Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 10, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cridune Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona ‘County, Wyo. Publication Offices, Tribune Building- BUSINESS TELEPHONES .. <i . 15 aye 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecti Departments onesie <ecanet Alene canet mtn ile nsneroenenes Ear ans SNS Entered at Casper (Wyoming). Postoffice as second class. matter, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . Presidert and Zditor we R. E. EVANS .. THOMAS DAILY Advertising Representatives. Prudden, King & Prudden. 1720-23 Steger Bidg.. UL; 286 Fitth avenue, New York City, Globe Bi t Chicago, Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in New York, Chicago and Boston offices and visitors are welcome. SUBSCRIPTION BATES Carrier Mass. By One Year ... ced Six Months > i396 ‘Three Months rr One Month er Per Copy ... Mee Three Months No subscription by mail accep’ three months. 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There is one element that forever blocks the dan- ger of movuments of this character—the small home and land owners are.in the majority. : He who owns his home and sits under his own vine and fig tree is owned by the home infuences that are against revolutions. The millions of little homes, bungalows, gardens and acre tracts and owners of suburban improve- ments are the safeguard of the nation. The man who owns a little home, or frait tract or small farm is owned by that property and is not an easy mark for the red flag. legislators, bankers, employers of labor and gov- ernment generally should do all possible to make it easy to own and keep homes. 0 The Tax Payers Suffer wae. the approval of President Harding a con- stit™tional amend&nent is proposed to put an end to the further issuance of tax exempt securities by federal, state and municipal governments. “In a report presented to the house by Representa- tive Green on behalf of the Ways and Means com- mittee, the iniquity of the tax exempt bond is point- ed out. “The existence of conditions that enable any municipality or political subdivision to issue tax free securities is a constant temptation to issue such securities in a larger amount than is neces- The use for 7 algo the | 1 Every dollar of government bonds which escapes taxation doubles the load which remaining taxable property is assessed to pay. OE The Men Want No Strike HERE IS every reason to doubt that the men \L themselves, that is the railroad efployes, really are in sympathy with resistence to the decisions of the United States Railway Labor board. i The truth is that the men have been expecting a reduction in their wages and, as would be the case} among any other intelligent set of men, they have or are making preparations t> aueet the new scale. The strike statements are made by leaders of the unions whose viewpoint has heen distorted by months of effort before the board +o resist the -inevitable downward trend of wages. i The employes, on the other hand, are in the main sincerely interested in taking care of their jobs and their homes, and few employes in any industry have more good reasons for doing so. % 4 It should not be forgotten that the men in rail- road service work under much more favorable con- ditions than in outside shops and industries. The existence, and the policy of the labor board have benefitted the, railroad employes because the board has prevented these reductions in wages until long after the wages of men doing similar work in other industries had been cut. To leave railway wages on their present high basis would be to make railway employes a favored class at the expense of shippers and other classes of people, including other working men. | » ‘Approaching Prosperity i ETROIT factories are said to be bidding against each other for labor and permanent, well-paying| jobs are going begging for men to fill them. Condi- tions in Detroit are repeated in greater or less de- gtec all over the country. Prosperity is with us, but} there are those who want to stop it all by tying up transportation, ending the fuel supply, or turn-| ing out of office the political party whose policies} are responsible for the change. i | Education a la Cafeteria } JABOUT fifty per cent of the tax money collected} is used for purposes of our schools and public education. Our school system is receiving the} thoughful attention of business men to a greater) extent than even before. All are in favor of the best possible free school system. The day has arrived, however, when there is a division of opinion “as to how far our public universities should go in enlarging the variety of subjects which may be added to their courses. Further there is a growing sentiment against the} practice of adding innumerable free courses in| state universities covering everything from bare | legged dancing to vaudeville. | The cost to the taxpayers is running into the mil-| lions and the question, is becoming more persistent, | “are the legitimate functions of state institutians| being exceeded?” charge all the va jour national interests. Should the state teach free of|turn out of office the administration responsible rious courses of the arts and the| for that remarkable change. Southern Pacific Railroad Control professions? Should not a public university con- cern itself more with the essentials of a sound edu- cation? One distinguished scholar or brilliant statesman should be worth more to a university than thous- anls of half-baked gtaduates, some of whom owe their degree principally to athletics or expertness in dancing. Fewer subjects and sounder would give us fewer students and better. ch AMEE Aone Power Cannot Be Delegated SENATOR OWEN, Democrat of Oklahoma, who has been permitting his mentality to lie fallow for a considerable spell, has at length broken into print again, this time with a proposal which casts some doubt on his sanity as a legislator. I[t is a proposed amendment to the tariff bill, as follows: “The United States tariff commission is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad of every article imported from any foreign country into the United States or into any of its possessions where duty is imposed on such article. The said commission is directed to calculate the specific duty equal to the difference in the cost of produc- tion at home and abroad of such article which with 10 per cent added thereto shall be published by said commission as the duty fixed upon.such article by the congress of the United States.” This is a proposal pure and simple for delegated. legislation, something congress is inhibited from doing. The proposal carried its own denial, for it would not be the duty fixed upon such articles by congress, but by the commission itself. All bills for raising revenue must originate in the house of representatives and while Senator Owen may argue that his amendment does not run counter to that constitutional provision, it is doubtful if the house itself would ever countenance the amendment or that the supreme court would approve it even if the house should do so. Senator Owen reasons that it would take the tariff out of politics. But that will never be done so long as there are two schools of thought to make it an issue. When the Southern Tariff association and a few other such organiza- tions have succeeded in converting the entire coun- try to the protective tariff idea, it will disappear from politics, and not until ther a A Narrow Statesman ARTER GLASS, Democratic senator frém Vir- ginia is one of the numerous Democratic leaders who advocate the purchase of commodities of local production without fully appreciating the force of the same argument when applied nationally, Senator Ginss is editor and owner of the Lynch- burg, Va., News, and like all editors and publishers does a lot of boosting for the old home town. In a recent issue the ‘ws gives the first column on its editorial page to a plea for the’support of the local chamber of commerce, a project which, of course, calls for contributions from the pockets of the people of the community. Among the good pur- poses of the chamber is “to encourage buying at home and buying home products.” Now, just analyze the proposition which Senator Glass holds out to his constituents. He wants them to tax themselves to maintain a chamber of com- merce to induce themselves to buy home products and build up their common interests. Yet, in na- tional legislation, Mr. Glass is opposed to a pro- tective tariff. the purpose of which is to levy an im- port tax in order to induce our people to purchase domestic products as a means of building up our common national interests. If there is any funda- mental difference between the two propositions, we fail to see it. Mr. Glass and his Democratic asso- ciates are in favor of a tax to build up local in- terests—they are opposed to a tax, part of which, at least, will be paid by the foreigner, to build up Local pride ought to be sufficient to induce every individual in Lynchburg to buy local products, but experience demonstrates that pride in the ‘achieve- ments of the community is not a sufficient incen- tive there or elsewhere. There must be community action in order to promote the common welfare; sh Francisco eastward via Ogden, Chey: enne and Omaha. : In order that the question at issue may be fully understoed itis worth while to quote from the decision as followa. “The Central Pacific with {ts east- Southern Pacific with {ts roads and connections, and stemmboat lines, forms another great transcontinental system for transportation from coast to coast. The Central Pacific con- stitutes some 800 miles or the trans- continental line of which it is a part.” And also “such combinations, aot the result of normal and natural growth and development, but springing from the formation of holding companies, or stock purchases, resulting in the unified control of different reads or systems, naturaly conrpetitive, consti- tutes ‘a menace and a restraint upon that freedom of commerce which con- areas intended to recognize and pro- tect and which the public is entitled to have protected.’” And also, “These cases, collectively, establish that one system of railroad transportation cannot acquire another, nor a substantial and vital pert there- of, when the effect of such acquisi- tion is to suppress, or materialy re- duce tho free and normal flow of com- petition in the channels of interatate trade. “In the Instant case we are not 4 ing with the principle in the abstract. The proof is ample that the policy of the southern Pacific system, has been to favor transportation on its line by securins for itself, whenever practic: Dally Cribunc Mondell Never Disappoints gain prestige for himself. clean committees, el many he has done all thing in congress. able, the carriage of freight which would norialiy move eastward or westward over tha shorter line of the Centre! Pacific railroad and its con- nections, for its own much longer and wholly owned southern roate. This course was limited by an arbitrary rule during the time the Union Pa- cific dominated the Southern Patific from the stock purchase in 1911 until the so-called ‘unmerger’ in 1913, ag a. result of the decision of this cj.1rt in the Union Pacific case. The com- Pelling motive of this course of con- duct is obvious. The Southern Pa- clfic owns and controls the southerly route, and receives 100 per cent of the compensation for freight transported by its road and water lines. Over the Central Pacific route it receives but a fraction of the freight because the! Unfon Pacific with its eastern con-| nections takes up the carrying from Ogden to the east. Self-interest dic- tates the solicitation and procurement of freight for the longer haul by the Southern Pacific lines. While many. practices, formerly in vogue, are elim- inated by the legislation of congress regulating interstate commerce, and through rates and transports:fon may be had under public supervision, there are elements of competition in the granting of special facilities, the prompt carrying and delivery of freight, the ready and agreeable ad- justment and settlement of claims, and other elements whic hthat logis- and so it is in national affairs. Lynchburg is a peanut growing community, and every American, whether residing in the vicinity of Lynchburg or in the farthest corner of the United States, should buy and consume American peanuts if possible. But experience shows that importers, always looking for the largest margin of profit, will buy peanuts in Asia at a low price and bring them here to be sold without any information as to the place of pro- duction. For the purpose of limiting that sort of business, and compelling the importer to contrib- ute to the support of American institutions the Re- publicans propose to place an adequate import tax not only on peanuts but on every other commodity which can be produced in this country but which can be imported cheaper from some other country. The purpose of the Republican protective tariff is pretty much the same as one of the purposes of the Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce, which Sena- tor Glass wants the people to tax themselves to sup- port—to induce the buying of home products. Every local chamber of commerce in the home town of every Democratic senator or congressman has the same purpose. Yet Senator Glass and his Demo- cratic colleagues refuse to see the similarity or the application of the same principles in the two cases. It is suggested to Senator Glass that the next time his newspaper makes a plea for the purchase of local products that it point out any reason why there should not be national community action to encourage the purchase of American products by Americans everywhere. ot Oe Contemplated Reduction HE PRESIDENT and his cabinet are seriously considering a reduction in the ‘rates on second class postal matter. Because of the high rates es- tablished during the war, it is said that many publishers now transport their goods by private means and that express and railroad companies carry tons of periodicals that would be divertefl back to the mails if the postal rates were lowered. It is caimed by the pubishers that any decrease in reyenue due to the lower rates would be more than compensated by the increased business. Post- master General Work looks at the matter from a purely business standpoint, and will recommend the change if he is convinced the department -will not suffer thereby. JT IBERTY BONDS remain at_par or better, hay- ing put about $2,000,000,000 of value into the hands of their holders since their low price level of a year and a half ago. Yet the Democrats want to company, is a monopoly in restraint of trade and violation of the Sherman Act. The supreme court was not im- pressed by the argument that a rail- lation does not control. , “It is conceded in the brief of coun- sel for\the defendants that ‘it is true of all such systems that, other things betng equal, freight is preferentially solicited for the 100 per cent haul.’” In the concluding part of the opin- fon the supreme court states: “We direct that a decree be entered severing the control by the Southern Pacific of the Central Pacific by stock ownership or by lease.” The question therefore naturally arises in the mind of the reader, if the supreme court has directed a sev- erance of these lines, why is that not final? That question may be an- swered briefly by stating that the original suit was filed on February 11, 1914, under the then existing in- terstate commerce law in the United States district court of Utah and was determined on appeal May 29,. 1922. Meantime, there had intervened the transportation act of 1920, which in addition to providing for the termi- nation of federal control, instituted during the war, and providing for the settlement of disputes betwen car- riers and employes, amended the Sherman Act of February 4, 1887, known as the interstate commerce law, in a number of particulars. The transportation act in its amendment under section 407, provided as follows: “Whenever the commission is of the opinion, after hearing upon applica- tion of any carrier or carriers in the transportation of passengers or prop- ety subject to this act, that the acqui- sition, to the extent indicated by the the control of any other such carrier either under or by the purchase of stock or in any other manner not in- volving the consolidation of such car- riers into a single system for owner- ship and operation, will be in the pub- lic interest, the commission shall have authority by order to approve and authorize such acquisition, under and on such terms and conditions as shall be found by the commission to be just and reasonable in the premises.” “Whenever two or more carriers propose a consolidation under this sec- tion, they shall present their applica- tion therefor to the commission, and thereupon the comnsission shall notify the governor of each state in which any part of the properties sought to be consolidated is situated and car- riers involved in the proposed con- solidation, of the time and place for a public =<cring. If after such hearing the ommission finds that the public interest will be promoted by the ¢on- solidation and that the conditions of this section have been or -will be ful- filled, it may enter an order approv- ing and authorizing such consolida- tion, with such modifications and upon Now the people of another chair. labeled that chair appropriately. occupy the chair but to make good in he has done tn the lower branch. Pertinent at the present time ot nistrath adm: ive officers in Wyoming are invited to giv: and careful 5 ers of W; perusal, Ea A a he time is ni sane business judgmen Let us examine the facts as they make some com) back as the year 1901. a new legislative representation and a new set ot administrative officers. ig not only an opportunity but a serious duty that this be so accomplished | much as is possible. The taxpayer has his only opportunity to have a hand in that the attrocious mistakes—not to be too harsh in designation—of the past|saving his all by going to the primary election in August and the polls in few years bhall not be repeated. Had the business of a corporation in which we had our all invested—as most of us have in this state of Wyoming corpora- tion—been conducted with the same extravagance and with the same lack Of|servative and successful business men, and at the other, to elect such men to t, as has marked this state's affairs the past 12 years, / fill the offices. That is the only opportunity for the taxpayer his salvation we would all be appealing to the courts for relief. A great majority are cov-|hehooves that on these election days he drop every other planiing, many are growling, but few really know what the exact condition|cast his ballot. A 100 per cént vote should is, the reason therefor,,or how to remedy the evil—now almost a crime. In 1894 Wyoming presented to Frank W, Mondell a seat in the house of| “It only mak great system of transportation be-| representatives of the United States congress, tween the east and the west. and the| ability of their choice and expected him to bring reputation to their state and] philosophical. Frank Mondell did not disappoint the people of Wyoming. He made a honest record. Became chairman of a number of important house valuable laws of benefit to the devel- oping west and others of high value to the nation at large. By reason of his eminent fitness he was chosen floor leafier of the Republican majority and throughout two trying terms has acquitted himself with the same credit the upper branch in the same manner Chattezion Addresses Wyoming Taxpayers b; Former Governer Fenimore Chatterton has issued an address to the tax-|and there, of payers of Wyoming upon matters of state expenses and taxation which is| consideration the actual pl ‘yoming: ear at hand when the citiens of Wyoming will again select |to avoid not onl; it are revealed in the hidden recesses of The people recognized the| ble about I; it it Ted back under the shade of a tree, industriously whittling. “This is play, and it’s never too hot to play,” his cousin told him, “if you the shade and also keep cheer- Ned grinned. “What are you doing. whittling out a toy boat? De you wan: @ nurse to take your hand and lead you out to the park to sail it? “I am making a one-tubber-band- power motor boat,” answered Ted, sol- emnly. Ned began to tnke interest at this. “It 0 hot the fish won't bite, it’s too hot to hike anywhere, and it's too hot to sit stil and grumble about it, so I'm doing this,” Ted continued. He displayed a small boat that he had whitled easily out of a block of pine. Beside him was the camp “tinker box,” a box of tools and tackle and nails and odds and ends that every wise camper takes along. Ted began to fold some sinker lead and fit it on for a keel. . “This weight wil keep her propeller under waicr,” Ted explained as Net looked at him curiously. “Will it really go?” asked Ned. “If T make it right,” Ted told him. “Hunt up some tiny staples, carpet tack staples if there are any, and some wire and a piece of tin—” “—and a clutch and magneto and gasoline motor and—" ‘ved didn't fin- iwh because Ted threw a handful of pine needles at him which he dodged only to fall over the tinker box and upset it. * 4 “Great,” laughed Ned, who was be- ginning to forget the heat of the day. “While I am picking these things up I can find what you want.” He found the wire and staples and tin and watched Ted work. First Ted took a very stout and heavy rubber band from his pocket, such a one as is used ‘Wyoming are about to present to Frank Mondell|for sling-shots. He hooked the small In the higher legislative body of the nation. They have| staple into one end of this and fastes\- They not only expect Frank Mondell to ed this staple in the bow end of the ’ MONDAY, JULY 10, 1922. serted a stout pin (O) through the wire loop and into the hole, the loop being at (F). The lead keel is at (H). “All ready!” exclatmed Ted. He pulled out the pin (0), took hold of the winding pin at (D) and twisted it around and around until the band (®) was twisted up as much as possi- ble, then replaced pin (O) to lock it. ‘The boys started for the shore, Ted set his boat in the water, set the tin cudder so the boat would run in a wide circle. pulled out the pin (©! and let go of the boat. The propeiler un- der water began to revolve as the elas- tic band unwound—the water preasure or resistance making it unwind slowly, and the boat sped around and around and around in a wide circle. ‘See bow far it will go straight ahead,” begged Ned. Ted set the rudder straight, rewound it and the boat was off. The boys stripped to swim after it. “Seo now—the heat of the day is fone and you've forgotten all about it,” cried Ted, as they leaped into the ures."") ‘Tomorow—M erry Makings. Copyright, 1922, by George Matthew Adams. cent over the administration ending in 1905. for such outrageous In 1919 and 1921 there was ‘There is no legitimate reason increase in expenses since 1916. priated out of the treasury for use of appro} the highway commission $1,006,500.00 and during the same years a bond issue of $4,600,000.00 was voted; making a tatal of $5,606,500.00 to be met yy taxation. dirt roads at a cos’ of As a result of this expenditure the state has a few patches, here over $10,000.00 per mile. Taking into hysical requirements the result is that the real when the people are about to select a new sct| value received is only equal to about 25 cents for each dollar a new legislature. Those who pay the taxes|has therefore been a waste 'e Governor Chatterton’s communication a close | $4,294,875.00. Al \ded; there expen of the taxpayer's money in road building of | of these unwarranted increases in taxation burdens were inaugurated at 4 time when financial conditions calied for drastic retrenchment in order ly difficulty condition must be rectified but bankruptcy on the part of the majority. This and the future resulting disaster warded off as November; and, at the one, vote to nominate some men on the legislative tickets of both parties and a set of state officers who are known to be con- gust 22, 1922. Beca ent and be cast at the primary on Au- use of his power to veto ar} because of his great power of influence official records; remembering that the only dividend obtainable is what is/in legislation the choice of chief gxecutive is of the utmost i saved tm expenses—that which is ver ee a ie eee ey pretty a maxi-| the coming election. mum property valuation. In making examination it necessary to| constructive bysiaoss man for governor; a man who knows the sta! \pariso! between legislatures and administrations as far) needs; 2 man who has the stamina of charac! io . Tpagilbcos ‘The figures will be of great interest and enlighten-| to do the thi in the interest of the citizen——not th Hii ment to the taxpayer as to how patrimony has recently been wasted dur- ears fe politician—and that ice at ‘We need a big, comprehensive minded conserystive and ter, the courage, the backbone will be to make a horizontal cut of about 56 per cent in expenses. The voter make a vite! mistake if Mr. Hay is ing a period of war and readjustment, when the utmost economy, retrench-} now has the opportunity to secure the services of such a man in John W. ment and careful business methods were required to preyent ruinous liquida-} Hay. The taxpayer can make no mistake im voting for Mr. tion by foreclosures and the resulting wreckage of years of endeavor. The following periods are administrition periods, and the figures are Hay but will not first nominated and then elected government producing for the state expenses $1 100 per cent. increases of salari for 1902. Officer Governor im in only than 250 per cent of any state au It will be seen Pacific company move hefore the commission upon be of interest to such terms and conditions as it may BY W. C. DEMING. The first move was made by the/road. constructed 50 years ago to join In a previor cle the lawsuit of| federal government’ in the United|the Union Pacific at Ogden, is a nat- the United s against the South-| States district court of Utah. There|ural, integral link in a line running ern Pacific company, th uthern Pacific company was|from San Francisco to Galveston and to a game of chess mejable t checkmate temporarily, at y Orleans. lasted eigh ar d}least, the contention of the United he case Was appealed to the United miles of a States that the ownership and con-!States supreme court, which on May thera Pac rol of the Central Pacific Railroad! 29, 1922, reversed the decision of the men for a new at company the Southern Pacific’ lower court. In substance, prescribe, and thereupon such con- |solidation may be effected, [ance with such order, if al first period of near: cent, on the third peri: trary notwithstanding.” in this legal game which we have likemed to that of chess, the courts and spread over a chess board of many states, the Southern that the acquisition of the Central Pacific by the Southern Pacific will ‘That contention will naturally be com- |batted by the government attorneys, in accord-|by railroads, like the Union Pacific jl the ear-;and Rio Grande, which connect with riers Involved assent thereto, the Jaw the Central Pacific at Ogden, Utah, the su- of any state or the decision or order thence extending their the average yearly property valuations and sums raised by taxation for state expense: Period Valuation Revenue from Taxation 1. 1901—1906 +$.45,616,867 . $ 275,788 2. 1907—1910 + 126,508,028. 451,179 3. 19111914 + 191,122,240. 578,757 4, += 246,178,038. 961,924 5. + 412,792,691. seeeees 1,644.481 et available.) In 1914, with a valuation of $201,063,659, the tax levy was 5 85-100 mills, state expenses $573,045.00 but in 1921 with a valuation of $438,272,300.00 the state board makes a levy of 4 35-100 mills producing for 906,484.00 an increase in yearly state exepnses over the ly 600 per cent, and on the second period of over 300 per jod of over 200 per cent, on the fourth period of nearly This is a very sad comment upon the businvss ability of the tive officers during the past 12 years, the great issue was exhorbitant state expenditures; today the reason for such an issue is over 300 per cent greater. ernment since 1910 has not increased by any such leaps and hounds. By unwarranted action of the last legislature (the governor by reason of his great influence and veto power is a legislator) the s ates’s expenditures for the years 1921 and 1922 were arbitrarily increased by tie sum of $156,- 800.00 by the creation of new unnecessary boards and offices, and the ex- penses for 1923 and 1924 was abitrarily increased by $117,680.00 by reason of|* In the campaign of 1910 The legitimite cost of the state’s gov- ies; this results in increased expenditures from these two items alone of $274,480.00—a sum equal to more than half the cost’ for the entire state government in 1910 and $31,026.00 more than the entire cost Contingent Funds. ‘These funds are expended by the officer as he sees fit, In view of th slight results to the taxpayer from these expenditures it is quite enlightening commission, by one of such cariers of}t0 compare the past with the present. Space will allow only a few citations: ‘1 1905 1909 1913 1917 $4,000 $ 4,000 $ 4,000 5,500 5,500 400 . 4,000 5,000 6,000 12,540 4,006 5,500 500 16,258 4,000 6,500 30,000 2,000 2,600 15,690 11,000 3,000 6,500 16,000 48,000 70 10,000 17,000 56,950 ot at 500 15,000 3,900 at 27,740 $32,800 $64,400 $98,500 $101,650 $357,554 In these few citations from the many contingent tund appropriations it will readily appear that the present administration has without justification, few items of appropriations the state's expense by more over the preceding administration and more than 1,000 per. to the con: | bangs of steel far to the eastward. It now remains to be seen whether the Southrn Pacific will be able to modify or nullify a supreme court de- ithori' by the layman that Dilayed in commerce commission that control of the Central Pacific by the Southern Pacific would not be a monopoly in restraint of trade and that it should be permitted to continue its old ar- rangement, The stakes are very large in this quiet contest, affecting not only busi- ness originating in California or New may make its next interstate commerce the alleged ground the public at large. ing well. the commerce of the orient as glistening | Its Muctuations and its vast concerns.” cision by persuading the interstate} | York, but in its final analysis affect-| “What is it but @ map of busy life,! governor. ¥. CHATTERTON, Riverton, Wyo. congress? ‘When did Brooklyn have its first mayor? How many grocers are there in New York city? About how many American Indians are there in ‘he world? ‘Was the moon ever a sun? How long is life believed. to have existed on the earth? Queer Questions With Hidden Answers If You Can’t Answer Them, Look Aniong the Want Ads. How should windows be opened in case of fire? Sas a oe ee Have animals ever been tried for] A smooth, perfect running time- murder? piece is a joy to the owner. Call at Tripeny’s watch repair ent and consult our expert watch “> “Meet me at the Smokehouse.” ‘What is the proportion of women voters to men voters? What is the most costly theater building in New York? ‘What is the number of the present TI3t bother to light the gas—wait for water to heat and turn off the gas, when the Ruud Automatic Water Heater takes care of all the details itself. All you do for hot water ic turn the faucet. It’s very simple. Let us explain it. Casper Gas Appiace Co, a 119 East First St. Phone 1500 } { _ LThereby announce myself as candidate for the Re- publican nomination of Sheriff of Natrona County, subject to the will of the voters at the primaries on August 22. ROBT. J. VEITCH.