Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1923, Page 4

P Awan aera ena PAGE FOUR 1 ARGW GRANTED TIME TO) REFINANCE Bond interest Payment Is Postponed by Other Roads. | | DENVER, Colo., Dec. 29—(United | Press}—A thirty day extension of! time has been given the Denver and! Rio Grande Western railroad to reach an agreement on refinancing. Extension of time was granted to- y (United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 29- jand social Washington tonight breathed easy for the first time in a week when Commissioner of Internal: Revenue Blair issued a formal denial that either police or agents of his special intelligence service were in possession of a list of 1.400 alleged customers of a local bootleg syndicate. When police officials last Satur- day announced they had taken such a list in @ raid on the headquarters of the syndicate, and that included high government officials, cabinet | By WILLIAM 4. LOSH Staff | day by the Missouri Pacific and} officers and congressmen, certain Western railways, to whom $1,129.- | quarters trembled in anticipation of 000 interest on bonds of $80,000,000} sensational revelations concerning was due Monday. | themselves or their friends. Federal Judge J. Foster Symes !s/ Commissioner Blair, after a day expected to give his ruling on pay-| of conferences with his specia) in ment of the interest on this indebt- | tenigence agents and police officiais, edness within the next few days.! tonight set these fears at rest. possibly Monday. If the pape tial “No such list was found either by Saeed oa arte ane a jagents of the special intelligence art Pacific will beowas Ions Own-| nt: 6c the Maneen et interme! cavs- ers of the road. as recently author- | nue or by city pol rho con: ized by the erstate commerce | or by the city police who coi commission. Emissaries of two heavy holders defaulted bonds of an old issue| are said to have unconditionally of-| fered to pay the interest due, thus saving the road for future delibera- Officiats ¢ } ot tions. ft road have notified parties at 1 they | are unable to mak ment due. | F ment of interest due within / the 30 days grace period given {s| the only method apparent of saying | the road from again going on the auction ble j Petition by the state of Colorado| for a re-hearing by the interstate| commerce commission was present: ed at Washington yesterday by James E. Benton, representing the state public utilities commission. In the petition it Is contended by} the state that issuance of $132,000,-| 000 in new securities would be great-| ly in excess of the values {nvolved. | e claims possession of new evidence regarding earning powers of the road not available when the former hearing was held. It holds “the new capitalization basis of said! properties (Rio Grande)" to “be dis: | Proportionate to the past and pros-| pective earning power of the ap- Plicant,” Governor Sweet, in a telegram to the interstate commerce commis- sion, stated belief carrying out the decision would ultimately result in re-wrecking the road and again putting {t through the deplorable financial straits to which it has been subject the past fow years, thus working continued injustice upon those whom the carrier serves and holders of the bonds. MUTINOUS SAILORS ON SOUTH SEA ISLAND FIND THE SIMPLE LIFE; PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. | (United Press)—Down under our continent, an the small Pitcairn Is-| land, 2,000 miles off the coast of} South America, live 137 descendants | of a few British sailors who two| centuries ago mutinied, killed their, officers, and settled on that little dot | on the world’s map. | With Polynesian wives they took! from Tahiti, the English refugees set up their own government, and there today their descendants live in| utmost simplicity, but in happiness| and contentment. Not oftener than once a year they are visited by some steamer. The latest vessel to call at the island was the schooner William Taylor, with Captain John Trainor in command,! which entered Portland harbor a few days ago, the crew revealing strange| tales of experiences on the unusual} voyage. | The islanders were in the best ot! health and spirits, Captain Trainor reported here, and not having had any communication with the outside| world for more than a year, piled him with questions about happenings in other lands, Despite the fact that the Pitcairn residents have exiled themselves from their homeland, they still ‘o things English, t ed children th Althe ng ing their | nglish lan- &h their mode of liy-| primitive, they are guage, ing is almost very well educated, the schooner’s master said. Still, they hold to their own and express no desire for ad: ditional comforts or luxuries. Their needs are simple. They raise | everything they wish to eat, and live on fish, native fruits and vegetables, all supplied by their own hands. Cloth, tools and other simple sup- plies they d from “out side | For these meager necessities they| exchange with the bargaining| schooner masters who visit them at long intervals the bountiful fruits and nuts which grow wild on the island, practically the only thing! they have to offer. | Wage Scale for | Glass Workers Ohio, ment on a wage e fot window glass workers in the United ed by manufac: | heads in co! Dec, 29.—| BC 1 tonight. 3 agreement was renewed ar The employers a pproximate 23 per | P c | CH. , Fort th, Ark..| and Morris Hill, Clarksburg, W. Va..| represented ¢ F. Van-| Cley t of the blowers unions, represented the workers {1 } Was uneventful. ducted the ratd,” said. “The only lst found was one con- taining 21 names. This list Is now in the possession of the special tn- telligence unit and the agents are investigating every pe on. me of the defendants have furnished the names of some of the Blair's statement MISSING LIQUOR LIST ONLY A MYTH, OFFICIAL CLAIMS, BUT DRYR MAY ASK INVESTIGATION closed the incident s» far as the supposed list {s concerned. A belligerent statement by sentative Newton, Minnesota, indl- cated that more would be heard of the incident when congress recon- venes. In a letter to Police Commissioner | Oyster concerning newspaper re- ports that the list had disappeared jShortly after it was made known }that “big” names were found on jit, Newton said: | “The ‘dleappearance’ of a list cf | patrons, containing the names of alleged prominent and {influential men, is a matter of grave public | importance. The papers published ‘the fact of the disappearance of | this list. They certainly must have received this information from your | office. | “If the statement was made to the press that this lst has dis- appeared the case involves some: thing more serious than the charge of bootlegging. It goes tp the in- tegrity of the law enforcement ot- ficers of the district. volving alleged prominent and in- fluential men is lost. Nobody knows anything about {t. The presump- tion is obvious. “What confidence will the people generally throughout the country have in the administration of the law in the District of Columbia if evidence of this character in a criminal case is permitted to dis appear and no one can find out supposed customers of the syndi- cat “We have been informed that there were code numbers issued to 411 persons and one of the de- fendants has testified that the lst of these persons was kept in a lit- tle black book. ‘The investigators have been unable to locate such a book."" Polico and internal revenue bureau officials tonight declared they considered Blair's statement about it?” United States District Attorney Gordon tonight declared he would push the prosecution of the case but would not make use of names | Evidence in- be Casver Sinha Tribune _ To } Ajlington National Cemetery, of lists in possession of internal revenue men unless !t were proved that individuals named were bona fide customers of the Mquor syndi- cate. Establishment of facts in this connection will be left to secret agents of the internal revenue bureau, AIR LINER HIT | BY LIGHTNING (Continued from Page One- a “mysterious big light.” others saw “two fire balloons”. There seemed. little room for doubt as to the Dixmude's fate. She had flown from Cuers Pierre- feu, in the Var, at daybreak a week ago Tuesday, had crossed the Mediterranean, skirted the Sahara desert and turned northward. The first afternoon Captain Yvon, one of the naval observers aboard, dropped overboard a postcard to his family in Paris. “AM well." The airship’s flight the next day Thursday night came the tempests that finally brought her to an untimely end. Although her officers had hoped shs could outride any storm, the Dixmude found this winter gale too much. She was lashed from her course and driven scurrying across Algiers and Tunis and out to sea, across the Gulf of Gabes. She might have survived the storms, had not a lightning belt burst her slender envelope. In- stantly aflame, she fell and sani, carrying her 50 officers and men to terrible death. HOPE REVIVED FOR SURVIORS By ALFRED DE TREZ (United Press Staff Correspondent) TUNIS, Dec. 30.—(Sunday)—Cling- ing to what appeared to be a raft or a bit of wreckage, three men who may have been survivors of the lost French dirigible Dixmude were sight- ed across storm swept, white capped waters of the Mediterranean near hebba by the crew of a sailboat vhich arrived at Sfax last night. So violent was the tempest that the sajl boat's crew was unable to &o to the ald of the men. In the belief that the latter may have been members of the crew of the ill-fated airship, tugs were sent out from Tunis today to comb the waters near where the ship wrecked men last were seen. Other fishermen who came into Tunisian ports toi of seeing lights and rockets going up from the gale- whipped waters off Chebba, north- ward of the Kerkennah islands, Hope is felt here that some mem- bers of the Dixmude's crew may yet be alive. The little sail boat which warped its way into the harbor at Sfax’Sat- urday night with the story of having seen men alive who may have come down in the crash of the giant air ner wes riding out the terrific gales of the early part of the week when her crew sighted what seemed to be a raft. At the time the sall boat was north of the Kerkennah miands, about 200 miles from the spot where the Dix- mude is belleved to have been struck by lightning and to have fallen into the sea. The wind was raging from the north, however, and might have car- ried a raft or wreckage in that direc- on for several days. @lountainous waves 1 falling between the raft and} ith the tempest howling and whip} ping the waters into foam, it was| impossible to distinguish clearly jus! what the survivors looked like. Moreover the sail boat men were} in peril | The authorities sent out the avail-| able tugs today on the slim chance that survivors of Frances greatest} tragedy of the air might yet be| located. If the men seen were from the Dixmude and had perished mean- while from exposure, it was pointed out they might have been aple to lash themselves to their raft and so remain afloat. kept rising veasel might have picked up the met and have been as yet unable to reach a port, and communicate, was held out as the searching tugs departed. CALL FOR HELP WAS BROADCASTED LONDON, Dec, 29—The ill-fated dirigible Dixmude sent an 8. O. 8. cry for help to the Royal Mail steamer Tasso as the latter pitched and wallowed in mountainous Med- iterranean seas last week, accord- Ing to a letter received here today from William Spinks, the vessel's wireless operator. Spinks, writing to his wife, told of receiving the Dixmude’s vain call while the Tasso was laboring en route from Gibraltar to Malta, The letter, mailed on Christmas day, gave an idea of the terror of the storm. “Tt hell,” Spinks wrote. “The gale was the worst I have ever ex: perienced, “The Tasso rolled and pitched so that it emptied the acid from the valve batteries over the cabin floor.” JOHNGON PLANS TO MAKE FIGHT FOR Onld VOTE Coolidge Endorsement Fails to Shake Hiram’s Hope. By EARL J. JOHNSON (United Press Staff Correspondent) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 29.—In- terest in the Ohio campaign of Hiram Johnson increased today as political circles throughout the state accepted the republican state central committee's endorsement of Prest- dent Coolidge to succeed himself as meaning that Coolidge is now as- sured of Ohio's 51 votes in the Cleve- land convention. Any candidate other than the president will find when he enters Ohio that republican leaders here are determined that the successor to the late Warren G. Harding shall have the full support of the Ohio G. 0. P. The central committee, an elective body, speaks for the republican vot- ers in the state, In addition the president has the support of the “big three” of Ohio republicanism — Attorney Genera) Daugherty, of Washington Court- house; Rud Hynikia of Cincinnat!; and Robert Wolfe, of Columbus. To this Ineup add the name of William C. Proctor, Cincinnati soap king and “angel” of General Leonard Wood in 1920 and the strong Coolidge sup- Port list looms unbeatable. I\ is in the face of this opposition that Senator Hiram Johnson of Call- fornia soon is to carry his campaign for a share of the Ohio's 51, conven- tion voters. The state committee's endorse ment of Coolidge has not shaken his determination to invade Ohio, John: sons friends here said today. Tho fight, as announced, is to be waged against machine rule. John son will tell Ohio republicans that their votes are in danger of being de- livered without their consent to ad- min'stration forces. Thur far only one republican pro- gressive, State Senator Bender, of Cleveland, has declared. himself a supporter of Johnsons ambitions. Bender will manage the Californians campaign in Cleveland, where the county republican organization al ready has endorsed Coolidge. ans Sati cist ps2 td The famous Gobelins’ textile estah- jUshment in Parts has been produc- The possibility that some fishing ing wonderful tapestries for nearly 500 years. Photo shows the worshipfnl Gerald 8. Crilly, past master of the famous traveling s‘lver trowel of the Ma- lore Roosevelt, in Young's Cemetery, Masonic order, placing the sons on the grave of Th Bay. This was the first time since King Albert Belginm visited the resting place of Roosevelt, has opened. FORTUNE SHOWERS PROSPERITY ON CASPER IN YEAR NOW ENDING (Continued on Page Four) It is quite obvious that every fam- lly in Casper wishes to own its own home and toward that end every means is being used. An indication of this universal desire for a real home place was contained in the figures of the immense amount of loans and stock of representative building and loan associations held n this city by thousands of indi uals, as given in a Tribune art'cle recently. The large financia! ability of Casper people to bulld their own homes is remarkable—just ag re- markable as the total of per- mits given out this year is a “grand total.” Residence Region Expands. To provide lots for residences at prices within the means of all wage earners and salaried men, the real estate dealers have been kept at it platting new additions to the city, and arranging for water and sew- age systems. These extensions are not being carried out in any one certain direction, but spread from the built-up sections north, south, east and west. They cover some very attractive areas and offering Lin This majestic bridge will be built_in Was! the advantages of rural pleasures with metropolitan conveniences, many prospective and actual home- owners have been drawn to them. With all of this lively expansion going on it has been necessary to provide a more adequate water sup- ply, and for this purpose a bond fs sue of $275,000 was disposed of not long ago. Of this amount $75,000 has been appropriated for sewage sys- tem improvements, $75,000 fdr in- creased reservoir capacity, and the remainder to ramifying and enlarg ing the main system of water sup- ply here. Zoning System Coming. Such phenomenal! gains in growth as have been evinced in Casper dur- ing the past several years, and more particularly during the one now ending, called for a solution of city Planning. This problem has been met, the city council having author ized a zoning <f the city under the direction of an expert from Cleve land, Ohio, who will have the as- alstance of the local force of mu- nicipa! engineers. Presenting solid blocks of resi- dences along streets that lack hard surfaces, sections have made demands for the creation of paving districts, so that now there are just six miles more of paving within the city lMmits tha: there were at the end of 19: or 20 miles in all at this time. Population Climbs. As the magnet attracts the steel, so has Casper been a city to draw population. At present it is con- servatively rated with having 28 000 inhabitants—an increase of more than 20 per cent over the showing for 1922. The: are many who estt- mate the population of Casper and its outlying districts to be not un- der 35,000 people, It has been by the careful survey of comparative figures from public utility compan- jes and the postoffice department that the total of £2,082 ‘Sas tern a> rived at. How te keep up with such swell- ing increases. is a problem that has taxed the facilities of various util. ity oorporations operating here. Re the ownera of homes in! these newly and thickly populated | arent | worth k Memorial With Cae | Masons Pay Tribute to Roosevelt ,. Oyster and Queen Elizabeth of that the gate to the grave flections of the pace that has been set and must be kept up with, are seen in the new and greatly improv- ed offices of the Western Union Telegraph company ,the plans of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company to double im- meciately the capacity of its sys- tem here, and the urgent and in- sistent demand on congress for an adequate postoffice. The rapidity with which the post- office has been outgrown and des- palringly stretched time and again in order to anywhere near accom- modate the demands upon it, illus- trates m¢re dec'sively than al’ other single examples, the tremendous ex- pansion of Casper from the stand- point of population. It has also served to relay the fact that busi- nes is on an excellent footing in this city. Bank Debits Soar. Speaking of bus'ncss, it is a good idea to refer to the total bank debits for 1923. How does $202.689000 look? That's what this yeara fig- ures are, as against a total of $165,- 004,000 for 1922. Casperites are get- ting the saving habit. are using keen judgment in investments. Business is not better—it's the best ever, and the outlook for 1924 is one of optimistic concern. The coming of the new North and South railroad, giving Salt Creek its first rail connections through the construction of a line extending from Illco, 12 miles west of here on the Northwestern, to the nation's premier oll region, marked the be- ginning of a new epoch here. The new year will see the extension of the line to Miles City, Mont., giving Casper direct north and scuth serv- lee. Railroad traffic at Casper estab- lished a new record during the year for while figures are not yet avail- able ,the tonnage handled and the freight receipts will eclipse those of former years. This in spite of the fact that raf'roads operated against the handicap of flood disasters. The loss of 31 lives in the Cole Creek wreck near Casper was the great- est tragedy over visited upon this region. Schools Overflowing. There is real home and family Ufe here. One {s likely to overlook the great numbers of happy chil- that make this a city well living in. They crowd the schools and the schools try to keep even in providing facilities. Thirty rooms have been arded ‘to the var- [foun public school buildings in Cas- |per durine the year. Not all of these |have gone into old buildings, but ithere are now several new struc: tures. A glance forward is enough to show that more expansions will soon be required, and there are few to regret plenty of schco’s for plen- ty of children. The enrollment is al ready above the 5000 aark and growing. Ono of the main factors in lending prosperity to the new year will be jthe resumption of drilling opera- |tions in the Salt Creek field on an Jextensive scale, it being estimated by the conservation committee that |600 wells must be drilled to keen |Production up to the maximum of |pipeline capacity. Tank construe- tion on which hundreds of thous: ands of Collars was expended this Cemete hington, D.C. It will connect tipe Lincoln Memorial with the TOLD FOR Fitty lttle hearts were made happy Christmas Eve when Mose Post, Harry Mills Astin, and Le Roy “Jolly Old Santa chairm visited the homes of these children and presented them with dolla and | toys for each girl and boy and also left substantial food and warm clothing, making a real Christmas \tor them. Christmas trees with bright trimmings were taken to | homes where Ittle folks were shut fn on account of illness and could | not attend the Elks’ Christmas tree. Mrs. Astin especially mentions the work of the Girl Scouts in dressing |dolis and giving them with many year, doubtless will be continued, other toys and books. Troop 6 of the and more p:pelines may be built. Girl Scouts repeated the good work indfeating that Wyoming record done by them at Thanksgiving time production of over 35,000,000 barrels and furnished a complete Christmas cf crude oil in 1923 will be eclipsed dinner to a family, also giving a Oll stocks are on the upward Christmas tree with all trimmings climb; crude oll prices are coming and appropriate gifts. back; beside the two refineries now| All the dressed dolls, food, toys, in operation there will be another Christmas trees, trimmings, cloth- making its daily runs by the middle ing, or the money to purchase same of January; everyone who wants to! were donated by big hearted men, work is working; wages ate good; women, and children of Casper who living costs aré not excessive; there are always ready to assist those who 1s all the room in the world for ex- have been overtaken by misfortune. pansion and 1924 is a year that is happiness, activity, and prosperity before it. RIGHT-OF-WAY (Continued from Page One.) { bus, Ohio, on January § Reports} reaching democratic circles here aj that Cox jntends to put himself in the ring as a league of nations can- didate. In congress the shaping of issues for the campaign will get under way when the leading- political orators of both camps get back. ean tariff, the proposed tax tions, the soldier bonus and national relations will figure largely in the discussions. The wet and dry issue is in for a thorough alring in congress also. Senator Borah, of Idaho, will de- liver an important speech on the tax issue in New York, January 5 eae the Young Men's Republican club, In this speech Borah will state his Position definitely on the proposals of Secretary Mellon and on tax re- duction generally, Ohio will be the central battle next week. Hiram Johnson, California sena- tor, will declare his principles in his first official campaign |speech in Cleveland next Wednesday. Senator Oscar Underwood, of Ala- bama, will follow Johnson into Ohio with a speech at Akron the latter part of the month. He also may address another meeting at Cleve- land on the same trip. He will state the principles upon which he will oppose William G. McAdoo for the democratic nomination. After him Senator Jim Watson, Indiana, swering the issues raised by John- son and Underwood. Watson will express the attitude of the administration. By that time he is expected to have withdrawn as a candidate himself and p'edged himself to the full support of Pres- ident Coolidge. GIAL RIOTERS ARE. QUELLED (Continued from Page One- consequences of the thing when they were merely trying to have a good me and that they were seized by a hysteria which carried them be- yond control.” Sheriff Fred Harter said he had learned from one of the rioters however, that the girls took offense at some sort of punishment inflicted upon two of their companions. Furnishings of the three cottages were wrecked during the melee. Sewing machines and phonographs Were hurled through the windows and doors were broken from ther hinges, It was the worst outbreax the institution has known since 1908, The 26 girls remaining in the gym: nasium will be held there until Mon- day as the cottages were left unfit for use and several days will be rs- quired to make repairs. Despite the inconveniences which the youthful inmates have brougnt upon themselves they appeared to- night to be taking the affair as a great lark. Strains of jazz came from the gymnasium as the school orchestra was called in for the usual Saturday night dance. Institution authorities sald they would not interfere as the girls would soon exhaust themselves danc- ing and would be easier to control. Fresh guards tonight replaced the cordon which had surrounded the Symnas!um all day, kept constantly alert by table legs, and pieces of gymnasium equipment which flew at intervals from the upper windows. ———$_e—__ CHEYENNE TO MAKE BIO FOR OIL FIRMS CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 29.—The Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce and the local Rotary, Lions and Kt- wanls clubs are to cooperate in a Movement to interest large oil con- cerns to estab!sh headquar-ers here. Cheyenne will be advancel as the ub" of the _WyomingColorado fields. ‘ golng to be better and full of more! for Casper than any which has yen \year ‘old structure, The repub-| reduc. | inter. ground for two months, beginning | will speak at Springfield, Ohio, an-! SYNAGOGUE IS POLTGSSETS. fs s00-000 Jewish synagogue, magnificent 30 completely destroyed by fire tonight. Blue, yellow, rea and green fiames, coldred by the melting of copper and other metals on the roof of the bullding, lighted the city in one of the most spectacular blazes ever witnessed here. ‘The loss is extimated at over $200 - 000. ee BANKER HELD FOR SHORTAGE OF $1,300,000 CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—(United Press.)—Kurt R. Beak, former presi- dent of K. R. Beak and company, Chicago mortgage bankers, was under arrest here tonight as an audit of the firm's. books disclosed an alleged shortage of $1,300,000. Beak, known as the:“boy wizard of La Salle strect,” will be taken before the grand jury, states attor- neys said, to explain the allegad sale of duplicate mortgages and jother fake securities Msted on the concern’s ledgers. A statement {issued by Eugene L. Garri, counsel for the firm, asserts collateral had been taken “and is not accounted for. Mortgages, he stated, have been substituted by false securities and sold. os \Oil Stock Is Sold Without Permit, \Probe Reveals Press.\—Declaring that “at the present time the Julian Petroleum corporation has no authority to seil stock in the state of California,” Stat® Corporation Commissioner Edwin M. Daugherty late today issued an exhaustive statement deal- ing with the progress of his investi- gation of the oll firm's activities. Information was recelved leading the department to believe that of- ficers of the Julian Petroleum cor- poration have sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stoc'c. “without permission of the stare corporation department contrary to law,” Daugherty charges. The promoters, headed by C. C, Julian, have attempted to prevent the true facts from becoming known by removing all records rela- | tive to stock sales and their stock certificate books outside the state of California, the statement said. pais An ts Zero Weather Will Usher In The New Year WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— The mild and snowless winter which most of the country has enjoyed will end with the coming of the new year. : | “Decitedly colder.” with snows over large section of the country ia the forecast of the weather bu- reau here for the coming week: The cold wind over the whole country as far north as the Can- adian border and south. of Florida, where freezing, temperatures will be felt by Tuesday. The cold spell will follow rains which are due on Sunday in many sections. For several days the tempera- ture will stay down. Then warm- er weather wil! bring snow over the great lakes regions, the north- ern Atlantic states and the whole Rocky Mountain region. In the sulf states and the southeast, and on the Pacific coast there will be rain or snow, the weather bureau said today. —_—__o.——_. The ancient Jews dated the begin- ning of the sacred year in March, and the civil year in September. | LOS ANGELES, Dec, 29.—(United ‘ F E 1 im I cs ee — a DECEMBER 30, 1923 HERE’S XMAS CHEER FIRST TIME Principal onuse of so much time is shoriags of one Injury to the father one family of 10 to neeg individual, Sunday schoot, that has as. bringing gladness to thes, hearts, there are as Many “God-Bless-yous.” The young boys said after com Pleting their duties. “We don't want any more Christmas. This has been the happies and the most real Christ. mas we have ever had.~ | which will be early in January, hoped that those who desire tc sive help to such persons as were assis: WYOMING NO RANKS THIRD IN HONEY OUTPUT North Dakota First and Montana Next in Production. According to statistics just re leased by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of Washington, D. Cc, Wyoming ranks third this season {n yield of honey per colony of bees North Dakota rates first, with an average production of 136 pounds per colony, while Montana took sec: ond honors with an average crop of 110 pounds. ‘Wyoming yield was 107 pounds per colony. The average yield for the entire United States this season was 39 pounds, which is about 6 pounds below the general average of many years. Wyoming and her sister states a: always near the top of the i North Dakota produces a much less total crop of honey than this state and has fewer beekeepers. This, in part, accounts for her high av- erage. Wyoming beekeepers will haye to do some figuring in order to nose them out of the lead a other year. Better. beekeeping |s the factor which will largely do the trick. Wyoming bees have gone into winter quarters this fall in good condition. The past rainy season has been ideal to start the growth of next year's crop of sweet clover, our principal honey plant. With anything like a normal season next year, the sweet clover should be the best in years, Unless the un- expected happens, Wyoming _ bee keepers can look forward to increas: ing thelr yield considerably next summer. They challenge North Dakota to “watch her ste) AAMS SOLD TO MEXICOBY'U.S (Continued from Page 1.) partment, with the knowledge and approval of the state department. It was made plain that Mexico has not asked the United States for a money loan with which to pur chase the war supplies or for * loan of the material, but has merely requested authorization for, the pur- chase from the state department. There is now no embargo on che shipment of arms and ammunition to Mexico from the United States and the request to the state ag partment and approval by this gov ernment takes on significance espe clally because the purchases are (0 be made from the war departmen’. ‘The approval of the United States of the purchase of war supplies 's taken here as a complete reaffirma- tion of Washington's confidence 1n¢ President Obregon. President Coolidge and Secretary of State Hughes are understood ‘° have been very favorably impressed by the recent ratification by th? Mexican senate of the claims con ventions between the United States and Mexico which formed the basis of American recognition to Obregon. Mexico's purchases of war su) plies have not yet been finally cov cluded, it was sald tonight, but ar¢ expected to be consummated shortly: ———— The Principle of Protection The political question of protee tion has been debated on the hystings and in the forum ‘for many years. On one form of protection there fs pretty general agreement among the informed. ‘Advertising done right affords Protection to the consumer. When you are not certain WHAT to buy select the item that has stood up for some time under the glare of publicity. When not sure WHERE to buys go to the store that is adver’ and growing. That store !s “d® livering the goods’ “ Such institutions are to found constantly in the columné of The Tribune and the develo? ment of business shows the ©o™ bination is right. Shop in The Tribune shopping: in the shops. before A