Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1923, Page 7

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923. he Casper Daily Criduns © PAGE SEVEN OIL PRODUCTION IN U.S. SHOWS INCREASE Daily Increase of 17,200 Barrels in Pipeline Runs Re- ported by ‘American. Petroleum Institute; Imports Are Lwer -barrels, a decrease of 17,000. . NEW YORK, July 26.—The dafly mE oc gross crue oil production of the United States increased 1 200 barrels for the week ended July 21, totalling 2,255,950 barrels, accord- ing to the weekly summary of the American Petroleum In- stitute. The daily average production east of the Rocky Mountains was 1,404,950 barrels, an increase of 34,200. California productions was 851,000 Okla homa showed a dafly average grons Production of 600,200 barrels, a de crease of 8,650; Kansag 84,20/ crease 450; North Texas 78,900, a de- crease of 1,650; Central Texas 194,800, peragrers 19,050; North Louisiana 62,+ decrease 500; mrkansas 135,250, odes 12,750; Gulf Coast 102,400, Increase 250; in- tana 189,200, increase 7,900, ‘Daily average imports of petroleum at principal ports were 239,714 bar- rels, compared with 274,857 for the previous week. Daily average re- celpts of California ofl at Atlantic and Gulf coast ports were 110,714 againgt 179,286. ” ‘There were no changes reported in crude ofl prices for the major dis- tricta, Mid-Continent being quoted at $1.10 to $3.20 @ barrel, according to the gravity of the ofl; Pennsylvania crude, Bradford ‘district, Permayl- vania, $8 @ barrel, and all other Pennsylvania grades $2.75 and Gulf Coast $1.50. Extension of Time Granted P. & R. On Gas Franchise “ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.,. July 26— a 90<lay: extension of time has been granted the Producers & Refiners Corporation by the city council here for completion of a gas distribution request of Mr, Wertz was granted, as : Connection NEW YORE, July 26.--The New York curb market today made public @ resolution of the board of gow ernors forbidding members of the ex- ehange from being connected direct- ly or indirectly with any organization in New York City whose securities @re listed and traded in on the curb, Violators of this rule are subject to suspension for not more than one year, or expulsion. The board also adopted a resolu- tion forbidding members from deal- ‘This location is the farthest north so far to be prospected and develop- ments will be watched with consider- jable interest. J. B. Davidson and C. E, Bass, of Portland, Ore,, came to ywarded | Rock Springs where they met S. A. Mock aad ‘W. E. Evans of the above tracted with Mr. Davidson for a complete string of tools with a capn- city of 4500 feet, to be placed on the ground within the next four weeks. tion 14, Mr. Davidson has consented to Become @ trustee of the company and fieldSmanager with J. J. Fore- drilling. left for There has been little activity in the Baxter Basin field during the past week and but very little pro- made in any well. Curb ‘Traders Barred From With Stocks Ing in securities Usted oF quoted on the curb or any other exchange in New York City or publicly outside the exchange. Thig resolution was almed at “over the counter” trading in curb securities, NEW YORE, July 26-—~The board of governors of the New York curb exchange today announced the ex: pulsion of Adam 1. Schneider, of the firm of A. L, Schneider and company, for violation of the exchange con- stitution, Market Gossip and Briefs On Operations in Oil Fields * Laramie Elated Over Strike. LARAMIE, Wyo., July 26.—An- other oll refinery at Laramie or ex- tensive enlargement of the present Standard O!l company refinery is an- Ucipated as the result of the bring: ing in of a new 1,500-barrel well 10 ‘tailes south of Medicine Bow. ! ‘The well is only 10 miles from the pumping statign at the outer end of, the Illinois pipe line leading to this elty and is situated in a new field in the Medicine Bow anticline north of the Rock Creek field, Everythng in- -dicates thet this is an extensive field ‘and it is estimated to be about 10) pea,’ miles in length. The Southwestern Ofi company, which {s active in this new region, ‘brought in the well on section 25-21- —— Of Shale Survey Made. ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., July 26.— W. H. Bradley, of the U. 8S. geological nervice was in Rock Springs last, ‘week. He ie engaged in making a survey of the oil shale formation In the vicinity of Steambost Springs to determine the extent of the field and the character of tho oil # as far as can be learned from te out: cropping. Another detafl ot the service in , charge of J. D. Sears, assisted by Q. Singewald and F. Benedict, has just started a detafled structural mep- ping of the Baxter Basin district. Wildeat “Pamping oi ‘The Union Of1 company of Call fornia drilling in Circle Ridge Dome, west of Riverton and within a few miles of their Maverick Springs hold- ings, encountered a good flow of oil at a depth of 635 feet. A pump test shows the well to proguce about 175 barrels per day. The ofl appears to be of the same gravity as the Maverick Springs of! \=-a black o!! with paraffine base. cach Ridge embraces lands leased He eit ney mee nr one Inter ate partment, Tt waa classed as purely wild cat until "the discovery. This is the first well to be drilled on the structure. The company is making ar- rangementa to erect another rig scon and to put down another hole this summer, Burley Test Ni Sand. RIVERTON, Wyo., July 26.—Ketch and MeLennan, drilling on holdings of the B Oil company, ba ie Riverton, have now reached a of 1.278 feet at the base of the ted * and expect to land their ten | pee easing this week {n the lime cap rock on top of the Hmbar sand and should test this sand next week. Local rains for the past two weeks have slowed progress by injuring the roads and minor items about he rig, but no serious drilling difficulties have been encountered. Frank L. Ketch, of the partnership arrived from Ardmore, Okla., Tues- day, and will be with Mr. McLennan until they have tested the first sand, Union Leases More Lands, GREYBULL, Wyo, July 25, — A business transaction was closed this week between Shell Creek farmers and“the Union Ol company of Call- fornia. for over 1,200 acres of ol! land on the Shell Creek structure, A cash bonus or yearly rental of $1 per acre has been paid the farmers and every available acre has been bought up by the big company. The Shell Creeic structure Inya just weet of the Cherry and Morris domes and is reputed to be a blaci @] field. A mmrket for black oil has recently been created. ‘While no statement has been given out by the ofl company it ts reported that numerous geologists have visited the scene recently studying the struc- ture and that on @ recent visit of the te Union Oil company and others were not already at work, Union Oil company's field Prive geartad be had expressed Cyrariae | Cans, rigs | New York Stocks = on Allied Chemical & Dye 655% American Can --___._____ American Car & Foundry -__ American International Corp —. American Locomotive -. American Smelting & Refg. -. American Sugar -. as American T, and T, American Tobacco American Wocfen Anaconda Copper Atchison a AtL, Gulf and West Indies __._ Paldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel .. Cerro de Pagco Copper -——____ Chandler Motors .._______ Northwestern -._ Chicago, Mil and St. Paul pfé . Chicago, R. I. anc, Pac. 24% Chile Copper -_.__.__.. 26% Chino Copper -—_.. 19% B Consolidated Gas —-_-___-. 61% Corn Products mage anna pty Famous Players Lasky -_. td General Asphalt —. _———. 29 General Electric ----._-____ 174% General Motors -. —————- 13% Great Northern pfd —_.____ 57% Guif States Steel 72% Tilinois Central .... 108% Inspiration Copper --_-___ 30 International Harvester Int: Mer. Marine pfa International Paper Invincible Oil -—-. Kelly Springfield Tire Kennecott Copper - Lima Locomotive ------—___ 62% Loulsvive and Nashville 89% MACK STR | wsenene ee. 27 Marland Oi} Maxwell Motors B ____. Middle States; Oil .. Missouri Kan. and Tex. new —. Missouri Pacific pfd New York Central _ od N. Y., N. HL, and Hartford -___ Norfolk and Western ~--..-- 103 B Northern Pacifio ------.__. 604 Pacific Of | gy Pan American Petroleum B .. 59% Pennsylvania -_.--_______.. 44 People’s Gas Le. a Producers and Refiners -.-. 34 Pure Oil --. Reading Republia Tron and Steel ——- 44% Sears Roebuck 70 Sinclair Con On 23% Southern Pacific --—-.-__._ 86% Southern Railway -__.______ 33 Standard Oi] of N. J. 32% Studebaker Corporation ~___ 104% Texas Qo. — Texas and Pacific Tohacco Products A -—_-. Transcontinental O!] 6 Union Pacific =... See TT) United Retail Stores --___ 713 U. 8. Ind. Alcohol 49 United States Steel 90% Utah Copper __... ~ 80% Westinghouse Electric —___. 87 Willyn Overland «.-----... 1% American Zino, Lead and Sm, - 8% Butte and Superior -_--____-. 20 B Colorado Fuel and Iron —----27%RB Montana Power Shattuck Arizona --._.__._._.. 6%B Bitten Piao sa ce Standard Oil Stocks - NEW YORE CURB Open Close Anglo . 15 (16% Buckeye — 85% 86 Continental — -—______ .35 35% Cumberland . -—---1.03 1.05 Calena - -—. —1.04 1.06 inate oY eee 1 1.60 Indiana . ——.---... 96 98 Nat, Tran —-~-----~--- .234% m4 N, ¥. Tran eneel,00 8. O, Kan, —W-------- 48 8, O. Ky. 8-0. Neb, 1-330 8. OL N.Y. een 38% 8. O, Ohio -—. 2.82 Cat Creek —.----WW.. pea Rovk Creek Sait Creek Hamilton . Mule Creek Sunburst ~ Potatoes ‘CHICAGO, July 26—Potatoes strong- fr, receipts 28 cars, total U. 8.. ship- ments 601; Kansas sacked cobblers best 1,90@2.00 cwt; Kansas sacked early Ohios, field run best 1.50@1.60 cwt; Virginia barrel cobblers 5.00@ 5.2) Butter and Eggs CRICAGO, July changed Eggs, higher; receipts, 9,868 cane firsts, 23@23%c; ordinary first 21@21%c; storage pack extras, .25¢; storage pack firsts, 24@24%0, 26.—Butter, un- Big Indian 2. Boston — Buck Creek * <2. a Burke* —________ 30 Blackstone Salt Creek 30 Chappell“... 31 Columbine —---___._ x8, Capitol Pete _./._____ Consolidated Royalty. a Cow Gulch vs Domino ~~ A3 Elkhorn o Frants .—. = 5.00 E. T. Willams -. Gates --—.-_______, 08 Kinney ad Jupiter By maine, Coasta’ oy Tance Creek Royalty. a Luak Royalty --.-.-.. we 1] MAriN® —-nnmenaen men an Mike Henry Royalty & Producers - Sunset ----—_-.----- 00% Tom Bell Royalty ---. .01 Western Exploration ~ 3.30 Wyo Kans 60 Western Ol 70 Western States -. 15 FON nna nnnaenne 209 New Work ©urb Mountain Producers -$ 18.75 § 13.87 Mammoth Ofl ——..- 52.63 Glenrock O12 --_____ 10 Salt Creek Pras 16.75 Salt Creek Cons —.. 8.50 New York Oll -.-.... 10,00 Marine --—. 4 4.62 Prod. and Refrs. -. 35,25 Cosden —————— 38.50 Mutual -—. 10.37 S. O. Indian --.. 64.00 Citles Service Com. ~ 134.00 Liberty Bonds 3%ea First 4s moan Second 48 —_——_.wenesncnepe First 4%5 feenen = Second 4%s ed Third 4%9 - = Fourth 44s — Livestock Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, July 26.—(U. 8. Depart- ment of Agriculture,)— Hogs—Re- ceipts, 44,000; opened slow; later fair- ly active on good kinds; steady to 10c lower; good and choice 160 to 240 pound averages, $7.40@7.50; top, $7.60: desirable 250 to 325 pound butchers. $7.20@7.85; packing sows, mostly $5.90@6.50; strong w eight pigs, most- ly $6.50@6.90; heavy weight hogs. $7.00@ 7.45; medium _ $7.25 @ 7.60; light, $7.00@7.60; light Nght, $6.75@ 7.50; packing sows, smooth, $5.90@ ; packing sows, rough, $5.75@5.90; ing pigs, $6.25@7.00. Cattle— Receipts, 16,060; strictly choice weighty matured steers, strong to 10c higher; lower grades and year: lings, steady to unevenly lower; very little done on these kinds; early top matured steers, $11.70 to shippers, weight, 1,508 pounds; several loads. $11.35@11.60; choice yearlings com: paratively scarce; in between grades, fat she stock, canners and cutters, weak to lower; few better grades sbout steady; bulls in line with yen: decline; vealers, steady to 25¢ ; stockers and feeders, very dull; bulk desirable veal calves to packers, $10,50@11,00; bulk welghty bologna bulls, $5.00@5.25. Sheep—Receipts, 14,000; slow; fat lambs, sround steady; some held higher; no western sold; bulk natives, $12.00@12.50; early top, $12.50; culls, steady, $8.00 to $8.50; killing sheep, searce, steady; breeding ewes, strong; choice light yearlings, upward $11.60; twos and threes from $8,00@ 9,50. Omaha Quotations. OMAHA, Neb., July 26.40, 8, De partment of ‘Agriculture.)—Hags 12. 500; mostly steady to 10¢ lower; bulk 200 to 300 pound butchers $6.75 @7) extreme top $7.20; bulk mixed grade carrying packers and lights $6@ packing sows largely $5.75@6. Cattle receipts 4,800; beef steers slow; mostly 15@25e lower; matured steers $11; bulk all welghts $8.25@ 10.25; she stock generally steady; bull grass cows and heifers $4,25@6.50; dry lot cows up to 88.50; heifers $9.60; all other classes steady; bulk bolog nas $4.715@5.25; veal top §9; stockers and feeders slow; steady. Sheep receipts 8,000; jambs steady to 15e higher; bylk fat western lambs $12@12.25; top $12.35; best natives $11.75; sheep and feeders, scarce to steady. 5 . Denver Prices, _.DENVER, Colo,, July 26—Cattle— Rereipts 136; market steady to strongr beet ateors $6@11; cows and hatferr $3@7: calves $4@0; stocker» and feed: Hogs—Recetpts 1,600; market 100 to 150 lower; top $7.50; bulk §7.15@ 7.26, 1,600; market 50e jheep recetpte ina lambs $11@12; ewea $4@ 6.25. a Money Presses Being Speeded Up in Germany BERLIN, July 26.—(By The Asso- ciated Press)}—The German money presses are reeling off notes to the amount of more than two trillion marks daily, [t was announeed today. ‘The output is being speeded up in order, to enable the reichsbank to supr ply.the demand for notes of Jarge de- IONS -BY: LE EASED ‘YW =| SHORT SELLING BEARS MARKET Stock Issues Given Setback After Display of Strength Today NEW YORK, July 26—Stock prices reacted sharply in te latter part of today’s stock market, after an eariy Period of quiet strength. Short sell- ing of Northwestern rails, based on the unfavorable condition of the wheat market, precipitated a decline which spread over a large part of tho list. Sales approximated 325,000 shares, NEW YORK, July 26.—Prices moved within narrow and frregular limits at the opening of today's stock market. Rallroad shares made a feeble response to the higher June earnings reports and oils pointed upward on light trad ing. United States Stee! common re- ceeded fractionally, but American can, Studebaker, Stewart Warner speedo meter and the Pan American Issues gpened higher, The market was extremely dull dur. ing the early trading, small fractional changes being the rule. American Metal limited preferred, sold nearly 3 points above the previous gale, Am- erican Woolen advanced 1% and Un- ited Fruit 1%, Indianhoma refining dropped 1% and Peoples Gas 1%. The feature of the foreign exchange mar- ket was the further collapse of the -- Bonds -:- Stocks -- Grains -:- Livestock - WHEAT RALLIES, THEN DECLINES Early Gains Wiped Out On Absence of Fresh Ex- port Business CHICAGO, July 26.—Reports that dealers in Great Britain were trying to cancel purchases of wheat bought for August shipment from America, had a bearish effect on the wheat market today, and so too aid absence of fresh export business. Early gains were more than wiped out and the close was heavy, 1 to 1%e net lower, with September 97% to 97\c, and December $1.00% to $1.00%. CHICAGO, July 26—Sharp upturns in price and active buying of wheat today quickly followed something of @ decline in values at the outset. The rise was associated with announce ment that the French and Beligan blockade of occupied areas of Ger. many had been lifted. Bulls Inid stress also on reports that black rust had appeared at a number of new points in Canada and that there was danger of widespread infection. The opening which ranged from %c lower to %c higher, with September .08% to 99 and December 1.01% to 1.01%, was followed by a moderate genera! setback, and then a sudden jump, ‘de- cldedly above yesterday's finish. Subsequently bearish crop est!- mates, together with hedging sales and depressing news about export de German mark to .000125 cent or 800, 000 to the dollar. Other Buropean rates were steady. Quiet strength characterized the early dealings with some good buy, Ing power developing in the invest- ment rails, steels, motors, motor ar- cessories and equipments. Jor the first time since the June income state- 1g | ments began to be published, the cur- rent issues reflected the higher earn- ings show niast thonth over the month befcre and the correaponding month last year. Gains of one to two points were registered by Lehigh Val- ley, Reading Common and first and second preferred, Baltimore and Ohio, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific and New York Central. Equipments benefitted by reports that the rail- roads were spending huge sums to get their property in stmpe for heavy fall traffic, American Car rising two points and the others gaining large fractions. Mack Truck, up 2% and Stewart-Warner, up 1%, led the ad- vance in the automotive shares whi/é Crucible up 1%, recorded the largest gain in the steel group. Call money opened at 5 per cent. Prices eased to a considerable ex- tent in the early afternoon, Stude- baker and Baldwin losing practically all of their early gains. Eastern coal roads, However, continued strong. The market was extremely dull, sales for the first three hours totaling less than a quarter of a million shares. ‘The closing was heavy. Free offer: ings of railroad shares forced a gen- eral recession of prices in the last hour, Northern Pacific and Great Northern, preferred, each dropping two points below last night's closing prices, Wheat Failure to Affect All U.S.,Is Claim BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 26-—- Warning the nation that the “black cloud of the west" caused by the fail- ure of the wheat market will affect the entire country just as did the failure of the south’s cotton market in 1914, senator Oscar W. Underwood yesterday laid the blame for the pres- ent conditions in Europe at the doors of the republican administration when he delivered his first public speech nee his return from abroad before the Birmingham Rotary Club, “We can never tell you where that cloud will move to mator Under ‘Wood declared. “Who among you can tell if the same cloud now hanging over the west wi!! not be hanging over the south next year,” Injunction In I. W. W. Case to ‘Stand, Ruling SACRAMENTO, Callf., July 26.—-A motion to dimmiss the tempomry in Junotion against the Industrial Work- ors of the World and its officers re cently gifanted Sacramento county and @rected at the activittes of the organization throughout ‘the state was denied in the superior court here today by Judge Malcolm C. Glenn. il elie ican a Bal le wanted all or part time. Call at 232 BH, Second, Becklinger ld. SWAN UNDERREAMERS - AT YOURSUPPLY STORE BrivesroknT THE PIPE FOLLOWS nominationa, mand led to material declines. Corn and oats advanced with wheat, although restrained somewhat by prospects of a breaking of the drought in the corn belt. After opening \c off, to a Mke advance, September .17% to .77%, the corn market under- went @ pag all around and then scored gains. Later the market receded owing to rains in Iowa and a forecast of showers elsewhere. The close was unsettled %@%o net lower to Ke advance, September 77% to 77%c- Oats started %o lower to tc higher September 35% to 35%, eased down a little and then developed strength, Provisions, like grain, responded to news of improved conditions in Ger- many and soon overcome early de- cline that was ascribed to lower quo- tations on hogs, Wheat— Open High Low Close July cance 99 1.00 98.08 98% 09% 97% 97H 1.01% 1.02% 1.00% 1.00% BT BT BOM TH 17% TBM TON ITH 65 BEKO 64% July wae 41 41M AL Sept. -—-- 35% .35% 95% 35% Dec. -—--- .37% .87% .37 87% Lard— Sept, -----10.75 10.90 10.75 10.87 Oct. ---—-10.87 10.97 10.87 10.97 Ribs— Sept. 8.45 8.52 8.45 8.52 Ont; acerne seen sneme. 8.45 --__ Cash Grains and Provisions, CHICAGO, July 26.—-Wheat num- ber red 98%@99%e; number 2 hard 98%4@09%c, Corn number 2 mixed SUL @89%C; number 2 yellow 9010 90Ke. Oats number 2 white 42% @44o; number 8 white 4210. Rye none, Bar- ley 63@68c. Timtohy seed $5.50. Clover seed $15@17.60, Pork nominal, Lard $10.72. Ribs $8.25@0 _ | Money | NEW YORK, July 26.—Call money, firm; high, 5; low, 5; ruling rate, 5 closing bid, 6; offered at 5%; last loan, 5; call loans against accept: ances, 4%; time loans, firm; mixed collat 60-90 days, B@5u; 46 months, 6@5%; prime commercial paper, RON Ses Ee | NEW YORK, July 26.--Copper electrolytic spot and futures 14%@ 14%. Tin easy, spot and futures 88.62 @38,75. Iron ateady, prices unchanged Lend steady, spot 6.28. Zino firm; East St. spot and near by de livery 6.20@6.25. Antimony spot 7,20 @7.80 aeis ed Sugar NEW YORK, July 26.-—There wos no change in refined sugar prices and only & mo@erate inquiry wns report ed. Fine granulated $6.35@8.15. Re fined futures were nominal Sugar fur tures cloned steady, approximate sales | 12,000 tona. September $4.97; Decem, ber $4.35; 42; May $5.48, MINE 1 ORDER IS DEFERRED WASHINGTON, July 26.—The ef. fective da of the Interstate Com- wz VETS OF FOREIGN WARS - All Markets Czechoslovak Rep. 8s x Dominion of Caiman, ay 3 ga French Republic, 74 95% 94% 981g apanese, 4s. 80% 80% 8054 dom of Belgium, 102 101% 101% Kingdom of Norway, 6s = 91% 97% 97h Republic of Chile, 88, 1049 — - 108 103 103 U. K. of G. B, and L, 5%s, 1 ——- 102% 102% 102% Railway & Miscellaneous American Smelting, 5s 90 90 American Sugar, 65 - 2% 103 102 American Tel. and Tel., cv, 63 — —- 16 115% 116% American Tel. and Tel. ‘col t 97% 97 97% Anaconda = 100% 100% 100% Anaconda 9 97% OTK OTs At. 'T. and San Fe Gen. 4s SBM SB ORB Baltimore and Ohio cv., 4148 RE 80% 81 Bethlehem Steel con 6s, Series A — —- 8% Oh 98% Canadian Pacifie deb, 4s —.--. ——- 79% 70% it ¢ hicago, Burlington end Quincy ref. - 98% 98% 98% ioago, Milwaukee St. Chile Copper 6s ......... Goodyear Tire, &s. 1941 Great Northern 7s, A - Montana Power, 5s A — rthern Pacifio ref. 6s B Northwestern Bell Tel, 7s . Pacific Gas and FI Penn. R. R. Gen 5: Sinclair Con. O11 col., outhern Pacific cyv., Union Pacific first 4s. U. S. Rubber 5; Utah Power and Light bs Western Union 6%8 -- Westinghouse Electric 7s Wilson and Company cv, 6 Butternut Bread Scores Highest ‘At Denver Convention Paul cv, 4% ACCIDENT RATE. [3 LOWIN AUTO INDUSTRY, SAID Plants Are First Among Eight Industries in Late U. S. Survey. CHICAGO, July 26.—The automo- bile industry was first among elght industries surveyed in prevention of accidents, according to a statement mde putiip today by the national safety council. Accidents averaged one a day for 6,500 automobile em- Ployes, or a total of 3,822 during a total of 203,000,000 hours worked by W. A. Lyon of the Wyoming Bak- Ing company returned recently from convention of the Colorado Bakers’ association held in Denver last week. The sample of Butternut Bread which the Wyoming Baking company sub- mitted for inspection and scoring at this convention won highest honors. Mr. Hall, secretary of the American Institute of Baking, stated to Mr, Lyon that the best bread he had ever seen scored only 96% per cent and that the loaf submitted trom Casper was better than any he had ever seen, being nearly perfect. The Wyoming Baking company’s Butternut bread js of closer grain than most of the bread found fn this part of the country. RODEO BOXES ARE PRIZES 85.148 eraployes, Only acoldenta in- IT AAKFON HALL TONIGHT volving time lost from work were recorded. Rubber plant workers were injured twice as frequently as those in auto mobile plants, Petroleum industrial secidents were slightly greater than in the rubber industry and the dis- abling factor was more than twice as sreat. Paper and metal industries averaged one n day for 2,600 employes, but steel and fron plant accidents were lei erious than in paper and pulp mills, which was attributed to a long campaign of accident precen- tion in the steel industry, ‘The Port- land Cement industry and wood work- Hie were sixth and seventh in the si Construction showed the worst reo- ord with an accident a Aay for 1,800 workers, w statement tement indicated, AANGHERS OIE IN CLOUDBURST (Continued from Page One.) and the river reached the highest stage in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Damage roughly estimated at $15- 000 was done at tho- Riverton recia- mation project when excavations were washed out and filled with mud and debris. Whousands of ties ho- longing to the Wyoming Tie & Tim- ber company were carried miles downstream below the treating plant. By last evening officials of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy had com- pleted the survey of the storm dam- age between Arminto and Ther- mopolls. It was stated this morning at the local division superintendent's office that no train service would be available between those points for 30 days. A stub train will run daily be- tween Casper and Arminto and pas- Six boxes for the Casper Rodeo will be given away at the ‘Arkeon dancing academy this evening to those who are lucky. One of these tickets is quite a valuable prize and an effort will undoubtedly be made to attend this affair on the part of a large number of persons, The Tenth annual ball given by the Casper Trades and Labor assembly was held at the Arkeon last night and proved to be a very successful affair ‘The beauty contest at the Arkeon {s getting under way and Is attracting much Interest from those who have entered and from their f: Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, July 26.—Forelgn ex. change trregular. Quotation in cents: Great Britain demand 4.59%; cables 4.69 11-16; 60 day billa on banks 4.56%; France demand 6.96; cables 5.96%; Italy demand 4.40; cables 4.40%; Bel gium demand 4.93; cables 4.03%; Ger- many demand .000135; cables .000140; ‘Holland demand 89.27; cables 39.30; Norway demand 16.21; Sweden de- mand 26.65; Denmark demand 11.79; Switzerland demand 17.91; Spain de. mand 14.32; Greece demand 2.05; Po. land demand .0005%; Czecho Slovakia demand 2.99; Austria demand .0014%; Rumania demand .62; Argentine de- mand 84.12; Brazil demand 10.45; Montreal Sernats fh oT y 46 TOATTEND MEET TONIGHT sengers for points north will be All members of the Powder River! routed around through Alliance ‘and Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars) nillings. are requested to be present at the| The daimage to the raflroad’s proy club rooma promptly at 7:30 this eve bal j erty will be even larger than esti- ning so that the business of the meet-| mated yesterday. In addition to the ing may be finished in time to attend) ave bridges washed out and the miles the meeting at the Elks’ auditorium | of track which was carried away, the where Alvin Owsley, national com company has huge fills demolished mander of the American Legion, will) py the atorm. address @ public mass meeting: | d CASINO CROWDED BY = OMNCERS LAST NEAT Despite inclement weather the ail sino dance palace was crowded to ca, pacity last night during the entire period of dancing, Marle Roderick and Doug Taltt en tertained as usual. They have ar. Silver BW YORK, July 26—Bar silver Mexican dollars 48e, merce Commission order requiring railroads to cease giving special car service to coal mines furnishing rail road fuel was postponed today from September 1 to October 1 The ruling deferred operatior of the order under which the roads would be prohibited from ply also erence to private owners of cars in the use of their own equipment. ing pret-| ranged to give a concert at 10 o'clock | ench evening. Dancing Is stopped | for a short time/each night at this| hour for the duets given Miss Rode | the Casino b nations to date A lot 1 w prize in th 5 5s contest, ‘ 4 > =