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SHOWING OF OIL
ENCOUNTERED BY
VICTORY co.

A showing of shale oil was observ.
ed at 1885 feet In the Lindenmeir
well of the Victory Oil company re-
Gently according to reports from the
the Fort Collins-W Wellington field.
Two bailors OF oil saturated water
was reported, also traces OF gas.
The Victory well is three quarters
of a mile south of the Country Club
No. 1 of the Atlantic Petroleum cor
poration. Country Club No. l Is down
more than 1890 feet and the well
is between the Victory and the fam
Gus Whitaker gusher of the Union
oil company Of California. Shale oil
is expected by Atlantic drillers also.
Both Independent wells are believed
to be on the Whitaker structure.
The Union Oil company of Cali
fornia has declared the quarterly div
idend OF As cents a share on the new
SIS par value stock payable February
10 to stockholders Of record Jan. 16.
1t is reported at Fort Collins that
the Union of California is consider
Ing the building Of a gasoline extrac-
ton plant at its Mitchell lease at
The north end OF the field; the plant
to cost approximately 100000, with
pipe lines additional. II built, the
plant would probably handle the dis
covery we'll output also.
The Fort Collins Producers have
decided to abandon the attempt to
drill the Scott well on the Yelling
ton structure with a rotary and n
change Is now being made to STAN
dard rig. The we'll is down 3,240
feet.
Cellar has been dug and rig tim
bers r on the ground preparatory
to derrick construction, starting In a
few days, on a new test OF the Union
OF California on its acreage a half
mile south of the famous Whitaker
gusher. This location is almost d.
rectly east Of the Country Club No.
l of Atlantic Petroleum and but a
quarter of a mile from Atlantic's rig.
The Whitaker producer will now be
almost surrounded with drilling
tests. The Meyer to the northeast
is drilling at 1906 feet. the Yer
Straten, to the northwest $3.50 feet;
the Blunck to the west and south.
is drilling at 1900 feet. The new
test will be almost Immediately
south of the Whitaker and the well
should be spudded-in, 1t Is believed,
within thirty days.
Some of these tests are expected
In as early as February 20 at the
present rate of drilling. Weather
conditions have been quite favorable
and much new activity in the Fort
Collins-Wellington field is anticipat-
ed with the approach OF spring.
, 1925-01-15
COMMITTEES
APPOINTED COZ
c. MEETING MON,

; At the regular weekly. meeting Of
the Rawlins Chamber Of Commerce
held in the office ROOM No. 10 In
the First National Bank building, on
Monday night OF this week. two COM
mittees were appointed, o report was
given by the paving committee and
George Marks, highway engineer for
this district, appeared In person and
give a talk urging the support of the
gasoline BILL"
Although for some time the city
officials have been discussing the
auto camp ground. the Chamber. of
Commerce is going into the matter
and getting behind the proposition.
1t has been realized for some time
that the city Is badly In need of a
ground for the old grounds are nei-
Their adequate nor convenient for the
ever increasing number of auto tour
lists passing through Rawlins every
summer. A committee composed of
H. B~reitenstein, chairman, H. Per-
rett. j. Wisda and l.. M. Bonnewell
was appointed to thoroughly investi-
gate the matter.
A second committee, which will be
known as the advertising committee
was appointed and the work of this
committee will be to advertise Raw
Inns via pamphlets. bulletins. road
maps. etc. This committee will as.
semble the material for q bulletin
which will include the selling of
Rawlins to outsiders, in the form of
articles on and about Rawl!ns, pic
lures. a complete road map of this
section, etc. 1t is expected that this
bulletin will be published in two or
three months. 1. w. Dinsmore was
appointed as chairman of this COM
mittee with assistants G. A. Deaton,
w. L. Alcorn and L.. NJ. Bonnewell.
A report was made by the paving
committee as to the progress which
Is being made and several letters
were read in response to inquiries
about various kinds Of paving. No
has been made as to the
amount of paving which will be conn.,
pleted this summer but the district
which will be paved has been select
ed. The area in which the paving
will be laid is: From the east end
railroad tracks west on Lincoln high
way. following the highway as far as
10th street; 9Th street between Front
and the Penitentiary; 4th
from Front to Maple; Bird
street from Front to Walnut: 9Th
Front to Spruce: Buffalo from
Bird to 9th; Pine from 3rd to 9Th;
from Bird to 10th. AS stated,
is only a tentative schedule and
1t may be that the are may be
changed in a few minor cases.
The paving committee has made
good progress In its work and in a
few days several members OF the
chamber Of Commerce will visit some
of the residents asking them 10 sign
for their share of the paving. The
type of paving has not as yet been }
selected. Contractors ask for 3d.
900 square yards of paving before
will take the contract. DR.. f.
A. keli Is chairman Of this commit
tee with assistants George Bible r.
II. Alcorn. ]. w. Wisda. c. II. Whit
and c. A. Brimmer.
Engineer Geo. Marks in his talk
before the meeting aionday night.
the Chamber OF Commerce to
pass a resolution asking the support
Of the representatives In the legisla-
ture to support the gasoline bill'
, 1925-01-15
TWO OPERATIONS AT
PENITENTIARY LAST WEEK

DR.. Barber made two operations
at the p%enitentiary the latter part of
last week. One prisoner underwent
an appendicitis operation and the
other n a minor operation. The
first part OF this week DR.. Barber
performed a tonsil removal operation
on an inmate of that institution.
, 1925-01-15
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. ]. l.. Austin and baby son
OF ga Twelfth street we're d~ischarg-
ed from the hospital on the 9Th.
Mrs. VIII Hays who was admitted
to the hospital on December 7th
and underwent q serious operation
the same day. was sufficiently re-
, 1925-01-15

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& 49,. HIRE AD TKRE"
WIEN~ ~
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Mrs. Tony .Stratton left Rawlins
Sunday night for tRqchsster, Mime
sofa. where she will enter the. Mayo
Brothers hospital for medical treat
ment. She will be gone from this
city foe several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Larsen
came In from their homestead ON
Friday and will spend several days
in Rawlins.
Miss Florence Laubman who
teaches the second grade, South
Ward. arrived in Raw1ins ON Sun
day and took up her school work on
Monday morning. Miss Laubman
was unable to report at school after
the Christmas holidays because of
The serious illness of her mother in
Russell. Kansas. She reports that
her mother is much improved at the
present time.
A. A. Sanders and family have
moved into the house owned by VIII
Clause at TIT w. Cedar street.
John Beck is leaving Rawlins In
the neal future for Washington state
where he will make his home.
/. On Thursday OF last week a mar
riage license was issued by County
Clerk Buchanan to Miss Nellie Thorn
as of this city and Mr.. Carl Reese
OF ParcO.
Mrs. Roberta Gildea was In Medi-
cine Bow on Sunday visiting relatives
and friends.
DR.. and Mrs. f. A. Kell returned
to Rawlins last Friday after having
spent several weeks in POttstown,
Pa. visiting friends and relatives.
Arthur Rasmussen came in from
H Tya ., r,,ttnr 100 LNrlIar 80 ln-& x,1NIr
INT spent several days in Rawlins.
He left for the Rasmussen ranch
.on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. v. Shelton and
small son left Rawlins for Denver
last Saturday evening. They will be
gone a couple of weeks.
/ Miss Edna Campbell left on Tues
day for Denver where she will spend
several days on business and visiting
friends.
Mrs. VIM. Adams and small dau-
ghter left Rawlins last Thursday
evening for Chicago where they will
spend about a month visiting rela-
tives.
Jim Fites. general foreman OF the
Richard Savage ranch which is on
the Platte river above Ft. Steele, was
a Rawlin3 visitor ON Monday of
this week.
Ralph Mall of Provo, Utah, ar
rived in Rawlins last Saturday and
will spend about a week visiting his
friends In this city before going to
Illinois.
Mrs. VIII Jordan will leave the
latter part of the week for Denver
where she will spend several days. !
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. X. Johnson have ,
been spending the week in Rawlins
from their home in Saratoga.
l.. G.. Davis. Ed Sears and w. NJ.
Englehart. all of the Platte Valley
have been Rawlins visitors during
the past week from the Platte Valley.
Frank Ryan OF the Pierce and Ry-
an Drug company will leave this city
the first of next week for Los An
ge.os where he will spend several
months visiting. !
c. Il. Campbell. an employee of
tho General Petroleum was a Raw
Inns visitor on Monday Of this week.
Mrs. Ed. Hilpp was in Rawlins on
Monday having some dental work
done.
william Stookey was confined to
his homo on Monday OF this week
with illness.
Mrs. C. w. Morris is spending the
week In Denver visiting friends and
relatives. having gone down last
Thursday.
Clarence Brimmer left Rawlins
yesterday morning for Medicine Bow.
He will return to this city this cv-
ening. ,
A. ]. Roster left Tuesday evening
for Cheyenne where he Will spend
n cgupIe of DAYS,
, 1925-01-15

which will Increase the gasoline tax
to thrae cents. Letters were sent out
on Tuesday by MI. Bonnewsll. ask
Ing that this bill be. supported.
, 1925-01-15
BOY SCOUT NOTES
10y 4 BOY 9coutl

Troop No. / Of the Boy Scouts Of
Raw1ins is to have basketball
tournament about the middle part Of
next month. There are four patrols,
namely: Coyote. Pine Tree, Wolf and
Fox.
The Wolf patrol under the leader
ship Of william Pons IL fully intend
ing to take the tournament. James
eastman. leader Of the Fox patrol
says that that patrol has the tourna-
ment all but taken. The members
of the Coyote patrol, who have
Eugene Cross as the leader, r al
ready talking Of the glory they will
get when that patrol wins the tourna-
ment and the Pine Tree patrol with
"Chuck" McDermott as leader knows
that his patrol has the tournament
cinched.
A notice VIII be printed, in this
paper at a later date as to the exact
date of the tournament and. every
one, especially the boys over IL years
of age are invited to attend the
tournament and see the Scouts in
action.
One point the Scouts want the citi-
Gems OF Rawlins to know is that they
are not devoting all of their time
to basketball. in fact, a very small
part of 1t ia used for basketball.
The Scouts will display their
Scout work soon, SO watch this paper
for announcements.
Troop No. l will be glad to take
in more men until all of the patrols
have eight men and then enlistments
will be closed. ~
Meetings are held every Saturday
morning at $500 o'clock in the high
school gymnasium-so come on boys
we will show you the real life.
Join the Scouts now.
DeForest Hansen left this city on
, 1925-01-15

DeForest Hansen left this city on
Tuesday morning for Laramie where
he will spend some time.
, 1925-01-15

Meetings are held every Saturday
morning at $500 o'clock in the high
school gymnasium-so come on boys
we will show you the real life.
, 1925-01-15

Join the Scouts now
, 1925-01-15

Troop No. l will be glad to take
in more men until all of the patrols
have eight men and then enlistments
will be closed.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-23

This tc"l from the
featuring bed big
wclNut
Walnut, combined with other cabinet woods including dscrowtn bcSs
all weekly
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
CHANGE IN LAW
INCREASES TAX
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND IN
COME TAX DO NOT oFFSET-No
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

Milwaukee taxpayers are complain
ing about the increase in state taxes
and the opening of the tax paying
period finds the volume of protests in
creasing every day.
Repeal of the personal property off
set by the last legislature has result
ed in considerable increase fol
many taxpayers.
Prior to the passage of the tax bill
repeating the personal property offset
taxpayers were permitted to use their
personal property tag as an offset
against their income.
For instance, if man received g
bill last year for $25 in income taxes
and $26 in personal property taxes, he
would pay only the larger sum- One
tax would be used as an offset
against the other This year if a man
receives a bill for $25 in income
taxes and $26 in personal property
taxes, he must pay both.
Certain home owners also find their
taxes greater than last year, if the
value of their property is less than
$4,000. This, however is due to the
fact that the legislature also repeal
ed the clause which permitted an ex
mption of $500 on the assessed valu-
alton of homesteads.
Persons owning automobiles are
hit by the repeal of the personal prop
erty offset. Last year they could use
one tax as an offset against the other
This year they must pay the tax on
their incomes as we'll as the tax on
their automobiles.
Business men with large stocks are
also affected by the repeal of the per.
sonal property offset Many manufac-
turing establishments throughout the
state are heavily hit by the new tax
Small merchants feel the increase Sc
verely.s
The bill which repealed the person
al property offset during the recent
session of the legislature was known
as the administration tax bill, 1925.
1t was passed with the combined
votes of the socialists and the Blaine
members of the legislature.
Some typical examples of the in
crease in taxes taken from the tax
roll at random are as follows:
One man received an income tax
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
WILL RESTORE
PHONE SERVICE
PHONE COMPANY DIRECTORS Or
DER NEW EQUIPMENTS; oP-
ORATORS ARE HERolNES

Before the devastating" fire which
Monday morning destroyed the Mer
chants State Bank building had been
extinguished or even brought under
control, plans were being made by
the Rhinelander Telephone Co. fol-
resumption of service at the earliest
date possible.
Officials of the company, sensing
the disaster which was held newt
able, got telephone call through to
Milwaukee about o'clock for toll
switchboard ard also acquainted Wis
consin Bell Telephone Co. engineers
at Milwaukee of the situation here,
requesting that they go into confer.
ence today to outline a course to be
followed in effecting a resumption OF
operations at the earliest date pos.
sible.
Temporary offices have been estab
lished over the Oneida National bank
pending decision as to the phone com,
pany's future.
Not even the slightest bit of equip
nent can be salvaged, it was declared
by George Mahoney, secretary of the
company, while directors declared
that the loss was fully protected by
insurance.
Others affected by the fire also
made plans long before the, smoke
had cleared away, with decision OF
the Merchants State Bank to open
for business this week in the Hide.
brand building on Brown street. Rec
ords and all papers of the bank were
safe in the huge vaults, it was ex,
planned, and these will be used in the
transaction of business, while the
vault will be used each night as a
depository.
Barney Isackson, whose dry good
stock was badly damaged, had not de-
cided this afternoon what his future
plans would be, while the Brown
Land & Lumber Co. was looking for
other office rooms, as were others
affected.
The Misses Ruth Bruins and Gladys
Thompson, telephone operators, were
heroines of the fire. These two girls
stuck to their posts until smoke
made further work impossible. When
they left their switchboards it was
too late to use the stairway to es.
cape because of the flames and smoke
coming from the basement. They gain
ed safety by use. of the fire escape.
The two operators, although urged
to desert their posts completed doz
ems Of calls summoning men interest
ed in the various offices and stores
in the building and completing long
distance calls for ew telephone equip
ment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24

bill for $16.25 last year. He also own
ed an automobile valued at $1,000 for
which he received personal property
tax bill amounting to $50. He paid
the larger of the two amounts, which
was $50. This year he received an
income tax bill for $27.72. His auto
mobile deprecated in value during the
year and it's assessed valuation was
lowered to $500. Therefore his person
al property tax on his automobile was
$21. He is required to pay both taxes
this year, total of $48.72. This re.
presents an increase of $18.72 in the
amount of taxes he must pay, despite
a So reduction in the tax on his auto
mobile because of depreciation
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
WAUsAU LANDMARK GONE

The old Hotel Winkley barn, one of
the oldest buildings in the city, is to
torn down to provide room for the
onward march of progress, and as
the irony of fate would have it, the
site occupied by this building will be
utilized for parking space for auto.
mobiles. And thus again the automo,
Dile asserts it's place in the general
scheme of progress for this building
was first built to accommodate the
teams sent into the pinery, and for
over half century played an import
ant part in the history Of the city.
The barn was built in 1858 by the
late Charles Winkley, who also built
and operated the Hotel Winkley. Dur
ing the years that the, old Concord
stages were practically the only
means of transportation in the Wis
consin river valley, save for the river
itself, stage teams were quartered at
this barn and several of the stages
arrived at and departed from the
Winkley House, as it was Familiarity
called, especially those operating be
tween here and northern points.
Built of hewn logs the old barn has
gradually snccumbed to the ravages
of time and for several years it has
been rapidly decaying. Of late years
the building had been occupied as a
garage and warehouse, but time was
when it was busy scene as many of
the older residents of the city will re-
Wausau Pilot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
JAS. LAWLER FOUND
DEAD MON. MORNING
DESPONDENCY GIVEN AS CAUSE
OF AcT-FUNERAL HELD
TUESDAY AFTERNOON

A large acquaintance and friends
of James E. Lawler were shocked
Monday to learn that neighbors
of his on the north side of the river,
having failed to see him about as US
ual on Sunday had entered his house
and fund his remains as the result
Of self inflicted razor wounds on the
throat. Death had ensued possibly
twenty-four hours previously. Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon
from the Gaffney undertaking rooms
after which his remains were placed
beside those of his brother John Law
Ter who died in August, 1921.
The deceased was born in the Pro.
vince of New Brunswick in 1854, and
he was about 62 years of age. He and
his brother John left New Brunswick
at the time the Canadian Pacific Rail
way was built, finding employment
with one of the surveyors of the line,
and townsman of theirs, and they
worked on the survey as far as Win
nipeg. They then came by easy stages
to Eagle River where their brother
Finn Lawler was located, and remain
ed here for year and then spent
several years cruising in western Wis
consin and Minnesota. They returned
to Eagle River in 1888 and became
permanent residents from that time
on. Not long after they returned to
Eagle River, John Lawler was strick-
en- with total blindness and remained
in that state until his death Both
men were bachelors ara maintained
their home where both died and Jim
as he was universally known, for
years cared faithfully for his brothers
welfare and when not obliged to be
at home with him worked at his oc-
equations of surveying and cruising.
After the death of his brother John
he continued to live alone and at
times was noticeably Respondent his
health being affected by being the
subject of epilectic fits, fact not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
RHLNELANDER'S
100000 FIRE
CONTINUED from front page

weird spectacle. Water poured in un-
ending streams on the building froze
quickly and left only four brick walls
covered with ice and SCOT -Rhinelan-
der Daily News
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
WE WONDER

Do you suppose minister wonders
as much over why he didn't get the
wedding. (when he had every reason
to expect it, as the doctor wonders
why he wasn't called, when the fami-
lies had been lifelong friends? Do you
suppose the doctor spends as much
time wondering over why he wasn't
called as the shoe dealer wonders why
he didn't sell that certain pair of
shoes? Do you suppose the shoe deal.
er wonders as much as the movie, man
who puts on good show and has a
slim crowd? But do you suppose even
the movie man wonders as much
about that, as does the postmaster
and his assistants over how in the
world people find so much to write
about Exchange
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
"wALLY" SENDS GREETINGS

A Christmas greeting received
from L. w. Wallace of New York
City and addressed to "All in Eagle
River" contains this CHEEKY Yuletide
message and is indicative that al
though Mr. Wallace has been absent
from the old town for several years,
he does not forget it or its people.
Just a little greeting
From me to you,
Just a little heart-to-heart
Interview;
Hope this finds you very well
And happy, too,
On Christmas Day and every day
The New Year through!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Services for the Week

Christmas Eve, Dec. oath, Christ.
mas program by Sunday School at
1880.
Christmas Day Dec %, English ser
vices at 9:45 a. m.
German services at 1915 a. m.
Sunday, Dec. q, Sunday School at
900 a. m.
English services at 9:45 a. m.
German services at 1O:45 a. m.
Everybody cordially invited
]. d. KRUBSACK, pastor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
HANSON BURNED OUT AGAIN

John Hanson of Woodruff, suffered
another severe loss by fire last week
when his cement block house on his
farm was destroyed by fire. His large
barn burnt last summer and few
years ago he lost at different times
beth his house and barn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
Dates to Remember

Christmas Eve-Christmas pro
grams at Congregational and Luth
eran churches at 7:30. Eigh mass
at midnight at st. Peters church.
Christmas Day-Services at st.
Peters church and Lutheran
church.
Dec. Woman's Club meets
with Mrs F. j. Thrun.
Saturday-A good day to sub
scribe for the Review.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24

generally known by many Of his.
friends, and from which he had long
been told by physicias that he could
not recover, and no doubt, either
feeling one about to attack him or
soon after one, committed the rash
act that caused his death
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
AVE MERCY JUDGE

Judge Why does a big husky
man like you take to stealing, will
you explain that?"
Accused: Well, Sir; you see my
wife's sick and can't work
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Morning Worship at II o'clock. Sun
day School at 9:45. Special music,
Christian message and a cordial well
come to all.
Rev. Lewis H. Skidmore, Pastor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24

MONEY TO LoAN-On real estate
first mortgages. Chris Schroeder &
Son Co., Milwaukee. See M. Holz-
man, local representative.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-24
NOTICE TO PATRONS

Ny tailor shop will be closed for
the week between Christmas and New
Year while spending the time with re,
latives in Chicago Will be back to
take all work in my line, Monday,
January 3rd
HENRY CONRAD
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-08

WANTED-To buy 5000 feeder
hogs. Jack Hauser, 2. o. Box 62
City. 68e6
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-08
Loan n-AutOnsObiIes
Wantea-Mi isceIlaneosss

to put into alfak
ia. Prefer large tract, best rcfct-
ence. Richter, u mile south hf
Eucalyptus School. 7b6