| Show j I le T BILL I TA S Colonel Cody Tells TeUs of Needs of the West West Washington StarS Star S Colonel William F Cody better beter known perhaps throughout tile Ute civilized world worM bv by b the characteristic if I not euphonious title tte of Buffalo Bufalo Bill Bi is a familiar fig hg figure fg ure in the lobby of the New Willard Viard at which hostelry hoster he has ba been a guest get for forthe forthe forthe the past few days In n conversation with wih an Evening Star Str reporter Colonel Cody said 1 have bave come on to Washington for the purpose of calling the attention of ot congress through our representatives to the great geat needs of the growing west wet Time was wa when this vast section ecton of the country re received received I but passing passin notice but that time has bas gone Rone one and owing to the steady march of civilization toward the land of the setting sun it is this section of the coun country country country try that is now so to speak in the pub public lie lic lc eye e e We Va know knoy our needs and ad con can congress congress gress re s and the people generally through throughout out the world w must be made to t I Its I a tough proposition wd w are arc up upa against a but before we are through continued the te Indian fighter we e will wi get et the legislation we need and rightful rightfully ly h deserve Just now those living beyond be ond the Mis Missouri lI Missouri sour are bending their energies in an ef effort effort effort fort to lo cultivate and irrigate what has hitherto been known as the Great Amerlean Amer American American ican lean desert formerly the great barren waste lying west of the river stretching out toward the The word des dee desert de ert crt has proved to be a misnomer for forI those of us who are acquainted d d with its wonderful development regard it as the garden snot Jot of the world Capable of High Cultivation It has bas been demonstrated that this expanse of land that for tor centuries re remained reamed uncultivated un is capable of the thel highest l cultivation and we are today toda competing t ampt ting with the effete east ast in lit the markets of or th the world The barley corn rom and other cereals In Indigenous Indigenous to eastern soil prosper pro and thrive c in this desert It is Ia true trot we have hae to irrigate the lana lanti continued Colonel Cody bat but that has ha been n found both easy and inexpensive Inexpensive inexpensive sive We Ve simply hearl up sm so to speak penk the waters in the rivers and canals bor hoe bordering dering on the land laud and then fey by a SS system tem tein of or canals cause euse the water to how flow howIn ow owin In auy desired direction The system s stem we employ in watering the land we have hae found to be most beneficial In other tier see sections Hons of or the country there come cAine c me times i when the land and too much is as bad if not worse than not enough nough This is especially true In the cultivation cultivation tion of beet sugar su r Th The beets ne n need d only a certain quantity of water vater to perfect their sugar and if they th receive more mon than this quantity the tM produce is lost boat if f not entirely destroyed This is is I forgot to say one of our principal industries and by bv our system of or irrigation th the vegetable vegetable receives just the proper amount of or nourishment it requires I aWe We Ve watch our ou product as the house hOUle housewife housewife wife Ife watches the th beautiful roses ros and orchids that blossom hlo and nod not in her h r ron eon an ans s When n they need water for their proper development d and to enhance their beauty b she appreciates it iL and is IE not long bong Ion in supplying in these needs So Sodo SOdo Sodo do we said Colonel Colon 1 Cody on our des frt erh and consequently con we are today toda rais ras raising rasIn lag ing In the finest products of the soil to b be found anywhere in this country Land In the part of the country I have havo described costs only from 3 to 14 14 an acre and there is lots of 01 It to be had at that th t figure fi r I am told that it costs casts the Pennsylvania farmer that much touch money to properly fertilize his land Jand and with us that cost cast is saved We do not require any artificial means of cultivation the ground Is rich enough without It To my m mind it is without doubt the finest land landIn landIn landin In this country countr and my enthusiasm causes auses me to voice and aDd reecho Horace Greeleys s advice of many years ago Go west young man if you want to make ke your fortune Tell me something about your proposed pro proposed proposed posed military ry school in the west sug suggested suggested suggested the reporter ts my pet scheme said the colonel taking a whiff from a long Caro Carolina Carolina i lina Ilna I have had the idea penned penn up in my mind for years and now the time is ripe for its culmination You know he continued I am sin a citi aen Sen of Cody a n little but growing town nestling among the mountains of or Wyoming Wyo ming There Thera I expect to pass the re remainder remaInder of my days that is when I abandon the show business which I an anticipate anticipate anticipate will not be many years hence bence Cody Cod is an ideal spot for such a a school as the one I propose to establish It is i blessed with a good climate Is health healthfully healthfully healthfully fully located lo and the Yellowstone park p rk that wonderland of nature Is only forty miles away We have bae a n railroad there now he ho continued and I am building an date hotel botel there one that may ma scare the thep natives p tives at first on account of or its modern modem architecture but a hostelry that will eventually prove proe a paying pa investment It Jt ItIs ItIs Is going to be modeled after the New Willard Villard a hotel that is now a credit to the fh national capital I believe in building hotels Hotels where ladies la Ies can congregate In the lobbies and keep an eye e e on the men In old oid times when the women folks were far removed in a parlor the t e fellows would woula steal away from them for a few mo moments moments moments ments on some ome pretense and meet at the bar and take three or four drinks fear fearing fearIng ing hug that they would not be able to get bet another very soon Now with the ladies ladle keeping an nit eyo on them they cannot do this and consequently I Iam Iam Iam am for making the lobby of a hotel so at attractive attractive that ladies s feel free to take ad advantage advantage advantage vantage of its comforts But I am digressing from my m sub subject jeet je t said the king of the plains with a renewed whiff from his bis long black cigar You wanted to know something of my school Well to begin with it will be different from anything an before attempted in many man of its features But as I said I believe bellec in Innovations they are what the public wants I have no use for pes pea pessimists my m friend When I make up my mind to do a thing I generally follow my myown myown myown own ideas despite the barriers and ob oh obstacles obstacles that may be cast in my path uIt It is my m Idea to make this school ro romantic romantic mantic mantle individual and characteristic in inmany inmany many respects of the locality wherein it itis itIs Itis is to be located Practical Instruction First FirstI I r shall endeavor to instruct young men in practical army arm life whether in inthe inthe the he barracks in the camp or in the thick of battle To fo this end I propose to give them practical illustrations of how bow to pitch a camp how to ride a mustang and tow How to shoot a rifle before I fill their minds with tactics of drill such as is isnow isn isnow now n the t e custom I i my mountains show sho them life as it really is j and md jund when they have experienced some of hardships of field life will Instill into their minds the tactics tactic of or drill and maneuver The scene of the famous Cus Custer Custer us uster ter massacre is only a few miles from the site of the proposed school There Ther are still tilI a n number of Crow Craw Indians in inthe Inthe Inthe the immediate neighborhood and if need be we can an go to the Custer battlefield and fight the old battle over oyer again of course ourse I trust without the harrowing features formerly incident to that ter terrible terrible conflict I believe in just this sort of practical experience he continued for young men who want to become soldiers It beats all of oC e tactics one gets bets out of books Then i am an ardent advocate of plenty of outdoor exercise What the young oung men of the country need today is ig bodily strength as well w 11 as mental strength President Roosevelt that sturdy specimen of physical ph manhood appreciated this fact when he left col coi college co 1 lege le e No sooner did he throw aside his bis Homer and his bil calculus than he sought what he termed a strenuous life lif He went almost immediately to the Bad BadLands BadI BadLands Lands I ands of Dakota where he endured its rigors and hardships for four long Jong years ears living lIvin for that time as one who was ac accustomed to the country countr Look at him bim to today aY Had it not been for this training 1 be would not I am sure have been pre prepared prepared I pared to cope COpt with the thc vicissitudes of after iller life with b which which he has bas been con confronted fronted i 4 t ty school I T hope will have a corps nf of army arm instructors as other institutions institutions of oC like character so fO far as their educational features are concerned throughout the country countI We 6 hose hOe in fri time to be equipped Quipped with ample barracks and class clas rooms for mental instruction But in this I shall not ask governmental aid It Is to be a private enterprise and Codys Cods Rough Riding Military Lads I II hope tope will pill keep pace ace with the achieve achievements achievements ments ff of f our illustrious predecessors un under under der the command co man of President Roosevelt at San Juan hill hibi j |
