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Show V'tMaM THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH News Notes Its a Privilege to Live In UTAH UNIVER&ITY OF UTAH Motor oils, the high price of high test gasoline uui d.Yly ;ark plugs are no worry to the coUogluuJ the University of Utah Motorless Aviation club, who seek to become horn .at gliders of the National Glider association. PRICE Dr. II. B. Goetzman was unanimously elected president ot the Carbon County Fish and Game Protective association at the direcHe suctors meeting recently. ceeds Ray Deming. Other officers who were named are John Staley of Scofield, vice president; Gust ITatis, reelected treasurer, and U. Merrill Fox, reelected secretary. Gasoline tax reSALT LAKE turns amounting to $597,150. 7 2 for the quarter ending January 15 were transferred from the secretary of states office to the state treasury recently. Motor vehicle registrations totalling S24.921.75, and transfers to tlie general fuud amounting to $121,027.05 were also received by the state treasurer. SALT LAKE Companies In Utah, exclusive of stale employers and employees of companies In interstate operation, had payrolls amounting to $101,209,033 during the fiscal year of 1929, the number of employees totalling 70,59 7, it Is shown in a report released by the state Industrial All children are suhj'ect to little upsets. They come at unexpected times. They seem twice as serious in the dead of night But theres one form of comfort on which a mother can always rely; good old Castoria. This pure vegetable preparation cant harm tlie tiniest infant. Yet mild as it is, it soothes a restless, fretful baby like nothing else. Its quick relief soon sees the youngster comfortable once more, back to sleep. Even an attack of .low a uuin does admire a witty oman if she applies her wit to a an he dislikes! colie, or diarrhea, yields to tK soothing influence of Castoria. Keep Castoria in mind, and keep a bottle in the house always. Give a few drops to any child whose tongue is coated, or whose breath is bad. Continue with Castoria until the child is grown I Every drugstore has Castoria; the genuine has Chas. II. Fletcher 3 signature on the wrapper. Make enemies if you have to, but a man who makes unnecessary ones la foolish. How A College Athlete Keans Himself Well y Bob Buffalo Bill, were ordered to visit the cutup of Chief Turkey Leg of the Cheyennes, who was a special friend of both scouts, on the headwaters of the Solomon to learn if any of his people had taken part In a murderous raid in the Saline valley. Their reception was very cool one and finally Turkey Leg told them that they had better leave, since ids young men were greatly excited and he could not control them. Accordingly they started out, accompanied by the chiefs son and six other young warriors who professed the deepest friendship for the scouts. But in the midst of a friendly conversation some of the braves fell quickly to the rear and opened fire. Comstock fell from his horse at the first fire, Instantly killed. Grover, badly wounded, also fell to the ground. Then, using the body of his dead comrade to protect himself, he opened fire on the Indians and quickly drove them out of range. For the rest of the day he held them at hay. Then under cover of darkness, he managed to escape and readied Fort Wallace two days later half dead from the pain of his wound and the exhaustion of his long jour- Buffalo Bill, Never mUscd and never will; Always aims and shoots to kill And the company pays bis buffalo bill. COLOtn COW ('BUTM10 BILL "J By ELMO SCOTT WATSON SK the average American who Buf-falwns the original ; Kill and the chances are that he will answer without hesitation Why. William F. Cody, of course." And be therein he will wrong, for there were at least two other men, who earned that title and were known by It, before William Frederick made it famous Cody throughout the civilized world. This does not meun that Cody did not the title, for he won It away from one of the others, fairly and quarely. In one of the most spectacular contests ever stnged on this continent But it does not detract any from his fame to pay tribute to the prowess of these other two und to set forth their claims to having been the original Buffalo Bill, even though Cody was the greatest Buffalo Bill," with all that that title Implies. The man from whom Cody won tils title by right of conquest wus William Comstock, a celebrated guide, hunter and one of the favorite scouts of General Phil Sheridan during the Iudian war on the southern plains in 1807-00- . Comstock Is one of the mystery men" of the frontier. In that but little Is known of his early career. Public Interest In him has been revived recently by the Wisconsin State Historical society, as shown by the following story sent out by the Inlvec slty of Wisconsin news service: Ills fume as a buffalo hunter was spread by the officers at Fort Hays and came to the attention of the officers at Fort Wallace who believed that their Iluffulo Bill" Comstock had more right to that title than the Fort Hays officers Ruffalo Bill" Cody. So they raised their share of a purse of $.KK) to be given to the winner of a buffalo killing coniest between Cody and Comstock. Soon posters began to appear in the stations along the new railroad which read as follows: 0 GUAM) EXCURSION to FORT SHERIDAN KnnkM Pncille Railroad BLFFALO SHOOTING MATCH for e Sr.00 A SIDE and the CHAMPIONSHIP OK between LILLY COMSTOCK V. THE WORLD and K. CODY ney. Nor was Comstock the only have a claim to the title of Bill. prior to Codys. Nearly years later, after the name hud the arena In every capital in one to Buffalo thirty rocked Europe and America, a rival claimant was brought forward as the original possessor of the title," writes Richard J. Walsh in "The Making of Buffalo last Bill," published by year. He continues: (The famous scout) (Buffalo Hill ) Famoua Buffalo Killer for tlie Kanuna rneifle Rullroad. Since the Kansas Pacific railroad was arranging the excursion. It was perhaps natural that It should give the tit le Buffalo Bill" to Its hunter. But their confidence In him was soon Justified. The match was held 20 miles east of Fort Sheridan where buffalo were plentiful and the prairie wus level enough for the great crowd of spectators (including Mrs. Cody, who had come on an excursion train which had been run from SL Louis) to see the chase. Cody was mounted on ills famous hunting horse Brigham" and armed with his equally famous needle-guLucrctia Borgia." Comstock used a Henry rifle which shot faster but did not hit so hard. Soma Wisconsin town is entitled to Having located a herd of buffalo, considerable fame aa the birthplace of William Comstock, a pony express rider the two men rode Into It, followed by and Indian scout who was a comrade referees. The herd spilt, with Comef Buffalo Bill during his romantic stock chasing one bunch and Cody the days. Comstock Is known to have been born In Wisconsin and other. Cody soon had his hunch runto have left early to go west and bening In a circle and he dropped 38 of come a daring ecout them, all within a small space. ComTha state historical society, accordwho rode at the rear of ids stock, E. to Charles Brown and Alfred ing bunch shooting them down, killed 23 O. Barton, Madison, la anxious to learn where he was born, who his relatives but they were scattered over a route were, and from what part of Wisconof three miles. After a short rest ansin he went west. other herd was sighted and again Cody was the winner by a score of 18 to 14. Colonel Homer Wheeler, formerly The third run of the day was the of the Fifth cavalry, who knew when he was chief scout and occasion for a spectacular stunt by Interpreter at Fort Wallace, Kan., de- Cody. He took the bridle and saddle votes part of a chapter of his book off Brigham, dashed Into his bunch of buffalos and shot down 12 more, Buffalo Days," published by then drove the last directly toward to Comstock. He Is the authe wagons from which his wife and thority for the statement that Comstock was horn In Wisconsin of good some of the other spectators were parentage and left home at an early viewing the match. When the great age and was one of the original pony beast was less than 50 yards from express riders at the time Cody and the wagon he sent It tumbling to the Wild Bill were similarly employed. He earth as the grand finale of the hunt. was the first owner of the Rose Creek His final score was (i'j to Comstock's ranch, situated on that stream, about 48. Cody continued to hunt for the Kansas Pacific until it reached"Sherl-daeight miles from the post." and In the space of 17 months he During his service at Fort Wallace Comstock had gained such renown as killed 4.2SO of the animals, an addia buffalo hunter that for some time he tional reason for his right to he known as the champion buffalo slayer of the had been known among the officers ttiere as Buffalo Bill Comstock. In plains. A few months nfter this match Comthe meantime, William F. Cody, who had done some scouting for the troops stock's career came to a tragic close. Wliile out on a scouting expedition on at Fort Ellsworth and Fort Fletcher, had been offered a Job ns hunter by Walnut creek with Lieutenant Beeenor (later killed at the battle of t tie Ariethe Goddard Brothers, who hud contta ree or Beecher's Island In eastwere who feed to the laborers tracted ern Colorado). Comstock and Grover building the Kansas Pacific railroad Bobhs-Merrll- Matthewson of He was William Wichita. It was said that In 1800, tha the of great drought, when grassyear hoppers darkened the Kansas skies and fell on the crops as thickly as a Matthewson had gone out to kill buffalo, sending back wagontralns of meat to feed the starving settlers And him in their gratitude they duhbed tiliz-xar- Robbs-Merrll- d, Buffalo BUI. "How did William Cody happen to cal) himse'.f Buffalo Bill?" an Interviewer asked Matthewson. Well." he replied, "you see Cody worked for me when he was a young fellow. I reckon he had begun to read Indian stories and see how much was to be made by that kind of a reputation. and he was always fond of talk I never was any hand to and show wear my hair long and go swaggering around the country blowing about what I had done. Cody knows he had no real right to the name, but If he wants to show off as a dime novel hero. I have no objection." The querulous outbreak shocked and grieved the public of 1881. Reporters hurried to quix Cody about MatthewI never laid eyes He replied: son. on him and of course never worked for him. But this Is the first intimation I have ever had that any reputable person other than myself has ever claimed the title of Buffalo Bill A few years ago there were as many claimants for my name as there were wild yellow flowers that gave their name to the state. It reminds me of a portion of a sonnet finishing: But as fondly loves on to ths close. As the sunflower gives to his God as he sets The same look he gave as he rose. The aptness of the quotation was not made clear by the Interviewer. n pre-circ- Cora-stoc- l k . I Considering that In the sixties the plains were black with fifteenmenmillion were buffalo and that thousands of not strange that killing them, It was was on based nickname a the niany magic word There was Ruffalo Jones, there was Buffalo Chips, and there were other Buffalo Bills. Rut Cody seems to have won the title fairly," says Walsh In conclusion, and then tells of the famous contest with Comstock, after which "tlie ref-- j eroes declared Culy winner of the prize money, and, by the same decision, as he claimed, finally confirmed his right to tie known as Buffalo B11L claims that a sensible method of To insure bids for OGDEN school construction from responsible contractors, tlie board of education recently adopted a bidders' questionnaire which must be tilled before plans and specifications will be submitted to any prospective bidder. The questions deal with the Integrity cf the contracting firm and its ability to finance and complete the work. health has really made life a pleasure for him. Mr. Deming writes that could not believe this simple thing was the cause of his buoyant spirits. Finally, however, he had to admit that it was Nujol which was keeping him well, besides giving him, as he says, five times the vitality. Believe me, he says having free and regular at first he OGDEN Ogden dairy Interests and a prediction of greater things for this vicinity along those lines were emphasized at the noon luncheon meeting of the Ogden Rotary club recently at the Hotel Bigelow. J. B. bitch, head of the dairy department ot the Kansas State Agricultural college, and George B. Caine of the dairy department ot the Utah Agricultural college, were the speakers. SALT LAKE No foreign automobile may legally operate in Utah for more than 10 days without securing from the office of the secretary of state a nonresident permit, and to secure the nonresident permit the owner must declare that he is a legal resident cf the state from which he has secured his current plates and not a resident of Utah, it is pointed out in a statement made public recently. Plans for the SPRINCVILLE second annual dairy stock show to be held in Springvifle, February 2S, were discussed at a meeting of the local farm bureau association hore recently, and officers for the year 1930 were elected as follows: Andrew V. Nelson, president; Heber Fred Weight, Houlz, secretary and treasurer. These, with George Peterson and Will Mower, constitute the board of directors. PROVO A storm area which has hung persistently over the plateau region for several days, centering in southern Utah, produced more In Salt Lake, Intersnowfall. mittent snow flurries were experienced throughout the day, but the snow was light and the water content of the fall up to 6 p. m. recently was only .04 of an inch. For the 24 hours ended at 6 o'clock, however, the precipitation measured in water content was .17 of an iuch. A brief history TREMONTON of the Bear River migratory bird refuge project was outlined to by L. M. Winsor, Logan, chief engineer of the project, at tha An investiHotel Utah recently. the gation of the proposition. speaker said, was started in 1927 at the request of the stato fish and game commission, headed by David II. Madsen, by the United States biological survey and myself. A report I made to federal authorities resulted in a congressional appropriation of $350,000 In 1923 for the work. 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