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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925 ————$_$£§____ rr ™ Oil : Finance WOOL PRICES EASY DURING LAST WEEK Weakness Fails to Develop But Boston Trading Moves in Narrow Limtis; Dealers Are Optimistic for Future BOSTON, Jan. 80,—The Commi cial Bulletin will say tomorrow “The demand for wool during the past week has been in narrow com: pass and prices are, consequently, mm. dit easy on the whole, although there {s no fundamental weakness, on the contrary, buyers and dealers alike regard the more remote future with complacency, if not with optl- mism. There is no disguising the fact, however, that at the moment ‘As for the forelsn markets, there {s little change compared with a week ago, except that the markets both in London and in the primary centers appear to be a bit firmer at the week end on the lover level of prices than they were, : The trade naturally ts disposed to await the opening of the goods mar- ket and especially the initial show- ings of the American Wool company, which will be made February 4. “Mohair is very steady with elight ly,more inquiry in some quarte: Commodity Trade News April 16 has begun, with 10 to 10%c @ pound es a price basis. Prices are slightly better than last year. CHICAGO—Cattle on, feed tn the eleven corn belt states are only 92 per cent of those on the farms a year ago, In Iowa and Nebraska, feeding about one fifth each of the total, the estimated number now being fed was 74 and 82 per cent re- spectively. ao the American markets are a bit soft. (Copyright 1925, Ths Casper Tribune) Textiles NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—Adjust- ment of the differences between man- agement and employes of the Devon mill and Fisk mills has removed the only source of difficulty incident to the 10 per cent reduction of wages in textile plants here, The Devon and Fisk workers will be back on the job Monday, ATLANTA,—Textile plants in the noutheast, located on rivers, which were forced to suspend operetions on agcount of floods, are back cn # production basis again. F Coal and Coke PITTEBURGH—Spot coke contin. ues soft and buyers are holding off in the contract market. Atl prices above $4 a ton for furnace coke have disappeared and an eastern steel company is reported to have bought tonnage at $3.00. 5 Lumber FERRIDAY, La—The Fisher-Purd Lumber company, a subsidiary of the Fisher Body company, which has just acquired a hardwood timber tract in this section {s buflding a hotel and a large number of houses to shelter workmen. This ts pre- paratory to building a large mill and a logging rallroad. CLEVELAND—The coal business is unsettled and unsatisfactory. Re- ports of a large merger of mines in Harrison, Jefferson and Belmont counties have not been confirmed. ‘The properties said to be involved cover 150,000 acres, and include 70 or 80 mines. Flour SAN FRANCISCO—Due to wheat price increases retail bread prices shortly will be raised to 120 for small loaves and 170 for large loaves, according to the forecast of the retail grocers’ association, The proposed prices will be one cent high- er than war time prices. Livestock FORT WORTH, Tex.—Contract- ing for lambs that will be born in west Texas between March 1 and HERRIN QUIET AGAIN AFTER BURIAL OF ITS LAST VICTIM Jan, 30.—(By The] Young's, and two bystanders were Associated Pres: ‘With the last of] killed in a loca! hotel, was buried the victims of last Saturday night's| yesterday. Members of the Klan shooting orgy buried, Herrin today|in full regalia marcheg in the fun- resumed a quiet aspect and was pre-|eral procession. paring for another era of peace fol-| Meanwhile members of the coro- lowing the departure of troops|ner’s jury were trying tg find wit- yrhich had been on guard since early | nesses to tho shooting in a fina! ef- last Sunday, fort to clear up the affair. The S. Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan} jury will meet tomorrow following dry raider, who with Ora Thomas, | today’s rec in what will probably deputy sheriff, an opponent of! prove to be fts final session. HERRIN, such as the ratls and rubbers would be profitable. i Tobey and Kirk.—We are now Grain and Stock expect increased buying in this having a fine of! mar! and may Opinions From Brokerage Wire group. > MEANS GIVEN PRISON TER (Continued from Page One) agent and recelved $77 a week sal- ary. Jarnecke and Crager system of ficlals told of the manner in which they alleged Means, representing Grain Opinions. Bartlett Frazier.—Wheat appears to be without balance, all of which suggests caution. See nothing to Warrant higher prices in corn Stein Alstrin.—Think trading pos! tion in wheat best for the time be ng. Sheuld cash demand develop, the, demand now indicated, an in- pendent advance may be witness. ed in corn and oats Thompson McKinnon Situation in wheat at present sues’ caution | himself as a man of influence with on either ‘side, with suc '§ SUP-| high government officials, had in- plies of coarse grains, buying will] quced them to agree to pay $65,000 have to reach substantial propor-| for pribery uses. Felder entered in- “,tlons to be. permanently sustaining Yactors, Uhlmann Grain Company.—While heat market still shows underton f strength, sentiment is much moro ober to the cage when the agreement was reached, they said, It was to him, they claimed, what Means, with Jarnecke as go between had sent them, It was to Felder, likew: they said, that they hud paid larger portion of the $65,000. ———>———- Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, Jan. 80.—'oreign ex- changes steady. Quotations in cer, reat Jiritain demand 479%; cable 479%; 60 day billy on banks 47% France demand 6.41%; cable 5.43. Italy demand 4.15%; cables 4.16%. Belgium demand 5.17%; cables 5,18. Germany 23.80, Holland 40.28. Nor- way 16.28, Sweden 26.92, Denmark 17.85., Switzerland 19.30. Spain 14.83, Greece 174. Poland 1914. Czecho Slo- vakia 297%. Jugo Slavia 163%. Aus- tria .0014%. Rumania 52%. Argen- Stock Opinions. This rally ould go further but doubt whether t fs a genuine resumption of the in advance, continue to favor “A” among medium | priced Pynchon and Co.—Thé rails sive omise of becoming more prom!- ent on the side of advancing prices n@ we believe better possibilities f speculative profits exist if switch * made from Industrial to of! and ull groups. Block Maloney.—There ts room for further movements in olls, rails nd specialties. ‘Would be govern: 1 according to trend. On the ‘p upturns we would take profits ‘s the market will not run away. | tina 40.25, Brazil 11.87. Toklo 38 Hornblower and Weeks.—We] 9.16 and Montreal 99 15-16. ink it well at thts juncture, to| = ul specific attention to rails, Olls re moving independently of the st of the market as we expected ey would and where major move- vents are undertaken, as in the , they are always worth fotlow- MONEY NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Call money steady; high 3%; low $44; ruling rate 4%, closing bid 34; offered at 3%; last loan 3%, Call loans against ac- coptances %, Time loans easy; mixed collateral 60-90 days 34% @3%: 46 montha 3%; prime commercial paper 3M. ing. Livingston and Co.--It is probably se to cut down commitments in ¢ general run of Industrials and ait for a reaction to buy back. erhaps some switching to those ‘locks which are behind the merlict eq ee Bonds :: Stocks NEWS AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED WIRE BUYERS AULE Es The Casper Daily Cridune sees GE SEVEN GRAIN TREND Grain :: Livestock :: All Markets NOME DESPERATE IN APPEAL — ‘|e UNCERTAIN FOR ANTI-TOXIN TO BATTLE Alls Chemical and Dye - Bessemer 4°] Amerioan Can ox diy. - Boston W. American Car and Foundry -. 901 Buck Creek | : American Locomotive — Burke —_-___. 18 rs rican Sm, and Rei skstone Salt Crock (4 ln; aa r : : 5 teed fn Buger -_.... Guepon ne BelboGTeeK, 20. » {Oils Lead Way to Higher | Fluctuations Mark Trading American Tel and Tel. Solum: -°-06 08 | Ground in Exchange Trad- After Setback at Taae pot ine... oa 1 Todare re) js merican Tobacco ~ 2 Central Pip: ing Today enin American Water Works ex div Cohsollaated Woyai " p Babe su American Waolen: ~ ‘ Cow Guleh 4 NEW Yor F CHICAGO, J: 30.—Reports of : jule 3 NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Persister Pees Sen S SADDxES Anaconda Copper - Domino 7 ation of the oil siatea in re-|Steatly enlarged shipments of Atohison ex div. alichorn 4 of another advance in gaso-|WDeat from Australia and Argentina Atl, Coast Line _. T. W ; und a resumption of pool |!e@ to an early setback in wheat (Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Opto Bethlehem Stoel California Pet, —.-_-. n the industriai list, im. rong tone to today's stock ales approximated 1,600,000 Jupit K as Davison Chemical --. General Asphalt General Electric General Motors -~.-..- - Great Northern pfd. ..-..... Gulf States Steel ~_-_.-__.__ Houston Oil ~—.. Hudson Motors — Tiunots Central --.------~..-.. Int. Harvester .... LIVESTOCK Chicago Prices CHICAGO, Jan. 30. (U. 8. Depart ment of Agriculture)—Hogs—Re- celpts 4,000 medium and. weighty butchers around steady, with Thurs- day's beat Ume; lghter weight un- even; 10 to 250 higher; big packers holding back; rable 260 at pals daverages $10,80@811.05; top 41.10; most 180 to 230 pound weights $10.60@10.85; 140 to 180 pound kind $10.00 $10.60; bul strong welght slaughter” piga $9.50@10.00; most packing sows $10.1510.40; heavy welght hogs $10.50@11.10; medium $10.16@11,00; light $9.65 %1 i Mehr Mght $9.25@10.45; packing hogs Smooth, $10.15%410.50 packing hogs rough $9.65@10.15; sla > $8.25@10.00. PRR ie Cattle—Recelpts 6,000; beef steers trade-very slow, weak to 250 under Thursday decline. Early advance this’ week: ernsed; moderate #upply being held’ off market’; shipping de mand very narrow; killing quality plain bulk of quality and condition to-sell at $7.50@$9.00; 11 $10.00. She stock cows and heifer Thursday's early grado Realty advanced ay% {bo Ol) 3. Net gains of Ats were registered by score of issuen, includ- Ol, General Asphalt, Royal Dutch, White Hagle, Sears Roebuck, Radio Corporation, Atch!- son and Marine preferred. Foreign exchanges opened steady, demand Sterling ruling pust under $4.79, Foreign olls which had been 1 sing behind domestic issues w whirled upward during th morning fon, Marictabo and Roya! Duteh' mounting 3% points and Shell yn- fon transport 1%. Meanwhile trad- ing in other Petroleum {ssues w stimulated by announcement of an- other advance {nm Prairie Crude Ol! Pr Southern Railway's favor. able 1924 earnings statement was Instrumental in, fting that stock three points to a new high record at 84%, while Frisco and Seabotrd ts. sues also developed fresh strength. High priced industrials resumed their upward movement General Blectric and American Bank Note ng four points or more with in-and Amertcan Can selling two higher, Mack © profit taking, 135 without disturb. progress of other shares. money renewed at 1% per cent one to more than a ing Pacifi Montgomery Ward -------.._ National Lead ~...-—--.-..- New York Central ---—--_-_- N. ¥., N, H,, and Hartford _. Norfolk and Western -.-.__ North American -. Northern Pacific ----—__-____. Pacific Ol) ~-.. Pan Am, Pet. B -—.--_---____. Pennsylvania --—.----—__--~ Phillips Pet. -o---22-<0-<eene Pure Oil Reading ----....---. Rep. Iron and Steel -. Reynolds Tobacco B --.. St. Louis and San Fran. Jv above fat under betweer Truck reaciting ing t ry uneven; Mi trade heifers and bett fh cows showing most’ dec Stocks representing widely yary. Seaboard Air Line ~~. and cutters steady; pr ing industries were swung into line Sears Roebuck w-- change in bull: ; {in the broad upward movement after Sinclair Con.” ---—---—. atrong to unevenly hightr: onte Radio and the American Sloss Sheff Steel --.-—. selecting chotee handy welcht ed shares moved up 3 to 4 Southern Pacific - ward to $15.00; bulk light cal A) | Woolen, Southern Rajlway -. 8 0 $11.60 12.00, Sheep—Receipts 12,000; ¢, steady to strong; bull’ $ig ul Pipe, Marine prado Fuel, Wilson and ferred, Simmons and Standard Ot!, Cal. - Standard Oil, N, J. — Stewart Warner ex div. t Jambs 8.76 early top to shippers $19.00: beat orth 2 to 2%. Commerolal Sol. Studebaker hela higher; Colorado lambs $1$,75,] Vents A and B shaves broke from Texas CO. ~~—-——--e~. fat sheep 26c and more lower: odd > $1.75, Mack Truck declined Texas and Pacific -. $10.26@ 10.75; day, $10.85: weight, ayerage cost Marine Oi! Operations. Standard Oil Stocks ms n good condition. The Amsden sand In yee Subnet SHICAGO, Jan, 30—E s expected at about 2,500 feet. site . Neb. er; creamery extras 35% ( Exact location of the test is in the British Navy Fumble ards 3 xtra firsts enter of section 23-34-82. shes 9534 @ 36% nd Pan i Bess lower; receipts 6,747 casca;| Oil Summary. E a] ] Srp Hess saveentoe ordinary Sisto 481 rotuion OP Stat tense stimates Up CRUDE MARKET || ert: retriserator tirsis ite hundred thousand new shares of ae Jone pound par value; this company poe _ sa producing property In Peru, LONDON, Jan. 30.—An increase of Big Muddy anne 281.00 POTATOES Wall Street Journal points out] nearly $10,000,000 pounds sterling {n Mule Creek -------~-----—=~. that 18 Usted olls represented about/ the British naval estimates for the Sunvurst --------—------ 40 per cent of the total trading on| coming fiscal yéar {= said to haye Hamuton Dome -----<- CHICAGO, Jan. 30.--Potatoe Wednesday been demanded by the admirajty, Ferris early mornring trading limited, mar soline price in 20 eltles averag-|and to be meeting with resistance Byron ket firm; receipts, 47 cars: total U.|¢d 15.7 cents a gallon, Which ts 8} from tho treasury. Bptohee coarre 8. shipments, 858; Wisconein sacked | cents below 1924 high. Earl Beatty, who, aa first sea lord, Pilot Butte ------. ound whites, mostly $1.10@1.16;| Crude off stocks decreased 6,762,-| usually fikurés in pélitical gossip, Lander fancy shade higher; Minnesota |000 barrels in December whieh {|e champion of generous, expendi- Cat Creek - reed round whites, $1.10; eacked| largest decrease ever recerded for| tures for the navy, has according to Lance Creek --~-8~----- 4 Lae “River Ohiow, $1.36@1.40; Idaho|a eingle month. reports. submitted estimates of 65, QBIge mn nnnnsanspmnmnnnsnsnens }t) | ced Russets, $2.25G2.60) best,| Mexican Pete, Number 61 La Do-| 600,000 pounds, maintaining that this Grats Ught .-------- ees ly $2 Noonko hesa for 8,000 barrels initial at|is the lowest Agure compatible with Gteybult, fae as ‘ened tat : S 1,902 feet. the safety of the nation. ‘Torchlight pe Permeation a Blk Basin - Flour, There must be something in the, Rovk Creek SILVER MINNHAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 30,] soil of Iowa and Nebraska condusive Sal. Creek —Flour unchangéd; shipments, 45,-]to the development of wrestlers, as —— we _!]385 barrels those states have produced the ma- Yor results t¢y a Tribune Claso|| NEW YORK, Jan, 00. “Bar ell ——_——— Jority of the mat chanipions for fled Ad, ver, 65%c; Mexican doliars, 630. For results try « Classified ad. prices today. for this week were figured as ly double those of the week hefc tled at the samo as yesterda firm, yesterday's finish, tributed partly to transfer of con- siderable speculative buying from vere margin requireme: wheat. After opening at %o decline to %o advance, $1.85%, corn underwent # moderate sag all around and gains May 63 to 63%e. eased made a fractional advance. responsive the upward tendency of corn values and of hogs. Wheat— May Sept. Corn— July . Australian shipr =. 6 sues continued thelr sen.|ish to De Pont de Nemours -..._ both A and B stocks | September. 110 ~~~. 0 -e momen ——~, po Mack trucks |$2.03% and July $1.71% to $1 Famous Players - ints to a record toy} July and September corn and but profit taking rm closed unsettled, at Corn and oats relat! and at tim were This was heat to feed grain owing to i t May, then 8 Oats started at %ic off to % down somewhat and Provisions wore Open High Low 03% 2.05% 2.02% »T8%— 1,7 1 59 1.55% 1 nly ererey ay 1.86% 1.38 1 1, ip, many years past. $1.35% Lance Creek 00% Ane are Heayy profit taking sales here re- Canadian Pac. Mike Henr a sulted, and speculative offeyir Central Leather pfd. _ Mountain F egies NEW 30.—Uneven|#!s0 broadened out, with “buyers Cerro de Pasco ~ Picard Bel ay 4 haracterized the|™uch lesg aggressive than has been Chandler Motor ..... Preston im ‘p11 | openit tock market,|the rule of late. The open which Chesapeake and Ohio — Ked Ba ‘ | in good demand, Hous.|Tanged from Tc decline to % 1 Chicago and Northwestern Royalt , a a polnt and another of| Vance, May 03% to $2.04 and Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul “pfd_ Bunse 1 mM ving fractionally. Sim {July $1:70% to 91.10%, was followed Chicago, R. I. and Pac. Tom Bell Ro Nat ° 1 Locomotive |Y # general decline Jn which May Chile Copper ~ . rmExploration 2 i Some| dropped to $2,023, but later rallied Coca Cola ~-. - St was) | opened| In-the last half of the day, sellin Colorado Fuel - a | "| pressure slackened, and with some Congoleum --... ~ or soon after} What enlarged buying.tho market Consolidated Gas - 20.1 rose to within %c of the best ce Corn Products “-....-... 25 on the crop, May delivery, Profit Cosden Of! -..... 7 taking again appeared, and a reac Crucible Steel ~------._.. } tien ensued. Tho close was unset Cuba Cane Sugar pfd. --...___ 0.50 3. The Commercial a’ fin: for te % oats cold at a new high price record for the season, eased the market at the last. sales net lower to %c gain, May $1.35 to $1.35 44. ‘ ively rose well above ate ae in to cored © uD, Later, the market then to Close 2.03% 71% 35 26% 36% lots fat ewes $9.50@$10.00; feeding | ( 31.33% and rallled to $1,35%. May - 15.75! 15 15.04 Tobacco Products ‘hi lambs scarce; fully steady; most| The closing was strong, Coppers | Bellies — Transcont. Ol - 54 I sales $1 @ $18.00. took on a new lease of life in the late |.Jan. _..- Union Pacific x i” | (rading: "Katy" preferred touched| May —..-- 17.55 United Drug - - Omaha Quotations. a record top at 84%, Bosch Magneto] — U. 8, Cast Iron Pip - OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 30.—Hogs—| Jumped 64%, General Blectric six and Cash Grains and Provisions, U. 8. Ind. Alcohol - Receipts 600; strong weight but-| U- 8. Realty CHICAGO, Jan, 80.—Wheat num VU. 8. Rubber --—. = chers, steady to weak; all other ber 2 mixed $2.17; number? hard a U, 8, Steel -... ~ classes, generally steady; bulk 200 $1.99% @2. Corn number 3 mixed at Utah Copper ~----.-— - to 260-pound butchers, $10.50@ $1.21; number 2 yellow ‘$1.34. Oats Wabash pfd. A_~ - 10,75; early top, $10.80; desirable ° number 2 white 61@620; number Westinghouse Electric - 160 to 210-pound weights, 810.108 S white 58% @58c, Tye number 2 $} Willys Overland 10.50; good 140 to 150-pound selec. al e OSS! Barley 90c@$1. Timothy seed $5.75 Woolworth «~~ tions, $9.75@10.00; packing sows 6,60, Clover seed $25@33, Lard $15.55 $10.10@ 10.20; of a sal Ribs $15, Bellies $17.50, Cattle. —Recetpts Operations of the Marine Oil com: and yearlings, very pany in Salt Creek shown as Anglo Am, Oil 19% 19% | 10@15c lower: . bulle,-7,0098.15; she | followe Borne Scrymser wore 230 86335 atbck, weak to 250 lower: etocke Section 18-40-78—Dyoxans 5: Buckeye and feede: nomina steady: bulls Dr ‘ling at a depth of 5 feet. | Seseevualt Bic. week to lower; stockers and| 2258 to 2,888 fect, shale shell Crescent ---. feeders, nominally steady Wyokans 6; Shut down for water, cher cows and heifers — [pooh at z canners and cutters, $2.5 Four Midwest Completions, ‘ Gal. Big Com. = logna bulls, -- 63,604 4,00 The completion of four weligsin Gal. Sig. Old pfd. --.--- veal $10.00; outsiders Salt Creek during the past weeks Continued from! Page Gal. Sig New pfa. ported the Midwest Refining} Bray of New Lc n Mlinols Pipe - s Bheop.—Rece 0 mpany, ‘The new producers aro:|mander of the 3-48 Indiana Pipe : higt ke feds . fidwest Oll.—-No. 26 NEG | Mhecrews tom t National Transit ------ $17.85 @18.25; top, § 1 1,967 foot; 45|and Wood Island co: New York Transti — eak; no-carly anles; feed NE% | tions which had , Northern Pipe -.-.. top f $17.4 40-79, depth, 20 feet;|all night to reach the st 1 Onis On aR, Bowtie f well) 260 barrels atter|gel had better au y f International Pete i@ he subsidise; sean the 8 Mi & Wyoming Aavoctat-jrasting on a bed of sand pratele Ol - SUGAR | No, 2 8 n 86-40-/ The members of the crew were Prairie Pipe 79, depth, barrels /taken on a tug to Fort Stark where Solar Retg. - aw YORK 0. = after shot : they were warmed and fed before So. Pipe ie eaned anak 2h i Salt Cresk Consolidated.—No, 15-| being transferred to the navy yard So. Penn Oil all refiners accepting orders at. the NW% section 7-39-78, depth,| Three of the men were so benumbed | 8. W. Penn Oil fea eeae lalalteat 16a" grerrull feet; 63 barrels after shot, they had to be carried aboard the ; : eae tate tug boat. They wero revived quic e pipe ye oak asltvece sta “co-0 tay th leeepabgne Palmer Operations Resumed, | ly and all the men appeared in good 8. 0. Ken. ve ea The Bradford-Wyoming Ot! com-|condition. The submarine was les 5-0. OT. - 'y has resumed operations on|ing and had become so filled with| 8. 0. Ohio .- Palmer dome 18 miles northwest of} chlorine gas that all hands were 5. O. Ohio pfa. - x4 Butter and Eggs Casi Present depth of the hole|fareed to go on deck » time’ be Swan and Finch lis below 2,200 feet with everything |fore they were rescuod EPIDEMIC; AIRPLANE SOUGHT NOME, Alaska, Jan. 30.—(By been reported. Dr. Welch states that? Anat Press)—'T diph all f und five year old anti-toxtn 7 F : has been use > and « one A | epider est y te a Be . - | dose of six-year anti-t 1 is left Jturn ana the citizens, throug 1 |local correspondent of the Associated ‘CHORAGE, A Jan | Pr ving appeal] (By The Associated } }—Reports > jt n hasten &n-| recetved here indicated tt ,090 7 ane from Fair-| units of antitoxin for Nome, whore. force them to|deaths in an epidemic of diphtheria have been reported at from three to ten, was today moving westward on the Leonard Seppaila, ‘old time racing dog driv Pulling into H prings WWednée ay on the second lap of the dog team portage from Nenana, on the Ajaska railroad, Bill Kalland froze his hands, dispatches related. The hood of his parka (a northern gar ment that might be described_as:a- rmock with an extension for the head stying under the was men|caked with ice as he de to] serum to Tom Green, order] Green drove a picked team of lusky wolves from the Kuskolwim "Help imr elp by plane-with anti toxin serum, {s appeal the N a anti-toxin, ne | Los Angeles ¢ | tol { dispatched but to send banks wi who ha Nome four to bring relfef, two red blooded, teered to fly hours time in “There {s a shipment of antl-toxin| valley, southwest Alaska. Reports from Juneau due in Nenana, Feb-|showed that Green was expecting ruary 3, which, {f sent by alrplane|to reach Ruby last night, will at the dog team by several At Ruby, Seppalla watted after days to Nome, which ‘may save the|a fcreed drive from Nome. His team lives of many ot rwenty dogs was made famous “Everything looked favorable yes-|by victories in the derbies that orice but today conditions have|centered the wagers of the world More new cases havelon Nome. new construction and repairs, it {a also stated, In addition to some $149,000 in taxes payable on May 1, the county will derive $125,000 from allocation of federal oi! royalties, which ab- cording to the commissioners, should relieve the situation. Attention is called to the economy program re- cently outlined for 1925 and a de- termination to hold expenditures within budget estimates. NEW FASHIONS PURCHASED AY SCHOOL FUNDS ARE BORROWED Continue@ from Page One. members. Members of the board had no knowledge of the proceeding and would not have sanctioned ft, he asserted, Casper banks were absolved of any implication in the legal expendi- ture by Carl F, Shumaker, cashier of the Wyoming National. In dis- cussing the matter today Mr, Shu- maker said “County funds are carried'in Cs per banks in one account per bank Wo do not know how much of that account Welongs to the general fund and how much belongs to school 1 1 funds: -When we honor a check drawn by the county treasurer wa Me agsne ae debit the account with ‘the amount] P. I. Blakey, propristor of Bin} of the check and that is all there is |¢Y's Ladies ready-to-wear store hero, to St,"" has returned from the east utter Stanley A. Brown, state examiner | three weeks spent in New York n, making purchases of stock, A score of revelations in styles will be found in Blakey's establishment as the who has been here the last two days and who has instituted an audit of Natrona county finances and order- ed suspension of the payment of all |Sult of this trip county warrants until the audit is} Spring lines, he found, are mak completed, refused to comment today |!ng @ specialty of ensemble ite tion would bé taken on] Which will find especial favor gene expenditure. jally. These costumes are featuri “I prefer to wait until the audit is) #ll shades of tan, ross and blu said Mr, Brown ,“If| With novelty being afforded in some 0 of school fund money was by tiger's eye, Coats are of ‘wil used to honor general fund warrants, |!ength and may be worn with ga ndit@re was absolutely ile-|ments other than those uccom 1 fund money an be used |ing the ensembie, one purpose ‘and that is} Among other things, Mr, Blakely enditures, When the audit/ made large purchases of ensenible i npleted and I have the detatled | costiimes, dinner, afternoon and statement office I will make | ning dresses, the latést in mili & statement, Just at present I do not | ery are to comment on the situation] The newest in materials for sport < clothes is kasha cloth, This textile own ca attention to the |is considered firat in favor for the that there seemed tosbe some |coming season, public: misunderstanding regarding| During» his three weeks in. New the privat® audit York, Mr. Blakely gi special at "The state examiner's office is con-| téntion to the trend of spring ducting t idit that is in pre Jand as a result of his purchases hia } ue iT Casper tax-|large patronage m: ex n « paye 1 cont Our department |murkable showing in B ¢ makes an annual. audit of every | clothes of excellent quality and a J county's finan s prescribed by | vance fashions, statute 1 the audit in| — ~ aged epreser CASPER WINNER OF FORENGIC | ai? {morning winning unant 1a thevs tes jslon of the judges over The Fi eo | Tepresentatives in the high i a lk , |Ruditorium, and defeating ¢ | conn |team of Riverton debaters at I ‘ ‘ aes 6 p con: {ton to ri udit, Which is ex a HOPOL we 1 for ¢ xpayers, will cost appre ; ra ; ! 0. 'T eeting is be. | Riverton w ted to tance tl Riverton the Casper d wet ve examiner 1 Holland and I ell conducted called the | 2dward and J Peckham being la was Inspired | Riverton's tear: merce 1 > timo ag |to have Natrona cov finance > F Ve Asked thie me rhing the eal Fenaty tatus of the audtitor representing | if the county commissioners, Mr. Brown. stated that he doubted {f A vil ots or pipes ae tindaba ig Gommisstoners could ‘RBPrOPE!- | was electrocuted at the state Driedh Ato county money to pay for this| hare todny tor the murder ut han audit and belleved that.'they would | Mere ; a Macuieh cree ‘omiicik, 10. a i} ! girl have to pay for it personally whataché Kecot a ‘Thc statutes provide,” sald Mr.| Jud ty aearn ; Brown, “that the regular audit shall | yergouint me bef be made by the examiner's depart. difference. ment and there ts no provis! I know of for @ private audit that —_ ae Stringency in county finances is WASHINGTON. Jens 80.—A)len explained by heavy expenditures of | property and securities valued at last’ year, including approximately | $24,000,000 have bewn returne: to $190,000 for an addition to the coun- | their owners under (id law prov ak s ty hospital, the ereetion of a new|for the relinquishment of small « bridge over the Platte river west of /estates, Thomas W. Miller, allen Casper and adininistrative expenses | property custodian, + ported today In excess of budget estimates. in|to President Coolldxe. ha Gusto some Instances, Flood damage late | diana’ office, Mr. Miller waid, ja auf {ny 1923 aleo cnused larger expendi: | ministering 29,987 active trate, as (tures in this department for bridges, | against 28 @ year ago,

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