Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 13, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO. Che Casper Daily Cridune The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Building, oppe- site posteffice, ~ Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916, Business Telephones _.-_-__- Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments. By J. E. HANWAY MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Asso: e ess clusive'y entitled te the 9 use for qotsieation of ‘ul newa credited in this paper/But it ought not to be forgotten that other mo- tives were greatly over-emphasized before he courageously redressed the balance. Of course, Americans were actuated by many motives. It can be no more doubted that some of us went Boston, Masm, Suite 404 Sharon Bldg., 55 New Mont-| through the war in utter selflessness, with minds fixed firmly on service for others, than it can be questioned that others of us were impelled by the very old-fashioned instincts that for un- numbered ages have aroused men to fight for their own. But the notion that we were all ideal- i crusaders, fighting as if in a dream for the ainment of a dream world, was not trie, and the holding of that notion was not mentally and also the local news published herein. Advertising Hepresentatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg., Chis eago, I'l, 256 Fifth Ave, New York City; Globe Bidg.. gomery St., San Fran¢isco, Cal. and San. Francisco offices ana visitors are welcome. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrter Onw Year, Dally and Sunday ~—-—. One Year, Sunday Only _--~.-. fix: Months, Daily and Sunday —— = 4.50 | healthy. It had a prodigious vogue and its effects ‘Thre Months, Daily ‘and Sunday - 2.25) were not wholesome. It was no small service that Qne Month, Dally and Sunday — - -15|Ambassador Harvey performed when he swung Dit GDF: eens OF \far the other way und frankly told Englishmen One Yenr; Datly and Sunday One Year, Sunday Only —~ Six Month, Daily and Sunday ‘Three Months, Daily and Sunday Gne Month, Daily and Sunday -. All subscriptions must be pat@ in advance and the Daily Tribune will not insure dejlvery after subser! > tiom becomes one month in arrears. Protect and Defend Them Agitation for local or so-cnlled “home rule’ regulation of public utilities is but an attempt to| clear the ground for government ownership and operation which would not stop with the util- ities. Agitation for government ownership is part( tation of the socialist and and parcel of the ag communist, whose utimate object is the destruc- tion of private property in tbis country. would be served by remov- No useful purpo ing state or natio purpose would be served by reducing that reg- ulation to a minimum in contrelling abuses like- ly to develop. Directing the ecnduct of business simply throttles the life of the utility. The least interference of government in | msiness the better | for both business and government. When the potitician, meanims the government, steps in to control the utilities his only idea is to force results that ing with those who vote. Service to the people responsibility to the stockholders or owners, the future of the plant, re yl return, and other qui ons of like character iare cast aside for the immediate present. No politician, who seeks control of utilities ean lower rates unless rates ‘under private ownership are abnormally high. And that charge is nowhere made in this day. Tf rates are lowered it would be at the ex- pense of owners of public utiliti which means hundreds if not thousands of local citizens who are the stockholders. That is the way the matter stands throughout the country today. No publie utility eoneern can face the discour- agements and th s of further interference by government and survive and at the same time expand the service which is constantly demanded by most communities. The loeal control or so-called home rule is sim- ply to put all public utility questions into pol- ities. It is the assertion that a vast number of people can decide technical questions more wise- ly and justly than a technical and impartial tri- bunal, w h the utility board in this day and age must be. Foundation of National Character Writing in the Current History Magazine Arthur T. Hadley, President Emeritus of Yale University awards credit to that portion of the country west of the Alleghany mountains for de termining American character and says: “It was west of the Alleghany mountains, in the second generation of American citizens, that democracy really started in its modern sense as a system of social standards and had its normal effects on human character and conduct. Here probably for the first time in history, large com- monwealths were organized and complex busi ness was built up by a body of workers who were equal before the law and approximately equal in social opportunities. “The moral standards of these new common- wealths were partly determined by the class of settlers which they attracted and partly by the economic conditions under which they were de veloped. The west was a place for men who were by temperament venturesome and ambitious; who loved liberty and were ready to devote them selves to the upbuilding of a country where they could find it. “The economic conditions by which the settlers were surrounded tended to develop another set of qualities. First among these should be placed self-reliance. They had to learn to do all kinds of things for themselves, instead of concentrat- ing upon any one thir to govern themselves and their families, without much aid from church or school; to protect their lives and their property inst transgressors, without much aid from sheriffs or police. “Another quality which the economic condi- tions of the community developed among the set- tlers was an eagerness for immediate and tang- ible results. The desire to make money, which is strong in every nation, became overwhelmingly strong when the man who made money won ap- proval as a public benefactor and was generally rewarded with social or political leadership, ‘Out of this compound of natural and acquired traits—of love of liberty and @he country that gave it, of sporting blood, and enforced self-re- liance, of large ambition and impatience for tangible results—grew that western character which furnished the groundwork of our Ameri can character and has been more important than | constitutions or forms of government in making the American nation what it is.” Colonel Harvey's Service When George Harvey went to the court of St. James as American ambassador he was one of the most cordially hated men in America, Not hated by all Americans, but intensely, bitterly and beyond forgiveness by many. He had been on the firing line of polities in public life for many years, was outs en and unafraid in crit: Copies of the Daily ‘Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston coamtha's oars 00 OnE 3| Verification is needed, it can message of Mr. Wilson to the congress when he tasked for a declaration of a state of war, and | regulation, but a higher improve his stand-| |icism of shams and false alarms that rise in The Casper Dally Tribune issued every evening CAS chilean ry Bn pemetore accents on ye army victims ung by, his satirical pen. So George Harvey had been tried and jus country at the most important court of the world. critics. But why not look into the facts? s stressed those of self-interest and self-pro tection. Perhaps he has overdone it at times. | war. point so as to irritate our superaltruists. also in the declaration itself. The outstanding achievement of his term of office, howeved, was the refunding of the Brit- ish debt. This, of course, was not by any means his e ive work. But he figured largely in it, and to him rightfully goes some part of the credit for effecting that noteworthy settlement which has done so much to promote good feeling a and America and also to lift the fallen standard of financial morality. It is doubtful if ever before in time of peace the English speak governments and leaders of opinion have been in closer agreement than they are now. It is doubtful if ever before has there been a deeper feeling of the importance of, Jelose do-operation amongst English speaking }yeoples. And after all is said, George Harvey has lhelped cultivate this agreement and this feeling lfe has done it in his own characteristic fashion which some of his fellow countrymen dislike pro- foundly, nevertheless he has served his country well. Selling More Than Ever A leading paper in the Mississippi valley , Which is opposed to the tariff, in favor of the league of nations and an exponent of other in- |ternationalism has this to say editorially: | “The whole world knows that something must {be done to bring Europe back to sanity. We need a better market for our wheat. Great Britain capnot buy supplies from us because slack trade makes her unable to pay for things she would}, like to use.” We presume that it would be admitted that \Europe was sane in prewar days, ‘way back prior to 1914, The logical and inevitable infer- ence of this editorial is that when Europe was sane she s a better customer for our wheat than at present. Therefore to increase the sale of wheat to Europe we must get her back to a | pre-war basis. On September 17 the department of commerce issued a statement showing our exports of wheat jand wheat flour to Europe in pre-war days and during the last three years. According to the official figures, to quote from the report. “The average pre-war exports of wheat in |from the United States amounted to 57,000,000 bushels per year, and exports of flour averaged 10,678,000 barrels, equivalent to approximately ,000,000 bushels of wheat. Of these amounts Europe took, on the average, 87 per cent of the wheat exports and' 43 per cent of the flour ex- ports. “The average of wheat grain exports during the past three calendar years has been 221,000,- 000 bushels, while exports of flour averaged 17,- 227,000 barrels, equivalent to 77,500,000 bushels of wheat. Of these post-war exports Europe took 83 per cent of the wheat and 63 per cent of the flour. 2 “Tn other words, our post-war wheat grain ex- ports are 300 per cent above the pre-war and post y exports of flour 61 per cent above the pre-war average.” From these official figures given out by the department of commerce it would seem that from |the cold-blooded standpoint of having a better market for our wheat, it might be better to let Europe remain in its present condition of “in- |sanity” indefinitely. | | There is nothing more deceptive than the ar- gument that our farm exports will increase as Europe’s condition improves, for every intelli- gent person knows to the contrary. As fast as |Europe returns to sanity and to normal produc- |tion she will reduce her buying of food products |from this country, + Wheat is not the only farm product which is being exported in far greater quantities now than in pre-war days, as the following table of exports of farm products for the years 1914 and 1923 will show: Product 1914 1923 Corn - 15,626,000 bu 94,064,000 bu Rye . . 7,847,000 bu 51,411,000 bu Condensed Milk . 22,831,0001bs 159,956,000 bs BACON, © ong os sic 184,267,000 lbs 408,282,000 Ibs Hams, Shoulders 142,398,000 lbs 319,186,000 Ibs Fresh Pork 1 000 Lbs 43,501,000 Ibs Lard a 000,000 Lbs 952,641,000 Ibs The total value of our exports of meat and dairy products in 1914 was $141,474,000. The to- tal ue of our exports of these products in 1923 000, or more than twice the value lof the 1914 exports, The total value of exports of grain, flour and other breadstuffs in 1914 was, #310,280,000, The | ul value of the exports of such products in 3 bye $451,342,000 or 50 per cent more than in 1914, The statement that Great Britain cannot buy supplies because “slack trade” makes her unable to pay for things she would like to use, gets a black eye from the records of our foreign trade bureau. Great Britain in 1914, when she was in ja normal condition and pro: bought su |plies from ux in the sum of 1,000. In 1 \she bought supplies. from us in the sum of $8: 298,000 or 40 per cent more than she bought in 1914 under normal conditions when her trade was not slack, - before he crossed the ocean to represent is It would have been unusual if what he has done at the British court would appear right to his Ambassador Harvey has said certain blunt| things about American motives in the war. He in England that we were fighting a defensive That was true, even if he did press the if e found in the amongst the men of influence in both Britain|’ Che Casper Daily Cribune citizen. widow and one daughter, Mrs. Harold Gould, who resides with her husband on the Porter farm north- east of Chugwater. Death of Pioneer BASIN.—John Luman, one of the earliest lers of Big Horn county, died at the home of his grandson, Lioya Rannells, east of Hyattville, after a short fliness trom kidney trouble. Mr. Luman came to Wyoming tn 1859 and became a resident of the Big Horn Basin in the early eighties, settling above Hyattvilla, where before the live stock depres- nm he was rated as one of the largest and richest cattle men in the state. He later sold part of his holdings and stock to J. A, Kline and for the last few years has divided his residence between Call- fornia and Wyoming. Mr. Luman was prominently {dentified with many business enterprises dyring his long residence here and his generosity and fair dealing had won for him the respect and friendship RAWLINS.—An automobile acct- jdent which ceurred yeaterday morning caused the death of James H. Shockley, driver for the Cullen Commercial company, and the seri- ous injury of his wife who was with him and was driving the car, The accident occurred at what ts now known as the Hadseéll bridge about four miles east of this city, while Mr. and Mrs. Shockley were returning from Parco, after deliver. a truck load of suppliegeto the Pro- ducers & Refinerg at that place. e The Dodge ton and a half truck ‘was being driven by Mrs. Shockley on the return trip to town and when approaching the bridge and seeing another car comimg toward her, ts the supposition that she be- came excited on account of being afraid that the two cars were going te meet on the bridge she en- deavored to slacken the speed of the truck before reaching the bridge by the use of the brakes and during her excitement steered the car too far to the right causing it to hit a guard on the bridge breaking the the striking ing and going into the creek, turn- ing completely over and pinioning the occupants underneath the truck. ——__—— Honey by Carload WHEATLAND.— The Wheatland district will ship more honey this year than in any previous year since the beginning of the industry, according to local aplarists. ‘The total shipment will aggtegate not less than four carloads, compris- ing two car loads of comb honey, a car of extracted honey, and another mixed carload. The first car to leave was shipped the first of the week by Knapper & Bowen, and was made up of @.500 cases of extra fine comb honey, bought by W. C. Foster of Boulder, Colo., at $4.25 per crate. The unusually good honey flow coupled with the good prices in pros. pect make this season one of the best on record for the bee keepers, notwithstanding the ravages of foul brood, Bees are going into the win- ter in extra good shape, according to C. V. Woolsey of the Rainbow aplaries. The fall honey flow pro- viding winter stores has been good, and the swarms have made more than the usual amount of brood, which assures strong swarms next spring. Editor Loses Life JACKSON,.—The body of Warren G. Dun, editor of the Jackson Hole Courier, who was killed by a fall over cliff while hunting moun tain sheep near Granite Hot Springs last Tuesday, was found on a ledge some distance above the base of the precipice. Death probably was in- Chocolate _' is a pure, delicious and healthful food. Asan addition to school or business lunches or for between meal snacks it is vastly superior to ) most of the sweets commonly used, Se Be “eee Another Pioneer WHEATLAND.—The fast thin- ning company of pioneers and build- ers of Wyoming incurred another loss with the passing of Judge J. W. Porter of Chugwater. Judge Porter was born in 1859 in Kentucky, his childhood and young manhood being divided between that Trade-mark on state and Missouri. Forty years ago raft he came to Wyoming and settled on " Bear Creek, where he was for many ; package years in the ranching business. |} seaccom When the town of Chugwater began Made only by to build up at the beginning of the dry farming movement, Judge ¢ Porter opened a real estate office Walter Baker & 0.Ltd. - and located a large number of the Established 1780 first farmers of that district. For several years he served as justice of the peace, and was prom!- nent in all lines of affairs in the community. He had an enviable reputation as an honest and upright We can make immediate de- livery on a few Chevrolet Su- erior Light Delivery and Traurig cars at the new prices. It may be impossible to get immediate delivery on Chev- rolets later on. There will be no change in models this year. Light Delivery $625.00 Casper Touring Car $630.00 Casper Liberal Terms Wyoming Oldsmobile Co, * 454 East Yellowstone It Happened In Wyoming Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned Grape-Vined and Some of It Purleined. him are his/stantaneous. The body was brought to Jackson. Dun and Forest Ranger W. H. McKabn were hunting in the rugged Granite Springs country Tuesday. They separated about a mile from their camp. When Dun failed to return to camp, and McKahn could find no trace of him, the ranger came to Jackson and reported the ‘editor's disappearance. twenty-five searchers went to the Jocality of the hunt and spent that day, Thursday and Friday scouring the mountains. 7 Friday evening Dun's gun and camera were found at t! clit. was located on Will Replace Bridge SHERIDAN- department will replace the wagon bridge this fatt, tt was announced by C. R. Wood, acting district state highway engineer, river at Arvada whe returned from afternoon. new channel cut where the approach was. The abutment, which is of concrete, will be repaired, Mr. Wood sald, and used as a pier for another span of steel girders which will be iJ. E. NELSON CO.) Moose Bldg. 343 ence of Mrs. L. Fred Hurd of creek, who entered her house an hour spent in the yard, only find that a rattler had assum possession of her Mving room. MM: Hurd succeeded in killing tt wi the stove poker, It is assumed that the snaki chilled by the rain, had found 1 front door slightly ajar and h crawled in the house to get warn He was a young fellow with on! one rattler. Mr. and Mrs, Hurd have killq 20 rattle snakes on their rane since last spring. Feed and Livestock ‘WHEATLAND.—The tyro 125 to tile silos recently erected at thi Phifer dairy farm have been: com pletely filled with corn, making 25! tons of silage for the dairy herd. Three carloads of stock, one of sheep, cattle and hogs, respectively have been shipped recently. In th case of the car load of hogs, th price recetved was $8, or 26 cent: over the market top for Omaha tha: day. Dr. Phifer has also sold 204 feeder hogs on the Wheatland Flats, and is offering 50 cents per measy ured bushel for corn to feed the re mainder of his herd, in, Written, Road Work Suspended SHERIDAN.—E. E, Stevenson and T. J. Watkins, who have had charge of the two road-butkding crews on the forest road from Day- ton to Kane the past summer, have arrived in Sheridan, Mr. Watkins’ camp, which. was on the west side of the mountains, was struck by @ severe storm on Friday night, September 28, during the night. The wind cut several narrow swaths through the timber in the neighborhood of the camp, and in the morning {t was found that a tree had fallen across the tent Where the cook slept, but the ropes held and the tent was not crushed. ‘The crews, which were working from opposite ends of the road towards the middle, stopped about 14 miles apart, and work will! be} resumed as soon as the weather and snow permits in the spring. Mg ae Entertain Rattler ‘Wednesday base of a Saturday morning the body ledge above. ‘The state highway across Powder Scene of the washout Tuesday AKRON, children were killed and four other’ OHIO—Eight school front wheel of the truck which pro-| of the entire citizenship of the com-| The south abutment of the bridge | SHERIDAN=-To find a rattle | persons were seriously injure! ceeded about one-third way across | munity. was partially wdshed out, and aj} snake curled up on the rug in your| when a fast Pennsylvania train the bridge before ‘the ratl- Uving room, cozily basking in the heat from your Golden Oak heater, in an experience as unusual as it is unpleasant. This, however, was the hool bus. —_—_—_—————. struck For results try a Tribune Classi: exper!- A SURE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE IRRIGATED MEADOWLAND} ACRES In the Fertile Platte River Valley, With Perpet- ual Water Right, for Less Than is Being Asked for Dry Land 5 For a Few Days We are Offering You 10 Acre Tracts $50 Down and the Balance at $25 Per Month Ten miles east on the Yellowstone highway, then 14 mile north and 1% mile east and you are on the edge of MEADOWLAND, Can you afford to overlook a proposition that will put you on the road to a home and added income, when all that is required is $50.00? Don’t delay, now is the time to buy, it will give you all winter to lay your plans for the spring. If you cannot look and plan ahead you are lost. Is the man that is putting hundreds of thousands of dollars into Casper business property, looking to the future or just the present? Picture what MEADOWLAND will be when it has dairying, gardening and poultry raising developed and each tract dotted with a happy home. What will these tracts be worth then? Wyoming dry lands have a future; but they might be compared with the 18th amendment. There will have to be a lot of laws passed before you will get the necessary moisture, on most of her soil. The cry of the soil of this state is, give me water and I will reward you. MEADOW- LAND has had this appeal answered. Do you wish to profit by her grateful reward? If you live beyond walking distance, Henry, or one of his descendants, will have to bring you in and i is only a matter of a few minutes, if it’s two, four, six, eight or ten miles. Did you ever consider, that, one good dairy cow, with milk at 200-per quart, will give you an income of $1,000 per year and 400 chickens will bring you $3,000, at eggs selling for 40c per dozen. We will have a representative on the grounds every afternoon and from 11 a. m. to 6 p, m. Sundays. If you wish we will call for you with one of our cars, It’s @ pleasure to show them. _ Don’t Neglect Looking These Tracts Over. A Look Will Cost You Nothing CALL ON US FOR FULL INFORMATION Phone 1761