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, 1921-11-07
The Old Timer
BY e. SHIP.

The oldImer- All honor and glory be his
He is the one. who 50 OF 81 year &c o. more. when ths pAco
where "a beautiful itrc town IS located a only san mn sage
brush greasewood. coyotes. ratuesnakes. prairie dogs and Indians.
m from q far country and ptchrd his tent saying to himself mn
Is tho end If my Journey. This is the place that from now hence
forth 1 shall cal home
He was a New Timer then. and the Indian IA tho Old Timer Of
his day.
Year after year others Joined themselves unto him
Year after year they bulded and wrought fashioned ZONES 10
themselves. each after his w liking
Year after year. by their energy. their industry. their thought
funcss. they made lin tn sand hills. the sage brush N sreass~ood'
a place for those who yer o come after them
A place freed of the coyotes. the rattiesnakcs. b prairie dogs
and the Indians. =
A place where 1t is good to 1--we. and where n loses and forsets
the endless chickering's and bargainings, the jeaiousness and heartburn
ins II the great city
A place where one a live in peace and harmony with his fell
bowman until the end of time. and where the New Timer Is always
welcome. q
Like all things Of this earth. with the flight Of time the Old
Timer grows older and older. and the New Timer % becomes IN
Old Timer.
But as these Old Timers pass n endless procession o that long
Journey from which none have rel yet returned. may their passage
be as sweetly gentle a S the setting Of the evening u their last hours
by posteity because of what they did for those who ar to succeed
US who will themselves be Old Timers
, 1921-11-07
roMoRRow,s DECISION.

The remaining duty for the people of Casper is to
20 to the polls tomorrow and register their choice for
mayor and member of council. The claims of the sew
eral candidates have been presented by their friends,
and all are by this time sufficiently well known to the
voter. that they will have no trouble making n per
feetIy Intelligent choice.
After a campaign that stirred the old town from
center to circumference and in which more or less
heat was developed. We are hrmer in the opinion than
ever that Mr.. Blaekmore and his associates on the Cas-
per party ticket fully answer the needs of the city.
They have come through the fiery furnace un-
seathed.
Nothing rejecting upon the honor of Mr.. Black
more. Mr.. Seaton, Mr.. Jones or MIR. Foley has been
presented.
We are willing to trust the people of Casper to
make the decision in conference with their own con
science back of the booth curtain.
And when the decision is made and announced
whether it is our way or some other persons way, ii
will be the duty of all of US to help mike the admin
istration what the people want and as successful as
possible.
dertAking. There must be some responsibility back
of as big n job as governing Casper. The affairs OF
the city can no longer run at loose ends, there are
millions Of dollars worth of property at stake and this
property belongs to the people who insist that their
rights in it be preserved.
Let US hope that fomorrow's decision will be n wise
one for Casper.
, 1921-11-07
BooTIEoGINo AT THE CITY HALL.

There is no satisfaction in telling the public that
three members of the Casper police force have been
arrested for Bookkeeping, or dispensing liquor to mi
attention of the mayor of the city the fact that he is
maintaining a rotten police force and stubborniy re-
fuses to exercise his power to purify it. He has re-
scented every suggestion of his friends and well-wish-
es and his police force has grown to be a stencil. Had
he accepted the advice of those who believe in him
and had cleaned tho force from the chief down to the
dog catcher, the present disgrace would not now be
reposing at his door.
When three policemen, one a captain, bring forth
liquor captured in raids, presumed to be held sacred
until legally disposed of by a proper court, and with
the flourish of other days dispense it to prisoners
brought to the city hall on charges of gambling and
this done within the sacred precincts of the municipal
building, it is about the time of day for the mayor
to come out of his trance and disconneet about 30 pei
cent of the police department from the payroll. In
GLIDING the stool pigeons, spies, plain clothes fakes
non-citiEen detective. and all the rest of the hanger.
on and camp followers.
Has the city hall become a joint where rotten boox,
is dispensed by the police? 1t would seem so. 1
would seem not to lack confirmation, when a mem
Der of the city council publicly asserts that. the cit,
clerk has not drawn a sober breath for many month.
The city having been shamed by its police force, tn,
mayor being in a comatote state, what docs the cit,
council say to taking matters into its own hands, di
reeting the fire department to turn about four stream
of water into the police department sweeping 4, clean
Fumisation of the place, and a new set of police off
GERS will complete the job.
, 1921-11-07
GOOD TIME TO START.

"In an address to a gathering of business men,"
says the Detroit Free Press, Charles M. Sehwab de-
clared that If he had his life to live over he would
choose the present day for the beginning of a career.
MIR. Schwab is a person of sanguine temperament but
he is no Pollyanna.- He has reason for the joy th.ti is
in him.
at is not an easy time just now to make a start,
but every one knows, though many forget, that bust
ness runs like n small boat at sea, always going up
Toward the crest of a wave or down into the trough.
Amy period of depression means that a risc is coming
and MIR. Schwab doubtless had in mind the fact that
any property or position that a young man gains now
will automatically become better as years pass by sim
ply because this year is in the trough.
For the young man also the schooling of these diff
hcnlt times will be invaluable. Two or three years
ago making money was easy and the fever for spend
ing was epidemic. The young man who started then
made more money than he is likely to make again for
years to come and, as a consequence, he set out in life
with a false idea of the money value of his own serv-
ices He aso imbibed the notion that this life is much
easier and much gayer than il really is He ia get
ting a new start now on n bad education and he will
be uniearning old lessons while the beginner learns
the truth"
, 1921-11-07

rience- A few days ago the self same
cat was still there. I do not know
whether it still decoraies our main
street or not as ] would rather go a
block or W out of my way than
have to pass thereby. d.
IN North Center street several
times dogs have been killed by some
of the ~"speeders" that we are modest
ed with. Two or three days have
passed before they have been removed.
Is 1t the duty OF tho taxpayers to keep
the streets clean IL they do not want
to view dead animals on them? Have
We a street cleaning department?
j would suggest n sanitary city be.
fore we can have a city beautiful.
A TAXPAYER.
, 1921-11-07
Beautfying Casper

Ed.:Sr Tribune; Before considering
the Identifying of Casper rs has been
recently suggested. and in doing so.
having tho citizens pay Tor 1t by pay
ing even higher taxes than we are
now overburdened with. Why not
start in the right place? Street clean
ing. Dur main city streets cannot be
compared with the alleys OF other
cities. where they are cleaned at least
once a week. While here. II there is
a street cleaning department. they
must spend their time looking at the
stars, certainly not the streets. For
instance, several weeks g l nearly
stumbled over n lead cat on Center
between First and A reefs. Very
probably others had tho same expo
, 1921-11-07
Flivver Quinn R. D.

be expected from men of Judgment and
efficiency. II the taxpayers want
something to talk they can get n ma.
chine for that purpose and II Will not
be ~squandering their MONEY while
talking.
l am really pleased to know that
Quinn found that city block OF pave
ment that was replaced by Warren
Construction company, as I am told
that this is about the only block that
is done according to specifications.
In closing Quinn expresses his APP
probation to the Herald for the space
taken up by him during the campaign.
This is all right Mr.. Quinn the War
rem Construction company viii settle
the bill and you have done no harm.
you know any old flivver can make a
, 1921-11-07
BASIN RETAILERS HOLD
ANNUAL FETE, ALL TOWNS
OF REGION REPRESENTED

BASIN. Wyo.. Nov. THE Big
Horn Basin Retailers association con
vened here Thursday afternoon with
h largest attendance in the history
of tho organization, every town in
the Basin country being represented
The afternoon session was devoted to
IN informal discussion of retailers
problems. In opening the discussion
President L. L. Newton aid the prob
lem before the members was one OF
efficiency and Of cutting down the
cost OF business Cooperative COM
petition was the keynote OF the meet
ing and a general plan was outlined
that will no doubt be OF great benefit
to h merchants.
Thursday night a banquet was
rendered the retailers and the Press
club by the Basin chamber 81 COM
merce. Eighty visitors were served
at the banquet. G. a. Earring presid-
ing a POSTMASTER. The visitors
were welcomed by Mayor r. B. West.
and ]. NJ Schoowb. veteran merchant
OF Cody responded. Short talks were
made by many OF the merchants and
the principal addresses made by l.. L.
Newton. president of the association.
and Secretary Hull OF Billings Credit
association, who talked on credits
and cooperation. Musical numbers
were rendered by J.. III. Hartzeli OF
Greybull. the Basin male quartette
and Mrs. Mark H. Smith.
The convention closed yesterday
and a plan OF credit ratings was
adopted which will cover tho entire
territory of the association.
Friday afternoon the Big Horn Ba-
sin Press club convened. members be-
ing present from all of the towns OF
the basin and also Lander and Riv-
erton.
, 1921-11-07

Editor Tribune:-The fiivver stiIl
'rattles. Ye Gods what a rattle.
Under the heading OF Character of
J. j. Giblln" he runs on at h mouth
and mentions tie character OF Glib
Inns bac;sers and calls particular atten-
ton to Giblin's speech at a Giblin
meeting held last week at the court
rouse
/ don't think people doubt Gfblin's
ability to talk. he has never done any
thing but talk. n II elected Mayor
that is what the taxpayers Of Casper
can expect from him. Voters Of Cas-
per look at your tax statements and
tell me. do you want q talking admin
istration for the ensuing two years?
Quinn says Casper needs efficient
management. this is true and can only
, 1921-11-07

noise and take up space. and the space
you nave taken up in the Herald is
like the Warren Construction com
panys' work-NoT WORTH THE
MONEY regardless of tho recomnen-
datiors Of George B. Nelson and Lar
ry Hill
Come back next election Mr.. Quinn
and come in time to register. please.
and n Warren Construction does any
paving while Biackmore is mayor 1t
Will be lone right
TAXPAYER
, 1921-11-07
Deliberate SANDER on Labor

Editor Tribune: In the Sunday
Morning Scream there appeared an
editorial. which 10 say the least. was
very unfair to the laboring men of
Casper The insinuation that the la
Dor vote of the city was to be cast
with the bootleg and underworld ele-
ment, is a SANDER upon the good
character of Casper's labor vote.
The idea that labor must be sub
servient to the employing class of
Casper or not have a situation. savors
of prehistoric days IN labor was
performed by slaves and not by free
men. and the laboring man was a
chatiel of tho rich.
The Scream says.
1T has come, SO II Is said. 10 soa1e-
thing Of a shOw down. II labor pro-
poses to ally itself with the lawless
, 1921-11-07

TO the point that there will be no future strike against
the action of a government agency funetioning under
a government law
We have had quite enough defiance of law from one
source and another and il is high time some of these
minorities be instrueted that there . but one power IN
this land, and that is the power of all of us a rep
resented by the government, and its orders must be
obeyed by the individual. the group, the party. the or
ganization. resardIsss of its membershiP all the way
up the line
What gives a railroad union, . commercial organ
ization, a transportation corporation, a financial as.
ISOLATION or any other institution the notion that they
are superior in any way or enjoy any separate or dis
tine, rights not enjoyed by the humblest citizen un-
der the nas7
If any of them harbor any such sentiment, they had
better get rid of ID at once, for the old eonstitution
has come back into style sinee Mr.. Wilson's retire
ment and IL we recall rightly there is a guarantee
somewhere in the fine print that all of US are to en-
joy freely and equally the rights and privileges there
under.
The time has arrived when some of the individuals
and the associated interests, giving signs of e~oekiness,
be trimmed down to the size of the generality OF US.
, 1921-11-07

TIME railroad problem at this time
dominates the entire business
situation. The burden of in
creased freight charges upon all kinds
of industry, the plight of railroad
finances, the efforts of. railroad man.
ayers TO reduce operating expenses.
the impending railroad strike. the test
of the efficacy of the new Railroad
Labor Board as an agency OF concilia-
ton, and the demand in some quarters
for the repeal of the Esch-C ummins
law, are the outstanding features of
the day, and present questions of the
utmost importance.
Unfortunately the labor organiza-
tons have been unable to see that the
market for their services no longer
exists at the old rates OF pay, and that
it was not only just to the great agri-
cultural population that wages in the
other industries should be reduced, but
for the best interests of the wage
earning population itself.
They do not see that the economic
law already has forced a great reduc-
ton of actual wage-payments, which
is what really counts. II means moth
ing to the w~age-earners to have the
rates high if there is no work to Ne
had, or work only part time.
Mr.. Lee, head of one of the railroad
brotherhoods. has given out a state
ment in which as an argument against
= wage reductions in the railroad service,
he says:
There are thousands Of. these men OIL, Of
work. many of whom have as high as
fifteen years service. because there Is nc
need for them. while thousands of other,
have to try to live on a few days a month,
which IL all the railway service require,
from them. Let 1t be understood that nc
transportation wages are paid unless IL;
time is made.
A similar argument is offered ir
behalf of very high wage rates for
coal miners. 1t is said that while the
rates are high the miners have wori
only part time, and on the avcrag,
make only very moderate wages.
These arguments fail to recogniz,
that it is impossible to restore pros,
perity on the basis of double pay 70,
supplied with the comforts to which
they are accustomed by half tim
production.
In discussing the wage situation i
is important to bear in mind that man,
groups of -wage-carners have exhibite,
a conciliatory spirit and have accepte,
very considerable reductions, but Their,
are other groups who have not don
so. The latter accept the benefits o
reductions elsewhere but refuse 4
r~eciprocate. and their mistaken actiol
infiicts hardships upon the entire com
munity, not excepting thousands o
their OWE number, by forcing ther
into idleness.
It is an obvious fact that no singl
influence is more Important in retard
ing the recovery of industry than IN
high freight charges which have bee
adopted for the purpose of cnablin
the railroad companies to meet tn
wage-increases, aggregating more tina
100 per cent. which have been granite
since the beginning of the war. TIL
effect is vastly more serious becaus
of the fall of prices, as freight charge
have become a much larger pereentag
OF the value of the products than the
were before.
The necessity for fair returns upo
capital and fair wages for emplovc
can hardly be the subject of arsumen
but how i, the public 10 determin
, 1921-11-07

cIass against the employing olass. the
employing class can wait both in its
' and its employing.
Labor better consider before go.
ing too far in opposition TO tho en.
ploy1nG class. All the EMPLOYING
class asks of labor is to helm MAXI
Casper a clean town.
II labor feels hat IT can oppose
the employing class in its movement
for a clean town. why is it up TO
labor?"
The labor element of Casper is Jus,
as anxious to elect good. ciean men
to office. as is the employing class,
possibly just a little more so. for Inc
laboring men OF Casper have become
tired OF being exploited for the benefit
snd enrichment OF a few, might w,
, 1921-11-07
say. grating officials.

say. grating officials.
Labor has decided it Is time 10
choose men who are personally known
to 1t as friends. Those candidates
may be on any or all OF the tickets.
But thing is certain, the time is
long past when labor can be led to
the polls and voted en- mass for any
party or class.
voX POP.
, 1921-11-07
Endorses Black1more

Editor Tribune;[I am glad to note
w. A. Blackmore's candidacy for
mayor An not at present n resident
a resident of Casper. but as a city
taxpayer and an old a-cuaintance I am
interested in his success. I will vote
him a complimentary and predict that
he will ne the next mayor.
ROBERT a. CRoSTHwAITE.
, 1921-11-07
NO LACK or BAIL FOR
LEGGERs, PROBE made

cHYENNE. wyo.. Nov. Z. - The
promptness with which bail is sup.
piled for bootleggers arrested here. by
state and federal authorities has
aroused suspicion that the persons
who fall into the hands OF officers
merely are agents of n ''whiskey ring
and an Investigation on that theory
, 1921-11-07

MIR. Giblin telephones The Tribune his eonsratula-
tions upon the seniiments expressed in the editorial
Your Town of Casper" and appears at the council
chamber the next day and rants, raves and threatens
concerning the same article. o, constituency thou art
a je~elry storel
, 1921-11-07
PUBLIC MUST ALWAYS WIN

The very doubtful honor of winning" in the mat.
tiers settled between the railway labor board and the
protherhoods may be awarded to either or to both, 40
a the public is concerned. If these two interests
care to pursue the matter further it is to be hoped
the tiresome discussion will be spared the public. Ii
is enough to know there will be no strike. 1t will more
, 1921-11-07

Mr.. Giblin complains that The Tribune i. sore at
him because he voted to take the public printing away,
which happened the first of the year. Since that time,
to be exact. June is, 1921, The Tribune gave him a
substantial insurance policy on one of the member. of
the company Does that give eredenee to Mr.. Glib
Inns claim of soreness or smallness?
, 1921-11-07
Remember. the poll. are open from . a. m. to $ p. m

Look out for eleventh hour ISLANDERS. They will be
spread in the hope it is too late to refute them. There
has been ample time during the campaign to inform
the people upon all subjects pertinent. Last moment
discoveries are 80 per cent false and l per cent bunk.
, 1921-11-07

Rave on Mr.. Quinn, rave oni You add to the saiety
of the campaign Your drivel in the interest of a cor
rupting and grating octopus has no appeal to a peo-
pie already soaked to the limit to pay for the charae-
.sr of work you are engaged in.
, 1921-11-07

DR.. Cromer who is shedding crocodile tear. over
the position of The Tribune in the campaign, wa. one
OF the strongest influences in guiding The Tribune.
Judgment with reference to MIR. Gibin's ua6tness.
, 1921-11-07

is In progress. Not only IS bail imme
paid when he is convicted
dlntel-- forthcoming for the average
bootiessyr. but his fine Is promptly
, 1921-11-07

All of the beotlessing policemen, now under arrest
have been supporters of the Giblin ticket. So ha.
Ihief Sheffner- Does all this signify anything?
, 1921-11-07

VI course there are yet the roorback. which are ex.
peeted to make their appearance tomorrow morning.
, 1921-11-07

Jewelry and watch repairing by ex-
merit workmen. All work guaranteed
Casper Jewclry Mfg Co.. o-S BldE.
5-5---
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29

performed on the stage. More thrills
in six reels than there are in six
serial pictures. Story by Arthur B.
Reeve, author of the Craig Ken
nedy" stories, and John w. Gray.
Walter Woods adapted it to the
screen. Irwin Willat, director of BE
hind the Door," and Below the Sur
face" directed. Ann Forrest is the
leading woman, ad the cast includes,
besides Houdini, Thomas Jefferson,
Tully Marshall and Augustus Phil
lips. Chock full of thrills, the big
gest being a real accident in mid-air
in which the machine from which
Houdini is hanging by a rope crashes
into another plane and they swoop
two thousand feet down to earth to-
gether. And the camera caught
every foot Of it. Other thrills: Hou-
DIM escapes from every known kind
of handcuff, hangs head downward
from bagpole on the roof of an
egiht-story building and gets out of
straight jacket, rolls under a truck
going at twenty miles an hour and
catches on the connecting rods and
fights a couple of slashing fist bat
ties.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29
WOOL RA|SERS WANT
CHANGE IN TARIFF

Wool growers organization all
over the country are up in arms over
the provisions of tariffs on wool now
carried by the permanent tariff bill,
according to Secretary Metcalf of
the Nevada Live Stock association
While wool growers representatives
have so far bee unsuccessful in their
efforts to have wool duties levied on
the clean content rather than the old
grease basis, they feel strongly that
the twenty-five cents a pound rate is
not sufficiently high. The worst fea-
ture of the bill as it no wstands, ac-
cording to Nevada wool growers, is
what is known as the thirty-five per
cent ad valorem limitation, under
which no duty in excess of thirty-five
per cent of the value Of the imported
commodity concerned could be lev
con modify con 'u>lri could he lev.
ie7.
In the opinion of the leading rep
resentatives of the wool growers, or.
CARNATIONS, Mr.. Metcalf said today,
limitation would mean duty OF no
more than six cents a pound in the
grease for the tighten shrinking
woods. The Nevada Association has
placed the matter before the Nevada
congressional delegation, urging for
the protection of the sheep raising
industry, the elimination of the
thirty-five per cent Elimination and
increase of the twenty-five cent per
pound duty on woods, clean content
basis, to thirty cents.
The emergency tariff act, now in
force, provided for duty of fifteen
cents pound on wool in the grease.
Australian wool, probably the great
est competitor of the woods raised in
the United States, shrinks on the
average about fifty per cent. Thus,
it is claimed, twenty-five cent a
pound duty on clean content basis
would be equivalent to a duty of
about twelve and one-half cents q
pound in the grease, or two and one
half cents pound less than the duty
carried in the emergency tariff act.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29

from July 18th to September list in
which to hunt, an open season OF six
weeks, but the present law shortens
the season to the month of August
This was done becauses large per-
centage Of the birds are very small
on July 18th and two weeks more
added to their age will lenable them
to be of farsi re when the hunters
are allowed to kill them.-Elko
Free Press.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29
AREN'T WINS FIGHT FOR
TARIFF ON NEVADA HIDES

An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington says: The house late
yesterday took hides off the free list
in the Fordney tariff bill and i'm
posed an ad valorem duty of fifteen
per cent.
The amendment included hides
and skins of all kinds, raw, green,
dried, picked, prepared or preserv-
ed.
Following adoption of the amend
ment, the ways and means committee
will Immediately consider compen
-atory duties on shoes and other
leather products, Mr.. Fordney said