Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1918, Page 4

! EVGPSTETE an fy Can ee Ee STP ATIIEETTAATATT RELL IG LTA ALTA TE TLD ATLL cd en Hie ' 1 “DELp rer peayes HEUER EOE EE ero ies Opposition to Legislation Grows Out of Demand for AAWY RIGHTS NOT PROTECTED IN LEASING BILLS, SAYS SECRETARY |tist church Friday afternoon under Opening of the three-day institute! scheduled to begin at the First Bap | Unofficial Lists Also Place Num- ber of Cases at 11,386 to = SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1915 CANINE NUISANGE IS SUBJECT OF PROTEST, ~ POSTOFFICE Is HAVEN ’ HIGHER SALARY” FO TEACHERS | Present Low Scale Deplored by) | Commissioner of Education in Annual Report ' streets of Casper are becoming such |a pest as to call forth denunciation | trom citizens all over the tity, whose rest disturbed by the dogs. |J. O. Creager, in his annual report, A good dog is a pleasure to its | deplores the salaries paid to school - teachers of the state, and attributes| owner, but from the specimens which the shortage to this cause. From) 10am the streets of Casper it would figures compiled by him the average Seem that there are mighty few of | spend the night. The mongrel curs which infest the | State Commissioner of Education | Property -is being damaged or their) opens it and then slip snugty.ensconce themselves ¢ radiator where the: a When the taker of the building attempt: | them out they show fight a only a question of time vu | persén will be Litten by on: animals. $$$ | CULINARY WORKERS UNIO There will be a special me, | the craft on Saturday ey cembert “14 at 8 o'clock, in t | Hall. © care. S to put nd N, 843 | salary paid female elementary teach-| these. The Postoffice lobby has be- lron-Clad Guarantee that Interests of the | the direction of Dr. Thomas S. Young, | of Denver. was delayed until today as | |the result of the latter's tardy arn, | ers in this state is $529. Last year) Date>in Wyoming women high school teachers received a favorite roosting place for curs in the evening. They come these Public Shall Be Served First The charge that “few of the bills bearing upon withdrawal, the administration and -disposal of public lands containing oil and gas deposits have been introduced in congress,” and the warning that “any legislation which may be passed that does not recognize the navy’s rights and requirements would be fraught with great danger to our national welfare and defense” are incorporated in Secretary of the | val. Navy Daniel’s annual report made public this week and serve to explain | the opposition which Wyoming opera-| tors have encountered in their efforts to encourage the enaction of a leas-/ ing bill that would guarantee them a square deal in consideration of the risk involved. During the past year, according to the Secretary of the Interior, oil withdrawals in Wyoming aggregated some 160,835 acres of land and the Navy policy, as set forth by Secre- tary Daniels, indicates that other withdrawals are to Be expected from time to time. On June 30, 1918, which may be depended on successive- ly to supply the increased demands of the Navy and the possible shut-' ting off of the Mexican supply; to supply the entire naval requirements and release the former requirements |for military and commercial pur- poses; and finally, if necessary, to as- sist the commercial supply. With the possible exception of the Western | Osage, no other known or probable field, except naval Reserve No. 2, will fulfill this demand. Should Recognize Navy Rights “A large number of bills bearing the adminis- which marked the close of the fiscal | upon the withdrawal, nt ee ete ee |tration, and disposal of public lands | ¥ a Bal aes : h cawase ye 1 17 containing oil and gas deposits have ming, and during the year only beem introduced in Congress since the 4 ew of them e recognize the patent, embracing 9,500 acres, were Navy's rights or offered adequate ag £, the policy of the ee | protection to the oil deposits set aside | poe | for its lusive use and benefit. It) Department and the administration, | is most unfortunate tbat it ‘has not which has hates oe block | heen possible to separate general leg- tg ail efforts at oil legislation, is con-| i.jation for development of the public servation executed to a degree that domain from the so-called relief will safeguard the Pav el measures, but any legislation which | first of all, It is set forth in the fol-| ay be passed that does not recog- Dr. Young was compelled to.stop | During the empidemic of influenza off at Douglas on business matters in Wyoming, the disease with its and the train on which he expected te | complications, has caused 724 deaths, reach Casper Friday afternoon was|pecording to unofficipl figures several hours late. However, an ex-|gleaned from newspapers. To date cellent porgram will be carried om|there have been 11,386 cases of the today and tomorrow. | malady. - ——--—_———-|_ Sheridan county leads with the projects are now well under way;|preatest number of cases and attend- storage for 11,000,000 gallons is now | ant deaths, followed by Albany and completed, and approximately 30 per Laramie counties in order named: cent of the construction work has! Lincoln county comes at the end of been done on reservoirs and facili-| the list. ties for 37,000,000 gallons. While) Two homesteaders of the state, this is being done it is realized that|one in Johnson county and the other! jin Campbell, each living at least 20) the best storage, with the least waste, is in the ground. The use’of oil will! miles from other people, were sick imcrease. For radius of action, clean| with the disease. ships, and every other reason, the | neither one had come in contract with Navy must have oil. Its program of |the disease prior to their confine- construction is oil burners alone. | ment. Conservation in the use of oil on land; should be stressed so that there will be abundance of fuel oil for naval Store for good goods priced right. A and merchant ships. Wisdom foresight alike demand the preserva-| diamonds. Also a general line oi tion untouched of the naval reserves | watches, clocks. Jewelry repairing— and the setting aside or obtainiflg of |35 years’ experience in the jewelry other oil lands for an additional re-| business. J. H. WALTER, Jeweler, serve supply.” {141 W. First St. 12-214-7t TODAY'S MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. ered So far as known! Go to; the Popular Price Jewelry | Roggen, the Carter Oil Co. and the | and lot of new goods just arrived. some | erations: jan average salary of $876 and men stand at the door until some person i $1,075. He favors a raise of from |5-to 10 per cent as a war measure.) As an argument he declares coal miners of the state are compensated }more than superintendents of the | best city school and _ sheepherders | | with board provided free, draw more money than rural teachers. ee ee ee | Home Cooking—at The Harvey. pan TE a BOULDER’ COLO., FIELDS TO BE DRILLED AGAIN Colorado is due to have some oil) field activity. Near Boulder and at! Ohio are reported to be starting op-| The Ohio Oi! Co. which is a hig Tis Made is For That Sunday Dinner A’Pint, Quart or More of Delicious ICE CREAM | producer in Wyoming, and | “‘wild-catting” concern of the Stand- {ard Oil Co, of Ohio, is said to have taken leases upon a large acreage ‘near Boulder in a district’ entirely | separate from that which was oper- ated several years ago and which is | being exploited by the Keoughan- | Hurst Drilling Co. The Carter Oil) Co., which is a subsidiary of the | Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, has |taken leases in the Lost Creek dis || Casper Dairy and Ice Cream Co. Phone 471 i rar a ONT Siiay i aiverh Yer! cay Tayi ev) ative i rv in Casper We aT Bonar TGA | trict near Roggen, acting upon the |advice of geologists that the wall| creek sand, which underlies the Salt in| METROPOLITAN 5 TO 50c STORE T BE DONE Tomung, omerey from Secretary Dan-/nize the Navy's rights and require-| Local Stocks aay New York Curb | Creek and Big Muddy fields of Wyo-| iels’ report, of considerable interest | ts ld “be fraught with great st ~ Bia Ask |ming, extends under this area to oil men of this region: Teiser to he national welfare “and SEE ose = O22 02% | Midwest Reff. -_.119.00 119.5 l Colorado. “The war on sea and in the air, as | gafense. | Bessemer - - 10 -12, | Midwest, com. - 1.13 oe i Fs well as on land, has depended so)" «rhe Navy has been greatly handi-| Bis Bear ------» 017, .028 | Midwest, pref. - MEET pelles pepe Tadae way Sidon! Gale Open Every Evening Until Xmas much on transportation that it can be capped in the administration of the sig Five; % O19 0% Merritt -.- 23.50 | at The Harvey. : i " basic principle that no ; th: ‘tically | boston W - 19 21 | Glenirock 8:37 | apeane Pee onsciegh laid down as a P Pp. reserves by the fact that practically; ~~ i The Daily Trib hed seagate nation that does not control an ade- the entire area of Reserve No. 2 is} Big Indian A ee .26, | Cosden - 7.00 | 38 oe ra ri ae reached readers quate oil supply can successfully oovered by private claims, and in the| Center ~~ -00% .002 | Okmulgee 2.50 reser ai hwestern lines the same AE Ree maintain its forces in the field; the face of an asserted claim, no matter | Columbine 15 .20 | Sapulpa — 7.00 | ones tl mit is pringed, parrxing all IF IT CAN? Navy must be supplied with fuel oil | ;ow baseless, no steps canbe taken| Com. Royalty +- .82 Ba Houston Oil 77.00 e in $c news of the day hot and lubricants and the air forces with | 4y the Navy until these claims are| Casper Embar --_ © .003 ~ .008 | Oklahoma Pi& R_ 9.50, 9.62 | from the wire. ying ‘The Tribun mi gasoline and@ lubricating oil if oper- settled. . Th cletima-#for tho, ‘most Elkhorn —_ .60 62 | s tt ee your agent. eres one in your WE CA N DO > ations are to be successfully con- part are asserted notwithstanding the | Hecla - é -00% 004 | New York Stock Exchange \ciehed eKaT AIOE an ducted. r | provision of the Pickett Act of June Jupiter > 08s 048 Stocks | : E : : ARAI “The Nation and the Navy can) 25, 1910, and their determination Kinney — a .61 63 | oven ciste 1 CAN PROTECT YOUR Om, LAND. view with pride the work of our) should be left to the courts where| Mount. & Gulf-__ .14 16 | Westen Pet te 1685 ASSESSMEN'D ot ships, but our vessels, especially the| the cases are now pending, or the| Northwest - 46 Ad | Texas Wl.) 187 18/4 WORK . destroyers and other patrol craft en-| Swanson bill authorizing the Navy | Outwest -- Fi wet 04" | Sinclair Oil. 85E 88h | HUGO, BOX 924 | x gaged in anti-submarine warfare,| + take over all lands in the reserve| Pathfinder - +06 U. S. Steel 935 954 } r. : GASEER. % ote ae i , could not have proved so effective if) should be enacted Premier — .05 07 does: 7 5. PO? a SRP 12-10-12%*:)4 * they had not been equipped with oil-/ «as time pauses the integrity of | Picardy — Beri f a : ae. . Fe ee burning boilers or internal combus- the reserve is menaced more and| Riverton Ref. 14 STOR? / tion engines. Our most powerful more by the development of the ad-| Republic e302 Close Household, Goods, Piz ate. ff dreadnayghts are oil burners, as will jacent tracts, and unless the matter] Shiloh — =i LOSS 97.85 | Storage Hose co Buxtinton | A be the huge new battle cruisers. | js disposed of shortly it will become| United Pet. - 07 a TN cHastacon eet 2 i That the Navy may be justified in) to ask legislation permit-| Western Ex. -__ 82 93.16 A IRNITURE = |// “ i building oil-burning oe possess- | ting the Navy £6 | takaueuan a re-, Wind River Ref. 23 97.10 | AND UNDERTAKING CO. ! The demand for Taw furs this season’ ls ing such great military advantages, ,orve and to provide for adjustment| E. T. Williams--_ 2.40 95.90 | —— a 1 it ‘must be assured of an adequate) Gf" cigims by agreement or by the | Wyo-Kans --.-.- 1.40 96.06 3 greater than ever before and we would like the future supply of fuel. Oil supply was} rt With thi contingency in| Wyo-Tex. - 45° 50 4th 44s ___ 5.82 | " | oa r- * “4 Goce ctAve scat Strious Grime at ees Ce ee eit I WANT YOUR BRICK |} _ privilegeof figuring with you on your pelts and the war for European nations which) 4, already held hearings in order WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET WORK { f zi ‘ 1 & not possess ee. natgral re that information might be at hand} Warm Springs — -$1.00BIk Basin __ - ae | On Gortract or Percentage S- We have a ge contract for coyote peits this resource is not unlimited, and if’ sould developments require urgent Salt Creek —- 1.50Grass Creek - 1.85 Call for Estimate ‘ : 5 found in this country. Hpwever,| j ction. i 2 | Big Muddy _ _ 1.50Fossil —_ - contract | PETER *CLAUS! and -we guarantee to satisfy you on prices and the" present increase in consumption Economic Survey Made | Pilot Butte — 1.50Lander — 2126 |! =. | " : . : . continues it will not be many years «The Navy has proceeded with the | = | treatment if you will bring them in to us. ene $ be eer pik Track work of making an economic survey | ca Ra St Sx | é 4 A jo Just Claim to Rich Trac of the reserve, and much data have | 5 , ; ne Eaaere ny neces 4 ope been collected for the use of the De- Liberty Bonds Wanted Pv sa oronis Fig ae i W 0 Hide & Metal Co uture eLense, ie ‘esiden' 5e ic i secu- ue Frints, Surveyin, 5 Wake 3 | partment of Justice in the prosecu ying e aside naval deeper Spt ay 1| tion of the suits in court. A compre- ie Oe CASH—TOP NEG PAID Wyoming Map end Blue Print Co., and No. 2 in California an ° ©|hensive study has also been under- I 0 | Crude Oil Testin, Specialt; in Wyoming. While the value of re-| taken of the-drainage question as af- 3 ecurity Nai 3 F; P. @ Box 325. “oh 0 nae pee | 4 fi, MEALISTER, Manager serves No. 1 and No. 3 is, preblemat-| fecting Naval Reserve No. 2, and sur-| No. 4 Kimball Bldg. Phone 702 Caapaculiee: 525 West Second St. ical, reserve No, 2 is one of the rich-| vey of the crade oils produced from | ‘. - : , Wyo. | | CPOSSOCOCOCOCOOS: est tracts of oil land in the country) the lands of the naval reserves in| and offers a rich prize for those who | California has been completed and| aim to obtain lands worth many mil-| their commercial analyses obtained. | lions to which they have no just) Supplementary to work being done age. ; eas oll | in the field by the naval officers and| reat Increase in Use of Oil June 80, 1917, the Navy's consump- | visit the oil and shale reserves in or- tion of fuel oil was 2,079,580 bar=} der that I might be in closest possible rels, while for the fiscal year ending! touch with the situation. June 30, 1918, it had increased to 4,- Fuel Oil Shortage 600,000 barrels. For the same pe-| “During the past year contracts riods the consumption of gasoline was | aye been awarded for the construc-| 1,937,858 gallons and 11,600,000 gal- | tion at strategic points of reservoirs lons, respectively. Fuel oil consump-}to contzin 50,000,000 gallons of fuel 5 has Fa Pra wet oe | oil, at a cost of about $4,000,000. All 0. since e fiscal year 2 only 137,587 barrels were required, and still greater increase may be ex-) pected during the present year. Three Sources of Supply } “The Navy must depend on three, | sources for its future supply of oil! Bre | in peacu and in war: ‘ B “"irst The operating reserves) and the «nnawrcial supply, including | oi) Suen) Mexico during peace times. | CMY, “Seenia. An above-ground stor- | aoe Me age sufficient 4o tide over the greatly ; oot ITH increased tt:mands of the Navy and} Quick. the possible’ jjhutting off of the Mex- | ican supply,/ until underground stor- | ave van be o;yened up. | *"fhird. An underground storage , - There will be u social given by the | Caledonian Club of Casper in the club} rooms for all Scotch folk. whether} members of the club or not, all are | 7 invited to attend. Friday First, eight | %/ o'clock, P. M. December 13, 1918. | 12-11, 12. R. M. GRLY, ‘ cuaees President, | ite Suen Roe ae Liberty Bonds wanted. Security | Loan Company, Suite 302 0. 8. Build, mae. j DO YOUNG MEN - f ATRIMONY Pate) COMMIT ™ 2 a Pace? ~ P 4 | engineers in the field, I have had a} “During the fiscal year ending on yepresentative from the department | | | SOP IITISIISIISIIs ss: , TOIT OS IL IY SLT IS LL. BEST BOWL OF CHILIINTOWN & 15c AT THE CHILI KING LUNCH N Back of Grand Central Bar. All kinds of Sandwiches at popular prices. 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