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PAGE FOUR. ELEVEN GEOAR POLE CONCERNS | ARE INDICTED SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 20.— Bleven nationally known cedar pole firms and 15 inividuals were indicted on a charge of violating the Sher- man Anti-trust act by the federal! grand jury here today The indictment charges the de- fendants were in communication from March 5, 1915, to December 20, 1924, to restrain trade, have uni form prices, f treating rates. The output from Washington, Ore- gon, Idaho, British Columbia and Montana was, affected by the, com Dine, {t alleged handled 70 per cent of the poles sold in the United States, The following firms were Usted In e indictment: IAndsley Brothers company, Spo- kane; National Pole company, Es- eanaba, Mich.; A. T. Nagle Pole & Tie company, Chicago; Page & Hill company, Minneapolis and Spokane; Balentine Clark company, St. Paul and Spokane J. Carney company, Grinnell, Iowa; E, T. Chapin com- pany. Spokane; Lost Creek Cedar company, one, Washn.; Macgillis & Gibbs company, Milwaukee, Wis Metropolitan Cedar company, Sp¢ By NEA Airmail Service tarles attending th ney home, follows the service: kane; Sand Point Lumber & Pol company, Roy, Mont Individual members of some of| 5 Quality Far Ahead of Initial Showing Last Yéar and Educational Program Is Featured By NOEL MORGAN WORLAND, Wyo., Dec, 20.—The annual corn beauty contest, better known as the Second Annual State Corn show, closed here today and marked another milestone in the state’s agricultural] progress, The Wyoming State Corn Show was established to promote the growing of more and the foregoing firms were also named in the indictment SHOP EARLY Chief Justice. William Howard Taft of the ‘United States Supreme Court and wife were among the digni funeral of former Associate Justice Mahlon Pitney. They are seen here leaving the Pit SECOND ANNUAL CORN EXHIBIT AT WORLAND Che Casper Sun The Tafts at Pitney Funeral pacity and many who came late “ n. forced to wait for service. The supper was serveil by the combined Ladies Aids of the Baptist and Methodist churches. While the guests were giving their attent’on to their coffee the Corn Show Follies of 1924 were presented. The cur- tain went up with several selec. tions by the Lions’ club. quartette. The program continued with a col- lection of .musical, numbers in fol- les style, @upported by a chorus of Worland lads’ and lassies in cos- tume. Several soloists of fare abil'ty gave selections which were well received, better corn, and authorities agreed that the quality of this season's show stuff was far ahead of | erally were by fine-drawn margins that of a year ago. It was evident | after keen competition, also that exhibitors had learned Below zero weather affected the much about handling their samples | attendance materially and many fea- and have selected better entries,| tures of the program had to be dis pensed with, Big Horn county, under the lead- ership of L. E. McDantels, county agent, sont the ‘greatest number of exhibits. Mr, McDaniels is one of the minute men who have been working every minute for two and a half years to get the corn show on its feet. P. T, Fortner, county agent of Hot Springs-county; R. J. Allen, Park county agent and J. T. Weav- er, Washakie county agent were Present and had active roles tn t! maize classic and each took’ ho: to his respective county many new dents in the corn game. Teams from the Smith-Hughes agricultural classes in the high schools of the four B'g Horn Basin -| counties competed in a corn judg- ing contest on Frid afternoon. The team from Washakie county high school coached by L. FE. Kelly, only 3 Nite — ATWATER KENT RADIO THINK OF WHAT IS BACK OF IT A cram, Kane Sete we sell: stay sold Beconasmrcisea si? that they are correctly installed and that each thoroughly } understands their operation. This service plus the wonderful qualities of | Arwater Kent Radio assure you utmost satis- Come in:and mentor bf the Washakle Warriors football team, won first place, fol- ee eee lowed by Basin and Cody in the or- Kent der named. want you to be- ‘The members of the teams wero come ac as follows; Worland, Jerry Worth- uainted with this last word tadi » Alva Hamilton, David Picard; Basin, Asa Johnston, Jack McDan- jJels and Silvester Johnson; Cody, Case Kennedy, Edgar Hay and Juddy Newton, Individual honors were div'ded between the three teams with Jack McDaniels, first; David Picard, second and Case Ken- nedy. third. The boys were re- quired to judge sevéral classes of corn and give their reasons for mak- ing their decisions. Out of deference to the state poul try and potato show held in Casper the early port of the month ,the poultry end of the show was dis- pensed with this year. : Friday was the big day and was capped with a brand of enterta’h- ment typical of Worland. At 6:30 in the evening supper was served in the high school assembly room. ‘The leading {tem on the menu was a large helping of Washakie county turkey. ‘The room was filled to ca _ Watson Radio Shor The Little Etore With The Big Business A Radio Shop Owned by a Radio Man. 218 South Center Phone 368- A Gift Within Everyone’s Reach -BRAMBACH BABY GRAND Your Christmas dream come true! Your plans for a home beautiful realized! A grand piano of superb tonal quality that occupies no more space than a high grade upright—and costs no more. Send for the paper pattern now. the Brambach will fit into even the your home. See how easily tiniest corners of Please send me a paper showing size of the Brambac Grand. Name --.-.... Address attern Baby The scene of activity was trans fered later to the gymnasium wheré the remainder of the evening and a wee bit of the morning was spent tn dancing. Saturday saw the windup and the placing of the trophies, "Several figures prominent in Wor- land corn show circles who have done a great deal to make the show @ success were especially act've this season. Val Kuska, colonization agent of the C, B. & Q. railroad made his home in Worland for the past week and worked tirelessly to give the exhibits the best send off possible. Mr, Kuska possesses valu- able corn shoy experience, having been connected with the Nebraska state corn show for five years prior to his connection with the Burl ng- ton. Pictures of the showroom were taken by Mr, Kuska to create a per- manent record of the steps the Ba-' sin are taking in the corn develop- ment. H. L, Ford, agricultural agent of the Colorado and Southern railroad, and Mr. Taylor, his assistant, both of Denver, arrived on the train Thursday and brought the good will and good wishes of their company. A corps of department executives from the Midwest Refin ng company at Casper brought an oil display and demonstration which occupled a booth in the show hall, Here the visitors learned just what the crude oll produced in Wyoming became after its varigiis elements had been separated. H. EB. Dally of the land department; Mark O. Danforth, tax Gepartment, and D, W. Greenburg, publicity department, made up the Midwest representation . The railroad and refinery corpora tions have demonstrated repeatedty | by the use of time and money that they are vitally interested in every community enterprise that has been put forward for the development of the state. The state university was repro. sented by eeveral men from the agr!- cultural department. Among them were A, E. Bowman, director of the extension department; W. L, Quayle, director of experimental sub-sta- tions, and Roy O. Westley, agro- nomist. Mr, Westley was judge of the show again ths year, General arrangements and de- tails of this year’s event were under the direction of C, I", Robertson, ch an of the four counties corn committee and father of the show, and Dr. W. O. Gray nan of the Washakie county corn show committee, Representatives of the Blg Horn Pasin Federated Commercial clubs all) over the Basin country » present and took a great deal interest in the show which has heen one of the major actiy'ties of the Federated clubs. The 1924 corn show materially exceeded last year's entry list. There Were 4,824 cars competing for the yarious prizes. Bib Horn county was successful in getting more than half of the prizes and three of the five cups. Below is given alist of the winners of the trophies. The complete prize lst w'll be announe- ed as soon as the judge's report 4 tabulated . Warren Trophy, Grand Champion, Ten Ears Yellow Dent—A. lL, Ny. lander of Wheatland. This $s Mr. Nylander’s second victory. A third would give him the cup permanent- ly. Kendrick Trophy, Grané Cham pion, Ten Ears Any Other Dent— Dr, EB. E. Myers, Big Horn county, Winter Trophy, Grand Champion Ten Ears, Flint Corn—B, Skidmore, Big Horn county. The Knight-Campbell Music Co Mrs. Henderson-Reed, Manager 102, West First St. Gladstone Hotel Building Bay Cribune LESLIE PARKER GLANS SHIRE WTEAPOT OI (Continued from Page One.) Dome lease that the lessee should quiet title to all lands covered by the lease, it is alleged. The peti- tion asks further that Sinclair be made to furnish an accounting of the Mammoth O!l company's oper- ation of the lease, Arguments against recognition of Parker's claims were voiced by Pom- erene, who asserted that the plain- uff has no cause for action in the case of the government for annul- ment of the lease. Atlee Pomerene, special govern- ment counsel, asked for the contin- uance of the annulment lease in order to give the governinent time to more fully investigate the alleged payment of the $90,000 in Liberty bonds to Albert B. Fall, former sec- retary of the interlor,.by the Con- tnental ‘Trading Company Limited, of Canada, a Sinclair corporation, since dissolved. Menry S. Osler and others, once connected with the Canadian corpor- ation, fled t6 South Africa before their depositions could be taken, government counsel said. The Mammoth Oil company is op- posing further. postponement of the case, a delay of several months hav- ing already resulted since the hear- {ng was originally scheduled. The Mammoth Is ‘represented by John W. Lacey, Martin W. Littleton of New York, and George P. Hoover of Washington, D. C, STORM DEATH TOLL CLIMBS (Continued from Page One.) dicted height in Michigan tonight, it had exacted a toll of 123 dead and caused property damage that may run Over a million dollars, accord. ing to fixures gathered by the Unit- ed Pre: The temperature at Iron moun- tain in northern M'chigan was re- ported as 26 below this afternoon and still falling. It was predicted to reach five below in Detroit be- fore morning, which would be the coldest December in 50 years, Four of the victims were frozen to death. Three children burned to death from overheated stoves. Two died from automobiles skidding into trains, two were victims of carbon monoxide trying to escape the cold in @ garage, and one boy coasted ‘into a freight train, LIVESTOCK LOSSES IN. WEST FEARED. DENVER; Colo., Dec. 20,—(United |) Press.)}—Rocky Mountain states to day braved their breasts for a contin- uance of polar weather which has held this section in its grasp the last week, following predictions. of ‘ttle change in temperatures" by weather bureau. Heavy loss in livestock in Wyo- ming and eastern Colorado was fear- reports of cattle and horses freezing to death came in ‘from the Arkansas Valley. Big Piney, Wyo., took rank as the coldest town in the United States, unofficial thermometers there reg: istering 62 below. Pinedale, in the same mountainuous section of the state, reported 52 below. Death of four yesterday at Cas- per, Wyo., as the result of a gas explosion in the Salt Creek oll field district, brought the total dead dur- ing the week to ten. One death in Denver was caused by exhaustion, Springs when an automobile skidded directly into a street car and four were killed in @ train crash at Sterling. Grade crossing accidents assumed six person cwing to slippery condl- tions of roads and street. Three Uni- versity of Colorado students narrow- ly missed death when their automo- bile slid into a Burlington passenger train, a grade crossing near Colo- rado Springs caused injury to two, while traffic accidents in cities of Wyoming and Colorado, according to obtainable data, sent the total serlous'y injured to a score. Temperatures today ranged from 36 below in Lander, Wyo., to eight above in Roswell, New Mexico, Utah zero and near SANTA CLAUS 5 ELKIN CASPER (Continued from Page One.) come to Casper exelustvely for this event, their toys, books, games, their. candy, peanuts, and fruit. Under the personal supervision of Santa Claus most of the Elk mem- bership hag been working this week to prepare for the big event. The clubrooms have been turned into a temporary warehouse, cluttered with stacks of peanuts and candy and mountains of toys. Plans for transportation are in charge of Joe Mansfield and Pierce Smith#®and J. G. Weiderhold is exercising general supervision, Every child of school age is one the official list, The par- ents of younger Ones are requested to call some member of the commit- tee at the Biks’ club so that they won't be missed by the auto caravan Christmas morning. If there are any little unforunates unable to make the journey, their presents will be delivered at their homes by one of Santa's emissaries. Mayor Sylvester K. Loy has given over the streets adjacent to the Elks’ building for the exclusive use of the children and their chauffeurs during the four hours of the pro- gram, and pclice will be on hand to direct the throngs! of young folk. BANDITS MAK $2,500 HAUL peratures, Coats, Ladies’ e, Repatring, Remsdoling, Relining Nv attersany Sea & Tanning Colorado Springs, Colo. 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