Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1919, Page 6

AEPOAT READ AT: ANNUAL MEETING OA OWS DECLINE : IN FIRE LOSats, Total Picea at $20,0 by Secretary Scott in Re- port; Firemen’s Ball to Equip Gymnasium Fire losses in Casper for the year approximated 000 in 48 fires, according to the report of Sec- ry Scott submitted last at the annual meoting of the Casper Fire Department, at which time plans for the new ur came up for d cussion. The fire loss is materially lower than that of the preceding y when a total of over $100,000 w: reported, which included the burning of the Natrona Electric plant. The Firemen’s Annual ball will be held on the night of February 21, it was decided, and the proceeds will go into a fund used for the equipmem of the gymnasium in the new city hall. To this end additional efforts will be put forth to get the largest crowd since the inauguration of this annual function. The fire department closes the year With $21 50 worth of equipment on hand, including the new fire truck recently added. Other interesting in- formation is set forth in the repors of Secretary Scott, which reads i> part as follows: Report of Secretary, Casper Fire De. partment, 1918. “The department started the year with 16 active members on roll of volunteer firemen. During the said year we have elected ten applicant: as active members and during the same period four memb have been automatically dropped from the roll leaving us at the close of the year 1918 with 22 active members in the departme: Also during the evening. t. roll of paid firemen has been ed from two to five, which has given us a much more effective department as it allows the drivers to immediately respond to fire calls without being ru quired to wait until some of the vol- unteers can leave their work and run to the fire hall. The advantage of our present system I think is clearly shown in the very greatly decreased amount of damage which has been suffered by fire causes during the current year just closed. Again the! year of 1918 has been marked by an other much-needed and extremely valuable addition to it in the new American-La France Combination Truck, which gives us an equipment which few cities of ou can boast of owning. In brief, t ng a general survey of the year 1918, I feel that we can justly be proud of the progress the department has made, as well a in the record for almost a minimum momentary loss from fire in our city. In the great majority of the fire call. the fires have been extinguished without appreciable loss from fire, and very little damage to the property from water or chemicals used in ex- tinguishing the same. Thus I feel that I voice the sentiment of the en- y that the wr in the tire department when I year 1918 is our banne history of the department. “To the City Council of Casper we owe very much for the liberal way in whie ing us with the nece: the equipment and for and handle the they responded in furnish € additions to killed men to care and I fee, same, t every member of the department joins with me in this opportunity to express our .thanks, both as an or- as individual mem- s no day without its shadows, and no sunshine without its corresponding clouds so there have been, and are certain conditions and facts arise during the year with which T must deal and which does not meas ure up to the s ard heretofore set by the volunteer department in years gone by. By which reference I al lude to the falling off in fire attend ance of some few of our members I fear there is a growing tendenc since the addition of the paid me bers, for some of us to think whes the fire alarm blows in the dead hours of the night to roll over in bed ane take it for granted that the boys from the fire hall will handle the matter all right without our ance. This is one of the things we should drive from our thoughts and ever keep in mind that we owe the residents of Casper the same service as though the whole responsibility of the depart- ment rested on us individually. Our by-laws provide what our duties are while members of this department, and when we feel they are becoming too arderous or that our other duties will not permit our attention to both there is but one alterative, namely to resign from one or the other to the end that we may do justice to our- selves and our respective positions. These suggestions are made in a kind-) ly spirit and in the hopes that they will bear frui d be reflected in bet. ter attendance at the fires in the fu. ture than in the past several months. “The record of losses from fire during the year is light considering the number of calls and the extrem. difficulty in reaching some of the places of origin of fire. The heavi- est loss was probably that in the Shockley Garage, with the Wyominn Grocery Company and the Burkett Millinery Store close seconds. , tor, the last two cases the water anu smoke damage weg ps great or great- er than that ‘from the actual fire, n the first the principal damag: froin fire in automobiles on the third | floor of the garage.’ Even with these! losses the total loss from fire to Cas-| per during the: year would hardly; ch the sum of $20,000.00 which i very light compared with the recore) for some for the past years. Of only total losses suffered were in cases where the origin of the| fire was outside the fire protection of the city and the department was! penaute to use apparatus, of these, were three and all were total they were all residences in} cnibanin additions. | “The call for water appears to have | Whene Governoot Robert) D. been greater during the year in pro-! portion to the total number of calls than in several ye: heretofore; the sity arising in 16 of the recorded | fires during the year, at which fires! approximately 10,000 feet of hose was strung and at two of the fires used three and four nozzles. “Fires at which chemical only was used aggregated the total of 20, while fi t which both water and) chemical were used total six; and the number of false alarms or calls at! which no apparatus was used number ten, “With our added equipment and in- 1 number of paid members on| the re Department the loss from fire during the coming year should} be greatly decreased even below the | light 1 during the present year. | But we should each and every one of us keep constantly in mind thar the utmost efficiency can only be real- ized when we all stand alert at’ all times to respond to the call let it come in the day or the night as it may. The bo: who stand at the Fire Hall will respond and get the machinery on the ground before we do but we can always lend our aid/ when we do reach the seat of trou- ble. “The matter of an adequate fire ilarm system for Casper is one which should be given serious consideration | by the City Council during the com- ing year, but this is a matter too large to take up for extended comment in a report and I mention it merely thar we never forget the need of thi. important equipment of the Fire De- partment. “Now finally let us all start thy View year with the resolution that} we will make it the record year for h member so far as regular at- nce at fire calls is concerned, | cidently by so doing our best,| bring the losses from fire in our lit. tle city down to the minimum totals possible.” ee WILD LIFE OF JUNGLES GIVES COLOR TO GREAT — FILM FEATURE AT IRIS The many millions of film enthu- sts thruout the world who have been waiting for months to witness | the concluding chapters of ‘Tarzan of the Apes” on the screen will have their wishes gratified next week when “The Romance of Tarzan” will be released in first-run theaters thruout | the United States. This new production, dramatized from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ unusual story by Bess Meredyth and directed by Wilfred Lucas, is far and away | the most nov d exciting present- ment of the adventures of the amaz- ing ape-man that has yet been given to the screen, Beginning with sit the meeting of Tarzan and Jane Porter, his pre- stined mate, in the heart of the African jungles, whither the beautiful American girl has accompanied her father in pursuit of his scientific studies, the drama takes its followers on the most romantic and thrilling journey thru the land of make-be- lieve that the heart could desire. The same magnificent jungle scen- ery that gave a background of unique splendor to “Tarzan of the Apes’ is shown in many of the big scenes of “The Romance of Tarzan,” and hun- dreds of wild apes, leopards, lions, tigers, huge snakes and man-eating crocodiles add excitement and nov- elty to a number of incidents. Per- haps the most interesting of all Tar- zan's jungle friends, however, is Tan- the mammoth elephant of almost human intelligence, who rescues Tar- zan from a war party of infuriated cannibals and carries him in safety | to the seacoast. “The Romance of Tarzan” will be shown at the New Iris theater Mon- day and Tuesday. —_———_<- When a married woman congratu- lates a bride, she says:: will be as happy as I am.” ried woman always front and hopes no one will suspect, the real truth. See The Hugo-Williams Syndicate is one of the largest land holding com panies in the state, confining itself almost. entirely to shallow drilling territory in the vicinity of Caspe., —>—_—— A Tribune Want Ad Will Sell It, ae What He Wanted to Pass BUDGET SYSTEN | the legislative session. He would have | against the wall, was found the step. | | a series of public hearings, | become thoroly ¢ | company the budget with a statement ‘ning and end of each of the next two | within five days after the budget has! \was at Nancy. “I hope you Waried from 120 to 160 miles. A mar- favorable conditions flights of 20v/| makes a bold |HOME COOKIN On an American transport two days | out from New York: | First Sambo (who is really en:) joying the sea, to his dark com- panion, who has gone below)— | “Nigger! Come on up! We're pass- ing a ship!” | Voice from Below—‘“I don’t want, to see no ship, You jes’ call me when | In, we're passing a tree!””—Tit-Bits, ake: i } (LUSK: ‘AN PGKS CD FOR WYOMING (5 QUT THEATER 10 CAREY'S ADVIGF COMMIT SUICIDE Will Suggest Adoption of Business | 'Found Dead at End of Rope and! Project to, Combine State Sheep| opposed to it. Mystery Surrounds Tragedy, Discovered at Hour to Start Film Show | Carey LUSK, Wyoming, Jan. 11,—Ar-| delivers his first message to the leg-| thur Woods, a young man of 17, who islature the latter part of next week came to Lusk but a short time ago e will include in it a recommenda-| from Wichita, Kan., was found deaa tion that Wyoming go on the budget in the auditorium of the Strand the- basis; in other words, that the state, |ater here about 7:45 at night. When instead of dishing out its funds in| found he hung suspended by a smal. a more or less haphazard fashion | quarter-inch rope looped over one of every two years, consider the matter | the supporting beams near the ceiling carefully beforehand, and spend ii its | and tied in perfectly formed hangs-| wealth for only the things actually; man noose around his neck, his feev| | needed. {all but touching the floor. Directly Mr. Carey would have estimates for, behind was a chair which had evident- | all departments receiving state aid | ly been used by the boy to stand on} submitted two months in advance of | while adjusting the rope and leaning | Methods to Replace Haphazard Appropriations for State Administration | | these estimates run the gauntlet of | ladder used in looping the rope oven | and then! the beam. : he would have the governor and his About 7 o’clock last evening the} assistants make up an itemized ap-| operator went to the theater, as the propriation statement, based on all customary opening time is about 7:10 the information available, and turn it he found all the doors locked and im- | over to the legislature, The legisla- | mediately began to inquire for Woods ture would have the final say in the| who was employed by the manager matter, but its appropriation bills | as pianist and also acted as janitor, would not be passed until after both opening up the house and tending to the solons and the general public had | the transporting of films and adver- conversant with the | tising matter. Upon calling the resi-| dence, he found that Wood had left | about 2 o'clock in the afternoon and) said the governor to a newspaper ‘had not yet returned for supper, con- | representative. “Wyoming should | sequently, as no means was available have adopted it long ago. The next for obtaining entrance to the theater, | best thing is to waste no more time tre lock was broken and the operator and adopt it this year. went into the darkened hall and di- “No one should get the idea that! lrectly to the booth to turn on the such a plan would in any way curb the | lights, not a oe seine nen dan:| powers of the legislature,” he con- gling body, being late and in a hurry tinued. “That body would still make jto begin the show. However one poy the appropriations, bun” it would only | who followed the operator into tl e | do so after an intelligent statement | theater immediately discovered — the f facts and figures had been fur- lifeless form as soon as the lights - , |came on, and summoned Mr. Sharp- state’s needs. “I am strong for a budget system,” nished.”” yee, ry ley down from the booth, who, as In suring opiates under such | soon as he realized what had happen- aU sy een 5: ed, went at once for assistance and medical aid. ‘The hall was soon crowded with} | people, who had come expecting to} attend the show and it was necessary | for the police to disperse them and! keep station at the entrance. Phy- sicians pronounced the man dead and he was immediately taken to the un- | dertaking rooms, where a coroner’s inquest was held, the jury returning a verdict of suicide. Rey ing the Truth “De truth ain’t allus easy to git at,” said Uncle Eben. “A man kin sometimes say sumpin’ in half a min- ute dat he can’t explain in five years.” —Washington Star. a The Household Epicure “So you are going to let your cook go?” “Yes. Can’t afford to keep her. I don’t mind the salary, but her tastes | in food are out of my reach.”—Wash- ington Star. Sour Grapes Edith—“Jack told me I was so interesting and so beautiful.” Marie—“And yet you will trust yourself for life with a man who be- gins deceiving you even during his courtship.”—Toronto Telegram. $$$ EMBROIDERIES All kind of embroidery work done on the following: The revenues and expenditures of each of the two ap-/} propriation years next preceding; the current assets, liabilities, reserves and surplus or deficit of the state; the debts and funds of the state; has | itemized estimates of the condition} of the state treasury as of the begni- appropriation years; an itemized and complete balance sheet for the state at the close of the last fiscal year;; a general survey of the state’s finan- cial and natural resources. } The governor shall also submit to, the presiding officer of each house, | | copies of a tentative bills at the same! | time he submits his budget. The standing committees in charge | of appropriations in each house shall! |sit jointly while considering the! budget and their sessions shall begin} been submitted to the legislature. The legislature may increase or de- crease items in the budget bill as it! may deem in the interests of greater | economy and efficiency in the public; service, but neither house shall con-} sider further or special appropriations except in case of an emergency. The governor shall be the chief | budget officer of the state and shall employ competent assistants and such ‘necial help as he may require, He shall fix the compensation of such|to order. Phone 659R evenings. persons as he shall employ in this con-! 1-6-5t | nection. i | — = | g RETURNED LUSK PROPERTIES FOR | BOMB RAID SALE | Business Properties — The best located Garage or Auto re- pair shop site in Lusk, with resi- dence building on the ground; worth $2,500; size of lot, 76 by 83 feet; three fronts, $8,500. WITH INTEREST BY THE BRITISH IN LAST YEAR.) 5 at foe |] block to hotels, lot 60 by 150. A snap at $2,000. Another on the nain street adjoining the Public Library; new $60,000 Court House in same block; lot 90 by 125; $3,150. Residences—We have a num- ber of choice residences, sme furnished complete ready to move in, from $4,000 to $20,000. Lusk Residence Lots—Large 60-foot front lots from $200 and up. Restaurant doing the busi- ness in Lusk. Price on applica- tion; a snap for the right party. The above and many more bar- gains for sale by FAGAN & RUSSELL . O. Box 48 Phone 30 LUSK, WYOMING LONDON.—British air raids upon German towns and military objectives during the last 12 months of the war were nearly five times as numerous as the total number of air raids made by the Germans over Great Britai. during more than four years of war. This comparison is shown by official figures which disclose that from Oc tober 1917, until the signing of the armistice the British Royal Air Force made 709 bombing raids over Ger- “nan territory. In all, more than 660 tons of bombs were dropped on these faids. { The base of the Royal Air Force The average distance | covered by each squadron on a raia Under miles and more were made on many} raids. | ei | The Harvey. A WONDERFUL PERUNA mepicine Rundown and Unable to Work “I am pleased to recommend Perona as it was beneficial in reatering my health when I wag a down from overwo! ous worry and was unable to take up my regular work. A friend recommended Feruna and said he was sure that it would Stationary Fireman and M | sheep and livestock restore my strength. I soon found that I was getting better and in 8 Httle ever two months I was Bub to resumo my Ct part en Yiser and stre lember erxmer 323°. 8th Ave., leaves little una, United Tom hater tt it His letter 0} doubt of ‘Sr eppgnite ‘i wonderful Teedicine syste le Everywhere ren certaint fale to vitallze the For u or Tablet Form = hor thal have re ‘more ‘cattle! § exit VT ebtu: 4 +4 | Sheep en fre s today thi xsi } treats “a kn UT19 tni 1} | ever wer " thel ty and farther at- jelght mil e main’ erateriof 1 § | firm ‘that the business” is xrowing. jlauea has a depth of 600 feet, the | . | . Considering these | aii ol ims he Vent—the lava fire pit—be- | ranchimen eth i bees at dbout ithe center; pf { above: named cor fr eon of the crate! “in d having? a: * and a special ar e, ferehce of ¢o Preah | Ft be separate from’ éfthe? of ae 0 er | ne mile. ‘The great célumn* of va * BOARDS 1 Commission With Livestock Commissioners Discussed by Ranchers, Report Ranchmen and stock raisers. of Wyoming are discussing the advisa- bility of combining the state sheep commission and the state board of livestock commissioners, says the Wyoming State Tribune. At the same time that is done, it is being urged by many that a special brand office | be created, with a brand commis- sioner in charge, thus taking over the work of handling the brands in| the state from the board of live- stock commissioners. Despite the fact that there would still be two offices, | it is claimed by those who favor the plan that the combination of the commissioners, and the segregation of the brand office would be of great benefit to the state. At the same time it would materially reduce the work in the office of the secretary of the board of livestock commissioners, now issues and.records all brands. Brands in Wyoming are among the big things of the state, say some of the prominent ranchmen. Sheriffs all over the state act as brand in- spectors when cattle are being ship- ped. number of brand inspectors who work for the state, and who are sent to various large livestock shipping cent- ers to check up brands. Under the plan being formulated by the ranch- men, all these inspectors would work for the brand office and not for the state board of livestock commission- ers, Under the present system, confor sion sometimes arises when inquiries are received at the livestock com- mission’s office regarding the sheep and wool industry, and conversely, the sheep commission frequently is called upon for service about horses and cattle. There is much forwarding of mail back and forth, and all this, claim the advocates of a combined of- fice, could be avoided if all affairs relative to the livestock industry, in-| cluding sheep were handled from one office. The sheep commissioner would also be eliminated, altho this step is not looked upon with favor among the wool growers of Wyoming, Economies claimed for the combi- \nation are that the offices of the state sheep commission, now mains tained in the Citizens’ National bank building, instead of the state house, would be eliminated, and a brand office could be installed in the capitol building. A brand commissioner would have to be created by the leg- islature, but many urge the move as | a@ good one. A belief is growing in some parts | F of the state that the livestock busi- ness in Wyoming is almost a thing of the past, that farming and oil devel-! opent are crowding it out. This idea is scoffed by many hig ranchmen, who point out that there are lands in Wyo-| ming where there is no oil, an‘ where farming will not penetrate for per- haps generations. These men a!so de-' In addition to these, there are a, two, created. Sentiment is largely | within this pit rises from subterra~ {in favor of the step among the men|nean fprnares and subsides in ir- | who, have’ been interviewed! but it is| regular! movements.’ At rare: inter |said that there aye many who are yals the lava column rises above the mouth of the pit and. everfldws into ‘the main crater, sending great river. jof blazing molten rock whirling it |every direction, forming cascades and whirlpools. ee eee The Way They Work ‘CATARACTS OF LIQUID’ FIRE FALLIN LAVA LAKE), 2 soz Bro, \ — *'| quired the customer. ‘‘What I want HILO, Hawaii. (By Mail.) —The is one that will arouse the girl with- Igive Jaya lakes within the active tire| CUt\waking) the whole familly. es ny if “I don’t know of any such alarm- jpit of the voleano of Kilauca are ris- clock as that, madam,” said, the man jing rapidly, and tremendous torrents; behind the counter: “we keep. just of molten lava have been pouring} | the ordinary kind—the kind that will into the depths of the pit from vents} wake the whole family without dis- high up in the surrounding walls,; tFbing the girl.”—Ti Bits. eo Sees |Presenting the spectacle of cataracts|sayE— YOUR MONEY—Buy a meal of liquid fire several hundred fect!’ ticket at The Harvey. 'in width and almost 200 feet high. = The rise of the lava was forecast y Professor Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr.,| lin charge of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and is expected to di-| jminish. 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