Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1924, Page 9

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924 fhe Casver Daily Cridune (OIL OUTPUT TAKES © STOCKS ALLY |WHEAT PRICES New York Stocks Last Gale OIL SECURITIES ‘SLUMP IN FEBRUARY Allied Chemical @ Dye .---.. 66% Bid Asked American Can -. ----- 115% | Bessemer --. 23028 American Can & Foundry -..161 | Big Indian --..--. .07 — .08 2 * . q American International Corp 18% | Boston Wyoming ----1.00 1.13 ‘4 'yoming Production Nearly Half Million Barrels | #222 cane 12% | Buck ‘Greek patra. |... kt ‘ f . : American Smeiting @Refg. -- 60% | Burko ---.---—----- 27 .28 |Qil Issues Lead Way to/|Sellers Observe Caution FOREIGN. _ Less Than for January, Complete Report American Surae ss0 | Champa = So ay tty | Higher Level In New | Following Sharp Decline | etehostovak Ren. ctgg ve ? F; Al Fi Id Sh . hcenglonn Tcteeen ~ 142% ewe Rt wae eae Lae York Trading Of Week French Republic, 743 rom lows. American Woolen ~--------- 71% | Central Pipe ---2..2.00 2.10 een. beans / roenangd Copper bh pessiahir area er “ig? Be NEW YORK, March 21—Stock] CHICAGO, March 21.—Renewed Xeingdom ot Ni 4 ‘ ison --~-------~---=---— - 128) 1, prices showed an t rt 1 r D- of Chile, Se, 1946 _-—— oe aca Mira Cy ee rae eee sat | ree ae SE. OR) | tosay's relatively cuist miartert ear | Cone Bey ceeened corn | ah of Cilla, Be, 1868 1 Sigal taadead Help sethgrand Baldwin Locomotive ----.-. 120% | Elkhorn — $3 ‘Se. | t8aders were unable to force a re-| curtail recetpts was the chief streng.| U- K. of G. B. and L, Sie i937 2 ae errata oF: $5008 Sars BUNt es Ba See | De WUE = 49'S S56. | currence of general selling preesure| (ening fasten, At tet ee retin ngen coc > siege Arp ade Bethlehem Steel ——~—-----—= $24] Fargo -—----—-—---- 1143. | but they succeeded in uncovering nl preetie ar hey iat however. de- 5 abo DB -neeie Lhe fifais month of Janiery, fie gens California Petroleum - 1... 24% | Frantz ~ $50 3.75 | number of additional weak spots dur-| brief downturn in corn. After open vyesebsee i rygal flornere oe had an output tn mH ae Pacific 20 148K | Gates. -_... .08 710 | | ing the early trading... Sales approx-|ing unchanged to %c lower, May 78 Anaconda Copper 7s, 1938 ~---. in February or ! barrels Central Leather ~......... 14% | Kinney = wn-~ -13% 1445 | imated 800,000 ghar: to 78t%c; Corn fluctuated within] Anaconda Copper. 6s, 1955 _... than in January. In Steger 1923, Cerro de Pasco w-eree 45 | Lance Creek Royalty. .01% .02 narrow limits and then scored frac-| At. T. and San. Fe., gen., is = Lethe Stpsr ares a ater beatings Chandler Motars, ——----.---- 50% | Marin - Miccaeceee aera Foi | pee gxORK:, March 21—Stock| tional gains. Baltimore and Ohio ¢ a y. SEER ¢ Henry -.-.. - ol cb rice: displ. nslde: ~ 1 % Jehem Stee) con. . Series Tabulation of figures showing to- 140,264 besapeake and | lo 75% Mental KGET hae pe = AK splayed considerable ir. On the bulge, offerings increased, Canadian Pacific deb. 4a for F wr: 8 hut down Chicago and Northwestern... 49% it e" ity at the opening of today’s, but the market showed stubborn Chi Bur! ”: tal production by fields for Febru- ‘arm Springs shui Chicago, Mil and St. Paul ptd 25% |New York Ol -----—11.87 13.00 stock market which witnessed anf resistance te selling preemie cee DSO NRE epee eo Ronee ds Rae Dallas-Derby ------~----— Chicago, R. I. and Pac. ..... 22%] Preston _ - SAL ne iy fra neve readjustment of) specula-| close was steady at the same as|cnije cones aD Deen, me sarap eect as ame Chile Cop; ereeeewewee owen, reweennnee «| B ‘ive accounts. Norfolk and Western | yesterday’s finish to \c off, May Tir “ae <n seat South Casper -------_. Shino paced PSA ITAE I eeveee=-e==15.12 15.87 | dropped 1% on profit . 0 Goodyecr+Tire, Sa, 42,077 DENVER, Colo., March 21,— An era of unprecedented activity in the drilling and development of Colo- raca'’s two oil fields is forecast by the announcement in Los Angeles by the Union Oil company that their program for the year in Colo- rado is the greatest ever under- taken outside of California. Coup- led -with the announcement from Los Angeles of the proposed activ- Ity of the Union company comes the announcement today that the Sinclair interests had entered the ofl field at Craig, Colo., where the ‘Texas Oil company recently brought in a 4,580 barrel test well which now {is capped awaiting the con- struction of proper storage tanks. Already the Union Oll company has two wells in the process of be. Commodity Tobacco. LANCASTER. March 21.— Most of the larger tobacco rs of this state have sold their 1923 crops but some smal] growers still are holding, out for higher prices. Cigar manufacturers throughout the state are active. option}on a@ ten acre tract of land at South Boston and will build there a storage warehouse with capacity for 75,000,000 pounds of tobacco. Non-Ferrous Metals. JOPLIN, March 21.—Lead prices | have dropped and ore now is bring- ing $120 a ton compared with a high for the year of $125. Zinc ore also has lost $1 a ton, slumping to $40. As a result some mines have closed and others are expected to do s0. Cotton. FORT WORTH, March 21. — Bnows in recent weeks over the plains counties of Texas have in- sured sufficient moisture to give the eotton crop a good start and have helped the grain crops toward a rich harvest, ~ On. 2 LOS ANGELES, March 21.— Oi! Production in this state so far this month has shown a drop of 12,000 im the daily average as compared with February when 19 341,226 bar- rels Were produced. New drilling Total” nen asewncwon-~-—__8,831,6T7 Big Drilling Program in Sight for Colorado Fields ing bored. One, on the Whitaker ranch on the so-called Fort Collins dome ie down 2,350 feet while the second on the Mitchell Farm on the Wellington dome now is down 1,116 feet. A new well 15 miles north of Fort Collins and one mile east of the Wellington dome gasser which wa> brought in November 11, last’ wil be spudded in shortly according to an announcement today. The drilling will be in charge of B. N. Filckenger and associates Macon and company of Fort Col- lins and the American Petroleum company are the joint owners o! the enterprise and have 100 acres at their disposal. A standard rig has been ordered afid will be unloaded at Bulger station wifhin the nex few days. Trade News| operations are active but mostly con: fined to hitherto unexplored fielés. : Lumber. LA CROSSE, Wis., March 21. — Logging companies’ report record cuts of timber but ft is believed woods operations will shut down earlier than last year untess colder weather returns soon. Men release” from logging camps will. be absorb ed by saw mill's, farms and in build- ing and tn highway improvement operations. Steel. PITTSBURGH, March 21.— The general average of tin plate produc- tion ‘for the entire Pittsburgh dis- trict ‘Is 95 per cent of capacity Commitments of the tin plate pro- ducers to can makers are heavy as fruit and vegetable packs are ex- pected to be unusually large. A $5.50 price is the general rule. Coal. CHICAGO, March 21—One of the largest retail coal dealers here has just made a cut of $1 a ton in the price of southern Illinois steam coal. This fo'lowed a similar recuc. tion at the mines. Livestock. SAN ANGELO, Texas, March 21 —Lithicum Brothers of this “city have just bought 3,500 yearling ewes at $7 and a herd of yearling muttons at $5. The herds will not be delivered until May, after they have been sheared. Wool Prices Hold Steady Under Moderate Trading BOSTON, Mass,, March 21.—The Commercial Bulletin will say tomor- row: “A steadier tone with moderate trading 1s current in the wool mar- ket this week, values being sus- tained more by the strength of the foreign markets than by any inher- ent strength in the domestic situa- tion.” Quotations follow: Domestic: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces. delaine unwashed 56@57c; half blood combing 56@57%c; % blood combing 56@57c; %-blood tombing 53@654c; fine unwashed at bo@5ic. Michigan and New York fleeces: Delaine unwashed 50@55c; fine un- warhed 48@49c; half blood un- washed 54@55c; %-blood unwashed 55@5hc; %-blcod unwashed 53@6ic. ‘Wisconsin, Missour! and average New England: One-half blood 53@ 54c; %-blood 54@i5c; %-blood 52@ 53c. Scoured basis: Texas fine 12 months $1.30@1.35; fine 8 months $1.15@1.20. California northern $1.30@1.35; middle county $1.15@1.20; southern $1.05@1-10. Oregon eastern number 1 staple $1.35@1.40; fine and fine medium combthg $1.30@1.35; eastern cloth- ing $1.15@1.20; vatley number 1, $1.20@1.25. Territory: Montana, fine staple choice $1.40@1.42; %4-blood combing $1.28@1.32; %-blood combing $1.10 @1.15; %-blood combing 95@97c. Delaine $1.35@1.40; AA A supers §$1.15@1.20. Beat combing. 78@83c. Best carding 70@75c. ONLY EVIDENCE FLIMSY, CLAIM (Continued From Page One) characters cf thoa entirely outside the reasonable limits of the contro- versy, “purely and unquestionably for partisan political purposes,”* Congressman Winter then review- ed the history of the naval reserves, the necessity for drilling offset wells in order to prevent the naval oll be- ing drained from tho reserves, and followed with a chronological state- mont of the various stages of devel- opment up to and including Teapot dome. So manifestly fair and free from bias, and from one whose statements evidenced his complete familiarity with the entire subject, the Winter speech: was given close attention by the membership of the house, and its circulation should clarify matters and inform those whe wast the truth. “onsolidated Gas -.......-.. “orn Products -..-—~-.-.--. Coaden Ol! .-.2----.... Sracthle Steel © 22 Tuba Can Sugar pfd -.._. Erle famous P| General Asphalt Venera! Electric -... Feneral Motors __.. Great Northern pfd. Fulf States Steel Ulnols Central -..2...2. Inspiration Copper -. International Harvester "nt. Mer, Marine pfd. International Paper “nvineible Oil ~------... ‘“elly Springfield Tire —_... “ennecott Copper "dma Locomotive -. ‘oulsville and Nashville 2... Mack Truck Marland Ol _-s 2 Maxwe'l Motors Mifdle States Of) ---. 4K “Ussouri Kan and Tex new. 11 ‘Ussourt Pacific pfd. 2 37% New York Central -....... N.Y. N. H. and Hartford Norfolk and Western —...._. Northern Pacific soem enneee 419% POA ON eases BOS Can American ePtrodleum B. 46 Pennsylvania 22-43% People's Gas... osu F Producers and Refiners _.... 2214 PR OU cotter cetneren oc, 23% Reading ewe mwee nnn e 54 “epublic Iron and Steel -.. 49 Sears Roebuck -----.___. 374 Mne'atr Con Ol --1. 28K Southern Pacific + 85% Youthern Raflway _.._._/ 55 “andard Oil of N, J. cL. 37% Studebaker Corporation _... 961 Texas Co. -.-W--- at 4 Texas and Pacific .._. - 261 Tobacco Products A wnw- 80% Transcontinental Oils... © 41 ‘Inlon Pacific --- 129 ‘t. 8. Ind. Alcohol = «69Y ‘Tnited States Rubber... 30: “Inited States Steel 99 "tah Copper. .-...... me 65% Westinghouse Blectric -..-. 60¥ Willys Overland -_--.. 10% American Zinc, Lead & Sm. 8 Sutte and Superior _.... 16% Solorate Fuel and Iron -... 32 Montana Power _ 222.21. 621 National, Lead _---- 144 Shattuck Arizona...) 5% Standard Oil Stocks Bid Aske¢ Anglo . —2 tT 17% Buckeye —: .. 70% 7 Continental, _.-.#. 4s 48 Galena . -W_.2.-61 2 Qiinols - 22-1143 145 Indiana - --________92 a4 Nat Tran. >} / 22% Nor. Pipe - —=----_--1100 102 Dhio OU ---- 67 63% Prairie Ol! --_.____._ 234 23545 Prairie Pipe ~ ------_.10415 105 Solar Ref. -.-..___.192 203 Sou. Pipe --.-.--_____94% 95% 8. O. Kan ..----------241% 42% S. O. Ky, ------------- 109 109% 8. O. Neb, ~.----.,_-_230 CRUDE MARKET Cat Creek +--~----—-~------ $1.95 Lance Creek --.. 1.90 Osage -------. emeweennne 1.90 Grass Creek Ught. --——-._-__. 1.95 Grass Creek, heavy Torchlight - Greybull -~ ene ee 1.95 Blk Basin -..---------------~ 1.95 Rock Creek -~-~----~-----~---— 1.70 ee Galt Creek ~~~. 1.60 Big Muddy -----~_.-~-.---.... 1.50 Mule Creek pee enna nn eee 1.10 Sunburst. cmccwcccenennee 1,05 Hamilton Dome momen geeennne 1.40 FOrris 2 eee nn ween enaennnne 1.65 Byron - ----------—~-------- 1.95 Notches ~.-s.-—-s.--------. 65 Pilot Butte --------_-. 1.10 Lander -----~-~---~---------- .70 Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, March 21,—Foreign exchanges irregular; quotations in cents: Great Britain demand 430; cables 430%; 60 day bills on banks 427%. France demand 5.23%; cables 24%. Italy demand 4.31%; cables 4.32%. Belgium demand 4.17; cables 4.18. Germany demand per trillion 2. Holland 37,00. Norway 13.82. veden 26.39. Denmark 15.60. Swit- nd 17.3014. Spain 13:06. Greece Poland .000012. Czecho Slova- kia 2.89%. Jugo Slavia 1.22%. Aus tria .0014%. Rumania .b1%. Argen- “3 Dis tina, 33.75. Brazil 11,00, Toklo 42%. their places filled by the military. The strike was political, he charged, Montreal 97 3-16, Royalty & Producers. .v3 081% Sunset - -------. 01% 02% Tom Beil Royalty..-. .03 04 Wyo. Kans... 15 80 Western Exploration. 3.55 3.60 Western States .. 19% 20% Te ON) Lose ocadcee 108 10 NEW YORK CURB CLOSING Bid Asked Mountain Producers - 17.50 18.00 Glenrock Oil 32 37 Salt Creek Pri 21.50 22.00 Salt Creek Con 9.00 10.00 New York Ol . 11.87 13.00 Marine 8.60 3.75 Prod. and Refrs. —.. 82.00 32.25 Cosden 35.12 35.37 11.50 60.75 LIVESTOCK Chicago Prices CHICAGO, March 21—(U. 8. De. partment of Agriculture)—Hogs. Receipts 47,000; mostly 5 to 10c high- er than yesterday's best time or 10 higher than the average; light weight in best demand; big packers not bid- ding; bulk good and choice 160 to 325 pound weight $7.40@$7.55; top 57.60; better grades 140 to 150 pound wwerages mostly $7.30@$7.40; bulk packing sows $6.60@$6.9 sirable heavyweight kind §6.50@ $7.00; heavyweight hogs $7.45@87.60; medium $7.40@$7.55; light $7.10@ $7.55; Nght ght $6.60@$7.45; pack- Ing sows smooth $6.80@$7.00; pack- ing sows rough. $6.60@$6.80; slaugh- ter pigs $5.25@$7.10. Cat Receipts + $5,000; ;- beet steers and yearlings fairly activo, steady; fat she stock, canners, cut- ers and yearlings fairly active, steady; fat she stock, canners and ‘utters, stockers and feeders slow, vbout steady; bulls weak; vealers teady; bulk to packers $9.00@ 410,00; outsiders upward to $11.50 ind above; early top steers $11.50: rulk fed steers $8.00@$10.00. 2 Sheep. Receipts 7,000; generally steady; slow; few early sales fat wooled lambs $16.25@$16.75; best pped lambs $14.75; odd lots fat ewes $11.00@$11.25; common kind round $8.00; shearing lambs $15.35 @$15.85. OMAHA, Neb., March 21.—(U. 8. epartment of Agriculture)—Hogs— Xoceipts 15,000; market active, 10 to 6c higher; hogs bulk 210 to 300 sound butchers 7.15@7.25; top 7.30 ‘esirable 180 to 210 pound weights *.90@7.10; plainer grades of light on ‘own to 6,75; packing sows 6.35@ 3.60; bulk 6.40; average cost yester lay 6.98; weight 249. Cattle—Receipts 2500; beef steers and yearlings moderately active. steady; killing quality plain; top steers 10.20; bulk steers and yearl- ‘ngs 8.00@9.00; she stock slow. ‘teady to weak; bulks 10 to 15c low r; other killing classes steady: stockers and . feeders - nominally steady; bulk fed cows and heifers 75@7.00; canners and cutters 2.50 23.85; bologna bulls 4.25@4.35; veal. ors to packers 9.50@10.00. Sheep—Receipts 7,000; market. slow, generally steady; early sales medium to good lambs 15.25@15. ‘ood to choice offerings 16.00@16.15 clipped lambs steady; early sales 13.65@14,00; sheep steady; light ewes 11.00; shearing lambs nominally steady, Denver Prices. DENVER, Colo., March 21.— ‘U. 8. Department of Agriculturo.)— Hogs—Receipts, 400; around steady: sood 175 10 225 pound averages. $7.00; few around $6.90; few pack- ing sows, $5.75. Cattle—Recelpts, 350; calves, none; medium weight steers, $8.40 to $8.75; one load cows, $5.50; others held higher; choice vealers, $11.25@11.50; medium stockers, $6.75; desirable fed heifers, $5.75. Sheep—Recelpts, 7,800; early sales steady to 100 higher; top, $15.60 freight paid; some held higher others, $15.15 flat and $15.25 freight paid; no sheep or feeder lambs offered. > Exchange Closed NEW YORK, March 21.—The Na tonai Stock, Cotton and Exchange, Inc., today were enjoyed by supreme court Justice Guy from doing fur- ther business. The injunction was issued with*the consent of the ex- change and its president, Joseph C. Cooper, under the state law known as the Martin Act. —_—_ LISBON, March 21.—Portugal's civil servants were on general strike today in support of a demand for in- creased wages. After de tion of the strike terday the premier announced in par Mament that all functionaries quit- ting work would be discharged and yes Killing pigs strong to 25c higher; bulk de- taking but s00d buying persisted In the other rails, particularly the ‘Wabash. Studebaker and Maxwell A showed sign of recovery but some other motors continued their pressure. cept for the weakness of Nor- and Western, which extended its loss to 2% points, the rails showed firmness, New Orleans. Texas and Mexico rose 2 points, United States Rubber common and first’ preferred dropped 1%@2% points to 2914 and 764%, respectively, each at new 1924 lows while Ameri- can Beet Sugar slumped one point to 36, also a new low for tho yea: Central Leather preferred continu to move upward but American Hide and Leather preferred was heavy, Utah Copper dropped 1%. Establish. ment of a new 1924 high by the French france featured the irregular foreign exchange market. Uncertain price movements char- acterized the morning trading. Weak spots cropped out in several sections, new 1924 lows being estab- lished by Gulf States Steel, Vana- dium, Pressed Steel Car, United States Realty, American Sugar Re- fining, American Linseed, Eaton Axle and Chandler Motors, the losses ranging from large fractions to nearly two points. Norfolk and Western continued yteld on profit ‘aking but other rails developed further strength, Lackawanna mov- ing up nearly three points to 119%, & new 1924 top. New Orleans, Texas and Mexico extended its gain © 2% and Union Pacific and Chesa- neake and Ohio climbed more than a point each. Fisher Body touched a record high at 218. Call money opened at 3 per cent and then leopped to 2%. market favorable, which advanced one to two points. Good overnight gains were register. ed by shares that had been weak varticularly General Electric, Repub- ie Steel and Chandler Motors. Wool- worth soared seven points to a new ‘igh figure of 333. The closing was irregular. Streng- th of high priced specialties parti- ularly General Electric, Fisher ‘ody, National Lead and corn Pro- ducts, was moved up 3 to 7% points, featured the late dealings. ——_ — Flour MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 21. —Flour unchanged; shipments 51,- 372 barrels. Bran 23,00. LIBERTY BONDS NEW YORK, March 21.—Liberty bonds closed: 3%s 98.29; first 4%s 99.29; Second 4%s 99.25; third 4\s. 100.10; fourth 4%s 99.27; U. 8. gov- ernment 4%s 100.15, COTTON NEW YORK, March 21—Spot cot- ton quiet; middling 28,90, Butter‘and Eggs hl CHICAGO, March 21—Butter— Higher; creamery extras, 46%c; standards, 46\4c; extra firsts, 45%@ 46c; firsts, 45@45%c; seconds, 4314@ 44c. Eges — Lower; receipts, case: firsts, 21@21%c; firsts, 19% @20c. PERSIANS IN RIOT OVER RULE PLANS TEHERAN, Persia, March 21.— The question of the establishment of @ republic in Persia, discussion of which has been made the order of business in the parliament today, led to disorders in and about the parila- ment house yesterday. Anti-Republican groups forced their way {nto the parliament cham- ber despite armed resistance of the police, pulled down flags and flag staffs and then set on advocates of the Republican cause, plying their fists vigorously. Order was event- ually restored by police reinforce: ments. Telegrams are pouring in from many parts of the country demand: ing the overthrow of the Shah, absent in Paris. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY furnished 4 West 17,443 ordinary FOR RENT—One room shack, $13 per month, 22 + street. With the technical position of the the , ist rallied vigorously in the afternoon under the leadership of the oils, many of T84@e to T8\c. Favorable crop conditions west and southwest were mainly respon- sible for price setbacks in wheat. The opening which ranged from %& to %c lower, May $1.04% to 1.04% and July $1.06 was followed by slight further declines and then something of a rally, In the subsequent dealings, sell- ers were cautious owing to recent sharp declines. The close was steady at the same as yesterday to { @%oc lower, May 1.04% to 1.05 and July 1.06%. Oats were firm owing to continued talk of delayed seeding. Starting unchanged to %c lower, May 47% to 47%c, the market sagged a trifle more but soon advanced somewhat An upturn in hog values tended to Uft provisions. WHEAT— Open. High Low Close May --1.04% 1.05% 1.044% 1.04% July ..1.06 1.06% 1.05% 1.06% Sept. .1.07% 1.07% 1.06% 1.07% cOoRN— May ~-+ .78* 78 78% July .. .79% 79% 79% Sept. .. .79% 79% = .79% OATS— May .. AT% ATH July ABM 45% Sept. .. « Al% 42 LARD— May ~-----11.05 11.05 10.97 11.00 July --.----11,30 11,30 11.22 11.25 RIBS— May 9.60 July 9.95 BELLIES— May 10.35 July 10.70 Cash Grains dnd Provisions. CHICAGO March 21. — Wheat number hard $1.07, Corn number 2 mixed 76% @T77%sc; number 4 yel- low 744% @75%e. Oats number white 48@49c; number 3 white 47% @48tsc. Rye number 2, 66% @67c. Barley 68@78c. Timothy seed $6@8. Clo. ver seed $16.50@23.50. Lard $10.87. Ribs $9.60. Bellies $10.25. — Flax. DULUTH, Minn., Close flax; March $2.39%; July $2.48%. OIL SUIT TRANSFERRED FROM CASPER COURT TO FEDERAL TRIBUNAL CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 21.— The sult of the Garland Of! com- Pany against the Central Ol and Development company and the Wy- oming Oil Fields company has been transferred from the District court at Casper to the United States court here. The Garland company claims a one-fourth interest in a lease held by the defendant cor- porations and secks to have its title confirmed and a judgment for $400,000, ‘The Sunnyside Coal Mining com- pany, a Colorado concern, has in- otituted suit in Federal court here against the United States govern- ment for $4,243.58, which it claims as the result of alleged overpay- ment of income and profit taxes. POTATOES CHICAGO, March 21.—Potatoes— Firm; receipts, 62 cars; total U. 8. shipments, 788; Wisconsin sacked round whites, U. & No. 1, $1.30@ 1.40; bulk, $1.35@1.60; Minnesota North Dakota sacked Red River Ohios, U. 8. No. 1, $1.25@1.40; sacked round whites, $1.20@1.35. SUGAR NEW YORK, March 21.—Business in refined sugar continued light and prices were unchanged at 8.40 to 8.60 for fine granulated. Sugar futures closed steady; ap- proximate sales 26,000 tons; May 5.07; July 5.13; September 6.08; De- cember 4.60. ae METALS NEW YORK, March 21—Copper quiet: electrolytic spot and futures March 21. $2.46; May Great Northern, 7s A — Montana Power, 5s A --: Northern Pacific ref., 6s B Northwestern Bell Tel., 7s — Pacific Gas and Biectric 5s --2.-. Penn R. R. gen, 58 Sinclair Con. Oll., col., 7s Southern Pacific cv., 4s Union Pacific first 4s U. 8S. Rubber, 5s ... Utah Power and Light, 5s-. Weetern Union 6%s Westnighouse Electric %s —-. Wilson and Co., ev., 69 -..-.. Market Gossip On Operation and Briefs sin Oil Fields Diamond Fork Resumed. Drilling on well No. 2 on the Dia- mond Fork structure in Utah has been resumed by the Gustaveson Oil company following a shutdown of several months. The present depth of the hole is in excess of 1,300 feet. Circus Man Sued. Richard T. Ringling, of circus fame, is being sued at Bozeman, Mont., by M. 8S, Cunningham and E. H. Biering. Plaintiffs are ask- Ing $350,000 to recover on a con- tract which had to do with oll leases on the Crow reservation, Shelby Mayor Organizes. Jim Johnson, promoter of the Dempsey-Gibbons fight at Shelby last July, is still promoting—but not prize fights. He recently incorpo- rated the James A. Johnson com- pany in Montana, This company gives its essential business that of developing oll properties. Montana Deep Tests, Montana oil interest will center very largely on two deep tests to be drilled in two producing fields: Cat Creek and Kevin-Sunburst. Mid-Northern Oi] company is ex- pected to drill the deep test to the third sand of Cat Creek during the present year, locating the well on the “high” of the structure, The California. company is expected to drill a third sand test on the west end of the field. Two and possibly three deep tests will be drilled in Kevin-Sunburst field this year, to explore the De- vonian formation. That the Kevin- Sunburst of] is coming up from lower horizons is generally accepted as true. The probable source is the Devonian, as in the Mid-Continent and Texas, Mutual Ol! company will drill a deep test in the southeast quarter of section 17-35-2W, on the O’Haire permit, According to H. P. Ferree, a director of the company who was here in conference with Tom Ar- thur, Montana manager, a test to at least 3,000 feet is proposed and deeper if the showings justify it. Marine Oil Operations. An account of the Salt Creek operations of the Marine Of] com- pany are given as follows: Section 6-39-78—Wolverine CR-3: New location. Moving in rig ma- terial. Section 9-39-78—Wolverine DS-3S: Two thousand five hundred feet of 8%-Inch casing run. Now drilling at dépth of 2,570 feet. Section 16-39-78—Mosher 1 and 3: Both wells have been cleaned out and are now pumping. Section 17-39-78—Marine 1: Hole being cleaned out after shot. Section 20-36-78—Taylor 5: Rig- ging up. material. Consolidated Dividend. At the regular monthly meeting of the directors of the Consolidated Royalty Oil company held at the office of the company, suite 401 Consolidated Royalty building, yes- terday, the regular quarterly divi- dent of three per cent was declared payable to stockholders of record of April 15th on Apri! 20th, 1924, this being the twenty-sixth consec utive quarterly dividend paid by the company since its organizat! in 1917. Taylor 6: Moving in rig Wroming Oils NEW YORK, March 21.—Price of Wyoming olls at 2 p. m. today were listed on the Now York Curb as fol- lows: Standard Oll Indiana 60%; Moun tain Producers 17%; Mutual 11% Omar 67; Salt Creek 21%. Nearing Muddy Sand Latest reports on Billy Creek test well show the present depth of the hola to be 4.224 feet, with the ob- jective Muddy sand e: efed in the} neighborhood of 4,230 f 13% @14. Tin easier; spot $56.00@ $56.25; futures $53 Iron steady; prices unchanged. Lead steady: spot 9.00; Zino quiet; Hast St. Louis spot and nearby 6,60, Antimony spot 11.25, consumed the new cook Cook Honse Burns al days ago completely | brother Ci the Lost Soldier lease of the Utah Of! Refining company. It was with difficulty that the flames were pre- vented from spreading to other near- by buildings. Work was temporarily Stopped on drilling well No. 3-A so that the crew could lend a hand. The loss approximates several thousand dollars, MURDER CASE IS UNSOLVED (Continued from Page One.) late Saturday night, which police haye set as the time of the slaying. When, on Saturday night, Dr. Wilkins was distraught with fear that “four persons" would kill her unle: ihe put through a sanitarium “deal of which the police have been unable to learn anything, the negro ordered Dr. Wilkins to dis- miss a woman who had been sum- moned to the house as a companion. It was to this woman, whose name has not been divulged, that Dr. Wilkins confided her fear that she would be killed by the mystery quartet, “Get this woman our of the house before it ts too late," the negro ts said to have exclaimed. “I won't walt any longer, I can't.” The woman left and the negro remained. Arriving home, the woman tele- phoned, but was told the recetver at Dr. Wilkins’ home was off the hook. The next day she called and found the ‘house apparently deserted, On Tuesday evening Dr. Wilkins’ body was found on the floor of her parlor. ; In a long grilling Davies stead- fastly maintained that he had not been at Dr. Wilkins’ home since 5 o'clock Saturday. He dented any knowledge of the slaying. Arthur Wilkins, another .brother of the slain woman, came here last night from Colorado Springs, Colo., to aid the police. He talked to the brother under arrest, ‘but their meeting was cold. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 21. —Dr. Zoe Wilkins, slain osteopath, had feared a plot against her life by Charles Wilkins, a brother, and another man, J. E. James, her at- torney, testified at the inquest to- da: r. Wilkins” he said. “feared two men whom she named. They had made demands on her, she told me, and sald if she did not comply, they wou!d murder her.” James testified? one was Charles Wilkins but refused to name the other saying he had furnished the name to the police. He said Wilkins was under arrest but the second man was not. In this connection it was recalled that police had asked Denver authorities to arrest Charles Smith, who came here in December with the slain woman's brother. Other witnesses have told detectives that Dr. Wilkins feared a man nam- ed Smith. James, who is a son of the late Jesse Jamo the outlaw, sald he became Dr. Wilkins’ attorney late in February. He said she had asked his advice regarding a will she had want you to look over this James quoted Dr. Wilkins as having sald, “and tell me if my an got a penny of ders me." pee fac SS tL MONEY t ‘ch 21—Call mon- 2%; ruling rate id 144; offered at call loans against 2 cer 2%; time loans easy; mi. teral 60-90 days 4%; 4.4 months 44% @4%; price commercial house on paper 415 @4%,