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Br co ba se de sh ga un sh Pr sit Tr @ pr t ha ev ol wi pl th Wwe co ti¢ go mi ne we in, sil 53 ac m ~ TODAY'S MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. Local Stocks Bia Ask Amalgamated Rity 70 75 Atlas Crude Oil_- 70 75 Bessemer Burke Oi Big Bear - a Buck Creek Oil _ Big Five Boston Wyoming Big Indian Center Columbine Con. Royalty } i res 1.90 S Mountain & Gulf .57 Northwest ces Retain 2 Units. Mosher _-___ ---- $600 $700 Stanley-Green _ 100 125 Teapot __.- 96 100 200 Club - 406 450 New York Cars Midwest Refg.. --168.00 169.00 Midwest Com. - 1.62 1.68 1.93 2.12 32.60 34.25 6.50 6.62 9.75 9.87 2.25 2.50 Salt Creek Prod. 40.00 40.50 Sapulpa __ 8.00 8.25 Oklahoma P. R. 10.62 10.62 Wst. Sts. O. & L. 55.00 65.00 Island Oil _ 7.87 8.12 41.00 41.25 51.75 52.00 3 — 82.75 83.87 jew Yorle Steck Exchange Open Close Mexican Pet. -..187,00 185.87 Texas Oil ___ LABOR SHORTAGE IN LUSK FIELDS | Operators Face New Problem De- | spite Influx of Men Attend- ant Upon Oil Strike. | Lusk has brought many problems to lthe operators and other interests which have expended in a tremen- dous scale in the Lance Creek fields. When a skilled laborer is willing to work in any line he is given every in- | ducement to continue his occupation. Many stories of the shortage has been told but the most interesting one so far was related by an official of the }Leidecker Tool company. | Tuesday morning, a truck driver who has been with the Leidecker offices of the company at Lusk and | The shortage of skilled labor at RATIONAL PETE — OWORTH 3250 Producers Issue Puts Premium On $50.00 Stock. B. D. Townsend, president of the National Petroleum company Wyoming) has notified National Pe- troleum stockholders that their stock the basis of one share of National | Petroleum, par value $50 per share, ducers association, par value $25 per |share. | | National j ke! company for a long time, went to the | eek Producers. | pane i Frank G. Curtis and D. A. Curtis [eer Rectal announced his intention of quitting | financed the National Petroleum and i his job as soon as he could be fein closing the contract. that brought | ™ade without alcohol from the roots lieved. The man had been a faith-|about, the Salt Creek Producers as-/@nd barks of American forest trees, jful worker and was an expert truck- | sociation, they secured the provision °F his Irontie (iron tonic) tablets, \therein which the stockholders of the | Which can be obtained at most drng/ National Petroleum company may stores, or send 10c to Dr. Pierce 8) |Basis of Exchange for Salt Creek (of | copiously of hot lemonade. may now be traded for that of the | Jets, |Salt Creek Producers association on | and kidneys and carry off poisonous} for six shares of Salt Creek Pro-/two hours, with frequent drinks of This makes a $50 investment in| e Petroleum bring $250:50, c°vering and anxious to leave his; laccording to yesterday’s curb mar-|bed. ‘ 2 t of $41.75 per share for Salt tack of influenza or pneumonia the/ | ® N. Beagle, Norwood Johnston: lana Prank Mitchell of Pittsburg are ,in Casper on business connected with their oil holdings. (Ry Dr. L. W. Bowers.) Avoid crowds, coughs and cow- ards, but fear neither germs nor Germans! Keep the system in good order, take plenty of exercise in the fresh air and practice cleanliness. Remember a cleam mouth, a clean skin, and clean bowels are # pro- jtecting armour against disease. To keep the liver and bowels regular) and to carry away the poisons within, jit is best to take a vegetable pill jevery other day, made up of May- apple, aloes, jalap, and sugar-coated, to be had at most drug stores, known as Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel-! lets. If there is a sudden onset of! (what appears like a hard cold, one should go to bed, ‘wrap warm, teke a hot mustard foot-bath and driak If pain develops in head or back, ask the druggist for Anurie (anti-uric) tab- These will flush the bladder germs. To control the pains and aches take one Anuric tablet every {lemonade. The pneumonia appears} jin a most trecherous way, when the influenza victim is apparently re-} | Im recovering from a bad at-| [system should be built up with a tonic, such as Dr. Medical Discovery, for TInvalids’ Hotel, AL Buffalo, N. Y., trial pacake. di IDAY, APRIL 18, “W. M. Downing and J. B. Ross of Denver are in town looking over the oil fields. THE UNIVERSAL CAR The Ford Factory has not yet reach- ed normal production. It-will take some time, after being entirely given over to war work. We are getting a few cars right along, and suggest that you leave your order with us as soon as possible and we will deliver as soon as possible. Runabout, $500; Touring Car, $525; Coupe, $650; Sedan, $775; One Ton Truek Chassis, $550. These prices f. 0. b. Detroit. Don’t forget the service we given in our shops, genuine Ford Parts, Ford skill and Fora prices. EARL C. BOYLE Authorized Agent 231-237 N. Center Phone 9 est, = dg Sinclair Oi J 54.00 and ant i ee Retucinder Be U.8, Steel --__ 99.87 98.62 |tione made Rim had to roslons co Ree ‘Refg. 4 Liberty Bowas ‘the official asked, ‘What is your par-|now accept. United Pet. _ 10) | 2120 eae eee ses oe ticular dissatisfaction?” : The amount of stock divided among Western Explr. -_ 1.60 93.56 aise | “Ef am just tired of trucking” an-| the National Petroleum stockholders | d River Refg .20 95.46 95.46 |swered the man. This answer proved |totals a million and a half par of T. Williams -- 4.00 95.56 95.56 to be unsatisfactory to the official' the Salt Creek Producers epee -Kans 2.00 95.46 95.48 who was anxious to learn any defect | tion. j Wyo-Tex _- ed Zk 7 “ 93 50 in the company, for the benefit of} The New York Oil company lately | WYOMING : s |the workmen so he questioned further ‘divided $1,000,000 par of the Salt , Warm Springs Balt Creek Big Muddy Pilot Butte WIDE RANGE IN STOCK PRICES Casper Sells Burke for $1.25 While Denver Pays $1.40; Picardy Looks Up. 25 to 40 “With a range of from cents a re in quotations for favorite iss: in the La field and a gradual ine e in the firm bid on these stocks oils continued to soar Thursday, the et responding t of the well on section which aits the completion of facili- r handling the production be- ues with a few excep- to the domination of , Bessemer and Picardy only two to show an up- Following reports that rests would ain title to their land at Salt Creek the stock jumped to 17 cents bid after hanging around the 10 cent mark for sev months. Picardy jumped into de with brokers on a still hunt for stock and s at nine and 10 cents were recorded last night. Burke oil v at sales from $1.15 to $1 in Casper Thursday while Denver bid the stock as high as $1.60 with sales at $1.50. firm at $1.40 last night. roleum and Lusk Royalty, » offered in Casper at $1.75 late , following advance and 1 demand resulting from the ell, sold up to the $2.00 mark er. Buck Creek held up to level established the night & Gulf w wed recessions from a bid price of 58 vious to 1-Wyoming also was New York curb, losing cents bid. n Midwest common in New geregated 50,000 ari reday Gie shares, rock sales totalled 10,- 000 Midwest Refining 5,000 market in New York bservance of Good the closing of the ause of the open- e Victory » loan on bull movements will be lack- in the stock exchange and curb sts during the coming week, ROYALTY AND PRODUGERS | FILES INCORPORATION A fee of tary of q when th poration filed its incorporation ar-! y rn will have] Its ticles he new 100,000. tions will be a cap drillin rried on kk Sullivan, , M. L. Governor Caré Miliary of Cus y Thursday ; The price © 605 was paid the secre- torate Milton and T. A. ned E. C. ry public 1.85 1.80 25 ‘DISPUTE OVER URANIUM OXIDE MINE 1S SETTLED OUT OF COURT AT LUSK CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 18.— (Special.)\—The famous uranium oxide case, wherein the owner of a mine in Niobrara county sought to set aside another’s lease on the prop- erty, has been settled out of court. | Hearing in the matter was to hav ce Creek started before District Judge William | C. Mentzer in Cheyenne today, but , Wyoming }word came from Lusk that a settle-| ment had been reached. The terms fof the agreement were not learned here. The mine was worked years ago, with few results. More recently ‘uranium oxide in quantities said to be worth many thousands of dollars ; was found in the dump. The owner thereupon brought aetion to have the operator’s lease set aside on the srounds that the required amount of work had not been performed. ee Home Builders File Notice of Firm, Laramie Cc. have filed notice at Che that they have associated them- together for the purpose of nizing the Home Builders’ com- pany. The concern will have a capi- tal stock of $50,000 and will operate at Laramie, L836, |about wages and conditions, devel- | oping the fact only that the man was {well pleased with-his work and all {that but still he wanted to quit. ) “Alright, you can quit,” announced |the official, “but personally I would jlyike to know why you are going to | resign.” | “Welly I’ll tell you” announced the |dabbling in stocks since I came here with the Leidecker company. Yester- | day I sold out a heavy part of my in- [terests and received $50,000 for the | stock I sold, so I don’t care to work, jas a truck driver any longer.” | This answer apparently appeased ,teh official, for after. congratulating |the man on his good fortune, gave ‘thm the slip which meant release from the duties of a truck driver. TAYLOR & | ute quotations. 4 Information Local Oils, New York Stocks, Phone 203 | truck driver, “you know F have been | $4,175,000 STOCKS AND BONDS Daily telegraphic quotations from New York, Denver, ana other markets over our private wires. Place the conveuient facilities of our office at your dis posal to buy, sel lor obtain the best markets and up to the min- Casper, Wyo. Creek Producers association among its stockholders. At the rate of $41.75 per share, the total value of the Salt Creek Producers’ stock thus divided among | the followers of B. D. Townsend, Frank G. Curtis and D. A. Curtis, in \the New York Oil company and the National Petroleum Co., amounts to These divisions made among the stockholders as cap- ital assets. GEOLOGICAL WORK Maps aad Blue Prints, Surveying Crude Oil Testing a Specialty Wyoming Map and Bluse Print Co., P. O. Box 325. Rm. 10, over Lyric rv, Wyo. CLAY, Inc. and quotations furnished upon request on Liberty Bonds and other issucs. 212 Oil Exchange Bldg. Daily accurate quotations vice. exchange in the country. market letter. Phone 468 Casper, Dutton, Staley & Company Brokers markets, over private telegraph wires. We furnish quotations on any stock listed on any will get you the highest possible price. from New York and Denver Instant ser- List your stocks with us, we Ask for: our 411 Oil Exchange Bldg. Wyommg n | THIRD & WOLCOTT b NEW YORK OIL CO. CAPITALIZATION, $10,000,000 ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING, $500,000 LOWEST ESTIMATE OF PRESENT HOLDINGS, $4,000,000 PAR VALUE, $25.00 PER SHARE. INTRINSIC VALUE - NOW IS AT LEAST EIGHT FOR ONE. PRESENT PRICE, $50 PER SHARE. It will not be sold for fess than $60 per share after May ZOth. The price is subject to inerease without notice before May 20th. It will not be sold fof less than $100 per share after the passage of a leasing bill or other relief measure, affecting its lands on SALT CREEK, IRON CREEK, Of MOUNTAIN, POISON SPIDER, SOUTH CASPER CREEK, PINE MOUNTAIN, HAMILTON DOME, Etc. THIS IS THE FIRST STOCK THAT HAS BEEN SOLD FROM THE TREASURY SINCE 1916. New York Qil has paid its original investors more than 2,000 per cent including the present value of the stock. THE PROCEEDS from sales of stock will be used toward building a fuei gas line from Iron Creek to Casper; and a GASOLINE EXTRACTION PLANT designed to be ready to opefate coincidently with completion of the gas linc. LESTER BROKERAGE HOUSE, Inc. STS. E zs = ST a TET CASPER, WYOMING were | Double Breasted ©a.v.20. 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