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, 1923-02-22
comedy GIVEN BY
State PRISONERS
PRISON DRAMATIC CLUB APPEARS BE.
FORE PACKED HOUSE. TO
REPEAT PLAY FRIDAY

Last Saturday evening the mem
bors OF the Prison Dramatic Club
presented to a large and a~ppreciatiye
audience n three act comedy entitled
His uncle's Niece"
The success attained by the State
Penitentiary prisoners In their pre-
ylouR entertainments was no doubt
largely responsible for the fact that
the State Pe~nitentiary auditorium
was filled to capacity by n highly
eSpectant crowd of local amusement
seekers.
To say that last Saturday nights
play was n success would be putting
II mildly and because OF the large
number OF persons who were unable
TO attend tho performance the
prisoners have consented to repeat
the play tomorrow friday night.
II would be almost impossible to
pick tho star In last Saturday even
ing's comedy.
II. n. Stewart. playing the part
OF Richard Tate. the rising young
lawyer, was vcry good.
jim Smith. as Francis FELTON, the
supposed niece. was exceptionally
clever In this part.
Roy Sanders. ms Dora Hale. n
sweetheart OF Richard Tate. showed
great talent MS an im~perRonntor OF
a member OF the gcntlcr sex.
Ralph LcMaH,orH. playing the part
OF Alice Malcolm. n close friend OF
Dora f%fnle's. loft nothing undonc to
make this im~porHona,ion a success.
Harry Mccoy. appeared as Mrs.
Sarah Ann Mullen and presented an
excellent picture OF n woman of few
words.
, 1923-02-22
RAWL|NS DEFEATS
CHEYENNE five
CHEYENNE HIGH SCHOOL LOSES TO
LOCAL QUINTETTE BY A
SCORE OF 81 TO %

Last Friday night was a great old
night for the local high school hoop
tossers. The members of Cheyenne
Highs crack quintette were the vic
Tins of the evening and altho they
did what they could to furnish their
share of the amusement there was
nothing to II hut Rawlins.
Although the locals had. early in
the season met defeat at the hands
of the boys from the Capitol city.
the Red and White so far outclassed
their red jerseyed rivals that there
was no comparison. To be brutally
frank about the whole affair. the
only thing fast about the Cheyenne
lads was the color in their Jerseys.
altho II is true the visitors did we'll
at finding the basket. The final score
81 to 90 falls to show the real differ
ence between the two basketball
quintettes.
The Cheyenne players showed up
poorly in their defensive tactics and
appeared slow In getting under way
when the ball came into their possess
sion. The visitors five mar defense
had evidently been built up with the
idea of stopping teams depending
upon short shots for the basket and
when they encountered the long dis
dance style OF play used by tho
locals they were totally unable TO
cope with the situation. Particularly
was this true Of Tied" Omelia, tho
Bawlins Captain and forward. Al
tho "Ted" early found the basket
from the enter of the floor and was
time and time again hitting the
rim the Cheyenne lads persisted In
remaining huddled beneath the Raw
Inns basket. evidently believing that
there ''aint no sech animules" as
long shots into the hoop.
In spite OF the fact that Rawlins
High was never. with tho exception
Of the last five minutes OF tho game,
forced TO travel the limit the play
Friday night was sufficiently inter-
esting TO keep the record breaking
crowd ~ rooters on their toes.
The official core book shows that
out Of tho 10 tallies made by Raw
Inns in the first half O'Nella gather
cd in four field goals for n total
Of s: Engstrum made three points on
three throws from the foul line:
i.oomls made three baskets for six
tallles and Vivian threw a field goal
for two more.
Cheyenne IN this half registered
i2; Ryan made four field baskets
and Baldry and pcarco each captur-
ed one.
In the second half Rawlins High
ran mp a total OF IL OF which o'Molla
made six points with three field
goals; EngHtrum made one field goal
aud two free throws: Loomls got ono
field goal more.
Cheyenne. In this frame OF the
encounter. found the hoop for II
points OF which Ryan made four
points: Erickson six and Pearce ono.
Smith. a former University OF
Wyoming star. refereed the game to
players.
, 1923-02-22
UsE YOUR RADIO
SATURDAY NIGHT

There will he an Interesting fca-
tur" broad-cantinK by ono Of tho bcst
Radio Stations In tho country. Tune
up your radio NO that you ran listen
In on Station wDAP. Board OF
Trade. located at tho Drake Hotel.
Chicago.
One of the features II the caiu.
mot baking Powder Company's offer
Of a Ford Touring Car and other
prizes. Everybody has n chance for
. prise. In addition 10 getting the
bensfi Of . good evenings enter
tainmeut from this station.
, 1923-02-22
OIL COMPANY WILL Add new UNITS
To REFINERY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
RECENT DECISION BY CORPORATION CALLS FOR VAST EXPENDITURES HERE.
ACTION Shows FAITH in LOCAL. OIL. FIELDS. WORK OF
CONSTRUCTION RUSHED since FALL.

since the ground was broken by the
Producers and Refiners on October
23d we find that a large plant has
been constructed in less than four
months and we have reason to be-
lieve, from these remarkable past
performances, that the new addition
to be constructed will be carried for
ward to completion with all the
speed possible and that what is
already a plant of large capacity
will soon be ven larger.
There is a situation however that
existed at the time construction work
was begun and Is still in existence
at the present time-namely the
housing problem.
Officials of the Producers and Re-
finers at a meeting of the local Board
OF Trade some months ago stated
that they hoped the town would arise
to the necessity Of providing houses
and apartments for employees of the
refinery. They intimated then that
unless some such step was taken
land in the vicinity of the refinery
would be used for townsite purposes.
Altho there seems to be a move
ment under way which will to some
extent. at least. aid in the solution
VI Nv houSihS pl obitii, TtdWlii HdS
still much to do in the way of build
ing before sufficient Accommodations
can be offered company employees
There is nothing to prevent the
Producers and Refiners from build,
ing n town of considerable size al
Grenville and no doubt stores and
places OF amusement would be open
ed In the new town.
There has been numerous case
in this state whore a city RENAME,
asleep on the job and passed vi
live opportunities which Oversight
was afterwards greatly regretted.
The Producers and Refiners &C
cording 10 their new plans will hav,
spent approximately three million.
of dollars by the time the entir'
refinery is in operation. A compan,
which makes an investment as larg,
as this may be expected to act 70,
themselves II the city OF Rawlini
does not meet the demand To-
houses and apartments.
, 1923-02-22

the Wertz camp and in other ways
preparing for the erection of a num-
Der OF gigantic storage tanks, each
with a capacity of $1,000 bbls. A
contract for the construction of the
refinery stills had been let and pipe
had BEEN ordered for the oil and
water lines to be laid to Grenville.
By the last of October the size of
the new refinery was the scene ote
Intense action. Lone strings Of
trucks e engaged in bringing
lumber and other materials from he
city, an1 bunk houses, cook houses
and numerous other buildings were
springing up like mushrooms. A
survey for the pipe line which would
bring the oil to Grenville from the
fields had been completed and a
huge caterpillar was making a deep
to carry water from the North Platte
river to the refinery.
BY the latter part of November
brick was being laid for the initial
still house and a large number OF
preparing the foundations for the
tank farm. There were employed
by this time nearly $50 men at the
Granville site and company engineers
had made public the figures com
puted in anticipation of the com
pletion of the work on the oil lines
to the fields. This line 1t was shown
would be SO miles in length ant
would require the erection OF fou
booster stations alopg the way.
The first OF h e'55.000 Dbl. tank
vas under construction before tn
end of November and the continue,
good weather made it possible 70
the Producers and Refiners to arr.
out their plans to rush the work a
Grenville.
By the middle OF January worl
on the erection of the tanks ha,
progressed to such an extent tina
the refinery had a storage capacit,
OF 100000 bbls. OF crude oil: 100.
900 bbls. of fuel oil and $4,000
bbls. of refined products.
So in reviewing the rapid con
struction Of the Grenville r%ehner.
, 1923-02-22

plumb crazy and in a terrible
mental and physical condition.
The Police Court Docket for the
past week shows considerable activ-
ity on the part OF the local officials
and includes n list of offenders OF
several OF the city ordinances.
One Jim Mcdonald was found
guilty OF seeking an easy living by
means OF the moochinH route. He
was given his choice OF spending Is
days in the city Jail or getting out
OF the city limits within ten hours.
He chose the latter but failed to
get his wardrobe packed or some
thing and IL now serving the fifteen
days I'm the brig.
Hans Hansen was fined $4,000
, 1923-02-22
LEGISLATURE COMPLETES
WORK. $50 BILLS PASSED
SEVENTEENTH STATE LEG!SL AZURE PASSES OUT OF
EXISTENCE AT SIX O'CLOCK MONDAY EVENING.
MANY BILLS PASSED BY SOL0NS.

Health; relating to biennial report
of State Board of Charities and Re-
form; respecting the contract and
legal rate of interest; relating to
county Indebtedness; relating 10 dis
tribution of government oil royalty
fund; providing for the destruction
of grasshoppers, army worms, cut
worn and Other insect pests.
Tho memorials and resolutions:
relating to exploitation of natural re-
source urging appointment of F.
w. Moudeli as Secretary of the In
terror; urging the eNpediting of work
on the Guernsey dam; urging the
liberalizins of the reclamation act:
urging the fastening of the enact
ment of the Farm Loan Act.
, 1923-02-22
BOOzERS
TRY Canned Heat
POLICE REPORT CASES OF TOO MUCH
STERN0. New DRINK POISON
But A DRINK.
Boys simply will be boys.

Leastwise that liz what the Rawiins
Police Department maintains and
they ought to know.
And the celebrated Sterno Canned
Heat is the cause of all the rumpus.
Chief of Police Bob Gregg has
nov In his keeping two exhibits "a"
and "B". Exhibit "a" f. exactly
the same As exhibit "B" except for
the fact that the former has q trifle
more left in the little rcd labeled
cnn than has the latter. Which may
lead you to ask "~howcome?"
Here Nv howcome-
Tho aforesaid exhibits In question
have upon thcm n factory label
reading "Sterno Canned Heat
without desiring In the least TO do
nate any free advertising to tho
manufacturers Of the famous timed
heat 70 do say that II In good stuff
some purposcs- other than
drinking.
Now Mr.. stcrno. II there IL n Mr..
Mr.. stcrno. has rccn 10 Il that the
label on his products IL OF n dan
crous red. That ought to bc
enough. Bat not 30. Then there
In tho warning. quito plain In out
standing black type that tho con-
tents therein contain denatured
alcohol and r poisonous. but even
that Ii not enough. Then there In
n statement Of the purposes for which
Stcrno Canned Heat n uscd-for
cooking In tho k~itchcncttc. In tho
bed room. on en- mpinR trips. etc. ETC..
hut nowhere IL Il said that Canned
Heat II intended for tho aucnching
Of thirsts. Yet In spite Of the fact
that tho little cans ara Intended to
be used for cooking purposes only.
Canned Heat Artists" arc every
once and awhile appearing before
Police Magistrate Dunlap with Ter
rible JaGs and half craxcd minds.
II scems thst the nti.voistcadcrs In
question have taken TO straining the
heated alcohol In order 10 have ~
pure . liQuid - possible. Police Of
ficiais state that the resuita are
wofse thaa the worse sort Of moon"
-tn faet . 0aano1 Heat Dooee9. oacs
undef ~ laf1ueoeo h sail 70 D
, 1923-02-22

Rumors that the Producers and
Refiners have definitely decided to
make important additions to their
refinery at Grenville has been veri-
fled by the Republican.
Altho the P. &. r. have already ex-
pended more than a million dollars
in the building Of this plant they
have recently completed plans which
when carried to completion will call
for an additional expenditure from
the company of over one and a half
million dollars.
1t has been decided, we learn, to
add to the present plant at least one
more battery of fire stills; two bat
teries to be used in the cracking
process and a large and up-to-date
lubricating plant.
Decision by the Producers and Re-
finers to make such important ad-
ditions to the present refinery plans
can not but mean that oil men who
r thoroughly acquainted with the
situation in the Rawlins oil fields
are satisfied that there is a great
future in store for the local oil in
dustry and have decided upon the
enlargement of the refinery to meet
the future demand from the local
producers of oil.
1t is stated that there are now
five stills ready to run and that
by the 25th the refinery will be in
operation.
II will be remembered hat nc
longer & than the early part o.
last October the citizens OF Rawlins
did not definitely know whether o.
decided to build their refinery neal
not the Producers and Refiners haC
here. There was at that time moth
ing but rumors of the proposed pro
ject and there were many local PEG
pie who then skeptical and In
clined to believe that the stories
floating about were too good to b,
true.
But all uncertainty soon vanished
when engineers and high officials o
the company appeared on the scene
to arrange for the site and the act
ual construction OF the refinery. B,
the middle OF October the Producers
& Refiners were %excavating neal
, 1923-02-22
CORNELIUS. RYAN DIED
ON FRIDAY night LAST
WELL KNOWN RAWLINS MAN PASSES AWAY AFTER
MANY YEARS Of POOR HEALTH. WAS RAIL-
ROAD ENGINEER ON union PACIFIC

The great host Of friends Of Cor
nelius Ryan in Rawlins and Carbon
County were shocked Saturday
morning to learn Of the veteran rail-
readers death.
Cornelius Ryan passed away last
Friday night in his home at III
West Cedar Street after a period
of i'll health extending owe seven
years.
Born in the city of Debuque, la
on August third. 1861. the deceased
spent the early years of his life in
the middle west, coming to Raw
Inns In the fall of 1882 to engaSa
In railroad work for the Union Pa
cific.
In the death OF Cornelius RYAN
Rawlins loses one of her most high
ly esteemed and respected citizens.
Coming to the city forty one years
, 1923-02-22
RAWLINS HI Wins
one SIDED GAME
RED And WHITE BASKETBALL TEAM
SWAmPS VISITORS. FINAL
SCORE IS 81 TO

Last night the Rawiins High
School Basketball team met the
high school visitors from Green
River in what proved to be a mere
practice workout for the local boys.
When the time keeper blew the final
whistle expert mathematicians were
called to the assistance Of the score
keepers and the score vas found to
be sixty four to two In favor Of the
local basket tossers.
The visitors. altho they outweigh
I'd the Rawlins boys nearly ten
pounds to the man. were totally out
classed by the speedy five from the
local high.
Those who attended last night
with tho expectation OF getting some
thrills out OF the game were badly
disappointed but they were compen-
stated to some extent by the sight
Of the members Of the local team
in basket throwing competition. II
soon appeared evident that altho the
contest between Green River and
RaWlina WAS lauEhably n sided.
there wal plenty Of competition be-
tween the individual members OF the
home town Quintettc. When the
smoke OF battle had finally cleared
away Il was found that Captain Ted
O'Aeiia led the field with fourteen
baskets OF total OF twenty eight
points. OF the fourteen field goals
he succeeded in making eight In the
first half and six in the last. Eng
etrum wal good for nine field and
three free throws or y total Of
twcnty-onc. OF this total he made
ous field goal and the three free
throws In tho first half and eight
field goals in tho last. LOOMS cnme
IN from center position for three field
goals In the first half and four In
the last or Q total Of fourteen tailics.
Vivian. playing guard. made one
field goal IN the first half.
Green River obtained her two
f0ul limo IL the first twenty minutes.
The visitors drew . blank in the
final frame.
wednesday night's game VAS Just
what Tho local boys needed to pro-
para them for the two hard battles
scheduled at Laramie Friday and
Saturday nights.
Friday evening they will moot the
fast q%uintettc from Laramie High,
Laramie High won the game 1T Raw.
lina . short time ago by one basket
which tally came = second or two bc.
fore tho end Of tho gnmc. II was
. fast and hard fought contest ali
the way and altho tho boys and the
local rootcrs were disa ppointed ai
the outcome Il = generally agreed
that two pretty evenly matched
teams had met on tho floor.
saturday evening tho locals tanEis
aeAln With tAe Univcrsity Prep team
. . prslimlrary 70 tho game be'
tweeA The URivsr~itv of Wyoming
eA1 The. Colorado College. Rawiini
has prevlously defeated the Prep,
bat owing % The fact that the gams
Saturday sight nsst follow on IN.
hecis Of the LAramis High game
victory IL nome 70 certain. n,
Props have . good test linSup ant
= likely 20 prone dangerous undet
the beet 0f eoallttoas.
eagstrum. i-oo0ts. 0'11eilA. osAv
With Laramie HlSA WhlIo oulna
eFooo and VIVIAN Wt1l otAFt ~ nan,
eeevasd. aal Coaloy, Guns1. v1t1 n
- Aaal b sass ~ - 1900.
, 1923-02-22
PEN SHOW To mn REITERATED

Owing to tho number Of people
who were unable 10 witness tho cx-
cciicnt performance Of Ills rncic's
Niece given by the prisoners n tho
%pcnitcntiary on last Saturday cvcn-
ing. this comedy will be presented
on Friday evening February 33rd.
to accommodate those who were I'M
able 10 attend At tho initial per-
formancc.
Tickets are on sale Mt Pierce 4
Rynn'n for this entertainment. Il
n hoped the people Of Rawlina will
take advantage Of this opportunity
to attend this performance. which II
being repeated At the request Of
many Of the citizens.
, 1923-02-22
IROGHNM 4 SICIESS

Lovers OF good clean comedy and
excellent music were more than
pleased with tho entertainment pro-
vided by Gustav Fonandcrn nj tho
North Star Hall last Monday evening.
Part OF the program wna given
In Swedish and the scandinavian sing
or and humorist gave n mixed pro-
gram OF humorist recItations and
songs. He also played OF the violin
and piano.
A dance was held following tho
evenings program.
, 1923-02-22
In Mcmoriam

us &sssO -
Entered into the rest and privi-
legged service OF the life beyond.
Cornelius Ryan can truthfully say
II have fought the good fight. I
have kept the faith" Coming to
Rawlins In its pioneer days. more
than forty years ago. and when ne
was little more than n boy, he lived
his life among us-a clean. honor
matter Of pride to his family and
10 the community. Everybody knew
and everybody loved and admired
Con" Ryan.
He was u type OF the best Ameri-
can citizenship: a man Of energy.
zeal and simplicity Of character.
faithful TO every duty. possessing in
naked degree the gift OF the close
personal touch-the realization Of
his brotherhood with all mankind.
which brought him many and dear
friends from every walk of life.
From It's earliest history, no was
n pillar Of st. Joscph's Roman Cath
Ollie church. and so long a. he WAS
able supported and upheld It's work
in the community.
While yet comparatively a young
mrn. tho cross of invniidism was
laid upon him. through an unfort-
innate accident. and he bore Il for
V or eight years Just A. onc
would expect him 10 do-paticntiy
and with Christian resignation. even
unto the end. Blessed with the deep
devotion Of his family and the
old friends. he carried on braveiy
until the victory was won. Every
thing that Earth could give. he had.
and his going home" II the natural
completion OF weii-roundcd life.
To his family and people will 20
out tho sincere sympathy Of tho
many who have known and Apprcci-
ntcd his high excellence and worth.
with for him tho prayer that eternal
rest may be his reward. and "that
light perpetual may shine upon him"
, 1923-02-22
ANGLERS To MEET

No fish were caught at tho last
meeting OF tho Rawiins Anglers Clnb
the weather being NO severe only
three fishermen came out. In order
70 got tho members TO the meetlne
Saturday evening the CIun VIII give
pfise for the hest fish story.
, 1923-02-22

ago the deceased soon drew to him
a large number of friends and as
the years rolled on this number was
greatly augmented by new acquain-
tances.
Mr.. Ryan's sad demise came as the
result of a nervous shock he sustain
ed in a wreck while employed as
a railroad locomotive engineer.
Altho the accident occurred over
seven years & he eve fully re-
covered and finally succumbed to
the effects Of hte accident.
nuridng the time the deceased
9eryed es an employee Of the Union
Pacific he was considered by the
company as one of their most eff
f'r'en. and reliable men. He has
always been n nal of clean habits.
very consrie 1iious and honest and
a & eat family man."
Cornelius Ryan IA a highly
and OF the Brotherhood OF Locomo-
his wife. his daughter. Mrs. William
and j. T. Ryan. He leaves a large
number OF relatives in Rawlins.
Funeral services we're conducted
by Father Gerard Schellinger at the
St. Joseph church at nine O'Clock
Monday morning. Interment was
made in the family lot at the Cath
Ollie cemetery.
Following are the names OF those
who acted - active and honorary
pail bearers Monday morning:
}. A. Hobbs. Ed. A. Wallace. w.
II. Hamilton. r. A. Hadsell. r. NJ.
Tferney. Soren Frnndsen, Vim. VALID
smith. John Varney. G. w. Morgan.
Andrew Jordan. A. NJ. Startzell and
II. A. France.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-02
JANITOR AWARDED Si,4i7.52
Bridgeport School Worker Gets Lump Sum For Compensation as Result of Fall While on Job.

Bridgeport, Nov. 2.-Morris Sloan. who was a school janitor at Norwalk and who under a special act of the general assembly which was adopted to fit his case, sought workmen's com pensation, was awarded today by Compensation Commissioner E. T.. Buckingham, ,si,417.3e outright, GOV ering period of about lS6 weeks at the rate of $7.62 a week and future compensation at the same rate for about 10 years.
 Sloan, who is 6, was employed as q janitor in the Norwalk schools He served in that capacity for a total of 2S years In March, 1916. he fell from a ladder to a concrete floor, a distance of 25 feet. His back was in- jured. He did not recover from that injury, but for long period continued to perform his duties by aid of tho teachers. He did not file claim for compensation during the next four years. At the end of the latter period Sloan was discharged. He then filed a claim which the city did not recog- nize. The last general assembly adopted an act which enabled Sloan to file claim.
 At the hearing the city of Norwalk opposed the claim which Commission CT Buckingham decided in S'oan's favor today.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-02
CAN VOL M.,IsN WHALES? , CHANGE FOR ADVENTURE

X biologist with n gcnins for lead ing mon and following whales is re. quircd for tho expedition financed hy the government Of the Falkland Is. lands.
 The members of tho expedition will sail in Seoit's historic ship. the Dis cotcrS. to pry into the private lives of whslas and to draw up q legis. latiye eNchcmn for their protection.
 Tn Schoson leader will receive a salurs, of sn.0o0 . year and all found dnclndhig the whalcs), and he is rhic flNffouuircd to devise n method whereby whales may bc marked and recognized Captain stenhonse. tho hero of many Antarctic expeditions, will skipper tho Discovery.