Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1919, Page 4

OMOGT HOLDS UP OIL BILL ARIZONA LANDS Temporary Delay Results from |Holbrook Reports Large Acreage Refusal to Allow Signature of Tied up in Leases and Three Wells Drilling By JAMES F. O'BRIEN (Asst. Sec’y. Holbrook Chamber of Commerce.) ¢ HOLBROOK, A Feb. 8.—Con- but are fidence that the vicinity of Holbrook ed in oil cire e West,! will soon be proven one of the great » the provisions of the bill are} oil-producing centers of the United ctions raised to the proposed ing measure that it favors the Standard oil inte sainst the small and indeper ator have | y accepted to interests which} States—which confidence was born ibored unceasingly for reliet of the favorable reports of many since the beginning of oil develop-| geolo: of good standing that the ment on governgent land in Wyom-, formation and surface indications re ing. The time-worn question of sat | similar to those of the Pennsylvania, isfying all claimants naturally pre-| Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas fields sents i + the culmi n of been greatly increased during agreemer hat promise consider- the past two weeks. able me > of relief but it has beer ascertained that the great majority of oi] men are behind the bill. This increased contidence has fol- lowed the arrival here of several oil operators who have been unusually On Saturday Senator Smoot, of successful in the older oil fields, Utah, threw ht obst in the) well as in bringing in good produc way of speed er ion of the bik in what were at the time wild when he entered objections to a reso- | fields, lution introduced in the senate au That the principals are still se-/ thorizing Senator Pittman, of Neva:| oyying control of more. prospective da, to sign the name of Senator Phe-| gi) Jand is-one reason why they have Jan, of California, to the conference tittle to say at this time. They have report on the m¢ °f no desire to pay boom prices for ae had refused to s leases—and these particular gentle- men are offering no stock in their companies for sale to the public. C. S. Fertiz, a prominent capitalis ~\of Colorado Springs, was with Mr. five hot Pittman stor Ph y of Colorado. or 2 ri Fr eer ae oes Teens | Adams here for a few days, and is nine Pac eae heee ei snort said to have tied up considerable mea : ground which he wi ed by N soon develop. majority. Evidently Mr. Fertig intends to profit must be _ by nistake of judgment he made SHERIRAN-WYOMING 10 regarding the Wyoming field. %1= vat was the first man approached for financial assistance by Berne Hopkins DRILL h THIRD WELL when that young man was trying to raise a few dollars for th test well of the Midwest comp’ The Wyoming field was at that Oil com~ time in a less favoral ition than Maverick the Holbrook field to as it had not received the indorsement, of so many geologists and did not have three wells actually drilling. Mr. Fertiz considered it too long a shot nd turned Hopkins down. The lat- ter then interested Verner Z. Reed and O. R. Shoup, now governor of cently, and which h to be the biggest brought in in that or a eld in the county. As the new NILDCATS TEST | TODAY'S MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Room 212, Oil Local Stocks Ask American ~~ 03 Bessemer ~~~ 15 Big Bear - 08 Big Five — 02 Boston-Wyo. — .30 Big Indian 230 Center — 00% Columbine 230 Con. Royalty — 88 C03 50 008 05 71 00 33. -50 08 05 01 -10 74 800.00 36 Mountain & Gulf west Riverton Refg. - Republic Shiloh United P. Western Exp. —__ nd River Refg. -50 WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET 45 Warm Springs -. It Creek ~ Big Muddy - Pilot Butte $520 PURSE IS RECOVERED BY LUSK OIL MAN Wyo., 1.50 3.50 1.50 aims to the object of Diogenes’ search this week in the person of John A. Pratt or Ray who, on making a picked up a purse ash on a county no not the ow 1 scrap of paper to The find was 1 what is known Colorado—and the world knows of |# sed in a Douglas paper and J. the millions that have since been Hamilton, an old man of Lusk, made by them and others. able to prove the purse his prop- In addition to the favorable im. ¢TY, altho he had given it up as lost : BEE Sees pression of the oil pos *) Mr. Grass Creek Petroleum compan ' in p F another of Hol- WATERER| [ BISTRIGT AT brook’s resources which he is figuring Ta i on into later, _, Start a drilling campaign there ly y __The Adamana Oil company, which this summer. The locations of the KEMMERER 1 Ste TEST was the first to start drilling in this jeases have not been made. public. field, has put on a third shift, and Creek Petroleum is one of the from this time on there will be no } cessation of activiti night or day Feb. 10. until the oil sands are reached. geld Denia T damana well was cee Pufingburs, a well- east a h the in this city is i Eres being : pace hanee of the Hop Ce W has the contract for u nh H By Oil d .000 feet test well and Sees pees South site with st OR who wa - . t aT volovist for the United at they are Verde Copper Co. f aana The O} Co. has spudded : Se ato ie go in its its und south right on thru if nece y. Hplerp ols = hi ) es tle y. Y BR i N f } f rei abors in reaching: the oil sands. LEN | | The rig for the first well of the Holbrook Oil Co., of which Geo. D. Meikle jc former -over- nor of Nebraska, is now on the way to the site, two mile from the Hopi well. Drilling will begin very shortly * STANDARD O1L MAN SAYS GAG 1 RUNNING SHGAT war department th 10,000 «My t Po = 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 7.--A world ihe the petroleum, distriec! Shortage of gusolin s just around ie the rebels with arms the corner for the r-propell and ammunition, world, aecording to Mark L. Re The American Society of Automo- tive Engineers, in sesion here today, is considering this problem, put up , to it by Requa and his associates. J. E. Pogue, who been devoting, his attention, for the government, to . Wyo. "Feb has AES SEE ie SE Liagal Oil (conséevalionY tel gehen uledkesetell committed suicide by send. the engineers that but 50 per cent ee raoeaee ; of the petroleum produced in thi } Ae hi country is being utilized, that kero p daiaeethe sense burning engines, while a great aE aGTae help in conservation, will not solve the Havodncreasedahiaide sponde difficulty, id that} much higher prices for srasoline are ahead unless -——_ You Win! 1 who i n the crude oil burning engine comes y miles to the r no wn the man who is riding per hour in a flivver, be- man in the flivver thinks “T shuddered when Tom proposed.” cause the “Was he so awkward?” E t operators in the Grass Creek and Elk Basin fields of Wyoming. It controlled by the Midwest Refiv- ¢ company, . THE UNIVERSAL CAR“ Like the Ton Truck is a real ranch necessity, just as it is the necessity of manufacturer, contractor and mer- chant. money-saver right from the start. turning in a 46-foot circle; has 124-inch wheel base; the regu proven as economical in operation and maintenance as the Ford Touring Car. chassis is $550 f. o. b. Can make immediate de- liveries. EARL --$1.00, Elk Basin _ THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10,: 1919 “WOOL TO BRING 40 TO 1545 CENTS POUND’ SKTS SILT LAKE SFPRETIRY Wool growers will receive from 40 to 45 cents a pound for the coming spring clip, according to S. W. Mc- | Clure, secretary of the National ‘Woolgrowers’ Association who has ;just roturned to Salt Lake from | Washington. The prices,~according to Mr. Mc- |Clure. will be about 15 cents less {than for the last crop, but he says |conditions might have been worse. “The government has agreed to fix Exchange Bldg. ! New York Curb | Bia Midwest Refg. 143 Midwest Com. - if Midwest Pref. _ ithe Bostone warehouses, which is jequal to the British issue price, or Merritt the lowest price paid for wool in the Glenrock Oil jworld,” Mr. McClure said. ‘The Cosden 7,12 | #overnment has agreed to discontinue | Okmulgee _ i'g7 (these sales of July 1, if it has any Sapulpa Ee 7.37 7.2 | Wool remaining in order not to inter- | Houston Oil 22.2. 80.00 g1.00_fere with the sales of the season’s Oklahoma P&R 8.50 8.75 | Clip. esi, MAAS. BROOKS CONTINUES New York Stock Exchange ' | Stocks = over, om AS MEMBER OF BOARD OF Mexican Pet, -____ Texas Oil __ Sinclair Oil U. 8, Steel -2_-_- | * s @ | Liberty Bonds . Bibi 5 Mrs. Mary E. Brooks of Casper has Open Close been re-appointed to the board of - oais calec trustees of the University of Wyom- ing, Governor Robert D. Carey hav-- ing included her name among three others sent to the senate last week. Dr. E. W. Croft of Crowley, is a Ist 44s 2nd dis 94.94 06 93.96 94.08 | Timothy F. Burke of Cheyenne. Charles W. Morgareidge of Sheri- 1.85,;4an was named state fish commis- Grass Creek .- Fossil Lander contract, L@tamie. 1.25 ‘TOURISTS FROM AMERICA VISIT VERDUN FIELDS VERDUN, France, Feb. 9.— Scores of American tourists have visited Verdun recently, most of then: spending part of a day looking over the ruins of the,“city that was,” and passing to some other nearby town for the night. Many of these sight-seers have been individuals and delegations who came over in some nneetion with President Wilson’s —— ‘Seattle Officer | Tells of Trouble Collins Was Nearly Down and Out —-Gains 25 Pounds By Taking Tanlac “A medicine that will do as| much for suffering people as this Tan- | lac has done for me is certainly worth recommending to the public I can’t say too much for it,” John W. Collins, of 1214 F lumbia street, Seattle, while in a Bar. tell drug store, recently. Mr. Col- lins has, been a resident of Seattle for the past thirteen years, popular member of the po! on and is a ce force. | ven thousand French _ soldie “When I began taking Tanlac,” Mr; end a handful of American troops Colli continued, “I weighed only are quartered in the shell--shattered one hundred and fifty pounds and} city. No civilians have come back was in such a bad condition that 1) could not patrol my heat. But, 1 now weigh one hundred and seventy as the tremendous task of rehabilta- tion has not begun. Every Sunday morning the bells of the cathedral are rung but no services have yet been held within its bare walls. The bell tower is one of the few parts of the church which have not been shot away by German shells, GEOLOGICAL WORK Maps and Blue Prints, Surveying || Crude Oil Testing = Specialty Wyoming Map and Blue Print Co., P. O. Box 325. Rm. 10, over Lyric Casper, Wyo. pe Money to loan on cnattels. Secu- irity Loan Company, Suite 302 0.-S. Bldg. f regular Ford cars the Ford Model T One- about it proving a It is flexible, There is no question lar Ford motor with worm drive—and has IEEE REE The price of the truck Come in and let us talk it over. C. BOYLE, Agent _ 231-237 N. Center St. Phone 9 - ’ ,a minimum price on the wool now in, |new member of the board to succeed | |sioner to succeed John J. Lonihan of | * 1/35 /sioner to e' ol joniha: f 1 : five pounds—have gained. twenty-five , pounds-<and am ‘feeling fine. I have! had trouble with my stomnch for sev. | eral years. Nearly everything I| would ‘eat disagreed with me. My food would almost invariably sow jand keep me filled with gas and! misery’mGst all'the time. Then some-| time ago I had-a fall of about thirty feet which came near putting me out jof commission. On top of this I had an attack of grippe and I simply got to where I was just about down and ‘out. My whole body seemed full of | neuralgia and rheumatism and I ach- jed all over. Every joint in me ache and the pain in the left side of my back, over my kidneys was so se-! vere at times that I could hardly! stand it. Nothing did me any good} jand finally I just had to give up my/ position, stop working entirely and! do nothing but try to find relief. | |My sleep was very po |now ‘and have gotten rid of all th: or and I keptiThe Alcova Mefcantile Co. falling off in’ weight until’D got down to one hundred and fifty pounds. “Then) I got uneasy about my con- dition, went to Colorado and stayed «here for a while but never did get any better until I began taking Tai lac, and then I commenéed ‘climbi: right up. I have used six bottle:. aut neuralgia and rheumatism entirely and never feel an ache or a pain. My appetite is great and my~ stomaci, is in such a good shape that I can eat just anything I want without the least trouble afterwards. I now slec), like a log every night and am in splendid condition in every way. I'm agitation in the over-worked works goin back to work tomorrow, and I cheerfully recommend Tanlac_ to everybody.” ‘ Tanlac is sold in Casper by the Casper Pharmacy and in Alcova by dy Send for Special in SINGER SECURITI 15 Park Row | fhe Illinois Pipe Line | from the Lusk Oil Field to | Oil Field. The Families of these more. All lots $100.00 each, OUTWEST PETROLEUM BOUGHT—SOLD—QUOTED report. Write or wire us Your market wishes in this security IES CORPORATION New York City YoungWomanTownsite In the Lusk Oil Field Co. is building a pipe line Lusk. Thousands of men will be employed in the Lusk men will mean Thousands Young Woman is the natural place for them to live. An abundance of good water, Telephone, U. S. Postoffice, on the main highway, and many other ad- vantages, at- Young Woman. 1,000 shares of the capital stock of the Y. W. Oil & Dev. Co., with each lot. Send for folder and particulars write To the Young Woman Townsite Co., Room 3, Mokler Bldg. Phone 467-W Casper, Wyoming Poo Sor Sooo ee Paar Se tir sie eee sco ace Casper Addition. Price $13 party. is exceedingly well built kitchen. Nice kitchen cup expect to get this. FOR SALE Three room bungalow and lot in best part north This house just completed, never occupied, Keith Lumber Co. Phone 3 RC RRRRARARRR Ree ho efo- elo fo-afeo® ve os ‘° Noeteeiee Me s%e-o% OUP Oe, o cS shoes o 00. Terms to responsible Soto Me tee, and finished. Water in $ board. Act quick if you & % ro eSo-atees KO oe, o RD ‘ eet % oo, o, 5 ‘a> ‘. 4 é Light and Heavy Hauling. _ specialty. Baggage transferred. N . 15c AT THE CHILI 2 Back of Grand Central Bar. See Ben Transfer Co Stunley Overbaugh, Prop. QUICK AND SATISFACTORY SERVICE All kinds of Sandwiches at popular prices. Quick service, highest quality. by CLA PAAALAAAAEDML 2 O DX WHY WASTE TIME AND MONEY BUYING NEW PARTS? Ship or Bring Us Your Broken Castings or Parts to be Welded. 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