Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1918, Page 3

DIL WORKERS IN THE- GULF FIELD UMBERT FINDS. T= ase= * MINE ON TRI | OTIS & COMPANY., | Ground Floor Oil Exchange Bldg. | |° Sioa Bid Ask, : 32 ASK PROTECTIO ae z L yAmerican — O15 | Property Purchased as Town Ag.| pemsenter = po) N dition at Lusk Holds Rich De- [Black "Peas 10 20 |Big Indian — posits of Aranium Five Murders in Six Weeks Lead) * | Big Five 5 a to Plea for Government In- When Ross Lambert was forced to | Columbine ‘ :08 tervention in Distfist Be- purchase a’ donsigerable tract of land |Cons. Royalty- 3 260 - low the Border ~ |at Lusk in order ta secure what, is | Elkhorn 75 —a » |known as the High School addition to Glenrock Oil ; <a LAREDO, Tex., Sept. 4.—Bearasd that enterprising town, He-had no | Hecla-Wyo. “003 | inkling that the property was rich in | Jupiter a4 02 033 five American empldyes of British} . and Americdn aii Goniphhles iff the | Minerals, but from all accounts the |Glenhurst - : -10 at story of the find closely approximates} Kinney - : -68 gulé oil fields of Mexico have been |the Fenex pertoernesridi es the Bie | Merritt _ 4 -23.00 murdered within six weeks, while two |Muddy. The old Silver Cliff mine, | Midwest Com. -- 93 95 others have been seridusly wounded, |*bandoned years ago as unprofitable, | Midwest Ref. -- 110.00 1eme0 is located on thi {|}Midway .-.--. 0. 02% the other employes of those com- plorations of he baaten eee | Northwest — - so 54 panies threaten to strike upless BFO-| Kany developed the act that it holds |Outwest eee. 08 tection is afforded them. This infor- rich accumulations of uranium ore Pahtfinder - -07 08 mation comés from travelers wHOlond'as a result the Lorimer Milling|Premier ------ .02 03, have just returned here from Tam-/} « Mining company has taken over the| Republic Pet. —- 02 03 pico. . a mine for development. Riverton Ref. __ 07 -08 After the first four of the six mur- The price paid Mr. Lambert was| Shiloh ------. OL O18 ders, the travelers gay, the ojf em-|9 good one and the bonus alone paid, United Pet -.. 06 OT ployes held a meeting and formu-jhim for the original cost of the) Wyo. Blackfoot. 008 004 lated their demand for protection and | property while Mr, Lambert has also, Western Ex.-~- -70 -80 threat of going on strike unless it was | sold many building lots and also has| Wind River Ref. 08 ll provided. A representative of the|considerable ground left. |Young ~.--.-~- 25 -30 oil interests was sent to Washington! The Lambert Ore Company has| Wind River Pet._ 19 20 but the result of the mission was un-|turned over to the Lorimer Milling} known in Tampico when the travelers | company ivilege of mining and) left that city. 2 |milling uranium ore from the Silver Four of the murders referred to, {Cliff uplift, the huge upheaval situ-| according to fragmentary reports that}ate adjoining the Lambert Silver have been published, were commit-|Cliff addition to the west part of ted at the same time, June 30, at La | Lusk. Cajeta, a point near Tampico, where Mr. E. D. Lorimer of Chicago, head | is sitffated a terminal of the Mexican|of the Lorimer company, is heavily | Gulf Oil company. The victims were:| interested in a like mining and mill-, L, A. Dunn, Oklahoma City; R. M thig Pecposicions at Green ayer oy After experiencing trouble in Cooper, Portland, Ore.; L. R. Mil-|this state, and it is from the work-| vay that i ° c la : Beaumont, Tex. ; Alfred Espa-|ings at that place that he has caused hearly evéry ‘way that it can come . San Francisco, Cal. In addition, |the coming here of E. A: Dufford to} to # well the hole of the Kinney Oil a Mexican employe of the company, |S€Tve 8 superintendent. Mr. Duf-|€o. in the Big Muddy field was Natividad Flores, of Tampico, was|f0Td and two helpers have been at! drijfed into the sand and is a good killed by the same bandits, when they |WTk for the past week. At present | producer. robbed the company’s office at La{atention’ is being given to selecting) ‘ppis well found the pay some Cajeta of 10,000 pesos. HT a penne a Ps dams | vecks ago and was known to be a The fifth murder was onthfitted (Het when the cliff was mine vr. | well but when the cap was struck, a ae peta er ore. Lack of help is hamper- July St, ate ee peerien @ progress soniewhat and employ- rush of gas caught fire and burned enson, eaahih as Of; ment at good wages is offered any’ Gown the -rigand before that a man j nee Se et of the Texas. Of Iaborers who apply for work. Later | fay heer killed en the well. x ‘ompany. bbs was murderediy.” nutford hopes to get a number’ When the rig was being completed when he refused to turn over the }o¢ miners from ‘Utak.., after the fire, Driller Schleth fell company’s dnnds to the ‘Bandits. A reduction mill hasbeen pur-| from the top-of the derrick and died The third payroll robbery, Which | chased in the east and is now en- shortly after. y resulted in the setious wounding of troute. The mill site is in the draw| The well will make in the neigh- H. Brooks “and. Charles Horsman, | south ofsthe railroad bridge and a! borhood of 300, barrels per day and rred June 28 in the Pantco river! few rods east of where stood the old| is being turned into the lines now. regions The two men, field employes|smelter. At this point there are also oo of the Aguila Oil Company, have just|to be erected several dwellings for been discharged from the hospital at leccupancy of the miners, a commis- NA TIONAL BA NKS Tampico, They were shot several|sary store and office building and a times and hacked With machetes. bungalow residence. ~Once she rock! M UST REPORT ON bearing ore is reduced to pulp ex-| 2 QUEEN 1s REBUKED traction of the mineral will be made| CONDITION A UG.3 [By United Pies} = thru a chemical process. | LONDON, Aug. 10. (By Mail.)—! ‘The prosecution of this enterprise, Queen Mary has been corrected in involving as it will the expenditure! [By Associated Prexs ] public for the first! time. of many thousands of dollars, means| WASHINGTON,~ Sept. ¢—The Recently the king and qheen were|matetial benefit to Lusk; and par-| comptroller of the currency today is- visiting some day nurseries, and the) ticularly will it be beneficial to the sued a call for statements of the con- | elder children had arratiged to pte-|Silvér Cliff addition which adjoins, ditign of national banks at the close. it a_beyquet to the que: perty. f business Saturday, August _... THE UNIVERSAL CAR’ . TRUCK PRICE ~ JREDUCED Right at this time, when all other trucks are advancing, the Ford Company gives the business world the benefit of a $50 - reduction in the price of this wonderful One-Ton Worm- Driven Truck, thus providing an opportunity for real conser- vation in haulage cost and man power. NOW $630.97 DELIVERED IN CASPER Including Freight and War Tax EARL C. BOYLE 231-237. North’ Center : Authorized Agency, ‘PHONE 9., Have a few for immediate delivery ye Ese (WANN OFMINGS NCULUT UND (oe SHIPPING OIL AID OPCRATORS se —— _ } Storage House = . pe he Epon a Ta aeeome Committee Adoption Will Relieve CHAMBERLIN FURNITURE ‘arm Springs fie! “ } \tett that city for an eastern refinery Necessity of Assessment Work Oe PRT AES = — the early part of this week. The on Claims | Wyoming Premier oe < shipped a | eed eth ta a a ea Frank G. Curtis, executive chair- Wanted: will } This is the first commercial ship- man of the Wyoming oil’men, asks us , z {ment from Thermopolis _and the to notify the oil developers that the buy for cash; Warm Springs and marks the begin-| House’ Committee on Mines and any issue, [nirfg of the time when the oil will) Mining, has reported favorably on any denomi- Possibilitiés of Richards Field Re-|besin to bring im the dollars to the the Senate resolution to extend the . F i F bi producers who have for the past year | suspension of assessment work on sation ; no } por! Upon Favoral y at spent their money to develop the mining claims until the close of the delay, imme- Annual Meeting field. war ard it appears that the resolu- diate settle- tiom will pass the House of Repre-/ } ment. ‘ . 4 Tels Al sentatives next week. It is quite ~ si te ae LS aang ban CLENADGK (lll {likely that this will become a law, | SECURITY LOAN CO | , | | Mr. Curtis informs us that as . and elected a board of directors for soon as it does become a hy vu\| 4 Kimball Bldg. Phone 702 the coming year who in turn elected ' ive us notice te the boners of pir officers for carryirig on the work of| osders |the firm. ————— | ,The meeting was attended oy | | Frank Julian was called to_ Basin jfany people from out of town and }to officiate as one of the judges of n |about, 80 were present or represnt- ‘ F : [the fruit exhibit at the Big Horn Patronize the ed. Mr. 6, McMillian from od | Completion of Line to Pilot Butte! Cointy Pair which is im sess y iy hi session from and Mr. Becker from Shoshoni were Opens Way to Marketing | September 2nd until the 4th. LIBERT Y GARAGE the principal speakers at the meeting from those outy of town. | Production | 5 The new officers were instructed | The pipeline of the Illinois Pipeiine | K FELE Y Car Storage, per month_-_$10 INSTITUTE jto push the work of getting a welt) company from the Pilot Butte field | |down in the Richards field where the was thrown open to the oil producers Truck Storage, per month.$15 pfirm has a rig up and a*camp and of the Pilot Butte field and the first |Cor. Eighteenth and Curtis Sts. | Gasoline, per gal jalso to attend to other details that shipment of oil taken into the line DENVER, COLO. - jhad been left to the decision of the by "the big receiving pumps #t the LIQUOR AND DRUG ADDICTIONS AUTO_ REPAIRING |stockholdqgs at the meeting. — _.| Pilot Butte end. ,cured by a scientific course of medi_ 188 So. Elm St. | The ‘oming Co-Operative Oil)” This marks the commencement of |cation. The only place in Colorado Phone 983 |Co. stockholders found that the af-| 11. income period for the ‘operators | Where the Genuine Keeley Remedies fairs of the tir -had been misman-/ 4¢ prot Butte. field and from now | aged somewhat nut the report of the | ow the off from that point will figure }secretary and treasurer and also the >" jappect of # geologist who looked over ri ag ala Wyoming oil Abad] We are pr Hl to do all ki 1 of [ime tanec ems, Reneeured. ak, MOCK-| "idk Soto ‘Butts field im owned |holders and they enthusiastically “ reper = =f | lvoted to continue the work and | by Casper people and the (Glenrock AUTO REPAIRING +. Oil company is the maén holding firm | pledged: needed Seiwa: for CBevcarty-| 7 Gio felt The Hall Git camnpenys} ° | “It-developed that « gological re-|the Pilot Butte Oil company and the | cet ene e |port of the territory in the Richards Norbeck and Nicholson interests are field disclosed the fact that a fault controlled by the Glenrock and these \ran thra some of the~holdings and! firms have the cream of the whole <6 |that this fault had either nog been field in the matter of oil lands | 0 Starter an enerator epairing found by a former geological survey The annual meeting of the firms | or else that the men in charge of was held recently and the officers | ALL RANTEED that survey had ignored the exist-| elected were R. G. Tayior, president; WORK GUA’ ence of the fault. G. R. Hagens, vice presiden:, and L The ° . The~possibilities of finding ofl in’F. McMahon, secretary und treas- est ove; & Electric Co. the Riehards field are considered ex- urer. cellent and the report finds that) . The oil from Pilot Butte has ell 665-669 West Second Street |there are two chances for the com-|been bot by the Midwest refineries pany to obtain production between |and will coma to Casper for trea P. O. Box 573 Telephone 936-W the 2,500 foog depth and the surface. ment where it will be » into gasu- | Indications a®e that both a shallew jine, kerosene, and fue! oils. and deep sand pool may be found as —————_—_____________ ithe validating holes drilled to estab-| posit is a shale oil while the deeper jlish title to the Iands proved that a. sand contalie oil similar ito. the Big || . deposit of high grade, shallow crude Muddy and Salt Creek oil if the sand | F J f th ore . This roduétive as expectad. | or ewe 0 e Natrona Lumber Co. LUMBER AND BUILDERS HARDWARE We would appreciate the opportanity of figuring i your t | } | i a) | } | DIAMONDS GEM STONES 1900-16 DENVER. COLO. || ‘SCHWARTZ JEWELRY CO. 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