Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1924, Page 13

« FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1924. |\Commodity, ou. WICHITA, Kans.—The oll dndus- try in Butler county suffered at least $2,000,000 from the recent tor- nado, The Empire Gas and Fuel company was the heaviest loser, with more than 100 rigs down in the Augusta field and a big battery of tanks destroyed by lightning in the HBibing field. Other losers were the Magnolia Petroleum company, the Skelly Ol company and the Prairie Off and Gas company. SAN+ FRANCISCO.—The eleven southern California oil fields have dropped off 229,579 barrels in ‘daily production, as compared with last year's daily average production of 561,904 barrels, Livestock. FORT WORTH.—Seventy-five cars have been ordered from the Orient railroad to carry the first shipment ‘of fall cattle to the northern stock pens, which will start in Crockett county, September 1 and continue to November 1, & Textiles. HOLYOKE, Mass.—The Lyman milis here making cotton goods have resumed operations after a suspen- sion of ten days. Wor the present a ‘hree-day week schedule will be maintained. NHBW ORLEANS.—The present outlook is for a rice crop of 17, 000,000 bushels in this state this year, compared with 15,100,000 bushels last year. The total produc- tion in all states producing rice is placed at 35,$00,000 bushels, com- spared with 3: 6,000 bushels in 1923. Coal. PITTSBURGH.—Gas' slack fs be- ing quoted at $1.15 to $1.25 a ton, steant slack $1.05 to.$1.14,.mine run steam $1.50 to $2.00 and best grade jump $1.80 to $2.20, In the coke market, standard furnace is $3 and standerd foundry $4 to $4.75. Grain. KANSAS CITY.—Harvest hands who are working north all are ex/ pected to find employment in thé Foreign Trade News west but cool weather is hold: ing grain back and some will have to be idle a few days, it is expectéd. Fruit. SEATTLE.—The North Pacific Fruit Exchange, organized to handle the first crop af Oregon and Wash- ington, has closed contracts cover- ing the main producing sections. All the large producers arp said to have signed to permit the exchange to handle thelr output. ST. LOUI The St. Louls and San Francisco railroad estimates that 609 cars of peaches will be shipped from the Ozark section of Missouri, Arkansas and Ok\whoma this season. The movement begins July 20 and extends to August 6, DETROIT.—The movement of the cherry crop has begun. Recent rains have improved the condition of the fruit. Although the peach crop in Berrien and Van Buren counties was nearly all winter killed. Allegan county orchards will have a crop 65 per cent of normal. Cotton. HOUSTON.—The condition of cot- ton in Texas is -placed at 72 by the state commissioner of agriculture, a gain of 3 points in the last month with the acreage increase estimated at 9 per cent, Firearms, SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—The Smith and,Wesson company is closed for a three weeks’ vacation’ period in- stead of two weeks as is usual, Steel. PHILADELPHIA.—The low “* bid submitted for furnishing the steel, fron and bronze for the approach wort of the Delaware river inter+ state bridge submitted by the Amer- ican Bridge company w; $3,305,500 or about $60,000 less than that of its. nearest. competitor. Dry Goods. SAN FRANCISCO.— Department store managers throughout this sec- tion report the public is on, a keen suet for bargains which has result- in ‘strong competition between Fates Outstanding values, how- ever, bring quick buying response. Trade Situation Of Country Now on Mend; ye By J. ©, ROYLE. (Special Correspondent of The Cas- per Tribune.) Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, July 18.—The for- eign trade of the United States has responded to the pulmoter of sales effort and now is commencing to breathe more naturally. Dispatehs réceived within the last 24 hours give evidence of fresh buying of steel by Japanese interests on a fair- ly large scale. The American Sheet and Tin Plate company has received orders for approximately 5,000. tons of ight gauge black sheets and 40,000 boxes of tin plate. It is believed in steel circles that these are forerunners of further purchases, since Japanese buying ufually is of an assorted nature and ovders are generally combined in order to make full cargoes for their sips sajling from the Pacific coast. Other bids asked include one for 10,000 tons of steel rails and inguiry has been made for black and blue annealed sheets. ‘Trade with Japan has been fur- ther simplified by the adoption by imperial decree of the metric sys- teh, which became effective the”first of this month: The Japanese gov- ernment has conducted a campaign of education in the effort to do away with the old complicated units of welghts and measure, but it fs expected it will require consider- able time to popularize the metric system. Replacement of scales used on the government railroads alone will require expenditure of over $300,000. Prunes, raisins and dried fruits nre being exported to European countries from Pagific ports at the rate of several hundred tons daily. According San Frane!sco ship: ping men, the movement fs almost double that of last year. It is ex- pected that the canned goods ship- ments for Europe, which will short- ly get under way, will exceed those of dried frnits. Dried pears and peaches will be sent to England, Will not be ready for two weeks yet, Wut canneries already are preparing the vegetable output for export. Mexico and other Latin-American countries are taking excellent yol- ume of American manufactured goods, the trend being specially strong in Central America. Produc- ers and exporters are expressing the hope that the American advertis- ing men who have been meeting in London will gather on their trip data which. will make possible the adequate advertising of American goods abroad. This attitude was expressed by C. 4. Martin, of the National Paper and Type company, who said: “I have known good advertising to sell the most expensive highly competitive American goods in low priced foreign markets flooded with similar goods from half a dozen ‘countrié New Homes to be Furnished, The fact that building begun in first half of this year in 322 cities of the country involved ex- penditure of nearly two millon dol- lars-and that the volume of buila- ing for-the'remaining six months of 1924 As expected to be heavy 1a not being overlooked by furniture men, Japs Place Steel Orders ‘Thousands of furniture dealers are crowding the annual shows at Grand Rapids and Chicago this week, making preparations to meet the demand expected this fall. One conservative dealer here esti- mates that 70,000 families in this city and.environs will move this fall, 32,000 new apartments will be opened, 24,000 new homes will be opened and 250,000 rooms must’ be furnished. There has been a slowing down in building in many places, but_ this has been counterbalanced by — the gains in cities like New York, Chi- cago, Detro!t, Philadelphia, Cleve- land, Milwaukee, Buffalo and Den- ver, which made gains in June compared with last June. Furniture manufacturers, ag. a whole, jaye been pleased with the business done at the mid-summer shows. Over 1,200,000 feet of hard- woods will be converted into furni- ture used in this country. This has been caused by high wages in the building trades, which have induc- ed furniture workers to seek bulld- ing trade employment. Market Gossip ‘Marine Oil Company Operations. Salt Creek—Section 5-39-78, Wol- verine CR1, depth 2,765 feet, clesn- ing out and repairing rig; Wolver- ine CR3, pumping. Section 20-39-78—Taylor 2, pump- ing; Taylor 4, swabbing and clean- ing out; Taylor 6, pulling 6%-inch casing; Taylor 7, pumped in 400 cuble feet of mud, pulling 10-Inch casing. Section Tritth oki ine 1, taking down cleanout tools; Marine 7, depth 1,725 feet, 1,680-1,725 feet shale. Section 18-40-78—Wyokans 1, flow- ing; Wyokans 2, rigging up; Wyo- kans 3, taking down cleanout tools; 4, shut down for cement Wyokans 5, rig up. Section 22-40-79 — Wyokans cleaning out; Wyokans 2 and pumping. Section 28-40 tion 28 pumping. —All wells on sec- Midwest Plans Now Test CHEYENNP, Wyo., July 18.—The Midwest Oil company is moving to the Jordan stricture, 45 miles north- west of Cheyenne, a large rotary drilling rig and several carloads: of cable and other supplies, for use in sinking a deep well to test the strue- ture. The drilling site is near the fourth of a series ef holes recently sunk with a portable rig to deter- mine whether the structure “is “closed.” The Midwest test will be followed with intense interest in Cheyenne because, should oll be developed in the Jordan structure, plans will be curried out for prospecting the en- tire 70 mile zone between that struc- ture and the Wellington dome. This zone at its closest point is within six miles of Cheyenne, Prep adele Call the Tribune for highway in- formation, New York Stocks Last Gale Allied Chemical & Dye -....- American a Tel and Tel, ~..... American Tobac: ere American American Zins, Lead and Sm. Onaconda Copper - Atchison <+--_--.2-2.. sede Atlantic Coast Line -~. Baldwin Locomotive a Baltimore and Ohio ---.-.. Bethlehem Stee) -.-..-.-.... California Petroleum -----.- Canadian Pacific -_--.-..-.._ Central Leather -+......--,.. Cerro de Pasco ~..-.-----.-.. Chandler Motors .«. Chesapeake and Ohio -. Chicago and. Northwestern .2 Chicago, Mil and St. Paul pfd Chicago, R. I. and Pao. -. Chile Copper Coca Cola -..----. Colorado Fuel and Tron oo Congeloum ~~... Consolidated Gag .-~------ Corn Products new ~.----... Cosden Oil Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar pfd. — Davison Chemical -.... Du Pont de Nemours ---... Erie -nee- nee e- Famous Players Lasky ~~... General Aspha!t ---....--... General Electric ---.-..... General Motors -.--..-...-... Great Northern pfd -....-.. Gulf States Steel Houston Oil Illinois Central --.--.--..-... International Harvester ~... Int. Mer. Marine pfd. --.. Int. Tel and Tel. ---.---.-... Invincible Oll ~.--.---.-.---~ Kelly Springfield Tire Kennecott Copper ... Loulsville and Nashville Mack Truck Marland Oit Maxwell Motors A Middle States-Oil ~.-..-.... Missouri Kan and Tex. ....-- Missouri Pacific pfd. National Se seceonse New Orleans, ‘Tex and Mex—— New York Central er N. Y., N. H., and Hartford .. Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Paciife Oll Pan American Petroeum | B - Pennhylvania — Producers and Refiners Pure Oil ~. Reading oe Republic Iron ‘and | Steel .... Reynolds Tobacco B. -.. Seaboard Air Line ~.-+..... Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Southern Pacific --....---. Southern Railway -..-...-..- Southern Railway pfd. ....-. Standard Oi! of Cal ~. Standard Oil of N, J. Studebaker Corporation Texas Co. Texas and Pacific — Tobacco Products - Transcontinental Ol! -. Union Pacific ~--.-.--.-.--.-- 137% United Drug U. 8. Cast Iron Pipe U. 8. Ind. Alcohol United States Rubber United States Steel Utah Copper Westinghouse Hlectric Willys-Qveriand Woolworth Torehlight Elk Basin - Rock Creek Salt Creek Big Muday Mule Creek Sunburst Hamilton Dome Ferris Byron Notches Pilot Butte Lander 64 42 129 oT Continental fe Cumberland Galena ilinois Indiana Nat. Tran. . ¥. ‘Tran Nor, Pipe Ohio Olt Prairie Oil Prairie ‘Pipe Solar Ret. 8. O. Ind. POTATOES CHICAGO, July 18—Potatoen trad- ing rather slow, market weak; re- ceipts cars; 210 cars on track; total United States shipments 838; Missourl and Kansas sacked Irish cobblers $1.40@1.65 for best stoci with poor stock selling as low as %0c; sacked early Ohios $1.25@1.50; North Carolina barrels, Irish eob- blers $2.00@2.50, according to Gondl- Hon; Virginia barrels, Irish cobblers $2.00@3.15. 0. k, r €be Stocks Caspet Daily Cribune Grain AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED | OJL SECURITIES 20915 2.00 1.21 05 12 06 29% OT 7.00 Central ripe Consolidated Cow Gulea Domino . 28% 05 Frants -..-.---..-.--. 6.50 Marine Mike Henry Mountain & Gulf .-..1.33 .1.36 New York Ot] ------. 9.00 11.00 Picardy --..-.. 04.06 Preston 1% 0B Red Bank ---.......29.50 30.00 Royalty & Producers 04 05 3% 04% 3.00 3.26 15% 16% Ad 5 1.00 08 CLOSING 17.75 30 23.50 8.50 60.00 0 205.00 10.00 55.50 NEW YORK CURR Mountain Producers Glenrock Oll -... Salt Creek Prds. .. Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, July 18.—(U. 8. De- partment of Agriculture.}—Hogs— Receipts, 31,000; steady to 10c high- er; lightweight show full advance killing pigs, strong; active shipping demand; top welghty butchers, $8.10; bulk better 170 to 825 pound weight, 7.80@8.50; desirable 140 to 160 pound averages, $7.95@7.75; packing sows, $6.95@7.90; good and choice strong weight slaughter pigs, $6.35 heavyweight hogs, $7.10@ $7.45@805; Ught light, packing sows, smooth, E packing sows, rough, $6.75@7.06; slaughter pigs, $5.75@ 6.75. Cuttle—Receipts, 4,000; slow; bet- ter grades beef steers and yearlings, firm; others weak; light Teceipts; few steers here eligible to sell above $9.00; mostly $7.00@8.50; top handy weight, $10.25; grassy cows semi-demoralized; canners, fully eady: steady to weak; bulk vealers, $9.00@10.00. Sheep—Receipts, 14,000; active; generally steady on all classes; bulk fat native lambs, $14.00@14.25; few to city butchers, $14.35; sorting moderate; culls, $9.00@9.50 mostly; bulk -western lambs, $14.50; some held higher; odd lots fat ewes, $5.00 @6.00; choice feeding lambs, bid 912.25, Omaha Quotations. OMAHA, July 18.—(U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture,)—Hogs—Re- celpts, 13,500 active, strong to 10c higher; mostly 5c higher; bulk good and choice 200 to 325 pound butch: ers, $4.50@7.60; ‘top $7.65; bulk 160 to 200 pound weights, $7.25 @7.50; bulk of all sales, $6.95@7.60; aver- age cost Thursday, $7.25; weight 262. Cattle—Receipts, 1,100; beef steers and yearlings, moderately active, steady to strong; killing quality, plain; bulk dry lot steers and year- lings, $7.26@5.75; top steers, $9.50; yearlings, $9.00; stockers and feed- ers, nominally steady; bulk buteher cows and heifers, $3.75@7. bologna, bulls, $4.35@4.50. Sheep — Receipts, 7,000; lambs, mostly 10@15c lower; bulk fat range lambs, $13.85@14.00; sheep, steady; feeders, steady to easy; early sales range feeding lambs, $11.50@1 Denver Prices. 4 DENVER, Colo., July 18—(. 5. Department of De sontares = ees: —Receipte—250; goferally 10 high- er; early sales desirable medium weights, $7.756@7.80; few drive ins, $7.65@7.75; packing sows generally steady $5.75; few smoother grades, $6.00; few 130 to 140-pound weights, $5.75@ 6.00. Cattle—Receipts—200¢ nothing new sales, a few holdovers steady; cows, $5.00; steers $6.00@7.25; com- mon stock, $2.75; common stock steers, $4.60. Sheep—Receipts, 3,400; few early sales western lambs steady; three loads choice Idahos, $13.25; other classes steady. Butter and Eggs CHICAGO, July 18.— Butter, lower; receipts, 11,455 tiiber “create xtras, 38¢; standards, 8c pit firsts, 2 27@37%0; firsts, 354@ 86% c; weconds, 33@3414e. Eggs, unchanged; receipts, cases; firsts, 25@26c; ordinary f 24@24%c; storaxe pack firsts ail Platto County Test. “Core” hole testing of the Ante- lope Gap structure in Platte county fs to be started next week, accord- ing to reports from Wheatland which show that the Sinclair subsid- lary] the Repollo Oil company is to be the operator. Karl A. Adams of the company’s Denver office is now at Wheatland making preparations for the test. The work is to be com- pleted within the next 60 days. Pre Uminary geologica! investigation by K. A. Mann has already been done and the results of this are to be checked. Antelope Gap structure is seven miles southeast of Wheatland, covered by lease holding of 18,000 acres in the possession of W. F. Brown and J, C. Ramef. STOCK POOLS, HALT DECLINE Many Gains Scored In After- noon Trading On Ex- change NEW YORK, July 18.—Heavy buying of the railroad shares, in+ Spired by the decision of the inter- State commerce commission denying ® reduction in freight rates on grain, was the oustanding feature of today's active stock mafket. More than 50 stocks, including over 30 rails, touched new high prices for the year. ‘The close was. strong. Sales approximated 1,300,000 shares, NEW YORK, July 18,—Rallroad shares assumed the leadership of a broad upward movement at the opening of today's stock market. St. Paul preferred and St. Louis Sauthwestern preferred each opened about a point higher, while Missourt Pacific movec up to a new 1924 high. Coppers also were in good demand, American Smelting touch: ing a new peak price in the first fey minutes of trading. Speculative interest continued to nter largely in the railroad shares, additional new highs being recorded by Rock Island common and six per cent preferred, “Katy! preferred, Western Maryland second preferred, Kansas City’Southern common and preferred, Pere Marquette, Peoria and Eastern, Frisco common and Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred, the gains ranging from small frac- ons to nearly two points. Other Strong spots included Adams Bx- press, American Express, American Tobacco, General Petroleum, Cerro De Pasco and Stewart Warner Speedometer, all up one to two Points. Woolworth and United States Rubber, first preferred, each off a point, were among the few heayy spots. Foreign exchanges opened steady. The upward broader proportions as trading pro- gressed, despite rather free selling of Bethlehem and Crucible Steels, Baldwin, Atlantic Refining and Worthington Pump, which sagged one to two points. Two score stocks had attained new peak prices be- fore noon, of which more than half were rails, including Southern Pa- cific, Northern Pacific, Chicago and Northwestern, Great Northern pre- ferred and Rock Island 7 per cent preferred. Several ordinarily in active issues also came to life while copper continued to give one of the best demonstrations of group strength. Call money opened at 2 per cent. The ability of pools to mark up stocks in opposition to the spasmodic selling of the bear element found re- flection In a much stronger market in the afternoon when a number of shares rose buoyantly. Goodyear Rubber preferred soared 8 points and Genera! Electric, Davison Chemica!, Kresge Department Stores, Savage Arms, Atlantic Coast Line and Northerrr Pacific ruled 3 to 4 points higher, ———~ La Follette — Is Endorsed By Conductors Movement assumed CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., July 18.— The boar dof directors of the Order of Railway Conductors last night, formally endorsed the candidacy of Senator Robert M,. LaFollette for the presidency, according to a state- ment given out by President L, B. Sheppard today. SUGAR NEW YORK, sugar was quiet July 18.—Refined y and unchang- ‘Led at $6.50 to $6.70 for fine granu lated, Refined futures were nominal. Sugar futures closed steady, ap- proximate sales 11,000 tons; July $3.27; September $3.37; December $3.33; March $3.13. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, July exchanges steady; quotations cents: Great Britain, demand, 4 cables, 437%; 60-day bills on banks, 434%; France, demand, 5,11; cables, 5.12; Italy, demand, 4.90%: cables, 4.30%; Belgium, demand, 4.56; cables, 4.57; Germany, demand (pe trillion) .28%; Holland, demand, 37.88. LIBERTY BONDS NEW YORK, July 18 bonds closed 3 1-38, 101.14; second 4s, 101.11; first 4% 102.1; second 4%s, 101.14; third, 4%, 102.6; fourth 4%s, 102.4; U. 5. Government, 4\s, 104.23, 18.—Foreign in uiberty a oe MONEY Rew YORK, July money, steady; high, 2; low, 2; rul- ing rate, 2; closing bid. offer 2%; last loan, 2; call loans against ot a4 Time loans, jer; mixed oc ater 60-90 da 4: 4-6 months, 3@ prime con mercial paper, 34% @3% 18.—Call nees, PouLtTRY CHICAGO, July 18.—Poultry high. cr; fowls 16@21¢; broilers 28@30u; roosters 14c, PAGE THIRTEEN. Livestock :: All Markets WHEAT PRICES | GIVEN SETBACK = Continual Hammering by Bears Keeps Market Unsettled CHICAGO, July 18.—Drenching rains in parts 6f the Canadian North- west brought about a sharp down- turn in wheat prices today as soon as the market opened. Selling was based largely on opinions that wheat and oats which had been planted late would receive benefits even though much of the crop was past likell- hood of aid, Setbacks in Liverpool quotations were also a depressing factor. Chicago opening prices, which ranged from %@4X%c lower, September §1.24%@1.26%, and De- cember $1.28@1.30, were followed by a rally of as much as 2% cents in some cases and then by fresh de- clines. Heavy selling on the part of hold- ers kept the market weak most of the time during the last part of the day. Demand appeared to have been filled up for at least the time be- ing. The close was unsettled, 4c to 4%c net. lower, September $1.245 @1.24% and December $1.27@1.27 Continued low temperatures up- held new crop months better than nearby deliveries, but the whole market felt the effect of the break in wheat values. Corn closed weak, 1%c to 3%c net lower, September $1.04 to $1.04%. Open High Low Close Wh July Sept Dec. Corn— July Sept Dec. ~ Oats— July Sept Dee. Lara— July 18.42 Sept Oct. 127 1.29% 1.26 24% 127 1.24 1.28 1.30% 1.27% 1.26% 1.24% se 1.27% 1,10 03 92 112 1.06% 94 1.09% 1.03 91% 54% ATM A9% pouiny 56 48% 50% 56% 48% 50% 49% 12.43 12.67 12.80 12.30 12.40 12.55 12.33 12.45 12.55 10.60 10.90 10.95 10.90 11.10 10.80 10.95 11.46 11.62 11.80 11.62 11.86 Cash Grains and Provisions CHICAGO, Jv'y 8—Wheat No. Red $1. hard $1.27% @1.28% Corn No, 2 mixed $1.13% @1.13%; No. 2 yellow $1.18@1.14%, Oats No. 2 white 58@6lc, No. 3 white 44% @59%4e, Barley 82@860; rye timothy seed $6."5@8.25. Clover eeed $12@20.50. Lard $12.32, Ribs $10.75. $11.62. unquoted; Bellies eee eee FLAX DULUTH, Minn., July 18.—Close flax July $2.50; September $2.33; October $2.32%. Flour. ‘NEAPOLIS, July 18.— to 10c higher. F .05. Bran $ Conductors to Meet Next May CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., July 18.- The next triennial convention of the Order of Railway Conductors will be held at Minneapolis in May, 1925, it was decided by the board of direc- tors of the order in session. here. The question of endorsing the pres- idential candidacy of Senator LaFol- lette, is expected to come before the board. MENGE 2a 5 Hee SUMMARY OF NIGHT NEWS WASHINGTON.—Arrests by the police for prohibition law violations in Washington during the last fis- cal year totalled 13,955, or 1,207 more than for the previous year, ot- ficlal reports said. ROME.—Crown Prince Humbert of Italy, will not stop in Brazil on his South American tour owing to the disturbed conditions there, dis- patches say. PITTSBURGH.—National quarters of the American party, which has nominated 2 national ticket, were established here. Recosithes rin Isa oh AUTHOR OF NICK CARTER FAME DEAD July 18—John R. Cofyell, originator of the Nick Cur ter detective stories, died Tuesday in Readfield, Maine, his Mterary as- sociates here have been informed. Mr. Coryell began his writing ca- reer as a reporter on a San Fran elsco newspaper, but soon launched into free lan authoriship © and amassed a fortune The Nick Curter stories, which were written by the late Van Rensselaer Dey, by Mr, Coryell, the first few of the storie Mr. Coryell also wrote lator novels bearing the Aertha, M. Clay. head most Fred wer some of the name of who wrote ‘spot stoudy, middling $32.40, BUSINESS BRIEFS ANS—Moderate im- Provement in orders for fall delivery in this section, altho sales are still well behind the record of 1923¢ The general opinion exists, however, that business will pick up rapidly after August 1, Stocks are nd the crop outlook is such as to ¢ buying. Present indications point to the best crops Louisiana has had for several years. Export trade ts increasing steadily with the central American countries, altho the bust: ness with Mexico is slow. ST. LOUIS—There has been a bet ter feeling in biisiness circles here since the close of the democratic convention and business has been helped by the continuation of season al weather. More out of town mer- chants are in this market and or ders have been larger. The crop outlook is favorable for while South- ern Ilinois and Missouri crops are late, improvement has been shown recently. Manufacturers are avold- ing over-production and both whole- sale and retail stocks are low. There has been some decline in employ- ment at steel, rubber, flour, brick, cement and auto plants and there is still a surplus of mechanics and factory help, but a strong demand exists for farm iabor. SAN FRANCISCO—The unusually Nght demand for dgricultural work- has brought a ght surplus of abor in California. Thie been Intensified by the on of lumbering activities, Building operations have served to keep skilled workers busy but there is an ample supply of men in the oil fields and mining districts, EAST ST. LOUIS, Mll.—The East St. Louts elty council is taking stren- uous steps to check the niigration of southern negroes to this section, sending out notices thruoyt the south that there is no scarcity of labor here, ROCHESTER, N, Y.—Federal cus- toms house receipts In this district for fiscal year ending June 30 show % gain of nearly $1,000,000 over last year. Goods exported totaled over $9,000,000 in value. RADIO. PLAYING! PART IN BATTLE WITH BIG FIRES Dozen Statiodie’ in West Broadcast Warnings And Information. By L. ©. OWEN (Special Correspondent of The Cas: per Tribune) (Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press Association) SAN FRANCISCO, July 14—The mvisible forces of the far reaching radio, together with the ald of more than a million amateur fans are be- ing drafted into the fight against the epidemic of forest and brush fires whieh nave become a grave men ance to several sections of Califor nia, Warnings to campers in the en- dangered mountain regions, together with a state-wide educational cam- paign against starting new fires are being carried on the alr in Califor: nia’s batt!s against the fire god. For what is probably the first time in the’ history of radio, cheap little portable crystal sets of many ama- teurs are engaged in the wholesule work of rascue. Under ye directions of the United States fcvest service, a dozen big broadcasting stations in the San Francisco region are sending out word to all campers within 150 miles of the seven fires now raging and warning them to quit the moun- tains immediately. Many of these campers are known to carry small portable receiving set# and to tune in regularly on the evening con certs given here. Amateur operators gered mountain regions are counted upon re and spread t nong other campers and result, a general exodus f mountains is expected to way within a dozen hours, The educational plan is being par ticipated in by more than a million 40¥ £q poqanp ‘sisjorpVA anoywury est rangers as lifornia’s radio reserve,’ It starts the evening ra- dio program tonight. Opposed to the series ranks of radio reservists jn the campaign wil) be the “careless smokers’ brigade” and “the negligent campers’ army.” More than 90 per cent of the 800 for est fires which have been recorded in California so far this year have been caused elther by carelessly tossed cigaret butts or smouldering fires left behind by , thoughtless campers, Over the radio tonight and for every night for a week, forest heads will tell every Ustening fan that cause of long continued weath er, every government forest reserve in the state is like the proverbial box tinder—only a spark ne to set it aflame, ‘The Jousness of the situation will be impressed upon those who listen in and the co-oper ation of all citizens in fire preven tlon will be sought Altogether, it is estr 90,000 men, great them conscripted from tos, mountain hotels parties, are on the in the endan vo under the passing au and camping forest fire fight |chickens use UNION SERVICE WILL HEAR SERMON SUNDAY BY REV. W. H. GERMANY “The Unfinished Task" will be the Subject of the sermon at the union Sunday evening service, to be held at the First Christian church, eor- ner Grant and Lind, Sunday eve ning the 20th. Rev, Willis H. Ger many, of the East Side Methodist Community church, will be the preacher. A program of special music is be- ing arranged. A male quartette will sing, someone will sing “My Task" and “Little Pink Ros Dr. Byron H. Staats will play a plano solo, “Egeria." Good ‘qongrega- Uonal singing, then the sermon. “The Unfinished Task” was first Suggested to me when that fine young Amerioan, Calvin Coolidge, Jr, wag so untimely removed from his earthly task, but as I have studied on my message tt has con- siderably enlarged. SILVER NEW YORK, July 18.—Bar silver 670; Mexican dollars 51 tc. For results. try a Tribune Clas. sified Ad. There was recently held, ina New Children’s Hair Cutting Ladies’ Shampoo Ladies’ Hair Cutting WORLD’S FAIR BARBER SHOP COTTMAN BLDG. Starting July 25 WYOMING MOTORWAY Will Offer to the People of Casper A New and Efficient Service ee See 5. HAY—GRAIN CHIX FEEDS— SALT Casper Warehouse Uo. 268 INDUSTRIAL AVE TEL. 27 FORWARDING the best results STORAGE For in raisin; Victor Buttermil! |Starter. For more eggs ° feed eee Scratch Feed and Laying Mash. ing lines today 115 government many of whom have been direc the battle against the ore than’a week without leap. 1g them ran ting for rest or flames Three of the seven } raging alrendy ha more than 200 acres ested and unless shortly be checked, districts where phyteal impx The mc serous leved to be located a branch of the American yon in the Lake Tuhoe National Forest reserve. This capricious fire, one hour believed to be checked and the next raging out c »ntrof, ab ready has pt an n 12 miles long and six milos wide toward the divide which separates it from the famoug Lake Tahoo summer réaort| tion red that if it « hoe pt. ig ¢ burned ov of heavily for spread to almost a op them. fire ie be ~ north ‘a | v co | will t ~ COTTON NEW YORK, July fires now | | SALT CREEK BUSSES 3 Busses a Day Each Way LEAVE CASPER Townsend Hotel m., 10 a. m., 2:30 p. m. LEAVE SALT CREEK 8a. m., 2:30 p. m., 5:30 p. m. BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS Bus Leaves 9:30 Daily Salt Creek Transportation Company Ba. 18. Cotton HONE 144