Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1922, Page 5

CITY URGED TO PRESERVE SITE OF FORT CASPER ~ Recommendations of A. J. Mokler Win Popular*Approval of Chamber of Commerce in Forum Meeting Suggestion of A. J. Mokler, pioneer resident, that the city of Casper take steps to secure and preserve the site of old Fort Casper as:@ point of bistoric interest, won approval of the Casper Chamber of Commerce at the forum meeting today and the matter was referrzd to the board of directors. The proposition was put before the forum by Mr. Mokler in ex- tended remarks, interesting, from every standpoint, and resolutions pia& ing the members of the chamber oa record a8 heartily approving the pro- ject were adopted by unanimous vote. Mr. Mokler said tha: the “Natrona County Pioneer Association, through Casper in 1911, when the town had a population offjess than 3,000, subscrib- ed more than $1,500 for the erec- ton of ite Pioneer monument, which ia Jocated in the-Northwestern Rail- way’ compahy's little park, a short distance MOrth from the passenger scation. Thousands of emigrant wagons passed over this site from 1842 to 1869. ’ “The ‘beard of county comnisston- ers, in former years, in conjunction with the Wyoming Oregon Trail com- mission, and.a few citizens of Cas- per, have erected a number of granite markers along the old Oregon Trail is this county... The national govern- ment has. set,aside as a pask about 500 acres of lanti which comprises that wierd formation of Iand which was originally and appropriately named the Devil’s Kitchen, byt is.now known, as Hell's Half Acre. | The Masonic lodge has had cemented into Inde- pendence Rock a bronze tablet In com, memoration of the pione:r Masons who traveled over the old) trail and helped to bull. up an empire.in the Far West, and Henry, D. Schooa maker has had a similar tablet im- bedded in this historic rock in mem. ory of the pioneers who blazed the way, and who were compelled to fight hostile Indians through all this por- tion of the country, that you and I \ and the coming genqrations {might live and prosper ih this grand and glorious country. The Casper Cham: ber of Commerce Will endeavor to have the state of Wyoming acquire ownership of this rock at the coming seesion of{the legislature, that it may be properly preserved as the most important historical spot along that 2,000-mile trail, which is now and al- ways will be of great historical in- terest to the people of the, -vhole United States. “But there fs one interesting histor- fea} spot in Natrona county” that should be of great céncer:: t> the citl zens of Casper that js unmarked and itg\ location is known ty but a very percentage of sur people. I to the place where old Fort Cas- per was located. ‘This old fort was west from the city of Casper on the south bank of the Nort: Platter river. Tt was here that most of the emi- ero journey. Thero was also a ford east, where Evansville is located and the Texas company {s building its r= finery. 1843 until 1847, were sometimes called Camp Platte, but in 1847, when Brig- ham Young buitded rafts and forriod his teams, Wagone and goods across the river at the point where the, old fort afte-cvards was located, it was known ‘ahd recognized by the United States government. as Mormon Ferry. Brigham Young and hi were from Jane 12 until 18th in crossing the river.» Nine Mormons were dele- fated to remain there and assist the emigrants to cross the river, and they remained several. months until the next company of Saints arrived and then proceeded on their journey with them. On July 29, 1858, Companies Djand E, Fourth artiller® which was a ‘part of the second column of the Utah expedition, occupied. this point for the purpose of keeping open the eommunication with Salt Dake City, tte membership and the citizens atutioned about one wnt ons-ha'f milos) grants forded the river on their west-|old Fort Caspar. across the river about three miles'as many-people have been led to be Bach of these fords, from: and to aid In the prompt forwarding; of supplies. On the above date was/|was located, and how and why the mong at that time as well as withr tne Indians. ; “In the fall-and winter of 1858.9 Louis Guinart, a French Canadian, built @ bridge across the river ai this point at & cost of $60,000, and then the name of the place,.was changed bf .the government from Mormon Ferry to Platte Bridge Station. An ordevy wes given by the war depart- ment on March 23, 1863, to ‘Abandon the post at Platte Bridgp.’ and no more troops occupied the post until May, 1862, when it was occupied by volunteér ttoops who served as an escort for the emigrants and the pro ‘ection of the telegraph line. “The post was.enlarged and rebuilt in 1864, and two companies were sta tioned here for the purpose of chas tising the Indians, who had violated every agreement they had entered into by re@@ng and killing the emi- grants, destroying the telegrapi line, robbing the mails and committing many other depredations, It was while the United «States. government was in the process of chustisng these thieving bloodthirsty hostiles that Liéutenant Caspar W. Collins, with five of his men sn4 twenty-one sol diers comprising a wagon train, were killed This fiat occurred on July 26, 1865, and on November 21, 1865, by. an order. from Major General Pope, ‘The inilitar'y post ‘situated at Platte Bridge, between Deer and Rock creeks, will hereafter be known as Fort Caspar, in honor of Lieutenant Caspar Collins, 11th Ohfo” Cavalry, who lost his life while gal'antly at tacking a superior force of Indians mt that place.’ “The Indians, in due time, were properly chtstised, and snany of their bleaching bones were scattered over the plains when, on October 19, 1867, Fort Caspar wag officially abandoned by the government, and the Indians shortly afterward burned the bridge and the buildings that were left at old Fort Caspar. ‘The smal! route had long since been changed to branch of at Julesbiitg, going via Denver, and again connecting with the old |trail at Fort Bridger, but most of the jemigrants continued to travel_over what was khown as the Platte and the Sweetwater river routes of the Oregon ‘Trait until 1869, when the |Union Pacific railway was completed {to the Pacific coast, and then the old i trail was practically abandoned ‘by hope western homeseekers. | “In 1886 the Northwesterr, Railway ‘company built a branch line into Wy- oming, and in the summer of 1888 It lreached a point in Central Wyoming and the terminus wa scalled Casper, because it was in close proximity to ‘The town was not |named in honor of Caspar W. Collins, Neve, but it derived its name from Fort Caspar, and the land agent of the reflway company, who selected the name, put an ‘e’ in the last syl- lable instead of an ‘a’ for no other reason except that he did not know that was speiled with an ‘a’ in the last syllable. “But I have digressed from the! point at issue. My purpose in speak-| ing to you is at the request of a num-; \ber of gentlemen who are of the opin-| jfon that the site of olf Fort Caspar| should be properly marked Some! haye voluntarily offered to contriB-| ute toward raising a fund for this purpose, but it is the opinion of many/ jthat the municipality, the city de rived its name—although jt is spelled differently—from this historical old fort, should have tae honor of acquir- ing title to a portion of the tand- and having it suitably fenced and properly marked,. in order that the present generation, as well as the future’ gen- erations may know exactly where it the first time the government sta- tloned soldiers here. We were hav- with the Mor. metropolis of Wyoming and the best clty in the west was given the name of Casper. $ “PRODUCERS & REFINERS TAKING lication, it was made known at after purchasing the property st-ne Salt Creek company. In addition itvalso has operating agreements with the Carter and Inland, having a to- tal net interest of about 1,100 acres m@St of which {s in the south part of the field, The company has de- véloped its land extensively, having ons producer, the Bywater No. 1, which came in with a flush produc: tion of 5,000 barrels and several more of smaller output. It also has acre- in Texcs and and production Oblanoma but this lanc is not men- just started the laying of a pipeline) tom carrying ofl from the Lost Sold- for istrict; to the U.P. rafiroad, where it was antiounced on Saturday that a refinery would be built in the infmediate future aithough the ‘locy- tort has not yet been given out. At} that time there wefe algo rumors of an extension of this line to Salt Creel} and ag a result 6f this purchase that) carrier may bs built‘ to handle the! Ade ptoduction made possible by| OVER FENSLAND OIL PROPERTIES Although details of the deal are not yet available for pub- a late hour yesterday that the Producers & Refiners corporation has taken over the land of the Fensland Oil company in Salt Creek. ...Fhe Fensland started operations in that field last spring of H. N. ‘Isenberg of Denver and e controlling interest in the Blackthe acquisition of the additionol prop- erty. It is also known that the Pro@ucers and Refiners people are negotiating for more acreage in southeast Sait Creek and the announcement that it has taken over more land in the tm- mediate vicinity ofthe Fensiand hold- ings would not be surprising within the next few days. M’ADOO PASSES THROUGH CITY ON WAY NORTH William G. McAdoe, former secre tary of the trensury, passed through Casper this morning enrouxe to Bill- ings where he will deliver an address tonight in behalf of Democratic can- didates. Mr. McAdoo will return to Casper in 4 week for an address here, His visit will be made the occassion for a big Demooratic rally, OM ke DADS tin a ie A NR Aa tn lee at ioe Se At TT li lt Che Casper Daily Cribune Left ‘ol. Haileybury, ® After Forest Fire MARVIN HUGHITT OFC. & WW. IN SPER MONDAY Prominent Officials, Including Chairman of Board, Make Up Party on Inspec- tion Trip. Marvin Hughitt. “the daddy of the | Northwestern vailroad,” was a visit jor in sper foc a day or two of tuls week and wen) away with en tremely good impression of the com |ng metropolis of the west age pest REA \ city. This exclusive £ Like thelr Bedouin ancestors, these refugees in Smyrna have erected Arabiike tents to | temporary thelter in the charred ruins of the ill-fated oe bcos to a rude shelter of stone wails and blanket roof. photograph shows a family housed Mr. Hughitt is chairman of the outlines all general policies for the organization. He has been associ-/ ated with the Northwestern during the gre © period of a lone Ufe. hav- ing been president immediately after the Civil wer | ‘The flroed executive was accom panied by H Dickinson, general tenden ‘nes west of the G. M. Davidson, chief | tests, an¢ Mr, Dalton, Mr, Hughitt . GA ent. and Julian Lever, traveling agent t with Hughitt and his party on a Holmes, division superintend we tour of Inspection Lander. Mr. Holmes bad gone east to meet them and accompany them to Casper. They to returned from Lander Sunday. | Mr. Hughitt rede* around per while hereand voiced his praise of the city. It had been several years since his last visit to Wyoming. ——_—_— VAUDEVILLE AT. IAS TOMORROW tever Group of Humorists| Announced for Mid-Week FRISCO LANDS LEGION MEETING (Continued from Page One.) Tigeart said, were disillusioned when they found that ‘isome men had trans mnted into gold the blood they shed on belialf of high and fine ideals.” Tribute to Belgium was paid by the legion with a roar when Mr. Jeanne, vice president of the “Fids and president of the Belgian Veterans’ was introduced by Commander Mac- Nider. Although M. Jeanne spoke in French, his address was punctuated by enthus astic cheering.. “Belgium,” said Jeanne, “will never forget what America did. Nolther will she cyer forget what the Germans did.” ‘ Onear Carstrom of Tilinois, ‘national commander of the Spanish War Vet erens was next called on by Mr. Ma>- Nider. His salutction had not ended when the Iowa legion band burst into its convention ditty, announcing that “Iowa, the best state fn the land, is the place where the tall corn grows." Mr. MacNider broke in as the band finishéd, saying “I can pay Oscar Car- strom no greater tribute then the tand from my own home. state.” Cheered to the echo, a represents- tive of the G. A. R. and one of the United Confederate Veterans stood at Commander MacNider’s side grasping bands and supporting between them the stars and stripes. Vice National Commander Ruiss of the G. A. R. brought greetings from his chie%. Captain Bacon of the Confederate Veterans, was the soldier who grasped his hand, attesting thereby to the peace that both sides of the Civil war have now with one another. “Vive la France” ques Teutrac, greeted M. Jac- representting the @n emtpy right coat wbreest covered with me¢als, evidenced the valiance in serv. fee of.this veteran. He broug ings from his comrades in F M. Teutrac said he had come to this land. to compare the methods of rehabilitation for veterans in this country with the method, of France. petra) - "vce Ae C.0FC. ORME lo TOMORROW (Continued from Page One.) | mann, Frank Palmer, J. T. Scott. Lions club team No. 7—T. N. Shaw, chairman? John\G. Jones, George W Jarvis, D. La Breche, A. T. Jessen, Ray J. Cook. y Chamber of consmerce team --0. 8.— P. C. Nicolaysen, chairman; A. J. Mok-/ ler, Frank B, Taylor, B. I. Briggs,} Frank Scherck, W. B: McAdams. Chamber of commerce team No. 9.— R. 8. Ellison, chairman; J. A. Leary Carl Shumaker, W. H. Patten, R. N. Van Sant, A. lL, Wallace, Richard Wines. P | Chamber of commerce teain }No. 10. —Joe E. Denkam, chairman; Guy J: their $10,000 bonds, and their hearing! continued until _tomorrow. t : 2 Nine who are now at liborty en bond were given 24 hours to replace} the existing bonds | Fifty-six of the 76 who the govern-! ment claims attended a national con. vention of the communist party in America in’a woodel glen did not an-| to thelr names They have never been appre-i TO AUDITORIUM ‘The first of these was to move the booths from the ground floor of the auditorium, where they have been placed this morning along the two sides of the huge room. The »90th were portably constructe¢, and t! moving was more or less a simp! matter. The othér change ‘vas the elimi nation of the matinee performnnce for Saturday, afternoon. This was done at. the solicitation of the mer: chants who found it fmpossible 19 leave thelr places of business on the busiest afternoon of the week. The schedule now stands for the three performances on Wednesday. y. and’ Saturday with the Red Cross dance ct the Arkeon Thursday evening. A brief rehearsal will be this evening at the Elks‘ auditorium,. All models will be present and be given their places in. the various. classes of garments in which they take part. fhe program was entirely completed early this afternoon and will be print- ed in full in tomorrow's Tribune. A special section of the paper will be @evoted to the Fashion Show end all| details of the three perfarmances and the Red Cross dance will be found in this. section. REPORTER IN Gay, Wallace H. Leavitt, E. P, Bacon, J. W. Johnson, Henry Perkins. ‘The. members of the committee will! meet at the chamber of coramerce headquarters at 9 o'clock tomorrow) morning to*receivg instructions. i ‘They wilt work Until noon at which time they will meet at the Henning} with a luncheon. They will again! work during the afternoon period, at/ the end of which they expect to have} the drive successfully completed. | Jon of the chamber of commerce team | No. 8, headed by P. C. Nicolaysen, will} be contested for In the drive. The lively time. that was had oyer; the obtention of this cup last spring sBould be repeated this fall AIR ACCIDENT (Continued from Page One.) swinging menacingly toward the wes: door, I decided to jump. I don't know know if any of the others jumped or not but I think they did, ' “I lighted on my feet but the force of the fall was too great and I fell to the floor. I turned and saw the| big shin rent and heard the hiss of gas. safety. ‘The ¢ drogen. Radcliffe college will ts open school of politics for women on Oéto ber 25, en NS SE Ns SR, Days. orng ,ot Stanley yany, "his depicts all kinds of tnet- dent 1c atid otherwise, by the ST. JOSEPH, Mich,, Oct. 17.—(By The Associated Press) —Twenty alleged communists arrested August 22 when fed- eral and state authorities raided _a convention in the wild sand dune country 20 miles south of here, were arraigned before Judge Ray W. Davis today, denied a reduction: in nded Among missing aré when Judge/bind the twenty under arrest ever to * the werrants in court to-\the circuit court for hearing Novem- ber, 27. FASHION SHOW BOOTHS MOVED MATINEE FOR LAST AFTERNOON IS DROPPED Two important changes in the plans for the Tribune Fash- ion Show, the proceeds of which will be turned over to the Red Cross, and which will be staged at the Hiks auditorium Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings of this week, were made at the general committee meeting last night at Fire Destroys Ukelele Plant Program. The vaudeville bill to be given at the Iris Wednesday and Thursday of this week Jcoks. promising of an ex: ~eeditigly, clever array of dow Smiles in Colors’ Gallint is the of- and clever artigtic throwing of shadows ‘on the screen. It is a step far fa ad- previous efforts in “sha vance of any *~ A careful study of ef- dowgraphs fects; together with an reafizing tu!l value in this singularly fascinating: art has resulted In # pe fect triumph for this company of ar tusts wherever they have gone. ‘Adda De Lardin and company pre- a Jozen of the most widely known’ rad-| 40) 4 giaver and amusing comedy & icals in the Country, including Rowe] Srtiied The Surpr'se,” ‘3 a headline Pastor Stokes, Alfred. Wagenktiecht| ‘traction. ‘Miss De Lafdin and her of Cleveland, Max dacht, Edgar} associates are well know: to’ vaude: Owens of Moline: W. Eihstein, Boris! vine fans, rendering a big laughing |Reinstein, Hebec.a Sackatow Ella | sensation. Thetr work is fast. snappy and Arthur Ernst, Albright and Sarah] and witty. Purcell. Miss fan and Mr. Kastner in a Judge Davis indicated today he will] singing and talking act are sure to Yo something that will please everyone. They have just finished a very suc: cessful season inl musical comedy. Mr. Kastner has a baritone voice of excel- lent quality. The International Comedy Cut-Ups, Boston and Vaughn, in comedy bits have an act that ought to get away with {ts share of the applause, photop'ay. ‘The picture ts based on Thomas Bier's, Saturday Evening Post story of the #ame title. It the adventures of a typical road show company of a generation ago. A small town theater that might have been repréduced from any town of 10,000 populatton in the country a few years ago was rebuiltson one of Metro’s*enclosed stages espec'ally for this picture. AAIL OBSTAGLES ARE TEMPORARY HONOLULU, T. H., Oct. 16. | The Osseciated Press\—Upwards of} four thousand ukuleles the ‘taro patch | 2 fiddles,”” that havo. become ss much cP a part of Hawaii as the moonlight} ——— a SAY 3 at Waikiki went up in smoke today,|| BOSTON, Oct — Walker D. when fire cf unknown origin destroy snes, FOr ee Curae eenerel of ie what is said to be the largest ukul¢le; mas, DO 2 Ry new opportu- factory in the world. The loss is es-| ties for ingenuity and jnitiative in timated at $10,000. TOWN PESTS ar Pig ead a ys This Poor. pest ain't thought Hard| Others. were jumping. those on of, becuz Many of our Most Prominent pioyes and a settled policy to obtain ‘The cup which is now in the posses-)the floor made a will scramble for | Citizens wuz like This in their Palmy through Jest now He's wandering views of ‘round in a Balmy Daze but he'll haf-}their welfare requir to Git Married. after while to Git|to the employes the nece first | Some Sleep, after which he'l) no Long-| management er be a Pest but a Useful Member of; y hene‘icial effect upon the efficiency the Cammunitr. jraliroad operation, in aa address at the annual meeting of the Associate Industries of Massachusetts. ; The present difficulties, in railroed services, he said, constitute only a temporery emergency condition. He| said that while standardization “of wages, agreement on working cond! tions, and the decisions of the labor board had restricted the initiative of the railroads, there still was opportu-| nity to find new ways to make prog- ress. He expressed the belief that rail- ;road managements. .while. concentrat- iz their attention very largely up- on efficiency in. the movement. of| trains had not given sufficient atten-| tion to the efficiency of labor, em- |ployed in the terminals, and in the imaintenance of trackage and equip: PAGE FIVE SOVIET TROOPS” ARE EXPECTED _ AT VLADIVOSTOK ‘Crushing Defeat Handed “White” Forces | on Manchurian Border; Chita Army Also Wins Victory, Is Report _ TOKIO, Oct. 16.—(By The Associated Press.) —Special dispatches from Vladivostok report that city in imminent danger of invasion by soviet troops. Members of the Vladi- vostok “white’’ government have boarded a steamer ready to depart, General Dieterichs, commander of the “white’’ humor. | com aptitude for!” “Little Eva Ascends" is the feature| recounts | the Russo-Chiitese border. | PEKING, Oct. 17.—(By ciated Press.)—Troops board of directors of the ratiroad. He|army, is reported to have retreated ts) defeated the anti-Soviet army of Gen- Jeral Dieter ['y The Asso-| v: hs in a battle immediate. tkolsk. The “red tn- then occupied Nikolek and, west of cs of the “red’| later, advancing westwartt, erttered army representing the Far Eastern |Grodekova republic of Siberia supposedly have| Five thousand Kappelists in 150 crushed the “white” or so-called Kap-|traias retired to Proganitchniya on Pelist Siberian trmy on the edge of/the Manchurian mtier where they the norticrn: Manchurian border, ac-| vere disarmed cording to official Harbin received by here. information from the Chita agent | The reports say the Chita troops By these succ reported west end “whi sses the MOONSHINE MANIAC RUNS AMUCK IRIS STAGE BEAUTIES SHOCKED It was Saturday’ night. The theater-goers had left the shows. Ihe members of the Jollies company, which has been |playing at the Iris, were working as hard ing for the bill of the following evening. They weve daintily attired. ure and water surrounded them. It wais in all a splendid occasion There was a crash. The maifens skipped to the side-wings ahd a man attired. only from the waist down p'ugged through one of the canvas sco And sprawled b dlong on the flooy, He had mistaken the whole thing for an ocean front, and the bevy of beautiful ma'dens for bech girls. But the adventure was not yet com Dleted. The police were called. The! man fought with tooth and nail and almost downed the whole force, When at last taken and placed tn a cell, his |rage continued and he did the “jaws of steel” act dy trying to bite an iron shelf that was in the room, and in fact jeverything «fe, Placed In another céli, he succeeded In stopping up the plumbing fixtures with the two blankets that were to be used for sleeping purposes. The floor of the cell was flooded, and the moon shine-maniac stood in his almost utter nakedness shivering beh'nd the bars. The case his teen the most amazing of ony with which ¢ » fee have had to deal in recent months. Tho man has recovered from the temporary fit of rage *hat possessed him and has gong forth perfectly eooe= from the confines of the city halt. ver |police. “Fou never know what it wi do until you try {1 $l». \“Tipperary” Under} Arrest, Disturbed — Salvation Meeting, “Tipperary ts a good country and I don’t see why a man can't’ sing about it if he wanta.to," said a de- jfencant in police court last night jwho had heen charged with being \drunk and causing a disturbance on the streets Sunday dy interrupting the services of the Salvation army jwith a bit of his own sweet vocal jrendering whic goes, “It's a long long way,” etc. He was down on the book as “Tipperary,” and he will prob- ably serve out his fine of $25. as “Tipperary.” SEVEN INJURED “What wil! moonshine do? aay the as ever in rehears- Beautiful scenery depicting peridot wate when the mail train coflided head-on with the engine of a Great Northern special fruit train a mile and a half west of Ify, Washington, ae cofding to information received here, According to this information, from railroad sources, Engineer Rude of the fruit train, fearing that he would be unable to reach a siding before the arrival of the mail train, detached his engine and was proceeding eastward to put out a stop s’gnal, when the Woolwine Met By Ku Klux in Rally Meeting OAKLAND, Cal,, Oct. 17.~ White Thomas Lee » Wodlvine, Democratio ‘candidate for goyerhor /of California, was denouncing the Ku Klux Klan (here last night a man arose and walks ing to the front of the hall eet ” all statue of a robed and hooded ansman down at the speaker's feet, (ietsciei acai OFFICER O’FLYNN ~ IN RAIL CRASH SPOKANE,» Wash., Oct. i7.—night | railway men of Spokane, Seattle hd | Hillyard, members of the crew of Great Northern fast mail No. 27, West ! bound, were injuked, none. seriously, CITY OF MONTH OF Kelly Coates Reasoner McFarland Wheeler Daity ment, But there remains an even great-| jer, field for’ effort and initiative, | 'which in my opinion has never been| worked by railroad managements as | it ought to have been and as it must |de in the future and that ie the field | fof the relationship between the man-| gement and the employees" | Mr.| | Hines eald.. “At the present time I think many railroad managements are | giving serious attention to th’s great | Problem. | “I believe a sincere spirit of de-| sire to promote ‘the welfare of em: Jar conferencts the} the employes, as to what) and to explain will have a of railroad labor. oot cena oannae seer aca C208 a Carroll Kerr Hawley Lander Dairy Casper Dairy No MILK REPORT Raw Milk Passing Inspection Pasteurized Milk Passitiz Inspection Failed to Pass G. R. DAFOE ™ Food-and Dairy Inspector Wid allth’ money we are after spindin' ow cation—whats tr revsolt? Wen ildren in this country are te an’ have to learn English efter CASPER OCTOBER Vroman Beggs Glen Holroyd Vincent Tyler Carlson Murphy Gilt Edge Pathfinder Te ORE en seo Or Guba