Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT Is DOING

Few letters having a deeper human in
terest have been received by government
officials in recent
Pet Dog Admitted months than a com
to Yellowstone. mo p,sa,san. Wn,ieu
few days ago by a little twelve-year
old Kansas girl whose family was NOV
ing to the Yellowstone Park where the
father was to take charge Of a number
of workmen.
The prospective loss of q little pet dog
now more than eighteen years Of age was
the subject which caused the Kansas miss
to write to the President q pathetic plea
which will likely result in her being one
OF the first persons who have been al
lowed to break a well established rule
OF the Department Of the Interior. For
many reasons tourists and others are for
hidden to take dogs of any kind into the
park. It readily can be seen that the
various kinds of wild game and birds
Which abound in the Yellowstone would
!! soon be molested il the Department of
the Interior did not hold strictly to the
rule against the carrying of dogs into
the reservation
Inc little girl wrote to the President
that the dog was six years old when she
was born, and that during her entire life
or twelve years the little animal had been
her constant playmate; that she had two
brothers who played together as boys will
ana who never considered her as COM
panion. The dog was her constant friend
She assured the President that her pet
was peaceful and that 1t would not dis
turb or eat up any Of the animals in the
Yellowstone Park. If she could be al
lowed to take the dog in with her when
l IN <1A
ton she said that she would be happy
and satisfied, but otherwise her life In
the new country to which she was going
would be very, very sad.
In, Inc letter was referred from the White
House to the Department Of the Interior,
and Assistant Secretary 8. E. Laylin
several days ago wrote to Lieut. Col. S.
NJ. Brett. acting superintendent of the
Yellowstone Park. suggesting that the lit
tie girl be allowed to take her dog with
her under certain restrictions and provid-
ing proper care was taken of it. A copy
or the letter was sent to the little girl,
whose name is Ethel Provost and who
resides at Parsons, Kan. and she was
told that the permit, IL granted. would
be sent to her by the park officials.
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+ Government mining engineers and min
eral experts believe the organization of
the American Pc
Society to Study troleum Society
Petroleum Output. few r aax1 sxa i, q
one Of the most important Developments
Of recent years in the country's oil in
dustry, whose annual products are valued
at more than 500 100000.
Automobile men, next to the petroleum
experts. have the keenest interest in this
new national organization. which will
conduct extensive researches for the pur
pose Of acquiring d better knowledge of
petroleum and its products. the most inn
portant of which to the motor world are
gasoline and lubricatng oils. Men of the
automobile industry '~ant lower priced
gasoline. and it is believed by experts
that motorists hopes in this direction
will be realized In the near future If the
research work and the experiments with
by-products are as successful as there
is reason to expect quite recent de-
velopment in the gasoline Industry is the
method of manufacturing this valuable
| motor fuel from natural gas. of which
there are vast fields in many parts Of
the United States.
comprehensive study Of petroleum
and its products for the purpose of in
creasng the efficiency in their utilization
has never been made within the United
States. The Standard Oil Company has
conducted extensive researches and stud
les Of petroleum products, but this in
formation Is for the use of the company
in the solution Of various problems of
the industry. The small petroleum opera
tors and manufacturers who are con-
sumers OF oil products have not the IA
cilities and means to conduct research
work for themselves.
The new organization will lake up the
study OF petroleum problems for the bene-
| fit OF all men who are interested in the
| industry. The study will include con-
yva ffnyo Of
ing methods, transportation storage, re-
filming methods, uses of crude petroleum
and experiments of the utilization Of Pc
troleum products of all kinds, including
gases and bftumens. Petroleum technol-
ogy has been given more attention in
european countries than it has in the
United States. and 1t is the hope of ex-
perts to place America in the forefront
| IN scientific studies Of the utilization Of
| the country's valuable oils and gasolines.
Fruit men in the grape-producine sec
| tons of the United States will soon be
able to practice as
Utilizing the thorough utilization of
po;.;. Cd. their product as the
1sAsAA 0eeus. pork packers, who are
said to be able Ito turn into money
every part of the pig excepting the
squeal' The raisin-seeding industry
has grown to such proportions in re-
cent years, and American fruit growers
have just found out that the thousands
of tons Of seeds which they have wasted
are rich in by-products Of strip, Oil,
tannin extract and meal.
Thirty to forty thousand tons of
rafsfns are seeded annually, and. ac-
cording to Frank Rabak, chemical
biologist Of the Department Of Agricul-
tire it has been found that ap-
proximately 10 per cent OF the fruit
consists of seeds. At the present time
this three to four thousand tons OF
seeds are for the most part an absolute
waste to the fruit growing industry il
the United States, Notwithstanding the
fact that in European countries they
have been made to contribute valuable
by-products for many years.
The utilization of the material now
thrown away by the misunderstanding In
dustry, together with the seeds coming
from the wineries and grape Juice rae,
tories over the country. can be turned
snto yaluahle by-prOducts of commercial