Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1924, Page 7

Oil nn me anc nam Warm Springs Finance Oil Field: -Rich in Deposits Used For Medicinal Compound So f. binger ot Ne New York, who is Bee se in the develop- Gays in the interests of a e@orporation he has Springs oil fleld alon is shag oa known. 3 ‘Fohthyol as it is used today comes from a shale found in Germany, the process of manufacture being to re- dyee the shale to liquid, the liquid tJ and the powder in turn thyol, which is a thick fluid, antiseptic and powerful germi- $8. the most eminent authorities in the world, treated, oneal sre Hrelght to the crude draenei) eight thyol, as it is , costs $4 a has been pro- Beneral usd of the ‘Mr. Singer announces that he has he Products corporation of America fully financed and or- ane ‘with offices at 63 Park Row, ork. The manufacturing ae will be located near Chicago ist Wyo., Dec. 23.— to which point the wake of] will be shipped in tank cars from the Warm Springs field here. The start will ‘be with a capacity of from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds daily, ‘Mr, Singer has stated that event- ually there will be plants for the manufacture of sub-products, soaps, massage creams, shampoos, tooth pastes, talcum powders, etc., and that it {s probable. the original of these plants will be located at Ther- ™mopolis. In addition to being principal owner of Warm Springs oll field, Mr. Singer is the moving spirit and heavy stockholder in the Alliance Refining company and the Hot Springs Light & Power company of Thermopolis, He has been instru- mental in bringing more than a million dollars of eastern capital in the work of developing Thermopolis and Hot Springs county. Doctor Hussle, the German selen- tist, will devote all his time to the project and has errived from Ger- many for the purpose of installing the first plant néar Chicago. Doctor Husslé explains that ¢rude oll in the Warm Springs fleld comes from the ground rich jn ichthyol because ‘the distillation of the shale is accom- plished naturally by the hot water Springs with which* Hot Springs county is underlaid, the largest mineral hot springs in the world be- ing located at Thermopolis with a flow of more than 1,200 gallons a minute at a temperature of 135 de- grees Fahrenheit. , Ichthyol heretofore has been too expensive to be used in the treat: ment of beasts, but it is said to be a cure for hoof and mouth disease and other diseases that have been destructive to cattle. . The possibility of extending the uses of the chemical because of the new “discovery is apparent and wil} be a great boon for both man and beast. (Christmas Clubs. ~'Thig is the season when the Christ- maas clubs make their annual re- t to their members, Most peo- mas purpcses. It is estimated that this year about Bi aye “will be distributed to 000° members of Christmas hroughout the country, mak- ing it the record year since the clubs ere. firet 6! Of this large sum probably less half will be spent ‘fer gifts. More than a quarter will wbe redeposited as permanent savings; ‘a smaller part wil be used for in- ‘surance premiums, interest on mort- \gager, taxes and other purposes. | Grain and Stock Opinions From j Brokerage Wire Stock Opinions. ; BLOGK MALONEY—Most of the ‘news continues highly favorable and ‘point, to expansion during the wihter and coming spring. Siemens conditions are also fa- rable. HORNBLOWER AND WEEKS— “We de pot think the immediate fu- Aure jieely to produce anything mote Dur- ang the patiod inimediately ahead we ‘enticipate special movements in Baldwin, Can, CIP, DP and Mq. J. 8 BACHE AND CQ+-Prac: get a ie stocks are higher. , MILLER AND CO.—The market trend bids fair upward. STEIN ALSTRIN—At close last hight it appeared as though the reactionary tendency in all grains ml 4 some further. ITT—In absence of aggres- sive foreign bi nd of our cash wheet are Ined to look for further. declines. pect wl to react furthér until @ point is reached where éxport de- again becomes a prominént factor, CHICAGO, Dec. 23.— Potatoes, carly morning trading limited coupt ght receipts and weath market firm; receipts, 9 cars; total U. 8. shipments, 206; Wisconsin sicked round whites, $1,06@1.15; bulk, $2.10. Ansa Igano sacked Rus- séte, $1,75@3.00. SILVER ote Dee, 280Bar waiver Dollars 51! Mo. 3) en, Perhaps you have been a member of a Christmas Savings club all the year and have by this time been paid back your money. If ao it {s not up to me to tell you what to do with it. I only want to endorse the idea and urge those who have never tried the acheme-to make a beginning this ‘New Years. The habit of regular sav: ing is one of the most valuable that anyone can form ayd when onos formed is likely to be kept up. More+ over after you have practiced the self-denial necessary with the prg@- ceeds. Anything that discourages specu'ation on the port of those who cannot afford the losses which are inevitable in all speculation is of value not only to the indivdual but to the country at large. Estimates are that over 2,000,000 permanent new savings accounts have been opened as a result of the operation of these clubs. My sugges tion is that you take the first oppor- tunity to join for 1925. continue to maintain a record leyel for this period of the year, The to- tal for the week ending December 13, was reported today by the Ameri. can Railway association as 956,761 cars, an increase of 57,004 cars over ‘| the corresponding week last year and 77,709 cars over the same week in 1922. ; ‘The weeks’ total was a decrease from the preceding week of 11,495 cars. Livestock loading, with a to: tal of 43,210 car, showed the only increase from the pseceding week among ali the major commodity classes, amounting to 247 cars. Extra Dividend, NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Directors of the American Can company today declared an extra dividend of $2 on the common stock in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of $1.25, both payable February 16 to stock of record January 31. Anaconda Resumes Dividends. NEW YORK, Deé. 23.—Directors of the Aanaconda Copper Mining company today resumed dividends on! the common stock authorizing a quarterly payment of 7éc a share. payable February 16 to holders of |, record January 17. Dividends were omitted”"on February 26, 1924, the last payment of 7ic having been made on January 21. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, Dec. exchanges, irregular; cents, 23,—Foreign. quotations in Great Britain, demand, cables, 470; 60-ddy bills on) 467; France, demand, 5.38; cables, 5.38%; Italy, demand, 4.27%: cables, 4.27%; Belgium, demand. 4.97%; cables, 4 Germany, de- mand, 23,81; Holland, demand, 40.81; Norway, demand, 15.01; Swed- jemand, 26.92; Denmark, de- mand, 17.62; Switzerland, demand, 19.87; Spain, demand, 13.80; Greece, demand, 181; Poland, demand, 19%; Czecho Slovakia, demand, 802%); Jugo-Slavia, demand, 160%: Aus. tria, demand, .0014%; Rumania, de- mand, .52; Argentina, demand, 39.30; Brazil, demand, 11.50; Tokio, de mand, 3814; Montreal, 99%. « A new suburban. bank building in Chicago is an exact reproduction of famous old Independence Hall in Philadelphia, NI New York Stocks: Let Sele BN Sere ror American’ Tobeéco _.. $1 igientes ‘American Water Works —... 38% | Consolidated Royalty_ American Woolen waeenneae 1% Cow Gulch —.--.- Chicago, Ml. @°St, Paul pté_. % 44% Chicago, R. I. PAC, sew Preston -.-... 01% 01% Chile ORE iB ah ate Re 24% | Royalty and Producers .03 .04 008 CR nc ee cebies: 79% | Sunset --------------- 02.03 Colorado Fuel .-..---.------. 41 Superior Units --.-.28.50 31.00 Congoleum =-..--ssssscecss-- 40% | TOM Bell Royalty - 02 Consolidated Gas _-.---... Western Exploration 2.35 Corn Products --------.-. 10 106 sf a Mountain Producers - 18.00 18,12 44% | Glenrock Oil .-..---- 9.15.20 TTTTT 13634 | Salt Creek Producers . 24.00 24.25 30% | Salt Creek Consolidated 5.75 6.25 Famous Players -----.--2--.- 91% | New York Oil --.--.-. 8.50 9,00 General Asphalt ---..----- 96% | Mutual --.. 5 5 General a = 290% | 8: O. Indiana 6 General — ~~ 00% Sac Mc ue OS Guit ‘ste Stee! ‘ T tates wevewwene-- 84% Houston, Ml serns = || LIVESTOCK Hudson Motors se-eee-ee----- 34K 34 Iitnots Central *..------------ 115% Re Harvester ,---+<-+~----+ tid int. Mer Marine ptd. Invincible On Chicago Prices. 43% | CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Hogs—Re- 14% | celpts, 55,000; mostly steady to 10c 174% | hisher to ehippers; traders and 54 | Small packers; bulk mixe¢? weighty Lehigh Valley .. <_ 77% | butchers, $10.25@10.45; top, $10.60; Louisvi'le and Nashville -.-. 106% | bulk, 200 to 225-pound averages, Mack Truck —--------------. 116% | #9-95@10.26; 170 to 190-pound kind, Marland Ol woe 36% mostly $9.60@9.90; bulk 140 to 160- Maxwell Motor A cserc-sve-- 8214 |POUNG welght, $8.60@9.40; pigs, 20% | Steady; bulk weighty kina, 81.506 28 8.00; bulk packing sows, $9.75 73% | 10.00; heavyweight hogs, $10.20: se 10,60; medium, $9.25@10.50; Mght, $8.35@10.00; Ught lghts, $7.25@ qe es, paeeing hows, most $8 ied 3; packing hogs, rough, $! SL Ne Ras aaeatora 1. “go |9-60; slaughter pigs, $7,008.00, Norfolk and Western -.-...~ Stig. Cattle—Receipts, 16,000; beef North American —-... 8 ‘8 of value to sell at $8.00 and Northern Pacific ,.--------.-- Hf fully, steady, shipping de- Pacific Ol] ---.e-. Tr 51% | Mand, fairly broad; local killers buy- Pan Ameroican Pet B ----.. 61% | 'n8i relents, offerings in best de- Pennsylvania .---------,-,-- 48% |™MAnd; good to choice yearlings, very Phila and Rdg. ©, & I. -..--- 48% scatce; predominate supply fed Phillipe “Pet. .----ceecececere 35% | Steers and yearlings, run consisting Plire “Ol cv ieeneaceneree> 288) ] OF Indetween grades; best weighty Reading — Bhi 7 steers early, $10.75; some held high- Re pelea) cet realy Lf er; several loads, $10.00 to $10.50: red TITTTT "yg g | bulk fed eteers and yearlings, $9.00 are @10.50; stockers and feeders, com- paratively scarce; slow; country de- mand, seasonally narrow; she stock, about steady; bulls, 10 to 16c high- er; spots more, quality considered, vealers very active on market; largely $1 up; spot smore on desirable handy weight veale: suitable for shipping purpos most offerings going at $10.50@ 422% ~ 144% 16% 33 101% 1% 38% Cal. -peeeeeee--- N.S eecne-es wt 13.00; selected offerings upward to 42% | $2400: Packers buying on local ac ; count largely at $10.00@11.00, ms], Sheep -Heetints, 11,000; very ac- r Beer saeert 3 | tive; fat lambs, 25 to 60c higher; ERs esas ita ys vegnterzeteers cise eatly bulk fat natives and fod west. niina Det ccchcc me Bah ERR Rs 00@17.50; early top, $17.75; U. B. Cast Tron Pipe... * 458 t early, $17.90; cholce clip- U. &. Ind. eM 98% | Pers i 4.26; fat sheep, 50 to Tic e apes OM ITDSTITITZ Soage} Riser: choice handy weight ewes, he tas Seterireerns se 17% 9.75; feeding Iambe, 25 to 50c high- gtherttretreeeens. 94% |: choice 65 to 57-pound feeders, $16.25@16.50. ay Omaha Quotations, QMAHA, Neb., Dec. 23.—4U. 5. Department of Agriculture.)}—Hogs —Receipts, 22,000; slow, steady to 10¢ lower; packers talking 15c to 25 ldwer; early sales 200 to 250 pound butchers, $9.80 to $10.00; top, $10.10; desirable 160 to 200 pound weights, $9. E 11% | averages, $8.75@9. ‘Willys Overland .-..-------+- ‘Woolworth seeccccccscnaspese 189 a Anglo American Ol) .- 17% de Casper Daily Cridune STOCK TREND. |WHEAT SCORES. (3 Bonds :: Stocks :: Grain z= Livestock AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED ¥ OIL SECURITIES ISTRREGULAR| —NEWADVANCE Holiday Adjustment of Ac- counts Begins on New. York Market NEW YORK, Deo, 33.—Cénfused price movements characterized to- day's stock market, one of the dull- est since the post-election boom started, Marking up of the call money rate to five per cent and a series of unexpected dividend un- favorable, caused curious crogs-cur- rents of prices with reactionary ten- denctes” predominating. Sales ap- proximated 1,200,000 shares. ‘Dec. 28,—Unaven | May NEW .YORE, aka) fluctuations characterized the opening of today’s steck market, although the main trend appeared to be upward. Gains were limited to fractions, however, except in a few stocks such as Illinois Central, Republic Steel and Brooklyn Edison. General Electric attained another new high at 296%. Fractional re cessions took place in American Can, U. 5. Steel and Studebaker. Some of the speculative issues were offered freely in subsequent dealings. Pan-American Petroleum issues broke one to two points on the announcement that additional “BY” stock was being issued, and Pressed Steel Car and Pullman were under increased pressure. Other shares, of which there is a small floating supply, were buoyant, General Electric moved up to 298, but later fell back to 295%, while American Express, American Car and Foundry and United States Cast Iron Pipe scored substantial gains. American Can, after falling back 1% points, made up half of its loss following the announcement of a §2 extra dividend, Stock prices turned decidedly re- actionary before noon. Profesional traders, teking advantage of. the higher renewal rate for call money which opened at 3% per cent, and soon advanced to 4 and the speculay tive disappointment over the failure of the American Can directors to make a more generous distribution to stockholders, attacked the general Ust, for receiving recessions of one to five pointe in many issues. Gen- eral Electric which had been driven up sharply in the last few days on rumors that the directors would au- thorize the splitting up of the stock at today’s meeting, broke from 298% to 292 on the announcement that only routine business was trans- acted. West Penn Power dropped 6%; “Big Four’ and Crucible Steel five each. U, 8. Cast Iron Pipe and American Can 3% each, and Na tional Lead, Baldwin Reading, Le- high Valley, Pan-American B, Iron Products, and Adams Express yield ed two to.three points. Local trac tions showed independent strength and the commercial solvents issues, which .were weak yesterday, ruled substantially higher. Foreign exchanges opened steady, Five per cent call money, dividend announcements, pool operations and Nquidation caused wide fluctuations in various stocks in the early after- noon. An incident of the dealings was the sale of a block of 15,000 shares of Pacific Ot] at 51%, off %, Resumption of dividends carried the stook to 44%, the highest of the year; while Pittsburgh coal went down 47%, the lowest of the year, on the omission of its quarterly div- identd, Maxwell A jumped 4%, while Penn Power broke 11% in:all. The closing was irregular, Some of the equipments and coppers were bid-up briskly in the late trading. American Locomotive and Pullman touching new 1924 highs, but stan- dard rails. and’ industrials showed little recuperative pow NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Call money strong; high 5; low 3%; ruling rate 3%; cosing bid 6; offered at 5%; Borne Serymser -- 225 289 | mostly $9.50@9.60; bulk of all sale Buckeye 60% 61 | $9.25@10.00; average cost Monday, Chesebroug! 48%5 4944 | $0.33; weight, 216, i Chesebrough pfd. ------ 114 116 Cattle—Recéipts, 4,800; fed steers Crescent ---ceeweepeeeee 13 14 Jand yearlings, active, mostly 250 187 || higher; bulk, $7,00@9.00; few loads 87 Jupward to $10.50; other killing 57 | classes, active, lic to 250 higher; Gal. Sig, Old pfd. 113, | atockers and feeders, scarce, nomi- Gal. Sig. New pfd. ---. 103 108 | nally steadi; Bae butcher cows and Tl'Inols PAP@ <nacepnee-e 720 4 heifers, $3. 3; canners ond cut Indiana Pipe ----se0--- 72 74 | ters, $2.60@3. Hie bulls, $3.15 National Transit -.--- 22 23 | @3.60; heavy beer bulls, $4.00@4.60; New York Transit... 63 70 |veal tops, $9.50. Northern Pipe ~-------- 82 84 Sheep— Receipts, 11,500; lambs, ORO Ol seasenvecrenee 62% 63% s@t00, higher; early sales fed west- Penn. Mex. ---------=-- 32% dns, $16.75@17.25; best held higher; clipped lambs, $18.60@14.00; 107% | sheép, 25c higher; desirable weight 54 ewes, $9.00@9.25. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 23.—U. 8. De ment of riculturé)}— Hogs Receipts active, mostly - 852 | steady; spits strong to 10c higher, 8. O. Ohio Chie: pet, 117-119 | top $10.15 for séveral loads 190 to Swan and Finéh .----- 28% 244 | 240 pound weights; medium good to Washin - eowee 29 81 | choice loads $9.75 to $10; packing 8. O. Neb. ------+----- 251 254 | sows strong $7.75; pigs steady; fat kind §7.25; stock pigs $0.25. Cattle—Receipts 600; calves 50; : calves ard to strong; best veal- CRUDE MARKE @ra $9.50 to $9.75; common grades $6@9; medium to good fat cows and heifers strong to 150 higher; heif- +16 | "ers $5 to $5.40; cows $3.35 to $4.15; Peedi Nk cas Fa eamoed ‘two loads feeder steers $6.50, 10c to 15¢ higher; other classes most'y 60] steady; bologna bulls $3 down; can: 05} ners and cutters $2@3. Bheep--Receipts 4,100; fat lambs SUNDUFEE sspyementennenenteee jamilton, Dome --+--«—------ FOITB senperrerseneresseee-z-- 1 BYTON <igdenpeereeecstenecsesy 9.30 Notches -~.--+--~-. 5} active; around 25c higher; seven Pilot Butte -—----—ss--------014 including 87 pound weights Lander 20+ ssence—se-einee—--- «70 | $16. 25; few 98 pound kind $16; few Cat Creek }| welghty feeder lambs unsold. Lance Creel KT} Shes Orage . aeeee LAB geass Greek, Hed -r+-—+-*" 18 || Butter and Eggs a west geeteeeeatcegue’ it Besin seteesettensee 130] cHtcaGo, Dec. 28.—Butter— tees oe nme cee higher, creathery extras, 41c; stan- Salt dards,’ 89340; extra firots, 39@40c; fit @ittec: mds, 82@34e: ee receipts, 3,494 cases. 33 rane” ‘THbune clesettiog ad fr last loan 5; call loans against ac- ceptances 2%. Time loans firmer; mixed collateral 60-90 days 3% @3%; 4-6 months 3% @4; prime commercial paper 3446@3%. METALS NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Copper firm; electrolytic spot and nearby at 14%c; futures 14%c. Tin firm; spot and nearby $57.62; futures $57.75. Iron; steady, prices unchangéd. Lead firm, spot $9.50@10.25. .Zino firm, Enet St. Louls spot $7.65; futures $7.70. Antimony spot $14.75, Pats sis ot | COTTON | NEW YORK, Dec, 23—Cotton spot quiet; middling $23.90. Bathing Beach At Washington To Be Opposed WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—New plans for beautifying Washingtén, always bring controvetsy and the latest is over thé proposal to estab- lish a bathing béach close by the John Paul Jones monument and the Lincoln memorial. It so happens that the bathing beach is intended for negroes, but the protest is against any bathing beach at all st a@ point so near the two celebrated monuments and particularly in a spot ‘where it might bé 1 to cut down somé of the Jabany cherry trees to establish it. Corn an dData Mo Move Upward in Sympathy on Chicago esuByoxg iintyms expects’ Unexpected firm: aisiapons' et 1 at Liver pool and Winnipeg had a stimulat- Lidl effect here, and strong commis- houses rapidly absorbed the innine offerings, Snowfalls over the domestic winter crop belt acted as only a transient bearish fnfluence. The opening, which ranged from %o decline, to %o advance, with $1.79 to 61.72%, end July $1,47% to $1,471, was followed by a modgeyate genera) setback, and then by a rise to 1 cent or more above yesterddy’a finiah. Subsequently, the market was res- ponsive to predictions that liberal European buying would be resumed after the holidays and was likely to increase during the early spring. ‘Wheat closed firm, %c to 1%c net higher, May $1.78% to $1.73% and Tuly $1.48% to 91.48%. Corn and oats advanced with wheat. There was much corn buy: ing that looked like reinstatement of recently sold out holdings. After opening at %0 decline to Sa ad’ vance, May. $1.27% to $1.28, the corn et scored sharp general gains. In the last part of the dey, corn showed independent strength, rural offerings both of corn and oats were very small. Corn closed firm, 170 to 2%c net higher, May $1.29% to $1.29%. tarted at Wc off to a shade May 63%c to 68¢. Later, all the months showed a material upturn, Provisions. were easy in the ab- sence of any aggressive buying: Open High Low Close Wheet— Dec, ---~ 1.68% 1.695% 1.68% 1.69% May <--- 1.73. 1.73% 1.7146 1.73% July s~ 147% 1.48% 1.47% 1.48% Corn— Dec, o—~- 3.33 1.34% 1.21% 1.24% May <--- 1.92 1.24% 1.21% 1.24% July sore 1.28 1.30 1.27% 1.29% Oats— Dec. o--- 58% 58% 58% -58% May ---- -63% 3% «62% «68K July ---- 61% He 60% 61% Rye— Dec. ---~ 1.48% 1,45 1.48% 1.45 May cco, 1.5035 1.5146 1.49% 1.51% July -n03-31% 1,83% 1.181% 1.33% Lard— 16.57 16.95 Jan. ~.--16,.52 16,60 16.53 May ----16.92 17.00 16.92 Ribs— Jan. -—- May ~-—.15.65 15.72 15.62 Bellies— Jan. 15.10 15.62 15.65 16.30 —_—— Cash Grains and Provisions. CHICAGO, — Dec. 23.—-Wheat— Number 3, red, $1.83@1.84; number 2 hard, $1.69%@1.70; corn, number 2, mixed, $1.24; number 2 yellow, $1.28@1.28%4; oats, number 2 white, 60@61%c; number 3 white, 57@ 53%%c; rye, number 2, $1.44%;, bar- ley, 89@95c; timothy seed, $6.00@ clover seed, $25.75@33.00; lard, ; riba, $15.00; bellies, $16.25. NEW YORK, Déec. 23—No changes occurred in refined sugar, with lat prices ranging from $7.10 to $7.20 for fine granulated. Refined futures were nominal, Sugar futures closed easy. Approx- imate sales 23,000 tons, December $3.25; January $2.81; March §2.79 and May $2.90. Disarmament In Germany Is Taken Up PARIS, Dec. 23.—(By Tho Asso- ciated Press,}—Germany’s ditarma- ment status will come before the allied council of ambassadors Friday instead of tomorrow, as expécted, the regular meeting of the council having been postponed. The am- bassadors received today a com- munication from the supreme inter- allied military commission embody: ing the latest reports from the mill- tary control commissién. TROTZKY IS BLAMED: FOR SOVIET ERRORS Failures Charged to Former War Minis- '. ter, Once Second in Esteem and Now Condemned by All MOSCOW, Dec. 23.—-(By though Trotzky now is out of the political arena and far removed from the bitter party strife of Moscow, attacks upon him both from within party continue unceasingly. C) heat of the bitterest election cam- paigns, has had to face such a mer: ciless firé of cetisure and condemna- tions as had bédn directéd against the soviet war chief for the last six man in American public life, even during.the heat PAGE SEVEN. All Markets RIBE CASE | IS DROPPED Charge Against Senate Committee Em- ploye Concocted by Opponents of Postal Pay Increase, Claim WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The department of justice's investigation into charges that a senate committee employe accepted mioney for the use of his influence in behalf of lenis ation has resulted in a finding that no law was viol- 5 Seo General Stone declined to divulge the nature | of the legislation or the name of the; of the postal pay increase bill to try man involved. Officers of postal] to defeat that measure and demand~ ed that the attorney general make workers organization charged that the facts blic but th the case was concocted by opponents CONGRESSMAN [= ar COOLIDEE (Continued from Page One.) “I really enjoyed Mrs. Springs’ account of her travels and observa tions.” “I'm glad Mr, President but what T wanted to say was——— Here the President stood up. I was standin’ all the time you under- stand in spite of Cal's request to sit down—by indicatin’ with his eyes. It was suttle but I caught it. Well, as Cal stood up he happened to touch a button which rung a. bell out in Slomp's room. Of course. not knowin’ he was doin’ it the bell buzzed a long time purtty hard but soon Silent happened to move an it quit. Purty soop, right after I'd started to talk again I C. Bascom (I had to stop here to laff again) had of opened the door and had came in bringin’ in Mr. Taft; evi: dently havin' completely forgot about me bein’ in there. His mind had sure Slump-ed bad (rich), Of course I didn’t wamt to call him down right in front of the President an maybe make him lose hig job; but I was considerable in- sensed by this time so decided not to let him cff entirely. So I says, keepin’ the sarcastic out of my voice with fair success: “Surely I ahould have gave way to the Chief Justice.” “Oh no not at all, don't give way,” says Mr. Taft, while Slimp slunk clean out of sight, steprin’ behind Mr. Taft. “Proceed, proceed,’ says the Chief ve, twice; showin’ plain that he was a resentin’ the interruption too. “The reclamation bill “T trust it will pass,” says Calvin, a lookin’ at Taft, tryin’ to put a twinkle in his eye and look pleasant and smile, at the same time, in spite bringing him tn that way right } when I was talking good to the President and Cal was a lstenin to} every word tn his careful, allent way. Well, as I went out I hed noticed the Presidents hand was stretched out just as I grabbed Taft's hand; }. an it came over me that Cal was a goin to shake hands with me goodbye an here I had of shook hands with Taft right in front of the President and had went right on out! Hope Cal dont get sore. Such a thing as I done dont show no presents of mind. ‘The fact ts, to tell the truth open and plain like, Cool was so annoyed at Slump comin inyon us that way, as outlined above, that he cut my time a minute. I discovered thie when I got out an summed things | up; no doubt, I see now, with the + full intehtions of another time an view. An we'll have it too if Slamp dont yuker us out of it again, Me 4 and Cal is alright if we could only | 4 handle that Blimp—BomBascom Blimp ( sure had a loud laff as © /}] Wrote the aforesaid, that last name * T give Slim.) I'm beginnin to suspect that bird. © He might of sensed, if he had any) sense, that when that buzzer e | Cal, with his well known care: i ess and hasty nervousness. pushed his finger down on that but- ton accidental, Even if he pushed it a purpose Slump should have knowed it was a algnel for him to stay out even if my time was almost up. But that gink took it the wrong way of course. We didnt want him in there but Bascom anyway, After another long, hearteous laff over that last, I elose until my next ter, in which I am a goin to give you the lowdown and real inside of what I really think about this bird, Slemps. So long. Market Gossip q of t's annoyance. He done it purty Oi Summ ary. well, Taft must have thot the! yuacontinent gasaline” market | Président was a referrin’ to me an} sow and dull with orfeng ar es he laffed just as tho someone had re cents, cracked ry joke. You wou Jasoline field of refi st a of efiners for firs thot as smart a man as Taft, Who| eight months of 1924 estimated at held both Vermont and Utah in line 2 per cent of crude oil charged to ' the second time he run, would of|ssi's according to Western Petrol. 1 Brae pettes. efiners association. “I seen, Mr, President, in the Small Oklahoma independent of- © fers premium of ten cents a barrel © jj for Tonkawa. crude. Estimates of porduction of Worth- ' am field enlarged as result of dijs- covery of lower pay sand in the ' Woodbine stratas. This lower sand | was not encountered in Mexia. Wortham expected to produce over 100,000 barrels by first of year, and * already is turning out fifty thousand & barrels. paper this morning @ attack on Mr. Mondell an——— “I know Mr. Mondell very well,” says the President, breakin into my presentation for the second time, as outlined above, probably on account of Bunkum Slump makin such fool breaks and losin the Presidents pa- uente. “They. is accusin him of wantin to be Secretary of the Interior— and am fimiliar with his record of many years.” I says right out: “He aint. He's for reclamation and conversation. He's got natural resources— “and will not consider such at- tacks,” concluded Cal, conservin his words, showing he is for conserva- tism, Before I could get started again my time had of about expired. I sure was gettin mad. But I didnt want to show hard feeling against Taft. I Uke his chuckle, except when be Jaffs when nobody has sprang no joke. So startin on my Way out, I grabbed his hand which was stuck out, as ho steps, forward. He looked funny not thinkin no doubt I would be so fair and careful Of his feeline. Of course, when he saw I was friendly, he shook hands, General Summary. California and Hawaiian Refiners and Western Sugar reduce prices 20 points to $7.50 for Hawailan cane and $6.90 for California beet, Hayes Wheeler during current year reduced funded debt to $866,250 from $1,232.000. Hudson Motors earnings for year ended November 30, are estimated at $6.10 a share. St. Louls, San Francisco railways pre‘iminary report for November shows surplus of about $747,000 after oll charges a gain of $434,000 over November 1923, ‘The Hérald-Tribune says recent strength in Worthington Pump has been more In anticipation of expan- sion of Diesel engine business than because, even with his many titles,| due to any development which ac- he always was a good sport. Just| tually has occurred. Company has © you didn’t call him Colonel. 1] booked two orders from the govern could tell by his looks he wanted to| ment which together total $3,500. explain it wasn't his fault Slamp! 000. the resort Where ho has gone to re store his health. Although he is in admittedly poor physical shapé, no note of sympathy is heard for the man who hitherto has ranked as next only in fame and power to | Lenin It !s inaccurate to stw that Trots- ky has been either expelled from The Associated Press) —Al-} te communist party of banished ? from office, as forelgn dispatches have announced. The présent can- Paign against him ts confined wholly / to literary polities which probably will coftinue until the communist party congress !n March, which will pronounce final judgement on his and without the communist weeks. “All the sins and short com-| alleged heresy in departing trom | ings and fallures of the Boishev'| the orthodox communist prin¢iples regime have been visited upon his'| and violating’ the discipline, héad Whatever the issue may 6°, some H] Throughout the fuscillade Trotzky| time probably will elapse before he | remains silent, alone and broken jn returns t his duties. ff