Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1918, Page 4

DA. GEIS TAKES PRODUCERS LOOK FOR FAVORABLE LEAP OFF BANK TO oAVE GRAD off Shale Cliff with Occupant Uninjured; Collision Is Ayerted Dr. Elizabeth-Cubbage Geis, wife of Dr. N. C. Geis who is in the army medical corps, demonstrated her calmness and ability to keep her head Sunday afternoon when, in passing another car on Slate hill on the Res- simer road, her roadster slipped over the side of the steep, rock hill and she landed after a thrilling drop of a good many feet in a shale draw running diagonally across the hiil. The brakes on Dr. Geis’ car would not hold and in passing the other car which had been placed as'far up the hillside as was possible to get, Dr. Geis was forced to drive very ear the edge of the road which sxirted a steep declivity. When she saw that a trip over the brink was inevitable, Dr. Geis turned at right angies and/Interior, about a year ago. went straight over. Her couraye and coolness alone saved her for the shale bank was her only hope. Driving straight into the bank, her car stop- ped dead. Dr. Geis stopped her en- gine and climbed out, none the worse for her drop. Great difficulty was encountered in getting the car out of its position. A big truck was commandeered but only sunk deeper in the sand when the pull of the roadster was felt. Several men in passing cars came to the assistance of Dr. Geis and low- ered the car to a rocky ledge where it was turned around and one of the men drove it, under its own power, to the bottom of the hillside. Dr. Geis then took the wheel and drove into town with the axle bent con- siderably and no brakes but she made the trip all right and arrived safely in Casper ahead of her rescuers. RESTRICTIONS ON WATER Woe LIFTED TODAY Connection with River Supply Re-i moves Necessity for Conser- vation; Water Mains DECESION I So Says Frank G. Curtis in Discus- sion of Ruling Entered by the Douglas Land Office Frank G. Curtis, executive chair- man of the Wyoming Oil Men’s Or- ganization, has informed the Tribune | that the decision against William!/ Hanley on the NE% of 3-39-79, Salt Creek, is not as serious against the | producers as indicated. j “On the contrary, the case was/| not decided against Hanley on the} question of discovery,” said Mr. Cur-!| tis. “In that respect, Mr. Hanley thus far won a signal victory. I know he proved his discovery and I know that United States agents went and dug where Hanley’s men said they dug and got oil and the U. S. agents got! oil in the same place. “The case has gone up on the} question of dummy entrymen and as to that there is not much to fear if we rely upon the Torchlight decision | rendered by the Department of the There, | the dummy entry feature was not} ‘this is also in keeping with the letter! ‘of the secretary of the interior, writ- ten to the United States attorney general, some months ago, which was placed in the record before the public lands committee of the House of Representatives, by Clay Tallman, commissioner of the general land office, at the hearing held last Feb-| ruary. Therein, the secretary of the| interior stated that at the most, the| exist, and in so stating the secretary | of the interior said that his view of the situation was the same as the! opinions of the U. S, district judges, | Bledsoe and Bean, of California, who had passed upon it.” | Mr. Curtis said that the registers | and receivers thruout the United| States are now accustomed to re | ferring matters of this import for de-| cision to the general land office at) | Washington, so that the Hanley case {has merely gone up as a matter of | |course, and furthermore, that it is! fortunate for this case to go before |Mr. Tallman, commissioner of jgeneral land office, and if necessary |before Mr. Kearful of the !-epart- iment, for legal interpretation, «s/ | those officials are square and capable and will Jikely render a decision en- tirely in favor of Mr. Hanley. Mr. Curtis further says that + ferring this case to Washington not the slightest ground for criti- cism dgainst our loca! register and | receiver. | “Doubtless the commissioner and | Are Being Cleared Restrictions governing the use of} city water, placed in effect when the) big pumps near the refinery became clogged with sand, were lifted today | and residents are again extended the unrestricted use of water for lawn! and garden sprinkling. The order is made possible by direct connections with the river supply, which, at this season of the year, is comparatively re. ¢ City officials point to the fact that the water comes from the Pathfinder dam, and is practically free from any source of contamination. Under the influence of sun and air, and in the absence of heavy rains, the water purifies itself and at this time is adaptable for domestic use without danger of unfavorable results. The “water-dog” scare is rapidly passing, as the result of steps taken by city offcials during the past few days to clean out the water lines. All mains are being drained and flushed. Altho unable to explain the reason for the presence of water dogs in the mains, Water Commissioner Jones ex- presses the belief that the condition resulted from the water dogs passing | thru the screens while very small. In- spection shows that the water passes thru three screens at the reservoir intake. No alarm is to be felt over present conditions, and indications are that the situation will shortly return to normal. Those who desire to exercise minute precautions will continue to boil their drinking water, but no dis- astrous results are to be expected in free use of the water as it comes from| the mains in the future. anne SHEEPMEN, ATTENTION ! There will be a meeting at the Courthouse, Monday, August 26, at 8 p. m., to discuss questons of vital in-| terest. j You are earnestly requested to at-|reports of the geologists that were tend. 8-20-6t* |favorable and corroboration by way AS ie ee Mr. and Mrs. Hughes of the Mid- west plant returned Sunday from a} two weeks’ trip to the Sweetwater! country ‘on a/ camping and hunting trip. The party had a most enjoy- able time and Mrs. Hughés. ib, the record trout for the sea’o ve big fish weighed a trifle over ‘five pounds and measured a. little niorg than 18.inches in length. A iat ad Lady Rhondda, who has succeeded to the title of her father, the late Baron Rhondda, is the owner and active manager of Welsh coal prop- erties, which are among the largest in the world, attorney general will take judicial notice of the fact that Mr. Hanley’s land is within a well defined struc- ture, the Sait Creek structure,” said |Mr. Curtis, that there are ove: well known oil secps within structure; that the famous J |Spring, known for over 30 rs, |, | which would produce several barrels} | of oil per day, is in the center of that structure; that the great parafine beds outcrop within a mile of Han-! |ley’s land within that structure; that |the U. S. territorial geologists, as ‘early as 1886 (Aughey) and 1888 | (Ricketts) reported favorably:in pub- \lic print on the Salt Creek struc- | ture, etc, | “It is most gratifying to oil rn at the present time that the U States, thru the attorney ger 'S department, is taking a very liberal jand fair interpretation of the placer |mining law in this respect: The gov- | jernment is maintaining that the mere | presence of a structure, not yet! proven to contain oil, is an_indica-, tion that it contains oil. This is| clearly set out and maintained in a case against the Southern Pacific! railway, now pending. There, the government is contending that the railroad shall return certfin lands to the U. S. which it obtained as and for agricultural purposes. The govy- ernment is charging the railroad with fraud in obtaining those lands as ag- ricultural lands as the structure was | so apparent. The railroad is charged with fraud in obtaining the lands for agricultural lands, instead of oil | lands, | The U. S. government is not going} |to blow hot and blow cold on this | point, so certainly, when you add to la clearly defined structure such as | Salt Creek is, nearby seeps and seeps upon your land, such as Hanley has, and seeps of gas and springs of oil) and paraffine beds, the flowing wells at the depth of eight feet, and the that nt mer ited | | ef drilling wells and establishir great producing field, it makes it look |: KEEP YOUR CARS AT THE RADIATOR AND AUTO REPAIRING 180 So. Elm St. | —~ THE CASPER DAILY THE HANLEY GRoE as tho Mr. Hanley is entitled to and will get a patent on his land. | “We are fortunate in having such la case appealed to such noble and/Big Indian - intelligent men as Mr. Tallman, com- missioner of the land office, and Mr. Kearful, assistant attorney general of the United States.” 1000 FORFEIT Io DEMANDED IN COURT PETITION Casper Embar Seeks to Collect from McKee & Johnson for Alleged Breach of Drill- ing Contract McKee and Johnson and the Citi- adjudged against the claimants and |2€ns’ State Bank are made defendants | young in a suit instituted in district court by the Casper-Embar Oil Company, which seeks a judgment for a $1,000 forfeit, alleged to have been posted by the first named defendants with the local bank to secure pertormance jof contract to drill a well on an oil lease in Washakie County. The for- feit, itis set forth, was delivered to the bank as agreed, and it is further dummy entry feature was a mere|alleged that no steps have been taken | @18 technical fraud, even where it did| toward fulfillment of the drillling | $18.40@ 19.00; bulk of sales, $18.2 agreement. SALT CREEKER IS PICKED UP FOR LARCENY Don Ashley, accused of the theft of a flashlight, a .82-caliber automatic, and personal effects of considerable value, was lodged in the county jail yesterday on advices received from the | Sait Creek, and will be arraigned in| justice court for a hearing within the week. DESERTION SET.. UP AS GROUNDS FOR A DIVORCE Desertion is given as cause for di- vorce in a complaint filed by Clar- ence P. Hussey against his wife, Lilly E. Hussey, Two daughters, one 10, r 60 and the other 15 years of age, have! been born to them. ae SPRAGUE LEASE GIVES RISE TO See tee came eee smear Today’s Quotations Furnished by | | DAMAGE ACTION As the result of complications at-|er relief as equitable. \tending the leasing of the Sprague {rooming house, corner of Fourth and Durbin, thru which the present owner of the lease, Louise Foster, is alleged | | |to have been defeated in attempts to TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918 |forever quieted against any claim by, \you in said premises; that plaintiff be declared to be the absolute owner in fee simple of said premises free and clear of any claim therein by you, and that plaintiff is entitled to the absolute and exclusive possession |thereof; for plaintiff's costs and othr You are fur- An order received by us before 9-90 a. m. we will deliver anywhere in the city before noon, orders received af- ter that until 3:00 2 3.5°% will de- liver anywhere in the city that p. m.. but only one delivery a day to any one family. We solicit your trade on a cash basis. Your eredit is good tore, but not at ours. Ot Merchandise pos anywhere, for before dglivery. CASH cat ying able nge an ther notified that unless you appear, |by answer of other pleadings in the EEgoey Chimiretial Co Peone jabove cause in the abi Court on / 10. E i oe 7-39.2f jor ugust 31, 1918, the alle-| — —— A on) betere sega WE are experts on alterations of l24- gations of said petition will be taken i garments. | OTIS & COMPANY., jee eee attempts to /as true and judgment will be rendered oy, Cl eee ore | | Ground Floor Oil Exchange Bldg. | Borie ie See: profit, ade |! prayed in said petition. —_—_—_»— ee | PEARLS: SUS Oe SEreR ep ees et WARREN L. BAILEY, London’s latest is a shopping tops- |defendants in a $15,000 damage suit, | P = | Stock Bid Ask. | tactadl tne diaksiat ake tala Clerk of the District Court. ter, whose duty it is to keep house- Allen Oil_- 25 Bo tee The wamcleint chavres nun, | Pub. July 23-30, Aug. 6-13-20-27, wives posted as to what storekeepers 5 x |\Foster. The complaint charges non- 4 y Lt | American 018 +02 1918. have in the way of bargains | Bessemer 04 106 |Performance of verbal contract. _——eEeEeEEE——————— — ——— = —— | Boston-Wyo. AT a3 digg Pe erie el {Black Rear_ .08 10 | en the Belgian Government, in te "32. |1882, introduced the practice of em-| OTIS AND COMPANY Big Five. ~ 01 .024 Ploying women in the railroad, post-| i Iecntese z tid ‘02 jal and telegraph services, the inno- Members New York Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Ex- {Columbine a -10 -18 fect found many indignant oppon- change, Chicago Board of Trade | : ity-- i “ lents. 4 4 : Blthentceeen, 0 "5 —__—.__ Oil Exchange Bldg. Phone 765 or 766 Casper, Wyoming \E. T. Williams__ 2.50 2.75 |IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE |Glenrock Oil _-. 3.623 3.75 SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT | Hecla-Wyo. .008 .0035 | Vapiter 2s ‘03 ‘444 |THE STATE OF WYOMING,) | Gientearet 2 oo | os DUTTON STALEY & CO | Kinne 68 75 | COUNTY OF NATRONA, ) ns 5 y |Merritt __ 22% 22 Fe a an (| We buy LIBERTY BONDS, also take up partly paid subscriptions Midwest Com._- 99 1.69 - AS AN, : i al iuldi Midwest Pres. 1.00 1.123 Plaintiff, : am 7 Ey a ding Midwest Rfg. -- 111.00 113.00 vs. NOTICE. elephone |Midway --- 015 024 C. A. REDMAN, : Northwest — a 56 59 | Defendant. : | Outwest coeel Sy 03 04 (To C. A. REDMAN, Plaintiff above | Pahtfinder - 07 08 named: |Premier — oS 04 06 You will take notice that H. A. |Republic P 03 .04 Duncan, plaintiff above named, has Riverton Ref... 10 -13 | filed suit in the above Court against | Shiloh -.-- 01 -01% you, alleging that he is the owner | United Pet =-= 07 -08 (in fee of lots Numbered 21, 22 aud |Wyo. Blackfoot. = .002 : in Block Numbered 119, in the | Western Ex. ~-- -80 “w\ 6|City of Casper, Natrona County, | Wind River Pet. 19 20 | that said claim is without any right Gh 6A eee color of right, and that you have 3 no right,title or color of right in eaid | Livestock Market | |premises; that you are a non-resident | ‘of the State of Wyoming; and that } | | | Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY you are a resident of the State of | Washington, but of what county or |city in said State last mentioned OMAHA, Neb., Aus. 20.—Hogs | plaintiff has no knowledge.’ Plaintiff {10 to 20 cents higher; heavy, $18.00,in said cause in said Court prays 5; miaeG, $1u.x5@ 18.40; light, judgment that you be compelled to 9 Show your alleged interest that the | same may be adjudged null, void and @18.50. . of no effect; that plaintiff's title b- Cattle—Market, steady. Native | |steers, $11.50@17.50; cows and heif-| fers, $7.50@12.50; western steers, | | $10.00@10.50. | | Sheep—Market, steady, Wethers, |$12.50@14.00; ewes, $10.50@| | 13,00; lambs, $17.15@18.15; year- |lings, $13.50@14.50. FOR UNITED STATES Reclamation Service DENVER, Colo., Aug. 20.—Steers, | $7.50@14.00; cows, $5.00@9.00;| heifers, $6.75@8.00; Stockers and feeders, $8.50@13.50; bulls, $7.00@ ; 75. Hogs—$15.00@19.50. Hogs—$15.00@19.50. Sheep—Yearlings, $14.00; $12.00. | | ewes, e——_—— One of Queen Mary's most inti-| ‘mate friends is Lady Ampthill, whose | husband was formerly governor of | ‘Madras. Among her personal treas- ures Lady Ampthill values none more highly than the gold medal of Kaisar- i-Hind, which was awarded her in recognition of her public services in| India. SHIP WEDNESDAY Apply Room 21 Townsend Building, 9 to 10 o'clock Wednesday E. R. SHIPP | Saloons in East St. Louis propose | |to install women as bartenders. | _THE UNIVERSAL CAR“ If It fs Best for “Uncle Sam ,” It Is Best for You The following article, clipped from Motor Age, The quests o} adopted August 1, 1918, needs no comment from us. Ford passenger chassis, following the re- f the American Expeditionary Forces, was as a standard chassis for use in the Army as & passenger car, light truck, light ambulance, etc. There are now 3,000 Ford ambulances in use in France, and this number will be increased to 8,000. The Ford Motor Co. is working on an order for 5,000 light delivery trucks, production of which began July 22 at the rate of 200 per day. The principal reasons for the wide use of the Ford is the ease of repairing, , cheapness of operation, large production »ossibilities and the extremely low initial cost and the fact * ‘that it can be used where many other pas- senger Cars can not.” wm oil tO a We will have a few ton-trucks to deliver in the next few $: 0) ae Authorized Agency, RIG TIMBERS A SPECIALTY FARM MACHINERY GAS ENGINES WAGONS COAL \ BEST BOWL OF CHILI IN TOWN N \) 15c AT THE CHILI KING LUNCH N & Back of Grand Central Bar, All kinds of Sandwiches at & » popular prices. Quick service, highest quality. REAL ESTATE Buy now, don’t wait until the Allies cross the Rhine._ Prices will go up and you will miss the chance of a lifetime.. We quote you one of the several bargains we have listed: Three- room cata furnished, located in the southeast part of town, best residence district, 11 blocks from new school, $1,625; $75 cash, balance like rent. PLATTE VALLEY INVESTMENT CO., Inc. Room 202 O, S. Building, 129 East Second St. Telephone 8-W We are prepared to do all kinds of AUTO REPAIRING Acetylene Welding Magneto Starter and Generator Repairing ALL WORK GUARANTEED The Midwest Novelty & Electric Co. 665-669 West Second Street P. O. Box 573 Telephone 936-W Mountain States Transportation and Storage Co. Office 319 Oil Ex. Bldg. Telephone 958 R. N. VAN SANT J. T. PHOENIX President General Manager IVAN CROUCH J}. Garage 2nd Field Manager and Spruce Telephone 894 came’ seme eset EG, RR | h