Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT Che Casper Daily Cribune MORE STOCKS 60 UP. MARKS CL Oi Tobacco and Sugar Join in New York Stock Ex- change. Hea’ specu NEW YORK, Feb. 14 fessional selling, based on belief that the recent rise per of issues had beer accelerated by rates and uncon repor ainking of a French torpedo Smyrna, imparted a ri to prices in toda Losses of one to three a num ne an ‘mon! call ry ck om points were noted in virtually all standard groups at the clo Sal approximated 1,400,000 shares. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Opening prices in today’s stock market were irregular but tho main tendency was upward. The initial demand was Umited to a select assortment of steel public utility and dividend pa railroad shares. North American Was pushed up % to a new high lev for the year. Bald was heavy, @ropping 1% points to 13 Oil, tobacco and sugar shares also Joined the upward movement, gains of one to three points being recorded hy Houston Oi!, United Cigar Stores American Sumatra Tobacco, a Punta Alegre Sugar. Federal Mining arid Smelting preferred advanced two points in response to the higher dlvi dend rate. Brooklyn, Edison and Aimerican Can each rose one point Marine preferred dropped 1% points jn reflection of apeculative disappoint ment over the side tracking of the ship subsidy bill by the United States enate yesterd: Heaviness also was noted in American Woolen, Cen tral Leather preferred, and Stude baker. Foreign exchange opened emsier. Demand sterling fell below $4668 and francs were quoted just alfove six cents. German marks con- tihued to climb, being quoted at -0043% ns compared with their recent extreme low of .0020 cent. Marking up of the call money rate to 6 per cent sent a wave of selling orders into the market and prices magged throughout the list. Profit taking and bear selling of the su issues on the maximum break of 106 pdints in raw sugar futures after opening 28 to 72 points higher, causod losses of 1 to 4 points in those shares Gls, equipments, independent steels aome of the rails and a number of the specialties also were offered freely giving the market a weak appear- ance. Baldwin got as low as 137% and Studebaker dropped below 119. Independent strength of American Can and Columbia Gas and Electric, each of which advanced two points to naw high records for the year and of New York Central, American Hide and Leather preferred, and a few ether individual {ssues eventually steadied the list and prices turned upward again around noon. ‘There was a partial revival of Dullish interest in a varied assortment of’ stocks in the early afternoon espe cially Cosden, Famous Players, Rep logle and Vanadium Steels, Laclede Gas and Motor Accessories issues which {mproved 1 to 3 points. These spins were modified later when heavy selling of the customary leaders was résumed. Baldwin got down to near 186 and Crucible, United States Steel, Studebaker and the sugar shares gave way tn a rapid manner. Further stiffening in the rates for call money which touched 6%, encouraged ag gressive short selling. ‘The clos'ng was irregular. ber of popular shares, including Bald win, American Locomotive, Gulf States Steel and American Bect Sugar were depressed 3 to 4 points before the decline was checked by the bid- bind up of Am n Can which rose five points to 944% and some of the public utility issu Foreign Exchange | NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Foretgn ex, Phanges irregular; quotations in cents: A num Great Britain demand 4.68; 4.68%; 60-day bills on banks 4 France demand 6.99 Italy demand 4.77: cx glan demand 6 0046 many demand Holland demand Norway demand 18.63; Denmark nd 18 dem mand 1 land dem demand Brazil de @ demand ul 98 Changes In Grains YORK, Feb. 14 of Ar fg changes NEW The visible 1 1,031,000 bushe rn 1 973,000 1 Oat incre 1,000 bushe Rye in 105,000 bush Barley ed 321000 Yushel oe O11 leases, real estate, owners of Teapot townsite. — Kepresentatives wanted. Call or write us. Teapot Development Co., 218 Midwest Bldz., Casper, Wvo. 18s r i SWAN ~UNDERREAMERS ..* AT. YOUR SUPPLY STORE of the | WHEAT MARKET Outlook Emphasized by | Lack of Weather. CHICAGO, Feb. higher in price toda lealings. May deliver enting wheat alre: relatively weak as July and September, new crop months. " the | sized jt that moisture has been scant, clally in dy on hand w: compared wi the Misgivings ov by th assertions that nce all around to well y's finish. Corn and oats we: overned chiefly by the action wheat. After opening unchanged %4@%e higher, Ma. corn market eased down a bit then scored slight general gains. b n many sections, ied July and September up to ened out 0 nthe advance. at the seaboard. The market clos frm, at %@e to %o net gain, wi May 76@76% to 76%. Oats started Yc off to %c up, Mi all deliveries. Higher firmness to the provision market. Wheat— Open High Low Clo: May -1.23% 1.22% 1.23 uly -1.16% 11600 1.17 Sept 114g 114 1.15 Co May 15% .76 July 76%4 77 Sept. “T7% TT Oats— May AB AG July r 45 45 Sept. -- 43% 43% 43 Lard— May —- 1140 1145 11.40 11. July 11.57 «11.6511. Ribs— May 10.92 10.90 10. July --- a ae Cash Grains CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Wheat No. hard 2.25%. Corn No. 2 mixed 75; No. 2 yellow 15 @76%. Oats No. 2 white 46% @47%; No. white 45@46. Rye No. 2, 88% @88%. Barley 62@70. As Tomothy seed 6.00@6.50. nano aa ae Clover seed 13.50@20.50. Continen 41 42 Pork nominal. Lard 11.15. Ribs} Cumberland 1120-113 10.25@11.25. Galena ~ 69 69% I. Pipe — 168 16814 Cash Grains. Ind. Pipe - 96 97 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 14.— ~ eee 28% a Wheat—Cash No. 1 northern $1.22%@| N. Y. Trans! 7 1.91%; May $1.23%; July $1.22%. Northern Pipe — 18 Corn—No. 3 yellow 67% @68%c. Ohio Ol 238 Oats—No. 3 white 40% @42c. Prairle Ol a3 51@ Prairie Pipe 5 Barley—51@61c. See ae 189 sve NO. 3), #2%c- Southern Pipe — 113 Flax—No. 1, $3.03% @3.05%. 8. 0. 1% s. 0. 46% 8. 0. 99 Ss. 0. 228 Butter and Eggs |.|3 3. 40% 8. O. yin o 49% CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Butter higheri| 5°°ponn. “Oli 2a 180 creamery extras 49c; standards 48c; _—__—»—_—_—_ extra firsts 47% @481sc; firsts 45%@ 16%; seconds 43% @44igc. Eggs higher; receipts 8,340 cases; METALS Crsts 36@35%c; ordinary firsts 30@ 32c; miscellaneous, 33@34c. —— NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Copper NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Butter firm;| firm; electrolytic spot and futures creamery higher than extras 60@| 15%. “ac; creamery extras 491g¢c; cream- Tin easy; spot and nearby 41.00; | °ry, Arsts 46% @49c futures 40.75@41.00. Exes firm; fresh gathered extra Iron steady; prices unchanged. firsts 38@39c; ditto firsts 36@37c. Lead steady; spot 8.00@8.25. Cheeso trregular; state whole milk| zinc firm: East St. Louis delivery fats fresh specials 26c; ditto average | 719@7.15. nD eee Antimony spot 7.12. Vv YORK, e a noleke Wien CM? lowes Taine esx | CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Potatoos firm; linge Id Oty: offered at 6%; last| receipts 27 cars; total United States an ca ins against. accept- {Shipments 668; few sales account of cs 4°53; time loans firm; mixea| Weather; Wisconsin sacked round ‘Lateral 60-90 days 4\%@ 4-¢| Whites 85@90c cwt. nont 4%,0@5; prime commercial! oe ea NAPE 1% Cotton. | ere WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Cotton consumed during January amounted to 610,375 bales of lint and 49,804 of | linters, compared with 627,946 of Int | [and 49,078 of Mnters tn December | [and 526,698 of lint and 43,626 of | j'nters in January last year, the YORK, Feb. 14—-Prices of |£ehsus bureau announced today. it 2p. m. today were | 5 on the New York curb as} Cotton. w NEW YORK, Feb, 14.—Cotton spot I Wyoming 1%; Fensland | quiet; middling 28.05. Glenrock 1 11-16; Merritt 10%; | Pee <a ur Producers 19; New York 16 Sugar Prices Slump. j Creek 3 NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—After ad i a vances of twenty-eight to seventy-two i} Plax See I po ts at the opening of the raw DUL TH Minn., Feb. 14.— nugar futures market today, prices 1 On track $2.99%@8.02%;| broke 100 points, the maximum | arrive $2.97; Februar 99%; March | fluctuations allowed in one day's trad- | $2.97 a ; May, $2.77% asked; July,| ing by the exchange. $ 2 asked, Yesterday's spectacular advance of —— 100 points hed left many buying Manufacturing AVERAGE HIGHER Misgivings Over Winter Crop 14.—Severe cold weather which diminished. receipts| American Tobacco - und led to crop damage predictions | American \Voolen made the wheat market average | SP&conda Copper Atchison. y during the ear! however, rep principal winter crop outlook were empha- re has seen no growing weather to date and espe- parts of Kansas and Okia- homa. The opening, which ranged | Colorado Fuel & Iron_. from %e off to %c advance, with | Com, Preducts - May $1.23% to $1.23% and July | Gtyc is 31.16% to $1.16%, was followed by @| Famous Players-Lasky ght general sag and then by an ad-| General Asphalt above yes 75% to 76c, the Subsequently, with reports current that ice was covering the wheat flelds | persistent buying | = Kennecott Copper - new high price record for the crop.| rouisville & Nashville. Disquieting reports about affairs in| sexican Petroleum — the Near East had some bullish in-| yfiami Copper — fluence. The close was unsettled %c] Middie States Of — to 1% net higher, May $1.23% to| Midva‘e Steel $1.23% and July $1.17% to $1.17%. Missourl Pacif Selling on the part of holders broad- A big ex- port business was said to o under way 46%c to 46%c and after a little down- turn rose above yesterday's finish for quotations on hogs gave 1 watch repairing by ex- work guaranteed c Allied Chemical & Dye-. Allis-Chaimers --. ~! American Beet Sugar -. American Can American Car & Foun American Hide & Leather pfd. merican International Corp American Locomotive} American Smelting & Ref’g. American Sugar American Sumatra Tobac‘ American T. & T... 'Y | Ath, Gulf & W. Indl Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio. Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacific Central Leather -. Chandlers Motors Chesapeake & Ohio. Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul__— Chicago, R. I, & Pac... Chino Copper 8 ith er General Electric re | General Mctors - of | Goodrich Co. - to|-Great Northern pfd. Illinois Central --. Inspiration Copper - International Harvester Int. Mer. Marine pfd_ International Paper Invincible Oil —--- Kelly-Springfield Tire ut a New York Central ~. N. Y.. N. H. and Hai Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Oklahoma. Prod. & Re! Pacific Oil Pan American Petroleum. Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pure Oll Consoli¢ated Copper. ed ith ding - Rep. Iron Steel. Royal Dutch, N. ¥. 2 se 's Roebuck - Ye nelair Con. iy = % | Southern Pacific — = 93% 1, | Southern Railway - 33 “| standard Oil of N. - 41 Studel Corporation Tennessee Copper Union Pacific - ‘% | United Retail Stcres. U, 8. Ind, Alcohol. 7 '% | tinited States Rubber-. = 60% % | United States Steel. 107 %| Utah Copper ----- = 87 i Westinghouse Blectrio eam Wily Overland ---. - % ri American Zine Lead and Sm.--~ 17 Butte and Superior. = 38, 90| Cala. Petroleum = 80" Montana Power -7 ‘| Shattuck Arizona -. a Gt. Northern Ore - - my Chicago Northwestern -. - aa 2] \axwell Motors “B' 104 Consolidated Gas ~ = 864 American Linseed O! 3 Standard Oil Stocks NEW YORK CURB. around the ring. Today these orders jwere executed, causing an advance, May and July selling as high age§6.40 ‘0 Oil Securities _ RE = LOCAL OIL STOCKS Bessemer “19 21 Big Indian 8D 23 Boston Wyoming --- 1.00 1.10 Buck Creek ~. 16 18 Burke ~. 27 32 Blackstone Salt Creek .18 -20 Chappell ~. 48 50 Columbine 2 15 Consolidated Royalty 1.36 1.38 Cow Gulch .03 Domino ~. 06 08 Elkhorn. 04 05 E. T. Williams . 82 84 Frantz - 5.00 5.50 Gates — 09 aut Jupiter 200% = 01 Kinney Coastal 3h 33 Lance Creek Royalty. .0z 203 Lusk Royalty 01 02 Mike Henry OL 02 Mountain & Gulf --_ .132 1.34 Red Bank 16 18 Picardy . 202 203 Royalty & Producers. .13 Bey Sunset _.. 3 02 203 Tom Bell Royalty 01% 02% Western Exploration 2.75 2.85 Wyo-Kan. -. 2 80 Western Oil Fields -. .70 15 Western States 24 26 Yon _ 10 a NEW YORK CURE CLOSING Mounta!n Producers 19.12 Merritt --. Glenrock Oil Salt Creek Prd Salt Creek Cons Proc, & Refrs, Marine New Mutual a? ites Service Com, Fensland New York ist 4%s ond 4%s rd 4%s 4th 4%s \.ctory 4%8 Se | Crude Market SES Hamilton Cat Creek Mule Creek Big Muddy Salt Creek Rock Creek irass Torchlght alk Basin Greybull Sunburst Live Stock Stocks -:. Grains - AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED Chicago Prices CHICAGO, Feb, 14.—(U. 8. Depart. ent of Agricu'ture.}—Hogs receipts 00; 10c higher than Tuesday's tose; bulk 160 to 200 pound averages 3.30@8.40; top 8.45; bulk 225 to 300 yound butchers 8.00@8.20; weighty «ind mostly 8.00; big packers bidding ess; bulk packing sows 6.75@7.10; irable pigs 7:50@8.00; heavyweight hogs 7.85@8.10; medium 7.95@8.30; light 8.25@8.45; light Nght 8.00@8.40; packing sows smooth 6.90@7.30; pack. ing sows rough 6.60@7.00; killing pigs 7.50@8.00. Cattle receipts 8,000; fairly active; run late in arriving; beef steers and butcher she stock 15 to 25c higher; top matured steers early 10.00; some held higher; bu'k beef steers and yearlings 8.25@9.75; canners and cutters strong; bulls strong to 15¢ higher; veal calves scarce; steady to strong; spots higher; stockers and feeders about steady. Sheep receipts 13,000; opening ac- tive, generally strong to 25c higher; early top fat lambs 15.00 to packers; bulk early sales wooled lambs 14.25@ 14.75; heavy clipped lambs 10.50; fa‘! shorn lght welght 12.75; choice 89 pound fed yearling wethers 13.25; one load choice 109 pound ewes 8.25; feed. ersequiet. Omaha Prices. OMAHA, Neb., Feb, 14.—(U. 8S. De- tment of Agriculture.}—Hogs—Re- ceipts 10,000; market active, 20@35c her; packing grades mostly at $7.00; butchers 220 to 300 pound ayer- ages $7.65@7.85; lights and light butchers $7.80@7.85; top $7.85. Cattle—Receipts 4,500; beef steers strong to 15¢ higher; bulk fed steers $7.25@8.75; early top yearlings $9.15; she stock 10@25c higher; choice cows $7.00; bulls and veals firm; bologna bulls $4.00@4.25; veal top $11.50; stockers and feeders steady, mostly $6.75 @7.50. Sheep— Receipts 8,000; killing classes steady to 15c higher; bulk lambs $13.75@14.50; early top $14.65; no choice light ewes here; best at $7.00; feeders steady; top feeding lambs $14.65. | Denver Prices. DENVER Colo., Feb. 14.—Cattle— Receipts 800; market steady; beef | steers $7.00@8.25; cows and heifers | $2.50@7.50; calves $4.50@10.50; stock: and feeders $3.50@7.50. Hogs — Receipts 1,600; market steady to 10c higher; top $7.75; bulk 37.25 @7.55. Sheep — Receipts 1,800; market steady to 2c higher; lambs $12.50@ 75; feeders lambs $12 wes $4,500 SUGAR | | | NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Sugar | closed weak; approximate sales 68,000 |tons. The market for refined re | mained unsettted and al! refiness were} [ withdrawn, IOMRKET BOSSIP AND FELD NEWS ONE WELL COMPLETED BY MNDWEST One well was completed i in Salt Creek during the past week by the Midwest Refining company, that being Salt Creek Consolidated No. 7-AX on the southeast quarter of section 3-39-79, which was finished at 2,827 feet. A pro- duction test is now being run but no figures are yet available as to the output. Progress is being made with the two wells in Baxter Basin. No, 29 on the southeast quarter of section 25-18- 104 is drilling at 925 feet and No. 1-X on the northeast quarter of section 36-18-104 is drilling at 1,880 feet. Midway test No. 2 is still fishing for 4%g-inch casing at 4,415 feet. Crowe well No. 2 In the Notches field is running 10-inch at 2,760 feet. Nieber Dome test is drilling at 1,660 feet. Ohio Hits Gas at Baxter. The Ohio O:1 company struck a gas flow of 2,000,000 feet in its No. 2 in the Baxter Bas'n field mt 2,400 feet in a stray about 300 feet above the first Wall Creek sand. This flow was immediately crowned and drilling con- tinued, it being the intention of the company to drill the lower strata. This is taken as an indication that oll will be discovered. with greater depth as is generally the case when gas is found in the shallow horizon. The company is hauling in material for a rig at a point half a mile south east of the No. 2 but owing to the recent snow storms in that district is meeting with difficulties in trans: portation. Skelly Report Expected Favorable The annual’ report of the Skelly Ol’ company, for the year ended Decem ber 31 last, is expected to show net earnings of approximately $5,500,000 before reserves for depreciation and depletion equal to about $2.50 a share on the outstanding capital stock. Baldwin Profits Show Gain Baldwin Locomotive for the year ended December 31 showed net pro fits of $5,206 519 after federal taxes and charges equal after preferred div fdends to $19.03 a share on the $20, 000,000 common against $5,044,086 o: $18.22 in 1921, ‘The Consolidated in me of Ba‘dwin and Standard Stee Works of actual net. applicable to stock was $2.973,000 or after $1,400 }00 preferred dividends was $1.573 equal to $7.89 a share on the common This $2,973,770 was made up of Bald win earnings net after all charges bu neluding deferred profits of $2,265, 514, Standard profits totalled $768 256, Sharp Rise in Call Money NEW YORK, Feb. 14,—Money brokers were at a loss to explain the charp rise in the call money rate yes ‘erday. Opening at 4% per cent the rate advanced rapidly unti! just be fore the close when it reached six per cent.. ‘The only, explanation offered by bankers was that the demand for money for stock market purposes war heavier than anticipated. They ad mitted, however, that there were nc Indications of money moving away from this center and that the present supply should be ample ‘for all pur poses. ‘The government withdrew $6,000,000 from banks in this district yesterday. Trading in the time money market was quiet with brokers bid ding for 60 to 90 days loans at 4% per cent. Bankers freely offered money at five per cent. Elkhorn Dividend Deferred The Elkhorn Coal company had de ferred the regular quarterly dividend until the semi-annual period due tc unsettled conditions in the coal trade. \ pA Sela Reid Resigns As Chairman D. G. Reid has resigned his position as chairman of the board of Americar Can owing to ill health, but remains a member of the board of directors. French to Issue Bonds A bill has been {ntroduced in the chamber of deputies by the French government authorizing the Issue of short term bonds to the sum of thir- teen billion franc: British Debt Bill Up Today The British debt funding bill ts ex pected to pass the senate today, Op- Position is much less pronounced than was expected. Industrials Average Up; Rails Down The average price of twenty active Industria! stocks traded in on the New York stock exchange on Tues- day was 102.16, a net gain of .46. The average price of twenty active rail- road stocks was 89.49, a net loss of 07. O10 Experts Named The two oil experts who are to as sist in the congressional investigation of the leasing of Teapot Dome by sec. retary of the interior Fall have been appointed. They are Fred. G. Clapp of New York and James O. Lewis of Tulsa. Corn Products to Market Solution Corn Products Refining has ac- quired all manufacturing and distri- buting rights to Sealite, a patented solution for the prevention of evapor- ation or of loss by fire of crude oll and refined of] prodicts held in stor- age, The patent {s held by Standard Development company, a subsidiary of the Standard O11 company of New Jersey. The principal ingredients are regular products of the orn Products plants. ———___ Silver NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Foreign bar silver 63%; Mexican dollars 48%. LONDON, Feb. 14.—Bar sliver 90 1146d per ounce. Money 1% per cent. Sone ee ARMOUR STOCK CHANGES HANDS Continued From Page One approximately 60 per cent and at the same time with a saving of $10,000,- 000 in annual operating costs, it was said, through operation of the killing, apd distributing branches. CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Armour a company preferred shares dropped in value today to $86 with trad.ng in the stock the most active ever know Selling of the shares was influence vy the announcement that the con crol of J. Ogden Armour’s interest in che ‘packing industry had been trans. ferred to bankers for a period of five years. ‘The fall of Armour preferred to $86 brought the price down to the lowest ievel touched by the stock last year. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1923 - Livestock -:- All Markets Dom. of Can. 514 pet notes 1920. French public 8s —. rench Republic 7448. Kingdom of Belgium 7} Kingdom of Belgium 6s. Kingdom of Norway 8s- U. K. of G. B. & I, 5%s 192: U. K. of G. B. & I. 5%s 1837_ American Sugar 6s — American ‘Tei, & Tel. ev. Amer, Tel, & Tel. col. tr. Armour & Co. 4448. Ba'timore & Qhio Bethlehem Steel p. m. Canadian Pacific deb. Chi Chica Gvodyear Tire 8s 1931 Goodyear Tire 8s 194 Grand Trunk Ry. of Canada 7s. Grand Trunk Ry. of Canada 6s. Great Northern 7s A Great Northern 5 1-38 Be Mo. Kan, & Teas new. Missouri Pac. gen. ontana Power 5s New York Central de Northern Pac'fic pr. len 4s Oregon Short Line gtd. 5s ctfs. 5s. A Oregon Short Line ref. 48. Pacific Gas & Electric Penn. R. R. gen. 6448 - Penn R. R. gen. Reading gen. 4s _ inelair Oil Co. 7% Standard Oil cf ¢ Union Pacific Ist Rubber 7 Rubber ‘tah Power & Light 4 Western Union 6%s Westinghouse E} ever, that much colder weather would At $86, after 3,300 shares had been sold, the market ralled and around noon. Armour preferred was com- manding $88. During the flurry {n Armour pre- cerred stock, the market for the Ar. mour of Delaware issue was Inactive out steady. Meanwhile Swift and com- pany stock was also lightly traded in snd was firm despite the weakness in \rmour preferred. Shortly after noon, notice appeared hat a meeting of the board of direc tors of Armour and company today ind a quarterly dividend of the annual rate of 7 per cent was declared on \rmour preferred stock and that the ividend was payable to stockholders ft record March 15, 1923. It also was nnounced that disbursements of divi- end wou'd hereafter be made quar. erly. COLD WAVE 1S ON INCREASE TODAY Continued From Page One were warned to expect 10 to 30 de- srees below zero in the northwest five to ten below in the west, zero to ten below in the south and five e’ow to five above in the east. Cold wave warnings have been ssued from Missour! and Kansas when the mercury registered zero and still was falling. Freezing temperatures were fore vast for Memphis, Tenn., and vicinity with the mercury reaching degrees vbove by Thursday. The cold wave was to reach Texas tonight, 24 years ago to the day when he chronicled weather in Texas was recorded. The mercury at that time ‘ell to ten below. The line of zero temperature reach- od Ilinois carly today and is spread ng east and south, Readings of 22 below were reported xt Bismarck, N. D., dnd Sheridan, Wyo. Helena, Mont., reported 20 be- ‘ow; Huron and Pierre, 8. D., 14 be- low; St. Paul, Minn., 20 below; Charles ity, Iowa, 10 below; Escanaba, Mich., 3 below. Swift Current, Sask., reported 36 be'ow and Calgary, Alta., 32 below. Two deaths were reported in Chi- cago as a result of the cold wave. Reading of 15 below are reported by the weather bureau today in central Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of Nebraska and lowa. The fall In temperature in the Central valleys and eastern Colorado ranges from 20 to 30 degrees. Temperatures prevailing in cities of the ocky Mountain district today were: Denver 4 above; heyenne, Wyo. below; Lander, Wyo.. idan, Wyo., 24 below; North Platte, Neb., 6 below; Leadville, Colo., § above; Grand Junction, ‘Colo., | 25 above and PPueblo, Colo., 12 above. 6 16 below; Sher- OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 14.—The cold wave which began in the Missouri valley lgst night, today brought sub. zero temperatures, with eight below reported at Sloux City, lowa, and three below at Omaha. Valentine was the coidest point in Nebraska, with 10 below. Prediction for colder weather for eastern Nebraska tonight was made prevail in Denver today. He said ihe cold wave gathered in Canada and ‘s traveling southward over the United States, already hav'ng engu!fed virtu- al’y the entire northern portion of the country. A 30-degree fall in temperature was reported from northwestern Nebraska and parts of Wyoming yesterday, while the entire state of Montana was swept by the cold wave. Lew’ston, Mont., reported 32 de- grees below zero, a record for severa! years. The h’ghest the -thermomter got during the day there was 23 be. ‘ow zero. Warm Springs creek was frozen over yesterday for the first ‘me in 80 years, according to records at Lewistown. A Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger tra’'n whch was snow- bound on Marshal’ Pass, near the top of the continental div'de, 26 ~m’les west of Salida, Colo., yesterday, was re’eased last night as a result of the efforts of 12 ‘ocomotives which were sent from Salida. The train cont:nued ts journey 24 hours late. A Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul passenger tra’n and a rotary snow vnlow collided near Lew’stown. Mont., but the damage was s!‘ght. The en neer on one of the engines was htly injured. ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb, 14.—Abate: ment of high winds which piled a loose, fine snow into drifts and vir- tually tied up train service in the northwest, except severa! east and south bound out of the Twin Cities, was awaited today before the first step is taken to bring this section back to normality after one of the worst storms it has experienced in a quarter of a century. Close on the heels. of the blizzard came @ severe cold wave, with tem- peratures well below zero. At St. Paul early today it was 20 below. This cold weather is expected to continue to hamper trains after the winds die down. Four known deaths were reported Four children of a family named Gibbs perished when their farm home 12 miles northeast of Pine City, Minn. was. burned late latst night. Mrs. Gibbs and fifth chi'd are in a serious condition. The fire in the Gibbs home is believed to have started from an/overheated stove. Little effort was-made yesterday or last night to send out snow plows to clear some railways as the thin snow would be blown back quickly by the winds which reached 500 miies or better proportions in most section of Minnesota, North and South Dakota and western Wisconsin, Several passenger trains were re- ported stalled in drifts and many were held at division points until the weather clears up. - All west bound trains out of Twin Cities were an- 1 nulled yesterday and whether they will be resumed today depends on the wind. East bound trains to hi- cago were sai to be making slow prog. pestis Seah alee ata diadell 5s —_——__. Surveying aud Locations Geologists Oil Experts Oil Field Maps, Blue Prints WYOMING MAP AND BLUE PRINT CO. P. O. Box 325 Room 10, Daly Bldg. 0, Burlington & Quincy ref. 58 A. go, Milwaukee & St. Paul ev, 4%s-. 801, w4 100% 1054 ress. however. On the Great Northern not a wheel turned late yesterday and last night on its trans-contineta! line between here and Williston, N. D., officials considering traffic unsafe under ey. sting conditions. Every effort was made to care for passengers on tho stalled trains. At Montevideo, Minn. where the coast train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. PaPul rajlway was stranded the passengers were enter- tained at a dance at the Commercial club. Passengers on Great Northern No 12 were taken to hotels and private homes when No, 12 could not proceed beyond Melrose, Minn. SPOKANE, Wash. Feb. 14.—A blanket of snow that covered the state of Washinston and extended as far south as Salem Ore., was being in creased in most parts of the state to- day. The heaviest fall was reported from western Washington cities. Aberdeen reporting 20 inches, Olym. pia two feet and Bellingham six inches. Meanwhile near-zero tempergtures prevailed over the state.” At) ‘Walla Walla the minimum was 4 above. Everett and Aberdeen reported 15 above and Olympia 30 above. The temperature here was above zero this morning, with 177 inches of snow. Trans-continental trains east and West bound were running three hours and more late, and interurban and local railway traffic was badly hamp- ered. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pau West bound train No. 15, due here at 9 a. m. was annullea. Later it was announced that Mil- waukee No. 17, also west bound, also had been annulled, and that pat Northern trains No. 3 and’ No. 27, west bound. had been cancelled. Northern Pacific trains No. 1 and the latter's No. 3 were reported stuck in the snow somewhere on the Dakota division. No trains were running on the Spokane International. One Spokane International _ passenger train, during last night, was held up by snow at Grand Junction Idaho. —————___ We offer Original Entryman’s fu'l one-eighth royalty on six sections in sections 12, 13 and 33-37 in the Big Muddy field. Bigg: bargain in Casper today. Will s divide to suit. Teapot-Salt Creek acreage, also leases in Blly Creek other Wyoming and Montana fi Deal direct with Wyoming's 1 lease Cealing firm. Correspondence quarter 24, solicited. TEAPOT DEVELOPMENT CO., Suite 218 M'dwest Bldg. Casper, Wyoming UNDERREAMERS e YOUR STORE (BRibcrPoR T| by the United States weather bureau WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — Cola weather will spread over all sections east of the Mississipp! river except southern Florida by late tomorrow, according to a weather bureau fore. | i= which says the cold snap will continue the remainder of the week. cold wave in the west as but made no prediction as to its dur. | ation, DENVER, Colo., Feb. 14.—The cold wave coming down from the north: west split when it struck the crest o the Rocky moutna'ns in Wyoming yesterday and both sections missed Denver so that the zero temperatures predicted for this city and vicinity failed to appear. | |, Frederick. W. Briat. district. United! ‘States weather forecaster, sald, how-| | ‘Tho weather bureau referred to the! “severe” | Chains are as strong as unbroken chain. Payments on the Lost So you desire to keep your pl payment at ONCE or mai ice. Failing to take car opportunity, w 11 hage passed, 0 others. i3 lease joins ju e us for $110.00, : i never return, Wire, write Office hours, 9 to 12a. m Idier Room 220 Midwest Bldg, you the WEAK LINK? We must know to keep an lace on this lease you must make 2 ke satisfactory arrangements at tho e of your obligation on this lease your nd your plac 5 Opportunity is offere or phone, - and 1 to 6 p, m. or by appointment. Anna Bell Wyoming Oil Company W. E. PATTON, Pres. their weakest link. Are lease are due and payable. If offered for s you can s you today will be in productior are with that may off I Phone 1956 Fa