Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1921, Page 8

ose PAGE EICH EIGHT MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS PRODUCTION CURTAILMENT ASKED pests Cini of Mid-Continent. Field’ Are! Warmed of Probable Cut in Prices Due to Lir sened Demand If Runs Hold Up | Word is being sent out to all the oil producers of tie Mid- Conti-| nent oil fields io curtail production or another drop in the oil market will be made. The present market is overstocked with high-priced oil in the tank farms of the refining companies and the demand fot oil products is far below the present output. The refineries are over stoc ked eal in the high-grade lubricants, “PLATEAU GETS DIL SHOWINGS, the: require equip compe are familier witir réperted as being but .the fore; of refinery p' up the stocks hb! try it is thought. | are running short of | '§ are even now com- et wil roN cle n tt 2 and Europe nd ord for this oil, s in good demand beca product being used so extens |Important Discovery Made in Test Near Steamboat Springs, | | Colorado | fh the automobile trade but were the — <iemand for gasoline to ti ite} The Plateau Oil com y struck a present status without a similar de-| showing of oil in Rout minty, Cole: mand being made for the other refined * Steamboat Springs, in the products, the ° of gasoline will have and. This is a light grade td be advanced f a will then fin base. have to carry the t of refining the he strike is not expected to become | products that cannot be sold jan important one in the Wall Creeic This condition of overstocked mar-| horizons’ in that region but it gives} kets will affect Wyoming oil oper promise that the Dakota formations ly- | among the last, 1 | ing under the Wall Creeks may prove with conditions here affecting the field! to be voirs of oil. work as in no other oil field of this] "This strike was ma yesterday country, the oil men of Wyoming often | morning and the Wall Creek sand came complain that the price of crude in about 500 feet. This location is on much lower than the prices paid for|what is known as the Chimney eastern oils but at the same time we| dome and was discovered by ( do not have the fluctuations in pricos| Lupton of the' Plateau. that the ¢ men in the*east bave to con Below the Wall Cree sand about 100 tend with and also. we are the last to) fe lies the Dakota sand, one that is} fe)! any effect c ht about such | generally found to be oil bearing H condition s present exists In the | over the Northwest, below the Dakot east and Mid-Continent oil fields. about 60 f is the kota and then comes the (Muddy, both of the latter sands are oil producing in different parts of the Wyoming fields and should be found productive in Colorado also. STANDARD WILL PUT COMPANY IN FEELD. among the active firms in the Wyot eth : conceded to be one of} tenacity than either of the other as-} oil fi this new company will Dest sn 8 in this region for phaits. In actual tests made here a few Hrarigh OC ther Btandina: Diionibal holding oil. However this sand has |days ago, the Wyoming product sup- Indiana and it will take over the oper-|2¢Ver been found productive to date | ported almost an ounce more weight in iting end of the business for the Mid-| 224 8® far the geologists have never! the tenacity’ test and a quarter pound west and Standard and thus reliove the| Deen able to satisfactorily account for| more weight in the penetration test present management of the field work: | tHe absence of oil in this sand when} than the asphalts from other states. sade freadieline nd’ conti bri crude is found above and below this! Besides the true asphalt that the horion. Midwest is able to manufacture here, | Sun Representative Here, the sludge pits have also been shown W. 5. of the Sun Oil com:| to-contain excellent material for road P the thteres ducted with the mixture of sludges and | Sun Oil company is or certain The net result of the independent. oil companies |sludge tests that were carried on for 4 country yet it has never come more than a year shows that the alkali into the Wyoming off fcldas to date in these shales neutralizes the acid con Dickey 4s reported to be looking ‘oye tent of the sludge and makes a water. some leases here and the company may [Proof covering whén placed on an or- eome into the game here yet !dinary highway or road. This covering | Asphalt Madectromy from Wyoming Oil) Gives Satisfaction in Test for Roads The new stretch of asphalt pavement ANE UN \from the Yellowstone highway back of the Midw filling station at the re » is giving excellent satisfac: Mr cracking appeared at first] Second Pump pStation Planned for . Winter Delivery of Oil from Rock Creek Line TI 1ois. Pip! company having trouble with the Rock Rive from field to Laramie, a viscosity of ees above zero 4 causes the oil to | waxy litery When the weathi cold. When the oil is in this condition the the it is very it throug pumps line and are to shov in v Maly heavy cold pumy by creatin break somet! too pressures on lin In order to condition the lilinols Pipe is makings plans to build pump statioa it half wa line between; River and Laramie. This new ill take just half the load off th: pr pump station at Rock Ris and in this way the line will be m to carry the oil without trouble. | cause of the shutdown occasioned Devs traced weather the. on tromvthe| Rock River fleld had to be shippe | tank cars for the time being and al 1 part of the shipments were ser |. n Utah to the Utah Oi) and ing company for treatment there ‘ORY OF BAL- N RROW SCAPE—S, A. clerk in the Hudson Bay| 's post at Moose Factory, Ont., at ‘1 jwho was the first white man to emerge 1-19-11" |ftom the frozen wilderness after hav- * jing helped succor the three Wee Ads bring results, [States naval balloonists. Utah plant tion has to run its hardly plant any on oll produe rdition San Wednesday co o, Messe aSoate che sho-ofe-so-ale- ae eteate etek ote orge-egeefo-afe- ete eke afoeke aoe oe nt se b3 cx $ WANTED. | 3 Re De & ee & >< & > < KA + "o-4 oe, o, Clean Cotton Rags at Tribune Office so-4go-efe + iM + 0450-4, '? 1% . K2 o4, iM O KA +, ete, RO ‘e ‘3 Pd ne ~~ $ 5c PER POUND + x k3 | 4 > “ ‘ | ie | 2s | +, te Me % Mo! rt <Seete theese eho aSo-ate-sSe sheet sho che ete eho steatestess Se efefongoateats -dsoeteefee! Today’s Markets by Wire . Furnished by Taylor & Clay Ground Floor Oil Exchange Bldg., Phones 20 i | LOCAL OIL STOCKS 26 #29 | Bid Ask 11 4 - on j Amalgamated Royalty ---- -13 “16 | NEW ORE CURB ‘CLOSING LEGION MEMBERSHIP Americar ----------—---- 0% 01 DOUBLES IN YEAR _ Atlas 01 02 | Midwest Bicihine su2--- berg 00 in 00, The American Legion entered the year ~ .33 .37/ Midwest Com. -------. 1.00 1.60| 1921 with twice as many members and EE .40| Midwest Pref. ~~---. 1.00 .00| 3.417 more posts than it had January 1, - -88 92| Merritt -. 12.75] 1920, according to official records at Boston V - 1.00 Glenrock Oil . o> 2.12| National Headquarters, In even greater Buck Creek - ~ 26 Salt Creek , 28.c0| ratio was the gain of the Women’s Aux- \ Burke --- - A 17 | Western States --. .50| iliary, which started the year with fifty Black Tail oh OE .02| Prod. & Refrs. 5.25| units and 6,000 members and finished Capitol Pete - Ol .03! Cosden -. 6.50] with 1,695 units and a tota’ of approx- Columbine - 41 46] Ble Basin 8.25 + 8.60} imately 200,000 members. Consolidated Roya 1,28 1732) Alien | 222-221 a_.. BT 1.12] - The unusual inerease in Legion posts Casper Range 01 02 | Okmulgee 26 .37 | was characteristic of every state depurt- ow Gulch - 106 .09| Cities Ser. Com ex div 245,00 260.00] ment. and likewise In the overseas de- Domino 07 .09| S, O. Indiana --_---_-__ 72.60 - 73.50 Pera mate there ue avrareaie aikhor’ | NEW STOCKS small chances for expansiah. Now posts iD. Wil oie ioe Cie mee Open Close | Were formed in the’ following foreign 3.00} Mexican Petroleum ---- 161.50 | 161.00] countries. Argentine Republic, 1; Bel- “ 55/ Sinclair Ol} ~ '50| sium, 4; Chile, 1; Guatemale, 1; Japan, jreat Western Petroler 208| Texas Oil 43.62| 2; Poland, 2: Samoa, 1; Santo Domingo, Hutton Lake .06| Pan AméFics 75.37 | 2; and Peru, 4. 04 Tom Bell Re 02) Wyo.-Kans. 2.00 Wyo-Tex -.- Cander -..--..-.. on this stretch of road shontly after it was laid but this is caused rather in} + the method of putting the asphalt down than in the material itself and the new paving material is showing up very! well. It seems that the Wyoming oils produce an asphalt that is t than the common run of asphalts fro the Texas and California oils in t through its propensity to shed water, keeps the road dry and thus prevents any tendency to mud qand cut into ruts, AMERICA WILL | NEVER BE DRY, JOHNSON SAYS SEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The United » according (o (Pussyfoot) Johnson, who has returned from England. He a Ireland, Wales and E dry but not the U: nite use it is impossible to “legisla te the ten commandments into the people. H Burke Sinclair is in Denver at- the Midwest Refining company. ary IN IRIS ORCHESTRA CHILDREN! Oty First 448 — Fourth 44s Victory 4%s - WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET Rock Creek --------.--.. Salt Creek ------...--—. Big Muddy -..-.. Pilot Butte ~.-.-.--....-.--+--.--= Hamilton Dome ------_/_---.---. Mule Creek | ‘One of the latest season frocks is this one in figured organdy. The skirt three flounces and is by a simple kimono blouse tucked at the underarm seams for purposes of abbreviation. For purposes of ac- centuation there are black satin but- tons over the little plaits and about the neck and sleeves, requires 54 ‘Pictorial Review Blouse No. 8957. Sizes, 34 to 44 inches bust. Price, 25 cents. 84 inches waist, tending to’ business in the interests of | Position with the ment of the Midwest Refining compan Miss ith th TODAY &, TOMORROW MABLE NORMAND “What Happened to Rosa” She Fell Down a Coal Hole and Came Up— a Bride! A Recklessly Funny Comedy Also “Get Rich Quick Edgar,” A Booth Tarkington Comedy and Scenic Shows at — 1:00, 2: 00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:30, Every Day There’s a Treat Coming for You at the Iris, ‘Watch Our Ads. 8. Steel 82.87 Jupiter - Kinney ‘24| Unfon Pagifie RR —- 119.00 ‘Lance Creek Royalty - 209 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE Lusk Koyalty 09) sterling Lusk Petroleum —-—------~ Dl arciriee ike ..enry 09 | | Mike ~.enry — s | Marks Mountain & Gulf - Ys 86! - 83 Lire - Northwest 33! Galt money — Outwest zi 202 | Picardy 3 09} Riverton Refining s 109 | 34s -- ty & Producers - .27| First 48 r Sunset --~ 08 = 87.20 87.88 87.62 90.54 eek 97.22 nd 44s 1448 =~ - 82. ann-= 2.75 6 Daily Fashion Hint . x 6954 e962 ATTRACTIVELY SIMPLé, types of mid- Is composed of accompanied e Medium size yards 364nch material. Skirt No, 8962. Sizes, 24 to Price, 30 cents, purchasing depar: Runden formerly connected ockmen's National ban’ ADMISSION 30c It’s Free. Prospects Yor further growth of both 119.50 | Organizations are bright. in that mem- bership chmpaign started with the New Year in many states. Legion departments, in regard to mem- bership, are; New York, ,Iinois, Penn- sylvania, Iowa, Ohio and Minnesota. ‘The list of Auxiliary units is headed by Massachusetts, followed by Minne- ota, Minois and New York. IGHT FOR RETURN ¥ DED COMRADE Believing that a veteran of the world War has a right to return to his own country, George S, Steward, chairman of the ¢ Americanism Commission in Philadelphia of the American Legion, will champion the cause of Demétrius Robos, who is being detained at Ellis France, who has been refused admis- sion to. the United States because of | failure to pass the literacy test. Rohois, who is being detained at Bilis Island, was in Philadelphia when he en- tered the servi: the 315th Infantry. On recovering from his wounds after the armistice, Robos ‘was honorably discharged and went to Albania to visit his aged parents. It was when he attempted to return to his *jAapted country that immigration au- thorities denied him permission ito en- ler, “If the government saw fit to draft this man and send him to France where he was wounded privilege of citizenship in this country, if there are no other reasons for his etention, besides that given,” declared William G, Murdock, state adjutant of! the Legion. . Through the efforts of the American Legion, United Spanish War Veterans, nd Army of the Repubile and citi- Zens of Hoquiam, Wash., a large three- story American Veterans’ Building, a tiemorial_to fighting men of all war: American Legion News Notes State and National Topics of Interest to Te Service Men ont the American Legion, Which Designated The The six leading | He was a corporal in|, he is entitled to the! hus just been completed in that city. ‘The building includes a large lodge and ball. room, library, ladies rest room, lounge toom and space on the zpgane Tloor tor’ 2. bank, In accordance with the national era of good feeling between the American ‘Legion and Organized Iabor the Cen- tral Trades and Labor Union of East St. Louis, Il., one the strongest labor bod- fes'in the country, has passed a resolu- tion’ ‘placing the organization. on record as being entirely in harmony with the Legion’s national policies and recom: mending that all its members, who are eligible, affiliate with the Legion. The Ceritral Trades Council, of Oklahoma Yoted to co-operate with the Legion: in meeting the problern of unemployment. Preference in employment. for union ‘men who are Veterans will be gfven by the secretaries of various affiliated un- fons by direction of the council. Thanks to members of the American Legion post at East Las Vegas, N.'M., for their efforts to aid sick and wounded veterans were voiced in a letter to the American Legion Weekly from disabled ex-service men of Valmora Industrial Sanatorium, Valmora, N, M- Legionaires in Néw Orleans, La., have something to say in maintaining law and order in that citys The new sup- erintendent of police, judge of the First City Criminal Court, three assistant dis- trict attorney's and three assistant city attorneys are members of olcal posts of the Legion. Recognizing the value of a live Am- erican Legion post to a community, the civic authorities of Dubois, Pa., have not only aided the local post by speaking » good word for it but also have arranged for the municipality to pay four-fifths of the rent on the post's club rooms: A true American Legion romance cul- minated in the marriage of Roy BE. Pat- rick and Miss Pstelle Agans, both char- ter members of the Frederick Phillips Post, of Council Grove, Kans. To be sure that the ceremony was sufficiently Legiotinaires ,the services of a minister flso a charter member of the post, were obtained. More than.two thousand compensa- tion claims of former service men were taken up by the Service Section of the Massachusetts Department of the Am- erican Legion during the last year. The same section expedited the settlement by the government of 1,500 cases with the Federal Board for Vocational Fd- ucation and 1,400 claims with the Bur- eau of War Risk insurance. Other vet- erans' affairs handled were allotments and allowances, Liberty bonds, retainer and travel pay, lost discharges, baggage and clothing and state bon) "1 AME Casper’s Finest Theater, PEARL —lI It’s a Big Story of the Shows at — 1:00, 2:00, 3: * TODAY AND TOMORROW “TIGER’S CUB” Men— and Some Women—Drop the Veneer of Civili- zation and Hark Back to the Primitive. —ALSO— LLOYD HAMILTON COMEDY eR ADMISSION 40c Every Day RICA Always Worth While ~ WHITE N— Frozen North, Where Most 30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:30, SPORTING GOODS Bic ycles, Bicycle Tires and Supplies Bicycle Repairing Casper Sporting Goods Co. “The most complete s' auto supplies in Wyoming.” David & Second St. SEE US FOR SPORTING GCODS tock of sporting goods and | Phone 214, 6,000 former service meh, regardless of Legion -m Fellowing close upon. the heels of the Indiana Department, the Iowa Legion. naires haye started a basket ball leagiie in which ninety teams coniposed of ex- service men are playing for the state championship. Johnson County Wants Elk Herd CHEYEN2I©, Jan. 19.—While several other localities of Wyoming wherein elk once ranged becayse'Nature put them there,,and to whieh -ellc wetc transplanted from the Jackson Hole in an effort to restock them with these big game animals, have been, Jike the Trishman who caught the wildeat, see. ing assistance to let loose, Johnson county believes that it needs some eli and one of the activities of the John- son county senator, Frank B. Lucas of ‘Buffalo, during the legislative session will be to arrange for the transplant- ing of a, carload of elk from Jackson Hole to the Big Horn mountains. “There is a natural elk range,” sali Senator Lucas, discussing the proposed forced migration of one carload of Jackson Hole elk to Johnson county “The elk may range without interfer. ing with other game or sheep or cat tle, and we think it would be désinable to have them. Therefore I am arrang- ing for stocking the available Johnsun county range with elk!" PROFIT-SARING PROPOSAL VOTED DOWN BY LABOR as PEEL (By The Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19.—Resolutions calling for the inauguration of profit- sharing in industrial’ plants were re jected at the final meeting of the x gress of the Pan-American Federation of Labor yesterday. It was the sense of the .congress that efforts should he made first to obtain legislation: fixin: minimum salaries, American representatives. horne last night. left for fein Sa oe Tribune Classified Ads bring results. Mail Us Your KODAK FINISHING" Quick Service ARE YOU A NUT On Dancing? Does a dance hall girl make a good wife? Continuous - 1 P. M. to 11 P. M. TODAY “THE MASTER STROKE’ Featuring Earle Williams, supported * by a powerful company. He wanted to dance but he paid the piper. He dealt a master stroke and the woman turned around, because two’ men and one woman does not make three. Next Big added ‘att:action. The first time in Casper. Harry Carey In the pippy, snappy western drama The Sheriff’s Dilemma PATHE REVIEW Showing. a. mysterious fish, the thug of the deep sea, the underwater land- lord, the tiger of the deep. e eariy, it pays. TOMORROW ‘The sensational drama of the Orient. ‘MR. WU’ . See the wonderful actor we brought from across the water. . Brennan is