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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-10

ROME, Italy. April l0.-Thc Au-trian-
are preparing L. assume an offensive along
the whole Italian front. according 10 dis
patches here. which SAID that strong bodies
~ troops have been Withdrawn from the
Rnumanian border. The Italians made all
preparations ~ force the Au.tran- back
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-10

LONDON. April lo.-Thc British steam
cr Zaira. thrtv-iivc hundred tons. has
been sunk. The sinking of three other un-
armed British ships wa- also reported to-
day.
lloyd's ANNOUNCE today the sinking ut
the SilkSworth Hall. three hundred and
sixty feet long and the Glen Almond. three
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-10
Southern acific Has
Big Fire Loss AT Naco

NACO. Ariz.. April lo.-The Southern
Pacific machine shop, and round house and
three engines we're DESTROYED by fire today
at Naco. Sonora. The shops viii not be
rebuilt. The loss was 100000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-10
Negroes To Be Withdrawn From Del
Rio And VIII Be Sent Into Mexico

Mexico tor service along the line of com
munlcntIun. Tins decision was reached to-
day after protest from Del Rio citizens
after rntIng Saturday night when one sol
dicr wa- killed by ranger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-10

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. April Tw"
coinpanies Of the Twenty Fourth Infantry.
negroes. stationed 1T del Rho. will ~ with
drawn by General Funston and sent to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-10

iDt
SHERMAN. Texas, April 10.-Rev. r.
y. Brown, 10 years old, pioneer Method
ist minister. died here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-10

FL PASO, Texas. April l0.-Thcrc l.
considerable excitement here today over
the reported crossing Of the border bv
General Incz Salazar. the former Uueria
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
An IMPORTANT RULING
Mcrc Iircaking at soil Not Consid-
crrd Cultivation.

Mere breaking of the soil does not
constitute cultivation a. understood In
the enlarged homestead act, accord
ing la the opinion of the commissioner
Of the general land office. as report,
ed la letter received this week by
the Salt Lake city United States laHd
office from clerks In the office at
Washington. u. q. Officials Ia the
salt Lake City office. however. are
doubtful II the letter from Washing
ton contains the Information aocur-
atelN AZ the secretary IT the interior
has ruled that summer following does
constitute cultivation within the
meaning 81 the act
The letter received II In connection
with the application at George =.
Parry at Cedar city for final papers
and title o. an enlarged homestead.
The letter states that inasmuCh az
part at the amount of soil required
cultivated was merely broken, ana
not planted ar cultivated, the require
ments Of the act have not been met.
salt Lake city land office officials
think that detailed Information CON
corning the commissioner ruling la
the csse win be- along shortly when
they expect o. be- al,le tn harmonize
the two rulings
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
Question n to Rates.

The most extensive experiment that
has yet started j. at the dry farm
owned by Senator Lee. sixty miles
west uf Phoebe. There n tractor viii
be put to work. tearing up the sage
brush and stacking II Tor experiment
tai work. Indications are that the
venture will be- profitable only when
handled on an extensive scale. with
q tractor and rail to DRAG NJ the
brush
Senator Ice has written Salt Lake
city railroad men asking for freight
rates on the product lie said he cX-
pectcd o. have hundred ears of the
product ready Tor shipment from
Phoebe In the near future. II r. valued
at from forty.fivc 60 nincty.fiye dol.
lars a ton. he SAYS
Ashes ~ sagebrush. according Ca
chemical investigation. contain potash
soluble In water The quantity varies
In different localities. hut around
Southern Utah and Nevada. Senator
Ice SAYS there u an average 1T 90
per cent Furthermore. the socallcd
rabbit brush" contains even higher
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
Cost OF tic Trcatmcet.

The power for the machinery used
In the process II supplied by gas en-
gines. which In turn are furnished
with gas for fuel from the retort. on
account Of the complete machinery
equipment little manual labor H. re-
quired The Utah OIL Shale Eduction
company claims that the cost ~ treat
ment will not exceed dollar q ton.
and that engineers report the cot ~
around seventy five cents. ON vari-
Gus tests made Of shales. values ~
from five 20 eleven and a half dollars
per ton have been shown. and with
the economic treatment that seems
possible with the Scott process the in
dustry should soon develop into an
important one. II II even claimed
that the concentrating of the oil
shalcs will mean more to Utah than
the coal industry. when the extent ~
the beds are taken into consideration,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
rights OF WAY FILED
Looks ~ ~ Denver aud rio Grnndr
Means Business.

Details ~ the piats Tor rights ~
way Tor a railroad extension between
DuchcSne and llandlett In the tintah
Basin were filed u few days ago In
the United States land office at Yer
nal Tn. right 10 way passes immc-
diateiy north of Myton. which II be-
tween put heEne. the seat Of bucheHne
county. and ilandlctt rintah county.
The distance between these points N
thirty-one miles. Engineers Tor the
Denver aud lilo Grande have com
pieted the survey of proposed rail-
way from the main line Rt Cotton.
This route passes through Willow
Greek and Indian Canyon on itr way
90 Ducherne and II said O. be- without
heavy grades.
The right of way does not interfere
with the Denver and Salt Lake sur.
vcy In view of the fact that Colo
RADIO merchants are trying 60 get In
communication with the people of the
uintah iiasin its residents seem "a
feel that determined attempt n he
ing made hy Interests In Salt Lake
city O. have railroad into the coun-
try. From twenty-siN "a thirty inches
81 snow fell In the uintnh ilasln last
winter. being the heaviest snow which
that section has ever had, This means
I that they should have very abundant
crops this year
Sheep In the basin had an abund'
ance Of feed during the winter, and
losses were only normal,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
IRISH WHIPS CRAWFORD
Clean Living Tells For the Clear
Greek Youth.

kid" Irish. the clear Creek lad
who knocked nut Jack Carpenter al
soofield on st. Pntrick's night In the
sixth round. took on Tommy Craw-
ford 40 Salt Lake city last Monday
evening before big audience. The
hid disposed OF Crawford Ia the
fourth How he did IL Is thus related
by the Salt Lake Telegram of last
Tuesday;
Tommy Crawford, prob one of
the most promising youngsters ever
started In the boxing game here. was
knocked cut hy Kid Irish In the
fourth round 1T what was scheduled
Ia have been siN-round windup al
the Manhattan club last night, and
Tommy only got what haf been pre-
dicted for him Tor some time.
True, Kid Irish is apt a. put the
sleeper ON any opponent. hut the fact
remains that Tommy Crawford was
noe the athlete last night that ne
should have been, To get down Ia
brass tacks-Tommy has been toe
popular ana he merely got what was
prophesied Tor him some months ago.
Tommy has started on the route that
Young Corhett. Terry McGovsrn. Ria
Mccoy Billy MurrN ana dozens of
others went
Tommy buSed like himself for
about two rounds last night but thsn
the old Stamina left bio and Irish
knew II. Irish carried hiBn along two
more rounds and then began to take
the upper hand In a Basner that in
dicated that he would soon put on the
WAllnn that Il
ed Il on In a cliUch, a short right hook
10 the chin, freed himself from Craw.
ford In the clinch and let him drop.
Tommy was out for keeps.
KID Irish demonstrated that, even
though he has been In retirement for
several years, clean living and good
physical care have left him lust az
good as he ever waA Irish is stilI a
rafting good boy and a card as well.
Downing Will probably have a hare
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

Profitable Sagcbrush Growing u
likely 10 be- the title of an agricultural
publication of the near future. IN
fact the hitherto insignificant desert
weed already has been made to pro-
duce pronts-profits in the form OF
soluble potash Experiments are be-
ing conducted In Southern Utah and
Nevada at the present time that may
result In the production of potash In
commercial quantities. VI. l.. Lee.
state senator and cashier of the bank
at Phoebe. New. Il az the head ~ a
movement to investigate the posi-
biiities Of producing potash from
saEehfush. Experiments are already
being conducted or will soon be start
ed az Kanaca. Phoebe, Parowan. Co
dnr city. Milford. Delta. Nephi. Juab.
Lovelocks ard winnemucca
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
OIL SHALE WORKS
PLANNED LOCALLY
Men Behind the John D. Scott Process Patents
For Utah Figure On Refinery For Pro.
perties East OF Cotton.
Rc,Ic,s Msch so 1919

Little has been published about the
possibilities ~ the Ill shales Of the
Western United States In fact. be-
yona the mere knowledge shat such
shaies exist. people have not as gen
eral rule given the subject much
thought. But now. with the knowi-
edge that the price 81 all kinds and
grades of oil IL STEADILY advancing
matter which u brought home by
the fact that the price Of gasoline has
practically doubled since last sum-
mer and promises To- score further
advances In the near future. and the
further fact. which II not 80 generally
known. that the great oil companies
are drawing on their reserve supplies
fCr the first time In years. the inter-
est Ia methods for working the oil
shalcs for commercial purposes IL
rapidly Increasing.
Reliable authorities state that con-
sumption 81 oil products II now
greater than production. despite the
fact that the wells OF the United
States are supplying crude oil at the
rate Of more than two hundred and
nfty million barrels per year. The
quantity thus produced has been sur
ficient In the past To- supply all de-
mRnds. and for that reason little at
tention has been paid Go the shaies.
the oil from which " very similar Co
that from the wells. The shalc oil.
when refined by ordinary methods.
Yields an average of % per cent kero-
senc. 10 per cent gasoline aud a large
amount of paraffin. The percentage
of gasoline extracted undoubtedly viii
be increased hy the use of methods OF
refining especially designed FOR the
purpose.
ShaIc~ Ia Northeastern 4 TAI.
The Hhaie IL found In numerous To-
caiities In Utah and much uf u has
been filed upon by local companicv
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
TOLD TINT THERE WAS No CURE
FOR HIM.

After suffering Tor over twenty
years with indigestion and having
some 81 the best doctors here tell me
there was NO cure for me. think II
only right 10 tell YOU Tor the sake ~
other sufferers as well a. your own
satisfaction that twenty-fiNc-cent
bottle OF Chambcrlain's Tablets not
only relieved me but cured me within
two months although ! am q man ot
IS years" writes Jul Grobicn. iiuua-
ton. Tex. Ohtainabic everywhere
AdVt
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
men Quality Of Byproduct.

Because the gases from the ma
tsrial are brought off at controlled
low temperature. the quality 81 the
byproducts is very high. Because of
this low heat NE paraffin Il not
cracked, and therefore higher quail
~ ~ oG Is secured. The low temper
allure also excludes muctl of the tarry
matters and leaves the oil In cleaner
anil purer condition. which very much
reduces u1e cost Of refining The con-
struction Of Vie retort enables a con-
troll 81 the heat. and allows II 10 be
drawn down through the material
treaties and thus 60 csme In contact
with all parts Of II. This secures n
Uniform degree ~ heat to- Just the
eNtcna necessary for proper cduCtion.
and allows the securing Of the gases
In condensable form and the saving
~ the byproducts by condensation.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

Announcement has besn r
the Denver and l,io Oandf 1
that summer tourist rates %
points viii go into effect nsn
The first date OF sale uill
18th. Tickets viii be- good n
until October aisL and the n
be- practically the same a.
effect last summer sumnf
viii be In effect az frequent
after May 18th.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
SHOULD NOR rErl. nIscorEI

So many people troubled q
digestion and constipation hlp
benefited by taking Cham,s
Tablets that M one should u
couragcd who has not giysn 4
trial They contain me- pepslh 4
digestive ferments. but sirsnrnl
stomach aud enable IL 10 pra'
functions naturally uhtainl'
eryWheTe.-Advt.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
IgNTAH GIISONIrE SANDS
NOT OPEN To SETTLERS

Reports from Washington. u, e.,
state that the committee ON Indian AZ
Pairs Of the house Of representative
to which She bin az oa'n FOR eNtry
gilsonite lands on the former Unom-
pahgre Indian reservation In Uintah
county was refsfSed. has refused 10
consider uhat legislation 70 this Ses-
sion Of congress. Repeatsd attempts
have been made 10 pass this ~ sim
liar legislation for many years. but
the legislation has failed owing Ia the
fact that the secretary OF the interior
Is opposed 10 H. A bin was introduced
into the senate by Senator smoot ard
Il was this bill that the committee on
Indian affairs refused 10 consider at
this session OF congress- Friends OF
the bin state that they will not give
up the fight, but that they viii renew
their efforts at the neNt session Of
congress.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

time finding someone 10 ned
A. FOR Crawford-Tummy vi
to change his ways. iic can a
good boxer yet II h. wants u
Kid" Davis and wood Have I
a furious three rounds II nj
the curtain raiser. which shtt
draw.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

dred degrees. The temperature may
vary, depending upon the material
treated. The heat II contiguous and
with the heated inert vapors the en-
tire material receives the same degree
of temperature. and the material on
each tray Is completely and equally
educed.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

proven prohibitivc Ca the development
OF the beds Various processes are
being worked out now, and with more
than a fair degree of success, one Of
the better known II what II called the
John -. Scott process II h stated by
the manufacturer OF these machines
or retorts. that In comparative tests
between them and the Scottish proc
ess. the latter saved twenty-three gal
Ions OF oil to the ton and the former
fifty gallons. the shale being the same
grade and from the same beds. Fur
Their. Il II claimed that the quality OF
oil. wax and ammonia saved by the
John H. Scott process was ~ much
hotter grade than that saved by the
other method.
The exclusive rights o. this process
In Utah are held by the Utah OH
ahale Eduction company, The re-
Gently organized Utah on Shale Prod
ucts company awning six hundred
and forty acres of shaiv land near
Cotton. has secured from the cor
poratinn the right Co use the process
In the development at its holdings,
and one Of the officers at the COM
pany has supplied the following de-
scription of the methods employed'
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

not he surprising II similar tendency
develops after companies and indiyf-
duals have spent their tinun and unouc.
IN building up great Industry -
connection with the shale iands.
The Industry In Scouaud.
Scotland the oil shale industry has
been an important and profitable one
for more than nifty years. NJ high NJ
eight thousand men being thus en-
ployed. Yet. II II stated that the av-
eragc Yield of oil from the snale there
T. much less per ton than the proven
Yield from u like amount here. The
Scottish method Of treatment " To-
place the shalc. In all sizes ~ broken
In mining. IN an upright retort. to
which the heat u applied from the
outside. II ~ necessary To- apply cN-
ccssivc heat To- the surface Of the re-
tort In order Co get sufficiently high
temperature to the shale In the CEN
ter. which must be accomplished by
radiation.
This great heat causes the volatile
portion ~ the mass to pass OF In the
form ~ gases which are regarded as
Uncomfortable by the methods In use
there: and. ~ the byproducts are Sc
cured from the cOndemnablc gases.
this results In considerable loss ~ H.
stated that the foreign plants lose
about thirteen thousand feet 81 these
gases 10 each ton of shaie treated. and
that the average sailing II only TWEEN
ty-threc gallons of oil from each ton
less than hair the amount saved by
test experiments In this country.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
THE John u. scott Process.

This process provides for continu-
Gus operation, for the separation Of
the material treated. Tor the use Of
inert gases; Tor the continuous heat
acting la conjunction with heated va
pors drawn down through the ma
tcrial treated, The construction Of
the retort h In three separate cham
beers. entirely individual and each
self-contained. The FIRST II "a pre-
heater. whore the material treated IN
prepared for a ReateP heat, which
occurs when n IN passed 10 the second
chamber. The second Is an eductiun
chamber where the eduction takes
place under the maximum heat APP
piled, and from which she gaass are
drswH OF ana passed into the coR-
denseT. The third Is cooling cham
ber. where che material after treat
ment Is cooled So that combustion Wili
aot occur when ne material II re-
showed from the retort and brought
IN contact with the open air.
Each chamber contains ten tuays
with perforated bottoms, one above
the other and six inches apart, upon
which the material Is placed. The
loading aud moving of the trays from
one chamber 90 the others Is all done
by machinery. The treatment re-
quires about four and one-half hours
The eduction starts at about three
hundred degrees Fahrenheit. and final
eduction takes place az about six hun
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

Probably the most extensive bed In
the country N located In Northeastern
Utah, Southern Wyoming aud North
eastern Colorado. and II II here that
interesting developments OF the In
dustry are 20 he carried out IL has
been estimated that In each OF the
states mentioned there II enough
known shale To yield twenty billion
barrels of crude oil. from which more
than two billion barrels of gasoline
may be extracted. besides the Other
products. The estimate of possihili-
ties of the new industry N based upon
the ordinary refining methods, which
have been tested before. aud not upon
theoretical experiments, la "A discus
sion of the beds mentioned. an au-
thority recently stated.
"Besides gasoline kerosene ant
paraffin. there are others Broducts "f
the Hhaic oil which are worthy of con-
alteration. For instance, the gas
very good Illuminating gas hy the
way-will probably DE sufficient Ia
furnish an the heat required e. distill
the crude oil from ths shale The
ammonia. also, ~ "A very valuable by
product of the distillation, and mas
he used In the manufacture Of CONE
mercial fertilizer OF other nitrogen
compounds. as the market demands.
The United States geological survey
has examined large areas of the shale
la ColHado. Utah and Wyoming and
has made many distillatiun tests.
some heds ct shale that are several
feet thick viii yield more than bar
rel OF ~ 90 the ton of shale. and one
bed six inches thick VIII yield better
tbaA two barrels OF crude oil Ia the
ton OF shale. One ton at this shale
should therefore yield nearly ten gal
hns ~ gasoline bS the pTesent COM
mercial methods OF gasoline eNtrac-
uon. and largep yfrlds may be- made
bOasible by new methoda
GSAernmem Watching shalcs.
Secretary VI the IDorior Franklin
X. LAM said recently. In reply 60 a
senate resolution regarding gasoline.
and referring "a the shale beds Of the
country. 'srlAe development of this
enormsus TesGve simply awaits the
time when the price " gasoline or
the demand for other distillation
products warrants the utilization Of
this substitute source. This may hap
pen In the future. AZ all events these
shales are likely to be drawn upon
long before the exhaustion OF the pc
trOleum fields" In this connection. II
must he admitted that the govern
ment has shown a tendency 10 ride
rSaghshod over The rights Of owners
a oil lands In the West and IL win
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07
Cost Has Iiccn High.

In the past. the high cost ~ dlstil-
ling oil from shalc In this country. a.
compared with the low cost of piping
a similar product from the wells. has
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

percentage of potash than IN, sage
brush.
Ad,crti-cs For Ashes.
senator Ice has advertised In the
vicinity of Phoebe that he viii huy.
during the next three months. ashes
OF sagebrush In carload lots The
ashes viii probably contain from IS
10 80 per cent OF soluble potash. The
Phoebe banker has contracted Co ship
the ashes "a the Virginia Carolina
Chemical company ~ Richmond. Va,
where they viii be purified 80 as Ia
make pure potash. Arrangements
have been made Tor a chemist Ia Pi-
oche to analyNe the ashes purchased.
and payment viii be- made according
a. this schedule
Ash containing - per cent water
soluble potash nr more. SOS per ton.
ash containing 25 per cent or more.
$50 per ton; ash containing 20 to 20
per cent, Sds.a0 per ton. aud ash con-
tanning 10 60 20 per cent, St5 per ton
senator Ice has issued Instructions
concerning the preparation of the
sagehrush ashes Tor shipment In
which he says.
~ appears that the leaves aud
smaller branches contain more pot
ash than the trunk therefore care
should Dee taken o. preserve. so FAR as
possible, the leaves ana the small
| branches
The brush must be- well burned II
the ashes are taken from the fire too
soon they contain much carbon ar
small PARTICLES of charcoal which con-
tain potssh not soluble.
Must Exercise Care.
NJ the ashes or GOALS are permit
ted 10 remain In the fire or near the
intense heat generated by sagebrush
until they cool gradually. the Goals
and carbon viii oil go 20 ashes. How
ever, 10 burning on large scale il
may be found advisable 10 screen the
aaheo and rebuTn the charcoal. The
best results will be obtained by burn
Ing In the open, without much draft.
Draft nae tendency Co carry
away the lighter pafticles containing
potash. Remember that the potash IN
water soluble, and burning ON the
damp ground viii lose much of the
potash. My best information Is that
twenty tons viii constitute carload.
Analysis Of the ash should be made
at the beginning OF the burning, I'm
order 20 determine the average Der
cent Of potash YOU may expect. and
another consisting OF a sample from
each sack when the ash Is ready for
shipment A certificate OF the gen
eral average will then be attached"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

The uhaie IL found In numerous To-
caiities IN Utah and much uf u has
been filed upon by local companics
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-24

The Rev. R. H. Cato of Cedar Rap
ids is conducting revival services at
the A. M. E. church. He is a very
fine and fluent speaker and holds his
audience without any effort, and all
are sorry when the time comes TO
close.
Mr.. B. Deatherage is the new night
man at the &C, R. I. & P. pump
house. He is a good man for the
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Boileau are
contemplating moving from North
Twelfth avenue to South Iowa ave-
nue-in the same house now partial
ly occupied by Mrs. Eliza Haines.
Mr.. Leon Motifs is expected soon
for visit at the parental Motifs
home and to attend to some business
matters.
Mrs. Boyd, who was indisposed for
some little time recently, is herself
again.
Quarterly meeting will be April IL
and all the auxiliaries are expected
to have their reports in readiness for
the quarterly conference, which will
be held the day following.