Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1922, Page 10

3 « 4 « . 1 1 , sali liedadl Se a a eS Dower PAGE TEN IMPROVEMENT IN{_ THE AMERICAN LEGION News of Interest to Ex-Service Men Fea’ Nati turing onal, WOOL MARKET 15 Prices Improve as Stocks Are | charges. Reduced and Fine Wool Is in Strong Demand, Is Claim. Legion will present {ts case before|red tape evils. climb every chamber of commerce in the i the military status of deserters. The| made by the party during the sum- country. The hue and cry raised Moneys received by the Unitea| Americas Lesion, supporting the|mer, in continuance of a custom) “Down with the stars and stripes,” 5 against the “cash bonus” clause in measure, urges unrelenting federal/ started by last year’s expedition. appt valigapee remorse | to speed The wool market at home and abroad has shown «a écided improve ment Curing the past two weeks. Btocks of wool in this country are be- ing reduced gradvally. The imports are low and the consumption prac- tically normal. Fine wool of good length is in demand with only a lim- ited supply available, Prices for this Clune, ly $1 per pound, on a scoured basis. Recently there has been a docided up-| 20% City, To lay proper emphasis on the five; by exposure Rouseid by Willis's optional provisions of the pending ad- justed compensation, the American the bill has befogged the issue, Han- fori MacNider, Appointment of Senator McCum- ber, author of the bill, as chairman jot the finance committes, is expected — Hanford MacNider, commander of or the American Legion, has announced] St" tng the appointment of the legion’s legis- lative committes, as follows: Dan F. Steck, Ia, chairman; Quigs, East Cleveland, Ohio; Earl M. Nebraska; Wm. R. MoCauley, Bloomington, I! ~ Mandan, N, D.; Mat H. Murphy, Bir- ee mere ‘ced to approximate-| ingham, Ala; J. G. Scrugham, Car poste of Minnesota cost $75,000. The list does not tributed to needy families in Den’ clude 21,000 cases wherein hospital] The shooting match benefited farm- State and Local ‘Wil not| try have been invited to join the op- treatment, the American Legion is} ond annual ascent of Mt. Hood started a vigorous investigation of *T™*tion of the statute of imitations| American Legion post at Hood River, | if the house passes a bill to continue| Ore. The 11-000-foot national commanéer,| under up congressional action on Fequest of the American Le-/ican Legion’s legislative committee. — on the streets of New York, the butt John R. Mo- Gun play between the chamber of/ of nate buddies performed by American post at Akron, Colo., resulted in the ; James M. Hanley, Nevy Wm. F. Deegan, New York; Joseph HL Thompson, Pitts- promiscuous jokes. American Le- In ‘Tho “48,903 ‘goed Gecde to unticta-|commerce and the American Lagion|gien m0en took immcestée mad found| week: three Ameristn ‘Legion ‘post oA him to be Lawrence Leedy, ex-soldier, | jutants applied for work at the Muni- | - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1922. The right of the navy department to make notation on a sailor’s official Dodges and Fords, Also One Ford Ton Truck. See Virbel, Phone 17139-J W. O. W. i Regular meeting Wednesday evening at | 7:30 o’clock.. Dance, refreshments and social. : fi | E. D. HIGHSWONGER, C. C. . | ” Mipaga LONGHURST, Clerk ward trend of prices in the South American, Australian and London ‘wool markets. The most notable ad- vances occurred jn the finer grades ef wool. Information reaching the bureau shows that Boston prices for wool, scoured basis, on January 12, were higher than London prices for corres- > onding grades. The quotations were figured on a basis of exchange at $4.20 per pound sterling. In the! following tabulation the Boston grade| and the equivalent London grade are bracketed for comparison: burg; James A. Drain, Washington, D. Cs George L. Berry, Preesman's Home, Tenn; Wibur M. Brucker, Saginaw, Mich; John Thomas Taylor, ‘Washington, D. C.; John D. Markey, Frederick, M4; Aaron Sapiro, Lexing- ton, Ky.; John 1H. Sherbourne, Bos- ton; Paul Edwards, Seattle, Wash. Because he had not bis commit- ment papers, Wallis D. Willis, a dis- abled soldier, was turned away from government hospitals to wander in the streets of “Vashington until overcome Boston. London. Otio fine unwashed Delaine — )_-_ $1.05 395 Buper warp 64-70 ) Mont. fine medium clothing )—_ ert 23 Good French combing 64-70 ) ; Mont. % Blood staple choice )_~. ‘87% ise Super warp 60 Ohio % stapls choice I es ss Good style 60-60 ) Boda Springs % Blood aces RO PF 45 Good style 50 ) Braid eC A Die s Good style 40 ) Preliminary estimates by the bu- reau of markets and crop estima of the 1921 wool clip were 225,000,- 000 pounds compared with revised es: timates of 235,000,000, pounds for 1920 and 250,000,000 pounds for 1919, all es- timates based on grease wool exclu- sive of pulled wool. All of the wool hela by the govern- ment when the armistice was signed has been disposed of by auction sales excepting 11,768,038 pounds which comprised the holdings of January 19, 1922, On February 2 another auction sale will be held at Ford Hall, Bos- ton, Mass, at which time 7,000,000 pounds will be offered. The balance of woo! stocks remaining in the hands of the government will be offered for sale at Boston on March 2, 1922. sumption during the first 11 months of the war year, 1918, amounted to 703,439,000 pounds, which was 114,- 284,000 more than was consumed dur- ing the corresponding period of 1921. All figures are on @ grease wool ba- ale. During the first four months of 1921 the wool imports were 227,494,787 pounds ct an average of 66,873,696 pounds per month while the imports for the last eight months were 93,- 104,374 pounds which {s an average monthly importation of 11,636,046 pounds. The smailest importation during the entire year was for June when only 5,951,755 pounds were re- ceived in the country while the lar- gest importation is recorded during |the month of March when 98,103,093 The consumption of wool in the| pounds were received at ports of en- United States during the 11 months|try. The yearly importations of all ended November 30, 1921, amounted | classes of wool for 1921 and compara- to 569,155,000 pounds compared with) tive figures for 1910 and 1919 follow. 654,513,000 pounds and 563,062,000 1910, 180,134,981 pounds; 1919, 445. pounds for the corresponding pretod 834 pounds; 1921, 320,665,751 pounds. of 1920 and 1919, respectively. Con-| Imports of wool week ending Jan. 14, 1922, BOSTON Condition. Country of Origin. Bales. Pounds. Unwashed. 114 437 s 142 143 88 30,987 On Skin-.-F J 827 En 79 Sheets 7,418 Bcoured_--Sout 1204 89.136 —Mohatr—~ Unwashed_--South Africa —. 88 17,530 PHILADELPHIA Unwashed_--Servia ~~ 47 602 2108 3,167 65 909 16 384 Of the above amount 0," was clothing wool. The balance con- sisted of class 3 or carpet wool. During the year 1921, 62 counties | {n the state of Indiana marketed 1,-/ 000 pounds of wool co-operatively, ever one-third of the entire state cording to the latest revised ates of the United States de- pa nt of agriculture. The cost of handling this wool, from the wagon box to the manufacturer, was less than 4% cents per pound according to extension officials of the state unt- versity. | Law Student Is | Sent to Prison' CHICAGO, Feb. 1—Found guilty of a charge of contributing to the de-| Inquency of his wife, Emmaline Rea-| vis, aged 16, Guillermo Plana, 22 years of age, Filipino law student at Depatil university, was vevtenced to one year in the house of corection. Plana and the gtri had eloped. Counsel for Plana contended there is no law whereby a man could be DRY AGENTS NAMED. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-—Appoint-' ment of 27 federal prohibition officials in various states has been announced | by Commissioner Haynes. i The appointees include: Atha Car-} ter, Reno, Nev., legal efviser for the “Nevada forces, and the following fed-/ eral prohibition agents: Iowa, Benja. min F. Wilson, Audubon; New Mex. ico, Thomas J. Brooks, Albuquerque; } FOR RENT Two Front Office Rooms. | Zuttermeister Bldg. Texas, J. J. 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