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, 1922-02-16
WHEAT SOARS,
THEN SLUMPS
Severe Setback Given Prices
After Sharp Upturn in
Early Trading.

CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-After edualing
or s-urpassang all previous high prices
this season the wheat market today
uurerwent a decided setback. general
eagerness to purchase having dropped
off for at least the time being. and
would be sellers becoming plentiful
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Hlgher prices
here for wheat were reached today
during the first part OF the oar OF
trade session. n substantial upturn in
Liverpool quotations being a stimu'
lus to buyers Unfavorablc crop ad-
vices from tho domestic winter o
in the southwest tended also TO lift
yaIues. Profit taking sales were in
evidence. but they failed to exert more
than a temporary influence Opening
prices, which ranged from q TO IL
cents higher, with May 1.41h to sl.42
and July sI.24 TO s1.24h. were fol-
lowed by a slight reaction and then by
a rise higher than before.
May equnlled its top price record
for the season and July made a new
top record. but then buying orders
gave out and q material decline en-
sued. numerous weak holders attempt
ing to unload and commission houses
pressing to sell. The close was un-
settled, u to 1xc net lower with May
at 1884 go s1.35z and July $i.22S
TO s122S.
Statements purporting to show that
the domestic disappearance OF corn
has been at a rate much greater than
is generally assumed to be the case
gave independent strength to h mar
kets for corn and oats After open
ing Il to Y cent higher. May sax
TO 63N. corn continued TO advance.
An deliveries OF corn together with
July and September oats touched new
high prices for the season but subse-
quently eased down when the wheat
market turned weak The corn mar
ket closed nervous at the same rs
yesterdays finish to izc higher. with
May at 63BGH to Sass.
Oats started y to g cent up. May
42H to 43c. and hen sagged a lit
tie but recovered.
Provisions were sharply higher. af-
fected by e new advance in the hog
market
, 1922-02-16
NOTICE AND CALL FOR BIDS.

Notlce Is hereby given that DDS
will be received for the construc-
ton of an earthen dam near the
south end of Mckinley Street for
the purpose of diverting flood wa.
tiers away from the residence dis
trict Of the City of Casper.
The amount of the improvement
proposed is the construction of the
earthen dam according to the plans
and specifications now on file in the
office of the City Engineer of the
City of Casper.
All bids for said work shall be
marked Diversion Dam PROPOSAL
and be addressed to and filed with
the City Clerk at his office in the
City of Casper, Wyoming, and will
be received until s o'clock D. m. on
the 9th day of March, A. d. 1922,
at which time bids will be opened
at the regular or adjourned meet
ing of said Council. A certified
check in the sum of ten per cent
of the amount of the bid must be
filed with each bid, to be forfeited
to the City of Casper as l~iquidated
damages if the bidder be awarded
the contract and fails to enter into
a contract for such improvement
with the City within five days from
his notification, if he be the SUE
cessful bidder, to perform the work
and to furnish a bond guarantee
ing the faithful performance of the
same such bond to be furnished at
the time of the signing of the con-
tract.
The estimated cost Of said i'm
provement is Twelve Thousand Dol
lars ($12,000). The City of Cas-
per reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
By order of the City Council of
the City of Casper, this 9Th day of
February, A. d. 1922.
W. A. BLACKMORE,
(Seal) Mayor.
Attest: H. Fl. PRICE,
City Clerk.
Publish Feb. 9. 16. 20. 1922.
, 1922-02-16
certain chattel mortgage on the fol-

certain chattel mortgage on the fol-
lowing described property to-wit:
One L. c. Smith Typewriter,
number 8, Serial number 376492-S,
One Double Top Desk, = Three
Chairs, One Desk Lamp.
And Whereas, said mortgage was
duly filed with the County Clerk
and ex-oficio Register of Deeds, Of
Natrona County, Wyoming, on the
goth day of March, A. ID. 1921, at
o a. M, under file number 80544.
And Whereas, there has been a
default in the payment of the in
stailments above mentioned, and
each and all of same, and a breach
of the conditions Of said mortgage,
and said default has been declared
and demand made for the total
amount due as provided in the con-
ditions of said mortgage; and
whereas, no suit or proceeding at
law has been instituted by the said
nortgagee to recover the debt now
iue and owing by the said mort
yagor; and whereas, there is now
due the sum $500 dollars, and
whereas, the said mortgage con-
tains a power of sale of said chat
tells;
. Now, Therefore, Notice is here
by given to the said m~ortgagor,
that, pursuant to the power of sale
contained in said mortgage and of
the laws If Wyoming, relevant
thereto, said mortgage will be fore
closed by the sale Of said chattels
to satisfy the said debt, interest,
and a reasonable attorneys fee,
said sale to take place at the front
door of the Courthouse at Casper,
Natrona County, Wyoming, on the
Bird day of March, A. d. 1922, at
the hour of 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, said sale to be conducted by
the sheriff Or deputy sheriff of said
County.
Dated this the 9Th day of Febru-
airy, A. D. 1922.
THE WHITAKER PAPER CO.
By Bullack & Lacy, Attorneys.
Publish Feb. 9. 16. %. 1922.
, 1922-02-16
FORECLOSURE NOTICE.

Whereas, as security for a loan Of
One Thousand Five Hundred and
Nol10Q Dollars (s1 ,500), made on
the 18th day of March, 1921, and
due and payable as follows to-wit:
$3.50 due April 10, 1921, $3.50 due
May 20, 1921, $50 due June 20,
1921 $3.50 due July 20, 1921, $3.50
due August 20, 1921, $3.50 due Sep
TENDER 20, 1921, $3.50 due October
90, 1921, $3.50 due November 20,
1921, $3.50 due December 20, 1921,
$3.50 due January 20, 1922, with
interest thereon at the rate of so
per annum from date; H. N. Arch
ambault, mortgagor, did, on the
14th day of March, A. d. 1921,
give to the Whitaker Paper Com
pany, a corporation, mortgage, a
, 1922-02-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
What n meant by exdividend.

Dividends are declared as being pay
able on n certain date. TO stockholders
OF record several days before the pay
ment date A purchaser Of stock in
the regular way on or after this date
will not receive h dividends- The
amount OF the dividend Is therefore de-
Quoted from he price Of the stock
and is that much less than the pur-
chaser would have paid II he had
bought b stock before h dividend
had come off. tocks sell exdividend
on tho day IN which h dividend
off.
, 1922-02-16
Livestock Mart



CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-United States
Bureau of Markets).-Cattle receipts
II, 1000; beef steers steady to strong;
early top $500; bulk beef steers 500
OSLO; fat she stock. calves and stock
ers and feeders steady; n n
cutters weak to lower; bulls strong;
bulk fat she stock S4.35@5.75; bulk
beef bulls s4.25@4.5e; b%olognas largely
S3.75@4.00.
Hogs receipts $1,000; fairly active;
mostly is to 25c higher than yester-
days average; best packers holding
back Top 5000 on $50 to 1870 pound
average: bulk ss.4oQ1o.so; pigs most
ly rs to soc higher bulk desirable 100
TO 100 Founders $s.oo9s.25; some
stronger weights s9.5oG1o.00.
Sheep Receipts, 10000; market
slow. steady to strong; sellers most
Iy asking higher; fat lambs TO pack
ers early, s15a15.25; best not sold;
good sorn lambs. s13; choice handy
weight ewes, $685..
, 1922-02-16
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE
MENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ESTATE.
of Wyoming }

state OF wyoming
County of Narrona }
In the District Court Of the Sixth
Judicial District
In the Matter of the Estate Of
Frank R. Dickson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all
creditors and other persons inter
ested in the above entitled estate
that the undersigned administrator
of the estate of Frank r. Dickson,
deceased, has filed his final account
and petition for distribution of said
estate with the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court in and for Nztrona
County, State of Wyoming, where
anyone interested may examine said
account and petition and file objec-
tons thereto at any time within
thirty (30) days after the last pub
, 1922-02-16
No Interruption
In Operations
At Auto Plant

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,. Feb. 49,
Operation OF the plant of the Loco
mobile company here, despite the re-
ownership. will continue without in
terruption, it was stated by the man
agement. So far as internal af'
fairs of the company are concerned
1t was stated there win be no disturb
ance Of the routine of the business.
, 1922-02-16

A bond Is due to be delivered the
next business day after it is sold. ex'
cept bonds sold on Friday are deliv'
cradle on Monday. In case the bonds
are not delivered o nthe day delivery
is due. the interest ceases TO run and
the seller loses the interest or the
money from the day on which the
bonds are deliverable up to the day
they are delivered.
, 1922-02-16

Heution of thia notice. said last date
~ publication Seing the 23d day OF
rebruary, A D. 1922, ard IL no OBJ,
jechons are fled, he viii make hnal
iet1iement of said estate at o'clock
In the forenoon on the 2sth day OF
March, A d. 1922, or rs soon there
after as the matter may be heard
Dated this goth day of January,
B. L. SCHERCK,
Administrator.
GEO. W. FERGUSON. atty.
Publish Jan &c. Feb ?. .. 1s. %, is.7-
, 1922-02-16
+ no CREDITORS.

Estate Of Eliza A. Callen, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that let
day of January, 1922, granted to
the undersigned in the above estate,
and all persons having claims
, 1922-02-16

Hogs receipts $500; market Is to rs
cents higher; top $1,000; bulk $1,000
9.S5.
Sheep receipts 1900; market steady;
yearlings s11.65G12.0o; lambs $3.50
G14.oo; ewes ss.75@7.oo; feeder lambs
12.25612.50.
, 1922-02-16
NAREET GOSSIP AND FIELD Nevis
UNION OIL Project IS EXTENSIVE

If plants now forming carry, Riverton, wyor will be the
scene of the greatest oil activity of any town in the state of
Wyoming during the coming year. This conclusion is based
on the report that the Union Oil company, one of the largest
oil concerns in the country, contemplates thorough develop
ment of the Maverick Springs field. operation of the refinery
, 1922-02-16

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 16.-United
States Bureau of MErkets)-Hogs re-
ceipts $4,000; active Is to zoe higher;
$50 to 30 pound butchers $s.75@s.eo;
top 1886: 215 to 800 pound butchers
ss.50@e.75; packing grades $7.75@s.5o.
Cattle receipts $500; beef steers
slow. 10 TO zoe lower; top $500; she
stock mostly 10 to 15c lover; bulls
weak: veals. stockers and feeders about
steady.
Sheep receipts 10000; lambs strong
to CSC higher; bulk sl4.0o@1445; best
lambs held at s14.50; sheep and feed
ers steady; eve top 1855; feeding
lambs sl3.5o.
, 1922-02-16
"FIOssies'' In
College Played

AUSTIN. Texas. Feb. 16.-Abaut 200
male and female 'flossies" come to the
University of Texas solely for a good
time. DR.. Robert E. Vinson. presi-
dent, declared to a convention of WON
en- students.
He urged the women to eliminate
this source of trouble"
, 1922-02-16

DENVER. Colo. Feb. 16.-Cattle re-
ceipts 1900: market steady; beef steers
ss.o9@T.1o: cows and heifers 5000
ZOO; calves s6.50@1o.0o; bulls $1,000
3.75; rtockers and feeders s6.0o97.1o.
, 1922-02-16
RESIGNS.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-Boaz w.
Long. American minister of Cuba since
1919 has rendered his resignation to
President Harding to take effect at
once.
, 1922-02-16

Butter and Eggs

Butter and Eggs
, CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-Butter easy;
creamery extras, 36kc; frsts. 31@35c;
seconds. 2s930c; standards. Sac
EGGS higher; receipts. II, 677 cases;
nrsts. 35hc: ordinary firsts. 32933c;
miscellaneous. 34@34hc-
, 1922-02-16

Portland, Ore, has a theater to
which no admission is charged, but up
on leaving the patrons pay as much as
they think the show is worth.
, 1922-02-16
Money.

NEW RORK, Feb 6.-Call money
easy; high 4; low 4: ruling a I 4; clos
ing bid 81; offered at 4; last loan 4;
call loans against acceptances az
time loans firm; 50 days Az as; 80
days AZ as; six months * as. Prime
mercantile paper AZ as.
, 1922-02-16
STOCK TREND !.
HIGHER TODAY
Easy Money Rates and For
eign Developments Favor
Active Trading.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Further
ease OF money rates here and abroad
md the trend of Developments at
Washington again favored tho active
side in the toe market today. Sales
appropriated us. 900 shares.
Apart from the copper issues, which
suffered from profit-tak!ng sales. fol
lowing yesterdays late upward squirt,
the general market moved forward,
especially Mexican Petroleum. which
sold at a gain of Q points. touching its
highest price for the rear. General
Electric improved almost 2 points.
United States government war bonds
ouched considerably higher levels,
liberty first As mounting 90 points
to $3.50 and the first lMs 20 points
to 1884.
United States Steel. General Elec
trio, Mexican Petroleum and special
ties made higher prices later bu
reacted moderately on selling of rails.
The closing was irregular.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-Contrary to
general expectation lowering of the
Bank Of England discount rate was
without visible influence upon prices
1t the opening of today's stock market.
Gains and losses were evenly distribu-
ted. With the exception of American
Locomotive. which broke IL points on
the first transaction, changes were
limited to fractions. The list develop
ed a firmer tone within the first half
hour on buying OF leading oils and
s~hippings, especially Mexican Petrol
cum n Mercantile Marine preferred
and American International.
Call money was plentiful at 4 per
cent, the lowest initial rate in several
weeks. regardless of heavy withdraw
ais of government deposits from local
banks. Alternate reactions and recov-
cries occurred in leading stocks dur
Ing he morning. motors and selected
s~peciaIties being most erratic. Amer
lean Ice fell 1x points but quickly
recovered. Studebaker. Chandler and
Pierce Arrow were under pressure as
the result of the reports of further
cuts in the automobile trade. Buying
of seasoned rails, especially Southern
Pacific. Atchison and Reading. stabil
lied prices again at Don
Metals.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-Copper
easy; e~iectrolytic. spot n rear by,
13@1sAc: later. 1sA @13%c-
Tin-Steady: spot and near by
5000. futures, s3o-z5.
Iron-Steady. unchanged.
Lead-Steady; spot. s4.7o@4.so.
Zinc-Quiet; East st. Louis spot,
s4.50@4.55.
Antimony-Spot $40.
, 1922-02-16

Belgium = Demand SIS. cable'
S.2eh.
Germany .4sH. cable'
.5oh.
Holland = Demand s7.s1. cable
37.37.
Norway-Demand 1913.
Spain-Demand 1878.
Greece-Demand Is.
Poland-Demand .03K.
Czecbo-S lovakia-Demand 1-sS-
Argentine-Demand 36.S7.
Brazil-Demand 1859.
Montreal o6 sic.
, 1922-02-16
Foreign Exchange Steady.

NEW YORK Feb. 16.-Grest Bri'
tain-Demand 4.s5, cables 4.s5h; 60.
day bills on banks. 4.32.
France-Demand s.65 cables s.65ia.
ItaIy-Demand ASS. cables 1854.
, 1922-02-16
REICHsrAG VOTES CONFIDENCE

ated Press). The Reichstag ha,
voted confidence in the govcrnmen
of Chancellor Wirth. The vote wa
$50 to 1856.
, 1922-02-16
Metals.
~Antimony-Spot $40
Silver.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1e.-Foreign bar
silver. e5Ac: Mexican dollars. 4s%c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01

Long staple cotton is made duti-
able in the pending bill, Protection
not afforded under the laws of recent
years. Peanuts, another Southern
product, have been protected under
Protectionist Tariffs, but the recent
activity bestowed by China and. Japan
on the industry and on the peanut oil
industry has made it necessary to ad-
vance the rates of duty. Wheat.
which was dutiable under the Payne-
Aldrich Tariff at 25 cents per busheI,
Is made dutiable under the pending
bill at 80 cents per bushel, but the
latter rate will scarcely afford the
same measure of Protection as did 25
cents under former Tariffs.
1t is time to stop saying that the
Fordney-McCumber bill is the first
Tariff bill in which the interests OF
the farmer have been looked after
Such is not the case as the references
to our former laws which we have
above made plainly show. The farm
ers have usually received the Protec-
tion they asked for. If they have
neglected to ask for Protection or
any particular product which was un-
protected, or if they have failed tc
ask for the full measure of Protec,
tion needed, then the fault has beer
their own. If the people of the
South have failed to receive such {
measure of Protection as they have
desired, it is because they have made
practice of sending Free Traders
to Congress to represent their inter
ests and they have therefore had nc
mouthpieces in the matter of Tariff
legislation. The moral is that the
producers of all sections of the coun-
try should see to it that none but
Protectionists shall be sent to Con
gress, and, having fulfilled that duty
they should then make their needs
known to that body, as they have
done at the present session of Con
firess.- Economist.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01
SPENDS YEARS COLLECTING
500 BIRDS-BUT HE HAS RE-
CEIVED JUST ONE EGG

c. w. Miller, register of the United
States land Office in the federal build
ing, last week received an ostrich egg
from the 101 ranch in Oklahoma. The
egg was a gift from the Miller Broth
ers, owners of the ranch, who are not
related to Mr.. Miller, although they
name one name in common
Mr.. Miller, who came to Topeka
early this year from his home in
Hays, Kansas, is a bird fancier. He
has collected and had stuffed 500
birds in his life time. These he
placed in the museum at the Hays
Normal recently.-Topeka Capital.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01

materially during the last few years.
Practically every farmer has a few
brood mares and the industry is be-
ginning to revive 50 rapidly that it
will approach Importance this year.
There are approximately 14,5O0 head
of horses and mules in the county.
The horses raised are Of the medium
type.
In connection with live stock pro
duction much progress is being made
in the county to control livestock
diseases. Many of these diseases
common to stock are a thing of the
past and where not particularly esti-
mated is we'll under control. Poultry
diseases are not common and the dry
climate and sunshine augments
materially the stamping out of ami
NAL diseases.
Taken all in all the livestock indus
try, augmented by agricultural pro
duction, is one OF. the most important
in Ellis county and as shown by next
weeks article on dairying and poul-
try production, is one of the principle
sources of income. Many a farmer in
this section throughout the period of
adversely so recently felt over the en-
tire United States, has been able to
weather these conditions by the spu-
port accorded him through his hogs,
dairy cattle and poultry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01

This IS the fourth, of a series
of fifteen industrial articles
which will be published in the
Free Press, one each week for
the next fifteen weeks for the
purpose of outlining to the out
side world the vast field of op-
portunities existing here for ad-
vancement and success. The
facts contained in these articles
are all absolutely reliable and
gathered by an expert publicity
man, who has had many years
experience in this business.
The Free Press throughout
this length of time, will make
an effort to show that there is
not a county west Of the Miss
issippi river that offers q wider
field Of endeavor than Ellis
county. Every phase of indus
trial life and business activity
will be covered in a thorough
and constructive manner.
The carrying out of this
campaign has been made possi-
BILE by the advertising support
accorded by the many progress
sive business institutions of
Hays, $he metropolis and Cap
ital of Ellis county and this
section of Kansas. After read
ing industrial article turn to
the industrial pages and see
who these progressive firms are,
who so willingly have come to
the assistance of this enter
prise.
Every reader of the Free
Press can assist very material
ly in this campaign by sending
his own copy of the paper to
friends or relatives in other
sections of this state or other
states after he has completed
reading it, that these friends
might learn of the opportunities
of this splendid productive
section.
THE PUBLISHERS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01
RECORD BREAKING ENROLL
MENT AT THE NORMAL

The summer school enrolment at
the Normal breaks all records and
was 963 at three O'Clock Thursday
afternoon. Every train has been
loaded down with students and bag
gage for the past week. Automobiles
have plowed through the mud from
north and south with students and
baggage. The prospects are that
fully $50 who have been delayed by
late schools and bad roads will he
added to this enrolment.
At the opening assembly this
Thursday morning, two-thirds of the
amphitheatre was filed with eager
faces of this throng.
Hays has risen to the occasion with
a fine spirit of hospitality and has
supplied rooms for the students more
easily than ever before in the history
of the city. Sometimes families have
moved entirely out of the house and
occupied tents in order that the stu
dents may have the accommodations.
The student body this year is COM
posed of the finest group of teachers
that has ever been in Hays. TheyF
seem to average above the past years
in age and stability. Hays and the
Normal School is happy for this OPP
portunity of service to the schools of
Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01

Men have been often reluctant to
accept the direct suggestions of
providence even when they are writ
ten so that all should read, and this
may apply particularly TO the settle
ment of new lands and development
of older lands.
The first explorers of Kansas
found immense herds of buffalo graz
ing on the plains, thrifty and fat in
summer, able to sustain themselves
and survive the winter. Nature ad-
justs her own conditions. Utilizing
the rich native grasses was Just as
nicely calculated process as the ad-
justments of bird and insect life, or
the leguminous for storing nitrogen
and renewing fertility.
Kansas is especially adapted to
stock raising, and those who have
worked in harmony with this principle
of natural selection have profted
from the first. Nature divided the
state into two nearly equal sections.
The soil in these sections differ and
in climatic conditions there is a wide
variation. Eastern and Western
Kansas are adapted to different
methods sufficiently understood by
this time that those who. are well in
formed have little diversity of opin-
ion
Western Kansas was more partic-
ularly the old range country of Kan
sas where buffalo grass cures IN the
late summer and makes as good feed
as farmers put up elsewhere. This
selection made milliOnaires of men
who never saw their cattle except at
the annual roundup. That method
was too wasteful, and its time has
gone, but the cattle conditions are
just as favorable and much more I'M
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01
FINAL PAPERS FOR LOTS SOLD
TO LEAVENWORTH IN 1854
ARE ISSUED BY u. S.

c. w. Miller, registrar of the
United States land Office, yesterday
issued final receipts for four town lots
of the city of-Leavenworth purchased
February II, 1854, siDty-eight years
ago.
The final patents on the lots were
held up at Washington 1854 and no
word ever was received Of them from
that time until May 20, when Mr..
Miller received a notice from Wash
ington to issue the final papers. The
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-01
vACATIoNAL BIBLE SCHOOL

Opening Day, june 5th, at Ihe
Grade School building.
If you have not already enrolled,
see your Sunday School teacher or
one of the Pastors.
Over one hundred have already
signed up, and more are coming.
Miss Wilson and her staff of teach
ers are ready for large enrolment
and are preparing to render worth
while service.
Bible knowledge is the most essen
tial thing in the study life of the
child, this school will give no creed
but only Bible knowledge,