Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1923, Page 7

‘ FOUR NEW WELLS ARE _ FINISHED BY MIDWEST [wo on Salt Creek Consolidated Leases. One for 4 Mountain & Gulf and Another on Wyoming Associated Lands Are Drilled Se \ Four completions in the Salt Creek field during the past ‘week are recorded by the Midwest Refining company as comprising its additions to present producing wells. Two of these new producers are under the name of the Salt Creek Consolidated company. quarter of sec. 81-40-78, and of section 11-39-7 These were brought in on August 12 and 13 at the depth of 2063 and 2196 feet. A first 24-hour test shows 86A on section 31 an initial production of 241 barrels and 86A on section 11 making only 78 barrels. The Mountain & Gulf and the Wyo- ming Associated are the companies bringing in the other two of last week's completions for the Midwes' ‘These are 183A on the southeast quar- ter of section 6-39-78 at a depth of 2,- 808, and 11AX on the northwest quar- ter of section 26-40-79. The produc- tion of neither of these wells has been tested, The Nefber dome test well on the southwest quarter of section 18-45-93 has now reached a depth of 2,860 feet and is drilling. Approximately 10,000,000 feet is the daily flow of gas encountered at 986 feet by the Midwest's test at North Casper Creek, on the southeast quar- ter of section 36-37-82. Preparation is now being made for casing and mud- ding off this flow and drilling on to the next objective sand or the Da- kota. A large gas field is probable for North Casper Creek. The Skull Creek test hole, on the northwest quarter of section 16-44-62, 4s being cleaned out and having its six and a quarter inch casing under- reamed and carried at 8,400 feet. They are 36a on the southwest 36a on the northwest quarter The Midwest's tests in New Mext!- co fields are rapidly progressing with well No, 1 on Miguel Creek reporting its 10-Inch casing landed at 1,850 feet, and well No, 2 on the Hogback struc- ture being brought in August 7 with about 400 barrels of 61 gravity ofl as flush production. Trouble is being experienced with all Midwest wells in the Baxter Basin field. Number 29 on the southwest quarter of section 25-18-104 is now down 2,470 feet with the hole caving badly. Underreaming and cleaning out is being resorted to in order to remedy the trouble. Number 29, southwest quarter section 10-16-104, down 790 feet, with baller fished from hole after trying to recover {t for about a week, Number 6X, northeast quarter section 11-17-104, is drilling at 2,668 with hole caving some. From Elk Basin the following re- port is received Elk 11, well No. 2—depth 1,170 feet; redrilling bad hols. Tip 2, well No. 1—depth’ 1,890 feet; filled hole back to 1,364 and now re drilling. Elk 6, well No, 24—depth 1,465 feet; plugged back from 1,630 to 1,465, or first sand, Water encountered in sec- ond sand at 1,630-42, so plans made now for testing production in first sand. Wyoming Wells Third in Average Crude Production As shown in the tabulated figures on wells and production in this coun- try for the year 1922, Wyoming stands third in average production per well. It is surpassed only by California and Arkansas. ‘Thers were approximately 284,880 producing ofl wells in the United States on December 31, 1922, having an average production per well per day of 6.7 barrels, as shown in the following table. The enumeration is based on reports of pipe line com-| panies, supplemented by reports of producers. Producing off wells in the United States, December 81, 1922, by states, with average production per well for day in barrels follows: Arkansas California —— Colorado -————______.. Tinols .. Northwestern -.. 1,500 Total Indiana... 2,550 17,900 Kentucky 10,600 Louisiana: Total Ohio -----. 39,i Oklahoma -~-.-——~—. 57,500 Pennsylvania —~.-... 75,000 Texas; Coastal -...__-.._ 2,200 Rest of State.____._ 13,250 Total Texas ~.. 15,450 West Virginia —— ~~ 20.200 Wyoming -------—-. 1,750 Indiana: Southwestern -.. 284,81 BT Owl Creek Coal Company, to Double Its Output at Gebo ‘THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Aug. 22.— ‘The Owl Creek Coal company, whose *mining operation is at Gebo, Hot Springs county, has a large force of men et work at a new opening which, when completed, will double the capacity of that mine giving employ- ment to between 800 and 900 men and bring an industrial boom to the Hot Springs town and county. The new opening is one and a half miles west of the present operation and will not necessitate the building of a new camp the intentions being to add to the number of houses at Gebo which will make that town one of the largest coal mining camps in Wyoming. Grading for the extension of the Burlington railroad has been com- pleted and the rails are being laid. Fargo Making The new opening has been spudded in and work of erecting the new tipple {s going on. Power for operating the new plant will be from lines extended from the Present power house which, during the past year, has been doubled in capacity in contemplation of the present enlargement. The new oper: ation will not develop a new seam of coal but is really an extension of the operation of the present fine vein which has been such a wonderful producer of high grade coal, The extension will give the Owl Creek Coal company’s operation at New York Stocks Allied Chemical & Dye Ameripan , —————. American Car & Foundry ——-1 American International Corp. 18% American motive 3% American Smelting & Refg... 58% American Sugar 0 American T & T American American Anaconda Copper Atehison . .. Atl. Guilt & W Indies Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacifico Central Leather ‘Tubacco Woolen Chicago & Northwestern - 6 Chicago, Mil & St. Paul pfd -- .; Cc RL. & Pao — Chile Copper -. Chino Copper ---. Consolidated Gas Corn Products Cosden Oll Crucible Steel eneral Hlectric General Motors —___. Great Northern pfd — Gulf States Steeb — Illinois Wentrpl 4-—--—---—---1. Inspiration Copper —-—..---- .28%B. International Harvester International Invincible Oil ARETE Kelly Springfield Tire —--. Kennecott Copper —. Lima Locomotive Louisvilie & Nashville Mack Truck ... Marland Oil Maxwell Moto: Micdle States Oil Missourfj Kan, & ‘Tex (new)... Missouri Pacific, pfd. New York Central .. \ ¥..N H and Hartford orfolk & Western orthern Pacific Pacific Oil --.—. Pan American Pe’ Pennsylvania — People's Gas ——___. Producers & Refiners Pure OM 2 Reading - — Republic Tron & Sears Roebuck .._ Sinclair Con. ON Southern Pacific Southern Railway — —-- 32% Standard Oi} of N. J. a (33% Studebaker Corporation -—___1.05% Texas Co. —o Texas & Pacifio Tobacco Products A 81% ‘Transcontinental Oil —__. 04h Union Pacific 1.29 United Retail Stores -—____ 77 U. 8. Ind. Alcohol --———-s 48% United States Rubber 12944 United States Steel ----__. ,91% Utah Coppe: — 180% Westinghouse lectric ‘59 Willys Overiagd — 07% Amer. Zinc, Lead & Sm -—_ 103% Butte & Superior .. = 17% Colorado Fuel & Iron - 12914 Montana Power ayy! || ational Lead —-____ 124% Shattuck Arizona —— > 07 Sea Pape jeum B_- 4 ‘Bteel ne } Standard Oil Stocks NEW YORK CURB Open Angld . - 16% Buckeye 2 apeceene ee 84 Continental . -____ 34 Cumberland — 1.07 Calena .. --___.._.. B Tilinots . Close. 15% 86 34% Pipe 1.02 56% Prairie Ol ——_______1.76 Prairie Pipe 1.03 Solar Ref, ———___1.15 Sou Pipe -— 8. 0. Kan 8. O. Ky. 8. O, Neb 8. 0. N. Yi. B O Ohio ~ Union Tank Vacuum — 5 P of Gebo a daily capacity of 2,000 tons| Osage and it is expected that the work will be completed and the new mine in operation in October. Several hun- dred men are employed at the ex- tension work, Progress on’ South Casper Creek Wells ‘Well No. 24 of the Fargo Of] com- pany on section 3-33-88, South Casper Creek is drilling at 1,145 feet and should be into the gas bearing stra- tum within the next day or two where it will be cased and continued to the Tensleep. The special four-inch tubing for the wells has arrived and is now being in~- stalled. Four of the wells are now equipped and work on No. 23 was started today, With the completion of this job the wells will all be placed on pump and will be ready to produce at capacity. One of the three 200-horse power bollers will be ready at the field pump- ing station by the first of the month and st has been decided to wait until that time to start running ofl instead of using field boilers for that purpose as had been previously planned. By that time it is expected that every- thing will be in readiness for opera- tion and that oil can then be run with: out interruption from the field to the | Jocal plant of the Mndwest Refining be company which has contracted a mil lon barrels of crude from the Fargo. Hale Dome Test Progressing. The Union Of] company, drilling at Hale Dome, ts down 2,008 feet, just entering the Amsden sand with an encouraging showing of ol!. Thero {s several hundred feet of water in the hole and until this ts shut off the oil situation cannot very well be de- termined. Work of cementing off the water is now completed and the drill will be running again within the next day or two, or a8 soon as the water has been |pumped out. The showing of oll as the Amsden {s about to be entered is extremely encouraging and seems to warrant the belief that this sand will |be found to be a good producer. Ehould of! be etruck there in com mercial quantity, as now seems prob Jable, it will not only open up a new field at Hale Dome but will also prove the deeper sands at Warm Springs. which is in the same general geological structure. Torchlight Etk Bazin Greybull .. Rock Creek - 1.25 Balt Creek ~~ --nnn—— n= 1.25 Big Muddy ~-..---s2seherennn 1.10 Hamilton Mule Creek CHICAGO, A 22.—Potatoes, firm; receipts, 36 cars; total U. 8. ship- ments, 631; Kansas and Missourl sacked Irish Cobbles, 8. No. 1, $2.25@2.40 cwt; Nebraska sacked Irish Cobblers, 8. No. 1, $2.40@ 2.50 cwt.; Nebraska sacked Early Ohlos, $2.00 ew Minnesota sacked Early Ohios, U. 8S. No. 1, $1.60@1.65 cwt.; partly graded, $1,30@1.45 cwt. Wisconsin bulk round whites, No. 1, $2.35@2.45 ecwt.; Idaho sacked Irish obblers, No. 1, $2.50@2.60 cwt. elton feat Flour Market MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug., 22.— Flour unchanged. Bran 25.00@26.00. >For see nt BIG AUCTION SALE ‘There will be a big auction sale at 234 South David Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m. of household furniture, rugs, bedding, cooking utensils, dishes glaseware, etc. Harned Furniture Co. 234 8. David. Phono 9. leon be 4 soil ES Thunder-fish, River“ Nile, shock, inhabitants give” a sharp of the electric [| (By Wilson. Cransuer & Company) LOCAL OIL STOCKS Bessemer .. 28 a3 80 4 +30 33 2 0 Consolidated 111 Domino --_______ 10 Elkhorn ~ 2. T, Williams Fargo . Franta - Gates —____ Jupiter —_ Kinney Coastal .__. Lance Creek Royalty. Mike Henry .---.. 00% Mountain & Gulf —--.1.13 Picardy --—.. 03 Red Bank 3.00 Royalty & Producers . .05% Suneet . ---. 01 ‘Tom Bell Royalty —_ .01% Western Exploration —3.12 Wyo-Kans - ...._____ .60 Western States -_____ .14 er On) 08 10 NEW YORK CURB CLOSING Mountain Producers ~...14.25 19% Salt Creek Cons ~-____. 6.75 New York Ol Marine Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—(U. 8. Depart- ment of Agriculture.) — Hogs—Re- ceipts, 22,000; desirable lights, strong to 10c higher; others slow, mostly steady to strong; bulk good and choice 165 to 220 pound averages, $3.75 to $8.95; practical top, $9. fancy 175 pound averages, $9.0! desirable 230 to 325 pound butchei $8.00 to $8.95; bulk packing sows, $6.76 to $7.00; desirable strong weight pigs, $8.00 to $8.25; heavy weight pigs, $7.90 to $8.75; medium, $8.45 to $9.00: Ught, $7.65 to $9.05; ght light, $7.50 to $8.85; packing sows, smooth, $6.60 to $7.15; packing sows, rough, $6.35 to $6.60; killing pigs, $7.00 to $8.25. Cattle—Receipts, 13,000; beef steers and yearlings, around steady; matured steers held above $13.00; numerous loads, $12.00@12.60; bést best heifers, stock, steady others around steady; heavy kosher cows, $8.50@9.25; heavy grassy offerings, $4.00@5.50; canners ‘and cutters, $2.60@3,25; bologna bulls strong to 150 higher; heavy bolognas, $4.65@5.00; vealers, 250 higher; bulk to packers, around $13.00; outsiders paying $18.25 and above; stockers and feeders, steady; bulk, $5.50@7.00. Sheep—Receipts, 20,000; fairly ac- tive; desirable fat lambs around storting more severe; culls, generally steady; aged stock weak feeding lambs, strong to 25c higher; most western fat lambs, $13.50 to $18.85; bulk desirable natives, $13.00 @13.10; early top, $13.25; culls, gen: erally $9.50@10.00; mixed wether same as yesterday's $10.00 kind, $9.85; feeding lambs, @round $14.00; top, $14.10, 3 bulk Omaha Quotations OMAHA, Neb., Aug., 2.—{U. 8. De- partment of Agriculture)—Hogs—Re- celpts 16,000; market slow; moderate movement to shippers; steady to 10c lower; good and choice 190 to 240 pound butchers 8.20@8.30; well finish- ed strong weight butchers 250 to 325 pounds 7.75@8.20; packers not operat- ing; talking 25 to 30c lower, Cattle—Receipts 5,300; better grades eers end yearlings fully steady, until shipping orders filled, late sales weak; top steers 12.35; yearlings 12.01 bulk fed steers and yearlings 9.00@ 11.75; other grade steers and all she stock slow; fairly steady; bolognas and calves steady; bulk bolognas 3.25 @3.75; practical top veals 9.01 tock: ers dull and easte: Sheep—Reciepts 20,000; lambs slow, weak to 100 lower; early sales fat western lambs 12.90@13.00 with 13.20 bid; natives 12.00@12.: sheep strong: er; early ewe top 7.75; feeders steady to 250 lower; choice light lambs 13.25; feeding lambs strong to higher, top 5.60, — Denver Prices. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 22.0. 5. Department of Agriculture.—Ho; Receipts, 200; slow, 10c to 16c hig! top, $8.75 for 151 pound average: bulk 180 to 210 pound averages, $8.40 to $8.65; bulk of males, $8.40 to $8.75; few heavies, $8.15; packer sows, jostly $6.5 pigs, strong; $6.00 to $6.50; few fat kind up to $7.00. Cattle—Recetpts 150; quality common, all classes about steady; few steers, $8.00; medium grass cows, $4.10 to $4.25; fairly good kind held at $4.75; canners, mostly eround $2.00; common Nght stock steers, $5.00 to $5.25. Sheep—Receipts, 1,500; part load medium lambs, $132. about steady; Utah lambs held steady at $12.66; most early bids, $12.40; ewes held about $7.00; five cars 63 pound Nevada lambs late yesterday, $12.40; flat with 85 pound ewes at $10.00. calves, $3.50; Silver NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The market for refined .was unchanged to 10 points lower with fine granulated listed at 7.50 by all refiners. A little better inquiry was reported. Sugar futures closed easy: approxi mata sales, 35,000 tons; Septembe 3.92; 3.98; March, 3.62; May, —— ----— Bend your automobile news “Spark Piug’—Care Tribune. to STOCKS DECLINE ~IFTER ADVANCE Market Easier at Close After Maintaining Upward Trend In Trading NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—New high prices for the movement were estab- Ushed by a number of industrial stocks in today’s market before the general list turned heavy again in re sponse to the concerted selling of the railroad sheres. Sales approximated 650,000 shares. NEW YORK, Aug. -—Another deadlock in the miners’ wage confer ence brought fresh selling into to- day's stock market with the result that opening prices displayed a de cldedly heavy tone. Losses of a point or more were recorded on initial sales by Baldwin, Gulf States Steel and Stewart-Warner Speedometer. Olls were again in supply but the losses as a rule were small. Over night selling orders were well absorbed and the market headed up- ward again with practically all of the early losses recovered except in Pan- American A and B, which were off 1 and 1% respectively, DuPont ad vanced two points and American and Lima Locomottves, Loose Wiles Bis: cult, Mack Truck, Chicago North: western, National Lead and Sloss Sheffield Steel climbed a point or more above yesterdays’ final quotations Jersey Central making its first ap- pearance in weeks, sold at 205 as against the previous sale of 182. For- eign exchanges opened irregular. Short interests covered extensively during the morning when it became evident that thetr efforts*to depress prices were meeting with stubborn resistance. The recent upward trend also had attracted some fresh buying power with the result that a brisk rally was in progress during the morning. Buying was influenced in part by reports of dividend increases, large orders for equipment and higher metal prices. Equipments su- perceded the independent steels as the market leaders with food, motor and other industrial shares and specialties falling close behind. Oils continued sluggish. Among the stocks to sell two or more points above yesterday's final quotations were Baldwin, Amer: {can Car, American Brake Shoe, DuPont, Mack Truck and National Lead. Call money opened at five per cent. Prices of securities made @ further substantial advance on the basis of the Nquidated condition of the mar- ket and more optimistic views concern ing the industrial outlook. American Can reached 100, Gulf States Stee! 82%, Baldwin 123% and U. 8. Steel 2 As exceptions to the general trend, Sinclair Oll\ preferred dropped four point to 82, a new low figure for the year and Foundation company 6% to 70% The closing was easy; weakness of the raflroad shares, several of which dropped 1 to 2% points, brought about Uquidation of industrial stocks in the last hour in which many of the earlier gains were caucelled or ma terlally reduced. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, Aug. exchanges irregular. Quotations in cents: Great Britain, demand, 4.55; cables, 4.55%; 60-day bills on banks, 4.52, France, demand, 6.56%; cables, 5.56%. Italy, demand, 4.30; cables, 4.30%. Belgium, demand, 4.41% cables, 4.42. Germany, demand, 000020; cables, .000022. Holland, de- mand, 89.38; cables, 39.36. Norway, demand, 16.34. Sweden, demand, 26.67, Denmark, demand, 138.63. Switzerland, demand, 18.05. Spain, demand, 13.29%. Greece, demand, 191. Poland, demand, .0004%. Czecho Slovakia, demand, 2.94. Jugo Slavia, demand, .0105. Austria, demand, .0014%. Rumania, demand, .47%. Argentine, demand, 32.62. Brazil, de mand, 10.12. Montreal, 97 23-32. Ae AE ae SE 22.—Foreign Money NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Call money, easier; high, 5; low, 4%; ruling rate, 5; closing bid, 4%; offered at 5; last Joan, 4%; call loans against accept: ances, 4%; time loans, firm; m!xed col- later 60-90 days, 5 4-6 months, 6%; prime commercial paper, 6@5%. (sre aay Butter and Eggs CHICAGO, Aug. 22—Butter, lower; creamery extras, 43%c; standards extra firsts, 41@42%0; firsts, econds, 37@37%o. Ege, cases. ————_—>__—_. NEW YORK, Aug. 23-—Copper, steaditer; electrolytic, spot and fu- tures, 14@14%. ‘Tin, firm; spot and nearby, 40.12; futures, 40.12. Iron, steadier; electrolytic, spot and fu- 6.50@6.75, Zinc, steady; East 8&t. Louls spot and nearby delivery, 6.50@ 6,55. Antimony, spot, 6.72. Sugar —Bar silver Tee NEW YORK, Avg. 2 } Mexican dollars, 47 unchanged; receipts, 1,781/ WHEAT SCORES ~ FURTHER GAINS Marked Strength munplayed By Some Industrials During Day CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—Higher quota- tions at Liverpool gave strength to the wheat market on this side of the Atlantic during the early dealings, Offerings increased, however, after the start and the early advance was checked, Predicted frost for parts of Canada failed to materialize and fair and warmer weather is expected In the domestic wheat regions. There was some scattered commission house business on both sides of the market but trade was light and prices soon became yteady. Opening _ prices, which ranged from unchanged figures to %o higher, with December $1.04% to $1,04% and May $1.10% to $1.10%, were followed by @ little further rise, and then @ decline to a trifle below yesterday's finish. ‘Realizing sales gave the September corn delivery a weak start, opening %c to %0 lower, with demand light while December and May were unchanged to %o up, with December 65%c to 65%0. Falling off of demand and the east: ness in the corn market helped to ease off wheat. At the finish values were %o to %c higher, with Decem- ber $1.05 to $1.05% and May $1.10% to $1.10%. The casler tone in the cash market was started out firm, carrying corn values upward and the later drop to below yesterday's level was reflett- ed in the corn market. Tho close was firm with prices ranging from %o to 1%ho higher, December 67%o to 67440. Oats started %o to %o higher, with December 89%c and held close to the opening figures. Provisions were a shade easier. High Low Closo 1.00% .99% 1.00% 1.05% 1.04 1.05 1.10% 1.09% 1.10% WHEAT— Open Sept. —-—- 1.00 Dec, 1.04% May ---— 1.10% 85% 87% 68 34% 85% 66% 34% 65% 06% 38% 39% 42 39% Alt 43 11.07 iit 11.02 11.15 8.37 8.42 8.37 -———- 845 8.45 8.43 Cash Grains and Provisions. $1.02% @1.02% 02% @1.06. jie fo. 2 mixed, 89% @90c; No. 2 yellow, 91@91%c. Oats—No. 2 white, 40@42%e; No. 3 white, 39% @39%c. Rye—No, 2, 66% @67%4e. Barley—59 @ 66c. Timothy seed—$5.75@6.50. Clover seed—$15.00@17.00. Pork—Nominal. Lard—811.05. Ribs—$8.00@9.00. John H. Moran Now District Manager For Supply Firm John H. Moran, who has for some time past been in charge of the Gen. eral Supply company here, is now district manager of the Tnterpatjonsl Supply company for the State of Wroming and Montana, with head: quarters in Casper. ‘The International Supply company of Tulsa, Okla. 1s a large manufac turer of cable drilling tools and ts considered a leader in the Mid-con tinent field in standard ofl well eup plies. Plans are now being mado by this company to erect a large warehouse and office building on Railroad ave nue next to the wurehouse of the Kasoming Oll company. ————_—_—_ | Cotton NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Cotton, spot, quiet; middling, 25.25. —<—<—_———_ Flax Seed. DULUTH, Minn., Aug. finx: September, $2.31% 2,29 bid; November, December, 2.25% asked. War Prisoners To Get Justice Only--Coolidge 22.—Closing bid; October, 2.28% asked; WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—Prest Cent Coolidge told White House visit- |tors that he had decided to adopt a “reasonable” attitude in the matter of clemency for war violators, but that he fecognized that some of thor | still imprisoned. were only receiving | Just punishment for the crimes of which they were convicted. Certain diseases have been diagnos | ed in a very early stage by means of the camera; the lens will show up « h long before it is visible to the| r naked eye. Surveying and Locations Geologists, ON Experts, Oil Field Maps, Blue Prints WYOMING MAP AND BLUE PRINT CO, P, 0. Box 32 i| Room 10, Daly Bldg. ’ Liberty 4th 4Xs ‘U, S. Govt, 4%) Czechoslozak Rep. 8s ctfs Danish Municipal 88 A -—~. Dominion of Canada 6s, 1952 ——____ 100.03 98.10 98.14 — 98.13 98.31 98.15 99.20 100.03 98.10 98.12 98.11 98.28 98.11 99.10 92% 1.01% 93 1.01% tench “Republic 746 -——____ Japanese 4s —.___ Kingdom of Belgium & Kingdom of Norway 6s Rep. of Chile 8 American Smelting 58 Amer. Sugar 6s Anaconda Copper 7s, 1988 -—_.. Anaconda Copper 6s 1953 .. Montana Bond List At, T. & San. Fe gen 4s — Baltimore & Ohio cv 4%. Bethlehem Steel con 6s ser. A Canadian Pacific deb. 4s — Chi. Burl & Quincy ref 68A ~ Chi. Mil, & St. P Chile Copper és Goodyear Tire & Great Northern 7s A —. Montana Power 58 A —__. Northern Pac. ret. 68 B Northwestern Bell Tel 78 Pacific Gas & Elec. 68 Penna. R, R. gen 6s Sinclair Con, O11 col Southern Pac. cy 4s . Union Pac. 1st 4s U. S. Rubber 6s — Witira cae a Utah Power & Light Western Union 6%45 Westinghouse Elec. Ts Wilson & Ci WYOMING CLOUD INKS RESULT INONLY DELAY TO AVIATORS (Continued from Page One) ison ran into in Wyoming ana which thrice sent him bask to Laramie last night despite his determination to penetrate to Cheyenne, the west bound flight was making the better Ume although every effort was being madé today to make up lost time by pushing the east bound relays which started from Cheyenne when postal officials at Omaha realized the futility of further efforts of Collison to eet through the heavy banks of fog and clouds ahead of him on the eastern Journey, The westbound flight of New York mail of yesterday also was held up early today at Cheyenne because of Weather conditions. Under the origi- nal schedule, the west bound mail on : 30 hour schedule from New York to San Francisco, was due in Cheyenne at 4:16 Mountain time this morning. Pilot Jack Knight reached there one hour and 6 minutes ahead of the schedule but the fog to the west caused the start of Pilot Beonstra to be held up and although he started at 5 a. m. he was forced to turn back and the start from Cheyenne waa de. layed until 8:42 a. m. WYOMING FINALLY SPANNED BY FLYERS, CHEYENNE, Aug. 23.—Alr Mail Pilot H. A, Collison, who left Laramie at 5:21 a, m, (Mountain time) today after being forced down there late yesterday afternoon and trying un successfully three times last night to reach here in a dense fog, arrived at 5.55 a. m, The mail, which left San Francisco yesterday morning, in the Air Mail Service's twenty-eight hour, coast to coast test, was transferred to the regular day mail plane in charge of Pilot H. M. Allison, who left at 6:35 a, m. for Omaha, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug, 22.—With the skies clearing and the sun mak- 1g an earnest effort to break through the fog that has hung like a pall over Sherman hill since early last evening, Pilot H. G, Boonstra left with the west bound transcontinental mail at 8:42 a. m. today. It was his second attempt. At Rock Springs, his only stop, he will be relieved by another pilot, who will take the plane the re mainder of the way to San Francisco Boonstra described the conditions that prevented his success in the first ef. fort, after he had waited for two hours better weather, as resembling a dense cloud, through which it was !m- possible to more than @ few feet PILOT FAILS IN THREE ATTEMPTS, LARAMIE, Wyo., Aps, 22—Fotled in three attempts to reach Cheyenne, Wyoming, last night and thus com pleta his Inp of the eastward trans continental atr mail fitght, Pilot H. A son, who brought the western mat! here from Rock Springs, Wyo ming yesterday, gave up the attempt shortly after midnight and retired. Collison was forced to capitulate to a cloud bank estimated to be @ mile high that hung obstinately over Chey- enne all Inte yesterday afternoon and last night. ‘Three times he made his way from Laramie toward Cheyenne which is only 60 miles away, but the cloud “drift” never broke. So heavy was the pall of vapor that even the 450 million candle power beacon light at the Cheyenne alr mall field did not hoot guiding beams across his path of flight. First encountering the adverse weather when he passed over Lara 3 p. m. Mountain time, northward almost thir end t waa too urned to Laramie the tu dampness of the 12,000 foot altt. “TIL make Cheyenne tf t's the thing I ever do,” he said as he stepped out of the plane. “The plane was refueled with 5! gallons of gasoline, enough to last a hour and a half. At 6.53 o'clock hi again took off. This time he aban doned the regu! alr course and fol lowed the Union Pacifie rafroad tracks, Collison has been flying the cours for four years and he knows inch of the alr between Rock Spr and Cheyenne, but last night ey. land mark was obscured. Althoug’ at all times he was within a f miles of Cheyenne, he waa complet: lost. From Laramie he flew 35 min: utes east and southeast. Whether h was within one, two or ten miles off Cheyenne he did not know. He wi flying at 12,000 feet above sea level, and was barely clearing the cloud bank, Cheyenne's altitude is 6,200 feet. The figures indicate the clo were about a mile in thickness, Wandering in @ circle just abo the clouds for a few minutes Collison sought the Cheyenne beacon, The the gasoline supply ran short again and he returned to Laramie at 8:05. The third hop off was at 1 pm and Collison returned to Laramie 1110 p. m. From Laramie the eas! ern sky was clear, A south wind drove Collison six miles north of bi: compass course on his last flight ou! Again he hovered over the cloud hoping for a rift. Once, he said, hi thought he saw « farm house, but th: view soon was swallowed up. Above the clouds the evening beautiful, Collison sald. But ther was no hope of getting through, An attempt to land might have meant death, He returned to Laramie at] led from flying ie 11.10 p. m, Shortly after midnight he commun! cated with air mail officials in Chey. mne and then announced that h would start for Cheyenne in thi morning. Hoe retained the bag of ma: on orders from his superiors, he sald SECOND DAY'S SERVICE LAUNCHED. HEMPSTEAD, N. ¥., Aug. 23. second westward alr mail plane of th five day test flights left Curtiss fel today at 11.01 a, m. eastern standard time, bound for San Francisco, The airplane was piloted by Shirl J. Short, who will be relieved Cleveland, the end of the first lap. Hi carried 2,100 letters. —— SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Aug. 2 ~The second alr plane in the air ‘Y service 28-hour test flight betwee: San Francisco and New York |: here at 5:36 a.m today. Pilot C. K Vance was in the cockpit. He ha: been detailed to return from Reno, Nevada, with the air mat] that left New York yesterday, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 2 —Carrying westbound mail, the plan piloted by Béb Ellis reached here frony Rock Springs, Wyo., at 12:53 p. (mountain time), Pilot Sharpna: hopped off for Elko, Nevada, al 12:56 p.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 22 Pilot Wagner in the eastbound mall plane from Chicago landed at the al mail feld here at 12:69 p,m. Pilot Hugene Johnson took the five b: of mail from Wagner's plane and lef! for New York at 1:02 p. m. ferent all Lightning made a strange incursion! into @ country hi near Tarent, in Austria. It came down the chimney m in which ve persona o tabla ng the the open door, and killed a dog and cat, The diners were! palatured. the er 4 molt