Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1925, Page 6

PAGE SIX 4 Che Casper Sunday Cribune SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1925 PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR RESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS GOLDEN RULE TOINSTALLNEW ~ FRONT, WORK STARTS MONDAY DUSTER ACTION IG ALTERNATIVE ‘LEGION ENDOWMENT FUND IS ~ URGED UPON WYOMING PUBLIC AS WORTHY, NEEDED CHARITY Statements {fom all Casper mem- honorary commit- of the $5,000,000 legion endow- 1 and from all members of honorary committee have ed to B. G. Westover, he active legion com- committeeman ex S of the state | Each his opinions relative to the e drive. nts will be published ay with the fol- rom Former Governor B, B. irman of the state honor- rooks, chi November 11, of six s d the @ covered bat th ars of ‘F ty list goes 5 °| more tive ir died in hat I wt 4 United States from disabilit aying ectly originating in their Worl f r service. I Fifteen every (hy ‘Dead on the Field of Honor,’ as surely as those s who mercifully rest under the little crosses in northern France, and © widows and orphans are ‘here in greater numbers today than yes- terday. ‘So long as there is a soldier's or- phan without a good, safe American home, our people will not forget about the war. It {s now proposed to raise the American Legion Endow- ment Fund of five million dollars, the income from which will be used in the child welfare work of the Le- gion. “Thts endowment plan is the com- mon sense thing to do and should appeal strongly to every worthy emo- tion. Every child of a father who died for his country should be given a good education and a good home. Every needy child sayed to healthy maturity in bedy and sound develop ment in character, saves thousands of dollars to society, Over ninety per cent of crimfnals have a record of neglected childhood. In America there must be a home for every homeless orphan of a veteran and I earnestly urge all Wyoming people to co-operate whole heartedly with the legion in this noble undertak- ing.” (Signed) B. B, BROOKS,” ns (Cor From Page One) time: I shall be ob-| to control the cost the board of ‘ @ removal proceed: | county commissioners. Roads and Bridges. The total 1924 expenditures for GEORGI WEEDELIL | reads and bridges was $298,176.31 I Attorney.” | compared with $111,606.18 in T nplet that was|1923 and $63,843.39 in 1 Thus and ap. and execu of the Taxpaye the increase in the two-year period ivas 54, or a ratio increase of 466 The committee roads and bridges oxpenses Y has examined | exceeded the appropriation by $240,- Ait 1924 for Natrona | 476.31. During this year, however, ‘ xpa association and| the county- received $122,859.63 in t such Considerat as| oil royalties which was available ailable since the dblivery | only for the bullding of roads. of the report to it on the The cost of supervision under t fforded. John Kiel was 28.55 per cent of the f 1 of County | total labor cost, Thetaverage of ners supervision costg on such roads has the opinion of Your committee, | been figured at approximately ten r vs sufficient evidence | per cent of the labor cost. } Scott and G T, Mc Labore were paid for every day f mi t|in the month whether they worked er ng to the| The highway department spent 1 ld y 8 from the | $44,614.25 for truck and automobile 0 inty commissioner of | hire. County, Wyomin A total of $9 was paid to ‘ for Restitutton. | Supervisor John Kiel for rental on r ta whieh In-| two White trucks and aj Ford car 4 of in-| from April, 1924, to December, 1924, Ps c ty moneys |or an average of $1,002 a month. have t wrongfully made, and] ‘The assessed valuation of the two that these payments were made in} trucks and the Ford car for the ation of law, Your committee | year totals only $3,100. mmends that demand be ‘made |” mie county was. billed regulary ie county upon per | each month for rental on the trucks r ich payments or at the rate of $25 for every day in the month, The auditors were un- able to learn whether Kiel was also uch moneys, and is not complied toenes. Anotitave ng, brosecut: | furnished with gasoline and oll,-but eding for the recovery of these | since it was the custom it is pre: pipe al : sumed that he also received these : nat iBaobeoution, in addition. i i atiAtaa tans that enue Payments to Kiel for truck, car penne ity and team hire for the year totaled i al Uability in some | gre gren™ 1 scuting attorney or follow |”: FR Dickie was paid $11,180 for - : as team hire, This schedule also shows i ent by a id fury, In sa grand jury im the |t8e basis of division among Dickie, Selah tharos nq | Kiel and Hall, from which {t 1s SATE Henke ah Me | observed that Hall recelved $2,744.50; urnishing an opportunite te | lel, $2,628.70, and Dickie, $5,806.80, thai Paice boree lene eats While the 1924 assessment rolls reales 2 in the report and | SBOW that five saddie horses were hace about Swhiah there, hea teos sed to T. A, Hall and 12 horses atch AbeeeRalng a result, on {42 the name of W. R. Dickie, none hn ig bere aierr naibitity | Were found on the rolls assessed ui » who may shown to | SSainst Kiet Neath ioe Miao nak At any rate the county paid to clear from suspicion | ™ore than enough during the year those who are guilty of no offense, | t@ buy all the horses rented by the . Your committee believes for these | COUNty at reasonable Prices several axons that this association is J ies F fied in Proper accounting of road and trict Gaurt thee @ grand fury | | work was kept to Investigate these site ‘ “Prices paid for foods and other f wh t t pplies during the year appoar to of tt ft us ssive. Apparently no tlon ' 1 le to conform to 1 he 1 } ts ardin J D: e of lic funds. oe sis indicates that Gec I overpaid $3,8 building the stretch of Salt Creek | road and besides that he did not bulld {t according to contract speci jon ‘o the best of our Information gravel used on the contrart was | taken from a gravel pit owned by the county, and apparently there should have been no charges what- TOLL MOUNTS } ever made for the gravel, but pay- (Contigued From. Page One) | ments, including royalties, to the succumbing ames which are de-| Western Sand & Gravel company stroying the dwellings earth: | from gravel from the county-owned quake left | Pits total $1,9 36, This amount apan's western ports have been! should be recovered by the county." * paralyzed An illegal payment of $150 was Many structures at the tmport-| made to R. C. VanDenberg on Jan ant city of Tottor!, inc i var 50, 19 His regular salary railway station and the t a8 ity clerk was paid for office, are reported to have t nd Fe ary, 1925, Mra. * stroyed, the shoc in this vi son, superintendent of the being the most severe t rs al, gave him a check been experienced: | rs * purporting to cover The earthquake © 1 payment of services rendered in Kansal district, at Te , Jar when as a matter of fact s some 80 miles northwest of Kyoto. € pald already ‘The firet sho€ks occurred at 11 a. | County Attorney, Half of the town was wiped out by | The county attorney's office cost fires which sprung up immed! | $17,052.10 in 1924, As compared following the tremors. with 1 the operating costs {n Toyooka and the neig ng | ised $10,210.88, or an increase town of Kinosaki were still afir | of 260 per cent. “To = thrge extent 6 p.m, six hours after the ea this tncrease ts in direct violation @uake Wyoming Btatutes." It ts charged that a total excess Of $1,767.50 was paid for office rent ai ‘The population of Toyooka ts 10 000, and that of Kinosaki, 3,000, al though many foreigners, including ing the year for the county at Americans, are always at tho latter | torney Such payment was not +place, taking the. waters, uthorized by I Small villages within a radius of he law did not at that thme pro» five miles of Toyooka were practi: | vide for amsistant prosecutors on cally wiped out regular ealaries but two were ap: web's hae At salaries of $160 a month Hydraulle cement was used in an a ries paid stenographe: lent Rome in mixing and baking | in the office amounted to $9,850.25 me and vwdcanle ashes for the ye ob tas HIGHLIGHTS OF CHARGES HURLED AT COMMISSIONERS IN REPORT The commissioners bought an au- tomobile for the county attorney at a cost of $1,900 and paid an average monthly operating expense on the car of $105.77. “Two payments made to Foster and Wehrli in two vouchers for $500 each, appear particularly ques- tlonable. According to the notation on the vouchers these payments e to remunerate the firm for depreciation on office furniture and Nbrary during 1923 and 1924." Poor and Pauper Relief, To the poor and pauper expense is charged a total of $85,806.05. This department was under direct super- vision of Commission Morgan, it is understood. The $85,806.05 was 29.9 per cent of all the general fund revenue for the year 1924 derived from, the general tax levy, “The records indicate Bross ex: travagance in this department, and if any supervision at all was given to the work it was apparently ex- tremely inefficient.” “The county poor and paupers apparently had unlimited credit to incur obligations, with the county underwriting the bills. No attempt seems to have been made even to centralize the purchases.” “The expenditures of this depart- ment were reckless and extravagant in the extreme, and the manner in which many of them were allowed and paid by the commissioners does. not conform to the Wyoming stat utes. In our opinion the county commissioners should be held to a strict accountability for the din. bursement of public funds in such manner.” County Assessor's Office, Deputy Assessor J. C. Bell re celved $211.50 in July, 1924, his time being computed at the basis of 75 cents an hour, whereas the law pro- vides $5 for such officers in addi- tion to traveling expenses. His re- muneration was $61.50 in excess of the maximum statutory allowance. In the same month Bell drew $150 for use of his wife's car. The voucher purports to have been signed by Maude R. Bell, but the signature is apparently in the hand: writing of J. C, Bell, Lyle E. Jay, the assessor, is exonerated by the commissioners from all blame for omission trom the tax rolls the raise on crude olf assessments against the Midwest Refining company. Justice Courts. Tho statutory Salaries for justices of the peace are $750 a year, yet the commissioners raised the salaries of Justices Henry Brennan and 8. H Putenney 000 a yen Tax Collection ing a delinquent tax list contained 1,548 names on und cost $34.41 a page to prepare. According to law such Ust was available from the county, The total paid Cook & Steffen to collect delinquent taxes for 1922 was $2,868.73. A contract the same year between the commissioners and Blizabeth McDonald and H. M, Gunn provided that from the Amounts they col. lected on delinquent taxes they should retain ten per cent of the gross amounts and that they should be appointed special deputy sheriffs and deputy treasurers, as well. Ap- | pointments deputy according to law, would limit them to the salaries of that office. General Comments, Certificates of indobtedness to the as Amount of $57,000 were issued in 1924 and it is Delleved that these do not constitute valld claims against the county In many of the county offices salaries were paid in excess of the maximum set by law. These ex Conses total $13,762.96. A modern system of accounting the offices is advised WOMAN BITTEN BY MAD DOG AT CHEYENNE CHEYENNE, Wyo, May °3,— Pasteur treatment was gfven a wo- mon bitten here today by a mad dog, the fifth to be afflicted with rabtes treasurers, | Aln MAIL FOR CASPER 10 BE FORUM TOPIC This City on Proposed Route From Billings To Cheyenne. Members of the chamber of com- merce who attend the forum lunch- eon scheduled for Tuesday noon at the Henning hotel will have an op- portunity to hear discussion in re- gard to an industry that may mean & great deal to Casper in the very near future. The government has asked for bids on # proposed con- tract to carry mail by airplane from Cheyenne to Billings, Mont: The proposed route would pass through Douglas, Casper, Midwest, Kaycee, Buffalo and Sheridan, The Wyoming Airways corpora- tion of Casper has made a study of the proposed plan to carry mail be- tween Cheyenne and Billings, bid has been filed by the Casper concern on the basis of which it hopes to se- cure the contract for transporting the mail between Cheyenne and Bil- lings, Airplane mail service will mean ®% great deal to the commercial in- terests of the state. Connections will be made with the transcontinental planes at Cheyenne and the time will be reduced between Casper and New York City approximately 24 hours, It is thought that it will require six or eight planes to maintain the sery- {ee out of Casper. Postmaster Edwin M. Bean, Hal Curran and Walter Storrie, president of the Wyoming Airwa tion, will lead the discu of the speakers will discuss the bill recently passed by congress to aid commerce BEASLEY GIVEN RELEASE HERE Major M. Beasley, who was ar- rested recently in the Salt Creek ofl fields on a charge of holding up and robbing C M. Blackburn of $40, was found not guilty and was re- leased in the court of Justice of the Peace Henry F. Brennan yesterday. The court found that certain taxi- cab drivers had taken Beasley into the country and had severely beaten him on more than one occasion on the grounds that he had stolen the money and that when Beasley called the sheriff after his beating, the county officials arrested him on the charge made by Blackburn, was fo 2S Colored ‘Vag’ Is Picked Up After Police Warning Ed Lewis, a colored man, better known as “Dogface” was arrested on a charge of vagrancy last night and will serve a 30-day jail sentence in the city lock-up. When brought before Judge John Murray Friday afternoon on a charge of petit lar- ceny, Lewis was given 30 days to get out of town. “Judge, I'll go tomorrow,” Lewis sald. All right,” the court replied, “We will give you 24 hours to get out of town, At the time of his arrest he was told the 24 hours had expired, He declared that the was even then on his way to the train, FARM CONDITIONS IN ~ STATE TO BE REVIEWED CHEYENNE, May 23—F. W Beler, agricultural statistican, is now engaged in gathering data, for pub Heation in bulletin form, on the agri cultural conditions in Wyoming dur- ing the past year. The Wyoming department of agriculture .{s co-op- erating with Beier in the work, and {t is probable that the bulletin will be issued for distribution within the next month Danish Airman To Start Hunt For Amundsen LOS A aLES, Cal., May 23.— (United Press.)—-A yellef expedition under direction of Captain Haakon MH, Hammer, Danish aviator, may wo in search of Roald Amundsen and hin party of polar explorers. Hammer wired Admiral W, H, Mof- fett, head of the United States alp forces today, offering to lead such a earch if Amundsen is not heard m within the-next five days, Tho Danish flyer was an apsociate of Amundsen in hig attempted flight to the North Pole in 1923 and led an expedition to is relief at that Ume. Hammer stricken with temporary blindness recently and is here recuperating, Will someone who ts going to Den- ver Saturday or Sunday do a kind act by carrying an educated genteel lady passenger who 1s very desir. ous of reaching Denver. and is un able to pay her way? There surely must be someone who will be will since the present emergency was raised. The situation is considered ous in Cheyenne ing to help this worthy person | along. Mrs. McAteer, phone 275.W Miss Frances Bowerman o Sing For Boy Scouts Miss Frances Bowerman has con- sented to sing at the banquet and entertainment which is being given by the Mikanakawa troop at the Elks banquet hall Monday evening at 6:30 p.m. Miss Bowerman {fs well known in the musical circle here and it is not necessary to state that it will be well worth while to hear her. The boys announce that the sale of tickets is almost closed and every- one who is interested should make reservations at once. Tickets are on sale at scout heacquarters and by all scouts of the Mikanakawa troop and by scout officials. The program {s complete in every re- spect and will be well presented. The boys will demonstrate a few scout activities and there will be fine talks by a few of the Mikana- kawas, Six rounds of good boxing (boy participants) will be provided. The work of the Tenderfoot investi- (Continued From Page One) ments of public funds were entire- ly ignored in Natrona county during 1924. The work of compiling the report was difficult because county records Were found incomplete and unsatis- factory, the comment says, The commissioners failed to require county bills to be properly ideffli- fied. as to items of expenditure, there was a lack of/proper acknowl- edgment of vouchers and there were instances of little consistency in classification of expenditures, it is stated, ‘Throughout the report !s carefully worded. The facts are* presented and few direct charges are made. Gross irregularities, however, are frequently pointed out and figures are in all cases presented to back up statements, As was expected the largest item of undoubted illegality was the cre- ation of the $142,035.48 net over: draft in the general fund. The county records show thet this over- draft was actually $14,219.68 larger than tho above figure but the aud- {tors allowed a subtraction of the latter amount as a reserve for un- collectible items estimated at 10 per cent, The general county fund tax levy for the year was $289,768.80 and there was collected in October, No- vember and December 1924 a total of $147,572.02 leaving an uncollected total, of $142,196.78. The auditors declare that appar- ently no attempt was made to keep the general fund within the limit of revenue available; expenses were not budgeted and “apparently no control over expenditures has been maintained,’ At the first of 1924 there was a balance in the general fund of $112,- 574.97, During the year the county treasurer credited $471,605.20 leny- ing 4 total available for the general fund at the close of 1924 $584,180.71, ‘The commissioners, however, spent or permitted to be spent, $841,124. The commissioners’ office expen- ditures were $18,614.58 which is an increase of $16,116.74 over the office expendtures of 1923, or an increase of 745.45 per cent, the report shows. A double payment for official publishing represents a part of this expense. The state examiner's re- port will be recalled in the charge that the commissioners appointed the Casper Tribune as the paper for official publications for the first six months of 1924, For this the Trib- vne was paid $2,672.38, principally for publishing the delinquent tax Ust. On August 5, however, the commissioners issued a warrant to the Casper Herald for $1,50590 of which $1,087.02 was paid for pub- Mshing the same st on July 5 and nee the state law requires that delinquent tax lists shall be publish ed once a week for four weeks, the publication in the Herald did not meet the legal requirements and be sides, there was nq need for publi cation In both papers, The report characterizes this transaction as a “gross waste of funds.” Many ‘vouchers paid by the com missioners did not conform. to law, it is charged. A large number of the vouchers approved were not {temized according to law and the service or merchandise secured could not be identified, the vouchers were not supported by receipted bills or invoices and “ it is possible that In many Instances payments may have been made twice for the same ma terial or service and in many cases the vouchers were sworn to by per- fons other than those to whom the) were made payable, the warrants being delivered to such persons with out receipt or other evidence of au thority . It {s pointed out that under such loose methods of spending money it g impossible to determine wheth- or the expenditures represent pr charges against the county or that they ever reached the Individuals to whom they were due. While the records Indicate that Alma Hawley, county rk, attend ed all the commissioners’ meetings the Investigators learned that she was represented at the meetings by R. C. Van Denberg, under the as- sumed title of deputy county clerk The poor and pauper relief expen- ses reached the alarming total of $85,806.05. This department was under the direct supervision of Commissioner Morgan, Grocery bills for the county poor were sub mitted and paid tn extravagant man nér, One of the bila cited shows that $104.82 worth of groceries were bought for one indigent person éu Ing June, 1924 One grocery 4 ture will be put on and four candi- dates will be given the degree. As an added attraction Mons. J. Flem- ion will give the spectators an ex- hibjtion in the art of phy strength and the adaptability o: physical powers. Mons, Flemion is the only person known in Casper who can eat a genuine electric Nght globe. He will eat a Nght globe Monday night. The boys have been long in antici- pation of the banquet and have worked faithfully toward {t. There has been an inter-patrol contest in the troop which will determine the honored guests of the evening. The contest took in points of merit for passing tests, attendance, punctual- ity, deportment, bringing new mem- bers into the troop, and other items of scouting. The original three pa- trols that were in thé start of the contest will soon have an addition of another full patrol which Is the result of their efforts. VOLUMINGUS STORY OF WASTE IS. REGITED IN TAXPAYERS’ REPORT delivered to five indigent persons In June, $348.86 worth of groceries. Many instances of similar extrava- gance and lack of control over county expenditures were found, the report saves. It is shown that Dr, H. Lath- rop was pald $2,159.04 on a voucher for medical attention given to 22 persons. The doctor received pay- ment after he had written a letter to the commissioners explaining that the bills were hopelessly un- collectible from the patients even though he had hired lawyers and collectors and made every reason- able effort to obtain the money, The auditors found no record of an agreement with the doctor rela- tive to payment of such accounts and “if the services constitute pro- per county charges: in the first place, there was apparently no rea- son for employment of lawyers in the effort to collect the bills. Dr. Dean gave bills for medicine purchased for county poor and charges for automobile up-keep and taxicab hire were paid without ef- fort to verify*correctness of the charges, the report says. Of the $87,000 in certificates of in- debtedness which are not regarded as valid claims against the county, the ‘auditors express opinion that the following should not be honored by payment: $744 to T. A. Hall; $745 to John Kiel; $250 to Kiel; $802:27 to BE. J. Kane; $6,161.30 to Kane; $5,500 to George Apel; $1,000 to Apel; $1,000 to Apel; $1,102.70 to Archi- tests Link, Porter and Halre, who were employed on the county hos- pital addition. Excess salaries were found have been pad totalling $13,762, five offices as follows: County Treasurer, $1,138.14; sheriff, $2,- 996. clerk of the district court, $2,860.85; county clerk, $2,860.85; county assessor, $3,906.60. Of especial interest is the manner in which expenses for county offices fluctuated over the past three years. For example, the roads and bridges expenditures in 1924 showed an in- crease of 366.12 per cent cent over 1922, The per cent of increase {n the office of the county commissioners Was 1,156.90 in 1924 as compared with J@#2 and the increase was 645.24 per cent in last year over 19: The county clerk's expendi- tures shows an increase of 208.35 per cent over 1922, Total general fund expenditures in the county increased 220,87 per cent in 1924 as compared with 1922 and 137.39 per cent in 1924 over 1923. The total expenditures in war- rants and certificates {n justice courts in 1924 were $10,063.80. The auditors charge that there was due the county from Justice Henry F. nnan, $2,546.30. and from Justice H. Puntenny, $3,431.05, for fines fees collected. Unremitted bs, costs and clyil fees charged inst the latter total $1,881.95, and inst the former, it is charged hat revenue from the same sources was retained in the amount of $1, 351.30, Their salaries were $3,000 a year, whereas the legal salary is $62.50 a month, It is charged that there are a num- ber of instances in 1924 when Jus- Uce Brennan received back pay- ments for salary and rent with no proper identification of the periods covered by the payments, so that {t was Impossible to {dentify the cor reetness of the sums, Ono of these vouchers, for $210 in 1 was found charged “to services tendered by special request of county at night." Both Brennan and Puntenny are charged with fallure to keep satis factory records {n their courts. No chatges are made against Jus- eC. C, MeNulty in the Salt Creek tle district The salary pald him in 1924 was less than the amount al lowed by law. His remittances paid to the county treasurer were only $2 ither salary nor office expenses received Justice George Blake the same year but “according to the records he collected more foes and fines during 1924 than all the other Justices of the peace In the county combined.” His total re- mittances to the county treasurér were $4,031.60, To bulld 3.2 miles of the Salt Creek: Lavo: road {t cost the county for construction alone, $16,- 019.26 and Including the cost of gra- vel, alleged to have come from the county's own pits, payments to the contractor and for freight and other limes. the entire costs were $36,399.45 * the original contract price S20 000. Besides this tt is charg ‘ the road waa not built ac: were Remodeling of the entire front of the Golden Rule Department stote, facing on Second street, which, when finished, will give the Golden Rule one of the most elaborate store fronts in the state, will start tomor- row morning. It fs expected that the worl will occupy about ten days and will be rushed to completion with all pos: sible speed. The Golden Rule Depart- ment store will be open as usual while the remodeling is in progress Although the main store entrance will be obsiyucted, patrons may ob- tain access to the store through the entrance to the men’s department, ——— cording to contract specifications and that an insufficient amount of materials were used. The report of County Surveyor Herbert Kennedy: on the road is quoted in whole. This report says that between Lavoye and the EB. 1, Williams gasoline station, the road is well graveled and that crushed limestone was used part of this dis- tance but the surveyor says, “In my opinion the shoulders to hold gravel 16 feet wide on u 24-foot grade were not properly thrown up and I do not consider this part of the work fin ished by the contractor.” ‘The insufficiency of material used under contract specifications are also shown, In the treasurer's office, it was found that the high school bonds to- taling $25,000 had been erroneously charged ty the county high school fund and that the proceeds of the special high school bond issue total: ing $501,960 had also been credited to this fund. This condition was cor rected by the auditors. The county treasurer had on hand $885,209.08 on December 31, and it was also found that $1,367.80 was die from the county clerk, Alma Hawley, and was not turned in to the treasurer until January, 1925. Incomplete records in the clerk of court’s office made it impossible to obtain a satisfactory audit there. “Our examination there disclosed, however. that unearned fees amount- ing to $575.65 should be accounted for by the former clerk, Mrs. Schil- ling, to her successor.” The report recalls that certain check books, bank pass books and other records used by Mrs. Schil- ling were apparently removed from the office by her and they were not available for the audit. A complete resume of the entire expense of operation and of con- structing new additions to the Na- trona county hospital are given. The huge total cost of $272,370.84 is shown and the various items of ex- pense are analyzed. Besides the al- lowance of a five per cent fee on the cost of furniture and equipment, the architects Link, Porter anf Haire were paid $1,203.34 more than what would ‘have acrued from this afrangement, it is charged. sIt is stated that the amounts paid to Larsen and Jorgensen for extra work appear to be reasonable but that payments to E. J. Kane, cover- ing extras were not supported prop: erly and the sums paid cannot be identified with the material in- voices. “We are unable to understand why some of the bills presented by him were ever approved by the archi tects and passed for payment by the commissiners, the report says. Kane was paid $17,910 on the general heat- ing and plumbing contract and La! sen and Jorgensen were the general contractors at a bid of $41,465. Kage ts said to have charged the county $7,844.20 for laundry mach!n- ery which in addition to freight to- taled $8,126.17. This machinery was purchased from the American Laun- dry Machinery company of Chicago, and the report says that Commis- sioner Earle G, Burwell was furnish- ed with a copy of the proposal to the architects whereby the company agreed to deliver the equipment f. 0. b. Chicago for $5,988, subject to a discount of 2 per cent if paid within 30 days. Nine other vouchers for hospital in the report in a manner that indl- tes belief in questionable transao- tions, Of the roads report # huge expenditures in 1 bridges department ys “much better results at substantially less cost could no doubt ave been obtained en handled by prita the the ‘Thisremarkable new machine vervice, p/us 100% printed amazingly low price of $150, 119 East F Casper, Wyo. Adding-Listing-Figuring Machine ec Proof, one-operation direct sub- traction, and automatic-shift multiplication —all at the SUNDSTRAND SALES AGENCY In erder to complete the elaborate construction plans within the space of ten days, two shifts of workmen will be employed on the job, on‘ shift working from 4 in the morning to noon and the second shift fron 12 moon to 8 o'clock in the evening “When completed, our store wii be one of the most brightly Nghteu in the country,” declared J. J, Chap. man, manager of the Golden Rule Department store in an interview with a Tribune representative ye terday.. ‘We will have 200. fee! artistic display windows lighted with sixty-five separate electric bulbs gi ing combined fluminating power of 4,500 watts. Our display window will be artistic In every respect and will be a delight to the eye.” While the remodeling s in prog ress, the Golden Rule store will no have any display windows but the management assures per peopl: that they will be rendered courteous service and y article of merehar \dise will be shown to the patron i side the stor +e GOVERNOR INoPECTS NEW GIRLS? SCHOOL CHE ‘NE, Wyo., May 23.—Gov ernor Nelli Noss departed for Sheridan Saturday afternoon to in spect the established girl's industrial s nembers of board of ¢ ies and re form Mrs. Katherjne Morton, state super Iso be there, including intendent of public tn F. E, Lucas, secreta ruction, of state. Niles & Mosér Man Calls on Trade Otta Spratt, genial representative of the Niles-Moser Cigar company of Denver, is calling on the Casper trade. Among his many customers here is the Smokehouse, owned by William “Bill” Reeves, Mr. Spratt is an old time student of “BIN"-who taught him the art of selling away rk in the early eighties. Myr. Reeves, at that time, had charge of some ninety odd salesmen who sold a favorite brand of soap in Mis- sourt, Arkansas and Tennessee. A right royal visit is being enjoyed by both, and —_—_ Tampa, Fla., soon is to have direct steamship service to San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and other Pacific coast ports. ROTHROCK’§ Your Gift Counselors Henning Bldg. Phone 2526 SALE Tuesday, June 2, 1925 CODY, WYOMING Over 225 head fine west- ern bred work and saddle stock. 100 head well broke work stock, weight 1400 to 1600 Ibs. 75 head well broke saddle stock. 50 head unbroken work stock, 1400 to 1500 Ibs. Keystone Barn Cody, Wyo. gives deat adding and listing Telephone or call. irst Street Phone 502 winger’