Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1921, Page 6

Decade Just Closed Sees Steady Progress Through- out State in Transition from Stock-Raising to Agncultural Region, Commissioner Shows TRANSFORMATION PERIOD AT HAND IN THIS STATE PIONEER MAKESHIFTS REPLACED. BY IMPROVEMENTS Converse Solon Is Only One Who Has ‘Not Drawn Up Bill TUESDAY, FEB. 15, 1921 SLAYER FOUND GUILTY BY JURY DI Colo,, Feb. 15.—Horace the jury which heard his ce-9 here. The verdict was returned shortly before noon and Torbert immediate- ly. was sentenced to life imprison- ment by Judge C, J. Morley, The convicted man was granted 30 days in.which to ask for a new trial. 6 \ utes 1920, Mouday, resulted in a long conference in the governor's office, between leading advocates and oppon- ents of repeal. The “carbon black’ Interests now are said to be seeking compromise, but their proposed} “compromise” calls for accomplish-| ment. of the primary purpose of their | drive, namely, repeal of Chapter 275, | dustrial plant, which law __ recently was upheld by the United States su- preme court and under which law the Midland and Yellowstone carbon black concerns now are being prosecuted in Big Horn county on counts’ involving possibility of infliction of fines total- ling nearly one million dollars. new bills were introduced in the sen: ate of the Wyoming legislature Mon- day by unanimous consent. They fol- low: S. F. 150, by Hartwell—Relating to preliminary hearings in cases of com. mon misdemeanors. < S. F. 151, by Daley—Authorizing 1s. guance of free transportation or spe cial transportation to the state addin ENVER, tilization for | i Rites fab rr Dkr ae! nc ad tne a ocr eatten black of natu-|tants of the G. A: R., American J murder in tle first degree for killing fer gas from any field within ten|gion and Spanish War veterans. George Edwards by the verdict of FO ae Ero any ei ee or in.|. 8.-F..152, by Perry—Relating » to nicipal improvement bonds, the latter bill is intended primar- ily to authorize the city of Sheridan to issue bonds to secure funds for building a payed roadway from the city limits to the gtate branch hos pital in the event that the ‘hospital should be acquired by Sheridan coun- ty under the provisions of Senate By CHARLES 8. HILL, 142, which authorizes the state hoard State Commissioner of Immigration. of charities and reforms to sell this Mustard Gas in- CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 15.—John IMPORTANT BILLS | Stansbury, state senator from Con- GIVEN CC )sIDERATION. From an agricultural standpoint, we are aware that in| verse county, is the rara avis of the the past ten years there has been a wonderful transforma- tion in our state. The breaking up of the big, oper, range! Wyoming legislature. He is the only one of the seventy-nine members who hasn't introduced a bill during the herds and the advent of thousands of new settlers, have | preceding session. But he hasn't failed to vote on a bill that came before the changed the whole face of the country. We are witnessing a new order of things—well improved farms, with orchards, granaries and dairies, taking the placo of large areas of pasture and range lands, H Trails are broadening out into high- ways; well constructed schools haye supplanted the old shack; banks are springing up all over the state and now operating where a few years ago farm loans would have been consid- ered hazardous, while the broad ex- panse of more than one ranch are be- coming the precincts of a city. The efforts of our farmers and ranchers this year have resulted in an abundahce of crops, which, I am sure will equal the average yield per acr of 1918, when Wyoming had tho largest yields in barley; the third largest yield in. winter wheat; the seo- ond largest yield in spring wheat, 9.00 the second largest yield in rye, of auy state in the entire union, not even excepting the great farm states of Illinots, Yowa, Minnesota and Mix sourt. In 1910 the values ‘Wyomings principal to $16,659,000 and tn rately $73,256,000. It is not surprising then that this demonstrated fertility of the-soil and the large production of crops and the high yield per acre’ have attracted hundreds and thousands of farmers to our state. Realizing that the foundation of the country was built upon agriculture and that the future prosperity of the nation lay in the production of weajta from the soil every effort has been made since the signing of the armis- tice to stimulate and’hasten the devel- opment of many irrigation’ projects throughout the state. ‘The large areas of unappropriated and vacant lands, the completion of farm units by the reclamation projects, the discovery cf new oil fields, the enlargement of iis refineries, and the abundance of its crops, has enabled the state as x whole to absorb the great influx of new ,settlers and ex-Service men. The United States reclamation ser- vice is continuing its work in the state by extending the Shoshone an: North Platte projects and undertak- ing the great Riverton project which will each year bring hundreds of more settlers to Wyoming. It has taken many years for the residents of other states to realize that in Wyoming is to be found agri- cultural land as fine and as:produc- tive as any other section of the Unit- ed States. But little can we blame the outsider for having such an im-| pression and lack of appreciation of our agricultural possibilities when to our everlasting detriment, the ra‘l- roads travel, in the main, through great stretches of non-productive land. The withdrawal of homeseeker and tourist rates has lessened to a con- siderable degree the emigration of set- tIrs from’ many sections of the east. ‘There can be no question of the ‘ie- sire ofthe people qualified for agricut- tural pursuits to leaye the over- crowded sections of the east and set- tle upon and cultivate the lands of the west. It would seem that ratcs must’ again be inaugurated as in the past, that will stimulate the most im- portant of all movements, “back to the farm." I feel confident that this state is receiving its share of immigrants even though handicapped through the with- drawal of homeseeker and tourist rates. The various railroads operatiny in Wyoming report 513 cars of em!- grant movables handled last year; 216 farm units were secured by former soldiers under the Shoshone and North Platte projects, and from reliable in- formation compiled at least two hun- @red other farm and ranch transac- tions have taken place in various parts of the state. If these new settlers averaged one thousand dollars aptece, or more, which {s reasonable to believe they have brought into the state ap- proximately a million dollars, These figures are exclusive of thore prsons who have takeh up homesteads between July 1, 1918, and July 1, 1920, amounting to 6,619,142 acrs. Figures secured from Commissioner of Public Lands A. ‘Baker for the bien- nium show that 182,420.63 acres of staté and school lands were also sol4 at a total sum of $2,355.063.83 or average price of $12.91 per acre. great majority of this land was sold to residents within the state but there were many tracts purchased by peo- ple living in other states. ‘The vigorous development of the oil field of Wyoming—each new field in- creasing the capacity of the various | refineries — has brought thousan:ls of now peopie into the state thus add- | inb materially to our population. | In 1910 the total production of oil amounted to 115,450 barrels, in 1919, 13,580 barrels and the 1920 production will exceed 17,750,000 barrels with a conservative value of $141,815,000. | Although Wyoming has millions of | horsepower to develop along its steams | and great measures of coal, and in-/ exhaustible deposits of many minerals, I believe it is reasonable to assume that ofl will attract for this genera- tion, more attention from residents of | other states than jix of our other re sources, excepting agriculture. ‘The blazing of modern highways Across our state marks the passin; of the old and the ushering in of a new | and more progressive era. | placed upon croys amounted 4920, approxi- Gibbons, the great historian, says he progress of any civilization is measured by the charneter and tm- nents of its roads.” is becoming more and more evi: that good highwajs are the best advertisement for any community or state. The prospective homeseeker | nd investor is becoming accustomed to making his own investigation of 11 now location for a home or invest- ment, in his automobile, and nothing! senate during either session. YORK—A splendid photograph, especially posed by Mrs. Warren G. Harding at the Ritz-Variion hotel, New York, just before she startéd her tour of shop- ping to secure gowns for the inauguration, AMERICAN PUBLISHER PREDICTS BIG WAR FOR WHITE SUPREMACY; M’CLURE STIRS UP BRITISHERS By WEBB MILLER. United Press Staff Correspondent. LONDON, Feb. 15.—A vast war between the yellow. and black races for supremacy of the world—that is the possi- bility seen by S. S. McClure, American publisher, after a long trip through the Orient. In a long article in the Times, McClure gives his réasons for believing such a war is inevitable. that Japan, China and the Mongolian Traces are animated by the most power- ful and elemental of human reasons in the necessity for expansion. He foresees that the Mohammedan worl will please and attract him more with the desirability of a new location, than good roads and highways serving the community The prospective investor or home: seeker will’ not be likely to remain in a community with only a poor dirt road or trail serving the com- munity, if he can go toa neighboring state and locate on or near an im- proved highway even at a great in- vestment for property having no |be:- ter natural advantages. * There will be accomplished a real inducement to the prospective inves tor to locate in this state, Wyoming is a state of wonderful natural re. sources, the development of a great many of which have been greatly cr wholly retarded by the lack of tr Portation facilities. An increased rail- road mileage is not to be expected in the near future, so that the improve-| ment of the highways must be depend- ed upon to bring about that develop- ment, which can: be reasonably expect- ed. |Denver Woman t Christen Vesse DENVER, Colo. Feb. 15.—Mrs. Ruth Nicholson Melville of Denver, daughter of United States Senato: elect Samuel D, Nicholson, today was |named by Gov. Oliver H. Shoup to christen the new battleship Colorado. The ship will be launched March 22 at Camden, N. J. The new battleship is 624 feet long and 97 feet 3% inches wide at the waterline. placement of 33,590 tons, a speed of 21 knots and carries the following equipment: Eight 16-inch .45 caliber turret guns, 14 §-inch .51 caliber secondary guns, 4 S-inch ,50 calibeg anti-aircraft guns Jand 4-pounder saliting guns. The vessel is under construction at Camden by the New York Shipbuild- ing Corporation te GAS CUT IN EAST. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.—The Atlantic Refining company announced yester that effective today in Pennsylvania and Delaware, it would reduce the price of gasoline one cent a gallon. It will sell at 27 cents wholesale and 30 cents retail. Kero- sene will sell at 17 cents wholesale. fete Jeeta Newfoundland, Britain's oldest col- ony, is considering the granting of the parliamentary franchise to women. It has a dis-| His main point jand the black race of Africa would be impelled to join the Yellow races, because they have been under. the subjection of the white races. The article urges the vital necessity of an understanding between Britain and the United States, the two most | powerful representatives of the white |race, to defend the interests of the Caucasian races ainst the “Yellow |Peril,"-MeClure sys: "The policies of Japan are determ |ined by the most fundamental force in nature—that is, the struggle to make living. No nation in the world neeas room a8 much as Japan and for the Japanese there is no part of the world so desirable as North America. We |find the same condition in China, The |struggle for land has caused innumer- able wars in Europe for hundreds of |years. The coming struggle for land | will be on the scale of continents and hemispheres. There {s another strug- |sle looming in the future which will |include also the people of Africa against the dominance of the whit> race. has secured an undue proportion “of the choicest protions of the globe that |the white race has, frequently witn jcruelty and injustice, ruled over the jcolored people—that these peoples are |bound to fight against the dominance of the whites; and that just as Jap- an has mastered all the machinery of |war, so may many of the other peo- ples of Africa and Asis McClure writes that if the rulers +f \Russia should follow their present poi- Jicy of working with the peoples of Asia, the world is facing a conflict that will be mueh more terrible than |the last war. The “Times” in an editortal scouts the possibilities predicted by McClure, but says “it is not without its elements of truth, but to most Britishers it will seem strangely exaggerated and quite needlessly alarmist.” However, the "Globe" is more 1n- clined to listen to McClure’s.warnings. It says ‘‘we are not all disposed to set |aside as chimerical tie very grave warning given by Mr. McClure. All war is at the bottom caused by pres sure of population and in the East and even in Africa, that pressure is becom: ing heavier and heavier every day. “The same pressure ci population that drove Attila and Tnmerlane and Chingiz Kahn westward is most keenly can be seen that the white race, ' Safe Drives Off Michigan Yeggs PONTIAC, Mich., Feb. 15—Two safe- blowers opened the vault in the Farmers and Metchants bank at Utioa near here early today but were driven back by a wave of mustard gas that had been placed tn the vault The men fled empty-handed. A can of gas had been placed in the vault by bank officials in such a po- sition that it was broken open when the door was forced. BUILDING FIRED TWICE, MEN PLACED ON GUARD GREYBULL, Wyo., Feb. 15.—Fol-| lowing two attempts by an incendiary to destroy the building, a guard isyon duty at night at the-old Burlington hotel, owned by Chavles Perkins and used as a storehouuse by several per-: sons. Both attempts to burn the build- ing occurred between 2 and 3 a. m. on different nights and in each in- stance the fire was observed by the night marshal in time to save the building. In the second incendiary effort a fire was built on the floor be- neath a five-gallon can of high-test gasoline, but the gasoline did not ex-| plode before the fire was observed and the can temoved. Engineers Seek Elimination of Industry Waste, (By Associated Press.) SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Ap- Pointment of. a committee of noted engineers and technologists to form- ulate plans for curtailing waste in in- dustry was included in the opening business today of the convention of the American Engineering Council. Herbert Hoover, president, sdld the committee would be directed to male a national assay of waste. Nearly 200,000 engineers of the country will be called upon to aid. By studying the nation as a single inaustrial organ- ism, they will attempt to locate, he added, weakness in the country’s pro- duction system, It was announced that a prelimin- ary survey already has been under way. The different elements making for production waste such as laber. be brought under the close scrutizing of the organized engineers, Their aim will be to solve pressing economic problems, BIRTHS HIT TOP, DEATH RATE IS LOW LONDON, Feb, 15.—Births in Eag- land and Wales during 1920 reached the, highest figure ever recorded, and the deathrate was the lowest, accor: ing to an official report of the regis- trar general. The birth rate per thous- and of the total population was 26.44 and the death rate was 12.4, The deaths of infants under the age of one year were eighty per thous- and. —__—_ GEDDES RETURNING LONDON, Feb. 15.—Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, left London for South- hampton this morning on’ his way to Washington. He intended to board the Aquitania at Southampton. S. Alfred Sze, the new Chinese ambassador to the United States, also left London this morning, intended to go to America on board the Aquitania, Lunch. Our pastries and coffee can- not be excelled in Casper. Try us if you are particular about your meals. BASKETT BROTHERS ject pests. |@ state tuberculosis sanitarium. Ayes conflict, decrease in individual pro-|quiet title to real property by per-| ductivity, lack of co-ordination andj|sons not in possegston. Ayes . 48, other sources of industrial failure will | noes 0. SUMMARY OF DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. CHEYENNE, Feb, 15,—Bills passed by the house: H. B. 136, relating to care and edu- cation of deaf and blind. .Ayes 45, noes 0. H. B.-155, relating to control of in- estructive rodents, etc., by@counties. Ayes 44, noes 0. H. B, 179 to place county division questions in hands of the electorate. Ayes 45, noes 0. H. %, 185, relating to discharge of mortgages and deeds of trust, Ayes 44, noes 1. H. B, 189, relating to taxation of property previously omitted. Ayes 29, noes 1 H. B, 214, for the establishment of 38, noes 7. H. B. %, creating the office of state’ inheritance tax commissioner. Ayes 48, noes 0. H. B. 150, relating to investment of funds of saving associations. Ayes 41, noes 6. H. B, 156, relating to prisoners, Ayes 46, noes 0. H. B. 174, defining obtaining labor under false pretenses and prescribing a penalty therefor. Ayes 46, noes 0. H, B, 193, relating to state bank dividends. Ayes 45, noes 0. H. B. 209, relating to terms of dis- trict ‘courts. Ayes 47, noes 0. H. B. 216, relating to pleadings. Ayes 46, noes 0, H, B. 229, relating to resident agents of corporations. Ayes 49,| noes 0. H..B, 293, relating to actions to! chasing.” Ayes 29, noes 17. H. B, 91, relating to school district boundary boards. Ayes 45, noes 5. H. B. 185, relating to duties of clerks of court. Ayes 49, noes 0. H. B, 205, relating to sale of state} lands. Ayes 47, noes 2. H, B, 213, relating to married wom-| an as administratrix, Ayes 31, noes 18. H. servis Ayes 48, noes 0. H. J. M. 5, requesting congress to B. 230, relating to constructive act. Ayes 44, noes 1. Bill killed by house: H. B. 161, relating to savings as- sociations, Ayes 22, noes 24, SESSION LAWS GO TO THE PRINTER CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 15.—Thir- teen more chapters of the Wyoming Session Laws, 1921, consisting of acts passed by the Sixteenth legislature Try The Doughnut ‘NITED STATES ACCEPTS MORGAN OFFER OF LONDON EMBASSY— J. P. Morgan's house at Princess Gate, which he has offered to the United States for use asthe American emnbassy UNDER THE CAPITAL DOME H. B. 234, prohibiting “ambulance! e on owners and heirs unknown. } amend the stock-raising homestead | The offer has been accepted. and approved by. tle governor, have gone forward to the printer. The titles of these chapters, which bring the total to date to forty-eight, fol- low: Chapter 36. Tax Levy for University of Wyoming. Chapter 36. Repeal of Statute Re- quiring Publication of Expenditures. Chapter 37. Salaries of Members of Board of Examiners for Coal Mine Inspectors. Chapter 39. Premiums’ on Treasur- ers Bonds. Chapter 40. Salaries of .Command- ant and Adjutant of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. Chapter 41. Secretary of Board 2 Veterinary Examiners. Chapter 42. Salary of Chaplin of Chaplain of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. Chapter 43. Deposit and Withdrawal of Moneys for State Institutions. Chapter 44. Repeal of Statutes Re- lating t8 Special Tax Levies, Chapter 4. Registration of Stallions and Jacks. Chapter 46, Houses of T-Fame. Chapter 47, Co-operation with Utah in Water Regulation Matters. Chapter 48. Distribution of Funds by County Treasurers, . COMPROMISE SOUGHT ON \CHEYENNE, Feb. 15—The ¢om-| mittee of the whole of the Wyoming senate Monday afternoon made short work of giving attention to several of the more important bills on its geheral file, including the prohibition | act and the game and fish, bill, and these measures were on second read- ing today. ‘The prohibition bill, Senate 102, was approved with only a few minor amendments recommended by the standng committee on prohibition, | ‘The measure conforms in its general | specifications to the Volstead act. The game and “sh bill, House 211, was recommended for passage with: out amendment, the measure having received such’ thorough and paintak- ing consideration from the game and} fisheries committee of the two houses, | in conference with the state game| warden, that it was deemed the wisest, course not to attempt to reform any) of its provisions. | ‘The senate committee of the whole | also quickly disposed of and recom- mended for passage House 173, pro- viding that the state shall guarantee |payment of interest on irrigation dis- jtrict bonds for the first five years jand also shall inferentially under- write such securities. | THREE NEW BILLS. | ARE INTRODUCED. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 15—Three hospital to Sheridari county, and the Casper branch hospital to Natrona county, for a consideration of $1 in each instance. CHINESE LOSE ., CITY OF URGA TOKIO, Feb. 15.—Reports current during the last few days that the Mongolian city of Urga had been-cup- tured by a force of Russians and Mongols under Gen. Baron Sternberg, were confirmed today. It develops that the Chinese garrison, running short of rations and ammunition, and attacked on three sides by Gen i evacuated Urs: Sternberg’s forces, February 10. Gen. Baron Ungern Sternberg was the chief lieutenant of Gen. Seme- | noff, the Cossack anti-bolshevile lead- er in Siberia. MOTHER'S FRIEN For Expectant Mothers USED BY THREE GENERATIONS Write for Booklet on Motherhood and: the Baby, Free BRADFIELD REGULATION CO., Dept. 5-D, Atlanta, Ga. —_ Insist and you are certa | CARBON BLACK MEASURE. CHEYENNE, Feb. 15.—The drive by “carbon black interests” to secure repeal of Chapter 275, Compiled Stat- “Look for | = | Shop for Fresh Doughnuts, Hot Waffles, Pies and THE HOME LUNCH CAFE Cakes. Now Under New Management 4Our Hot. Lunches Are Special séryice given Merchants’, Individual Miss Pearl Farnham 114 West Second. | ! 152 N, Durbin Peterson’s * F * * * (Tonight . ; ‘A Valentine Party RHR i to which (THE PUBLIC - is invited - THE HENNING HOTEL felt today," the Globe says, “China & J a feels herself a giant in a cage and the The Aristocrats of ALz. sixty. millions of Japanese, shatehing Entrance Fee the barest living from an inhospitabld) 3 soll, turn thelr eyes with longing to d F One Dollar the rich and as yet unexhausted landa | # d . across the Pacific. We, the British and [2 an Americans, no longer possess any wu- | 3% periority in weapons, ‘The crisis may war |come much more quickly than we im- tax agine, At no pertod in the world's his- ‘tory have events moved so rapidly as they have done in this.” SEE This is a public dance, to which all are invited. KR E RHR HHH IH INIA IER IK IR TI NIKE the Man in the Barrel’’ Back Again—He Says: Ce ‘Natrona Butter’s Best” a We specialize in Dairy Products Natrona Butter Shop | Corner Second and Durbin HERA AA HANIA AH ASIII IIIA, % Upon ELKEERERE QUALITY DAIRY PRODUCTS We have always passed the inspec- tion of the State Food Commission in to get the best. Suits Cleaned and Pressed $1.50 Look for the Man in the Barrel HARRY YESNESS TAILOR AND CLOTHIER 130 W. Midwest Ave.; McClure Bldg.