Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX Caspet Daily Cridune THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1923 Che Casper Dailp Cribune The Casper Daily Tribune issued every evening and ‘The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Building, oppo- site postoffice, Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916, Business Telephones _---------- pied -----15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments. a ee By J. E. HANWAY MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg., Chi cago, Ill, 286 Fifth Ave., lobe ; Boston, Mass., Suite 404 5 . 55 New ea gomery. St,, San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the Dally Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco offices and visitors are welcome. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. oC) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier One Year, Daily and Sunday One Year, Sunday Only _-- Six Months, Daily and Sunday Three Months, Daily and Sunday One Month, Daily and Sunday Per Copy ---.-- By Mail One Year, Daily and Sunday _ One Year, Sunday On Six Month, Daily and Three Months, Daily and Sunday . One Month, Datly and Sunday —~ ‘All subscriptions must be paid in advance and the Dally Tribune will not insure delivery after subscrip- tion becomes one month in arrears, The Public Wants to Know The Salt Creek highway improvement is with- out question a magnificent one when it is com- pleted, but the question is, when will it be com- pleted, and how much longer will it be necessary to make the miles and miles of detour over the sagebresh and through the six to eight inches soil acy oT) — 2.50 4.00 a strain upon Casper employers to use the vast | number of men who flocked to the city to find | work, because of depressions elsewhere. These | times were infrequent, however, and of brief dur- | ation, Men were either landed in jobs or went | elsewhere in the vicinity and found work. | The tremendous activities of the spring, sum- | mer and fall, in public improvement, the exten- | sions of industrial institutions, the building con- | struction program and other sizable efforts, not to mention the smaller affairs under way, have all conspired to reduce unemployment to the van- ishing point if not beyond. It was only yesterday that one of the large industries of the city was unable to secure a hundred and fifty men needed, and other con- cerns were in similar situation for lesser num: bers. These facts prove two things conclusively. That there is no unemployment problem in Cas: per and that Casper’s prosperity is maintaining itself in creditable shape with every prospect of a long continuance, The Oil Exhibit One of the finest and most complete exhibits at the state fair at Douglas is the exhibit of oil, its by-products and all appliances used in its production. It was gathered at great pains and expense and is displayed in perfect manner. And why not, oil is the principal product of the state. More capital is invested in its produc- tiffion and refinement than in any other enter- prise within our borders. Not to speak of the wealth that is expended every year in attempts to discover new territory and in drilling wells that prove failures. Nevertheless the oil interests of the state which have arranged the fair exhibit are entitled to credit for the display they have made. And the people of the state should be gratified in knowing that the state in whose prosperity and upbuilding we are all interested, has received such a tremendous advertisement as its oil and | Ante!ope canon, View Marvelous Scenery LARAMIE—Mr. Pasco, Mr.an@ Mrs. Frank Cron- berg and Mr. and Mrs, Henry Jen- sen returned yesterday from a trip to Wheatland, returning by way of and Mrs. Paul the scenery, Mr. Pasco declared, rivaling any he had ever seen, and no finer fh Colorado. The party came 12 miles through the canon, with its towering walls of rock, its forests of asp and pine, its fie'ds of waving grain, and its myriads of wild flowers. The party noted field after Meld of alfalfa in bloom, many. beehives along the way, the bees making a steady hum- ming noise among the flowers, ana stock in the very pink of condition for this time of year. Mr. Pasco was quite carried away, and on a longer trip, which he is undertak- ing today, he says he will be able to tell of something of the wonders of Wyoming. Fatal to One KEMMERER.—Coroner E. W- Holmes departed ear'y this morning for Cokeville where he was called in connection with the tragic death of Frank Starkweather, a prominent Blackfoot, Ida,, rancher, when his large car turned over on the macad- amized highway about five miles north of Cokeville. With Mr. Stark- weather at the time were Boyd Full- er and Fred Timmreck, both of Coke- ville, The party was returning from a dance at Raymond, Ida., and the car left the road while rounding a curve at 1 a.m. The victim's com- panions were uninjured. Mr. Starkweather was en route to It Happened In Wyoming Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned in) Written, Grape-Vined and Some of It Purloined. - destination is Medford, Ore., which we hope to reach before snow flies. We started out with thred oxen, but had the misfortune to lose one of our best animals in Denver, ana |since then we have been han OS aba Our method of travel is | slow and tedious, it crowding us to make from 10 to 12 miles per day. I can assure you that {t is not a | pleasant trip, but we are taking the journey more as a fad, making our living on the way selling postcards. If the weather becomes unfavorable |we may decide to remain in Utah this |winter and resume our journey next jSummer. Buy a postcard mister?” jand with this parting remark the jlady started to join her husband for dinner. If all goes well they ex- pect to reach Green River some time tomorrow. | And to think that with the mod. jern automobile of today the trip to Green River is made in 20 minutes, whereas it will take 10 hours for the ox team to cover the same distance. ———————___. An Old Injury TORRINGTON.—Bessie Thomas, age 15, of LaGrange !s under the jcare of a physician due to an in- jury she received two years ago. About two years ago Miss Thomas run a needle into her foot, and never had tt removed. Last Saturday she was riding in a wagon when the| horses suddenly were frightened at some object and ran away; the young lady jumped from the wagon, and in so doing drove the needle further into her foot. The needle} struck @ nerve, thus causing the big toc to contract. She was taken to the Torrington hospital where she} was given treatment. Property Values Increase ROCK SPRINGS—One of the largest transfers of city property in recent years was made this week when A, T. Chalice sold property on the corner of Etk and Fifth streets, and now occupied by the City Ga- rage to Joseph J. Traher of Rock Springs. The sale includes six ad- joining lots and the consideration is sald to have been in excess of $30,- 000. This shows rapid increase in values for city property, as the land could have been purchased 10 years ago for half the amount which it brought this week. Mr. Traher, the purchaser, is one of our substantial citizens, having been a heavy taxpayer in Sweet- water county for the past 20 years, and at the/ present time 1s owner of much residence property. ‘The McCurtain Motor company will continue to occupy the building for the present. Smashing Them Up LARAMIE—Yesterday was the greatest smashup day of the season. Two Fords and a Buick were wrecked on the Woods Landing road. It seems that no one was seriously hurt, but those riding in the car belonging to A. Konold had a miraculous escape. The car skidded into the ditch on the secona curve west of town, on the Woods Landing road. The right front wheel was broken, and the fenders slightly bent. This ts not the first car that has been wrecked on this dangerous curve, and it may not be the last, actual value. “You know those are as cold as the rocks they handle,” said Mr. Northrup, “and when they make test they give the actual conditions as they are found. We may be guilty of being over sanguine; not so the smelters, They are bloodless, soul- Jess, unsympathetic and entirely truthful. We shall give the result of the tests they come to us.” ‘The gentlemen at the city hall were both astonished and delighted at the showing. “Such a showing in Colo- rado would mean a big crowd of people to take up land. We are saying lttle and working hard.” —— Banker On Visit ROCK SPRINGS—Among_ out-of- town residents today was William Rogers, cashier of the State Bank \of Green River. Mr. Rogers was @ miner in No. 1 in 1893, when he went to Green River as county treasurer. He was a practical “dlg- ger” in those days and vividly re- calls the early history of the town and its early-day residents. He says that he is still a laboring man, al- though some may not look upon his present vocation as so classt- fied. In the days of his mining career, Mr. Rogers says that when he laid down his tools at night his day's work was done, but as a tanker after laying down hts pen at night he still finds plenty to do until late in the evening, and on occasion until late in the morning. He is giad to have been identified with the history of No. 1 mine, which created an international repu- tation for Rock Springs coal. pa lenin: haa ne EO Expert watch and jewelry repair ing. Carper Jewelry Co., 0. 8 Bldg. NOTICE Do you wish to learn to speak French? ‘This language taught by an easy, practical, fascinating method. Special course for child- Telephone 1062R. ren. | Dr. L. L. Wade OSTEOPATHY | Phone 1125R i Over Frantz Shop ‘ I | | of dust. The work was begun in early spring. eee |unless the authorities take steps to ‘The state was perfectly aware of the magnitude of the job, of the material required and the source of supply, the water problem to be faced and the tremendous traffic to be contended with that daily uses this highway. That the contractors fell down on any of these important points in road building has nothing to do with the state of mind of the public over the long delay in opening the road or most of it to public travel. It is the lookout of the state and of their contractors, the superintendents in charge of the work, and all others in authority, that the public is not put to such long continued discomfort. ‘Those in charge cannot stand up and tell the public truthfully, that they have not taken an unreasonably long time to build the five miles of new concrete road, they can not insult the public intelligence with any claim to perfect or- ganization, and exceution of their contract. They will never be able to make the traveling public believe that in the slightest instance have they consulted the public interest or the public com- fort in the performance of their work or in ar: ranging the detours about the work at any point along the way. Excuses and alibis do not go with the seven to eight hundred trucks and motor cars com. pelled to pass over this road every day. The state and the contractors knew perfectly what difficulties were to be encountered in the building of this road. It was their duty to pro- vide against these things and cause as little an- noyance and inconvenience to the public as pos- sible. Instead the use of this important artery of business has for the most part been closed to public use for about five months of the busiest season of the year. The public has a just complaint. The public has suffered not alone by inconvenience in travel but monetary loss in breakage of cars and trucks. The attitude from the very first, on the part of those performing this road work, has been one of arbitrariness. The road was closed and the public told, not in so many words, but by implication, “to get to hell out, and find the best road you can but few dollars to have smoothed up a temporary way for travel with a team and scraper, aud kept it smooth and travelable while the perma nent road was under construction. There is promise that the repairs o1 the old section, and the work on the five miles of new road will be completed and open for traffic by October first. It is high time, that punishment of the traveling public the wreckage of transportation facilities Lecause of the captiousness of contractors or others in charge of road work, And another thing, in the prosecution of the four miles of additional new work to be com pleted this fall, it is pertinent to ask those in au thority whether or not the same conditions will obtain with reference to the traveling public as have obtained all summer long during the build: ing of the present work. Whether or not a pas- sable temporary road will be built to accommo. date travel, or whether cars and trucks will be compelled to break their own trail through gul lies and over the sage brush? The public desires to know and the public has a right to know. Whereas it would have cost and cease Everybody at Work If there has been unemployment in Casper in the past six or seven years, it has been at rare intervals, with only a limited number affected because of the completion of some large piece of | vork and no further requirement of that partic ular force As a uniform condition there has, during this plenty of work to do in Casper and for ¢ time, }) employment ery person who would work and had gumption enough to rustle wround and upply Ahere have been times when it Las been a oil products have given it at the fair. Those visiting the fair report that the oil ex- hibit is attracting more general attention than any other feature of the exhibition, and espe- cially among viistors from other states possess- ing no oil areas. Practicing Brotherhood Nothing could be more gratifying to an Amer- ican than the splendid manner in which our goy- ernment and our citizens are hastening to the aid of stricken Japan. Here is a noble example of the brotherhood of man, not theoretically preach- ed but actually practiced. The Japanese are for- eign to us in their language, their customs, their religion. Their country is remote from ours, and only a few of us have ever come into personal contact with any of their people. Yet the terrible disaster that has overtaken them instantly makes us realize that human sorrow and human suf- fering are the same the world over, and so we lose no time to clothe and feed and comfort them. In this noble display of human Tellowship there is not only cause for rejoicing, there is also food for thought. Terrible as was this earth- quake, it was not more terrible than the recent great war. Appalling as is its work of destruc- tion, it is not more so than the work of destruc- tion wrought by that orgy of slaughter. If people are so eager to alleviate suffering caused by the blind forces of nature, why should they ever bé willing to produce equal or greater suf- fering by deliberate! etting forth to kill and maim their fellow-mer It is not so long ago that considerable numbers of Americans and American newspapers were en- deayoring to create a sentiment of hatred for that very country that is now being given our assistance. If their opinions had prevailed we might have collected money for the purpose of killing the people whom we are now feeding and clothing; we might have applied our organized efforts toward destroying their homes, widow- ing their women and wrecking the lives of their innocent children. We might have bent our en- ergy as a nation to produce at least a measure of that very suffering which we are now seek- ing to alleviate, The human race is a collossal Dr. Dekyll and Mr. Hyde. Partly we are civilized and humane followers of Christ and partly we are cave men of the deepest dye. But when our better self has the upper hand, as expresed in our unselfish service to our stricken brothers and sisters of Japan, is it not a good occasion to feel ashamed ol the cuye man that lingers within us and to realize that war is the greatest of crime Blocking Our Efforts Now and then you find an outspoken person or newspaper on the other side of the Atiantic, who has a care for the perpetuation of cordial international relations between America and Great Britain, It is the little things in these re lations that make for cordiality and amity of the two nations, just as it is the little amenities of life that build firm friendship between individ. uals. The Scottish Chronicle is not satisfied with the attitude of the British government and Brit- ish ship companies toward America’s effort to enforce prohibition and does not hestite to say so in the following opinion: “The is a rising tide of indignation in this country against the continued flouting the American prohibition law by “bootleggers” who sail under the British flag. It is evident that there is in Great Britain a secret organization of wealthy adventurers who are growing richer still on the proceeds of their unlawful gains; and the time has come to put an end to their activy- ities. We have no belief in prohibition, either morally or legislatively; but we do believe in the right of every nation to regulate its own do- mestic life, and it seems to us that Americans have grave reason to donbt the bona fides of our | professions of friendship and goodwill so long as we tolerate this outrageous assault on their in ternal administration, They ¢ making a great experiment; and British ships, British seamen, and British capitalists are doing their best to | smash it and render it ridiculous in the eye the world n the old shall hu If United States politicians resume me of “twisting the lion’s tail,” ¢ ourselves to blame,” we his home from a trip to Salt Lake yesterday, when he arrived in Coke- ville. Friends prevailed upon him to remain over a day to visit with them. Deceased was about 50 years of age, members of the Masonic lodge; a Shriner. He ‘s married and has one daughter. present in Kansas City taking treat- ment in a hospital. Westward Ho! ROCK SPRINGS—It was not Ezra Meeker with his oxyteam that drove into town today, but it was a counterpart outfit of the same class and makeup that furnishes so rare a sight in this modern age. Then, too, the wagon was of more preten- Meeker’s of old. But the steers were there in the form of oxen and the driver apparently understooa his business as a bushwhacker. “We wintered in Denver last year,” said Mrs. J. C. Berrang as her husband was wending his way up the street to find place for a few hours’ rest. left Connecticut in 1920, and our His wife is at) tious style and fashion than was! Same Old Question GLENROCK.—Mayor Anson and} family, who made a high-gear trip to Los Angeles in their Hudson se- dan, have returned and when the mayor arrived he found his old friend, the parking qquestion had} bobbed up in new form and ready| to greet him. Glenrock car owners, at least the greater number of them, are not in| love with center parking. They feel that Glenrock has not yet attained such size that the traffic problem is at all serious, and if it had they feel| that center parking would not be the parking space by 50 per cent. after the ordinance was passed a few), months ago they took the new plan| good naturedly, feeling that it was) tolerable during the summer months.| But now that wet weather is likely| jto set in at any time, with conse-) |quent mud to be waded through to/ reach the cars in the center of the! return to parking at the curb. Your confidence make it safe. It is true that a fence’ would not hold some of the speed maniacs on the road, but !t would at least let them know that there was a curve ahead. f Rich Ore Samples LARAMIE—Alfred Daykin, B, ¥.| Northrup and A. J. Winters of the| Cliff Gold Mining company, operat- ing two and a half miles above! Centennial, on the Middle Fork of the Little Laramie river, are in} town today, bringing with them about a thousand pounds of gold ore taken from that mine, ana which will be sent to a smelter at |solution of it, because it reduces the| Denver for a test. While here Mr.| But} Northrup conducted a demonstra-) tion at the city hall, pulverizing a lot of the ore and washing it in a pan, the result being 1 splendid showing of gold. The ore is in veins that are thick enough, the members of the company say, to warrant the erection of a stamp mill of large size for the treatment of the free a stopping street, they are making an effort to! milling gold in the ore and bring “Wej,have the ordinance repealed and a, handsome returns. ‘The shipment to Denver will be treated to get the and our appreciation you drive in at a Continental service station you are met by a man who is trained to know your needs and how to fillthem. You find him cheerful, courteous and prompt, no matter how large or small You may have complete confidence in what- ever you buy here, for he offers but onequal- | ity—the best—end always in full measure. / The growing chain of Continental service sta- tions throughout these Rocky Mountain states is clear evidence that careful, intelligent serv- ice backed by high-grade products cannot help but gain the patronage and good will of increasing numbers of motorists. With a keen appreciation of these things this Company is constantly striving to improve its factlities for service. CONOCcO POLARINE ‘The Balanced Gasoline ‘The Perfect Motor Oil | | Marketing « GARGOYLE MOBILOILS (A Colorado Corporation) line of ucts in Catorade, Wyomion, Montes M ‘Utah, Idaho and THE CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY Use Conoco Coupon Books. They are convenient and save you time and trouble making change. Good at all Continental Service Stations and accepted by dealers generally The steady preference for Goodyear Tires in the Casper oil fields is a tribute to Goodyear quality alone. If any other tire could meet as well the hard conditions of service that Goodyear Tires master every day in this and other fields, that favor would have to be divided. But as it is, Goodyear Cord Tires are the first and final choice of all who value rugged strength, reliable freedom from trouble, and high tire mileage atlowtirecost. Their performance in the Casper oil fields but emphasizes the same good qualities that everywhere sustain their popularity. More people ride on Goodyear Tires than on any other kind. As Goodyear Service Station Dealers we sell and recommend Goodyear Tires and back Casper Buick Co. Schulte Hardware Co. KNEE-TO-KNEE One knee-to-knee, across-the« table-talk will often obviate years of costly bickeriing between a public utility and its cu stomers. Public officials having at heart the welfare of the people have caught this view. Controversy with a utility, merely to curry public or political favor, is a relic of the past. The cost to company and public— always borne: by the latter—has proven too great. This company is a staunch believ- erin the friendly, across-the-table (or counter) method of dealing with its customers in all matters. SS _| Natrona Power Co.