ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. TUESDAY, APRIL 7. 1925. FIVE ... THE AMERICAN GAS INDUSTRY Its remarkable development and growth How this development a A prominent residenPof the Rogue River valley asked me the other day, "Why is the Southern Oregon Gas Company laying out a great amount of money to re build and increase the capacity of its gas plants? I under stand that the gas business all over the United States is going backward, that gas is gradually being supplanted in the home and industrial establishments with electrici?. for heating, as well as for power purposes?" I answered, "You apparently are either not informed of the true condition of the gas industry or you are misin formed by others whose business is opposed to gas busi ness development." Here Are the Facts In 1924 the sale of manufactured gas for domestic P"rPses in the U. S. A. exceeded any year previous to 191 5, by over one hundred percent. The' 1924 increase of manufactured gas sales over 1920 was in excess of 33 1-3 percent. The authentic figures for the U. S. A. given out by the American Gas Association at its mid winter meeting, recently held at San Francisco and Los Angeles, show In I 924, sales of manufactured gas were 405 billion cubic feet (an increase of over 100 billion cubic feet since 1 920). New customers connected to the lines rngSan'e8 in 1 924 were 444,000, making a total of I U,4U,UUU gas consumers as of December 31,1 924, serv ing a population in excess of 52 millions of people. Sales of gas appliances during the year of 1 924 were: Over 800,000 gas ranges. Over 450,000 gas water heaters. Over 500,000 gas space heaters. Representing a total of over ($50,000,000) fifty mil lions of dollars, for gas appliances. After seriously contemplating these imposing and ASHLAND, MEDFORD GRANTS PASS, ROSEBURG convincing figures for a few minutes, my friend the prom inent resident of Rogue River valley said: "Well, I can't understand how such progress could be made by the gas Company, because I am told that wood, or coal, or elec . trie heat is cheaper than gas." "Do you know how heat is measured?" I asked. "Do you know that heat, from whatever source is subject to the same definite system of measure as grain or water or muslin?" "The unit of heat universally used in America and England is the British Thermal Unit. This is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of pure water, from 39 degrees Fahrenheit to 40 degrees Fahrenheit no more, no less. It is customarily abbrevi ated to "B.T. U." One "B. T. U." is just as definite a unit of measure as one bushel or one gallon, or one yard, or one pound. "Now taking up your arguments in order, one cord of hardwood in this territory sells for an average of $1 2.00 delivered to you. It weighs an average of 3500 pounds and each pound contains an average of 4000 "B. T. U." By ex haustive experiments has been proven, and this can readily be shown to you; many engineers have determined that the heat recovered in useful work, from wood burned in a Cooking Range or a House Stove, represents an average of only 1 0 percent of the entire heat in the wood fired. So you have in actual work for: $ 1 2.00 1 ,400,000 "B. T. U." $1.00 11 7,000 "B.T. U." A ton of average good western coal weighing 2000 pounds costs $15.00 at least. It contains an average of 11,500 "B. T. U." per pound and shows an average efficiency of 1 4.3 per cent, so for $1 5.00 you realize 3,289,000 '"B. T. U." or for $1.00 you obtain 219,000 effective "B. T. U." (In considering both wood and coal these fig ures make no allowances for the cost of labor to handle and fire the fuel, or the cost, trouble and annoyance of removing and disposing of the ash in addition' to which much solid fuel is wasted in banked or smoldering fires when heat is not actually required.) ' Electric heat is as definite and fixed in quantity and quality as any other source of heat. One kilowatt is 3412 "B. T. U.," as Ethel Barrymore aptly said, "That's oil there is, there isn't any more." Using your own figures $6.00 per month for electric cooking and lighting and $2.65 per month for your 750 Watt electric water heater, according to your rates you are buying 1 80 kilowatt hours for cooking and electric lights. 1 80 kilowatt hours in the water heater. (I am estimating your hot water usage for 8 hours of each day, per month.) 360 kilowatt hours per month, means 1,228,320 "B. T. U." for which you pay $8.65 or for $1.00 you are buying 142,000 "B. T. U." Now, assuming that your necessary cooking, lighting and water ,, heat requirements are fully supplied with the 1,228,320 B. T. U. with which you are supplied monthly, it would take just 2224 cubic . feet of Gas as now supplied in your city to equal this electric heat. This, according to the Gas Company's present schedule, would cost you $5.49 a month or for $1.00, you would buy 224.000 "B. T. U." Such are the conditions generally throughout the United States for Heating and Cooking purposes, Gas is cheaper than wood or coal or electricity by from 10 per cent to 90 per cent. Gas heat is had immediately when you want it. It is shut off instantly when you are through with it; it is applied directly to the thing to be heated; it is more efficient for these reasons and that comprises the principal rea sons why the Gas Industry is jumping ahead by leaps and bounds. Mr. Withington Creed of San Francisco is the President bf the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of the world's largest pro ducers and distributors of Gas and Electricity, for domestic and indus trial consumption. At a recent luncheon I heard him say, "We (The Pacific Gas and Electric Company) are firmly convinced that elec tricity can never compete with Gas for heating and cooking purposes." The Southern Oregon Gas Company is converting its plants, so as to enable them to manufacture Gas from an unfailing supply of local fuels the better to serve its customers, and as more and more people come to use Gas in your city and as the consumption of Gas increases the rates will be automatically lowered and are always controlled by the Public Service Commission of the state of Oregon. The entire country is alive to the truth of the slogan: "If it's done with Heat, it can be done best with Gas." SOUTHERN OREGON GAS COMPANY, THOS. D. PETCH. Vice-President and General Manager. SCIENTISTS WILL SEEK TO SOLVE MYSTERIES OF "HEAD SQUEEZERS" S (Associated 1'rcu Loaxil W irt.) LONDON, April ti. Kfiorts to solve the mystery of the "human head squeezers," a tribe of which almost nothing i known and which liven in the wilds of the momitaii.4 between the main Amazon basin unci the northern Andes, la to be one of the anna of an exploring ex pedition to tiemtu America to be in into next summer by Dr. William M. MeOovern, one of England's most daring anthropologists. lr. Alt Gove rn, who was born in Brook lyu, N. V., vial ted Lhaa, the toibid uen city of Tibet, UUguiacd as a lluM hiat monk last year, and has headed numerous other expedition In various parts of the world in the interest of anthropological research work. The "human head squeezers" who havo a way of reducing the beads of their wciiins to the size ol a person s list, according to Dr. McOovein, also art; supposed to be tlie possessors of gold and diamond mines in their native haunts just to the north of the Amazon Jungles. The Londoner plans to spend seven to ten months in their mui.u study ing their habits and customs. No white man has ever solved the pro cess of how heads are reduced in I size without so much as disfiguring I any of the victim's features and in j the interest of science Mr. McGov ern hopes to be able to overcome this riddle in the course of his ex plorations of this tribe and its haunts. Dr. McGovern plans to leave London early in May and In the trip across the Andes will cover parts of llrazil, Colombia, Ecuador and 1'eru where no white man, so far as known, had ever before set foot. Dr. MuGovern will carry a wire less receiving set, cameras and other apparatus nececsary for ex peditions of this kind, ile proposes to make observations and drawings which will be of future use to sci entists throughout the world. "I shall be particularly Interested in anthropological research work in 'the Amazon basin where Interest i iug remains, such as great rock temples, of prehistoric tribes, are I supposed to exist but to this day j have never been seen by the white man," said the explorer. 'Dia inonds and gold nuggets have been bought from some of the natives on tue edge of the unexplored coun try, and there is a belief that the natives have discovered mines with in their native haunts from which they extract the precious Btones and metal now and then. These natives of the interior have not even been seen by white men, so tar as i know, and have been carry ing on feuds for generations with all persons, wuite or black, who : have attempted to invade their ter ritory." t The expedition will terminate at i Lima, Peru, perhaps early next year from which place Dr. McGovern will go to the United States before re- , turning to London. CHILD LABOR ACT FAILURE RAPPED FROM THE PULPIT (Associated Vrtm Loawd Wirt.) CHICAGO, April 6. The republi can and democratic parties were i blamed alike in bitter terms for jthe failure of the recently propos- I other letteruian, Is out for broad jump. Vni thtt nihpr oventa HnvwHrd will rely on last year's second' string men and on some able sophomores. A promising amount of mater ial is available in the weights Hob Mautz. football captain, is working out for the shot, backed by several others, who may m t i ed child labor amendment to be-. into the winnings before tiw sea-1 come adopted by 13 is hop tkdwin it. j Ron is over. Hughe's, of the Chicago area of the i Hayward, however, is none too Methodist Episcopal church, who optimistic. lie is trying to get spoke yesterday at the dedicatory . in his best licks early, in tho hope , services of the new Methodist j that hard work will do a lot for : Episcopal church at Lake Forest, j his more or less inexperienced Illinois. team. j "The platform of the republican ! - " j party in the last national elec- MlLAUl O 1 UUJ IIN BUILDING J.OTS On Brown Avenuu in West Rose burg, if you are contemplating bunding a home see Brown Avenue beture you decide and see P. J. iialif for prices on lota on either side of avenue. FARM HAND BATTLES WITH MAD COYOTE lion," bishop Hughes Baid, "pro claimed that tjie purpose of the parly was lo Burvo Ihe people, yet It broke oife of Its moat sacred planks when it failed to protect the childhood of the nation from exploitation. I "Hut the democratic party can not boast." the bishop continued. "It In a cowardly manner, slrad jdled the child labor question in Us 'platform because it did not want to lose the support of the souin. The democratic party never has bad the courage to repudiate Tam many Hall." 1923 GIVEN VALUE IN TEN FIGURES (AMOciatnl fr. Lrurd Wire.) j I'KNDI.KTON, Ore., April 6. j Lloyd liraham, farm hand, einerg ed victorious in a fierce hand to ! band encounter with a mad coy ote, infected with rabbws. I Graham was hitching his team iwhin the gaunt and vicious an imal charged him. It was troth , ing at the mouth, Jaws snapping. : During the first attack Gra ham loosened a halter cimiu and hit the animal several blown. TJid cnain whip finally subdued the aaimal, and he killed It be.'ure it bit him or the horse. NOTICE AUDIT OF BOOKS. COUNTY Wlnstel Chocolates Fresh and Wholesome, each one dipped in Hershey's chocolate. They satisfy. Lloyd Crocker. Notice Is hereby given that the County Couit will receive bids up to and including Wednesday. May 6, at 10 o'clock a. m , for the audit of the books of the Sheriff, Treasurer and Clerk of Doimlas County, Oregon, for the year li)4. Successful bidder will be required to fnrmsn a good and nrilcl-nt I bond In an amount equal to 'ij per I cent of his bid. All bids to be filed with the County Clerk. The Court reserves me rignt to reject any aim II bids. By order of the County Court. lit A B. ItllJDI K. County C'erk. WASHINGTON. April C. The women's apparel manufactured in this country in litis was valued at nearly one and one half billion dollars, an increase of nearly 40 per cent over l'J-1, the preceding census, year. The valuation as made public today by the census bureau was given in two divisions. The value of products of establishments primarily engaged in womvn's ai parel manufacture was placed at $1,361,272,040, an increase of 39.1 per cent over 11)21, while the value of work done in con tract shops was $45,4 11,18a, an increase of H.ti per cent. Of the total production value of the primary industry. $.")!) I, -i44,2ot represented skirts, suits and cloaks $UH,125,i!72 shirt waists, dresses and blouses; $11, 612.11(11 under garments, and pet ticoats; $ 130,562,723 other clas ses of women's clothing and $1, 027.784 all other products. SAVAGE WASHER. DRYER. Si l4ji Voct mere work tn Has imWrinrter Filmiest Fabrics Heaviest Portiers Anything and Everything Washed by the Savage Electric Washer wllliuul a button ripped off or torn. Th.n. too. yen' have no wanting to do. Th rlsvae does the trying hy )"t ,lm.'y spinning the ih.s for a ni .cn' and they are ready for tlie line. A Labor Savsr A Time Saver A Monsy Savtr A FREE DEMONSTRATION IN YOUR OWN Hi?ME Everybody's Exchange pSe POOR MATERIAL FOR U. OF O. TRACK TEAM Kl'OKNK. Ore., April . Hill Hayward, veteran track coach and trainer of the University of Ore gnu, will be up against it this season. He has only Mtermen back from last year's team, which won the Pacific Coast conference meet by a very narrow margin. On top of that the squad In his charge has been handicapped more or less by poor weather, and he faces a lough time with his P ' -rrmrrrVr.,,, Ij WASHINGTON WILL VIEW DESIGNS FOR T. R. CENOTAPH NEW YOKK, April 6. The com petition for the national monument to Theodore KoosevHl in the city of. Washington was launched today according to an announcement made by James H. (iarfield, presi dent of the Hoosevelt Memorial as sociation. It Is being held to select a designer rather than a design and the trustees of the association have agreed to commission the winner to make the definite plans for the monument. Kight architects, six sculptors and four landscale de signers, all of prominence In their respective fields, have been invited to compete. The site of the monument is In Potomac Park, south of the White House, and not far from the Wash ington monument and the Lincoln memorial. A bill was passed by Congress at the last session giving the association permission to bold a competition with this site as a basis. The competition will close Oct. 1, and the Jury, consisting of three eminent artists to be selected j later will announce its findings Oct. 10. The designs submitted will be hung for the inspection of the Jury in the Corcoran Gullery of Art in i Washington. I "The determination of the Hoose-j ' velt Memorial Association to create in the city of Washington a monu mental memorial which shall ade-j quately commemorate Ihe character and significance of Theodore Hoose velt," w rites Milton C. Medary, Jr., I ; the association's professional ad vis i it, "would of itself challenge the best expression of the aits and crafts in the I'nited Hlstes. Ihe, t-ite selected, however, greatly mug 1 nlfiea this challenge and places upon the designers of the memorial the weighty responsibility of solv ' nig a many nided and complex prob lem of the first magnitude, perman- ently establishing the only remain-! ing cardinal point of the great cen tral composition around which the: capital of the United States is developing." o I Taylor-mane coucrele is good con-) cret. Tel. 225-IL ' ALWAYS HUNGRY Growing children are almost always hungry and demand an abundance of vitamin rich food. Scott's Emulsion Is vltal-nourishmcnt that helps children keep their strength and grow normally. Most children need Scott's. Srolt ft pntir'fl V T. 71-11 It will be early In May. Strong la said to be the boit bomber in the aervlee, while Ua vison la ranked with the greatest pilots and squadron leaders. This "hop" has been talked of for years, and the late Thomas Inco, motion picture maKiialo, once oTfered a prize of $J0,UUU for the first fllKht. The Hoeing houiber plane has been designated for the 27uo mlle San r'runclsco-llonulul" flight. PIE SOCIAL Tho I'nited Artisans will give a pie social and dance at llrotkway. In I. II. Nic hols ball, Thursday eve ning, April Utli. Good music and a siilcuillil time 'assured all. MARKSMAN IS A GREAT TRAVELER Sent By Hit Own Doctor "1 tffrd drMdfutlr with for 10 ! EMira until n cp ratio md nacnMrf, i ut mj ph-rMtfar, rquctd that I ftnl trr Dr. Ckaa. J. b' noB-atir-rti. l trt. MMt, .Way mm wll nd kMlUr.' If you, too, are suffering with Piles or other Rectal or Colon disorders, you mult sooner or Istcrrstop experimenting with your health, sml bt cured is I hsve cured thousandi of fia t sc hedule coming up April ." of th imost severe snd of 11, when Oregonvlll nie-t Htan- """'" ' t-. y lora ai 1'aio aiio in a ouai iii-t Four promising sprinters iron Ia"t Sears freshman tesm are NfV' the only men lljvward has in the ' dahr. ' In riie hurdles Ha!ev and ( lei- r- ,U ' T" i-" "-"i- poRYti He has snn'her iTurmsn In Kg. , b. n. who will p.wLiciyaie iu cue uf Jump. cat treatment ttCiU A R AN TE fcP to cure your Pilet.cr your fee will be refunded. Snd UAm for mw FKLE. lllMtrl4 be4u 1 'rm' rc'tv,!! UAN. MDJnc He has another ffurman In f b. nk. Bu.isirV set, tit . ,..ui - Captain Rosenborg, ... faCfcrsp,. mTl T BtpTLamnt-a FLIERS TO MAKE HOP ARE CHOSEN rM.iit'. I'f- o, 1.. tt,r-.) SAN' KHA.VISCO. April . Two out of four naval ofiiffr who will miikr )u- V. S. navy tion-ntop flight from Han Kra:i 'ifo to IIoimjIuI ii in ronnwt tun with, tin1 mi.iuuverN off the Ha waiian Isanti n xt mouth hi.ve been s-1 ib l. Thoy am I.IMif .-Comniaiui"i TatiifH II. St ron and I.i ut. Com mander Itulph K. li.r-yui, rprev ntiiia: lh- hatth? iT t. KlUra p prVH.-ntliiK the rrulaer fleet are el to m tinu'd. Th fleet will nut leavi H;io I'ranclvro until April U, uud tnu exact datff of tha fiieri' di-par-iur baa not baaa fund, tUUuukU "Ad" Topperweln, the Texas rifle phot who in to pive an .'xhtbltion In connection with the KoHeburK )iM and (iun club ahoot next Hun day, haa been koIiik up and down thin country for nioro than a quar ter of a century giving cxhlbltlona with the nil" In behalf of tho Win chester organization. Tlier iwn't any queHtlon about the ability of i Tnpperwein. ile b'Kina w hero all ; the other xp'rta li-avw orr.. Year latter year for a quarter of a cen tury Topperwein has been hitting the nig npntH and while he waa In ; Florida In iJecemher hi waa aked j about bit! travels for the year. Topp keepi an accurate account j of hiii movement. It waa discov ered that he Hhot In VMi different cities in nine different Ktatea and !to do thin he travell.-d Iti.ooo mllen and not all of it by pullman. In each of hi exhibition), Toperwptn ;rtr'a between L'W and &.' whotn, or j fur the yt ar about t.'i,oni nhota. ile 'gave hut performances before audi-,eiR'-rt totalling llto,"0l p4Tnon!t. 'I 'ho longer he ahoola the better j Topperwein gets. JIo In in demand jthe country over. Ho always ! pleuHea. Not only doe he know how lo phooi but ho is willing to gte advice and instruction to oth vin, and this naturally makes for 'additional popularity, i o i This being the Inst wek befro ' Kasti-r Hunlay, why not ihop in and get your Kapler egg candy, gg dye, fHTiry canls, and chfK'olates. Also order your ice cream fur tiuii day dluuur. Lloyd Cruckur. SENATE ORATORY OFTEN AIDED BY RELAXING RULES (AswvtattH fnm 1uM Wire.) WASHINGTON, April 6. Vice President I)awea in his recent at tack on one-man marathon talking events In the senate, and the more recent eight-hour speech of Senator Copeland of New York againat the Iale of Pines treaty, has led capital attaches to dig up noted Instances of lengthy senatorial addresses. Tho unofficial record In held by Senator La Follette of Wi aeons In. Speaking on a current measure, on May 29. ID OS, he held the floor for 18 hours and 20 minutes. A 15-hour speech Is credited to Senator Falkner of West Virginia, on January 16, 1891, w hen the Force bill was under discussion. Swnator Allen rf Nebraska on October 11 12, 1S93, engaged the attention of the Senate for 14 hours on the re Ieal of the silver bill; and a similar period wad consumed by Senator Carter of Montana on March 2-3, 19il .while discussing a rivers and harbors meawure. Senator Jones. Republican, Washington, made a 13 hour and 35 minute speech on Feb ruary H-10, 1915, during considera tion of the ship purchase bill; Sen ator Iturton of Ohio Spoke for 12 hours ami 10 minutes on a rivera and harbors bill on September 19 19, 1911; and Senator Smoot of Utah Is rredlled with a speech ei t end lug 11 hours and 35 minutes on July 22, 191.1, when the Underwood tariff measure was under debate. The chamber at th other end of the capltol can lay clrflm to no such prolonged oratorical efforts. House rules preclude any lengthy address by one man, the longest being two or two and a half hours, when the chairman of a committee, In charge ut a major bill, la explaining iu provisions. the floor for eight hours, recently drank in the course of his speech two glass of milk, in which egg were beaten up, a bowl of soup, and much water. Sir Knights Attention Ascalon Commanaery No. 14 wiU meet in regular conclave Tuesday evening at 7:30. Ked Crous will ba conferred. SAM J. SHOEMAKER E. C. KLANSMAVH ATTOUNKY ASSAM ,8 INDICTMENTS, (Amoc laird Cmi Lcued Wire.) INDIANAPOLIS, April 6. In dictments returned last week against I). C. tituphenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Kim Klan, rharglng him with an as sault upon Misa Madge Oberholt zer of this city, were attacked by his attorney In the criminal court today A plea In abatement was filed against each of the five in dictments. Judgo James Collins indicated that arguments upon the motions asking abatement of the Indictments would probably be heard next Saturday. Step henson will enter no plea until Judgo Collins bus ruled on the motions. Miss Oberholtzer remained In a critical condition today from the effects of injuries from poison she is alleged to have taken fol lowing tho attack. Arundel, piaoo tuuer roune 1K9-L kx-ti:m.i:ii ;kts two yeahs (Awlatrd I'lM Laaml Wire.) PORTLAND, Ore., April 6. Paul Wong, a Chinese youth, formerly a teller for the North western National Itank, pleaded guilty In federal court here today to a charge of embezzlement and win sentenced to two years at McNeil inland prison. The elapsed time cos n ted as the measure of a senate speech is not always occupied entirely with I speaking. Frequently the speaker ' Is Interrupted by questions or quor um calls, which give a breathing I space, 'the strict rule Is that lu order to kep the floor a senator I must speak from his desk and re I main stamllug, but various prexld lng officers have countenanced a j liberal Interpretation of this and j permitted senators to walk about I the chamber or rest on the arms of their chairs. Senaior CofM-land. when he held Mnv jom:s. hiDN Ari'i'it lll.l-D O.N lH,)M-o HAIL. (AiMM.ile4) Ii lMf 1 Wlrr.) NEW YORK. April 6. Mrs. Mary Jones was held hi $100,000 buil on a charge of kidnaping af ter she had been Identified in police court today as the woman who took fiveyear old Italmonde Von Malcuskl, Jr., from the Wash ington Height district In a texl caU, March 2'J. 'Ihe ivoman hud been under arrest seven:! days on suspicion of having kidnaped the boy as revenge against hU fat Jut for ran "ing hT arrest tl Mnti . Oakland, CalX, Oct. 13, 1924. American I)itiz and Press Association, Hero rati, Iowa. Gentlemen : Km lo.ii d please find money order for which send jnA a largo bottle ; of Meritol Rheumatism Retmii. I am Including postage. ' I have taken one bottle ami am delighted with the hnpiovement In mv coni'ion and I am sure thai by continuing to w ttie Rheuma tism Kmt uy faithfully fir a little humor 1 will have entirely recovered. Kindly send thM bottle by mail an quickly as potable a 1 cannot ; get aluug without Meritol Ithetimatlnm Hi m . Sinoerelv yours, Mrs. M. r. Name alid addret s on tle. i Anono troubled with IthciimatiMn should not hesitatu to give this -' prepaiatlon a thorough trial as many ttiinonlaU similar to th at ore tare on file testifying to lis merits. Rsoommtndtd by W. P. CHAPMAN'S PHARMACY i. ;