Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT Che Casver Daily Cribune Oil -:- Finance - e me e Bonds - Stocks - - Grains -:- Livestock -- All Markets AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED 4 | s 3 i 4 . = © Oils and Minor Issues Among >» & Shares Which Continue in : Good Demand. R eee : NE’ arch 2.—Prices of B Stocks again nded today to © Heavy pool « and increased Dublic buying, the © advance being Based on the rising tendency of com odity prices and the further indica fions of prosperity contained in the ‘ Intest series of earn "3 statements Gales approximated 1,260,000 st NEW YORK. March Prices in today’s stock frregular as a result 0 2.—Opening market were profit taking fh some of the popular industrial fav. rites, but coppers, ol! and railroad ghares were again in demand. Bald Win and Studebaker opened fraction ally lower. American Smelting ad. ¥Yanced 1 point to a new high record for the year and Anaconda duplicated fts previous high California Vetrol eum opened a point higher at 97%, @ieo a new peak price, and Pan-Amer fean gained a point. Prices strengthened in the later trading, California Petroleum extend tng its rise to 99% as compared with this years’ low of 68 The prefer fed advanced one point, also to a new peak price. A gain of 1% points in Philips Petroleum sent that stock to the highest quotation of the year. @her individual strong spots were Bosch Magneto, Loose-Wiles Biscuit Cuba Cano Sugar preferred, Interna. tional Paper, Pan-American ‘“B,” Consolidated Cigar, Union Tank Advance Rumley preferred, American Can, all up 1 to 2 points. Foreign exchanges opened slightly @asier, demand sterling being quoted at 4.70%, off %, and French francs at 6.06 cents, off 3 points. Heavy profit taking throughout the morning, particularly in California Petroleum which cancelled its three Point gain and in tho equipment and copper shares, some of which yielded @ point or more, was unusually well absorbed and failed to halt the ad- ance in other quarters. The buying Was the broadest witnessed in some time, with impressive strength being shown by the domestic oil, motor accessories, independent steel and fobacco and food shares and a num. r of specialties such as Wells Fargo press, Sears Roebuck, Eastman Kodak, Piggly Wiggly, Loose-Wiles and United States Realty, all up one to four points. Call money opened @ 5 per cent. “Minor issues were conspicuously @irong in the afternoon but gains Were made also by many of the usual | leaders, especially Baldwin, Bethle hem Stes!, Pacific Oil, Phillips Pe troleum and California Petroleum, the last mentioned rising to nearly 99 aga’ Adams Express moved up 8%. United Fruit 5 and Union Bag gnd Paper 3% points. ~The closing was strong. Heavy Buying of the independent steel shares and of United States Steel common, swhich touched 108%, resulted in an- @ther brisk rally in several parts of the list in the late dealings, dividend yumors adding fuel to the speculative flame. Car, and Foreign Exchange NEW YOR March 2.—Forelgn ex- | Gbanges steady; quotat.ons in cents ) Great Britain demand 4.70%; cables | 4.70%; 60 day bills on banks 4.68. : France demand 6.06%; cables 6.07. BS Italy demand 4.80%; cables 4.81 = Relgtum demand 5.31% cab'es 5 32. B German demand .9044%. Hol’and qnd 39.57; cables 39.60. mand 18.37; Sweden demand Denmark demand 19.30; Switzerland @emand 18.76; Spain demand 15-60; demand 1.07; Po'and demand 022; Céecho-Slovakia demand 2.96; Ergentine demand 37.30; Brazil de thand 11.60; Montreal 98 5-16 : < egies Money ©NEW YORK, March 2,—Call money raie sbronger: high 5% low 5; ruling & closing bid 5%; offered at Joan 1 loans against acceptan ; time loans firm; mixed collatera @-90 days 5@5 ; 4-6 months 5@5% prime commerce 4% @5. ; — —_——_—— Sugar March 2.—Sugar clos « steady; approximate sales unob- @Ainable. The refined market was er and prices 15 to 25 po’nts high- with fine granulated list at $9.00@ $45. Bus ness was less active. [NEW YORK Metals NEW YORK, March 2.—Copper ong; electrolytic spot and futures in enster spot and Iron steady; unchai Lead firm; spot 8.16 SZinc rn nd ftarby del TST YOUR OIL AS#S, Ot! Per smits and Royalt Wyoming's} Deal rm. Prepare e know a VELOPMENT CO,, Suite 218 Midwest Bidg Casper, Wyoming | STOCK TRADING (GRAIN COMPANY BEARS MARKET Closing Unsettled at Net Loss After Statements by Com- pany Official. CHICAGO, March or less to decided b h opinions ex pressed by the president of one of the largest grain companies here, the wheat market underwent a decline to: aay, despite an initial show of ength. The finish was unsettled Ye to Ye net lower, with May $1.18% to $'.18% and July $1.15% to $1.15%. CHICAGO, March 2.—New uptu: n the price of wheat took place day during the early dealings, a form cast of much colder weather being taken as a bullish factor. Strength shown by the corn market tended also to ft the value of wheat. Demand lacked force, however, and prices socn disp'ayed a tendency to react. The opening, which varied from unchang: ed figures to %c higher, with May $1.18% to $1.19 and July $1.18 to $1.16%, was followed by a alight ad- vance all around and then by a set- back to a trifle below yesterday's nish Dust storms in Nebraska and dry weather southwest failed to bring about more than transient rallies and weakness developed, especially near the end of the day. Corn and oats made a further re- ‘9 the bullish estimate which sponse was circulated yesterday in regard to the amount of corn held on farnie. After opening unchanged to %c hi er, May 73% to 73%, the corn market scored moderate general gains before beginning to sag. Subsequently, corn reflected to some extent the weakness which ap- peared in the wheat market. Corn closed unsettled at %o to %@%e net decline, May 75%c. Oats started unchanged to ¢ high- May 45%c and later showed a lit- tle advance on all deliveries. Provisions were firm in line with the hog market. Open High Low Close WHEAT— — 1.18% 1.19% 1.18% 1.18% - 116 1.16% 1.15% 1.15% = 1.14% 1.14% 113% 1.13% Sept. . - - OATS— May - - - 45% 45% 45% 45% July -- = .45 45% 44% 44% Sept... 44 44 43% 43% LARD— May - — — 11.65 11.67 11.65 11.65 July — = -. 11.75 11.77 11.75 RIBS— May - - - 10.80 Suly — . — 10.87 10.95 10.87 10.95 Cash Grains, CHICAGO, March 2.—Wheat—No. 3 red $1.33; No. 2 dark northern $1.24. Corn—No. 2 mixed 72@72%c; No.‘2 yellow 74% @75c. Oats—? white 46@47c; white 44% @45%c. Rye—No. 2, 83c. Barley—67@73c. Timothy seed—$5.90@6.50. pegs see No. 3 Butter and Eggs MARKETS —BUTTER CHICAGO, March 2.—Butter lower; creamery extras 47; standards 46; ex tra firsts 45@46% seconds 42%@4. firsts 434% @44%4; Eges lower; receipts 15,558 cases; firsts 32@32%; ordinary firsts 30@ miscellaneous 31@31% > Potatoes - CHICAGO, March 2.—Potatoes steady; receipts 41 cars; total United States shipments 894; Wisconsin sacked round whites 95c@$1.00 cwt.; poorer 90c cwt.; Idaho sacked Rurals $1.15@1.20 cwt.; Idaho sacked Russets branded $1.75 cwt,; unbranded $1.40@ 1.65 cwt.; Wyoming sacked Russets $1.40@1.60 owt TESTIFY IN FRAUD TRIAL using the mails in a scheme to de fraud, was attacked today by Attor ney Charles Rathbun as resumption of his final argument to a jury in Fed eral Judge W. C. Lindley’s court to: day. Mr. Rathbun sald that while the United States has spent n large sum of money in the prosecution of the ca and had hundreds of government xperts only their one disposal a witness. ght > as Rat said, test! fied that there was alkali on the land but did x ° tended, speak of land gen din his testi ony considered ¢ certain spots of it Dantel Hayes we: and 11 other defend- » connected with the Dant of Idaho. Attorney ¢ the pr 68 company We ies se SOIL EXPERTS) CHICAGO, March 2.—Testimony of they a New York Stocks Allied Chemical & Dye -.. Allis Chalmers American Licet Sugar ~ 45% American Can --.... 103% American Car & Foundry --.. 186% American Hide & Leather pfd.. 73 American International Corp. - 29 American Leoomotive ... American Smelting & Refg. -- 68% American Sugar - Ls American Sumatra Tobacco American T. and T. American Tobacco ~ American Wo.ten Anaconda Copper ~ Atohison Atl, Gulf and West Indies Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel “B" Canadian Pacific - Central Leather Chandler Motors Chesapeake a_.nd Ohio Chicago, Mil. and St, Paul Chicago, R. I. and Fas, - Chino Copper Co‘orado Fuel and Iron ------ Carn Products = 135 Crucible Steel - 82% arie ~ - 12% Famous Players Lasky - 89% General Asphalt ----— 47 General Electric General Motors ex di - 14% Goodrich Co. -- -~ 37% Great Northern pfa - BT Uiinols Centr: - 116 Inspiration Copper - 42% Harveste International Itn, Mer Marine pf. 41 International Paper 56 Invincible Of -.--- 17% Kelly Springfield ‘Tire 54% Kennecott Copper - 44% Loulsvillee and Neshyviile Mexican Petroleum Miami Copper Middle States O1l Midvale Steel --- 31% Missourl Pacific - 18% N York Central 98% ¥., N. H., and Hartford ~. 19% rfolk and Western ~ Northern Pacific Olfehoma Prod and Ri Pacific Oil Pan American Petroleum Pennsylvania People Gas Pure Olt Ray Consolidated Copper Reading ae Iron and Steel -. Dutch, N. ¥. ars. Roebuck Sinclair Con Ol Southern Pacific Southern Ratlwa; Standard O!l of N. J. Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper Texas Co. os Texas and Pacific Tobacco Products — nscontinental O! Union Pacific - United Retail Stores U. $. Ind. Alcohol Unitec States Rubber - United States Steel Utah Copper Westinghouse Electric Wilys Overland American Zine. Lead and Sm. Butte and Superior Cala Petroleum Montana ‘Power Shattuck Arizona - | Great Northern Ore - - 35% Chicago. Northwestern -. - 86% Maxwell oMtars B - 16% | Consolidated Gas - 66% American Lenseed Oil - = T3¢ Cosden - 59% Standard Oil Stocks NEW YORK CURB. Anglo ~ 18 18% Buckeye - 90 92 Continental - 47% 48 Cumberland 115 118 Galena — 68% 6914 Ii. Pipe - 168 170 Ind. Pipe - 96% 97% Prairie Pipe 114 0-115 Nat'l Transit 29 N. ¥. Transit - 137 North. Pipe 110 Ohio Oll . 85 Prairie Ou ~. 262 Prairie Pipe - 116 bolar Ry. ---. 187 Souttern Pipe - 110 8. O. Indiana — 68% 8. O, Kansas 54% }8. 0. Ky - 107% S. O. Neb. 228 &.,0, Nokes 47% 8. O. Ohio 305 Union Tank 55 Vacuum. -. 55% 8. Penn Ov - 196 Educators on soll experts used as witnesses by the Return Home government in the ca against 6 Danie! Hayes and other defendants | eae who are being tried on charges of CLEVELAND, Ohio; March 2. Thousands of educators were leaving for home today while thousands of others remained another day to in spect local schools and colleges, fol- lowing the adjournment last night of a five day convention of the depart ment of superintendence of the Na tional Education association. Tv delegates last night unanimous adopted the resolutions committec rt hich endors the Sterling bill to create a national de of education with a secre | tary of education in the president's cabinet. The new platform requests generous support for public schools. A speech on mmigrant educa by Edward A. Steiner, profes sociology in Gritinell college, Jowa, In which he denounced schemes Americanize the foreign born by force and critic'sed the American and so employers of labor featured last night's meeting, | ly | rep Town partment Oil Securities (By Wilson. Cranmer & Company) LOCAL OLL STOCKS Bessemer . = 23 Big Indian 24 2 Boston Wyoming ——. 1.00 1.10 Buck Creek -.-----.. .20 cer Burke ~ 182 Blackstone 28 Chappell -.. 61 Cclumbine s Bt) Consolidated Royalty. 1.42 1.44 Cow Gulch .. oz 08 Domino, ~ 06 08 Elkhorn 05 06 E.-T. Wiliams ~ 89 1 Frantz 3.00 5.60 Gates . al Jupiter 01 Kinney Coastal 39 ance Creek Hoyaity_ 03 Lusk Royalty : 02 Mike Henry 01 02 Mountain & Gulf -.._ 1.58 1.62 Rec Bank 16 18 Picardy - 02 03 Reyalty & Producers. .14 15 Sunset Tom Bell Royalty Western Exploration Wyo-Kan. Western Oi) Fields ‘ Western States 28 25 2 EE 20 a NEW YORK CURE CLOSING Mountain Producers -$ 19.50 $ 19.50 Merritt 10.75 11,00 Glenrock O11 1.50 Salt Creek Prds. 24.50 Prod. & R Creek Marine new Mutual 15.25 Cities Service Com 190.50 Fensland 18.75 Mammoth Ol — 51.75 New York Oil — 19.00 LIBERTY Stes - First 4s Second 4s — First 4\%s Secand 4\%s Third 4X5 Fourth 4%s Victory 4%s Crude Market Cat Creek Mule Creek Big Muddy Osage Lance It Creek Rock Creek Hamilton Grass Creek Torchlight Elk Basin Greybull Sunburst Creek Livestock Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, March 2.—(U. 8. De- partment of Agriculture.)—Hogs— Receipts 34,000; steady to 25c higher; bulk 150 to 225 pound averages $8.20 @8.35; top $8.40; bulk 240 to 300 pound butchers $8.00@8.15; packing sows mostly $7.00@7.30; pigs dull; few $7.00; heavyweight hogs $7.90@ 8.15; medium §$8.05@8.30; light $8.20@ 8.40; light light $8.00@8.35; packing sows smooth $7.15@7.45; packing sows rough $6.86@7. killing pigs $7.00@8.00. Cattle—Receipts 5,000; slow; killing quality plain; shipping demand rather narrow; trade on most Killing classes steady to weak; beef steers and beet heifers mostiy steady to 15c¢ lower than Thursday's general marke matured steers $9.90; best $9.00; bulk beef steers and $8.00@9.25; stockers and about steady; bulk vealers to packers $9.00@9.50; few upward to $11.00 and above to shippers; bulk bologna bulls $4.75@4.85; bulk stockers and feeder 6.25@7.75; plain light stockers $5 @6.25. Sheep—Receipts 14,000; generally steady; bulk fat wooled lambs $15.00 down;, top to packers $15.00; few decks good to choice native $13.50@ 14.50; early fall shorn Colorados $13.00; extreme heavy clipped lambs $10.50; clipped yearlings $9.50; two dobule decks good fleeced lambs to shearers $14.60; few sheep offered. 5 Omaha Quotations, OMAHA, Neb. March 2.U. 8. Department of Agriculture.)}—Hoxs Receipts 13,000; mostly 5@10c higher; bulk butcher hogs $7,.90@8.00; top $8.00; packing grades steady; mostly $7.00. Cattle—Receipts 2,700; beef steers slow, steady to 15c lower; bulk fed steers $7.25@8.60; part load top $9.00; she stock and bulls steady to 25c lower; ‘veals 50c lower; top $10.50; stockers and feeders slow, steady. Sheep—Recetpts 5,000; all classes steady; bulk lambs $14.00@14.35; top $14.55; fed clipped lambs 11.75; ewe top $8.50; shearing lambs $14.40. Denver Prices DENVER, Colo., March 2. receipts 600; market stead, steers 7.00@8.25; cows and heifers 8.50@7.50; calves 4.50@11.00; stockers and feeders 3.50@8.00. Hogs receipts 500; market steady; top 8.00; bulk 7.80@8.00. Sheep receipts 3,800; market steady ambs 12.60@14.00; feeder lambs 12.50 14.00; ewes 4,507.75. woe Silver WV YORK, March 2.—Foroign bar silver 66; Mexican dollars 50% _- Ol leases, real estate, owners of Teapot townsite. Representatives | wanted. Call_ or. write us. it Tea Development Co., 218 Midwest Bid Casper, Wyo.—Advertisement, por fe. # | cluding exports amounting to 3,32 for the postponement is that later date than that originally Producers and Refiners corporation has only five operations in tho state| at present, three of which are in Saft Creek, the remainder haying been closed down for the winter. No. 1 on section 18-40-78 1s being cleaned preparatory to cementing. No, 2 on section 14-39-79 is drilling at 1.060 feet. | No. 2 on section 6-40-78 ts rigging! up. No. on section 7-26-89 in the Wertz field has resumed work in prepara- tion for driiling in. | No. 11 on section 26-46100 at Enos | Creek has onpleted running| Inch pipe at 2,445 feet. When an at- tempt was made to drill the tools stuck near the top and the casing is being pulled in order to ascertain the trouble. Casper Bolton Has Good Well. Tre well of the Casper Boltor syndicato on the northwest quarter of section 10-29-81, Boltun Creek has been on the pump for several @a has averaged 150 barrels and as the ofl 1s 32.5 gravity ts a valuable prod- uct. Tho well will be cleaned in the near future and it js expected that it will make a better output. It is stated that all the wells in this field,are now pumping off, the water which appeared having been disposed of and it is believed now that the water trouble has been elim- inated. ‘About 6,000 barrels of oil ara now in storage available for the’ p’peline and with a continuation of the pres ent output the carrier will soon be placed in operation. New Field In Mexico. The recent comptetion of a well by the Pan-American Fetroleum com: pany has resulted in the dis ure of an entirely new field in Mexico, ecl'psing anything heretofore known. pe fie'd is much larger ,000,000 barrels of of] have been produced. Mexico is like a sponge soaked with of] and water. If a well happens to hit a water cell as was the case with Juan Felipe a few weeks ago it does not mean that the whole field ts water- The striking of oll now proves 18,000 acres with 400,000,000 barre's of oll and when_this field is exhausted all that 1s necessary for Doheny to do is to step across the country 4 few miles and tap another source. ‘Tres Hermanos for example, where there Is believed to be richer territory than all other fields in Mexico put together. Comparison Might Be Misleading. NEW YORK, March 2.—Accord'ng to one comp lation yesterday based on the earnings of the first 24 rail- roads which reported for January showing a net of about $32,000,000 or $14,000,000 raore than January 1922, tho total net earnings for all class one railroads would amount to something like $60,000,000, a figure which would be at the annunl rate of return of five per cent on the ten- tative property valuat'on, However, it is pointed out that the allowance which the interstate commerce com: miss'on makes for average seasonals might concelvab'y make comparison with a year ago mis'eading. Sinclair Starts Line. Sinclair Pipe Line company has started construction of a 30-mile §-inch line from Burbank, Oklahoma, to the Tonkawa field. Ratio Slightly Higher. The ratio of the federal reserve system is 76.2 per cent In comparison with 5.8 a week ago and 84.1 per cent a year ago. Miners’ Wages Increased. Mining companies operating in Ala- bama have advanced the wages of 30,- 000 coa] and ore miners 12% per cent Holden Proposed Merger- Hale Holden, president of the Burl ington, has submitted to the inter- state commerce commission a plan for the consolidation of all railroads op- lerating west of Chicago into four large systems, cach one operating a total of 30,000 miles. Shipping Board Reports Loss. The shipping board for the past four months reports a loss of $16, 150,138 in the operation of its vessels. Industrials Up, Rails Down. The averago price of twenty active industrial stocks traded in on the New York stock exchange on Thurs- day was 104.23, a net gain of .23, The average price of twenty active railroad stocks was 89.37, a net loss of .19. Current Earnings High. Current earnings of the Phifips | Petroleum company are running at | the annu te of nearly $25 a share [before depreciation and depletion, In {1921 the net income amounted to $9 }000,000 of about $12.91 a share before depreciation and depletion compared with $5.03 a share earned in 1920. December Statistics. According to the American Petro | leum Inatitute’s analysis of complete official pet istics for De | cember, 192 5B an excess of | domestic production and imports over indicated dome consumption P. & R. Has Only Five Operations. | MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS PRODUGERS MEETING POSTPONED The meeting of the Salt Creek producers originally sched- uled for March 7 in this city has been postponed to some time in April, the date as yet being indefinite. The reason given the matter of’ working out a drilling program can be worked out to better advantage at a planned. 292 barrels for the month, or at an annual rate of 29,129,095 barrels, | While for the previous month there was an excess of production over con- sumption of 2,567,033 barrels, or at an annual rate of 31,232,320 barrels and an excess of production over con- sumption for December, 1921, of 14,- 087,539 barrels, or at an annual rate of 165,869,505 barrels. The analysis ‘kes into consideration changes in pipe line and tank farm crude oil stocks in crude and liquid refined stocks held at refineries and in stocks of Mexican oll held in the United States. The annual rate of excess produc tion over consumption of petroleum east of the Rockies was 33,039,070 barrels in December, compared with an excess consumption of 11,124,835 barrels in November, while there was an excess production over consump ton of 164,643,470 barrels in Decem. 1921. Exports and Consumption. Exports of all petroleum to foreign countries and to non-contiguous terri. tories of the United States totaled 6,811,263 barrels in December, 6,152,- 538 barrels in November and 5,791,025 barrels in December, 1921. The indi. cated domestic consumption of petro- leum nd NUquid products was 45,- 480,037 barrels in December, 43,832, barrels in November and 34,04 26 barrels in December, 1921. The excess of domestic production over indicated domestic consumption was 4,656,963 barrels in December, 4,- 056,293 barrels in November and 7,- 911,774 barrels in December, 1921. Production and Wells. Domestic production of crude oil totaled 60,137,000 barrels, a daily average of 1,617,822 barrels in De- cember, compared with 41,957,000 barrels, a daily average of 1,353,451 barrels in December, 1921. There were 1,189 producing o!1 wells com- pleted in December against 1,450 in November and 1,110 in December, 1921. ber, Imports. Imports of all ofl into the United States in December totaled 8,138,000 barrels, a daily average of 262,516 barrels, in November, 7,764,000 bar- rels, a dally average of 258,800 barrels, and in December, 1921, 14,- 308,709 barrels, 461,571 barrels. Pipe Line and Crude Stocks. Pipe line and tank farm crude oil stocks as of December 31, totaled 248,413,000 barrels, an Increase of 471,000 barrels over stocks at the end of November, while November stocks Increased 1,317,000 barrels over pre- ceding month, Gasoline. Production of gasoline in Decem ber was 13,929,754 barrels, compared with 13,502,403 barrels in November a dally average of and 10,453,129 barrels in December, 1921. Stocks December 31, were 21 942,687 barrels, November 30, 18, 493,419 barrels and December 31, 1921, 13,954,456 barrels. Exports in December were 1,135,787 barrels, in November, 1,045,671 barrels and in December, 1921, 901,613 barrels. The indicated domestic consumption of gasoline in December was 10,244,699 barrels, in November, 11,191,505 bar- rels and in December, 1921, 7,396,823 barrels. Kerosene. Production of kerosene in ber was 6,386,639 barrels, in ber 5,581,816 barrels and in ber, 1921, 4,055,126 barrels. Stocks December 31, were 6,691,675 barrels, November 30, 6,139,974 barrels and December 31, 1921, 8,119,251 barrels. Exports in December were 1,866, barrels, in November, 1,837,478 bar- rels and in December, 1921, 1,584,432 barrels. The indicated domestic con sumption of kerosene in December was 2,968,583 barrels, in November, 3,705,779 barrels and in December, 1921, 2,447,200 barrels. Gas and Fuel Of1. Production of gas and fuel oll in December was 23,145,511 barrels, in ovember 21,228,337 barrels and in December, 1921, 20,613,549 barrels, Stocks December 31, were 31,064,949 barrels, November 30, 32,198,754 bar rels and December 31, 1921, 31,696,796 Decem- Novem- Decem- barrels. Exports in December were 2,068,778 barrels, in November, 1,- 669,894 barrels and in December, 1921, 1,876,576 barrels. The indicated do- mestic consumption of gas and fuel oll in December was 22,210,538 bar- rels, in November, 19,948,948 barrels and in December, 1921, 17,503,285 barrels. Lubricating. Production of lubricating off fn De- cember was 2,137,731 barrels, in No- vember, 2,125,496 barrels and in De- cember, 1921, 1,966,016 barréls. Stocks December 3) were 6,612,733 barrels, November 30, 6,391,179 barrels and December $1, 1921, 5,161,084 barrels. Exports in December were 571,035 barrels, in November, 664,625 barrels, and in December, 1921, 841,491 bar- rels. The sumption of lubricating oil cember was 1,345,142 barrels, vember, 1,254,814 “barrels December, 1921, 1,392,915 ba indicated domestic con- in De in No- in Cotton NEW YORK, March 2.—Cotton spot steady; middling 30.7 | secre Flax Seed. DULUTH, Minn,, March Clos. ing flax seed, March $2.93% asked; May $2.76 bid; July $2.69 asked. Grand Trunk Ry of Can. Great Northern 7s A - Mo. Kan and Texas new adj,, bs A Missouri Pacific gen 49 Montana Power 6s A New Yurk Central del Northern Pacific pr, 1! Oregon Short Line btd. 5s ctfs — Oregon Short Iine ref., 4s Pacific Gas and Blectric, Penn R. R. gen 6s ~ Penn R. R, gen., 58 Reading gen 4s _-- Union Pacific first 4s L. 8. Rubber 74s U, 8. Rubber 6s - Utah Power and Light 6s - Western Union 6448 Westinghouse Electric 7s Dominion of Canada, 6%s per French Republic 8s — French Republic Tis — Kingdom of Belglum, 7448 Kingdom of Belgium, 6s . Kingdom of Notway U. K. of G. B. &l., 5%s, 1920 — . K. of G. B. & I, 5%s, 1937 American Sugar 6s . American Tel. and Te! Bethlehem Steel ref. 5s American Tel and Tel col tr. Armour ant: Co. 4% Baltimore and Ohio cv 4348 — Bethlehem tSeel p. m. 6s -— Canadian Pacific deb., 5s Cheago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul cv., Goodyear Tire 8s, 1931 Ss cv ts 116%4 116% 114% 114 104% 104% - 108% 108 61 6045 —-- 60% 60% ms. 97 96% ——- 103% 103% aE "| 8344 - 102% | 102 - 2% 92% —-. 91% 91% 109% = 109 100% = 100% 84 84 91% 91% 108 108 88 8744 907% 90% 109% =: 10954 109 107 101% 101% 96% 96 93% 93% 99 8844 97% 97% 99 9834 115% = 115% - 104% 104% 102% —-:102% 116 115% 8 98 + 85. = 50% 3 93% a, 8945 = 79% 79% = - 98% 98% 98% 4is -. — 67% 6655 6736 - 104% 104 10444 Gas Quality Is Improving WASHINGTON, March 2.—The life of automobile owners is becoming less complex and irritating on frosty mornings, since the quality of gaso- line is improving steadily and the tendency is towar¢ greater uniform- ity, the bureau of mines announced today in making public its seventh semi-annual survey of conditions in New York, Washington, ‘Pittsburgh, Chicago, New Orteans, St. Louis, Den- ver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Bartlesville, Okla. ‘The increase in volatility continued it was said, with consequent improve- ment in the vaporization of the ayer- age gasdlina, thus reducng car cas- ualties when the thermometer at- tempts to torpedo the equanimity of the tired business man or his wife. Tho seasonal variation in summer and winter gasolinos also is dimin ishing, the bureau found, but its sur- vey revealed that 56 of 129 samples collected in the ten cities failed to meet specifications, New York be!ng the only city with an entirely clear record in th!s respect. pa ERE AE The first export of raw silk from America (8 pounds) was made in 1734. oe NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED, The State of Wyoming, County of Natrona, ss. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that the following - described real estate, to-wit: N% SEX, NEX SW%, SEX NW% Section 1, Township 35 North, Range 85 West, 6th Prin- cipal Meridian, Natrona County, Wyoming, was sold for taxes for the year 1920, by E. McDonald, County Treasurer, on the 8th day of July, 1920. Certificate of Pur- case 602. That said real estate was assessed and taxed as the property of C. E. Crosthwaite, and the time for re- demption of the said real estate expires on the 8th day of July, 1923. That diligent inquiry has been made and the said C. E. Crosth- waite cannot be found in Natrona County, Wyoming. That the undersiened, the owner SWAN UNDERREAMERS YOUR SUPPLY "OR IBRIDGrORT) to One Dollar Stores store business is the mightiest of fortune ning. of the certificate of purchase, by assignment from the Western Oil Coal and Investment Company, the original purchaser of said real estate, hereby gives notice that he will on, the §th day of July, A. D. 1923, apply to the Treasurer of said Natrona County, Wyoming, for a deed to the above described Jand, Dated at Casper, Natrona Coun- ty, Wyoming. this 13th day of February, A. D. 1923. MARION P. WHEELER. Publish February 16, 23; March 2, 9, 16, 1923. Se ee NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the stockholders of Wyoming Filling Station Com- pany, a Wyoming corporation, held at the office of the company at Casper, Wyoming, on the 27th day of January, 1923, at the hour of ten o'clock a. m. at which meeting all of the stockholders representing all of the capital stock of this com- pany were present, by proper reso- lutions, unanimously adopted, said corporation was ordered dissolved, the corporate enterprise abandoned and the charter, franchise and cor- porate name surrendered, said com- pany having ceased to do business, all corporate debts having been paid, all corporate liabilities dis- charged and the corporate assets and property distributed among the persons entitled thereto. The stat- utory trustees for creditors and stockholders are Perry A. Morris, A. E. Chandler and Henry C. ‘Posy. PERRY A. MORRIS, President. A. E. CHANDLER, Secretary. Publish February 15, 23, March 9, 16, 28, 1923. 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