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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
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C1NI IS HEARD
If Tourist Camping Grounds Are Not What
They Should Be, They Should Be Made
..' Better, Citizens Say Improvements Would
; Cost Little, Inquiry Shows.
The Statesman park story Friday morning has stirred up
considerable comment. Some believe that the Salem park is
absolutely beyond criticism; some know, it is not; some dp
not care; some know nothing whatever of the case, and they
may .believe either way, now that the matter .has been called
to their attention. j
The (Statesman repeated, first, the comment said to come
.from hundreds of tourists who had stopped in Salem, or who
,,had investigated and had not stopped, or who had heard
others talk of Salem arid took no chances here, but helped
spread the, story of "Keep away from Salem."
' Case Honestly vresete
. A ' . ' Statesman . representative
Trent through the park, in view
of these criticisms, not only once,
but several times, to analyze the
good and the bad. The good
things have r been told, and also
the bad., Both speak for them
Eelves to anyone -who -will visit
the place, f or j they stand out,
boldly,; unchanged. . It would be
worth any Salemite's while to go
down' and see" for himself, or
herself, whether the tourists'
stories,' and the Statesman's in
vestigations, are correct. ; It will
take no one in Salem as much as
an hour to visit the place and
walk over every foot of the park,
and check up on the things that
ire and are not there, according
to the ' tourists Indictment.
.Entrance Distanesstaa; ',
It cannot be denied" tbat , the
park: entrance on Oak street is
little money to move the office
building" orr of the Deaconess hos
pital grounds, on which ,lt has
trespassed, and put it where ft
belongs, right at fthe entrance. It
would cost only a little money to
, buy enough nose and water 'to
keep the place wet down, and. to
let grass and some flowers start
ed in the street entrance on dither
tide of the gate. Probably $25
o spent, with maybe $ 5 or even
$10 a year for the water for sub
sequent years should make a teh-
- thousand t dollar difference' in the
first and' last Impression on the
tourists. One j touch of beauty
1 would work ' real magic on the
'souls of the visiting, thousands -and
It wouldn't cost half a cent
-per soul for the installation, or
l a mill per soul' per year, for its
- subsequent maintenance. As a
sociological Investment in adver
tising.' this much of the park rev-
, tenues properly belongs (to the
park. To have thousands of people
every year blackguarding- Salem
'. to thousands of other people for
this $25 failure is a bad,-investment
In publicity. .;
H Grading Would Pay '
, h It might not cost more than $ 5 0
for at the most $100 to grade prop
erly all or most of the park after
the rains come and the park is
' empty. This should give at least
twice fthe ! possible . nnmbofr . of
camp,' and five times as many
really good, comfortable camps s
there now are on the grounds,
exclusive , of the one big, bare
V central plaza. The man or worn-
i an who doesn't sleep comfortably
has an unconquerable gTouch. To
spend $100 of the park revenues
; in better sleeping accommodations
, and send 10,000 people away hap
py ana res iea every year, ought to
he easy, and a daty and a Chris
tian privilege and a good business
investment If th park revenues
could pay $800 tor ft water sur
vey on the Santiam. ,
Some new sheet steel tW
four in number; have recently
i been installed that are much su
; perlor to the older ones. They
i are short-piped, however, and sb
are sooty for the cook. They are
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Saturday unsettled
and occasionally threaten
ing weather Saturday; cooler
- east portion.
LOCAL. I WEATHER
! (Friday) -Maximum
temperature $8.
Minimum temperature, esl
River, 1.4.
Rainfall, none.
Wind, west. ' , '
Atnosphere, clear,
not covered for use in bad weath
er. A little 'more spent on stoves
or covered kitchens, and enough
tables for ll,' would add tremen
dously to the comfort of the
travelers. , J
Most Travelers Appreciative
;"It is the testimony of some
who have observed carefully that
there are . some traveling people
who look i on .everything they
find . away j . from their home
as a new Columbus discovery that
is theirs by divine right. They
steal things from the camps; they
hog the tables, the mirrors, every-
hing that is either free or hired,
ana luej saow laeuueivtMi u yiKr-
cisely the ' kind of degenerates
tljey are at home. 1 But these are
in the very small minority. , Most
of the travelers are appreciative
of every courtesy shown them,
either what ts free or what Is sold
to them at a fair rate. If they
pay 50 cents lor the use of the
camp, they, are entitled to 50 cents
worth of service, and to Bpend
less" than all their modest reven
ues In serving them is'tb deprive
them of what is theirs by moral
right. , ,. J .
Central Hall Needed
i A central hall, with books,
magazines, 4 writing ' material, is
not .too much to offer these visi
tors. It wouldn't cost much. The
$800 already discussed hasn't been
nearly exhausted by the other im
provements mentioned. Wouldn't
they appreciate it? Wouldn't you?
The park revenues make it pos
sible; the social needs of man
kind make lit desirable; the ad
vertising it; would give makes-it
a. golden, investment. And it
wouldn't cast the local taxpayers
a cent it pays for Itself. A few
of these little things should double
the, park revenues, and make far
greater Improvements possible.
; The Salem auto park is honest
ly run. It is splendidly located
In the heart of the city. It is
beautifully shaded. It ought to
be a perpetual dream 'in the mem
ory of those who travel through
Oregon, as the finesr&nost cour
teous, -most : hoxniey pjark they
found anywhere on their travels.
It should be the epitome of . com
munity advertising that attracts.
It could -be-f or no higher price
than spending its own. money, on
itself; so little money, that it
(Continued on page 8)
UUiGE LUMBERS
ATBAifl CHERT
Miss Lena Belle tartar Con
tributes Solos for Enter
tainment of Crowd
With the prospect of many
long weeks I to come when there
will be no band concerts. Salem
folk wen t! to Willson para: last
night in large numbers to .hear
the Cberriari band play. Three
more concerts will be given thte
season according to the terms .of
the cky's contract with the band.
Miss Lena Belle Tartar sang
three solos as part of the evening
Program. The summer concert
eason has been divided between
Miss .Tartar and Oscar Gingrich,
each singing in nine of the 18
concerts. , v ,
- Another concert will be given
Tuesday and Friday of next' week
&r las one August 28, ae
c '-'-ag to present plans.
CHOIR SINGER
ENDS IT ALL
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NEAR PULPIT
Young Denver Electrician
Shoots Self t in Temple; -Leaves
Farewell Note 1
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DENVER. Aug. 17. Standing
behind' the pulpit of the Messiah
Lutheran . church, J. Carrick
Trost, 21. ah electrician and a
member of the choir of the church
shot himself through the . right
temple and died1 almost instantly
shortly after ST?o o'clock to
night. ; - . :
111 health as a result of an at
tack of influenza last winter 1b
believed to have heen the cause
of his act. ' -
. He left a note' saying "God, Al
mighty, forgive me. for what ;I am
doing. Good-bye, mother, dear,
and .God bless you." , t " ,
As the sound oi the shot rang
through . the church the youth's
father who had become alarmed at'
his absence, broke through the
door of the church with police of
ficers he had summoned s in a
search for his son. ! , J
This evening Trost called upon
Miss Effie Cline, a school teacher.
After leaving her at her home he
apparently drove his car : to the
church, went- in and killed him-fU-
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lOUNEIICE
Unrest Leads to Death of
Police; Many are Wound
' ed During Clashes
, MATENCE. Aug. 17. (By The
Associated Press) -Unrest? ' ac
companied by rioting, continued
throughout the grand duchy of
Hesse and clashes" are reported
between Communists and police
at, Langen, , Russelaheim and
Grossgerau, fhree towns on t he
right bank of the Rhine, in North
eastern Hesse. At Iangen t he
revolutionary committee of 'un
employed, inL reprisal for the ar
rest of six workmen, kidnaped
12 members of the burgeoise and
are holding them as hostages.
One member of the security police
was killed, a number were wound
ed and many disarmed in clashes
with the unemployed. Several of
the latter were wounded. i
Salem Man Injured; in U
Hospital at Marshfield
MARSHFIELD, Or, Aug. 17.
Frank Councilman of Salem : was
brought to a hospital here Thurs
day suffering from a broken foot,
broken shoulder and., other injur
ies. "An automobile which he was
driving went over the grade at
Camas mountain on the Coos Bay
Rose burg, highway. ; He i blames
the driver of .another car he was
passing for the accident. ill
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COHTUE
WHEN THE PRICE OF "GAS".
-' GOES DOWN OR UP; THUMB
NAIL SKETCH TELLS STORY
The Standard Oil company
makes Salem1 a distributing point'.
This company employs directly 25
men in Salem. And the Rocke
feller educational foundation
gave Willamette university $350,
000, towards its million , and j a
quarter, endowment and building
fund, besides contributing $17,
500 .a year for three 'or. four or
five years, towards the support of
me institution. i j
So the' Standard Oil ' company
Is a Salem institution; or at least
near enough to one to be entitled
to a decent hearing now, or at
any other old time. This com
pany is Issuing" a'series of folders
on the present price situation.
The fourth of the series is under
the title, "When the Price of 'Gas'
Goes Down or Up." and it j Is
worth reading. If is a thumb
nail sketch full of : fundamental
and everlasting truth. If. is ', as
follows:; ? : - - l- i, .
Whe' the price of "gas" goes
down or up. you wonder why.
Every now or t;hen you have ob
served , a , change in the price ' of
gasoline. It has gone down, or
up. For the last three years the
changes- there have been si of
them during this periodhave
all been downward. No doubt
you wonder why the change, es
pecially if the price goes up. One
day a gallon of "gas" costs a cer
tain number b cents the next
day it is more, or less. Natural
ly you wonder why, 4
.
1 S Tl!
Completion of Negotiations
Results in Junking : of
750,000 Tons of Fighting
Craft
PACIFIC WAR CLOUDS
DISPERSED FOREVER
Anglo-Japanese Alliance Al
so Terminated; Ceremon
ial Pomp Lacking
.WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.
Seated about a table in the state
department today, five men re
corded the . final approval of the
powers for the treaties drafted by
the arms conference to end naval
competition, terminated ; the Anglo-Japanese
alliance and sweep
away the war clouds that have
hovered for decades over the Pa,
cific. ;
, It was an epilogue to the Wash
ington negotiations at which it
had been .planned .to , give ' the
place of honor to President Hard
ing at whose call the conference
assembled; . but instead the for
mal deposit of ratifications was
performed almost without ' cere
mony. '
Secretary Hughes and his col
leagues met in the diplomatic re
ception room, in the presence of
only a handful of spectators, in
cluding officials of the depart
ment, measesars and' represents;
tives of the press. Ambassador
Hanihara acted for Japan and the
other powers were represented by
the charges of their embassies
here, H. O. Chilton, for Great Bri
taw, Captain -Andre De La Boul
aye. for France and Augusto Ros
so for Italy.
Navy Receives Word
. Mr. Hughes sat at the head of
the table with the foreign diplo
mats .facing each other at - the
sides. Without preliminary the
secretary stated the, purpose of
the gathering and added that at
a preliminary meeting in his-office
"the ratifications had been ex
amined and found complete. . He
then " held up a paaer embodying
the American ratification - and
placed it in the center of the ta
ble'. -
"I herewith deposit the. ratifi
cation of the United States," he
sald; ;.. .'t;. "...
The. others followed suit, each
pronouncing the same formula.
Then documents constituting : ' a
Tecord of the day and the hour at
which the treaties became effect-
( Continued on page 8)
Perhaps : you think that the
president of the Standard Oil
company simply r saya to his col
leagues of the board of directors:
'Well, let's raise; the price of
gasoline this morning."
Not so. No man, nor group of
men, no company, nor . group of
companies, can "control" the price
of gasoline, nor of any other
commodity i general use.
This is what makes the price of
"gas" go. up and ; down; when
there is a plentiful supply of gas
oline, the price of gasoline drops.
When, there is an insufficept sup
ply of gasoline, the price ascends.
This is hot a j theory. It is. fact.
It is history, too, of gasoline and
of every commodity in th,e world
as far back as htotorygoes. It is
economic law, ; unbreakable, ines
capable. '
'The price of crude oil Is the
principal factor. . The valn,e of
crude fluctuates, rises and falls,
In strict accord with the volume
the earth yields, related, of course
to consumption by the public.
There are other factors the cost
of producing and transporting
oil, of manufacturing and . of
marketing these also vary with
world conditions, again , obeying
the immutable law or supply and
demand. . Costs of materials,
costs of labor, go up and down:
since the Great- War, mostly up,
as all the world knows. , 4
Three years , ago I the ' Pacific
(Continued on page 4)
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IE HERS
Coal Commission Demands
That 'Boards Must Reach
Wage Agreement Effec
tive September First
J ... ;
CONFERENCES WILL
RESUME ON MONDAY
Settlement Declared Chief
Aim of Operators; Will
! Keep Running
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (By the
Associated ; Press.) At the direct
demand of the United States coal
commission, miners' union offic
ials and representatives of mine
owners in the anthracite' region
today tp go back into . the joint
conference to . seek terms for a
new wage contract that may be
come effective Sept. 1.
The whole complicated fabric
of the controversy which has sep
arated jthe mine operators and the
spokesmen for their employes was
temporarily set aside by the de
cision. i Notwithstanding, coal
commission members held, them
selves from .expressing an over
optimism as' to the prospects of
keeping: the anthracite mines runT
ning after September 1. , John
Hays Hammond, its, chairman, and
his associates, it was said, would
return to .Washington and report
the results attained to President
Coolldge. !
. : Three Questions Asked
The ' commission early today
called In Samuel D. Warriner,
chairman of the operators' policy
committee and John L. Liewis,
president of the United Mine
Workers., The two leaders were
presented with a letter which
pointed out that the public mind
"is beginning to - be seriously al
armed over the question of wheth
er there' is to be another suspen
sion of anthracite mining Septem
ber i." i . ; .
Three questions were asked in
the letter', the. first as to whether
the operators and miners could
teach an agreement fixing terms
of a new wage .contract, before
September 1, while. the two other
were directed to bringing out the
attitude of each party on the gen
eral f proposition of keeping the
mines running after that date,
even if the terms of the projected
new contract were1 still unsettled.
I J f Reply Is Made
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Warriner,
summoning their associates, soon
agreed on the terms of a letter of
reply." Jointly the ' miners and
operators said they would resume
conference at -Atlantic City Mon
day and "earnestly endeavor io
reach an agreement by September
1." i - i ;!:
Falling in such an agreement,
the .operators said, they '.would
seek! an understanding . that the
mines should; be kept running
while' the. wage . conference pro
ceeded with the terms of its final
form to be retroactive to Septem
ber 1. The miners asked, that this
matter be left to the joint confer
ence. The operators further urged,
the reply letter said, that the par
ties 'to the wage contract negoti
ations "agreed to arbitrate re
maining parts of the 11 union de
mands not otherwise disposed of."
But the miners contented them
selves toy' stating; this subject to
be superseded by the joint action
In agreeing to confer.
Hornets Force Timbermen
To Abandon Operations
NELSON.' C, Aug. 17. Hor
nets have forced the. cessation of
timber, operations In the region
around Efie.TB. C. " The principal
camp affected is at Fruitvale,
which vai forced to close down.
The insects net only made condi
tions unbearable for .the workers
but created a "great accident
risk.
ritlESTS KMC APE
' HANKOW. . China. ' Aug. 17.
(By! the Associated .Press) The
Rev. Michael McHugh and the
Rev. : Daniel j Ward, Catholic
priests who were kidnaped. Thurs-
1 day at Tsaoshih by- Chinese ban
dits who looted the town,, have
made . their escape. :
TOLD TO MAKE
USE OF DRUGS
AGAIN GRASPS
CHINESE RACE
Farmers Forced to Cultivate
Poppy; Soldiers are Said
Paid With Opium
SEATTLE, Aug. 17. That
China, under pressure of Internal
strife, has relapsed deeply into
the thraldom of narcotics, is the
report brought by the Reverend
Dr. H. H. Go wen, professor of
Oriental ' languages and literature
irr the .University of Washington,'
who has just returned from a
tour of the Orient. j;
1 "Farmers In many districts
have been practically forced-to
return to the cultivation of the
poppy," aid Dr. Gowen today,
"because - the - military governors
have assessed their lands on the
basis of what they will produce in
opium. Military 1 governors in
other districts are actually pay
ing their soldiers in opium."
"Not since 1907 when the pow
ers made their first efforts to re
lease 'China from narcotics "has
the habit of their use been so
firmly fixed as now according to
'experts Interviewed by- Dr. Go
wen, He said that morphine had
been introduced and . was having
an effect many times worse than
that of opium to which the Chin
est had become accustomed.'
E
Tenant of Building on North
Commercial Ordered to .
Vacate at Once: ..
Some little business curiosity
was aroused over a report Friday
that the Southern Pacific com
pany has served notice to, tenants
on its North Commercial street
property, that they must find
other locations immediately.
This property was bought by
the Southern Pacific about' 10
years ago, for a central - union
depot. It is the block between
Center and Marlon streets, on
Commercial, and tthfl JStelnbock
junk store and a Japanese press
ing shop are among the 'build
ings' standing thereon.
The ' Statesman carried the
story. Friday morning, to the ef
fect that the new Southern Pacif
ic general agent to be stationed
in Salem had not been able to
find an office location, because
ail the stores are full and nobody
will sell or divide a lease! It was
thought' that this condition might
have brought about a determin
ation of the Southern Pacific to
build it's own headquarters, and
to carry out the old plan of "a
down-town station for Salem,
with a regular swarm of feeder
electric lines radiating out from
this new hotbed of transporta
tion. There is a belief that' this
is going to happen though local
Southern , Pacific men claim the
only notice to vacate was issued
to the Stelnbock. sJunk company,
that occupies the corner building.
This is notoriously the worst look
ing building in Salem. It looks
so bad that recently the
city
ig It
council fought against issuing
a permit for an electric sign, say
ing that it was a shame to illu
minate such a building at night
when merciful darkness ought to
hide it from public gaze.
The Southern Pacific, which,
according to Manager Billngsley
of the Salem Southern Pacific
Street Car company, has a certain-amount
of civic pride, has
stood -the old building as long as
It dared. Now, says Billingsley,
it is ordering the place utterly de
stroyed. - The company, according to Mr.
Billingsley, has no announced
plan for rebuilding, either the
Stelnbock corner or the rest ' of
the block that has not been dis
turbed. The company will, burn
up it's rents in the bonfire that
destroys the unsightly old rook
ery, and sacrifice its cash on the
alter of aesthetics.
The historic bid t building wlllj
soon De no more than smoke and
memory. , .
FOREST FIRES BAB
KELLOGG, Idaho. Aug. 17
Reports from Pine Creek late to
day state that forest 'fires in that
vicinity which have been-burning
for the last week are now at their
worst.
SOUTH
I PACIFIC
lr BID HERE
DRYING on mm
MOUNDS
Fort Mac Arthur in Track of Fiery River; Ori
gin of Blaze Said Incendiary; Houston, Tex
as, Reports Four Million Dolla Oil Fire Loss
Caused by Lightning. V
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug;. 18. The fire in a sump adjoin
ing the burning 500,000 barrel tank of the General Petroleum
company which subsided shortly after 10 o'clock last ni-ht,
flared up again about 12 :3Q o'clock this morning when a
gO-inch feed pipe from the tank gave way, releasing several
thousand barrels of oil.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17 The fire which started
early today when a 500,000 barrel tank of the General Petro
leum company burst into flames after an explosion, subsided
at least temporarily shortly after .10 o'clock tonight after
causing damage estimated at $1,000,000 and establishing
itself as one of the worst in the history of the oil industry.
: Before' subsiding, giving firemen a welcome respite from
terrific heat and labor, the burning oil had boiled over into
a canyon behind the military reservation of Fort MacArthur)
surrounding the barracks and batteries and threatening to
engulf the entire post. '. . ;
Eventually, the river of, fire flowing down the canyon
to the ocean had apparently burned itself out, leaving a
smouldering trail of embers, more than & mile long and
several hundred yards wide.
British Submarine Unable to
Withstand Force of Chi
nese Storms
HONG KONG. Aug. .17 By
the Associated Press) One of the
most disastrous typhoons in the
history of Hong Kong struck here
today causing tremendous proper
ty loss and, it is feared, many
lives.
The British submarine l-9 was
sunk in the harbor, unable to
withstand the force of the storm.
Many steamers have been
wrecked, the numbers and dam
age' not being ascertained as yet.
The typhoon was continuing
with fury at 1 p. m. today. No
estimate can be placed on the
number of vessels that have gone
down or the lives lost in the
storm.
FIRE BOSS BLAMED
II
Attempt to Re-light Lamp
Held Cause By Kemmer- '
er Coroner's Jury
KEMMERER, Wyo., Aug. 17.'
- Kemmerer hel4 the last sad
rites today: for tlie 99 ' miners
whose lives were snuffed out in
the explosion at , Frontier . Mine
No. 1 of the Kemmerer Coal com
pany last Tuesday.
At almost the same time a cor
oner's jury returned - a verdict,
finding that the blast was the re
sult of an attempt by the fire boss
in room seven, of the thirteenth
entry, to re-llght his safety lamp.
..- With the. arrival of District
Judge John' R. .Arnold of Evanr
ston here today, the 'payment of
compensation to the , survivors, of
the blast victims is expected to be.
gin at once.' .He will start hearing
and passing upon claims of de
pendents ' at - once. In accordance
with i tie Wyoming ; law relating
to workmen's . compensation. : . It
has been estimated that with the
workmen's compensation fund
will be depleted at leaet 9200,:.
000 by the explosion.
Temporary aid , is being given
widows and orphans since the ex
plosion by a . big relief organiza
tion, ii comprised? of Kemmerer
townspeople and , it will' continue
to function until the survivors of
the blast victims; all, have been
cared f0r. it was announced.
ELECTED DEAF, HEAD
ATLANTA., Ga., Aug. 17. Ar
thur I. Roberts of .Chicago was
elected - president' of ' the; Interna
tional Association of - the Deaf
here! today.
HE
DISASTER
JiSMAflK
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 That
he believed the fire in, the 600,
000 barrel tank' of the General Pe
troleum ' company at San. Pedro
today was of incendiary origin,
was the statement made tonight
by J. L. Martin, superintendent of
pipe lines for the company. -
PORT THREATENED
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17
The military reservation of Fort
McArthur was surrounded by a
gulf of flames shortly after 7:30
o'clock' tonight when the hlaze,
until then burning over an area
of about 10 acres, spilled over in
to a canyon to the south, ot the
General Petroleum company tanks
and encircling the barracks and
gun pita ot the fort, escaped into
the sea as a peninsula of flames.
CAMPEItH IN PATH
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17
The stream of fire swept rapidly
through, the canyon and covering
an area about one telle in length
and several hundred yards' across,
passed within a few ff et of a col
ony of campers between Point
Fermin and White Point. As it
neared the bluffs overlooking the
ocean it spread out in fan-shapa
and in another- instant the sea
wa a time.
ONE MAN BURNED
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17
The half-milUon barrel oil tank
of the General Petroleum com
pany here, w"hich caught fire from
an explosion this morning, be
lieved to have been caused by
static ignition, boiled ! over the
flaming edges ot the cauldron late
today and filled the emergency
dikes on the hillside' on which it
is located with lakes of llcj-'l
fire. ;
' In an attempt to save some of
the contents of the blazing tank,
the : General Petroleum tank
steamers La Placentia and Monte
bello, were warped alongside their
dock at the breakwater, several
miles away and started to pump
oil from the bottom of the flaming
container through the long pipe
line' at the rate of a barrel a
stroke. t
Despite the suddenness of the
explosion that started the fire and
the magnitude of the 1 column of
fire,' only one serious , Injury was
reported. Henry ' Hendley, 68, a
watchman, was hemmed In by a
wall 1 of flames and barely missed
death' . when " he dashed to safety
with his clothes ablaze. He is In
a hospital . with serious burns
about the face, arms,- legs and
body.
TANK FARM MENACED
"HOUSTON,- Tex:. Aug. 17. De
fying all efforts of fire fighters
who have been , battling: the blazes
for-nearly 24 hours, flames were
raging fiercely late Friday in two
huge oil .- storage tanks , of - th -
Humble OH and Refining com
pany at Webster and a 6,000 bar
rel gusher . In the Hull .field, be
longing. to the Republic produc
tion company. -
The fire at dusk Friday wa i
threatening the entire farm at
Webster. The blaze at Hull, al
though , shooting a giant eoluo n
of flames many feet In the air, i i
not . endangering nearby well.
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