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, 1923-09-20
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

1 WILL sell you q lot 5ox1s5 feet
for 5000. $40 down and $40 a
month and a arrange to build YOU
n Gus on the lot for 800 down
and $50 a month. This lot has water
and n viii DO Installed next month.
Address p. o. Box a19.
, 1923-09-20

FOR sALE-rhreo lots near Elk
school. $3.50 each on terms; Mar.
ting-Lamar. phone 2214.
, 1923-09-20

FOR SALD-rwo OF the best bust
ness lots in Casper. one and ons-
hals blocks Of Henning hotel. Box
BIZ, Tribune.
, 1923-09-20

We carry a complete line Of house
hold goods and gas fixtures Sec US
first, we trade. buy or sell. 326 w.
Yellowstone. Phone 1917.
, 1923-09-20
CASPER AUCTION HOUSE,.

FOR SALE Cheap, new Masor
fruit Jars. $50 Lind Ave.
, 1923-09-20
LIVESTOCK AND VEHICLES
POULTRY

FOR sALE-Hens and spring
chickens. II taken all 80 cents
apiece. Geo, #. Zaba. Powder River.
Wyo.. Boz II.
FOR sALE-1so laying hens 81
apiece, also nice spring brotlers;
and s geese; 2 Jersey COWS and
calves. Phone SRA.
, 1923-09-20

FOR SALE-Lot 40x132 feet with a
garage; In Glendale addition, 400
block on Elk street. Phone 1881.
FOR SALE-One and one-half lots
on Washington St. Just north OF
f, $500 all cash or s325 with $50
cash. Martin-Lamar. phone 2glA.
FOR SALE-5Ox14O It. lot, two
blocks south OF County Hospital
fncing on both Melrose and Con-
we'll streets. A bargain for ts7S.
Cash Mathers Realty Co., 255 50.
Center st. Phone lOs6w.
, 1923-09-20
FOR %SALE-TlRES

FOR SATELLITES and tubes. cheap.
yet the best. Gaylord's Place. Vul
canlzing guaranteed. 240 s. wolcott,
opposite p~ostoffice park.
, 1923-09-20
HELP ~wANTED-MALE

-.,-TED : Automobile trirni
and upholsterer'
Top Shop.
, 1923-09-20
BIG AUCTION SALE.

There will be a big auction sale at
234 South David, Saturday afternoon
at 2 p. m. OF household furniture.
rugs. bedding. cooking utensils,
dishes, glassware. etc. Harmed Fur
niture Co., 234 8. David. Phone 249.
, 1923-09-20

LOOK HERE-Mcdern eight-roum
home. two-car garage. fine shrub
berry and lawn, close TO hike and
university In Seattle Wash, to
trade for home In Casper. p. o. Box
1908.
, 1923-09-20
FOR %RENT-HOUSES

FOR RENT-Small roorninR house,
partly furnished 341 N. Beech.
, 1923-09-20

FOR RENT-My Ranch six miles
west from Casper. consisting OF
1900 acres under fence: 200 acres
uncer ditch. ]. NJ. Trivett. 1876 So.
center.
, 1923-09-20
ENGIEvvnnn

Why not buy a hve or ten-acre
suburban lot in Engiewood, four
and one.half miles north Of casper
on the Salt Creek paved highway,
and live in the great outdoors.
where you can have elbow room,
and make a real home FOR yoi,rseif
and family with chickens. a rnrdsn
and a family COW. Only Is minutes
drive from Casper postonlce, over
the best paved highway in the state.
every acre under the Casper Alcoya
Irrigation project, get awny from
the high rent and high taxes; Ave
acre lots $500 to $3.50: easy terms.
Call us today.
-. John VI. England Company
pbOnaa 100 EHQV ono = ~
, 1923-09-20

~ NTrD-Laborers on Cente
Wvoming forest road cons,rue eD1
"a so ner day. Peterson shirley ~"
Crnther. Laramie. Wyo-
, 1923-09-20

BOARD and room for two gentle.
men, all eonvenienyes. ii5 ~.
Park.
, 1923-01-07
LiUe Stock
chicago Prices.

CHICAGO. Jan. e.-U s. Depart.
ment of Agrlculture)- Hogs-Re-
ceipts 1900; held over s,6s3; active,
10 to 15c higher; bulk 100 to 1870
pound averages sS.s09s.e0; top $780,
bulk 2s5 to 900 pound butchers $3.50
$50; bulk 30 to 225 pound butchers
SS.70@s.75; packing SOW mostly $3.50
$500; desirable pigs around $3.50
s.65: estimated hold over 1000; bulk
of sales $s.4o9s.65; top $3.50; heavy
weight hogs $s.5o@s.e5i medium
ss.b59s.so; light ss.7o9s.6oa light
lights $s.s519oo; packing sows
smooth $7.s0@S.25; packing sows
rough s7.bo@7.so; killing pigs 1880
s.s5.
Cattle - Receipts 1000; compared
with week ago beef steers largely
a5a75c higher; spots 81 up medium
and good grades showing most ad'
vance; extreme top matured steers
S11.5o; best yearlings $11.4o: stockers
and feeders largely ESQ higher; she
stock largely steady 10 strong; better
grades light beef heifers 25Gboc
higher: bulls weak to csc lower; veal
calves mostly soc lower; weeks bulk
prices beef steers $s.00@e.T5; stockers
and feeders $s.0O@7.Oo; butcher she
stock s4.5o@6.T5; Gamers and cutters
s3.o063.65; veal calves sl0.25@il.oo.
Sheep Receipts 5000; market
steady; compared with week ago, fat
lambs weak TO $50 lower; fed year
llngs 25c higher; sheep about steady
feeders strong to loo higher; weeks
fat lamb top 1855 paid by city
hutcbara cinainu ton 415. 2b: bulk fat
wooded lambs S14.509l5.o0; desirable
fed clipped kind $12.50Q1s.ooi choice
fed yearlings up to $1,000; heavy fat
ewes se.00@7O0; choice handy weights
quotable at sS.T5.
, 1923-01-07

CHICAGO, Jan. s.-Breaks In the
grain prices were in evidence this
morning at the opening, due largely
to tho breaking UP OF the repara'
tons conference at Paris. Wheat
this morning showed declines OF from
1 to az cents IN comparison with a
week ago, oats held about even and
corn ranged from 4 TO Is cents low.
err. Gains Of from 2 cents to 40 cents
were made in provisions.
Before hope faded that the Paris
conferences would solve tho repara'
problem, confidence OF holders
o wheat had been disturbed by big
domestic receipts and by knowledge
that the new crop IN Argentina was
beginning 10 move. as we'll as by evl.
dence that Canada was competing
sharply. Besides. a substantial In
crease to the United States visible
total gave emphasis TO tho
heavy arrivals OF wheat at primary
,enters-arrivals that in frequent
were treble or quadrupls the
corresponding amounts e yeS ago.
Purchasing Of wheat 10 DO shipped
ports on the Gulf OF Mexico and
Indications that a large arnount oil
rye has also bean bought for export
.ed. however, 10 moderate rallies. IN
the wheat market At Gmsa.
, 1923-01-07
GAS SHOULD Be
USED WISELY

WASHINGTON, d. G.. Jan. g.
nations supply of that ideal fuel, ma.
tural gas, is distinctly limited. and IT
is highly essential that
learn the efficient use Of gas for
heating, cooking. and illuminating
purposes. in order that the exhaus.
ton of this great national asset be
delayed as long as possible, declares
the Federal Bureau of Mines. Al.
though there has been an energetic
search for oil and gas throughout the
United States. the important gas
fields are confined to a few states,
and only about / 1000 square miles, or
less than one-hhif OF / per cent OF the
cCuntry's area has produced natural
gas, according TO r. A. Cattell, ma
tural gas engineer, who has Just com
pleted q general study Of gas conser.
walton. There are without doubt 9th.
er gas fields yet TO be discovered, but
geologic studies and prospecting indi-
cate that only a small part of the
United States will sver produce ma
tural gas.
Those who can be served with ma
tural gas are fortunate. as this clean
and convenient fuel is available only
within limited areas and VIII sventu.
ally be exhausted. To make the most
Of natural gas while it lasts, the Blu.
reau OF Mines advises TO
avoid wasting It through leakage or
Inefficient use. Such economy viii
benefit consumers. as saving gas
means saving money. Moreover,
, 1923-01-07

users OF gas can benefit others. be
cause a collective effort to reduce
waste will Improve the quality OF the
service during cold weather, when ma
tural.gas systems are working at u
~capacity. In addition, prevention OF
waste will help to postpone h deple'
ton OF gas fields, thereby delayins
the rising cost OF supplying natural
gas and ~lengthening the time that II
will DO available.
The responsibility for the efficient
use OF gas lies primarily with the
onsumers, for tho use customers
mako of gas is beyond the control OF
the gas companies. However. the
companies should always be ready to
assist their customers in preventing
waste OF gus. For this purpose many
OF them maintain service depart
ments with trained employees whose
duty Is to advise and assist the custo'
mer-. Consumers Of natural gas
should therefore ask their gas com
panies TO show them how to get
greater benefit from the gas they
burn.
The results OF the Investigations OF
the Bureau of Mines are given In
Technical Paper a25. "Natural'gas
manual for the home which Is OBJ,
tainable from the superintendent of
documents, Washington, d. c., at a
price of 10 cents per copy.
, 1923-01-07

OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 6.-dnited
states Department OF Agricultural
Hogs-Receipts $50; active. mostly
15c higher: spots csc up on heavy
mixed grades; bulk packing grades
sT4O@7.T5; bulk butchers Ss.sods'4oi
top 1s.45.
Cattle-Receipts 22b; compared
with week ago: Beef steers, she
stock. bulls, stockers and feeders i5d
25o higher. bulk fed steers S.258s.76;
weeks top $40; COWS and he.fers SAC
s; bologna bulls sS@4; Gamers and
cutters s2.B0@3.76; veal calves ESQ
SOC higher; top si1.
sheep-Receipts none: compared
with week ago: Medium and light
lambs fully csc higher; heavies and
yearlings steady; sheep 2b@5oc lower;
feeders steady.
, 1923-01-07
SHARP REACTIONS MARX STOCK
TRADING DURING week, REPORT

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Upon receipt
of the news hat the r~eparations con
ference at Paris had broken up. be-
fore reaching an agreement. Bond.
stock foreign exchange. wheat and
cotton markets took a sharp recess
sion but this was followed by a re-
covery later.
Despite the heavy speculative sell.
ing which the unfavorable foreign
news had caused. stock prices gen.
orally closed last night at levels well
above those OF a week ago. Bond
prices were more sluggish. probably
because most OF the new buying power
diverted to the large mount of
new capital Issues during the week.
most Of which were over-subscribed.
Foreign bonds yielded comparative.
ly slightly to selling pressure. the
financial community generally APP
parently being of a hopeful frame of
mind concerning the eventual salts
factory solution OF Europe's economic
problems. Montague c. Norman, gov
ernor OF the Bank of England who
arrived here this week as a member
OF the British debt mission, expressed
the belief that Americas participation
in the settlement of European eco.
monte problems was near
German marks circulation Of which
has now passed the trillion mark.
dropped to LIS cents a hundred, a
new low record for all time. the
French francs dropped to 6.92. the
price in more than two months,
following the premiers' meeting, but
both made good recovery later. De-
mand sterling held steady around
S.64M.
The iron and steel industry started
the new year with increased produc.
ton, an expansion OF demand on the
part OF new consumers, a striking
contrast to the pessimistic outlook at
this time last year. Improvement in
the copper industry was reflected in
the sterilization of prices on a l4&c
basis and the announcement that the
OF the secured notes of the Copper
Export ASSOCIATION probably would be
paid off this year.
The outlook in the automobile and
tire industries for the coming year is
reported as unusually good.
Freight traffic continues at a COM
paratiyely high rate and most of the
railroads have written off the bulk
OF the losses sustained in the miners
and shipments strikes last year. The
American Railway association report.
ed thai the freight car shortage on
December 20 was 9.9os cars, a de-
crease of 5.110 from the week before
and the frst time since September Is
, 1923-01-07

that it has fallen below the 100000
car mark
Considerable interest was aroused
by the reported movement OF New
England cotton mill interests to the
southern states because OF the advan-
tages in hours of work allowed by
law in the south. the lower wage
scales and exemptions. Actual trans
fer of a part of their plants or equip
ment has been announced by the
Appleton Mills OF Lowell an dthe
Jenckes Spinning company of Paw.
tucket, although the movement gen
orally is confined to the extension of
branches that have their principal
plants In New England. Evidence OF
easier money conditions was seen this
week in the lowering of the call
money rate to az per cent and the
transaction of time loans on a AZ
per cent basis for 45 day loans and
Az per cent for the longer maturities.
, 1923-01-07

tain number OF potential labor hours
represented in the individuals making
up any community. The number of
these labor hours which It takes to
protect his property, make safe HE
home ad educate his children arc just
so much taken away from the posi-
bility of establishing that surplus of
wealth upon which the community
thriyes-
"The truth of this sdtuation was
perfectly clear in the old days when
every man IN the community was
called on for five daSs' work on the
roads a year IN lieu of taxes and when
the 'nightwatch' was maintained by
periodic service Of tho townsmen. How
would you like to so out and patrol
a police beat one day zach week, year
in and year out. Or how would you
like to take your turn as a member Of
the fire department one day in every
six? This would be our lot II we paid
our taxes in tho old way today. Or.
applying It to road work-nearly sixty
days service on the roads would be
required instead of five.
What wonder living costs are high
when this toll out ahead of the
productive capacity for benefit of the
community. The actual taxation does
not tell the whole story. Costs of col.
lection, particularly under our sys-
tenn OF federal taxation. sometimes
treble h amount actually received by
the government. Amy move to restore
excess profit taxes or special classified
levies on trade is bound to make the
situation worse.
I'VE should be able to make the
people understand that fnds and frilIs
all cost money. 1t Is all right to be
progressive in our Ideas but it is not
always true that progressive legisla-
uon means an improvement over the
old way of tending to our business at
home. The country was swept by the
cry for more business In government
and less government in business We
have not as yet succeeded in edgins
government very far toward the door
of the busiess office.
"A step toward remedyfng the con.
dition OF burdensome taxation which
now hampers business would be to LEI
everybody know when they are pay.
ing taxes and how much"
, 1923-01-07

tory in which the companies would
Don be operating. +
A great deal of preliminary work
has been accomplished and the survey
for the line Is nearing completion. but
1t was stated by Mr.. Manion that ar.
rangements for starting actual con-
struction had not yet been completed
and that he could not say when this
would be started although he expected
that IT would be some time early In
the spring.
When asked what the cost OF the
pipe line would be which will extend
from Teapot to a point neal Kansas
City, Mr.. Manion stated that It had
been estimated at approximately $780,
ooo. 900. but due to the fact that the
material had not yet been purchased,
this figure was subject to revision.
, 1923-01-07

After spending several days in this
city and IN the Teapot Dome, the
party composed Of John r. Manion,
president. and Frank Hadley. chief en-
gineer OF the Sinclair Pipeline com.
pany: H. l.. Phillips. president, and
e. p. NARROW, v~ice-president OF the
sinclair Crude oil Purchasing com
pany, left on Saturdays burlington
train FOR headquarters at Tulsa.
Before leaving, Mr.. M0nibn stated
that the trip was raade for h pur'
pose OF becoming acquainted with
LEGAL conditions and for becoming
familiar With the 1eld and the terri
, 1923-01-07

Following is the status OF other op.
erations Of the company in this terri
tory:
Kevin.Sunb1rst.
No. l Baker. section 4-s5-2w; run.
ming SKIN. casing at 1895 feet.
No. 3 Baker, section 4-s5-2w; rig up.
No. 1 Thornton. section 1s-s5-2w;
rugged.
No. 1 Holloway, section 34.s6-2w;
fishing for second string.
No. / Stevenson. section s.as-2wi
shut down.
No. 1 Kaskin. section 2S-s5-2w; rig
up.
No; 1 Emmers. section l5-s5-2w
drilling at 40 feet.
No, ! SANDY. section 1a.34-2w; drill.
ing at s7b feet.
Salt Creek.
No. 2 Tract X, section 2o-as.7si
drilling at 2245 feet.
No. 2 Tract EFT, section 2o.ss.7s;
set 1o.in. casing at 21oo feet.
Lance Creek
No. 3 Converse, section s2-3s.e5;
rigEed.
No. 4 Lamb. section 5-s5.e5; RIG up.
Rock River.
No. 2 university, section as-ao-7si
drilling at 1854.
No. 7 Dixon. section s4-2o-Tsi drill.
ing at 1910 feet.
No. 8 stateland. lseetion SA-2o.7s;
drilling at sos7 feet.
No. = Trapshooter. section s4-25-7s
fishing at 1850 feet.
No. / Harrinon-Casper, section 3-is
rs; set 10-in. casing at 1850 feet.
No. Z Harrison-c Cooper, section 2'1s
rs; cemented e2s feet.
Wildcats.
Oregon Basin No. l nwN seetior
s-51-10o; rugged.
Mercer Dome, No. / section 1851
e6; drilling at $50 feet.
Hidden Dome. No. / section alas
90; shut down at 1447 feet.
Hidden Dome No. 2 section si-As-so
roaming Mt 1%4o feet.
, 1923-01-07

"one hour and twenty minutes Of
each business day-or one entire day
n weeks demanded Of every able
bodied person IN the United States to
maintain government gays Mr.. Bah
son. THAT is the lesson of Il recent
analysis showing that one-slxth Of
national income goes for taxes.
federal. state and local. The amount
divides almost equally between ma
tIonal taxation and the expenditure
for state and local purposes. The
question Il not, therefore, one OF any
particular party politics.
"This habit OF getting the govern
ment 20 do something about IT, is one
of the most costly and wasteful ideas
that we Americans have developed. It
has grown upon US since the war.
We became accustomed to things then
that would not have had ~oonsidera-
ton before. Now we are exceeded by
one nation only, Great Britain. IN our
cost of being governed. There the
unemployment doles' and other legis-
lation put forward by a stronger
labor vote have exceeded anything at
tempted here as yet. But this tend.
sncy must be checked abruptly II
American business is to survive IN the
competition which It faces over the
next five to ten years.
Because any one Individual does
not see the tax collector. he thinks
perhaps that he does not pay, but he
does pay Just the same. Taxation costs
represent an item of overhead IN
everything hat any n buys. con-
Eumes. or uses in process Of working
up to a finished product. The tax
burden is inevitable. There are a GER
, 1923-01-07
PRICES FOR WEEK SHOW
DECLINE ON FOREIGN events

Relative steadineas, too. IN bread.
stuff prices at Liverpool tended fur
Their to induce the belief in some quar-
tiers hero that there had been declines
enough, and as the week drew TO an
end considerable notice was also taken
OF gossip that flour business had
picked up.
Failing off In the volume Of corn
receipts helped TO prevent corn and
oats from following TO any great ex'
tent the decline Of the wheat market
Upturns in the value of hogs
strengthened the provision market.
, 1923-01-07
MANY FACTORS
DEPRESSG GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-with most com.
mission houses having orders to sell
and the demand being confined to
small SPECTATORS. wheat swung down
ward this morning. Among the lead
ing bearish factors was the COM
parative smallness of export business.
large primary receipts and the repara-
tions crisis. On the other hand,
complaints OF insufficient moisture
for winter wheat had some effect on
deliveries. Opening quotations which
ranged from &c decline to q like adj
vance, with May 1.lsh to 1.1SS. and
July I.11k, were followed by a set
back all around to well below yester-
days finish.
Assertions that country offerings Of
wheat in Kansas were becoming
scarce tended to rally the market a
little in the last part of the day,
Prices closed unsettled. 40 to 10 net
lower; with May $1.17% to S1.1s and
July s1.1O& TO S1.1O%,
Corn n pats fell with wheat. After
opening Bo off to Nc up. May II TO
1A. the corn market underwent a
decided general sag.
Subsequently. evidence that other
markets were outbidding Chicago for
corn shipments led to something Of n
recovery in prices here. The clozS
was steady at nc to Nc net decline.
May 7e&c.
Oats started unchanged to &c high
er. May Az to 44%. and later showed
losses on all the active months.
Provisions were firmer, rejecting
the course of hog values.
, 1923-01-07

The average price OF twenty active
Industrial stock traded in on the New
Vork stock exchange on Friday was
sS.ss, a net gain of 81. rhe average
rriee OF twenty active railroad stocks
was s6.ss. up rs.
, 1923-01-07
.EDITED BY L. c. BAILEY--
BIS HOLIDAY business HOWNBY
Federal RESERVE BANK REPORT

:, u. na nix debt. for the week ending Dscsmb: 20 totlod $1,000 900 900. or
the greater volume. Of the holiday trade all over the country. tho large
mount II tax collections, also h increased activity Of h stock market
paracuiarly in New York city. Larger figures for the week II shown for
all thu more important centGr, except Pittsburgh. New York city eports IN
week.
A. compared With the core.pondtnE week IN 1921 bank debts for the
figures as compared with is yea are reported for all tMs larger cen
larger figures As compared with asst year are repotsd Tor all tn larger cn
tiers, except Baltimore and San Fanchsco.
Debts to individual accounts were reported to the federal a..rvnh cra
banks in 20 eenters o. which 1874 are included in the summary by fed.
erl reserve districts.
Debts Il Individual Accounts by Banls m Reporting Centers.
Summary of Federal Reserve Districts.
Federal essrve Number Of eenters Week ending
, 1923-01-07
TRADING
IS GULAR

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Another at.
tack by the bears today forced a ma
terial downward movement in several
o. the Industrial shares. Less viEor.
Gus support was offered this morning
by h professional interests with
more attention apparently being paid
to consequences made possible by a
disagreement of the British and
French interests over the German
PREPARATIONS. Nash Motors broke
10 points and losses OF . to 3 points
were sustained by S~tudebaker. Bald.
win. Consolidated Gas. wiIlys-over-
land preferred. Chandler. Gulf States
Steel, STANDARD OIL of California.
American Can n National Enamel.
ing. The clos ng was heavy. Sales
Appropriated $50. 600 shares.
NEW YORK, Jan. s.-VvIth selling
pressure effective at the opening to-
day. especially in the oils, Pan-Amer-
lean A dropped a point and frac-
t,onal recess.ons took place in he
isaue and also in Royal Dutch
and California Petroleum. Upon the
news Of the declaration of an initial
quarterly dividend of 81 a share Pro-
ducers & Refiners advanced q psint.
Independent steel shares moved
against the downward trend. Bethle-
mem - rising a point and Crucible.
Gun states and Replogle each advanc-
Ing n There were q few strong spots
notably Atlantic Refining UP 3, and
and Hudson up /. but tho
general list was inclined to weakness.
Pacific Gas and Electric and United
states Realty each dropped IL points
n Allied Chemical. Texas and Pa.
cfie n United Drug each yielded a
point. while substantial fractional re-
oessions took place IN Marine pre-
ferred, Baldwin. Southern Railway
preferred n American locomotive.
Foreign exchanges opened easter.
, 1923-01-07

stating that WHY'S Overland in the
last half Of 1929 developed a healthy
Increase IN sales and production, that
for the las half OF 1922 de-
veioped a healthy Increase In sales
and production. that earnings for ths
, 1923-01-07

Standard OIL Of California has re.
duced offered price for crude oil effec.
tive january 8. There lie no change
In base price OF COO q barrel for ~ TO
10 degrees gravity. Reduction ranges
up to SOC a barrel on higher grades.
, 1923-01-07

Pipe line runs for the week ended
December 30 In Wyoming and Mon
tana showed a substantial increase
over tho previous seven day period.
practically all of which was accounted
for by a gain from he Salt Creek
field.
The following table shows the aver
age daily crude runs from all fields
for the weeks ended December 80 and
, 1923-01-07

A special meeting OF the stockhold-
ers OF the Anna Bell Wyoming on
company has been called for Monday
night at 1880 at the court house
This meeting is said to be OF particu
lar Importance and all members Of
the association are requested 70 be
present.
, 1923-01-07

The Federal court at Chicago re.
fuses to dismiss he injunction re
straining railroad employees from in
terfering with the operation OF rail
roads.
, 1923-01-07

PARIS, Jan. e.-Turkey and France
have negotiated a separate peace
treaty which will bes made public and
signed at once II the near east peace
conference at Lausanne collapses, It
was learned this afternoon.