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*