Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1920, Page 6

Somes a i Io DPENED BEFORE STATE BOARD (Continued from Page 1) Mayor Pelton, who was then Intro-| Governor Carey asserted. ‘ duced as the presiding officer for aa In selling the rights at this price the meeting, told 9f the importance of the, state would claim a one-eighth royalty housing questio all over the United|were the land ever drilled and found States. The question is one which) Productive and this would apply to the municipalities and corporations are con-| remainder of section 16. sidering everywhere, because the} There is no inclination on the part money to finance private building can-|% the board to. discriminate against not be found. bi chsates¥ 4 @s a big corporation, “The Standard Oil does not expect vernor ey asserted. Section 33 derive one dime of profit,” Mayor Pel,| 2 Salt Creck was leased to the Mid. ton declared. “The homes they will build will be sold at actual cost to the! employes and if the corporation does not intend to profit, certainly the state should not take that attitude. “The board may or may not be able to pick the top price,” the mayor said, adding that land in the vicinity .of! Lusk last year might have brought $1,500 an acre, whére now it would not bring one-fourth of that price. He added thet Wyoming sends much money abroad each year to take care of foreign children who have nothing to eat. Casper children have plenty to eat, but they must live in cellars, sheep wagons, tents, crowded apartments be- cause the price of land is prohibitive. This is the reason the Standard Oil wants to build homes and the reason also that the city wants playgrounds. The Standard knows that the relinble employe is the married man with his home here, and the city knows that it takes parks and playgrounds, amuse- ment advantages to make the content- ed citizen, At the joint Forum luncheon of the individuals, as a matter of fact. M. P. Wheeler, who was asked to give the business men’s ideas on the matter asserted that it is true that lots are selling at from $600 to $1,000 apiece on the outskirts of Casper, and that the only way to bring these prices down’ is to plat more lots farther away from the city. He mentioned that Casper can orily grow to the southeast or southwest unless the school section on the south is opened, or the Platte river bridged to the north, - “As a matter of fact,” he said, * Know of forty acres across the river which is being platted and which will be offered to the Standard if this Proposition does not go through.” Land ‘but a half mile west of the 40 acres in question sold last spring for $20 an acre, he asserted, which would seem to point to $1,500 as exorbitant. Other lands in that vicinity are vari- ously assessed at from $7.50 to $200 an acre. He pointed out that the development of the land along the plan laid down Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary| Would mean enormous incomes to the Clubt the Henning today, W. B. state. -It would increase the property Chaplin, secretary of state, who was| Valuation of the forty acres to a mil- the chief speaker for the land board,| 0m dollars to say nothing of the per- indicated that the ‘board would in ali] fon8) Property which would also be probability stick to te law and put up| “ernie Chamber of Commerce has a the school lands baat Public a | proposition to make to you which would Wednesday, as has m advertised, remove from you any onus you may f 9 den eet ae ‘geteeg 2 dat now exe fe ee eyes of the people and 8 - Carey.| any idea of profiteering. who was the first speaker, talked for| “Wwe ask nat you wiharkw the goc- but a few minutes, stating that the tion from the market and allow the board desires the best interests of Cas-| city through the Chamber of Commerce per, although its members must ‘per- to buy the entire 600 acres for $250 form their sworn duty. an acre. That you place any restric G. R. Hagens presented the needs of} tions you think necessary in the deed Casper and laid stress upon the good) so that the land which is suitable may which can be accomplished if some-|be/sold to home builders without prof- thihg can be done to loosen the grip it, and the balance used for park pur- which the land profiteer has upon the| Poses. This would place a value of throat of the otty, : $100 on the hill country which you R. M. Andrus for the Standard Refin: etek never ue able to set otherntes, lined the program for improve- am muth interested in the prob- Sener tare which will not be com-| lem of the boy in Casper. And I know pleted in three or four years. we can never overcome the criminal¢ The Standard desires to employ only} tendency BS the gang until we have married men, as they make the best Leas Playgrounds and _ supervised ¥ lay. workmen, he said. He told iret Tokai cbultiaat ce tis abate! tis the Sa has been accomplished at Whiting,| ter was explained by. Governoe. Carey Ind., where the company has never) had @ strike, who admitted naming $1,000 en acre as “We pay, high wages and we want a fair price in a talk with Standard Oil officials. our men well housed and contented," He expressed regret at the ght in he said. which he matter has matle him ap- R. S. Ellison of the Midwest gave a| pear to Casper people because of his strong talk in which he asked the land| pergonal interests here, and stated that board, if possible, to deviate from cus-) he had refused to sell his own land to tomary proceedure so that promoters) the Standard, suggesting instead the and profiteers may. not get hold of land adjacent to Casper for further exploite- purchase of school land. “If any person wants to buy a lot he tion of the man who wishes to own his homé here, can purchase it of the Carey company,” Governgr Carey said, “although we are “We have taken into full considera-| content to wait for the future develop. tion the way in which the land is to be used,” Governor Carey asserted, ment of the city. I do not think we have asked exorbitant prices for lots “and the addition of $100 to the price of alot séems a small part of an in- here since lots bought from us have sold for two and three times what we yestment for the working man which| #8ked within a short time. We have will be at least $6,000 or $7,000. given to this town whenever we havo The addition of $100 per acre for| been asked, for park and school sites, mineral rights, the governor justified | “> hy stating that only so gould title be given and the purchaser be protected from the prospector ,who might wish to drill ‘the land. Many people have wished to pur- chase school lands outright in all parts of the state, and unless the price were high, the board would not be justified in giving title to the Casper lands, INMCAAUAUOLSA CHRISTMAS SHOOT ALL: THIS WEEK ‘Tuurkeys, Pillow Tops, Baskets, Vases, Kewpies. A Prize for Everybody . ; Shogren. Shooting Gallery Just North of the Wyatt eo NTA RRR RRA West for a lower sum than was bid by} Why Not Give Books for Christmas? We have a complete line of books for everybody —children—boys—boys and girls—adults. We have everything in popular fiction and “best sellers.” : We have an unequaled selection of novelties which will make admirable gifts. Cigars, in boxes of 10, 25 and 90. Stationery-— Humidors—Ash Trays and stands. JOHNSTON’S MILWAUKEE CANDY . BIBLES MOCCASINS CHRISTMAS CARDS THE LITTLE BRICK 283 South Center Phone 1490 and sold the last two school sites for half price.’ Governor Carey quoted the law on school lands which states that the lands must be sold’at public auction for not lef than three-fourths of their ap- praised valuation and not less than $10 an ace, and mentioned also the ruling made hy a former board conside: mineral rights in public lends when ‘the value of such mineri! rights becam* known. ‘ ») He stated that the board was honest OTOP GAMBLING (Continued from Page 1.) r debigned to protect.farmers and in- in its opinion that $1,500 an acré was|structed Chairman Pardoney to make a fair price, and stated that this wou}! all efforts Possible to obtain action on bring the cost of the lot: about $300 |it before the Christmas recess. ~ or $375. Considering the fact that’ lots | farther from the -city are selling at mittee made two changes. Lemons were $1,000 apiece, he asserted that the price , added to the list. and an import duty of | yy; seemed tow enough to him. 1% cents a pound 'was established. The crue to the school fund from such 2/20 to 26 cents a gallon. transaction, Mr. Wheeler asserted. ——— Upon being questioned) by Governor (By United Press) Carey *s to the matter of a fair pricel WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Senate for the land, Mr. Wheeler asserted thut! Democrats will oppose efforts to jam the board ought to let Casper have it|through as an emergency measure the for the minimum of $10 an acre. tariff bill drawn up by the house ways It would be possible for the specula-;and means committee which virtually tor to make money on the 40 acres even! places embargoes on many commil- with the price as high as $4,000 an/ities. A decision to refuse assent to acre, but the man who ran the price| hasty action was reported by the Demo- up to that figure would probably find|cratic steering committee of the sen- himself boycotted, ‘ ate. Don Lobdell, speaking for the em- ployes of the Standard, told the, atti- tude of the men as he learns it through the industrial relations department. Some cannot understand why public land must be sold at a high figure. The first question of the ‘man hired here is ‘Where shall I live?” he said, and when he quits, if he has’ been unable to have a decent home, his opinion of the city and the state is expressed in no uncertain terms. lo a Ee, ‘ A New York physician with a large fd fashionable clientele declares that) a, large proportion of the ailments from which his women patiefits suffer is due to excessive automobile riding and con- sequent lack of exercike. Miss“Alice Balfour, youngest sister of the British foreign minister. is a. jus- tice of the peace of Scotland. been formed, and a nurses’ (Continued from Page One) ill probably be started. Miss Hena Redford, executive cal association. . factor in community life should be upon the membership list. The Young Matron’s Club has aided. the association materially in service Revenue of $11,000 a year would ac-|rate on peanut oi! was increased from \girls’ work in the West Central field, is expected in January. The Girl Reserves work for>the month was tke vresent- ing of the pageant on world fellow- ship in connection with the visit of. Mrs. Katherine Willard Eddy to the registry. of ‘The handicraft work which the girls haveon sale at the association, is most|4 attractive and much of it has been sold, c When the Standard made its indus- trial survey last yeur the answer of most men to the query as to what was needed to better living conditions here was for the most part “WMl the land- lord and shoot the profiteer.”’ The man at-the Stan@ard plant docs not want to live in a part of town threg or four miles from his work. He doer|% not want to depend on bus lines and suburban trains to get to work. He wants a home near his work, where he can know his neighbors andj live in comfort. “The Standard is here with a pay-| roll of a million, ready to go. What we want to know is whether Casper} is: going to take vare of ,us.”” Gov. Brooks, the next speaker, called upon Aw Baker, secretary of the land board, for the highest price pald for school lands and was told that six small lots in the vicinity of Rawlins were re- cently sold for $600, a price of about $600 an acre. i Gov. Brooks asserted that the pros- perity of Casper is thé prosperity of the entire state. That the immigration bu- reau of the state has never brought in st many citizens in a year as will be brought in by this one transaction. The state can only become more pros- petous by the addition of more people, and Caaper'’s welfare is that of the rést of the state. ne “Startling If True.” In England if a woman occupies a house with fifteen windows, she is elig-| fble for jury duty. pu Aiea co Ts SS A wife in India must live with her husband’s parents, if the husband is | absent. If the parents are «ead, the} uncle'or the brother of the husband, takes their place, TYPEWRITERS Sought, sold, rented, repaired Dealer hger p> ogee Cc. 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