Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 3

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1925 Che Caspet Daily Critum PAGE THREE INEW GOALS CROSSED BY CASPER IN BUILDING FUTURE REATNESS WITH MORE FACTORS TO FORCE PROGRESS ensu Here! [ELECTION | Estimated At| POLL SEES 31,830 Today}, 97% JUMP Statement of the number of reg- Utility Patrons Show | Pea in Casper from 1918 Substantial Gain | |322° Over Year Ago |!" BY CHAS, B. STAFFORD Bsecretary-Manager, Casper Chamber of Commerce Casper, which five years ago redited by the United States govert ent census with a population of Bss than 12,000, today provides a ome for 31,830 people. This figure pen to correction by actual count, is ed on recognized factors used in timates by all leading cities of the jountry and by government statis cians in revising census estimates which from the standpoint of vital statistics should be checked against the population figures of January 1920, and produces a factor ratio of The Natrona Power company 69 accounts January 1, 1925 and this figure multiplied by the factor of 4.3 gives an estimated Population, from the standpoint of Natrona Power Company accounts, of 28,246. The total of the estimated popula- Uon of the five indicators Is 159,151 and this number divided by five, in Small Section of Casper Business District Growth as Wholesale And Trade Center for Large Territory Given Impetus | Oil Continues as Dominating Factor but Imgation and Other Developments of Future Mean Larger Metropolis The story of Casper in 1924 was) rn r telephones in use, show janother chapter in the y of| just as 5 ofl, but steadily and there Oil Dominating Factor. are entering into the city’s pre Oil has been the dominating fs jmetropolis b 5 t | promise ture a joll has Caspe jas a wholesale |turing center, is the of the faidawn' of jfuture that looms v anothyr year, | velopment of extending tr We havo used five different fac-|order to secure a general average Daapeet haa tnuryi Ae eAReioe weehe cok Bors, cll of which are matters of | gives us a figure of 31,880, peabee Dagan a's ref the ar cord, with which to compile the| Bank debit estimate Te ulidite e pécare producing - plentsin stimated population for January 1./ School Census estimate (et it ct bags hte These refineries have a dai 925, namely, bank Gebits, school en-| Telephone census estimate —--88,073 t rete s best guarar barrels of crt ‘ollment, telephone census, post of-| Postoffice receipts estimate —-82.230 Moreen or foreign delivs ice receipts, and the accounts of the| Power Company Accounts A prairie se a full train load of 6 ‘atrona Power company Estimate rails in 1890, deve yoard every t4 he Using the 1919 bank debits, which energetic cow ton ree, in addition to t or statistical information should be Total ing decade, went th t manufactured and checked against the 1 census and rica ment of the a e markets using the actual population ot 18: ded by five —__. _-- 31,830 ine vedi : refineries, of smaile #41 which we had at that time, gives B jou rritory and tos graduall expanding per capita ratio of $6,170.16 per| ¢, Ae lS i Jas a thriving com are cthe Tesan Gor init of population. This per capita ‘asper's bank debits for 1924 make jpopulation of 31,83 White Eagle Olt and tlo divided into $167,167,000.00, the} % creditable showing in a group o: home of the largest any's plan also total bank debits for 1924, gives an| five cities in the Tenth Federal Re- ing plant in the world, the center Adequate ‘pi stimated population, from the stand. | S¢F¥e district, the other citfes having of Wyoming's wholesale business} Salt Creek and ¢ ‘i had a much greater population than a rosperous mun ‘i : 1 point of bank debita, of 27,090. and lid, prosperous municty being then enins The school census of 1920 showed] C@8Per according to the official cen- Casper’s agricultural and neries’ atills. Of no 9,115 enrolled in the city schools,|8U% of 1920. Cities chosen for com- possibilities have yet to « | 1 ‘in. thie’ (aaaeted is figure checked with the actual] P&rative purposes are Topekn, Kan. their own, largely through Jack of] the axds Ollscompanvia population of 1920 produces a per|®#: Joplin, Missour!; Colorado capital. When they do Cs 1} 000,000 Wares uitiens capita factor of 7.38. Our present | SPrings, Colorado: Casper, Wyoming Rereaphaap tea dae aa R storage capacity on pita factor of 7.38. PD nd Ch, Ww fF st a population rom {ts crude ofl ta farm, adjacent to tual school enroliment, within the|® eyenne, Wyoming. Topeka 000. th peng ty limits, js 4451, This number | Kansas and Joplin, Missouct, aro the : oe A Wey, hon essere . rupted by the’ percapita factor |OTly two cities in that group that i 1a, nard fh i of en con ; per a0 the hu pot actly . vince the most skeptical whero a| for bent. of the: deiilinn: a ecured above, produces an esti.|°xceed, Casper, us teak eeebita eto LOOK{NG SOUTH ON CENTER STREET Tihbe oF Maciocia: adteativaa. ema tnaidvaneretiang’ in the atetere Tee pated population, from the stand : : Heater roatefkul ttoresatany te He agerlly: ut’the soaca tral Oe the point of school enrollment, of 33, | Casper had a population slightly | state thelr headquarters and : fore. than 1,000; in 1 Chaat be supchane: eHeis haala wus howed 2,326 phones in use in Jan- 1925 figures out as 31,350. atis-| panies located in hary of that year, which produces tics {n every other branch of local | px es totalled roughly $10,000 per capita factor of 6.86. The ° ° > > | as. t | n 192 eens ey | support this phenomenal] 000 in 1924. The Midwest compar umber of telephones in use at the | Eidhentan” in al asatis ae kt Sear present time {s 5,550 not including | sch + eal fer 627 | building ait in er muKiplied by the per capita fac Us Acti se SSGeIBEAI Tine TRIO «tot AEH HEBIILe tokne, te teen or, 6.86 produces an estimated pop- | 9 witigsece 4994 the SN = =a lation, from the standpoint of tele- = <= [Sn Teaser ne sor ead th JX pater geate | iterate. Baad: hyhones, of 38,073. | Q 4 b : ] btigithé line. A, doken: ot the big. business of the co t sri postatfice receipts of 1818 Accurate Estimate Impossible but Voters mn) BUSINESS ee laine in Commodity. Output ‘for 1924 Based cra" mcn csicie:csncunis ‘st. toe] the wholesale ana setting interes office : - | : : | Natrona Power company and the] on Page Four.) ere $14,107.20, whlch from: the | November Election Would Indicate W . ne Mandpoint of vHal statiation, should on Petroleum Production While Many checked against the populatios | sures of 1920, and produces a fac or of 4.65. This factor divided into the 1924 Postoffice receipts of $154,- 06.64, gives an estimated population rom the standpoint of postoffics re- eipts, of 33,141. The postoffice re- eipta for 1924 show an increase of yoximately $9,000.00 over the ae of 1923, however, the postoffice ints for the last three months of 1924 show a decrease of $1220.87 un- jer the same period of 1923. This mounts to approximately a 2%*per ent decrease for that three months period. It would seem only fair in jew of this situation, to decrease he population estimate from the andpoint of postoffice receipts, ac- ording to the same percentage that receipts for the last three months jf 1924 were less than for the same leriod of 1928. 15 per cent of 3,141 is 914. Subtracting 911 from [8,141 leaves 82,280. We will there- e use the figure of 32,280 as the timated population for January 824, from the standpoint of post- fice receipts. Electric Accounts Grow The Natrona Power company had 700 accoufits in December, 1919, Wyoming experienced a consider- able accession of population during 1924 but information on which to predicate « reasonably accurate esti- mate of the increase {s not available. Using the vote in the Nevember election, almost 85,000, and the ra- tio of three inhabitants for eacli voters, as the basis for calculation, a@ population of 255,000 is indicated. This basis of calculation probably ts not reliable, however, inasmuch es the extraordinary Interest i: the last election probably caused a greater number of voters to go to the polls than is compatible with the three- residents to one voter rule. The state's population at the end of 1 was estimated to be 215,000. If that estimate was accurate, the popula- tion at the end of 1924 probably is between 225,000 and 230,000. A docennial state census is to be taken {fn 1925. It may not be expected to be accurate unless the legislature which was in sersion early in 1 provides for abandonment of the sys- P 2 STATE PAY OUT HUGE FORTUNES IN WAGES Oil operations, railroads and mining, the three leading in-| dustries of Wyoming, paid out the sum of $52,162,013.58 in! wages to employes during the years 1923 and 1924 ,which is an average wage-per month per man of $167.72 for the two years. his ranks higher than the average wage paid-in many statos | | +$22,958,796.50 | | . 28,782,700.81 | of the union. The pe table tells the tale: Railroads .. il Industry .. THOROUGHLY REASONABLE RATES Closed and With or Open Cars - Without Drivers Let us explain the low cost of renting a car. 106 SOUTH DURBIN STREET PHONE 81 MAJOR INDUSTRIES OF | oal Mining ........0.. . 5,470,507.2 a7 | | OTA Te viet putccth sich sc osaee veeeeeeceee ++ 1852162.,019.58 Population Growth Last Year tem of having the enumeration made by county essors and thelr depu- tles. So mony persons ayold asses- sors, with che intention of avoiding poll tax and personal property taxee, that these governmental agents are unable to make a thorough enumera- tion. This was demonstrated at the time of the last decennial census, that of 1915, at which the assessor- enumerator system was tried. The 1915 state census enumerated many thousands less inhabitants than were enumerated by the federal census of 1910 although the population of the state between 1910 and 1915 had in creased very materially Casper, the state's largest city, at this time has a population estimated ut 31,830 or about twice as many as the state's next largest city, Ch enne, which probably has between 16,000 and 17,000 inhabitants. Casper because of {ts tremendous petroleum refineries and its tribute oll fields also ranks as the state's chlef in dustrial center. Wyoming cities which during 1924 experienced notable accessions of populaticn tnciude Laramie, Rawlins OF P.O. ON INCREASE Other Industries Show Gain | more than two thirds of Wyoming’s|!s estimated at $20,000,000, an in-| Wyoming's. producing {ndustries;at $213,328,425. To this total petro: e output during 1924 merchantable|Jeum contributed $191,678,425, coat Gross receipts of Casper, Wyom-|commodities worth —$300,000,000, | $18,750,000, tron $600,000 and miscel. ing post office. about $11,000,000 less than the value|laneous minerals $2,500,000. | Box Rents of the output of these industries} Phe livestock industry, second in| (ncluded tn Gross Gross |during the preceding year. ‘Tho de-|{mportance in Wyoming, produced | Year Rocelpts) Receipts|crease was chiefly due to curtall-|quring 1924 meat Rnd animal prod-| 1915 -_---_-_.$ 1,418.30 $ 16,819.60] ment of the petroleum output, in} ycts worth $36,030,064, representing | 1916 1,196,320 20,849.60] considerably lesser measur re-|an increase of $2,862,589 of the 1 1917 1,664.85 29,612.11 |duction of the coal produ production. ‘The sheep division of| 1918 1,601.80 68,27 The value of the 1924 production|the {ndustry provided about one| 1919 8,12) 74,19) of Wyoming's four chief divisions|third of the 1924 income, {ts con 1920 3,801 mY) 85,200.00! of industry, those predicated upon| tribution being $12,785,480. Cattle, | 1921 ~ 5,064.40° 100,869.78) the state's mineral resourc its] horses, poultry, and bees accounted, 1922 2 Giae6.80 11655 ;*litvestock ranges, its fertile lands|for the remainder of the livestock | 1938, §,801.80 145,543.81 | ang its manufacturing opportunities, | income.s | 1924 = 10,347.95 154,198.64 is estimated at 9 The crop production of Wyoming | * ($1,600 from new boxes). pared with a 192 production esti-| farms and ranches during 1924 was | Twenty-clght clerks, 19 carriers. {mated at $311,188,770. Some of the} worth $30,524,415, which was $3,-| | 25,500 patrons served by city car-| production figures contributing to| 000,000 more than the value of the| riers, 2,000 by general delivery, bal-|these totals are official, ofhers are| production in the preceding year. | e ance by boxer, unofficial, some are purely estimates|Of the agricultural income, $1¢ 1,f00"pleces per carrier per da based upon the best available tnfor-| 775,000 was derived from hay business section. mation, Value of manufactures produced 900 pieces per carrier per day in] Mineral products, chiefly crude|in Wyoming during 1924, not includ efly section, and refined petroleum, accounted for| ing that of petroleum manufactur 200 parcels per day, foot carriers { and Rock S-,rings. Horse Still On ||| Par With Autos In One Respect | | Great as have been the strides of the automobile industry in displac: ing the horse, comparisgn of figures for Natrona county show that the horsé is still holding its own. The horse and automobile are on a par— CASPER, WYO. CASPER BOTTLING WORKS 1,250 parcels per day, mounted /1924 income ‘from produging indus-| crease of about $2,000,000 over the | carrier. ltries. Mine products were valued | output during the preceding year | Average cancellation, 13,000 to 17,-| <== ee EE | 000 letters per day: IMDM ia fc aS Average cancellation first three A k h anys of each month, "94,000 letter sk the Man Who Owns One day. cellation for year 45 one for every five people county. The fact that most of the| horses are on the range and repre sent an industry in themselves ex plains the situation, however, Assersment rolls heré reveal that 6,121 horses and 52 mules were tax ed last year at a valuation of $ 0. NOW SHOWING The Popular UPMOBILE 4 and 8 A prosperous city is always a sanitary city. Casper is one of the ost prosperous Cities in the West. Let's make it the most sanitary city. 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