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Natrona County Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 1

Natrona County Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 1

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trona County Tribune VOLUME XXV. CASPER, NATRONA COUNTY, WYOMING, JANUARY 13, 1916. NUMBER 36 NORTHWESTERN NOTES WYOMING NEWS BULLETIN William Conroy, chief clerk to The eighth cdinty agent for Wyoming has been This appointment is that of John E. Watt for Lincoln County. Mr.

Watt is a Cupt. C. T. Boone, was taken down sick Tuesday and is now confined to the Casper Private Hospital, with a 'graduate of ihj, Kansas State Agri severe attack of rheumatism ana a rnmnlication of other ailments. It cultural College and obtained his M.

A. degree froift Oregon Agricultural is hoped that his recovery will be rapid. College, his work for this degree be Sunt. C. T.

Boone and General Pas. JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE of Suits and Dresses ing principa'ltyMrt dairying and animal Mr. Watt has a record back of hint'' That would indicate that he is an excellent man for position. Three other counties in the senger Agent Leever were in River-ton this week on W. N.

W. busi ness. .1 State are negotiating and considering Charles Tuma! wno has been an putting in county agents. engineer on a local engine Deiween here and Douglas, has been transferred to Douglas, where he will be beginning next oeyusiuwci, mo work in Paleontology which was in the past caVrmd tn by Prof. Wilbur C.

Knight aiUi William H. Reed, will on a helper engine. George Carter, engineer on the Ladies Suits, $15 be revived by the appointment of a man for that) field. The University "As Light night switch engine here, left Tuesday for Kansas City, on account of the serious illness of a brother, will also find jt necessary on account of the increase" in enrollment to sup Choice of all Winter Suits any suit in the house value up to $35.00 SALE PRICE ply additionaHnstructors Home 0 0" Switchman J. L.

Russell is laying As a off from work for several days on account of an attack of the grip. Economics, Modern Languages and Manual Training. The Registration Day for the second semesfcr-has been set for Monday, Januafy31. "At this time all students of th University who are now General Freight and Passenger wm 1 Agent Leever of the Wyoming Northwestern, while in Omaha last in attendance will re-register and de- Ladies Coats, $10 and $15 All Winter Coats, regardless of former price, that sold up to $35.00, divided into two lots for quick selling SALE PRICE $10.00 and $15.00 Dresses, $12.75 Ladies' and Misses' Wool, Silk and Evening Dresses, all styles week conferred with C. N.

W. of upon their courses for the see ficials, was quoted as follows in one of the Omaha dailies: bnd half c. 1 year. New students will find this a desirable time to register as they will then be able "Wyoming has developed wonder Talk about light, fluffy, tempting and wholesome Jelly Rolls, good things! My! but CALUMET BAKING POWDER certainly beats the band sure results for to start in on, he beginning of a sera ester's work. fully during the last year.

Immense sums of foreign capital has come in for the development of the country. and sizes that sold up to $30.00, SALE PRICE The intercollegiate basket ball season will open on Saturday, January 15, with the Varsity quintet meeting i The oil-producing industry has grown to enormous proportions and new fields are being brought in. Six- me iUiuruuu Agricultural iiuiiege teen miles east of Casper, alone the team on thewyoming floor at Lara ill Big Muddy river, numerous wells are mie. hougn victory is looked lor by the Wyoming five, still a hard and Extra One Odd Lot of Ladies and Misses Suit Coats and Dresses, to close at purity, economy and wholesome bakings. Tell your mother to try close is1, practically certain, as the Aggies are f.lways among the top- Calumet Baking Powder on the mone-back notchers.

With all but one of last Special $5.00 being put downand it gives promise of being a rich field, it is asserted. "Wyoming towns have grown rapidly, especially those in the oil belt. Crops have been good and farmers have received high prices for all of their products. This is true with cattle and sheep." Hit Objection year's winning squad back again, i team that Will even surpass last sea guarantee. Received Highest Awards son's recorfl'will probably represent Wyoming this year, Km Cl Butt tru tu Slit In hand Cam.

-O J.OIL NOTES CKINGPOWDJE j. id. Spring Display JUST ARRIVED A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF DRESSES FOR ALL OC-CASIONS. SPRING SHOES AND PUMPS FOR LADIES AND MISSES ARE NOW ON DISPLAY IN ALL THE NEWEST STYLES JJtmadebythetrusJL lb Here is one told by C. R.

Lupton, former president of the Missouri Undertakers' Association: A friend and his wife went to one of the St. Louis cemeteries for the purpose of selecting a lot. The wife selected a site on a hill overlooking a beautiful miniature lake, but her husband shook his head. "No," he objected, "this is too much of a hill to climb. Let's look lower Near the lake the wife found a shot which pleased her even more than the one on top of the hill.

"Let's buy one of these," she urged. Her husband looked at her in NEW WORK IN CODY FIELDS Oil activities being resumed in the Cody the coming season promises tc be one of extensive developments During the past few weeks arrangements have been perfecting orothe 'carrying on of drilling on a large scale. A. M. Berringer, an experienced oil man from Oklahoma, will take active charge of operations in the Cody field for the Mountain States Oil Company.

OIL ACTIVITY INCREASES The petroleum output of Wyoming was materially increased in 1915 as the result ef the completion of a six- Richards Cunningham I MtmtHt inch gravity line by the Illinois "Why," he said, "I'm surprised at you. I wouldn't think of being buried in this low, marshy place. It's the unhealthiest spot in the whole cemetery." Globe-Democrat. Cheap and big canBakingPowdersdo not save you money. Calumet does it'sPure and far superior to sour tnillc and soda.

CASPER BURLINGTON NOTES o- I 0- 0- Company from, the Grass Creek field in Hot Springs County to the Burlington Railroad at Chatham and of the opening in September of a prolific southwestward extension of the old Greybull field on town lots in the city of Greybull, Big Horn County. A monster igas well estimated at cubic" feet capacity, open flow, was brought in on the Byron anticline iri-the northwestern part of Big Horn coUrity late in September. MONSTER PIPE LINE Ways andJ "means to pipe natural gas 300 mile from the Big Horn Ba- Mother (sternly to young married daughter) Really, my dear, I am astonished at your allowing Billy to attend that farewell supper to Mr. Soak, em. I understand it was a disgraceful affair.

Daughter (indignantly). Why, mother, how can you? I am quite sure it must have been very sad. Billy distinctly told me the men filled right up, and even the main speaker of the evening was too full for utterance sin fields near Byron, to Salt Lake City, and to other cities near the wells, are being considered by the Utah-Wyoming Consolidated Oil Co. of Salt Lake, and eastern capitalists, it became known in Cheyenne this week. Gus Johnson, general master mechanic of the Burlington, with headquarters in Lincoln, Was in Casper yesterday on company business.

1 oo Special Agent German of Omaha and Special Agent Heath of Lincoln were in Casper yesterday on Burlington business. It has been definitely announced that, barring any unforeseen ob-stacies, the new Burlington depot will be completed by January 25, and will be formally opened under the auspices of the Caspej Industrial ADVERTISED LETTERS Letters advertised and uncalled for at the Casper Post Office for the week ending January 11, 1916: Ladies Miss Ruth Louise Brooks, Hallie Ellis, Mrs. Jim Engerman, Faith Hardden, Miss Stella Hakes, Mrs. C. C.

Hamilton, Miss Bessie Koontz, Mrs. J. B. Moran, Mrs. Minnie McRae, Miss E.

M. Smith, Mrs. Perry Sinclair. Gentlemen George H. Auldridge, Jas.

P. Brooks, Millard Brumley (2), Ernest Booth, Tom Donaldson, De-Unten, Mr. and Mrs. D. E.

Unlin, Harry Deitrich, Dan Donovan, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ebsen, Will Gray, Frank Griffith, G.

B. Jenkinson, W. W. McChillis, Ralph McWhinnie, Oldy Oldenberg, Mr. Parker, Harold Parker, John Sloan, Jas.

E. Thornton, J. W. Verdier. If not called for in fifteen days the above mail will be sent to the Division of Dead Letters at Washington, D.

C. J. S. VAN DOREN, Postmaster. Look.

Listen Stop, past belief! It's o'er a month Since we to Casper came, And we've not been eaten by a bear And all feel just the same. For before we came to this great town The people they did talk Uf how we'd see the Indian squad And the big chief on our walk. Of how the snows would fall so fast 'Twould cover up the house-That we would fairly freeze out herei With the jack rabbit and the grouse. That there was not a school or church To send our children dear Ohr 'twas dreadful in the West, In Casper 'way out here. And in the middle of the night The coyote's dismal bark Would waken us from slumber sweet, T'was all a foolish Iarkt And I have written to the East, To my Old Kentucky folk, And told them that the tales they hear Are all a crazy joke.

For I have found in this short month Since I to Casper came, I like the great high mountains, (And I really like its name) I like the beauteous sunset, And every one is kind I like the fresh air and the snow, But, best of all, the wind. Mrs. J. B. G.

Gdod Motto IS di WITH OTHER EDITORS How to Build Up The way to build up a community is for every person in it, who can, to put some money into industries that give the people employment, and push the industries to success. Industries that last all the year round are the best; but those that last part of the year are better than none. The most valuable power on earth is WILL AUCTION OFF JOY MORTON CANAL FURS AND HIDES HIGHER THAN EVER. Coyotes, Cased No. 1, Large up to $4 DRY FLINT (butchered) HIDES PER LB.

DRY FLINT (fallen) HIDES v. PER LB. PART DRY HIDES 24c to 22c PER LB. GREEN SALTED HIDES (cured) 15c PER LB. GREEN SALTED HIDES (part cured) 14V2c PER LB.

GREEN HIDES v. 13c PER LB. DRY FULL WOOL (butchered) SHEEP PELTS 19c PER LB. DRY FULL WOOL (fallen) SHEEP PELTS PER LB. DRY SHORT WOOL SHEEP PER LB.

TORN, PIECES AND SHEARINGS 9c PER LB. HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RUBBER AND METALS. Write for Our Large Price List and Shipping Tags. human power, and when it is not em The Wyoming Central canal, owned Club. Tom P.

Clemo of the Great North ern Railroad was visiting with Burlington officials here Wednesday. William Lindo, chief steam fitter for the Burlington, was in Casper Wednesday on company business. -O The big new steel bridge which spans the Platte River on the new line of the Burlington, is a wonder. It is over 500 feet long and ninety-seven feet high from the water to the track. The undertruss style of bridge was used on account of it being so high, which does a way.

with the danger of it being blown over, by the heavy winds which sometimes prevail in that section. 0 0 Four cars of settlers from Iowa passed thru here over the Burlington Sunday for Lovell, Wyo. The cars were partially filled with immigrant movables and several families, all of whom have taken up land the purpose of raising beets in the 'vicinity of the proposed new sugar "factory town. y. Joe Kelly and J.

H. McCunnan, Burlington brakemen, are laid up in the Casper Private Hospital as 'a result of injuries sustained when they fell from the top of a freight car. H. P-. Maxim has been transferred from the Burlington dispatcher's office here to a conductor's run.

Employer: What, you here still? I thought I discharged you, 4 Cassidy. Ye did, sorr. Employer: Well, why didn't you get out when you were told? Shure, sorr, OiSjknow when Oi got a good boss, avelt if ye don't know when ye have a godd man. ployed it is not only lost, but it also 1 by Joy Morton, the Chicago multi. I1' millionaire, is to be sold at public consumes part of what others earn.

Work creates wealth work sets money in motion; work pays debts; work auction at Riverton to satisfy a judg- is the vital power in prosperity, and that city, that community, and that nation whose people are idle, are poor, and poor in proportion to the number that work and the time they work. Heavens greatest earthly blessing to any people is to give them honest, remunerative work. Wor- lie Jur Ik Wool House Ghicag rnent against the company obtained by Mrs. Nina A. La Porte, a widow.

Morton eight years ago contracted the State of Wyoming to construct the Wyoming Central irriga- tion enterprise. The big canals would furnish water for 300,000 acres and -would cost about $3,500,000. The company three years ago defaulted in many directions, after building canals that reclaimed 25,000 acres near Riverton. It is expected Morton wHl oppose the sale. Found a Sure Thing.

B. Wixofi, Fanners Mills, N. has used Chamberlain's Tablets for years for dLorders of the stomach nd liver and says, "Chamberlain's Tablets are the best I have ever used." Obtainable everywhere. land Grit. A Wicked City.

Cheyenne is a wicked city, a very wicked city, not very far from that place described by the Rev. L. C. Hills, the "Reverend" Kingsford and the gentleman from Sheridan. There were 1253 arrests made there during 1915, an increase of 133 over 1914.

It is well that hell should be discussed in that sinful city in" all its bearings. Laramie Republican. Manufacturing Furriers and Tanners. at Douglas, Wyoming THE LARGEST HOUSE OF ITS KIND IN THE WEST..

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