Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 16, 1924, Page 18

Lb my BUSINESS STEADY IN SOUTHWEST REGION Promising Developments for Section Bordering On Pacific Forecast by Babson; Trade * Total Growing at Fast Clip. BABSON PARK, Florida, March| what less favorable; and Ariz6na 5.—"Gene: ‘west fs running 7 the volume of a ing to the seventh W. Babsc report on current busi-| a little anxious as to what may hap- ness conditions. The states compris-| pen in Southern California when ing this section average about even-| the oil gives out and the influx of ly with the cour cording to the Stat ings. “California {s lead! of Southwestern states with a gain | should not overlook the great latent of 8 per cent over Jast year,” says|and undeveloped water power and 1 business in the South- Mexico show relatively ure increase. All of these states, with the possible exception year ago,” accord-| of California, have weathered the 2 section of Roger| worst of their readjustments. I am per cent ahead of ry as a whéle ac-| new capital from eastern settlers ticlan’s find-| begins to decline.” “When considering the various op- the group] portunities of these states, ons Mr. Babson. “Arizona comes next| irrigation possibilities. Not only with a gain of 2 per cent; Mexico follows with a gain of 1 per| amongst such powers; but in their cent. In checking up Utah we find) localities living should ultimately @ loss of 2 per cent; Colorado a loss| be easiest and perhaps most econo- of 4 per cent; and Nevada a loss of| mica. ft 1s estimated that a large 11 per cent, ese states differ from | proportion of the water power re- most of ¢ other Western and| sources of the country are in the Southern states at a large por-| southwest. It ts quite possible that tion of their power| the Pacific Coast states may lead fomes from their miner Vast | world in the development and : od 1 and Utah; Colora eo are rich in coal deposits: while | equipment, apparatus, and supplies. gold, silver and found in practically all of these] ready completed their arrangements states. e raising of been a feature of one may be somewhat surprised to| In conclusion Mr. Babson made find t only from 5 to 10 per cent| this interesting prophesy regarding of thelr income ts derived from this| the Pacific Coast: source. Arizona leads the group in| “Little do the people of America live stock pr duction. Where for-| realize how rapidly the center of New|does manufacturing grow up been | uppli fon of hydro-electric power. round in Southern] With the tremendous output now amounts of copper | available or in prospect, this should r Arizona, Nev be one of the most {mportant ter- do and New Mexi-| ritories for the sale of electrical other_metals are} Manufacturers who have fot al- for distribution on the Pacific Coast, ltvestock has also! should give the matter careful con- these states, altho | sideration. mally cattle were a great source of| business activity is moving west- income, sheep are now found to be| ward. With the Atlantic Ocean, the more fitable in most sections. In-| great present day artery of com- cfaent the price of cotton in-| merce, and with New York our creases the deman and shouldbe noted that hay 1s more of | ers of the world's trade and San a ‘supply’ crop than a ‘cash’ crop.| Francisco will exceed New York in In California, of course, fruit leads,| wealth ani population. and in Arizona hi tural income is derived from high| city in size in the United States grade cotton. “Examining the tres we find in Californt: and Utah showing relative increase in failure: year ago; while y !s the principal crop of each| coming tomorrow. It, however, will states with the exception of | be only a question of time when the nd for wool shou greatest seaport, we are apt to for- get the great changes which are Arizona altho {t] Pacific Ocean will carry three quart- Los Angeles alf of the agricul-| will probably be the second or third and the entire Pacific Coast is des barometer of fall-| tined to see great growth.” Nevada General business as reflected on smail| the Babsonchart continues its side- "3 compared with a| wise movement at 2 per cent below Colorado is some-! normal. Explorers of Government Geological Survey Brave Privation in Oil Search A telegram received several days] snow melts until the summer thaw, &@go at the department of tho in- terior from Dr. head of the geological survey party however, Dr. Smith expects to Philip 8. Bmith,! ona enough for sledding. Most that is exploring naval petroleum | People gain their conception of reserve No. 4 in announced that he and his party of| known photographs of Arctic ex- @ dozen or more men and 140/peditions crossing the ice pack, dogs, t ‘hop-off" from th five months be own resources and beyond com-| supplies and four canoes to be munication, Naval petroleum reserve No. 4in-| Nenana, on the Alaska railroad, eludes a great area of some 35,000| across the Arctic mountains into Square miles in t! western part of North America, in| ™ighty river that flows northward one of the most of Alaska, Last year the geological |'s expected, will be made in leas survey explored it found enough evt: ence of oll sto 4 survey. The inla: servo can be re: winter journey, and ‘this expedition | Petroleum reserve. On reaching the Ww is a R. K. Lynt and All three of these men were select-|0f the explorers’ work. Their ed because of thelr proved ability to | frelght will be dragged by 90 dogs. endure hardships an unknown regi the rigors of.an Arctic winter. of dog food ts not the least of their The region to north of the Arctic mountain sys-| the freight team, 60 more will be tem, a series of stretch athwart South of these ranges lle the drain- dogs and sleds will take the back ge basins of the great Yukon and|trail to their starting point, and Kuskokwim rivers, where vegeta-|With them will go all the men but tion is abundant able and pasture nm and will for the nextj Arctic region is relatively smooth. Alaskan explorer. The des another geologist, Dr. J. B. Mertie, and two engineers,| This long journey to the field of northern Alaska,|polar exploration from the well nave made thelr he last outpost of h its irregular hummocky sur- uce, but most of the land in the entirely on their| Dr. Smith starts with five tons of transported some 400 miles from he extreme north-|the upper waters of the Colville, a inaccessible parts|t? the Polar sea. This journey, it s coastal part and | than two months, and the party will dence of the pres-| Probably reach Colville river in justify its further|April. They will then haye about nd part of the re-|two months more of good sledding ached only by a|t0 explore the south end of the pay rintic fleld of work the party will be sub- “ divided into two, in order to cover as much ground as possible in the time available. geologist and an Gerald Fitzgerald. | operations 1s the most difficult part met in traversing |A8 each dog eats two pounds of ion and toscombat | dried salmon a day, the supplying be explored tes | ‘#88: In addition to the dogs of high ranges that | US¢d for the technical party. northern Alaska. Before the June thaw comes the the eig ten who for; parties. Wh m the two n the rivers and there are ti nt lands, £0 that the | exploratio: country is ured of settlement by | parties will launch their white men, ‘The winters Jcanoes and trace but not so severe as to f | r tation, and the growing | 70 to 100 days permits m: c crops to ripen. The country north of th P Gafinthe mountains is the on tion about the presence or part of the, United States, compris-| absence of atoll fede. in. this ing less thin 20 yp Of the| distant region. AM :tie Getallacée total’ aren’ of Alaska. In polar | equipment and personnel have been ‘Alaska there are in the year without k less than 40 days nned with reat care by mem- rs of the geological survey who all timber is absent, and have had long years of experience tation as can grow is stunted in Alask The provisions haye sheltered place back from the coast | been carefully chosen, but experi: the traveler will find low willows, | ence has shown that the most suit but in much of the region not even food is that used by Alaskans these are ayailable for fuel. Unless | themselves in their arduous jour the explorers find coal or residue|neys. Practically all of the pro- from petroleum seepages, their | vistons and much of the oauluany cooking must be done with kerosene which must form heavy equipment slorers who c having less. than paue! precipitation. ross tho Arc n a part of their | th just as it d ae of the Peters- » built in Canada cations 1 ell be des rit is semt 10 inches of « ‘As none of the gome ) petrojeum. Of other resources, Boston Wyoming --- .01% .01% ]Only° one other mounta{n state | states wroup-—end Arizona adver- Central Pipe Line 1. 2.156 2.25 Domino — Kinney Cpastal -. Miko Mane eens + | feet. Iron And Steel women's garments and shoes, is re- ers exhausts vitality Red Bank -. > New York Stocks |MOUNTAIN REGION IS Ks TONIS (puree Hundred and Fifty Anes On ee FORGING TO FRONT Million to Be Spent For American Lemme 13% |Leads Entire County in Valuation Gains for ae oe ae Radio in the Present Year Ameri ‘Woolen To those who believe that radio| tries. Available figures on sporting | 5a/t Creek Anaconda. Comper : Group of Eight States. ts still a adopted only by a| goods, cameras, etc., show a value | Bis Muddy Atchison —__.. small minority of the public who]of about $185,000,000 annually. | Mule Creek ---—----_--_-___ 1.10 Ath, Gulf and ss are experimentally inclined, the fol-| Sales of radio equipment are run-| Sunburst --. Balawis- LAdapeknty 2% By ARNOLD B. LARSOD was Idaho in which the per capita | towing statement by Roger W. Bab-|ning nearly twice as large as all | Hamilton Dome Baltimore and Ohio . SUN so thinly peruse y 1s so/8verage actually dropped in the 10] son, statistician and business au-| kinds of sporting goods. Ferris - ---------------------- Bethlehem Stee! little exploited as to be, were eo Rantala 1912 eects thority, will prove interesting: “The value of radio business is Rett 2 een een ne -e--------- ‘a 2 tively speaking, even at this resi in - he exception of oo nearly twice as great as that of the ie ees Calitocrte geetroleum ;—————" 24%] one nataaitan: -aseat sass iene | Sy oct RAL tibie” aebtaa ot aia wy Dina Seabhe CER shal tenes | OnsGat Aid Puig Dustncea. For every | SOCe (utte Goritral-beeaiae! desert,” the Rocky Mountain region | Soup increased from 100 to 450 per | in oortant, from a business stand-| dollar spent on furniture 33 cents} Lander —--—-—_--__-_ comprising eight states led at the|Cent in per capita assessable prop- is spent on radio. For every dollar SSS eee ee end s.c8, Aha: ackdn aetET alijerty wealth. This does not mean|Po!nt, the radio industry has be- spent for boots and shoes 25 cents mathe: Wrocatng: 49 a Boor state, “far SNe Pane Decgain mai atry 8) itor kedic: Ser Weary Sank A Chesapeake and Ohio 28 Mb: | Caer SSD GEe ae States ars ico 4 not, but it does show that much | COMParatively new is not a reason | Spon for atest instruments ot || Standard Oil Stocks Chicago and Northwestern —- 508 | {7 Jn Percentage of incr oae ot ce development "is, ill se. | for assuming that it 1s unimpor- all Kinds, including phonographs, - Chicago, Mil, & St. Paul/ptd. Sct, to -ghneeal: property tae quired. Nee lee eee Eae Sante ce rth | DIED, * Oriental, ate.. 78 Gente ie ; Chicago, R. I. and Pao, —. 2 For that 10-year period the aver-| Tax lovies have leaped in Wyo-| Dut i has grown so rapidly in the | Toi) oyadio, The value of radio | ARO --————-----———--- 17-17% Chile’ Copper 2 --- age increase for the entire. United|™ng in the 10-year period. It is | }@8t two or three years | business amounts to nearly three-{ PUckeye -—------------ 70% Cones Sees States was only 79 per cent. For|tTue that opening empires require | Pores very favorably with many of | ine of the jewelry business as | continental i. 48 Povo ncaa ene ae the mountain states it was 191 per|® sreater volume of public funds |‘P® !mportant long-established In-} OCT Oy Ot ee eee tocks, watehes | cumberland a Cosden O11 - ees cent. Second came the west north} With which to construct public im- | @stries. and novelties. ne Crucible “Stoel -—t--<s--——-—— central states with a showing of |Provements. — Still, while the in-| “On the basis of figures for the) "'.1 ‘nove given you these illustra. | Euno's Cuba Cane Sugar pfd. —-. 132 per cent. At the bottom of the|¢rease in Wyoming was 220 per|ear 1923 it 1s probable that the) sot order that I might empha. | {diana Famous Players Lasky nine groups of commonwealths was| ent, the increase for Arizona, or | American people will spend approx!-| .12. the growing importance of General <Aaphalt the Pacific unit of Washington,|tho most raipdly developed state of | mately $350,000.000 for radio equip-| "14 from a business. standpoint. General Electric Oregon and California with only 31/the group, was only 32 per cent| ment during the present year. Ali: is not necessary for me to tell pentoent tidaae, higher. Arizona added to tts asveas- | conservative estimate of the busi-| 1 /* pot necessary for me to tell a able property wealth 320 per cent | mess in vacuum tubes alone is about educational and social standpoint. Gulf States Steel _..-_... i Wyoming stood sixth among the 1 more than Wyoming did in the | $50,000,000. At least five times as| Too io peason why the radio in- Unots Central _. eight states of its group. Its in-|eamo decade, and yet there waa in| Much, or $260,000,000, will be spent dustry should not continue to ex- Inspiration Copper - preaee bas punasoed, Bachar of Prop- | 1922 but $2 per person difference in| for radio sets and parts. The sales pand. ‘There has been a decided . M. Mari ta ; [erty subject to general property |). between the two stat of batteries, both dry cell and stor- - nt. Mer. Marine pfd. taxes was 181 per cent.” Leading |" etween the two states. rites likely | 8PFovement in the character of International Paper Mil chs “Dat wad vAvieceae witht 423 per As previously shown, taxes in| age batteries; w Wend es nef the broadcast programs, and we Invincible Of _ ISG] Sone agontina wen label rest of | Wyoming are not above the aver-} Amount to over $45,000,000. iscel- | nay doubtless look forward to still Kelly Springfield Tire — 17 hai diahts havities:t eh aa.|28° for the eight states, of the | laneous equipment such as battery | oer improvement in this direc- Kennecott Copper pai scarp hors dar Pn dof mountain group; in fact, they are | chargers, loud speakers and. spe-| £r** Louisville and Nashville — a be ightly ‘lower than the averago per | Clalties may easily account Yor! “wig sum the matter up, radio. has ough the fi e and Marland Of assessed valuation and on a_per | ja passed throug! fad stag Mack ‘Truck .. , | Under the same classification of person fom the entire group. There | $50,000,000 more. om " - » however, something obviously Figures of Comparison. has become a utility. It has rightly Maxwell Motors capita basis, Wyoming ranked | lacking in the advancement of] «Tt is interesting to see how the | achieved its proper permanent status Middle States On gj | third. having in 1922 taxable prop-| wyoming when its showing is com- radip industry compares in dollars|among the important industries of ‘ew York Central - erty Averaging 91,781.92 er person. | pared with the showings of the ma-|/ind cents with other large indus-!the country Northern Pacific —. Arizona again took first place In| jority of the states in the same Panitnroit this connection, and Nevada came | region. Pan American Petroleum B. i second. Wyoming has not been holding Its > Passing to the classification of | place because it has been practically ’ ¥ total levies of general property}dormant. It has not succeeded with Great Northern pfd. ..-.. Republic Iron and Steel taxes, Wyoming was second with|all of its immensity of potential — Bears. Roethicls , [un increase for the 1912-1922 decade | wealth. in becoming sufficiently Sinclair Con Ol! of 220 per cent. Arizona still held| magnetic to attract a concentration "iu Bootharn UPenitie first place, showing an increase in| of capital on the development of its Sonthern’ “Fealiway’ this particular of 252 per cent. vast and varied natural resources. Standard Oil of N. J. —— The average tax levy per Berson | To escape such a predicament ‘ U “sy agar 4 Studebaker 3, [in Wyoming in 1922 was .68.| Wyoming must consider itse! Aft iy feature attraction having close tudebeker Corporation hore were four states out of the |sreat’ business corporation having | Definite Upward Trend Develops After Uncer-} , 4,‘ attraction naving cose Tot oe 7 | eight showing lower figures, Nevada | products for which the nation and ° e directly interests the majority of Dransonainencanrce, pped them all with $65.47. and|the world has need. In order to tainty of Last Month; Oils Respond to Caspar ‘diiteesens te spaacaee eee Union Pacitie ew Mexico was the least burdened |center upon itself the attention. of : % 3 “Story, ‘Gf Patrol a ctocseael o z | with $23.89. those financially able to uncover Increase in Crude Prices. picture to be shown at the America In 1922 the average rate per $100/and utilize its wealth, Wyoming theater at 12:15 o'clock this noon United States Steel of assessed valuation in Wyoming | must advertise. under the auspices of the Wyoming Utah Copper was $2.28. Only one. other atate in| In the past sporadic attempts} ww YORK, March’ 15.—Stockying the tide definitely in favor of| Petroleum club and through the Westinghouse Electric the graup had a lower rate and that | have been made by numerous amall| prices maintained an upward trend| the French government in its battle| courtesy of George R. ‘Stewart, Willys Overland wan” Arisona/, wittt $8.08. towns in Wyoming to direct the | auring the week on the exchange| with European speculators. manager of the theater. or By way of recapitulation, andjeyes of the country toward them-| here after being restricted to nar-| Southern Railway common was] Every’ phase of the off industry, Colorado Fuel and Iron under the head of assessed valua-|selves. as individual communities. | row trading areas for the last] outstanding in ite class in the week's| from prospecting to final distribu. National. Leesa Pus %; | lon of property subject to general | There has been little gained and | month and fluctuating with an un-| trading, advancing to a new record| tion of the refined product, is care- Staats property taxes, Wyoming increased | there has been a great deal of| certainty that mado professional | high of 55 on announcement that the] fully and accurately portrayed in lis wealth from $180,761,000 in 1912] money lost by these small squeaks | tragers skeptical of future develop-| issue had been placed ana dividend| the film to be shown today. It is ments. Approach of the date for] basis at a $5 annual rate. Tho div-] picture that has been prepared’ to $366,412,000 in 1922, The per-| for publicity. It is time that a gen- OIL SECURITIES centage, however, shows that this/eral unification of Wyoming towns | income tax payments was a stabliz-|idend 1s the first since the réorgan-|under the expert direction of the state did not come up to average /and cities and counties was effect-| ing factor but volume of business| ization of the company in 1894.| iureau of Mines from whom it was By Wilson Cranmer & Co. of 191 per cent for the elght states, |ed, toward the end that a concen-' continued to suffer under “the at-| Numerous other railroad issues im-| obtained by the club. ‘There will since it could show but 103 per cent. | trated effort be made to properly | titude of professionals who failed to panied, in sympathy while several} be no extra charge for the showing Wyoming's assessable property | advertise the state and its resources extend their commitments. No de- ved upward on reports of pending}of the film. Regular admission Ask | cives per capita figures for 1912/to the nation. Only in this way finite trend was manifested in the bsesd bar developments in dividend | charge will cover the entire program Bersemer 25 Jor $1,106.69, while in 1922 this same|}will an appreciable advance be| haa market, Aésiatations offered by the America theater. Big Indian 09 wealth per person avas $1,781.92.| made. Arizona heads the mountain Fluctustion of. the French ‘franc Heavy ldquidation of American oo offer th atest inducement to] Sugar Refining took place in anti- Buck Creek 22° 23 |made a poorer showing and that tises. panne wigateat. ‘tte trans | cipetion Geta poor report sec o198S PINE nie PM Burke c 28. touched its record low last Saturday |earmings, but partial recovery was] ¢o: scrap iron and. steel ta below auimcotie: Salt Creel 28 and . moved: uncertainly until news| made after the issuance of the state} rma! in this. market quotations ppell - -. ° late this week of a credit of not less | ment. being off from 25 cents to $1. Heavy Columbine — 13 di | d N han $100,000,000 to the Bank of| Shares of off companies with big "1 Cons@idated Royalty. 1.29 1.30 Commo ty ra € ews vance by a group of American fin-| stocks of crude in storage are begin- ied Steel iA mated at ATES 20 " anciers, The rally that followed] ning to respond to the increase in pe a is Cow Gulch --.--..-—. .03 - Lamber Shoes carried the franc up 125 points, turn-| crude prices. Wax - BATTLE, 3 15.—Production| BROCKTON, Mass., March 15.—]- Ps Elkhorn a “O4 Fat oer MAreAiib-— Production | Tay ob, cr decd Waa Tans a wh PITTSBURGH, March 15,—Re- Tare snare Lumbermen’s Association last week | down of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Capra ace be eee teats - y "75 | Was 105,386,319 feet, or 19 per cent | factory number three here. About Bl ISINE S prices a quarter of a cent. This is aie : ; below normal. New orders accepted | 300 employes are affected. The the first advance made this year. sup! , were 13 per cent below production, | Plant with a capacity of 300 dozen ~ Jupiter Japanese ports are reported con.| Pairs of shoes a day, was producing : only seventy dozen. SEATTLE, March 15.— Spring, eral opening of the Great Lakes na- ‘. Lance Creak Royalty 02 % ectisakie’ #t Lge aS peak trade, in this section in millinery,| vigation about April 1. Bronchitis - Maring - 150 8 i 15 GARY, Ind., March 15,—Steel] ported to be well ahead of,expected| PHILADELPHIA, March 165. SC OTTS Mountain & Gulf --..1.25 14 Jills in this district are more ac-| activities, with large selling by lead-| Construction work aggregating $20,- New Yorle Ol] -----.11.60 12.50 ou tive than at any time since the war. | ing department stores and specialty | 000,000 is projected for Philadelphia EMULSION Outwest --_---_. = 00% ¥ SHREVEPORT, March 15.—Daily| Production 1s around 92 per cent of] houses. *Women are reported to be| this year, architects say. Several A ne 102 average oll production in Lousiana] capacity. buying much earlier than usual, be-| new apartment houses will be built estores strength o and Arkansas increased 4,473 bar-| ~ caure of the open winter and un-|in the neighborhood of Rittenhouse Royalty & Produters . .08 rels in the last week. The Smack- Livestock precedented warm ,weather. Square. Pleardy -. Sunset over Field set a new high water| FT. WORTH, March 15.—A re- Tom Bel : mark with 106,462 barrels, an in-|¢ord/price for Panhandle steers was] pxTROIT, March 15.—Steamer| SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.— NOTICE Western Exploration— 3,60 9. crease of 5,784, reported here today in the sale of| service between Detroit and Cleve-| Early spring travel from the east Wyo. Kans 5 840 bead of coming four year old] tand will open April 1 and the De-| over the Santa Fe and Southern|| I Have Moved. My Office Western States ; steers by W. W. Marrs of Fort] trojt-Buffalo route will be opened | Pacific Lines 1s 10 to 25 percent res- Ca Tyee 2B : i Limestone Worth, to Kansas buyers at $92.50] May 15 if ico conditions are favor-| pectively, heavier than last year. to Hope Cottman NEW YORE CURB CLOSING BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 15.!a head for immediate delivery. able. Weather bureau reports say| railroad officials cay. A further in. g- Ss —Remand is heavy for building —— | conditions appear favorable for gen-| crease is expected after April 1. , DR. L. E. BAY, a Ask} stone and limestone from many} SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.— Mountain Producers 18,12 18.25 porate Tes 33 4p | Points in the middie west. Many] Altho pasturage conditions in Cull- sy veterinarian bs ‘ “*. | orders aro for immediate delivery.| fornia have .mproved recently, more Salt Creek Prds. 21.60 21.75 | stripping has begun fn the quarry|rains are needed to save stockmen ar. “et SSI ani rie Ss 8.50 9.00 | districts and 2,000 additional men| from a serious situation. Conditions 7 - 11.50 12.25] will be put to work soon in thelof cattle is only 82 per cent or nor. Casper Mirror at ais ak eb cnet tes 2 ES a On Operations i in Oil Fields it ee ents Sonma te (Gram Values Drop Back ee ae Bureau Enlarges Offices Get Water Well : 4 activity on the part of] Starting into the top of the first || Contractors Please Take Notice the extensive reindegr pastures are ™ nerease 34 Wall Creek gand dt 2,340 feet, the 827 Industrial Ave perhaps the most valuable. The eek on SU News the Casper; forces ofthe: Bureau 0t} stssle Creek test ‘tn JORse0n, county ee wild reindeer or caribou are also ~ BMines'is ‘reflected! In the recent en | 7 ing “drilled by the! Turrant syndl- sources of food, but the members of ‘ largement sof ‘te :attices here.. iTS) ote Briday‘atternoon iroughit il « 1 exploration party can not afford ‘ entire south half of the fifth foot) torso water Well after plercing {he | <item depend on game for food, al-} CHICAGO, March 15,—Strength legislation. Corn and oats were} o¢ the Consolidated Royalty build-| “5° ‘ waco sand 10 f . No dect: bes though they will gladly take such | which developed late {n today's brief] forced downward in sympathy with | ing is now devoted to the offices of Tap as ea aatinwion ante HAY—GRAIN as comes their way. To rely on| session of the grain exchange added| Wheat while accumulating stocks |the different departments of the ing th¢ teat. A string of 6i%.Inch CHIX FEEDS— SALT hunting is likely to retard progress E foo ss fractional increases to the price of | dragged down the provision market. | Mines bureau, casting was cemented before the i Jat eatanein Pane wheat, which today sold at four to| Today’s range of grain and pro- ——— sand was Wirilled into. It will there. Casper Warehouse Co. veys. The-explorer who has a defi-| five cents under values of a week| vision prices. follows: Salt Creek Meeting iad ces rctikard ser anotee 268 INDUSTRIAL AVE nite task to perform can leave noth-|ago. May wheat closed at $1.06% | May 1035} Papers ably presenting geological sits Crk Shit ee on oft TEL. 27 ing to chance; if he does his main|and July at $1.07% while corn Opening High Low Close 2nd production problems in the Salt | Wat Be tee geht sari] a 4%-inch purpose may be frustrated-and he} which also experienced a late rally, Wheat coe sens Segeelisoes at hoten e STORAGE FORWARDING \ will have to return with only a] closed at prices lower than the open- d --1.08 06% 1. y meeting of the ‘reel etroleum \. picturesque account of wild adven-| ing with May at 77% cents. r= pedir apa aedeey “Org | club. R. W. Loucks of the Garter Grain pa cee een $n eaeng ture. The setback in wheat prices dur-] Sent, 10715 107% 1 f Ol company described Salt Creek] TOPEKA, March 15.—Stocks of Stabter! Seat gave ce d Dr. Smith and his colleagues will | ing the week was due directly to dis- Dorn “as having been, up to this time, a| wheat held by farmers March 1 were Victor :Sctatch “Weed sae ‘a not only be able to determine much | closures that .stocks of wheat on May 7 18% 7 driller's and connection man's field,| the lowest in years, according to a Mash s nd Laying of the possible oil resources of this| hand at this time in the United July ‘ 19% eae but declared that ic is his belief that] Sovernment _ statistician. Farmers oe northwest end of America, but will] States are fully as large as a year ‘Sept. t 80 within the next several months the| had 10,878,000 bushels compared explore the largest unknown areajago, Sixteen million bushels of Can- D ~ * uo") field will reach a stage where a| With 20,886,000 a year ago. Farm re- in Alaska. adian wheat is held in’ bond in this Oats careful and continuous study of each |Serves of corn are estimated at 6,- —_—_____ country and the week’s news fallea | May : AG%4 ‘ 5 | well will be necessary if ofl 9 to be} 000,000 bushels more than a year Women experts employed in| to reveal any ready export outlet. | July 4% 444: produced economically, Col. H. A.| ago. press-clipping bureaus have to] Attitude of traders toward the|SéPt- 41% Alt Froyd of the Midwest Refining com- memorize many as 5,000 nam domestic. supply was rely re pany pictured the geological make- and subject The work of these] versed from the p: r May --.1 5 1.05 < up of the field women is t pot’ and note any ney were led to b P y | July rs Surveying and Locations Goologists, Oll ixperts, Oi Field Suga: Maps, Blue Prints » later discussing pe-| HOUSTON, March 15.—Operation WYOMING MAP AND um in general. The next meet-| of the new plant of the Texas Sugar BLUE PRINT CO. eine bytes sag f the club is scheduled to. be| Refining company at Texas City will r 255 benat Market conditions also were affected} May =..-9.72 972 9 March 26 at the Midwest high! : 10, Daly start in April. ‘The plant has Iy newspapers, by unfavorable reports on farm| July .-.-9.97 ! 0.00} school building. ofpactty of 1900000 pounds, ae