Show I WOMEN R RULE ULE TO TOWN WN FORMER B BANDITS BANDITS' HOME I II Y I 4 f f fI t A I t I t tir I t r i Is k fr e b t L By r Intern International News Jackson Wyo July Jul- 3 On On a fair Calr fairday fairday day in June five lye members of ot tho the fair sex of or this Isolated Wyoming town were Inducted Into office and Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son Is if now ruled b by a a. and ami four Cour councilwomen Tho The state of ot Wyoming was the pioneer pioneer pio plo neer woman suffrage commonwealth of or the tho United States and now holds the distinction of ln ha having within Its borders a town that for Cor the first time In the worlds world's history Is governed entire entirely 1 b by women At the election held last May there thero were two tickets in the tho field an all- all woman slate elate and ono one comprising men No o other issue was Injected into the campaign the tho fight ht being made solely sole sole- l ly 13 on the question whether a petticoat petticoat petti coat coot government could bo elected and successfully co conduct duct the towns town's executive executive tive live and administrative affairs The women carried tho the election by bya a a. vote ote of ot nearly two to Lo one and one ono of ol tho the women candidates for Cor council Mrs Rose Crabtree defeated her husband husband husband hus hus- band who was on the thc mens men's ticket The new women officials of or Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son son elected for a a. year two-year term are arc Mrs Grace Miller Councilwomen Councilwomen Mrs rs Mao o Deloney Mrs Irs Genevieve Van I Kleck Mrs Jaustina Jaus- Jaus tina Haight Hal ht and antI Mrs Rose lose Crabtree Jackson Jaclson is in tho famous Jackson Hole country on once co a rendezvous for tor train bandits cattle rustlers and ond other outlaws It Is in Lincoln count county which borders bordors on the state of ot Idaho is about fifty miles south of ot Yellowstone park and has a population of oC about Tho The town of Jackson though one of ot the tho most Isolated In the United States be beInS' beInS being being be- be InS InS' ing seventy five miles from a has long enjoyed considerable pros pros- and ami Is 19 the c center of ot the cattle raising Industry of or Jackson Hole Tho accompanying photograph showing showing showing show show- ing tho the newly newl elected officials was secured from Jackson after atter numerous obstacles had been heen overcome It was WM brought from Jackson to tho nearest railroad point Rexburg Ida h by automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile boat bont wagon and sled Between Jackson Jacl and Rexburg is the famous Snake river now bad badly swollen b by byi i I spring that have hae swept out outI many bridges The Tho photograph was wasI I I taken b by automobile to the rivers river's i edge it crossed the treacherous stream I In Ia an old scow and was carried through h ht tho the hazardous mountain paths of or the I t Teton range rans-e by wagon on and sled to the thet t I railroad at Rexburg Mrs Irs rn Miller the new was waa Grace Gr Green n of ot Ottawa IlL She Sho haa has I been a resident of or tho the Jackson Hole country for twenty seven years Her HerI husband Robert Hoburt E. E Miller Uller is president I of tho the Jackson State bank I Mrs tao Mao Deloney was Mao Iao Moore of ot Ogden Utah Her husband W. W C. C Delone Deloney De De- lone loney loncy is In the general merchandise business Mrs Deloney Delone has resided Inthe Inthe in inthe the valley A about ten years ears I Mrs rs Rose nose Crabtree was Roso Myers ers of Weeping Water Yater Neb Nob She has lived 1 here six years Mrs rs Crabtree defeated her husband Henry Honry Crabtree a bull building building build build- ing contractor In the town election Mrs Faustina ht Halg-ht was Faustina t Forrest of ot Hastings s Neb cb She has al alwa's always always al- al ways wa-'s taken a prominent part in indu edu- edu dui i rational affairs In the le region fon during ding her eighteen years earB of or residence here She Sho married Don J. J ht a promInent promInent prominent prom prom- rancher two years ears ago Mrs Irs Genevieve Van Yan Vleck was Gene Gene- Layton of or Lawton Mich and has been a resident of ot Jackson for tor nine nino years Her Tier husband Is C. C R n. Van Vleck local merchant |