Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-08

snece between them filed with saw
dust, windows for ventilation. In the
center of the building is space re-
sembling a hall in which are stoves,
above are wooden fans attached to
an iron pipe manipulated by gaso-
line engine for circulation of air. The
stoves are used for drying the pota-
toes, at the same time the fans being
used to prevent them from cooking.
This is continued from five to ten
days. The potatoes can be removed
during the winter without any earth
about them.
We had beautiful automobile
ride, one hundred miles back to Ter
rell, stopping to visit many novel
places. The disadvantage Of impure
water is something Of the past. We
visited a Filteration Plant, device
for taking impurities from the liquid.
For this is used charcoal and sand
charcoal made from bones, called an
imal charcoal, the best purifier 1t
removes not only solid matter but
any gas which the water may contain,
as the water passes between two
stone wheels. They are made green
by the deposit of the impurities the
water contained. thence into the ce-
mented watts for further publication
after which we were handed glass
of clear water, pure as dew drop,
clear as crystal, SO refreshing, we
wonder if anyone is tempted to put
other than water in cup or pitcher
which make all men happier and rich-.
er since the Prohibition Bill signed
by President Wilson, effective from
July until demobilizatoin.
There are many wonderful things
to be seen in Oklahoma and Texas
but the great fortunes are made with
oil, gas, and coal. The land is owned
by the government, not for sale. If
you wish to invest in a veil, you pud-
chase from the government a lease
for a specified time which gives you
the privilege to bore the earth con-
tanned in the lease. If you fail to find
oil or gas it is your loss, if you
strike oil you pay the government;
one eighth Of the profit. There are
as many as six different sands, and
oil is produced in paying quantities
but the best pay is in the deep sand.
The first thing of Importance before
drilling for oil is the location and for
nation of the oil. You pay by the
foot to drill. 1t costs at the present
time in Oklahoma to drill well the
depth of 1900 feet, complete stand
ard figures the sum of $1,000. Shall
low wells costs in proportion to the
depth of sand. Oil is often found in
pools which produce flowing or
gushing well. Sometimes pools ex-
tend twenty miles and others one
mile wide. Other wells are brought ins
through veins which usually produce
longer
The mystery of why some strike
oil in pool which brings flowing
well, some strike oil in veins, others
strike dry well my opinion may be
better than a woman's reason, be-
cause though as simple as Columbus
standing the egg on its end. AS an
illustration you may recall my letter
after my visit through Mammoth
Cave, Ky. There is not anything un-
usual about the surroundings. Over
the Cave is natural forest, surround
ing it nothing mysterious until you
enter. It's walls resemble the Pall-
sades of the Hudson, some portions
over which you walk dry like a des-
ert, examine the sand, roll it between
your fingers and you find each grain
round and smooth as a shot. Theorlst
and geologist believe water once flow
ed over this, and it is substance
from it's walls Of apparent stone,
which year by year likewise crumble
when water passes over it, other por-
tions dry. But from her walls you be-
hold cascades of water, disappearing
,n,orfr rl,a rnrlc descend 365 feet to |
Il flowing river. We were rowed on
this river miles through the Cave, its
width usually half mile but varying
considerably, l believe should the
covering { emoved from the Cave,
it wou1, ;emble Wadkens Glen, N.
Y. a. / would not appear any more
mysterious, should we bore a we'll
beginning above this river in Man,
moth Cave to the depth of 365 feet,
,uo would strike river of water. |