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, 1922-06-22
Mmk orl Linn to Stnrt.

Construction work IN the Producers
and Refiners' gas limo from Rlverton
to Lander. wyo., MISC touching Hud-
son. Is expected TO start this month.
Tho Hope Engineering company has
the contract and surveys have boon
completed. It will cross tho Little
wind and Pope Agie rivers. A six
inch line will DO constructed from
Rivurton to Hudson and n four.inch
from Hudson to Lander. capable OF
carrying s.ooo.oo foct Of n a dny.
AT Rtverton the line connects with
tho lihe 10 tho San Draw field. from
which the gas supply will DO drawn.
, 1922-06-22
BLACKSTONE IN
ANNUAL MEET
Entire Board of Directors and
Officers Reelected Here
Tuesday.

The anual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of The Blackstone Petroleum com
pany was held in Casper on Tuesday,
at which the entire board Of directors
and officers was reelected with over
10000 shares OF the stock being rep
resented either in person or by proxy.
The ~treasurer's report showed the
ownership OF producing Salt Creek
leases with ar intrinsic value Of $780,
10000, with M current liabilities and
several thousand dollars cash in the
bank.
In n progress report submitted by
President Brick he stated that the
company nov had an interest in five
producing wells on section 10-3s-7s,
and that the sixth well now drilling
had encountered a flow of shale oil at
$50 feet with the oil standing 800 feet
in the hole. This oil will be cased off
and h hole continued to the second
sand. On this lease the corporation
has settled production of 40 barrels
daily of which 474 barrels are now be-
ing sold to the Midwest. On section
13-39-79 where the company has a 80
per cent Interest In so acres. arrange
ments are being mad to drill a sec
ond hole. it being the belief of the of,
ficers that financial conditions will
warrant the expense. the loan of $780,.
o00.op borrowed from the Midwest
jointly with the Bessemer interests
having been paid in full apd arrange
ments having ben made with the lat
ter firm to accept he usual pro-rata
of production. Arrangements have
been made with the Ohio to drill
tract EFT. which was purchased at the
sale of Government lands last June at
Douglas for sci 100000 and turned to
the company, on a $3.50 basis with
one well free and a bonus in addition.
Tie recent completion of the Fensiand
well has greatly enhanced the value of
this lease, proving in on both sides
Well No. 1 is now down yer 1000 feet
with indications very favorable for a
good producer. The company retains
a substantial interest I n Blackstone
Salt Greek Consolidated Petroleum
company, tho control of which was
recently acquired by the Fensland and
which is making great progress in
the development of its valuable Salt
Creek acreage. 1t also has lease in
Lance Creek and $500 acres in the
Big Wall structure in Montana where
the Ohio has a test well down $500
feet
Following are the officers of the
company: President. Robert NJ. Brick;
vice president F. G. Funk: secretary.
f. II. Smith; treasurer. H. N. Isen-
berg.
The above and DR.. Frederick Sa-
lathe. w. ]. Mclaughlin and Edgar A.
Mead constitute the directorate.
, 1922-06-22

The Gordon Campbell syndicate
well pioneer Of Kevin-Sunburst field
WIS completed some time ago on the
Nj NEA section 1888. The of IS
- gravity and production was struck
IN the Ellis sand at 1870 feet.
sunburst on and Gas company has
a wen estimated at better than 100
barrels on the swkSwk. section 81.
IS, In the second KootenAi at 1900
feet. This oil IL from 30 10 a grav.
ty.
Tho California on company. subsid.
larry Of the Standard on company OF
California has secured extensive acre.
age. Others companies are also buy.
ing and excitement Is running high
with leases carrying a bonus up to
$3.50 per acre-
est yet discovered. It being q broad
nat structure. with dips running from
one TO two degrees. and containing
from 5000 to 100. 900 ere It's two
wells r nearly nine miles apart ant
are producing from different sands
indicating hat Il has possibilities OF
a vast magnitude.
The field ts only IL mills from the
Canadian border and It is stated tina,
the Imperial Refining company al
Regina has offered So e barred for
DE OH, furnishing q ready market for
IN production. The Great Northern
runs through h center OF the field
making transportation eary.
0crat Falls. 125 miles south n head
quarters for the field and that city is
having nll the experiences OF O boom
a. Q result OF the activity.
, 1922-06-22
Livestock Mart


CHICAGO. June 22@United States
Bureau of MarketseCattle-Receipts
o 1000; fairly active: beef steers strong
to 1oc higher: tor SO; bulk $3.50
9.35. she stock steady TO 1bc higher;
bulls and calves slow. weak: stockers
dun; bulk fat COWS and heifers $50
T.25: Gamer and cutters mostly $40
4. bidding around IS. mostly for veal
calves: bologna bulls mostly at s42s.
Hogs-Receipts 81 5000. market
opened steady to SC lower than Wed
nesday's average; later &c to 1oc lower
or loc to 15c lower than h high
time; top s1o.ss: bulk ss.s5Q1o.ss:
bulk gsod light to heavy butchers
s1o.45 1855; pigs fully Steady mostly
S9.759I0.25: heavy weight s1o.4o9
1885: medium s1o.55@1oS5; light
,io.s5 @1o.s5; light light s1o.4o91oso;
packing sows. smooth so.3o61o: pack
ing sows. rough ss.soGs.Ao: killing
pigs ,s.2591o.5o.
shecp-Recoipts 10000; steady to
15c higher; few spots 25c higher; sew
eral decks s12.s5; medium to good
Idahos si2-25Q12.s5; choice hand dry
fed yeariings siz.25; sheep very
scarce: one load fed western yeariing
ewes weight So pounds. to breeders
S11.1o.
, 1922-06-22
GRAIN DEMAND
STRONG TODAY
Fractional Gains Recorded
Throughout List on Chi
cago Exchange.

CHICAGO. Juno 2Z-Reports from
South Dakota that heat and drought
were endangering the wheat crop
for. wheat here today in the early deal
ings. Unless rain came soon. II was
said. the yield of wheat in a large
section would be reduced in a material
degree Heat damage advices from Ne
braska counted also as a buliish fac
tor. The opening which ranged from
nc decline to Nc advance, with July
$1.13 to s1.13A and September s1.13%
to s1.13A. was followed by a moder-
ate general advance and then some
thing Of a reaction
Subsequently. predictions of a vnrn1
wave in h central west led TO more
pronounced strength in the market,
and 81 too did mention of black rust in
Minnesota The lose was firm. u TO
INC net higher. with July s1.13E to
$1.13A and September $1.14% to S1.15.
Calendar buyers were again active
in the corn market but were met by
commission house selling. After open
ing &c Off to Nc higher. July 62S to
63%c. the market sagged a little all
around.
Later. the market parafleied the ac-
ton of wheat, closing firm, y to sc
net higher, with July o3Ac.
Bad crop reports especially from I'LL
nois ave independent strength to the
oats market, which opened IS TO &c
higher, July 35% and after a slight
reaction. scored further gains.
Provisions were steady despite weak
ness of the hog market.
, 1922-06-22

that the leases taken over by the
Ohio arc in the heart of the Sunburst
field and constitute the largest single
tract OF sohd block acreage on the
entire structure
The Ohio has opened an office at
Shelby. from which operations in the
sunburst field will be directed and
has a large staff OF biologists. ensi.
neers and field men stationed there
Mr.. Hurley indicated in a brief dis
cussion OF the Ohio's entry into the
SunbuEt field that IL is the inten-
active exploration campaign immedi-
aiely 10 determine at the carries pos
slble time extent Of the productive
area and its possibilities.
Four strings OF tools have been or
dered by the Ohio for immediate de-
livery at Shelby.
The Ohio has been one OF the most
active of the larger companies in ex,
~plorafion OF Montana oil structures.
To date the company has spent near
iy a million dollars IN Its operations
exclusive OF the bet II has just put
Town on the Sunburst field. In the
fact OF descouraging developments.
obstacles and mishaps that early
would have disheartened any but the
most courageous and preserving OF
operators. the Ohio tested all horizons
Of possible production at Clear Creek.
Howard Couiee. Big Wall and Ragged
Point The company placed a sizeable
little bet on the future OF Billings
when at a cost Of 1000. 900 or more It
p.ped natural gas to this city from
Elk Basin, a distance OF 72 miles. fol.
lowing this with purchase of a busi-
ness block and establishment OF head.
quarters here.
, 1922-06-22
NEW YORK OIL sPUDs
IN FOR BOLTON WELL

The New York Oh company spudded
in yesterday on a wen on the south-
west quarter Of the. southwest quarter
of Section 32-3o-s1 at Ttolton creek.
The recent production encountered at
Bolton creek has served to Increase
h activities Of the companies operat-
ing in that field.
The Casper Bolton Creek syndicate
has acquired all of section 33-so-s1 in
this field. This section is about a
mile east Of the New York location
and about a mile northwest of the re-
cent big well drilled in by the San
Juan Petroleum company.
, 1922-06-22
BRICK SURPRISED At
SALT CREEK ACTIVITIES

After visiting the Salt Creek field
yesterday. Robert NJ. Brick. president
of the Blackstone Petroleum company,
who has been here for several days
attending to company and personal af'
fairs. stated that the progress being
made in hat district was almost un
believable to n who had been alb
sent from the field for several months.
Mr. Brick is n OF the old timers
in the field and his keen foresight
and good judgment in placing his mon
ey there when development was being
, 1922-06-22

Ohio on company Is abandoning Its
test well on the Howard Couloe struc-
turc IN Montana n casing is being
pulled int removed, according to a
report from Roundup. OIL II found
would be encountered. ut too deep n
depth to permit profitable develop
ment. It Is said, and the weaI IS not to
be carried to the lower sands.
On the Big Wall structure III Ohio
Ia understanding Mt 2.24o feet.
Other late Montana newn includes
the report thai the Adamas we'll IN
the DEVILS Basin field Is down $50
feet with 200 feet to 30 to reach the
Van Duzen rand. In tho same field
the R.,lndup Oh and Gas company
has retained drilling after ccmcnting
off winter.
Mortified on company has spudded
In on section 2o.24-4. near Gonou. in
tho center OF tho Bwoetgrnss arch
territory near the Canadian line. The
test Is some miles distant from the
Gordon Campbell-Kcyin s~yndicate's
discovery well on tho Rocky Ridge
structure OF tho Same field.
Deliveries OF oil from the Cat Creek
field have Increased materially since
the bringing IN Of the Mid-Northern
compnny's No. Ii well, which at last
reports was producing W 1000 bar
rels q dny.
, 1922-06-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

In the Justice Court of W. E.
Tubbs, Justice of the Peace.
City Furniture Company, Plain
tiff, versus John T%hurston, Defen-
dant.
To John Thurston, whose last
known address was 2016 California
street. Denver, Colorado: You arc
hereby notified that an action has
been started against you in the Jus
tice Court of W. E. Tubbs, a Justice
of the Peace in and for Natrona
County. Statee of Wyoming. to re
cover the sum of S19S.65. money
only, and that certain property be-
longing to you and situated in Cas-
per, Natrona County. Wyoming, has
been attached upon the said claim
in the said action.
Now eunless you appear before
W. E. Tubbs, a Justice of the
Peace, at Casper, Wyoming, on the
31st day of July, 1922, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon and make
answer to the plaintiff in this ac-
ton, judgment will be rendered
against you, and your property ap-
propriated to pay the judgment and
the costs of this action.
This case is one of those men,
toned in section No. 1886 of the
Wyoming Compiled Statutes. 1920,
authorizing service by publication
and an affidavit, as required by
Section No: 563s, has been filed in
this case.
Dated this 21st day Of June,
1922.
W. E. TUBBS,
Justice of the Peace.
Pub. June %, 90, July 6, 10,
20. 27, 1922.
, 1922-06-22

SET. -.
But beyond. in the harbor. one NJ
slant was a rowboat with a girl and
fellow in It. the girl in a bathing suit.
They seemed to be struggling. The
next instant. like a three-foot flash OF
a motion picture, there was a huge
column of water and puff OF smoke.
black wreckage of the boat. It seemed
that, by a split econd before, the two
had struggled overheard or leaped.
Then came the deep report. echoing
and reverberating among the Mono
wantuc hills.
"GlennF" exclaimed Garrick, as Me-
Kay released the brakes and rolled
down Xix a roller coaster the rest or
the way.
They were in time to SEQ that the
boathouse was unframed. A little
speed boat which they had not noticed
now circled about. II picked UP the
girl and started off furiously toward
the mouth of the harbor. A black
object, Glenn, struggled feebly in the
water. By this time Dick had hin
coat off. He ripped his shirt as he ran
down the dock and plunged off, almost
unencumbered by that time.
D. When Garrick pulled them both out
and had Glenn sufficiently revived to
find that there were no broker bones
he had begun to get the story.
Glenn. 1t seemed. had been on the
roadside of the penthouse from which
he had expected attack, IL at ali.
when he had heard q noise under
the workshop. The workshop was on
the C floor. Under it had been
n boat-shed- It had been converted
into a hangar by Dick, with a skid
way down into h water. In it he
had a hydroaeroplane on which he
was working. installing one of his
new radio ideas. II
II saw Rae. he painted for breath.
She had come up to the boathouse,
alone, in a rowboat with a little en-,
CINE over the stern. She was stick
ing the nose Of the boat under tho
boathouse in the channel between the
skidway. I saw something smoking
In the bow. The engine was going
slowly. keeping the noee of the boat
up under the boathouse. I ran down
and jumped into the boat. MY GOD.
Rae" I shouted Going to kin US
both?'
with n boat ook in both hands
she lunged at me but it hit my Shout
DER instead of my head. Damn your
she cried. I have had t. say so many
nice things to you when I didn't feel
like there's another wallopr
Il swung the BOAT free. gave the
pier a kick and it turned The engine
was turning over slowly and carrying
us away. I got the boathook away:
then h grabbed me You fool, Take
your hands off-before 1 bite them
orr . Look! It's going to exploder
It's going to exploder Then I've
jumped. There was thai geyser of
water n stuff Someone picked
up Rae in a speed boat 1 felt as
II hat darn engine had hit me
TIL Dick got mel But -. the boat
house is safe. fellowsr' :
Garrick smiled. ct could decorate
Continued on Page Nine,
, 1922-06-22

place as you would your life" Gar
rick had 'nssumed a rather stern
tone; he knew he must impress Glenn.
Inside and out" he added seriously.
I'd like to be with you hunting
the girls" returned Glenn promptly,
but II sticking here will help me,
depend on me-. I'll be a sticker, all
right. Only for heavens sake. get
those girls"
Die grasped his hand and Garrick
slapped III back encouragingly. With
one last look to see that nothing had
been disturbed, Dick grabbed up a
small oak case and some other porta.
BILE paraphernalia and lugged it out
to the car.
Newer can tell. he said to Gar.
, 1922-06-22

OMAHA. Neb.. June 22.-United
States Bureau OF Markets.EHogs-
Receipts Ia. 1000; good hogs 1oc lower;
bulk $50 to 250-pound butchers 1910
@10.s5: early top s1o.4o; practical top
5000: bulk eco to 325-pound butch
ers ss.9oq1o1o; mixed and packing
grades 1oc to 15c lower; closing dull.
$50 to s5o-pound averages so.25@9.so.
Cattle-Receipts 1000. heavy beef
steers firm TO o higher; top $3.50;
medium lightweights and yeariings
dull. weak; she stock and bologna
bulls weak to CSC lower. other classes
of stock generally steady.
Shecp-Receipts 5000; all classes
steady: top Idaho lambs $3.50; native
Sass; yearlings 5000; ,gethers $3.50;
ewes IS; feeding lambs s11-
, 1922-06-22
CHAPTER N.
THE NOISES OF SPACE.

Continued From Our Last 1ssue)
CHAPTER N.
TIE NOISES OF SPACE.
TT was early in the morning when
Garrick with Dick turned into
l. the driveway of Glenn's house at
Nonowantuc.
ANY word of vira and Ruth?'
queried Glenn.
mot yet. But there is something
you can do. Have you had you
breakfast? Then come along"
At Defoe's MISUNDERSTANDING
Garrick posted Glenn on guard.
Now, look here. boy-if you love
Vira and want her back. guard this
, 1922-06-22

DENVER, Colo. June z3.-Cattle-
Receipts 700; market steady, 15c
lower; beef steers s6.50@9; cows and
heifers s49s; calves se@s.50; bulls
s2.5o@5: stockers and feeders $500
$50.
Hogs-Receipts 1900: market 15c
lower: top 5000; bulk se.75@s.so.
Sheep-Receipts 1900; market
steady; clipped ewes $4.5o95.50;
spring lambs SHOE.
, 1922-06-22

$40 cwt.; Alabama Spaulding Rose
sacked No. / s2.25@2.4o cwt.; North
Caroline Norfolk section stave bar
reIs Irish Cobblers No /, s4.2564.65:
eastern shore Virginia stave barrels
Irish cobblers s5.25@5.s5.
, 1922-06-22

supply VIII be Embossed In the Poison
Spider field.
This test which Is now cemented
at h top OF h Embar at 1858 feet.
lie In the central part % the field on
the SW = of section 3t-34-s3 and viii
mean much to h future of the en-
tire district ~ successful This is the
first hole ever carried Z othat depth
In the field and n 5000. 900 foot
gasser was cased off at h Sundance
in order to make the lest II is ex-
pected that the well will be completed
the first of the coming week.
, 1922-06-22
California Pete Higher.

Favorable dividend activities are
competing with merger gossip in con
nection with the strength of ClIiforl
mia Petroleum The earnings justify
a So OF s% dividend rate according
to well informed quarters and It is
said the stock is gradually discount
Ing such conditions. Stn higher
prices arc predicted for Il.
, 1922-06-22

The New York OIL company an
nounces hat hereafter all stock OF the
corporation win be transferred by the
Metropolitan Trust company, 1zC
Broadway. New York city. instead OF
at the Casper offices as formerly.
, 1922-06-22

One of the foremost ONE astrono-
mers in the world is Mrs. Isabel NJ.
Lewis. who had had long service as
expert astronomer at the United States
naval observatory in Washington
, 1922-06-22
MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS
OHIO OIL buys LAND IN kelvin FIELD

BILLINGS. Mont, June 22-Reported purchase by the
Ohio Oil company of upwards of 5000 acres on the Kelvin
Sunburst structure of Toole county, including the discovery
well of the Sunburst Oil & Gas company, was confirmed by
F. E. Hurley, vice president of the Ohio, upon the occasion
Wyo.
, 1922-06-22

CHICAGO. June 22.-Potatoes firm
on sacks. weak on barrels; receipts
101. car total United States ship
ment $50; southern sacked Bliss Tri-
umphs. S2.75G3 cwt.: Arkansas
sacked Bliss Triumphs No l. s2.759
, 1922-06-22

The Surety OIL company has com
pieted a new we'll on Bcction s1-4e.e3
of the Osage field, In Northeastern
Wyoming. with production estimated
at OVER 80 barrels sstfled-
, 1922-06-22

Remit your Mutual Benefit. Health
and Accident dues to Robert A.
Byrnes and Son. Suite s. Tribune
Bldg s-21-st'
, 1922-06-22

Connolly on and Land company is
stnl fishing for tools in It's test VOL
north Of Rivorton. wyo.. whore OPP
eratious have been ut a standstill for
over three weeks.
, 1922-06-22

CHICAGO. June 22.-Butter higher.
creamery extras Sc; firsts 81 @34c; sec
onds 2s93oc; standards s5%c.
Eggs unchanged; receipts 17,545
cases.
Poultry alive higher; fowls 23hc.
broflers 32942c; ROSTERS 14c.
, 1922-06-22

Jewelry n watch repairing by ex-
pert workmen. All work guaranteed
Casper Jewelry Mfg. Co.. O.-S Bldg.
s-5-ta
, 1922-06-22

top of the hin a few hundred feet
damned on tho brakes and scraped a
couple dollars worth OF rubber off
tho tires.
Just over the top of the trees could
DO seen the roof of the boatmouse.
, 1922-06-22

With the completion of a test now
being drilled by the New York on
, 1922-06-22

NEW YORK. June zz.-Prces were
Irregular. but mainly higher at the &C
tive opening OF today's stock market
TIE lower re~-discount rate of III local
federal reserve bank caused more urg
emit covering of short contracts. There
were a few striking exceptions. how
ever, the most conspicuous OF which
was Mexican Petroleum which soon
registered a oss Of 2z points. On the
other hand. California Petroleum rose
IN points. General Asphalt IL and
Mariand Oil 1 point Stndebaker
which was n of yesterdays most
unstable tissues. also gained : points
United States Steel. Baldwin Loco
motive and some OF the secondhand
rails were fractionaiiy lower.
Oils and motors influenced the more
uneven movements of the morning.
Petroleum extended its de-
cline to 81 points. from which II raj
lied four points. Pan-Americsn A and
b. shares, California Petroleum. Gen.
eraI Asphalt and Houston added to
early advances. The rise was checked
before noon, sr-h leaders as Stude-
baker, Baldwin md re independent
reacting f.-Yiy. There was
heavy selling OF Chandler, which fell
three points. Food specialtics.
including sugars and Coca Cola. eased
under pressure. Rails were dull and
lower aside fro mthe firmness of New
York Central. Can money opened at
per cent
, 1922-06-22
Money.

NEW YORK. June e2-Can o
hrmer; high az; low tx; ruling rate
*: closing bid az: offered at az;
last loan az; call loans against ac-
~ceptances az; time loans easier; 60
days 3k "a; 90 days az "a: six
months 4G4k. Prime mercantile pa
per 4@4k.
, 1922-06-22
Silver.

NEW YORK. June 22.-Forelgn
silver 7oN; Mexican dollars 53%..
, 1922-06-22
MEXICAN PETE
RISE UNCHECKED
Jump Recorded
Today but Part of Increase
Is Lost

NEW YORK. June -.-After an
early period Of COMPARATIVE dullness
todalyis stock market was r~nlivened
by fhe further extraordinary rise Of
Mexican Petroleum. TRANSPORTATION
also made substantial gainA- Sales ap-
proximated $50, 900 shares.
Late dealings were overshaSJved by
an advance of IL points in Mexican
Petroleum. followed by a moderate re
action. Rails continued to improve
especially Pacincs. ST Paul preferred
Rock Island and New York Central
The closing was strong.
, 1922-06-22
Metals.

NEW YORK, June 22.-Copper
easier; ~eicctrolytic spot and futures
13E @13Mc.
Tin easy; spot and nearby 1925. fu
lures 31.1z.
Iron steady, prices unchanged.
Lead steady. spot 5.75@5.S7.
Zinc quiet; East st. Louis spot and
nearby delivery 5.35@5.to.
Anthony spot 5.05@5.25.
, 1922-06-22

A Sing Sing convict has had a play
accepted by a Broadway producer.
, 1922-06-22
London Money.

LONDON. June z2.-Bar silver
35%d per ounce: money az per cent;
discount rates. short bills and three
months bills az per cent.
, 1922-06-22
OnWfn&sofWreles
mHHRnuunan@nn"nna HN MMRnmmgsH4sHnnaH 1a SSmmHmunmumuH1
U ARTHUR B REEVE
ep.a sr1 s.rvies. Ina

Continued From Our Last 1ssue)
, 1922-06-22
Foreign Exchange. Easy.

NEW YORK. June 22.-Great Brit
demand Az; cables 4.f:H; 90
day bills on banks 40.
France demand S.57; cables s.s7M.
Italy demand Asa; cables 4.s2H.
Belgium demand Soy. cables s13
Germany demand .5oh; cables 3oSc.
Holland demand $3.50; cables 1855
Norway demand 1868.
Sweden demand $3.50.
Denmark demand 21.3s.
Switzerland demand 1897
Spain demand 1888.
Greece demand 3.S5.
Poland demand .02%. r
Czecho -Slovakia demand 1.e3.
Argentine demand 35.75.
Brazil demand 1875.
Montreal 90.
, 1922-04-24
Administrators Not. &c.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF, ARTHUR MILTON COLBETH,
DECEASED.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the un-
dersigned has been appointed Ancii-
~ larry administrator of the Estate of
Arthur Milton Colbeth. deceased, late Of
New York.
All persons having claims against the
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent same. with the necessary proofs,
to the undersigned at his office at
No. 08 King Street in the Town of
Christianstel, within 6 months from the
date of this notice.
Christiansted. St. Croix, Virgin Islands
of the United States this 7th day of
April 1922.
A. E STAKEMANN,
administrator.