Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1925, Page 10

PAGE TEN STATE LAWS 1 From Page One) and cor of contracts entered ties and the board ned In the proceed in some cases where tioned it was merely 1 a contract was stated sum. I wish n the board that when are entered into themselves should rec of Into between 5 were not m at all an ed that 5 cepted for a Impress uj contracts ar { appe their proceedings. CONTRACTS LET ‘ Ww UT BIDS, I also notice that in many con- tracts entered into by the board there {s no record whatsoever that these jobs wore ised for bids Jing to law stances I see where a was accepted for nt but no record pre- here the bids were ‘ough advertisement. A 1 of complaint along this line has been tendered to this office by people who claim that in many instances their bids on several jobs were not considered in the letting of contracts, “Of ¢ ndve rse these complaints are matters of hearsay since I was un- able to get any particular party to sign affidavits to that effect but the action of the board as recorded in their minutes tend to show that this condition did actually exist within onty HOSPITAL SPENT OVE 2t missioners paid no at- tention whatsoever to the appropria- tlons‘as made at the beginning of the year. I wieh particularly to call your attention to the hospital appro- priation of $50,000 and4n which fund they spent over $245,000 during the year. Also to the road and bridge in which they appropriated 0 and spent over $297,000, The law strictly forbids a board of county commissioners from exceeding their appropriation, This office, taking into consideration all matters, usual- s allowance for such over nditures but when ft comes to A condition as exists In this county, especially in the road and bridges and hospital funds we feel that it {s our duty to severely critt- cize a board of county commission: ers or other officers of the county who would be party to such a large expenditure of the county funds contrary to law as is the condition in Natrona county. PORTER ESTIMATED COST AT $60,000. “In mis talking with one of the com- ners, he informed me that at nr of the hospital expen. diture he had the positive assurance @ Mr. Porter, the architect, that the total cost of the institution would mot exceed $60,000 and upon such Sssurance he lent his approval. The cor t price for the new addition to the hospital of $41,465 and when taking this into consideration and realizing that It cost over $245,000 to complete and furnish this instt- tution, the conditions as they exist certainly give grounds for the tax- Payers of Natrona county to demand and receive thorough investigation ms to why this amount of money was spent and this fact presents itself to you more foretbly when one visits this hospital and makes an inspec- tion of the same and wonders where- in they have placed the enormous amount of $245,000. ROAD PENDITURES =D ‘CRIMINAL’ “Relative to the expenditures for roads and bridges, I believe the facts and figures will bear me out when I say that the malicious expenditure of so much of the county’s funds by the commissioners for this pur- pose borders nearly on the basis of criminal practice. Taking for grant- ea that they have a great deal of extra expense owing to high water, etc., common business foedement could not In any uphold them in the spending of $297,000 on their roads, an amount within $20,000 of the entire amount the law gave them permission to spend for the entire expense of thelr count | Tr ction I have drawn up a et the princl. Pal t pald to the several cor t r have alro mon John Kiel and kle, whic! are self explanato: also Idborers on these roads w paid salaries out of reason, they being allowed | their salaries for every day in the month ndays, holid: and rainy days when they did not work. GRAFT’ HINTED 3Y EXAMINER ‘4 r one be ‘oad work from day ert! id extra of the sore spote of ty for the past several © cannot the ¢ ja's of this m¢ its approve ldren Quickly Learn Rely On Cuticura al the rashes end hildhood, Daily sap, assisted by will keep the an and healthy vent simple irritations fr serious. oan 256. Ointment #8 and Ue. Ta 7p um Be Bol at 4 treasury other than by acts con- firmed strictly in accordance with “Granting that living expenses in ‘ona county ars a little bit more expensive than elsewhere, that fact does not give the county officials any license whatsoever to disregard the Inw or perform their duties con- trary thereto. Especially in view of |the fact that upon assuming office |they hold, they are sworn servants of the public and have sworn to up- hold the laws of the state of Wyo. ming. y¥ LAWS TO BRING OME RELIEF HERE. “These conditions can be some- what relieved in the county in the future by certain laws passed In the last legislature but even though those laws were passed in the last ature that does not give the board any reasonable grounds for being party to and allowing the practice that existed within this county in the past. “Every county employe frou the heads of the offices to the lowest clerk were getting more money than the law allowed them and then they were in a discontented frame of mind because they did not receive more. “The deputy county clerk, Miss Lois Longshore received $25 (keep- ing the commissioners’ proceedings). To offset Mrs. Mabel Fiedler, then deputy clerk of the court, she was allowed a widows pension of $30 a month, also drawing a salary of $125 a month at that time and Dr. Mor- gan, chairman of the board, was re- ceiving every month a check of $25 from the county treasurer contrary to law which I am given to under- stand was paid to the deputy county treasurer to ease her peace of mind. “And this was the method that was resorted to all up and down the line. It seemed that the commis- sioners did not even attempt to obey the law, their principal object in the performance of their duty was to satisfy everybody as long as the money held out. “I call your attention to the mat- ter of bills presented by Albert Park, county surveyor. He presented bills ering $6 per day for car, he pays help personally and then charges the county with this amount with no receipts attached or évidence to show that the amount paid his as- sistants was correct. This procedure is wrong and é¢ach and every one of his bills were allowed and paid by the commissioners contrary to law. $1.087 PAID HERALD “CONTRARY TO LAW.” Refering to the matter of public printing the examiner go¢s on as follows: “It appears that the Tribune was designated as the official paper for the first six months of 1924 and that the Herald should receive the printing the last six months al- though there was no record of this in the minutes, “Miss Clare gave her delinquent tax list to the Tribune the latter part of June and the Tribune printed it four consecutive times in accordance with law. This issue lapped into the month of July when the Herald standing on what they claimed were their rights demanded the printing of the list and after a great deal of comment and controversy over the matter, the Herald deliberately print- ed thie list without any orders from the board on July 5 and 6, 1924, and after so doing presented a bill to the county of $1.087.02 which bill was paid by the board—they knowing full well at the time that they had pald the Tribune for the complete publi- cation, according to law. “This was a serious matter and I believe that action should be taken against the board under their bonds to recover this money into the treas- uty which they justly knew at the time of its payment was a double payment and absolutely contrary to law. ‘In conclusion, I wish to say that it is the honest belief of this office that the serious conditions as they now exist in Natrona county should be taken well in hand and since it is our belief that these matters have brought about wilfully that in office at the timé should be brought strictly to account for | thetr actions and made to answer for wny of the traves' n th | during thelr tenure of vffice.” HOSPITAL ACCOUNTING | SYSTEM ‘DEPLORABLE’ rring to expenditures in con. nection with the Natrona Genersi Hospital, involving the erection of a new addition and other improve- ments, the report of the state exam- iner ays: “At the beginning, I wish to in- form you that the accounting sys- tem in vogue {n this institution was in the most deplorable condition of any system of accounts that has been my experience to audit or check since I have been assistant state examiner, and this condition exists in face of the fact that the Board of County Commissioners em: ployed an accountant, Mr. R. C Van Denberg of Caaper to audit the accounts regularly and to instruct the superintendent of this tnatitu tlon in the proper method of hand ling the same. The records were in such a condition that {t was tm ossible for us to properly reconcile sny transaction with any degree of upacy. "Receipts issued when collections @ made could not be verified with the ledger accounts of patients. It was apparent that collections were made and credit given to the pa- ents, but no receipts were written. Inquiry developed that no cash book was maintained to keep a record of cash collections. However, Mrs. Nelson, the superintendent, did keep a cash book, but explainét to us it was only for the convenience of herself. This bool proved inad- equate to provide a true record of the actual receipts and disburse ments of the hospitai, as collections shown on the patients’ accounts were not shown, as well as all checks written for expenses. As a basis for obtaining the revenue of this hospital, the ledger accounts of patients were verified as far as pos- sible with receipts fssued and the memorandum cash book, Ite a count could not be verified, and it was presumed that since credit has been given to the patient, the col lection had de and Uerefore, tukev as revenue, laws been m IGNORED curate check was obtainable on county patients, and state compen- sation cases through records ob- tained at the Courthouse and the State treasurer's office, and {t Is «oticeable that corrections were made in each instance, especially in the cases of county cases wherein duplication of payment was made by the county due to duplication of bills to the county for the care of county patients, Checks written by Mra. Nelson were taken as a basis for the =penditures of the hospital. It is apparent to us that the records available were known to be inade. quate to make an audit or accurate check of all transactions in this hos- pital, and that they were especially kept in that condition, as an exam- ination was not desired. Bank Statements were available and the checks written were on hand, but Geposit slips covering deposits were not at hand. Combining the ledger accounts as revenue and checks written as the disbursement of same, we have complied Schedule No, 1 to which I now respectfully refer you.’ DISCREPANCY OF wan, | by An ac any avalible $6,413.26 CHARGED The examiner presents the sched- ule in detail and then makes the following comment and charge: “This schedule shows that the ac- counts are short $6,413.25. This ia a serious matter and it is the duty of the County Commissioners at the present time to demand of Mr. Van- denberg, who was their special ac- countant in this matter, and Mrs. LL. M. Nelson, the Superintendent of the institution, a proper explanation of this discrepancy. “I wish to inform you that ever since this institution was taken over by the County no attention has ever been made to reconcile accounts or draw off # trial balance. The cash book shows a fair statement of all moneys received but in this we find & great many omissions and errors which made it impossible for us to accept that as a true record along these lines, For quite a while they made.a complete record of all checks issued showing for what purposes Later on this was discontinued and no record was made whatever of the disbursements of this institution ex: cept as drawn from the checks is- sued “No system of management has been installed in the Inatitution, The Board of County Commissioners were in complete control and Dr. G W. Morgan was designated as the man in charge. Even though the Board through the chairman was in complete control of this institution they never at any time attempted to audit or approve any bill that was paid by the institution. Mrs. Nelson had a free hand and would pay all bills without asking anybody's per- mission, she being the sole judge as to whether these bills were right or wrong, “EXHARBITANT” BILLS PAID BY MANAGEMENT. “Analyzing the bills as paid by the superintendent of the hospital, I cannot help but belleve that in many cases these bills have been exorbi- tant and especially in reference to her grocery and laundry bills. It ap- pears to me that she, as superintend- ent of this institution failed to bear in mind the simple business fact that this hospital stiould have been made a self-supporting institution, which in my mind could have been done if the institution was handled along business lines, The condition as existed in the past with this in- stitution was that they spent all the revenues recelved from patrons and if there was not sufficient money to satisfy the outlay for expenditures all that was nécessary for them to do was to demand additional money from the county commissfoners which was always forth coming. In this matter, I blame the commis- sioners and Mr, Vandenberg fully as muck us the superintendent in charge. “In talking with the present board of commissioners they seem to real- ize the serfous conditions as they exist In this institution and I have demanded of them that they employe a bookkeeper or a person competent to handle the records in the manner as directed by this office. It took us five weks to make the audit of Institution at the present time if the records were in the condition as they should have the job could have been per- formed in a far more satisfactory manner in less than five days. From this statement you can realize the condition that the records ave in at the present time. “At the time of writing this re- port, I am informed that there has not been a bookkeepér employed to do the office work. The commisston- ers should keep this detail in mind as the revenue coming into the hos: pital justifies the employment of a bookkeeper." JUSTICE COURT RECORDS LACKING. Loose conduct of the office of justice of the peace by S. H. Pun- tenney for the years 1923 and 1924 is charged by the examirier, “In the beginning, I wish to in form you that Judge Puntenney never made any attempt to keep any legible records whereby his of fice could be audited with any de gree of certainty,” says the report ‘In fact during the first year of h term of office he kept no reéord of In any cases tried by him. con versation with him he stated he made repeated requests to the Board of County Commissioners for proper dockets in order that he may keep a record and they informed him that in his case 1 wasn't neces- sary. And from the conditions that [ find existing in this office during the first year, I believe, the com- missioners right in this poser’ ous ‘The record shows that Mr. ‘un tenney drew $82.50 per month ($62.50 salary and $20 rent) for ten monthe during the year, and he informa me himself that during that ten months he was not within the boundary of the county not alone within the city of Casper more than twenty-four hours each month of the year. This twenty-four hours he spent in Cas- per coming from Cheyenne—stay- ing through the day and returning the following day, During this time that he woe in Casper, he himself ® he t of these record. of nor j# there Hix uracend. ard sume cases but | Che Casver Daily Cribune ings during that year that he can find anywhere. These conditions be- ing known by the Board of Commis sioners, in my estimation I don’t be- eve they had any authority what- soever paying his salary as justice of the peace during this time even though he 4id technically come within the law by spending twenty- four hours of each and every month within the boundary of this precinct. “This is a matter that should be looked into and the county commis. sioners should be held personally Mable for spending the money of the taxpayers in a maner so ma- lictously contrary to law or good business judgment as the case ap- pears to be, During the year 1924 or to be more exact after April 1, 1924, the county commissioners agreed to give Judge Puntenney $250 per month as a salary, he to deduct his salary from the earnings of his office and this method of pro- cedure was followed until he was succeeded in office the first Mon- day in January, 19: SCHOOL DISTR ENTITLED TO FINES “To begin with In this matter the beard of county commissioners has no authority whatever, to pay their Justice of the peace such a sals and in the second place as shown by the reports attached, Judge Punten- ney retained everything the records show his office earned including the fines as imposed by his court. On one of the sheets attached I show a condensed statement of his earn- ings as shown by his records. In that statement you will see fines col- lected amounting to $1,626.05 and amount taken from his “Scratch Docket” of fines collected $535.00 or 4 total of $2,161.05. These fines are the property of the school district and the district has a perfect right under the law to make demand upon | the county for this amount of money jus collected by Judge Puntenney in this court. “The records of Mr, Puntenney were very incomplete to say the least and we were unable to arrive jut any definite conclusion as to his exact amount of earnings. In fact all the cases that have been tried in his court were not entered on his docket according to law. It was his practice to use what he called a “Scratch Docket” in which he en- tered the cases when they were tried and then transfer these from said ‘Scratch Docket” into hia regular docket. In checking over this said “Scratch Docket” we find fines and costs to the sum of $597.65 which Judge Puntenney admits he collected but which are not of re- cord ypon the lawful docket of his court. This is a very serious mat- ter and one thing for which Judge Puntenney should be seriously re- primanded especially, in the face of the fact that according to his own statements as compiled on state- ments attached, the county paid him the sum of $1,075.60 for clerk hire during the time that he was in of- fice. Mr. Puntenney’s office was run In a very unbusineselike manner and I cannot help but believe that some cases tried within his courts have never been made a matter of record, In this matter, I criticize the board of county commissioners just as severély as I do the judge of this court since they were fully aware of the conditions as they ex- isted within this court and it was their bonded duty to see to it that the records and matters of this court were handled properly and ac- cording to law. In my final report in this matter, allowing Judge Pun- tenney ¢redit for every item of ex- pense that he has claimed on his | {tems of expense and his statements made to the Board of County Commissioners (and in this connec: tion I wish to say that not a single item of this expense as noted on hia report had any receipt attached or had any evidence attached thereto to verify the fact that it was » pro- per and legitimate expense) I find that the Judge is accountable to the county for $752.45 that being the bal- ance due from all cases as recorded in his records showing that he has collected fees and fines thereon. He is also accountable to the county for civil fees not collected as well as constable fees according to the law. This amount as shown by his rec: ords amounts to $941.20, or a total as of $1,695.65 due the ceunty at the time he left the office. CONSTABLE FEES SHOULD BE RETURNED. | “In this connection, I want to late that the records show $421.35 ‘ constable fees collected in his vurt. These fees were turned over » the constable who retained the on This method is contrary to Ww since the law requires constable se to De covered into the county | ‘vousure in offices of this class just le same as the fees of the judge himself should be paid to the treas- urer, “Checking over this justice office, the state examiner's office has come to the conclusion that it becomes im- possible to grant any privileges to the justice of the peace of Casper other than those that the law allows us tO grant to any justice of the peace office within the state of like class, The law states postively that the salary of t justices shall be $62.50 per month, and in the future We cannot see our way clear to ap- prove of any action either by the board of county commissioners or by the judges themselves to raise this salary or to allow the occupants of such offices to receive any more compensation than allowed by law; A man running for justice of the peace in Casper ought to know the salary attached to thet office accord: ing to law (and if he dosn't know, t competent to run for sueh wofthes ie Imnnesthte # he ia | haga Land it it BY THE COUNTY BOARD ART CIFT MADE CONDITIONAL BY CLARK MAY BE REJECTED, REPORT collection, exhibit it separately and permanently maintain it as a dis- tinet unit. Robert W. DeForest, president of the museum, sald that though the institution seeke to co-operate with the benefactors who desire their gifts to form memorials ‘to them, there are limitations which must be observed In accepting condit{»nal gifts. As Mr. Clark's gift intludes works cf art of many periods of different mediums, he said, it is a question as to whether the museum can accept It and keep it intact with- out threatening the balance aid unity of the museum as a whole. The will offers the museum the collection now in Mr. Clark's Fifth Avenue mansion. The paintings in- clude 22 Corrots, Rembrandt's “Portrait of a Man,” Sir Henry Rae- burn's “Portrait of Artist's Daug ter,” Gothic and Beauvais tapestrie: Persian rugs, furniture, Majo! Faience, statuettes and other objects d'art. -————— him to conduct the affairs of that otfice for the ftalary so stipulated and he in the face of these facts, does run for this office he cannot ex- pect this office to uphold any action upon his part to increase the sal- — NOON LENTEN SERVICES BEING HELD THIS WEEK The Rey. Philip K. Edwards, pas- tor of St. Mark's Episcopal church will be incharge of the noon day services being held tomorrow during Holy Week at the Méthodist Episco- pal church. The services will be held from 12:15 to 12:80 oclock and all members are cordially invited to be present. Spanish War Vets Meet Wednesday United Spanish War veterans will meet tomorrow evening in the Car- penter hall recéntly conmpleted on North Wolcott and not in the Union temple as announced yesterday. The Carpenter hall is located fust north of the Seldel rooms. ABATEMENT LAW TO BE INVOKED IN EFFORT 10 LOCK UP RESIDENCE CHEYENNE, Wyo., April. 7.—The first éffort here to close a home un- der the state abatement law has been launched in the district court here against John Pontillo, The sult seeks an order closing Pontillo’s residence at 600 West Twenty-First street on the ground that it is a common nul- sance. Pontillo has been arrested sev- eral times for violation of the liquor law and on each occasion Hquor was found in his home. | | Tire Blowing | Collie Placed On Probation | BURBANK, James Scotch collle was at Mberty on Probation today, his owner having promised police to train the ani mal to keep his teeth out of rub- Calif., Russell's April 7.— tire puncturing ber. The dog was taken into cunt yesterday after three motoris succession had complained against him, alleging he attacked their weak tires and bit them fiat. phot dates eal n BERLIN—Germany's payments to creditor powers under the Dawes plan during March totalled 91,691,000 marks. Stubborn Skin Irritations Healed With Cranberries The mild acid juice found in Cran- berries seems to kill the tiny skin Parasite which {s thé direct cause of Eczéma and most skin irritations, With the cause removed, the heal- ing takes place quickly. Cranolene Healing Cream, used externally, is based on this discovery. In this cream the cranberry juices have been combined with soothing, cooling, healing ofs. It instantly stops the itching and speedily restores the skin to {ts natural health and color. Cran- olene is sold by druggists, 35c, $1 and $2.50 or sent postpaid on re- ceipt of price, Samples free. Address Cranolene, Girard, Kan. For sale in Casper by Kimball Prug store, Ady. The Moon is a peach NEW YORK, April 7.—A meeting of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum will be called soon to de- cide whether the museum will accept the $3,000,000 art collection conditionally bequeathed to it by the will of the late William Andrew Clark, former United States senator which was filed yesterday in Butte, Mont. The will provides that the museum must decide if it will accept the gift within four months after Mr. Clark’s death. Since he died March 2, the museum trustees have until July 2 to make a decision. If the gift is accepted the museum officials must provide a gallery or galleries for the exclusive occupancy of the | LIMIT ON PARKING PRIVILEGES TALKED AT FORUM; MOTOR CLUB CAMPAIGN GIVEN BIG SENDOFF Following a talk by Chief of Po- lice A. T. Patrick, the chamber of commerce in forum luncheon at the Henning hotel this noon, voted un- animously to instruct the board of directors to name a commitee to in- vestigate the advisability of an or- dinsnice restricting parking to a limited length of time in the down town district. Chief Patrick stated that tho city council is session last Thursday had Instructed him to sound out the sen- timent among the citizens of Cas- per in regard to a parking, ordi- nance. The speaker sald that he had talked to a number of business men and Invited the cbamber of com- merce to co-operate with hitn in making recommendations to the council concerning the sentiment of Casper people in regard to the proposed parking ordinance. M. A. Becklinger, chairman of the fornm committee, who presided at the luncheon, stated that a com- mittee had called upon Chief Patrick in order to bring about close co-op- eration between tho Casper Motor ciub and the police department, Mr. Becklinger said that the committee had asked Chief Patrick if he would accept the membership card of the Casper Motor club as sufficient guar- antes of future appearance in police court and in leu of a cash bond in case of arrest. Chief Patrick declared in his talk that he hoped that the co-operation between the police department and Casper Motor club could be carried to such a point that the acceptance of the membership card in Heu of bond would be unnecessary, He also declared that some people were in favor of restricting parking to one and a half hours in the downtown district while others were in favor of the one hour limit. Emmett Fuller spoke in favor of d one-hour parking ordinance. He de- clared that such an ordinance had worked out well in Salt Lake city. People desiring to shop downtown do not like to walk two or three blocks to their cars which {s made vecessary when certain persons mon- Spolize parking spaces in front of stores during the entire day, Mr. Fuller stated that he was tn favor of clear spaces to facilitate the work of the fire department in case of emergency, and also favored spaces in alleys to physicians who the granting of special parking are required from the nature of their work to answer hurry calls which mean the difference between life and death. H. B. Durham spoke in opposition to the sentiments of Mr. Fuller and stated that restricting parking in a town the size of Casper is unneces- sary, He stated that tn large cities people considered themselves lucky to only have to walk three or four blocks to their cars. “Such an or- dinance would only tmpede traffic and would be nonsense,” Mr. Dur- ham declared. . R. Williams sup- ported Mr. Fuller, speaking from the standpoint of a merchant. Mr. Williams asked about the fifty cent tourist charge for admiasion to the city camp grounds, C. B. Staf- ford, secretary of the C Commerce and Rev. R brand explained that tourist fees were being charged by other cities in Wyoming and elsewhere and de- clared that the class of people whom it is desired to persuade to stop here are willing to and prefer to pay a fee in order to secure adequate facil- ities. Mr. Becklinger called upon the captains who are in charge of the soliciting campaign for memberships in the Casper Motor Club. It was found that the memberships are going like hot cakes and everybody in Casper is backing the organiza- tlon, Mr. Becklinger explained that a tourist secretary would be em: ployed during the summer months to inform tourists of the scenic beauty spots in and about Casper. Mr. Becklinger also explained that the Casper Motor Club officials would handle the tourists traveling over diate attention. promptly. Announcement N By Holmes Hardware Co. All transactions must be for cash unless substantial credit arrangements are made for all open accounts on our books. All accounts past due must now have your imme- If you cannot pay in full, at least there must be a partial payment. The Holmes Hardware Co. Announcement No. 8 Tomorrow ai the Park to Park highway as well as the A. Y. P. Another luncheon will be held to- morrow noon at which the reports of leaders {n the Motor Club mentber- ship drive will be submitted and progress discuseed. A. J. Parkin led in the singing of Casper booster | songs, Cards of the new record sys- tem itaugurated this year by the City counell at the tourist camp to} keep the names and data of all} touristy who pasd through Casper, were distributed to each member at the forum luncheon. Mr. Stafford announced that R. A.| Bragg was the first man ta pay thie} cash and obtain a membership in the | | | Casper Motor Club. Other members to daté are: R a. Brags, les B, Stafford, Chiles P, Plummer. J, 8. Mechling. Fred Patee. Cc. W. Tobin Western Lumber Co. (2) Curtis Hotel. Geo. Bartsch. United Bakery G. M. Penley. Frank Rutledge W. H. Price | Patil R. Hooper. | W. H. Brown. | W. H. Lloyd J. R. Lioyd. | Cc. EB. Littlefield | ‘The Bootery. Holmes Hardware. S. E, Baile; A. C. Brunt A. E. Lidderdale. E. C. Stenberg. W. H. Dutto. Dr. Allan McLellan. T. C, Tonkin. Chas. T. Davis. J. B. Walker. Alemite Service Btation (2). ‘White Market. A. TR. White. Slack & Stirrett. Picture Shop. W. W. Sproul. Carl Schumaker. Casper National Bank. R. C, Cather, L. G. Murphy. Dr. J. J. Donovan. H. O. Barber. H. GQ. Bizzell. Burnett-Butler Optical Co. Bracken Co. Bteen & Shaul (2). Willis Garage ‘Wellington & Hogue (®). Leo Kent. Big Six Motor Co. (5). G. UL. Habenicht. H. V.. Meabon. Frank B. Taylor. Rayburn §, Webb. Oscar F, Beyer. Natrona Meat Market. A. R. Bell. Driver! Car Co. j Pp. N. Carr, Ralph E. Meyers. Casper Warehouse Co. (2). Natrona Motor Co, (2). J. B, Griffith. Try This For NEURITIS “Neuritis may be localized in a single nerve or may be general, in- volving a large number of nerves.” For quick and-lasting relief phar- macists have for the past few months dispensed Joint-Hase—a quick pene- trating remedy that, when rubbed over the affected parts for about one minuté, soaks right in so that not a trace is left on the skin. Joint-Ease is for Nmbering up stiff foints, reducing the swelling and causing the pain to disappefr, and for this purpose thousands of tubes fire sold daily—60 cents at the Kim- ball Drug Stores and John Tripeny company or any live druggist any- where.— Adv, Le SaaS Please do this ‘“ GESDAY, APRIL 7, 1925 FREE $106.69 In Gold Will be given away Satur- day night at 9:30, April 11, the closing day of this $50.00 To the Lady ‘ x ae $50.00 To the Gentleman | x Our Price Abolishing SALE Is Taking Casper by Storm It Is Truly A TORNADO OF WRECKED PRICES EASTER NEXT SUNDAY SAVE! SAVE! Buys Your 5 SUIT SHOES -HAT And complete outfit dur- ing this sale and save more than half. SALE CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 11 R.R. SCOTT } 1729 So. Poplar St. Ae a eM | Mr. Scott is employed at the Standard refinery THE BOSTON STORE