Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 26, 1924, Page 9

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1924 Che Casver Dailp Cripune Oil Four Salt Creek completions are shown on this week's report of Mid- west Refining company operations. List of the four new producers fol- lows: Wyoming Assoclated—Well No. 36-A, NEX of section 15-40-79, depth 2,278 feet; 167 barrels after shot. Midwest Oil—Well No. 14, SE% of BUSINESS BRIEFS PITTSBURGH, Nov. 26.—The dis- position among many Pittsburgh mills today is to advance quotations on products for first quarter delivery but to accept business for delivery this year at old prices. This has ine interest in the market and produced additional buying. Plates, quotable at 1.80 cents before elec- tion, have sold at even less since, but now stand at 1.90 cents.as a minimum. Bars have shot up from 2 cents to 2.10 cents and shapes have made equally strong advances. Some strip mills have advanced prices in general about $3 a ton. Railroad spikes have been marked up $2, Some sheet mills being com- fortably filled for the time being and content to stay out of the market unti] {t catches up, have advanced prices $2 to $3.a ton. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.— Despite statements from New York that negotiations for the purchase of Great Western Power company and the San Joaquin Light and Power company have not gone far enough to warrant an announcement, Mor- ATLANTA—With heavy ship- ments of turkeys coming from North Carolina and Tennessee, prices here have taken a drop and live birds are ‘selling from 25@27c a pound. Dressed birds command 22@36c, Produce men expect still lower prices. FORT WORTH—The turkey has been advanced slightly at inland points and farmers are getting front) l4c to 18¢ a pound with demand g00d. PHILADELPHIA — Turkeys now are selling at about 60cm pound, compared with a peak price last, Thanksgiving of 75c. Su \ DETROIT—The sugar content of Michigan sugar beets {s running higher than in any previous season, owing to favorable fall weather. The factories are running at full speed. Textiles. FALL RIVER, Mass.—The Pocas- set Manufacturing company here re- sumed operations this week after be- ing closed for a period of seven months. About a thousand hands were employed. Other mi'ls plan to increase operations in the near fu- ture. Automobiles, BOSTON—The premier Taxicab company, which recently cut {ts rates has ordered another fleet of 150 cabs. Steel. , CLEVELAND — Little actual change in business is reported here, although the re-lichting of furnaces, Commodity Trade News Finance section 1-40-79, depth 1,132 feet, first sand well; 350 barrels after shot. Salt Creek Consolidated—Well No. 27-AX, NW of section 2-39-79, depth, 1,680 feet; 340. barrels after shot. Mountain and Gulf—Well No. 16-A, SEX of section 13-40-79, depth 2,107 feet; 160 barrels after shot. timer Flelshhacker, president of the Great Western, is quoted here as saying the consolidated concerns plan to commence immediately on a new dam of the Feather river to cost $2,000,000 which will give a reservoir holding 1,800,000 feet of water which will assure one of the largest power plants in the world. DETROIT, Nov. 26.—As a result of competition by passenger autos and trucks and inability to compete with Canadian boats by reason of the American shipping laws, officials of the White State line have deter- mined to discontinue all service ex- cept one excursion steamer. The re- Placement value of the four vessels to be sold is $2,000,000, CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Total operat- ing revenues of the Chicago and Northwestern railway for October were $14,950,129, compared with $14,924,884 in October last year, it was announced today. Total operat- ing expenses were $10,959,245 in October, 1924, compared with $11,- 881,633 in October, 1923. buying of pig iron and increases in prices indicate better times. Orders for pig this month are estimated at a million tons. Coal. CONNELLSVILLE — Bituminous mineain this section and in Ohio are opening up as detnand improves and employment is being furnished to many miners who have been idle for many weeks. KANSAS CITY—Tire sales in this territory are 100 per cent above those.of a year ago. 5“ Paper. - SEATTLE—A local plant making transparent wrapping paper. from gelatine is working 24 hours a day seven days a week to fill Christmas orders for eastern delivery. Wheat. AMARILLO, TEX.—The | wheat acreage of the Panhandle of Texas is the largest in four years. The young wheat {s doing splendidly. Electrical Equipment. LYNN, MASS.—Orders at the General E’ectric plant here have in- creased in number bit not in vol- ume. Business so far has been ahont 12 per cent below that of 1923. Gross volume for the current year 1s placed’ at $260,000,000. Tea. CHICAGO—Quotations in the Chi- cago tea market indicate that prices in the United States are relatively lower than in London or primary markets. Local importers bought lavishly early in the season and are now selling abroad. . | Grain and Stock | | Brokerage Wire Grain Openings *\ Stein Aletrin: We favor buying wheat on any further dips. Harris Winthrop: Pending a bet- ter demand for nearby grain we suggest @onservatism in operations. Bart‘ett Frazier: We expect fcr- eign buying in wheat to be resumed on any further break. The cash situation must show considerable improvement before corn prices are realized. Riordan Martin: Favor buying wheat on further decline. Any marked buying would advance corn. Thompson McKinnon: Dips, in wheat offer buying ‘opportunities. Stock Opinions Prince and Whitely: A decided improvement in trade conditions feems bound to bring about higher levels in UJ. S. Steel, Sloss Sheffield and others. _ Hornblower and Weeks: The majority of the rails and indus- trials have been showing a side- ways movement for something over four days, which indicates that thelr technical position is either being corrected through this form of movement or selling ts taking place which -will result in lower prices before a renewal of the ad- vance can be expected. Pynchon and Co.: The main body of stocks may not be consid- ered as being on the bargain coun- ter, hence we urge that the dis- crimination and caution be exe cised when strength predominates. Miller and Co,: ,A further reac- tion, under exirting conditions would be logical and hea'thy. Block Maloney: Speculative trad- ing ts largely in tuw priced shares, some of which haye excellent earn- ings to commend them. As busi- neya exnands there will be prospects of Initial or increased dividends we continue to favor purchases of high do shures on dips. J, 8. Bache and Co: We conrider {t prudent to continue a policy of conservative keeping of stocks. Opinions From || Million-Dollar Heiress Will Found Hospital BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 26.— When Rudolph Banning, wealthy San Francisco and Honolulu resi- dent died a year ago, he left one quarter of his $1,000,000 estate to his niece, Miss Ida Eleanore Weaver, University of California student, it ‘was learned here. ‘When questioned about it Miss Weaver said that she had been interested in her studes that she “had forgotten about it.” Miss ‘Weaver, who is a pre-medical stu- dent, said she was looking forward to founding a hospital after her graduation. JURY SECURED FOR TRIAL OF CHAS. FORBES CHICAGO, Nov. 26. — Opening statements were begun today in the trial of Col. Charles R. Forbes, for- mer head of the veterans’ bureau and J. W. Thompson, St, Louis and Chi- cago contractor, charged with de- frauding the government on veter- ans’ hospitalization contracts. Ralp F. Potter, special assistant attorney general, opened the case for the government and Col. James 8. Easby-Smith, Forbes'*counsel and Rudolph Loughlin, representing ‘Thompson, spoke for the defense. The important evidence will not be presented until next week, prose- cutors sald. ‘American Bends Allied Chemical & “Dye ----- American Can ,..--.-----~-- Car & Foundry --- International .—-- Locomotive -.- -- Smelting & Refg. BAT ------—---- Tel & Tel ----- Tobacco --.--.---- American’ "Wedllen _--------. Amer. Zinc, Lead & Smelt.. Anaconda Copper -.--------- Ayehison ~ ~..-s------------— Atlantic Coast Line --. ---. Baldwin Locomotive -.------ Baltimore,& Ohio ----.---. ‘Bethlehem Steel oe California Petroleum Canadian Pacifio, -. Central Leather Cerro de Pasco Chandler Motors -----------. Chesapeake & Ohio ~---.-.--- Chicago & Northwestern ~... Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul, pfd_. Chicago, R. I. & Pac. -..--- 46% Chile Copper - 34 Coco Ccla -.. 19 Colorado Fuel & Iron, -----. 319% Congoleum — “4 Consolidated G: b% Corn Products, new -------. 43% Cosden Oil wo-nnn= 27% Crucible Steel awn 69 Cuba Cane Sugar, pfd ----. 62 Daviron Chemical - 22% ‘Ou Pont de Nemours -----. 133 Erie . ~-~..-- -------. ---=-. 81 Famous-Players Lasky --.. 90 General Asphalt ~------..-.. 52% General Electrio ----------~ 247 General Motors -~.---s--..- 59 Great Northern, pfd -..--. 69% Gulf States Steel .-...-.-... 81% Houston Oil - {inois Gentral. -. International Harvester .-. Int. Mer, Marine pfd ------. Int. Tel, & Tel. {nvincible Ou Kelly-Springfield Kennecott Copper -. Louisville & Nashville 124% Mack - Trudi 110% Mar‘and Oil -- 40 Maxwell Motors “A” 76% Middle States Oil -. 1% Missouri, Kan. & Texas 26% Missouri Pacific, pfd --. 70% National Lead -----. - 157 New Orleans, Tex. & Mex... 110% 117 New York Central -.-... -.-- N. ¥. N, H. and Hartford Norfolk & Western s.----. Northern Pacific - 69% Pacific Ol an American Petrolew Pennsylvania ---. — x Preducers & Refiners ... -- 28% Pure Oil --.- =~ 26% Reading - ------------------ 68 Republic Iron & Steel ----. 63% Reynolds Tobacco ‘B" ...--. 77% Seaboard Air Line ~----. --. 23 Sears Roebuck -~------.----- 135% Sinclair Con ---4----------- 17, Sloss-Sheffield Stee. & Iron. Southern Pacific Southern Railway -.---.. 3outhern Railway pfd --- Standard Of) of Cal. --. Standard Oil of N. J. Studebaker Corporation ----- Texas Co. Texas & Pacifico Tobacco Products - Transcontinental Ol Union Pacific - United Drug . 8. Cast Iron Pipe eee ee Tnited States Steel — Utah Copper Yestinghouse Electric . ‘Standard Oil Stocks Bid Ask snglo Am. Oil -.-------17% 17% worne Sq¢rymser -.---225 250 ssuckeye - vheeddsough Mfg. vhesebrough pfd Crescent - -.«-. Cumberland - Eureka - «-. Gal. Sig. Com ---. Gal, Sig. Old pfa . Gal. {ilinols Pipe .-. indiana Pipe National Transit --.. 3 23% New York Transit --. 65 67 Northern Pipe -------- 81 83 Ohio Oil ~---. 63% 64% International Pete --.-.22% 23 Penn. Mex -. 84% Prairie Pipe ----------105 106% Solar Refg. jmewcenneZ1T 220 So. Pipe -..---------- 90 92 So. Penn, Oll -----. 143 3. W. Penn. Oil ----. 83 8. O. Ind, -~..---. 60% . O. Kan, .----------- 28 39 8. O, Ken. waen= 118. 119% 8S. O. N.Y. --. O. Ohio -.. 8. O. Ohio pfd Swan & Finch vacuum Washington ~ 8S. O. Neb, --~--------345 ————-_.= -———_ CRUDE MARKET Cac Creek . Lance Creek Osage ..-.+- Grass Creek, light Mule Creek --------------~--= Sunburst Hamilton Dome ~.---------<-- Ferris - Byron” =. Notches .. Pilot Butte Lander a ee 7 —— FLOUR- MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 26.— Flour, unc! ed to bc lower; family patents, $8.30 50; bran, $27.00. Tribune wantads bring results. Bessemer — eee ------- Boston Wyoming Buck , Creek —.--_— Burke ----.-_-_-.--__ 20 Blackstone Salt Creek .20 Chappell ~~~... +08 Co'umbine 04 Central Pipe 1.00 Consolidated Royalty -1.09 Cow Gulch ar Domino ~-----.------ .04 Elkhorn ~--_---_. 02 £. T. Williams ---_.. 14% 02 6.00 08 04 05 05% 06 Lance Creek Royalty - .00% .01 Marine: ---. 1.00 1.25 Mike Henry 00%. 1 Mountain & Gulf ---. 1.20 1.30 New York Oll 9.50 11.00 Picardy 02 04 Preston 01.01% Red Bank wweenna==~30,00 82.00 Royalty & Producers. .03 04 Sunset 04 05 fom Bell Royalty 03 Western EXxplorati 08.05 Western States Pits" 18: ¥ on 06 = 07 Ask Mountain Producers --18.75. 19.00 Glenrock 1011 . ‘ Salt Creek Producers -.24.00 Salt Creek Conrolidated 7.00 New York Oil ~ 8.50 Mutual . -12.00 S. O. Indiana -61.00 9.00 12.12 61.12 LIVESTOCK 0 Prices. CHICAGO, Noy, 26.—{U. S. De- partment of Agriculture.)—Hogs— Receipts, $3,000; generally 10@15c higher than Tuesday's best prices or 15@25c higher than yesterday's opening; light light and under- weights, 25@50c up; liberal supply bulk better 225 to 350 pound butch STOCK TONE (S.\WHEAT NARKET |Petroleum Club Hears Report on Tulsa Show. STILL STRONG) CLOSE STRONG nited States Climbs to New Record: High in Early Sales Rapid Disappearance of Do- mestic Supply Rumors Sends Prices High NEW YORK, Nov: 26.—Stock Prices bounded ipward late today after an early period of irregularity. Spirited bidding for United States Steel Common” carried that stock above. 119. to the. highest price in feven years with eral other is- Sues. of that group" touching new 1924 highs in reflection of the re- port of marked improvement in the steel industry. Over 40 issues at- atined new maximum prices. Sales approximated 2,000,000 shares. CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Wheat scor- ed a material advance in price this afternoon, owing largely to the,as- sertions that the United States at Present has ar unsold surplus of only about 46,000,000 bushels held of wheat. The market closed firm, 1% to 2c net higher, December 1.54% to 1.54% and May 1.62% to 1.62%. CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Uncertainty as to the extent of deliveries tended to weaken the wheat market today during the early dealings. Lower quotations at Liverpool counted also as a depressing factor. On the de- clines however, some aggressive buy- ing developed and the market rallied. Opening prices, which ranged from Mec to %ec lower with December $1.52% to $1.52% and May $1.60 to $1.60%, were followed by upturns which In some cases went tempo- rarily a ttle above yesterday's finish but were succeeded by an- other sag. Subsequently, the market went upgrade as a result of figures in- NEW YORK, Nov. prices displayed a buoyant tone at the opening. of today’s . market. United States Steel common*opened uno ed at 117% and then sold at 1175, the highest. price in seven years. International Nickel, U. 8. Realty, Universal Pipé and Radiator referred, American Hide and Leath er’ preferréd, Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific also ‘sold at new top prices. The first sale of Corn Products was 10,000 shares at 42%, 1p 1%, and a record high. Yellow Zab was the only weak spot, break- ng three politts. 26.—Stock ¥ P dicating rapid disappearance of Yellow Cab extended its break to| domestic supplies of heats nearly five points in reflection of Fine weather was effective in he cut in. the, dividend,.and Amert- an Can dropped a point, but the "est of the list surged upward with spirited bidding taking place for a number of specialties. United States Steel moved up to 117% and Stude- baker and May. Department. Stores were added to the list of new highs, Savage Arms and Commercial In- prust each advanced about while DuPont, Ludlam American. Express, Lacka Western Pacific and Norfolk id Western were among the many stocks. to sell a point or more above keeping corn and oats values easy. After opening unchanged to ic lower, May $1.18% to $1.18%, corn recovered but failed to hold gains. ‘Toward the last however, the corn market proved responsive to wheat strength. The close was firm, %oc to %c net higher, May $1.19% to $1.19%. Oats started unchanged to \c off, May 58c to 58%c and later showed no great variation. Higher prices on hogs upheld the provision market. points wanna, ers, $9.15@9.40; top, $9.50; 170 tol last night's final quotations. For v bons 210 pound averages, largely $7.75@] cign exchanges opened quiet and| bec” eat Fire t isnt nets 9.00, bulk 140 to 150 pound weight, | steaay. May _--- 1.60 1.62% 1.60 1.62% majority packing sows,| Price movements later. develope’| July _--. 141 142% 141 142% strong weight slaughter | considerable irregularity with heavy | Corn— i ; nie piga, mostly $6.00@6.50; heavyweight | iquidation taking. place.in some of] Dec. w+ 1.11% 1.12% 141% 1.12% $9.20@9.50; medium, $8.50@| the popular. industrials. General] May _-— 1.18% 1.19% 118% 1.19% .50; Nght, $7.00@8.90; light light,| mlectric dropped 3 points, American | July 1.19% 1.20% 1.19% 1.20% $.00@7.60; packing hogs, smooth,| Can 2% and United States Cast Iron| Oats— . 2 ‘i $8.75@9.00; packing hog: rough,| Pipe and Fisher Body, 2 each. U. 8.| Dec, 52% .53 52% .52% $8.35@8.75; slaughter pigs, $5.50@ | Stool common slipped back to 116%, | May [BBM 188%" 57% 58% 6.50. " where it met good support. A sub-| tuty 156% 156% 56% 58% Cattle—Receipts, 15,000; demand] sequent violent rise in Crucible] Rye— ; : very active for fed yearlings; mar-| Steel, which soared. 8 points to 73, a| Dec. 1.82% 1.83% 1.81% 1.83% ket firm; spots higher; prime offer-/new high for the year, brought about] May 1... 1.86% 1.88% 1.36% 1.38% ngs originally intended for show]. fresh demand for the other steel July 2... 1.25 1.25% 1.25 1.26% exhibition held above $13.60; Iowa] shares, U. 8. Steel common rallying pe i 4 5 Jed young steers bid $13.50; several) \bout a point; from its low, while 14.45 14.45 14.45 loads, $12.00@13.00; plainer kind,| most of the independents showed 1445 14.27 14.45 downward to $10.00 and below; tall-|moderate gains; Special strength i : 3 end show averaging 1,400 to} uso developed in typewriter stocks, 18.00 18.00 1,477 pounds, $11.60; bulk fed steers, | some of the ofls and Pittsburgh and 12.87 12.90 38.25@10.50; plain short fed natives, downward to $7.00 and below; she stock, dull; bulls, fully steady; veal ers, strong to 26c higher; good to choice kind showing advance; bulk vealers, $8.50@9.50; few upward to $10.00 to outsiders; stockers and feeders, scarce, firm to unevenly higher; mostly 25c up for week; bulk, $5.50@6.50. Sheep—Receipts, 8,000; active; fat lambs, fully 26c higher; bulk fat ambs and fed westerns, $14.25@ 14.40; top, $14.50; best clipped, $11.85 sheep and feeding lambs, steady; fat nandy weight ewes, $7.75@8.00; bulk ‘eeding lambs, $13.75@14.60. Omaha Quotations. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 26.—(U. 8S. Department of Agriculture.)—Hogs Receipts, 11,500; mostly steady to \0c higher; butcher grades showing advance; bulk 230 to #90 pound outchers, $8.50@8.80; top, $8.90; de- sirable 180 to 230 pound wel, 38.00@8.50; 140 to 180 pound aver: ages, $7.25@8.00; packing ows, mostly $7.90@8.15; bulk of ‘sales, 37.75@ e cost Tuesday, 38.21; weight, 219. Cattle—Receipts, 3,700; fed steers and yearlings, slow, steady; bulk, 3.60@9.50; long yearlings, $12.00; other killing Classes and stockers and feeders, moderately active, steady; bulk grass cows and heifers, $3.50@5.75; fed heife upward to $8.50; canners and cutters, $2.00 to) veaied, in the opinion of Sheriff $3.50; bologna bulls, $3.00@3.50; prac-} syay, when autopsy surgeons, last tical veal top, $8.50; stockers and feeders, $5.00@6.50, Bheep— Receipts, 8,500; lambs, strong to 26c higher; fed western mostly > $13.75@14.00; top, $14.10; natives, $13.25@13.75; fed clipped; $11.60; stead, ewe top, $8.00; feeders, strong; choice range feeding lambs; /“imbs were not what they would $18.75@ 13.85. —_— DENVER, Colo., Nov. 26.—{U. 8. Department of Agriculture)-—Hogs Receipts 1,200; fairly active; strong <o 100 higher; top $8.75 for 210 pound butohrrs; others $8.70; bulle 180 to 220 pound averages $8.40@ $8.65; few lights down to $8.25; packing sows steady; mortly $7.50; stock pigs steady; mostly $7.00@ $7.25. Cattie—Receipts 700;-calves 100; steady; few cows $3.50@$3.85; heif- ers $4.00 canners and cutters 200 (0 300; few bulls $2.50@$3.00; heavy killer calves $5.00; stock steer ca'ves $5.75; etock heifers $4.00; few stock: ers $5.50@$6.10. Sheep—Reecipts 3,700; steady 86 pound Utah fat lambs $13.00; freight paid; 87 pound load from wocal feed lot $13.25 flat; one deck $18.00; fairly good 111 pound fat ewes $7.00; fmt; 89 pound culls $2.50 flat; common to choice feeder ewes $5.00@$6.50 flat. toned SILVER NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Bar silver, 69%; Mexican dollars,53%. — °~ ‘Tribune wantads bring results. tS, Hing. ten points. fed yearlings, $10.50; sheep.| carried to the place where it was West Virginia. at 2% per cent. firkt hour approximated shares, Bullish demonstrations in steel shares continued until well into the ifternoon. United States Stell rose *o 188% a new high and seven other members of the group also touched new maximum prices. Gulf States, Sloss Sheffield, Republic, Inland and Otis Steel preferred, were up 3 to 1%. Gains in many specialties were uso of formidable proportions, with American water works and electric ind United States Realty preferred, rising five points eagh. Pitsburgh Call money renewed Total sales in the 590,000 13.85 Cash Grains and Provisions, CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Wheat—No. 2 hard, $1.54; No. 8 hard, $1.51@ 1.52%. Corn—No. 2 mixed, $1.12@1.12%; No. 2 yellow, $1.15@1.15%. Oats—No. 2 white, 51%@51%0; No: 3 white, 50% @52c. Rye—No. 2, $1.31%. Barley—84@92c. Timothy seed—$5.50@6.75. Clover seed—$24,00@31.25. Lard—$14.45. and West Virg{fia and Western Pa- Ribs—$13.00. cific preferred, with advances of 3 Bellies—$14. each, featured the railroads. The closing was strong. Buying orders poured into the market in ‘arge volume during the ‘ast hour with the pivotal industrials leading the advance. Commercial @olvents 8B, was tho individual feature jump- POTATOES CHICAGO, Nov. 26.— Potatoes, trading light, market weak; receipts, total U. 8S. shipments, 681 ta sacked round whitei few best, 90c; poor, 70c; 80@85c; sacked Red River Ohios, few sales, $1.15@1.25; few shade higher; Wis- consin sacked round whites, 80@8bc; few fancy, shade higher; poor, 750; Idaho sacked Russets, $2.00@2.20. ————_ WOMAN GRILLED N LATE. CRIME (Continued from Page One) Butter and Eggs CHICAGO, changed. Eggs, lower; receipts, 2,969 cases; firsts, 48@655c; ordinary firsts, 42@ refrigerator extras, 36@36%c; firsts, 85c. Nov. 26.—Butter, un- night found a small skull trecture back of the dead banker's left ear, such fis might have been caused by a blow froth a sand bag or biack- jack. Surgeons further declared thatthe’ body apparently had beon ————— found..that the position of the have been had Fee died where the Foreign Exchange ody lays Othérs subpoenaed to testify in-] Ww clude+Joseph Walker, Miss Polly | exchanges Bel] and Paul Kennedy, who were at-"Miss Watkins’ cabin Saturday might and Sunday and Mrs. Fee, who caused a search to be started YORK, steady. ov. 26.—Foreign Quotations France demand, 6.28 bles, 6.28%. Italy demand, 4.33%; for “her husband when he disap-| cables, 4.34. Belglum demand, peared: 4.84%; cables, 4.85. Germany de. ; 8 mand, 23,81, Holland, 40.26. Nor- way, 14.77. Sweden, 26.86. Den- MONEY mark, 17.48. Switzerland, 19.30. Spain, 13.68, Greece, 1.79. Poland, 19%, Czecho-Slovakia, 3.00%. Jugo- NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Call| Slavia, 145%. Austria, .0014%. money, firmer; high, 3; low, 2%;| Rumania, 52%. Argentina, 38.25. |” Brazil, 11.46. 38%. Mon- trehl, 100. SUGAR NEW YORK, Nov, ruling rate, 2%; closing bid, blank; Tokio, offeredat 3%; last loan, 3; call loans against acceptances, 2%; time loans; steady; mixed collateral, 60-90: days, 3@3%; 4-6 months, 3%@3%; prime commercial paper, 3% @3%. oe PRAYER MEETING -. are Prayer meeting on this evening! \,cuiry was reported for refined at 745 at the Firet Baptist church] syzir” at unchanged quotations | will be of an evangelistic nature and| Which ranged from $7.15 to the pastor will speak on the subsect:| fr fing granulated. Refined. fu- “Salvation made as plan as day.”| ives-qwere nominal. This is realy a continuation of the : special meetings and all who have heen attending know well how ably] TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY this subject will be handled. Stran-] Fon RENT—Threeroom modern. gers” treed t-corbe-and=as for. our own people please let your con- science be your guide. furnishod apartment, epee 1443 8. Willow. 2169J. Phone everything Stocks :: Grain :: Livestock :: All Markets OO Oo NEWS AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED Four New Wells Drilled g the Last Week Describing innovations in oil field equipment, Ray O. Armstrong of the bureau: of mines at Salt Creek, last night addressed the Wyoming Petroleum club on the re- cent International Petroleum Expo- sition at Tulsa and tho exhibits of new tools and machinery there. In delivering his paper he related a number of interesting facts con- cerning the advantages of various improved types of low pressure oll burners, high pressure boilers, gas drilling engines, etc. CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Scores of Chicago radio fans today swelled with pride that comes after hearing the voices of English and French announcers. Many were reporting their suc- cess to newspapers, dealers, experts, other enthusiasts and any body else who would Isten. Long sighed af- ter ambitions were reaiized, Most of the fans reported hearing 5-NO of Newcastle, Eng'and and Market Gossip Nearing Lakota Sand Midwest Refining company well No. 83-X, NW Sec. 35-40-79, {s drilling within 125 feet of its ob- jective, the Lakota sand. Present depth of the hole is 2,215 feet. The company's well No, 34-X, NW Sec. 23-40-79, which came in not Jong ago with 6,000 bartels from the Lakota sand, has been suc- cessfully mudded and the casing {s being carried through the Lakota. This well will test lower sands. Water In Tensleep Entering the Tensleep sand in North Casper Creek structure at 3,270 feet, the Columbus Oil com- pany has pushed the bit 130 feet into the eand, encountering a great deal of water. The Columbus Oil company {s'a part of the Benedum and Trees interests. New Mexico Location The Ohio Ol] company has made location for a test well nine miles northwest of Carlsbad, N. M., on Sec, 34-218-26E. Ol Summary International Petroleum declered regular semi-annual dividend of 26¢ on common payable November 29 to stock of November 20. Chairman Greenway of Anglo- Persian company Limited, says company production of crude oil in main Persian fields is at rate of 4,500,000 tons yearly and if all wells were allowed to flow at capa- city production would rise to 10,- 000,000 tons, Gasoline advanced quarter cent by Northwestern Pennsylvania Re- finers. Gulf coast fields produced at rate of 83,000 barrels a day week ended November 22 against 85,800 barrels, in preceding week; Powell declined 1700 barrels; Luling increased 5,000 barrels; Mexia decreased 100 bar- rels; Richland decreased 500 barrels. Maracaibo Oil will redeem deben- ture notes gat par on February 1, but holders meanwhile may®* con- vert into capital stock at rate of one share for each $10 of par value of debentures. General Summary Yellow Cab Mfg. declared three monthly dividends of 21 cents a share payable February 2, March 2 and April 1 to stock holders of record the 20th of preceding months; previous payments had been 41 2-3c a share monthly. October earn- ings were $202,000 and net for first ten months $2,542.000 which covers dividend requiremnets for the per- lod, but is a decrease of 25 pér cent from year ago. Chicago Yellow Cab declared three regular monthly dividends of 33% cents a share payable Febru- ary 2; March 2 and April 1 to stock of record the 20th of pre- ceding months. Ohio Bell Telephone declared reg- ular quarterly $1.75 dividend pay- able January’ 1 to stock of Decem- ber 20. Gov. General Wood Philippirtes granted Radio Corporation of Amer- fea franchise for operation of a radio cast and radiophone service in Philippines. Famous Players Lasky com- pany for quarter ended September 30 earned net after taxes and all sharges $6.01 a share on common against $3.99 in third quarter of 1923. New Haven proposes to i $28,000,000 15-year secuded 6s, refund 15-year equipment 7s ma- turing next April. New Haven October surplus af- ter charges was $505,481 against $354,851 in October, 1923; ten months $1,800,799 against def! $3,703,960. pie Labbe gina aah CALL FOR BIDS. Bids will be received by Na- trona County High School on or before 4 p. m. of the 8th day of December, A. D., 1924,’for the furnishing and installation of elec- tric fixtures for a high school building at Midwest, Wyoming. Specifications can be obtained from the office of the architect, Rayburn 8S. Webb, 12 Daly build- ing, Casper. Wyomine. MAY, HAMILTON, Secretary of Natrona County High School Board. Publish November 26, 1924. ue to Tulsa show were the subject of @ talk by J. C. Lindsay of the Marine Oll company. permanent club was again heard and the mat- ter was tabled for decision at the next meeting two weeks hence. J. W. Steele, deputy supervisor of the bureau of mines and first vice- president of the club, presided at the meeting last night. FOREIGN RADIO BROADCASTING THRILLS FANS IN EASTERN U.S. 2-BD at Aberdeen, Scotland. Others said they listened to PTT, Lyons, France, 2L0, London, 2-LS, Leeds, England, and one sald he received weather conditions cast from FL, the Ejfel Tower, in Paris. CHICAGO, Nov. Chicago radio receivers which pick- ed up Enj trans-Atlantic t two-tube Roberts Reflex which heard two British radiocasters, Much better conditions for recep- tions than on Monday night were reported by fans who continued to complain of local interference from radiating receivers. ditions may be still more favorable, it was sald. The average representative set ie incapable of reaching such great dis- tances, one radio expert sald today in speaking of radiation troub! and advised that when perso it impossible to pick up a station they should turn off their set and not continue to hold tt at the point of oscillation, causing radiation and spoiling reception for others. HARVARD PROF CAMBRIDGE, The resignation of Professor Geor; Pierce Baker, vard's famous “47 workshop” from the chair of dramatic literature at Harvard university, was widely di: cussed today by faculty and under- Braduat he had complained of 1 port for his his impending departure from Har- vard came as a surprise, The announcement of his resigna- tion yesterday was followed by an- nouncement at Yale that Edward 8S. Harkness of New York had given $1,000,000 for a department of dra- matic art at the university and that Professor Baker would direct the department. the erection of a theater for the per- formance of plays under the auspices of the department. For several months reports were current dissatisfied because he was not 1 vided with funds or opportunity to expand and improve his courses at Harvard. , ¢ YOUNG GIRLS FOUND DEAD MOULTON, Maine, Cynthia and Neotia Fostei 14 and dead last night in a shack occupied by Harry Williams in the town of Fosterville, N. town, according to a report made to the police who was arrested after an all night earch, {s being held by the towns- people pending the arrival of the sheriff from Fredericton. KIVETT FREED BY COURT JURY SALT LAKE CITY, 26.—Roy Kivett, found not last night by a. district court jury of the murder of Edward. Bowle left here today for the ranch of his foster father at ming. at @ rodeo here this summer. defense-was Kivett’s plea. PRICES SHOW prices swept under the impetus of a rally in the steel shares, led by U. 8. Steel Common, which crossed 119 to the highest than the leading steel 1924 high records with trading proceeding at the rate of two million shares a day, remade it aon | PAGE NINE i ¢ The entertaining features of the Reference to the question of a meeting place for the reports radio- 26.—Among the ish stations during the last night was a Tonight's con- find GOES TO YALE Mass., Nov. originator of Har- While it was known that ik of sup- * news of “workshop, The gift provides for that Professor Baker was Nov, 10 years old, were found B., 18 miles from this here today. Williams, Utah, Nov. guilty Wauneta, Wyo- Bowles was shot and kille@ Self. SHARP CLIMB NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Stock forward again today vigorous price since 1917. More including eight of ues, established before 2 o'clock, 40 stocks, @ Tribune classified ad for