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The Kusko times., 1923-01-06

iout Lucu III tue nOiei IOuF on tue W1Ou lass, two getting wood. one running the pump. They have twelve or thir teen mea in each gang and are work ing from about twenty shafts,
 Charles Wolf has been ground -sluic Ing shallow ground all summer and is shoveling ia DOW with three Koresns and only making about SS day to ths man.
 There are now, all told, twenty-five Americans, including three naturalized Russians, in this section. We are all going to the hills and scatter in all di rections to prospect. If we don't find anything I wall go on towards the Lena in July. The ice is in the bay here now aud will stay until that time.
 One of our party, Al Winchell. got tions in the camp and saw that there was DO paystreak in sight. He went back to Seattle. I could write you a whole lot of interesting matter, bu, time will not permit. This note is sior ths purpose of heading off any of the Bills wbo may have .nobion to coma here in the spring. Tell them to stay away.
 The whites are in control here. The bolsheviks are expected ,mostany day, so we will get away before the shoot ing starts. About 1,500 in this cold. bleak, hungry-looking village. Eight or nine hundred Koreans, two or three hundred Russians. some Ohinks. one hundred soldiers, aud :twensy-fise whites. They asked us to give up our guns. We told them we did net have any. We start in tomorrow freighting to the creeks and will putin the win ter prospecting.
 The people are all quiet and peace able now, but you cannot tell when trouble will start. Two nights -'sgo ! was on the beach watching our goods; one of the partners. Fred Meehao, .was coming to relieve me at l2 midnieht. Just then someone began shooting. The guards got sight of Fred and ar rested him, thinking it was he " whovssaa doing the shooting: They took hirn to Holmes house, where we are liviag. Charles Murray explained to tben Fred's mission in being out st that time. 80 they turned him loose; then they went and arrested adranken sol dier who had been doing the shooting. h the morning Murray sent word to the barracks that if they persisted ir molesting Americans there would be trouble-thas every man had gun and we would hold on to them. They haven't interfered with any of us since One has to take a firm stand here, otherwise they will annoy you.
 No chance to get any mail before June. Regard to all Bills.
 NJ. R. HUSSEY, Care Denbigh & Co.,, Hakodate, Japan.
The Kusko times., 1923-01-06

he will establish a tourist service ,in the park next sammer, and@wi con- mence work immediately. He has -Sl00, 600 behind the proposition. and
 will lav out routes. provide trAnsporta- ton. and construct at least six log cabin hotels.
The Kusko times., 1923-01-06

GOO to 200, GOO. and tit is. asserted rthas there are grazing areas there -capa ble of supporting three rer fosr smillion animals. Therepert 7recsmuaends che digging of cold storage chambers in the permanent icerfor the. storage of reindeer meat,
, 1923-02-11

The output of the Standard Oil
company whose refineries here fur.
n'sh refined products to be moved in
gigantic strings OF tank cars. adds
much to the business done by these
roads.
The c. B. 6 Q. report shows that
it handled . large business during
1922.
The freight tonnage figures for
the Casper division show hat while
S94.361 1852 tons OF freight were car.
ried one mile in 1921, this figure for
1922 would run something Ove 400
900 900 n carried II mile-just
how much, cannot be def nitely esti.
mated because the December figures
have not beer completed. In this
connection, 1t is interesting to learn
that these figures have increased
from 96.537,76 tons OF freight car.
ried one mile in 1915.
There nre no figures going to show
that the Casper division is more
profitable than any other division
on his rai.road-the cost figures not
being made up in division form
, 1923-02-11

Trains % and 80 arc not the most
profitable rains operated IN this
railroad. This is not due alone to
the fact that those trains must carry
"A relatively greater share of tho
overhead cost as compared with sec.
tons of II line where it is ncces-
sary to operate a greater number of
trains. but also bat there are other
trains on this railroad which carry
an exceedingly heavy traffic, tho
year round. .
\ comparison OF the ticket sales
of twelve points betwecn Billings.
including Cody and Casper, to but
o including Cheyenne. as between
1921 and 1922, shows that the total
for 1921 was SS2S .69O.Sl. whereas
the total for eleven months of 1922
the December figures not being com
pletely compiled) was $654,63s.O9.
No additional main line trackage
was laid by this company in Wyom-
ing during 1922, but forty-fIve miles
of main line track was relaId by new
and heavier steel.
The assignment Of power in Wyom-
Continued on Page Four).
, 1923-02-11

and $1,000 on incidental public i'm.
provements. This total for the year
amounts to $437. GIG. In addition to
this the Standard Oil company of In.
diana has under construction sewers,
water mains, sidewalks, curbs and
pavement for the entire Standard ad'
dition. one of the most attractive flu
ture residential districts in the city.
Casper completed 40 blocks of paw.
ing during the past year and now has
several times as many miles of paw
ing as all the rest of the cities of the
state combined. This paving pro-
gram will be continued next spring
and summer. when five new paving
districts are expected to be completed.
The building permits for 1922
totaled $685., 900 without the millions
spent by the ref'neries on their prop.
erty improvements.
Natrona county, of which Casper Is
the county seat. has n valuation OF
SOL 900, 900, of which $40, O00, 900 Is in
the city proper and the remainder
tributary to the city.
The future of Casper Is unlimited
and the factor of most Importance Is
that the growth is expected I o bt
rapid. Conservative estimates place
the population in 1885 at so, 900
Should that growth take place Casper
will be a metropolitan city in every
respect, dominating the vast empire
of Wyoming.
, 1923-02-11

has an investment here OF more than
81 900, 900 and spent approximately
5000 600 in new equipment during the
past year. The company has plans
outlined to spend 500 900 additional
In equipment in 1872 to keep step
with the rapid growth of the city.
The electric rates in Casper are Incl,
dentally lower than they were before
the war. which is true Of few cities in
the country.
The school system, with an invest,
ment of close to 81. 5 900. is recog,
MED in educational circles as one OF
the best in the west. 1t includes 4
high school. vocational high school
M sever grade schools in addition
to n thorough night school course
through the winter months.
The water system, owned by the
municipality, includes a pumping sta
ton. impounding reservoir and many
miles of water lines. The water 3,
run through n modern COLONIZATION
pant before being turned into tn,
city mains.
City Leads Al State.
In the matter of public improve
ments Casper stands first among tn,
cities OF the state. During the yea
just ended the city spent $251 CPS 70
paving. $6O,119 for sewers. Sal .722 TO
sidewalks and curblng. $4,000 70
storm sewers, S22, 900 for riprappinl
around the municipal pump static
, 1923-02-11

try west OF Lander. With the con-
struction of the new railroad from
Sheridan to Rawlins it will assume
even moro importance in this regard
and VIII spread eagle the territory
for 200 miles in every direction.
One of the projects which the gov,
eminent has made arrangements to
complete within n few years is the
Casper-Alcova irrigation project. This
will open up 1875 900 acres of land trlb.
utary to the city to irrigation and
transform this region into n fertile
farming area. The necessary water
IS impounded by the Pathfinder dam
and this acreage holds possibilities Cor
farm land unequaled in the state.
The stock raising industry. which
was responsible for the original town
of Casper. is stu an important phase
of the business in this part of the
state. Cattle and sheep, although MOI
raised in the huge herds that once
dominated the entire state take an in
vestment yearly of hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars and bring revenu,
from the greater part of the dry Liant
in he surrounding territory.
Utilities Expanding.
In its purely physical assets CaspeI
is fortunate in having thoroughly
modern and complete facilities. TIL
Natrona Power company, purveyor :,
electric power and lights to the city
, 1923-02-11

ing constructed by the Bolton Oil
company and which will be finished
this spring.
The majority OF the Independent oil
companies. operating nea Casper,
have outlined a heavy development
campaign for the coming summe
which will make Casper eve greater
as a petroleum center.
An inexhaustible supply OF natural
gas for fuel insures the city of be.
coming one OF the biggest manufac.
turing towns in the Rocky Mountain
region. Already n railroad line has
been surveyed from Sheridan to Raw.
Inns by way of Salt Creek and Casper
which will give additional facilities
for marketing he product Of these
manufactures.
New Industries Added.
During the past year several in
dustrles Of importance have taken a
foothold in Casper and are rapidly
expanding to handle the increasing
business. These include the Casper
Packing plant. the LulSis candy fac
tory and the Casper Iron works. Ad
ditional capital for new ventures is
assured by next summer which SHOULD
further increase activity in this line
Casper is the recognized jobblne
center for the huge territory included
in the Big Horn basin and the coun
, 1923-02-11

Creek field. the greatest light oil pro.
ducinE field in the world. has made
possible in Casper the ~refineries OF
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
which constitute the largest gasoline
producing plant in thu world.
with the Standard OIL company os
the axis around which the oil indus.
try ~rotates. the spokes of this giant
wheel include many Of the most in
fluential companies in the business
devoted to the products of petroleum.
The most recent Of these companies
to develop oil properties in the viciu-
ity Of Casper on a major scale is the
combined Sinclair. Mammoth Oil com
pany interests. This organization
has invested millions Of dollars in de-
veloping the famous Teapot Dome ma.
val reserve. under contract with the
United States government. The COM
pany has already brought in a num-
Der of large producing wells on the
dome and is constructing a pipeline
to Kansas City. Mo-, to handle tho
transportation OF The oil.
New Refinery Completed.
The Texas Oil company, one of the
recognized leaders in the petroleum
world, has completed a refinery on
the eastern limits of Casper that will
handle a large part of the excess pro
duction from the Salt Creek field
which the Standard refinerIes. with a
capacity of $1,000 barrels of crude
daily. are unable to handle. The Cen,
trail Pipeline company has constructed
during the last year a line from tho
Salt Creek field to supply the Texas
company with crude oil to its full ca
pacity.
Additional production from the Salt
Creek field is also taken care of by
the completion during the past veal
of a pipeline from Salt Creek to Cas-
per by the Western Pipeline com
pany. This line is conveying oil tc
the Midwest Refining company's tani
farm nt Casper. Under the head G
partial completion ia the line frolr
the Bolton Creek field to Casper. be
.M
, 1923-02-11

its own as the distributing point for
n vast area, and the huh of Industrial
life in Wyoming.
The history of the growth in popu.
lation of the city is phenomenal but
cold figures, rather than descriptive
HdjectiveS, can better give the out
alder an understanding of the sItua.
ticn. In 1910 the population .was
slightly more than 5000; in 1920 It
was approximately l 1000; today it has
passed the $4,000 mark. No other
city in the Rocky Mountain region,
and few in the United States, can
claim such a brilliant record for the
same period.
Phenomenal Growth.
There are several other important
factors that show in figures the re,
mArkable growth of the city. The
school census in 1920 was 2,16s stu
dents. while by the first OF this year
it had increased to 1886. In Janu.
uary. 1890. there were In use in Cas-
per 2.326 telephones, while. today the
number is 4,06S.
There were 1887 voters within the
city limits that voted in the presiden.
tial election of 1920, while in the fall
election Of 1922 there were 6.pos
voters who cast their ballots in the
city. The postoffice receipts in 1918
were $74,197, while in 1922 they had
increased to $116. 900. The bank debts
in Casper in 1922 were higher than
any of five cities in the same federal
reserve district with approximately
the same population.
When it is realized that the vas,
resources of this section of the state
have been barely tapped and that un
told wealth in oil, industry and agri
culture is here for the future investor
It IS seen nat the Casper of tomor
row will be a metropolis of $4,000 Oh
larger. dominating the surrounding
territory for 200 miles in every direc
ton. 81.
OIL Main Factor.
OIL has, of course, been the bigges'
factor in the history of the city.
growth. The proximity Of the Sal
#
, 1923-02-11
TWO ROADS TAPPING CASPER Do
BIC BUSINESS; Third PLANNED
c., B. & Q. and C. & N. Handle Large Volume
Of Freight; More Than 4O0, 900 Tons Carried
One Mile During 1922, Figures Show.

Two important railroads pass through Casper and furnish
the city an advantageous position for growth. They are the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago and North
Western. A third, the Haskell line, Wyoming North &
South railroad, is projected; Both roads now tapping the city
handle a arge volume of business in Wyoming. Several
hundred million tons of freight pass over the Casper divisions
, 1923-02-11
Growth
IS BEST TOLD IN YEARLY FIGURES
ACow Town Of 3,OOOn 1910 Jumps to the Second
Largest Metropolis in the Rocky Mountain District
in 1923, with More Than 5000 Inhabitants.

From a typical Wyoming cow town in 1910. with chuck
wagons the principal vehicles in the streets and the coyotes
bowling about the outskirts, Casper has come in 1923 to be
the second most important city in the Rocky Mountain region
and the principal city of the state. Situated geographically
almost exactly in the center of the state. Casper has come into
Evening star., 1923-09-04

14l4 MASSACHI SETrS AVE NV.
Desirable single and double rooms: Glenn.
cool. electric lights: walking distance to al!
Evening star., 1923-09-04

PALATIAL 10th ST RESIDENCE.
Twenty -dve-room. 6ve-bath, kot.wster heat
electric light; large garage with chauneurs
quarters above.
J. LEO KOLB,
ea3 New York Ave. Main 5027
Evening star., 1923-09-04
WANTED-AUTOM0BILES.
FOR HIRE-AUTOM0BILES

REDUCED ltAIES-S" ~ PER HOUR-SEW
dodge sedan carefully driven by owner:
sightseeing. weddings. touring. funeras Auto
driving taught: private inStrnctlnn Adams 2Oo
AERO TAM Co.-Privatc appearing cars tor
all occa Suns. s. per hoLr. Lessons in driving
Evening star., 1923-09-04
RENT ROOMS-FURN1SHED.

37l5 KANSAS AVE. N.W.-One square on
18th 81. cars: second floor large front room.
newly furnished, comfur table; adjoining bath
t>hower,: hot water: elec. lights; private
family: Z" gentleman. Call evenings
Evening star., 1923-09-04
THE FAIRMONT

gIUI I4th NV.
A home with hotel service; single and
double rooms. with without private bath.
Excellent meals. Telephone Col. 10OSs. 10o37.
Evening star., 1923-09-04

lTa+ KIlBOURNE PI. NV. Mt. PLEAS
unt-largr, uuei room. second floor: semi.
private hath double cot tex RAJ ON screened
porch: privilege of getting Light breakfast:
rier., gas. h. VIII. and phone: near cars and
siu~rs: S35 for compile phnn" Col. 55li
Evening star., 1923-09-04

WANTED TU HENT-HUUSES.
DETACHED semi-detsched. rooms. in
Cleveland Park or Georgetovn; years lease;
rent not to exceed 800. Address Box IS b.
Star Office. 4s
Evening star., 1923-09-04
ROOMS AND BOARD.
Continued.

ARCADIA, aa5 MASS. AVE. Nw.-Room
and board, $3.50 week; modern: good table. q
30l9 GA AVE. NV large rooms. reason.
able price: heat and gas. -
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-26

er nations of the world have refused to
have anything to do with a people who,
through their governmental policies, are
convicted before the world of taking and
holding property that does not belong
TO them.
In making his reply to the persons
who had requested that the United
States recognize the soviet government
Secretary Hughes very properly and very
exactly pointed out that, for the United
States to follow such a course would
be to place a premium on reputation
and confiscation.
The petitioners had little TO say
no much-about the advantages of the
soviet style of government, contrasting
it with our own to the manifest dis
advantage of the American system. 1t
seems almost incredible that supposedly
intelligent people could reason in such.
fashion.
Our government is, generally speak
ing. the best in, the world Possibly
combination of the British style of gov
eminent and of Our own, eliminating
some Of the more Objectionable features
in each, would be about the best govern
mcnt for these times that could be de-
vised. As it is, however, the American
system of government is as good or bet
ter, all things considered as anything
that can be had.
We admit that there are defects in
our style Of government, but at least
it has not brought our people to the
verge of ruin and then showed them
over the edge. 1t has not robbed the
people so that millions of them would
have died of starvation had not the peo-
pie laboring under poorer system of
government come to our, aid. 1t is not
a government upheld by the bayonet and
rifle as is the soviet system in Russia.
1t docs not claim to benefit the people
while it robs and murders them. The
soviet government has done all these
things and is doing the greater part of
them today.
The chief difference between the two
governmental systems is that the soviet
does not work and the American system
does work. A government that func-
tons properly and is true to its funda-
mental principles, is worth a million abb
stract theories of government that do
not work at all.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-26
----OO-
PICTURES OF MEMORY.

Among the beautiful pictures
That hang on Memory's wall
Is one of n dim old forest
That seemeth best Of all:
Not for its gnarled oaks oldcn,
Dark with the mistletoe;
Not for the vioets golden
That sprinkle the vale below
Not for the milk-white lilies
That lead from the fragrant hedge.
Coquetting all day with the sunbcams.
And stealing their golden edge;
Not for the vines on the upland
Where the bright red berries rest.
Nor the pinks. nor the pale sweet cowsip.
1t scemeth to me the best.
/ once had little brother.
With eyes that were dark and deep
In the lap of that old dim forest
He lieth in peace asleep.
Light as the down of the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow.
We roved there the beautiful summers.
The summers of long ago;
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And. one of the autumn ewes,
/ made for my little brother
A bed Of the yellow leaves.
Sweetly his pale arms folded
Ny neck in n meek embrace
As the light of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face:
And when the arrows of sunset
Lodged in the treetops bright
He fell in his saint-like beauty,
Asleep by the gates of light.
Therefore. Of all the pictures
That hang on Memory's wall,
The one of the dim old forest
Seemeth the best of all.
Alice Cary.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-26
OUR SYSTEM WORKS

A anumber of people who doubtless
mean we'll but who are most iamentably
uniformed, have petitioned the United
States government to recognize the
soviet government of Russia. The
United States government, through Sec
rotary Hughes, has replied that the gov
eminent cannot see its way move,
in accord with the requesta
1t will be remembered that Russia,
as she stands today, is one big inter
national thief and defauter. She has
grabbed and refuses to surrender the
property of people belonging to other
nations who happened to be in Russia
at the time of the commencement of
the Russian revolution. To this money
and property Russia has not the shadow
Of a claim. She had no more right to
seize that property than hold-up man
has to rob a pedestrian he meets on
darkened street. The one robbery is
mot more open or gross than the other.
Russia has been told repeatedly by
the other nations of Europe and by the
United States that she is expected to
return the property she has unlawfully
taken over, but she either makes no re-
| ply at all to the notifications or refuses
! to make restitution. Therefore, the 9TH
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-26
Pointed Paragraphs

Cleave to the good. Use a clcaver
on the bad.
Wise men are wrong more frequent
ly than fools are right.
Many people walt assis:ance-and
few need it.
A jeweler says that pearls are like
women-they require lot of atten-
ton.
Politeness Of some men causes them
to be looked upon with suspicion.
Ever notice how easy it is for Il
man TO be good-natured when every
thing is coming his way?
The man who doesn't know one note
from another is always getting next
to things that are selling for a song.
A man can see beauty in the home
liest woman who makes him believe
that she considers him smart.
Poverty would soon be thing of
the past il every married man drew
as big a salary is his wife thinks he
earns.
1t is said that a soft answer turn
eth away wrath. but occasionally a
soft anSwer starts = matrimonial en-
gagement which nds in war.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-26
Poets Corner
PERFECT MEN.

We are n Cody, virtuous band
Who rule our friends with iron hand.
We are the law within'th law,
A clan of men without a flaw.
Who sit in saIctity alone
Upon faultless human throne
To watch the wrongs of lesser men
And rigid justice mcte to them.
There's ne'er a wrong but what we see,
And to atone in sacred glee ..
We operate in dead of night
Beyond the world Of crime and sight.
Not fear. nor chasing deeds doth cause
Our hiding way from men and laws ;
For we are all true men of God
Who ne'er from His straight way have
trod.
We are each ono in honor bound
To make this rotten world sound.
And all are able first to east
Avenging stones from sinless past.
We pluck the mote from others eyes
And judge them through our counsel
wise, .,
For we are noble. perfect men.
The first on earth since time began.
We'cr known by deed but not by name
In walks Of life We look the same
It's hard to tell us from the throng
But we'er all right and they're all
wrong.
We adjust the town and all it's morals
The family and the family quarrels.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-26
SPEAK GENTLY

Speak gently; it is better far
To rule by love than fear;
Speak gently; let no harsh word mar
The good we may do here.
Speak gently to the little child;
Its love is sure TO gain;
Teach it in accents soft and mild;
1t may not long remain.
Speak gently to the young. for they
Will have enough to bear;
Pass through this life as best they may.
'Tis full of anxious care
Speak gently to the aged one,
Grieve not the careworn heart,
Whose sands of life are nearly run;
Let such in peace depart.
Speak gently to the erring; know
They must have toied in vain:
Perchance unkindness made them so
Oh, win them back again!
Speak gently: tits little thing
Dropped in the hearts deep we'll;
The good. the joy. that it may bring,
Eternity shall tell.
David