Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1923, Page 18

PAGE EIGHT TRANSPORTA ASPER is the WONDER of WYOMING. As a city it is the NATURAL and AC- TUAL state METROPOLIS. It has ALL the requisites of future SU- PREMACY with the TRANSPORTATION. ALL it can claim TODAY is location on TWO BRANCH lines of RAILROAD and IM- POSSIBLE connections with the MAJOR por- tion of the state. The WIDELY separated SECTIONS of the state ere constantly DRAINED in commercial TRIBUTE to outside CENTERS that should’ be diverted to CASPER. SHERIDAN and BUFFALO are closer to OMAHA and DENVER thar they are to CAS- PER. The NORTH trades with BILLINGS and MINNEAPOLIS. The SOUTH and WEST goes to DENVER and SALT LAKE. Casper can never SERVE but a small SEC- TOR without ADDITIONAL railroads. * * * * Today CASPER stands at the marker of an - EPOCH. It must VISION the FUTURE in the light of COMMERCIAL service or fail of REALI- ZATION of its TRUE DESTINY. CASPER isa MONUMENT to OIL. Asan OIL city its position is UNIQUE. But as GUSHERS subside its TRADE territory must EXPAND. No OPPORTUNITY must be OBSCURED in the SMOKE of the great re- fineries. , SALT CREEK will continue to bring GREAT prestige to CASPER. Yet even this WONDER field cannot be PERPETUAL. When the PEAK is PASSED much of CAS- PER’S magnetism will have GONE. AC- TION is the KEYNOTE of the UNIVERSE. © NOW is the TIME to ACT. ; * * * The ONE great OPPORTUNITY of EX- PANDING trade territory is NOW KNOCK- ING at our DOORS. ' The WYOMING NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD has been brought into the PRE- LIMINARY stages and FINANCED. Its management has ANNOUNCED the DESIRE to come to Casper IF Casper DESIRES the ROAD. : Certain things are ASKED. The FIRST is CO-OPERATION. In addition reasonable ASSISTANCE and EMOLUMENTS will be sought. These are PREFERRED in the form of LANDS, LOTS and RESOURCES in which the BACKERS may share in the IN- CREASED increment of DEVELOPMENT. Not a DOLLAR is to be asked or delivery of an article of VALUE is to be made UNTIL the road is in ACTUAL operation over its ENTIRE length. It is a case of the OTHER fellow doing something providing YOU do something, but the OTHER fellow MUST do HIS part FIRST. * * * * In return for what may be OFFERED by Casper to secure this NEW connecting link with CONTIGUOUS territory it may be well to ANALYZE what BENEFITS may AC- CRUE to CASPER. It will bring to SALT CRFFK, making more direct access, by Casper to tue PAYROLL trade of that field and consequently of DIRECT interest to every RETAIL merchant of the city. . It will mean DIRECT connection with SHERIDAN and BUFFALO, obviating long, tiresome journeys through other states, or EXPENSIVE automobile trips overland, cost- ing as high as TWO HUNDRED dollars— ONE way. It will bring to CASPER the LIVE STOCK and AGRICULTURAL sections between KAYCEE and SHERIDAN and on BEYOND will open a territory similar in EXTENT and FERTILITY to the CROW INDIAN RESER- VATION with its wonderful HERDS and -FARMING possibilities—ALL tributary to CASPER. It will bring this city in touch with the. great COAL fields to the north and by DOU- BLING the output of those MINES by a new . NORTH and SOUTH outlet will increase the EXCEPTION of ° ng needed RAIL facilities Casper Sunday Morning Cribune TION :: Casper’s Greatest Need .. By CHAS. W. BARTON: prosperity of those districts and will RE- FLECT prosperity upon CASPER. It will give CASPER access to the BUR- LINGTON at SHERIDAN and with the NORTHERN PACIFIC and CHICAGO, MIL- WAUKEE & ST. PAUL at MILES CITY. The twenty-five-year FAVORABLE traf- fic agreement with the MILWAUKEE will IMMEDIATELY result in TEN THOUSAND men talking about CASPER that never knew Casper before. The entire and AGGRES- SIVE Milwaukee ORGANIZATION will tell EVERY business interest in the northern HALF of the United States about CASPER and solicit business for this point. It will bring into MORE DIRECT rail con- nection ONE-SIXTEENTH of the population of the UNITED STATES. This city will have an outlet and inlet into the DAKOTAS, MIN- NEAPOLIS and WISCONSIN, besides reach- ing and opening NEW parts of MONTANA and WYOMING. : It will mean INCREASED distributing fa- cilities for CASPER, adding many NEW lines of business and increasing an HUNDRED FOLD those already in the field. It will bring NEW wealth and MORE population. Prop- erty VALUES will be ENHANCED and Cas- per will grow, grow, GROW! * * * * Naturally there should be a BROADER view than the BENEFITS to Casper. What - of the STATE? Instead of a SECTIONALIZED Wyoming it should develop a COMMONWEALTH in FACT, knitted together with BANDS of STEEL—each part working for and SERV- ING the WHOLE. Rail transportation has been a CRYING need to great UNDEVELOPED parts of the STATE for a GENERATION and should not be longer DENIED. These districts are capa- ble of caring for MUCH additional POPULA- TION. Along the NEW road will flock the SONS of the overgrown EAST, seeking gold- en OPPORTUNITY in a NEW land. It will be a long step towards WYOMING taking her rightful place in the CENSUS columns. The coming of this railroad will ADD of its own physical VALUE approximately FIF- TEEN million dollars. The growth of CITIES and SECTIONS should add another THIRTY- FIVE million. It should easily bring FIFTY million of new TAXABLE wealth, thus reduc- ing the burden proportionately to every CITI- ZEN of the STATE. During CONSTRUCTION there will be HORDES of men scattered along the line meaning added EMPLOYMENT and a monthly distribution over a considerable pe- riod of a MILLION a MONTH. All this new MONEY will be largely DISTRIBUTED among the merchants—WHOLESALE and RETAIL—and AGAIN Casper should be the FAVORED spot. It will mean BROADER and more DI- RECT markets for the STATE’S greatest produect—PETROLEUM. It will be the means of opening NEW fields because it spells greater OPPORTUNITY for the INDE- PENDENT operator. It means greater refin-: ing possibilities. A RAILROAD is a trans- » porter of REFINED products—not CRUDE. Instead of DRAINING the STATE it will bring the MAXIMUM of return to the state for its products and will leave the MAXIMUM in the state for LABOR and MERCHAN- DISE. 2 * @ & WYOMING welcomes new WEALTH and — new MEN. The greater the NEWCOMER’S ability to DO things, the GREATER should be the WELCOME. The GUIDING hand behind this new proj- ect is C. N. HASKELL—a BUILDER, a con- structive GENIUS. Governor Haskell is an OUTSTANDING figure in AMERICAN business and political LIFE. His record of ACHIEVEMENT is an INSPIRATION. His early SUCCESS was in RAILROAD building. With kim it has been a LIFE- LONG love to OPEN new wealth and CRE- ATE new OPPORTUNITIES through the CONSTRUCTIVE channels of rail lines. The city of MUSKOGEE—third in OKLA- HOMA—owes its PRESTIGE to HASKELL railroad ENTERPRISE. FOUR out of FIVE of its PRESENT railroads were results of his CONSTRUCTIVE career. He is an OPERATOR as well as a BUILD- ER. A few years ago he took over a BANK- RUPT line in LOUISIANA, rehabilitated it, put it on a PAYING basis, and Iast year after all DIVIDEND, INTEREST and TAX re- quirements, passed a HALF MILLION to SURPLUS. * * * * C. N. HASKELL became Oklahoma’s FIRST governor—FIRST in numerical order ieee in the HEARTS of the STATE- He was always CONSTRUCTIVE. His fights were always for EQUAL rights to ALL. He was EVER the enemy of SPECIAL PRIV- ILEGE. He gave to OKLAHOMA a constitu- tion of which the state is justly PROUD. Today when Ex-Governor Haskell returns to his HOME state the citizens come trekking in from great distances to hear his words of MATURE and SEASONED counsel and to shake his HAND and to hear his FRIENDLY salutations of BILL and JOHN, and SMITH and BROWN. When HASKELL the GOVERNOR broke the GANG and SPECIAL PRIVILEGE rule that had prevailed in territorial days — when he broke up such practices as one INDIVID- UAL controlling vast POTENTIAL areas as OSAGE—many ENEMIES were made just as mere talk of entry into WYOMING stirs up ENMITY here. ; __ Yet OKLAHOMA has done something in APPRECIATION that NO other state has done. SoREAL and SUBSTANTIAL was his influence—so FAIR and SQUARE was his ADMINISTRATION of the young STATE— so ECONOMICALLY sound was his work— that “HASKELL DAY”:was fully set aside as an ANNUAL holiday so that for ALL time POSTERITY might HONOR one to whom ° HONOR is due. 7 * * * * ' Then follows the NEW YORK career. Down among the money KINGS he went. Without FINANCIAL prestige or backing he swung through the INTRICATE and MINED maze of financial INTRIGUE: of. WALL STREET and has emerged the VICTOR in every fight. In a few short YEARS he has AMASSED assets approximating a HUNDRED MIL- LION dollars. TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND stockholders acclaim him as the leader who has never broken FAITH. A THOUSAND oil wells have been brought under his control. ‘A dividend period has NEVER been PASSED. His parent company—the MIDDLE STATES—has never sold on the NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE below PAR. Its record in this respect is UNIQUE. It is the only OIL company’on the BIG BOARD that never has had any BONDED or PREFERRED indebtedness. Therefore, it may LOGICALLY follow that it is the ONLY truly “INDEPENDENT.” TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SATIS- FIED STOCKHOLDERS is the HASKELL financial BACKING. When the GOVERNOR laid his railroad aims in WYOMING before them, NINETY-FIVE per cent RESPONDED and MANY clamored for more than the fixed allotment. This is the MAN that OFFERS to DO things for WYOMING. * * * Senator John B. Kendrick, BELOVED and HONORED by WYOMING, left his duties in Washington and came with personal repre- sentatives of Governor Haskell to go over the proposed route. He told his people that this ROAD had been his HOPE for a GENERA- _ TION. _ of CASPER and WYOMING. SST REL HRS Oc SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1923. Ex-Gov. Robert D. Carey—HONORED” son of an HONORED father—left his home and plowed through snow drifts to meet the party at Buffalo. He, too, spoke in behalf of the road and its long standing NEED. Pat Sullivan, COUNSELLER of STATES- MEN, went before OFFICIAL Wyoming and urged that this road be given every EN- COURAGEMENT and pointed out its © GREAT benefit to the state at large. Frank Lucas, SECRETARY of STATE and personal REPRESENTATIVE of Gov. Ross, also left his duties at a critical time to escort the RAILROAD party through the state, pointing out enroute the many AD-. VANTAGES to be attained. His every effort was to impress with due IMPORTANCE the NEED of a RAILROAD on behalf of his con*. stituency. SIXTY Sheridan BUSINESS men jour- . neyed into MONTANA to WELCOME the RAILROAD builders. Miles City BUSI- NESS men came into WYOMING urging COOPERATION and pleading the IMPOR- TANCE of rail connections with CASPER. SURELY these men cannot be accused of FOISTING something upon the state of WYOMING. Yet CASPER, in_ seeming FALSE SECURITY, has made no CONCEN- TRATED effort to secure this ADDED rail facility. Miles City, located on TWO trans- continental lines of the first MAGNITUDE, has made GREATER efforts than CASPER. - * * * * In behalf of this new enterprise an. OPPORTUNITY to make a COMPETITIVE” bid on the famous Section THIRTY-SIX of SALT CREEK has been granted. This has brought forth a great SMOKE SCREEN and a heavy BECLOUDING of the real interests The building of this railroad is admittedly a great HAZARD. If possible this risk should be MINIMIZED, especially if it could be done without*injury to the state. Section THIRTY-SIX would make an IN- SURANCE of SUFFICIENT INDEPEND- ENT TONNAGE to warrant building the road. It would also INSURE the road to SUFFERING Wyoming. If ever there were a WARRANT for STATE cooperation THIS is the TIME. CLEARLY the STATE NEEDS the ROAD. Section THIRTY-SIX embodies only about TWO and ONE HALF per cent of the PRO- DUCTIVE area of SALT’CREEK. Surely this SMALL portion can be SPARED by the INTERESTS in control without material damage. Especially is this true when the present LESSEES have held this wonderful property over TWO or more LEASE periods. - and have extracted from it literally MIL- ‘LIONS and have another year and a half in which they can take other MILLIONS. It has been circulated that Haskell inter- ests are asking for a gift of section 36. This is not.true. Governor Haskell is not asking for a gift but is asking only for a chance to bid on section 36, with other competitors, and // if his bid is the highest, that he be given con sideration, in return for building a MUCH NEEDED and MUCH WANTED railroad. No matter what the AWARD may be the SCHOOL CHILDREN of WYOMING will re- ceive the BENEFICENT result of HASKELL competition. Idle talk has resulted that MID- WEST and kindred interests would volunteer to construct a similar line. Would not COM- PETITION be a SALIENT need for the future of WYOMING? * # & Undoubtedly it is time for CASPER to join hands with her NEIGHBORS to the NORTH. Indeed she should take the LEAD and let her ISOLATED outlying sections KNOW th CASPER is behind them NOW. Our cooper- ation at this time will insure our FUTURE trade supremacy with these same COM- MUNITIES. The coming of the road is NOW or NEVER. It is the great OPPORTUNITY of the GENERATION. . CASPER, the HOUR has COME. The GONG has STRUCK. 4