Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1918, Page 4

Mrs. Sam Service Gives — Oui Pay te Pn CASUALTIES TO)."2ni20-~ ~~~ Mrs. Sam Service last night-enter- ee tained a few friends informally at a! Monateh Tra: i : ;much of the future while many dark) ss a 8-88 | Secrets of the past were exposed. " Everything in the way of h.s4: = a me: - | Cards were enjoyed during the even- BY WASHINGT ON at low prices. Papal = edding, ———— Ses a = Se = Sing and Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Grant) Co:, 206 W.. Third. ae = jentertained the guests delightfully | E 1 ed ere % ae —— “s aries | with a number of plantation melo- “ i if. | dies. A dainty lunch was served at; The following casualties are re-| ; p] 22 o’clock. | Ported by the Commanding general j ie the American Expeditionary |} wil) pe open fot engagements : | ry pase Er ; Killed in action. qie. |Powen Nov: 38'and: Dec. 18. Wisy | . : Died of wounds_ —-- 16 Co: | Farnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Died of airplane accident. 1 oP eee eat Bie Died of disease__ 347 i 2 | . 5 | : | ' * Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. Wounded seyerely__.---- 116 | Oil World Turn to Washington for) Work of Pouring Concrete in Great Womndere Uegree; rani ete. 272 | Eaeeeet ge That Midwest wea to Start | TeaclGiccks Fj ee, vasous | ma i Bia Ask Bid Ask peed Work | hi hace | American -- 02 02% | Midwest Ref, ....131.50 182.50 TURKEY Se * i 3 Bessemer — 08 -10 Midwest, com, _-- 1.03 1.06 ! Now that the war is over the oil The great earth reservoir now un- Big Bear - .02 .023 Midwest, pref. 1.18 1.32 ee = Ag men of Wyoming are turning longing| der construction by the Midwest on Big Five __ -018 .023 Merritt -~_ - 21.00 22.00 Derk J. Wieten, Node, killed eyes toward Washington in the hope| the bluff west’of Casper and north| Boston Wyo. ---- .20 Glenrock Oi 38.37 38.62 and eee that a leasing bill may be put thru| of the river is nearing completion as) Be gndian sine Comten = oe edd est . ° ili | vome| Comte, = zmuigos ae Chicken Dinner Make Your bats that will lift the burden of un-| far as the excavation goes. The work) Columbine -20 Sapulpa — 7.00 7.25 en ‘ | Your = ee from the fields here.| of pouring the concrete will soon Con. Royalty - 85 Houston Oil - 71.00 73.00 P; d in South Style ‘ or the past ten years the oil op-| Commence. | Casper Embar 004 Oklahoma P & R- 9.00 9.12 | repare in ern " f sors of Wyoming have suffered | The building of concrete: reser-| Elkhorn —__ - 67 ' * © | at Table Reservation for unjustly and have seen their efforts| Voirs for the holding of oil in the} -003 N 2 2. to produce oil and better the state) West is becoming quite common and ‘04 rid ee eras — P 1 P. “< Thanksgiving Diriner and country brought to naught thru/Seme great engineering structures 65 | opu ar rices 7 the misguided efforts of a few offi-| along this line have been built re-| 215 Open Close’ at the cials in Washington who, in order to| cently. In fact the tanks of con- | 49 | Mexican Pet? -.-. 1614 1563 make demagogues of themselves, at-| crete are found suitable in all sizes} Texas Oil __ - 188 1804 COFEEE HOUSE * ¥] tempted to confiscate the efforts of|from the 8x8 size solding about 100| Pathfinder — “Sinclair Oil 333 835 é L the oil men. | barrels to the great reservoirs hold-| Premier ~~ U. S.Stael~_ = 100 988 These officials refused to hear the |ing a half million barrels. Picardy —_ 110 So. Center pleas of Senator Warren and Con-| The latest storage of this kind was | Riverton Ref. Liberty Bonds gressman Mondell altho these two|completed a short time ago by the} Republic —__ Open Close * men nae in close touch with condi-| Empire Pine Line company at Gaines-| Shiloh —__ si 99.30 99.30 = Ge . . eee —— = manian tions here and their recommendations) Ville, Texas, has some improvements| United Pe 1st 4s _ 96.10 96.10 FALL LAD ALAA SLA PLS? a, of of were passed’ over with little concern.| that the engineers in charge of the Western 2nd 4s — 95.50 95.50 = MIME AE Ck. TSF Bh, The enactment of a leasing act ap-| building placed in the plans and are| Win River Re Ist 44s 98.20 98.00 plicable to oil and mineral lands in-| innovations. In this reservoir the) E. T. Williams. 2nd 43s 97.06 97.14 cluded in the public domain would be| floor was on a level with the ground | Wyo-Kans -- 8rd 44s 96.96 97.06 ) a simple matter if Eastern members| and the walls were made by placing| Wyo-Tex. --- ~~. 50 ° 4th 44s __. 97.04 97.10 of both houses of congress were aware of the difficulties which beset the way of the developer of Western min- eral resources. To attempt to edu- cate these men on a scale which would insure the rights of the nation at large and prove just, equitable and gener- ous to the men who risk their for- tunes in drilling for oil or mining for gold and silver in the inter-moun- tain region, would be a task of long! duration. For that reason much de- pends upon the attitude of the agen- cies of the departments of the inte- rior,. of justice and of the navy, all of which are taking a hand in the controversy over what is and what is | well tamped clay banks around the |radius of the elipse. The clay banks | form the retaining wall of the tank! |and were rolled by steam rollers | Warm Springs -- hauling harrows and graders behind | Salt Creck - them as the clay was put in place, | Big Muddy - In this way the bank was firmed’ in| Pilot Butte -- ASSER STARTS. |Pplace much more solid than if the clay had simply been dumped: loose | | on the wall. The floor and walls of the tank) | were lined with concrete in slabs and! | reinforced with wire. The fléor was | |reinforced with wire mesh of six | inches square and the retaining wall |slabs reinforced with six-inch mesh. A two-inch sand cushion was also WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET -$1.00 .50 5 Elk Basin —--- Gr. -50 Foss 0 Lander ~~ TO MAKING OL large. The grea all also. of the Lance Creek field is practically certain to be found oil-bearing and that the supply will be exceptionally amount of gas com- ing from this well shows conclusively that the oil could not be in small quantities as the the production then would have to TIPS DLS DS COAL ff ss a, COKE ~ CASPER SUPPLY CO. Phone 913 “now. Only a limited number of tables left. COAL not the right character of bill to be, placed between the soil and the con-| enacted into law. There is a lack of; crete so that any settlement or swell-| harmony among these departments re-| ing in the soil and clay would not garding the leasing act, tho all admit} crack the concerte, that some law is necessary for the de-| Expansion joints in the slope walls velopment of Western lands. But were provided every 30 feet and one point must stand out prominently | were made of a plastic compound in- before the eyes of. the unprejudiced| soluble in oil and strips of, galvanized observer, and. that is thatthe present/ iron. This plastic substance prevents law, in spite of its apparent lack of any seepage from the reservoir when | sympathy with the prospector and the | full. producer of oil and other minerals,} One of the odd innovations: in this must be passed-at once if the Western| great tank is the roof and the means! public land states are to share ade-|of making it gas tight, yet at the quately in the prosperity which peace|same time lightning proof and also! will bring to the country. | formed so that no heavy pressure | It has been argued that only a few) would collect under it. This was ac- individuals or corporations are inter-| complished by having a ditch con- ested in the passage of the cae done ae around the top of the bank ‘in place the crew was able to shut fill, ard for that reason it has been| and the concrete slabs that form the sidetracked: on its way thru. congress.|roof come down into this ditch about Nothing could be farther from the) nine inches. This ditch is to be filled truth. There are withdrawals on/ with water when the work is done nearly every producing oil field in} the eaves will come down into Wyoming and others are sure to fol- the water about six inches, thereby low developments unless the power of| making a water seal all around the withdrawal is taken from the presi-’ roof edge yet at the same time a seal dent, as it will be with the enactment/ that would be blown out by any large of a leasing bill. In each of the pro-| accumulation of pressure under the | ducing fields there are numerous cor-) roof. The tank is designed to have porations, each with a large number) slight pressure of gas under the of shareholders, who are vitally inter-' roof and this pressure is kept up by ested, to say nothing of the locators| , special gas pipe which delivers a and pioneers to whose courage and | gas pressure of a few ounces to the effort the discovery of oil or other| syace between the oil surface and the mineral fields are due, and who are! poof "Phis gps pressure prevents any dependent upon the returns from) entrance of air into the tank and these areas for their livelihood. | therefore there is no chance of there The passage by the present con-| being an explosive mixture in the gress, of a fair leasing bill will have| tank at any time. the effect of diverting to Wyoming’s| “ ‘The roof slabs are reinforced with oil fields, the shale beds and coal) see] wire lath and this wire lath and areas of Colorado, the phosphate beds/ the pipelines that deliver the oil and of Utah and’ Nevada and other rich| take it out of the structure are all mineral deposits of other western) jootrically connected so that in case states, a large number of men sore | lightning strikes the tank the current ed from military service and enable) will find a ready path into the earth them to earn high wages while eed! instead of setting the oil on fire. states are reaching toward their goal. The roof is supported on posts It will attract capital which’ the eee built of concrete and placed at regu- needs and will tend toward the pros-| 1,7 intervals over the floot of the perity of the entire country. J war|Teservoir. The filling and emptying With the practical end o e san pipes ure brot in over the top of the and the elections’ over, Colorado and) ii¢0 walls instead of thru them and Wyoming have every “ienhee dais gauging wells are providing, er a rer ee eergll these latter being made of 8 jnch feasting pill, imperfect as it is, so the | ceed fad holes for the oil to enter interests of these states shall not suf- | the well. fer while politicians wrangle over the perquisites of their departinents. —_——S LANDER SEEKS DIVISION evaipy, WHY COUGH AND OF MEL STAT Pott ae A Dr. King’s New Discovery removes the danger of | neglect r aes Coughing until the parched throat Cages paintul should not be permitted. it should be relieved before it gains headway with a dose of < New Discovery. The same with a cold or bronchial attack. Millions have used this well- ——— | Car apples. just. arrived. Prices $2.65 box, up. Be sure and see our assortment before buying. Whole- sale Supply Co. 11-28-3t Lander interests are back of a movement to secure a division of the sixth judicial district that will give Fremont county its own judge. The argument is advanced that extraordi- | nary demands upon the judge’s time in covering the Fremont, Natrona and Converse county courts clog up| the wheels of justice to the extent) that it is difficult for one man to! clean up the work. Dr. King’s ; t tit known remedy for half a century The influenza epidemic doubtless | regularly without thought of change. has been the stimulant to the agita-| — Sold by druggists since 1869. . An all- tion in that it became necessary to) importatt adjunct’ to “any family, adjourn trial céses set for theLander | medicine cabinet. # 60c'and $1.20. docket until the disease subsides. | Court will convene again there early in September and in the meantime ich did not require witnesses were settled. Sa te The Burden of Constipation is lifted, comfortably: but positively when you treat your bowels with Dr. King’s New Life Pills. The liver gets busy, digestion improves, the sickly, sallow skin is freed from bile. Get a bottle today—start the day right. 25c, Try a Tribune wautad. | OMSL DIM, The new feature will probably 2 a rush to the western part of Lance Creek field and land val- there will go soaring. However, well ofthe Ohio company on si 38 will be in shortly and is confidently expected to show a large production on the east end. Tremendous Flow of Gas at Lan Creek Followed by Oil from the Dakota Sands the tat Try Our Service Cor. Center and Linden Lance field has another oil well in the Dakota sands, accordi a vices from the field late 1, 45 The great gasser of the Buck Creek Oil company on Section 34 has been shut in and suddenly started in mak- ing oil along with the gas flow. This well is the largest gas well ever found in central Wyoming and the ordinary means of shutting in were not sufficient to hold the tre- mendous pressure which the well de- arrived a few days ago and with this SOOaLS , \ : , ‘ , , , \ , . . . , \ . . N ; R . . \ \ . \ . ose GEOLOGICAL WORK and Blue Prints, Surveying Wyoming Map end Blue Print Co., Crude Oil Testing a Specialty P. O. Box 325. Rm. 10, over Lyric Casper, Wyo. in the gas that has been roaring out for the past month from the well. The roar could easily be heard five! miles away and when closed in show-| ed no signs of diminishing. Yesterday the gate was opened a little and immediately the gas began to spout a little oil. The gate was again shut and the officials notified. At a second trial the oil came out at the first turn of the valve wheel and it looked as though the well is filling with the fluid. 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