Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1922, Page 12

r t m H be nm wm fy ne co) be PAGE TWELVE VABKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS|) Scx2rerr secs —E | GAS BUSINESS SHOWS BIG GROWTH With gas consumption at the present time averaging be- tween 20,000,000 and 24,000,000 cubic feet a day, the gas department of the New York Oil company has been en-j; abled to keep close track on the growth of Casper through the extension of its se e to all sections of the city. The growth « » gas department during a period of aj” EARLY ADVANGE Reaction From Recent Rapid Increase in Values Sets in Today. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—<Although the wheat market scored a fresh advance tm the early transactions today, the failed to last. Jnitial upturns ere ascribed to the nence of new gains in Liverpool quotations. Many Gealers here however, learned to the}! view that the recent general advance of values had been too rapid and that | @ reaction was r. Opening} prices, which ranged m %c to tec higher, with May $21.23% to $1.23%. and July $1.07% to $1.08, were fol lowed by # setback all around to be- low yesterday's finish. Subsequently, word of # sharp ad- vance in prices at Buenos Aires led to @ new ascent here. Scantiness of domestic receipts northwest was also le over a year, is best shown tn # atement of operations submitted tc e Tribune by E. T. Patterson, man er The report in part follows: In January 1921 we were serving 0 consumers and an estimats on the otal number of possible consumers at that Ume, was placed at 2,000. In January 1922, or just one year later, we were actually serving over 2600 consumers and have just un- loaded @ car containing over 1000 new meters, it seems quite possible indeed that the total will reach 4,009 before many months as the demand for gas service is increasing very rapidly; the growth of this department already is far beyond what was originally ex we certainly have absolute proof that the citizens of Casper ap preciate to the fullest extent this won lerful convenience and necessity, na tural gas. Our entire gas distrfvution system has worked perfectly every since we tarted, over 15 months ago, and, need less to say, we are just a little prou f the fact there is not a city in the d States that can boast of bet eamure regulation than we have here. Money Values. LONDON, Feb. 3—The London ‘Times tn its financial notes, observing that the dollar value of the pound has & factor, together with drought rel not been so high since August, 1919 ports from Europe. Te close wns| cays that it must not be assumed that strong, 1% to 2%o net higher, May|me advance ts an unmixed blessing. 25% and “July $1.00% $1.25% to $ to $1.00%. Reports showing that the farm re- serve supply of oats were unusually small gave firmness to prices of corn and oats. After opening unchanged to %o to %o higher, May 54%c to 54% 0c, the corn market hardened a lit- tle more. Export demand was somewhat less active, but prices closed firm at % @%o to X@%ec net gain, with May at 554 @%o to 55%. Oats started unchanged to %o high- er, May 39% to 39%c, and contin- ued to point upward. Provision values were lifted by an advance in the hog market. Closing Quotations. Open High Low Close 123% 1.26% 1.22% 1.25% 1.07% 1.09% 1.06% 1.09% asserting that it cheapens the cost of imports from America, but raises the cost of British goods to American buy- ers, therefore putting American pro- ducers in @ position to compete more advantageously in both markets. Finance Applications. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Finance applications were received by the tn. terstate commerce commission today for four railroads, the Erie; Kansas City Northwestern; Illinois Centrai and Knoxville & Carolina. The Illinois Central requested the commission to authorize the issue of $3,255,000 In raw securities with which the railroad proposes to make a part payment on 350 new refrigerator cars. The Kansas City Norsirwestern ap- plied for a government loan of $1,- 300,000 with which {t proposes to pay off receivership certificates. issued against its property and buy new equipmen: 54% 55% 54% 55K EPS Pea LT 56% .57%4 .56% .57%| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.—The jury. in the second trial of a man- 39% .89% 29% .39%| Slaughter charge against Roscoe C 40% .40% .40% .40%| (Fatty) Arbuckle returned to the third day of its deliberation at 9 a.{ 19.00 |m. today. The jury had been out 41 hours at that time, The jury in the 10.45 10,32 10.40 | first trial remained out 43 hours. 10.70 10.52 10.62 Juror Lee Dolson, whose illness cut short the deliberation last night, had| 10.07 980 10.05 | completely recovered today. | 10.17 10.00 10.17 oo Batter and Eggs. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—Butter—Un changed. Eges—Lower; receipts 10,737 cases; firsts, 36%c; ordinary firsts, 31@33c; miscellaneous 35@36c. FUROPERI OI SUREYS WADE Attention Turns to Overseas Fields With Efforts to Secure Contracts. ~The BERLIN, Fet increased Try a Classified Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel “B” ‘canadian Pacific Central Leather “handler Motors hesapeake end Chicago, Mil and St. Paul . Thicago, R. I. and Pac. . Chino Copper .. .. colorado Fuel and Iron Corn Products .. crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar Erle ... oes General Electric eneral Motors soodrich Co. Ohe Taser Maily eritune i Furnished by ‘laylor and Clay LOCAL OLL STOCKS, as 22 27 30 69 m1 16 as le 10 54 2.00 a8 as 08 08 4 04 69 2 20 30 00% OL 02 04 08 ay 25 ua United Pete Wyo-Kans Wyo-Tex. -__ Western Exploration Western Of Fields W. O. F. Rites .... ¥Y on Western States . Great Northern pfd. . Tk% Great Northern Ore Ctf 33% Tilinols Central ex div. . 108% Inspiration Copper .. 39 nt. Mer Marine pfd. 6s nte jog! Paper 50% ennecott Cop: 28% oulsville and <avaville . 113% ican Pstroveum . 114 26% 12 30 17% ew York Central . 7 N. ¥., N. H. and Harttora Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific & Oklahoma Prod. and Ref. Pan-American Petroleum ...-.. Pennsylvania . People’s Gas .. Pittsburg and West Va. . Ray Consolidated Copper . Reading Rep. Iron and Steel . Royal Dutch, N. ¥. . Shell Trans and Trad. . Sinclair Con Oli 19% Southern Pacific 82% Southern Railway . 18% Standard Oil of N, J. pfd. . 115 Studebaker Corporation 91% Tennessee Copper . 10% Texas Co. ....... 45 ‘Texas and Pacific . 30% Tobacco Products . 63% Transcontinental Ot! Union Pacific .... U. S. Food Products J. 8. Retail Stores . S. Ind. Alcohol . United States Rubber . United States Steel Utah Copper ....... 63 Westinghouse Electric . 51% Willy's Overiend . 5% American Zinc, Lead 13% Butte and Superior Cala Petroleum Montana Power 6sn | Shattuck Arizona By Pure Oil .....+ 35 Invincible Of 15% General Asphalt Livestock Mart Omaha Quotations. OMAHA, Feb, 3.—{U. 8S. Bureau of Markets). —— Hogs — Recefpts 6,500; steady to 10c higher; bulk $8.50@8.65; top $8.90; packing grades $7.00@8 00. been participating in these negotia-| tlons. | | The annual production of crude ofl in the United States was estimated by the United States geological sur- vey on January 18, to be now almost 500,000,000 barrels but the report stated that the annual consumption already {s beyond that mark and {s still growing. It added that for some! years the United ‘States has had to| import off and, with the growth In| Cattle—Receipts 1,609; all classes fenerally steady; desirable beef steers and she stock fairly active. Sheep—Receipts 6,000; all classes steady; bulk, fed lambs $13.35@13.50; top $13.50. Prices. CHICAGO, Feb. 3—{U. 8. Bureau of Markets). — Cattle — Receipts 4,000 market fairly active and strong to higher on beet steers, choice yearling steers and hafers $9.60, weight 1,015 pe bulk ‘Sort steers, $6.75@7.85: st e # ock stavt? to strong. bull demand, its dependence on foreigniera and feels xbeu' meady; ver” umpt! of cru i] ft me oomeremantic crude oll and need of}oll “has become steadily greater in|cn+.. unevnay steady to lowet. ae Sable as es nae focused atten.| "Pit of our own increase in -out-! Hogs—Receipts 24,000; Meht and doh: CP TAntaTiGhA “Sntareste “UpeR Tria: | eee medium active, 10 to 20c higher; others ropean fields, and renewed efforts iiss = are being made to secure long time centracts for the development of the industry here on a large scale, Agents of the Standari Of] com pany have been most active and are reported here to have secured virtual monopolies of oll prospecting and well sinking in a number of smaller central European states. ee _ Pioneer Groc East A and Jefferson p; | ery & Market | Phone 345 8. O. Indiana ........$ f NEW YORK CURB CLOSiNG. Mavine 255845050 +. 188 1.50 Mountain Producers 11.87 Merritt 6.25 9.50 Glenrock Oil 1.00 1.13 Salt Creek .. 14.13 14.37 Western States . 25 26 Salt Creek Con. ... 8.75 9.00 Prod. and Refrs. 5.75 Mutual 8 Cities Service Com .. 170.00 172.00 LIBERTY BONDS. end vee e8 96.70 96.50 0 74 96.50 40 Third 4%s . Fourth 4%= - Victory 4%s Crude Market | Grass Creek ~~~-.----------------$1.90 ++ 100.26 Big Muddy -----—. Mule Creek --. slow, mostly steady to strong with yes- terday’s average; top $9.50; bulk $8.85 9.35; pigs 10 to 25e higher; bulk de- trable around $9.25; some up to $9.50. Sheep — Receipts 6,000; inastly steady; very lutle cholco stuff here. tat lambs top early $13.85; one load “d higher; bulk early $13.00@13. nt ewes $675; extreme feeds: lainbs carly Denver Quotations. DENVER, Feb. 3.—Cattle —- Re- colpts, 300; market steady; beef steers, $6@7.25; cows and heifers, $4.50@6.75; calves, $7.50@9.50; bulls, $2.50@4; stockers and feeders, $5@ 6.65. Hogs—Recetpts, 700; market steady; top, $9; bulk, $8.60@8.90. Sheep—Recelpts, 2,200; market 10c to 15¢ higher; lambs, $12.50@13.10; ee Oras: feeder lambs, $11.50 Westinghouse, Western Electric, Davis. 02% | the upward movement 1; STOCK MARKET OPENING ACTIE Oils Among Shares to Register Early Gains, Buying Is Extensive. NEW YORK. Feb 3-—The stock| tances 5. market was active anc strong today 2% «Jon very broad dealings. Specialties again led the advance but high grade 004 =| rails were in steady demand. Sales 06% | approximated £50,000 shares. Buying of representative shares like the high priced railroads tmpart- ed an additional stimulating force to stocks in the afternoon. Union Pacific, Atchison Loulsville & Nashville, Great North- ern preferred. Norfolk & Western and Delaware & Hudson advanced 1 to 1%. American Express gained 6% and Chandler 3 points. Further purchases of investment rails and call money’s decline to 4% Per cent gave additional impetus to Prices in the final hours. The clos- ing was strong. Liberty and Victory |issues were irregular, most other | bonds were firm. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The extensive }interest in the stock market continued ‘at the active and firm opening of ,to- Gay's session. Oils, utilities and many miscellansous shsres registered early gain extending from large fractions to over 1 poiat. General Asphalt. Peo- ples Gas, Third Avenue and Brown |Shoe were the strong features. Na- tional Enamelling, American Interna- jtional, Iron Products, Studehaker, In- | | } 12.37 dustrial Alcohol, Texas Gulf Sulphur, Pittsburgh Coal and Coiumbia Grapho- phone preferred were in demand, with Corn Products, — Vér¢infa-Carolina Chemical, General Flectric and Hide & Leather preferred. One block ¢? 12,000 shares of General Motors sold at 9 unchanged from yesterday's fin- al price, ‘Trading broadened under. the more confident operations of pools during the morning, transactions in the first hour amounting to 300,000 shares. Call loans opened and renewed into next week at 5% per cent, but in pri- vate offerings a lower rat. was made. g| Baldwin and Pullman were added to the stronger equipments and Mexican Petroleum, Royal Dutch, Houston and Standard Oi) of New Jersey. strength. ened with other oils. Chain store and textile issues were featured by Kresge, Cluett Peabody and Woolworth st gains of 2 to 3 points. After losing 2% points, American Ice rallied 5 points but soon carcelied ‘ts gain. American Snuff featured the dormant specialties at a gain of 12 points. Silver. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Foreign bar silver, 66%c; Mexicans dollars, 50%. Money. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Call money, easier; “high 5%; low 4%; ruling rate 5%; closing bib 4; offeret 4%, lost loan 4%; call loans against accep- ‘Time loans, firm; 60 days 4% @5; 90 days 4%@5% six months 4% @5; Prime mercantile paper 4% @5. Metals. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Copper—Eas- ler; ic, spot and near by, 13% @13%c; Inter, 13% @1¢e. Tin—Easy; spot and near by, $31.50; futures, $30.75. Iron—Steady; prices unchanged. Lead—Steady; spot, $4.70@ 4.8 Zinc—Quict: East St. Louis del.v- ery, spot $4.50@4.55. Antimony—Spot $4.40. Foreign —Demana France— Italy—Demand Y Beigium — Demand 1.97, cables 7.97%. Germany — Demand .49, cables 43%. Norway—Demand 16.00. 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