Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1924, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. CLE a a eat Lela Che Casper Sunvay Cribune F.C. LETTS OF) _ LIAGE GROCERY HOUSE 1S. DEAD Long Illness Finally Claims Prominent Chicago Man. y 3.—Frank C, to be the largest grocér jn the world, died her today of arterio scelrosts. Letts had been ili for several months and recently returned from a_health- secking tour abroad, Letts, born in Magnolia, Mlinols, came to Chicago at the age of 18, and secured a minor job with A. T. 8 nd company. Today his est 14 wholesale groceries in Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota; fifteen in Michigan, linois and In- diana and numerous canneries coffee plants and other like in- was president of the Na- y company of Michigan company of Te and ick Grocery company of Joseph, Missouri. He held sirectorships on a number of other bus: ted his business career } s to Chicago, At the ag rents moved to] Afton father purchased und the boy acted as general dy man at the same time working in_a village store. He received a salary of $25 a month with A. T. Stewart and company in Chicako. later he went into a business partnership at Ottumwa, lowa, und the firm name of Jor- dan and Letts. The pusiness pros- pered and he branched out into cat- tle breeding and then went into the wholesale grocery business. Letts {s survived by his wife, one son, three daughters and one brother, two sisters, the latter being Mrs. H. E. Keyes, Temple, Texas, and Mrs. J. H. Ream, Kansas City, Mo. The other survivors reside here. REP. ZIHLMANN, EXONERATED IN FORBES PROBE No Evidence That He Received Money, Is Chairman’s Claim. May 3. (United house committee inves- ges made against Con- WASHINGTON, Press.—The tigating cha en by the federal\grand jury ted Col. Char Forbes, former director of the veterans bur- eau at Chica today informally exhonorated p. Zihimann, of Maryland In a statement by Representative Burton, Oh!o, chairnian of the com- mittee it was said there was abso- lutely no evidence that Representa- tive Zihimann had rece!ved money. Burton made his announcement in advance of the formal committee re. port because of primary tions in| Maryland Mond in which Zihl m: s standing for re-nomination. Major General Hale Injured In Auto Crash| : i est found in the city t 933 West Fourteent! ~ Just a “Still” Picture in over two y h street. J per police station is well equipped for the moonsbining trade as a result of war waged on vio- In the foreground of the picture photographed in the Casper station is a still of 85-gallon ca- urs, which was confiscated as part of an ultra-modern ler was seized as the operator, and Joe Styger and R. hall as the proprietors. Officers Young, Ideen, Myers, Clark, Robinson and wright made the raid. Other moonshine paraphernalia is shown on the locker “mantel” in the rear of the room and in front of the large still, including the old copper wash boiler that was doing duty cleaned. The third man from the left in the William Gosset, Ray Ideen, A. ORIGINAL DESIGN MAINTAINED IN LINCOLN, SKILL MANIFEST From “Motor Travel” Magazine. In the first car considered in this series, the Lincoln, there can be no doubt as to its future, for it is manufactured by a division of the Ford Motor company. While it seems superfluous to speak of Ford strength, it is interesting to go be- a White Sale Special values will prevail for one week in our opening “White Sale,” a trifle early perhaps, but what better time could there be to make up the pretty summer things, than right now, when Spring show- ers so often keep the house- wife indoors, with time hang- ips heavy on her hands? Sheets and Pillow Cases Only reliable time tried brands of good quality are to be found here and at prices made in- teresting for this occasion. 60x90-in Farwear Sheets $1.29 )0-in Farwear Sheets $1.39 J0-in Farwear Sheets $1.49 int Pillow Cases_.27 %c 90-ins U Sheets _$1.59 x90-in Ut heets__$1.74 90-in Utica Sheets $2.10 36-in 45x36-in Pillow Cases ‘Pillow Cases_ Percale Sheets Beautifully smooth and fine Wamsutta percale sheets, nice- ly hemstitched. An ideal gift for the coming bride or for furnishing the guest room. Sheets, each__$4.00 42x86-in Pillow Cases ea.$1.05 81x90-in Royal Society Cases 42x36-inch ‘hemstitched and stamped for embroidery, Very DANVILLE, IL, May 3.—Major General Harry C. Hale, commander of the Sixth Corps Area, was ser | chine crashed into a motor truck | jous! red today when his ma being driven from from Chicago to Indianapol t Fitzkalo, who was driving the and Captain 0. 8 Smith, aide, who wa nying the general, were everel hurt The three were taken to a hospita here, and ysicians said r > was fatally tr nera > ined several nd » cuts about FOREST HIGHWAY TO GROSS SNOWY ANGE ABOVE 11,000 FEET AMIP, W 1 ur, according to Hubert C. Hilton | hich pasves through a the Lin the R puntain highway, 112 miles, ‘The new re nd will be only 80 | < 226 E. 2nd St. Bldg. special, pair ,..-_.___$1.20 Towels Summer, coming — vacation days—guests arriving most any Tt all means the housewife must guard her towel supply closely, In y of those demands, this is a par- ticular’ opportune _ event, Huck, linen, turkish towels— plain, embroidered or stitched—They are all hem- here hind the scenes, for here is an or- ganization which, after placing the automobile within the reach of everyone, is now creating an auto- nbodying not only the fin- ineering skill, but the best uring pract And all is by resources that are large~’ singlo in one establishment recently picture is not a policeman. The others from left to right are H. Zook, E. McDowell and Orville Myers. ly beyond the influences of vicissi- tudes in the material market, for Ford has the raw material for the building of motor cars, such as furnaces and foundries for casting the parts and machinery for fabri- cating them, which in turn is backed by engineering talent acknowledged for its mastery of metallurgical sci- ence and its grasp of the methods of exact production. “ While Ford has improved the Lincoln that had been, there have been no changes in the funda- mentals of design, and no let-up in the standards of accuracy on a eperation. In considering RICHARDS & CUNNINGHAM CO. “Reliable Merchandise Since 1888” ‘Now is the time to plan your summer wardrobe—to select the needed materials and Never have the dress goods been make them _up, so lovely or so varied in patterns and colors, more sightly than the and come in white and For the fashioning frocks, tub skirts an place in fashion’s game, All colors. Ratines For early summer wear, nothing is so practical or n _hew imported French Ratines. They are the outstanding novelty cloths of the season ) r colors—plaids, small, in stripes and, checks, large - and Prices begin at + $1.00 Per Yard Linens of summer sports and street d sport blouses, linen wing first Finest stand all sorts of wear and re quality and will peated laundering, $1.25 Per Yard shirts and pajamas, etc, The finish is pe Handkerchiefs Fifty dozen ladies 10¢ linen handkerchiefs in white and all colors, plain and figured, Just to ‘stimulate a little business we offer them to you at— 5¢ Each Blouses Dainty Dimity Blouses of rood quality—well je, in gratifying assortments, Buy them by the dozen, 16-inch Huck Towels..._19¢ 8 h Huck Towels ~24¢ urkish) Towels .....26¢ 6 Turkish Towels 48 $1.00 Linen Towels . 780 $1.26 Linen Towels + -98e $1.50 Linen Towels _._$1.18 Towels Stamped for embroidery, Lin. | en Guest Towels at 20% OFF | BUTTERICK PATTERNS mmed. A very special “ ermanent and it wears Very conservatively priced at 88c Per Yard ; hg A) $1 .00 Each English Broadcloth A smooth, highly mercerized cott won instant popularity for tub on materials that blouses, skirts, men’s It launders beautifully. indefinitely. Indian Head Useful in a thousand ways, 86-inch, yard . 32e 44-inch, yard . 54-inch, yard — 86-inch Colored, Bed Spreads All are offered at real price concessions. Dimity, Satin, Crocheted, in all sizes and in many colots, 20% Off “As Old as Casper” of them now have Lincoln-trained —_——_———— Roya esos Richards & Cunningham Co the fundamentals of the Lincoln de- sign, one must remember the two years of painstaking experimenta- tion und unrelenting tests that elapsed before the Lincoln was Jn- troduced. In the original car there was incorporated thy distinctive en- gineering features of the Lincoln built today by the Ford Motor com- pany. It was powered with an eight-cylinder V-type motor with its cylirders set at an included angle of 60 degrees. Engineer's Report, The Automobile club of Americajs engineer, after a run, dictated the following report: The Lincoln has an elght-cylinder engine, meaning flexibility of con- trol, quick acceleration or pick-up from slow to fast speed. It also mesns an absence of gear-shifting by virtue of its four-power impulses or explosions for each revolution of the crankshaft. In design it differs from other eight cylinder engines in that the cylinders which are in two groups of four wach, are mounted at 60 de- grees to each other, approaching close to the vertical plane, dec: ing piston thrust on the power stroke, as ‘compared with the 90, de- gree motor. In taking a test run accelerating from 10 to 65 miles per hour, there was no noticeable vibra- tion period, and this was true when the car was nut only driven by the Lincoln demonstrator, but by myself, the chauffeur, and the owner-driver- All body type are mounted on the regular 136-inch Lincoln” wheel- base chassis and are furnished in three colors, Cobalt blue, Brewster green or Orriford Lake. Standard equipment includes hy- draulic shock absorters, §0 miles speedometer and eightday clock, power tire pump, complete set of tools, rear tire carrier, windshield wiper, rear vision mirror and cigar lighter. Other equipmeni appropri- ate to the various body types is also included jn the standard specifica- tions. Many color options are available, and upholstery is offered® in a variety of appropriate textures and tints. However, sturdily a car be built, it cannot run indefinitely without occasional adjustments. And then it also deserves periodic inspections by expert mechanics, familiar with its every detail, and the Ford Motor company realized this and very early announced {ts intention of backing the Lincoln car with a great service organization. Nothing has been spared in making good that pledge. There are nearly 10,000 authorized Ford dealers in the United States and 700 in Canada. Many thousands White Sale Attractive Table Linens All kinds are represented— from heavy damask—the aris- tocrat of linens—to the mod- erately priced mercerized cot- ton cloth, and remember, you can buy them at substantial savings. Damask $4.50 72-inch, yard ._.$3.60 $4.00 72-inch, yard $2.85 72-inch, yard $1.25 66-inch, yard_____95¢ Lihen Luncheon Sets Belgian linen sets, one 36x36 cloth and four napkins, regu- lar $4.00 value while they last, DaehO 52-inch cloths only, recularlv priced at $3.75 While they last.’ DateD Royal Society EMBROIDERY PACKAGE OUTFITS Luncheon sets. Stamped for embroidery. One cloth and four napkins to the set, $1.45 36-inch Snowbloom set . $1.15 $2.00 86-inch Snowbloom set . ~--....---.--- $1.55 $2.85 86-inch Linen Set $2.25 $3.45 45-inch Linen Set $2.70 Best Quality Sheetings 8-4 Quality Sheetings, yd 50 9-4 Quality Sheetings, yd 53¢ 10-4 Quality Sheetings, yd 63c PILLOW TUBINGS 42-inch Pillow tubing, yd 42c 45-inch Pillow Tubing, yd 45¢ Nainsooks An especially fine quality, will wear well and lend itself to many a dainty fashioning 50c yard, or by the rd bolt * °° $4.75 BUTTERICK PATTERNS mechanics in their service depart- ments. Special! Lincoln schools at the company’s branches have in- structed picked mechanics sent in by dealers over the territory, mak- ing them familiar with every detail of the construction of the Lincoln, and acquainting them with the ad- justments necessary for its perfect functioning. These schools are &t work all fhe time in orger that every Ford dealer may ultimately have at least one man who has taken the course. The H. Franklin Manufactur- ing company’s plant; where the Franklin car {s made, employs nine per cent of the labor in Syracuse. —____o—____ Some of the streets in Chinese sities are only three feet wide. SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1924. OIL TANKER ON ROCKS ~— IN PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 3— The Associated , Oll tanker Frank H. Buck is fast on the rocks of Point Penos South of Monterey, California, according to word re- ceived here by radio from the Ra- STS ae ee er 9.30 p. m. the Sine ont distress calts giving ber position and meager defails as fo her condition. ‘The coast guard cutter Shawee is reported to be in the vincinity, The tanker San Francisco for Monterey ‘shortly after noon today. Apparently sho was swept by adverse tides upon one of the roc’y points that guard the entranrs of Monterey, Bay. The vessel is of 3850 tons, js commanded by Captain M. W. An. derson and carrys a. ~ of 30. Late reports received by the Ry” dio Corporation of America were“! the effect that the tanker 14 in no immediate danger. The passenger steamer Yale is reported standing by and “several other vessels aro known to be in the vicinity, oe J. EH. Hargreaves, an English woolbroker, at the age of 82 arrived in New York on his 138th visit to America. The Season’s Best SHOES — For Men and Young Men “New Ideas in and Neckwear 2 For the Man of * Smart Appearance Shirts of Being ampbell-Johnson Co. HEAD-TO-FOOT CLOTHIERS Who Have Acquired the Habit Well Dressed BURY REALTY CO. | “As Old As Casper” Phone 1268 SPROFIT “Toward a Greater Casper” Your First OP P ORTUNITY » Buy: A LOT | The Best Buy in Casper Sold On Easy Terms sen In Casper’s newest and best addition, located on East Second Street, bounded by Lennox and Beverly streets, Paving contract let from Second and Conwell to Sec- ond and Lennox streets. Majority of lots 60x140 feet, all level, and streets graded: adjoining Casper’s new City Park. Salesman on ground Saturday and Sunday. 15 Daly Bld so ce ee ee ~