Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 22, 1925, Page 10

PAGE TEN Che Casper Daily Cribune FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1925 ——$——» Finance FATR WOOL DEMAND RULES BOSTON MART Prices Continue Firm on Grades but Tradingin Scoured ‘Wool Is Easier, Bulletin Says 2 The Com-, been able to ge are hard: dford re: t but ie wool s with prices advances on the part, of spinnérs. “Aa tor the gboda market, reports indicate only “a wlow gain in the volume of business, woolens’ still be ing favored as againut There is buying, however, aguinst the Mhtwelght season's, wool re quirements although someymills re 1 hair.” Net lace of C.&S. Tops Four (By The come ail 055,971.04. the 4 ated ¥ r net f the Colerado and Southe: Fruits. NGFIELD, Il.—Fruit and es, heavily damaged by v are assured of good the weather bu: LAD G, Mich—Berries were wee y frosts but were not badly harmed. CENTRO, Calif.—The imperial ¢ f growe are taxing acre to pay the of an advertising campaign to ize Imperial Valley cante Pit About 00 een planted, a reduction Horses and Mules. NSAS CITY.—Offerings of and mules have not been suf: to meet require two weeks demand filds will come-in met unless larger upplies are made available. Vegetables. TAL SPRIN Miss.—The t farms tn this section have benefitted by rains but ship- have been curtailed by un- € Shipments @& than a week ago. ‘ Lumber. PHILADELPHIA.—The establish ment a huge lumber terminal ere wher ments from the north Pacific const can be distribut 1 to a wide territory and which aroused opposition on the part al retail dealers, {s being en- by many cominerclal organ: ' Sugar. GALVESTON.—Imports of Cuban |homa. Texas and Wyoming. Million Mark An increase in freight revenue principally due. to improyement of business conditions in the west, and e in passenger revenue, ut buted to a falling off of short pas. senger travel, are shown in the re The report shows a total of 1,784.87 miles of Iines operated during the year in Colorado, vy Mexico, Okla- raw sugar through this. port thus far this year have totaled 102,243 short tons. This sugar was largely for the refineries here and at Sugar: land, Automobile Accessories, YELAND.—Eaton Axle and company sales in the lagt month totaled $708,408 and business this month ts expected to run about 000. Teports from practically ers of automobile and truck parts here are fayorable. Wheat. KANSAS CITY.—Shipments » of wheat have shown a surprising {n- crease inthe last week, but dealers {say the movement apparently rep resents a clean-up of supplies and will not be long continued. Most of the wheat came from Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas, Dry Goods. ATLANTA.—Sales of furniture }and household goods haye been the | feature of the week in merchandise circles, although gales of summer clothing have been heavy and there is a brisk demand for sporting and outing goods. HOUSTON, Tex.—A survey to de termine the feasibifity of piping na- tural gas from the Waskom, east Texas, gas area, to Paris, Mount Pleasant and other Texas towns with a maximum line of 110 miles, is being made by engineers Cottee, SAN -FRANCISCO.—The coffee roasting plant.ot Hills Brothers now is nearing completion. The plant cost $1,000,000 apd is the © largest roaster on the Pacific coast. (INTARIO BEER HAS NO KICK se One) her Dptr sald that per hape like old wine, “Fergie's Foam," would improve with age, Wayne B. Wheeler, General coun sel of t intlsaloon league of Ame a at san “ob ver ¢ i: 3 minut e 1, he sat Fort Erle ho! the re him on the t i not ,! oe whole t he etharked on hi rn to Buffale Tt Mean very Ani t stuff doesn't natlat ) war the real t The 1 the British Amer can hotel in Windsor reported ‘more than $1,600 for vhe day, 1 est mated that 600,000 glasses beer were consumed in Winds alone. The prevailing price was 260 a bot tle. Tho beer Was not as yet or belng split from bottles ers were numerous. © employed by mat patronage. Attor Women drin Table rhaids we hotels to attract ney General Nich law contained no sex discrimination Minor disor other cities were due principally to crowded dining rooms. — Severa times the supply of beer ran out While trucks speeded hither and thither with fresh supplies, the crowds grew restless. ‘The pilgrims trickled home reluct- wntly, leaving behind in Windsor slone about 200,000 jollars. Hundreds stayed over night t holele to be on hand for the sec: nd opening »t Ma Bye; roller: ruled® that the jers at Windsor and WETHERED IS GOLF WINNER lay 22.—(By The. Ass Press}—Miss Joyce Wethered tained the ish Ladies’ oper, |solf championship title today by | Deating Miss Ceci! Leitch at the thir ty-seventh hole in a hard fought match that was all square at the end of the first round and again j at the end of the second. Miss Weth red won the championship in 1922 and again last year. do ES - DEPOSED COMMISSIONER MADE STATE ASSISTANT missioner, was filed game and fish commis: BH, Lucas Wednesday wind, rain and-hafl storm p ported ae Wamp, vill buy an aubomebilp at the Puy Auction Bonds :: Stocks :: Grain :: NEWS AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED GY GOLLY: THIS CAF is SH HAROER TO GIT RID OF : THAN ay COUNTERFEIT Dime; A LOSE IM THid Time & Practically | All| nehanged and res!stanice to further | worsteds. fuse to consider purchases beyond Mohatr fs tn moderate {nquiry at unchanged rates. Country sales also have been at unchanged rates, ‘ound 65c for good’ grown Allis Chemical and Dye Car and Foundry Locomotive -- Sm. and Ref, Tel and Tel Water Wo American’ Woolen Anaconda Copper - Atl, Coast Line Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel California Pet. anadian Pacific - Central Leather pfd. Chandler Motor Chesapeake and Ohio- Chicago and Northwestern Chicago, R. I. and Pac. Chile Copper Colorado Fuel Consolidated Gas - Corn Products Crucible’ Steel - Cuba Cane Sugar pfd, - Mid-Continental Dodge Brothers pfd. Du Pont de Nemours General Electric Gulf States Bteel Houston Oil --- THinois Central Int. Mer. Marine pfd. Kelly Springfield + Kennecott Copper Lehigh Valley - Loulsville and Nashyille ~ Mack Truck Marland -Oll Max. Motors A Mex Seaboard Oil Mo., Kan. and Texas - Missouri Pacific pfd. Montgomery VW: ational Lead - ‘ew York Central N. H., and Hartford .. Norfolk and Western -. North American .. Northern Pacific - Pacific Oll Pennsylvania Phila and Rdg. C. & I Phillips Pet. Rep. Iron and’Steel - Reynolds Tobacco | St. Louis and San Fran ars Toebuck Sinclair Con. heff Steel Texas and Pacific Tobacco Products Transcont. Ol! Union Pacific Cast Iron Pipe 3. Ind.. Alcohol Westinghouse CHEYENN®, May ~The bond | and oath of office Frank 8 Smith, former atate game and fis sistant ioner in the office of Secretary of State Frank Big MUGOY ~asenecnnmnncnonce Mule Creek —.-..------------- ith will have charge of the Du-}] Hamilton Dome ..---nseneasee- 1 district, He formerly held the Byron -- NOCH OS - nc nnnnnnneweennnnnne Pilot Butte ~.----eamnncenene 1 settee cee naatee Cat Crete ann nnwcenenanenecon Lance Creek SEVERE STORM SWEEPS OHIO LIMA, Ohio, May 21.— Av heavy od north of here shortly after noon to- day, Cary and Findlay were in the path of the storm and reported the heaviest hail in recent years. No damage to life or property was re | eoenenweqnescanes Oeage —--2.----- 2 ane mene + UBB macnn nennnm Jreybul) ~ -----.-—---nennnee Torchitght ~ Elk Basin ...-2-1. ene ennene Rock Creek BAL Creek ~~ ---nwwen enn nnnne 1.60 —— MINNEAPOLIS, ents quoted OILS LEAD IN STOCK TRADING Bas) | Bolstering Factor in Up- ward Movement NEW YORK, May 22.—Week end profit taking failed to halt the gen- eral upward movement of prices in y's stock market which was mulated b; continuance of easy money rates, increased Smackover crude prices and stiffening com- modity prices. Motors, rails’ and merchandising stocks gave the best exhibition of group strength. To. tal sales approximated — 1,850,000 shares. The closing was strong NEW YORK, Ma Associated — Press). upward movement of stdck prices was re- sumed today under the leadership of the ojl shares, buying of which was influenced by reports of heavy Increased gasoline consumption, the raising of the dividend on Pacific Oll and further crude advances. Call- fornia Alkali, Brooklyn Edison, and Packard Motor also attained new peak prices in the first few minutes of trading The continued ease of credit con- ditions, as reflected in the. weekly federal reserve bank statement show- ing the New York institution with the highest reserve ratio this year and within one per cent of the highest reserve ratio since 1917 stimulated the activity of the gpecu- lative’ cliques, May Department stores quickly moved up over 3 points to a new top at 116 and was followed into new high ground by International Paper, National Dis- tillers Products, Consolidated Cigar, New York Canners and Willys Over: land pfd. Atlantic Refining moved up two points despite the agita- on of minority stockholders for a splitting up of the present stock and*a higher dividend. Chemica} shares responded to reports of im-| proved tradé conditions. Dayison leading the advance in that group with an early gain of 3 points. Ex. press shares also were in brisk de- mand, American and Adams each shewing net guins of two points within the first half hour of trad- ing. | Foreign exchange opened easy, demand sterling yielding slight- ly to $4.85 11-16 and French francs ruling two points lower around §.13 cents. Prices headed upward throughout the morning despite another large yolume of profit taking in public utilities issues which whs particu: larly aggressive in Blectrie Power and American Water Works. Motors Were again the favorites of the spec: vlative clement on indication of a further quickening of the demand for popular priced cars, Nash Motors had ned several points before noon. Plerce Arrow prior pfd,, moved 4% ‘and Mack Trucks 3%. New ought among the es a siniden yur ef New. York c e ock up seven points record top at 46. The cross currents in the industrial sec. tlon had no effect on the standard rails which were under quite an ac- cummulation, Eastern raliroads were the favorites in that group, Reading, Norfolk and Western and New York Central all showing “substantial gains. Call money renewed at 3% per cent, Urgent buying for the short ac count wag apparent in several {asues In the early: afternoon, Willys overs | land pfd., "crossing 110 for a net gain Kad more than six points. Plerce Are row eferred extending {ts early in to six points and United States ndustrial Aleohal moving up 314 to n five years, aul pfd., turned weak, Ing wo pointe, but other low priced rails were in good mand. New Haven, Norfolk and Southern and Texas and Pa 90% the highest price St Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, May 22.—Forelgn exchanges irregular, quotation, In nts; Great Britain, demand, 485%; cables, 4861; 60-day bills on banka. Franee, demand, 612; cables, demand, 404; cables, demand, Belgium, 49914; Ger- many, 23.00, —_——o___ Business Briefs KANSAS CITY. <Dantt clearing are now ronning 10 to 1% per} nt In excers of-thore in the vor. ponding rt for May . that oar sy Credit Conditions Are} | Mountain Producers erally stead: WYOMING OILS (Quvtations by Blas Vucurevich, Broker) 208 Consolidated Royalty Bidg. Bid Ask Western Exploration .2.31 2.60 Consolidated Royalty -1.00 1.03 Central Pipeline 45450 B. T. Willams 10% UY | Bos: emér 2_ 10914 1043 Wesiern States Kinney Ccastal Columbine — Jupiter .. Bikhorn Domino L Az 13 Royalty _ Producers 04 Sunset 00% Picardy 01 Atlantic Petroleum -.-- .01 Great Northern ~. 00% = 0044 Quaker Or ~ 00% OL Preston Oll -. 00% 00%, Salt Creek Producers --.-. Continental +. New York Oil Sajt Creek Consolidated .-.. 8.0. 1 + LIVESTOCK Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, May 22.—Hogs—Re- celpts, 16,000; "fairly active, higher; to shippers/and yard traders; maxi- mum adyance jon ight ‘light and slaughter pigs, packers doing little; bulk 140 to 225-pound average, $12.60@12.80; t $12:90. for 140 to 150-pound kinds; bulk 140 to ©240- pound butcher, $12.50 to $12.85. Cattle.—Receipts, 3,000; all killing classes moderately active, fully steady; lower grades predominating, most ‘fat steers, $8.50 to $9.75; sev- eral loads, $10,00@10.50; ‘some: to choice lUght steers held around $10.55; moderate supply of short fed offerings of value to sell at $.7.76 downward; bulk fat cows, $5.00@7.00; vealers, largerly $9.50 downward; medium lghit at $8.50; good torcholce handywefght, $10.00@ 10.50; stockers and feeders, sluggis! Sheep, 700; active fat lambs, gen- ; four cars of California springers with moderate sort, $15.50; six doubles sorted and\50»per cent, $15.25; choice , handywelght clipped lambs in good. demand §1-pound weight, $13.00; medium ‘weight, |7 $12.26; one load handyweight wooled lambs, $14.75; sheep, steady; few sales handy: @7.50; heavies, $6.25. Omaha Quotations, OMAHA, Neb., May 22.—(U. 8. De- partment .of Agriculture) — Hogs 6,500; uneven early sales to shippers and yard traders 25c to 0c higher; weakening to packers; closed 15¢ to 25e higher; bulk butchers $12@12.40; packer sows $11.25@11.50; practic. ally no pigs here bulk of sales $12@ 12,40; top $12.60 average cort Thurs- day’ $11.87; welght 25: Cattle receipts 900; fed steers, and yearlings fully steady; bulk $9.26@ 10.15; other killing classes slow ady; stockers and feeders nom. bulk butcher cows $5.25@6.76; heifers scarce; practical veal top $9.50. Sheep receipts 3,000; all classes are steady; 98 pound: fed wooled lambs $14; no choice lights here; native springers mostly $14.50; no Califor- nias here, fed clipped lambs $12.50@ 12.90; fat owes slow; medium to good ew! feeders here. Denver Prices. DENVER,, Colo., May 22.—U. 8. Department of Agricuiture)— Hog: 100; strong to 25 higher on’ drive. ins; no carloads on sale; top $12 pald for 210 to 340 pound avernges; few 145 to 180 pound kinds $11 to 411.60; packing sows $10.50. Cattle receipts 1,150; calves 60; $9 southerne billed through run mostly choice steers $10.15; few vealera at $11 down, Sheep 1,000; part run billed through; early sales steady, one load 85 pound wooled lambs $14; no Call fornia springers on gale, POTATOES CHICAGO, May 22~—Potatoes, re- celpts, new 4; old 67 ca total U, S, shipments 788; new stock trading slightly improved, market about steady; old stock trading very slow market weak especially on bulk, Wir. consin, Michigan sacked round whites $1.05@1.15; dulk $141.10. __ Butter and Eggs CHICAGO. May %2.—Butter, un: changed, eggs, unchanged; receipta 27,916 canes. July $ wheat strength. After opening off to isc up, July $1.14% to $1.14 corn fluctuated irregularly but aver- aged higher, July reaching $1.151. ight native ewes, $7.00] * spots "lower; $5.50@ 6,75; no Livestock :: All Markets WHEAT DEMAND STRONGER Firmness at Liverpool Also Reported in Trading | CHICA sociated “Pr ed an early upward tendency tod Influenced by unexpected firmness of quotations at Liverpool and by word that demand there for wheat to be delivered at once had improved. It was said also that exporters on this side of the Atlantic were after lib- eral quantities of wheat and rye to- day. Rains in the nortawert were re- ported but were rhore or less off- set by hot weather southw likel. to bring about damage fly. The opening, sc to %c higher, May $1.6314 and July $1.53% to $1.54 was followed by something of a sag and then by a fresh upturn with July | touching $1.54%%. Subsequently, additional upturns | took place owing to crop damage re ports from Minnesota and North Da- kota together with complaints of hot dry weather. It was asserted that rains had been only of scattered nature. Whest closed firm, 1c to 2%e net higher; and Yy to $1 ices. show Corn and oats apathized with HELLO “MAGGIE - OU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT CAT Anby MORE +1 GOT RID SF | eur ie ™ © 1925 wy Inve Featune Senvice, Ine =. Great Britain rights reserved. y The As: | Later prices hardened a little more, talk was current that pur- chasing here on the part of ehip- pers/has been larger than was re- ported. Corn closed firm, %.to lc net higher, July, $1.15 to $1.10% Oats started at %c lower to @ Me higher. July 44%c to 45c later there were slight general gains. In line with hog value? the provis- fon market was firmer. Wheat— Open High Low Close 66% 1.65% 1.69 1.12% 1.14% 1.12% AM 40 15% 45 44 AAG 112) 1,16 1.09% 1.12 1.03% 1.05% 15.97 15.80 16.17 16.05 Sept. Bellies— May - July ent... - -19,95 19.95 19.95 19.95 20.00 Cash Grains and Provisions. CHICAGO, May 22.—Whfat red. $1,874: No, 2 t 1 8; corn No, 2 mixe yelloy white, Gis No, 3, si iclover ‘a i : lard, $15.90; ribs, $17.37; bellies, $20.25 “" SUGAR °' NEW YORK, May 22 sugar prices were’ unchanged at $5.50 to $6.70 for fine granulated. A continued good inquiry was report ed. Refined futures were nominal Sugar futures closed irregular, Ap. Refined proximate sales 27.000 tons, July: $2.68; Sept. 2.84; Dec, 2.88; Jan, 2.88. ig MONEY | Rea ee ea NEW YORK, May tall mon. firmer; h'gh 4; low 3%; ruling rate $%: closing bid 4; offered at 4%; last joan 4; call loans against Acceptances 3%. ‘Time loans stead. mixed collateral 60:90 days 3%; 4-6 months MT Prime commercial paper 3\@4 COTTON NEW YORK, May 22.—Cotton bonds closed: | 34 102. 101.2 government 44s 106.11 67%c; Mexican dollar: SALT CREEK PROPERTY spot quiet: middling £3.50, ae Him + | Hair ‘ Tonic’ Liquor Found By Officers K. Truszzinski, a barber shop r of Evansville, wes ar- ed yesterday afternoon by Un- herif€ Jake Carter, State Of- ficer Lee Craft and Deputy Neil Patterson on a charge of yiolat- ing the prohibition law. A bottle labeled “Quinine hair tonle. for external use. only” was seized by Patterson. ‘The “tonic” smells and looks like whiskey and the officers were so thoroughly convinced that it was whiskey that the proprietor was arrested. SEVERAL DEAL IN DISASTERS (Continued From Page One) at a hospital. The temperature reg- istered 91 degrees, the warmest, May in the history of the weather bu- au here. LIBERTY BONDS NEW YORK, May 22.—Liberty 66 101; 44s second 48 101.10; third 4%s fourth 4%s 102.18 U. 8+ NEW YORK, May 22. INSPECTED BY: BOKAD AND STATE TAX MEN Certain properties in the Salt Creek oil fields were visited yester- day by County Commissioners Jack Scott and Earle G. Burwell and State Officers T. J. Carrol, Claude L, Draper and H. E. Champion. The brief survey was made In connection with the work of re-assessments in the field as ordered by the state board of equalization. Draper was expecially interested in, the routes of the stage company and cab lines operating between Cas- per and the fields. A hearing on the petition of Salt Creek Transportation cégmpany to prohibit private cabs m operating over the route was nd a dec on will be state officials in the hy given by the near future ORE CANNING CLUBS PLANNED id this week Preparatory steps for, the organt- zation of several more canning clubs in Casper are underway, it i¢ ‘an- nounced by W. P. Mortenson, state Boys’ and Girls’ club leader, and G, M. Penley, county agent. Investigations ¢haye indicated that Casper people, as well a# the citizons of other communities of Wyoming are eating less amounts of éanned bles and fruits thin are neces. who have studied such problems have expressed opinion that tests would in all probability show that ten per cent of Wyoming people are underweight, ard the same ex- peris have opined that the cause ts due to lack of sufficient fruit and vegetables, it is said. The state university has recently discovered operations whereby the Processes of f, canning can be accomplinhed mcre quickly and with less work and the extension division, through home demonstration work, will endeavor to induce mueh ‘more home canning this’ #ummer than heretofore, according to Mortenson The sewing, club of Vuwder’ River Plax ind the baking club of Casper are DULUTH. Minn. May 22.-Close | preparing to domonutrations ‘las May $280% bid: July | within a mor Bot of there clitbs asked: September §2.6%'5 |have heen doing excelent w the tober $2.55: bid. offieinis way, DONT TAL LIKE A FOOR - THE CAT JOST CANT IN THE FRONT UAYFKING BEING FOUGHT One) ute detective (Continued Arthur Byrne, employed by_the ¢ was report- ed to have told the grand jurors. Byrne w nid to have testified that Whit 1 told him his life had been threatened and that the orig inal statement had been drawn from him by’ intimidation The state planned to use White in corroboration of Iaiman, who con- fessed be supplied Shepherd with the typhoid germs for a premise of $100,- 000 from MeClintock’s estate, A different story of White's dis- jappearance was told to the grand jurors by William Adams, blind news vendor who said White told him hoe had been offered 000 and a fur- nished bungalow in Florida to leave Chicago. Adamg said White told him he intended refusing the offer. Meanwhile tht progress of select ing a jury has been backward. Two state peremptory challenges redue- ed the tentative jurors two, one less than had been obiained last Mon- day when the trial opened seventy veniremen have been questioned. AMUNOSEN OFF FOR THE POLE (Continued From Page One) months of careful preparations as- sisted personaliy and ‘supported {fi- naneially by Lincoln Elisworth, New York engineer and explorer, who is a member cf the expedition. Despite the precautions, the ex- pedition 1s of the most hazardous nature. A forced landing might put them afoot several hundred miles from shelter, It was far from the two “mother ships,” the Farm and Hobby, which were léft behind at King’s Bay, The Amundsen-Elisworth pole dash started the first of three flights thts summer. The all-American Mac- Millan-Navy, expedition with two Planes, ig scheduled to start June M4. Next month also a British ex- pedition under Grettier Algarss young Icelander, intends to make the attempt in a “blimp” or non- rigid airship, ARE EXPECTED. NEW YORK, —(By The » North Amer- spaper alliance, declared today that it had received no word of the progress of the Amund- sen effort since the planes hopped off at King’s Bay Spitzbergen yes erday afternoon, No communication is expected the alllance said, since the no wireless and {lable until 41 planes have port will b: One thitrd off on all turn household ‘goods at Ha ture Co., on Monday, May Salt Creek Busses Leave Casper, Townsend Hotel 8 a.m. and 1 p, m. and 6 p. m Leave Salt Creek 8 a. m., 1 p.m. and 5 p. m, Express Bus Leaves 9 Daily Salt Creek Transport mn Co. 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