Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1923, Page 7

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1923 Oil -:- Finance -:- Bonds -: ‘MIDWEST DRILLS IN Creek was materially boosted of 1988 feet. The tests have not yet been oom- pleted on the other four completions. ‘They include well No. 29-A on the SW of section 85-40-79, completed at 1570 feet, which is preparing to shoot; well No. 13-A on the NE% of section 2-89-79, completed at 1720 feet; well fNo 25-A on the SE% of section 18- 40-79, completed at 2205 feet and well No. 80-A, on the NW% of section 12 completed at 2475 feet. oper- ations in wildcat wells, Baxter and Bik basins, is as follows: Wildcat Tests, Nefber Done Test Well SW% 18-45- 93, depth 1715 feet; drillin; Midway Test Weil No. 3 NEY 2 35-79, depth 4822; abandoning, ripping 10 inch at 2260 feet. Miguel Creek, New Mexico, well No. 2, L, Chavee grant, depth 1715 feet; drilling. Hogback No. 3, New Mexico, depth 1226 feet; drilling. North Casper Creek, No. 86, S5B% 3,200-BARREL WELL Big Gusher on Section 1-39-79, Salt Creek, One of Five Completions Made by Company. in Last Week; Operations Reviewed The Midwest Refining company’s production in Salt last week with the completion of five wells including one which was flowing 3,200 barrels for the third 24 hours. It is well 35-A on the NE% of sec- tion 1-39-79, in the heart of the field, completed at a depth 86-87-82, depth. 560 fest; hole caving badly. Bkull Creck No. 1, NWK 16-4462, depth 8400 feet; cleaning out and washing Doflers, Baxter Basin Field. Well 1-X NE% 86-18-104, depth 2468 feet; shut down for further orders. Well 29 SE% 25-18-104, depth 2350 sagt: underreamitis, snd cleaning cut. ‘ell 11 NE% 2-17-104, depth 1848 feet, well shut in, ‘Well 29 SW% 1016-104, rigging up. Well 6-X NE% 11-17-104, depth 2427 feet. This well shut down at 2427 feet November, 1922, to furnish fuel for other field operations. Mudded off gas and resumed drilling deeper July 14th to tst lower Frontier sands. Elk Basi Well 2 Blk 11, depth 1265 feet; rum- ning 12 inch casing. ‘Well 1 Tip 2, depth 1870 feet,. re- pairing bofler and rig. ‘Well 24 Elk 6, depth 900 feet; erill- ing. NEW YO! marke estsp- Mshed another new itt Beth ied sale being made at «| cent 1,000,000 for $1.50. On a later sale the mark improved to .00017 cents, * ‘WASHINGTON — Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, disclosed one of his business tenets when he testi- fied in the trial of Charles W. Morse and others on charges of war time shipping frauds that he had told Mr. Morne “relatives were no good in of agriculture at Rome to the depart- ment’ of agriculture pimced ‘the crop at 60,037,000 bushels. the early and truck crop tomato in- THXAREKANA, Tex., July 25.—J. P. Hennessey, of Twin Falls, Idaho, has filed suit-in federal.district court here against the Mid-Continental Brokerage company, of Eldorado, Ar- Kansas, for $3,440, based on tho al- leged failure of the brokerage con- cern to deliver a block of stock in the Drover Leasehold pool, which 're- ‘The supreme court of Montana un- der writ of mandate has instructed) the sheriff of Fergus county to de , liver to the Continental Supply com- pany a deed to the pipeline laid by the Montana Pipeline company from the Cat Creek field to Winnette, says ho Inland Oil Index in its review of of @ six-inch ptpeline 19 mfles in length, field gathering, Iines rights of-way, etc. For material furnished . Continental held mortgages aggregat- ing $110,000. Supply company brought action for foreclosure and ‘was given judgment in sum of $51,- 594.63, Property was sold by sheriff's sale but some of stockholders pro- tested sale. It is understood that: Continental recently sold line to Mu- tual Of1 company which will probably, operate it in the future. Montana National Exploration company in northeast quarter of section 29-36-23 ‘west, Kevin-Sunburst, reports a good showing of ofl mt 1.683 feet. ‘Western Petroleum Explomtion company No, 3 Brunts, southeast quarter, section 9-35-2 west, reports a showing of of! at 1,615 feet. Acama Ofl1 company No. 1, Mo Manus section 21-35-2 west," Kevin- Sunburst, is reported as a good well fb a relor. sand. Midfield Of1 company’s No, 1, Bluhn, southeast quarter section 29- . 35-1 west, Kevin-Sunburst, is reported? a 100-arrel well in the Ellis sand 1,500 feet. Homestake Off company’s No. 11 Oldham, section 10-15-! Cat Creek field, 1s reported as a small well at 1,450 feet. Other Gladys Belle Ol! and Refining com- pany has decided to drill its Montana Canadian-Brown well to the Madison lime, if lime will be encountered at a depth of 2,750 feot. Well ts now 1,912 fect deed and is located north of Chester. + ~ At Inst Devil's Basin ts to have a } @eal.test. of. the structure.as the | a 4 CP yee ae BL ee TES, he ee ene Financial News Briefs Non-Delivery of Stock Is Charged Against Brokers dustry is not tncreased acreage, the department said, but a general tm- provement in the growing, grading, packing and marketing of the crop. NEWrYORK—A break of 140 points in July contracts was recorded on the New York cotton exchange shortly after the opening. WHEATON, Minn—Resotution ask- ing President Harding to call anationa al conference to formulate plans for legislation to stablize prices of farm products and for a special session of congress to put through such legisla- tion, were adopted at a meeting of 600 farmers from five counti¢g in this section. WINNIPEG, Man-—Grain shippers and exporters at a meeting here de- cided unanimously to send a formal Protest to the board of grain com- missioners against the demurrage clause in charters which is betng tn- isted upon by the vessel brokers. ‘The demurrage charge, is was clatmed ‘was detrimental to every interest with trading in grain. cently declared @ dividend of 520 per- cent. Hennessey declares he pur chased 120 shares but only 40 were delivered. . Dispatches from Hldorado in@icated that a number of brokerage firms in El Dorado and in Texas had sold “short” on several lease hold certi- ficates. Montana Pipeline Ordered - Delivered to Continental Petroleum corporation has started Grilling in the southwest quarter of southeast quarter of section 14-11-24 on land subleased from the Round- up Of] and Gas iy. Contract ene for depth of not leas than 2,500 Alberta, Block Coal company is pre- paring to start a test with diamond drill on its holdings with everything in readiness only waiting for arrival of drill, Absaroka Of] Development company 1s drilling below 1,000 feet in deep test on section 9-11-24, L. BE. Haven, F. BE. Gordon and D, ‘W. Maddox of Hardin have granted ‘an extension of time to Robert Sween- ey and associates of New York until August 15 to resume drilling on tne Reed etructuro, six mfles west of the Soap Creek oil ficld, It is thought that the Madiaon can be yemched on this structure at about 904 feet, Gypsy Ofl company has purchased 540 acres from the Montana Cann- dian Of1 company near the test of the Mayds Belle Cil end Refining com. pany at Whitoinsn in the northern pert of ass Arch, An experiment has been made re- cently in the Cat Creek field by using heavier shots of nitro glycerin. Re- cently two wells are eaid to have been shot in the second sand with 89 quarts and are reported to have re- baer with largely increased pro- Flynn Brothers are drilling at ap- proximately 1,500 feeb on the Ragged Point structure near Melstone. Show- ing of wet gas wna reported at 800 |foot. Test is being drilled with rotary rig. It ts reported that the Wayne Pe- troleum company is getting ready to start ancther test on ita holdings in the Pike Creek district or else com plete No. 1, The old test im located in the southwest quarter of section -13-25 and has been standing for more than a year at 1,500 feet Test of A Beards'es of Great Falls on the Teton Ridge four miles south east of Dutton, is reported to: have | ——) a pele New York Stocks Allled Chemical & Dye ~—__ .66 American Can ——...___. | American Smelting & Refg____.5644 | Boston Ameij@n Sugar American Woolen Anaconda Copper ——. Atchison =... AtL, Gulf & W, Indies -——. Buldwin Locomotive ~-—-——_1.20% Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel ete eens AOA! ATA California Petroleum 200% Canadian Pacific aS Central Leather 20% Cerro de ‘Pascoy Copper 40% Chancler Motors .. 5014 Chesapeake & Ohio —. Chicago & Northwestern -..__ . Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul pfa. Chicago, R. I. & Pac, -— Chile Copper _———_—_--—-. Chino Copper —------—-.-___. Consolidated Gas Corn Products ——4———__1.21 Cosden ON fb Crucible Steel ——__—___--- Cuba Cane Sugar, pfd. a Brie. —~. — 12 14 Famous PlayersLasky -—— General Asphalt es Sane General [Electric General Motors Great Northern pfa. — Gulf States Steol Illinois Central Inepirhtion Copper — International Harvester Int. Mer. Marine pfd. International Paper Invincible Of {____- Kelly-6pringfield Tire ---—. eKnnecott Copper -—-—-—__ Ling Locomotive ————_. Louisville & Nashville Mack. ‘Trucle Marland Oil Maxwell Motors B Middle States Of) -——_____ Missouri, Kan & Tex. (new) - Missouri Pucific, pftd. New York Central AEE 7) N. ¥., N. H., and Hartford -. .12% Norfolk & Western —_____1.08%4B Northern Pacific 62% Pacifia Ol —_________ 334 Pan American Petroleum B -- .69% Pennsylvania, L-. ase? Hi People’s Gas .-—. ——— -90 Provucers & Refiners --—----.. .34 Pure Oil - Reading . Rtpublio Iron & Steel —. Sears Roebuck Sinclair Con, Ott Southern Pacifico Southern Rallway Standard O11 of N. J. Studehaker Corporation Texas Co. -.-. Texas & Pacific ‘Tobacco Products A —. 81% Tranacontinental Ot} 06 Union Pacifto ——---—————__1.20% United Retail Stores 1B U. 8. Ind. Alcohol 48% United States Rubber —____. 43 United States Steel 20% Utah Copper —. 60 Westin; Electrio. Willys Overland -_--.. Amer. Zinc, Lead & Sm — Butte & Superior Colorads Fuel & Iron Montana. /Power National Lead fF Shattuck’ Arizona —_-________ .06% sf sks Frcmemereney Standard Oil Stocks NEW Yors CURB (By Wilson. Cransocr & Company) Local Oil Stocks 23 25 Big Indian an 18 eee 80 “13 a5 29 30 29 1 1a % 00% Consolidated Royalty — 1.21 1.23 Cow Guieh -.. 01 02 Domino 10 18 Elkhorn TT 04 Franta: . RELY 5.00 E, T. Wiliams -____ 63 64 Gates .. TRS 09 Kinney —. 21 22 Jupiter —________ 00% = .01 Kinney Coastas 26 at Lance Creek Royalty. .00% 01% Lusk Royalty ---.. .01 08 Marine .. 104% = 04% Mike Henry -—_-_.. .00% 01 Mountain & Gulf —_ 1.21 1.23 New York Cil -_...12.00 16,00 Picardy 03% Outwest --_____ 00% .00% Red Bank 8.50 4.50 Royalty & Producers . .06% 0TH Sunset ——-—---—--- .01 02 Tom Bell Royalty -. .01 02 Weatern Bxploration— 3.50 3.60 WyoKans —____. 65 15 Western Of] Fields .. .70 80 Western States -. 15% 16% Oni —- .08 10 New York ©Curb Ciosing Mountain Producers -$ 13.75 $ 13.87 Mammoth Of] ...... 51.78 62.62] ception of German marks, which Glenrock Of} .---——_ 70 | touched a new low, opened steady. Salt Creek Pris -_ 16. 16.75] The course of prices continued Salt Creek Cons —— 8.50 | downward throughout the forenoon. New York Of1 --_ starts 4,62] mid-day brought partial recovery to Prod. and Refra, —__ 35.25 | Some stocks. As was the case yester- Gosden -.. 88.50 | day the selling attack appeared to be Mutual 10.87 10,50 | almed particularly at the rails, stee!s S. O. Indian —_._ 54.00 equipments. Merchandising Cities Service Com. — 134.00 136.00} shares, such as Associated Dry Goods, Sears Roebuck and United Liberty Drug also were depressed, the first 3%e named declining two points. Con- First 48 solidated Gas ran counter to the mar- Second 4s ket, advancing 1% points. Great First 4%s 41! Northern, preferred, was off 1% and Second 4% St. Paul, preferred, 1%. Call money Third 448 opened at 4% per cent. Fourth 4s ees Declaration of the regular dtvi- Livestock ' 10.00] A few scattered buying orders near © Casper Daily Crituns - Stocks -: Gra ms -$= LEASED STOCK TREND 5 UNCERTAIN Market Drifts Aimlessly After Recovering From Early Slump Today NEW YORK, July 25.— Prices moved uncertainly in today's stock market. Practically the entire list fell off in the first hour on offerings of professional bear traders. There was gradual improvement as support: ing orders were executed later and the market drifted aimlessly to the se. Sales approximated 455,000 shares, NEW YORK, July 25.—Prices con: Gnued reactionary at the opening of today's stock market, covering a wide assortment of rep: sentative shares including the steel equipments, oils and sugars. Ralls moved irregularly, Steels, equipments, rafls and ofls again were under considerable pres- sure in the early trading with evi- dence of a continuation of yester- dey's short selling operations, Losses of a point or more were recorded by @ miscellaneous list of shares includ- ing American Woolen, Central Leather, preferred, American Totacco B, Mack Truck and Stewart Warner. Forelgn exchange rates with the ex- dends by the Delaware and Hudson directors injected new confidence into the market and many of the early losses were cancelled, Delaware and Hudson moved up two points, New York Central 1%, DuPont 4, Ameri- can Locomotive 1% and Allis Chal- WHEAT RALLIES AFTER DECLINE Heavy Buying Movement Credited to Reports of Rust In Northwest CHICAGO, July 25.—Buying based largely on reports of the black rust in the Canadian northwest and on strength In the corn market here led to higher prices in the wheat market today after an early decline. The closo was firm, at 1% to 1%o0 net ad vance, with September 98% to 98%c and December $1.01% to $1.01%. CHICAGO, Juty 25.—New down turns in wheat values took place to- day during the first part of the board of trades session. A fresh decline at Liverpocl, further weakness in the New York stock market, and selling here to hedge newly Larvested wneat were notable bearish factors. Reports of crop damage by rust and heat in the northwest attracted but little at- tention. The opening, which varied from unchanged figures to %c lower, with September .96% to .96% and De. cember .99}% to 1.00, was followed by @ moderate general setback and then by a slight rally. Subsequently, crop damage reports from the Canadian northwest dis counting recent glowing advices had A decided bullish effect, and with corn strength here turned the market up grade, especially in the last hour. Dry hot weather in Kansag and Oklahoma gave strength to the corn market. After opening unchanged to Yc off, September .75%to.76, prices Livestock -:- All Markets Czechoslovak Rep. 88 ctfs __ Dominion of Cannda, 5 French Republic, 74s Japanese, Republic af SS U. K. of G. B, and 1, 5%s, 1937 Railway & Miscellaneous American Smelting, 58 — American Sugar, 6s __ ar American and Tel., cv, 6s ——___ American Tel. and Tel. col tr. 5s ——-—_— Anaconda Copper, 7s, 1938 Anaconda Copper &s,\ 1953 At. T, and San Fe Gen, Baltimore und Ohio cv Bethlehem Steel con 6: Canadian Pacific deb., 4s — Chicago, Burlington and Quincy re! Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul cv, Chile Copper 6s Goodyear Tire, 8s, 1941 Great Northern 7s, A Montana Power, 5s A Northern Pac! ref., Northwestern Bell Tel Pacific Gas and Electric, Penn. R. R. Gen 5s - Sinclair Com. Ol col., Southern Pacific cv Unton Pacific first 4 U. 8. Rubber 5 Utah Power an ig! Western Union 6%s Westinghouse Electric bs TRERMOPOLG 15 | scored fair general gains. Later, the market continued to as cend, influenced by reports that in Iowa corn was curling from Jack of moisture, The clone was unsettled, 1 to 1%e net higher, September 77%c. Oats were influenced by corn strength, starting %o to %cent off, September .34% but quickly recover. ing to about the same as yesterday's finish, Lower quotations on hogs weakensd the provision market. ‘Wheat— Open High Low Close Wy. 7% 89% 97% mers 1%. The market was extreme- Mecscnupt bead ly dull, transactions being 12 and one| ee" ——~ raed) me gre paar Fite eeecet: Sores totaling less than 50,000 shares. a Ste : Lai A : The closing was irregular. The cetpts, 36,000; slow, mostly steady to ‘ket, prs @ull Marling the July 0% 87% 25% RTH 15c lower than” Tuesday’s close; butk hour; most of the advances of Sept. .---- B£L.) ‘TT 5% as 160 to 250 pound averages, $7.50] the mid-day stood, but a sizeable list Dec. —--- 63% .6E% .68% .65% 7.85; top, $7.75 early; bulk desirable} continued lower than yesterday's | O2t#— : 260 to 825 pound butchers, $7.25@| fnal quotation July 40° 41% 30% 41% 7.45; bulk packing sows, $6,00@6.30; es Sept. ——_ 34M 35% 24% 25% little doing on pigs; heavy weight ey --—-—— 86% 37% 36% \y hogs, $7.10@7.55; medium, $7.35@7.70; Lard— Ught, $7.00@7.70; light Ight, $6.75@ Sept. ——--10.90 10.92 10.80 10.80 7.60; packing sows, smooth, $6.00 Foreign Exchange Oct. -2--11.00 11.00 10.90 10.92 ciulitg' piees 4 Pi idles Sepe 8.858.608 8.5 6.00; killing pigs, $6.25@7.00. ee ores ond ey ae Cattle—Receipts, 16,000; better grades! beef steers, yearlings and fat she stock, steady; other grades these classes, weak to 25¢ lower; top ma- tured steers, $11.40; best long year Ings, $11.00; bulls, weak to 260 lower; stockers and feeders, weak to uneven: ly lower; vealers, 25 to 600 higher; packers paying up to $11.50; grass fed light yearlings and handy weight steers proportionately numerous; few early sales. Texas grassers, $5.00@ 7.50, necording to quality and condl- tion; bulk early sales yearlings, $8.00 @9.50; few lots, $10.00; bulk canne! and cutters, $3.00@3. Dulk desir- able bologna bulls, $5.00@5.25; bulk Anglo . Buckeye — 85 i Continental . - -35 35% Cumberland . 1103 1.05 Calena . eee KY 1.06 Tilinois . -—. anne l.59 1.60 pi pee BS A 8 Wat. Tren —.......... 38% 24 N. Y. Tran 1.00 1.02 Nor. Pipe —. 1.04 1.05 Ohio Oil 58 59 Prairie Of 1.80 1.84 Prairie Pipe .------—1.01% 02% Soler Ret, L718 1.80 Sou. Pipe 06 97 8, O. Kan. 41 43 8. O. Ky. 4 94% 8S O. Neb. 2.30 2.85 s. O. N. Y. — 38% .38% 8. O, Ohio 2.82 2.85 Vacuum . -. 45% 45% Sek OF os: 6148 8. ©. Ind ~....------ 51% .53 ay Sei Suet: Crude Market pg 8 Yk PARA ET | Lance Creek 1.70 ee | ] Grass ‘Creek .~. 1.70 Torchiight - sncamannneminns 100 Etk Basin .. 1.70 ROGOW OU Neactcictad |, ebelanuictiieenete 100 Rovk Creek en F Bait Creek See © | Big Muddy -----....-—.-—--— Hamilton Mule Creek -. Sunburst 1.25 Passel through 70 feet af saturated oil sand with the total Gepth of the hole at 2,560 feet. Empilre-Montana Of company has spudded in test in section 15-37-7 east on the high line of the Great North- ern’ near Joplin. Contract calls for total depth of not less than 3,000 feet if necessary. It is reported that the deep test on Alice Dome, 40 miles north of Ingo- mare, hae had a showing of ofl. Test is located on section 10-13-84 and is being drilled by the Absaroka Of] De velopment company. Allen Of! company is starting a test In nection 17,20-25 on the Kootenai dome north of the Cat Creek field. Shelby Townkite company has do noted acreage for new refinery to be built by the Campbell O!l company at Shelby, Pioneer Of and Gas company test southeast of Poplar. is reported as having a showing of off at a depth of 1,650 feet, ——— Flax Seed, DULUTH, Minn., July 25.—Closthg flax July $.267%; September §2.3214; October, $2,28% ... November, $2.26. stockers and feeders, $5.00@7.01 sone fair quality ght stockers down- ward to $4.50 and below; good meaty about 1,000 pound feeding steers late yesterday $7.35 om country account. Sheep—Receipts, 16,000; slow, fat lamba, steady to 250 lower; early to top natives, $12.75; steady — OMAHA, Ueb., July 25.—{U, 8. De partment of Agriculture.)—Hoge—Re cefpts, 18,000; slow; few early sales, 15@25c lower; later mostly 25@35c lower; bulk 200 to 800 pound butch- ers, $6.65@7.10; practical top, $7.15; part load early, $7.25; bulk mixed loads carrying packing sows and lights, $6.10@6.60; packing sows, largely, $5.50@6.00. Cattle— Receipts, 5,500; better grades beef steers and she stock, steady; others slow, 10@150 lower; bulk fed steers, $8.50@10.50; yearlings up to $11.15; long yearlings, $11.25; matured steers held slightly above $11.35; grass cows and heifers, $4.25 6.00; bulk dry lot cows and hetfers, $6.00@8.60; canners and cutters, $2.50 @3.50; bulls, strong; bolognas, $4.75@ 5.25; veals, steady; stockers and feed: ers, dull, weak. Sheep— Receipts, 15,000; lambs, 25@350 lower; bulk western fat lambs, $12.00@12.15; top, $12.25; na- tives, $11.25@11.75; cull natives, $6.00@7.00; sheep, strong; choice whethers, $8.00; ght ewes, $6.50; feeders, dull, weak; early top choi western feeding lambs, $12.10. Denver Prices. DENVER, Colo., July 25—Cattlo— Receipts 1,000; market steady; beef steers, $7.00@11.00; cows and heifers, $3.00@7.00; calves, $4,00@9.00; stock- ern and feeders, $3.00@7.25. Hogs—Receipts, 600; market 250 lower; top, $7.55; bulk, $7.85@7.50. ihn — Receipts, none; market piped lambs, $11.75@12.2 owes, $4.00@6.50. Silver NEW YORK, July 25.—Bar silver.) 4-6 months, 5 63%; _Mexican-dollars, 48140, NEW YORK, July 25.—Foreign ex- changes irregular; quotatraa tn cents: Great Britain demand 459%; cables 459 9 60 days bills on banks 456 18-16. France demand 5.92; cables 5.92%. Italy demand 4.37%; cables 4.387%. Belgium demand 4.87; cables 4.87%. Germany demand .00018; cables 4000162. Holland demand 39.27; cables 39.30. Norway demand 16.21. Swed- en demand 26.62. Denmark demand 17.62%, Switzerland demand 17.91. Spain demand 14.26. Greece demand 2.40, Poland demand .0006%. Czecho S‘ovakia demand 2.99. Austria de- mand .0014%, Rumania demand .52\. Argentine demand 34.00. Brazil de- mand 10.20, Montreal 97 15-32. ——— Butter and Eggs . CHICAGO, July 25-——Butter, lower; creamery extras, 890; standards, 39%4c; extra firsts, 874%4@38%o; firsts, 35% @36%c; seconds, 84@35c. Eggs, higher; receipts, 14,858 cases; firsts, 23@23%0; ordinary first. 21@21%; storage pack extras, 25c; storage pack firsts, 24@24%c. etestbr Anil NEW YORK, July 25.—Copper— Steady; electrolytic, spot and later 14%. ‘Tin—Hasy; spot and nearby, $39.25; futures, $39.12. Iron—Ensy; No, 1 northern, $26.00 @27.00; No. 2 northern, $25.00@26.00; No. 2 southern, $24.00@27.00. Lead—Steady; spot, $6.25. Zino—Firm; East St. Louis spot and nearby delivery, $6.12@6.15. Antimony—Spot, $710@7.15. ——— Potatoes CHICAGO, July 25. — Potatoes stronger; receipts 41 cars; total U. 8. shipments 499; Kansas and Missourt sacked Cobblers 1.40@1.60 cwt; few at 1.65 cwt; Kentucky sacked Cobblera mostly 2.00 cwt; Kentucky sacked earty Ohios graded 1.40@1.50 cwt: ditto ungraded 1.26@1.40 owt; Virginia | 4 Money NEW YORK, July 25.—Cail money, steady: high, 4%; low, 4%; ruling | rate, 4%; closing bid 4% offered at} | 6: last loan, 4%; call loans against | acceptances, 4% fir mixed collate: 55% nercial| papers bGHK., Cash Grains and Provisions. CHICAGO, July 25-—Wheat—No. 2 red, '%c@$1.00; No. 2 hard, 98%c @$1.00%. Corn—No. 3 mixed, 88% @88%c; No, 2 yellow, 89@89%c. Oats—No. 2 white, 41% @43%c; No. 8 white, 40% @43c. Rye—No. 2, 65%. Barley—62@ 66c. Timothy seed—$5.50@6.50. Clover seed—$15.00@17.50. Pork—Nominal. “POWDER RIVER” FILM IS GREATEST OF WAR PICTURES SHOWN BM Smith went over the top, in France. At the zero hour he climbed out of his muddy, vermin/filled trench, and scooted forward through the dusk with his buddies—and Bill Smith never came back. Next Satur- day and Sunday you will see that Bill Smith, and thousands of other Bill Smiths did not go down unknown, for his bravery, his honest old American courage is-travelling over this coun- try today, his face, his figure, are shown in life, next Saturday and Sun- day at the America, when the great motion-picture ‘Powder River” comes to town. You wil! see a detachment if in fantry stooping beneath a rain of shel! fire, doging between the avalanche of bursting death that throws up, tons of earth within fifty feet of the camera, you will see him knocked over, someone whisper# “He's gone,” and then with a gasp you see him slowly grasp his gun, and limp for ward, always forward. You watch him disappearing through the smoke, and then—a flash and the picture ts! a blank, with the letters thrown on/ the screen, The camera man was kill- ed at this place.” No agony, no misery, no frightful | wounds, no deaths are to be seen! throughout ‘the entire two hours of| excitement. No woman will shudder with horror at the sight of results, the finest sensibilities will not be hurt. | It is the greatest portrayal of real fam, the best advertisement against! war in the world today, for there you seo everything, but the noise is left! out. The Veterans of Foriegn Wars| cannot have this picture for more] than two dayas, so come for the after noon performances on Saturday and| Sund ft y possibly can, as the tickets are going fast, and it is pos sible that everyone will not be get ernoon p: are.not well attended, in 90% 90 90 ens (108% “108 8 116 115% 118% — 91% 67 7% 100% 100% 003% oT% 97% 97% 88% 88% 88H 81 80% 81 98% OR O8y 79% 79 NUNCATED BY FLOODWATERS OFTHESIGHORN (Continued from Page One.) The fill on each end was washed away for 200 feet. The 171 foot bridge 10 miles west of Arminto was in the same condition, Perched tn the branches of a tree, tion crew from Yysite with a rancher, his wife and two children, aged five and seven years, were rescued after 86 hours at 5 p. m. Tuesday. They had climbed to safety just in time to save their lives and were exhausted All the telegraph lines for through Omaha and Billings. track miles along the 75 miles between Ar. minto and Thermopolis and no estt- mate of the damage has yet been compiled by the railroad officials. Up to noon today no reports had been re- ceived on the condition of the line for 18 miles east of Bonneville. Stub service for passengers to points west was begun on the C. B. & Q. this morning, A passenger train will leave every morning at approxt- mately 8:30 for Arminto and the train will return in the evening in time to make connection with No. 80, passenger train for Cheyenna and Denver. The Chicago & Northwestern rail- road {s still unable to run trains west ot Casper, The first train {s schedul ed to leave at 7 a. m. tomorrow for Moneta and will return in the after- noon. The officials expect to be able to run as far as Shoshon! by Friday and on to Lander by the first of the week. The damage to the Chicago & Northwestern was not as widespread or as costly as to the C. B. & Q. as the former's property and main line was in only the tail end of the storm. Last night's local storm did no damage to either raflroad, according to reports from division headquarters here this morning. Strenuous efforts on the part of the stato highway department, which included building five bridges in one day, opened the road between Sho- shoni and Lander at 10:30 this morn ing. Tourists from Casper for these points and Yellowstone park wero able to take the road this morning assured that they would be able to make Lander at least. No communt- cations were available between Lan- der and Dubois and points farther on, #0 all tourists for the park were being advised today by the local high way department and the chamber of commerce to go by way of Salt Creek and Buffalo and then over the Horn mountains by way of Tensleep to Worland. This road ts reported to be in far condition despite the storm. It fs still {mpossible to get to Ther- mopolis by way of Birdseye Pass. Birdseye creek, ordinerily a dry stream, was running 1,000 feet wide Tuesday evening and impossible cross. Bonneville. and Shoshont, three miles apart, established communica-| tion this morning by tying notes to ator 1 hurling them across the boiling waters of Birdseye creek It is known that tourists have been marooned on Birdseye Pass for the last two days but how many of them or in what condition they are could] not be ascertained. It*is hoped that aid can be rushed to these people to day from Bonneville, Wina nt r was its histor at the highe: yesterday mor: pe . The water was up-to the fi ing of the big bridge just we Shosh and all qlong its route from Dubois on in to Thermopolis it had overflowed its banks Years ago the Indians named tho creek that has its headwaters east of Lost Cabin and flows into the Big] Horn near Bonr t Sater e “Bad-| earn net: | part of tho The re setued cent. flood. tage.of Badwater, standing in 25 fect of water, the sec-| from no food, lack of sleep and expos- ure when they were taken down by an Inspection party of the C. B. & Q. seven miles west of Lysite are down and} railroad communications ‘to Thermop- olis and the north !s routed around The as been washed out every few Big} to] for all time tn the minds of those who were present the reason tvr the name, et Sita | THERMOPOLIS REPORTS Ta FLOOD AT RIVERTON. BILLINGS, Mont, July 25—Only meager reports are obtainable from points south of Thermopolis, Wyo- ming a8 @ result of floods which have carried out railroad tracks and tele graph and telephone tmes, it is re |Ported from Thermopolis that Rivers ton, Wyoming, seems to be in the cen- ter of the flood district, although all communication is cut off at the com fuence of Badwater creek and the Big Horn river, several miles north of the city. Heavy rains and cloudbursts Mong Badwater creek caused a flood that | carried away a long stretch Chicago, Burlington & Quincy tracks and it is reported in Thermopolis that a log boom placed across the river to catch railroad ties that were being taken out of the mountains high up, caused a jam that backed the flood waters up to Riverton, Water {s reported five to six feet deep in the streets of Riv- erton and while there has been no loss of life reported, property damage will be heavy. High waters tn tne Big Horn river at Thermopolis flooded basements {n the city doing considerable property damage, but not endangering life. The tourist park at that place was flooded and a large number of camp- ers forced to seek the higher ground ot the high school campus. Burlington officials have announced that trains will be run between Bill- ings and ‘Thermopolis until the track south of that placa can be repaired which probably will be five or six days. Trains from the south are be- ing detoured through Alliance, Ne- braska. Telephone communication expected to be resestablished by this evening. The Big Horn river at Thermopolis has dropped a foot and a half since 1 o'clock this morning and {s receding rapidly. NEW YORK, July 25—Business tn refined sugar was only moderate on the basis of 8.35 to 8.75 for fine granu- lated Refined, futures nominal. In the afternoon the market was steadier and prices advanced 1-16 cent on sales of 15,000 bags of Cuban for prompt shipment at 7.03. Sugar futures closed steady; approx: imate salés 8,000 tons. September 5.10; December 4.49; March 8.52; May 3.58, Germans Seize French Courier BERLIN, July 25—(By The Assoct 1 Press)—The Berlin newspapers ay report that the German. police have arrested a French courier be ng to the French embassy in rin, in an express train near Hagy on the edgs of the Ruhr. Im portant documents intended for the commander of the French Ruhr army were seized, it is said. t en «|Hiram Johnson Speaks Tonight a] NEW YORK, Hiram Jphnson day from a to nun July 25.—Senates who returned Mor oad, tonight will on forelgn rela tions at a testimonial dinner whied his friends have intimated will be the eccasion for th hing of a boore for his nomination for the preésideticy * by, the republican paxty. Bext Jeary |