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sometimes he'd come to the place where
he simply couldn't go on, and was so
hopeless and desperate and miserable
Ihat was his last biennial bust for
now, or course, he has got something.
TO i've for, and it's all different and
mes become one of the little saints of
the T. M. c. A. They say he's the
pinkest thing in the room when he gets
up and does solemn warning. though
think it's rather fine of him. don't Won
And the fun of it is that he runs a boy
ing class there too, and punches their
little heads off afterwards. Oh, BilPs
great boy, and they're going to make
MN president Oh, dear. once
l get started talking about Bill I never
seem to know when to stop. Why do
you look so grave, Captain? Aren't you
pleased?"
Il have something to say about Bill,
too he returned slowly.
His early life and his early scrapes.''
she said land how you don't believe
it will last? There isn't much about
Bill don't know already--his being
sent away from England and how they
never wanted to see him again."
Il am out here to take him back" said
the Captain.
HE won't go easy said the girl.
IT am not so sure said the Captain.
circumstances have altered 1 don't
see very well how he can refuse T.
we-the family. I mean, are delighted
to hear that he has retrieved himself
and risen superior to the boyish follies
that threatened to engulf him. Let me
express to you our deep senses of obliga-
tion--our gratitnde-for your evident
IL IL Il -
needed it most
81 don't think I care to receive the
family gratitude" she answered coolly.
What did they ever do for Bill but
give him the cold shoulder from the
time he was left an orphan at twelve?
Sent him to Eton and Oxford as a pre-.
paratory step to giving him a thousand
pounds and telling him to scoot. You
can imagine how well equipped he was
to strike out for himself. Couldn't even
spell English till / got after him with
a speller, and had to work nights be-
fore he could write a page without az
least six school-boy's mistakes. The
only thing he really knew was Paradise
Lost, which had been cramned into
him for the army. He must nave found
it nice and useful
He was given his chance" said the
Captain, land. like many another, he
wouldn't take it. He was put into
good regiment and received an allow
ance that with economy would have
amply sufficed to let him hold his head
up. Then he went the pace and was
forgiven. Then he went the pace again
and wasn't. He has no right to COM
plain
''Oh. but he doesn't" she exclaimed
hastily. II wouldn't have you think
that for anything"
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anybody. I'VE come from England
just to see youi"
Me-" she cried
yes. you said the Captain
Then what do you want Pa for.
she demanded.
Il thought it would be better to lay
it before him first" be returned.
You'd better begin with me- she
said. THAT is, if you want to get
anywhere have Pa in my pocket,
as politicians say.
Haven't you man employed here
called Gray?'' he inquired. An Eng
lishman like myself-a gentleman
though he fills, understand, rather a
subordinate position?"
ooh, yes" she said, .'onIy he's most
" called Bill, you know. / should say
he is here. Very much here. indeed!
His real name is William Charles
Hepworth ST John Gray said the
Captain impressively-
Wei, all he's got left of that is his
glass eye" she said. That's why the
boys call him Glass Eyed Bill. you
know
1t look the Captain a little time 70
get over the shock.
a
all about Mr.. Cray he said at last.
unfriendly,'' she said.
The Englis3hnan sprang from his
chair.
My dear young lady he exclaim-
ed, II wouldn't have you think for
moment that my interest could be for
anything but for his advantage. I beg
T. faa T1F-c
mature to explain why, but will you
not take it on trust? Besides, it is not
as though 1 did not know the whole
miserable story of his decline and vir
tuaI disappearance. Ali / ask of you
is to fill in the Details
She gave him very searching look.
The Captain did not suffer from such
mute Interrogation and his straight
honest gaze treasured her. Something
about him was indefinitely reminiscent
of Bill
You must be related to him. she
said.
THAT is why I am here" he re-
turned gravely. THAT is why I want
you to tell me everything"
when he first blew in here" said
the girl, The was the most forlon,
hopeless. tatteTed thing you ever saw.
All Sue gave him something to eat on
the doorstep-Ah Sue has a heart like
melted butter, you know-and I hap
pened to be passing through the kitch-
en- and saw him there. Do you know
what he said to me, sticking his eye
glass in his eye and speaking with his
mouth full of chicken tamale? Said
he understood now why pigs squealed
when they atei If he hadn't said that
I suppose he'd have gone away and
that would have been the end of him.
But I couldn't resist a man like that,
could L? Besides it was awfully pitt
ful-he was so evidently the real thing
so handsome even in his terrible
clothes-a gentleman, you know
The Captain wriggled nervously on
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his chair. These recollectfons seemed
to make him acutely uncomfortable
His shrewd tanned face was bright
with an interest not untouched with
/ shame. Had Helen needed any reas-
/ surance as to his concern in Bill, the
expression of his face would have been
sufficient.
i we knew he was in very low wa
ter he said. We knew he had parted
from nearly all the association-the re-
finements of Had lost caste
and sunk lower and lower in the West
ern Avernus-but we never dreamed he
had been reduced toto
The chicken of charity said the
girl. filling in the gap
Il would call it rather the husks of
the Prodigal Son" said the Captain
solennIy.
Are you the elder brother? she ask
ed.
No, no. returned the Captain; only
what you might call-a-friend, "a
Bill didn't have any friends she
said bitterly. only an aunt, that's ali.
Except for her. he said, there wasn't
a soul in England who would have
walked around the block to help him. .
Captain Anstruther looked depressed
He was wrong" he said. He was
wrong
of course the trouble with Bill was
that he drank" she said.
''Oh, he did everything" assented the
Captain comprehensiveiy
He's on the water-wagon, now" she
remarked. Been there for a year and
half. Is going to stay too.''
"Water-wagon? inquired the Cap
tain; lis that the vernacular for-for
-2'
L mean I have reformed him. she
explained. Il guess you wouldn't know
Bill now. He has money in the bank
and drinks coffee with his meals,"
The Captain looked more depressed
than ever.
Il suppose we ought all to thank
you" he said. Yes, indeed, we are
very grateful to YOU
L doa't want you to think 1 am just
little angel" she went on. ..or that
1 go around radiating reform like a
lawn sprinkler sprinkIing. I'm quite a
believer in letting people mind their
own business But you see, in this case
Bill brought in on his own head"
That's where he usually brought
things" said the Captain. often pref
ty hard too
He never was nipping kind of
man, thank goodness . she said, but he
used to go off on what Pa called a
biennial bust. He had been here five
months, and perfect pattern, before
we got on to it. Pa at last made him
the Dago foreman, you know, and we
We're really beginning to think we had
found our long-lost child. He was al
ways so polite, you know, and hard
working and reliable: and he just snug
gled into the place like a dog that's
you home. Pa said it was all
too good to be true and 1 guess Pa was
right, for one hot Sunday afternoon a
man came running in to say that Bill
was fighting drunk and was Waiting
around the yard with a pistol to shoot
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w# HiLE talking with a California mining man.
wAo has taken a flyer in oil in bis owa
state, I expressed my belief that we would
have a great oil field here within the next year
he said he had spoken to a mining man whom I
knew we'll, and that this party had told him it would
be impossible to find oil in this valley on account
of the faults / replied that oil had never been
found except along a line of faults. and, after a mo-
ments thought he said he thought I was correct
Three years ago / began the study of this valley
in reference to it's gas and oilbearing sands. ] then
made the statement that the gas thar was showing
ia this valley found its vent through the 'Wasatch
fault and that I believed it anne from great depth.
AT that time I made diagram explanatory Of my
idea Of the gas phenomena, showing the fault and
where stratums Of sand reaching close to the fault
would be impregnated with the gas: why the gas.
following the place Of least resistance. would 90 out
along these sands and graves and would be large or
small according to the amount of the sands and their
distance or proximity to the fault I noted the sand
stones above Fort Douglas reaching out and disaD-
pearing north Of Becks Hot Springs, and under
these the limestones which show in ParIey's canyon
through the action Of the Wasatch fault, they dis
appear under the alluyium of the valley.
IGNITED GAS ENVELOPES A MOUND.
] found the same conditions existing at Brigham
City. where the gas mounds are very large and Dro-
nomced, and where today gas can be heard rumblng
under these mounds. While there oouple of months
ago, and while examining the place where the new
gas we'll had been found. Mr. Knudsen. the owner
VINO vas showing us the ground, was lamenting
that there were no Indications of gas. Suddenly
there was d rumbling like a miniature earthquake
and the ground was shaken for a distance of thirty
OF IOfty Ieet IN diameter Tt is needless to saw we
all very quickly got of the mound. After the noise
subsidized We noticed a few cracks along the surface
and Mr. Knudsen stepped up to see fl the gas was
there, striking d match close to the crack. was at
the time within about ten feet of him, thinking I
"outd De perfectly safe. even If there should be gas
IN the crack AS soon as the match was struck, and
before any OF us had time to move. the whole mound
was covered with flame, and for ten or fifteen min
utes It burned. the fame extending from two to if
teen feet in the air.
The ground az PrOmOntory, where the asphalt
Seepages are, also shows every indication Of faulting.
and my opinion is that this seepage comes from a
large body or asphaltum below. which is forced up
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For any nest or set Of measures. 0.25
And the weights attached TO any
scale shall, as to the fee to be collect
ed by such Inspector and seaIer, be con-
sldered a part Of the scales. 1t shall
not be lawful for said Inspector and
sealer TO collect or receive the af0re-
said charges more than once in each
six months from the same person for
the same instrument, unless such i'm
strumeut IS found to be out of order,
not cOnformable to the standard. or i'm
ease of change of place of business.
589. Unlawful to Refuse to Pay Fee.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
fail, neglect or refuse to pay said in
spectOr and SeaIer the inspection fees
or charges authorized by this chapter,
and il shall be the duty Of every such
person to pay the same Immediately to
said inspector and sealer where the
test has been made, or at his office
500. Keeping Weighing instruments
Not Comfortable to Standard Prohibit
ed. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to use. to keep OF permit at his
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than they often form very thick vertical masses.
hundreds and thousands Of feet in thickness
II these wel-estabIished facts are kept carefully
IN mind no other conclusion can be reached, but the
one adopted By Mr.. Hill, that these materials of the
mounds associated with the oil and including the oil
have originated by secondary replacement, and that
they may be Of D0st-tertiary age.
Quoting from r. T. HilIs paper. A. NJ NJ. E. Vol
50, page 5S2, Phenomena accompanying the OIL in
The Beaumont field BY studies and drill sections OF
the coast prairie the following facts have been deYel-
0ped:
"First-The oil is closely associated with the
mounds, occurring on their slopes or SUBMITS.
Second-The mounds are usually antelinaI or
guaquaversal in structure.
Third-Most Of the chemical phenomena Of the
Lucas group occurs in all these mounds in varying
proportions.
"FOurth-In some localities hot water has been
struck below the oil.
"Fifth-In the original Lucas the oil itself was
hot
The oil seems to occur, not in any definite contin-
nous stratum, but in spots OF many strata, under
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force and umulat such large quantities Of these
and associated products in so many spots through
such impervi0Us strata.
the oil and gas are always found under small
mounds or salt islands. which are gentle, recent qua
quaversal upIifts or uplifted domes. This is fully
confirmed by G. W. Hayes, in a recent paper. and by
others.
"The salt water and the oils under these mounds
are still. in some cases. hot.
THE oil and gas under these mounds do not occur
in any definite stratum, but in spots of many strata,
and in very large quantities in these limited areas.
Tine same may be said Of the products associated
with the oil or gas under these mounds, viz: Sui
phur, hydrogen %sulphide, salt. gypsum, limestone
and dOlomites, which form, under these mounds.
many Irregular masses ana pockets without any
photographed order Of any kind.
The above associated products are not found in
the wells drilled outside Of the mounds, any more
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Finding Oil Near Salt Lake City.

and water, where IL is cooled and partially hardened.
Taking into consideration the showing Of oils and
OIL shales found around Soldier Summit. and extend
ing down into the valley on this side: the gas founu
at Castillo Springs, as well as its hot sulphur waters
the gas mounds and seepages of gas all along this
valley, especially at Woods Cross, CenterFille. Farm
ington and Brigham City, with seeps Of asDhaltum at
Corlnne and Promontory; and oil III small quaint
ties encountered in the aTtcsian wells at Rudy's
ranch and the Burnham ranch. close so the stock
yards on the Jordan river, and i'm the well at Silvers
house, on Fifth East street. Salt Lake City For the
volcanic theory We have the Wasateh fault. which
would give ready access TO the oils and gas. and for
the organic theory there is Lake Bonneville. whose
old shore lines are so plainly marked along our
mountain sides. When this lake was drained, would
not the fish and other life hIliug its waters naturally
seek the last place to dry. In other words. the lowest
spot in this valley? Taking all existing conditions
into consideration, I have no Eesitapcy in saving
that here VIII be developed one Of the great oil fields
of the world.
Many of the people here were discouraged by the
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BY p }. Donahueo

IN all the oil and gas fields OF petroleum. deposits
the gaseous products are under a strong pressure
which is not arbcsian or hydrOstatc, which increases
with depth. and which cannot be anything else but
3 volcanic pressure.
In some of the oil and gas fields heated waters,
oils and gases are met with
All the oil and gas fields bear. imprinted largely
through the products associated with the oil and gas,
the fuel referred to above as the distinct character
istie of s|Olfataric emanatiOns.
The oil and gas fields are located along the fault
ed and assured zones of the crust of the earth. paraI-
lei to the great orOgenic aud volcanic disl0cations-
Oil gas and bitumens are never indigenous TO the
strata in which they are found-they are secondary
products impregnating and cutting porous rocks of
all ages. exactly as volcanic products alone could do.
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS r OUND.
~0H and gas are stored products, in great album
dance in certain localities. while neighboring locali-
ties often are entirely barren; and many Of the
strata along which they are found are so imDerYiOus
that the source Of these hydrocarbons must be the
volcanic source below. which alone is abundant
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ing the oil" And from the same paper, page 402:
I'm the discussion. of the geology of the coast prairie
I have given some evidence of the existence Of a
strong mononclinal fold or faulting beneath the
coast prairie"
And again. from the same author. page 865: "OI
may occur in strati6ed rocks of any age from the
Oldest paleOz0ic. as in Pennsylvania, 10 the latest
tertiary, as in Texas
"Corsican fields contain at least two distinct oil
horizons. The UppermOst has an asphaltum base,
while the lower is Of a parafne nature"
And from the same paper, page 5 and pages 8 and
10; THE oils, waters and gases under these mounds
are not under hydrostatic pressure. This is amply
demonstrated by the fact that the once famous gush-
ers Of Spindle-TOp are already gushing no more, and
have now to be pumped. If the pressure there was
artesian OF hydrOstatic they would be gushing yet
the same as at first; and, if the oil had been eX-
hausted in some Of them, these would be gushing
water out Of the supposed artesian water column be-
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about this field, as it is only going through the same
experience that has been met in other fields before
the first well was brought In.
For instance, the Lucas well, which brought Beau
mont into prominence, was one year and a half in
course Of construction. during which time they met
with a great many more disappointment than the
Guney-Gaiey people have encountered here. While
referring TO them, viii say that they, the Gufey-
Galley people, have brought in more new fields than
probably any other firm in the United States.
IN ABUNDANCE.
In studying this question I find that whatever
the differences Of opinion of those who believe in the
organic or inorganic origin of oil, they all agree in
what Mr.. Eugene COste of Toronto. Canada. calls the
sign manual Of an oil field" I believe that any per
son going over these fields win agree with me that
they are oil and gas bearing after reading the fol-
lowing quotations from his paper. read at the Feb
ruary meeting, this year, Of the American Institute
Of Mining Engineers:
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Inspector and seaIer shall collect for
each examination, testing, sealing ana
certifying as hereiubefore required, the
following fees, which shall be collected
from n owner or owners OF the
weights, measures or other articles
tested.
Heaping Up Of Measures.
Any steelysrd or beam. ground.
floor. platform or other scales by
which may be weighed not ex-
Ceeding go pounds. 50. %
ANY such Instruments bv which
may be weighed over ESQ pounds
and not exceeding 600 pounds. 0.50
Over 600 pounds and less than
1920 pounds 0.75
Over 400 pounds and NOT EXCEED
ing $500 pounds .....!.......... 100
Over $500 pounds --........-.--..- 2-50
Wagon scales 2.50
For any yard stick, dry or liquid
measure .r.r-.---..s .ss...t.s V-lV
Provided that two or more Yards
in length marked on a counter
shall be, each .-----....... 0.05
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any articles required by this chapter to
be examined and tested, shall. before
selling or delivering UGH articles TO the
purchaser procure from said inspector
and sealer, and deliver TO the pUrchas-
er, a certificate of their accuracy.
568. Fees. The fees collected for
services by said officer under this chap
ter, shall be by him covered into the
city treasury monthly, and shall be
accounted for IN full; for each settle
mentahe shah take from the treasurer
duplicate receipts, of which he
shall file with the city auditor Said
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hind the OIL It is now admitted that in ali the oil
and gas fields the rock pressure of the gas is stored
energy continually decreasing as the gas escapes.
where its pressure was too strong at first Surely
this phenomenon is not a result OF artesian OF hydro
static water pressure.
OIL BEETs r NUMEROUS.
'The above views on the origin of the oil phenom-
ena, not only Of the mounds and salt islands Of the
Fexas-Louisiana district, bat of all other oil deD0s-
its. suggest a simple Interpretation OF the geological
occurrence Of oil which should be a guide to impor-
tant results in the practical development Of new oil
and gas fields In the United States, as they have
already been such q valuable guide TO me in the
development Of large new gas fields in Canada These
views Lead, indeed 30 the following important con-
clusiOn.
coil and gas were supplied along some Of the lines
of structural weakness or along some of the faC-
tured zones Of the crust Of the earth, and, therefore,
the new fields are 70 be found only along these
zones or belts.
THE numerous oil and gas fields known today fndi-
cate plainly a considerable number of these oil belts;
but more remain to be discovered. and new ones are
coming rapidly to the front. especially in the United
States. That this is the solution of the problem Of
the geological occurrence Of oil and Of oil develop
ments and explorations the writer has long been con-
WINGED, on the considerations and for the reasons
given above. 1t follows, therefore, that as far as
practical results are concerned. the important point
is to accurately trace these fssured zones OF belts
on good maps and to drin in ne localities thus indi-
Gated"
I viii conclude this by a quotation from Mr.. HIPS
paper regarding what he had to say Of conditions in
UTAHs POSSIBILITIES ARE MANY.
"The only drawback to the prosperity Of the state
was the lack Of an economic fuel, inferior CoaI cost
ing an average Of s. per ton at the time Of the Beau
mont discovery. This prevented the successful OpeT-
alton Of any one Of the thousands Of minor indus
tries upon which other communities ordinarily de-
pended for prosperity As by a touch of magic this
great fuel supply burst forth in q single day, thanks
to Captain Lucas, who, aided by the wise laws Of the
railway commission, placed at the Preside Of every
citizen, at every quarry, clay bank, sand pile, mine
and mill the cheapest and best Of fuels.
with these factors in hand. who can even grasp
the significance Of the great industrial development
which is to take place within that empire during the
next decade2 Who can reckon the prospective in
crease in population; the municipal developments;
the operation of brickyards, factories, shops, mines
and miIls2"
If this is true Of Texas, how much more true would
it be of Utah when our own field is developed?
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place Of business where articles TO be
bought or sold, or offered or exposed for
sale are weighed or measured. or upon
his wagon or other vehicle used in his
business Of weighing or measuring ar
ticles TO be bought or sold, any weight,
measure. scale. beam. patent balance.
steelyard or other instrument which
has not been sealed as provided IN this
chapter. or which does not conform to
the standards of salt Lake City, or the
state of Utah. or which shah be out of
order or incorrect.