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i 7 METHODISTS OF CASPER GROSS GOAL IN JUN Local Centenary Fund of $15,000 Over-Subscribed; Church Here to Have Part in Recon- struction Work. npletion of ano’ ch circles when ie ribed their a en- nign is a rally, the alled for in the 000 church of $ missions, $40, 100,000 on war re part in the lat- sus Chat Amer in the war. erecte: iritual 1 points in} The French! ed this work | region, n won rer »s pride in the re. omplished in the late cam the greatest ever undertaken vo: church organization. The fethodist church, south, contribut m ti ed $40,000,000 on a quota of $ 000,000, the total subscribed member: sum of $150, . Walter| must grapple with a difficult hous- for 10,000 cots having been secured success |ing problem in preparing for the by the Toledan: 1 of} enormous crowd expected here to beds will be ready rvey | witness the heavyweight championship leaves only 1,000 “extra sets” for been over-| contest between Jess Willard and any emergencies which are bound to jing capacity estimated at about 50,- Lodging houses are preparing to do $40,000,000 will| 000 in the arena it is estimated that a land office business. mission work and} d a group of| fH. ¥.-CHICAGO AERIAL MAIL IN SIX HOURS aly 1.—Air mail York and Chi- agurated today with 2 e. The first plane lef 5 a. m., flew to Bel- ate of 123 miles sferred its mail to » which reached Cleve- a. m. in time to transfer regular Cleveland-to- ZO AES HOUSE TO PASS DRY BILL NEXT. MONDAY, CLAIM WASHINGTON, July 1 The house judiciary committee will meet Monday to report out a straight bill for the enforcement of war-time pro- hibition so as to stop the sale of two i cent beer. This was agr upon today ad decided to defer the ion of all prohibition legis- lation until next week. paders said the bill would ind sent to the senate, at said, two and three-quar- ee The best store in the best little city. west solicits, at reast, a share ur trade. We are the only strictly Cash Store in Casper. AT yooda must be paid for before leav- ing ovr store or on Geiivery. All are ed alike. Pay CASH and Pay We cater to quality as well us price. Groceries Meats and Hard ware. CASPER COMMERCIAL CO, Phone 10. t ‘accommodations in the hotels at a N N en ee een poe ill be on the mar- & N N N ‘ ase ‘300 CARS CARRYING LIQUOR ARE STOPPEDBY COLO. CONSTABULARY (By Associated Press.) DENVER, July 1.—Five hundred automobiles, 300 of which con- tained liquor, were stopped by the state constabulary between ghton, Colorado, and the Wyom ing-Colorado state line during the night and early today. Forty cases of liquor being brought into Colo- rado from Wyoming were seized. Owing to a lack of fac s drivers of the cars were allowed to procee d. ¢ FIGHT FANS SWARM IN OLED, HOUSING INADEQUATE = mu 200 VISITORS FROM il 1 §, EXPECTED TO ATTEND TOLEDO, O., June 28.—This city is being rented from Chicago, linen Probably 10,000 which; Jack Dempsey, July 4. With a seat- arise. Like many at least 60,009 visitors will be in other Americau cities, Toledo has out- Toledo the day of the bout. Of these grown its housing accommodations in bout one-third, or 20,000, are ex- the last few years due to tha great pected to be in the city over night. | industri growth, and rooming Toledo itself is a city of about quarters sre none too plentiful even | 300,000 population and even in nor- in normal times. Keepers of lodging mal times the hotel accommodations houses are planning to double up are inadequate. The city boasts of their regular guests to make room eleven hotels of 100 or more rooms! for the expected influx of visitors. capacity and ten more of fifty rooms or better. The two biggest hotels have been “sold out” for the last six weeks. Nearly all the other | larger hotels have reservations call- at results are | ing for their full capacity. The small- er hotels are filling more slowly, but, unquestionably will be occupied to} capacity long before July All the hotels plan to install extra| Toledo is within a short train dis- tance of many large cities and hun. dreds of persons will stop over night in these cities, coming to Toledo only in time for the contest. Hundreds perhaps thousands, of persons will stay all night in Ch ro, Detroit and ] Cleveland, all withm 2 few hours ride of Toledo. Pullman and steamer accommoda- tions cannot be counted upon. The United States Railroad Administra- tion has ruled that it ca mit the boxing contest to interfere with train movements vital to the demobilization of returning troops nonth or more, will be permitted to|/*™¢ has already cancelled permits occupy rooms alone. Other uests for many special trains which had l be obliged to share their rooms been Planned for the contest. Per- with as many persons as the man- sons who were plenning on anaking: agement sees fit to provide beds for. the trip on these special trains will Futimates place the total bedding therefore have to come to Toledo Aden eat a before the bout and will add to the) the crowd of visitors here. cots and beds in the rooms. A flat rate of $5 a bed, whether there are| alf a dozen beds in each room, h been established as the minimum. Only a few newspaper- men, who have been on the scene a discrepancy of 13,000 beds for number of persons expected toe spend the night of July 3 in Toledo. Ad Q. Thatcher, 2 Toledo sports- man, is the leader in the enterpri ! to Bray ine: sleeping accommodations + | eral associates have obtained leases on a number of vacant buildings in the downtown district and for the last month have been installing cots., The two largest of these buildin, the Terminal Building and a five _ story structure formerly occupied by (By Associated Press.) Toledo’s lergest department store, EL PASO, July 1.—A concentra- will provide room for 3,000 and 2,500 tion camp has been established at cots respectively, while others prob-. Liminez, Chihuahua, where Ameri- ably will have room for another 2,000 cans from Farral and the Parral beds. Jiminez district have gone for pro- Thatcher and his associates are in- tection from Villa bands, an Ameri- stalling cots formerly used in army can arriving today trom Parral de- cantonments. All bedding for the clared. All] Americans from Parral RESIROXALY sleeping accommodations have gone to this camp. Se ee All Loyal Moose Take Notice You are to be at Moose Hall Friday, July 4th at 10 NEAR JIMINEZ a. m. to participate in the Victory Parade. You can help to make this one of the biggest events ever held in Casper. Don’t forget white duck trousers. J. N. KRAUSS, Secretary. [LL i AMM Mi Mib de hb bLL LEA A MATINEE FIRST SHOW AT 7:30 THE HOUSE OF QUALITY PICTURES THE STATE e 2:30 & 4 P. M. TONIGHT ris Ga ey BEST VENTILAT- ED THEATER IN TODAY WALLACE REID ‘The Dub? A Drama of Unquestionable Excellence TOMORROW Madlaine Traverse “WHEN FATE DECIDES” A Story of the Pitfalls of a Loveless Marriage UL ee hh Lede Lhd ke ls (AMM TUTTE NMA ANU MONSTER CELEBRATION Important Notice ALL FRATERNAL, CIVIC, MILITARY AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO BE IN THE BIG VICTORY PARADE—EVERY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY OF NATRONA COUNTY IS REQUESTED TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE PARADE—PRIZES FOR THE BEST FLOATS. No auto allowed in parade unless decorated. Prizes for best appearing organization. Boy Scouts are asked to participate. All city, county officials and clergymen requested to lead the parade. Program: July 3rd Salute by firing squad, 10 a. m., Center and Second streets. Children’s parade, prizes, 10:30—form at Court House. Dedication of Central Square, 12 noon. 12 to 1:30 p. m., lunch. 20 to 3:00 p. m., Children’s games, prizes. Baseball 4:00 p. m. Wrestling, 7:30 p. m., for purse—high schoo! athletic grounds. Grounds will be electrically | July 4th Oscar Heistand, Marshal of the day. Salute by firing squad, 10:00 a. m. é eden parade 10:30 a. m. All participants reporting to Henry Brennan, chairman, at ity Hall. Auto races, 2:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. Baseball, 4:00 p. m. Boxing exhibition, time and place to be announced later. July 5th Salute by firing squad, 10:00 a. m. 10:30, Contests. Free-for-all 100-yard dash. Ladies’ race. Fat Men’s race. Bicycle race. Motorcycle race and others. 2:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m.—bucking contests and horse races. Baseball, 4:00 p. m. Wrestling at 8:30 p. m. Street concessions open all the time. During the week concessions can be obtained at the stand on Center street. ALL CONTESTANTS AND PARTICIPANTS PLEASE BE ON TIME. The Celebration Will Be Managed By the [ogee for the City