Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1919, Page 4

th um m pr e matcaice PAGE FOUR TODAY'S MARKETS BY WIRE | Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. Local Stocks ! Bia Ask | American ---.--- .023 03% Amalgamated Rity = .70 Bessemer ~------ 10 Burke Oil ~~~ Big Bear _- Jupiter | Kin eee Lusk Petroleum - Lusk Royalty -- Mountain & Gulf Pathfin Picardy Riverton 50 : WYOMING CRUD = OIL MARKET Warm Springs Salt Creek Big Muddy Pilot Butte DRILLING ON dd BEING HELD UP Loss of Gisneshee to Delay Com- pletion of Well Which Com, pares with Muddy Jinx who r raber the s es of development in the Big Those paralled between the famous “ well of the Merritt company in the former field terious “33” v field. Altho at » well, the one of section 3, is pected in be the end of the week at Lance ne hole and must be before future progress can be At present it is over 4,100 feet deep and the oil sands are believed to lie 150 feet deeper. Its Ss are de- r which is order of completion and nished before the expira- days. The well is lo- a of the Ohio ion 4 and d of watching with inten. on 3, on in 5 is found i for othe den of testi this time ture. the cks of com- kn that Car ownc us whic field are at present draw- é ‘CONSOLIDATED TO PAY 0 ‘OHIO OIL AND CURTIS REGULAR QUARTERLY = START THIRD WELL IN | | | | POISON SPIDER FIELD The Ohio Oil company and Frank G. Curtis operating on a 50-50 basis, are again active on the Poison Spider DIVIDEND, NO INCREASE | Maintainipg its record for divi-| |dend paying, directors of The Con-! Mosher 700 | Solidated Royalty Oil company, at a 1 awh is Teapot — 100 | zegular quarterly dividend, No. 6,\ sou: to be spudded in. They have 200 Club —- 450, | cti2: pericent to be! paid’ tol stock): oreaoa lgakerellat tiereralready Mon holders of record Aprii 15. After es- the northwest quarter of 12-33-83. | New York Curb tablishing a record from organization Th rel 1 aincloned 1 Midwest Refg. --. 164% 1653 jin September, they paid their first|,"os¢ Wes: 2180, disclosed severa en : ; nos i a3 }barrels of high-grade oil per day,| Midwest Com, --_ 1.62 1.68 dividend on January 15, 1918, the Houtuchootin ihene) winitercates Midwest Pref. 2.00 ‘officers of the company adopted a ra | Merritt Glenrock Oil - Cosd len Okmulgee Sapulpa Oklahoma P. & R. Wst. Sts. 0. & L. Island Oil have all of section 12 and the east} half of 11 in 33-83, which includes | the crest of the dome and the heart | of the field. Under the Dudley Oil | company decision, it is said, these! lands are patentable. | ronservative eight per cent dividend rate, two per cent being declared and paid quarterly. The consolidated | is the only one of the numerous junior oil companies which maintained 9. their dividend payments thruout the | 40.00 abnormal conditions which existed|, On the South Casper Creek dome | keine 8.25 during America’s participation in the | immediately northwest of the Poison | - New York Stock Exchange n Pet. 3. Oilpe= == -$1.00; Elk Basin — - 1.50; Grass Creek — - 1.50] Fossil — 1.50! Lander Spider dome, the Ohio Oil and the} great war. Feet 4 175 | Curtis interests rae again drilling. | Evidencing the strength of Con- Coen’ _alose solidated is the fact that each divi- qhe ion or sooauaioaine of ol| & Be “4 |dend necessitates an outlay of ,ap- as already been encountered in this | MWGREAGE IN CAPITAL OF NEW YORK Oil 10 “TEN MILLION ASSURED =; Increase of the capital stock of New York Oil to the $500,000 each, nd nounced for ‘* The ends, in the ne is ing, inian , or one $2 r 100 Virgini: company $10,000,000 stockholders to be held next Thursday, York Oil company will offer holders of the Virginian Oil! to exchange New York stock at the ratio of 5 New Y $1 shares. now but $500,000 par of York Oil issued and out- against properties of the mated value of $4,000,000 and more. stock New York Oil company also! future, to trade sed capital stock incre ?etroleum company - contract - 1.25 from dividi s of the par vaiue of $25 ady assured, as over 90 per cent of the » favor the se and none Salt Creek, Iron Creek proximately $60,000. With the pay-|° ms ey Sa | ment of the April dividend about| ct 3/00 acre et ne eee | $360,000 will have been paid to the) Casner Creek, where the structure is | stockholders of the company in the! ciety. dened | past eighteen months. ee 2 When questioned regarding the rumored increase in dividend rates MOHA WK WELL ie was flatly denied at the company’s, = DRILLING IN SLATE, REPORT | headquarters. “The management of Consolidated The Mohawk drillers are working at 2,650 feet, this depth having been has adopted a conservative diviend paying rate which will be maintained and will continue to do so feeling sure that conservatism in the matter will meet with the approval of all stock- holders of the company.” eS direct news from the well today. The LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA ounter at 2.600 feet not de- now penetrating a strata of shale! which, it was first thot, would be! encountered around the 2,200 foot) spend a few days on business level. = | nS _ enroute to Los Angeles to join x zs Mrs. Annie Hunter has opened a Mrs. Schulte, who has spent the|boarding and rooming house at 144 | winter on the coast. Mr. } Schulte Ny. Wolcott. Lunch from 11 to 1:30. plans to remain on the coast about prico 50 cents. Dinner from 5 to 7. | month, Price 75 cents. Special catering to transients. 4-3-6t Sa Buy It or Trade It. the store, left last night for Denver where he wil | E. J. Schulte, manager of Webel Commercial company ee Shve your money—eat at the Har- vey. are|*? EKER ER ERE AIK EIA IAL I AAAS AAAS ANAS ASIANS AAA AIA AAS NAGA. TIM HURLEY TRANSFER Phones—Office, 26-J; Res. 779-W. 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Place the converient 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, Wys. 212 Oil Exchange Bldg. M% Me tim coSeoiroteobeoioticteobiecotrs Me Me Soe eoegecgeg a | Y Roetoetos FOR SALE Three room bungalow and lot in best part north Casper Addition. Price $1800. Terms to responsible party. This house just completed, never occupied, is exceedingly well built and finished. Water in kitchen. Nice kitchen cupboard. Act quick if you expect to get this. Keith Lumber Co. Phone 3 .e, o, .o, So Po Me Me g ° ° o POPP rere Crerreo 3 MUSKRAT FIELD TO SEE sand which the company expected to | veloped, but instead the drill is just} | oS | HKEK AIA IA IAA IAI AS AAA AN A AI AS AIAN EAA AAI AAS IAS AS A_| FIRST TEST THIS YEAR Drilling will be in progress shortly in the Muskrat field near Shoshoni. The rig used by the Riverton-Wyom- ing syndicate in bringing in a water well on the Big Bend property has been purchased by Shéshoni interests and moved to the new location where a crew of men is now engaged in es- tablishing a camp and making prepa-j rations for the first test well. B WORLAND EXPECTS GIS FROM THE RODEN BOME Worland is financing a company of March 21, Chamber at 130 North Center street, with Mayor John F. Leeper presid- in ‘COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS —_ Casper, (Wyoming, April 3, 1919. 1919, at the Council ig. On roll call the following were present: Councilman Wm. Kockir. Councilman W. F. Dunn. Councilman T. A. Dean. Councilman M. L. Bishop. Councilman Perry A. Morris. C. M. Bryan, City Clerk. Absent: CouncilmanW. W. Keefe. This meeting called for the purpose hearing objections and remon- with the intention of securing a do- strances against the creation of mestic and commercial fuel gas sup- | Street improvement districts, known ply from the Hidden dome field,’ where the Ohio company has poten- tial production estimated at 75,000,- 000 cubic feet a day from six wells. | ——————.—_— CHENO ABANDONS WELL BUT STARTS ANOTHER 2 The rig of the Cheno Oil company is being moved to a new location on | ection 23-34-95, according to a Riv-, erton report, and they are prepared | to drill to a depth of 1,600 feet. No reason was given for abandoning work on the first well. GEOLOGICAL WORK Maps and Blue Prints, Surveying Crude Oil Testing a Specialty Wyoming Map end Blue Print Co., P. O. Box 325. Rm. 10, over Lyric W: A 6000 WAY. 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We furnish quotations on any stock listed on any List your stocks with us, we will get you the highest possible price. vice. exchange in the country. market letter. Phone 468 Casper, Wyoming & Company Instant ser- Ask for ouy 411 Oil Exchange Bldg. | | | | BROKERAGE HOUSE Incerporated CASPER, WYOMING Will Open Its Offices at An Early Date SPECIALISTS IN THE STOCKS OF THE New York Oil Co. Curtis Petroleum Co. Virginian Oil Company Salt Creek Producers Association yA “ as Grading District No. 1, Grading Pep pliae a ete gin ae de ct 3. The City Clerk reported that no or otherwise. There- upon the Mayor called for any verbal objections or remonstkances -to be made at this time, but no objections or remonstrances were made in writ- ing or before this City Council at this meeting or any other time. Thereupon it was moved by T. A. Dean, seconded by W. F. Dunn, that Grading District No. 1, Grading Dis- trict No. 2 and Grading District No. 3 be duly created and that the City Attorney be ‘instructed to draw the- necessary ordinances creating said districts. Am aye and nay vote be- ing called resulted: Perry A. Morris, aye. M. L. Bishop, aye. W. F. Dunn, aye. Wm. Kocher, aye. T. A. Dean, aye. Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion duly carried. This day being five days after the Special Municipal Election beld on March 29th, 1919, for the vot- ing of Water Bonds in the sum of two hundred sixty thousand dollars; Sewer Bonds in the sum of sixty thousand dollars; “and Fire Depart- ment Building bonds in the sum of forty-nine thousand dollars, and be- ing the day set by ordinance for the official canvassing of the votes of said special municipal election, the same was ordered made at this time. The following result was made known: Total vote cast, two hundred eighty (280.) For water bonds, two hyndred fifty-eight (258.) Against water bonds, twenty (20.) For sewerage bonds two hundred fifty-five (255.) Against Sewerage Bonds, twenty- two (22.) For Fire Department Building Bonds two hundred twenty-eight (228.) Against Fire Department Building Bonds forty-seven (47.) Thereupon the Mayor declared that all of said bonds issues bad duly carried and instructed the City At- torney to prepare the necessary pa- pers to proceed with the sale of said bonds at once. The question of laying a water line on North Center street from the Natrona County Court House to the connection with water line at or near the railroad tracks of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Rail- road company, which space is to be covered with paving in paving Dis- trict No. 7. The water committee re- ported that they had attempted to get bids from various plumbers for the laying of said water line and that the best bid they received was from W. F. Henning who agreed to lay said water line, dig trench and refill, furnishing all labor, lead and oakum, the City to furnish and string the pipe at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) per lineal foot. Moved by T. A. Dean, seconded by M. L. Bishop, that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to enter into a contract with W. F. Henning for the laying of said water line, the City to furnish all pipe and fittings and string the same along the line of” ditch, W. F. Henning to furnish all fabor, lead and oakum, to lay said pipe, digging and refilling the ditch, for the sum of one dollar ($1.00) per lineal foot. An aye and nay vote being called resulted: Perry A. Morris, aye. M. L. Bishop, aye. W. F. Dunn, aye. Wn. Kocher, aye, T. A. Dean, aye. Whereupon the Miayor declared said motion duly carried. The City Clerk reported that final settlement between the Security Bridge Co. and Utah Lock Joint Pipe Company had been made and that out of the $559.37 held by the City of Casper on the Sewer Contract with Security Bridge Co., there was due the Security Bridge Co. $378.08 and the Utah Lock Joint Pipe Co. $181.29. Moved by T. A. Dean, seconded by M. L. Bishop that the, Clerk be in- structed to draw the proper warrants to make final settlement of this ac- count. An aye and nay vote being called resulted: Perry A. Morris, aye. Wm. Kocher, aye. W. F. Dunn, aye. M. L. Bishop, aye. T. A. Dean, aye. Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion duly carried. Following bills presented. L, E. Blanchard, dump wagons, $350.00. Hine Desk & Furniture Co., 1st Est. on furniture, $517.55. ~ Moved by M. L. Bishop, seconded by Wm. Kocher, that the bills be al- lowed and warrants ordered drawn to cover same. An aye and nay vote being called resulted: Perry A. Morris, aye. M. L. Bishop, aye. W. F. Dunn, aye. ‘Wm. Kocher, aye. T. A. Dean, aye. Whereupon the mayor declared said motion duly carried. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. weak JOHN F. LEEPER, Mayor. Attest: t C. M. BRYAN, City Clerk. ——— Mrs, C. D. Roberts and son, Frank, will leave tonight for Cheyenne |where they will visit with relatives and friends for several days befor’ jcontinuing on an extended Racer jon the Pacifi¢ coast. They plan © remain awdy for about three mont