Camp-
hell county as authorized in a recent
~ontract will wirtually complete one-
~hal:f ~f a circle drive by way of
Sheri4an. The return ~trip could ~be
made by way of the Black Hills and
Lusk or over ,the Gillette-Midwest
road, now maintained ,by the state
but still unsurfaeed,
Improvemen.t of the highway from
will stimulate larger visitations.
The same general rule applies to
attractions in all directions, and
promises to make real the urge to
"See W)mming First," on a steadily
increasing scale.--Casper Tribune.
TRUE CONSERVATION
One great step in the direction of
true conservation is being taken by
Congressman Scott Leavitt of Mon-
tana.
He h~s introduced a bill which
would empower the Secretary of the
Interior ,to deal with ~he Governors
of .the affected states and lease for
restricted grazing those public lands
which lie in the cattle and sheep
country. T.he leases would ,be for
long terms and the rentals each man
pays will be in direct ratio to the
ntrmber of head of stock which he
wishes ,to run. Further, seventy-
five per cent of any accruing revenue
will go to ,the counties in which the
lands lie to swell the school and road
funds. All such land would .be
withdrawn from homesteading, since
it is unfit for farming.
This suggestion is well worth con-
sidering. It is a step in the direc-
tion, not only ,of sensible conserva-
tion but practical farm relief.
When one travels these days north
of ,the Big Horn river along the foot
of the mountains and sees thousands
upon thousands of acres of what was
once one of the finest grazing lands
in the west a ploughed waste of tum-
ble weed, one is more and more
struck with the faet that there are
Gillette is now a projedt which parr° ~ *h~ g"e~t we~t that have no
should be sought as eagerly by Gas- , ~c~:. "*/- be' farmed at all
per people a~ ,by ti~e people eL tl~e '" "-,'n~--ucq~e legislation could
northeastern area, since it constitu-lbe enacted zoning this country with
,te~ one more spoke .in ~he wheel]regard to its fitness,good grass
which makes this city the cross roads
~O
of the state.
Any encouragement, moral or ma-
terial, that can he extended this
movement would revert to the ,bene-
fit of Casper and iVs distribution
Industry.
In the meantime people of the cen-
~tral V~y~ming sector would be en-
couraged in cultivating a closer ac-
quain,tance with the northem,~tern
district and its recreational advan-
tages.
Devil's Tower is an ~ttraction
width w~hich the nmtoring ~public
should ~be familiar. It may .be reach-
ed now ~an an overnigl~t jatmt with
assurances that other measures in
his plan will receive congressional
approval• No president for many
years has been so extravagantly
criticized but by the time election
day rolls around it is our guess that
Mr. Hoover, will have silenced n~any
the
pop
o
Looking_ Forward "
Nineteen thirty-two may be a cvu-/I
adeialstates.year in the history of the Unit- i i ~: ~'~l-~'f'~-Z-q:~ ~:
For more than two year~ we im','cl ~ii~ ~'i
endured one of the most severe and'
prolonged general depre:~ions or alli:.:~,].:!!!~:~ ~.=~'
time--in company with tlle other l
great nations of ttle worhl. Tlu~re is~, E 29"~t~----.-J
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tO magic remedy ~or cnrln~ O(': n()ll~- ~='~':~'(___'_2.~"O~
ic ills how soou our prablem~ will~ Ti:e Ear:.:es~-* ~SMn Game.
be solved, largely, is up to us. as in-!!te Le::,es ilis Stfirt.
dividuals, and as members o[ a con> i Shot V:.:, a la Chica:o'.
plicated society• !Tho~'c ~uzz Saw Teeth.
Nlneteen-thirlv-two is a "'t re.';- ~ Jason's 'l~uK, h Job.
dential year." Ordinarilv, such aul
election and the political (lue~tians] Se:cle tiF.qe o." other yOU must have
it raises, would loom large m~ theI he~':d cf tile earliest skin game. At
,horizon. But this is not an o:'din-[ least, YOU i]a'.:e heard i~.mentioned
ary period, and local political is-! or r~ad a rc-:-e:•cn~e to i~. thouiih not
sues~so far as they. atlachlth0mstd-i~,= mt heI
yes to men and parties ~ -e '-,
come in the public ,mind -t very
small thing when contrasted with]
ecouonlic anl social issues. People
who are w[.ndering how to find
jobs, are no' interested in partisan l
platforms no' in political bickerings.
The greab~st danger of a depres-
sion is that we may lose our hc')ds
that a sort of nlob hysteria may take
the place of reason. We may try ta
overt.rune econonlic law wilh pana-
ceas. Ah'eady lnany snell el'gel'iS 5re
being proposed--the new Congress,
before it has completed its session,
will be swamped with suggesHons
for relieving the uuautployed with
gigantic bond issues; for helping
the farmer with governmental sub-
sidies and attempts at pricet(ixation :
for helping the small busines~ at the
expense of the large one; for help-
ing the poor and those of moderate
means by overtaxing the wealthy.
W~hile such proposals may be made
ill good faith, most of them are ba.s-
ed on misconceptions.
Prosperity will return as tile re-
sult of stimulated employment, sti-
mulated buying, stimulated u'ade,
commerce and building, We can-
not produce that by frightening ca-
pital we need• We cannot da it
through governmental meddling,
which inevitably forces retrench-
ment and inaction Oll tilt* husip.es~e:
it tonches and, by example, on the
entire business structure. The po-
tential destructive forces of p~ditics
cannot be nleasured.
We cannot create praspel'ity by
heaping additioual tax burdens on
bnsiness~s and individuals ah'ead,v
struggling under a tl•elnendous tax
bill. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is
not sound ec~nonlics• All taxes !mllst
eventually be paid by ,tile publi˘---I
business must pass all costs onI_o
those who buy its products or ser-
vices. For the nation to go further
into debt. to appropriate additional
millions and billions for temporary
and unsound relief sm, emes. is the
height of folly.
Our basic indu,stries have shown]
a commendable spirit in seeking lo~
solve their problems, which, in real-|
ity, are the workers' problems an(lI
tile consumers' lu'oblems. Electri- I
city, insurance, oil, gas. railroads,
form organizations--all have shown
progressive tendencies. They realize
Lhe duty that is upon them to pre-
vent so far as possible, the up-aud-
down swing of the busiuess chart
in the future----the booths that are
followed by drops, the inflation that
in t!:e~ then} to
bring back the Coklen Ficcce. The
Japs imve gone into Manci~uria for
the same i'oil~c,!l. \Vea!:h rol?rescnt-
cd by the Golden i~ieee:, The king
of Colchis was in rather [~.~,t~er shape
to defend his valuable possession
than a~c tl-e Chh:ese. To get it--
AS i:e fi.uc.]ly did---ga~:cn had to tame
~he v.'ih! bulls (and, between us,
there mus~ have been bears involv-
ed, for you can't !:a~e oF..e without
the oth~r~, harness thent and plow
the field of L~:'s. After that was done
Jason had to ss,,: the field with a
serp:-ni's teeth and for every tooth
he SoT,o:i. t[n sDra-:q- a flllly arllled
........ a .~:l t~ .m.l iho ,,-;.,.:, 1.,,d
to lick. That done, he hz:d to kill
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