Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 23, 1921, Page 11

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1923. __WVOMING TRACED TO OL WORK WHEAT TAKES UPWARD TREND Buying Rally Started by Bi Commission House Sends Prices Higher. e CHICAGO, Sept. 23—New upturns in the price of wheat today accom- panied buying in which a strong com- mission. house took the lead. and ‘hich appeared to be based largely on the fact that offerings were light. Bears continued to put stress on the possibility that Europe had recently overbougnt. ‘The temporary excessive demand in Atlantic countries, it was con d, came when world-wide beat and drought threatened all crops./and extending to the fields in the vi- Opening quotations, which varied/cinity of Rawlins and thence to the yo sume as yesterday's finish | structures “in southwestern Wyoming higher, with December. $1.26 to FS) and May $1.30% to $1.30%. were followed by moderate gains all round, “"Gossip of good sized export’ sales had &@ Dulli$h-effect tn the late deal- ‘The market closed firm, 1%¢ ¢ nét higher, with December % to $1.28 and May $1.31% to ings Corn and oats were firmer with wheat. Corn started 4c to %e up including December at 52%c to 52%e and then hardened a little more. No important setback took place. The close was. firm, %c and tac to %c net higher, with December at @5ie to 53c. ts opened unchanged to %o and jc bigher, December 37%c to 37% and later took slight additional gains. Declines in the hog market weak- ened provisions. Closing Quotations. CHICAGO, Sept. Wheat--Dee., § Oats—Dec.. -Pork—Sept., Lard—Oct., $10. Ribs—Oct., $7. Provisions. CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—Butter ket casy;ereamery extras, 43¢; ards. 37%c; firsts, 33%4@4lc; seconds, 30@32 Eggs—Unchanged; receipts, cases. Poultry—Alive, lower; 26c; springs, 2lc. 8,515 fowls, 19 Potatoes. cate for the purpese of drilling a new tructure recently worked, out by geo!- CHICAGO, Sept. 23%-Potatoes—| * A vs scale : nip.| ogi#ts in. the Fort Stecle-Grenvilje Weak; receipts 54 cars; total ship-) CES ments 879; Idaho-Wisconsin white, $2.40@2.50 cwt.; Wisconsin white No. 2, $1.75 cwt.; Maine cobbleré $250 cwt.; Minnesota ‘sandland Ohios $1.85@2.10) owt. i a Livestock Mart CHICAGO, Sept. 23—U. S. Bureau of Markets).--Cattle—Reaelpts 4,000; low grade beef steers and better grace sows and heifers! slow to lower, gocik f steers very scarce and steady; canners and cutters, bulls and calves steady; bulk beef steers $6.00@8.75; Bologna bulls mostly $4.15@4.35; veal calves largely $12.50@12.75. “Hogs—Receipts 22,000; opened most- ly 10 to 15c lower, later trade fairly active, steady to 10c lower than yes- terday’s average; top 8.25; bulk lights and light butchers $7,90@8.20; bulk/ sows $6.50@6.90; pigs steady, bulk desirable $7.25@7.50. Sheep—Receipts 12,000; few early] sales, strictly choice native lambs to shippers and city butchers $8.50@9.00; strong to 25c higher; packer early sales $7.5695.00; about 25c lower; no western fat lambs sold early; fat sheep slow, about steady; talking lower on feeder lambs; top yesterday $7.26. Denyer Quotations. DENVER, Sept. 23:—Cattle — Re ceipts, 100;"market down and weak; beef steers, $5@6: cows and heifers, $3@5; calves, $6.50@9.50; bulls, $2@/ 3 stockers and feeders, $4@5.80. Hogs—Receints, 10; market: nomi nal; top, $8; bulk, $6@9. { Sheep—Receipts, 1,100; market 15¢ te 25c higher; lambs, $7@3; ewes, $3 @3.75; feeder lambs, $5@6. | Tidewater Agent Addresses Meet | In State Capitol CHEYENNE, Sept. 23,—Charles P. Craig, representing the Great Lakes-! , Charles Tidewater association, will address a meeting of Wyoming offi- dis and Cheyenne business men at the office of Secretary of State W. B. Chaplin this afternoon, relative to the accomplishments to date in the moye-| ment to connect the Great Lakes’ with the Atlantic by a deep ship channel and what it is desired that) Wyoming shail do to aid in this moyve- Independents Responsible for Majority of Operations Out «4 Rawlins, So extensive have the oll operations | of southern Wyoming become that one-third to one-half of the gross business done in counties which bor- der the Union Pacific is said to be either directly or indirectly with oil operations. One of the peculiar situations which exist in the tremendous amount of} business that is being done in the| southern field is that the heaviest op-| erations are being conducted by small} indeperdient’ companies. Thousands} and thousands of dollars is being spent in development work and it is esti- mated that about 90 percent of this cost is being carried by independent | concerns. Stamting with the Rock River field! connected | around Kemmerer, is a distri | contains approximately half of the wildcat development work wl is being carried on in Wyoming this time, A summary of some of the work Which is being carried on it this time] show the extent of the development. | Wilson and Baroch have completed a 600-foot drilling contract for the Utah Refining company on section 6- 26-88 in the Lost Soldier district and at} ato preparing to move to section; 10) where they will drill for the Raw- ins Oil atid Utility company. A stand. ard outfit is being erected to com- plete the hole on section 6. Driers who recently penetrated the ofl sand in Sand Hills Ofl company No. 1 report that there is over 2,000 feet of oil standing in the casing. The Wyanna Oil company’s well in the rame vicinity has been cleaned out and is again producing. Both these ho’es are on the Mahoney don At a depth of 3,140 feet the General Petroleum company well in Lost Sol- dier is said to have over 2,000 feet of ol! in the hole. It is thought that} this well will be one of the hest that the company has drilled in that vicin ity. ‘There is an unverified rumor that one of the three wells which is being drilled on the Fort Steele: structure has developed a showing of, oll. The concerns which are developing the Fort Steele field are all Rawlins busi- ness men. The Illinois “Pipeline com- pany is building its thir4 55,000-barrel tank on the farm nea~ fort Steele. Several Rawlins business and pro- onal men have organized a syndi- Just a mile west of the center of the’ Bair camp the Fidelity Operating association has erected a standard derrick- anf ‘is “starting 4 fecp’ test] well. At a depth of 380 feet a strong | showing of gas‘ was encountered. The gas ignited and the boilor shed and part of the equipment was destroyed Plans are being. niadé for the immedi- ate construction of the destroyed parts so that much progress as possi ble can be made before tho winter months. The Portland-Wyoming company Report. \ Today’s Markets by LOCAL OL. STOCKS Amalgamated Roy. .. . 95 |¥Y on 90% | Jupiter Binney Lance Creek Royalty 4 | FOREIGN |Lusk Royalty * 03 {Sterling ..... Lusk Petroleum .. 3 | 8 Mike Henry : 96 | Marks Mountain and Gulf .. 76 | Lire ..... Northwest ; Call money Outwest . Picardy fs LIBERT Roy. and Pro. 3 Riverton Refg. First 4s Sunset *......:.. {Second 4s Tom Bell Royalty |First 44s Western Exploration |Second 4Xs Wind River Refs. . Third 4% Wyo Kan. Fourth 4\s 02 | Victory 4%s +. OL WYOMING é +++++,$1.00 Grass Creek 1.00 Salt Creek Grass Creek Tore Elk’ Basin 1.00{Big Muddy Grybul . 1.09’ Pilot Butte Lance Creek 95'Hamilton Dome Lander 25. Mule Creek SINGLECOATS A good double breasted corduroy coat. Afl sizes. 6.45 All-wool hard finish worsted in dark colors.» All $8.45 sizes __.. Grey One lot of cravenette overcoats. and brown. A real coat for early Fall. To clear $7.45 the lot at... ? COMPARE PRE Te Flannel Shirts: Grey, and blue. Military collar. All sizes. $1 95 Sweet-Orr Union-Made All-Wool Shirt - $3.50 woll in the Ferris field is temporarily shut down. Preparations are, being made for the start of operations. This camp and outfit is the model field equipment of the Rawlins district. ‘The Washington ‘Oi! and Refining mpany is about ready to complete its hole in the Ferris field on section 925-86. Water has been cased off and with the bit on top of the sand which it is expected will yield the production, the well should be com- pleted in.a few days. There are scores of other small con- cerns drilling in the Rawlins district, many of them amply financed to make complete”tests of the properties. If half of the wells which are being drilled yield production, Rawlins will become the center of the greatest pro- ducing district in the state. pth SE ct RETURNS FROM CONVENTIONS. 2, P, Bason, of the Natrona Power ompany has’ returned from a four- day convention of the Rocky Mountain ction National Electric association, where he ws elected first vice presi- dent of the ussociation for the com-| ing year. The conyention of 150 delegates trom New Mexico, Colorado and Wyo- ming, was held at Glenwood Springs, Colo. Sessions were held each day and interesting papers were given by lead- ing men in the electrical industry from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other sections of the country, dealing with subjects of vital interest te elec- tric utilities. ae In the years immediately following the Revolutionary war woman served the state of South Carolina as the official state printer. Surveying and Locations Geologist: Oil Expe-u Oil Field Maps Blue Prints , Wyoming Map & Blue Print Co. P. O. Box 325 Rim. 10, Lyric flect a betterment of prices quest. TAYLOR Phones 203 and 204 Royalty & Producers Corperation \The physical condition of this company should re- Trading interest in the stock is indicative of higher - prices and market distribution. * Information on this issue granted freely upon re- in the stock. & CLAY COMPARE Gloves’ - $1.85 Brotherhood, union-made, +full cuff reinforced, pair_. oat afew f mens Slaven: A '25¢ article all over. uring thi: week, TWO PAIRS. ' 25€ COMPAR Sweaters We must and are proud to say that there is no equal in value, In order to be appreciated they must be seen_ Prices range from $1.00 to $8.50 COMPARE Leather Vests A large assortment to choose from, consisting of all-leather corduroy fronts, chamois and sheep-lined. All colors and sizes, ranging in price from $3.95 to $12.45 COMPARE Mackinaws . We urge you and would like to in- sist tat you come and ask to be shown our $9.95 Mackinaws. They are a real pick up. It would not b, out of place to say that they WORE double the price we are asking for ars $5.95 A real good heavy COMPARE Mackinaw for. N EXTRA SPECIAL DOUBLE VALUE 45-inch length. Sheep-lined Over- coats. Heavy waterproof duck. Elec- tric seal collar. Sizes up to 48. $16.50 COMPARE FURNISHED BY TAYLOR & CLAY Western Oil Fields . a NEW YORK CURB CLOSING. | jUnion Pacific R. R. =: CRUDE OLL MARKET. be Casvet Daily Cridune Wire | a | duced } eyaberers : ~ $8.7; Ohio Oil company. { n the Big Mud & bet nent | res and the © Per eM | tease in that fie rele. The Gra Ohio Oil barrels ¥ BONDS. and feages in the same < production s lease on sduction and Ohio Muddy ) production ‘The trong ming Wor orga il field de VWAKET GOSSIP AND FIELD. NEWS STATE ROYALTIES ARE FALLING CF Production from leases owned by the state of Wyoming \in July amounted to 275,513 barrels of crude as compared with 372,166 in June and 463,069 in May Total gallons of ‘The state leases in Rock Creek pro. 4 barrels as compared with 24,828 from the same ground in June, These leares are all operated by the the t field leases 1owed a proporti in J he y produced 5.018 bar Elkhorn Oil co produced 4, ‘reek lease operated company any's produced Midwest had an out. Mike Hen- wo Torchlight ‘Test Projected. Markham Syndicate. a ization in northern Wyo. I |Rails, Equipments and Oils MARKET OPENS ~ HIGHER INN. Y. Lead Irregular Advance in Early Trading. @ permit covering lands in townships 6 bar-| To Edward N. Johnson. of Casper, _ Additions to the ea: Chicago & Northwestera Ask. NEW YOR Bept 23 Ralls 20 | Merritt + ry : iat | gasoline produced on state leases was 13,740 and the AMOUNE} oo cipments, ey clis tod the 63 | Glenrock Of . |of gas was 106,039,000 cubic feet. The state’s royalties | to trreguiarty ay eve's ot the br 5 Buck Creek ‘20 \Balt Creek .°... |amounted to $86.191 in July as compared with $128,410 injana active opens of today's « pee Foreizn - og |Prod. and Refrs. | June and $153,109 in May. ing to Grill @ deep test well on section| market. Norfolk @ Western rose 2 . > an @ 08 |fescen” .- jon 2640-79, Salt Creek, under| 24 of the Torchlight field near Ther-|points, De'awere, Leckawanna = &|**** 30 «6 Bik Basin . ltense to: the Midwest Ol company,|™mopotis. The contract for the test] Western. Lehigh Valley and Louis- 22 | Western States . }had an output of 129,493. barrels in| bole has been jet to Scott Bille and) ville & Nashville guin‘ng 1 point each 1.06 Okmulgee 2 July a6 compared with 181,841 in June|>@ Js now assembling and trecting| Crucib! yestinghouse Ei ectric, Me: Chappelle 25 (Aden 3... 115.99) 213.729 in May. Royalty and Pro.| terial that will permit deep opera-/tcan Petroleum and Gene Ampha Cow Gulch (06 | Cities Service Com. -. 119.00 | 824 = On tions in the district. averaged 1 point advances with Domino log |S. O. Indiana... 38 | ee her te aves eualtty, bed a - dicott-Johnston and Tobacco Products Elkhorn os | NEW YORK STOCKS. Production of 2.562 barrels for the Boraités \ Jesued- sare Epa ye Ee tee dey ie ; E. T.)'W 33 | th from 16:39-73, Salt oT the| ‘he following government permits, and textiles were fractionally higher “ F Mexican Petroleum . ,$100.50 month from , Salt Creek ¢ p MLA sive" naaterke wee Venda Wrirth: apee Seip 1.60 | Sinclair Ol + 19.37 northeast quarter of 3658-100 Elk| covering oil and gas landa in Natrona| The on’y heary featy eat ce ae tas prscsoarggttarae, a? =i |texas Oil Basin, produced 203 barrels. Section| county have been issued during the| fwten tie ane itet reareeti ae 7 3 Pe 4 : et omi*. in 7 ng % and > ven é y U. S. Steel....: barrels ougias: ime included | preferred Money and Exchange. E. G, Lewis Oi] company oper-| n the Alkali dome near Wor- land haz a well down 1,000 feet, and] Go, ¢ Operations so far has| indications with | ¢ believed | ¢ that the Embar sand wt encoun-| aa ntine—Demand tered before the well is completed to a] 23, the most of them in Denver and iNan—Demand depth of 3,000 feet near by northern Colorado points. eal, 915-16 SATISFIED The Throng of Eager Buyers Who Visited Our Store This Week, Taking Advantage of the Unusual Low Price Offerings on FALL AND WINTER MERCHANDISE For Men and Boys We never-misicad ve people. the public. We-do as we advertise. We want the confidence of We were the first in Casper to cut prices and we will continue to cut when- ever we can. We want to apologize to those who were not waited on promptly. More salespeople have been added to our force and trust we can give the usual Star Clothing Company service hereafter. Saturday Wili Be a Big Shopping Day Come as Early as You Can, The Bargains Are Many. SUITS Men’s and Young Men’s Fall and Winter Suits. Come in pencil stripes, tweeds, fancy mixtures and. solid colors. breasted. Double and single $14.50-$19.50 $17.5 COMPARE 0-$21.50 Young Men’s Model 2-Pant Suits in Fine Stripe, Blue and Brown $35.00 $37.50 $39.50 COMPARE SHOES A real gallant holiday for the shoe shopper. We have them and they are priced so that you will sure buy them to supply your winter needs. Extra heavy black Men’s Work Shoes. Solid leather. Blucher style. All sizes. Ask for the Black Buck. We will give them to you this week for $2.15 Just think, Men’s All-Leather Scout Shoes, in black only and all sizes, at only.. ALL-LEATHER COAT 43 Inches Long. Reversible. $19.50 MOLESKIN CRAVENETTE Guaranteed waterproof Ove coats with belt. auto driving. $12.45 r- Just the coat for OVERCOATS 34 and 35 in range 82 RyaEe —| NEW YORK, # Prime To 0. M. Reinbach, of’ Casper, land h should be encountered @6 per cent. , 0 feet. If the product ular; sterling, de 7 of nd ir S 3.73% 34-83. Te i cables 4 To Elinor B. Hart, land in 7 a j Alkali Dome Well Progressing. 9 com Basin tk ompany n—Dem Der rway ts operating . with a pres-| crude | p« now to 500 barrel low offered PANTS PANTS Men’s corduroy pants. $2 75 2 e For this week, special khaki double- A good heavy men’s seat riding pants. $1.85 $2.15 » the All sizes at Men’s heavy moleskin pants for ‘COMPARE Dress Pants We claim to Have the best assort- ment of Dress Pants in Casper. All shades and grades. Among them the Sweet-Orr union-made Pants. From $2.75 Up ; COMPARE For men and young men, with or without belt. All coldrs and sizes. Tweeds and kersey. $14.75 $17.50-$19.50 COMPARE All-Leather Reversible Overcoats In one-half three-quarter and full lengths. Guaranteed solid leather in three colors, ma- hogany, tan and brown. $17.50 to $35.00 You ‘must see them to appreciate the yal- ues, We strongly urge you to look them over. COMPARE A real Dress Shoes. er style. Black and tan. $3.95 Better grade Dress Shoes, including our famous Ralston, are especially priced for this ay special ¢ SHOES In English and Bluch- $4.95 and Up COMPARE LEARNER 260 So. Center St., Casper, Wvo. Underwear Heavy Fleece Cotton Union Suits $1.45 Chalmers-made heavy vibbed union suits... $1.45 Good wool union suits — ait “2 $3.59 COMPARE ° Dress Shirts This department is complete, from a plain madras up to a pure silk, priced so that after looking them over you will buy them in dozen lots. Ranging in price from a 95c to $9.00 Complete Line of Union-Made Neckwear 35c to $1.50 COMPARE GE CE Rs RT Hats and Caps In this department. We can say hon- estly and back it, that we absolutely can save you real big money for we have secured a big sample line of Hats and Caps at a 40 per cent discount and we are going to divide the benefit with our customers, so be on hand and get a Hat or Cap or both for less than wholesale price. COMPARE Hose “ good heavy cotton Hose. Black or rown, per dozen pairs ... i $1.00 Heavy wool Hose. Three colors. Per pair. Interwoven Dres. Hose. Per pair. Interwoven fine ca and heather. Special ee nonaSes E. & W. and Arrow Collars. Three for, COMPARE _ Handkerchiefs . 5c Garters.......15¢ COMPARE All colors 5c Oe hmere. 4