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II Hit 1'AKKIjULU J. 1CODY, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1927rrSiiGEORGIA PEACH” RASE- SOLDIERS’PREFERENCEovlng his h la wee k ? rear ofink to an he Seharf Sheridan set Mr.tide *n-cupled byBALLISGONE ONE FOURTH WILL-HUNT 81 ROCHES' WOOD’S OPENING TAKEN—Ty Cobh mill Pwty Arrive Tuemluj Hwrtain*! Ion Men Ire WH1and Will *|«wl Vtmr Week* Wltli Filing—Several Sowth-With Hat Wilde In Wyoming Fork Fountf Men File cmHocklea Wflfwood ImndfcISEN HUNTwith TwolistIhis party W. Wood* sldent* of Tuesday, oe day inmat andtime was | some fine Elk.•4 of Mr.I, a rice-company.si Hal ties.the cotn-land: Ab-the com* Dr. FrH» nd ArehlemmPATSONTy Cobb, the Georgia Peach' of basebftH fame, with party arrived in Cody Tuesday and will spend four weeks in the Wyoming Rockies hunting big game, fishing for mountain trout and enjoying the splendid ratified atmosphere of the greatest vacation country in the world. With Mr, Cobh la his wife, Mr. and Mrs. T, A. Gawkey of New York City, F. W. DeFoe of New York, and W. H, Wheeler of Marlon. South Carolina.Before going on their pack trip the party is to make a short trip Into Yellowstone park, and under a special permit, entered this great wonderland thla morning over the Cody-Way. On Friday they will go to the WHde ranch, from where the start will be made Into the mountains. Camp will more than likely be made at Brldger lake, and the hunting done from that point.This Is Mr. Cobb's second trip Into the mountains with Mr, Wilde, and he fta pretty much sold on the Wyoming Rockies. Last season in company with THs Speaker he came west and these two baseball players had the time of their life shooting elk, deer and mountain sheep.Mr, Speaker will he§4 another party weat this year, and will outfit from the Wilde ranch about Oct. tSth for his fall outing and huntIill is theirslmsaJtFORMER WYOMING (3RLNineteen applications have been made for homestead units on the rev centiy opened tract on the Will wood division of the Shoshone reclamation project. Of these 19, there have developed 13 actual filings, while the others are expected to make entry later. There are a total of 52 units in the first opening on the Wlllwood. and the thirteen filings would constitute Just one-fourth of thi land settled upon in less than four months time,Oa September 1st the period ofpreference for ex-Aervloe men expired. Since that date the applications have come In from the public In general, and at least two of the filings during September were other than World war veterans.One well known Powell valley farmer Is among the late homestead eatrymen on the Wlllwood. He is S. H Higgins, who has owned a farm north of town. He and his nephew. L, R. Higgins, are going over on the Wlllwood to develop two attractive looking eighties, but At the same time will retain possession of their home place on the north side of the river.Others filing on homesteads on the Wlllwood to date, making thirteen in all. are as follows:Howard A, Galvin, from Missouri. Don, M. Gebhard, from Peeti, Col.Faui J. Knupp, from Downing. Mo feeuben W. Berg, from Sidney. Hah
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Cody Enterprise
Cody, Wyoming, US
Wed, Sep 28, 1927
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