The Caldwell tribune. [volume], July 09, 1920, Image 2

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MULSUM
OFSOUTHERN IDAHO FOR OIL
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State Bureau of Mines
and U. S. Geological
Survey Undertake to
Analyze Potential Re
sources of Southwest
ern Idaho.
Arrangements have just been com
pleted by Francis A. Thomson, heal
of the state bureau of mines and geo
togy, for a careful and scientific in
vestigation of the oil and gas resources
of Western Idaho. The investigation
will include also so far as time per
mits, a study of the oil shale resources
of the state.
The survey will be made by a party
under the supervision of Dr. J. P.
Buwalda, a distinguished oil geologist
and a member of the geology faculty
of Yale university, who has been de
tailed for this work by the U. S. Geo
logical Survey.
Expenses of this investigation will
be shared jointly by the state bureau
of mines and gelogy and the federal
government and the results will be
published as a state report some time
during the coming winter.
Requires Much Work
As outlined in the official agreement
covering this work, it is stated that
this project covers studies of the
stratigraphy, structure and history of
deposition of the textiary lake bed*
in western Idaho. Last year, in co
operation with the Oregon bureau of
mines and gelogy. The lake beds of
eastern Oregon were revised in rec
onnaissance by Dr. J. P. Buwalda,
who inspected and gave particular at
tention to the area of testing for oil
or gas and to the possibilities of de
veloping oil or gas in the region.
The project noted above, as now
under consideration, consists of ex
tension, with research in greater de
tail, of Buwalda's investigations into
Idaho; that is, from the Ontario and
Vale region of Oregon to the Weiser,
Payette and Boise districts of Idaho.
The problem involves the unravelling
of the Tortiary history of the region
and will require thorough study of the
Heroism in Mine Rescue
Work Will Be Re
warded
Washington, July 8.—The Joseph A.
Holmes Safety association, the hero
commission for the mining industry,
has announced the awards to miners
for special deeds of bravery in the
saving of human life during the last
three years in the United States.* The
gold hero medal is to be presented
to four western miners and to the
nearest surviving relatives of three
othegs, who sacrificed their lives in
their attempts to rescue other miners
from death. It is expected that the
formal award of the medals will be
%ade by Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell,
director of the bureau of mines and
president of the association, during
the international first aid and mine
rescue contest at Denver, Colo., Sep
teniber 9, 10 and 11, at which miners
will be present from all parts of the
country. Similar contests are held
each year under the auspices of the
bureau of mines for the development
of rescue and first aid men for the
mines and in which medals are award
ed to, the teams most expert in life
saving.
The men who will be awarded gold
medals and diplomas and the deeds
"There's Good Reason for Joy" r
says the Good Judge
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And you don't need a
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stratigraphy and sedimentation, with
careful collecting of fossils and map
ping of key areas. The project is
both .scientific and economic. It dove
tails in the physiographic history of
the region and the period and condi
tions of secondary enrichment. Ground
waters and their possible use as ag
riculture because more intensive
will"be given consideration.
However, the economic point of
most pressing immediate interest is
the study of the stratigraphy and
structure, together with the dépth of
the basins in different areas, in order
to afford a more satisfactory basis for
conclusions as to whether oil" in com
mercial quantities may reasonably be'
expected and searched for anywhere
in the region. Work previously done
by Doctor Buwalda and Dr. J. C. Her
rian in a reconnaissance of the area
indicates considerable depth in por
tions of the Tertiary basins. Oil
shales have been reported ^om the
southern margin of the area and these
will be sampled for testing. The. pal
éontologie investigations are essential
to the more definite correlation of
the Idaho and Payette formations,
the erosion surface of the former be
ing, if 'I am not mistaken, associated
with physiographic stage of the ore
enrichment
Already Have Gas '
Drilling has been carried on inter
mittently in this area for the past
twenty years and a considerable quan
tity of gas was struck at one time at
Ontario, Oregon and more recently
at Payette, Grandview *and other
points in Idaho. Where appears to be
considerable interest in the region at
the present time as to oil possibilities
and it is recommended that special at
tention be given to the oil problem in
connection with the scientific work
which is, in fact, a part of the larger
problem of the history of Tertiary
lake basins of the northwest, their re
lations to the physiographic cycles,
the deformation and later vulcanism.
Governor D. W. Davis and State
Mine Inspector Robert Bell, express
themselves as highly pleased at the
promptitude in which the state bureau
has been able to enlist the U. S.
Geological Survey in this matter.
they performed are as follows:
John L. Boardman, of Butte, Mont.,
safety engineer for the Anaconda
Copper company, who lone-handed
saved three miners from terrible
death in the West Colusa mine of the
company and assisted in the rescue of
a fourth. A fire in the Leonard cop
per mine, adjorning the West Colusia
mine, Tilled the latter mine with
poisonous gases. Boardman, wear
ing the oxygen rescue apparatus fa
miliar to rescuers, at the risk of his
life, entered the gas-filled mine lour
separate times to save life.
Drives Through Smoke.
The next to receive the gold hero
medal will be Daniel Bionvitch of
Biwalik, Minn., an employe of the
Balkan Mining company. A fire
broke out in the Belgrade mine of
the company in which one life was
lost and many others jeopardised.
Three times Bionvitch drove his elec
tric locomotive through smoke and
gases, bringing out helpless men. and,
finally, a fourth time he brought out
a fellow-worker.
A third and fourth medal will be
awarded to James Collins an& James
Dilimirk, both of Mullen, Idaho, and
employes of the Gold Hunter Mining
ana Smelting company of that place.
While endeavoring to reach two en
tombed men in the mine, they them
selves were caught by a cave-in and
imprisoned for 15 hours, when res
cued they were buried to the should
ers. The two rçien they were endeav
oring to rescue, Peter F. Grant and
Emil Sayko, were finally brought
from the mine alive, after having been
entombed for more than 14 days.
Fellow-employes took seven days to
drill a hole through to the imprison
ed men, and by this means furnished
them with food, water, light and silk
clothing, after they had been without
food for five days and without wa
ter for four days.
Avoid Medals to Relatives.
Three other heroes, miners for the
North Butte Mining company, at
Butte, MontY sacrificed their lives
in trying to save others. The nearest
living relative of each of the three
nvn will be at Denver during the
First Aid and Mine Rescue contest
and will receive from Dr. Cottrell the
gold medals and the diplomas detail
ing the heroic deeds of the dead men.
On June 8, 1917, a fire occurred in
the Specular shaft of the North Butte
Mining company. When the fire
started, Michael Conroy and Peter
Sheridan of Butte, both employes of
the company started down into the
mine to save their fellow-men, but
before they reached them the fresh
air which had been coming down the
shaft reversed, allowing hot and
poisonous gases to come up the shaft.
When the cage was hoisted to the
surface, the bodies of the two brave
men were found on the cage burned
to a crisp. The relatives of these two
men will receive the medals.
James D. Moore, another miner at
the same fire, went through the mine
attempting to bring the miners to the
surface. After he had collected seven
men, he was driven back by the
smoke and decided that the only hope
would be to build a bulkhead as a
protection against the gases and re
main behind it until rescued. Under
Caldwell Thirty Years Ago
miwuitutmt'
W. C. Johnson is still at work as
sessing the value of Caldwell. The
Tribune buried seven barrels of gold
last week and is now prepared for
Ihe worst. Like the rest of the capi
talists, we will cheerfully s" e-" that
$2.84 is all the money we have—
we will come a great deal nearer the
truth than the most of them.
Mrs. H. D. Blatchley .left on day
night for Chicago and Chatauqua and
will be gone several weeks. Henry
has already sent in his application to
the Bachelor's club but will probably
Delay and Disappointment
In completing our building on specified time
We Will Be In Our Old Location
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ALL THIS WEEK
And the Special Sale will continue until the last moment
Reductions of from 20 to 35 pr. ct.
ON PRACTICALLY EVERY ARTICLE IN
Men's and Boys* Wear
IN THE HOUSE
Suits
at
$24.50
have made the biggest hit of the year. They easilv nr<>
worth $35.00 and $40.00 and hundreds who have alreadv
attended our sale can testify as to their satisiaction.
JUST ONE MORE WEEK AT THE OLD STAND
ALEXANDER
ONE- PRICE CLOTHIER -
— CALDWELL, IDÀH0
his direction the bulkhead was erect
ed, requiring five hours for comple
tion and inclosing the party of eight
men. They obtained air from a com
pressed line nearby. With nothing
to do but wait, Moore cheered the
men and in the meantime wrote a
farewell letter to his wife. Sixty
hours after the completion of the
bulkhead, rescuers,wearing "apparatus
found a barricade and broke through
and found six men alive and two
dead, the latter including Moore. The
six men were brought safely to the
surface; they all gave credit to
Moote for saving ther lives, since
without his guidance and direction
they would have been suffocated.
The awards were decided upon by
a committee of the association, com
posed of James W. Paul, represent
ing the Mine Inspectors' Institute of
America; William Green, of the
United Mine Workers' of America;
and John Turner of the Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers.
After organization, tl)e society
agreed to award diplomas and medals
of honor to persons in the mining
and metallurgical industry for dee Is
of heroism or praiseworthy acts in
efforts for the rescue of imprisoned
miners or persons in jeopardy and
to give recognition in proper awards
for persons who may device or put
into use appliances for the benefit of
greater safety or mine rescue or re
covery operations.
be rejected as not acting
faith.
good
McNeilly brought a few fine heads
of barley into The Tribune office
last Thursday, remarking rather sad;
ly: "This is all I have left of a 50
acre field after the hail got through
with it." Hard luck, sure.
A band of gypsies or Italian beggars
have been camped near C?aldwell all
week and two or three little girls, have
visited every house in town, offering
Some unthoughtful persons gave them
the dime to sing and then gave them
to "sing a nice song for a dime."
one dollars to stop singing.
Billy Isaac, who was at Horse Shoe
Bend during the hail storm, says that
the damage to fruit, grain and grass
in that vicinity was great. Reports
of destroyed crops are coming in
every day.
Payette has organized a ball team
and wants to cross bâts with Caldwell
in a friendly game for $50 to $100
a side. They can get a game for all
the money they can raise at arry time.
Bishop Talbot and the Rev. George
Buzzelle were in Caldwell Thursday
and Rev. Buzzelle took occasion to
call upon The Tribune. He has just
returned from the east and when ask
ed how the people were making it in
civilization, replied that he had
brought the best one fcack with him in
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the shape of a wife and th^t the east
no longer held any inducqjnent for
him. He also confirms the good news
that Bishop Talbot will remain in the
west and not accept the Georgia cir
cuit.
Found— Bundle of clothing; inquire
Phone 560-W. 57-59p
SHIFTING GEAR ON NEW CAR
Difficulty May Be Due to Slight Drag
ging In Clutch—Little Practice
Is Necessary.
When a car is new and the owner Is
not accustomed to driving It, there Is
often difficulty in shifting Into inter
mediate gears, either from low or high.
This may be due to a slight dragging
of the clutch, or more often to the fact
that the driver Is not famlliir with the
speed of the motor at which the shifts
should be""made. A little practica la
all that Is needed.