Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 5, 1923, Page 6

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PAGE SIX _ YANK SAILORS | AMONG HERCES OF QUAKE ZONE Fire Fighting and Re- lief Work Carned On in Japan. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—Amer!- can bluejackets proved their versa- tility In the Japanese earthquake zone by performing as fire fighters carpenters, safe crackers and relief workers in addition to their regular duties. Details of the activities of| the American navy first to arrive | in the stricken area, are contained in| @ report received by Secretary Den- | by from the representative of army | relief in Japan. Here is what the Dlue jackets did: | Cleaned up American consulate tn/ addition to rescue work among sur- vivors and established it anew. | Searched for and buried American dead, Cracked safes, securing valuables and securities for American and for- | eign firms. Furnished water for all American ships touching in Yokohama and for | Americans and army hospitals | ashore. Fought fire on one American ship. Succored two other ships broken down and repaired machfhery #80 they were able to proceed. Furnished supplies and food to embassy qnd relief organizations un- ti! arrival of army transports. American reserve officers and; volunteers were praised by Brigadier General Frank H. McCoy, director of American Red Cross relief work in Japan, for thelr efforts in con- nection with the army and navy forces, Mercury Vapor Is Used in New Steam Engine’ CHICAGO, Oct. 5.—A new steam| whose power will be nearly that of present types with the same expenditure of fuel by the use of mercury vapors instead of| water vapors, !s being developed by the General Electric company, it has become known. In the new bofler fire would be placed under mercury instead of wa nd would be heated to 675) degroes reit, a boiling point! 463 degr than that of wa- ter, apor, passed into a low press rbine, would retain heat energy lost in water vapor. The exhaust mercury woula pre- serve its heat by being passed hrough water in a steam boiler, neatl he water to Steam, which is then transmitted to a steam turbine. The steam boiler is used as a con- denser for the mercury, which is re- turned to its own boiler and reheat- ed to ARVADA BANK ARREST TODAY CENTRAL CITY, Colo., Oct. 5.— F. O. Carpenter, alleged member of bandit gang that held up the First State Bank of Arvada, Colo rado, September 24, last, and escaped with $7,000, was arrested by an | armed group of Denver police offi- cers early today in an abandoned mining shack eight miles north of here. Officers, carrying rifles and sawed-off shot guns, previously had surrounded the building. Carpenter, whose home fs in Den- ver, was asleep when the police en- | tered. Besides his bed stood a rifle | and a shotgun. He was taken to Denver. : Police recefved the information which led to the departure of the squad of officers yesterday when a man whose name was not divulged called on Chief of Police Williams and told of Carpenter's hiding place. The officers, heavily armed, left a Denver at 10 o'clock last night. Lee Masters, 22, who was arrested in Pueblo a week ago yesterday and brought to Denver by local detec- tives, Denver. and Claude Carmen, 25, of ina ned confession, ac- | Denver police, asserted | nter was the “brains” of 1 the bank NEW FOR tic Skirts Kimonos Draperies Waists Dresses Ginghams Coats Sweaters Stockings Diamond Dyes Don't wonde whether essfully > dyeing is g 4 Dye’ « dyed before. you can each package.—Advertisement. NEWS OF SALT HOME CAMP. | Visitors at Salt Creek, Midwest Home Camp the past week include B. H. Anderson, G. H. Collingwood, | Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Gibson, R. A MeNeill, and J. I. Harris, all of Cas-| per, and EB. T. Miller of Chicago, and} I. Spencer Baxter of Minneapolis. Many of these got caught at Salt Creek Thursday when all roa¢s and bridges were washed out in every} direction and were compelled to stay over until transportation could be resumed. It may be two weeks before the big bridge acroas Salt Creek just south of Home Camp can be re-built. Nothing is left cf the old one except the four concrete abutments which le on their sides many yards from where they were originally placed. A foot-bridge consisting of two ten- inch planks he!ld up by planks driv- en into the creek bed is the only means of crossing at this point now and it is about a half mile from where cars must be left on the south side of the creek, to the home camp post office. All burden ia being transportect on human backs and in this manner one may observe furni!- ture, sacks of flour and 100-pound sacks of potatoes over the bridge southward from the Midwest com- missary, and mail, newspapers, etc., The Trick Dog CREEK REGION| from Casper northward bound to Home Camp. The Casper Daily Tribune beat any other newspaper into Home Camp by geveral days when the Sun- day ection was delivered. A big gang of men virtually mobbed the news- dealer, W. H. Payne, and the sup- |Dly of papers which had been so la- boriously transferred from the truck jacross the four-inch plank at’ the Lavoye bridge by hand, and like wise across the Home Camp wash-| ‘ut, Was soon exhausted. It is late! in the afternoon before the trucks! leaving Casper early in the morning, | ch South Camp and Lavoye. The | |Lavoye bridge has been repaired and | |is now open for traffic. United States Mail Inspector Han- sen, now in Casper, has been quoted to the effect that the post office Salt Creek" wil! be change to “Mid- west.”” The new railroad terminal of the North and South railway will |Creek.” It is understood that a $5,- have its postoffice known as “Salt | Che has also heen planned but will prob- ably be Ceferred until it {s known just how much of the space south of the commissary will be required for the post office extension. In the meantime the commissary will make temporary arrangements for storage of the fall supplies of furniture and hardware which are expected to ar- rive as soon as washed out bridges and roads between here and Casper are repaired and open for traffic. They say Francis Brown, head of the Midwest commissaries, is wear- ing a broad smile theae days. Mrs. Brown had planned on leaving on the flbfated train No, 80 for her trip to Minneapolis but changed her mind and tock the afternoon train instead. Evening train No. 30 lies buried at the junction of Cole Creek and the Platte river. Somebody in Lavoye sought to get Caspet Daily Cribune verification from the telephone oper-/ succeeded in mving ator at the Home Camp exchange|his herd, although that Dave Lewis had committed su!-| lost. cide. When “Dave” was informed of| Everybody the rumor which had gained a great / khaki and circulation argund Lavoye and South Camp, he smiled his large jovial smile, and.quoted Mark Twain, “The ‘report hag been greatly exagger- ated.” LAVOYE. Visitors at Lavoye during the re- cent flood, (some by necessity) ine cluded Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Edwards Salt Creek; Carl Sorenson of Lusk; W. A. Montgomery of Casper, and the following Nebraskans, P. J. Jan- pent, St. Paul, R. L. Swanet, Cotes- field, Al and Frank Gonech!. Danne- brog, and J. J. Smedra, Bolus, N. A. Jaimson, J. M. Dougherty and Geo. L. Hanegar, all employes of the Mountain States Telephone and Tele- graph company of Casper, have headquartered at Lavoye the past week. Mr. Blessing of Ohfo South Camp, lost two of his best milk cows this week. He got busy at once with quite an audience gathered to the fun when they had to get and push. GAS PLANT. jmuch in evidence. Kansas Veterans —— A salen GLa them Shredded Wheat. | : The crisp, tasty oven-baked shreds of whole wheat with milk make Nature’s perfect ives strength to the 2 a i p Bhat or play. It’sa real fuelfood —whole wheat grain prepared in its most digestible form. Shredded Wheat is trole wiheat; Rimtopara eh with milk or cream, , with or fruits. Con solved. Just serve butter, soft cheese or Be Prepared 500 appropriation has been made for an extension of the postoffice at Home Camp, $3,800 of which will be for new fixtures, boxes, etc. This news will be pleasing to a great number of folks at Home Camp who jhave had their names on the waiting st for mail boxes for a long time. An extension to the commissary \ Have *em tomorrow morning Pancakes with that old-time Southern flavor/ AUNT JEMIMA PANCAK E FLOUR TO THE LOWER Leaves Casper S We go by way of Houston, Tex. Great Gulf of Mexico, House an Old Mexico. The Magic Valley San Diego, California, the Grapefruit grows as sweet is a growing day and every day off of our winter vegetables, markets. Ve have an ideal Summer Clim: mate, in fact the Weather Bure: valley is the most equable of an: For further information see E. ley and the opportunities that it TO IMPROVE YOU BIG EXCURSION MAGIC VALLEY be) iton, the Atlantic City of the South, where we will all spend the day in pleasure, enjoying the many sights and all go bathing in the We will spend three days in “The Magic Valley” at our Club e take a side trip across the International Bridge into ern portion of the state of Texas, being over 400 miles south of The magic Valley is the home of all sem!-tropical fruits, where acres you will see planted to bearing groves, where eve: irrigated valley; where we make from $300 to $1,000 per acre at 135 East Second Street and let us explain t DO YOU NOT OWE IT TO YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY THE RIO GRANDE unday, Oct. 14th , spending the day at Galvi is located in the extreme south- as the orange and thousands of day a harvest day in this wonderful sending them to the northern ate and an excellent Winter Cli- au shows that the climate in the y place in the United States. - B. Foster or J. L. McDonald is wonderful holds for you, JR OPPORTUNITY? 143 E. Second “IF WINTER COMES!” SOON the Wyoming wind will whistle —for warm clothing There’s rugged wear quality ina Society Brand Top Coat The materials, finish, and fit mark the man who buys his clothing on merit. NEW arrivals .in Vanity and Gordon Hats Nothing you wear is as noticeable as your hat. Nothing therefore should be chosen with as much care. Let us help you. ye Phone 474 Headwear Harmonious! Receiving Bonus The state of Kansas is paying her veterans of the World war a bonus home remedies for loco weed andof one dollar per day for the time —————————————— ee ee Ee eee Shredded, Wheat The High Grade Spread for Bread Pure Cocoanut oll — refined nut off churned in sweet sterilized milk—with necessary salt—that’s all Do You Want It? The Huber Jew- elry Selling-Out Sale has a genuine bargain awaiting you. ' A five-day notice has been served, demanding that we vacate. The remainder of this stock must be sold with lightning Ss Come early and get your pick of these selling-out bargains. PAUL HUBER The Jeweler in Your Town TRAIN SCHEDULES Chicago & Northwestern Now" { nel 2:00 p. m. iat. ™ Eastbound— No. ea nnn === 9:10. = Chicago, Burlington & Quincy bay 7 alsa Arrives Oe No. 30. 8:10 >. m Deperts 245 p. m. $26 p. m. 20am NO, 29. --20--avwnncwecennnmvemeennm-- 7:00 a. m. NO. 81 nnnnnnnewnnnncennsncecnceen--10,25 D. Mm:

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