Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 5

CITY BRIEFS SOCIETY Oil Stock, Lands and Leases Real Estate Insurance -o We burface Mitt Seely Honor Gueit Tom Longhurst of the Shaffer-Gay mas tree lighted with vari-colored I electric lights and gay with tinsel dec-: orations occupied the center of, the i floor, ropes of green and red crepe paper extending to the sides and corn- ers of the hall, while college banners and American flags completed the decorations. -I The wives of the members of the 00 SPOUTING. Gil All Wood OIJ board of education and Mrs. George Wildor were in the receiving line with the presidents of the classes and The.Western Realty and Brokerage Company Suite 18 and 20, O. S.

Bldg. (Temporary office, Chamberlin Furniture Company. John L. Bingenheimer, G. F.

Bell, President At Linen Shower Miss Gladys I'-Jiillras entertained a number of young ladies last evening at her home on South Durbin street in compliment to Miss Frances E. Seely who is to be a January bride. The affair was a linen shower and many lovely gifts of linen were presented to Miss Seely. The hostess provided a dozen nap. kins which the guests hemmed during the evening.

As these were finished the girls wrote their names on the napkins and they were tossed or New, Satisfaction Guaran-teed. Modern Floor Surfacing Co. Phone C61-W. L. E-Walden E.

Neion. (By United Pre.) ROME, Dec. 29. Mount Vesuvius is again in violent eruption, according to word received here. No details are available.

greeted the guests as they arrived. At nine o'clock the grand march was begun, Superintendent and Mr. I'George Wilder leading. and home-made cookies were served during the evening. Old-Timer Married In Doug la Miss Frankie Flood who, for the past two years has been doing private nursing in Casper, and Edward Iba, a Wyoming born, prosperous old-timer receiving a lucrative income from oil royalties in the Salt Creek field where he is extensively interested, were quietly married Tuesday.

December 18, at Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. Iba are making their home in Casper. Homer McCoy, of McCoy Company, bankers, and Charles W.

Whitney, vice-president of the Commercial Trust company, of Chicago, were in town yesterday and returned today to Chicago. into a basket, Miss Seely drawing out the one made by Miss Christine Grieve who received a Maderia boudoir pillow as a favor. A delicious lunch was served at ten o'clock. The guest list included Mrs. WU- liam Tolhurst, Mrs.

Pitt Covert, Mrs. W. S. Kimball, Mrs. Gus F.

Bell, Mrs. Leigh Townsend, Miss Irma Patton, Miss Hazel Adams, Mus Eunice Smith, Miss Hedwig Bayer, and the Misses Christine and Grace Grieve. High School Reception And Dance Success The students of the Natrona county high school, the alumni and their friends and the members of the board of education and their wives enjoyed the first annual reception and dance given last evening by the officers ot the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes oi the school, to the full, the affair being informal in nature and a big success from the start to the finish. The gymnasium in which the dance was held was decorated to suit the spirit of the occasion, a large Christ company, left this morning for Douglas to prepare a ooay for burial and shipment to the East. Dr.

A. A. Johnson, geologist, has returned from a five days' engineer ing investigation through Montana and finds that Montana people are much interested in oil and oil developments and in addition to developing possibly favorable districts arc getting ready to make substantial investments in Wyoming oil. Dr. Johnson thinks that while the business World is considerably depressed at the present time and the January settlement period is now on that all business interests come right and generous in the early spring and that the oil industry, being less affected by war conditions than any other industrial enterprise must go and that the coming year will be the best evei" for those interested in oil.

Pi ton-Stalev is spending a few days in Worland inspecting the He-la-Wyoming holdings and develop ments in that district. fi 0 Edward Lovewell of the Hecla-Wy-oming and other oil companies, left last night for Denver to attend to business matters, 0 IB The Epworth League of tbeuJantz Memorial M. E. church will hold a watch party Monday evening in the church parlors. Games and music will be indulged in during the evening, and refreshments will be served, the entertainment begiiming jrt 8 o'clock.

JLX 0 3 0 E. A. Hutchinson, snperintenJont of the Shoshoni Indian schools, snent the day in Casper being en route from Cheyenne to Shoshoni. Mr. Hutchinson stated that the Shoshoni Indiins took over $20,000 worth of Liberty loan bonds during the second campaign.

IBS 0 E. Richard Shipp will be the i'our-minute speaker at the local theatres New Year's night, his subject to bo the war-savings stamps. CHEYENNE, Dec. 29. Charges that the mayor of Rock Springs declared that, the crime committed by Wade Hampton, negro, who was taken forcibly from the Rock Spring, jail and lynched for his attempts to assault three women residents of Blairtown, justified the penalty, are contained in resolutions adopted by the colored citizens of Rock Springs, copies of which have been forwarded to Governor Frank Houx, it be-came known today.

The resolutions adopted by the negro residents of Rock Springs, signed by Rev. T. B. J. Barclay, chairman, and Mrs.

A. A. Bratton, secretary, both colored, demand an investigation to apprehend the parties particl pating in the lynching. ip NEW YORK HATTERS Why Not EAT DINNER at HOTEL HENN1NG New Years from 6 p. m.

until 8:30 p. m. Table d'Hote, $1.50. Blue Point Cocktail on Half Shell 4 Chicken Consomme, Princess I Queen Olives Ripe Olives i Celery Branches Mountain Trout, Meuniere Pommes Julian Cream Chicken a la Reine Frozen Fruit Punch Stuffed Young Turkey, Cranberry Jelly Roast Young Duckling, Baked Apple Peas in Cream Scalloped Corn Flaked Potatoes Finger Rolls Waldorf Salad Salted Wafers Apple Pie Cheese Pumpkin Pie English Plum Pudding. Brandy Sauce Peach Melba, Assorted Cakes Nuts Raisins Mints Demi Tasse PEACE PLAN WILL FAIL SAYS U.

S. COMMISSIONER PAPER1TES NEW YrtftK riAc. 90 Has moved from 135 South Center Street to 119 West first St. Where we will be pleased to see all our friends. CLEANING HATS First-Class Work Guaranteed.

New York Hatters (Alias "Writing We have it in ample variety. Box papers, pound paper, tablets, envelopes, correspondence cards. Ask for our "Casper Stamped Tablets." The Kimball Drug Store The Rexall Store. Casper' i Pioneer Store. 1 1 6 South Center Street.

Railway Commissioner Stevens, who was recently sent to Russia in charge of a group of American engineers, states in a Vladivostok interview that all is chaos in Russia and that he still feels that a separate peace with German is unlikely. Mrs. J. B. Boyer and her son, Lieutenant Emil Boyer of Fort Schnelling, left last night for Nebraska, to spend a few days with relatives.

Lieutenant Boyer is on a furlough during the holidays. Oho John W. Brooks, janitor of the Townsend building received word today of the death of his father and has left for the South to attend the funeral. A. C.

Funnell of the ShocMey Service Sales corporation is in Rock Springs on business for the wholesale department of the Pierce-Arrow and F. W. D. agencies. ono H.

D. Shannon, president, and W. E. Warnake, secretary of the Monarch-Salt Creek retroleum company, of Denver, are in the city today attending to business matters in connection with the company. Mrs.

Shannon accompanied her husband to Casper NICK PAGONES 1ST led HU Sunday and Monday Matinee and Evening 3 WHITE MOTOR TRUCKS FOR EVERY HAULING PROBLEM We still have a few Trucks for Immriiab Delivery but. THEY ARE GOING FAST See J. A. HARBISON Phone 57I-J. 165 South Ash Street." "NT- 1 By Permission of Messrs.

Cohan Harris He most intensely dramatic offering on the stage in recent years. Admission, 10c, 15c, 25c. un ina llilllllllliilllllliiimijlljlllllillllli 01fiffl(P iru AM(D BTINGS Ouf HOOD ST EAVORS- AND THANK QJDU I WE take this opportunity to extend to all of bur friends ancj customers our best wishes for 1918 and to Express our hearty appreciation of their uniform kindness and co-operation throughout the past year. CAMPBELL-JOHNSON CO, HEAD TO FOOT CLOTHIERS.