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

UTAH TO PLACE OIL WELL ON THE PUMP Plans For rt Drilling In Di Well on Bled Monn Miendened “Fee Time Being, Reports State : Fans to go deeper in the Black Mountain structure in Hot Springs county have been abandoned, at least temporarily, by the Utah Oil Refining company. Pumping equip- ment has been ordered and a test on the pump will be made of the oll coming from the Tensleep sand. For the past several months there has been a stand of 2,500 feet of off ir. the hole from this sand, The crude is of about 26 gravity and is black, The oll will be pumped from a depth of 3,400 feet. Market Gossip and Briefs On Operations in Oil Fields Southern States Trade Suspended. | NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The board ef governors of the New York curb ‘ket today ordered a suspension trading in the stock of the Southern States Oi! corporation, pending an investigation of the re- cent relatively violent fluctuations of the stock. Southern States Ol! has been the most active oll stock traded in on the curb market for the last two months. In the first six weeks it has doubled its market value, jump- ing from a low of 16% in the week ending November 17 to a high price of 33%, established just before the close last Monday. » Last week more than 600,000 is were traded in or nearly the total transactions of all the so-called standard oj! subsidiar- {es combined, including standard olls of Indiana, New York, Kentucky and Ohio, It fluctuated last week tween 28 and 32%, opening on Mon- day with a “spread” quotations of 32 %-32%, and then advancing to 83%. A statement issued by C. H. Row- an, vice president of the company, disclaimed any responsibility for the fluctuation of the stock and said that the action of the curb officials ‘was influenced by the inability of a brokerage house which had been handling the shares to meet its obll- gations. The company has never Raged in sock marketing operations, Mr. Rowan said, and would not per- mit the temporary lack of a trading market for the stock to influence its operation as an oil producing cor- Poration. producing wells {n Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, Kansas and Arkansas, with a total daily capacity of 12,000 barrels. Brokerage Suspended NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The brok- erage firm of Richard S. Hutchison and company was suspected from membership in the New York curb market today. The action was taken, according to an official announce- ment after the firm had stated it was unable to meet its obligations, January Resumption Crude runs will be resumed at the Mutual refinery at Glenrock some- time during January, according to Oscar H. Williams, president of the company, who visited the plant sev eral days ago. The crude stills at the refinery have been idle for sey- eral weeks due to poor markets. Completely Shut In Since last Thursday afternoon the Union C!! company’s Wellington gas well near Fort Collins has been shut in. Gas and oil spray are no longer covering the countryside. Fuel for drilling two other wells on the same structure will be obtained from this oe but it is improbable it wil' supply the test to be made of the Fort Collins structure some 10 miles distant. Paper on Paraffining A very complete report has re- cently been made and published by the Bureau of Mines on the paraf- The company, he said, owns 389fin problem in ofl wells. FA-PREMIER ON WAY TOGREECE (Continued from Page One- Yo take M. Venizelos off the ship in a small boat at a secret spot along the coast. ._ The decision of Venizelos to visit Greece has stirred political circles. The liberals naturally are grati- fied, believing Venizelos can be in- duced! to take up once more the reins of government. The repub- Megns-are perplexed, for they do not yet. enow the real purpose of his return. ‘The royalists allege that Venizelos has Jong been pining to return to Greece. and that his repeated af- fi of his determination to from -politics, as well as t Q to his patriot- ism, ‘were staged in order to faclli- tate his return. The reunion of the Greek nation is regarded as a difficult task which only ‘a politician of Venizelos’ ‘can perhaps achieve. DIRIGIALE |S BELIEVED LOST (Continued from Page One.) mastery of the air belonged to air- p'anes. Government air experts say it is doubtful that the Dixmude is still efluat, as ‘she could not navigate without power and her gasoline supply is. undoubtedly exhausted. The lack of news from the dir- igible since Friday is taken as sup- porting this view, pfor if still aloft it is beleved the commander would have found means of sending mes- sages, if the wireless were cut of action, elther by dropping them or by sending down a meszenger by parachute. SEAS SEARCHED BY NAVAL CRAFT. PARIS, Dec. 26,—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)—At 9:30 o'clock this morning the minister of marine was without information as to the whereabouts of the great French dirigijle Dixmude which for severe! days has been drifting over» Tunis ess condition with 52 men aboard. Search of land and sea by French, British and Italian naval and-mili- tary units continues, ile one hun- ered fleet footed natives scjur the Tountainous region around Medinin, Tunis, where the suip is reported to buve been sighted on night. However, it is general lieved nt the ministry that the fragmentary rumors of the sirship’s presence over the south Tunis frontier in the vicinity of Medinin, Tatahouine and Kobili were really only suppositions, and therefore, the words of the official statement, “the greatest uncertainty reigns as to the present situation of the Dixmude” “ Naval “officers. familar with the operation of dirigibles point out that such a craft as the Dixmude cannot be landed without the assistance of an expert personnel and a recelving apparatus. It must also be sheltered in a hangar—otherwise it is exposed to sudden gales of wind, which mean disaster. ‘If therefore its engines above the sea or land,” fail Passengers from death."’ PARALYSIS IS FATAL TO DAVIS (Continued From Page One) tion. He was instrumental in obtain- ing the construction of the Sahara ditch, a project from. which large tracts of land are now watered. This work alone entitles him to his niche among the pioneers of the state, for it was only through perserverance and the energy to fight opposition that the work was finally obtained| Central Pipe Line 22-185 for that section. Asa cattleman Mr. Davis weath- ered many hard winters. His appe-|pomino _ --. lation “Hard Winter,” was given to| richorn him by cowboys probably because EB. T. Williams —.-... When other settlers|irantz ._-—--. because of the|Gates _ of this fact. were “moving out” inability to maintain the business in which they had engaged because of the hardships, Mr, Davis stuck to| ance Creek Royalty — nis The funeral will be held in But. falo, Wyo., tomorrow. Metals MARKETS—METAL S NEW. YORK, Dec. 26.—Copper, quiet; electrolytic, spot and nearby, 13@13%; futures, 131% @13%. Tin, firmer; spot and nearby, 47.50; futures, 47.12@47.15. Iron, steady;-prices unchanged, Lead, steady; spot, 7.40@7.80. Zinc, quiet; East St. Louis de- livery spot and nearby, 6.27@6.40. Antimony, spot. 9.87. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Spot cot-|Cat Creek -—. ton steady; middling 37.25. Liberty Bonds NEW YORK, Dec. 98.9. Second 4%s 98.7. 99.10 fourth 4%45°98.9. ment 4s 99.3, oo The American Federation of La-|Mu'e Creek bor, on the basis of its last report,| Sunburst had lost. all over a fourth of the| Hamilton Dome membership it had enrolled in 1920. naa Yor results try a Tribune Classi fied Ad. 26.—Liberty | Tcrchlight bonds closed: 3%4s 99.10. First 44%s;|Elk Basin — Third $4%s8/Greybull — U.S. govern-| Rock Creel ween ae 106%, American Car & Foundry ---162% American International Corp 23 American Locomotive American Sugar -.----—------55% American Tobacco ~------.--150% American Woolen ---. 74 Anacon@a Copper ---...----36% Atchison. <_<... 8K Atl Gulf & W Indies ~-_---_.18% Baldwin Locomotive -. 126 Baltimore & Ohio ~------.---.58% Bethlehem Steel -.----------53l3 California Petroleum ~-~.-..----26% Canadian Pacific ~~. 145% Centra! Leather -----------..--13% Cerro de Pasco Copper ------..45% Chandler oMtors ~-----—.----.67% Chesapeake & Ohio --.-.—---70% Chicago & Northwestern ---.-48t Chicago Mil & St Paul pfd .-.22% Chicago R I & Pac ~-----_---.21% wore --- 3-527 Chile Copper Chino Copper - -...~--------—27% Consolidated, Gas .. Corn Products Cosden Oil Crucible ao Cuba Cane Sugar, pfd- ~---.----65% Erle .-~---~.--------- 31% Famous Playere-Lasky .--.. General Asphalt -. General Electric General oMtors Great Northern pi Gulf States Steel ~--..-..... Illinois Central ---101% Inspiration Copper --------—--24% International Harvester Int Mer Marine pfd -. International Paper Invinciblq Of --~_----.-------16% Kelly-Springfield Tire ~-----.-.32\% Kennecatt Copper —--—---33" Lima Locomotive -. Loulgville & Nashville ----. Mack Truck ------------------90% Maxwell Motors ~----.-----..-12%4 Marland Oil ~-----~------------38% Middle States Ol! ~..--.------. 5 Missouri, Kan & Tex (new) ---11% Missour! Pacific pfd eoeee- 28% New oYrk Central ~----------103% NY NH & Hartford ~.-----.13% Norfolk & Western ~-.--.-----102\ Northern Pacific ee tS Pacific Ol] ----~------------—-51% Pan American Petroleum B Pennsylvania ~.-.-------------.41% Peop'e’s Gas ~-~..-------------97 Producers & Rofiners ~-.--.-.34% Pure Ol] ---------------. 25 Reading - --~-----~-----------78 Republic Tron & Steel -----.50% Sears oRebuck ----------------87% S'nclair Con Oil ~-------------27 Southern Pacific -.-----——87, Southern Railway ------------37% Standard Ol] of N. J. -----—---88 Studebaker Corporation -.----107% Texas Co Tobacco Products A ~~... Transcontinental OH --—. Union Pacific -~.--.-.--------127% United Retail Stores U_ § Ind Alcohol ~-—------.--68% United. States Rubber United States Steel ----.-.--. Utah Copper -----...--~--.. Westinghouse Electric Willys Overland ---- National Tead ~.~+-----------145%4 Shattuck ~----------6% Bia ae | (By Wlson, Oraruner & Company) LOCAL OIL STOCKS Bid Big Indian ~-.---.---. -12 Bessemer . ---------- - Boston Wyoming ~.—-- Buck Creek ~.-...---- ‘Asked Burke “~---———--—-—- Blackstone Salt Creek Chappell od Columbine — Consolidated Royalty — 1.26 Cow Gulch -------—— .03 — 06 103 40 Jupiter — Kinney C 01% Mountain & Gulf -----1.38 Mowher Okla —-~.-— 100.00 125.00 1.40 New oYrk Ol 10.50 Picardy -----~-------- 03 04 Preston 0% 01% Red Bank ----—----- 6.00 8.00 Royalty & Producers -. .07% .03 Sunset wan 22085 008 Tom Bell Royalty --.. .02 Western Exploration . 3.25 3.35 Western States i 15% Wyo-Kan ~ 50 55 PY ON) - 08 10 NEW YORK CURB CLOSING Bid Asked Mountain Producers —--18.00 18.12 Glenrock Of] ---. 34.35 Salt Creek Prds ~..---.21.25 Salt Creek Cons ~~... 9.50 10.00 Mutual - -----. 12.75 12.87 Citles Service Com. ~-.141.00 143.00 21.50 Crude Market ———~—--$ .95 Lance: Creek © 2 Osage Grabs .Creeit) oes ets Salt Creek Big Muddy et RESERVE desk rogn now new year classes. ness College, for Casper Busi- Bits Stocks : Grain Buckeye Anglo 15 15% 7 "70% Continental 43% 43% Cumberland 105 107% Calena 6668 Dinojs --___________187 140 Indiana ---_-_-_____ 83. 84 ie ees aie ae Factor In Stock Ex- Nor Pipe <u 88 change Trading Ohio Oi —_________._..69% 70 Prairie Oll S26 237 Prairie Pipe -------—--103% 104 ed by favorable trade news, includ- some generalizing but failed to halt the upward trend. Sales ap- proximated 1.150.000 ‘shares. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Resump. tion of business after the Christmas holiday was attended by high prices at the opening of today's | stock market, but gains generally were confined to moderate frac- tions except in a few instances, no- tably Woolworth, which moved up 1%, American Can, Davison Chemi- menw—----85% 6515 Livestock Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—(U. 8. De- partment of Agriculture.)}—Hogs— Receipts, 38,000; mostly 10 to 150 higher to shippers, traders and small killers; big packers bidding steady to strong; run mostly out of first hands; bulk desirable strong weight butchers, §7.20@7.35; top, $7.40; 190 to 225 pound averages, mostly $7.00@7.: 150 to 175 pound bulk desirabie packing sows, 5; welght pigs, + 3 heavyweight hogs, $7.10@ dium, $7.00@7.85; light, $6.80@7.15; light light, $6.65@7.00; packing sows, smooth, $6.60@6.85; packing sows, rough, $6.40@6. slaughter pigs, $5.50@6.65. Cattle—Receipts, 16,000; uneven: largely steer run comprising short feds mostly; moderate sprinklings good to choice weighty steers; fut steers trade generally weak to 25c] 4 lower; heavy kind showing more decline in spots; compared with Monday's sharp advance; early top matured steers, $11.00; few loads, $10.75@10.80; some handy weight point eac Ol came out in the subsequent deal- ings, driving it down two points, Willys Over'and preferred sagged to a similar extent and Unton Pacific and Alliea Chemical lost a point each but the market otherwise swept resolutely with half a dozen leading soaring to new high figures year. Gains of a point or mo. dustrials and speciaities with Wool- worth climbing 3% und Nationa’ Lead, Davison Chemical, Jewell Tea preferred and Corn Products 2%. Foreign exchange rates op- ened frregularly with French francs touching a new low at 5.01 cents. New high records were establish: during the morning by a dozen Issues, including National Lea which jumped 4% points, Corn Products, Cuba Cane Sugar pre- ferred, Pacific Oil, Associate ou, Woolworth and United States Cast Iron Pipo preferred. Other stro: @10.00; plain warmed up natives to Killers, downward to $6.00; she stock scarce, strong to 25c higher on fat cows and heifers; spots more; bulls sharing advance in part; vealers, 25 to 50c higher to packers; bulk, $9.50 @10.00; strictly choice kind, $1 to packers; upward to $11.50 above to outsiders; stockers and joule in fresh receipts scarce, Chesapeake and Ohio preferred. Call 3 money opened at 4% per cent. Sheep—Receipts, 18,000; fairly ac-! Buying af pesky ete notably tive; fat lambs, steady to strong; | +), steels, Dupont Pacific Ol! and sheep and feeding lambs, around} unites states Industrial Alcohol steady; bulk fat wooled lambs, Kept prices in the main tending up- carly, $13.00@19.25; $13.50 to shitr | ward, although some of the xacn pers; best lambe, $11.50@12.35; Usht | strong features fell back abarply handy weight fat ewes, $7.25@7.50;|,,, profit taking, including Nation- choice feeding lambs, $12. al Lead, Public Utility shares wore in demand. United Railways invest- Omaha Quotations ment preferred rising 4% OMAHA, Neb. Dec, 26=(U. 8.] Tho closing was firm. Profit Department of Agriculture)—Hogs—| taking becaine more general in the re- ferred, American Hide and Leather preferred, Chandler Motors, Fisher Body and Houston Oil, Trading in the ralls was somewhat irregular and quiet, strength of Reading, St. a Paul and “Big Four” being offset by the selling of “Soo,” Union Pa- cific, Norfolk and Western and Sugar Receipts 9,000; active mostly five@ | late afternoon when oall money was 10¢ higher; bulk good and cholce 200] marked up to 5% per cent but a to 825 pound butchers 7.00@7,10; top| number of stocks continued in brisk 7.15; mixed loads and packing grades|demand. Corri products United 6.75@6.90; average cost Monday 6.38;| States Alcohol, Brooklyn-Manhattan welght 249. transit preferret; and Pure Oi] ex- Cattle—Recelpta 7,500; beef steers | tended their early gains to 2% points and yearlings mostly 10@15c lower;| or more, bulk fed offerings 7.00@9.25; top ee medium and heavy weight steers 9.75; she stock, stockers and feeders ] activ endy to strong; bulk fat 1 cows and heifers 4.00@0.60; canners|| Foreign Exchange and cutters 250@350; bulls steady; bulk bolognas 3.50@4.00; veals 250 higher; top 9.00; stockers and feed-| NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Foreign ers mostly 6.25@7.25; choice light] exchanges easy. Quotations in feeders 8.00. cents: Great Britain, demand 434%; Sheep—Receipts 15,000; lambs | cables, 424%; 60 day bills on banks, Weak to mostly 10c lower; bulk wool-| 430%, France, demand 5.00%: top 12.80; fed| cables, 5.01. Italy, demand, 4.32%; sheep and feed-| cables, 4.33. Belgium, demand trong; ewe top 8.75; early sales| 4.4815; cables, 4.49. | Germany, ing lambs 12.10. demand .000000000025; cables, Sie 000000000025. HoMand, demand Prices 37.80; cables, 37.86. Norway, de Earysienones Dec. 26.—(U. s.} mand 14.83. Sweden, demand 26.34. Department of Agriculture)—Hogs—| Denmark, demand 1 Switzer- Rece'pts 1,000; active; 15 to 25c| land, demand 17.49. _ Spain, - de- higher; top 7.26 paid for two loads| mend 12.99. Greece, demand 2.15. choice 215 pound butchers; other| Poland, demand .000018. Czecho sales 7.10 to 7.30; bulk 190 to 220| Slovakia, demand 2.92%. Jugo pound averages 7.20 to 7.25; top| Slavia, demand 1.13%. Austria, de- light weights 7.30; packing sows|™and, .0014. Rumania. demand strong at 5.50 to 6.00; pigs stendy;|-52%. Argentina, demand 32,10. plain to medium kind 5.00; few stags| Brazil, demand 9.80. Montreal, 97% 4.50. : as ae Cattle—Receipts 800; calves 150; fat self stock steady to strong; young cows 5.25; medium to fairly good grades 4.10 to 4.75; canners and cut- ters 2.00 to 2.75; bulls 2,75 to 3.75: Tetum feoders 6.78; one load good) New yoORK, Dee. 26.—Reflned ee Rao ett ety S008! wiver was unchanged at 8.50 to Sheep—Receipta 2,400; fat tambs| *#0 for Ane granulated. Hefned Hi proximate sales 3,000 tons; January Cas ne eee oe enawes 12.25 freteht | 59: March 4.10; May 4.75; July 4.82 paid; one load 91 pound weights 12.50 | °*% oil ease ceed a7 freight paid; one load. 91 pounds 11.85 flat; sheep and yearlings strong; two cars 92 pound yearlings 9.65; no feeder lambs on sale; three leads yearlings 9.50; one car wethers 7.00. Money oe | Butter and Eggs CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Butter, un- changed; creamery extras, 63%c: NEW YORE, Dec. 26.—Call money firmer; high 5%; low 3%; ruling rate 4%; closing bid 5%; offered at} 5%; last loan 544. Call loans against 60-90 days 5; 4-6 months 5@5%; prime commercial paper 44% @5. standards, 60c; extra firsts, 50@ 52tgc; firsts, 444%@47%c; seconds, 43@43%c. Potatoes Eggs, easy; receipts, 4,237 cases; firsts, 39@40c; ordinary firsts, 32@ B5e. A ei ee CHICAGO, Dec. 26,— Potatoes, stronger; reecipts, 49 U. 8. shipments, 4 te round whites, bulk, $1.20@1.40; Minnesota and North Dakota sacked_round whites, U, 8. No. 1 and partly graded, $1.00 NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Bar silver, | @1.10; fancy, sacked Red 64%; Mexican dollars, 49%. River Ohios, $1.20. [sandaraonsoce ILS HIGHER IN WHEAT RISES GOTHAM SALES} IN SHARP RALLY Increase In Crude Is Bullish Decrease In Visible Supply NEW YORK, Dec. 26—Encouras | w, Soler et. oar ee sod ing another increase in the price Socea, sco eeooemnene 40% 42 of Pennsylvania crude oll, traders An £0-K ~~ 108%g 109 |" the long side oF the market re-| ¢ BO. Nan: Shee aon |eumed thelr operations with _in- Spel 41% 41% | CTeased visor in today’s active mar- B ©. Ohio aa. 281” 28a | Ket. Acute weakness of French » beeps ne gree 1 Bly 93 | ttnes and higher money rates in. duced cal and Marland Oil, which gained a around. Heavy offerings of Middle States | jy, also! cars, upward! account of low prices, a majority of shares | farmers were refusing to make new for the! sales, 1% tol cy, ns | WHEAT— spots included Wilson Packing p ha ze Causes Upturn After Early Slump CHICAGO, Dec. 26.— Offerings ere quickly absorbed in the wheat market today, and prices scored an advance after a temporary decline. unexpected decrease in the ‘nited States visible supply total helped to strengthen values. The close was firm, % to 1c net higher, May $1.07@1.07% to $1.07% and July $1.05%. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Influenced by a huge increase of the Canadian visible supply, wheat opened with a dowwnard tendency today. The increase amounted to 10,815,000 er) bushels as compared with a week ago. ing Last year at the correspond- time, the Increase was only 1,000 bushels. After starting un- changed to %c lower, May $1.06 to $1.06% and July $1.04%, prices underwent a material setback all Subsequently, shorts were active uyers, and the market turned upgrade. With receipts here totaling 440 the corn market showed a de- cided weakness, December delivery particularly, Messages from the West, however, indicated that on The opening which varied re were registered by a wide variety of in| {fOM_ UAchanged figures to 1@1%c lower, May 72%c, was followed by & moderate general decline. Commission house demand for May rallied the market later. The oso was unsettled at a shade net lower to 1c advance, May 73% to 13%4c. Oats eased down a little in sym: pathy with corn and wheat, start- ing unchanged to Yo off, May 44%4¢ and later continuing to sag. Provisions were firm as a result of higher quotations on hogs. Open High Low Closs + wnn= 1.00% 1.02 1.00% 1.01% May ---. 1.06 1.07% 1.05% 1.07 July ~~~ 1.04% 1.05% 1.04% 1.05% cOoRN— 63 69% 6869 72% 738% 7216 78% <T3% 14% TBM TABS 41 41% 40% 4 4% 44% 44K 4K 420 AD% A41TG 42% 12.17 12.17 wo-- 12.20 9.55 ‘7 «9.67 Cash Grains and Provisions. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.04%; No. 2 hard, $1.03@ 1.05. Corn—No, 2 mixed 69@69%c; No. yellow, 50@70%c. a jet the University of California. The Oats—No. 2 white, 4314 @45e; No. 3 white, 42@43c. Rye—No. 2, 69%c. Barley—54@67c. Timothy seed—$6.50@8.00. Clover seed—$12,00@ 21.75. Lard—$12.70. Ribs—(60 pound averages), $9.75. Flour MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 26,.— Flour unchanged. Bran 25.50@27.00, Flax DULUTH, Minn., Dec. : December 2.365%; 2.36%; February 26—Close January 2.38%: May 2.37%. Slayer’s Body Exhumed and Burned, Report DAMARISCOTTA, 26.—County Attorney Weston M. Hilton said today that he would ask the state for assistance and would “go the limit” in an effort to discover who dug up John Snow's body yesterday and burned it In the cottage in Jefferson where Snow killed three women and sent a bullet into his own body on Satur- day. Referring to Snow as a “poor in- sane man,” the county attorney ex- pressed the opinion that super- stition pl: a part in yesterday's affair, He sald he had learned that some of the residents of that ses tion of the countr yheld to the be- lef that if the body of a murderer were burned, the ghosts of his vic- tims would not be uneasy. One man, he said, told him that he spent part of Monday night in the vicinity of the cottdge watching to seo if the ghosts of the three women wero walking there. Maine,” Dec. QUAKES RECORDED. BERKELEY, Calif.. Dec. 26— Slight earthquake shocks lasting from 12:01 to 12:21 a. m. today and from 1,500 to 1,600 miles distant, were recorded by the seismograph point of disturbance was either north or south. eee ene ees An early settlement fs tn prospect of the boilermakyrs’ strike in the British ship building industry. The strike has for more than seven months kept out of work some 60,- 000 men employed in allied trad 3 ese aa 2h The manufacture of cigarettes has grown to be one of Hong Kong's most important industries. At pres- ent the factories in that city a daily ouput of beween 30,000,000 and! 40,000,000 cigaretes, PAGE SEVER FOREIGN Czechoslovak Rep. $s, ctfs -.-.....~-.... Danish Municipal & A Dominion of Canada, 5s, 1963 -------.--- French Republic 74s Japanese 4a ii U. K. of G. B. and 1, 540 137 -2-. RAILWAY “AND ican Te] and Tel ev., 6s American Tel and col., tr., Anaconda Copper 7s, At. T. and San Fe, Baltimore Bethlehem Canadain Pacific deb. 4s Chleage, Mil and oe os cago, and Bt. Paul ov., 4% Chile Copper és... Goodyear Tire 8s, 1941 .. Great Northern 7s A Montana Power Ss A... Northern Pacific ret., 6s B Northwestern Boll Tel. T, 58 nw. Sinclair Con Oi col Ta 2 Union Pacific Firat 4s _ U. 8. Rubber 68 ..__. Southern I'acitic ev, 48 Utah Power and Light & Western Cnion 6% q.. Westinghouse Wilson anc Co. Wi cecsreretersteeecestiontseec 68 on neem ree eeatenennwe-newwesces ( ie Searemiate 1988 2 ee eeeeeeceecew eee ew ewe Anaconda Copper 68, 1953 ...----_----aseccencece Quincy ref., 6s .... ts a’ ty 103 107% 107% 99% 9975 99% —ennnwnnennnwnnen= LOK Il 10l% -LLANEOUS a 20% 91 108% 107% 10: 86 36 NEWS BRIEFS (MIDWEST MAN NEW YORK.—Three persons were found dead in the Long Island City apartment of John McIntyre, with gas fumes pouring from four open jets on the kitchen range. MoIntyre, his wife, and Mrs. Mary Smith, a friend, were dead. UNIONTOWN, Pa.—Taken i! suddenly after celebrating her one hundredth birthday anniversar; Mrs. Harriet Ross Reed, died. NEW YORK.—John O'Brien, head keeper of the Prospect park z00, Ir. Brooklyn, was bitten and badly in- jured by a seven foot Georgia alligator. WASHINGTON.—The Seventh Day Adventist church raised $23, 620,315 for evangelistic and institu: tional work this year, H. E. Rogers, the denomination’s secretary said in his annual report. Missionary work is being carried on by the church in 115 countries and 194 languages. NEW YORK.—Several’ hundred passengers on a subway train were forced to grope their way under- ground for several blocks between tracks, skirted by a third rail, when two cars of the long train wero do- railed near the Atlantic avenue sta tion in Brooklyn early today. No one was injured. ATLANTA. — Solicitor General John A. Boykin has agreed to allow Mrs. Margaret Weaver, under in- dictment as accessory before the fact in the slaying of William & Coburn, Ku Klux Klan attorney, to be released in bond of §1,000, it was announced. Only Two Dead In Earthquake Below Border DOUGLAS, Ariz., Dec. 26.—There were only two. casualties in the re- cent earthquake which struck the towns of Oputo, Granados and Huasabas, {n Sonora, Mexico, ac- cording to authentic news from the stricken area which reached here today. The two casualties were a woman and a child at Granados, the re- ports said. Huasabas and Granados however, are in ruins, but most of the populace was saved, it js be- lieved, by a warning tremor—just enough to be noticeable—which pre- ceded the more severe shocks al caused most of the natives to seek safety in the open spaces of the town. According to today’s reports, the first tremor was felt about 6 o'clock on the morning of December 18 and was of slight duration. This was followed by @ series of shocks, according to the information, but these came almost 24 hours later. Oputo was but slightly damaged by the shocks, according to the re- port here, but some damage was done in the towns of Huepac and Bacuachi. Bretschneider Made Official of the Midwest H. C. Bretschneider, president of the Western States Oil & Land company and the Midnorthern Ol company, has ‘been made vice president of the Midwest Refining company at Denver. This change became effective December 24. Whether or not Mr. Bretsch. neider will retain executive control of the two companies he has been president of, is as yet unknown. It is said in some quarters that N. S. Wilson of the Midwest produc- tion department, will take over the charter of the Western States | fometime next spring. N mation of this report has been made by headquarters here. COMPLIMENTED With a great vacant spot in its business district yesterday, Lavoye, Wyo., congratulated itself on the fact that the recent disastrous fire did not spread over the entire city and did not prevent the enjoyment of Christ- mas in the greater part of the town. Tongues were busy expressing thankfulness for the quick action taken by Dave Lewis, field superin- tendent of the Midwest Refining company, who mate possible the quick ¢ontrol of the fire by having the Midwest fire fighting apparatus on the job and stretching more than a mile of hose, Fraternity in Annual Session ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 26.—Several hundred delegates wero in Atlanta today Yor the opening of the twelfth biennial convention of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity tonight. Roy J. Heff- ner of Berkeley, Calif., supreme archon, will preside at the sesstons, which will continue through Satur- day. The two living founders of the fraternity, L. Harry Mixon and Simon L. Fogarty of Charleston, S. C., were among the early arrivals, paeBrnincs = “has Aosand ll $35,000 Steal Reported to Omaha Police OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 26.—Nego- table notes worth $25,000, stock valued at $10,000 and a smeil amount of cash and jewelry were stolen from a small safe in the home of Ernest Hess, fruit and vegetable peddier, during the ab- sence of the family Christmas night, he reported to police today. ———— ee SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION In the District Court, Eighth Ju- dicial District. The State of Wyoming, County cf Natrona, ss. H. E. Moen, Plaintiff vs. Mofield, Defendant. Beatie above named defendant, Ww. FB. E. Mofield, whose last known address was Mojehn Apartments, No. 108, Long Beach, California. ‘You will please take notice that the above named plaintiff has filed his petition against you in the above entitled Court, the object and prayer of which is for the re- covery of money in the amount of $200.00, together with interest and attorneys fees, as provided by the terms of your certain promis- sory note dated June 20th, 1923, and you are further notified that a writ of attachment has been is- sued and your property has been attached and will be sold to satisfy that debt found to be due. And you are further notified that unless you senswer or other- wise plead to sait petition on or before the 2nd day of February, 1924, said petition will be taken ag true, and judgment rendered accordingly. Witness my hand and the Seal id Court, this llth day of ber, 19 HAZEL CONWELL, Clerk of the District Court. EAL) (s E, PAUL BACHELLER, Attorney for Plaintiff. Pub. Dec. 12, 19, 26, 1923. Jan 2, 9, 16, 1924. —-— Surveying and Locations Geologists, Oil txperts, Oil Field Maps, Blue Prints WYOMING MAP AND BLUE PRINT CO. PF. 0. Box 325 Room 10, Daly Bidg. Wid | AS 74 | TY eea> a