Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1925, Page 1

Che Casper — Vor a MAIN NEWS SECTION CASPER, WYOMING, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1925 a MAIN. ‘NEWS| SECTION — neer ommnee INJUNCTION SOUGHT IN FIGHT ON OIL TAX H 9x36 “Double”’ EXECUTIVE CHANGES AT POWER COMPANY : REVEAL NEW UTILITY FIRM FOR CASPER H.DLJ0NSIN Mother’s Day MOAUURED SICIN IND GHPPELL ORIN MADE HINAGER se tweoeoddomnedethedwond | ON HIGHWAY PLINT GINERS silver mlior @ mune, @ mother e- E. P: Bacon Retires but! manne? Patrick Sullivan Is Director in Mountain HIGH SCHOOL IN States Company. CASP ER NOT TO rewer, BE COMPLETED TO OPERATE IN SEVERAL STATED Retirement From Natrona Company Marked by’ Announcement of New Enterprise of Which Casper Is Headquarters. when the automobiles in which they were riding met in head-on collision A six miles this side of Lavo: man who was sald to be T. McLay: an employe of the Producers & Re- finers Ol] company, suffered a cut across his forehead which required several stitches to close and Fred Orgon, architect of Omaha, was | found on“examination to have two slight wounds tn his h Orgon was riding in an automob! driven by J. F. Mills, a stationery store proprietor of Sheridan and McLavy was riding in a Mght car driven by P. Kelly, superintendent for a pipe line of tNe Producers & Refiners company. Both injured men were the Midwest hospital by ~SUDYARD KipuNG ter of the made yesterday in connection with the retirement from the Natrona Power company of E. P. Bacon, vice president and general manager, and H. C. Chappell, associated with him taken a passin to C. M. Brewer, vice presi- FOL the too uate collided: at | fF yeara in the same concern. This | Utilities company and the Platte dent and general manager tH ‘Sorte se fnep daw. “| mew enterprise of the utility field] Valley Power company, now operat-| Sure T love the dear silver that of the Mountain States| Lies Noe chee Ahaha fi is the Midwest Public Service com-|ing properties in the two states. In| shines in your hair, rama . many, of which Mr. Bacon is extending its activities the new com ; Power company, is in the : * ry T T pred , te {nd the brow that’s all furrote peny,: as : dent and treasurer, and Mr. Ci pany will acquire and operate | “ city completing the arrange- Erection of One Unit W ill Be Postponed; enor urns pell is general manager. Other of-| utilities—gas, electric or othery ed, and wrinkled with care. ments for the properties of D R h ficers are H. R. Waldo of Salt Lake | in a territory covering several RY Riae the dear finvers, 80. toil the Natrona Power company to be Several New Teachers Are own ucnes cit and H, B. Waters| including Wyoming, South Dako joins Spat ik come part of the Mountain States F. ‘M h Jot t same city, vice president. | western Nebr: and Kansas, Colo torn Jor me, system. Mr. Brewer today announced Elected by Board or ot YP |i. s. paimer of the Palmer Bond &|rado, Utah, Mexico, Nevada] Oh, God blese you and keep you that W. D. Johnston, formerly gen- Mortgage company of Salt Lakeland Arizona. Mother AMachree eral superintendent of the Natrona NEW YORK, May 9.—(United | City is a prominent financial con- In ecting Casyer as headquar * Power company, has been made the Press.)}—In order not to postpone | nection of the company. ters for the company. the officers | Rida Johnson Young. manager at Casper, succeeding At a special meeting of the high|an outlet from the auditorium to) 4 visit to his mother in Padua, The Midwest Public Service com-| took into ‘consideration its situation | P. Bacon, who Is retiring to dev school board Friday afternoon, it/other parts of the building. Italy, Giovanni Martinellf, metro- | pany, newly organized and tncor-|in relation to the territory to be| ¢, syn P his attention to his personal inter. | W&s decided not to completo Unit D| pias trom furniture manufac-] politan tenor, refused an offer of | porated, alrendy ts. qualified to do| served, its future prospects and the | 4 . 4 “a ésta. It was also announced that Pat. | the new high school building now | turers from every part of the coun-| $70,000 for four recitals In Cuba, | business in Wyoming and South| fact that both have personal inter-| S°Ve%en fick Sullivan, former president of | U%der construction Unit D, one , have been received the board| he said today just before sailing | Dakota, and has taken over the Big | ests e in addition to a wide circle | today, M D the Nutrona Power company, will be- | °f oe helt et the ay ae (Continued on Page Seven) aboard the French liner France. Horn Utitities company, thé Western {Continued on Page Three.) jee apothe and in which a large high. gchoo! MMOWEST PUBLIC SERVICE FIRKi Casper will be made the operating headquarters of a} ckain of public utility properties extending to every quar- intermountain region, according to announcement | Mother” Mother’s Day} [She te | Of Anna Jarvis come @ vice president of th tain States Power compan; Moun- whl = be gymnasium, eventually # living me Levy on Crude Storage Will Be Left to Courts (SMOKE SCREEN OF MORGAN AND ‘GOTT WILL BE PUT TO A TEST Tax Funds Now Pouring Into County and Oi Company Checks Are | Bulk of Payments. An injunction suit asking that the county treasurer be restrained from collecting @ tax on crude oil in storage is being prepared by the Mid- west Oil company and its as- sociated companies and will be filed in district court within the next few {t is announced iB attorney for the is almed against the r ution pass by the commissioners b which the ee assessor !s ordered to pre} pa sessments on crude all jin storage and submit them to the county treasurer for collectior | In thelr law sult the companied forth that « . payoa Ir stion tax to th and} the wells, a on crudé age would be double tax-| n and hence iiegal, int they*aetll claim the proposed tax to he (Megal on the grounds that | the off is In transit to the refineries | On a her mo property in process of n housed, wWill-be built at n Jater date, a , ; 8 ot Ahatherge Day anc}. With the injunction sul Mountain States. Power*company}'y, 4, sings, superiiténdent of i C0 OF Mothers Day AD | of preparation checks siready hasbeen incorporated in| yehools, announced Yeaterday? A ‘ Sean san Phitader. | totaling $435,131.55. y yoming. ir. Brewer stated that | jaree saying will be effected by not a Auna y custony, | COUMtY. treasurer by the several off the new management weuld have|pujiding this unit at the present Pea uhe rele & eh nat | companies: Friday and Satur to pane to retain a aa ie time. The members of the board a a PWEDE is 5 She now | cover the last half of 1924 tax na Power company,” but that In-| considered it best to delay the con- i hocathel NG lMotNeee'. Day she. [27 OF thia’aie side Oo! 1e others’ ly iis amount the Midwest Refin- &s much as the securities of the | siruction of this unit of the bulld- er one a ten ONY a | sage coeighg REMI gubmtciaones Mountain States Power company | ing until a Inter date, The original paid $266,232.71, the records show. are to be offered for Investment to | pian provided for Units A, B, C and al distinction | Diver |-rhis was paid yesterday: afternoon: citizens of Carper and vicinity it was |p. Work is being rushed in com- rvance of this holiday t Other oll combarlen : fale that the Casper property. should | pleting the first three units, ae ation of government offi deasieaie of i084 aay taxes: for Pe operated under the name Of the} rhe board let a contract to Swans- ] a , | Figen sets Wulpage icf ederwee vee” D1 Company of Indiana, Re siete sas: *yertue the |t¥m and Broadiund, contractors in : Wiitiutt ducers & Refinera com: ainfagee Mee Beawersexi sitedtiiee charge of the construction of the | Gare as Mot po ny - Oj: Meutnal | Ol conhs Mr Bre BC new high school building, to con- 5 a ren ¥ 3 |,» feature of the work of the Mo ; Texas Ol! co . it was the intention’ to retain the |)" + s corridor nate the east A brazen attempt on the part of County Commissioners Scott and Morgan to dictate the personnel of the county | thers’ Da ocla 1 its many ae Ol company rso! of local ope : or- + ’ 7 i , C issi AN a COMPANY ae ettnih eace ns Fg fre {2nd west wing This corridor |and prosecuting attorney’s office became known today when it was learned on good authority that the commissioners | branches are t rams In the on « PS Pdte thet ee waplinsty Oreanisation which: i6 ageeietsy te Sonnect uplin one of their ‘executive sessions” had demanded the dismissal of Deputy Prosecutor Lincoln H. Sennett, but were Recs a. ekign oe comt 7,282.00: sincerely felt the loss of Mr. Bacon | 1° |) vited in the pg pie gels blocked in their designs by County Attorney Weedell and Earle G. Burwell, the now famous minority member of the | jo jc:, | as company $0,474.00. in his former capacity with the local . 8 es for board, who has voted “no” more times than any member who ever sat on the county board. specifications. It will be just north Coming as it does on the eve of the report of the special investigator employed by the Taxpayers’ Association ‘to! bower company und expressed thelr | o¢ the auditoriim and will provide regret that he had elected to with- = de nto th teries. of the ,»—— -- draw his active connection with the lve jnto the mys 4 ny new company. After inspecting the county government, the attempt id rattien his ipealee’’ the: stan the. two. masority -fabibits of: the properties he praised the standard of construction and maintenance, and stated that the Byllesby organi- zation was highly pleased with the condition of the properties and the character of the management. Mr. Johnston, who has been identified with the local power company for five years, made the following state- ment: “I have just returned from several county board to get rid of Deputy Prosecutor Sennett holds more than passing interest. Upon the excuse that Sennett had “eriticised” the two majerity mem bers of the county board, Scott and Morgan called an executive session to devise ways and means of ousting him. Burwell objected to taking any such action on the ground that the Hall of Death Ship Is Anchored to Barge cage eonepesrpel with the ottioesg.ct Prosperity Of Recovery of Bodies from River Steamer | 223 county wmpiosee without. nood Chicago headquarters. I véry much U~. S. Greatest and sufficient reason, and that the appreciate the confidence which the new management is placing tn by selecting m the head of Casper organizatic Postponed Until This Morning _ | snpoiative vower of « deouy ‘unt| Be Riding Wav phase | In All World | After Vessel Is Located age Limit by Sa will lad to know| CHICAGO, Nay 9.—(U ) = j Snags Bi y Ae! MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 9.—(United Press.) —The hull | sto bata Power com the globe ertary of lof the sunken government vessel Norman, which sank with | satisfactio ff und re CLIFTON, N. Y., May 9.—(United Pre Che coast ft is my belief that the péople| State Frank B, Kellogg as he left/a loss of 22 lives, was located just off Josie Ha 3 \¢ even listen to the demands | guard tonight gave rum row of existence, t tehy 6 “ r here‘ tonight for &t t ah ‘ J a anc | Goott that bie daput ¢ taxation, is only a last o Gasup : will Hee A i ees : ee Le lth Blany sccompan: | tonight and anchored to a derrick barge. | the 2 ml Sete Seat Oesy r | “Few liquor ships w ill be lef t there by next Satur {ld effort on the part of public ower company an ie ed by Mrs, Kellog: Pe of \ + | aismiase: thoy begat) ; ” A y “ organization of the greatest Aside from that discreet remark, No attempt will be made until tomorrow, however, to aced with this opposition the|day night,” an official of the coast guard here predicted j oftictils:'to scare the npanieg value in community development, In| Kellogg refused to discuss national | recover the bodies of 19 of the 22 excursionists who went organ-Scott majority found them: | ng thel fence the Chicago office I found a large |or internationai affairs. down with the Norman when she| ‘Three bodies have been recove yes blocked In their ousting “OT ela s , ane whi ool lik ian e the 7 . ation statt of enginéering and manage-| The Kelloggs stopped oft in Chi-| capsized in the Missiasipp! late yes-| go far but the remainder ace be scheme and temporarily dropped the I wish you could see what it looks like today re : the recent ment specialists—men who have de-| cago today en route to St. Paul for | terday. ed trapped in the cablna of the matter +. A ) t “ r m tor ‘ * ‘ voted their lives to public utility|the funeral of Cordenio A. Sever-| ‘The government steamer, Choc-| man, An attempt will be made It Is believed that Bennett's ac: . : \ en tm problems, and who have national rep-| ance, Kellogg's law partner since | taw, with the ald of grappling hooks] bring th Pf etal Pen dae tion in causing the arrest of “Red r c 4 Hl ought 20 (Continued on Page Six) 1887 located the Norman just after dark, | with the ald of expert diver Evans, jed collector the | | , F : mab gy ouicaaleel gambling ring. d the fact that he Con i} 2 is a formidable ial law who will be of valuable assist to the | county attorney's office !f county | | officials are prosecuted following the report of the special investiga: | . r They § - nn n,conttated The rain rea : a ‘STIR INTEREST | majority m eras am the board to 4 t ire supplies. the t| -- |set him out. of office t week would witness the . . . has recently been worked to the top| ot these have been graded and are Facets a Plans Taking Form for Novel Tradin Discontinuance of Work Being Rushed | 0 vs: iaver oven in the iightent | kept in such excelent chat | OE Foy el Bilan age gh fyi 2g g of cars is neither dangerous nor dif-Jan average of 40 miles an t unite CFS: | eccording ily saer embie' than Program Endorsed by Merchants 7, i fleult, the nature loving motorist | not difficult with the ler car hah, og nF ees) sap oy } 4 ‘ 5 4 ‘ Under Economic Management Means | chen’ rumors tis simone constans | tyes, ith the heavier cars. | E » FI nd during t | , ‘ ‘ impulre to pause and gaze long at|the roads have beeti~graded or re. | scape AIMes De eh IB dry: Fath ie hag | "| Great Loss in Maintenance the grandeur of the mountain acen: | but, or converted trom mere trails | aaiatrase | Fivge beds af bes Pigg fonthe Kuper Yu &, igi atanh iene thik aia ery about him and the fer flung | with their deep ruts, almost impass | a only. “contact” witk the nemy’ rich to py t r the | t ie « palgn of trade — thousands of acres of prairie land« | able pert of the year, into excelient| KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9] that was reported. They sighted a| of th mm a per: | bul just that end in view. far below and to as great distances | country highways (unt Press.)—Three workmen] 4r.foot cabin eruls eAhen mech of eight weeks, are now nearing | Eve woman and child will * _ By CARL F. BLAKER | ae ~, [88 the eye can reach even in the| ‘These vast stretches of rondn are| fought thelr way through a flame| tempting to land acer nad zat thor | ha opportunity to profit With a continuity that almost defies imagination Na-| clear atmosphere gf Wyoming. If| maintained by the county highway | filled sewer tunnel for a quarter of| the officers gave chase 100 cisey of | MitstAGelien ia; eine pas hrough tra in Casper durthit trona county highways and trails wind over apparently there are lastly arifting clouds, large | department, which was abolished last | mile here late today afd escaped| iiquor were jettisoned by the cruiser. | see ee warmer | thin paign, and in the end somae i i patches of dark shadow creeping in] week by County Commissioners Jack | with only minor burns. The liquor was picked elzed ny ween town. and. count person will be the proud owner of illimitable areas of prekert Brae over uilles of ane ae distinct outline over the prairie larts| Scott and Guy T. Morgan on the| ‘The tunnel, nine feet in diameters| tin tocar ashe Rees roe | Ping ay Naa mand, country. 1a brand new automobile, which be dipping into deep draws, now rising gently over knolls, | win attract and hold his attention. | grounds that there is not sufficient | way parally fled with water over| to the ceuteerand tn rural g fight |come in.and g and to} has paid for with Wampum, and then running into straightaways where speed may be tested | Approximately 2,000 miles of coun: | tunds to continue the expense of the | which ol! weepage from a nearby re-| many te were exchanged; but| get ¢ abit trading in Casper, | hundred sther people will be able to the heart’s content of the daredevil driver. ty-maintained roads, a majority of | department. fining plant had spread, In some] none took e ihe mereka ae : a |to buy nerchandise with the Then,there are also many miles | geometr urves over country sel-|them mere trails, crows and eriss-| It has been pointed vut that so | manne je off waw ignited and the| Aside fre neldent there wan | bett ‘ , |» 1 of circulating Jium, of mountain roads that and | dom equaled tn seehic beauty. cross through the length*aftd breadth |long as these roads have been bullt|}men ¥ forced to race throug Q itire front " t | \ so form of seript which worm thelr way in great sinuous Up the Casper mountain road, t ef Natrona county. About 200 miles! (Continued on Page Three.) smoke and flames to the tunnel exit f digloyalty w 4 on Page Three.) ¥ | url ¢ will have ‘Rum Rew May. Last For Week: Coast Guard Predicts Few Ships Will|*i'w\»'sie nulstpates es at Twelve-Mile turday I Vight nd fe all current taxes to the latter half last Friday surer’s offt 2 $480 nnc grace the treasurer time Mmit is ex- over Monday, There will be linquencles in per- f individuals, nnour es that the € Axes r fae =