Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1921, Page 5

7 ieee revere "TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 1921 LEN a7 Paes, PE “he Casper Daily Cri MARKET GOSSIP | AND FIELD NEWS GALT GREEK LEASES ARE ISSUED Word was received yesterday that the Secretary of the Interior had approved several applications for leases in the Salt Creek ter- ritory and this approval lifts the ban on a number of local com- panies that are ready to operate and develop the holdings., The whole of Section 6-39-79 was approved, and this tract is the property of the Mountain and Gulf and the Blackstone compa- nies. The Blackstone has about 120 acres of this section and has so far completed three wells on same. These wells, have been capped for some time pending the decisions of the Interior department. AD 2 Col lead__ Market gossip —--. Besides the above section the sec- retary also approved the northeast quarter of Section 10-39-79 on which the Domino and Bessemer {s operat- ing and the Blackstone also has a share in this tract and has a well on game that has so far placed about $200,000 for the sale of crude in im- pounded funds, ‘The southwest quarter of Section 12-39-79 was also approved by the de- partment. ; Gasoline Shipped to Coast. Big Muddy gasoline is going to tho Pacific coast for export trade, last week 25 cars of gasoline from the Mutual refinery of the Elk 1 Consolidated Oil company wero 50 as one train to the Pacific coast and will be exported from California ports to the Orient. ‘The price of gasoline in Jipan is around $1.60 per gallon and fine grades of lubricating oils rang. from $6 to $8 the gallon, so it would serm that the exporting of oil products from here would mean a good profit to the shippers. The California oil fields and re- fineries are producing a lut of gaso- line and oils but the local trads up and down the Pacific coust takes about ali this output as: fast as it comes from the refineries. Livestock Mart | CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—(U. S, Bureat Markets)—Cattle—Receipts, . 11,; of 000; beef steers, active, higher; early top, $10.50; eleven prime head held higher; bulk, $7.75@9; she stock and calves steady to strong; bulk butcher cows and heifers, $5@6.75; bulk yeal- ers, $11.50@12.50; bulls, steady, bull $5.40@6.25; stockers and feeders 15c to 2c higher; bulk, $6.50@8. Hogs—Receipts, 45,000; lights ac- tive, 15c to Se higher; others slow, 10c to 15¢ higher; top, $10.15; bulk, $9.15@9.75; pigs, 10c to 150 higher. Sheep—Receipts, 19,000; killing classes about steady; lambs, tp, $11.25; bulk,$10@11; ewes, top $5@ 5.75; bulk, $4.25@5.50; prime’ 115-Ib wethers, $6.35; few feeding lambs up to $9.75. sie Dana Walters, well-known nitro man and head shooter for the Inde- pendent Torpedo Company, is-back on the job again after a sojourn in Roch- ester where he was under treatment for nitro paralysis of the eyes. Dana is probably the best-known glycerine man it nhe Northwest and generally accounted the best shoot-, er, he came to this region from the Pennsylvania oil fields, where he learned the art of handling the high explosives and soo nearned-an envi- able reputation in the way he was able to salvage supposed dry holes with a charge of nitro. ‘The.Independent Torpedo Company recently shot two. wells for, the Mis- sissippi Delta Oil Company in the Osage field and these tw owells were producing about twenty barrels per day when the shot was put in, now the wells are making over 150 bar- rels per day. Several prominent Nebraskans inter- ested in oil were Casper visitors over the week-end. They were W. L. Dillon, and C. W. Clark of Elsmere, ard G, M. Williams of Halsey and the gentlemen represent a new develop- ment for oil in the central part of that state. The men from Nebraska were in consultation with Attorney E. Rich- ard Shipp regarding the work of drilling test wells on a tract of leases in ebraska that approximate 70,000 acres of land and which the syndi- cate hold title to. This tract has been passed upon geologically and a structure in the Cretaccous has been found and outlined. * ‘Will Christiana, formerly with the Mid-Northern Oil Company, in Mon- tana, and also a scout for several years back in the Wyoming fields is spending a few days in Casper .look- ing over th esituation hero. He came to Wyoming as scout for the Indiana Producers and Refiners and remained to work in a country that he believes is destined to become a great oil coun- try. The . U. P. TRAIL GAIN CONTINUES ~ WN OTOGK LIST Bears Forced to Cover by Sharp Advance in Speculative Issues (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Speculative shares made further improvement on the stock market during the forenoon. hem, Lackawanna, Crucible arid Va- nadium steels were in effect at the expense, of the shorts, but the move- ment in United States steel was ex- jtremely narrow. Bears also were forced to cover in Baldwin Locomo- tive, American ‘International, Atlan- tic Gulf, Mexican Petroleum, Interna- tional Paper and General Asphalt, which gained 1 to 21-2 points. Rails including coalers, were dull and in- clined to ease. changed at 7 per cent. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Local trac- tions were the outstanding features at the irregular opening of today’s stock market That group gained from 1-2 to 11-2 points on Gov. Miller's pro- posal to unify the city’s transit sys- tem on an adequate fare basis. unimportant, including = moderate gains in several of ‘the investment ils, shippings ahd motors. Oils re- peated their recent uncertain course. The . Mexican division hardening ;while Royal Dutch and Houston were reactionary, Early quotations point- ed to another active day in foreign exchange, the London demand rate rising to $3.901-4, a high record for jthe past six month: Metal Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Copper, quit; electrolytic spot and first quar- ter, 12 3-4@13; second quarter, 13 1-4@ 13 Iron—Nominally unchanged. Tin—Weak; spot and nearby, $32.50 @32.75; €utures, $33.50. Antimony, $5.50@5.75. Lead—Steddy; spot, $4.75. Zinc—Quiet; East St. Louis deliv- ery spot, $5.37@5.50. Money Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Prime mer- cantile paper, 71-2@8 per cent. Ex- change heavy; sterling, 60-day bills, $3.74 1-2; commercial 60-day bills on bills, $3.74; demand, $3.79; cables, “$3.79 3-4. Government bonds steady; jrailroad bonds irregular. Time loani firm; 60 days, 90 days and six months, 61-4@63-4 per cent. Provision Prices. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 25.—Butter, eggs and poultry unchanged. ORGANIZED BAND OF OL _-FIELO THIEVES CAUGHT CISC), Tex., Jan, 25.—Arrest of six Mexicaris and recovery of a large quantity of merchandise and other loot caused officers here today to be- eve they had ‘uncovered a band of jthieves operating in the oil fields which has been disposing of the {stolen property in El Paso, Fort {Worth and New Orleans. fbb hdeteh ono SR Scout Adderton of the Producers and Refiners left Sunday evening for Denver and the head offices of the Producers and Refiners. “Add” has been covering Wyomin gterritory for the past two weeks and is going in to make a report on what is doing up here. esis ALE SRS In proportion to population, Wash- ington, D. C., has more women law- vers than any other city of the Unit- ed States. eo -ITW R. T. KEMP CO, “Insurance.— That's All” Phone 370 e ee ILL AY YOU TO AY US TO AY YOUR LOSS 112 Bast Second Truck Frames .... Car frames ..... Truck and Car Owners Attention From now until March ist we will weld and reinforce broken Engine blocks preheated and welded $10.00 td $20.00. Aluminnum Worl: a Specialty CASPER WELDING WORKS Phones—Office 1178, Residence 978R -.-$15.00 to $20.00 .-.- $10.00 to $15.00 All Work Guaranteed Advances of 1 to 3 points in Bethle- Call money was un-,| )Changes elsewhere in the list were/| | day’s Markets by Wi | Today’s Markets by Wire 5 | Farnished by Taylor & Clay ISSUE Ground Floor Oil Exchange Bidg., Phones 203-204 3 _ _ LOCAL OIL STOCKS Wind River Refining - Amalgamated Royalty -. .13 .15| Wyo Kans — American . 1-2 01] Wyo Tex - i Atlas __.. 01° 02] Western Oil Fiekis - ——_. pester 'y ae ckiee Institution Not Yet Banished Blackstone Salt Creek 88 .92'Midwest Refg. - $138.00 $140.00 ais Some Parts of Empire; Boston Wyoming .97 1.00 Midwest com. 1.00 1.50 0} 1 2 Buck Creek . 26.28 Midwest pref. > 1,00 * 3.00 mpulsory coy La Burke __. 45°. 47 Merritt ... 11275 43.25 bor Is Cited Black Tail 02.03. Glenrock Oil - 200 é .. Capitol Pete 01 03 Salt Creek Rees d By RUSSELL BROWNING. Columbine -.. 42.45 Western States Nail -50) (United Press Staff Corres; : > 5 s Sorrespondent.} Consolidated Royalty .. 1.25 1.28 pasawe 2 Retrs. . Hid Cen LONDON, Jan. 25.—The British Casper Ranger - 01.02 Co ++ ee 4 Sy2 {Parliamentary cupboard has many ‘Cow Gulch lL ear Basin f+) 1112 |SKeletons. Although aged and musty Domino .. 07.99 'Allen Be “37 (Rnd sometimes ro 1 in such modern Elkhorn 10» 12 Okmulgs oaks 260.00 |U8Suises as “nat. @ compulsory act,” E. T. Williams 1.03 1.07 Cities Service: co eo aseo (OF “communal services regulation,” wise % 2.95 3.00 | 8. O. ae Conan sro 50 lthe bones of the slavery question are ates . a0 Az > = jfrequently annoyingly rattled in the Great Western Petroleum .06 08 Mexican Petroleum . .$157.00 Jears of government officials. ” Hutton Lake 03 05 Ly ¢ Sey Some Englishmen are startled from Jupiter — 03.04 Pana’ ae time to time by the pronouncement of Kinney -. 20.24 wa yates me @ prominent churchman or politician Lance Creek Royalty “07 A ape ed So ae that the institution of slavery official- Lusk Royalty 07 a nion FOREIGN E ly exists in some parts of the British Lusk Petroleum 03.04 Stortin, site Nae jEmpire. Mike Henry ...... 09 ‘AL wy auee Compulsory native labor for work- ‘Mountain & Guilt. er wea farms and plantations | ° New York/Oi . 23.00 26.0)" ya Colony is at present en. Northwest CARE TALES gaging the attention of Lord Milner, Dutweat ions oaaeee jWho has been approcahed by a depu- Picardy — 07 09 faa 4s 9 | tation which included the Archbishop Riverton’ Refining 07 09 3st 41-48 Ana exp teenie Nas aoinonatnatcas ait x 4 7 is d expressing the opinion that Pay, Spas Brocuoare eee Se ee Soo [Attempt to deal with the labor situa- Tom Be ‘oA 07 inh vip rs r $8.49 ;U0n in East Africa by recourse to ; Ore ; compulsion will end in economic and Western Exploration ~. 2.15 2.25,Victory 43-48 97.26} caministrative disaster. WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET It is suggested that a royal com- Grass Creck $8.10, Rock Creek mission be appointed to inquire into Torchiight | 3.10| Salt Creek jimpe ad policy in districts where en- Elk Basin 3,10] Big Muddy 2,76 )forced labor is lawful. Greybill in ipiocenaiee 375| Replying to a question recently in tate cok aon cutee Doane 275 |the house of commons, Lieut. Col as aE Vaenittoveaie s oon |Amery, under-secretary for the colo- WHEAT PIT 5 Foreign. Selling Clips Cent Off Prices at Opening .in Chicago (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Fereign sell- ing had a bearish effect today on the wheat market. Talk was current that the Britsih royal commission would be out of the market until March 4, but hope that buying orders from other countries would be placed to- day tended to check declines. Open- ing prices which started from 1-2 cent to-11-2 cent lower with March {$1.70 to $1.701-4 and May $1.60 to $1.601-2 were followed by ja) moder- jate further setback and then some- thing of a rally. Corn receded with wheat, notwith- standing that arrivals of corn showed a big falling off.-.After opening un- changed to 1-2 cent lower, including May at 687-8 to 69, the market un- derwent a general sag. Oats were easier, changed to 1-4 cent 4$5-8c to 44 3-4c, downward. Provisions showed lack of support. Wheat prices closed unsettled, 334 to 4%c net lower with Murch $1.67 to $1.67% and May $1.57 to $1.57 The close of corn trading wis ner- vous at %c to 1% net decline with May 68%c to 68%c. startin; higher, un- May Potatoes Slump. CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—Potatoes low- er; receipts 31 cars; Minnesota and Wisconsin round white sacked and bulk, $1.10@1.20 cwt.; Wisconsin Kings sacked, $1@1.10 cwt. CHICAG, Jan. 2 ‘Butter Firm, creamery extras, 46c; standards, 45c. Eges—Higher, receipts 6,082 cases; firsts, 57@57%4c; ordinary firsts, 544@ 55c; at market, cases included, 55@ 56c. Poultry—Alive, 30c; springs. 28c. higher; fowls, Taylor Local Oils Bo but soon turning! ( Incorporated) ‘ CASPER, WYO. Ground Fivor, Oil Exchange Bldg., Casper, Wyo. Phones 203 and 204 New York Exchange Stocks Chicago Grain Markets Murder Verdict is Returned in BEARISH TODAY, inser retar TRINIDAD, Colo., Jan. 25.—Guilty of murder in the first degree with recommendation of the death penalty was the verdict returned this morn- jing in the case of Mike Salazar. charged with the killing of Guadinsio Silba at Morley, on November 28 last. The jury retired late yesterday aft- ernoon and returned its verdict at opening of court this morning. This is the first death penalty verdict re- turned in Las Animas county for fif- teen years. . Salazar and one Lazaro Ruiz were charged with beating to death Guad- insio Silba,.a coal miner and robbing hin: of $300 which was in the dead man's trunk ‘The at a boarding murder was comm! after which the d on a railroad t It was found. Tulz, the alleged ac complice of Salazar, entered a plea of guilty to murder in the second de- gree last. week. house. was reign The farthingale skirt duced in England in the Queen Elizabeth, of GROWING DEAF WITH HEAD NOISES? - TRY THIS If you are growing hard of hear- ing and fear Catarrhal Deafness or |if you have roaring, rumbling, hissing noises in your ears, go to your drug- gist and get 1 ounce’ of Partnint (double strength), and add to it 1-4 pint of hot water and a little granu- lated sugar. Take 1 ,tablespoonful four times a day. j,, this wil loften bring quick reliet |from the distressing head _nois¢s. Clogged ndstrils should open, breath- |ing become easy and the mucus stop |dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and js ple: ant to take. Anyone who is thre: lened with Catarrhal Deafness or whi has head noises should give this pre scription a trial.—Adv. & Clay ught and Sold We can rig you up with all sizes of the best seasoned rig timbers. Give us an opportunity to . quote prices on all of your lumber requisites. KEITH LUMBER CO. Phone 3 intro- bune =. 7 SLAVERY STILL ne BOO ed that ordniances provid- ‘short periods of compulsory were in’ operation in Ceylon, Dominica, Fiji, Gold Coast, | Kenya, ast Africa Protectorate, |Montserrat, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, anda ¥ orate ahd Zanzibar. —_— Two Dead, Three Dying, Others Ill From Poisoning | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan, 25. —Two persons are dead at Blod- gett Hospital here, three others are dying and several more are in a critical condition as a result, hos- pital authorities believe, of eating preserved spinach last Saturday night. : —— = Try Tribune wantads for results. Sick Awful Eatenic Brings Relief “T bave been awful sick with gas,” \Writes Mrs. W. H. Person, “‘and | Eatonic is all I can get to give me relief.’” Acidity and gas on the stomach uickly taken up and carried out b: utonic, then ed aey e and stren; if come back. And many other bo’ miseries disappear when the stom: is right. Don’t let sourness, belch- ing, bloating, indigestion and other stomach ills go on. Take Eatonic tablets after you eat—see how much better you feel. Big box costs only a trifle with your druggist’s guarantee. Form Letters, Notices; Bulletins, etc Multigraph Service Co. 220. So. Wolcétt St. Opposite Postoffice Phone 1155 COAL DELIVERED PHONE 493 CASPER ICE and COAL We Pay For Ashes SEE BEN Insurance Depart- . ment doe Ben Really Ge. PHONE 74W *|troleum engineer by one of the lei SOFT ORINK PARLOR ON SANDBAR CLOSED | Another soft drink partor on’ the | Sandbar was losed Inst night Ly the | | police oftiet This is the fouril: I 2 closed since the riceting held ar n in custody Sat- night i, a mud on Muntens Salt Creek Vet in Royal Air Service A. E. Lawrence, formerly Creek. who went to Calgary, Alberta, Usted in the Royal Air force and ¥ at the time of the armistice w: training at Toronto, Canada, as an observer in the air force, has just re- word from the air miristry,! way, London, England, that on} March 16, 1920, he was s,azetted as} an honorsry second lievtenant, his} commission to date troy his dernobil- ization i December, 1918. Mr. Law-) lived at Salt Creek for elght } nd is now engaged as, a: pe-| cetved King: rence ars ing oil companies operating state of Utah. —— 30,706 NEGROES IN KANSAS CITY, in! the (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. gro population of Kansas © In 1920 was 30,706, an increase of, 7140 or 30.3 per cent since 1910, the | Census Bureau announced today. The | white population was 293,532, an in- © of 68,855 or 30.6 per cent and| all others 17 j \ Le orp ere yt 1 Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Murphy have | returfed from Rochester, Minn., where Mr. Murphy underwent several } serious operations. improved He is in a much} condition at the present, | he is glad to get back to| New Dresses Just Arrived $9.95 - $1495 $1995 Aprons 95c See: Them These ran; white polished nickel trimmings. re glistening, rust-proof Ran; 118 East. First St. EFFICIENCY ON RAJLADADS CUT Return to Piece Work System} BU HOUR WAGE Urged by Pennsylvania in Submitting Comparison statistics furnished by vania of Salt} ployes’ work system Canada, in the summer of 1918 and en-; wage rate system were presented to the Railr eviden: Bungalow | Georgette Oven linings t minum-alloy, designed to give instantaneous and even baking heat. All A-B “Aristocrat”? Gas have elevated ovens with glass door. Some have lower baking ovens, too. | Beneath the canopy is located an elec- \ tric light which illuminates both oven and ntention for abro; to Rail Board the Pennsyl Given Commission cHtcaco. Jan. 25.—Voluminous |in Ireland 63 year | railroad tending to show em- efficiency under the piece ana under the hourly a Labor board today. The was part of the railroads’ MIT one CHILD FREE to the first episode of “FIGHT- ING FATE” starring BILL DUNCAN at the IRIS THEATRE SATURDAY If Accompanied by an Adult Paying the Regular Sale Still on at LEADER Greater Bargains Every Day New Suits Big Values $15.95 - $29.95 $3.95 THE LEADER : 143 East Second St. “ganopy when d ing oven, with A Valuable Coupon Will appear in this space FRIDAY. It will AD- Admission of 30c Petticoats located directly the same burner. 4 A push button is located conveniently | at the front, by means of which any or all the top burners may be lighted instan- taneously without the use of matches, This, and the patented gas-saving burn. ers, are exclusive A-B features, 1 agreements between the roads ‘The hearing now | tion pane their employes. is in its third week, | Piece work was replaced on roads by an hourly guaranteed following a referendum yote of workers under provisions of thé tional agreements. The railroads asking restoration of plece work.” A. C. Davis, superintendent of mio- |tive power of the Pennsylvania, con- | tinued his testimony, begun yester= day. R. L. Klein, assistant chief of | motive power, also testified. gee BIG RATLROADER DIES. RDEN William Kenefi |Mo., president of the Missouri, Olla- jhoma and Gulf Rath |known as a railr builder, died here today. He was born ag | ——___— | Hipparchus, @ Greek philosophers began to catalogue the stars in the j year 134. } ad F | The seizure by Spain of Sardinia in | |1717 brought on the quadruple alli- AFTERNOON SKIRTS Those Good Looking Plaid Skirts $8.95 ter Coats ‘Easy To Clean~As-A China Plate White Porcelain*A-B “Aristocrat” ? Gas Ranges are Remarkable for” their Enduring Quality and Excelling Beauty of Finish and Design eed es have exteriors entirely of ~ reelain enamel with highly ensieF> oS 1 lesired. ‘The elevated bak glass door, and broiler, elow, receive heat from Come and sce these truly remarkable “‘Aristocrat’” Gas Ranges while we have the complete assortment of sizes and dezizns. Casper Gas Appliance Co.