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

EE 5 | ic LO ne me di si eli 3) t J EB. oy es ae easyer ts oe cb uP oF bt bi he te in el] cl ti te t & fr u F Av HUPrdebEYe PAGE TEN WBKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS BUIGK GREEK PRODUCTION 1S GIVEN. The Buck Creek Oil company during 1921 produced 110,-) 224 barrels of crude oil, it was announced at the annual meet-|american week. The company’s production at/American ill being obtained from the same five |4™«rican T. and T. ing held in Denver this the end of 1921 was st wells which were producing on January 1, 1921, No new} wells were brought in in the Lance Creek field by any cf the’ WHEAT TAKES ANOTHER JUMP Higher Quotations at Liver- pool Boost Prices at Chicago Opening. 10.—Fresh upturns| heat took place trading, the mar her quota-| CHICAGO, F in the price of day during the ear ket sympathizing with hig | tions at Liverpool. It was pointed} out that the Liverpool. market had/ made a straightaway advance of 26 cents as against 16 cents here. Be- Sides, reports were current telling of crop damage in Argentina, and @ cold wave in Kansas tonight was pre- @icied. The opening, which varied from %c lower to %4c higher, with May $1.29 to $1.30, and July $1-15% to $1.15%, was followed by material | gains all around. Reduction in estimates of the Ar gentine crop surplus together with re Wewed reports of high winds in Kan sas and other disquieting conditions | couthwest led subsequently to a fur-| ther advance {n prices. The close was | firm, 1%4 to 2%¢ net higher, with May | 31.31% to 181% and July $1.17% to 31.17% Corn and oats rose with wheat After opening unchanged to %c lower, 4c, the corn market upturn. damage advices counted later as an influence toward higher prices. The market closed firm at % to.i% to 1%c net advance, May 59% to 59%c. witate marted %c off to %e higher, May 29% @40c to 40c, and then all do- liveries went well above yesterday's finish. Provisions were lifted a little in price owing to higher quotations on| hogs: | Argentine crop Closing Quotations. Wheat— Open. High. Low. May - 1.32% 1.2 July 115% 1.18% Corn— ‘, May — 57% «BK July 60 62 40% «29% 40% | 42% 41 41% 19.00 10.82 10.65 10.80 n 21.02 11.07 10.25 9.97 10.25 10.35 10.25 10.35 Butter, Exgs, Poultry CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Butter lower; creamery extras 37c; first 31 @36c; seconds 28@30c; standards S4%4c. Higgs lower; receipts 11,184 cases; firsts 36@36%c; ordinary firsts, 31@ 32c; miscellaneous 34@35c. Poultry alive higher; fowls 240; springs 26c; roosters 17. —_—_—_<—<—-__——_ Livestock Mart Chicago Quotations. CHICAGO, Feb. 10—{U. 8S. Bureau |completed, t other companies in 1921, except three} producers on the west side of i.e feld| rated at about 50 barrels each. The| Buck Creek company will probably be} required to drill two ci taree wells during the year 1922 ander the terms) of its leases, which ‘wells will probably | test out its remaining undeveloped property within the probable produc- ing boundaries of the field Only one new well, known as well No. 2 on Rodeo claim.No. 2 in the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 26-36-65, which has been commenced in December, 1920, was drilled. This well was drilled for the purpose of testing the possibilities of commercial production on the sorth side of the main Lance Creek dome. While this well has not yet been fully pressure of water in nection with the ofl is not encour- aging. The condensed ealance sheet as of December 31, shows total property as sets of $3,794,967, of which $3,048,275 is developed leaseholds, $643,230 for undeveloped leaseholds and $12,961 in- vested in a gasoline plant, while total current assets are named at $569,503 of which $266,855 is in cash, $22,223 accounts receivable, $52,617 govern- ment bonds and $227,807 inventories. Mosher Test Near Completion. The Mosher Syndicate well on sec- tion 19-39-78, considered one of the most important tes! now under way in southern Salt Creek will be a known quantity before the end of the week according to reports from the field today. The drill was said to be within 10 feet ef the eand this morn- ing. Harry Adams, ‘R. J. Mosher ahd Other ofl operators of the southern field left this morning for Salt Creek to be on hand when the well was vusm- pleted. Steel Orders Decrease. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—The month- ty tonnage reports of the United States Stee} corporation made public today, showed 4,241,678 tons of unfill- ed orders on hand January 31. This is m decrease from the preceding month of 36 tons but an increase over the foregoing month of 17,872 tons. Montana Operations. HEL Mont., Feb. 10.—At the annual s olders’ meeti of the 1 Ga was an- Beaverbead Alberta id Oil in Butte it elghty acres in the sek ofl field’on the Crow In. eservation, which land lies only a short distance from the preducing wells of the Western States Oil and Land company. Tne. company is at present in active preparation on its property near Dillon, in the southwest corner of Montana. A depth of more than 1,800 feet has been reached in well No. 2, and indications are that production from the first sands may be looked for any time. Preparations are being mude to drill the newly ac- quired Soap Creek acreage as. .0n as well No. 2 at Dillon is complete, Nels Nelson of Deer Lodge ts presi- dent of the company and Dr. T. A. Griggs of Butte is secretary-treasurer, J. M. McCready is field manager. A group of unitholders in the Key- stone Oil syndicate. which is drilling the Muddy Creek structure northwest of Great Falls sent Charles R. Merk- linger from Aberdeen. S. D., to inves- tigate the holdings. He has returned with a report that will bring the in- vestment of $2,500 in the company. The group of Aberdeen unitholders will give further assistance in refl- nancing the well to put a larger rig on the hole, which is now down 500 American Associated Press Leased Wire u] Miemisa so he TR LAST SALES. | New York Stocks | | American American American Woolen Anaconda Copper Atchison Atl Gulf and W. Indies Baidwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel “B™ Canadian Pacific . Central Leather . General Motors 9 Goodrich Co. 37% Great Northern pfa. . 74 Great Northern Ore Ctfs. Tittinois Central .... Inspiration Copper Int. Mer. Marine pfd. . International Paper Kenn~ott Copper . Louisville and Nash Mexican Petroieum Miami Copper .. Middle States Oil Midvale Steel . Missouri Pacific New York Central N. Y., N, H. and Hartford Norfolk and Western . Northern Pacific B Oklahoma Prod. and Ref. 2% Pan-American Petroleum 53% Pennsylvania . My People’s Gas . - 7% Pittsburg and West Va. 26 Ray Consolidated Copper .. “4 Reading .......+++++ 73% Rep. Iron and Steel ...... 52% Royal Dutch, N. ¥. ..... 51 Shell Trans and Trad. . 36 Sinclair Con. Oil 19% Southern Pacific 82% Southern Railway Standard Otl of N. J. Studebaker Corporation. 18% 15% Tennessee Copper ++ 10% Texas Co. ...... 45% Texas and Pacific 4 Tobacco Products % Trancontinental Ol! Union Pacific U. 8. Food Products . U. 8. Retafl Stores . U. 8. Ind. Alcohol .. United States Rubber United States Steel Utah Copper Westinghouse Willy's Overland American Zine, Lea Butte and Superior Cala, Petroleum Montana Power Shattuck AYizona Pure Oil . o- Invincible General Asphali 53% 61 52% % coming up between the strings of cas- ing was found to have oil colors, as did the water in the hole. Mr. Merk. linger expressed the opinion that a well will be brought in within 1,600 feet of drilling. ‘The location is a short distance back from an east fault =< the showings of oil, coupled with goodwater pressure, indicate a good chance for production in the quadrant sands. The depth of 500 feet put the aril into the Kootenai. —S——— 30-Passenger Airplanes To Be Operated CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Atfrplanes car- of Markets)—Cattle —- Receipts, 4, 000; beef steers steady to strong, qual- ity plain; ‘top, $8.50, weigh ¢ pounds; bulk beef steers, $6.75@7 fat she stock and calves steady; bu'l $10@10.75; canners, cutters and bulls stow; about steady; bull bolognas, $3.85@4.10; stockers and feeders firm; bulk, $6.25@6.75. Hogs—Receipts, 31,000; market 10c to 25c higher than yesterday's aver age; lighter weights active, others slow: big packers holding back; $10.25 paid for 160-pound average; bulk lights, $10@10.20; bulk others, $9.50@ 9.90; pigs 10c to 15c higher; bulk de sirable around $9.50. Sheep—Receipts, 6,000; best fat lambs strong to 15c higher, others and sheep steady; fat lamb top to ship- pers early $14.75; packers, $14.65; me dium and good kinds, $13.75@14.40; fat ewe top early, $ yealers, Omaha Quotations. OMAHA . Feb. States Bureau of Margets).—Hoes ceipts 9,000; hts 15 to 25e higher: other grades steady to 10c higher; bulk top $9.75; packing 1,300; beef steers or; she stock about bulls dull 25¢ lower; veals, stockers and feeders generally steady Sheep receipts 5,500; lambs steady to 15c lower; bulk $13. 40@ @13.60 top $13.85; other clases steady; year- top ; ewe Denver Quotations. Feb. 10. ttle — Re ceipts, 400; market steady; beef stee’ cows and heifers. $6@5 bulls 5. 50@6 5 ; market 15c to $9.60; calves, stockers and feeders, Hogs—Receipts, 25¢ higher; top, bulk, $9.25@ 9.50. Sheep — Receipts, 6,000; market 15c higher; lambs, $13@1 , $7@ 7.10; feeder lambs, $ — your husband a | 10.—(United feet, and drill it to completion. Wator rying thirty passengers and equippe? 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There Is Nothing Too Good For Our Trade Casner Maite wrimine | SHORTS FACE. ~ {O95 IN MART Bull Interests in Steels, Rails and Motors Active at Opening. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Legisiative | and ad-) report for January, encouraged newal of shorts selling in today’s stock market. Sales approximated 750,000 shares. Buying of Influential railroad stocks Uke Atchison, Great Northern pefer- red, Northern Pacific, Norfolk and Pacific 1.to 2 points, provided a stimulating influeuce tor a time, but the entire market weakened on the publication of the United States Steel tonnare report which showed a dicrease, whereas an increase had been suite generally expected. Liberal off ings of the steels, equipments Americin sugar, American Sumatara Tobacco, Peoples Ges and General Asphalt de pressed them 1 to 1% below yester- day's final figures. Subsequently the market again moved \forward under the leadership of Mexican Petroleum. Other ofls Improved with Mexican Petroleum, but reacted ister when steels, equipments, and specialties be- came depressed. ‘The closing was heavy. Strength of low priced rails again featured the bond market. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Another 'Orive against the shorts in steels. rails and motors marked the resumption of trading on the stock exchange today. Tinited States Steel, yesterday's strong- lest feature, was the only noteworthy exception, opening at a loss of halt ‘2 point. Crucihle, Lackawanna, Gulf States and Replogle Steels reflected fvrcher pool operations with United States Cast Iron Pipe, the latter gain- ing one point. Ralls were bought in lexpectation that the government may grant credits for their rehabilitation. Mariana Oil, Industrial Alcohol, Pierce Arrow preferred and Adams Express also were strong. United States Steel reacted a point support. Mexican Petroleum, New York Airbrake, Corn Products, Good rich, American Tobacco and Famous Players common and proferred were 1 to 1% points under yesterday's fi- nal. Southern Railway preferred was out of line with other rails, show- ing occasional pressure, as again the strength of Seaboard Air Line pre- } ferred, Pere Marquette preferred and Minneapolis & St. Louis. Cast Iron Pipe common and preferred were the only specialties to extend their ad- Motors, equipments and cop- pers forfeited fractions. Call loans opened and renewed into next week at 5 per cent. Forsign bonds, especial- ly French and Scandinavian issues wero strong. Liberty 3%s rose $1 per $100. Metals. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Copper— GRIFFIN PHONE 1288 Ribbon Baby Beef bought ahead to run us two weeks or more. Call for your favorite cut and enjcy a treat. No advance in prices. 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