Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1917, Page 5

> CITY NEWS Little Items About People” You Know “3 The large ranch houses belonging to the Mountain Home Sheep Co. on their ranch near Big Muddy, burned down some time Monday afternodéii,; involving the company in a total loss; as far as the house is concerned. No, particulars could be learned regard-! ing the origin of the fire. oo | When your shoes get thin on the’ bottom and your feet begin to feél cold, as tho they were treading in the snow barefooted, see REEDER at) the shoe shop on West Second ave-} nue. He will repair your soul. 1-22-6t 90 90 Cc. R. Ryan, who died in Casper on January 17th, will be buried tomor- row morning, the Rev. Robert Hutt, offiiciating. The deceased has a son in Fresno, California. Casper Coal oA Coke Co. deala ex-| clusively in fuel. Office at Caspr: Stationery Co. 12-18-t£; oo The Casper Industrial Club is} sending one delegate, possibly two, to) the Good Roads meeting which will} be held at Cheyenne on Saturday of} this week. The meeting is being held in connection with an effort which is} on foot to organize all the Industrial) and Commercial clubs of Wyming’ into a state federation. At the Chey-| enne meeting, the chief subject of; discussion will be the proposed State) Immigration Bureau which there ‘is} talk of establishing at Cheyenne. oo The Rey. A. J. Hansen and the Rev.) J. F. Blodgett left last night for Chey} enne to attend a meeting of the State, Board of the Wyoming Baptist con-} vention. Mr. Hansen will return in} time to fill his pee on Sunday. 4 Mrs. Archie Grant was operated! upon at the Private Hospital yester-| day and is getting on as well as pos-! sible under the circumstances. Her) husband, who is employed at the Big Muddy, was called to the city by his; wife’s illness. | c bi] | A. B. Lawson of the Wyoming Tie} and Timber Company of Riverton, is} | a | Mrs. Grace Canfield Hannon, daugh- ter of the late Richard Canfield, fa- mous gambler and art collector, who has just come into possession of the estate of more than a million dollars left by her father. Mrs. Hannon was “Ort sPUDS Short items of interest from Casper’s oil fields Eastern Visitor Dedicated to Study returned from his Christmas holidays} is devoting his time to the study of! oil conditions while he is waiting for his friend to convalesce from his at-! tack of pneumonia. Mr. Jones may be seen buried in the learned treatise of Johnson & Huntley, entitled “Oil and which is a veritable Oil Bible to all interested in the game. Mr. Jones is a prominent attorney of his far Eastern State, president of the Inter-State Petro- Gas,” and is vice- \leum Co., of which Mr. Hjorth is gen- eral manager. | | C. E. Starr of the Midwest Con- struction Company was in Casper this week on a brief visit from Greybull) where he is in charge of the struc- tural steel and water work on the new/ Standard refinery. The new refinery | will be a 20-still plant. Work is pro-} gressing very satisfactory, according to Mr. Starr. Carter Oil Man Locates Here After trying for six months to get a house, W. W. O’Niel of Tulsa, Ok.,) has secured a furnished residence at 117 N. Beech, and aking possession | this week. Mr. O’Niel is in the land} department ‘of the Carter Oil Co., and has recently returned from a two} weeks’ scouting trip to Steamboat Springs and other Colorado points. President of Oil Company III President Wm. Hjorth of the Hjorth her father’s pet, and just before his death he credited her with having in- Spired him to give up gambling. AISHTONS LEAVES HERE T0 MAKE MILWAUKEETHEIR HOME In the departure of Mr. and Mrs. in Casper today on business connect-! Fred ‘Aishton and two children ‘for ed with his company: | Chicago yesterday, Casper loses one JUST ARRIVED, a complete a) ot ate Dew amllea cee aay sortment of Johnson’s candies. Also| jm, ae iy pissy in eae of a full line of fresh fruits. Every-) s county treasurer, Mr. Aish- ss |ton was offered a most flattering in- thing for the man who cares to smoke. | ea BT SS . C. West, Schulte Brs. 1-24-2t ducement to affiliate himself with the eo {Updike Grain and Brokerage Com- The members of the City Council pany of Milwaukee and the offer was are taking a trip around town today such a promising one that he could with a view to deciding just what new little afford to pass it up. crossings are most feasible to open up| The family left over the North- in order to facilitate traffic between| western in the private car belonging the south end of town and the busi- to Mr. Aishton’s father, president of ness section. Wolcott street is to be the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. made passable and one of the streets|In Chicago Mr. Aishton will leave west of the Northwestern round-|his wife and children for several house will be opened up and prob-| weeks to visit with his parents and ably oné at Pine and Third. | Mrs. Aishton’s father. o @ wt | Mr. Aishton cast his lot with Wyo- Not to be outdone 5 by its near) ming about six years ago, taking up a neighbor in the acquisition of moving | homestead on the Fort Washakie In- picture houses, Salt Creek is soon to) dian reserve and later going into the have its own movies, in spite of its sheep game quite extensively. He distance-from the railroad. L. A.\ was one of the unfortunate sheepmen Ward is the enterprising member of to suffer heavy losses during the win- the Salt Creek Colony responsible for;ter of 1913. the up-to-date idea. A motor will be) As county treasurer of) Natrona installed, which will be run by gas County, the funds of the county were and films shown regularly. never in better hands and tax collec- o°9o tions were never larger. His manage- There is wailing dnd “gnashing of ment of the affairs of the office was teeth among “the regulars’ at the mentioned most favorably in the re- Midwest Hotel, due to the delayed) port of the state bank examiner and mail trains lost somewhere betweén!his system was commended by the here and Denver. At noon today/board of county commissioners under there had been no mail from Denver! whom he served in office. for forty-eight hours and the pages of} Their many friends here regret the register were almost guiltless of | their departure but wish them bound- new.names. The half dozen undeF)less success in their Milwaukee home. the date January 24, look awfully | SSS lonesome, with so much-blank spaéé} Mr. and Mrs. John McCorry have surrounding them. “|moved here from Riverton to spend ° {the remainder of the winter while Mr. him in ° present on his way home from ver, INFANT SON@P MR. AND MRS. BRASS’ CALLED The infant son @f Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Brasswell succumbed last night to bronchial pneumonia _at \the, State Hospital, causing much grief in the ‘family. The remains will be buried Ed Schulte, manager of the Webel}McCorry’s business detains Commercial Co., is installing a dicta-| Casper. phone in his office, in keeping with ed pester 2) ‘TOGERMAN DESTROYERS: ARE Wesley Steidel ee was injured in| a wreck on the Burlington some time! ago, is visiting friends in Casper tor REPORTED SUNK BY BRITISH a short tine. His hand is still being; treated, but he expects to leave soon: By the United Press pill Abe at his former home, 8 LONDON, Jan. 24.—Persistent re- 6 tei ees o°c ,qqPorts coming from Holland say that The Royal Neighbors held thejr, six and possibly ten German destroy- regular meeting last evening in thejers were sunk in Monday's naval en- lodge hall. gagement. The British Admiralty, o°0 _ 4 however, hus not changed the report Msr. Mabel Johnson of Powdér/that one German and one British de- River arrived in the city today for 4! stroyer were sunk. short stay. Dutch authorities are considering Dr. J. F. LadperSreturned to the| the interment of s German deriezey i ibsence of city last night, after an al evening, barely afloat, and having on several days in-Omaha and otheyipsorg. scores of wounded. ~ places. P The Yndustria’ Clob expects to be well represented at the meeting of State Industrial clubs at Cheyeni The Bont on Saturday. George Stilphen will go a: delegate from the Motor Club " Stephen Tobin from the Industri Club, Major Ormsby will also be _TMME PLACE TO EAT : EV- ERYTHING FIRST CLASE : ; REGULAR AND | SHORT ORDERS A SPE- Oil Co, has succumbed to an attack of pneumonia and is at the Private hos- pital in order that he may receive the best possible treatment and make a speedy recovery. Pneumonia is al- ways serious and his friends are anx- iously waiting to hear that he has} taken a turn for the better, Joe Lippert has returned from the! Big Muddy, where he went on busgi- ness connected with the shooting of Kinney Well No. 6. a i> | IN MOVIELAND Short Reviews of Plays to be seen on local screens “THE QUEST OF LIFE” AT THE IRIS TOMORROW NIGHT The long arm of coincidence was stretched much farther by the facts as they-occurred in the Famous Play- ers’ studio than any fertile play- wright could possibly stretch it when! Maurice and Florence Walton, the| great dancing pair, reported at the [fj studio for the first time to begin work | ff in “The Quest of Life,” in which they } are making their photoplay debut at! the Iris Thursday. When Miss Walton| first appeared on the professicnal| jj stage, it was Pauline Frederick who, | as a member of the same company, | | showed her how to make up for the| Hl footlights. When the dancers arrived | jf] at the studio, the first familiar face! that Miss Walton saw on the big floor | was Pauline Frederick. There was a gasp of mutual pleasure, an outburst of ‘“‘My dears’ and Miss Walton was|| led off to Miss Frederick’s room to be} j] instructed in the art of making up for the camera! THE HEALTHIEST FOOD THAT GROWS Five pounds of Winesaps For 25¢ || GET OUR PRICES ON BAR- REL AND BOX LOTS. White’s “It pays to pay Cash” Phone 505 115 E, Second St. Roy L. Davidson was in today, buy-| ‘ ing supplies for the vi] game in’ con- r nection with the work of the Asso-| Knights and Ladies of Security, Co ciated Land and Gas Co. at Muddy. ' By the United Press on the German lines south of Chilly,} jand in the Woevre region nounced. the region of” Seille, calm Attention! * . un- WARDROBE Cleaners Ladies’ Werk Given Special Attention cils to be organized at Casper, Doug-| | las, Glenrock, Lingle, Wheatland, Manager Palmer of the Wyoming) Torrington, Ft. Laramie, Guernsey, Clayton M. Jones of Jamestown, N.| Prairie Oil and Gas Co, was in Cas-}Pine Bluffs, Burns, Hartville, Rock fs | Y., who accompanied his friend, Wm.|Per from Glenrock on oil business. Hjorth of the Hjorth Oil Co., when he CHILLY RAIDS BRING |River and Lusk. Communications {from other cities and towns in Wyo- GAINS FOR FRENCH ™ing will be cheerfully answered. | Pleasant work, good pay. For further | particulars address MRS. B. D| KIM- |BALL, District Manager, 20 Con- Laramie, Wyo. 1-17-tf Good beds at the Floppery, only 25e—alweys open, never full. 1-15-tf Phone 124W : 124 W. Second 5: PARIS, Jan. 24.—Successful raids is. an.| Verse Bldg., Patrols are very active in ? Everything is I sewhere, GRAND CENTRAL STABLES THE piace that gives you a good team for any drive, long or short. We Specialize on Good and Careful FEEDING - Your Horse is in good hands if left with us Day and Night Service Phone 20 Castle & Parsons, Props. FRANK HENRY Baggage Transferred to Any Part of the City. See Me and Make Arrangements for Delivery of AH your Freight. I Meet All Trains. CALLS ANSWERED DAY OR NIGHT PROMPT, CAREFUL SERVICE. Any Casper Bank, Office Smoke House, Phone 83. Residence Phone 181-W. * References: DR. H. R. LATHROP DR. W. C. FOSTER Office Phone 54 Office Phone 54 House Phone 116 House Phone 273 THE CASPER PRIVATE HOSPITAL 840 South Durbin Street : : : : Phone 273 Every Modern Convenience for the care of the sick and injured Graduate Nurses : X-Ray Equipment : Private Amisulance If you are going to get a site for a home in Casper, now is the time before the prices advance. We afe receiving out-of-town inquiries for our lots. Spring will see a great influx of people into Casper and an advance in property prices. : GET YOUR LOTS NOW MARION W. EDWARDS, 112 South Wolcott Street CASPER, WYOMING - We Have Some Snaps n used cars, all in good mechanical condition,’ some carrying the same guarantee as a new car: Packard 2-38 touring, 7-passenger, 6 tires, 2 mounted on rims for extras, ncw seat covers, new paint, complete equipment. Good mechanical condition. 1, Packard 1-25 Twin Six Phaeton, 5 passenger, 6 tires, re- painted, seat covers and bumper. Mechanical condition guaranteed. Packard 1-38 Twin Six Phaeton, 5 passenger, fine condi- tion. Mechanical condition guaranteed. Cadillac “8”, 1916 touring car, 7 passenger, 6 tires, re- painted, condition first-class. Hudson “54” 7 passenger touring, 6 tires, good paint, seat covers, condition good. Abbott 1916 chummy roadster, 4 passenger, practically new, condition excellent. Franklin touring, 1914, 5 passenger, repainted, good con- dition. Franklin roadster, 1915, 2 passenger, class in every way. Peerless 6-38, 1914, overhauled and repainted, first-class condition. Chandler 1916 Sedan, in fine condition. Alco “6”, overhauled and repainted. Close-coupled 5- passenger body. Can be used as roadster or 5-passenger'™~ or could be made into a dandy truck. Lozier light “6”, in good condition, price right: = The Mountain __ ~~~ Motors’ Co: 25 COLFAX AVENUE, DENVER, COLORADO . AIRY FH as absolutely first 12.