Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO. WESTERN A EAL ESTATE CORP ND 10 RODE - | Valuable Donation Is Increas- | ed by Casper Offer of Land | | | } In Country Club Addition President and Mrs. Harding a boxing Lo odeo, and are ef the American Revolution, y priced dur At D. A. R. Convention | leaving Mi Hall, ‘Washington, after the president ‘addressed the congress of the Den the Daughters INTEREST GREAT IN BIG CAMPAIGN d from Page One.) | that {s what nd you are| votes—or you should be after! you expect to be one of the bis| 6 winners. The Tribune's 2 to be distributed to those who de- serve them—to those who make the the vote column, t get anywhere In this RETAIL SALES GOOD, SLOWLY — GOMING BACK, BABSON REPORTS |“Some Sections Are Still Behind Good Years of 1919 and 1920,” Expert Says, “ But That Is Natural Because They Come Back Slower.” | rington's own celebritics. gn, the © producers be handsomely rewarded In ac the effort put forth algn of “live ones. campa will cordance wit! WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., April 20.—Roger W. Babson, | who has recently been checking figures on the retail trade of the country, has today issued a preliminary statement. Ac- cording to his anal retail trade averaging all sections of Casper Sunvdap Morning Cridune PLATTE VALLEY “TD SEEK CASPER AS BEST MARKET (Continued from Page One.) sloping surface that insures the best Powaible drainage and the cheapest possible cultivation and irrigation, these are the things that wfil make this part of Wyoming one of the rich- est agricultural sections of the Unit- ed States. What does this mean to Casper? It means that this city will be able to rewive produce at cheaper prices than it has been able to do hitherto. That it will not have to send to out- side y)ints for {ts corn, potatoes, or its su.ar. There are many other arti- les that wit! also be shipped into Casper. Casper cahnot afford to overlook the closer sources of supplies. It ha: too jong erverlooked the valley in question, ang haa too long done so to its own detriment It was the good fortune of the writer to attend a mass meeting of the leading business men of Torrington held Friday evening. The subject of developing their country was dis cussed by such porminent inen in Wy. ing affairs as Nat Baker, former mayor of Lusk, and many of Tor- D. T. Shoemaker of ‘Torrington pre ceved at the meeting and yoiced the sentiments of others a5 well as him- soit, that Torrington and all the surrounding country weuld he gre it- ly benefited if ths real resources of community could be brought be re tho eys of ths public and If the } citizens thems tir to |ovard Capper ani Wyoming as | their 2atur€l marcst and as their | best friend. Others who spoke before the meet: ing were Ward Hildreth, Henry Hol- enbrink, Thos. Powers, Whalen Mc- Gee and William L. Connelly. Hil dreth brought out the fact that the one thing necessary to development was killing the goat of the Platte valley, the goat being the ynfair dis crimination practiced by cortain in- fluences In Colorado and Nebraska against the residents of Wyoming. The people of thin valley realize that the strone forte {s farming ‘What they need is more farmers, rea! farmers who will put all they have into a land that has their heart also. It is the one thing that will make first the period was né-neck affair, and is truly a neck ‘Some sections are attracting attention nll over this ter- | 1920, says Mr. Babsor “but m: ritory It is interesting to see which | other sections a: ail t e was the last to feel the effects of the depression. When a slack business hits a section the financial interests feel it firsts; the manufacturing and farming interests feel it second; the of the several contenders prove them- selyes the most popular in the f{lst— the owners of the seven big cars. Second payments on subscriptions taken early in the campa'gn are prov- ing an important factor in the race} jobbers and wholesalers feel it third: Just now. Those contestants who are/and finally the retaile: hear it working on these are profiting most/ Hence, although retall trade contin inightily. ues good long after Wall Street is ‘Think of having prizes worth up to} $2,400 given you for your efforts in| this campaign. Thir what it means/ to win the big Buick sedan, Ricken-| hacker coupe, Nash sedan, Hudson|nre¢its of firms, like Tiffany, the conch, Chalmers coach or Eseex| jeweler, who acll largely to the very coach. Think what it means to earn! wealthy, follow close to stock market $2,000 in three weeks. There are 17| movements; but 95 per cent of the grand prizes to be awarded to the lve] retail firms lag a year or more be: wire hustlers on the 6th of May—just| hina, , two weeks more. As to which seven | these as} blue it does not come hack again un- til sometime after Wal! Street comes back. There are, of course, a few ex- ceptions to this general rule. The “The best retail trade today is in will be numbered amon, ia an the rose “ater de nal depends |the industrial cities of the «ast upon who accomplishes the most| ‘Where two years ago, mills and fac during the short time that remains, | tories were shut down, they are now especially while the “second pay onty 60 ner of their 100 years of early entage ry, is now it is again re now back to Akron, which ¢ the highest unemployment in the cou advertising for men. Detrc back to normal and the volume of re- tall trade in most of these cities is equal to or greater than it has ever hedule is in effect this third |“ cent had 28th is your last opportunity | #50 pe. > - UAAS WILL been. Of c this does not mean |that profits are as lar The pub: Ne is showing more discrimination aI in its purchases and is shipping about , |more. ‘The volume of retail business Ul r is back to normal in these (Continued from Page One.) sites: ‘ is known oré, who wired asking for “Any concern in an industrial city a description of her, It was said|Wwhich {s not doing a normal business thet she ed a small boat at a|today should clean house and ascer |e fea which | advance | the difficults are about to enjoy w ally fav ort ¢ where t coast of Mexico, ala Dr and Althou lara ig at bay, local offi are in an esp cers count her far from captured.|able position. The retailers of these She Is sald to be “under surveillance” | cities shoul¢ do the best business dur in ah nd is being watched by|ing 1923 they ever have done. The members c Honduras gendarmerie. mill ities of New England are in the dusk opera 1 ke officers fear, however, that police famed for their com!c mas, may be unsuccessful | in custody the woman uunted by steel bars and this clas “The farming communities may be back to normal although statistic fans differ greatly as to what is nor mal not ping un t-| themselves car -(BREPORTI |the country is again back to normal. " still behind the good years of 1919 and use bill hoards and novel- During the past two ve motored considerably hout different sections of the country, At almost every eross road 1s some sort of a sign, a windmill er something else sold to some bank or merchant who thought he had discov- ered cheaper, or more effective method of advertising than his news paper offered. As a matter of fact, he unconsciously distigures the hig! ways, endangers life and makes en- emies instead of friends. Merchandis- ing is a profession and shoulc be treated in a dignified way. Moreover, how banks can adopt such cheap ap- pearing methods of publicity is be- yond the comprehension of most busi- nessmen. Yet I understand the tempt- ation, having once fallen for outdoor advertisine myself much against the advice of the Gundlach Advert'sing which ‘handles our copy.” tempting Ttabson added a word of cheer store worrying about chain ‘the independent re- thelr good features hould copy for independent get together more and small merchants among themselves chains which they control. Personally T Id not want to struggle with one store; but had just as scon have a group of a Cozen grocery form lone grocery | | | | | if | stores. “General business," concluded Mr. Babson, “is good. The Basonchart today at 3 per cent normal compared with 16 per cent below nor- | a year ago MEXICO GITY Capital of Southern Neigh- boring State Alive With Informtaion On U, 8S. guards years of the war, then the farmin is notic nections are still below and may be nd is rushing pre |for many years to come, If, ? londuras lest the escaped|we consider normal as the i. again elude the clutches|for the past twent yyears ar 7 dition allow a pro am eee rewth, we wil th tall trade of m 1 Bex new back to normal or will be short ly. Therefore, I say that something | s t # the matter with the retailer who |is not now doing a normal business He elther is a poor buyer or a poor |malesman, Either ho is mixed up tn i |some outside enternrise and is not * attending to business, or « is not -_— pested as to fundamental conditions. TADIUM FIELD, LAWRENCE, | Thi is a ‘hole in his economi I A —(United Press.)-—| some where ané it js up to him to > ersity of Kansas inau-|find it gura : ual rel carnival! “During the next few months local 1 ung ors from/ merchants should advert!se. National k tear m 15 middlewestern| manufacturers are ultilizing the lvertising in the dis m y te The su are alsc haps this is why can not tell. There surely {s some reason |why the people flock to one merchant pase by another. Sta 1 wit 4 should. one he nes amall advertise of the after. e medley aa university finished of Pennsyl ersity The tes cer tin MEXICO CITY, April 21.—Mexico City alive tonight with tale that recognition of the Obre the United The press is printing articles the United States, indicating some action is expected acon The ted Press learns author! tatively a statement {8 to be fssued simultaneously in Washington and Mexico City within a week relative to developments. Although the contents of the atate- are closely ber Sta’ ment by nent d avoid their pitfalls. The chain stores are revolutionizing retailing. are introducing many good fea- “from which every retailer should profit, But chain stores have many troubles ahead, When thelr em: orgar into a labor union— itable with such big unite independent merchant will} again ve a great opportunity. JT, however, do believe that it wonld be to} them successful, and it will undoubt edly make all successful who take part in {t, for it {= the natural outlet of labor along this part of the earth | With a beet sugar factory to be | built in Torrington during the com: ling months that will cost half 4 million dollars to erect and which will refine 600 tons of sugar beets | dafly, the prospects are good that the | beets raised in this section of the | country will no longer be shipped to | Scottsblutr, Mitchell and Billings for refining. There is no reason why this industry should not be given to Wyoming. The construction of the factory will call for 300 men in em- ployment. It will afterwards mean |the employing of at least 400 men | three months out of the year, It will be one of the logical miracles of the Platte valley and will be a boon to the citizens who will profit by its | existence. | The irrigation projects in the Platte valley include an already con- | structed dam at Whalen that has 180,000 acres of land under its water. This dam provides for a canal on each side of the Platte river. The two canals take in a great country as vast in its possibilities as in its size, The things that are being raised from this irrigated land at the pres: ent time are fine cantaloupes, honey dew melons, white and yellow dent corn, wonderful potatoes, three or. four crops of alfalfa in a season, as well as the sugar beets which have already been mentioned. The farmers who do their trading | nt Lingle and ‘Terrington are as fore- sighted in other departments of gen- eral development as they are in the matter of factory building and irrign- tion. Roads that will mean to them a great saving in transportation, { | | | | | roads that will provide pleasurable recreation, roads that will connect these towns with Casper and the rest of Wyoming, are also being stressed @ great dea A highway extending from Torring- ton to Lingle and from Lingle to Guerensy and thence on up the river. A Lingle Lusk highway {s also be- ing agitated and cons derable work ts Deing done on {t. Much improvement tz being made in all the roads in fact and everything points to a greater unifying of this part of Wyoming ‘with the rest of the state, The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad passes through both Linge and Torrington. A connecting link is being constructed by the Go- shen Sugar company between the Union Pacific on the south end the Burlington on the north. This road will be four miles in length and will mean facilities for shipping by both carriers the refined product which this company will put out. One in impressed on visiting either of these places with the newness and general appearance of everything. Lingle is not so large as Torrington at present, possessing a population of only 500 people while the latter city has 1,500, but it bears a promise of sturdy growth that is cheering. Two banks are located at Lingle, a con- solidated sehool, and numerous ‘pro gressive business houses of other lines. A new $50,000 high school ts to be built in the near future. At Torrington one finds a beaut!- ful business block that ts Indeed re markable. The Trail hotel, costing probably $150,000 to construct, the Kellam building of Uke impressive ness and many other structures, new institution that will be ready for occupancy in the fall is the Tor. rington high school. This building is completed. at a cost of $140,000. It J# one of the’ finest of its kind In the state of Wyoming, and indeed need not hold back before the buildings of any other high schools o the whole western country. The manager of the bullding was very kind Saturday and took Mr. Powers and the writer through the building, showing a remarkab’y fine gymnasium and an auditorium cap. ab'e of seating 735 people. “How will wo ever be able to pay for such a building?” asked one man who was somewhat taken back by the idea of such a bonded indpbtedness. The answer is simple. The Torrington high school will pay for itself, for it will attract many parents secking higher education of the finest type for thelr children, It will develop students and athletes who will com pete with the representatives of oth- er cities of Wyoming and who wi'l therefore attract attention to the seat of the recent state convention of the American Legion. The residence district of Torrington is no less gratifying than the business > district, for it holds fine houses, beautiful lawns sturdy trees and handsome ‘boulevards. ‘The writer had the good fortune to be in a party which took breakfast at the home of Mr. and Mrs, John Hunton who occupy one of the finest houses of Torrington. On both inside and out it reflects hospita'ity and artistry Noth of which qualities were reflected in the host and hostess of this occasion. Lunch was taken at the home of another man, F. 8, Pavitt, owner and editor of the Torrington Telegram. Mr. Pavitt has achieved wonders during his «1 in the town mentioned and has as fine a looking home as the average man would de sire. The affairs of Torrington are in the hands of the Torrington Lions club which also acts as a chamber of commerce and is in a position to do many things to further the inter- ests of the community. The people of this whole valley are eceptionally like the propte of other parts of Wyoming in that they aro ready to show the greatest hospitality and are willing to lend a_ helping hand to any enterprise that 1s for the general good. This much has been demonstrated. That they are quick to appreciate an opportunity and are energetic when they start working for'an end is also an ap- parent fact. Nothing can stop them in their onward progress, The Tribune intends to furnish further data on this interesting part of Wyoming, for {t fe that all of Wyoming ought to stand as a unit. It 1s a deplorable fact that this state has been so thinly populated in the past and that transportation facili ties have been so poor that the borders of Wyoming have been but poorly defined so far as interest in the state is concerned, for it is but natural that such communities, of which the Platte valley ts one, should look to states already developed as their markets. This sentiment ts gradually changing and it {s natura) to expect in the near future that all parts of Wyoming will be unified and will be built up more compactly, which when it obtains will result in the gencral betterment and in in. dividval progre AUSSIAMUST SUPPLY GRAIN ON GONTINENT Agricultural Products Spell Salvation of Country Totzky Tells Communist Congress By JOHN GRAUDENZ United Press Staff Correspondent. MOSCOW April 21.—Russia instead of the United States must supply the grain needa of Europe, Leon Trotzky told the oll-Russian communist con- | gress today. “Our agricultural products are our salvation,” the Soviet minister of war [said before his comrades. } “We must supply the grain needs of Burope and we are in a better pos! tion to go this thar America is. “Europe is only able to pay for grain with manufactured articles which America does not want and which we need in great quantities.” The hopes for soolalism, the flery Uttle commander said, lay in three factors: 1—The strength of the Réd army. 2—Possess'on of the principal in- dustries. 8—Monopoly of foreign trade. ‘The peasants of Russia are paying too high a price for industrial articles they use Trotzky added. This is due to the high cost of operating the in- dustries and this too must be changed and the prices adapted. RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED: WHEREAS, ’Midst the crash of the worlds, the Honorable W. A, Blackmore, Mayé@r of the City of Casper, has been called to his reward and his labors ended, and WHEREAS, In the loss of Mayor Blackmore the Trades Assembly recognizes the loss of a faithful ser- vant and an earnest worker for the betterment of all, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That we bow our heads in sorrow at the untimely loss of our Mayor and extend our heartfelt sympathy to the widow in this her hour of parting, to kindly father and the City co-worker. his children in the loss of a Council in the loss of their CASPER TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY PROCLAMATION | WHEREAS, Through the untimely, tragic death of Honorable W. A, Blackmore, the City of Casper, Wyoming, has suffered the terrible loss of its leading citizen and mayor; and whereas all citiz- ens of the City desire to express their sorrow by respecting the hours during which his funeral will be held, NOW, Therefore, it is proclaimed that during the hours of his funeral services, commencing at 2;00 o'clock, p. m. and ending at 4:00 o'clock, p. m., on Monday, April 28, A. D, 1928, no business, save that absolutely necessary, shall be transacted within the City of Casper, Wyoming, and such time shall be devoted by us, in rev- erent spirit, to the memory of our beloved late mayor. JOHN M. WHISENHUNT, President of the City Council and Acting Mayor of Casper, Wyo. OROP DEMAND THAT MEXIO SIGN TAEATY U.S. Not to Ask Guarantee Of Protection of Ameri- can Rights WASHINGTON, Apri} 21. — Tho United States government has dropped its formal demand that Mex- {co sign a treaty guaranteeing pro- tection to American rights and inter- ests & condition of recognition, it nee learned tonight on high author- ity. This fact ts believed to have wiped out one of the most formidable ob- Stacles hitherto standing in the way of American recognition of the Obre- Fen government of Mexico. While the ‘American government formerly took the poaition that such a treaty must be a prerequisite to recognition, President Obregon declared tet Mex- {co would never make such a treaty until after recegnition had been ex- tended, With the change in the American position where Secretary of State Hughes {s no longer insisting on a treaty form to guarantee American rights as a first concition to recog: nition—a fact which has not been generally known—the path is believ- ed to have been considerably cleared for resumption of relations between the two countries. Should the Mexican congress now enact a law unequivocal and finally declaring article 27 of the Carranga constitution, the basis for confisca- tory policies in Mexico,against Amer- {ean property, to the non-retroactive, the belief in informed quarters here is that the United States would soon extend recognition to President Obre- gon's government SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1923. FOOD TAKEN TO MAROONED MEN BY AN AIRPLANE “ Michigan Aeronauts Fly to Ice Bound Ship From Ramtoul Field NORTH PORT, Mich., April 21— Additional food for nine marooned men and one woman was taken to ‘Ice-bound rox island today by a plano piloted by H. Hamilton Leo, of Ran- toul field, Illinois, according to word received here. Lee flew to the island and back again. His was the second machine to take food to the woodsman party, a plane piloted by H. E. Wooldridge having dropped provisions Friday Simultaneous with the news of the }#uccess of a second “rescue” plano, word reached here that the plight of the Wood cutters {s not so serious as has been first reported by the trio of raen who managed to get to the main- i nd from the island over ice floos 1d jams. The “food shortage” was declared, in reports tonight, to mostly involve tobacco, butter and the like. With any food scarcity that may or may not har oxigged relieved, at- tention turned to the plight of the Thomas B. Wilson party in a biplane piloted by John Miller which landed on the island Friday and has been un- able to rise again, The four men with the.machine were believed to be in no dangeg fram lack of food as they had provisions for the relief of the woodsmen. They probably will make their way to o logging cabin and avoid suffering from exposure, it was believed. An {ce crusher car ferry furnished by the Ann Arbor railroad is to leave Frankfort, Mich., tonight or early to- morrow to succor the Wilson “rescue The party who stole ladies’ purse containing money and papers from Ford Sedan, in front of residence at 235 North Durbin was seen by neighbors. Return same at once and save yourself trouble, Ranma” ai Good Jewelry supplies the finishing touch to women’s and men’s attire. Jewels are the foundations of finery. They are a necessity to womankind, a joy to man. They give the indelible stamp of taste and distinction, refinement and fashion. Jewelry is no longer the luxury it once was merchandising progress today brings it within reach of all. JOS. 1. SCHWARTZ JEWELER IRIS BUILDING TMi /aNiTAVI TAN OVEN PARENTS Do Not Forget to Have Your Children See the Playlet Hansel and Grethel Given by Mrs. C, P, Brodie and Pupils At the Elks Hall, Friday Evening At 8 o'Clock p. m. TICKETS 75 CENTS For Sale at All Drug Stores and Tom McDonald's Cigar Store Proceeds to Go to the Girls’ Summer Camp on Casper Mountains Auspices of the Kiwanis Club, Casper