Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1918, Page 4

weerae * fortune ar - would be a radical fall in the price KINNEY BUYS IN ROGK Mrs. Lucy O. Saunders, Foremost {bought a 320-acre lease in the Rock Woman Operator of the U.S. {Creek oil field in the southern part ie Infleeioa Vict ‘of the state. The deal was made by omriens ; Vive President Charles E. Orchard of ea the compan nd the land is all ented holdings, lying a2 half mile from the Ohio Oil Co’s. largest well. Guy Craig, the superintendent, of the Kinney, is now at Rock Creek getting work of drilling ed on the 160 acres t rst took up in the fic ‘land obtained thru the present deal | the Kinney now has 480 acres in the whole field. UNDERSTANDING REACHED IN LANDER OIL FIELD WICHITA F Tex.— (Spe- cial to the Tribune.) Mrs. Lucy O. Saunders died in her hom® in Kemp Court Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from Spanish Influenza. She was one of the fore: woman oil operators of America and had amassed a vast the varions oil operations and fields in which she was engaged 3orn in Bradford, Pa., in the heart iter of the United ame interested in the her youth. The south- attracted her and in the promotion busi- ied large blocks of stock ost ery comp she promoted. the Basi yur Lake, Tulsa The Producers and Refiners Oil and Burkburnett fields she promoted Co., has reached an agreement with some of the biggest and best con- the Western Exploration Co at Lan- ce which brought in wells that der and the two firms are now de- stand to this day as records for veloping the territory that was under speed in drilling and promptness in| litigation last year. paying dividends From all appearances the Produc- One of her most recent and most ers and Refiners and the Western Ex notable achievement was the placing ploration will do a lot of work in the of Sunshine Hill on the oil map o*! Lander oil fields this coming season Texas In this work she was one of and the management of the compa the principal stockholders of the nies state that they ¢ set to have Acme Oil Company and with E. M ‘oster of Mineanolis, put the projeci many strings of tools working in the {Lander and Sand Draw fields by spring. ~— WYOKOTA MOVING TWO RIES INTO LANDER FIELD, CLAIM The Wyokota Oil and Refining Co is moving two rig: Lander fields and has also ASINg Sor two”more wells. ted to -be about ready tc nore wells to increas so that the refinery Saunders is survived and a_ brother, by a John W. body will be shipped to Hous- interment, by Hines Under- PROTEGTION FROM SALE Or HUN PRODUGT INU. 9. The ¢ he war a severe blow to the potash industry which centers around Alliance, Nebr., thru momentary fear that there sander will as lon at nave plenty of crude to run it us it enlarges. nistered | The wells on the Wyo: property are about 2800 feet deep and the firm has a contract with the Wind River refinery for all the oil they can pro- duce. of the commodity, but that feeling = Soman rasa is reported to have been discarded FATT ACTS and th dustry has been renewed with « c¢ enermy, accord- ing to Secretary Fisher of the Al- IT liance Comme 1 Club, on a visit DEVELOP H to Wy! 1 The pota in the field lying just east of Alliance has grown) ‘The Hidden Dome country is again to be one of the really big industries |coming into the limelight. The Hid- of the central west. It is only three}den Dome Trust Co is preparing to, or four years since it was discovered | put down a well this winter in spit that potash in paying quantities could ,of the cold weather prevailing in the be extracted from the w oil fields of the Big Horn Basin prairie lake ing arounc The Hidden Dome has several wells and the discovery was utilized in the; drilled upon it but the are all construction of reduction works. t in the Wall Creeks and the | Since that first beginning Nebraska !kota sand is expected to hold oi]. The potash works have produced up to|Baker Oil Co is drilling a well on the date millions of dollars worth of the | structure 1d the Midw is rumor product, at the high prices that have |ed to be considering going in with a prevailed because of the war, which string of tools this month render to import this Pa ; commod 1 Germany, long the al C chief source of the supply for this . . t eountry. About one-quarter of the total Nebraska production remains big companies and 17 smaller one u and all of the big companies but one have plants in operation, while eight a ; of the small companies are producing The Tybo-Wyoming Oil Co., of Riv So large has the industry become that | CTte”, senien IB ACE UE Ee well enal 1uous efforts are now being ex-|0f the Pilot Butte development hi ext » have congress put up ba succeeded in getting the string o7 against importation of German pot- | t0ls lost out of the hole and is now ashe i : may be kept |202e& ahead with the work ee wroducers | The well is down 900 feet and ex Ba 3 Fea eae pects to reach the sand in a few day *protectiv ation. Any project-to | pees give it to m in any considerable measure, however, promise to meet] opr on from the agricultural in-| teres potash for fertilization, | that bein ue » principal use to which| ISTMAS DIVIDEND DECLARED BY WILLS s Oil Co has de-} nd in the The dividend} the first of the unt to five cents per who will participate in d the stockholders of 1 of December 1. | it GH Here's my wish! Lasts all winter six Money to loan on chattels. Secu- vity Loan Company, suite 302 O-S 3uild 2-tf ~~ : —— Casper Loan Office Will save mone; your Wardrobe Trunk, Hand and Suitcases : : Reliable 133 So. Center you on Phone 804-J, » more bushels of wheat Opr Wish for Your Christmas: Old but just as good as new, Just Merry Christmas Friends to You! The Casper Stationery Company C. H. MATHEWS WYOMING WAEAT GRUP oHOWo A GAIN IN YEAR 220,000 More Bushels to be Has vested in State in 1919; Tremendous Increase is Shown in Forecast Two hundred and twenty tk will be in Wyoming next year than th harvest r this year, according to estimates compiled by A. D. Cook of Douglas, field agent for the de- partment of agriculture The con- dition of the crop at the first of this month 97 per cent of normal, compared with 98 per cent of normal a year In the were planted during the fall State, 96,000 acres of wheat , Ss com- pared with 87,000 acres a year ago. The production for next year is in- i in Wyoming to be 2,204,000 Rye Crop Grows yomineg’s rye crop for next ge: so will show an increase over th Thirty thousand six hundred acres have been ptanted to compared 20,009 acre last y . an ine The condition the first of the pres- ent month was 96 per cent of normal, compared with 91 per cent last year. The nation’s yield in wheat and rye will also show corresponding in- creases. The total acreage in the United States, planted to wheat dur- of 2 per cent. ing the fall was 49,072,000 acres, compared with 01,000 acres last year, almost 16 per cent over last year’s acreage, 98.5 Per Cent Normal December 1, the condition of 98.5 per cent of nor. with per cent | production is-es 765,000,000 bushels, or 80,000,000 bushels more than “s fall cror rye em braces 6,820,000 as compared with 6,708,000 acres for last year, nd the condition on December 1 was | 89 per cent of normal, compared with | 84.1 per cent of normal a year ago. Ecce eres Liberty Borids wanted. Security Loan Company, Suite 302 O. S. Build- — GEOLOGICAL WORK Maps and Blue Prints, Surveying Wyoming Map and Blue Print Co., Crude Oil Testing a Specialty P. O. Box 325. Rm. 10, over Lyric Casper, Wyo. WE BUY LIBERTY BONDS WAR SAVINGS STAMPS We will pay the highest market on all issues of Liberty Bonds. Send Bonds Stamps and we War Savings or write us thru Bank. and to us direet will handle THE BOND EXCHANGE 401-P Ideal Bldg., Denver, Colo. Representatives wanted in every city PTITITILILLLL Laetitia It is a hummer, and all summer; 3 : : ° . : s : . : : : : THERE'S BIG WORK AHEAD (By United Prens) LONDON, Dee. 11. (By Mail.)— Railroad tunnels under the Straits of } Dover and Gibraltar are projected as part of English and European recon- struction. Plans already have been prepared. It is also proposed to construct a from Gibraltar along the northwestern coast of Africa to Da- kar, Cape Verde, or Bathurst. This, it is planned would make pos- sible steamboat connection with Bra- zil by which a traveler could make the journey from the Mediterranean to South America in five days. Con- nections from England and France would be almost as quick. railroad TODAY'S MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. Local Stocks | Bi Ask American ~~ Bie O84 Bessemer - 10 Big Bras 019 Big Five 019 Boston Wy % 18 Big Indian - a 22 | Center — - 008 Columbine = -12 Con, Royalty = -82 85 Casper Embar --- 00% 00% Elkhorn —- -50 53 Hecla — 003 -00% Jupiter — .04 -05 Kinney .53 .56 Mount. & Gulf__- 14 16 Northwest ~~~ 46 48 Outwest ~~ .03 04 Pathfinder 05 06 Premier -- 03 Ab Picardy --- m 10 12 Riverton Ref. ~~ 14 -16 Republic — 02 3 Shiloh ~~ — 013 -03 United Pet. .06 08 Western Expll. 80 BD ind Rvr._ Refg. 2 -24 T. Williams... 2.40 2.60 x 1.40 1.50 Wyo-Tex, --.--. 45 -50 WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET -$1.00Elk Basin —- 1.50Grass Creek - - 2.50Fossil - 1.50Lander Warm Springs — Salt Creek — Big Muddy Pilot Butte - We wish you all as many Joys as we have sat- isfied Customers And that takes in about every person in Casper Casper Grocertaria ABE KASSIS, Prop. ar Sandison Market Co. JAS. SANDISON, Prop. Phone 428 We wish you Midwest Hotel Piease come early. MAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. J, G. NICHOLAS, Prop. MVNA s. Novae see *. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918 ‘FIRE DESTROYS OIL TANK OF MOHAWK AT EMIGRANT The Mohawk well on the Emigrant Gap dome has met with considerable misfortune in the past few days. The tank containing the fuel oil caught fire from some unknown cause ast Saturday and burned, destroying the tank and contents. er tank and are now getting a new supply of oil out to drill in the well and the water has been shut off suc cessfully, only about a barrel a day coming in now instead of the 1,000 foarrels that were flowing from the hole a few days gao. NEW YORK, Dec. Rpread complaints by homecoming soldiers of exorbitant charges for service in Y. M, C. A. canteens over- seas will be referred to War De- partment for investigation, it was stated here today. New York Curb Midwest Refg. —_- Midwest Com, Midwest Pref. Merritt Glenrock Qi Cosden ~~~ Okmulgee ~ Sapulpa * Houston Oil _.-__ 00 Oklahoma P&R - ¢ 9.62 ere | New York Stock Exchange Stock: i Open Close; Mexican Pet. ---- 1673 167 | Texas Oil _-_- 186 186 | Sinclair Oil _--_- 334 33h Uns. steel 2 2-2 955 95 ss 8 | Liberty Bonds | Open Close Bas 99.20 99.30 93.10 93.00 96.90 id Will serve a Special Christmas Dinner from 5:30 to 8:00 p. m. a MERRY CHRIST- The mangement has erected anoth-| ith. The hole is on top of the sand| 24.—Wide-| QUESTION OF CAMTONS camiohs. (By United Press) | The French army alone has ; PARIS, Vee. 6. (By Mail.) —What|sands of big trucks, which not will becme of the thousands of mili-|carried supplies, but dashed ¢, tary automobiles and trucks now in} part of the front to another |France? is a question frequently bere Should these truet a jheard. It is possible, according to} ed to peaceful pursuits, rai} tee |some sources, that the French trans. | fic would be reduced grentiy It portation system may be practically | likely they will play a big par | revolutionized by use of the famous! work of reeonstruction, at Greetings We extend to you, to those of your fireside, and your associates, our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring | to you happiness and prosperity, and to all of us, lasting peace with honor. STYLE HEADQUARTERS Where Suriri:; @rand Cinttes are Sold A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our Friends and Patrons Satire tect The Henning Barber Shop Young Woman T ownsite In the Lusk Oil Field All Lots $100 each—$25.00 per month Rare opportunity for Rooming Houses, Restaurants. General store, Garage and Repair Shop, Amusement Hall, Laundry and many other lines of business. 1,000 shares of fully paid and non-assessable stock in the Young Woman Oil & Development Company given with each lot. No additional charge. For further information and folder call at Room 3, Mokler Bldg. Phone 467-W TAYLOR & CLAY, Inc. STOCKS AND BONDS Daily telegraphic quotations from New York, Denver, ana other markets over our private wires. Place the convenient facilities of our office at your dis posal to buy, sel lor obtain the best markets and up to the min- ute quotations. Information and quotations furnished upon request on Local Oils, New York Stocks, Liberty Bonds and other issues. Phone 203 Casper, Wyo. 212 Oil Exchange Bldg. Getting New Parts from the Factory is Very Unnecessary Don’t discard that Broken Casting, but bring it to us to be welded. We save you time and money. Welders and Brazers of Cast Iron, Steel, Aluminum, Bronzé tnd other metals. ALL WELDS GUARANTEED. OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING SHOP Across From Shockley’s. 118 S. 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