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PXGTE EIGHT MEDFORD IUJL TRTBTOE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932. Development of Dry Ice From Valley Gas Spout May Bring Big Industry iWell Drilled at Buckhorn Lodge Supplies Large Flow of Carbon Dioxide; Experiments Successful (By Irva Fewell.) Walking ictmi a little log foot-bridge over Emigrant creek, pausing a moment to ee the carbon dioxide ga bubbling Incessantly from the tumbling stream, may In time not too dUtant become a mere memory to the hundred! who have visited lluckhorn lodge near the foot of the Greeiunrlngf mountain. Human power will probably harness the gas beds beneath the stream and Its banks, necessarily removing the quaint bridge and Its familiar surroundings. Wealth, estimated at 12000 per 34 hours, that has been escaping In the form of gas, may be realized mate rlally If plans are completed for es tablishing a dry-Ice plant at the sort. Active development was start ed about a month ago, although tests have been made over a two-year period. Due to the exceptional value of such a product, action has been taken by Medford people Interested In the development. A well has been drill ed down 100 feet at the side of the creek for "mining" the product to be made Into commercial Ice. Plans ha7e been completed, how- ever, for sinking the well as feet deeper, according to those In charge, whereby the supply of gas available la expected to be doubled. Increasing the dally output from five tons, now shown by testa, to 10 tons. Dry Ice Is compressed or solid car bon dioxide 1093 degrees below zero. Fahrenheit, said to be lr times more efficient than ordinary ice. When the gas Is "not flowing." It registers about 80 degrees p., but when "flow, lng," due to expansion from enor mous compression in the ground, i sub-zero condition Is created. Prom the springs at Buckhorn lodge, which Is operated by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McOrew, tests have been made by the natural gas investiga tions division of the federal bureau of mines, chemists, chemical engl neers, and dry Ice company officials, showing .favorable reporta from -he samples. The well, sunk 100 feet, Is filled within five feet of the top with water, but the gas bubbles constantly above the opening. Monday morning Mr. and Mrs. MoOrew balled the water down 30 feet and the blue gas shot several feet above the around, mak lng a roaring noise, audible through out the resort, they reported, Parties In charge of the work stat ed that If the water could be re moved to a lower depth, the pressure from the gas would probably keep the well free from water. The open ing Is stopped by an eight-Inch gate. The greatest expense In converting the gas supply into the dry-Ice prod uct, would be the cost of erecting a compressor, Mr. Mcarew stated. Last Tuesday tests were made In compressing the gas Into dry-Ice, and the experiment proved successful,' even though the tests were msde with the 85 feet of water In the well. The flow of gas registered by the meter was 23,000 cubic feet In 3 hours, Between 10 and 11 cubic feet of the COS gas are required to make one cuttle root of the dry Ice, which Is now obtained In Medford at a cost of 30 cents per pound from Portland Mr. McOrew expressed the belief thst alter the compressor had been to' stalled, the Ice could be supplied In aiearora at approximately a cent a pound. Development of sucli a project In southern Oregon would revolutionize many Industries. For so many uses have already been discovered for the gas. As such a small piece of the product (which does not melt, but evaporates) Is required to cool a comparatively large area, the new Ice has been considered Ideal for the shipping of fruit across the conti nent. Mr. MoOrew related an incident when one carload of pears was ship ped from Medford to New York last season, packed In the dry Ice, and a saving of 18 hours In transit was recorded, ss there were no delsys necessitated by Icing. Only 800 pounds of the dry Ice wss used, where ordlnsrllr 3800 pounds of common Ice Is required, he said. The lesser amount of Ice Increased the space available for fruit tonnage. Mr. McOrew carried out a similar teet on a smaller scale, whereby alx ripe Bartlett pears were plced In the gas for a six months period. He re ported them as being In as solid a condition at the end of that time as when stored. The Associated Press recently car- Something Has Happened! Hutchison Mercantile Store Is Still Closed! SEE TOMORROW'S MAIL TRIBUNE FOR FULL PARTICULARS! " ! '. : t 'M' ,.. i CBOM OiOKtDB OAS IN POROUS &OC U-VDBII vast pecssuns TOP Or WGLL COVSQ ED WITH re DUC TO'N T6NS6 COLD GAUStD BY CB' DON OlOYfOS tXPANDNt D Ingram shows how carbon dioxide gas from 3,000 feet underground In Utah forma commercial "Ice aa It expands when released from under ground pre smi re at the mouth of the well. rled a dispatch from Worcester, Mass. telling of a discovery whereby "car bon dioxide gas introduced Into clear glass tubes under proper electric cur rent produces a steady white light having all the qualities of daylight so much desired by mercantile houses selling clothing or textiles." As compressed gas expands, Its cooling qualities are noticeable in the room, experiments have proved. Testa, whereby a cube of the product has been placed In radiation systems in homes and buildings, and the gas sent through the ventilators, have shown the rooms were cooled by the process, taking a small slice of the Ice for lengthy refrigeration. Although a large number of such gas supplies as found at Buckhorn lodge are not available, the majority of, those already discovered are lo cated In the southwestern territory of the United States, according to the Associated Press science depart ment. They report that In most In stances, drilling 3000 feet Is required to reach the supply. Concerning the "Ice mines, the Associated Press says: "All those carbon dioxide welts are found in the "domes" or the "anti clines' of oil fields. They have been located In Carbonera Dome, western Colorado, Harley Dome near West water, Utah, and also In the same state In the Last Chance, the Wil low Springs and the Farnham struc tures. They are found In the Wagon Mound area In New Mexico, and In large quantities near Tamptco, Mex ico. "One commercial well Is In opera tion near Price, Utah. Another is under construction in western Colo rado. The Utah well yields 98 per cent pure carbon dioxide. It la puri fied In absorbing towers and com pressed three times, finally becom ing a liquid. "This liquid Is sprayed through nozzles. Psrt of the spray expands Into gas. thereby producing addi tions cold that solldlfes the rest of Q 1 the pray Into snow. Hydraulic presses squeeze the snow Into commercial size too cakes. These are stored in an Insulated pit underground." HENRIETTA PREY 75 Henrietta Prey, aged 75 years, a well known resident of Lake Creek and Jackson county for the past 60 years, passed away In this city early Tuesday evening, suffering an lllneaa of several months. She Is survived by four sons, Ed ward, George, Otto and Irvln Prey, all of Lake Creek, alx grand children, two half brothers, Herman and Henry Meyer of Lake Creek. Funeral services will be held from the Conger funeral parlors Friday, July 18th, at 3:30 p. m. Rev. Kabele of the, Lutheran church will have charge of services and burial will be made In the Central Point cemetery. Threshing of the valley wheat crop will start as soon as the weather be comes warmer and threshing, ma chines are now being put In order and moved to the fields. The first threshing Is scheduled to start In the Sams Valley district. The present state of the weather is conducive to "sweating," and the growers will watt until It Is again hot and dry. Thero are many excellent stands of wheat throughout the county. Recent rises In the price of hogs In- the middle west Is reflected Irs local conditions. Hogs were quoted Monday on San Francisco markets at W.85 per hundred, about twice the price of two months ago. Valley butcher shops and packing plants, for six weeks, have been putting up lard, bacon, hams and other products of the pig. In anticipation of a rising market. One local butcher shop has prepared between 7000 and 8000 pounds of bacon and hams within the past three months. Harvesting of the last of the cherry crop will be completed this week, and apricot picking is now In full blast, with scores of housewives in the mtdst of their annual tasir of pickling, preserving and Jellying them. LEACH RELEASED ON Darwin Leach, arrested last Satur day by the sheriffs office, on a warrant from Mtlwaukle, Wis-, charg ing him with the kidnaping of his own son, aged three years, was re leased from the county Jail late yes terday, when the Governor of Wis consin denied extradition papers. Leach told the local authorities that his arrest waa due to the efforts of his divorced wife, who was granted the custody of the boy. Leach as serts that she Is not a proper person to care for him. He waa arrested at the home, of friends on Lozler Lane. He came here with a brother, In an automobile. Voters Are Urged To Register Now The registration books at the county clerk's office are now open, and all unregistered voters are urged to register, In order that they may vote at the general election Novem ber 8. The registration books close October 8. The Oregon law provides that no ballot be given an unregis tered voters. Crystal glow Kodak glass supreme The Pes ley's. Opp. Holly Theater. .WHAT MY GUARANTEE MEANS DR I. IL OOVR There Is no time limit to my guarantee ... It you hare any trouble from my dental work, cams In ... My best advertising la done by the many satisfied people who hare aralled them selves of my GUARANTEED den tistry. Dr.I.H. GOVE Ouaranteed Dentistry at price in lint with pres ent times. 235 East Main Street Upstairs. Phone 872-J CONSULTATION FREE ror Exceptional KODAK ril'TlRKS Mall your rilmi to SWEM'S Medford LAYOUT PLANNED BY A delegation from the Medford Garden club, headed by Mrs. A. R. Reames, president, at the Invitation of the county court, discussed with thst body the care and beauttflcatlon of the lawn, trees and shrubbery at the new Jackson county courthouse. The suggestions of the Garden club will be mainly followed by the court. The trees will be trimmed, new shrubbery planted and decorative plant features installed. The Garden club requested that they be assigned the special care and custody of one of the trees. Workmen are now leveling and preparing the lawn for the first sowing of grass. The lawn will prob ably be made eloping Instead of ter raced. The Garden club experts hold that a terraced lawn Is hard to keep- up, presents something for children to fall off and break arms and legs and that It wearies old folks, who have business In the courthouse and are forced to climb the terraced steps. Some of the trees will be moved and replanted, so as to mska a more even distribution, and enhance the landscape beauty. E FOR MRS. FINNEY Pinal disposition of the case of Mrs. Pluma Finney, 48, well known Jack sonville resident, held In the wom an's ward of the' county jail on a liquor charge, will be made tomorrow or next day. Prank DeSouza, her at torney, said today. She has been In durance rue for 10 days and has suf fered Illness and remorse. Absence of arresting officers has caused the delay. At the time of her last arrest she wss on parole on a beer-selling charge. She now stands accused of possession of Intoxicating liquor. Prlenda will ask that Mrs. Finney be sent to a place In the country where ranch life will remove her from present environment. Extension of the moratorium on auto licenses until August 1 by the governor does not apply to foreign licenses, of which there are a num ber In Jackson, Josephine and Klam ath counties. The state police have a complete list of the owners of foreign licenses operating In the three counties and will atart a concerted drive against COURT TEMPERED RUBBER IN ALL DlvlcU the pile of a tlra by tfta number of mils It will run and you'il undoubtedly buy U. S. Tire built with Tempered Rubber. Becaut Tempered Rubber, an exclusive U. S. develop ment, It the toughest, longeit-wearlng rubber compound used In tire construction. Although totting nothing extra, It provides many thou sands of extra fflllei of trouble-free travel. All U. S. Tlrei today are built with Tempered Rubber. It Is Cheaper To Buy U. 5. Tires Now Than Buy and Buy. Pierce-Allen Motor Co. 112 So. Riverside them within the week. Csllfornla and Washington plates are the most nu merous with a sprinkling of Mon. Una plates. Some of the owners are known to have spent all their days in these psrts. CRATER TRIP FOR L! E KLAMATH PAT 1,8, Ore., July 13. (AP) Lions of Oregon were formally welcomed to Klamath Palls this morning at the first session of their state (convention by R. O. Oroeabeck, president of the Klamath county cnamoer or commerce. More than 100 Lion delegates from sll parts of the state had registered this morn ing and more delegations were ex pected throughout the day. P. w. Walker, Portland, district governor, and J. P. Tate, state treas urer, were among arrivals last nleht and Walker presided at today's busi ness session. A presidents' nd secre taries' breakfast was held this morn ing, followed by a business session. and this afternoon '.bt visitors were to be taken to Crater Lake national park. v, THREE SENTENCED ID ' Clyde O. Spinning, charged with I larceny by bailee, and other alleged criminal operations In this and Josephine county, was yesterday at Grants Pass sentenced by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton to serve 13 years in state prison. Warrants held I In this county against Spinning win be dismissed. He Is alleged to have specialized In the theft or type I writers and. check protective ma- chines. He was arrested at Pasco, ; Wash., lo days ago. I Ernest M. Young and Charles L. Dake. "sympathy racketeers, who robbed an aged Selma resident, after he had befriended them, were each sentencd to serve five years In state prison. Wurts Installs Paby Department "Dainty apparel for the very young est generation may now be selected at Wurts Gifts, North Central ave nue, which has Installed a baby de partment on the main floor. All little garments, pillow cases, sheets and other articles are hand made and attractively embroidered In addition to being exceptionally mod erate In price. Jack Wurts said to day. Mrs, Grieve Has , Injured Finger Mrs. Katie E. Grieve of Prospect, well known resident of the county. Is In the city for a few days under treatment for Infection of a finger. A small portion of the finger will be removed. The Injury Is not serious. Mrs. Grieve Jilt the finger with an axe. CHEVROLET DEALERS n n T?niare(3 1500 BABY CHINKS LEAVE SHELLS AT E FARM HERE Everything "chirping'' at the Jackson county branch of the state game farm these days. Fifteen hun dred young pheassnt chicks are adapting themselves to the soil. having deserted the "shell of a place'' in which they formerly lived. In the flock of 1500, over which Prank Arnsplger Is guardian and keeper, the Chinese pheasants pre dominate. There are, however, 300 of a cross variety similar to the English black neck pheasant, H. L. Nobllt of the1 Jackson County Game Protective association announced this morning, naming their correct cog nomen, which sounded like a cross between Russian and, Portuguese. The cross variety Is a little larger than the Chinese cousin and darker In color. When the shooting sea son comes along, however, he will be classed as "a China," and reserve the same rights In the rules of the sportsman's bombardment. The w. H. Gore ranch, on which the game farm Is located this year, haa proved an Ideal home for the little birds, Mr. Noblitt stated today. Blue grass and other farm crops will add greatly to their growth and welfare and the atrip of land Is apparently outside the skunk and crow belts. Just one skunk has visited the coops so far this season and no big black kings, accompanied by an un merciful "caw," have swooped down to fill the young birds with terror. VISITS HATCHERY J. R. Russell, superintendent of the United States bureau of fisheries, ar rived here yesterday from Seattle to Inspect the new hatchery at Butte Falls. Wooden tanks will be used lr.ste&d of ponds, as habitat of the fish at the new hatchery, he stated, because of the advantages gained In maintaining the health of the fish Each tank will be fedsepareiely to avoid the spread of contamination. The tanks have been tried out at the Bonneville hatchery, and were found successful. The new hatchery at Butte Falls will have a capacity of between three and four million fish. The tanks have been complet ed and the workmen are now put ting the roof on the main hatchery building. The plant will be ready to care for eggs In early fall, according to present Indications. Howard Piano, sacrlflc price. Mrs. H. O. Purucker, Electric Wiring Co. Phone 642. . We'u haul away your refuse. City sanitary Service, Real Estate or Insurance Leave It to Jones. Phone 796. YOU GET U. S. GUARD Ford Chevrolet cn no 4,40-21 pt)70 per pair $3.59 each The annual outing of the Jackson County Recreation club will be held July 16 and 17 at the Dead Indian Soda Springs, It was announced to day by Mabel C. Mack, county home demonstration agent. An invitation was extended the organization by Its president. Jack Tyrrell, who operates the Dead Indian resort. . About 12 communities are expected to be represented, Mrs. Mack said. Last year there were 65 in attend ance, r The group will gather at the springs early Saturday evening for supper, after which a program of stunts, folk dances and games will be given. Prizes are to be awarded In the competitive events. Sunday's program will con 1st of calisthenics, hiking and a baseball ; ame. Mrs. Mack stated that all . club members, their families and invited guests are urged to attend. When you shop at the Groceteria park your car at the Groceteria parking lot. 127 No. Central. OF KNITTED GARMENTS You'll be surprised how little money it will take to buy a New Knit outfit for Late Summer wear. We have taken our complete stock of Knitted Suits, Dresses and Blouses and Marked them for a Quick July Clearance. 3 SALE PRICES $395 $795 $1475 Values to $19.75 The Sweaters are $1.00 to $2.50 Values to $3.95 SECOND FLOOR Jtaflrib$tpantmurf$tou BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Sllva of 80! North Central avenue are the par ents or a girl, weighing T pounds, 11 ounces, born July 12 at the Sacred Heart hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Myles W. Randall of route 4 are the parents of a boy, born July 13. weighing 6',4 pounds. DANGEROUS AGE THC EVERY day the mail brings us i flood of letters . ; , many from middle aged women. They prove that Change of Life need not always be dreaded. They tell how the headaches, back T aches, can be overcome or avoided Please read the end of a typical let ter. It's from Mrs. MacCraig. "I took three bottles. It made me strong and healthy. I will always praise your med icine and tell other women about it." if ) If Phone 150
