Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 13, 1923, Page 12

PAGE TWELVE. Che Casper Sunday eorning Cribune SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1923. WYOMING’S “LEADING OIL, BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT BILLY‘CREEK TEST’ | Nevyoueuas 1) onssasaa STOCK PRICES GIVEN SHOWS OIL AND GASl game ||| SETBACK LAST WEEK Allis-Chalmers _ 44 | American Beet Sugar-. 398 ! = American Can ._. ge — 3 “25 First Wall: Creek Sand, Not Encountered.in First Test,| Ametican Car & Foundry 169% | Boston “Wy. _ 8 105|Flood of Worthless Checks Uncovered Early in Week "We * A ‘ican Hide & SB) in 4 ad . Found Saturated; Drilling Suspended Until Beiican TateraeBeia Cone. ek x a5 Is Unsettling Factor in Trading; Railroad American Locomotive — 133% | 1 rei . . x Logs of Holes Are Checked U ye fi ; i| lackstone Salt Creek 25 ( : A French Republic, g SUES P, c | ee Sabtting a ates 87% | Chappel : i Shares Are Exception Kingdom of Belgium, 7s A 3 colummine 2 |Kingdom of Belgium, 63 The second test of the Billy creek field in southern John-| Ameriean 1. € Ten ea wean Consolidat ; NEW YORK, May 12.—Stock prices suffered another set-|() "Gr G° Rand bt ¥. + . : : af |U. K. of G, B. and L., & son county, Wyoming, is showing for oil and gas production | American Tobacco Cow Gulch * te} back today at the close of a week marked by irregularity in |U. K. of G.'¥, and Ly, from what is believed to be the first Wall Creek sand at 3,172] Ametican Woolen $1% | Domino é 4|the general movement. The week’s sensation was furnished |Am¢rican Sugar, 6s ‘ 4, Se :. ry * AnacBnda Ci b> * : a a L feet. . With the bit 22 feet in the sand operations have béen| Arenaay ee by | or. Williams : © lby widespread operations in forged checks, the buying or-| American Tel. aoa el, col suspended until the log of the well is cheeked up. It was in-| ati, Guit @ W. Indie 109% | Frantz _. ; : ders being followed by unsettled conditions and heavy short Armour ani Co., 4348 —- tended to continue the hole to test lower horizons of the field| Baldwin Locomotive — 12534 |Gates 5 selling. Thursday witnessed the end of a buying rally that, Baltimore and Ohio. cv., dibs for oll producticn ‘following oil show-|Consolidated Royalty and Western| Baltimore & Ohio. 47%4| Kinney 22 |started inte Tuesday and the end ofjcrease in the floating supply of the|.anudiam Pacific deb.. as tra GY ings found in the mamr er | Exploration’ companies, It is possible} Bethlehem Steel the week saw prices turn heavy in re-|stock of the Bethlehem Steel com-|Chicece, Mil ued Ste Paul ev doe ee completed in the field last fal at drilling will be stopped in the] Canadian Pacific ‘ sponse to concerted bear attacks,|/pany, as a result of the recent mer-\Goodyear Tire 8, 1931 s now shutin. . first Wall Creek if a good well can{ Central Leather 31 _-|Lance Creek Royalty with the exception of railroad shared,|gers was the reason for the weakness | ( r Tire 8s, 1941 Record time has been made in the|be developed, otherwise it wil! be con-| Chandler Motors ~ 61% | Lusk Royalty many of which showed good gains. |of that issue. United States Steel Gres i is A @rilling of tha second test by the|tinued to the ‘next sand. The first| Chesapeake & Ohio. “ee recat mane Pittsburgh and West Virginia was|common broke below 99 yestercay to [reat Northern 5 1-38 B oe Boy aulwand’ St, 30 octeiat: i 2 | the indivicual feature of the trading|a new low price for the year. — ofo. Kan. aa new adp., bs A. - ? hole ac. feu Ls iz" 34 |climbing more than six points to. a| Dismissal of the government's suit |dssourl Pacific gene 4s new high record for the y buy: ; 4 Montana Power lorado Fuel & Iron \ i . new high record for the year on buy-|against the New York Coffee and|New York Cent Ss 2. Zorn Products Picardy d i ing attributed at first to soft coal/Sugar Exchange and the closing of|Northern Pacific } i] D D ll i ~ areas ity & x e mining interests and then to the Van|8 more Cuban centrals with actual|Oregon Short Lin 1eiadon Vome Vr me S ; | sunset * i Sweringens of Cleveland. Carter Oil company, which is oper- Creek sand was not found in ating for the joint account of the se in the pioneer test 22 oy Pere Mar-|production below earlier estimates ré-|Pacif.c Gas and Hlectric 5a a. i Siig pbom Bell Royalty - quette also was strong on rurfiors of sulted in higher prices for the com-|Penn R. Gen., 648 - D 1 d B L C . asa, RVestern Exploration = Srerhee ate the dividend. The|modity and the securities of sugar cae a ae . 7 ? “ Beneficial effect of March earnings|companies. Copper shares advanced | Pewing Gen., e aye Vv ost ASIN erage ' estern Oil Freid 5 80 |statements of Class 1 roads showing|alishtly on reports of a further reduc- |Sinciair nOrnnert ~ ~ pst ae 4 e States -. a return of 5.84 per cent on yaluation|tion in the surpfus of the red metal. |; SSinitic bisa ; Arathaeis pia |* Rw woRK cums CuosINa” was counteracted somewhat by an-| The drop in demand Sterling to al, Rubber Work on the Sheldon dome wild-)2, 20-39-78, has reached the Second| Illinois Central’ —_ 109% |Mountain Producera -$ 16.00 § 18.35) 0¢Her series of wage advances to shop} new low record for the year below |U. 8. Rubber vJent nofth of Riverton, being arled| wan Creek at 2,787 feet and Taylor| Inspiration Copper eG 1Gieecee Ch. iota “90}™en and minor employes. $4.60 attributed in banking ‘cir-|Utah Power and - by the Marine Ol! company, has beeu| wme section, is down to the| International Harvester 84% Sa't Creek -Prds, 2073 2087]. TP deceares of nearly 150,000 tons|cles to the purchase of dollar credits, temporarily shut down as it % nd ’ Int. Mer. Marine, pfd Solc that check. Goan, sane in the unfilled orders of the United|by the British government in antic- imp le to sidetrack the 800° feet} First Wall Creek at 2,440 feet. Tay-} International Paper __ 4 Marin x . States Stee! corporation on April 30|ipation of the interest payment on of 6% inch casing which below the} lor No. 1 has been shot and bridged.| Invincible Oil 5 14% "wetuar c "37 M4 the suspension of several large|the war debt next month. Norwegian C * “ogee rie, Geuwr im. Gldmsiing toutetiae site: 1 | Meee eRbe aeeerle eS ee Mil bullding ‘projects brought ‘some sell:|exchange Cropped fram obe new low - ommunity Chest The Marine's Salt Creek wells are] Marine No. $ on 8 is réady| Kennecott Copper 33"! “itiea Bervice Guan 5 00)" into the steel shares despite the|record to another in reflection of the making good progress. Taylor No.| to spud in.- Louisville & Nashv'! New York Oil fact that the mills of the corporation |financial troubles of that country. oe (at Plan A ~ ; ee tea 8 Son] are, Fupeted foe wore at #7 yar|tronch «trance “neta fainty weed | MGT BEAUTIFUL KNITTER, cee oe. Fargo Line Across River Is _} iiss: sti Cheye Finished. Pipe Is Awaited NSA NAEL und Hartford: brie a ty le —- Plans for adoption ot the “Com Site | sates Third 4%s i munity Chest" plan of budgeting, col- ee ee ‘habeas ly nae 714, Fourth 4%s - - A nation wide search for the wom | ecting and distributing funds for. or- Oklahoma Prod. & Ret “aij [Victory 4%8 k an, or man if you will, who can knit| @nizations that heretofore have With the double sixinch pipeline] for the telephone line which will 3 3% | Pacific O11 38\ | the most beautiful garmen is on. de perioalert “drives” so fre- ese Srateo loll ‘compat etea| Paralell the line have been shipped] 5, -* a a oe There are 152 cash prizes to be award-| quently that the average citizen is Eevee Sat eo 4 Oll ‘company soompi sted | a ates aenectscth activa shor. Ran eATDeriont a) Scroleun ae Weather F ble f . . ed, three national prizes and three| inspired to retreat to the storm cellar across the river west of the city 2) wey No, a1 on section 2-33-43 is] ‘Sabaee oa? seo « eather Favorable for Corn Planting, Rain Is Bene- prizes for each state and the District| every time the word “drive is men- s made which proved it to be 7 ected | EcoPle’s Gas L k an ote CBliinib: tioned, were adopted at a meeti Ba first cinan’ condition gpd aa” soon| that thy eigueap wi be entered toate? (Ol 254 ivestoc ficial to Wheat Stock Market Slump Also ene g reatriétions ax to the| Held, Thoreday. evening. tase the as additional pipe arrives which is| latter part of next week. pags: oie tages 74 | Factor in Chicago Trading .- ins ch sare ccastiahn hesccnta auspices of the Cheyenne Chamber ot now on the r: nd shou'd arrive] After considerable troulve with a by b which whl be judged for the most! Commerce. Guy T. Justis of Denver here within the next few days, work| crooked hole drilling has been re} Royal Dutel peel Chicago ma Bae beautiful article knitted, crocheted or] ®ttended the meeting and explained wil be started on the reniainder of] sumed on No. 23 at 375 feet. acre ‘Rostuck Hid i. CHECARO! heer pil ie a CHICAGO, May 12.—Rains which extended through a| embroidered in worsteds, ‘To join you| te Community Chest plan In oper: atcies which ail bertaid to ihe| Meo. Rar hen bes . Sears R ent of Agriculture.) —Cattle—Re- : f : vo to the store where the en.} ation in the Colorado capital. peeten ; speed ale fats eee SB ser y panera ake Sinclair Con. Oil 30 | ceipta, 500; compared with week ago|'arge part of the wheat belt and general improvement in crop | mmust go to os hia hee Pesce sau Raia eet ts s sper Creek-Polson Spider dis- ects epars acl tnexss Buniae eat ot peer 2 a c shears t ry blanks may be had, any store tha : : trict for the purpose of transporting| now being made to cement the casing} Southern Railway are BOS Sipe Year nas O20 bese peas onditions were bearish factors in grain, trading during the) sci.’ Meisner yarns, or send to the| TOURIST TRAFFIC GROWS. eaitieto thet loos! refineries: aPoles Vat <hatcoint Benak Ose . peng largely 25c to 50c higher; in-between |last week, which also felt the depression in the stock market. | firm direct. ‘The no iiimite ‘on as Ne J grades feed steers reflecting maximum ; i S 5 wy si Z z “HEY a Co ee Studebaker Corporation upturns; extreme top, 1409 to fs40{comPared with a week ago the wheat close today showed | the number of garments that can be] CHEYE » Wyo, May 12 ° . . ri © Copper %- pound steers, $10.50; numerous loads cents decline, corn was down 2 to 314 cents, oats | entered by each contestant. aratet Rane m3 t te Sore Se Yellow- > B50 vis! mrice level of the seas and ‘ Gove of} stone ¢ sincol ays - Pipe me uns a m Bs on ee choice 1,150 to 1,850 pound bullocks, cents lower and provisions, price lev f the season, and th vers a multitude of} Stone 2 Aidtar Tarte tee @10.4 é *: s = x losses. provisi¢ arket slipped do h| " » stitch, the , the Tobacco Bedaue! $10.00@10.40; top yearlings, $10.95; l corresponding losses provision market slipped down with ne te . campéd at the Che | stockers and feeders closing slow early perfect weather for corn| grain color combination, A pt ° Transcontinental Oil weal; all grades beef cows, mostly| Planting started the new downward! Fas ore ment if judged from the sti Sane a saad amping (ground Fri- tate Urins eew a Union Pacific ~ : to 35¢ up; bulls and veal calves| swings in the price of grain, and al-|Wheat— Open High Low Close| might not be a thing of beauty. oy ee ro) :. United Retail Stores. | generally steady; week's bulk prices} though wheat had appeared to be) May 1.16% 1.16% 1.16 1.1614] sarment of most wonderfu co‘ors, if U, 8. Ind. Alcohol. | follow: Beef steers and yearlings,| suffering from lack of moisture in July 1.14% 1.15% 1.14% 1.14% | poorly knitted would not win a place United States Rubber. $8.50@9.85; stockers and feeders,| Mlinois, Indiana and Ohio the needed| Sept. 1.13% 1.14 1.13%] in beauty’s realm, Daily average gross pipeline ru! Blg Muddy - 4,250 4,425] 'inited “Btates Steel. “6 $7.00@8.25; Meet cows and heifers,| rain was supplied in the last part of Co All garments not awarded prizes from ‘oil fields in the Rocky moun-| Lance Creek 410 420] Utah Copper 1 $6.00@8.0 t = canners and cutters, $3.50] the week, and was promptly re-, Ma. : : ‘77% will be returned to the makers. The S tain district fell over 4,955 barrels| Pilot Butte 115 110| Westinghouse Electric @4 veal calves, $8.25@9.00. sponded to by further lowering of July % contest ends midnight of June 9. UNDERREAMER @uring the week ended May 5, the] Lander —-- 730 715 | Willys-Overland ~~ | Sheep—Receipts, 3,000; today’s re-| quotations. The benr influence Sept : : 76% total average for the week amounting] Lost Soldier — 6,500 7,880 Amhericith eee ay and Sm ceipts mostly direct; for week fat] which had been man'fest during the| 0ats— SET a to 127,190 barrels a day as against an| Rock River — 175 4,245] Butte and Superior_ 26%%| lambs, 75c to $1.25 higher; yearlins| previous week as a result of stock| May 43 43 42% A = average of 132,145 barrels for the| Grass Creek — 5.200| Cala. Petroleum ——. | -wethers, ‘strong to” 60c higher; aged | \ | July 43% ages .ag Surveying aud Locations 5 “ i market breaks continued to be an ; fy = preceding week. Reduction in runs; Hamilton Dome, -. 400) Shattuck Arizona -. | sheep, 50c to $1.00 lower; best Colo-| evident adverse factor against wheat| S¢Pt- ------ ‘ Alm « Geologists Oil Experts from Salt Creek accounted for the| Elk Pasin 1,815] Montana Power rado wooled lambs, $16.00; clippers,]in particular. nowledge that wheat| l\td— Oil Field Maps, Blue Prints major part of the loss and the re-| Greybull, etc. 249|C. & N. - | $14.00; bulk fat clipped Inmbs, $13.25 * . ‘ | suly 10:78 20:77. WYOMING MAP AND mainder was scattered among other| Oxage 775| Maxwell Motors “B’ | @13:75;, wooled Inrrbe,) $18.00@16.16;| oe geome. St Liverpool were at more | Sept. — 10.90 10.92 . than twice the premium over the BLUE PRINT CO. leading producing districts of the} Ferris Consolidated Gas ~ yearlings, $11.00@11.50; wethers.| Guicage standard than waa the case| FDS P. O. Box 325 state. Cat Creek Great Northern Ore. 4) $3.00@8.50; ewes, $6.00@7.00; spring]. short time ago tended at one stage duly 8.77 + U. Box ‘A comparison of daily runs for the| Kevin-Sunburst - : racial Linseed Oil_ | lambs, $14.00@16.00. to rcalie iin whbatiinerket hers tant | oer 9.00 Room 10, Daly Bldg. ven ows: M n Is 2. D Sosden Oe - 5 d two weeks named follows fiscellaneous Hogs—Receipts, 7,000; slow, around] °° foo aid a brief cold wave. t rts as to the Cash Grains. Pee eo siicee eesees CHICAGO, May 12.—Wheat No. hard $1.18% to $1.19 AT.VOURSUPPLY. STORE Brinpcer ort THE: PIPE FOLLOWS Fields May5 Apr.28 —_— steady with Friday's average; top, It Creek 93,825 96,900! Totals $7.90; bulk.160 to 210 a 5 sad Sas z. $7.78@7.90; 240 to 825 pound butchers, | Aomestic crop outlook, proved to he | $7.50@7.70; packing sows, mostiy| 188 bullish than was expected, and 5 4 a. p eae é Corn No. 2 M ; No, 2 yel Standard $6.25@6.50; pigs, steady; bulk 110 to] With export demand tacking — vigor | oat, Market Gossip and Briefs Oil Stocks. |/s¢20820; nics, stenay, Paix, 0 | wan ite wae ot tn went market]! SPEIRS ON ‘ - oad . 2 white mated holdover, 5,000; bulk of sales,|W8 again pressed whenver declines). o1t0® 202) ° * . . . . Anglo 4, | $7.40@7.85; heavy weight hogs, $7.30|!" the stock market afforded an op) OL” Biiew g2@ézc. T'm: Notice to Subscribers On Operations in Oil Fields |": Ge, med FCG ee ac oh ne tse ate Okey Ty % 7.85 @7.90; d i La ry F * fy z x Continental bib dated ees eh anh he Rae: Chi fa'led to uphold the market| $1200@$17.00. Pork nominal. Lard We wish to announce that all subscriptions for Ge aa 7 packing sows, rough, $6.00@6.60; kill.| for corn and oats in the face of| $1057. Ribs $8.25@$9.12. capital stock of this company are due and payable not Ilinols " ing pigs, $6.00@7.50. countervailing bearish conditions. — | later than Monday, May 14, 1923. STANDARD DIVIDEND commenced making new hole, As : vecbe ald Hogs reached about the lowest NEW YORK, May 12.—Directorsof| the test has been standing idle for]! $ Omaha Quotations, STOP OIL CROOKS For the convenience of the public our offices will 4h> Standard Oil Co. of New York| the past two years ata depth of 2,200 - OMAHA, Neb., May 12.—(U. 8, De- . ts Read the first c t review of the be open Sunday from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. have declared tho recular quarter div-| feet it was ‘thought that the hole be een egitthahi wt Lemans okiaaene ADDITION T0 INSANE Reanate tet sonressseview ofthe p dene 35 cents, payab’e June 15 on| Would not be in very good shape but| Nor. 6.800; fs = Ms a ed oll s P Z : ee ere ani coal then {thas tocie race ciaeneet tacan] ORT CHE 5 | ee a a COT Pe Ee he oil fields of the Southwest. Your We will accept payment for stock at par value of ‘culletha. a ing of stock-| found that very little caving had|Prairie ON - stbdanedn tone ayahe reapers eee, HOSPITAL PAQIESTEL company may be one of them. Cet one dollar per share to and including Monday, holders May to increase the au-| taken place ees the hole was in ae ae $6.25@6.40: stags, $5.26@5.60; bulk of pe Pai Ae ot atin ie sent May 14. SM ree itn Latin z 5.000,,| excellent Condition, Solar Ref. 5 pales, $7.8007.40. ‘ . \ | Ms cane Bicspit at ck from 0 The well is located on what 4s|Sou. Pipe 1 edb ae len 2p 100; . compared pany nou but protect yourself i : 14 $200,000,000. sea 0,000,000| Known as the LaPrele dome and the|B. 0. scan. B ger ease Oe Be a Wi Ar cee mmeema Evans Oil Corporation shares, The proposed increase would cal reports state that the oil/s, 0. Ky 25@40c higher; she stock, 25@50c| CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 12.—The ae aoe bring it to 12,000,000 shores of*a par] * should be found at around 2,600 8. O, Neb, 25 _| higher; bulls, strong; veals, strong to value of $ fot, ‘The progress 4s being watched|§, 0. N. ¥ %|25c higher; steers and feeders, 26c! and Heform is preparing to advertise wr, WORTH, Habeas It the ir is authoriz with . conalderable interest. by many/§. 0.,Ohio higher; bulks follow: Beef steers,| for bids for ithe erection of a wing . » TEXAS directors to ask the nit | Of the oltisens. of: thig city:as: & com-| Vacuum \ $8.00@9.25; top, $9.75; she stock,| addition to the State Hospital for the of stdckhold issue part mercial ‘producer at this. point) willis, (polly — $7.25@8.00; bologna bulls, $4.50@4.85;| insane at Evanston. An appropria- 1 utabke?to. eciploves mean. pongiderable activity «in, \thisig. (6, sma light veals, $10.00@11.00; top, $11.50;| tion for the improvement was made pe nn of wubasdiavios section this y i .| stockers and feeders, $7.40@8.00; top,| by the last legislature. , Aa : $8.50. ——— It proposed to inaugurate an 1 1 and | Sheep—Recetpts, none; compared} ri : Bee i teae 7 with week, ago: | Fed clipped. and FORMER CASPER GIRL \§ jp apereircintry Facey im Foreign Exchange Crude Market | spring lambs, 25@50c higher; sheep, aa mittee (Incorporated) * Wyoming State Board of Charities Prd pr cn AN Room 7, Zuttermeister Bldg. Phone 1944-R 000.000 worth of the additional stock scans Jem | i} 75c earl lambs, 50c will be required for employes under | 50@75c lower; shearing lam| | higher; closing Dbulks follow: Fed this plar ; Serene | are hes $1.95 | clipped lambs, $13.10@13.35; Califor- = NE YOK, May 12.—Forlegn}Cat Creek ~ S| nia spring lambs, $14.75@15,0; fed Evans Test Making Time. exchange quotations in cents: ‘Grent| Lance Creek “$0 | clipped ewes, $7.00@7.25; shearing en EPRES era’ off ¢ s cor-| Britain demand 461%; cables 462; 60/Osage ---- ‘ # 26. — mm , 42. Thgoffice of the Fivans. Oil. orl aay bile’ on banks 460, Oiranbe, de-| GresanGreek B0| pone toate Bone a egy Gel rn A ret poration is a busy placo alnco the| dy bills on banks 460. Franco de-) Oey Soest ‘80 A a jorothy Lindsey, formerly of Chey- Ranoin tw 1ade yesterday mand 6 cable 0. Ita fades deal We} jenver Prices. enne and Casper, a runaway from the would be Mand 485; cables 486 Belgium | Elk Basin - DENVER, Colo., May 12.—Cattle—| that ste h ny n oka rum |G -eybull so Crittenden Home in Denver, was ap- withdra t on Mon-| deme be .0028%. Holland) ook Crock ;| Receipts, 78; steady; beet steers and] prehended here Thursday, after sh Rig tet pments in| deman¢ les 3910, Norway 45) cows and heifers, $4.50@4.59; calves.| had made the trip from Denver to 7 a to warrant| demand Sweden demand 2655; | Salt ork - $4.53; stockers and feeders, $6.50@! this city, she related, in a box-car 142, Poland| Big Muddy cia pe 1 “tars guritzerlana}| Hamilton —-- a ip a A prone She excaped from the ‘Denver instity Because of recent favorable developments on our Salt at-| 01 z 297, Argentine| ve »| to 10c higher; top, $7.50; bulk, $7.30@} she d the b rin the Denve i A : ‘ \ Pitpdergetas Fa pega Se 80] ¢ SE NMAMEAtIN che ale mbt lenow thera Creek and Pine. Mountain properties, we will discontinue ——— | Sheep — Receipts, 1,435; market! jt would take her, but that she was on ron Pe. | steady: Iambe, $13.50 1.00: feeder | wilting to_ go anywhere. the sale of our stock at par value of one dollar per share eed Sugar effective Monday, May 14, 1923. th conditions producer will Ss WA N penetration) NEw YORK, May 12.—Sugar fu-| CHICAGO, May 12.—Potatoes, un- tures closed t approximate | changed; receipts, 47 cars; total U. 5. Butter and Eggs U N DE R R EAM E RS ales 23,000 tor 6.22; Sept.| shipments, 536; new stock, slightly 6.27; Dec. 5.71; March 4.68, There! firmer; Florida barrel Spaulding Rose, | 7 CHICAGO, May 12.—Butter, un- : r ; were no changes in refined eugar| No. 1, $7.50; jobbing mostly $7.75; No.} CHT S ew wee t a : t ., 7 PS changed. aarp sareteory with fine aranuiated listed at 9.78 tol 2, $5.26 05,60) Hage, lower; receipts 45,792 cases; ki VANS Ol CORP band only a light inquiry re-| firete, 24% ordinary first 20 ported. es Drilling Resumed. ns 22%e; Upemerei Ti ch Lag ate \OUGLAS, Wyo., May 12,—Drill NK RE , ,, age pack extras, 26%4c; storage pac 5 r lies Shins’ beth tracioad at ths tel sew ORC aIae MENG feettas Catan firsts, 260. . AT YOUR SUPPLY StoRE [- Room 7, Zuttermeister Buildin g Phone 1944R m well four mil ¢ dition of clearing house banka and ° BRipeerorn j npanies for tho week showe Finx Seed. xceas reserve of $9,775,920. This} EW YORK, May 12.—Cotton spot DULUTH, Minn., May 12.—Closing LOSE NO CUTTERS” $ i) middling 6 "flax 288; May 298 asked