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Imperial Valley press., 1912-08-16
TEXAS TICKET NAMED

DALLAS. Texas. Aug. 16.-Lyon-
Roosevelt delegates 10 the Republi-
can state convention, who withdrew
and organized another convention yes
terday, adopted the name of ''Progres-
sive party of Texas" selected state
ticket headed by E. c. Lasater Of
Brooks county and elected Cecil Lyon
national committeeman.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-08-16
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Imperial Valley press., 1912-08-16
ELGIN BUTTER BOARD
OF TRADE UNDER FIRE

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-According to i
report published here today, United
States District Attorney James II.
Wilkerson will file suit within couple
of days for dissolution of the Elgin
butter board of trade. The charge
will be violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
The sun., 1912-07-28
Herman Frasch's Inventions Increased
Standards Income by Half
Billion of Dollars

paint. blackened the silver ON the closet
shelves and even the quarters in the
Canadian> pockets
This is matter of record. There is re-
corded also the lawsuit Of Canadian
merchant against an earlier company
which had exploited the field A schooner
laden with bacon and -four for the mer-
chant lay anchored Tor two days near "A
shipload of the company's refined
product. The merchant alleged that the
smell of the oil had worked into his -four
and bacon and he stuT was favored so
he could not sell it. And he won his suit.
That decision made the Canadian COM
pany the laughing stock of the oil trade
and put it out of business. Frasch bought
the field dirt cheap aud settled down to
find out what was the matter
The matter was, he found. that the
crude oil cont aimed about per cent.
OF sulphur in various malodorous combi-
nations His problem was how 70 get
the sulphur out. He solved it in a few
months and set up a plant which pro-
duced 100 barrels day of kerosene
that smelled like kerosene and nothing
else. He patented the process. Of course.
and proceeded to develop the field.
Hardly did he have it working than
there came an interruption. For the
great Ohio oil fields had Just been dis
covered; the Standard Oil Company was
pouring it's money in there and the oil
supply Of America promised 70 be ,rebled
| within few months.
| And now for once in its history. let IL
bc recorded. the Standard Oil Company
made a mistake. II was grave mistake.
Near Lima. Ohio. II erected monster
refinery capable Of turning out 10000
barrels Of oil day But the company
overlooked one small detail The Ohio
oil and the pcstiferous Canadian oil OF
-four and bacon fame were alike in that
both were charged with sulphur and both
smelled like the swampy parts Of the
Stygian Valley. And the Standard Oil
Company tried to rein" this stuff with
plant modelled on the works in the airy.
unsulphurettcd mountains OF Pennsyl-
vania.
/ For two whole years the united brains
/ Of the Standard Oil were turned on the
problem. and salesmen rislied their lives
in vain trying to sell that which adver-
! ,isad Itself TO whole offended country
sides. Then the company gave IL up
and decided that the Ohio crude oil could
not be refined and was only fit for fuel.
The sun., 1912-07-28

priH"s offered by tn. pcop!e of Ton
nerre. decided 10 make n profession Of
viper killing and Went about the work
IN IA serious manner l. was easy TO kill
Il snake ono" in presence of it, but how
10 charm the snakes out OF their hiding
places was the quest ion Anvrav studied
their habits with such good results that
IN four months NOR. than l,SW vipers
had been charmed and destroyed by him
While his quick work restored the
plains to their owners in a safe condition
and prevented whole regions from being
deserted. II almost bankrupted the mu-
nicipality of Tonnerrc. totally EXHAUST
ing the funds voted fo- thn destruct ion
Of vip'rS SO valuable were "Deca's"
services to his Compatrio's, however.
that tho close iisted Councilmen voted n
second sum IN behalf OF viper killing and
Anvray continued his profitable profess
sion. kllinG more than 5000 Of the rep
tiles and making world record for
himself
To see him charm viper il a rascinat-
ing study. None seemed able 10 resis,
him, and h" knows thrir haunts and
habits as no one else knows hem.
He makes good Income from his
profession, 1000 francs yearly. or enough
to be happy and Comioriahl" on in the
country wn"rc he lives. He j. good
looking il picturesque character. proud
OF his profession and Of the rcnown that he
eNjOys.
The sun., 1912-07-28

ouICu WoIo AIIpu, dAu JuC tuV
shield itself were never recovered.
So matters stood when Frasch turned
his mind to the problem. 1t was the hard
est practical nut to crack which was con-
spicuolisly in sight just then. His plan
was spectacular one-nothng less than
steamheating the bowels OF the earth.
He took his hint from the methods he
had developed for mining rock salt and
determined to melt the sulphur UNDER
ground and bring il up through wells.
without the labor and danger implied in
sinking large mining shafts. Sulphur
melts at ia degrees ccntigrade, that IL.
about IS degrees Fahrenheit above the
boiling point Of water.
Remember though. that water boils at
different temperatures. according to the
pressure which is maintained, and under
heavy compression il can be superheated
far beyond its boiling point in the open
air. Frasch invented and patented an
apparatus. highly ingenious in a mechani-
cal rather than chemical way. for super
heating water to IA very high temperature
and forcing it into the sulphur beds.
First he bought land mile and half
from the broken shafts misled by the
statements of the boom companies which
implied that III" whole countryside was
underlain by sulphur beds, By the slow
drilling methods of those days he bored
down for 2,2N feet and found no sulphur,
He realized his mistake then, formed a
COM, I,any with his own capital and that Of a
few loyal friends and bought out the con-
Germ which then held the necessary titles,
Ir,ook himni months more 10 get dow n
to the sulphur bed with ten inch pipe
After that he pushed the work on rapidly
He put the well through to the bottom
of the sulphur deposit, sank six inch pipe
inside it and inside this in turn pipe Of
three inch bore. The plan was to force
the hot water down the six inch tube and
bring the molten sulphur to the surface
! thr ough the inner conduit
, The water was raised to 335 degrees
Fahrenheit. or more than a hundred de-
grecs above the boiling point and sent
/ down under "a pressure OF 100 pounds "a
tho square inch. Frasch himself has
described the outcome Of the first attempt
For our first we'll" he said. I'VE had
set up twenty boilers of $50 horse power
ach As we h I'd not yet brought up n,
ounce of sulphur except by drilling rh,s
meant experiment on IA ponderous scale
Werais,l steam and sent the superheated
water into the ground without a hitch
Intense interest centred in that first at.
,cmpt. for il the temperature should FOL
one instant drop below tho melting point
of sulphur il would mean failure for us.
After We had been pouring the melting
fluid into the ground tor twenty -fouI
hours I decided that enough matsria
The sun., 1912-07-28
DANCING STARS

The spcctroscopo makes the starry
heavens to the astronomers eye ap-
pear almost as full of may motions as
IL a cloud Of Snats dancing in the sun
shine.
Every increase in the power Of the
observing apparatus brings to notice
new spectroscopic binaries, which are
simply double stars that cannot he seen
separately, either because of their eX-
tremc closeness ur because only one Of
them Is IA shining body 1t IL the crrntic
motions Of these stars that reveals their
true character.
One of them d sCovrrea within recent
years is Eta brinnls, which hangs just
below the belt of orion. Sometimes this
star L. speeding toward the earth more
than forty miles second and few
nights later Is hurrylng away with "A
similar velocity.
The sun., 1912-07-28
CHEMIST WHO CREATED MILLIONS FOR ROCKEFELLER
Record of Modest Man of Science Who
Solved Problem of the Louisi-
anas Sulphur Mines

the later years Of the civil war discovered
sulphur at IA depth of about 800 feet. The
deposit was of great extent and the
thickness of the beds was nearly 800 feet.
The oil diggers gave up their hOfr of
raising petroleum and turned instead to
plans for mining Of the sulphur. But
the sulphur beds lay at u great depth.
and all the soil above it was of loose
earth and quicksand. soddnn with water.
At that time the sulphur trade OF Amer
ica was practically n monopoly in the
hands Of the Italian dealers who exploited
the mines of Sicily. 4 little sulOhur came
from Japan. a few tons from California.
but nearly all that cons,llrcd here was
supplied from thu DEPOSITS of the great
Italian volcanoes Now Italian prodnc-
tion was enormously expensive and was
carried on under shocking conditions.
The sulphur was mined by the "carusi"
system. A "caruso" is boy used
though not at all adapted for an elevator
Instead Of sinking perpendicular shaft
to the volcano beds the exploiters Of the
Sicilian sulphur mines would drive down
n tunnel at an inclination and then drive
down boys naked. in gangs Of ten or
! twelve. and mako them carry sacks of
sulphur out on their shoulders. The heat
was overyowerng. the wages low and the
cruelty of the Overseers proport ionate to
the cruelty of the labor.
The melting Of the sulphur was carried
on in primitive. wasteful ways. and
before the product could I've imported to
tho United States it had to pay duty.
Naturally. with al, these heavy costs it
commanded a high price and the notion
OF those billions Of tons of s,lphur under
ground in the Louisiana marsh was an APP
! pealing one TO promoters.
Company after company tried to mine
it and failed. A brilliant young Frenci,
engineer came over and made complete
fasco before he was called home for the
Franco-Pr,ussian war. An Austrian did
no better The American companies
numbered more than half dozen: all Of
them produced n wealth Of dazzling and
optimistic literature. but no sulphur.
Finally one engineer succeeded in get
ting IL shaft down 100 feet through the
treachorous sands by using a steel shield
and water,ight sheathing. One day the
men at the shaft mouth were all but over.
powered by sudden rush Of gas. They
ran the car quickly and brought up one
man still alive. The other two men in tn,
The sun., 1912-07-28

1t actually built a pipe line to Chicago
and made contracts for long term Of
years to furnish the stun to anybody
who would take it at ~ cents a barrel
Then at last the Standard Oil people
heard what their former empioye. Frasch.
was doing in his Canadian refinery They
cam" TO him. smelled the all too familiar
odor of his crude oil. smaled tn" spark
ling freshness of his refined kerosene
and finally bought him out, plant, patents
and good will.
In year or two more they had plants
on his design running al Lima Cleveland
Whi,ing. Philadelphia and Bayonne. and
were turning out 10000 barrels a day
| And the crude oil which they were selling
under their Chicago contracts for Il cents
they We're buying from fortunate farmers
and we'll owners for an even dollar IA bar
rel And Standard Oil stock and dividends.
as mas been said. went up respectively
from l6s to so0a share and from per cent
| to 40.
mat little experience of the Standard
Oil. in which it stood To lose a million or
| two by its blunder bu; instead gained
half billion. thanks TO trasch. tuugh,
| the company a lesson. II decided tina, a
real chemist was a good investment and
| called trasch back to he told mt a salary
which is said TO have been the highest
ever paid 10 man OF his profession. In
all he was for twenty-five years chief
chemist to the company.
One wrinkle that he tan ght the company
in the construction of the new refnorics
is an illuminating example OF what mod .
ern technical expert doc, 10 earn mi,
salary. A feature OF the Frasth h process
for refining out sulphur is the stirring of
the mixture in the enormous ,rll.. the
stills he had employed in Canada were
huge affairs, but in one of the new Stand
ard Oil plants "A still of 100 times az great
capacity was required.
He built the still easily enough. hI,
found stumbling block in tn. stirring
device. the metal of which was warned
by the intense heat. Some way had to ia,
found Of cooling the stirrinG arms Frasrh
found way bv making them hollow.
passing water into them. And tho water
generated steam and the steam was held
in drums provided for the purpose, and
so they ran an engine which ran tha work
OF tho s,ill with the waste heat. That j.
what il known as eNpIolsation.
Though hc was a n n man long iofor.
this trasCh was 700 hII "A man TOO ,ru.
a sci-ntist 10 ,ot M On his life work; lIc
s;ill spent iul"'""n hour, - d?v AT nj,
laboratory and he ,lrnod out inventions
in rapl! suH"eSsiOii, Il better way ~ .,i.rI
up played out oil wells 'han the old pro,
cess Of blowing them ul with dynamitc
The sun., 1912-07-28

Henri Anvrav. popularity known as
"Deca, or tho Viper Killer, holds the
record for the destruction Of the snakes
which have recently infested certain
diet ricts of France So great in fact
The sun., 1912-07-28

A waste of lonely. half tropical swamp
lies along the Gulf coast to the west of
New Orleans. Here and there it il
broken by low islands. some Of which
rise only a few feet above the marshes.
The sun., 1912-07-28

has been the pest OF vipers that various
municipalities have voted sums OF money
to be- distributed as prizes among the
persons killing vipers.
In 1908 Henri Anvray. hred by the
The sun., 1912-07-28

OF mining deep lying gold deposits by
running chemicals down through wells.
II was in 1890 that he struck tn. idea with
which he later act out to blaze "A CONNER
cial trail for himself.
The sun., 1912-07-28

These are known "a domes. and nearly
all of them contain mineral wealth OF
some sort either oil or salt or sulphur.
On one of these do,nes company
which was boring for petroleum during
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
Women
F'lirtS
Seeks to Advance
Herself by
Using Dupes
By ISABELLE HATCH o.NEILL

DISTINCTION should be made between irt and
"a Man receives from about what he demands
her mental attitude toward him. the details Of
her attire the wearing of tight corsets and highhed Shoes
the of her health and her physique seeks
certify and eanesness usually finds those qualities Many
Of the deeper side of character So order
please and hold Them she the gifts which nature has given
Few comprehend the magnanmity Of sacrifice the
depth Of her affections and how her effort please that her coqety
often by the endto bind closely to her the she
loves Such often leads the of his being
and helps him awaken and preserve the greatness and purity that lie
sleeping there.
The "f the contrary is destroyer hearte selfish
living like parasite the society which she contributes moth
apng all the adon and enjoyment within her reach needless
the wounds which her produce m must have both physical
attractions but handsome pretty.
Bright and she must be- She must know how ngaate her.
self into mans heart atter hms all his boobies and make
him believe that he the all the world for her She must
good listener Men her be used according what they
have for the thea others for good dinners for what
they besow The r seeks advance herself socially
financially using dupes her selfish ends
But Their f too in abundance How many have
disagreeabe insulting nsinuatng smile of the
rt the the other public places He quite
dpcab character the @ and far dangerous,
with his SUBTLE seductive fattee his sophstre his plausible begu
be both long
the the EARTH allowed glide
like serpns the affections of and unsucng
women, just long will be betrayed
r hen whether woman subject of pity and
tempt although literally with attributes which
might have been used bless mankind they forsak the good and fol-
low he evil abandoning themselves ~ -.
to heartess selfhness. SHlFGEZE $YaFc< G<z&Zo
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
Abe Martin and a Novel.

Kin Hubbard of Indianapolis-he
was named in honor of all his family
connections-who spoke at the recent
Indiana society dinners the author
of new book of Hoosier philosophy.
1t is called ABE Martins Folks" and
Is issued by the Abe Martin Publish
ing Company of Indianapolis Abe
Martin is the singularly appealing phil
osopher who said: Half the world
doesn't know how the other half lives,
an the other half doesn't give a -"
A part Of the book is devoted to a
thrilling novel by Miss Fawn Lippin-
cult. The story is entitled "The Lost
Heiress of Red Stone Hail." and has
more thrills in 1t than Carnegie IL
brary. We doubt II any of our better
known lady or gentleman novelists
ever gave SO pungent and trenehant
expression to the acme of happiness
that comes with young love reeipro-
Gated than Miss Lippincutt does when
she pens;
Marion was not only drunk with joy
she was soused."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
lIalilEl SHaGSIH7A D ses SEE
WOMAN WORKS OUT PROBLEM
Lays an Egg at the Same Hour
She Was Born.
What time o. day

That question has puzzled poultry
fanciers for unnumbered decades, but
now, 1t seems, 1t has been satisfactory
rily solved by a woman. She is Mrs.
Sarah Erickson of Falconer, N. Y.
Having kept chickens for 81 years.
she believes she qualities as an expert
In this line of effort
Il have worked out the problem"
she declares. by using marked leg
bands, trap nests and alarm clocks at
tached to the nests have determined
that hen lays an egg at the same
hour, minute and second that she was
born, or, rather, Matched. For in
tsnace. If the hen happened to be able
to peck its way through its shell at
T:43 a m. she will lay, an egg at pre-
cisely TAB a. m. And she will do this
without variation every time she is in
clined to lay. / have kept close. sys-
tematic watch on my hens for five
years, and / have never known the
rule to fail"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
And He Won the Bet.

It was at country tavern where q
newly arrived commercial traveller was
holding forth.
"I'll bet any one five pounds" he
said, rthat I've got the hardest name
Of any one in the room"
An old farmer in the background
shifted his feet to warmer part OF
the fender.
''Ye will, will yer" he drawled
well, I'll take We ON. I'll bet ten
pounds against your five that my
namell beat yourn."
"Done!" cried the commercial
Tive got the hardest name in the
country. 1t is Stone"
The old man took a pull at his
beer. Mine" he said, sis Harder
Ideas.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11

The daylight and the darkness are
song;
The clouds that fieck the summer skies
with white.
The stars that CLEAN above us all night
long.
Are symbols of the song of love and
light.
And deeper chords there are. and har-
monies
The which no mortal thought has ever
found,
Because they are eternal ecstacies
Too marvel-sweet to be blurred into
sound.
Beyond the puising cadence OF the breeze.
Beyond the throbbing monotone OF rain,
The Tilt of bird songs and the hum of
bees,
There surges up a vast unfathomed
strain
Which we may hear all family in the
night
When all the world has left us quite
alone.
Or when in awe we stand upon some
height
Yet never is that song completely
known.
Aye, times we sense II when we feel the
thrill
OF looking DER the meadowlands in
spring,
Or when the snow makes of the tree
crowned hill
An worried stillness-then the shadows
sing
AZ do the sun-kissed fields. and distant
haze,
And all things-all the sky and sea and
land;
1t is the song of all the nights and days
That we may hear. but may not under
stand.
The daylight and the darkness are a song,
And all the unknown heights and depths
of space,
Where myriad systems whirl and wheel
and throng,
Each fleck of star-dust in its given
place
All these, with blades of grass and or
chard bloom,
And gale-tossed SHOWS and winding
Powered ways,
And great sea pillows. and the rose-per-
fume,
All blend into the song of nights and
ahyS-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
RIGHT HOME
Doctor Recommends Postum from Per.
sonaI Test.

No one is better able to realize the
injurious action of caffeine-the drug
in coffee-on the heart, than the doc.
tor. Tea is just as harmful as coffee
because 1t, too, contains the drug caf-
feline.
When the doctor himself has been
relieved by simply leaving off coffee
and using Postum, he can refer with
full conviction to his own case.
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
for many Of his patients because he
was benefited by 1t. He says:
Il wish to add my testimony in re.
gard to that excellent preparation
Postum. have had functional or
nervous heart trouble for over is
years, and part OF the time was un-
able to attend to my business.
Il was moderate user Of coffee and
did not think drinking 1t hurt me. But
on stopping 1t and using Postum in
stead, my heart has got all right, and
] ascribe 1t to the change from coffee
to Postum.
! II am prescribing 1t now in cases Of
sickness. especially when coffee does
not agree, or affects the heart, nerves
or stomach.
When made right It has q much bet
ter flavor than coffee, and Is a vital
sustainer Of the system. I shall con-
tinue to recommend it to our people,
and ! have my own case to refer to-
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read the little book.
The Road to Wellville." I'm pkgs.
There's a reason"
Ever read the above leteere 4 new
ene appears frem time to tame. They
sre Geauine. true aad fan Of kuDan
snterewt Adv.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
Teach
Little
Ones
TO Be
Careful


should their children street
they started they should keep going
never back turning back confusing and is il
most cases the of many accidents.
The writer mothers of small tell them /,
hurry up be ia chile
going to be careful fest m hi
small legs carry hin? Many little victim crushed simply
because regardless of whether anything coming
not thinking ooure that he could get safely the other side
of the way of danger.
Statistics children killed annually running
across the street they constant danger than who ar
walking standing STILL
Let the parents part teaching the little not only
be careful but to walk rather than run
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
For the Towns Good.

kind, sir" remarked the husky
hobo as he approached the leading
citizen. you have very likely heard
of and are undoubtedly interested In
this wonderful new plan for the MUM
cipal identifying of cities-but-wou
you manifest your interest in a sub
stantial way?''
'As howl" inquired the leading
citizen.
Would you, for instance, contrib
ute directly to the cause?'
II don't quite get you" was the
response.
We'll, dollar would buy me a
ticket out of town." responded the
frowsy. one.-Chappies News Letter.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-11
THOUGHT EDUCATION A FAILURE
Oklahoma Lawyer Given Lesson by
Descendant of Cherokee Indian.

Descendant of Cherokee Indian.
Senator Robert L. Owen of Okla
homa, whose mother was Cherokee
Indian. stirred up some excitement
down Oklahoma way in one OF the
first lawsuits he ever tried, says the
Washington Herald.
The opposing counsel saw fit to call
Owen liar.
Owen got up and addressed himself
to the court in about this language
'Tnasmuch as the court has done
nothing to maintain its own dignity
and as am amply able to take care
OF myself, shall take this affair into
my own hands"
Then he turned to the lawyer
across the table and remarked to him
In loud voice that he was both q
liar and blackguard, and that, fur.
thermore, he could just take that, and
that, and that! Whereupon the oppos
ing counsel fell to the floor as one
man. Owen had used only his fist,
but everybody in the court room fed
not knowing when bullets might be
in the air.
After the affair was over the lawyer
who had called Owen liar stood on
the front steps of the courthouse and
observed to couple of friends:
II was never much in favor Of edu.
eating these Cherokee boys, anyhow