Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1924, Page 7

i i THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1924 be Casper Daily Cribune PAGE SEVEN ~ GRUDE PRODUCTION ~ TAKES SLUMP AGAIN Decline of 16.500 Barels Daily Shown in Repot of Petroleum Institute; Imports at Principa Ports Fall Off NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The daily average gross crude oil production of the United States decreased 16,500 barrels for the week ending December 29, totaling 1,927,750 barrels, is to the weekly summary of the American Petro- “eur Institute. The daily average Production east of the Rocky Moun- tains was 1.207.400 barrels, a de- crease of 10,500 barrels. California Production was 720,350 barrels, a d>- crease of 6,000 barrels. Oklahoma shows a dally average production of barrels; central Texas 175,400 bar- rels, decrease ‘barrels; north Louisiana tered decrease of 800 barrels; sas 118,250 barrels, increase of 100 barrels; Gulf Coast 83,850 barrels, decrease of 4,250 barrels; eastern 109,000 barrels, decrease of 2,500 barrels; and Wyo- ming and Montane 158,900 barrels, increase of 6,900 barrels, Daily average imports of petro- Jeum at principal ports for week ended December 29 were 245,286 barrels, compared with 271,857 bar- rels for the previous week. Dally ayerage receipta of California oil at Atlantic and Gulf coast ports Were 93,143 barrels, compared with 152,000 barrels for the previous week. * — Ohio Oil Scouts Active In the Colorado Fields It_is reporte dthat the Ohio Ot! company is seeking 4,000 acres in leases in the territory surrounding Haystack mountain, ight miles northeast of Boulder, Colo, Should the acreage be tied up it is sald the Ohio will drill two or more wells within the next six months to depths of about 4,000 feet in an effort to prove the region for oil. Others are becoming active in the same district. A company headed by former Governor Oliver H. Shoup is declared to be after leases east of Boulder. The Rainbow Oil company, composed of residents of ‘Texas, has erected a derrick on the Bolton ranch near Boulder and wil! start drilling January 7, according to recent reports. Probability of important oll de- velopments on the Stoneham dome in Weld county, north of Fort Mor- gan, is predicted by John Dugan, Stoneham merchant, controlling 6,000 acres of leases on the struc- ture. Dugan declared that the Texas Oil company has had ge ologists working in the Stoneham district for the last ten days. ‘The Texas company, according to Dugan, has asked for large acre- ages of leases before it will start drilling operations. An Ohio geol- ogist who looked over the area last summer sent word to Fort Morgan yesterday that he will be in the dis- trict next Saturday to look further Into prospects near Stoneham. A contract was signed Saturday by the Midwest Of1 company with Will Huppe, Berthoud oil driller, to sink eight shallow test wells on the oll dome six miles southwest of Loveland, it was announced Satur- day night. The Midwest company has several thousand acres of land under leases for oil drilling in the Red Rock district. The leases, it was said, were obtained months ago. The eight wells will be drilled at various places on the oil structure, rand the deepest will be 300 feet, it was announced. This will enable ‘the promoters to determine wheth- er or not the structure is worth drilling on and will locate the best spot for drilling, it was said. Work will start as soon as materials can be obtained . Market Gossip -and Briefs On Operations in Oil Fields To Be Here Seventeenth ‘The Fort Collins de‘egation which 1s to come to Casper for the. pur- Weld County Leases Leases totalling 2500 acres in the coal camps district of southwestern ‘Weld county in Colorado have been taken over by Jacob 8. Schey, prominent Longmont attorney. The lands lie in Township 1, Range 67 and Township 1, Range 68. Schey is attorney for the Rolland Oll company of Denver and Okla- homa which {s said to have cash assets of $250.000 in, Denver. An unusual feature of the leasing operation is that leases are taken from owners of odd numbered rail- road sections as well as from the even sections which are not in the Union Pacific railroad reservation with a provision of one per cent royalty to the landowner, that is to say the owner of the surface rights. The leases provide for one eighth oe 1234 per cent royalties on the even sections. In most respects it Is a “standard lease.” are for five years. Colorado Gets $28,000 The nét return on leases of 1,000 pacres of state land near the Fort Collins gas well to Colorado was $28,000. The highest price paid per acre in any one instance was $110. The state reserves 12% per cent royalty. Sterling Rallies. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—After open- ing one cent below yesterday's final quotation, demand sterling advanced % of a cent to $4.27% in today's foreign exchange market. Most of the continental exchanges moved forward in sympathy with sterling’s improvement. French francs touched a new low for all time at 4.83 cents. Wyoming Oils, NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Prices of ‘Wyoming oils at 2 p. m. today were Usted on the New -York curb as follows: Standard Oi] (Indiana), 66%; Bos- ton Wyoming, 1; Mountain Pro- ducers, 18; Mutual, 1244; Omar, Su; Salt Creek, 22. The leases DISCOVERY OF THIRD SAND IN - TEAPOT FIELD IS CONFIRMED Production from the third Wall Creek sand in Teapot dome has been fecured by the Mammoth Ot! com-/ pany in its well No. 402 on the southeast quarter of section 33-39-78 ata depth of 3,116 feet. A ray of hopeful light is thus sent up from the rather gloomy interior of the famous naval reserve north of here that was gobbled up in 1922 at an immense figure «7hen Harry Sinclair fell for Fall, then secretary of the interior department. i Aftr encountoring gas in the sec- ond Wall Creek which in Sa’t Creek ; is the great producer, the bit was pushed on down, until at 3,107 feet the top of another sand which has since been determined to be the third in the Wall Creek reries, was picked up. After going nine feet into thin sand ofl began to rise in the hole in which 6%-inch casing had been run, filling up for 2,600 fect. A swab was run and 80 bar- rels of oll were removed, thus lower- ing the level of the stand of crude. The following morning the of] had Again come up to its former mark. This crude is reported to be of 3744 degrees gravity, cr slight'y higher than that coming from Salt Creek. | edictions for Teapot on! the experiences of operators in Salt Creek with the third sand, it can- not be anid thet much fs to be ex-| pected—unless there !s more unl- formity in {ts extent through Tea- pot than there is tn Salt Creek. The E, T. Williams well No, 25-A, south- ‘west quarter section 11-; hit pro- duction in the third Wall Creek some years ago and from !t and the second sand above it there ‘s an output of close to 100 barrels a day. In this horizon in Salt Creek other operators got results as follows. The Carter Oil picked up sandy shale. The Ohio Of! company in section 33-40-79, also hit sandy shale. Three miles weet of the field the General Petroleum company in sec- , tion 7-39-79, obtained sandy shale. The Producers & Refiners in the “northwest quarter of section 6-39-78, came in dry. The deep test of the field in the southeast quarter of section 25-40-79 by the Producers & Refiners reported the third Wall Creek to be dry. The third Wall Creek is what is known as a lenticular sand, run- ning approximately 200 feet below the second Wall Creek in Sa’t Creek field. Here and there are lenses of sand with shale stretches on the same level lying between. It is much the same as a stray sand and no confidence is to be placed in it as far as Salt Creek is concerned. It may be that in Teapot it will be found solidly filling its horizon and be almost uniformly productive within certain contours. This sand is, however, thin, being about 15 feet in thickness. Flour MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 3.— Flour unchanged. Bran 25.50 27.00, Bonds :: New York Stocks NEW YORK STOCKS—LAST SALE Al‘ied Chemica! & Dye .----- 10% Can... 103% American Car & Foundry ---- 161 American International Corp. 22% == 78% American Smelting @ Refs... 59% American = 54% American T. anc T. 126 American Tobacco 148% Anierican Woolen 12% Anaconda Copper 37% Atchison ---. ee Thy Atl, Gulf and W. Indies -... 14% Baldwin Locomotive -.----- 123% Baltimore and Ohio .---—=--. 59% Bethiehem Steel ne Sd California Petroleum -------. 25% Canadian Pacific --.-------.1454% B 13% 46% Chandler Motors <.------. 64% Chesapeake and Ohio ---+-- 71% Chicago and Northwestern -- Chicago, Mil., and St. Paul pfd Chicago, R. I. and Pac. .. Chile Copper - 61% General It nnnnnnnwn---- 39% General Electric weowewewne 194 General Motors ----.-------- 14% Great Northern pfd ----.--.- Gulf States Stee] -.-----_--_ Illino‘s Central ----------.— Inspiration Copper --. International Harvester Int. Mer. Marine pfd -------. International Paper Invincible Ol -... Kelly Springfield Tire ----- Kennecott Copper -.-----.--- Limo Locomotive .-.----..-. Louisville ana Nashville Mack. Truck <----..-.. Mar’and Oil --.. Maxwell Motors ...--...... Middle States Oil --.. - Missour, Kan and Texas new Missour! Pacific pfd. -—----- , and Hartford _- Norfolk and Western -..--... Northern Pacific -..-.--...- Pacific O11 weereceee--- Pan American Petroleum B —. Pennsylvania .. People's Gas ex Republic Tron and Steel Sears Roebuek Sinclair Con Oil ~. Southern Railway _.-----..... Standard Ol of N. J. ---.--.. Studebaker Corporation --... ‘Texas Co, Toebacto Products A < Transcontinental Ol1 — Union Pacific. ..-.-—. United Retail Stores .. U. §S. Ind. Alcohol. - United States Rubber ----._ 37% United States Steel -.-..-.. 98% Utah Coppor -..-------.--. 65 Westinghouse Etectric --_.-. 60% Willys Overland ---.--..—.. 10% American Zinc, Lead & Sm... 8B Butte and Superior ---.._.. 15% Colorado Fuel and Iron 25 Montana Power -.--...... 628 Nat'cnal Lead ~~... 140 Shattuck Arizona ——. ~ 6%B Standard Of] Stocks Ang’o Buckeye. ~~~. Continental --- 16% 17% 44 1.12 69 1.42 93 Prairie Oil --. Prairie Pipe 8. O. Ky -- — 8. O. Neb ...-—~. No . Ohio -. Union Tank -. Vacuum — Ss. P. On . Torchlight . solic, Hagin wesesue on a Greybull ---.--- Rock Creek Salt Creek Big Muddy Mu'e Creek Sunburst Hamilton Dome Metals NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Copper, quiet; electrolytic, spot and nearby, 13; futures, 13@13%. Tin, steady; spot and nearby, 47.37; futures, 46.87. Iron, steady; prices unchanged. Lead, steady; spot, 7.75@8.25. Zinc, quiet; East St. Louis spot and nearby, 6.27@6.80. Antimony, spot, 9.87. oaes A IABERTY BONDS NEW YORK, Jan. 3,—Liberty bonds closed: 3%s 99.10; first 4%s 95.13; second 4%s 98.7; third 4%s 99.12; fourth 448 98.11; U. S. goy- ernment 4%s 99.13, Stocks Grain AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED Col Central -- -1 1.90 Consolidated Royalty - 1.26 1.28 Cow Gulch -... —~ 08 04 Domino --.----.. AL Be Elkhorn... 08.04 E:T. Williams --- 4? 49 Frantz .-. ---- 5.00 6.00 ee RE eT Jupiter: .-------------- 00% .01 Kinney Coasta! -..... .16 18 Lance Creek Royalty. .02 03 Mountain & Gulf .s-. 1.60. 1.65 Moaher Okla —~----—-100.00. 125.00 sew. York Ol _--.--.- bors} 11.00 ‘ weecerenn----- 05 Premne 0; 01M Red Bank .~. 8.00 Royalty & Producers . 09 Sunset -------._---_. 03 Tom Be'l Royalty --... 02 03 Western Exploration - 3.20 3.20 Western States --..--- . 20 Wyo-Kan weereneee=, 50 55 3. On: woes SOT OF NEW YORK CURB CLOSING Bid Asked Mountain Producers 17.62 17.87 Glenrock Oil 2-.-..2.-. 31 34 Salt Creek Prds ~------21.50 21.75 Salt Creek Cons ------- 9.37 9.50 Mutual ~-.--. peweenel2.25 13.37 Cities Service Com ~--.142.00 143.00 ae Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—{U. 8. Depart- ment of Agriculture.)}—Hogs—Re- celpts. 63,000; slow, mostly 10 to lic lower than Wednesday's avera; spots show more decline; big pack- ers inactive; desirable medium and heavy weight butchers, $7.30@7.40; top, $7.40; better grades, 200 to 225 pound averages, mostly $7.15@7.25; 160 to 190 pound averages, $7.00@ 7.10; packing sows, largely $6.60@ 6.75; weighty slaughter pigs, $6.25 @6.50; heavy weight hogs, $7.15@ 1.40; medium, $7.10@7.35; light, $6.85 @7.25; Nght Nght, $6.60@7.05; pack- ing sows, smooth, $6.65@6.80; pack- ing sows, rough, §$6.45@6.65; slaugh- ter pigs, $5.50@6.60. Cattle—Receipts, 17,000; moder- ately active; beef steers, yearlings and desirable beef heifers, 10 to i5< lower; spots 25¢ off; other grades | fat she stock, 15 to 25c lower; kill- ing quality medium to good; run ate in arriving; choice. yearlings, $12.25; best matured steers, early. $10.85, weight about 1,450 pouns: bulk short fed steers, $8.50@9. eanners and cutters and bulls pra tleally steady; canners, $2.75@2.85 argely; heavy bologna bulls, $5.05; few under $5.00; beef bulls, $5.50@ 6.50; veal calves, uneven; shippers buying selected handy weight kind actively upward to $14.00; packers bidding unevenly lower for light and medium description; ly sales mostly 25¢ lower; stockers and feeders, scarce; country demand very narrow. : Sheep—Receipts, 23,000; fat lambs fairly active; best kind around steady; in-between kind 15 to 25c lower; sheep and feeding lambs, slow, around steady; bulk fat lambs, $13.25@13.60; one load to city butchers, $13.80; one double good handy weight ewes, $8.00; no early sales feeding lambs. Omaha Quotations. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 3—(U. S. De- partment of Agriculture.}—Hogs— Receipts, 13,000; very little done: early \sales to shippers and yard traders 15@20c lower; packers talk- ing 15 to 25c or more lower; butik 200 to 325 pound butchers, $7.10@ 7.15; top, $7.15; mixed loads carry- ing packing grades, $7.00@7.10; few packing sows, $6.85@6.95; averaze cost yesterday, $7.23; weight, 243 Cattle—Receipts, 8,000; fed steers and yearlings slow; steady to weak to 10c lower; best long yearlings, $9.40; weighty bullocks, $8.75@9.40; some hold higher; bulk early sales steers and yearlings, $8.00@9.25; she stock dull to 15¢ lower; now bid- ding 15 to 25c lower; early sales butcher cows and heifers, $3.75@ 6.25; canners and cutters, $2.50@ 3.50; strong weight cutters upward to $3.75; vealers and bulls steady; bulk -vealers to packers, $9.50@ 10.00; outsiders paying upward to $10.50; bologna bulls, mostly $3.75@ 4.50; beef bulls, $4.50@5.00; stockers and feeders, steady; bulk, $6.00@ 7.25. Sheep—Receipts, 12,000; fairly ac- tive; fat lambs steady to 10c higher; ‘wooled lambs, mostly $12.75@13.00; top, $13.10; clipped lambs, $10.25@ 10.75; fat clipped, $11.25; sheep, ewe top, $8.00; feeding strong to 25c ‘higher; few DENVER, Colo., Jan. 3.—(U. 8. Department of Agriculture.}—Hogs —Receipts, 2,400; slow; few cacly sales 10 to 15c lower than yester- day's close; bulk still unsold; $7.25 to $7.40 paid for medium to choice 190 to 220 pound averages; few common to medium drive-ins, $6.40; packing sows, mostly $5.50, steady; few fat pigs, steady to strong, $5.50 to $6.00. Cattle—Receipts, 1,250; calves, 50; beef steers, fat sho stock, steady to strong; one load 1,075 pound steers, $8.65; medium to good cows, $4.75 to $6.00; fairly good heifers, $6.20; other classes steady; canners, $2.00; few bulls, $4.25; good vealers, $9.00 $6.00; good to $9.25; good stock’ calves, stock cows, $3.50 to. $3.75: feeder steers held above $7.50. Sheep—Receipts, 2,500; slow; of offerings still unsold; few earls sales around 19 to lic lower; top $12.65 freight paid for 87 pound weights; others $12.40 flat; no sheep or feeder lambs sold early. STOGKCLOSE — NO CHANGE IN -TSTRREGULAR) WHEAT PRICES Reduction In Crude Runs One of Few Favorable Factors In Market NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Buying of stock on favorable trade news, which Included another reduction in crude oil output and higher prices for pig iron and gasoline was counteracted in today’s stock mar- ket by a resumption of profit tak- ing in stocks purchased late last year and short selling of specula- tive issues, particularly Davison Chemical. Sales approximated 900,- 000 shares. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Confilct price movements took place ag the opening of today's stock market, gains and losses being about eventy divided in the initial transactions. United States Cast Iron Pipe ad- vanced 2% to 71%, and fractional gains were recorded by a number of the oils, coppers and north- western rails. - Davison Chemical dropped one point. Selling orders continued to In- crease as trading progressed, Davison Chemical extending its loss to four points and Baldwin drop- ping 1%. Losses of 1 to 1% points were registered by United States and Gulf States Steels, South Porto Rican adn Cuban Dominican sugars, Tobacco Products, Schulte, Consoli- dated Cigar, Chandler Motors, U. 5. Industrial Alcohol, Studebaker, Northern Pacific and Pacific Oil. American Cotton Oil preferred cert! ficates advanced 2%, American Ex- press 2, Federal Mining and Sm ing preferred 1% and Cuyame! Fruit one. Foreign exchanges opened lower, French francs estab- lishing another new record low for oll time at 4.88 cents. Resumption of heavy realizing sales by traders who had accumu- lated paper profits in the last two months of 1928 but deferred convert- ing them into cash until after the turn of the year in order to receive the benefit of a possible reduction in the 1924 income tax, encouraged considerable short selling during the morning, losses of one to two points being spread over a wide list. Prac- tically all of the speculative indus- trials were in supply oils, with the exception of Marland, yielding most generally to selling pressure. Rails were sluggish with Northern Pacific and Reading conspicuously heavy Special buying was noted in a few issues, particularly Corn Products Congoleum and Cuyamel Fruit. The return flow of funds to New York was reflected in the lower renewal rate for call money which opened at 5% per cent, Accumulation of various miscel- laneous shares and several low priced railroads, notably Southern Railway, which rose to 39%, caused most of the recognized leaders to rally slightly in the early afternoon. Consolidated Cigar preferred jumped 9% points and International Har- vester five. Material gains were also established in Fisher Bodv, Cuyamel Fruit, U. 8. Cast Iron Pipe, Otis Elevator and Sears Roe- buck. The closing was irregular. Re- newed selling of Baldwin, the Pan- American issues and Davison ‘Chemical in the late dealings were counteracted by the strength of Central Leather preferred, Colum- Carbor, Stewart Warner and piidated Gas, all up two vo points. WHITNEY TELLS OF FINANCING (Continued from Page One.) the syndicate agreement was $30 or $32 a share. Mr. Walsh pointed out market quotations of $56 a share had heen published and asked why “this handsome profit” has not been taken. “It may haye been,” said Mr. Whitney. “I haven't had a report on the syndicate, But a quotation doesn't mean we could have gotten that price for the sto The ‘Sinclair issues had in every ‘nstance been purchased for his own account as an investment,.the wit ness declared, and with the exception of small portions of the syndicate in- terest, were still held in his name. Mr. Sinclair is to be recalled to. morrow for interrogation along the same Hnes. It was indicated the ‘nquiry would be closed early nex! week with the appearance of Mr. McLean and two other - witnesses who are to testify upon Geological features of the reserve. Potatoes CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—Potatoes. | firm; demand good; receipts, 35 cars; total U. 8. shipments, 345 | cars; Wisconsin, U. 8S. No., sacked | Found $1.25@1.40; bulk, $1.35@1.5 Minnesota round whites, $1.25@1.3 Idaho macked Rusasts, $1.85@2.00. Sis cat ASI NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Call money easier; high 5 low 4%; ruling rate 5%; closing bid 4%; offered at 6; ‘ast loan 4%. Call loans against ac- ceptances 4%. Time loans stead: mixed ‘colletéral, 60:90 dats 5; 4-6 months 545%; prime commercial Paper Jk @a. ‘ | oo14. Day’s Trading Develops Only Fractional Varia- tion at Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—In the ab- sence of any special demand, wheat tended downward in price today during the first part of the board of trade session. An advance in wheat quotations at Liverpool had no e- fect here, being offsct by weakness of exchange rates to Europe. With Primary receipts continuing small, however, and severe cold weather prevailing in the domestic winter crop belt, no disposition in favor of aggressive selling was. evident. Opening prices, which varied from the same as yesterday's finish ‘o %%c lower, May $1.07% to $1.07% and July $1.06%, were followed by slight declines all around. The market later rallied some- what. It was said a little domestic wheat had been taken for export and that Buropean buying of Canadian wheat yesterday had been underestimated. The close was un- settled at %c net decline to tc advance, May $1.07% to $1.07% and July $1.06%. Corn and oats were relatively firm. The fact that receipts were ight was the chief sustaining in- fluence. No important curtailment of buying was expected to result from the Pekin explosion. After opening unchangde to %% higher, May 73% to 73 corn held near to initial quotations, Later, the market advanced. The crop movement is very small for this season of the year, and advices from the country show that little is being sold by farmers. The close was firm, 4 to %c net higher, May 15% to T5%c. Oats started unchanged to % off, May 43% to 43%, and later sagged a trifle more. Provisions were weak as a result of a decline in hog values. Open High Low Clove WHEAT: May -1.07% 1.07% 1.07% 1.07% July 1.06% 1.06% 1.05% 1.06% Sept. -1-0546 1.05% 1.05% 1.05% CORN May — 73% 73% 74% July «. 15% 71 76% Sept. ---. .76 16 76% OATS: ss May 45% 45% 45% July 43% 43 43% ceed ass eee 12.07 12.12 12.074 12.10 12,15) 12.17 12.22. 22.12 9.50 9.62 9.50 9.62 9.85 9.75 9.80 Cash Grains and Provisions. CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—Wheat—No, 2 Q. 2 hard, $1.044@ Corn—No. 2 mixed, 71@71%c; No. 2 yellow, 72%c. Oats—No. 2 white, 44% @45%c; No. 3 white, 43% @44%éc. Rye—No sales. Barley—61@68c. Timothy seed—$6.50@8.00. Clover seed—$12.00@21. Lard—$12.50, Ribs—{60 pound JOINT HEARING ON RAIL PLARS IS PROJECTED SHERIDAN, Wyo., Jan. 3.—At the je time agents of the Inter- state Commerce commission hold a hearing here January 23 on the ap- plication of the Wyoming Railroad company to extend its line now run- ning from Clearmont™ to Buffalo, Wyo., into the Billy Creek oil fieid, the agents also will hear the appli- cation of the new North and South Railroad company, whose line is now being built from Miles City, Mont., to Casper, Wyo., for a certi- ficate of public necessity and con- venience, it was learned here today at the headquarters of the railroad. The Montana and Wyoming Public Utilities commission and the Mon tana railroad board will act as the agents, it was stated. Foreign Exchange NEW york, Jan, 3.—Foreign ex- changes irregular. Quotations in cents: Great Britain, demand 429%; cables, 42914; 60 day bills on banks 427. France, demand 4.89%; cable 4.90. Italy, demand 4.28; cables, 4.28%. Belgium, demand 4.35%; cables, 4,36. Germany, demand -000000000020; cables, .000000000020. Holland, demand 37.70; cables, 37.75. Norway, demand 14.29. Sweden, de- mand 26.35; Denmark, demand 17.44. Switzerland, demand 17.21. Spain, demand 12.75; Greece, demand 2.05. Poland, demand .000018. Czeclio Slovek‘a, demand 2.90. Jugo Slavia, demand 1.13. Austria, demand Rumania, demand .54%. Ar- gentina, demand 31.87. Brazil, de- mand 9 Montreal, 97 17-32. Sugar cW YORK, Jan. ot for reflned sugar ¥ unchanged at 3.70 grenuiated Refined tutures nominal. 8—The mar. ‘as quiet and to 8.90 for fine THIRD SHRINE UNCOVERED IK EXCAVATION LUXOR, Egypt. Jan. 3—({By The Associated Press.)—When the doors of the second shrine in. Tutenk: hamun’s tomb were opened this morning, a third brilliantly colored and gilded shrine was disclosed. This shrine which was also opened by the excavators, is in- scribed with hieroglyphics and on the doors are depicted the figures of a horse-headed man and the co: headed hathor, Egyptian goddess love. DINES SHOOTING STILL UNSOLVED (Continued from Page One- viance to be there,” he said, “but I certain'y wouldn't discharge her for something for which she is not in the least <o blame. Such a thing might happen to any one.” Officials of the Sennett Studios here, with whom Miss Normand har been working under one-picture agreements, declined to say whether or not her connection with the shoot ing would have any effect on sched- uled showings of her pictures throughout the country or on pos- sible future agreements with Sen- nett, Both Miss Normand and Mise P viance related their versions of ¢ shooting yesterday, as did also Dines; while Greer erated what he told the police Tuesday wight name ly, that Dines had tnrertered with his efforts to assist Mi out of the Denver man's apartment! and wes about to hit him with 2 bottle whery ehot. Dines branded the | chauffeur's | statement ax a lie, “That fellow Mes when " he said, with my hands. “ He just turned he gun on ma and shot.” Miss Normand haf “just breezed over to my apartment” on the after- noon of New Year's day, he ex- s Normand} +t not need to hit him with a bot-} 1 me I'd crush chances for recovery were “good”. Miss Normand. who last night b- came @ patient in the same hospital, is sald to be in a highly nervous state. She wil, be operated on for appendicitis in a couple of days, her phystcians LOS ANGELES. Calif., Jan. Mabel Normand film actress, was operated on for appendicitis today and {s resting easily, according to an announcement made by her physt- clans this afternoon. CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—Will H. Hays, known as the Czar of the Silver Screen, was speeding westward bound for Hollywood today “with his chin out” as he expressed it, but with little to say regarding the shoot- ing of Courtland Dines, by Mabel Normand’s chauffeur. —— 1.607 AUTOS ARE LICENSED In the 10 days that 1924 automo- bile licenses have been issued at the Natrona county courthouse the total receipts on licenses has amounted to $17,612 and 1,607 sets of plates have been turned over to local automobile owners, These figures do not take into consideration the licenses issued to large companies like the Midwest, Ohio and Texas as their plates came direct from the secretary of state's office at Cheyenne According to the state statutes automobile owners running on 1923 Neense plates are doing so in viola tion of the law and only the courtesy of the department permits a few days of grace in which to obtain 4 o tazs. office < the court house will until further notice lock until 5 o'clock. After e there ts cloned it will be ry to obtain plates throteh ecretary of state's office at Cheyenne, SENATE STILL IN DEADLOGK plained, and Miss Purviance was there too. Miss Normand took it Into her head to put the apartment in order, he went on—‘dragged out all the mops and brooms in the place and brushed things up and po'lshed the “loors,” and then after they had al! “hed something to drink, this Greer, or Kelly, came up.” An argument over whether or not Miss Ng@mand should leave tho apartment followed, and in. the midst of it, without warning, Dines sa‘d. *he chauffeur drew a pistol and fired three shots, one bullet piercing Dines’ chest and another grazing his ear, | “I suppose I'l] kick the bucket this time” the wounded man observed sadly, although surgeons had pro-! nounced his condition far from hope-| less,” | “The girls will miss me. They} be lonesome without me, We three.) Edna, Mabel and I, were just the best pals in the world.” | He -refused to confirm, however, | the report that he and Miss Purvi- ance were engaged. | Early today surgeons at tho Good! Samaritan hospita! described Dines’ condition as ‘very satisfactory,” und said he was on the way to recovery Miss Purviance described the scene in Dines’ apartment before the ar. rval of Greer and the pistol as an informal gathering of three good friends on a New Year's afternoon during which “it would be foolish to say that there was nothing to drink.” “But there “was not a great deal to drink,” she added, “‘ahd none of us drank very much. I know that Mabel was not intoxicated, and nel- ther was I, and neither was Mr. Dines. CHANCES FOR RECOVERY Goop. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3.—Court- land S. Dines, Denver oll operator, shot New Year's night by Horace A. Greer, chauffeur for Mabel Nor- mand, film star, passed a satisfac- tory night in the Good Samaritan hospital and was resting easily this morning, according to attending physicians. They added that his AFTER HOLIDAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Con- Bress re-convened today after tho holiday recess and made another voluminous contribution to - the , archives of congressional oratory. |. With the senate stil] unable to | break its deadlock over an Inter / State commerce chairman and the house wait!: on work on its com- mittees, most of the day at both | ends of the capitol was given over to speech making. |_ Prohibition and the coal situation held the spotlight in the house, with two southern Democrats, Up- shaw of Georgia, and Blanton of Texas, renewing their demands for investigation of Uquor drinking in official Washington and with Rep. resentative Treadway, Republican, Massachusetts, asking for “relief from high anthracite prices, The senate listened to specches on many subjects, including the peren- nial topic of the league of nations, and heard an announceemnt | by Senator Lodge that he would de- liver an address Monday which probably will precipitate n fleld day of debate on Russia, REBEL FORCES HURLED BACK BY FEDERALS (By The Associated Press.) Mexico City announced rebel forces threatening Pachuca, capital of Hidalgo, northeast of Mexico City, had. been defeated, Vera Cruz, revolutionary head- quarters, said the advance on Puebla and Mexico City would be- gin today. Mexico City admitted the defent several days ago of General Car- denas, federal cavalry leader, before Guadalajara. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Wyoming Trust Company At Casper in the State of Wyoming ber 31st, 1 RESOU: Loans and Discounts ~....-.. Overdrafts, Secured and Unsecuerd U. 8. Government Bonds -. Stocks an Securities, etc. ~. Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures. Cash and Due from Banks -.--—---.-.. TOTAT, 222..--..... a LIABILITIES Capital Paid in . Surplus Fund . Undivided Profits, Less Expenses Individual Deposits Subject to Chec Certificates of Deposit, Demand Certificates of Deposit, Tim Sav ngs Deposits Due to State Ean TOTAL ~ =e State of Wyoming, County I, Leo A. Dunn, Cash er of the above named at the close of business on Decem- RCES 350,663.42 $1.305,070.03 $ 100,000.00 10,000.00 5,167.53 02 Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and be jet. Subscribed and sworn to before mi My commission expires August 28th, 1926. Corre: R. Cc, R. 8. LISON, H. B, DURHA Directors. Published January 3rd, 1924. LEO A. D > e this 3rd day of Janu J. W. LAUR, Notar