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, 1923-08-15

oils RECOVER
|NLATE SALES
Outside Aid Lacking In Liqui-
dalton and Bearish Move
ment Ends

NEwYoRK. Aug. 15.-rntermittsnt
tenzion OF the gasoline prtoe-cutting
war to eastern territory failed to halt
tho upward movement of prices in
today's more active stock market.
Speculative sentiment was cheered by
h assurance that no extra session
Of congress was contemplated and the
reopening of the coal conference. Sales
Appropriated $1,000 shares,
NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-Conf1icting
price movements took place at the
opening of today's stock market but
the main tendency appeared to be up
ward Extension OF the gasoline price
cutting war to tho eastern states
caused fresh selling Of some OF the
low priced oils, but Houston advanced
IN and Pan American b improved
f~ractionally. United States Steel and
s~tudsbaker opened slightly lower and
Northern Pacific dropped q point.
The market turned heavy later az
tho oils were pressed for sale. Mex.
lean seaboard common and the oertifi.
a I broke AZ and az points. respec-
lively. each to new lows for tho year
In reflection OF the passing of the divi-
dend n losses OF a point or more
wore recorded by Sinclair and Stand
ard oil of California United States
Steel. Mack Truck. ~studebaker and
Eastman Kodak also extended their
losses to a point or moro. Foreign
exchanges opened steady.
Alternate periods OF weakness and
strength characterized the morning
market. Heavy offerings of the oil
shares in the first half hour caused
some unsettiement but good support
was forthcoming particularly for the
Standard industrials. Shorts with.
drew their support when a fair sized
rally was IN progress. apparently to
see how the market would act. Prices
slipped off again as q result but the
recessions were not impressive and
just before midday the market was
again headed upward Loose wiles
Biscuit was pushed up 8 points
American Car and Foundry. Pressed
Steel Car and Vanadium Steel two
each and Foundation Company and
National Biscuit IN each, tho lAsi
named at a new high Call money
opened at ~ per cent.
Weakness Of the oil group. Mar
land and Producers and Refiners fall
ing two points to their lowest figures
OF tho year and Sinclair commo ant
preferred. Cosden and Middle State
also establishing new minimums
failed to stop the rising tendency else
where. Gains were tho largest II
shares which arc not ordinarily promi
nent in Tho dealings. but leaders lik,
Baldwin, DUPONT, American Can
Stewart Warner. Republic Steel and
Crucible Steel were also one to two
points higher.
The closing was firm. When II BE-
came obvious that there was little
or no outside liquidation to help alons
the bear campaign against tho oil
stocks, shorts began to cover and
prioes were pushed up to their best
levels OF the day In tho final dealings.
, 1923-08-15
Midwest Drills In Another
Producer in Salt Greek

Ono completion Is reported by tbs
Midwest Refining company IN the Salt
Creek field for the week ending yes
tcrday. 1t is Salt Creek Consolidated
well No. 2s-Ax on the SEA Of section
a4-4o-79 which was brought , in at
1855 feet but which a not yet been
tested.
Well No. GA on the NwA of SEQ
ton 234o-7s. reported completed q
week ago but not tested at that time
has developed into a 14s barrel pro
Queer. Well No 15-A on the NEk OF
section 244o-6e. in the same status,
ia q s75 barrel producer.
The Midwest's wildcat wells and op-
erations in the Baxter Basin and Elk
Basin fields are as follows:
Neiber Domev Test Well. SWH IL
1888. Depth 2s35 feet, repairing.
Midway Test No. 2, NBH 2a-sS-7s,
we'll abandoned.
Miguel Creek. New Mexico. Well 1,
, 1923-08-15
W HEAT
TO Be
REDUCED, SAID
Decrease in Sowing This
Fall VIII Total l5.5
Per Cent, Estimate.

WASHINGTON. Aug. ia reduo-
ton Of 1876 per cen or 7.177 900 acres
in the acreage to be sown to winter
wheat this fall. Is indicated by 75. 1000
reports from farmers gathered by
the department of agriculture.
II the reduction OF 1875 per cent 40
tually is made this year In the sown
acreage from last year. It would make
n total sown acreage of about 3D.
200, 900 acres. compared with 46.s7e,-
900 acres actually sown last fall. OF
which 80. 75o, 900 acres yer harvested
and the rest abandoned
Reports on y Acreage Indicate a
reduction OF nine per cent. The acre
nge sown last fall Is estimated al g.
2s4. 900. and the reduction indicated
would leave . total acreage to be sown
this fall of <.75s.ooo. The pre-war
d%sos-ls1g annual ncreage sown was
2.5e2. 900.
Tho indicated sowing Of winter
wheat this fan IN the important pro-
ducing states. given in percentage of
acres sown last fail. follows:
Pennsylvania, ss per cent; Ohio, o.;
Michigan. 90; Indiana. IS; Illinois so;
Missouri. rs; Ncbraslcn. 75; Kansas
so; Texas SO; Oklahoma rs; Colorado
90; Washington iob; all other states
90
, 1923-08-15
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
ORGANIZER ARRIVES TO
WORK IN CASPER

Rev. Robert Allingham. organiser
for tho national board OF the Con-
gregntionai churches. with headquar-
ters in New York City, arrived in
Casper Tuesday from Portland. Ore.
to begin the work OF organizing n
congregation In Casper and obtaining
a suitable place in which to hold ser
vices. Mr.. Aliingham drove through
from tho coast with his family after
completing n similar work at Alameda
Park. a suburb OF Portland. and ia
staying at the tourist camp until no
is able to eecure n homo for his fami-
y hero. He has been in the organi.
zation department OF the church for
the last IL years.
An explained by Mr.. Aliingham. tho
church viii he organized here on the
community basis with tho modern
liberal church program the basis OF
tho organization.
, 1923-08-15
COTTON LOAN
is FINANCED

Cotton goods have suffered a drop
during the past few weeks while silk
is higher than It was SIX months ago,
according to ]. A Lujan. dry goods
buyer for the Golden Rule depart.
ment store. who returned yesterday
from St. Louis, Chicago, and New
York where he has been on q buying
trip for a fortnight.
Mr.. LuJan stated this morning that
both domestic and print goods were
lower than usual silk crepes have
been especially effected by the in.
crease in silks and satin face silks
r stronger than they have been for
several years.
The Golden Rule representative
was very glad TO get back to Casper
because OF the extreme heat in the
east
, 1923-08-15
livestock
Chicago Prices.

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-U. 8. Depart
ment Of Agricultural -Hogs-Re-
cepeits. 1000: desirable grades, most
ly 1bo to 26c higher; little doing on
others with big packers holding back;
bulk good and choice 100 to 23o pound
averages. Ss.6o@S.e5: top. $50; bulk
desirable $40 to 1926 pound butchers.
S7.90@s.4o; packing SOS. largely $3.50
@6.50: good strong weight pigs. s7.75
$500: heavy weight hogs. $7.55 8 .35;
medium. s7.so@s.7o: light, s7.s0@s.7o;
light lights. s7-2o07.65; packing sows.
smoth, se.25@6.76; packing sows.
rough. $6.oo@6.26i Killing pigs. se.7b
Is.00.
Cattle -Receipts. 10000; better
grades beef steers, yearlings. fat she
stock. steady to strong; tohers around
steers; best yearlings bid S12.35i nu.
merous loads beef steers and year
lings. 1929 @11bo; few UP to 1890;
bulls, Gamers, cutters and vealers,
round steady; s~tockers and feeders.
strong; bulk heavy bologna bulls.
around $3.50; vealcrs to packers,
S11.ooG11.50: outsiders mostly s1a.oo;
few up TO $3.50; canner and cutters,
s2.25@3.2b; bulls. stockers and feed.
ers. s6.oo@7.bo.
sheep-Receipts. 1900; fat lambs
around 25o higher; cuIls. steady:
sheep. $50 to $50 higher: feeding
lambs. STEADY to strong; good and
choice estern lambs to packers and
shippers. s1s.oo@1s.2bi medium and
good natives. s12.oo 01a.bo: few to
city butchers, $500; culis. mostly
ss.oo@s.Bo; i've a Montana wethers.
$500; good Light weight owes UP to
$500; heavies. mostly $3.50 to t<.6oQ
$50; feeding lambs. slsIo@1s1s
early.
, 1923-08-15
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Aug. 1b-Foreign ex.
Irregular. Quotations in
oentsi Great Britain. demand. ass
il-loi cables, <.6e 1915. France. de.
mand' b.4sh; cables. $40. Italy. de-
mand. 40; cables. 4.soh. Belgium.
demand. All: cables. 4.61b. Germany,
demand. .oooo35; cables. .ooo37. Hol-
land. demand. seas; cables. $3.50.
Norway, demand. 1862. Sweden, dc.
mand. 2e.o5. Denmark. demand, 1885.
Switzerland. demand. 1903. Spain. de-
mand. 1868. Greece. demand. 1.73.
Poland. demand, .o0o4A. Czecho
slovakia, demand. 3.e3h. Jugo slavla,
demand. .o1o6h. Austria. demand,
.0014m. Rumania, demand. .43. Ar
gentine. demand. 1920. Brazil. de-
mand. 1910. Montreal, e7x.
, 1923-08-15

I. Chavez Grant, Depth 1851 feet. No
report since last week.
North Casper Creek No. So. SEA s.
37-s2. depth $50 feet. drilling.
Skull Creek N /. NEk 1e-44-es.
Depth $500 feet Running eh, casing
and repairing.
Baxter Basin Field
Wen 90. SEA 25-1s-1os. Depth 247o
feet. Drilling.
Well 20, swA ~1o-le-1o4. Depth 7so
feet. Straight roaming.
We'll, s.x. MEX ~11-1T-1o4. Depth
$50 fest. UNDERMINING and cleaning
out
Elk Basin Field
Elk II. wei 2. Depth 1o75 feet,
Filled hole from 1895 to 1880, now re
drilling.
Elk 8. Well "a. Depth 1880 feet
Bailing and cleaning out. spider slip
Tip 2. Well 1. Depth 1890 feet. Drill
ing 81, hole to side track spider slip
, 1923-08-15
0mnha Quotations.

OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 1b-tU. q De-
p~artnent OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ceipts, II, 900; active on better grades.
10 p1bo higher; others slow. around
100 higher; good and choice 100 to $50
pound butchers. s7.s5 500: top, ss.ooi
strong weight butchers. 26b to S7b
pounds, s7.7B@7.so; mixed loads
carrying good butchers, $500 $50;
heavy packing sows. $4,000 SITS; aver
age cost yesterday. t7.os; average
weight. fe3.
cattie-Receipta. $500, All classes
weight steers. 1890; bulk steen and
y~earlinxs. ss.bo@11.f5i mixed year
iings. 1880: calves and bulls, dull;
grass cows. largely ss.Tb@&.7b; heif-
ers, s5.oo@6.0o; feeders. scarce.
sheep-Reoeipts. 1b.oooi mostly
15@25o higher; fat western lambs.
s1a.4o@12.7b; top. et1-7si sheep and
feeders, strong. NJ top, $40; early
sales feeding lambs. t12.s59i2.7h
DENVER, Coio. Aug. 1b-U. q.
Department Of AEricuitureSHogs-
Receipts 500; active rs to 500 higher.
Top and bulk S.7B paid for 17S to 200
pound averages. One load good offer
ings s.65. few drive ms s.25 to SIS.
Packer sows steady. mostly $50. pigs
unchanged: fat kind mostly $50.
Cattie-Receipts 1900: calves 500.
mostly steady on all CLASSES. with un-
dertone weak and grass she stock.
Two loads 1.11e pound fed steers 1915.
Three carr grass steers S.sb. Plain TO
medium rns cows 400 to ass. best
held above $50; medium grass heifers
$50. few n 200 to 2i0: best veal
ers 300; fairly good fed steers To
light packers 4.85 to $50; medium
stock heifers 400: few fat COWS s.25
to 3.35.
sheep-Receipts 1900; selling class
es 10 to 2bc higher FIAT. "a 10 rs
pound Idaho lambs 1f.s5 to 1910. few
culls 1000; 115 TO 11s pound idaho
ewes Gas 10 $50; few culls 400; ono
load Idaho fed lambs hold above 1900.
, 1923-08-15
WHEAT PRICES
SCORE ADVANCE
Bears Join Buying Forces In
Late Trading, Close
Is Firm

CHICAGO. Aug. 15-w1th the gov
eminent report this afternoon expect
ed to be bulltsh, wheat averaged a
little Lighter in price today during the
early dealings. There was also an
I sence OF hedging sales and OF gen
eral offerings as we'll. On the other
hand. buyers appeared TO be holding
oft pending moro definite knowledge
as to the government fo.tcast OF pros
pective acreage OF winter wheat Open
ing prices which ranged from 40 Off
to 1-So up. with September SO 3-s to
1914 and December los IS to 1903 SIS
were followed by slight gains all
around.
Subsequently. demand from pre-
vious sellers increased and the mar
ket scored q further advance. The
close was arm. 10 to lao net higher
with September s1.ooM to s1.o1 and
December sI.o4h to s1.o4x.
Favorable crop reports from the
surplus producing states eased the
corr market. After opening unchang.
ed TO Nc lower. December .62n 10
90 81. prices continued to sag.
Later h market reflected the up-
turn OF wheat values. Tho close was
steady. Nc to 40 net higher, with
December Gao $40 to e8hc.
Oats. like wheat were firm start.
Ing unchanged TO No off. December
81 7-s to IS. but later holding about
yesterdays finish.
Higher quotations on hogs tended to
lift provisions,
, 1923-08-15
GASOLINE PRICE
J WAR EXTENDED
Continued from Page one,

Continued from Page one)
duced In some states SO cents q gal
lon, spread today to h entire Allan.
tic seaboard.
LED by the Standard OIL company
OF New Jersey, four large oil com
panies announced cuts OF one to two
cents a gallon & the tank wagon
price OF gasoline
The wholesale price. after the reduc-
lions, Will average 1914 cents a gallon
and the retail price 20.
Cuts announced today were effeo-
tive in New England. New York. New
Jersey, North and South Carolina.
Virginia. Maryland, Distrio of Colum-
bia and West Virginia
The cuts do o bring prices IN
the seaboard states to the pre-war
level OF is cents a gallon as has been
the case In western and southern
states but further reductions are ex
pected IL tn price of crude oil drops
as predicted in many quarters.
Tho Gulf Refining company later
extended its ono cent reduction to
New York and New England making
it's price 1871 cents n gallon.
The Texas company announced
CUTS III virginia. W. Vs. ANoaRh eit
South Carolina, the reductions rang.
ing from ono cent in zoms districts
TO two in others.
SHERIDAN, wyo., Aug. ia
drop Of three cents a gallon in both
Wholesale and retail prices on gnso-
line went into effect at all Sheridan
fllfng stations today. The wholesale
price 10 10 cents and h retail price
81 cents. This is the frst reduction
in eight months here.
CHICAGO, Aug. ICY The Asso-
ciated PressEwhiie rejoicing motor
lists in many states today laid in sup
plies Of gasoline at prices lower thnn
20 cents. activities designed TO Sc
cure reductions in prices were either
under way or planned in states not
yet affected by the price cuts East
ern states today Joined the midwest
ern and southern sections with an
nounced reductions.
"The war has just begun declared
4overnor w. II McMaster. of South
dakota, whose order TO state highway
DEPICTS 10 sell gasoline in South Da.
kota at 10 cents a gallon precipitated
action by the Standard OIL company
of Indiana to reduce prices IN the
Midwest. The South Dakota execu'
i've said the ''war" would continue
until gasoline is permanently re
tailed at n reasonable price"
In Baltimore q cut of n cent wal
effective today making the retail
price Of gasoline 20 cents, and In
Richmond. Va. gasoline retailed al
ae cents after a cut OF two cents made
effective today by the standard on
OF n. il which also an
fnounood n two cant reduction fol-
, 1923-08-15
Billy Greek Test Changing
Tools for Deeper Drilling

The Carter on company In tearing
down the tools on the Hess well at
Billy Creek. tho well being shut down
temporarily at s.257 feet while the
tools. standard, are being used to drill
in the Graham well. The latter has
been drilled to s,53s feet with the
rotary OUTFIT. The Belt. tho fourth
we'll on the structure which Is being
developed by the Carter Jointly for
the Consolidated Royalty and the
, 1923-08-15
Sugar

NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE demand
for refined continued light and
prices were unchanged at 7.eo for fine
graduated. II was reported that sec
ond hand sugars were available be-
low quotation.
Sugar futures closed easy. Ap-
proximste sales. $1,000 tons. septeni'
Der. t.oi; December. ass, March, s.ss;
May, a.ts.
, 1923-08-15
TULSA IGNORES
Martial Law

TULSA. Okla. Aug. 15.-Declaring
that the military cannot supercede
civil authority while conditions are
as they nov exist. Mayor II. II New
block issued a statement here today
asserting that the civil authorities OF
Tulsa will continue to function as
though martial law had eve been
invoked,
, 1923-08-15
COAL HEARING
OPENED TODAY

NEW YORK. Aug. tS.-By The As.
ISOLATED PressGThe federal coal com.
mission this afternoon launched Its
efforts to avert an anthracite strike
on September 1. Having called togeth-
or all representatives. OF tho miners
and operators, d~eadloeked on WACO
negotiations. tho commission met first
with the workers, planning later TO
go into a separate session with the en-
pioyers-
, 1923-08-15
Mex Recognition
Reports Signed

MEXICO CITY. Mexico. Aug. H.
By Tho Associated Press.HThe rec
ords of the conference between the
Representatives of the United States
and Mexico, embodying IN agreement
designed TO make possible the resump-
ton OF the diplomatic relations be-
tween the two nations. were signed
here ut 215 o'clock this afternoon.
, 1923-08-15
Potatoes

CHICAGO. Aug. 1s-Potatoes
steady; receipts 81 cars: total ship
ments asa, Kansas and Missouri sack.
ID Irish Cobblers U. 8. No. 1. 1880
2.1o owt-; partly graded t1.so@1.oo
cwt.; Kansas sacked Early ohios u.
q. No. 1 ~s1.501.eb cwti Minnesota
sacked Early ohios s1.a5@1.4b owt-
, 1923-08-15
Crude Market
Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. Aug. 1B.-Butter
higher; creamery extras. 4sAo; stand
ards, acc; extra iirsts, 40h @42c
firsts. ss@ssc: seconds. se@sTc-
EggB. higher; receipts. 1885 cases
frsts. 2b926ho: ordinary firsta. 2sH
a24c; storage pack extras. 2shci
storage pack firsts. 27hc-
, 1923-08-15
Money

NEW YORK. Aug. 15-can money
steady; high ~; low ~; ruling rate
~; closing bid AZ; offered at s; last
loan AZ; call loans against accept.
ances AZ. Time ioans firmi mixed
collateral 5000 days bA; 4 to Q months
bA, prime commercial paper s to 81.
, 1923-08-15

WARRINGTON. Aug. Is. - Prest
dent Coolidge's administration wac
said by a White House spokesman 10
stand on tho position laid down BY
Secretary Hughes in his speech AZ
New Haven. last December IN the
matter OF German r~eparations. The
government. II was declared. 10 ready
TO help in any way II can without IN.
voiving itself unduly,
, 1923-08-15
NO SPECIAL flH
SESSION TO :
BE CALLED

WASHINGTON. Aug. Is. -Pr.u.
cent Coolidge at the present time
secs no occasion for a special session
OF congress in advance Of the regular
December meeting. II was said off.
oially at the White House.
, 1923-08-15
I. o. o. r. HALL
USED AS M0RGUE

KEMMERER, wyo.. Aug. 15-By
The Associated Preas-The !. o. o. F.
hall and a downtown undertaking es-
t~ablishment today had been turned
into the temporary resting plnces of
81 miner who met death yesterday
morning as a result of an explosion
in the lower levels of mine number
1 of the Kemmerer Coal company.
The mine is located Just a mile north
west Of the main section of Kemmer.
err.
All through tho night undertakers
we're busy preparing the bodies of
mine victims for burial and anxious
relatives and friends gathered about
in the hope Of Identifying their loved
ones.
Eleven men arc known to stnl be
in tho mine. given up for dead. There
was no fire in the lower levels of
tho mine as was first reported.
Tho explosion occurred about ono
mile under ground
Up to early TINS morning there had
been no official announcement as TO
the cause OF the explosion. The re-
moval of bodies from the mine began
o on after dusk last night and pro.
scented a sorrowful spectacle.
Hundreds of pairs of inisty eyes Of
relatives who a waited for hours at
the portal OF tho mine hoping for
news OF tho entombed men Witnessed
the silent. impressive duty of placing
the bodies on automobile trucks for
their removal to the downtown
morgues.
From all sections OF Wyoming there
were people here today who either had
relatives or friends working In the Ill.
fated mine. Rescue car number 2
of the United States Bureau of Mines
reached here yesterday afternoon and
Immediately took charge of the work
of reaching the entombed mon.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1b.-A telegram
from Mrs. T. ]. ouealy. chairman OF
the Red Cross chapter at Kemmerer.
Wyo.. informed Walter Davidson
chairman OF the central division of
the Red Cross today. that aid of tho
national Red Cross for families Of tho
miners who persisted there yesterday.
would not be needed. The rescue
work. the telegram said. vas rapidly
being taken caro- OF.
, 1923-08-15
Metals

NEW YORK. Aug. 15.ICopper.
easy ~eleotrolytic, spot and nearby.
1481+h; futures. 14@14H. Tin. nrm;
spot and nearby. s9.25; futures. 5000.
Iron. steadyi prices unchanged Lead.
steady; spot. e.bo9e.76. Zinc: frm;
East st. Louis spot and nearby do
livery. e.3o@e.s5. Anthony. spot.
1877.
Flour Market.
MIryNEAPOLIS. MINI. Aug. Is
Flour unchanged. Brand $4,000
22.5o.
, 1923-08-15

= Cash Grains and Provisions. -
CHICAGO. Aug. 15.-wheat Nc.
red s~1-o1h@1.o2A; Nc. . hard ;1.o2q
1.03%. Iu-IlCIuS
Corn No. 3 MIXED ssc: No. . yellow
s7k @s7ho
Oats No. . white srx~ssc: Nc. q
white SEX @aso
Rye Nc. 2 65AA6To
Barley 5s@62c-
Timothy seed $S.s5@s.oa IN
Clover seed s15.ooG17,oa u
Pork nominal. iw
Lard s11.1a. .t-{! fEttr
Ribs $s.129s-2o. i1Silf
, 1923-08-15

Head-dress Of court and society
women OF Queen Elirabsth's time.
was not disturbed. when once ar
ranged. for a month. as . general
thing.
, 1923-08-15
Silver

NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-Bar silver.
esb; Mexican dollars. 4sn.
Flax Seed.
DULUTH. Mimi. Aug. 15.-C1osins
FAX: September. 2.a2 bid: October,
2.2s asked; November, 22sK bid; De-
eember, 2.25H bid.
About 1894 languages and dialects
are spoken In America
, 1923-08-15

Western Exploration company. u
shut Town while the cement sets on
tho 12-inch casing at 165 feet.
This Carter has drilled out h plugs
in the Pryor No. 6 in the Salt Creek
field at $3.50 feet and is shut down
for a casing test. A rig is being
built on Pryor No. 7.
Carter's Hobbs No. 1 in the same
field is drilling at 1.ss5 feet and the
Richardson No. 8 is drilling at 1.16s
feet,
, 1923-08-15

West Virginia The Pure on COM
pany Of Ohio announced a reduction
Of 6.s cents in the retail price Of
gasoline.
, 1923-08-15
95 DEAD TAKEN
OUT Of MINE

Continued from Page one)
men were known to have been dead
in the blast
, 1923-08-15
Cotton

NEW YORK, Aug. l5.-cotton.
spot, steady middling. 2e.s6-
, 1923-08-15
nance = Bonds = Stocks = Grains :: Livestock = All Markets
CONTINENTAL BRINGS
IN 25O-BARREL WELE
Black No. s in Salt Creek Field Complied at ESQ
Feet; Rigs Building for Two New Opera
tions, Others Are Located

The Continental on Producing companys Black No. 8
in the Salt Creek field, northeast quarter of section 30-40-78,
completed Monday with the bottom of the Second Wall
Creek reached at 1850 feet, is estimated as a 250-barrel
producer. Tubing is being run in the hole.
The Continental is building rig for two new wells in the
Salt Creek ned- shoup No. > win location IA use been maa ~
be o he southwest qoarfer OF SEQ n ro" . ~. ~ ~ t NJ prcSn No w Z
ton as4o7s and White No. Z on the ia trlMns at i7ss feat ana Norris No.
eouthest quarter II section 16l07aI 9 drilling at 6s6 feet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-24
SKAGIT HAS
BUMPER CROP

Farmers In the slsnglt county
agricultural district arc ending a
most successful farming aenson, nc
cordlng TO Frank Pickering. vice
president Of the ekagit National
bank. Mt, Vernon, who was in Seat
Ito Tuesday.
Tho dnirymon hnyo had a peak"
summer IN their business and the
two largo condcnscries located in the
county have been running con.
stnntly.
There was n bountiful crop OF
hay and the oat production was also
large during tho past season." Pick,
oring Haid. "rhe farmers raising
seeds In this district have also a
good crop. There Is no evidence OF
depression In our agriculture dis.
trlct."
Pickering said that the work on
skagit oounty's now s250.000 court
house In progressing rapidly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-24
FILM BODY is
FORMED HERE

Organization hes just been effect.
ed OF an association sponsored by a
number OF civic. social and oduca.
ilonol bodies. TO be known as the
Washington Better Film association.
Il was announced Wednesday. 40.
cordlng 10 tho constitution which
has boon adopted. It's objects arei
"rho unifylng and concerning or all
efforts IN the better film movement;
TO maintain a policy OF effective co.
operation between tho moving pic.
hro industry and tho public. and TO
establish ana maintain a reference
library OF approved films,
The officers are Paul w. Terry. OF
tho department OF education. Univor.
slty OF Washington. president; Mrs.
r. l.. nallaine. Federation OF Won.
ems clubs. first vice president; A. H.
Wlseman. educational committee. Sc,
attic Chamber OF Commerce. second
vice president: bio Richardson, Seat
Ito principals committee. third vice
president; Mrs. Bertha @. Brown,
Seattle Parent.Teacher association.
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