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CRACKING PROCESS TO PRODUCE“GAS” Only Thing That Promises Early Reduction in Prices, Says 11 Uncle Sam. PETROLEUM SUPPLY WASTED Government Expert Declare# That Adoption of New Diecovery Will Extend Life of United Statea Fielde From 27 to More Than 100 Yeare. "uncle Sam himself has a few auto mobiles and engines and other things that eat up gasoline, and he is becom ing considerably interested in the in creased cost of the fuel. Ho is en deavoring to find a means of bringing the cost of gasoline down, both for his own protection and that of his hun dred million nephews. Uncle Sam has come to the conclu sion, according to Van H. Manning, the director of the United States bu reau of mines, department of the in terior, that the only hope for a speedy reduction in prices lies in the immedi ate development of the so-called Ritt man cracking process and similar processes. “The demand for gasoline has out stripped the demand for all other pe troleum products, with the result that these other products, amounting to about 75 per cent of the production, are being sold for less than the cost of production,” says Mr. Manning. “In other words. 25 per cent of the produc tion, consisting chiefly of gasoline, must pay all costs in addition to the amount that is lost in marketing the remaining 7o per cent. Petroleum Is Wasted. “We are exporting at the present time 20 per cent of our entire produc tion of crude petroleum, including 16 per cent of our gasoline production. We are burning 25 per cent of our petroleum under boilers, which is a shameful and criminal waste of pre cious natural resources, and we are using another 20 per cent of our crude petroleum iuefllcieutly in competi tion with coal as in the manufacture of artificial gas. Three-fourths of the entire amount of artificial gas in this country is made from petroleum. This gas could be made from coal, ex cept that the gas manufacturers* are able to make it at less cost from pe troleum, owing to the lower cost of oil as against coal. It is needless to say that petroleum should not be used for this purpose. ‘The solution of the problem is con servation —our petroleum resources being put to their proper uses. Let us stop this wasteful* foolishness of burn-; ing petroleum under boilers and the use of crude oil in tho making of arti ficial gas. If by means of cracking processes, such as the Rittman proc ess, our kerosene and fuel oils, which we have been using in- competition, with coal and selling for less than the! cost of production, can be converted j into gasoline, tho present production • of crude petroleum would be more than ample to supply our present de mands for gasoline. Not only that but the general adoption of these processes would result in extending the life of our petroleum deposits, based on tho present demand, frem 27 years to more than 100 years, at the same time reducing and stabilizing tho cost cf gasoline to the consume! and preventing rapid fluctuations in price. A number of refineries are now installing the Rittman process and | more companies are considering do- ' ing so. This is but a drop in the | bucket, but the situation is hope j ful." WARNS MUSHROOM GROWERS Expert Says They Should Be Able tc Distinguish Between Edible Va rieties and Wild Forms. Beware of abnormal mushrooms, warns Uncle Sam. As the result of a i serious case of poisoning in a mush room growers family recently, the mushroom speciulisis of the United States department of agriculture have issued a warning to commercial and other growers of mushrooms to ro • gard with suspicion any abnormal ; mushrooms which appear in their beds. It seems that occasionally spo radic forms appear in mushroom beds, persist for a day or two, and then disappear. These are generally manure-inhabiting species and may be observed shortly after the beds have been cused. in the instance cited, however, those fungi appeared in considerable numbers at the time the edible Agaricuß campestris should have been ready for the market. The dealer supposed it was probably a new brown variety, and tried it in his own family. As a result, five persons were rendered absolutely helpless and were laved after several hours only through the assistance of a second physician, who had experience with this type of poisoning. In the opinion of the department, this case is peculiarly significant and demonstrates that the grower must be able to distinguish Aglrlcus campes tris from any of the wild forms of mushrooms that may appear in the beds. The department urges every grower to make himself thoroughly fa miliar with the cultivated species. PLACING THE LEAD. "Well, doctor, will the operation core me?" “We are not In a position always to guarantee a cure." “Well, will It give me a measure of health?" “Undoubtedly; but you must not ask too much." “Is asking to live too much?" “You cannot live without the oper ation." “Can I live with It?" “There is a chance." “Well, there’s a chance without it." “I certainly have not said It” “All the same, I’ll take it. I’m from Wall street.” —Judge. Overheard in Cambria. Welsh Porter (excitedly)—See, there is Davit Lloyd-George, look. you. Calm Passenger—Well, what about it? Welsh Porter —But It is Lloyd- George himself—the minister of muni tions whateffer. Calm Passenger—Well, I don’t care. He’s not the Almighty. Welsh Porter—No inteet —but he is only a young man yet, look you!— Passing Show. INDICATIONS FAVORABLE. “Is he careful with his money?” “I don’t know. I never saw him handle any of it.” Too Bad. ll® motored out to take the air And felt he really must; But swifter ears w-ere everywhere— He merely took the dust. No Sale. He began diffidently. “Have you ” “Anything you want, brother,” inter rupted the pert clerk. “This Is a down-to-the-mlnute store. What did you wish?” "Never mind. If you keep that close to date I s’pose what I wanted when I came In is out of style now." But They Led Him Away. “You are to be shot at sunrise.” “Is that final, general?” “Absolutely.” "Won’t It do Just as well if I get half shot on two succeeding sunrises. I am used to that, and ” Playing a Sure Thing. Cynicus—Those two men are both In love with her, and I’ll wager the wrong fellow will get her. Sillicus—Which one? Cynicus—lt doesn’t matter which.— Judge. Father Thinks So, Too. Dick—Grace is certainly one match less girl. Harry—Well, the absence of suitort long ago convinced her father of the same thing. ECONOMY. "What is the meaning of economy?*’ "Economy, my son, Is going without something you do want in case some day you should want something which you probably won't want." Proved. Oh. yes. he has some taking ways— He's Just that sort of feller. And ’■ ne'er without, on rainy days. A dandy silk umhreller. Their Cause. "Talking about the fires of ro mance—" "Yes?" , "I suppose they ere kindled by love matchee." At ths Hospital. "What’s the matter with that glass ester?" “He tried to lunch off s window yes terday and now hs has s pans la his stomach." PERSONAL MENTION C. O. Richards came In from Ned erland Monday night to cast his vote ait the town election. P. R. Alsdorf came in from Rollins ville Tuesday, and Wednesday morn ing, in company with his family, drove to Denver in his car. John Lundwald and wife of Salt Lake, arrived Monday might to visit hie brother and family here. The wife of our amiable and mod est, fireman on the C. & S. passen ger train, came up from Golden the first of the week to visit her ivus baind. They are stopping a the Tel ler House. Cy. Allen, w(ho has grown bald in the service of the C. & a® engin eer (hawing been in their service for thirty-five years), has been trans ferred from the Central City route ■ to the Georgetown branch, and C. E. Tait haa taken his place. Miss Grace Rule, who haa been pro fossor of muvdc and drawing in a Tex as college for the past nine months, returned for her vacation Monday ev ening. Her father and mother met her in Denver. -Mrs. Janies Light bourn came up from Denver Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Waist, of i Denver, who have been guests of j tjie Teller House for the past week, ! returned to Deliver yesterday. Will Jenk’fis and wife blew into , tewn from their vacation on the Beaver yesterday, and not liking the freaks of old Boreas, started at once by the automobile route for Denver. Mrs. Jessup returned Monday night from Denver and BouHder, where she had been in attendance at the State Sunday school convention. Russell McCallister attended the Sunday school convention at Boulder last week. Mrs. Ed. L-undquist returned from Denver the fore part of the week. Mrs. Wm. C. Fullerton returned from a visit to Denver Monday night. Mrs. George Williams returned Sunday from Denver, where she had been visiting Jier mother. C. M. Phillips, connected with the Sweet, Causey, Foster Bonding com- 1 pany of Denver, wae in town the fore part of the week, a guest of the Cen tral City hotel. Mr. Carman, cf the Windsor Dairy farm, also interested in the Pittsburg Extension mine, is in tow/n looking after his interests. He is stopping at the Central City hotel. J. J. Sherwin, of Idaho Springs, president of the Electro-Hydro com pany, was a visiter to Central Tues day. W. H. Lloyd, cf Boulder was in the city yesterday. Mr. GreeFen. manager of the tele phone squad that is potting in a new ; line from Central City to Nederland, hap gone to Denver for a few days. R. W. Bonnell, of St. Louis. Mis souri, was in town last week, look ing over the mining feld. John Smith, who hps been sojourn ing for the winter among the Ozark mountains in Arkansas, arrived in town last night. * John says he is glad to once more breathe the invig orating air of Colorado. James Daly came in last night from Magnolia. Boulder county, suffering with a severe tungFtenitis chill. CAN’T SEE ANYBODY BUT T. R. Th© icre the co’onel surveys the field of eyesight gets.—Pcs'on Transcript. GRAFTING T3\c men ilind called on the lady of t’-.o Ivor*?© to see If he couldn't get a Job around the garden or the lawn. "I need a man in the garden." <sald tho Hdy. "But I want one who knows something about grafting. Hav© you had any experience in grafting?" "Should say I had,’’ replied the main. "Why 1 UFed to be a copper in Now York City." We have n law against throwing things in the street to puncture au tomobile ti;es. I art Will Fnrrll, of the Rocky Mountain Herald, cannot be held guilty for throwing misslea in tjie Pueblo convention that punctur ed Carlson's second term boom. Four years ago "Angel Archie" was among the fir*t in the Chicago con vention to knife and drag out Roose velt, and now- he is going again to bind up those bloody wounds and moke him wide. Who say# wo do not deteriorate with age? There are many reasons why Ted dy is a better man than most of us. It must be remembered that sever al years ago he wc® wounded by the bullet of an aseatsln, and the ball he carries yet. Tli© only laudable stand the Repub licans can take this fall, both in state and nation. Is to stand aside. Telephone Standards Forty years ago Alexander Graham Bell succeeded in transmitting the sound of the human voice over a wire; and while men scoffed at the invention and laugned the inventor to scorn Bell’s imagination even then pictured the tele phone in universal use. His was the master mind, that penetrated‘the future and visualized an ideal —One System, One Policy, Universal Service. Since then, time has developed certain standards—standards of plant construc tion, standards of equipment, standards of service efficiency. Standards of our duty to the public have existed from the beginning of time • for they are founded on principles of equal justice and fair dealing. This means that our service must be as nearly perfect as human skill and ingenuity can make it, and that our rates must be fair, equitable, and as low as a fail return upon investment will permit. It means courteous consideration of the public’s needs, and solving the prob lems growing out of such needs in the light of the best engineering and other expert skill which the art of telephony has developed. Such a policy commends itself to public favor, public respect and public con fidence, without which no public utility can long exist. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. TRIBUTES TO U. S. DIPLOMACY Wilson’s Foreign Policy Wine High ! Praise in All Europe We still hear more or less—but I rather less of late —concerning the al- j leged discredit and dishonor Presi- 1 dent Wilson’s diplomacy has brought I upon tlie United States in the eyes j of foreign nations. It used ,o be | called by an eminent predecessor I "the laughing stock of Europe." We | do not hear so much of that phrase either just now. And what do they say abroad about this discredit? What about the presi- j dent’s last note to Germany? Former French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pichon, writes of the note’s "con ciseness. firmness and clarity." The Petit Parisian finds that in President Wilson, Emperor William "has met j his master." Other Paris papers re- | fer to the president’s last move ns | "a masterpiece of diplomacy." Italian newspapers agree with Germany | "gave In completely to the American demands." And even the German Volkezeitung of Colt gne gays that President Wilson !ms gcored a great diplomatic victory a.nd lias assured his re-election. Which uro we to believe, these for eign commentators with the tremen dous advantage of perspective, or the j rancorous Wil-onphotes here.ibout who are straining every nerve to dis credit the president for reasons best known to themselves? From the Boston Post. When the worm knaweth at the root, the plant decayeth and withers away. Old man Root has been know ing at the vita?* of the Republican party for lo the*e many years, and has tucceeded in bringing about the blight of decay. The county commissioners have workmen engaged In completing the automobile highway from Dory hill to Guy hill In Jefferson county. When this piece of road is finished we will have a direct route to and from Den ver. 8. E. Hammond, operating the Grand Central mine near the Gunnell returned from Denver last evening, after a week spent in assisting to induct Denver’s new mayor Into of fice. Gus. Jacobs drove In from Rollins vllle Tuesday In his ne*wi HupmobUe. MEATS AT WHOLESALE PRICES FOR CASH Prices Include Express Dressed Hogs SHIPPER PIGS, 70-90 lbs., head on, lea* lard In, per lb. 12f SHIPPER HOGB, 100-150 Iba., head om, leaf lard In, per lb, 12( SHIPPER HOGB, 175-250 Iba., head on, leaf lard In, per lb. 12/if PACKER HOGS, 126-176 Iba., head off, leaf lard out, per lb. 12!4^ PACKER HOGS, 175-250 Iba., head off i leaf lard out, par lb. 12'/2^ Fresh Pork Cuts LOINS, Bhort, per lb. 20 £ SHOULDERB, Regular, per lb. 14^ “ Skinned, per lb. 15^ HAMS, 8-10 ave., per lb. 18< HAMS, 14-16 ave., per lb. 18£ HAMB, 18-20 ave., per lb 18£ SPARE RIBS, per lb. .. .. LEAF LARD, per lb 14^ Sausage LlNK—pork, per lb 15* WEINERS, per lb le* BOILED HAfMB, ekln lifted, eurplut fat removed, proceed, per lb, 30^ Leave Orders or Telephone The Observer SKINNED HAMS, 14-15, lb .. BELLIE6, per lb from to 17^ HOG HEADS, per lb __B* PIGB FEET (freeh) per lb 6* NECK BONEB, per lb.. 7^ LEAN PORK TRIMMINGS, (to make home-made aauaage) per lb 13* Fresh Beef Cuts LOINS, per lb. 20* RIBS, (atear) per lb .. .. —lB* ROUNDS, (center cut!) par lb 20* WHOLE ROUNDS, per lb 14^ WHOLE CHUCKS, per lb Ilf pI ATEB, per lb. 12* FLANKS, per lb. 104 BHANKB, per lb 8* Mutton LEGS, per lb. 20c 4 WHOLE OR HALF,per lb 1«* FRONTB, per lb. 12^ FRONT QUARTERS, per lb.„H*